TCSD #1 Board of Education Regular Meeting - April 15, 2026

001We'll call this TCSD number one school board meeting back to order. Um we will start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge 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. >> Okay. Uh we can start off with um something from our mission statements and I'll read our vision statement tonight. As a premier district, our vision is to ensure every student is prepared to succeed in an everchanging. Uh before we begin with the agenda, we have a packed house tonight. It's lovely to see such um great attendance at our school board meeting tonight. Um I know that there's a lot of folks here for the tennis. um that is not on our agenda tonight. So, not to say

002you're still welcome to make public comment. However, we will be discussing those facilities and such at next month's meeting. Um just to give you a heads up there. All right, we will move to uh approval of the agenda. Trusty Ging. >> Uh Mr. Chairman, I moved the approval of the agenda. We had a few changes. Um, one was, uh, if everybody's okay with it, moving 6 C and D. They're both action items. One was the Miller Park deed and one was the, uh, Jacksonville High School vest. Moving those two to consent. And then on the consent, taking off of consent. 7E, the acceptance of the scoreboard donation from Bank of Jackson Hole. 7 I, approval of Cubs land lease. And 7 L, approval of amendment premier contract to include Wilson Elementary. If those so the

003two six C and D would go to consent and seven E I and K L would go to action. How does the rest of the board feel? >> Second. >> Let's give everybody else a moment to look over those. Trusty me. Um, and Trusty Dorn. Um, any thoughts on the recommended changes to the agenda? >> I don't see any problem with them. So, >> okay. So, we have a second. >> Okay. All in favor? I Okay, we have the approval to make those adjustments to our agenda. Sarah, did you get those? >> Yes. >> Do you need us to repeat them? >> I can. So, move 6 C and D from ash items >> and then move 7 E 7 I 7 L up to a >> moment. I can do that in the agenda.

004So, it's okay. 7 E. Yes. You said L, correct? >> Yeah. Yes. We'll give that just a moment to refresh in our board documents. I'm sure we can move on, Scott. Okay. Uh, while that is being done, thank you, sir. Um, awesome. Um, Dr. Chris, over to you, sir. >> All right. Chair Ravens, trustees, uh, good evening and good evening to everyone here tonight at our board meeting. Thank you for coming. We have several, um, acknowledgements and celebrations, uh, to kick off our board meeting this evening. Uh, I'm going to first uh invite uh Kelly Petrick to please come to the podium. Um, Kelly is a Munger Elementary School um teacher. Thank you for being here, Kelly. I want to say a few words about Kelly as before she dives into her topic. Uh, every

005year Munger Elementary School hosts something called the science fest. Uh, this is a schoolwide celebration of science. All Monger Elementary students have the opportunity to interact with scientists ranging from their own third to fifth grade to local and national organizations. Students, teachers, and visiting family members spend the day participating, discussing, and celebrating science. Um, this is a direct example of an elementary school in which students are learning the important skills outlined in the portrait of a graduate around creativity, problem solving. Um, it's just an amazing day at Munger. And also what it does too is it naturally brings in parents to celebrate learning with their kids. These students present their findings to each other, to their parents, and to their teachers in a performance-based assessment avenue, and it really shows what they know in real

006time. So, Kelly, thank you for your organization. It takes going above and beyond to orchestrate this type of uh student um activity. So, thank you. >> Thanks, Dr. Chris. Thank you. Um good evening, trustees. I'm really excited to share the um the subject to give you a brief overview of our sixth annual science fest. Um we begin in January with all third grade students working in groups to answer one of these questions. How will a changing climate affect either wildfire, avalanche, drought, or flooding activity in Jackson? Meanwhile, our fourth and fifth grade students work in groups to create, implement, and analyze student directed science inquiry projects. After two months of engaging in the messy work of student directed projects, including discussions around variables, how to pivot when something doesn't go to plan, and nothing ever

007goes to plan, um how to work with their teammates, and how to best display their project to a audience ranging from kindergarteners to adults. Um, every third through fifth grader gets to present their project to all of our Monger Mountain Elementary School students, teachers, and visiting family members. As for me, after months of planning, guidance, mediations, and asking myself, why do I do this every year? This is why. Sitting back and watching our students talk in two languages about a project that they created. listening to them explain the pro the process of doing science working as a team and the outcomes of their projects knowing that the skills and knowledge they've gained from this project might not show up on the YTOP assessment but will definitely serve them well in any of their future endeavors.

008Besides our student presentations, another aspect of the day is having students interact with career scientists including 19 local and national organizations. Furthermore, K through 2 grade students get to be inspired by our own Jackson Hall High School robotics team. And our fourth and fifth graders get to explore science concepts with Jackson Hall Middle School student volunteers under the guidance of Miss Addie Dupri. To continue this celebration, last year we had 19 of our students present their projects at Teton Science School's Placebased Education Symposium. And this year we'll have another 17 third to fifth graders presenting on April 24th. Thank you so much for your support and time. Um, our second acknowledgement tonight, if I can please have Carrie Varger, the principal of Hope Elementary, and Megan Fel come to the podium. Um, this was in

009some prior communications. Um, but our school district should be very proud um, of all of our schools um, who implement our PLC model and thank you to our trustees who have supported um, our professional development to make this happen. However, it's important to note that Foulter this year received a significant um an achievement and award and this is an award that goes beyond um simple letters of recommendation. This award comes from actual student learning data. Megan and Carrie, can you take it from there? >> Great. Um I'm stepping in for James Hell, so I will really work on my booming voice. Um I would love to tell you a quick quick summary of the story of how this came to be. So and I actually see some colleagues in this room. Anitra Jenna Aliyia Harland

010is here. Dan Abraham I'm probably forgetting someone. I'm trying to think if anyone else was part of that initial PLC cohort um training in 2020 when we were on Zoom. So, we took the first PLC coaching academy training virtually and we had a a cohort of Coulter staff and they were PLC leaders and we spent the entire year um and and including James Howell and Bo Miller and myself. Um and we took the year to learn the PLC framework. So, it it was a year of like six different sessions and then our PLC facilitators came back to the school site and started implementing some of that learning. Um and then the next year in 21-22 so if you can kind of follow the chart here um there's the COVID year and then the first year

011of training in that second year we started aligning our curriculum. So we started taking that some of that foundational learning um back to our sites and then really starting to implement in teams. Our third year um is when James Howell came to Coulter and he really was um very clear on what he wanted to implement which was tier 2 supports and ensuring that we were giving support for all students um across the tiers of instruction. And we also started implementing Kagan strategies um and so we he had the first first cohort of people that attended the Kagan training and then brought that back school site. So if you follow kind of the the chart here, it's really showing you the growth over uh subsequent years. So each year was kind of had a focus area

012of that initial learning, revising our curriculum, refining assessments, implementing some instructional strategies. So you can see really that tremendous growth over the course of five years. Um and how you apply to be a PLC model school is you you have um we had a consultant that we worked with for several years. His name is David Jones. He supported our teacher teams and our principal team to implement these practices. And he really was pushing us to um just look at our data and really like I think you can apply for this um this this amazing award that's a national nationally recognized award. So we started working with him to kind of put those pieces into the application and we found out recently we were awarded. So, um, huge celebration for Coulter, a celebration for our district

013and our, um, administrative team, and I'll pass it to Quary, but I think I tried to keep it to a minute, but it was probably more than a minute. >> Perfect. And then I just I just want to say trustees, you know, stepping stepping into this new role as principal of Coulter Elementary, I could not be more proud and also the lucky recipient of all the growth and the hard work that you know James and Coulter staff has done over the course of the last several years. Um, just moving forward to continue to keep this status, we have to continually demonstrate growth in this capacity. So, I look forward to continuing, you know, the growth that has already been established so far and um just thank you for being recognized. And a few more um

014acknowledgements given that these particular days happen after our board meeting but before our next board meeting. Um we have national bus driver appreciation day on the 28th. We have National School Nurse Day on the 6th and of course we have Teacher Appreciation Week May 4th through the 8th. I'd like to thank all these groups. It takes an entire school community including our teachers, all of our staff, all of our roles for making our district such an awesome place to be. Thank you, Trusty AS. Thank you, um, Superintendent Chris. appreciate it. Um, as a parent of a of Munger students, uh, Kelly, thank you for what you do down there. And trustees, if you ever had an opportunity to go down there, if you have a few moments, it is quite remarkable to see those students

015engaging with each other, their excitement of their presentations and and them going around and learning from each other as well. And then um, congratulations. Sorry, James is not here to carry Megan for all of your successes with that PLC. That's wonderful. Um, moving on to the next item for reports and discussion, we have student school board. Oh, district leader report. My apologies. Thank you. Um trustees uh any questions uh for the district leader report? >> I do have some questions. >> Trusty B. >> Um I uh would like a little explanation of what is the summer sore program. Can't remember whose report that appeared in. I think it was in the elementary. Oh, it was Megan. There we go. >> Good evening, board of trustees. Um I Yes, I can clarify the summer so program.

016So, this is a partnership with Taton Literacy Center. um we work with them to kind of design instructional programming um that serves our students in grades uh first through eight. So TLC does operate this program, but it's uh a collaboration to develop literacy and math programming that align with our current programming. So it really supports students to kind of have that seamless transition from end of the year have a summer program and then move into the following year. >> Are all students invited to participate in that? >> It's open to all and they have a selection process that they go through um which includes meeting with our some of our administrators and meeting with their staff and um we do make recommendations for students who we would recommend attend the program. >> Great. Thanks, Megan.

017>> You have some other questions, Trusty B as well. >> Oh, um yes, I have a question for um principles um high school principal. there was a indication of the size of the incoming or the ninth grade class um uh having their uh introduction to the high school. Um is there uh could you share the size of the incoming ninth grade class Bennett and the outgoing senior class? Sort of interested to see what the changes will be. >> Trusty me. Uh there will be changes. The senior class is our largest probably largest class in history. Um 24 >> 46 >> 246. We expect the incoming class this year to be at around 200. >> Great. Thank you. Appreciate that. Trusty Jordan. Um, I'm wondering I wanted to ask or Worthington when the science museum was

018going to open. >> She >> the children's museum. Does anybody know when that'll open? I I think they have >> I know. >> Go ahead, Betsy. >> Um, it's my understanding through an email I received this week that it will be opening sometime in May or early June, something like that. >> Go by ready to go. >> Yeah, they have a certificate of occup occupancy currently. They're just finishing up some stuff. Yeah. >> Yes. >> Did you get all that trustee Jordan? >> I did. Thank you. >> Okay. Wonderful. Trustees, any other questions? >> Okay. I believe we will move over to our reports and items for discussion now. >> I haven't skipped over anything else. >> No. Okay. Um, student school board quadro. >> Thank you, trustees. So, to start off our presentation, we're

019just going to give a quick uh update on what's going on with the bands. So, we're working with Mike Hansen and Mr. plugins to begin dropping off bands. This was started at the last day of spring break like April 4th maybe. I don't know. I don't have a good track for that. Um so the bins are going to be dropped off for now at JS Culture JHMS and the high school just to kind of see um whether it's actually good like if the water bottles are dropped off and being collected and if it's successful enough we can move it to Munger Wilson into the district. Um, and next we had a little update about the plus bar. And this is actually a little bit outdated because we made this presentation before we were working more

020with organizations. We're no longer working with students for sustainability, but we have partnered more with Key Club to get more students to volunteer to work and help clean out and organize the bus barn. And we finally have a digital lost and found that's actually up and working. and we can go through take pictures and parents will soon be able to scroll and see everything and try to claim their lost items. And the other thing that we were a little bit worried about talking was that when we leave, we didn't want this to kind of just fall apart. So, we're talking about doing one senior gra when the seniors are graduating and the school's doing a volunteer day, we want to appoint a junior to take a bunch of kids out to do another round of

021organizing the bus barn. So that way maybe they'll take it over next year and to get more students to continue being involved. >> Yeah. >> And yeah, so we have three month free trial and if it's helpful, people are using it and getting reunited with their lost items. We're hoping to be able to keep it up. >> Um so as of right now, that's all we have. We kind of already set our next steps. uh appoint Junior um to keep the going to not just let us stop once we leave. And uh we have appointed a time to do the u the bus sort at 2 p.m. um this Friday. Yeah. Covers >> all be. Yeah. I have question. >> Yes, Chair Abrams. Um, I was wondering, uh, you know, I have this drawer in

022my house that's filled with water bottles, you know, because everybody gives a water bottle. Is there a central place that we can deposit those members of the community? >> Just leave them on the school buses. >> Oh, we could whichever school. We don't have a really a central place. >> Just go to one of the schools that has a bin. >> I'll do it. >> You can fill it up. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Um, since I had brought up the lost and found, thank you for working on that monumental task of reuniting all of those lonesome articles of clothing and water bottles to their um, rightful owners. I'm sure parents will be thrilled that they'll have a easy way to locate their stuff because there's some really nice stuff in that lost valley.

