001Okay. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag 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. >> Okay. agenda. I would entertain >> move to approve the agenda. >> So second move seconds. All in favor please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Passes. Um delegations visitors communications and public comments. We have a public comment form from Amy Ber. Go ahead. Um, so I'm just here mainly tonight to ask for uh just a little more communication on the activities funds and mainly um just for my own happiness just to know how that's going to work with um the seniors and graduation. Um, I did have a meeting with the superintendent um and did ask for that meeting,
002but I haven't heard anything back and I hope to have that sometime soon just so we know what it looks like for our kids. And like I said in that meeting too, like um communication through a huge change that happened with those activities funds and the classes and houses and all of that. Um, I think communication between parents and board members and students and staff would have been I know for my sake would have been just easier to um transition into that huge change and maybe be a little more knowledgeable so that if somebody did come and ask me like my kids, they're like, "What are we going to do?" then and then they would know and I would know and um just before the change happens just some communication so we all know and
003they're all the same page before a huge change. Um and then just interested in what the default accounts were. Um, we talked about Spanish and FBLA, but $7,200 is a lot of money for what accounts what account. And maybe I don't need to know that, but just interested and I think the kids are interested in what that all looks like, too. Um, I know the kids had a meeting with Mrs. Betts um where uh I was told that they could have speak up, they could have spoke up, but they didn't feel like they could. And both of my kids are very um yeah, they speak their mind, especially my daughter. So, I think they had questions about it. Um the email explained it a little bit. Um I didn't get the email. I don't know
004if they ever found out why. So, just more communication throughout that process would have been amazing. I thought that a meeting would be a great thing for the students to have so we are all on the same page and everybody knows what's going on and how graduation is going to get funded and you know what it looks like because I I honestly didn't think that the email clarified enough for me as a mom of a senior and I think that's really all I had to say. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. >> Um I don't have any other public comments. Um do we have anything else? Would have any cards or anything that um next order of business is a house presentation. Alicia Oski, Sam Gr. >> Mandy. >> Hi, we're the leaders of House
005Ka. I'm Alicia Oski. >> Sam Grove. >> Mandy B. For the month of September, KA House decorated the panther and purpose room. We also introduced KOA and the Cub House system at the community lunch. And later this month, we're going to be sponsoring reading buddies down. Our identity six houses captures the heart of a school community. Though we were divided into six unique houses each with their own values and traditions we come together as one united family. This year we added two houses and tradition both ancient and provides a sense of belonging and pride while encouraging leadership teamwork and service. Mentorship is cornerstone system offering students meaningful opportunities and in our structure at marble. Each elementary house is prepared to create mentors creating a strong foundation for consistent supportive relationships. Older students serve as mentors
006character leadership and school pride while younger students positive role All right. [Music] >> You're courageous. We are warriors who show us more than us. We have steady hearts. Our core value in POA is generosity. Let's see what our house has to say about this. Regeneration means to give more to others than is to give more to others. So if you have a lot of things more than you need more you see person needs things you could give them more than they need and to be generous. Something that be generous is um something to somebody like if they like um in a hospital or if they're like in a [Music] That's right. Good job. >> We regret that we were unable to attend in person to present our video. If you have any questions, please feel
007free to contact us. Thank you. >> Very good. >> Awesome. >> I wish they were here in person. >> Well, I was at the community lunch and it was really neat to see it live and see the little faces. They were so excited me jumpers. A lot of parents were there too. So, it was nice to see their parents as well supporting. >> That's great. comments. >> Fantastic. >> Yeah. Uh, have you heard from elementary parents? >> Uh, haven't haven't heard from parents on that. >> We did have one new student that was housed yes, Tuesday. yesterday. He was pretty excited. >> He ended up in Moro. >> How are you housing him? >> They Mr. B changed the logos on the wheel. So it would be the every other one was Coy. Coy. >>
008Okay. >> So that's what you're using now instead of the >> darts. >> Cool. And every month one of the houses is going to present at committee lunch. >> Mr. >> I think here too certainly I think the seven 12 houses will probably have a higher likelihood of being able to do their presentation getting all six years. >> Right. It's a big ask. >> Yeah. Mr. B said that Moroi would be the last ones to present this year. >> Yeah. We'll start out with Cup House and with Cup House. >> Cool. >> Yeah, it's fun. It's so fun to see them so excited. >> Be so brave to be the first ones. I mean, >> yeah. >> Go Cola. >> Okay. Um, next on the agenda is just reviewing board policies, leadership governance policies. Um,
009I didn't see any big changes on any of those. Did I miss pretty simple. >> Yeah, >> straightforward. >> Um, board leadership governance policies, personnel services. Was there anything? Okay. Administrative reports. Um, anybody here? Was there any questions or comments on any of the other administrative reports? >> Okay, moving on. Mr. Ro. >> All right, so expenditures for the month of August. So we'll start off with general fund over the expenditure which was $343,8248. Again, now that school was in session, we did make our first um this August payroll was our first payment payroll for the teachers contracts and everybody back to work. So full payroll. Um, and then the next would be the illustrated. The red is the instructional support. It's just a little less than 10,000 transportation. Most of a lot of this
010you'll see as we break it down how that was expended. So, first of all, we'll start with um instructional. So, payroll total amount for instructional $13,210. Um, payroll was over 150 almost 115,000 and then other expenses over 8,000. So with that it's through the first two months we had 92.78% of that budget made. Right. Next is instructional support which expensed about $9,819 which now leaves that budget with 93.86% 6% administration $47,614 right now between administration business office and school board. So the administration is the superintendent and the assistant principal plus um but nothing this month are just those two. Um so at this point 81.53% of that budget remains. Okay. maintenance uh spent spended a little over 52,42. So payroll miscellaneous expenses is a little 30,000 utilities about 5,000. So at this point we expended
011um a little over $100,000. We have 69% of that budget. um transportation expended people $11,500 can't break down between payroll, fuel, and other expenses. So, um at the beginning of August, 93.75% of that budget remains. wellness. We spent $646.96 for some up and cominging awards or words for recognitions. So at this point there's 94.61% of that budget remaining uh number transfers. So we have 100% of that. The breakdown of that again is how much we budgeted and where we budgeted it to. So overall as of the end of August, the first two months of the fiscal year, we spent $44,600 to 78 cents. and break down. We've expended about a little under 10% of our budget revenues for this month. For this last month, August, we did get did our first foundation payment, which was
