001It's agenda date, time, and location were properly announced. Thank you everyone for coming out. Um, we will start off with the approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of June 23rd, 2025. Is there a motion to approve? Katie, is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Chuck, any uh corrections, questions? I just noticed one thing under call to order says Mrs. Schneider ran down. It was Miss McC Oh, I think they should mention anyone else. >> Katie says she has really closer now. Good catch. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Um, that takes us to uh notifications of donations. >> And uh just got a a really nice email from donors choose. We know every month we have different staff that are um getting recognized for things
002that they've uh fundraised for. And as we got to June 30th, the donor's choose told us that our staff had raised collectively So, just a shout out. Those are all little things, little books, little libraries, little mats, all those little things that helped us with our budget as budgets get tighter. Um, just wanted to thank them for their time in making that happen. >> Very nice. >> All right. Um, next is payment of the bills. Is there a motion to approve the uh transactions for the month of June in the amount of 765,598.78? >> So moved. >> Chuck, is there a second? I'll second. Any questions? I did have some earlier, but I got back from super quick. Um that's something you we mentioned. >> Yeah. You know, I think the Luxembourg one is there's
003a couple I was one of the staff members. Uh Lizzie uh was also Hogan was was um reimbursed. That was all from the Luxembourg grant. Um that was uh donated to us. So currently as we've been seating that program with other schools um our donor has been giving that money to our district and then we've been reimbursing schools and doing things. Patty out of the kindness of her heart is doing that um because we're always the district that kind of helps that stuff happen. Our hope is that by the time we get to next year, we will actually pull that out and um our donors asked that we start kind of a um a business that is going to work with the Lock Museum, the Luxembourg uh cultural museum and work with that. So, uh
004we they appreciate the seating. We've been able to do it to make sure it's happened the last two years. That will clean up our books, but thanks to Patty. So, as you see that that was just airfare reimbursement. Um, I think the Eiffel Tower, the district credit card wouldn't work in the Eiffel Tower for our kids. So, Lizzie used her credit card to do that. So, just those little things were kind of tough. >> What was the other one? I forget what >> it was. The St. John's for gym space. >> Oh, yes. So, um, we because of some of the uh fixes that needed to be done in um the front with some of the block and things like that, we've been reusing the St. John's gym last month and this month. Um, will
005be in in um conversation with our friends at Myron on who pays for that since that's something that uh we need to to look at. So, we're paying it now. We'll see what happens. Any other questions or comments? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. And the cash summary, >> you can see Patty's really busy in June, right? I mean, look at all the DPI, all the different things that she needs to do um on top of everything else. So, yeah. No. Um I think we're going to do a budget report later on. We can kind of see how 20 uh 24 25 is wrapping up and right now things look like we're right on track to where we're supposed to be for that budget and looking forward looking
006to the 25 26. >> Thank you. and no comments from >> well this isn't thing but I just wanted to make sure that I know you're planning for open post for the rem district that is at a date and times when everybody can I'm thinking not just the school community now but everybody because everybody body had a vote to make this happen. Now, this sounds like ancient history. November 8, 2022 is when the orders approve the slow and it was only 54 to 46%. So, it wasn't really a landslide, but people other than those in school had a vote for it to pass. So I'm just offering my thoughts that want to make sure that you reach out to but just to give you an example on Friday night I was at the Adel soft
007and that older gentleman older than me came up to me and he asked what's in that new thing in the front. So there's interest out there what's going on and just as a side thing to this too now that you have some new spaces We have to have names for so like last spring this communication school looks like at the entrance the office then that bigger hallway there I think is called at least that's what messages but I think I have to come up with a name for that gym or slash cafeter >> we're calling it the activity center because it has it has multiple uses. So there's activity in it. >> Um and the foyer is the activity room for is what we're call so um one of the last parts of the project
008which is in um the which is in our referendum is signage. I think we struggled our exterior and interior signage for just wayward binding and things like that. there's a good budget to make sure when people pull in they know how to get to the middle school library, how to get to the high school, all that other stuff. So that is so so our our open house date is October 8th. We're doing from 4:30 to 7. So we wanted to do it at night. So we're hoping our community can come in. We probably should talk about putting a flyer in the sounder to make sure all of our friends know um that um working with the chamber of doing a ribbon cutting and and kind of making it a really cool event. So, um, we're
009giving our giving ourselves some time because although substantial completion won't be until August 22nd, we have a feeling that we'll be doing some stuff for another month or July. So, so those are and what from 4:30 to 7. You think that's a good time for the community? If you have all those details worked out, maybe festival all kinds of good ideas today. I love it. >> Yeah. So that's the extent. Okay. No. Thank you. >> Thank you. um referendum discussion. >> We have a lot of updates. You can look around. Things are looking great. Um substantial completion is still set for August 22nd. Um we have a lot of furniture. You can look out in the hall. We it's there's a lot of work still done. So, um but everything is where it should be
010at the time that we are. Anybody have any questions on the where we're at? Are people using the center? >> It will be opening um in what do we talk about? Um things the last week of August open everything. There's still some weights and some other stuff. We actually had uh one of our sound proofing had a little issue that has to get be get put up. So yeah, the hope is the the week of teacher inservice um will open up and uh um we will have a presentation at our next board meeting about the fitness center um our kind of 24-hour fitness thing that we want to do when staff members have I just talked to Jake today. So we have that that's the kick off Monday so we can let staff and our