023Really nice stuff. and and so happy to hear that it will continue on with uh generations down the line. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Good idea. >> Appreciate it, K. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh next up is fiscal fiscal manage physical fiscal. Yes. >> Uh Mr. Chairman, the fiscal U management committee. I'm going to start off. We met twice the last meeting um as we were diving into health insurance and the initial uh compensation. Um I would like to request from the board of trustees when we read a retreat that we would speed up the fiscal management committee so there was more time between when we met and the board meeting. I'd like to ask us if we could for the next few months while we go through this budget process that we

024can move this back to where we used to meet right around the same time as governance because things are changing so fast. Um if if everybody's okay with that, it would help uh Kristen and her team. It help um those of us on the committee just have more information, be ready to make some uh recommendations going forward. Um secondly, uh just a little bit about what's going on from my perspective. Um with the recalibration, um this has been a real challenge. Um we owe a huge uh uh amount of gratitude and and thanks to Kristen um and then our human resource team, the Heathers as we refer to them. um they have put in so much time uh not only going through this annual process but recalibration has been a lot more challenging than I

025think any of us could have ever imagined. Um, it the law was passed and signed in and signed into law and we have received zero advice or support from the legislative service office, the people that created the bill. And we have heard zero from the superintendent of public instruction or the Wyoming Department of Education. And so Kristen has been um modeling and remodeling and spending a lot of time. We've been on the phone. I know I've been on the phone with other members of the finance uh the fiscal committee trying to figure this out. And so what you are going to be seeing and everyone this is all public stuff is our best attempts to comply with the law. And we believe and Kristen has run it through her associations um through the other business

026managers and every all 48 districts are going through the same hair polling experience right now. Um and so you'll be seeing compensation packages and you'll be seeing insurance data and these can change between now and July and even past July. So asking everybody involved especially our our beloved employees, teachers, bus drivers, custodians and admin to bear with us as we do the best we can and we are providing you the best that we can under the circumstances we do. um to the administration administrators portion of this the classified staff. Um I understand just today we've had a uh reconfiguring of things. While we're not ready to roll out what we're seeing, I think we're on to something. And so over the next three weeks between now and the fiscal management committee, we're going to test

027it, make sure it complies with the law. um you are valued. Um what the legislature has done is put education first rightfully, but with teachers and siloed their salary. And so we have to use that bucket just for a specific certified staff. And so, um, the classified staff, um, you know, you're you're just as important to making this whole operation work, but we're having to play by the rules set by Chris Rothos in the legislature. So, um, and there will be some other things that will be coming out. We have a somewhere around a 28% reduction in activities funding. Um, that's going to hurt. um we're going to have to rethink our activities budget budgeting as we go into the budget process. And then insurance, health insurance is going to be very different going forward

028where in the past insurance has always been allocated on a per employee basis. Going forward, it's only going to be reimbursed by participating employee. And so we aren't going to have um you'll see the reflection of that in the proposal that we'll be discussing here in just a few minutes. Um the good news is um the increases in salaries will also result in increased pensions uh contribution and that will aid you in retirement. And with that, I think I said my piece. Um, if we go, um, what finally got into the, uh, silo? >> It was, >> well, we don't know yet. >> Well, we're still trying to figure that out. We know it's teachers, >> but wouldn't it just be listed in the bill? >> No, it's not. you >> uh there is a

029definition of instructional resources in Wyoming statute under the Wyoming funding model. >> They should make a list like we mean teachers, paraprofessionals, counselors. They didn't do that. >> They didn't and they're not following the definition of instructional resources that was already defined in the Wyoming funding model prior to this model. Uh so I've received two different reports from WDE. one with the coding that will be included in the in instructional silo, another with which is the budget tool that shows the positions that are included in the instructional silo and they're not the same. So, I'm I'm giving it my best guess. Um I I don't actually think that this this is going to hurt us in the long run. um this board and our school district has always focused on instructional resources and we've always

030staffed our teachers to model. The the districts that this is really hurting are the districts that have um reduced the amount of teachers. So if they're funded for 50 teachers and they only hired 40 so that they could pay those 40 teachers more money than what the model was that those are the districts that are going to be hurt by this bill and not necessarily hurt but they have a bigger adjustment in that way. Um the the place that we have the biggest adjustment is because at the same time we've invested in instructional resources, we've also invested in our health benefits. Um, and that's been a priority of the board and of the district. So, we're having to flip that a little bit. And that's what you're seeing in the health insurance proposal as well

031as the compensation package where our compensation is increasing, but the contribution levels for the employee are increasing for their health insurance. And and so we're having to do this this flip. Uh, last year our health benefits were in the area of about 10 $10.5 million for health insurance. This year we have to reduce that to six and a half million. And that's why we're seeing those um rates where we've always offered full family health insurance uh for free to our employees. We we just can no longer do that. Um that at the same time uh specifically around certified teachers, they have reformulated how they're establishing what the teacher salary is. And if we don't hit the salary that they've defined for Teton County for teachers, um that's where we're going to get punished in some

032way. We don't know what way that is. We don't know if they're going to take money away from us or what the consequence will be. So, we have the number that we have to hit for our average teacher salary, but that no longer includes um annual adjustments for education or experience. And so that's a moving target. It's going to be different next year than what it is this year. So what I'm trying to do is figure out what I what I have to measure up to and make sure we hit that target. Um and so as trustee Scarlet said, there will still be changes. I published the draft compensation package a week ago. I've already made a lot of changes. Um, as I dig into the budget tool and the resources that are available out

033there, you know, there's there's probably six or seven different resources that I'm comparing to. Of course, none of them are the same, but I'm trying to get to a middle ground that where we can budget conservatively, still meet those targets, and make sure that our employees are not in harm's way at the same time. Um, so that's the >> Mr. to to either Bill or Trusty Charlotte or to >> um what is our timeline? I I always forget this. So is May it's April this is May this this week we're talking about health insurance. >> Yes. >> Are we approving that tonight? >> Yes. >> Okay. So that helps you in building your model because you'll know what we've decided on the health insurance. So you get that out of the way. That'll help you

034compute if is May when we do the comp package. >> Yes. >> And then June we do the budget. >> Well June. So probably May and June you'll have a draft budget and then July the budget is approved. >> Okay. So so we should be prepared. I I don't need to talk about compactage tonight. >> Um tonight we're just talking about health insurance. But back on the silo thing, >> and I don't mean to be flippant, but >> it sounds like we get to define what we think instructional resources >> because principles and assistant principles are actually certified teachers. Is there any way they can just be included under because no one's telling us how to define it, can we just define it ourselves and go, "Well, they're certified teachers. We're going to put them

035in the silo." Well, this is where it gets tricky because um the way that in the past, I don't think that this is going to stay true. In the past, the report that's used to collect this data um on what we've actually staffed for the district is it's called the WDE 652 where we report all of our actual give me the number. We report what act what actually has taken place, what everybody got paid, all the extra duty contracts, all the salaries, benefits, all of those things. Last year, the WGE made that report optional. Um the report that's similar to that that's still mandatory is the 602 that we file in October, but that's a snapshot. So, they've done all of their estimates. Um, the LSO has taken the 602 and done all of their

036estimates for the legislature based on the 602, but that's a a snapshot of who we had an employment on October 1st. So, it has nowhere near the same amount of people as what we have when we have the 652. Um, as I look through the WDB's information, I have my budget tool and they have highlighted these are the positions that are included in the silo. They've also sent me the codes where we code our employees on the 602 and the 652. So, a principal code is not included in the instructional silo. If we have um somebody coded as a as a teacher, but then their salary that we're reporting on that report doesn't match the certified matrix that we also have to submit with that report, we get an error and then we have to

037come back with explanations of why that doesn't match. and it can be adjusted for days, but it can't be adjusted um otherwise. And so we are working to figure out who who what what types of positions we could change to instructional positions and code them differently. I think it would be obvious and um maybe a little flippant if all of a sudden we reported no administrators in our district. Uh, I think that would be, you know, I mean, I don't know that there's anything they could do about it, >> but I I I think there's a way we can come somewhere in the middle. And right now, how I'm looking at it, we have enough expenses in the silo. We're a little under in the other side. We're a little over in the silo. As

038long as that remains, we're good. We can spend more on the silo categories than we out of this other bucket. What we can't do is we can't spend out of on this bucket out of the silo. And right now we're in good shape with that. As far as I can define the silo, I do think we'll get clearer. We'll probably have four or five additional state reports that we have to submit in the next year. Um, which is not my preference, but we'll we'll get it done. And we'll we'll move along. I I I think we're going to survive this. It has been very challenging. And I I can't tell you the number of times I've run these numbers trying to hit that goal, trying to make sure we have this over here, trying to

039make sure that it makes sense with all of the moving parts. You hit one lever and something else goes away. So, um but I I think we're to a good spot. I do think this is a draft compensation package. um that the changes that I'm anticipating coming are positive, not negative. Um and so I think overall by the time we get this wrapped up, our staff will be very happy and um it'll be it'll be a good year and it will be something to celebrate. >> Mr. Chair, um >> so some of my notes um probably going to scare Kristen. These are my notes but what I wrote down the silo includes teachers, tutors, facilitators, counselors, nurses, librarians. Um non-silo is tech administrators, facilities, other operational uh people activities that also includes most of your

040certified staff. >> So currently the counselors, nurses um those categories are not included in the silo. They are not heard the budget tool from WDE >> because they I thought Chris Ross just put that in. >> No, librarians are also >> I started with that question because I remember counselors and nurses being discussed when I thought trusting me and I were down. >> Yeah, >> WDE has not interpreted it that way. >> So, we've got we've gone back to WDE. Um the LSO is saying it's WDE's responsibility to interpret the bill and apply the rules. Uh we had um school finance data advisory committee meetings over spring break where it was two days worth of meetings with WDE, the school finance date advisory committee, all of the business managers in the state. Um and then