012$43,000, $43,42.97. Special ed reimbursement was $31,1727. Our local taxes was $9,0496 and a little over $443,000. Moving on to our other funds, lunch fund, we we extended 5,58989 and getting back into a swing of things. So food purchase purchase was a dominating factor there as we start starting the year. Um payroll wasn't too much this month. I'll just b check that because it was mostly partial. Um not much of food service was in that pay period because school hadn't started. So um me and Lucindi and Harvey were still working in maintenance. So that will change. Uh so school lunch budget at this point is 95.52% of that budget from May ranger maintenance repairs. Um we had spent $13,722. At this point we have 66.32% of that budget. Again, just those projects that we were working
013on in the summer, we're finally getting those finished up and getting those paid. Um, school housing was $11,74 or $7,74 which was either the roof or the sign roof roof for Ellen Rod's rental. Um, so we have 76.51% of that budget remaining. No expenditures for depreciation reserve in August. So, I still have 100% of that budget remaining. Um, capital construction did some got some more work done on the water filter project at $15,593 and then capital appropriation security funding which is what the new intercom for the front door is. So, that was a little over 17,000 then. Uh so it does probably have 82.62% of that. That's what we need. And our last fund will be our special revenues which this our grants which we expended $31,426. And there's a breakdown of the different grants
014and how much that we used during the month of August. So we have 74.45% of that should be made. And any questions? >> Mr. Did we get the um Suburban sold? >> Yes, we just Well, we just hired them processed. They have all the paperwork's been signed. It's sent to Johnson County's been I think from Boston transferred. I remember right. And so they just need to come pick one up. It'll be great. Uh just short of nine each one went like 53 and the other one 36. >> That money goes back to which fund or do we have to pay off vehicle towards a vehicle? >> It usually goes back into the general fund transportation. Um there's some rules there. Um, I think we're fine. We're going to use those to help pay for the
015new ones that are coming in just about a week or two. So, those >> What about an update on that? that closed August 26 and received payment >> 27th 27th day >> I waited around for a whole hour to get that >> wait around for the whole hour to get it >> didn't get it so >> yeah guess it was a a matter of wire tie. >> Wire put up. >> Yeah, >> that's fun. >> Um, okay. Any other questions for Mr. Ro? >> All righty. We'll move right into purchases exceeding 5,000. >> First one, Apex Mechanical for 15593. As Mr. or spoke that was some finishing up of the water filtration project. Uh this one surprised me this month not for the fact the bill existed but just that it was here that the
016work was done a while ago. So I think just took the company a while to bill us. So that that was done probably in June. So just getting that one paid. Next one, lead heating, cooling and refrigeration was work done through our refrigeration systems in kitchen service as well as ice makers etc. around the building getting everything back to a a working order, cleaned, ready for the year. Long building 8190 is continued work on getting just HVAC system back to a hopefully operable state where we can stop having bills like that show up. Premier speakers bureau is uh a utilization of our web bill grant and bringing in some PD for teachers with literacy and writing and vocabulary next month. Seasonal services at 21435 was sprinkler project not paid out and why not print was
017the painting around the building decorative painting not the paint. >> Did um they get is the sprinkler system done and >> sprinkler systems done and working? They did finish up and then there was a couple hiccups. They came back out, did some more work on a pump, fixed a couple things. I think since then, we're probably uh a month and a half out from last time they were here and everything's been operating really well. Mr. Bus has that in his report this month that you can tell with the landscaping that things have been getting quite a bit more water than they had the last couple years. hands. >> He's happy with the way it's working. I >> think so. >> Uh, what feedback have you gotten on that team? >> Everybody that's Yeah, everybody that's
018been in has has really liked it. We had really good feedback at the house party. Um, everybody just kind of coming in and giving first reflections. Um, panther claws in here have been people just appreciate having some color. Um, I've had people comment from other schools across the valley that they wish that their school didn't look like prison that it could have some color like ours. >> Any questions on those? Do we need to let's go over this? Do we need um next item is accountability data? >> Wanted to share the the state released the accountability data uh publicly on August 27 maybe somewhere in there and I I was able to take part this year. The state superintendent asked me to uh present statewide at their press conference. She identified our district as one
019that had shown, I think, probably the most growth within the area of literacy, which excited me for the fact that that's been our target area for the last couple years. And as we've seen in presentations here, uh the the cycle by which we tend to see improvement is is that three-year adoption cycle and implementation. This was year three and I think that start to really show and I I would only anticipate that we continue to see growth in that area. I'm excited as well as we saw a little bit of a gap this year where would have had our expectations for math. Math is lagging that process a couple of years. excited that our teachers have shown quality implementation and I think that it'll play out to same pattern that we'll see there too. This
020is a report that is provided the district each year that basically gets down to a point of uh where we're at with regard to the school accountability model and it's uh showing that we're meeting expectations of the state. There's four rating categories. One's exceeding expectations, one's meeting, uh, one's not meeting, and one's partially meeting. So, we are at a at a spot meeting expectations. That is where we have been for the last four years. And breaking that down a little bit into the categories, achievement is a category that just measures how our students perform on the wide top test. You can see that for grades three to eight, we're meeting the target that the state sets for us right now. At the high school level, we are below target with our white top scores. And
021at the federal level, we're we're scoring at an average level. Uh growth is an indicator within the accountability model that measures how our students scores did from last year to this year. making sure that regardless of where they were last year, they're demonstrating growth at both the 38 level and the high school level. We're meeting our target for growth and we're above average at the federal level. our equity measure. This measure takes a look at the students who performed in the bottom 20% and puts those in into a group and then takes a look across the state at how we did at growing our bottom 20% compared to how other districts may have done growing their bottom 20%. And that's a spot clearly we've been working hard within uh our interventions and other things to
022to get there and we're exceeding target for equity and above average at the federal level. Next one is graduation and credential. This is looking at a four-year graduation rate at the high school level. We're exceeding that target and we're above average federal postsecary readiness takes a look at college career and military readiness. There are various metrics that weigh into that. Some of them are test scores, some of them are completion of CTE courses, um, certifications through CTE. It can also be ASVAB test, types of classes that the students take. This is a a focus measure for us with regard to making sure that I I believe this measure uses the right indicators. And because of that, it it really does tell us well if if our students are leaving us prepared to take a next