011community know how they can use how we can anyone else building reports. >> All right, we're going to start out with strong classrooms uh over the summer. We have our pair professionals that are getting trained in the science of reading especially at the elementary level. So that's they're even more equipped to help intervene with peace. Um, so very excited about that. We have professional development for uh the new math curriculum at the middle school or at the elementary, but it's also going to be professional development for that math curriculum at the middle school with our new teacher that's coming on board. Um, so we're working with seven and the curriculum people. we give the training meeting and our next is strong culture. Um, we're meeting in August for with our BIS team and I think
012a lot of exciting things will come out in that meeting, but one of the things I'm looking forward to is United and piloting in the in the early elementary. We're hoping to um include third through fifth grade this year. And with that, we think we can tie it into like building wide assemblies and those type of things to really kind of connect And just a reminder, Unite us is our character education. So taking time to talk about what does it mean to be kind, what is it nice um to be respectful and and actually taking that time to teach our students those concepts. >> So then moving on to strong culture. Um we have the kinder fair. This was an idea from CC D and Stacy and Christine about getting our parents in early and
013kind of um introducing them to the space. We know that some of it might not be finished yet, but just starting to give them the ability to ask questions um talk about what they're going to learn um and just starting to help families feel really comfortable. And then also coming from CC and a parent, they um approached me about a parent advisory committee. So we have a meeting set for August 11 and then again just helping to any communication with parents to help them feel more what's going on school. And then I want to give one more shout out for strong community um and that is the LPI show starring Sarah. Um, it's this weekend so you don't really >> And you're helping out with the music part, right? >> I am. Yes. Yeah. So,
014you'll see me backstage. And then lastly, strong um student acknowledge. So, I attended the National Leadership Conference earlier this July in Anaheim, California, and it was nothing short of an incredible experience. Um, when I wasn't joining the palm trees and douchy lands, that's great. Um, I had been so many workshops based off of professional development and leadership development and college and career readiness. I had people guide me through the college application process, which is super cool. like going to the meeting as someone going off to college and looking at what my future holds. Um I think I learned more however outside of those spaces, outside of the exposition hall, just going up and talking to people. Like I'm an actively introverted person. So like going up and initiating a conversation is kind of scary, but
015being there alone kind of forced me to do that. And I get to talk to people older than me, people doing what I want to do in the future. I have to learn from them. and um see what their success stories look like. And then I also got to talk to amazing high schoolers my age that are doing incredible things and they serve as an inspiration and it's just super rejuvenating to like have a conversation with someone who is as passionate as me about what I'm trying to pursue. Um so that was a great experience overall. I think the only thing that beats that part though is the competition itself. I went into nationals with my whole set very low like I was surprised when I made it backstage, not less to national. So, I
016was proud of the work that I put in. I put in a lot of work and I was super happy to be there. I was just going to have fun. Um, and I was going to take it as a learning experience. I went in and competed in front of a panel of judges and it was badly scary, but I somehow made way past that. I looked up at the um finalist slits at 5 a.m. the next morning, not thinking I was going to be on there, but like why not check? And sure enough, my name was on that list. It was incredible. Um, there's four entries per state, per category that you're in. So, I'm competing probably with 120ish people. Um, so to make finalists was a huge accomplishment for me. And then I presented
017again in a bigger conference room. Um, it was open seating, so that was a little bit more scary, but I mean, I guess it's preparing me for this. Um, and I competed again and I earned eight, which got me the to walk the national stage representing not only Wisconsin but a small school like that [Applause] questions and remember um you were here was at the May May board meeting right to approve you to go to California so this was a way of saying thank you and congratulations >> thank you >> did you make friends that you will continue to >> I saw so many people. Um I got a lot of people's Instagram, LinkedIn connections. I was a little networking person over there. My phone is full with probably like 50 new people um from
018across the state or country and it was great. My roommate um that was sharing the hotel room next to me. I think we we latched on to each other the very first day and then we were able to like go to the acquisition hall together so I wasn't alone. But it was amazing. Much better. Well, thank you for doing such a great job representing >> little school. >> Yeah, it was crazy because all of the schools there on the finalist list from Wisconsin were some bigger schools and I looked at the list and like I'm the only like smaller school person here. So that was crazy to see. >> Yeah, got the small culture here. But thank you. >> Thank you. Nice job. [Applause] Thanks for coming in again too. We appreciate it. >> Thank
019you. >> Great. And that that's okay. Great. >> And board committee budget met and we have some things later on the agenda. Food service um audit well the pre- audit and um budget audit and the budget discussed now. >> Oh. Oh, okay. So, we don't have anything on the because we did talk about that in budget that you might be presenting something but there's nothing listed >> be discussed. >> Oh, okay. >> I can do kind of the highlights. So, >> okay. >> Food service uh because we don't do we have to approve the food service? >> Yes. >> Okay. That'll come up later. Um just general if you weren't in the the committee meeting the pre- audited so our budget for 2425 after Patty's done everything paid all the expenses we say pre- audited