041other participants were on and there was there was a motion from a superintendent that WDE provide clear guidance on how we are supposed to apply the bill and there's been no action. >> Mr. Mr. Chairman, just monopolize this conversation. I thought it could would it make any sense for the board to send a letter to Megan Dougenfelter just a polite letter just saying, "Hey, as the superintendent, you have a job. Could you please do it?" Um, we could make it sound nicer, but >> it might be received a little better. How does the rest of the board feel? Yes. >> Don't look a great idea. >> That's Betsy. Are you on board with that, Betsy? It's your signature. >> I am on board with that. >> I'm happy to sign Betsy. >> And it can

042be, you know, it can be assertive. >> Super tank Chris can write letters much better than what I just orally stated. But that's the gist of it. I say very nicely to her. I think we need to say, "Hey, it's our understanding legislature passed a bill. You're in charge of the Wyoming Department of Education. The bill says you to interpret this. We need your assistance." I'm not asking for rulemaking. I'm just asking for a memo or something like, "Hey, this is how you should read the bill. Give us some guidance." Um, >> maybe we'd better be better reading the bill ourselves. >> That's what I was asking earlier. We're allowed to interpret it ourselves ourselves, but she says there sometimes have her interpret >> we get the uh state board of education to interpret it

043for us. >> Yeah. >> Um yeah I have a question maybe indirect but um what I'm hearing is I'll craft the uh communication um run across the board obviously we can vet it together before we send it away. Trusty mean >> going back to health insurance Kristen. Y >> um you said there was a reduction in health insurance from 10.5 million to 6.5. So that is the reimbursement that the state will give us with 6.5. >> Uh well that's what their estimate is. Um the way that they are planning to reimburse us is they have all of their model funded positions. So let's say they have 300 model funded positions. For those 300 positions, we're going to have to submit a report. These are all of our positions. They're going to go through and look

044at what each of those employees has elected, whether they've elected family, single, employee, spouse, employee, children, and then they're only going to reimburse us for the rate of that insurance. And so the 6.5 million is an estimate based on what we last reported for health insurance. Um, so there's two criteria there. The first one being, do you have the employees? So, have you staffed to model? Um, so do you have that right number of employees? The second one being what are you paying for insurance? So, we have to show our cost and if it's if it's less than what the state rates are for those plans, we won't get the full reimbursement. We'll only get reimbursement for our cost and then we'll only get reimbursement for what the election was. So, >> what about more?

045>> No, we don't get more. It's limited at what the state contributions to the state plan. Uh it's very tricky. It's a tricky calculation. And and what makes it even more tricky is let's say we have 10 teachers that have their families covered. They decide to retire, resign, we fill that with um 10 new teachers with single coverage. Well, depending on when the state takes that information, we'll either get reimbursed for the family or we'll get reimbursed for the single. So, a big swing in population and elections can swing that reimbursement depending on when we're supposed to submit that report. >> Well, I thought it would be an easy question. Sorry about that. >> But you're going to go through health insurance when we get over to action. >> I am. >> Oh, direct. May

046I I have a question. If anybody in the room wanted to go look up this bill, um could you share with everybody what the bill number is? How >> Absolutely. >> It's um you just go to Legis Webb, which is it's legis.org, I think. Um might be I think it's or um and it's the Wyoming State Legislaturator's uh website. You go to look up 2026 legislation is the button that you would click and then you can look up the bill and you type in SF000081. It's Senate File 81. And that will give you all of the information on the bill. It'll it'll tell you what the fiscal impact is. It will give you the engross what you want to look at is the the engrossed and enacted copy. Um and that will give you the

047final bill. >> And is there anything that is related to this bill that maybe is blocked or hidden as far as information with this interpretation? probably what you're what you're referring to is the LSO analysis of the bill and there is a spreadsheet posted on the LSO. It's the Legislative Service Office website um under resources and and school finance and there um it's a SharePoint file and you can't get into that. You can look at it but you can't copy it. You can't make your own copy of it and manipulate the data. Um but that will show you what the estimates are. Um, for example, >> formulas that went into it. >> I don't. They're just numbers when I click on the cells of the Excel. >> Sure. Um, and there's already variances, right? So,

048I have the budget tool that the WDE sent out and I have the LSO version. So, the LSO estimate of our So, they've pulled retirement out of the model. It's now a reimburseable category similar to health insurance. Health insurance is still in the model, but we're going to have to file for reimbursement for that. Retirement is out. So, that's going to be a new report that we have to file. And the LSO estimate when the bill was proposed was $5 million in reimbursement. In the WDE's initial calculations for um in the budget tool, at 6.1 million. When I take the total salaries that were funded for in the model and multiply it by the increased Wyoming retirement rates that also were increased through this bill, um I get 7.2 million. So there's but we'll only

049get those reimbursements if we have those employees. Again, they're going to be checking, do you have the FTEES and are you paying the Wyoming retirement rates? So now there's another report that we have to file. They're pulling sped and transportation retirement now into that report instead of being reimbursed through transportation instead over here. Um, so there's there's just a lot of moving parts and a lot of different ways of calculating these numbers. Um, it's much more complicated than it was before. >> Mr. Chairman, real quick, we got all these reimbursements going. Are we going to have enough money to carry us while we're waiting for the reimbursements back? >> Yes. >> I am budgeting based on what our reimbursements are from this year, not next year. Um, so what we'll likely see is um and

050and the way that they've applied the reimbursements, let me say this, they've started speeding those up. For example, we bought um five buses and the timing of the buses, they all actually ended up hitting in last fiscal year and the total amount of that was a million dollars. And in last year's bill, they only reimbursed us for those buses over a fiveyear period. So we were planning to get $200,000 per year over the next five years. This year we received 200,000 in this bill. They changed that. Now they're reimbursing all buses immediately. So we'll have a little bit of a bump of $800,000 coming back in. Um at the same time we're completing our bus barn. We're going to need FFN over there. So we'll probably use some of those funds to actually put furniture

051in that building and then we'll we'll work the rest into the general fund. Um, so it's a lot of this and >> I just thought if they were slow with the reimbursement, we'll just tell them we'll hold on to property taxes and we'll send that once. >> I I think everybody knows how I feel on that. I >> trusty Carlin, any good questions? >> Uh, would you like to see the budget update? >> Let's see it. >> Okay. So, um, what I what I'm going to start doing just so that we have a little more clarity and I'm going to work through this in the budget process, but as you can see in past budget updates, I've had salaries and benefits as just two big categories. But I think what will be helpful now that

052we're on some of these reimbursement models um is to have salaries and then actually break out health insurance Wyoming retirement and FICA workers comp so we can see what those pots of money actually represent. Um, and then I even thought about doing when I get more definition about what's in the silo, what's not in the silo, doing silo salaries and non-silo salaries or putting something along those lines >> so that it's just more clear of where we're budgeted, what we anticipate getting, and um so we can we can really be diving in and at least educating ourselves about how that's going to be implemented and flow through our general fund budget. Uh the one line here that some of you may have seen in the district operations um line is at 120%. I wanted to

053point this out um just so that everybody has it in their head. That's $33,000 there is for the WSBA dues that we hadn't budgeted but we decided to participate in WSBA again. The climate survey was not budgeted and then our board docs conversion was also not budgeted. So that's what that overage is and I just wanted to make sure you all knew that. >> Thank you for pointing it out. >> Okay, >> thanks. >> That's it. I mean, I'm happy to answer questions on the compensation package, but um it's a draft. I think we've done a good job of engaging with staff and getting feedback. We have a lot of feedback that we're working on incorporating and at least giving rationale to. Um, as we move through the next couple of weeks, we're going to

054continue to engage with staff, get some more feedback. Our goal is to make sure that no one takes a pay cut in the district. I mean, that's our goal. Um, through the insurance premiums, we're that's our goal. We're working on that. >> Chelsea me. Yes. Um, since you mentioned that, I do have a question about um your um the 10,000 the aggregated 10,000. >> Where did that come in? Is that part of the silo or is that >> that's not part of the silo? That's that was my um first attempt, maybe my third attempt on trying to keep classified staff full. um because the total out of pocket for a family on the high deductible plan is going to be about $10,700. Um trying to make sure that nobody takes a pay cut. As I've

055worked through those numbers and um the aggregate of that is that $10,000 has been worked into a full-time year- round salary. So some of our other staff like the 177 pair professionals, the bus drivers only work 175 days. the calculation wasn't giving them the full 10,000. So, they actually were by the time they got an increase and then if they elected family insurance, we're we're going to take a pay cut. And that's that's one of the biggest focuses that I've been working on the last couple of days. How could we make this right? Um as well as the 22,000 for certified staff. You know, I think that number is also going to change. um I wasn't quite getting to the target that I needed to get to. Um so working on that. I expect that

056number to come up a little bit. >> Great. That's why I didn't remember that coming out of legislative session because it didn't. So great. Thank you for explaining that. >> Thank you, Trusty Scarlet, for all of your work with this legislative session and working with Kristen about about finances. And I echo what you said about what staff and leadership and everybody that works for the school district is so important. And just reiterating what you said, this is a moving target. It is a draft. >> We don't know all the final details in here. um open feedback is important from everyone and um >> you are putting forth a monumental effort navigating not just one hornets's nest but multitude of hornets nest. >> Thank you. Uh when I was going through some of the uh the

057descriptions of people's positions and the number of days they work, has there been any consideration of reducing the number of days? For example, administrators are working what 21 22 days longer than teachers. Has there been some look see to see what if >> by reducing some of their time that would be helpful? >> H I I think that this is a really difficult conversation because anytime we talk about days um it doesn't change the job. And so yeah, we could reduce days um but it doesn't change the job. They still have the same amount of responsibilities. they still have the same amount of work. And so, you know, it it really it's it's okay. You can come in 10 less days, but it you still have to make sure that the work gets done. And

058so, yes, we have talked about it. I think that there's some interest in doing that. I don't think that a change of days will impact the salary plus or minus because the job still doesn't change. Um, you know, one thing it could do is just change the daily rate, which I'd like to get away from anyway because I that's a really hard metric when you're comparing all of these different positions that work different days. >> Um, so the answer is yes. Although, you know, unless we're talking about a reduction of salary for those 10 days, the bottom line doesn't really change because the job doesn't change. >> Thank you for that explanation. That helps. Thank you, Christian. >> If there are any anomalies, especially in the administrator, can we grandfather people in? Have we ever

059done that before? >> Grandfather people into >> a column. I remember one time we had um group of people, trusty me probably remembers this. remember all the ways up in the compensation package there was this group of people and they had a column and at the bottom it was like as they retired we were down to like one person finally that was still on just one column >> and it was some unique thing I don't really remember what it was >> I think it had to do with at one time if they if an employee didn't elect they got an extra dollar or $2 an hour um in addition to their salary because they didn't take the insurance and that took a long time to work its way out Um I don't I don't know

060that there's anything to grandfather anybody in because there's no proposal in a decrease in pay. Um the the only proposals will be for an increase in pay. The goal is to make sure that whatever the increase is that nobody's in the hole as as we move through. um at the end like as we look at these salaries and as we look at these increases it is a little scary right because we know how fragile and how chaotic some of this legislation can be. We know there's a lot of discontent across the state with this bill and from you know from my seat um I the thought of like this bill getting overturned and then having to come back next year and trying to address something different is very scary. Um I have some ideas on

061how how this district could handle that. um probably a little aggressive and heavy-handed as far as dealing with the state at that point. Um but you know, it's hard because there's a lot of flaws in this bill. At the same time that the overall impact to our staff and our district is going to be positive even if you're flat, your long-term impact your Wyoming retirement is a positive one. Uh so at the bare minimum your pension is going to increase in the long term. >> Um about this overturning of things just to remind everybody because we are so fortunate that the smartest people in the state of Wyoming will be continuing the recalibration committee through this lame duck session. So, this isn't done yet. They're going to make some recommendations over the summer, which will

