001it's important but you know yeah sorry should say hi Kim how are you good it is six o'clock we'll go ahead and start I like to call this me order of the one school district please stand for the pledge L by our boy scouts cup Scouts today of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you thank you all right we'll go ahead um and start a roll call First our superintendent uh Mrs Taylor is via virtual via the phone tonight she's at a conference in the Dells uh Mr Gentile present Mr Hurst is running a few minutes late Mrs rner here and Mrs gich here okay open me and compliance check Mrs Taylor yes it was posted
002last week all right are there any public comments no public comments um we will move into the approval of consent agenda can we pull item D out yep we'll go ahead and pull D the policy 2264 resending out uh do I have a motion for the consent General agenda items a a through C I will make a motion motion by Mrs rner there a second I'll make a second but can we ask questions yeah okay yep second Mrs gich for questions um do you want to pull them out Vicki what you have questions on yes I have questions first on the financial okay so uh we'll pull out a and d then is there more I also have question on C we're going to go um one by one then no problem we'll start a
003okay when I uh read over the financials I have a problem with on page one we have a status of Investments so under the general fund checking it's lists uh an amount of 150,000 but when you go into the uh Advia statements it shows that the balance in the general fund is 289,000 and some change so that amount is listed on page 14 page 19 and Page 20 if you want to look at your statements so I'm not sure where the 150 151,000 comes in because I don't see that on this statement um any of these statements from the credit union anywhere so I'm not sure if that's just typo air I'm not sure but that is my first problem my next one is um under the credit union Debt Service it shows the balances
004uh 3 36,800 50 which is on page 23 of the statements and then my last uh is under the taxes received the January settlement it listed as um a deposit on January 17th in the amount of 631 th000 and some change but when I look at the uh statement for the deposit on January 17th that deposit is listed as 4451 so I don't know if that's a combination of things but it appears as if it's like a transfer in it's not I'm I'm not sure it does say that there's three items on there but um for me I would like it to tie into what this statement what the taxes received is on here certainly Kim uh my guess is that there but I will hold on a second okay I'm trying to look at
005both things but anyway my guess is that it's different um uh time periods like when the statement might be a little different than when Sue put the things on the front page um but Sue is in the Dells right now and will not be back until Wednesday so I will um ask her those questions when we get back when she gets back okay and I I guess then it would have been if it this is if her status of Investments is through a different time period it would be nice to know what that time period is on here and then have the corresponding paperwork to accompany it so that we actually know things are tying together because that sure I don't like to read Financial reports where you can't tie things together and it's so
006cumbersome that you just throw your hands up and say forget it that's not what we're here for okay I will um talk to zo um and find out from her where the discrepancies are and why okay um Kim are we able to table the month financials until the March meeting do you have to approve them that month um you don't have to no because we approve them post yeah I've already been paid so then uh they've already been paid we'll table a okay um pending more information um is there any questions on B and C Vicki had a question in regards to C correct I do have questions on C when I went over the job description was for the health room Aid hey Kim sorry can you like mute your computer or something because
007there's background for us yeah okay I think I'm gonna have to actually turn off my computer I can't okay yeah okay go ahead okay I know that this is just a job description but um I'm just questioning whether uh salary and waged reference to this job description should be listed listed or what because I don't have uh the benefit of knowing what the wages are and that I haven't seen that yet and also I'm wondering if there's any benefits attached to this and because it's a 9month position is this a part-time or classified as a full-time position it's going to be a part-time position and um there there are no um health benefits because it's going to be less than 30 hours a week um and we don't on our job descriptions we do not
008add wages um we just have the job descriptions and then wages are always commen it with with um what do I want to say um experience experience experience and LIC you know if if it's an r in this case if it is it an R do they have a CNA license so there's a whole bunch of things that go into it so none of our job descriptions have those things listed viicky okay thank you Kim Kim is that 30 hours is that less than what Kelly was working is that a decrease yes okay how are I mean I'm assuming we're gonna have to make up the coverage right so do we do you I'm assuming no we're not gonna make up the coverage if they're working from 10 to two um depending on the person
009um we are not having um someone in summer school and we are being flexible with the hours because of who we are um having come in so if it's an RN that might demand more of a salary um we are finagling it within the um budget that we have already um and the busiest times of the day good questions the busiest times of the day for the nurse or assistant is the 11 to one hour so we are making sure that we have those covered and some of the other times of the day Patty is handling some of the things yeah so that's what I was asking is obviously if if it was you know 30 hours a week who was making up the other 10 and you know it sounds like it's more like
01020 based off 10 to two coverage right so if that's the case then we're g to have someone covering the additional hours so someone from the office is going to be responsible for being the nurse on call so to speak if we have six students or medicine that need to be administered yes okay all right um and then D so reason I asked for D to be pulled out is um and Kim I had emailed you on it and then found your notes but one of my concerns is that we're resending a policy um that still hasn't made it by Neola into the board docs online um and that is troublesome to me so we we obviously voted to approve 264 um as it was written with the title 9 and then when you had