020because um our auditors are working started today we have we're about $19,000 in the green which when you're talking about $1 millionish uh budget that's getting it really really close right so um after the audit is done our goal is always to put a little bit more in the fund balance but truly you don't spend all that's allocated, it actually impacts our next year. So, I would say no matter what happens with the audit, we're really close to zero, right? Um, sometimes something comes and it be like, "Oh, you didn't make these payments here." If we end up 19 positive or 19 negative, I would say that's pretty close to zero when you're talking. So, um, just a really good job. This was a this was a challenging budget. Batt will say, um, our staff
021wanted, uh, new curriculum. we wanted on top of reading, we're looking at math curriculum, we're doing a lot of things. So, we were able to be really creative and and make this work. Um, and then as we look at the 2526 budget, I know uh last week I sent you that article about how the state of Wisconsin has fallen behind the nation when it comes to funding schools, right? Uh 20 years ago we were 11th in the nation and this year we're 26. So, we were nearly in the top 10 20 years ago. Now we're in the bottom half of the nation on how we're funding schools. The nice thing is in Random Lake, we're finding ways without doing operational budget, not doing any of those of giving raises going forward. Uh the next two
022years are going to be tight. Um but we have a plan for next year that we feel good with and be able to give everyone raises. We're going to see that later. Um and uh we're just going to keep doing the things that we're doing, finding ways to to reduce um expenditures and trying to get as much as we can to our ST. So Yeah, that's kind of the update, but everything paid, raising, everything else. We have another $19,000 to spare for 2526. So, it's going to be another >> What's that? Yeah, be 9,000. That's >> all right. And administrative and support staff meeting met. >> We'll talk about that stuff. >> And then again with teacher negotiations and that'll be on later, which later is now. Um, >> so the 202526 teachers base wage
023agreement is a 2.95% increase. >> Anything else you want to say on that? >> Anything the committee wants to say before I >> Who's on the Yeah, >> sure. I was on that committee. Um, you know, we recognize that we have a two-dimensional matrix that not everybody has, not all districts have. Um, and the 2.95 is linked to consumer price index. It's no more, no less. So, we're keeping up with the cost of life with all of our instructors. Um, one of the things that I want to make sure we capture though in the two dimensional matrix is that top left box. Wish have the matrix here. I don't know if we have it as part of the pivot teacher compensation bottle. >> I should probably pull it up. >> I think it'd be nice
024to discuss just to make sure everyone understands what's going on because, you know, as we discussed in our committee, we have opportunities that not all uh districts have. uh one is an increase uh that I think is somewhat common based on the number of years that you're here that goes down the two dimensional scale across the two dimensional scale is an increase based on the number of college credits above and beyond the minimum that you achieve and I I personally am in big favor of that because I want to see people reaching for excellence being education myself um I I think people you know there's a carrot there to to reach out for excellence. So I think that's our matrix there. So the 2.95 goes to that top left box there. That that brings our
025Thanks. I don't have my sunglasses here. Oh, that helps. But it makes me look like I'm trying. So that top left box uh is the 46 328. That's a new instructor, a new teacher right out of college with your bachelor's degree. That's the be. And so, um, I'm in I'm in favor of this, but one of the things that I would like to see as we have these conversations is an understanding of what our specific not a box, but what our specific teachers are getting in terms of increased compensation. So, somebody is in row F, column B8, and I would like to see, you know, that person who maybe moved from B9 to B18, uh, and then got the $1,300 increase, which is what's happening across the board in all those boxes. I'd like to
026see what percentage our instructors, our teachers are getting just so that we have that understanding and can speak intelligently to it when we get phone calls um because we don't have that I'm in support of what's proposed but I hope that explains what our conversations were all about without getting too and just in general so our starting yeah the you know it says the row A column B right where it says 46 328 last year that number was 45,000 So, um, we pushed to get that to 45. Now, our next push is to we say is to our staff to get to 50, right? And keep there. Um, one of the things on top of that in that $1,300 was it was increased in every one of those cells. So, if you go down to
027the M36 column L, that's 79464. That was 781 something, right? Um, one of the things this year, uh, what a ma vast majority of our staff went a lane or a road down because every three years staff can move down and then you can also move to the right. So on top of that 1300, I would say a majority of the staff because this is the year that a majority were got the $1,300 plus they got the increase of going down. And if they did anything and move to the right, they could have actually three lanes of increased wages from last year to this. So, um it's a little bit of a budgeting. Um we have staff that are moving are moving quite quickly and embracing this. You can move from a column B9 to
028B18. We are one of the few places that you don't have to take nine college credits to do that. you can do a personal um growth plan and come up with a project that every three years you can move and we kind of unknown those. So I feel like um every staff member is treated like talent and we figure out what their talents are and we help them move along with our infrastructures. And one thing in the committee we discussed briefly was good. We want to remain competit competitive with area school districts and others is how do we rate or how do we compare to other districts? I think you addressed that for you could just >> Yeah, I would say uh the max I know of of a starting wage is right around that