062provide some of us a great opportunity to travel to scenic spots in Wyoming um to attend their meetings. >> June. >> Oh boy. Oh boy. >> Thank you, >> Jesse. Jordan, >> Christy Abrams, do you know if if um the school lunches or lunch program is being funded this summer? Does anybody know? >> I'm sorry. >> Well, I should wear the sneak sneak. >> This is my new fashion. By the way, um the summer food program you asked about. Yep. It is funded this summer. >> Yeah, I read that. And and how is it being funded? Is it being funded locally or are we getting state money or are we getting federal money? >> Uh federal it it's USDA food summer food program through um the state of Wyoming administers our summer food program. We

063um Sedexo will be administering that the same way uh that they did last year through the library where um people can come pick up meals. Um, and >> and there'll be one pickup site at Jackson Elementary. >> Ooh. I I actually have not spent a ton of time on the summer. >> I wondered if they had to cut it back. That's what I was worried about. >> No, last year we did not distribute meals at Jackson Elementary. And the reason for that is because um the way that the USDA food program works, Jackson Elementary doesn't qualify as a site. So, we moved it to the library. Uh, and it will be at the library again this year. And then when we have summer programs either at the middle school or some of the other locations,

064we'll be able to offer meals just restricted to the students that are attending the program in that school. >> Great. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. On to educational services. Director FS. >> Hello. Hello. Um well, tonight I'd like to provide an update um from our instructional improvements. So last board meeting we talked about we referenced some of the climate survey data and just the board has asked for an update where we are with some of these improvement areas. I will just reference two slides um that uh Sarah has printed for you. So there is a an ed services update on your uh desk area. I'll just reference those first two slides because I think um some of the questions that came last meeting were really around how are we improving in the area

065of feedback coaching and evaluation system. And so on this first page is just reor orienting you to what we talked about last board meeting. Um we really identified some areas of much needed improvement. Um this was based on two different climate surveys. One last delivered last May that our our certified staff um filled out and one of the areas of improvement was feedback and coaching. And so the language there is really directly from the survey. Um that was a 32% favorability which was a a low area. and our evaluation system as a whole. Um staff reported that we need to improve in that area. So um what we did is the admin team looked at all this data from last year and we reviewed the accreditation um process review data and we also looked at

066the Wyoming schoolboard association climate survey that was delivered in December. And that was a really good um activity to just overlay those two surveys to see that are we missing anything? Do we see trends? What are the areas of improvement? What are the areas of strength? Um and so we we identified these themes um that this was these were coming up again and again on those surveys which was around teacher retention and support consistency and focus on our core priority areas including EBG, MTSS um evidence-based practices for multilingual learners and um it was a clear theme of alignment of curriculum and instruction which also was evident in our um accreditation review and Another theme was professional development. Um just deepen our professional development in those core areas that we're focused on and protect collaboration time

067for teacher teams. So when we looked at um this information together and we reported to the board um after pair tradel and I reported on our accreditation findings, we just wanted to provide an update on what we're doing around um feedback, coaching and evaluation. So that next slide um slide three is just providing you an update on what we're currently doing what we've what we've been doing with our administrative team. Um what I provided a copy on your desk I gave you a copy of one of the domains of our teacher evaluation framework. um the the domain area is instruction and learning um learning experiences and it has five different kind of subcategories and so what we did this year and Dr. Crisp rolled this out um in the summer, I think before we launched

068the year, but how can we work together as an admin team in small groups um peer-to-peer groups to learn together, get into classrooms more often, really be um supporting instruction and highly focused on these kind of core priority areas of EBG, MTSS um and instructional improvements. So, I just kind of outlined some steps that the team is taking to just be more visible in classrooms, be um really grounded in the the evaluation system so that we can understand where areas of strength are and areas of of improvement are. So, um I can just give you a quick example. Um, just two days ago, Carrie Varga, James Howell, Steven Pring, and I did one of these walkthroughs at Wilson Elementary. And James kind of gave us a quick summary of where he was, what areas that

069he was working on within the school, what PD his staff has been engaged in, what they're looking for, what he's looking for, and what Carrie they are looking for when they walk into classrooms. And so, we did just some quick classroom visits. We looked for some of these high um priority uh instructional improvement areas which included these that I highlighted. This was really what the look fors were. So um area 3B using questioning and discussion techniques was one of the look fors and then engaging students in learning through cooperative learning structures. So as we went into those classrooms, we're looking for those elements and then we did a quick reflection afterwards. We talked about areas of strength, areas of improvement, and James asked the question, great, what feedback would we kind of collectively give to

070these teachers? And then he will have that conversation with the teachers on I I really noticed kids were highly, you know, engaged during this um activity. I also noticed that there was a lot of repetition. Kids were getting a lot of practice um and then just providing some feedback. So that is an example of something the administrative team is doing to improve our feedback coaching and evaluation system. And another improvement area, we are adding some instructional facilitator roles next year which will support with curriculum alignment, instructional alignment and support the new teacher program. So that was a lot of talking. Sorry. Any questions? Any questions? >> I I have a question for with the work that the administrators are doing um and and following up on what that climate survey said. I'm sure there'll be

071another survey down the road, but in the immediiacy or you know the real time real um what's the casual conversation that you're hearing from from the staff? Are they appreciative of the work and feedback? Is it helping them? Um what what's the word on the street? >> Yes. Um, something that I do hear from teacher teams and PLC's and just individuals that I speak to is like it's very evident that we're in classrooms more. It's very evident that we're working on look fors around EBG instructional priorities. Um, so just there's definitely that noticeable difference that there's just more presence in the classrooms looking at those instructional areas. Um, and teachers have reflected saying like, I see how it's related to my I see how those walkthroughs and the feedback is related to my teacher evaluation.

072>> Thank you. >> And the rest of the slides are just kind of an update on the other areas of the improvement areas, but I just wanted to highlight that specific one tonight because it really speaks to the two areas that we're working with. Okay, moving on to other reports as my system loads here and um directors or >> Yeah, I can I can start. Um thank you Abrams trustees. Um I just wanted to uh notify the trustees that we are currently working on um sort of a one pager summary of our major facilities and capital projects that we presented at our workshop a couple months ago. Um we'll be bringing that forth uh to you at the rate at the May regular board meeting to have a discussion on you know what do we

073want to prioritize, what do we want to focus on. Um, so we'll be be providing that that information to you soon. >> Super. Thank you, >> Director Reynolds. Hello. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, tonight I have just a couple of um quick updates and then I want to move on to the exciting um update regarding our housing um efforts. So, um, our transportation facility, you saw it as you came in, it is, um, moving along really well. We, um, anticipate being, um, fully dried in, building enclosed within the next, um, 3 to four weeks. Um, and then the trades will start arriving. So, mechanical, electrical, u, plumbing, uh, they will start arriving on site in the next month, uh, to keep things moving forward. and we are looking at a substantial completion date in

074October. So um that is exciting to see um that moving forward and um they are making great progress. Um the uh single stall bathroom uh singleuse bathroom at summit. We are having a kickoff meeting on Friday assuming um you all approve the contract that is included on the consent agenda um this evening with Westport Construction. not um anticipate a kickoff meeting for that project um with construction happening um as soon as school um gets out so that we can be complete by the time school starts um uh for the 2627 school year. Um any questions on those couple of projects? Um and then I just wanted to move into housing. Seeing no questions, um this is really exciting. Um we conducted the lottery last week uh for the available units. We have uh 23 apartments

075that are available. The 24 units minus the unit we're holding back for um recruitment and we have two of the cottages at Willow um available. Um, we had a total of 38 applicants, 21 applicants for the three-bedroom unit or 21 applicants for the 13 available one-bedroom units, 11 applicants for the 10 available two-bedroom units, and one applicant for the two three-bedroom units. Um I've um in going back in sort of continuing to work with staff. Um I think as I was sitting here this evening, we have another applicant who would like to move from a two-bedroom to the three-bedroom. And uh based on family size, they will they would qualify. So I think we're getting really close to kind of a final allocation of units. Um as far as that goes, the deadline to let

076me know if they're going to accept a unit is um uh by Friday. so that anyone if we have any um anyone who doesn't accept a unit will be able to put in our alternates that we've already selected um and done that in order. So um that will be coming together um continuing to work with our property manager uh to um really start gearing up and getting ready for um lease administration and those sorts of things. So getting those um units assigned so that we can start moving forward with getting um leases approved and folks um getting ready to move and move in um in preparation for um next week's ribbon cutting on um April 23rd 4 p.m. Hope you can all be there. Um we um I just wanted to remind us how we

077got here. Um I think um I would assume you may receive questions during that ribbon cutting. So just really quickly as a reminder, we started um our um a more um extensive conversation around um employee housing in June of 2021 um with a staff survey asking our employees what type of housing did they need, what were they looking for, those sorts of things. That led to six months of working with a consultant on developing a strategic h housing study that identified possible locations, housing types, um, and how many units we needed as a district to meet um, employee need. From there, we started working with the town and county to be included on the SPE ballot. Um and um in November of 2022, we were um received a favorable SPE um election to provide $16

078million for um our 24 unit project that this board had identified as our first housing project in addition to our cottages at Willow units. Um we then applied for a loan from uh state loan and investment so that we could get started um rather than waiting for the spat dollars to um come in so um uh we could pay for the project. Um in um December of 2022 the board contracted with white architects to design the apartments. Um uh in uh approximately uh 18 months later um the board approved a contract with Shaw Construction um and um to build the units. Um over the last six months, our housing committee has worked um worked on the um housing program recognizing that we went from having a very limited number of units to now a very

079significant um um uh program. So really working on establishing those rules and how our program was going to work. Um the um and then last month the board approved the housing rules and regulations. Um and next week we have a ribbon cutting. We welcome our employees to uh to those units. I think um that's five years of hard work um a lot of support and direction from this board to lead to um really making um a a a significant impact on our employees. I want to share quickly um yesterday I um held an opening of of the units. I'm holding another one tomorrow um where our employees who were selected for units were able to come in and actually go into their allocated unit. Um, and I had at least three staff ask if they

080could hug me, um, because they were so excited. Um, we had at least two employees with tears in their eyes, um, telling me that I really just didn't understand the impact that this was going to have on their ability to continue working for our district, but also the stability it was offering to to them, their families, their children, um, affordable, stable housing, and just the joy that um, our employees express. So, I wanted to share that with all of you. Um, so that you can, you know, while you weren't there with me yesterday getting the hugs, um, uh, please know that your your efforts over these last five years, specifically for the apartments, um, is really impactful and our employees are really, really grateful. So, I just wanted to mention that so that, um, as

081we go into the ribbon cutting, you have a sense of where we've been. um for those who weren't on the board back in uh 2021 to how we've gotten to where we are today. So with that uh Mr. Chair, I stand for questions. >> Mr. Chair, >> Mr. >> Correction, Charlotte, we have 11 units at Wilson Meadows. >> Yes, >> that was done a long time ago. >> Yes. Yes. Um I referring really to you know these these apartments the cottages below and really making um adding to our inventory. But yes >> yes >> just Mr. Chairman just a idea um >> because know the plan was to do three of these and there's space there to do three. It'd be nice perhaps two different things. One, if we could write a letter to the