011sent out your original update um you know shame on me I didn't open your notes section um I just went to board docs was searching for 2264 and the policy is still not live on there so if anyone outside of us was you know happen to be reading the agenda so I guess my point is is there a way to follow up with Neola so we can figure out what the expectation is when we approve a policy before it goes live into our policy book because we're sending a policy that we approved but never made it live into the policy program if that makes sense yeah that's not typical Mike that happened because there was a change in neol reps so if you remember um I asked for a change in neol reps because um
012I we weren't getting no response that we needed to get and so I think that that got lost in transition but typically the policies are posted immediately following well within weeks of me saying the board has approved the policies in general terms can you tell me what this policy represents yeah the policy was approved in July and it was um a reaction or a policy that had to do with title 9ine and the new um laws that had been put in place under the Biden Administration um and so if if the if the policy hadn't been approved by April 1 there was a possibility that federal funds could be held up so we approved the policy that included um more around um sexual identity that has been since um revoked under the new Administration and
013is no longer relevant thank you do you have a motion to approve agenda items a through d B we're pulling a sorry B through D I'll make a motion we approve items B through D after our discussions second motion by Mr genel second by Mr Hurst all those in favor I I I oppose motion carries um and we don't need a motion for a but we're going to table a until next month reports District administrator um just a few C well we always have a lot of celebrations but a couple of things I wanted to call out Renee did a short presentation about her P pbl unit to colleagues and teachers um and admin well she did a a short uh presentation so that was great to have some internal sharing of how the pbl
014unit that she decided to do went um one of the things that she noted was that she had no missing homework during this unit although she's done it in the past she um changed it so that it was um a little bit more and had an authentic audience no behavior problems no late homework and um 99% of kids attended the day that they had to sort of showcase their learning so that was great for her to be able to share that um and then just calling out on um February 17th teachers and admin joined area districts for keynote speaker Joe San philippo um regarding um it was sort of a motivational period for um the staff just he was really funny uplifting talked about how we share our story um so a lot of the
015things that we've been talking about in our district um was it was very affirming and um he met with our teacher leaders which for us is our sort of expanded leadership team just about how they can lead even though they're not positionally in leadership so that was um a nice little extra for them um and then the staff came back and we had lunch for them and they um some of our our Middle School teachers went over to the high school to talk with the high school teachers and others joined some wellness events so it was a nice day um and then just wanted to um update the board on we are close to completing our um digital map of the building which we paid for by um Grant funds Julie and Brian are taking
016the assets electronically and then that will be finalized and Shar with the sheriff's department and um local police and our SRO um so that's it for celebrations the Neola update was just to update the board and let let all of you know that Brian and Mike and I will be meeting to review the newest updates and present it to the board present those changes to the board in March okay uh Staffing update yeah I just wanted to um not the full Staffing obviously but just wanted to keep you posted um with the retirement of The KES where we are with that obviously a little bit later we're going to talk about the PE position and then with Marie leaving that would technically vacate a third grade position but currently remember our fourth grader three and
017one of our teachers looped up so did teach third grade before so we'll be moving her to fill that third grade grade position which ends up opening a fifth grade position so I um internally posted that we do that first as a requirement just in case if anybody wants to move I don't want to put a posting out for fifth grade and then there's a teacher that wants to move um I haven't received anything yet I said that I will be externally posting that on Wednesday for fifth grade so I just wanted to keep you updated with that awesome thank you board celebrations I have a few um so I saw online our math 24 team and Mrs kleene um went out and competed at Regional sounds like we did pretty well and we had
018a young man finished sixth I think it was maybe fourth yeah um so Kudos kudos to them for you know that um also uh kudos to our cheerleaders um and the comet cheer classic or cheer challenge or whatever it's called These Days um obviously the girls won the overall team and then we had four four young ladies um Mia Maya Lucy and Ellie who won their individual quads so that was kind of exciting um and a great showing um so I'd like to thank all our staff and parent volunteers that were here on the Sunday um it was a smooth event and uh you know appreciative for all those that come out and help because it does truly take a village to do the things that we accomplish here so um certainly great to have
019that and then I would like to call out we had a couple of I had a coule community members reach out to me and compliment me on the parking situation during the uh cheer competition and how whatever was done um I'm not on social media so I don't know what was done but whatever was done um if we could replicate that moving forward because it was the best nonissue that we've had with one of our big events from a parking standpoint so I did have a couple people reach out to me regarding that and then the last thing I want to celebrate is Jaden Zachary um shout out to the Clemson Tigers number 13 great to see former alums doing big things so kudos to Jaden and to you Andrea thank you yeah i' like