023step. And it's a place that we have been uh below target because uh there were some had had been some decisions in the district uh previous that really prevented our students from meeting some of the pieces that were mandatory for for getting that. it was almost impossible for the kids to get marked as as ready. We've remedied that and we're now meeting target in that area and above average at the federal level. And credits credits earn looks at our ninth grade students and asks if if you have 28 credits required for graduation, which we do, uh students would need to be earning seven credits each year throughout their high school term to be on track for graduation. And this just says yes, our students are made seven credits after their freshman year. They're on track
024for graduation. Any questions? >> What would that exceeds have to zoom back in blind? Exceeds target on graduation credential. Is that because we have some graduating currently or what what put you at exceeding? >> That's that's our graduation rate last year was 100%. >> Okay. And the I think the cut for between meeting expectations and exceeding expectations is 94. If we're above 94, it's going to come in as an exceeds target and then it takes the next step down to be partially meeting or or not meeting somewhere in the 80s and then somewhere in the 70s. >> Okay. And then just because I am a nonis commander features for that below target on achievement. Where do you feel like we need to go to get that up? >> We actually had a great conversation around
025some of that in DSC last night and um we have been having have a pretty heavy focus on writing and speaking within classes. I think there was some feeling there and it's going to be a conversation amongst the rest of staff but it's probably a metric of two things. It indicates some some lack of the system for for years that we've been trying to make up with our interventions to that point. Uh but I think it also is probably indicative right now of our not placing a whole lot of emphasis on preparation for tests like the WTOP and the ACT. So there was just an open question really if if that's something that we want to start making part of our tier one instruction where students in class every day would start to see an
026ACT type math question type science question so that they're a little bit better prepared for that type of a test when it comes comes along. >> Some questions or comments? >> I think we're looking pretty good there. Yeah, I like seeing those numbers and that's what you present in other graphs to us. And these scores come from what test? >> This is a combination. Uh this is the it's called the Wyoming Accountability and Education Act. And each of those metrics is determined in a little bit of a different way. >> The majority of them come from WTOP, but WTOP's part of it, ACT is part of it, ASVAB is a part of it. the types of classes our our kids are taking, graduation rate. It's it's what the state considers a measure of the health
027of your school, health of the overall performance. >> Great job. >> Questions? >> No, it looks good. Okay, we'll move on then. Our next item of business is consent items. Um approval of vouchers, approval of minutes from previous meeting, approval of administrations students and approval of transportation isolation requests. One of them is new. There any questions or comments on those? I guess a motion or before we can discuss questions. So I would entertain a motion to approve a motion. >> No, just as we discuss the consent items to approve need to approve. Yeah, because everything moved. Is there a second? >> Moved by Deb, seconded by Gina. U that opens the floor for discussion of consent items or any questions. Seeing none, >> all in favor of approval of the consent items, please say I.
028I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. How many students do we have enrolled? >> 78. Right. >> Our ratio >> add one this week. >> Ratio in district and out of district to out of district similar to previous. >> Yeah, I think so. Just curious. >> All right. Action items. Uh item the first item is approval to accept a grant of 45,000 for the heat pump installation from Wyoming Energy Authority. >> Heat pumps air conditioning. >> The units will the units will be capable of heating and air conditioning. They'll the largest need we've got is air conditioning on the side of the building. So it'll be classrooms from uh Mrs. Zelianrod's office to library to classrooms as they wrap all the way around this hallway and then back to museum. I guess we probably
029should. >> All right. I move to approve to accept a grant of $45,000 for heat pump insulation as recommended by the administration. >> I take care of the whole thing. No. >> How much more were we going to have to find money for? >> I I started getting bids. Uh this is a grant that we applied for oh shoot May of 24 and finally got notice of it couple well last week and uh the bids that we've seen so far this total project to buy the mini splits and have them installed is it's probably going to be somewhere in neighborhood of 140 to 150,000. What are you thinking for funding from the press? >> We did budget 100,000 this year. >> Okay. >> So, we had capital construction money budgeted toward that. >> Uh are
030there any stipulations with this grant that would could hinder us? This grant is a similar one that we received maybe three years ago that replaced a lot of our lighting in the building with updated LED lights. And the Wyoming Energy Authorities's intent with these is that it's an energy savings. So the heat pumps do represent especially during the winter months they they represent possibility for energy savings because it's cheaper to heat with those than it is with our boiler system especially for the incremental changes within the classroom. That's why we were awarded the grant. Um, the responsibilities that we owe the Wyoming Energy Authority taking this grant on is to submit our energy bills for the next 12 months after it's uh project is completed so that they can track that. >> Well, they want
031um power mills prior to that so they can do a comparison. They've already they've got >> they've got >> that was part of the grant application. >> Any other questions? >> Okay, it has been properly moved and seconded. Seeing no further discussion, all in favor of approving the grant, please say I. >> I opposed. Thank you. Motion carries. Uh second approval of the restructuring AD position. I move that we accept the restructuring of the AD position for the 19 or the five or this let's see the 202526 position and we will review the 202627 when we administer the contract for the AD for the next term but we will approve it or as written for this. >> I'll second it. >> Yeah, that's right. >> Any questions or discussion? >> And we are we're splitting
032these. It's been a conversation that I've been having with Mrs. Bets for the past couple of years and uh been been a discussion about splitting this. We've got staff that are wanting to and desire to move into leadership roles and other staff that have have got more responsibilities at this point and are just through conversation willing to mentor as as well as support as to what we got more capable leaders in the building. >> Is that a a fair value that she's proposing for what she's doing and what the the assistant ad would do? It was it was a conversation between the two of them decided >> and this is no additional funds. Is that what you said? It just splits. >> Oh, sorry. Yeah. >> So, Mrs. F will stay high school. Okay. And
033who will be junior? I'm sorry. >> Mr. Spade. >> Yeah. I think I know I read this this week. I apologize for having >> Mr. Spade will also help with high school also when needed. >> Yeah. as well as others that are always in position to help it out. >> Yeah, I'm done. >> It's a good bit load. >> Okay. Oh, sorry. It says right there, Jennifer. My bad. See that? Look down. >> Yeah. Um and I'm going to just do the one school year as she proposed. I'm looking at it next year. We look at contracts over here. >> Yeah, we'll look at that when we >> Yeah, we get to see that way we can kind of evaluate just any other questions or discussion. Thank you, Mr. Spe, for stepping up a minute.