082town and county essentially just everything you just said could be in that letter, even the the part about the hugs at the end to tell them your letter just so they have that information because the last paragraphs of what I wanted to add to remind them on the next step we'd like to be there um for the the second to to start building the second one. And so I think we need to start a celebrate with them. Hey, successful project, we're all done. Um, got out of all the step projects, we might be the one that got done >> fastest and under budget and on time and >> Ahead of schedule, all that stuff. Um, I also on top of that, you may want to attend and see if we could get you on the

083June joint meetings just so you could give a report. I just think it's good for us to remind the town council and the county commission that yes, they got us on the ballot and and we managed the money extremely well and we did everything correctly and we got it done and it turned out perfectly. Um, and that way and then again at the end of your speech pushing, hey, when you do the next ballot, we really want it to um so that we're ready for the next um the next construction. And I know it seems odd in 2026, but that 2028 is going to sneak up on us pretty quick and and we want to make sure that we already have our foot in the door for that next next building. >> Um I I

084think those are uh great suggestions. Um the um town council and the um uh county commissioners are on the invitation list uh for the ribbon cutting. I've um I've seen a couple of um members of both boards and mentioned it to them. Um I think them seeing um the outcome of the project firsthand will be exciting. Uh but um um I think reminding them of >> Well, let me ask you at the ribbon cutting, are you going to give the same speech? Um I'm working on the um program for the ribbon cutting. Um that is my task for um Friday morning. Uh but yeah, I was hoping to share whe regardless of who presents this information. Um yes, I think it would be >> that information too. Um >> and I think it'd be great

085to get um get this out to the community. Um the voters paid for this project. I think um helping them see the process we went through to get to um the SPET and then how the SPET has actually um been spent and and benefiting our community by having um um employees who can remain working in our district and serving our kids. >> The tourists contributed to >> Yes, they did. >> Which the the commission and the town council always remind me. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Charlotte, >> okay, looks like we're up to number five, public comment. Um, we have full routes. Thanks. And just as a reminder for public comment that uh board of trustees will receive oral communication at this time. Three minute limit will be given to all members of

086the public that wish to speak. If the item is scheduled within the agenda, no further discussion will occur at this time. Please give your full name before you begin. While we want to hear everything that you have to say, it is important to remember that we also want to hear from other people. We want to hear from everyone. Please limit um try to limit your comments to three minutes. Address the board when speaking, not the audience. Comments regarding personnel will not be permitted. And I believe Sarah will be will have a a timer for us and you'll hear a little chime uh when the three minutes are over. So, we'd like to open up to public comment. Yes, sir. >> I don't know how that works. >> Uh, good afternoon or good evening, I guess.

087Uh, my name is Jeff Brazil, assist of uh Aldo Perez. Um, we're uh here with the Pascala Intercomio Club um from Dyson High School. Um, we had a bunch of other leaders we're hoping to bring, but they're all working. Our Naira here on our on our board. So, uh, we just want to invite you and and make you aware of a, um, program we're putting together on the 25th, um, at the high school. Um, it's, uh, I think it's going to be a pretty cool evening. It should be fun. Um, but what we're trying to do is celebrate the sister city uh program that we put together. Um, we've been working closely with the city of Jackson boy since 2015 um with uh a different Gibson girl, not the one that's so famous right now,

088but her sister um who started to work with the city. She Oh, she listen probably wasn't said very well. Um it was Riley Gibson, a superstar in her own right. um that she uh saw a need for uh developing um a stronger community uh between um the the ethnicities that we have here in Jackson giving us a lot of strength and diversity and multiculturalism um and and makes our community a better place. Um we also supported Dr. Crisp sent uh the the group of in ambassadors that actually enabled the sister city to be established um in in the city council uh boy two years ago. Um, and we're looking to trying to help push that forward now. Um, still making the our club a centerpiece of that group, working cooperatively with the um with the

089town of Jackson um and and strengthening that relationship. Um, it's it's a cool initiative. I think that it's combining both Titan County School District. Thank you, Betsy, >> who's going to come and speak at our event. Um, along with >> You're welcome. I'm looking forward to it. uh along with the mayor of Jackson, the mayor of Fueo is going to zoom in. Um we've got uh Allison Spiri um a town council member is going to speak. Um and uh yeah, it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to try and bring these communities together to try and empower that sister city program that was signed two years ago, but hasn't really done much since. So, we're really excited about it. Um I brought uh Alvo, I don't know why, since his freshman

090year. He ran cross country in freshman year and I always called him pronounced it wrong. Alvaro. So Alvaro um with us to to speak if he would like to about why he thinks this is important um for the school. >> Hey Mr. Brazil. Um, I guess this is important to elaborate, not just elaborate, but make this a celebration to unite not only non-Latino areas, but also Latino people cuz it was the sister celebration was signed, but it was never elevated to the right level. So we want to bring the celebration to everyone to show what is truly about what we have to offer for this town and what we can bring and for the future generations that still possible to achieve any type of goal you want as long as you put in the hard

091work and this is why we're bringing it to everyone. Just come and celebrate with us. Thank you. >> Thank you. We hope you see you on the 25th. >> Thanks so much. >> What grade are you in? >> What grade are you? >> Uh junior. >> You're a junior. >> Awesome. >> There's going to be some empty seats up here next year. >> Thank you. >> Good evening, Chair Abrams, Board of Trustees. Thank you. Uh, I am Joe Manning and I'm speaking on behalf of the Teton County Community Tennis Association and our community's tennis players of all ages. Thank you guys for everything that you do. I think your work is greatly underappreciated and I just wanted to stop and say that. So, I listen I've been to a number of these meetings and I

092just want to thank you. Um, that's awesome. Um, I would also like to thank you for the project workshop that was held last month. As you prioritize these projects in the next month and the next coming months, as um Mr. Abrams had said, I truly hope you see the benefits of indoor tennis facility at our high school here and that it will benefit both our school children and our community. In our previous presentation that we made to the board, we discussed how the partnership could work, how we would fund the entire facility ourselves, build it in cooperation with the board, superintendent and staff, how it could be managed, and that it would be profitable and safe for our community. Tonight, I would like you to hear about our project, not from our perspective, but from

093the perspective of a high school tennis player, a longtime Jackson resident and tennis coach, and from the managing director of tennis advocacy at the United States Tennis Association, who is with us tonight on Zoom, I believe. Oh, I don't see him. Hopefully, he is here tonight. If not, we'll bring him back next month. I am confident they will demonstrate the project's importance and that it should be placed on the high priority list. And lastly, I hope that we will move this project forward with a letter stating the board's support and that we can begin planning and fundraising in the near future. Thank you and thank you all and have a good night. >> Thank you, Joe. Thank you members of the board for giving me a chance to speak. My name is Amelian and I'm

094a student here at JHS. I'm also an aspiring tennis player with the goal of playing at the collegiate level. Tennis is often seen as a lifetime sport and for those us for those of us trying to compete for scholarships and roster spots, it's a year- round commitment. Unfortunately, in our climate, that commitment is currently impossible to fulfill without significant financial and geographic barriers. As you know, our region faces heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures for a large portion of the school year. This effectively shuts down out our outdoor courts from late October through April. For an athlete, a six-month break isn't just a pause, it's a massive, massive competitive disadvantage. Currently, the only way to train during this winter is to travel to private facilities like Teton Pines. This presents two major hurdles. Private court fees

095are expensive. Many Talin students simply cannot afford the hourly rates required to maintain a competitive edge. Relying on private clubs means we are at the mercy of their their schedules and availability. By investing in covered courts or a seasonal bubble for our school facilities, we'd be doing more than just building a structure. We'd be expanding the sport. Every student, regardless of their family's income, would have the chance to practice year round. To play in college, I need to compete in the winter in winter tournaments and maintain my physical conditioning. Covered courts would allow our student athletes to remain consistent throughout the year. Additionally, these courts wouldn't just be for the tennis team. They could provide a space for PE classes and community recreation during the harshest winter months, promoting health and wellness for everyone. Adding

096covered courts would transform Jackson's athletic landscape by turning a seasonal pay to pay pay-to-play luxury into an accessible yearround resource for the entire community. Currently, indoor tennis in the Tetons is largely restricted to those who can afford expensive private club memberships, creating a socioeconomic barrier that side sidelines many local families, seniors, and aspiring youth athletes during our long winters. A public covered or a public covered facility would democratize the sport providing a low impact climate controlled space for residents to stay physically active and socially connected when outdoor options are burdened snow. By investing in this infrastructure, the board isn't just supporting a high school team. It's creating a vital community hub that promotes wellness, equity, and a higher quality of life for every Jackson resident, regardless of their income. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Hi,

097Eddie. >> Thanks for letting me speak. Um, it's amazing what you can do with a racket, a ball, and some shoes. My name is Eddie Kolski. I began teaching tennis in 1972. I've been teaching in Jackson since 1976. Through tennis, I have made many friends and established many professional relationships. Tennis is the healthiest sport in the world. The Copenhagen City Heart study found the following. One, significantly increased lifespan. This study found that tennis players lived an average of 9.7 years longer than second sedentary individuals surpassing joggers, swimmers, and cyclists. Two, high cardiovascular health. Tennis mimics interval training by alternating between intense bursts of movement and short rest periods. It offers 47% lower risk of death from any cause including cardiovascular disease. Three, comprehensive uh physical fitness. Tennis engages every major muscle group u improving aerobic

098capacity, bone density, flexibility and balance. Four, mental sharpness, known as quote unquote physical chess. It requires rapid split-second tactical thinking, which fosters new neural connections in the brain. Five, longevity and social health. The social nature of the sport helps combat loneliness, which is a major mortality risk factor. Tennis is growing nationwide. The sport has experienced six consecutive years of growth. In 2025, 4.9 billion million people picked up a racket for the first time. Additionally, 20.7 million players were retained. Um, million players were retained, up 10% from 2024, showing people are staying in the game. If anyone thinks tennis is going away, consider these stats. Also, imagine a world without Wimbledon or the US Open. at the Jacksonville Golf and Tennis Club where I've worked for 25 years. Tennis has more participation than pickle ball. Tennis

099can be a source uh a source for fundraising through tennis with community support. More than $600,000 has been raised for the St. John's Health Diabetes program from a tournament that I organized in 1999. The event will continue this year with money raised going to two local mental health organizations. Tennis is international. I have taught in US, France, Australia, and offered a job in Israel. By fan base, it is the fifth most popular sport in the world. By participation is the second in France, fourth in Spain, fourth in England. In conclusion, the average person has very limited access to tennis in the winter in Jackson Hall. The high school is the natural place for an indoor facility. I believe the need is there to support this project for the youth and adults in our community. I

100really hope it is put on the 0 to threeyear list and ultimately brought to fruition. It's amazing what you can do with a racket, a ball, and some shoes. Thank you. >> Any more public comment in the room? >> One more again. >> Back. Um, I just want to um give a couple stories. Just this week, I was listening to um uh Charlotte speak and I just wanted to tell you two quick stories um that were like really gratifying for me. I've worked here for a couple years um and like recognizing all the hard work that you guys are doing to try and make this a more affordable place for um our teachers. Um last week a teacher came in uh to my room in the morning and was trying to talk to me about

101her daughter going to college um and was asking me, "Boy, how do you I've had four of them now, so how do you do that? How do you afford that?" because we're in a funky little spot with our wages and our property values and stuff like that. And after um the the increase in salary was published, she came in to me and she said that that was it. That was the gap. So like what you're doing is really having impacts for us teachers um enabling this girl not to be able to go to the college she wanted to go to. And then the second one, just the housing that you're talking about. Um, a teacher came in uh to the lunchroom yesterday and was saying that she she won the lottery. She got the house