02950. Well, you might be Um most of our friends that are our size are right around that 45 46 47. So our starting wage is right there. Um our top wage getting at 80,000 there I would say is probably pretty valuable to to most. So and I thought six years ago or whatever that we were a little behind. I think we've made progress and going forward catching up. But >> when we went to this I was saying you and I were Um when uh act 10 happened, we always had a structure like this. Um but there were some teachers that were stuck in the let's say the um row B and then the column B plus 9. If you got hired there in 2010, um there's some staff that stayed in that cell for seven
030years and the only increase they got was CP and there was no movement. There was no and most districts went to that. Um, and this salary schedule was nothing more than a place to start in our district and then you never got to move. And we decided that's not the kind of district we want. We want to find ways. Now, I will tell you, we have less staff this year than we did last year because we through attritioning some other ways, we found ways to afford this. Um, but we actually took some of our staff that should have been in row D that were still in row A. We We moved them multiple times over the last seven years. Um, and when we went to this, we said we'd only put money into the grid
031once every three years to help pay for movement. We've actually put money in the grid of the last four years. So, we're trying to we're trying to not only do what we said, but more than what we said. So, um, could we do more? Yeah, we're always trying to, right? You know, I think I honestly you go to school for four years and your teacher I think that should be $60,000 at le $55,000 base if you're going to have that kind of college loans and stuff but um we're working the question I'm sorry because I completely misunderstood the whole distributed uniformly and I thought it meant 2.5 I didn't realize that it was just based on 148 so I was thinking that because I remember having that discussion last year right that people who are
032down in plus 36 and 34 to 36 right they're % >> unless they move down >> right but I guess I feel like like why is 2.95 as a CPI something which applied to that AB cell and to support staff administration and to whoever it's like everybody got the 2.95 right but not any teacher was not everybody else. Why is that? Why is that? >> Because if we had to do the math between the teachers that are moving down, the teachers that are moving to the right, and who's getting added, I would say raises are over. And that's that's what Brian was getting to. And that's we're going to calculate that for you. I especially this year. There may be some years that's under CPI, but I would say with the vast majority because this
033is this is the year that Everyone that's been with us for the last seven years, last seven years, everyone that's been with you seven years or longer um or four years, they move down a row on top of it. So >> somebody unless you move into So yeah, so we'll get those we'll get those numbers and kind of Now we can break it down. It's tough because we can't do >> right. That's >> and and we can't do total cost because even with raises, everybody moving to the right, everybody moving down um through attrition, our salaries next year actually $100,000. So we're finding ways to to tighten up students. And I think I've been pretty transparent where it's not about throwing money into education. We know just throwing money at education does not fix education.
034It's about systems. It's about structure. about the things that we do and the more we can be efficient the more we can pay goal is you know when Patty gets it within 20 to $30,000 that's perfect because we don't get any bonuses for saving extra money right we just need to make sure we spend our budget and do it wisely and do it in a way that's appreciated >> so that's like I don't need names of teachers but like each teacher how much their actual So I'm interested in the the minimum like by specific example the maximum you know in terms of you know somebody maybe going down a row and over two or three you know minimum maximum and what the average is so that we can speak intelligently to not just a matrix
035but what's actually happening on the ground with our teachers give. So, we just started audits today. So, um if nothing else is we want to talk about this, we will have something for the next board meeting and and we can kind of show let us figure out how we would show that in a way. Um we could go there's a couple different ways of thinking about >> So, just to clarify your question is you want to know the percentage increase for each teacher, not just the amount Okay. Well, yeah. Yeah, I guess so. Because everybody's getting the 1328, right? 1328 is less than 2.95%. >> But if they want it, it could be higher than that. So, maybe they >> So, do we want an average of what everyone's average is? Is that the number
036you'd want to see or like I said, give us some time. We'll give you a couple. >> I think the average is interesting, but sort of like is there anybody >> and there is >> and there's some that are probably getting >> and what percentage of the salary is that because at max it's 2.95 but how many people are just getting Okay. Anyone else on either of those two topics, the pre- audit or the initial 25.6 budget? Is there's nothing else on the agenda for either of those topics? So just to clarify again, so the initial 2526 budget, we're good with all of the raises that are proposed in here. >> Yes. >> And we can get to there's some restructuring of some different areas, some places that um our kitchen staff, we we did
037some reclassification that benefited them. Um charter busing, we did some other things. So yes, there's some other things that we tried to to fix. So everything we are in place of we have a balanced budget with different. >> Okay. Any other questions before we get a motion going on here? >> Is there a motion to approve the um 2.95 increase? >> All right. Is there a second? >> Chris, any questions or discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Then we have the model, which is this >> is the grid. Yep. >> Which is what we just looked at. Is there a motion to approve that? >> So moved. >> Chuck, is there a second? Katie, any um questions or discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >>
038I. >> Oppose. Motion carries. Then we have a notification for the 2526 hourly staff base wage. Administration has approved a 2.95 for the hourly staff for 2526. Anyone have any questions on that? Then we also have the same for the 256 salaried staff compensation the 2.95. Anyone have any questions on that? Again these are just notifications not actions. I don't like we don't have anything like the grid for this. >> We do have some areas um that um some of our support staff have on where they are. Do you have a example? There you go. served. I think this was going to be their So why is it different for them? How come the whole group is shaped by people? because of part two >> because this you're fixed into only moving because of mirrors.