034Okay, >> fix my computer. Thank you. >> Further discussion, we will vote. All in favor of restructuring the AD position for this school year, please say I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Next item of business, approval of personnel action report. I move to approve the personal action personnel action report as recommended by administration. It has been properly moved and seconded. Any questions or discussion? >> Um, I would like clarification on what personnel we are hiring and for what positions. Please >> go ahead. Click it. >> Mr. Rod coming on as a CV bus driver Rose as part-time maintenance and Mr. career as a certified volunteer go welcome. >> Thank you. >> No resations. >> Right. Yes. >> Any questions, comments on those? Seeing none, vote. All in favor of approving the personal action report, please
035say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Thank you. Carries. Next item, approval of contract with Premier Speakers Bureau Inc. for professional development services a 15,500 was also discussed earlier. I move to approve the contract with Premier Speakers Bureau Inc. for the professional development services in the amount of $15,500 as recommended by administration. Dusty seconds. Any questions or discussion? >> Kind of. Can you explain what this all is going to involve? Is this more than one meeting or is it just one meeting or what is it? >> Be one P day. Um speak coming in to help us out with pace of instruction, regular instruction, really high-end vocap. We've been sending our teachers out to RCA Academy with uh the white belt grant to get the same type of PD. And as of next week, all
036of our teachers will have been out to that. This speaker is from there rather than thinking about another round of people going out and seeing what's going on there. It's quite a bit of a cost savings to have them come to us and just hit everybody with a workshop. Is this date set in stone? >> Yeah. >> Are we welcome? >> Absolutely. >> Sit in on any of it. >> I would love for you guys to be here that whole day. It's going to be amazing. This is beautiful but great. Mrs. Pay for with white belt grant and Mrs. B has sought some other funding for it. There there are purposes behind our housing system that this ties into that. This is going to be an instructional PD, not a housing system PD, but um
037the we we saw some funding through some other grants, but uh it turns out we're in a position right now of liquidating that Yell grant and it's literacy PD fits the grant purpose specifically. So, >> um will you get a breakdown of kind of the agenda for that day as it gets closer to think? And then if you would find some test so if we can't be here all day figure >> figure out which time to come in >> advice when you >> always welcome >> any other questions session >> we did for this PD day move moving in this direction we were able to reallocate a day from our contract with connections to move a PDA that we've already paid for from this fall to the next spring. PD professional development teaching so they
038can do good things for kids. We get a limited number of them throughout the year. It really is the time that we spend to make sure that we're continuing to move forward serving our kids best we can. >> Okay, any other questions? >> I like the idea of bringing them in instead of having the boss flying people out. So that's good part. >> This one's been Atlanta. Yeah, >> more people are able to attend, right? Which is nice because gone >> and and this and this is going to allow us to to have staff beyond our direct teaching staff that can ask exposure. We'll be visiting around. We'll certainly extend an invite to attend to Johnson County Sher if they'd like to have any of their English speakers here. could be something that opens. That's
039right. >> Awesome. Any other questions or discussion? Seeing none, we will proceed to vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. All right. approval literacy professional development statement for certified staff. >> Um motion >> I move to approve granting a literacy professional development stipen for certified stats. >> Just a second. >> Uh do you want to talk a little bit about that? >> Did I have a conversation? Yeah, you got it. You got it in your email. Um, sorry I didn't get linked there. You've uh I had a conversation with Trusty Crescent and an hour ago and she had indicated that there there was an opportunity we provided staff across the board provided staff with a bonus from last year. And this one this one's not a bonus. is
040directly correlated to work that teachers have put in outside the classroom, summer work, working some beyond contract day to get us to the point where our literacy scores are right now. We saw that's an area that we're being highlighted by the state for. It's an area where we've seen significant growth over the last three years and it's uh a spot where we we have an opportunity right now. We've got to have the YU built grant spent down by the end of the month. This form of expenditure has been approved by the state as meeting the requirements of the grant. And I I think it's it's a spot where we can provide some recognition, provide some seeing that our staff have have put in that extra work to get us where we're in that realm. Trusty
041Pruss had indicated and we had had a conversation a few weeks ago about possibilities for this grant as we wind it down. I have kind of come to an end of my capability to come up with places where it we can continue to purchase professional development materials etc for uh the school that that are going to be making moves for us right now. So, our other option with that would be potentially to uh ask the state if there are other districts that could utilize the money and we could give money back to the state and other districts could could uh have an opportunity at that. Trusty Prusack wanted me to share that she she thought if we were to uh approve this as something where I contact the state, ask them if there are districts
042that are in need of the funds, have expressed an interest in more funds that we could then uh submit this back to the state and say, "Hey, let another district use it elsewhere." If the state indicates that they haven't had a request of that nature, then we we move forward with >> Is there time for that process to take place? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I think agenda today and I think when we put it back in I forgot to blank it. Sorry about that. >> Thank you. So the thought is ask the state if there's another district that could use the money. If there's not, then we give a stipen >> and you can do that can do it to people. >> Well, that's what we're going to ask. Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's already been
043approved by the state. I I asked the state for specific to this exactly. I sent almost the same email that I sent to all of you. I sent that to the state said would you approve this said yes >> there's no cost associated with the library agreement >> no uh inter library loan why build a grant interestingly enough with title literacy I've been working with this grant all the way back from before I came here you cannot use it for libraries I'm literally not able to read. [Music] >> You can use it and we have we we've bought lots and lots and lots of books with this grant. Um, we just bought I I sent out a a survey to every staff member, student, everybody in the district, asked them to pick a book. Everybody