102and oh my god, she came in yesterday and she said, "They're big." Like, we all looked on the outside. We thought, "Oh, they're going to be little cracker, you know, jobs." Big 15t of counter space. I don't know what that means, but to her that was amazing. Um, but that I think this is the ultimate goal, right? that um with the raise, with this t this housing opportunity that she now believes that she will be able to buy a home in Jackson and stay here. So, I just want to say thank you from teachers. Really cool stories. Thanks. >> Thanks. >> Any more public comment in the room? Okay. Do we have some uh public comment online? >> We do. Jessica. >> Okay. There are Jessica. >> Yeah. Sorry. Hi. Can you hear me? >>

103Yes, we can. >> Great. Um, thank you. My name is Jessica Claus. I'm an employee at um, Jackson High School and here to comment on housing. So, timely introduction. Thanks, Jeff. Brazil. Um, I first off want to echo the appreciation for all the work that the school district has put into providing affordable housing for our employees with the eye on recruiting and retaining and retaining employees in our district. Um, but I also would like to raise some concerns. I myself have lived in district housing for six years. Um, and I am being affected by the current restructuring of the rules regarding district housing. Um, but my my concerns go beyond just myself. So, one, uh, retention of of current employees. Um, the new occupancy rules and pet rules being applied to current employees who have

104been residing in district housing change their housing eligibility in many cases. Um, in effect, this will require current employees, several current employees to find new housing immediately or within one year. The practical effect of this, in my opinion, is that many season many seasoned employees like myself may be forced to exit the school district. The rental housing rates in Teton County for a two-bedroom apartment are expected to rise on average to an amount of $4,780 per month by 2008. And even given the new draft compensation package for myself, this would account for 48 to 50% of my income to rent an apartment outside of district housing. This will be impractical for many people and they may choose to leave the district. Um sorry um the second question is around logistics. So TCSD has recently experienced

105in the last five years um a challenge with retention and turnover. I imagine that the new policies, particularly particularly around occupancy rates, would place a greater hardship on younger employees who wish to grow their families while remaining employed at the school district. It's not a stretch to imagine families having to move multiple times based on the growth or um shrinking of their family while they're employed at the school district. And in terms of retaining employees and thinking about stable housing, looking at needing to move multiple times seems impractical. Um, even if it's just for a handful of people. Um, so I guess I would ask the board to consider the trickle down policies or the trickle down effects of the policies that they have put into place while I understand they are well intended. Um,

106and it makes sense in my mind for new employees coming into district housing or employees coming newly into district housing who are aware of these stipulations. However, for the handful of people who have been living in district housing sometimes for five, six, seven years, um I I I do ask the board to consider grandfathering in employees who have been living in district housing under different rules. Um, this would be an effort to retain current employees who are experienced and may be burdened um unduly by needing to move within 12 months um into a rental market that is exceedingly difficult to find housing in. um just for purchasing a home in the um in the like affordable housing market through the local nonprofits and and organizations. It's about a 5 to 10 year weight. Um and

107the affordable rental options are extremely limited. So, I would just ask the board to consider um those implications for the small group of people who have been working here and living in affordable housing, which is why we've been able to remain employed in the district. Thank you. >> Thank you, Joseph. Mr. Chairman, do you want to address that, Super Chris? >> Around the three minutes. >> No, about the grandfathering. Aren't you going to grandfather? >> Abs. Well, yes. I'm happy to address. I thought you were talking about the time limit of the public comment. Um um we have been working with uh Miss Claus and another family to ensure that they are not uh losing their housing that they will continue to live in the house this coming year and we're going to re-evaluate some

108of our potential rules moving forward. Um, so no one's out of a house and and no the cat can continue as of right now and we plan on um making sure our employees are accommodated. >> Thank you. >> And we've already stripped the six-year limit. >> Correct. Yes, we have done that as >> we did that last month. Yeah. >> So So the cat can stay. >> Love cats. There you go. >> Wanted to I just wanted to hear you say I love cats. Uh, I believe we have someone else online as well. Do you want to say meow after about second? >> Hi, Patrick. Uh, thank you. Um, I don't think we can hear you just yet. Remember public comments, please limit to three minutes, please. >> We hear you. >> now we can

109hear you. There. There you go. >> Wonderful. Wonderful. Uh, good evening trustees. My name is Patrick Burrio, managing director at uh the USA or United States Tennis Association's National Office in Orlando, Florida. Uh planned some some uh comments, but first wanted to say how u grateful I am to Miss Claus for her uh vulnerability and and voice. Um it's kind of tricky to talk about a sport when uh you know such a an important core issue is is being discussed. Um one thing to just say is I think there's more of a connection between basic needs and social good um than just playing a sport. Um so nationally tennis is booming. uh 27 million players in um this year are playing across the country, up from just 19 million five years ago. As you heard,

110it is the world's healthiest sport and there's extremely strong correlation between tennis and educational outcomes and youth development. Um running the numbers locally, there is significant underserved youth demand. So over the last 12 months, 14% of youth aged six to 17 play tennis, which is well above the national and state average. Uh in addition, there's an additional 10% of local youth that have expressed direct interest in playing tennis. Again, higher than other averages. Uh and as you heard before, there's effectively no no good places to play. Um the USA nationalist is is fully supportive of the proposed facility um using the school's land and uh we believe it's a great solution to fill that gap. Based on local trends and our knowledge of peer communities, your your community can indeed support a fivecourt indoor facility

111both from a participation standpoint as well as from a financial standpoint. Uh absolutely the build, the construction of it as well as the ongoing operations. Um we understand potential concerns of traffic and parking and sustainability and safety. Uh you're in good company with those uh those considerations as they're very common and we help address those. Uh so how can we help in as you consider this u as a priority? The first thing maybe most importantly is money. Uh we provide grant support as well as fundraising support. Uh we provide technical assistance on facilities both in the construction and ongoing operations. Uh provide inschool and afterchool activation so play formats, coach training, equipment, um and and much more. I'm here to help however I can on an ongoing basis. Uh finally, the minute we sort of

112get the green light uh from you all, whether it's a letter of t of intent or otherwise, we're able to bring the the full weight and support of the USA to this project. So, um just invite you to please consider putting this on your 0 to threeyear u priority. Thank you for having me. >> Thank you, Patrick. >> Any more online? Okay, so I believe that wraps up our public comment for tonight. Thank you everybody for your public comment and getting up and speaking in front of the board. Much appreciated. >> Um board, we are 10 minutes till 8. What is your desire? Do you want to chug on or do you want to take a 10 minute break? It's a 10 minute break. >> 10 minute break. We'll reconvene at 8. Now we are

113on number six for action items. Um consideration of first read policies. Dr. Chris Ads trustees there are uh three uh first read policies before you tonight. Um they all the the the thread that goes through all of them is are all sort of technology related. Um I'm just going to highlight um the goals of each of them tonight. Um and we have time to review them in in the coming couple months. The first one is a a data security standards policy. This one um actually came out of some language in some of the legislative sessions. Um and also the timing of that um was natural timing to we were already working on this particular policy trying to update our data security protocols. Um essentially what this means is is this puts into place some formal

114processes and rules around ensuring that our staff and student data is protected. Um, we do have systems in place as we speak that review apps that we purchase, different technology software that we purchase to ensure that um, a student and staff um, identifiable uh, information is protected. Um this is also a policy that comes directly from a um content from the WSBA and the WDE following their direction. That's data security. The second one um and if it's okay chairman Abrams I was just going to review all three and then come back and take questions. >> The second one is um policy if artificial intelligence technology use. Um, this is a new policy and would be a new policy for TCSD. Um, upon review, um, when you have a chance to review the details, you'll see

115that essentially there's some definitions in this policy. It's broad enough that allows us to um, determine what we want to do as a district around AI practices. Um, it does focus on a few key points that are important. Um and this type of policy is being echoed throughout the state right now. Um this is very consistent practice with what's happening around other school districts. What is important to look at in this is a breakdown of student use and staff use. Um there are differences of how AI is used depending on your role. We currently have an AI K12 uh committee that has been meeting this school year. We actually have a meeting tomorrow um at 9:00 a.m. in this room. That committee is helping us determine appropriate tools for us to use at the K5

116level um the 68 level and 912 level, more specifically the secondary level. So, we are in the deep process of reviewing tools, making sure those tools that we use in our school district both maintain student and staff um uh uh data security and privacy. That's a big one um for us. So, that's why that data security policy and the AI policy are sort of hand in hand. The third policy is a direct result of legislation um that came out of the session. This is the student cell phone and smart device use policy. Um this policy really gives uh the power um and the rule making ability uh is directed at the site level. Um our district um I believe has some excellent uh rules of process in place right now. um at the middle and

117high school, it has been made very clear that devices are off and away during instructional time. Um and that's a focus um in our buildings. Um that has taken it some time to get to and a lot of leadership at both schools following up and making sure those policies are consistent. We will never be perfect, but we are a lot better now than we were historically around monitoring smart devices in our schools and making sure students are focused on learning in the classroom. This policy is a a direct result of legislation. Like I said, we have followed a very similar template recommended by WSBA and other school districts across the state. and most of them echo ours in terms of leaning on the school um to make the rules that are appropriate for their school

118sites. Three technology policies um all sort of interrelated, one again on data security, one on AI and one on uh student cell phones. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Preston. Um board any discussion >> questions? >> Oh yes. >> I don't have any questions. >> Okay. >> Any questions for Dr. Chris? >> I have question. >> Um Jerry Abrams. Um you know this uh there's one paragraph that concerns me. It says students may possess cellular telephones and smart devices subject to limitations established by the district. You know, it may come a time when we do not allow them to possess cell phones or smart devices on campus. So, um unless we change this paragraph in particular, >> um that's going to allow it whether we ban them entirely or not. So, I'll I'll provide you

119some language which would um subject their possession of these devices to the limitations put on by the school um itself um or the school building itself and that may be not to have them at all. Trusty me, I think, as you know, it's the discussions happening around the country right now. Um, how districts are handling smartphones very differently depending on where you live and the state you're in. >> We have everything from complete banning of phones to no and everywhere in between. So, >> I believe that's an excellent suggestion >> just to make sure that somebody says, "Well, you say there I can possess them." Um, if ultimately we decide not or the school building decides not to allow it. >> Any other questions? >> Okay. Um, we open a public comment or Yes. Okay.