039So this is really a I guess in a way you would say this is a onedimensional way to move. the other way has to encourage I think and and I will tell you conversations that Susan and Becky have with our staff when when they come to us and say hey I'd like to see myself at this pay raise you have coming up right like okay what is something you're passionate about what are projects what are things you're doing we've been able to acknowledge the great things that our staff are doing and give them college credits to move um it is that that second dimension that out there. So, so it has us really when you think about talent management and look at somebody and say, you know, we've had some people to be honest with
040you that have been doing outstanding. I look at Lorie Perman back in the day where she we're like, well, you've been doing this for the last three years. So, we recognize that and then because we have some staff. So, it's really helped us acknowledge the people that go and use the college credit system that Any other questions? Right. Um, administrative contracts. This was committee. Anyone want to speak to them? Get a motion. Sure. So, we talked a little bit about I mean, I think the motion, but the We talked a little bit about maybe whether these things should be tied to some of the stuff we get out of the 360 valuations that we're planning next year. Yeah. >> Yeah. But yeah, so in February we're going to do those, right? >> Okay. So, you
041want to make a motion to approve the 2.95 for adminary contracts? Okay. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Ch. Any um questions or discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Next, we have the food service fees for 2526. Um Amy has um asked for a 10 cent increase in all categories for breakfast and lunch uh throughout elementary, middle school, and high school. Is there a motion to approve? Chris, is there a second? Katie, um any questions or discussion? >> We didn't study last year. Um Patty you did you say about the did last year do you know if we had an increase last year >> lunch service >> on the actual the amount that we charal I don't think we did last year we charge for
042breakfast I'm looking I don't remember. >> I will say I was just on with other superintendents and that $3 range is really where everybody is. So I feel like we're in there and you know the the other we talked about food is more expensive, right? I mean there's a lot of things that are with the more when this 10 cents allows us to even maybe get a little better quality, smaller things. There's a lot of things with the federal lunch uh system that is kind of messed up for our kids. Um and and this helps us keep paying wages in that area with food. I think with our new facilities there we're going to be able to do some >> nothing's getting cheaper. We know that. >> More healthy options. I mean, there's a salad
043bar now, you know, and that's been the last last couple years she's added that. So, unfortunately, and then you know, so there's so many high carb foods that meet the requirements of the federal government. You know, as a family, my daughter went to a school where she had free lunch. We chose not to because it was just so many like Pop-Tarts and things like that that you wouldn't see, right? So, um we're always trying despite those federal requirements and still I don't know how does honest talk about what a reimburseable meal is and all that other stuff is just a whole another set of requirements any questions we do have a motion correct all those in favor please say I >> opposed. Motion carries. Uh renewal of existing line of credit. Uh this is something
044we do annually. And is there a motion to um renew our existing line of credit with um Summit Credit Union, formerly State Bank. >> So moved. >> Chuck, is there a second? Chris, any questions or discussion? >> How long has it been since into short-term borrow. >> Yeah. So, um that's something that we got rid of. We still like having this, right? But, uh our fund balance is healthy enough that we don't need to do that. Our first year, we had to borrow to pay for. So, we're in a good place with that, but you just never know. So, not >> right. I have a quick question. Have we considered our local banks just because they're located randomly? We have um we've had conversations but some of the things that they offer um don't give
045us the protections we >> any other questions comments all those in favor please say I >> I >> oppose motion carries we also need to designate an official depository um in the past we've uh used Collins Summit. Is there a motion to continue with that? >> Chuck. Is there a second? A second. Rainy. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Um, we just have a placeholder for staff resignations. We don't have any of those. Great. And that takes us to um new professional staff. Is there a motion to approve Elizabeth Edwards for the high school English language arts teacher and Charlie Ricky as the high school tech teacher? Charlie has been our been around for a couple years. >> Yes. Yes. >> Already. Charlie graduated
046from here, got a full ride to Lakeland for the leadership award and and came back here and has been a full-time sub, helped out in some other areas, and now he is going to officially be a full-time teacher, start by six. So, it's kind of fun. >> Is there a motion to approve? >> Chris, is there a second? >> Amy, any questions or discussion? All those in favor please say I >> opposed. Motion carries. Um we have notification of support salary staff resignations. Um Bobby Norlander the library and media center support for three years and Sydney Walks the social media design and content specialists. We thank them for their years of service and wish them luck. >> Very much luck. Yes. >> In their new endeavors. Um new salary staff. We have Jill Hartwick um
047being reclassified as the district daily living lead teacher. Jill's been around for quite a while. she retired from teaching and then was a parah and now we found a very nice way to I feel compensate her for her experience but she doesn't have to be so um we kind of again trying to find different people and different ways to make things fit and really excited about uh uh having her and Val working together our daily living in one of the coolest daily living suites in Joy It's for our students that have so daily living has, you know, we have a washer and dryer, we have a full kitchen. It looks like a suite, a bedroom, you know. So, um, it's a combination. We put it together. Our elementary, our four, our K through five, and
048then our middle school, high school are all connected. And, um, now as they're ready? Is your functioning ready? They can learn those different skills. And we brought everybody together. It's a little better staffing, right? Because different students have different needs, uh different bathrooming issues and things like that. So, they have their own shower, they have bathroom, they have so help functional jobs, right? Like they can do laundry for the district. So, so it's it's coming together very nicely. It's been it's been a journey. It's been a journey. >> Great. Um, new support staff. Any >> what do you want to say about that? >> You know, I I think what we what we one of the ways um that we have been able to meet our budget is finding really talented staff that want to