020to also highlight the same with the parking situation because we always see on social media and get calls graduations dances uh the cheer competition and I know Mrs stasher um posted on on Facebook that uh and asked people not to park on everen Evergreen and I think that certainly went a long way to alleviating some of the congestion good I plus the snow helped because they were high Banks so people really couldn't park there were the only thing I have a question on is wherever we're at on the back part where the gymnasium is there's that gate that's there I understand during the weekdays when we have school that that gate is closed but when you have weekend events or large events I think it would help with traffic congestion if that gate could be
021open I get kids club gets dismissed right out that door but to have people to be able to drive around and exit that way would help instead of all of us leaving to that little gate there so if there's a way we could think about that in the future um I think it would help immensely and even where the kids club is I mean we could put um traffic cones or something up out there so that people don't you know they could not park in that particular area but um I know the flow of traffic would be a little bit better if we could open that gate can two CS fit back there or is that just really one you mean to drive straight through like if we did like what you said made that
022Circle or C or whatever can we get two cars back here I guess it would be like over there it seems good but like back here with those I think the problem is when you come around that corner because of where the the boil no it's not the boilers I know what you're talking about the chillers sorry so we would not be able to like if a car is coming this way and that you wouldn't be able to have two cars there one in this way this so that was a problem we did open that before and then people started like parking there so you you can't come once people start parking that area you can't flow through is there is there room to the South that we could expand the drive there to make
023that possible where where it tightens up around this end of the building know because it's that Chiller fence is right there it's by that playground there yeah there's that fenced in area with the with the chillers and you know the Mechanicals far the building is that it's like right off the pavement maybe what we could do is add this as an agenda item sometime because I really do think it's important I also think it might benefit us which I would be willing to be the person to contact the village about posting um I know in subdivisions from working at the village that there is no parking anywhere on a Village Street unless you're permitted or if your signs you have signs up so technically nobody should be parking anywhere on a Village Street unless you
024get a permit but I would be willing to ask them if there's a way that they could post like no parking signs out there it's not going to make the property owners happy but it might alleviate the problem that it's in their face that people can't park there um but I do think maybe we should just have it as a small item on the agenda and so we could maybe come up with a plan before I would go there and tell them what we're doing to help our community out because it you know it seems to be an issue and you know I'm I'm not a big one about giving the squeaky wheel the oil but I am also about keeping our children safe when their parents are in their cars across the road and
025they're running down the street to get to their parents' car so for safety reasons I think this is really an important item I agree and I know for sure two cars cannot fit into that gate so you would definitely be a one way it would have to be like a one way right you know cuz that's I mean it's when you open that gate it's it's pretty tight about wide tops yeah it's not uh it's definitely not like you come through with like an SUV and it's you're you're pretty close to the the gate that swings open so I I know we opened it and then people will park back there and you won't be able to you you won't be able to get a two-way in out right yeah so okay all right onto
026discussion on possible action 8A uh school resource officer um Mr Gentile and I wanted to put this one on uh this is in regards to is the board ined do we think the taxpayers might be interested in having Kim and Andrea look into SRO options I know um L Randall School District just had an opportunity where they uh approved a full-time SRO um I know that uh Salem School Salem grade school and the village are looking at options of how they might be able to partner together to um create some like Village positions that they would fund at times in the working Village hours that we would fund or we could fund when they're working our hours so is this something that we even want to go down this rabbit hole that we want to
027investigate or I don't think it can hurt I would absolutely have them look into it and see what comes yeah I mean I've been a big Advocate since I saw west of the eye that Randall Wasing into doing it um I know you and I have talked about it um and I think you know with The Village's support and interest in at least having the conversation about how they can support it you know at different times I think it merits further um investigation lios at this point and I know we talk at the high school there's there's always need for it I'm not sure what that need necessar looks like in the grade school at times um but it's certainly you can open the door for some shared services with other school districts of you
028know is there one SRO position that's funded by these three schools or two schools in the village and then when they do have an issue that they need contact a deputy they're contacting a school resource officer not just any Deputy off the street so someone who's more trained to work in in the school setting um but then also has some required hours that they're here so just something to look into um I we I think there's a huge benefit also because it was different when we were the villages Silver Lake yeah where our officers were here during the school hours and they were minutes away now you're the Village of Salem Lakes which is like 32 square miles that they have to cover within our village so I mean they could be at the far