120Um, any public comment on the first read of these policies? Okay. Any public comment online for the first read? Okay. Bring it back to the board. Mr. >> Chair, I move to approve the first read of policies EHA, IF JJ. um as presented. Second, >> I second. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any other discussion amongst the board? >> Trusty me. >> Um Chair Abrams, I have one more question. Did Howard review these? It makes my head hurt to even read, especially that first one. um eha and it gives a lot of responsibility to the technology zar in your school district. You think you're good? >> Thumbs up one mention trusty me just that's a good point. I should have mentioned that our IT team took a deep dive on these. We

121also engaged in addition to our a committee we engaged our librarian specialists on the artificial intelligence policies and obviously the committees will be engaged with the AI policy tomorrow. So we're trying to get as much feedback as we can. >> Thank you. >> Any other discussion? Just >> Mr. Chairman, one thing that came off top of my head was the cell phone policy. Um there is an occasion where a student might need a cell phone for medical purposes to monitor various portions of it. So we want to make sure our policy keeps that great. Um especially Carlin, >> I have no questions or discussion. >> Um one thought for that first policy. What happens if our student if we follow all of the steps and then there's a breach with a company that we've accepted

122and our students um information is compromised? what recourse would we have that be in any of the contracts that we sign with these providers? Um, and just saying for AI, it is here. It is not going away. It is ingrained in in our community and society. I just appreciate that we are getting in front of this to help our students understand that um as students we really want them to learn how to be able to think and come up with ideas and um be critical thinkers on on their own and still utilize this tool which will be in their lives going forward. Okay. Um, so we have a first and motion and should we take it to a vote? >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> Okay. Um, on to the next one. Consideration

123of the health insurance plan. >> Our CFO Kristen Mayo. >> Thank you. Uh we have had a lot of conversation about health insurance over the last couple of months. We did finally get our renewal. We had several um bids. Um two of the bids were from United Healthcare, another one from Whisbait, which is the uh WSBA version of their health insurance they offer to districts. and the Whisbait renewal or the Whisbate bid came in um slightly lower in some areas on these rates, but they used the United Healthcare network. Um and when we started comparing the network viability between what Sigma was offering and United Healthcare, uh it it's just so much smaller in our community. Uh so we are proposing to renew our Sigma health insurance uh both the high deductible plan and a

124second option of a traditional plan. We've had several staff members over the last couple of years ask for a traditional plan. Uh we've resisted offering that just um based on the cost of a traditional plan and the financial liability of a traditional plan. This year we have built it in and it is in this renewal proposal. Rates are pretty high. Some of the initial feedback that we've received from staff is why would anybody pick this plan? um because it it really doesn't have a financial benefit, but there are some that I think still would like to explore a traditional plan and then we can evaluate how many of our staff members elect it during open enrollment and and see if we want to continue to offer that in the future. >> Thank you. >> You're

125welcome. >> Any questions? Okay. Um, we we take it to public comment. Any public comments make time really fast. Talk really fast, but I wrote it down. Um, I got a blaster and talked about this time about this time of night uh about employee compensation for teachers and I appreciated the opportunity to do that. It feels really weird as an administrator to be up here. I'm speaking for just me. We're really clear about that. Um, when it comes to the insurance competency and compensation package, the confluence is like right at the same time. And I kind of wanted to go over some of the things that I'm dealing with as a building administrator, the confluence of those two together at this time, the questions I'm getting. And I appreciate the questions I get from my

126staff because it means they trust me. Um, what should I do with my life? What should I do next? Should I keep my job? Should I change my jobs? So, I wanted to highlight a few things that are going on, then get out of your way um for a big decision. Um, some amazing wins. Teachers are happy to have health insurance and I've had many teachers come and tell me they've looked in the private market and they get that we are still receiving a really good deal because the hard work of Kristen and the insurance committee. So, I really appreciate that opportunity for them to be engaged. Um, teachers are being rewarded between this and the compensation package for compensation package for their hard work and dedication and that's awesome that they deserve it all

127day long. Um, a starting teacher in TCSD with a bachelor's degree will make over three times what I made in my first year of teaching with a master's degree and that was still in this century. That wasn't in the 1900s. Not that old. Um, and the words out that we have a great district. Um, I was just talking to some teachers about like some of our interviews we've had. We have strong hiring pools right now. So, between housing and compensation in a like a premier district, the word is out we have a place to be, which is a really awesome spot to be in. Some tough questions I'm getting. I have some non-certified staff um who are asking like, I provide insurance to my family. I don't know if I can make things work financially

128next year. And it's a big thing to ask me like, should I take this job next year? Um it weighs heavy on me. Um I don't know what to tell them. It's a personal decision and I want to have that discussion with them, but it's really tough for them right now. Um, that would be my secretaries, translators, administrative assistants, and pair professionals. It's really big. I had a bus driver ask me, "Hey, did you know that your page in the compensation package is blank?" I was like, "Yeah, it has been every year since 2015." I don't make my decision about how much money I'll get as a administrator until I sign my contract in August. I put a lot of trust in Kristen. Uh, I've never seen a spreadsheet so beautiful. um and to estimate

129what other people at the state are making for calculations and do it so closely and correctly like is a real skill. But I put trust in there, but they were surprised to find out that I don't I don't know how much money I make until August regardless of my years of experience or years as administrator. That's just the way it goes. It's a lot of trust there. Um that and then um I had a strong teacher leader I encouraged to go pursue a master's degree in administration and they came back and asked me a similar question like should I go do that? like is it going to pay off in the long run financially? Because that's part of the calculus when you have two kids at home, uh housing, all those things. You have to

130take it all into account. That's a real tough one. We talk a lot about it. As I look at for myself, um this is the the week I got my letter of intent for next year. I have to sign my letter of intent for next year. And I love my job and my kids go to the school I get to work at. That's a prize that I can't I can't make up how special that is. But like I got to tell my wife who's a DPA. Um like I don't know how much money I'm making next year and this year it feels different because there's so much like trust I put in Kristen and Scott is a lot out of their control and it's really scary to hear actually Kristen say like I don't know

131because it took until like this year that was the first time I heard her say that like for anything. Um, so it feels a little different, a little scary. And I just want to put that out for you that like that's what we're juggling right now in the middle of hiring teachers and um getting ready for YOP assessments. Um, it's been a it's been a tough couple weeks back from spring break also because two weeks off you can really disconnect and then you come back and it's full steam ahead. Um, it's keeping my uh busy brain extra busy and active right now. Um, I know no one feels bad for admin or principles who get referred to as like admin with that. Um, but it's been tough and I just want to share that with

132you. Um, from my perspective and what I'm seeing a lot of super duper good things that are going to come out of recalibration and especially that hiring pool piece like to see teen applicants for a teaching job at the elementary level. It's been a long time since we've seen that and that means like our district gets to pick the best of the best to go teach our kids. and that's what I care most about for my own students and my school. So really excited about that. Thanks for your time. Hopefully that was less than three minutes. >> Thank you. >> Any more public comment in the room? >> Nope. And any public comment online? Okay. I believe back to the board. Stefan, can I just add something? >> Please. >> I just really appreciate what

133Kristen Mayo has done. She must do do numbers in the middle of the night, juggling and juggling and juggling and juggling. I don't know how she does it, but anyway, special special appreciation. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Trusty Ginger. Maybe just a question for Kristen if you don't mind. >> Why why don't we have a page for admin? >> I think that's a great question. We do have a page for admin. We've always posted a range of salaries in there. Um, I have a matrix that I've been working off of for the last three years that has is tied to the certified matrix and um, I have asked to be able to put that in the compensation package and um, leadership felt like we weren't quite ready for that yet. Um, I Scott and I

134have been working through that matrix this year and um, there are some changes. So with the with the silo with the change of the structure of the model um in past years that matrix has been tied to the MA45 uh certified matrix lane. This year if I was to keep it tied that way we would see administrator salaries skyrocket to a place beyond what we could afford as a district. Um Scott and I have literally sat down and spent hours working on this over the last couple of weeks to see how we can continue to have a matrix that makes sense, that's defendable, that makes sense to everyone. Um at the same time as not have this huge escalation in salaries, but be able to provide the same type of um increases to administrators um

135that some of our other staff are seeing. maybe not as high as the certified staff, more in line with what the classified staff are getting this year. Uh we're we're in a really good spot right now. Today I have probably my 110th version of the administrative matrix and really what it boils down to is tying it to the certified matrix so that it makes sense. working in levels of responsibility and adjusting for days worked. And you know it again a moving target looking at what the state has built into our new model for average salaries for those positions comparing that to how many positions we have. Uh so we're only going to get for example um let's say they fund us for 10 site administrators and we have 13. Um, now when we're looking at

136what that average salary is, am I taking the current list of 13 and making sure that we're within that average salary, but we have more? So then are are we adjusting for total funding? Those are the types of things that we've been talking about that we've been looking at with the same goal in mind that we're that we have for all other staff is that nobody will be getting a decrease. um measuring does it make sense for this pos position to stay on an admin matrix or does it make sense for this type of position to move into more of an instructional facilitator role tie it to the certified matrix and adjust for days. As we've looked at some of those options, um we have people because the certified matrix has lanes for education, the

137administrative matrix does not. So, we have some people that would make more if they were tied to the certified matrix and adjusted for days. And and what's interesting is a lot of those positions that we're looking at maybe taking a different approach to um are pretty similar. Like this group of people would actually do better if they were tied to this and coded as an instructional facilitator instead of maybe a site administrator. That's the work that we've been doing with the end goal. And Scott knows this. I've been hammering him for the last year. Like, we need to get this administrative matrix in the compensation package so that it's transparent, so that I have a principal that's not waiting till August to figure out what he's making. Um, that that's been frustrating. And and to

138be honest, in the 10 years that I've been with the district, that has been my goal. When I first got here, there were so many people that weren't aligned. The goal has been to get everybody on a matrix. We have one. I can't wait to share it with everyone and have it be in the compensation package. Hopefully, this is the year. >> Mr. Chairman, I know we're talking about health insurance is the if you grant me a little leeway just because I'm learning. >> Sure. >> Real quick question. >> Sure. >> Um, is it required by state statute? And does all districts do it the same way we do it where for certified staff it's the the bachelor's masters masters plus 30 masters plus 45 doctorate. Does everyone are we required to do that? Are

139we allowed to ever mix that up or >> we're not required to do it? I the I think the origination of that is that especially for certified staff the the movement in lanes and education is there as an incentive. So your education professionals will continue their education and not just, you know, if you had one lane, what's the incentive to continue to go learn and continue to get those credits? Um, some districts only have a bachelor's, a masters, and a doctorate lane. Some will go bachelor's plus 15, bachelor's. >> I remember we got rid of the plus 15. I remember when we did that, it was a big decision. >> Yeah. and and and really it it came from the time when the model gave credit for education and experience. Now that's been thrown out

140the window. I still think it's important to do that specifically with certified. >> I was just curious if that was like >> we don't have to do it that way. >> Thanks for taking us down a rabbit hole. >> We can structure our compensation package however we want to. Um, I really like to be able to tie the reason that it's set up this way is because of this. So, administrators are a little bit different. Um, you know, because we have so many different types of administrators. We have district office administrators, we have coordinators, directors, um, operational departments, and then we have site administrators. So, it's it's all a little bit different. And the matrix has the admin matrix has a lane for each one of those categories. um tied back to percentage of responsibility.