049work on a part-time basis. Right. Full-time can be expensive. Um we're fortunate to have some really great staff that are coming that work uh five or less hours a day. Um, so we're doing things a little bit differently to help us and and I think uh um it's going to be great. You're going to see two of these individuals at our front office um either in the morning or afternoon. Uh Billy actually was my administrative assistant at my previous district who was retired and said, "Hey, why not try this out?" So, uh cool to have her back and our 4K. We're doing something a little different with that, too. So, having one teacher and then paras um to get more adults working with kids. So, some I think some creative ways of making what we
050have. So hang tight and listen and please give us any feedback good or otherwise. >> All these are all these number one in the morning. >> All right. And the eight co-curricular coaches advisors for 25.6. anything new different >> Jen Stricker is new this year for volleyball um she's coming and that comes with a lot of experience bringing some really great um JV coaches with her uh everyone else oh Kathy Hughes is doing cross country do last and volunteers for co-curriculars. We have um Kim Spy for high school volleyball. And then um every year we have to guess have notice of our academic standards that are adopted by the board. So that's just an FYI as well. And then we need to actually mention something about sure like are we able to look at some
051of these standards? What's popping in my mind is I had a discussion with some 20somes in my home and they hadn't heard of things like the Oklahoma City bombing and some of the more like recent historical events that have shaped America and even I think somebody said um a lot of even like an American history class there's a lot of European history talk in it. I'm just really curious about um the actual standards >> or any of our standard grids that we have. Kim, I don't know if we've been spending a lot of time on our standards um making them parent friendly, making them um out there and we're facing. We have the ones that our teachers read and report cards, but we also do you have I'm trying to if you don't have it,
052it could be a presentation we could do in the future as well. Okay. >> Yeah, we'll do that. Let's put that down. Let's do that as just uh because because we put a lot of time into that. Um so I will say standards don't have, you know, standards are getting away from facts that you can look up on them, right? You know, so it's more um and I can't I don't have high school socialight standards here. Um but to say that Oklahoma City bombing is in our standards, I would say probably not. I don't know if you Notific >> broken down by decades uh different geographical areas at certain times how we gain all things like that standards are for >> I just have to ask that not quite sure I understand like skills for
053like history or social social study what are you talking about like what kind of skills are you trying to incorporate >> like social studies is really inquiry based um they're looking at wanting them to be thinking inquiring researching um that's what where I mean when I'm talking about example would They need to look up evidence and they need to write a claim and then they need to support their claim with evidence and they would do that by reading the historical documents. And so it really by having based it allows students to look into topics that they motivated to learn about. I think that's really helpful. It's guided by the curriculum but also allows them to do it >> and and it it kind of you know they talk about think like a right? Like like
054there's when you think of the Oklahoma City bombing, that's a single event, but what was happening contextually around some of those things that caused that. So it helps think of a more global those things. I would also say some other skills, math reading is probably in there somewhere at the lower grades. Um civics like civics is pretty um that's spelled out from the state on what those civics um expectations are that um really hit because of the civics test. >> Yeah. So, those those are those are those things. Now, I wouldn't say Oklahoma City was on that, but all those things that we want students to graduate and know that we're a constitutional democracy, those things are class. I just I really struggle with and I I don't know specific to random lake but the
055concept that seems like more and more young kids don't have a basic understanding of how our constitution works and they don't have a basic understanding of how you get a law made you know in the in the how the Senate works how the House of Representative works things like that. I mean it seems to me a lot of kids and I talk about my own kids coming from the school don't know that. Isn't that something that should be learned at this level at at a high school level? Just a basic concept of how how voting I mean the how you get a president elected the concept of you know how much representation you have based on your population things like that. I'm wondering are those actual requirements in there? I don't know if it's coming
056through. >> I guess then it's a question if it's retained. >> Yeah. Well, I think that's that that's the problem is the retention, not the >> because I'm just shocked that sometimes you run across people that have no concept about how the basic things happen in this country. Well, it's surprising too when they're going through those different units. Are they not even aware of who their number people are? >> So, one of the things that I might suggest and coming from the technical college arena, every board meeting a program presents its curriculum, status to the program, those types of things. I I we might be getting into uh a gray area in terms of roles and responsibilities, but I do think we have an oversight responsibility. Um might I suggest that we uh have a
057short presentation on not only the standards but the curriculum that would be a formatted couple of slides on u curriculum mapping. Just a quick overview. I It should already be in documentation. Um, and and I might throw that out there. I don't know if I'm opening up a can of worms or if I'm speaking out of term, but I think, you know, to scratch your itch, I think that would do it. I think that would help because again, it's not a criticism per se, but it's a concern about what's really and I know that retention is a different issue, but are they being exposed to it? And I get to what you're saying, the concept of inquiry, that's great. That's phenomenal. But are we glossing over some fundamental facts that have occurred in this country?
