001okay okay we'll call the meeting to order we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for okay uh we do have Quorum with the four of us here let uh the record reflect that uh Missing are Susan Burmeister Ben shear and Kurt doesn't officially count uh and Caroline net um next we'll move on to the approval of the consent agenda which is in your packet you could check that and provide a motion I motion to approve the consent agenda can we get a support yes support at least it's a little busy right I was not ready for this I would have brought a computer okay we have
002a motion and second anybody see any errors omissions or Corrections hearing none I'll bring it to a vote all those in favor say I I I any oppos with n okay motion carries public comments is there anybody here that would like to address the board okay uh committee reports finance committee um we met before this board meeting and we went over accounts payable our financials for Food Service technology syncing Capital Improvement funds our bond report uh balance sheet Investments credit cards and bond update and everything looks good thank you for that update and that is the only committee meeting um to have I apologize I sent an email to kurtt and chrisy Kurt's illness and Christy's new family member I didn't get a response but uh I'm going to ask that we table item seven
003on our agenda uh board member recognition until when we have Ben present and some others so slight adjustment to the agenda that will be tabled until our next meeting um so moving right into new business uh item 661 the approval of closeup 2026 than sure you're on board all right well first of all thank you so much for having me speak here today on behalf of of the high school students here um we're proposing we've done this in the past for many years I know John slen used to do this quite a bit and I wanted to uh kind of resurrect this program I thought was great I went one time um kids had an amazing time um this is closeup if you're not familiar with you probably read through a lot of that it
004is decades old um Travel Group that brings kids to Washington DC this will be on March 1st through March 6th um which is during the school year so that's why I certainly wanted to come through here um I think they mostly done it that time in the past as well so they uh go to Washington DC um they set up they do everything um it's 100% um inclusive in terms of the food the hotels the chaperoning 24/7 um is all done by closeup and the organization um and they have a Stell record of doing this for many decades and uh they also set up uh meetings with our Congress um most likely it'll be our two senators uh that will sit could be our representative as well um but they'll set up those those meetings
005and we'll have a chat with them and they'll take us around DC and hit all the highlights it's a program a curriculum that's pretty intensive um kids who have gone um I've only had positive experiences from that so it is a pretty awesome thing but they will be missing a week of school uh but I tell you from Hands-On standpoint uh I don't think you you can beat this experience for these young people so um I haven't really I just put up the posters today because I didn't want to get ahead of the ahead of the of the approval process but um we'll have a meeting if approved um Thursday of just the interest of the kids and and I'm hoping to get between 10 and 20 student that's my goal I don't know exactly
006what it'll be but somewhere in there so if we can approve that that would be awesome and I know kids have talked to me about it and uh so I'd like to be able to ask if permission to be able to take students uh to this trip and I will be shering myself um it be Sunday Friday could you remind me um what age group goes so there's two different programs I'm going to take the high school program so that' be 9 through 12 so anyone else it is all four grades yes it would be okay um there is a middle school program but that's that's not what I'm interested in more of the high school program so um yeah 9 through 12 well actually 9 through 11 seniors obviously this year so the tuition
007cost covers flight hotel food yeah so there's two different ways to do it um kind of being my first kind of actually leading this I I wanted to go with the full inclusive which would include the flight so that would be $2,100 2127 I think the total bill would be and that's for flight that's for foods and chapone hotels everything um the only thing that we'd have to do is provide transportation to the airport and away from the airport other than that it is all paid for and buses are there they got Metro passes for us if we want to choose to use those um but all transportation is taken care of um once there so once we fly in they pick us up from I think it's Reagan National Airport or Dallas I think
008it's rean and they um take us right to the DC thr our hotels and it is fully liable fly insured so hospitals there um so they have everything I've actually had to do that one time go to the hospital with the kids in case you don't feel like sticking around to the end of the meeting with board comments I just want to say thank you for stepping up taking this on I have always heard remarkable things and it might be fun to ask you to have a couple kids follow up sure after the trip glad with a you know just a quick presentation about how their experience was so thank you for stepping up to do this um does anybody have any questions for Phil I went when I was high school and it's like
009the best time yeah so if you know they will room with other kids usually we go two and two but if there's four they'll never sleep in the same bed of somebody from another school so um other than that usually we try to keep together should be a lot of fun is this just for like whoever wants to go or are you like targeting kids no I'm not targeting anybody anybody's open um we will have to decide if we're going to fund raise and what that will look like um they do if we had 10 they'll they'll ship in $1,000 to anybody so um we'll kind of mix that in as well so we'll see how that goes but um I have to have 10 for me to go so that's my goal I guess
010Target is is 10 10 plus um but um no I'm not I mean anybody who wants to go I think would have a great time doing it so uh excellent um we need to make this official so Phil can have its meeting so long as everybody's amable so I will need motion I move to approve the closeup trip for second okay uh since we've already had questions and comments uh bring it to a vote all those in favor please say I I and any oppose say nay motion carries thanks again Phil thank you very much appreciate your time thanks okay I think we'll just skip y Fork Meers retirement that's not funny oh Mrs Fork Meer item 662 approval of Terry Fort Meer retirement to say something Kevin is this your fault all free reign
011to do as she chooses Ive to accept Terry Fort me's retirement with regret I would assume with regret and I will also forgot um any further questions comments the letter was in your packet may I say something absolutely I just want to thank everyone um it's spend a time of my life thank you no we thank you John knew I do this right so I loved working for this Administration and our principal is the best you guys know that and the board it was so fun coming to present the kids and stem Club and everything you just let me take things on and fly with them and I appreciate that so much thank you appreciate you for sure with that we do need to have a vote all those in favor please say I I