029end and we have a problem that officer has to come away certain and I you know said this when I applied for this I am an advocate for not doing things in hindsight I think you should do things uh to prevent something from happening not say oh I wish we would have done it when we talked about it pro I think it's very important right I agree with that I don't want to be morbid or take the conversation down I agree with everything everybody said here the only issue that I take with it is the consideration of doing it and doing it as a part-time or a collective with some other districts and my reason for that is because and again this is where I say I don't mean to be morbid but but when
030when when they're needed it's because somebody has planned out something and gen generally and historically speaking with these incidents they're meticulously planned by individuals who intend to do harm and so they would plan out a day where they know there's not an officer on site and so if we are going to look into it I think um obviously we should but I think that we should lean St strongly towards trying to find a fulltime for our district because I think we kind of I I don't want to say create just the illusion of safety by having a part-time one but to some extent it is kind of just the illusion of safety because it's not like that schedule for that officer is not going to be known so then what we'll do um I know
031the village president and uh one of the trustees also are looking to this as a way of adding another position for like the summer months when there's more need area in the village and obviously we wouldn't need them at school and school's on session then and so that way it could kind of be a shared expense I think a full-time SRO would be very expensive um not having that position because in the summer months the sro's go to conveyance and go to the courthouse whereas if the village is able to pick up those expenses then or when there's not school or overtime things like that so um we can keep looking into it and see kind of what comes from it sound good sounds great all right and then the last go ahead Kim um
032I can can we just go back I just Vicki I just I was texting with Sue so I just want to go back one thing because I want to I want to see if this answer is enough for us to be able to approve these monthly financials or what you want differently it's exactly what I said that the statements are the balances from the end of January and the current this the front page that you see is the balance as of now so you know many of these things are balances are fluid um because money is getting deposited take taken out so sue always gives the board the most updated information on the front sheet and then obviously we don't have statements from the end of February yet and so it's always a little bit
033behind so I want you to know that and I mean that's the way I think it's you know I if you want something diff I think the Board needs to decide if you can approve the financials for this month and if you want something different then we should probably have that on the board agenda and discuss it because um I think that's they're never going to match because they're always a month between the last statements and when the board meetings happen yeah I mean I personally would be willing to approve it based upon that information but then what I think should happen is seeing how we're getting the statements from the bank we should at least have what the month end is so this this month would be say the month end of February and
034then she could put what the business is from March 1 until our next meeting what that business is and then add them together so that she's giving us statements which I like but there's no way to tie in the information to know if it's accurate or what's going on with it so I have a problem with that but so can we add that to the next board could if the board feels comfortable approve the financials for this month add it to the next board meeting so that um we can um have Su part of the discussion can you I'll make a I'll make a motion to approve the monthly financials from 6A motion Mrs gich is there a second I'll second by Mr Gentile all those in favor I I I opposed motion carries thank
035you Cam um we're going to table the school resource officer conversation until more information discussions had and then um 8B the um approval of the full-time PE position Andrea or Kim you guys want to speak to that at all or we have the information in the packet but yeah you have the information in the packet I gave you the bio um as I put in the packet Neil Angie and Andrea interviewed three candidates um that we had some solid candidates um and they made the offer to um Jaylen and um or you know until board approval so um I guess that's you know pretty much all the details I think it's kind of I do like that we're um having a female P teacher because I think that's going to go pay dividends for our
036Middle School female students who can have the health class and have the conversations that they don't need to have Mr Daniels or Mr Krauss or yeah when I was here Mr brain so very excited that she has PE adaptive and health because there's just so much more creative scheduling we could do and opportunities I also really like she's very interested in um doing after school things with kids like we talked about 4H and so that's what really I mean we had great candidates like I would have been happy like yeah it was super um but I was just really excited about how she's very connected to this area um and excited about like coaching and and things outside of coaching for kids that don't necessarily play sports so that's I'm super happy about that but
037she doesn't she's not graduated yet nope she's doing her student teaching she's finishing up at Wheatland her student teaching finishes at at um Burlington High School um and then she'll be certified all right I'd like to make a motion to approve the full-time teacher contract for the 25 26 school year I'll second motion by Hopkins second by Mr Hurst all those in favor I I I I opposed motion carries our next meeting is um Tuesday March 18th other than that good I will make a motion we adjourn motion by Mr Gentile second second by Mr Hurst all those in favor I I I motion carries turn that off thanks Kim thank you for coming have a great night you got a short one so we expect you next next month when it's real long yeah
038thank you that was