058Because if there's not an interest, we're not going to explore it. >> You know what I mean? >> They don't have a background in some of the basic facts and then they go to do their inquiry and AI is all over the place and check those very few things. So I How how do they even maybe get way too far into the weeds here, but facts are facts regardless. And if if we're leaving up to kids to decide what facts they want to learn, that they might never learn facts that are fundamental to this country, how we're developed and how we were created and what got us from point A to point B. I mean, you just leaving it up to kids to learn to inquire. >> You don't know what you don't know. >>
059You don't know what you don't like. Sometimes you have to not have to be off a little more involved and doesn't mean to >> do that. Now, can they cover every single event that they do? talk about as well, but it's also about helping them to examine how we came to where we're at and that's learning from our past and moving forward and then it's like let's learn from the past where we are now. >> I guess it's the difference of asking the student when the War of 1812 was and what were the um what were the the tenants that cost, right? You know, because it's been a and I know there's some people that will say that it's a slide away um when we didn't have kids just remember facts, but we have them
060actually think like historians around the things that we're trying to do. Um but I would say that especially our social studies students are thinking a lot more critically and using a lot more of those skills our employers say they want thisization and and that's a piece we need to need to look at. Now, there's always a place for memorization, right? We need to know our facts, our math facts, we need to know our phonics, things like that. But I I I will and that's a piece where I don't know if we'll do a presentation maybe next because if you see how many hundreds of hours went into creating scope and sequence in all of our core areas and all of our elective areas um what our standards are, what our um benchmarks of success are,
061how that's impacting our grading. Um we are more we are more transparent what we want students to learn. Go back 10 years social studies teacher started we'd say there's your room good luck now we have expectations on what they need to teach how they need to teach it assessments all that stuff is part of the so so I I would say that what the experience that your children may have had Chuck are very different than what >> so what about like our curriculum and like we're updating the curriculum in the elementary school how does that work in at the high school. >> Yeah. There also departments meet together, elementary, middle, and high school. So everybody knows and and I've never been part of a district where elementary, middle school, and high school were all on
062the same page of what school sequence look like. >> Like Chile, for example, they spent several hours meeting over the last school year um middle school and high school, so 12 really aligning their curriculum, looking at writing um trying to get deeper with that. But then they lay out each course um and then also the standards that they're looking and then seeing where to make sure that they're sequential. That's a great deal of time. Then they look at once we got that outline then they look at what are the resources that we need to deliver. So that's just a little piece I use as an example but every department So like for social studies or history, the teachers are determining somewhat of what they want students to know. And I guess I'm just no that's
063based on the state that are guiding that also like the science standards >> ACT and forward >> that guide that. So no, they start with those and those state standards must be somewhere, right? state standards for all these different things must be somewhere on the >> the the problem with standards. So the state standards um uh Richard Deour who is kind of the godfather of this open sequence if we were to teach every standard for every one of those areas it would take a student until they're about 27. It's it's too vast. It's it's too political. There's too many things that people everyone wants to have in there. So what we ask is we don't teach we standards and we create power standards. What are high leverage things that encompass multiple standards that our students
064need to um be able to do before they leave that class there and that's what the discussions are. We start with the Wisconsin state standards but we create random link power standards and that's what you see on our report card and those are the things and remember in high school we don't just put an algebra grade anymore right we talk about algebra we talk about algebra. There's a grade for equations. There's a I forget the four areas of algebra in there. But we don't just talk about you got a B in algebra. You may have gotten an A in this area of maybe got a C in this area, B. We're breaking it down. Our parents know better about what our students are because of this. So, um I know there's there's some of this
065next month we're actually going to do some of this. Um we're starting to see I I sent some embargo data that I sent last week. um which that is highly impressive at the high school. We can share hopefully we can share next month. Um, but that's showing that students are thinking a lot about >> it would be interesting to see if our students, myself included, like could we pass a citizenship test? And then would our US history include um historical facts from the last 30 years, but it seems like it kind of drops off after the cold war. And I don't even know if they're talking about the war on terror and desert storm and do our kids even know about that. It was just a very eye openening conversation I had. I I hope
066it's something especially like our high school teachers maybe would discuss in one of their groups. I mean the critical thinking is so important. We want that but a good knowledge of I guess recent history in the US. I think it's it's needed. Anyway, >> strange question, but I think all of our policies are on the random website, right? Is are standards something that's are posted there as well or is that >> that's that's the the whole plan is that a parent anyone could see our standards. >> Okay. So that will be >> and put in parent because too many times schools talk about standards and unless you're an education. We have standards that we look at here but then we've actually asked our staff to create parentfriendly ones so they know what the hell we're
067talking about. So, so it's an extra step on how we're training. So, yeah. >> So, are the syllabi posted as well? >> Okay. So I think that would answer you know class American history you know some of the if you look at the specific and link it to the specific outcomes. So I mean if you want to do it I suggest have a deeper conversation about >> let us yeah let us get to a point to where we can show and see how it's out there and I think from that then we can talk about it but we put so much work it's a good time to to really get this out there I'm putting it on the agenda here and we'll see if it's not in the August we have a lot of stuff
068on August if it's not August we definitely do okay so we'll go from there >> thank you >> anything else on uh standards that rainy smiling. We need to establish times of our annual meeting and the budget hearing. Um, our annual meeting is set for Monday, October 27th, 2025. In the past, we have done a 6:15 budget hearing and a 6:30 annual meeting. Is that something that we talked about now? I don't remember exactly what I thought. So we would do the annual meeting before the actual uh monthly board meeting. Is that something >> when we actually got our numbers? So I guess the question for the board, would you want to meet two Mondays in a row or just one longer Monday? And I for some reason I was thinking that we said that