012and those opposed name motion carries I assume there will be a little recognition luncheon or something somewhere along the way yeah good all right don't know why that wasn't at the end but we have one more uh item 663 approval of the backpacking class overnight I'm not sure is somebody taking this on how are you good how are you good that's a really hard the follow I have some fers sounds amazing yeah we have myself um Miss bishop and Miss Grizzly put together a new class for the May term um and we're going to teach kids what it's like to be out in the wilderness how to survive in the wilderness how to pack a pack to go backpacking the history about location we're going to go to um yeah really excited about it Kim
013do we cuz we're asking um for two overnights um we're going to go I think 28th 29th and 30th of May Wednesday Thursday yeah and we partnered with uh Camp noo who's and they're providing all the equipment this year she a startup here all the food everything that the kids will need um while out there and it's $175 a student um we are going to try fundraising um to try to take care of most of that so longterm goal over 3 to 5 years to have our own equipment um that the kids can use and you know reuse each year yeah we're really excited about it so being able to travel to new places and maybe incorporate some sort of fun alternative spring breaks down the road 10 of them we already have 60 signed
014up that's the maximum in class so we're going to set up a kind of like an application process to we it down because I'm not ready to 60s to which also will teach students you know what an application process looks like how to Market yourself and also like share your passion and talk about your interests yeah so it's primarily starting with Juniors and then sophomores then freshmen so we'll do a little bit of a similarity there um yeah we'll have a Day hike throughout the semester we're bringing in a couple speakers one's going to teach about military survival and another is indigenous survival and indigenous cultures for the location we're going to be Trel willing to so really really looking forward to it I've been scaring the students kind of told them all they're going
015to eat for 3 days is those MREs those I bet you they'd still love it see I we're asking for your approval to go on this trip and do this overnight with them so how many students do you expect to be a so this year about 30 to 35 um we don't want to go over 45 but for the first year it'll probably be a little under um we also have a trained guide that will be with us from Camp noo that does this as their career so they're certified in many more things than we will be we'll all be certified in um CPR first aid any further questions for M bishop or Mr Steen guys are welcome to come in take volunteers you have a date trip plan I'm not sure I can do
016an overnight on the ground and get up the next day all right well thank you we do need to make it official because I think mostly just because it's out of school overnight that's why we're approving it versus most curriculum we don't necessarily approve every class so um with that being said I would entertain a motion to approve this trip and class I move to approve the backpacking class and overnight second okay further questions all right all those in favor of approving the uh back backpacking class overnight trip please say I I and any oppos name motion carries um like I said the board member recognition we're going to table until next meeting when we can have that person here and um some others also so that brings us to board comments start with and
017like don't be scared to speak slowly so I can okay start with Kim well first I want to thank you Terry for your years of dedication to North and it's um so humbling to see teachers stay here so long and dedicate so much of their time to the families and the students and the community so thank you um I also want to say congratulations to um the sports teams John in particular for creating the wrestling program that was so successful this year and the basketball team as well and also a shout out to the choir um both middle school and high school for receiving ones at their performances okay before we move on we're going to make sure down good y all right Dr Lisa um I would like to first thank uh what a
018great meeting with like with so many teachers here and great new experiences for the students thank you all very much um and Mrs for me I thank you so much for your dedication to all the students um personally um you've had both of my daughters and I think that fourth grade time is such a a moment of significant you know pivot in their Elementary experience and you have been so instrumental in pushing them and encouraging them in just the best way if we couldn't have asked for anything more I'm so happy that my kids got me um and we do hope to see you around in the future um I would like to congratulate um the Showcase winners um from north mosan um Kaye Martin took uh the top prize of showstopper and um if
019you didn't see it at the talent show or at Showcase um find it on video because it it really was a show stop for performance um and then our group performance um got second place um with the Mean Girls and uh so which was just great it was a fun night of lots of great talent um from all around the area in North MKE and just shined so congratulations um and then I'm also going to um congratulate the competitive cheer team they had a successful um season but they also for the third year in a row um were the D4 All State academic team um with a combined uh GPA of 3.84 and which is just such an amazing accomplishment these girls um spent you know two and a half hours a day uh November
020December January and February um uh you know at practice or meets and to you know really maintain that high academic standard was really great no that's okay um I do the fun thing is I'm just going to find know what I wanted to say yeah um so I'm excited that closeup is coming back like I mentioned earlier I went when I was in high school and it's like it's just such a good experience and I'm glad that our kids are going to get to experience that um the backpacking class and that sounds so exciting and I think that is what that chunk of time at the end of the year is for to have experiences that don't necessarily fit into the regular curriculum um and I'm glad that you guys have so many people not
021that you want to take all 60 out like you said but um that there's the interest that's great and then Mrs WM you know I love you and just thank you for all that you've done for my kids for all of our kids over the years there's more but then we'll both be crying nobody wants to ask and I still have to go all right um I do want to thank our exceptional staff um Phil for stepping up and re starting uh closeup I I have had students come in and give presentations afterward and uh it's amazing what a great experience it can be for those kids uh Miss Bishop Mr Stevens and you know Mrs rizley for thinking outside of the box coming up with some new and great creative opportunities for our kids
022I think that is perfectly in line with what we hope to do with that uh third try with you know trying to you know find some more life skills maybe more so than um your regular curriculum so thank you for putting that together and Terry thank you thank you thank you you're welcome great career with that quite done yet over Terry's coming to work tomorrow make that clear all right well thank you very much everybody will'll call the meeting adjourned at yep ice sh going to pull this together