141>> Any other questions for director mayo? Believe we take it back to the board. Mr. Chair, I move to approve the fiscal year 27 health insurance renewal as presented with minor modifications deemed necessary by legal counsel. Thank you. >> We have a motion and a second. Um and bring it back to any discussion by the board. >> Trusty me. Um, Chair Abrams, I just wanted to say, you know, I've been on the the board for 19 years and in the old days, uh, Teton County School District could afford to, you know, pay all the health costs of our staff. um about I think about 10 years you know we we went for a while when our claims rates I mean we had so little claims that we were you know we're doing really really well

142so we didn't have see these giant rate increases and then all of a sudden they just went up and I kept saying well maybe we can do it this year but staff be on notice this can't past. Um, and who' have thought, you know, that health insurance costs would be what they are now. Um, I I would never have envisioned it. And there was always the hope that we could continue to offer such an amazing policy and paying for families, but now unfortunately, you know, it it happened that we can't do that anymore. Um, and and basically the state has made that decision for us. Um so um I I really I really wish we could have continued um the way we were but uh we you know it's just impossible. Um so and you

143know employee employee benefits and salaries are 80 what 8% of our budget. So, we have that little 12% deliver program pro programmatic step, but uh that just doesn't go far enough to be able to do what we need to do um to educate children and um also cover everybody's health insurance. So, it's sort of an apology. I I wish we could have um but it's just can't happen any longer. So, thanks. Thank you. >> Said my piece. >> You've said your piece. >> Um, thank you, Director Mayo, for the work that you put forth on this. Thank you to the steering committee that participated in this uh conversation during this journey as well. Uh and thank you to everybody who's on the finance committee. Uh insurance is very personal and it's directly connected to the

144compensation package and by us moving forward with this it'll give director Mayo and her team some direction. Um everybody in HR, the others, you guys have done phenomenal work. Um it's been a heavy lift this year, especially with what came about from the recalibration. Um and I'm glad that we can provide what we can provide to everybody um to the staff and we have wonderful people committed to the district of educating the students and we just have to see how we can all help each other out. With that, um, should we take it to a vote? >> Okay. Uh, we had a motion in a second. Um, all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. >> Thank you, everybody. Okay. Next up, consideration of corrected mort. No, we're doing the uh we put that

145you're on to 7E acceptance of schoolboard donation from Bank of Jackson Hold this year. >> And the other reason I think that one was um >> the agreement was not in our um package. So, uh Mr. Hson's going to tell us what the terms of that agreement are orally so we're at least aware of what we're agreeing to. >> Thank you. I refresh now. Thank you. Scoreboard. And if you would like more time, you could pause this to review the document till the next meeting. You would approve the ex donation acceptance and the pro and the purchase at that time as well though should you like more time to review the terms. Okay. Um generally the terms is that they'd like to make a donation with the ability to not have competing banks advertised on

146the scoreboard. Um, and that we would re we review any content that they would like us to maybe not be shown on the scoreboard um to review the the materials and things of that nature, which we had planned to anyway. Um, if they were going to be willing to do this type of donation, I think the terms look good to me. Um, it's it's a four page do a three-page document here, so I don't know that if you want me to to try and read highlights, I can. Um, they like I said, they did not want other banks to to advertise on it and they would like to approve any messaging that they maybe wouldn't want to be on the scoreboard with their name on it as well. >> Mr. Chair, I I would rather

147have the document to approve. >> I I >> this sounds kind of like a an interesting document to say the least. So, I would like to um maybe move to table this until our next meeting. >> I think that's that's fair. We didn't get the agreement till late yesterday. So, I think >> it won't slow down the construction. >> No. I I talked to the salesman last week as I was trying to get these things and he's like, "It's tighter, but you should still be okay." >> Can you describe the scoreboard? So, this will be a full video board, >> correct? >> Where we'll be able to put content, >> correct? >> Advertisements. >> Correct. >> Can you put replays and replays? Well, if you have a TV, >> I mean, >> you would have

148the ability to do that if you had a production that was be able to send the content to the scoreboard. You can stream >> uh you could stream graduation, uh, things of that nature. If anybody has seen the the scoreboard in Rock Springs, it is essentially the same thing. And I think they haven't written a really nice one. >> Cody House. >> Yep. >> This is so nice of Bank of Jes. So, I think we're very appreciative. I just think that's why I pulled it. I just think we need to see the document. >> I agree. That's good. >> I don't mean to I I certainly love them for doing this, but just love to see the document. >> I just I got to piggyback on that. Um the president of the or what do

149they call him? He's not the president, but he's the the head guy in charge. Pete B, quarterback of the 1981 Jackson State football championship team. >> I know he's been very passionate about this. um making sure the scoreboard looks right. >> They've been they've been tremendous throughout this process as we've been trying to work with them. Pet has been awesome. Uh they've done they've been really really great to work with throughout this process. >> I'll second that that motion if that was a motion to continue this to our next meeting. Continue. >> Okay. So, we have a motion and a second to continue. All in favor? >> I I >> Okay. Um thank you, Mr. Ants. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. Okay. If I refreshed properly here, then I have uh letter D for

150approval of amendment to the premier contract to include >> you got um you got the Cubs land lease first. >> I have that as I was going in order. That's fine. You can do that. You can do whichever one you want first. Okay. without the online. >> So, since Mike's still here, um, how about we go to the contract for Premiere? >> So, we have two custodians that are retiring this year, one in May, one at the end of June. And so, it is less expensive for the district to partner with Premier for that service than it would be to rehire those positions. And so we wanted to just um make an addendum to include Premier in the night cleaning for Wilson Elementary School. >> Mr. Chair, can you hear? >> Yeah, just more questions

151and maybe some philosophical discussions. Will there be a still a custodian during the day there? >> Okay, so it's just the nighttime cleaning, >> correct? Okay. >> Because my my only concern is it's it's I'm always worried. It's so important to have a custodian on site at least during the school hours. There's a lot that goes on during the day and I was worried we were moving more and more toward premier doing everything. But if they're just coming in at night, I guess I'm fine with this. I I apologize for pulling it off. I should have asked that before before the meeting. I just didn't have time before the meeting to ask that. That's why we do it. >> Any other questions? Okay. Um, well, I >> move to approve the amendment to the premier

152contract to include Lawson Elementary School. >> Okay. Um, well, since it's on the agenda for action, is there any public comment on this one? Uh, any public comment online for this one? No. >> And we have a motion, a second. Any other discussion amongst the board? Okay. How would you like to vote? >> All in favor? I >> I Anybody? >> I I >> Okay, there we go. Thank you. Glad we got to have that conversation. Okay. Next is approval of Cubs land lease. Uh recognized >> chair trustees. Uh you have the land lease that Miss Van Gandron prepared for the lease of the facility and then exhibit C is the little steps proposal with some modifications from when we met with the ED services committee because of the change in tuition um with the

153inind that TCSD agreed to with rent and some of those other things that decrease the tuition for staff. So I stand for questions. >> Mr. Chairman, my question was, and I guess it was mostly the title that caught my attention. >> I envisioned this being a management agreement. I don't understand why we're leasing the land to them. Um, I saw this more as a management agreement that they were going to manage. I'm not sure why we're giving up our land to them. >> I think it should be facilities, not land. I would agree with that. >> My childare facility should be writing agreement. >> Yeah. >> Okay. It was the land part that caught my attention. >> Yeah, >> but if it says facilities, guess that's fine. >> Maybe the title was incorrect. >> I

154would agree. It should say >> or item facility. >> I don't know. I mean, I see what you're saying. >> In the agenda, >> I can see where that's confusing. >> Yeah, maybe this title problem. >> Okay. >> Yeah. facilities. >> That's all I had. >> Are you good? >> Yeah. Public comment. >> Yes. Any public comment? >> Any public comment online? No. Okay. Um back to the board. >> I move to approve the Cubs facility lease with minor modifications is deemed necessary by leak. >> Second. >> Um any discussion by the board? Okay. Um, all in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay. Next up is uh our consent agenda. >> Mr. Chairman, I'd move for the following items to be um approved on the consent agenda. Uh 6 C, consideration of corrective warranty

155deed for Miller Parks Jackson. 6D, consideration award of bid for Jackson High School vessel field of construction. 7 A, approval of staffing considerations and reports. B, approval of the check register. C, approval of executive session meeting minutes of March 11th, 2026. Approval of the board of education regular meeting minutes of March 11th, 2026. F, approval of the housing program lease. G, approval of board of bid to Westport Construction, which I think is for that bathroom. Um, H, approval the donation of a bus to Jackson Fire EMS. J. Approval of road contract for phase four of re- roof of David Jackson Elementary School. Approval of long contract for HVAC systems training and service. And finally, approval of contract with chem search for HVAC systems water testing. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Any

156opposed? Okay. Next up, we have communication communications to the board. We did receive some emails uh some things from tennis and also regarding the um rental units as well. Thank you everybody who took the time to send in communications to the board. I believe items have been addressed and responded to. Um next is communications from the board. Any communications from the board? Okay. Any future agenda items, scheduling topics for right now. Compensation package will fill up the time. >> That'll be a big one. and I believe next month with the uh facilities conversation as well as well. >> I I would also like to talk about um the peak program and the um lack of the peak program in the middle school >> next month. What do you think of next month? um before the

157budget finalized. >> Oh, okay. Yeah. Oh, that makes sense. >> At the middle school, literacy programming at the middle school. Um each grade level has a different um program that they're doing. Sixth grade is doing um digital media literacy. They are also doing mythology. Seventh grade is doing some digital um media analysis as well. and eighth grade is doing um or they're also doing a model UN 8 eighth grade peak programming is doing national history day. They do it on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 45 minutes in our wind blocks. Um and we did just meet right before spring break to discuss some kind of um big project or family event that um the peak students can invite their families to come in to see what they've been working on all year. So there there is

158peak programming happening at the middle school. just just a list. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> But I'd still like to discuss. >> I knew what that was. I know where that was going. >> I said Grant Top Music Festival is going to be using our facilities this summer potentially. >> Yes. Have we reached an agreement? I missed that with them about their lease or something. >> Do we have a lease or an agreement? I mean, one of their big things is they always sell adult beverages >> Yeah, we can address this. >> So, they've gone through the facility reservation system to be approved. Um, and we did work with them specifically. They're not going to be selling alcohol at our events. um and gave them the terms of what it would be acceptable to

159use our building um for their for their events. And they they they've been great and understand our rules and you can't do certain things in the school that maybe you could have done at your facility. >> Isn't it an irony that they can carry concealed weapons but not have alcohol? >> Well, it could help us if we did allow them to sell alcohol. >> They could carry concealed weapons. Something I think that might also be worth noting is they've also by being able to use our facility, they've contributed um to upgrading the facility for their performances that will only help our our programming as well. Changing some lighting, a band shell, things of that nature. >> So, they were in front of the county commissioners the other day because they they were trying to get

160their fee waiver to not have to pay any building fees for their new building. And to support that argument, they said they were donating like $300,000 to us. >> That's a significant sum of money. That's correct. >> So it in facility upgrades. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> That's I mean >> it's great. >> Oh, when I heard the 300,000 they said it's a Houston came to like $300,000. >> It's pretty close. The band shells was quite expensive. >> Correct. What are we going to want the bench? >> I know our music program has wanted the bench. >> Okay. No, but theater people are they gonna like it? >> It It could come out. >> It moves. Okay. It moves, >> but it's also fragrant. But yes, >> we have a plan. >> Yeah. >> I'm

161just worried. I mean, I'm not It's a great thing. >> It just would have been nice if the school board had any knowledge. >> Sure. that somebody's using a facility all summer and they're giving us $300,000. I love when people give us money, but sometimes be nice to know. >> That's fair. >> I People are coming up to me saying, "Oh, thanks. Thank you for letting us use it." I don't like hear you doing what Bill saying. >> Yeah. So, just wanted something big like that. Just send us out. >> Thanks. >> All right. Um so we have peak program before budget. Uh any other items for future agenda? Okay. Uh review of meeting was good. I did a great job. >> We we sometime thank you Stephan for for running the meeting. I truly

162appreciate it and you run a great meeting. >> My pleasure. Thank you everybody for all your support. Uh advanced planning. Uh we have our advanced planning note in there. Um I think up next week is a ribbon cutting that is big. So >> and then also next week is um scholarship night >> 21st. >> Yes. On the 21st. So a lot happening next week. Um, Trusty Nordon, >> you're up. >> Oh, I'm ready. >> I right. Terrific. I I propose we adjourn. >> Favor. >> I second. Everybody have a good night. Thank you, Betsy. I better put them on. I was going to say, please come.