044picked a book, we just bought it. So, we just did $1,100 in books for everybody what they they wanted to read. We've done that a couple times. We did it going into the summer and last spring. Um, we had that piece written into this grant specifically and we actually had this written into the grant specifically too to provide professional development study deets for staff to be attending professional developments that we we probably could have been utilizing it throughout the grant period when we have staff end up at a conference on a Saturday and they're not being compensated for a Saturday, but they're they're working. We could have been banned for that day. So it >> which is essentially what we're asking it to do here. >> Yeah. And that's that's why the state was so
045quick to say no problem with approving this spending is it's it is written into the grant. We have it. we just weren't um I'd say we were probably stretching the grant so that we we made sure that we had money through the end of it and there were some opportunities probably to spend it for this almost exact purpose earlier that we we didn't take >> do you think I guess question you could answer, but do you think if it were given back to the state, do you think it would be reallocated or would just go back into >> Um, well, if if what Trusty Pruss had as kind of a solution to that, if we amended the motion to say check with the state, then I would say I mean, if they tell us yes,
046we've got somewhere to send it, then it'll get sent somewhere. If they tell us no, do this. >> I don't know. I'm kind of like I think they should stay here and I did ask for that clarification. That's what we're thinking. But I just feel like maybe it should stay here because look at our results and like you said, we've had staff working on weekends conferences. I know one of um Caris's thoughts was that when she was teaching typically teachers aren't paid to get their continuing edicing that requires continuing edar compensated for that. So I think that was part of her thought process. Well, my dad, >> how does that relate to >> Yeah. >> Sorry, I was at the wrong conversation. >> Yeah. Sorry. >> Yeah. So, how we talk about continue to cus
047and you don't get paid for that time. Even with nursing, I've got to take CUS and I don't get paid either. >> Yeah. >> But to me, this this grant and what we're asking to distribute people is because they kind of gone above above and beyond. I think >> Yeah. And our our staff go above and beyond every day. >> Yeah. And it shows on our all the graphs show. They they work an extremely low lowly compensated profession with very few fringe benefits and perks. raise. >> I believe that we can at least triple or just >> do you get to see us once more? >> So, I have a motion to stipen the staff on the table. Guess the question now is do we want to make the amendment or do we want to
048vote as is that way that >> um I just have a couple questions real on our professional development. Are there so many I couldn't find it in the policy, but our our teachers and stuff required so many hours of um professional development every year? >> Our contracts with our teachers are for 164 days. So, they have 148 student contact days and 16 days that we utilize for professional development of some nature. Some of that some of that works out to what I would call work time. students finishing upgrade or finishing upgrades, parent teacher conferences, end of year data collection, those types of things. And some of it is like we just approved true professional development day where teachers are doing the learning that it takes to continue to be great in that profession. Um, beyond
049that, our teachers are required every every five years they've got to renew their license. And in order to renew their license, they've got to have 75 hours of professional development documented or five college credits. >> Now, if we give them a stipen, does that affect their hours any because I know in some their professional development, if you give stipens, it takes away from their professional development hours because you're being compensated, right? Okay. >> It's a good question. Realize that. Any other questions or comments? Okay, we will proceed to vote on the motion that is on the table, which is to stifen our staff for their hard work and the uh evidence that is working with it. Um all in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Okay, moving on to
050discussion items. First one is um WSBA. I did not look at the memos um but I can't speak to the conference. I think all of us went except maybe were you there one day? >> Okay. So, we were all there last year. I thought it was really valuable. Um I think it's the presentations from other schools which it's it's really valuable and some of the keynotes are really good too. So I'm planning to attend. >> Yeah. I'm going to be at my nephew's wedding in Nashville. >> Oh shoot. >> That's no excuse. >> But I do I really enjoy this conference. >> They elected Deb as our voting delegate. She's not going to be there. >> I thought you did say that last year. >> Well, I would have done it again. Yeah. >> So,
051sorry guys. >> Who am I going to go get with? >> I know. >> Can we put that on the agenda for next meeting? >> Yeah. Or we just have trust. >> We might have to. >> It wasn't bad. Actually, it was it was it we discussed all the items and there were quite a few last year legislative year but um then when I just went I had my notes and you listen to everybody's opinion which is interesting. Aren't you also part of something else there? >> Well, Boseies has a meeting. So, who's there? Boseies. >> I don't think it's I don't think it's you. >> So, somebody could go to the meeting and it's on the agenda for like the first or second day. tells you they're meeting in whatever room at whatever time.
052>> Okay. >> It's just their monthly meeting. They might have somebody try to present something where they're trying. >> So, we don't have anybody attending those meeting. >> No, I'm going to OC every month. >> Oh, you are? Okay. >> Yeah. It's just at conference they get together. We actually look at each other face to face the first time in here. If we want to be representative at conference, we should probably have our alternate goss. He's pointing at you. >> Probably can't I will probably have my small child in town. So, >> we we do have uh some staff members that have submitted a conference proposal to present at this conference. I see >> and superintendent Stoultz and I superintendent Stoultz from shared two and I submitted a proposal to present as well. >> Very
053cool. >> Haven't heard back on either of those but pretty good chance be able to share some good things that we got going. >> That's awesome. I hope so. Any other questions? Gina and Dusty, do you think you got them? Try >> mind blown last year. Maybe I can understand it a little better this year. >> Yeah, I I love being with the other board members that are going through the same things or have gone through figured out. >> It's just under a chance >> and I would have won two prizes last year. >> Yes. >> I believe it was something. I I hate to disappoint, but I think the superintendent still set the dinner reservation this year at the exact same time as last year, so >> Oh, well, it will likely be repeated.