069we would do the regular meeting first and if we had to journ to do the annual meeting and then come back to that way it leaves the annual meeting more. >> Yeah. It needs to be annual meeting first and then the >> Okay, that's >> right. Right, right. We usually do that. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, >> we have it in policy somewhere with that. But yeah, I think it right. There needs to be a board meeting, >> right? Yeah, >> I think we could we could do the budget hearing in 10 minutes, 15 minutes. We could do the annual meeting in a half. I mean, if if it goes over it goes over if people want to come and have conversations and it takes two hours to do a half hour meeting. We don't really set
070times to this either, right? We just push back. >> Exactly. I came in a district that they used to start meetings two hours after they're supposed to. So, yeah. But we've been pretty good with stuff. >> Thank you for not doing that. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> So, we want to do a like a 515 budget and a 530 annual >> six or five >> monthly. Sure. and we'll try to make sure we have no committee meetings that >> I mean, you know, I think I think we should be at a point that we don't always have >> Well, you could do them before. >> We could do before. >> We can do them before the annual >> Yeah. >> So, clear your Monday that day. So, you can do earlier if you have to
071budget 5:30 annual. >> Yes. Is that a motion? >> Sure. >> Is there a second? >> Second, >> Amy. Any other questions? Thank you again, Kim. All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed? Motion carries. Items. >> Okay. Should I get through these? Um, I sent you that email and I I think I said the stat earlier. Um, I think it's a really great talk. Right. 20 years ago, state of Wisconsin was right around the top 10 in funding in public schools. Now, um we're in the bottom cap of the country. So, um I know every year our politicians like to say that we have a record amount of money invested in the school. Well, the thing is every time we put another dollar than they did the year before, it's a
072record. So, um there's actually a group and and if anyone is interested here, Asho County, um we're trying to get a board member from each one of the districts together to put a letter together to let um just the legislators know that by funding a second school system by vouchers and some of these other things that it was having an impact on us. So, um I will get that meeting out if any of you would like to be present. I will be going um and when we craft this countywide you won't have we'll make sure that we're good with it with everyone else. Um but just trying to get that message out. So just a place for us with that. Um big uh big thank you to Susan. Uh this is Brian Seer. This is
073our new STEM lab. Um if you remember, Brian um donated $60,000 to the district. Um and u um and through that as and I should say over the next few years it is going to u promise that uh that number has now been doubled um and the fast forward is matching that 60,000. So um not only are we going to have a really great STEM lab physically we're going to have everything we do. So all that $120,000 going to all science stuff. So, I just Yeah, just fantastic. Um, and I know um I know Cindy and Debbie and everybody's really excited about it. So, now we have to spend that money too on top of everything else, but it's good that way. Um, Charlie Barren, if we walked in, the auditorium's looking good. We still
074got a month out, but uh totally sold out. Um, we are auctioning off tickets and meet and greets with them. Uh, last I looked, I think it was about $180 for a twoerson meet and greet, but we have all the way to 300 people. So, um, that is a fundraiser for our new playground. That'll be our elementary playground. So, um, we are going to do very well. We are also working with the entertainment district uh because we can't Charlie Barren likes his old fashions, right? But we can't have old fashions here. Um, so there is, uh, talk about having old fashions at the entertainment district for anybody that wants to and then come here. So, uh, keep an eye out with the collaboration. So, that's that. >> Shouldn't it be the other way around? >>
075That's that. >> Come to the show. >> Yeah. >> Well, it could be either way, you know, depend depends on who and what what you have what you want to do. So, they'll be um we're actually uh using some of our buses, so everybody needs to get back and forth, we can kind of go. So, just trying to help our local business. We're going to have 400 people uh hopefully having a fun time. So, all of the businesses down there, we're working with the Random Lake uh Chamber of Commerce to make it kind of a cool thing. It's not every day you get somebody like that private showing. So, thank you to Career. Thank you to our friends at uh Jolly Good. And uh thanks for uh just uh being another creative way to fundra.
076Um, and then lastly, uh, Capernicus is a company that you're going to hear a little bit more, uh, next month. You're going to see a little bit more at our open house. Um, they have been a company that has really worked around getting movement in classrooms. Uh, Susie Gnau has been working with this company for over a decade. Um, and they do things like wiggle chairs, pedal bikes, or ped pedal desks and things like that. Um, and starting next year, everyone of our in the elementary will have capernicus pedal desks and other wiggle things that they can do to to just stay active and part of our structured adventure. Um we are also they're donating um climbing structures to put into our forest our school forest path. Um and this goes along with our rock
077climbing wall and all things. So um they're really excited. We're the first district that's doing it all district kind of a venture structured thing like this and um they've given us everything at cost or donated. So um really kind of a fun thing and we're hoping that this just grows and we find ways to um help students. You know I I think one of the big things nationally is we're over medicating especially our boys, right? And and some of them want to climb. They want to do those things. Well, let's find ways to get that energy out. So, um I think we're one of the first really looking at this as a way to educate the whole child. Looking forward to more. >> When you say next year, you're talking about this coming school year.
078>> This school year. Yes. Yeah. So, I think they're coming September. The pedal desks are um the rock climbing walls getting installed. The the auto ballayers are getting installed during the next three weeks. Um the and and we're just going to keep making this um part of we've already done some of this like we've taken our kids out in the community, they go on the gables, they've gone to um the library, we do the triathlon like a lot of these things. Now we're kind of bringing it to cohesive together as something that's part of our >> quick question on Charlie Barrett. What is the sold out? What is the capacity of the how it's 427? I think it's somewhere on the 400. Um, so, so yes, and we kept the front row for these auction
079sites to make a little bit more with that. They seem to be doing very well. >> Anything else? >> No. Sorry. >> Is there a motion to adjourn? >> Chuck, is there a second? All those in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Thank you, everyone. >> So, we opened it to staff, to career, and to all members of the chamber. And then by open up more talk to him.