054>> Yes. >> Okay. Um, thanks for community engagement. Community lunch is October 1st, so get your RSVP in if you're going to eat. Hopefully see you all there. >> Um, Is there any other >> we need to think about maybe for next next meeting >> um discuss our next listening session. >> Okay, don't you think? >> Yeah, discuss what >> scheduling our next listening session. Okay, activity accounts >> I had >> some question both from community and board with regard to shift that we had in allocating activity accounts. Biggest shift there was move from allocating those accounts via class to allocation via house. And one of the the big moves in that direction um was due to the class size and makeup of the junior class this year being such that prom was going to
055be a very difficult thing to to pull together etc. So conversation started there and it was uh thought that house houses are very likely to continue to have uh a more balanced number of students involved and they will have the opportunity to fund raise and then also uh roll funds. So that funds when when a class ends up graduating and they've got funds left in their account that that money was at the end of each year, it's a conversation that just pop up and what what should be done with these funds? And sometimes the class had an idea of that direction, sometimes they just left. And we have activity accounts dated back to class 2015 17 others that that uh hadn't really been provided direction. The houses are an ongoing entity that will be able
056to alleviate that issue where and and we don't necessarily end up in a position where we maybe overfundra where we're we're thinking that we need to get build a bill build as much as possible so that we have that position where there's a lot of money left over that maybe we didn't need to take from the Um, couple questions specifically have come up and we heard tonight with regard to funding for prom and for graduation conversation through here. The prom prom has been costing around $3,000 and that's it's an easy thing. Each house can chip in 500 bucks to a prom account and prom can be What's that? >> What the delegate from each house? >> Yeah. Secondary to that, the conversation has been had around how do we go about planning prom um if
057it's going to be continue to be a junior class thing, if it's going to be other other type participation there. And uh we've seen over the past few years that prom tends to be it's the responsibility of the junior class, but it ends up being the responsibility of two or three interested members in the in the junior class. And uh the thought was that each house could send a delegate that's interested in planning prom and they could take part in the prom planning process. And then minimally we've got six people that are dedicated to that, want it to happen, interested in being a part of it. Similar to graduation, we've take a look at the past few years, graduation expenses to see just a baseline expense which um graduates have have been responsible for caps
058and gowns and flowers and and other elements of their graduation. And then past couple years, the seniors have um started a tradition of purchasing a senior gift to uh finish out the year. And the conversations that I've had to this point, it's we're going that that'll be funded. The class is not going to go wanting for anything that's reasonable for their graduation. and they don't have an exact amount on that right now. I think it it might be prudent to allow the senior class to begin having discussions around what they'd like the graduation look like just they they can know well that they'll they'll be taken care of without worry. And question came up around enterprise accounts and what they were where they went etc. This is the enterprise accounts that we had um previous
059uh there on the left hand side. See everything from $40.91 in a Spanish account to $88641 in a poetry account that these these accounts were ones that no longer were being utilized for the purpose that they were established. And there was also an elementary account. So what I did is um take and and decide whether this this fund was fundraised mostly for a 712 purpose or K6 purpose. um if it was a 712 purpose, I took the amount and allocated it either evenly across houses if it had nothing to do with classes or in the case of class monies that were for still current classes um not not 24 and 25 because those those graduates were gone but for still current classes. If the class of 2026 had two eospice members, then the the money
060got cut by the number of class members and then it was allocated based upon where their uh where their members fell into the the house system that came out too. Uh and then elementary funding were split splitting between KOA and Rocky. What happened when that when that allocation went through was uh dokite ended up with an imbalance with regard to that allocation. Um happens to be that our smallest class also had the most money. Um two of those members were in operite. Rather than that, the the uh issue, we basically allocated the amount of one of those members back into the general pool and split it across the other five houses to come out to a more even allocation across the houses. From that, again, we'll take a 500 for prom. That'll cover graduation. we'll
061be in a good spot moving forward with regard to how those funds are raised. The the plan for them in terms of community knowing why they're donating money, where they're donating money, and not having the issue of what happens with a dysfunction account. Um, is there other things like I didn't look or did see what how much the cost of 2025? >> $1,400. >> Okay. >> Was about $1,400 left. >> Oh, 2026. Is that what >> that's 2026 was just short just shy of $4,000. >> Okay. They had four in it. a little bit over um is what your spreadsheets. I'm just wondering like typically a senior class if say they have $4,000 left and graduations can cost to would they like take a senior trip or something that these kids might feel like they
062can't do because >> as I've said in in every conversation I've had the senior class should not feel like they can't do anything. So, how would that process work? They would send that just request. >> Yeah. Okay. If they can plan a graduation and plan for their year the way that every other class ever has >> and then it would pull back out of the houses just like >> could pull out of the houses or or we could look toward establishing a separate way of doing that if the district wanted to fun. But yeah, absolute class is going to be taken care. Now, what happens if one of the houses doesn't have a senior in it? >> Then they won't do >> they have to contribute. >> Then they won't contribute to graduation. >> So
063you'll only have let's say hypo hypothetically you'll only have five contributing you know that's >> Sure. Yeah. And actually four four graduation expenses u each each house will contribute for their seniors. Um, and it's basically following the money, right? Money flowed into those house accounts following the senior. It can flow back out following the senior. And we can just have that starting starting in a new flow pattern that houses will pay for their senior graduate. If they've got a two, then they'll pay for two. If they've got one, pay for one. Zero, pay for zero. question >> and they will be um also doing some fundraising each house. >> Yeah, houses are going to be run a concession stand have already started. Vast majority of the fundraised money for classes is concession stand money. That's
064it's just transition over to houses and that I think it's help helped also with get concession stands covered. There's just a little bit more little bit more push behind the the houses than I think previously uh classes it felt a little bit more and was treated more as a requirement. the sheet would go around and every class would be signing up and they'd be like, "Well, we have to do three, so we're going to do this, this, this." I think this time going around it was lots of conversation around who who gets the best dates and we want want to do this, want to do this. I I think it has re-energized probably that process. >> What if the house doesn't have enough? >> Yeah. Then we have conversation. What happens? Yeah. >> It's not
065going to happen this year, >> but it might happen sometime. That's what I wanted to know. What happens? >> Yeah. >> If they don't have a meeting, >> if it if it happens down the line, two things. One, I think that conversation needs to be had with regard to where money's get expended. I mean, if if we're spending more than we make, that's a budgeting problem. We need to talk about budgeting. Um, and then then houses could have that. We'll we'll be sure to pull the funds for u future years, future years, prom and graduation kind of year. So, if the class went negative to start the year, they'd have the opportunity to build back up to a positive number. um the consequence of having a negative account value is probably going to be a
066point where they're not able to plan activities that they might otherwise want to plan. So they'd have some impetus to to get back to raising money. Question is no different for a a class than it would be for a house. If you don't have the money, you don't have money. Secondary to that, I don't know that it's necessarily appropriate for the senior student who funed most of their own graduation the district anyway. I think we could maybe move in that direction. >> And with the public comments, they were talking about communication and bringing this out to the parents, students, and all that. Did we handle that in the best way we could have by sending out an email? I mean, you sent it to the board and I know students got it, but >> I
067think your question has answered itself. I >> clear clearly um as as has been indicated more communication is better. >> Change is always difficult. This was a big one. You know, >> I know I know people took issue with timing. It's difficult and and nice have to balance uh communicating things. If you communicate something before it happens, often times you're jumping up things for nothing. And so we this was communicated as it happened and there are some pieces clearly with what I shared tonight and others who could have shared more information. I can see the house concessions helping because I know just like in Random's class, most of them are girls and they all play on the basketball team, they all play on the volleyball team, but they try to pick games that they can
068serve at. Um, but it's always usually the same four kids that the rest of them never bother to come help. So, I mean, Hank and I are in there almost every time. your girls are in there when they can't, but there's kids in their class that have never helped with concession, >> right? >> But absolutely, >> it at least does give that balance. >> So, you got Yeah, you got some younger kids in there that can, >> you know, get in there and help like >> like they do like if they're on the varsity, they go in and help during the JV game and vice versa. So, I can see that helping >> and some of the people I can see them having difficulty covering if you've got three or four kids. session. >> Guess
069we'll see how it goes. >> You want to take the leeway to add an agenda item. I just wanted to have a quick conversation tonight. I asked Chairman Little if we could take a moment. There has been at a few board meetings around the state, there have been legislators beginning to show up and provide public comment basically to the effect that legislator legislature allocated provided an 8 and a half% external cost adjustment to the funding model for professional as well as non-professional salaries in the legis legislature last spring. There's been some documentation go around showing like what percentage of of that made it to teachers specifically and quite a bit of uh negative sentiment around the state around districts that maybe didn't provide uh an 8 and a half% increase to teacherbased pay with the
070eight and a half% that was allocated through the external cost adjustment. The entire argument is entirely a fallacy to begin with because the the state after having provided an eight and a half percent increase to the base pay for teachers brought that number to $44,150 for what they allocate from the state to schools. Um, as you know, our base right now is $48,000. We pay well more than what the state provides us to give to teachers. And we did take the opportunity this year to provide a change in base for both our our classified and our certified staff. And we also uh took some of that money and and made a decision that was prudent for our district that at times when we're uncertain of uh legislative maneuvering across years, it's difficult to necessarily allocate
071that in a position where the money will be utilized this year and next year and next year and next year. So, this board made a decision to provide some of that 8 and a half% increase as a as a bonus and all of the the funds allocated through that process were spent on staff. Just wanted you to know that for this district and if if we happen to have conversations with legislators that we could ask them to do their homework. >> Any questions for that? >> Um the other the last uh discussion item was uh one that I brought up scheduling visits for events. I um I would like if Mr. Christensen would provide us a list of um events at the school that he would like our presence at and then we could basically
072sign up and then if all of us show up great but if we can't then we we know we have at least one person there just to have a presence and that's my ask I guess or my proposal. I thought I would see what you guys thought and if you were you would see then we can get that let's go. >> I don't think it's a good idea because I think I would commit more things to say I think I'm there and then the day comes and I don't go but if I'm on a list more likely I'll be there. I think it's a good idea. >> That's why scheduling is helpful for me. And yes, >> I sometimes will cause trouble in my own life trying to get to something because I don't know
073if anybody else will be there and I want the board to have a presence. So, if we kind of know that, yeah, that will be there. I I don't have to kill myself to get there. That's kind of nice, too. In terms of a look, uh would would you feel that taking the important dates off of the bottom of my weekly communication with you? Um if I if I highlight or star each one that I feel like we should have somebody at and then you guys could reply to that with I'll take this one, I'll take this one. That suffice. that would then um yeah would everybody see the responses from the others >> if we if we use a reply all and and I know we try to avoid reply all but >> in
074in a scheduling we're not having a discussion >> right it's all right >> just like we scheduled the uh doing the warrants every month I think that worked out great >> I just I I think that that will provide it in a in a place where you guys are already directing your attention every week and I can I can even try to update my list with maybe slot them in there next week if if somebody's saying >> and uh it might mean beefing up your list a little bit depending on what you think um community lunches on there but if there's anything Panther >> would be one I would be interested in. >> Maybe games. >> Yeah, >> which I am terrible about looking at the schedule. I did just sort of one that came
075on the summer. So that gave the next September and October states, but >> it's also on our app. Well, I might have >> that's that's >> I open it every day so I don't have to >> and we have access we can just for that or do we have to have you guys send us Okay. A little group. This is this is at the app store. >> Grab that. It's got some great things. It has all of our uh everything that makes it to social media also comes there, but it also has lunch menu. It's got count both the district calendar and the athletics calendar. >> Is this the same one parents get like notes from teachers and stuff? >> Yeah. Um, >> if I do post on real chair, it still gets approved by
076something. >> Okay. And if I do one that >> I almost sent one through on like the I think it was a Monday of um community lunch because it had been >> oh like if somebody's going to end up posting the same thing a couple times. >> Yeah. >> I don't want to screw the strategy but I feel like community lunch needs to be blasted out there again closer to >> closer to the day. We gota we probably need to be careful to protect our kitchen staff that we're not necessarily blasting it after our RSVP. >> Yeah. >> Which is the floor. >> Yeah. I just uh I had to go hunting to find out what time was it 11 or 11:30 and then when I found it it was back like the 1 of
077August or something. I don't want to tell people what to do and I can go in and make the post, but I don't. >> No, that's that's perfect. Probably probably best not to post it Wednesday morning and say, "Hey, community, >> right?" Yeah. >> Has already put the qualifier on there. >> We'd love to see you there, but you can't eat because you did. Yeah, >> I can't eat that fast anyways. So, um >> it was a big crowd. This >> I don't know how many we got numbers on how many members showed up for lunch. >> 22 supposed to be 22, but I think we were two or three short actually. >> Oh, really? Wow. >> Is that a We had a couple show I don't think so, but we had a couple show
078up that weren't on the list. Well, let's just say the lunch count numbers did not add up that day. Between our count and the final count, it was like four short or something. I don't know if that was honest. >> Sure was a big crowd. It was good. >> So, does that work for everyone? if you just add highlights of his emails and I have got to get better. >> Okay, I think that's all of our discussion items from the board. >> Gina, do you have anything you would like to share? >> Um, I just want to thank Mrs. Austin for being on our um policy committee. She has decided not to continue with that, but she did a great job and I'll learn a lot. Um, and I'm excited for the school year and
079looks like it's going to be a good one this year. >> So, we'll replace her with another snap finger. >> Trustee Crusac has to make that trades. >> She and I have had a conversation about it and we have an employee willing to serve and trust Cusack will nominate. >> Sounds good. >> Just want to welcome back >> volunteers. Welcome back all the students and staff um to the school year and looking forward to another wonderful year and more growth and in all areas. I know you can bring up the math scores and I'm just really excited that there's such positive energy always in this building. >> Awesome. Dusty. >> Yeah, it's exciting start to the year. Looking forward to all there is to come this year. Always fun getting back with normal. Okay. Um
080October board meeting will be October 7th and 8th. You guys all planning to be here. known absences at this point. Okay. anything to add or I would entertain a motion to >> well said I would anticipate that we'll be trying to get to a point that at the October meeting I I don't think I don't think we'll be ready to do it early but October meeting probably have some of those bids pulled together and potential project thought through for the system for the the air conditioning Um, also, Mr. Christensen, do we have um I know AA mentioned the shot clock. That's a hard one to say. Um, have we um started taking heads on that or is there a date that it's required to be in place by? >> Yeah, I think it's required uh
081by the end of next year. Don't quote me on that, but I think it's required this season and next season and it's going to have to be in place. >> Yeah, she has been in conversation with Dacttronics with regard to what that may cost. There's going to be some expensive equipment, some expensive sort of electrician install. Uh they're not cheap. It's something that we have a play to when we did have a a larger gym renovation previously something out kick in from the community that we're considering for this time and we were starting to look at bids and stuff like that. >> Yeah, absolutely. part of what she's working on. We've got some time. >> Are we going to get bids for a total replacement and decision? >> I have not had that as an
082intention. Um, we we could I know there was some conversation at a listening session last spring that there was maybe a community desire to go to video boards. I did price those at the time from a couple schools that had gone that route and those were um$180,000 to to put up video board. >> So what the hell that it shows people the score of the game >> mean like >> pretty much like the >> So those are already >> I I'm of the same opinion. >> Okay. We've got the kissing. >> There you go. >> Spotlight business. >> Also, since how we painted everything on the, you know, the banners and stuff for the the placings and stuff, where did all that stuff go? The banners and the trophies and all that stuff. >> Mrs.
083Mrs. Betts is working on cataloging those. If notice the screen out front hanging right in front of the library. It's got a a menu of of things where you can access start to look through the compilation of trophies. She's she's going to be working through that slowly this year, but all of those are going to be accessible through that where people can both online as well as if they're standing out there in the lobby be able to look back through the history. I know right now she's got the all all the banners from the previous sports like basketball team, the volleyball team from each year. Those are loaded into that system. Um, if you you touch that board, it'll there's a place to come up with a QR code. You can get all that information
084on your phone. You can get to it from our website. You get to it from that video board. So, there's going to be a a reduced display of of the most prominent trophies that stays in the in the building there. But, um, she's going to be working on cataloging all to go back through the history and try to organize it in a way that people might actually be able to access it. one ask that I've had with that and I'm not sure how we get there. Uh, but I I would also I want to see the the class pictures that we've got I think are pretty special and it's not something I think any other school I've ever been to has as far back as we do and not replacing, but I' I'd like to
085have those pulled down, scanned really nicely, put into this digital system where where we can have that kind of a history of our uh school history of our graduates in that system as well and then put back up >> and make sure that everything's kept safe. >> Where are they right now? They're in law, right? >> Yep. UC when they built the new school, uh they put them on like when you look at posters in a store or something like rolls over. >> That's what it doesn't, you know, you don't have to paint the whole wall that you're turning. Yeah, Buffalo's had those for years. That's an option to condense. Anything else for this meeting? will be a jured.