001All right, 6:00 so we'll call the meeting to order. Um we have one addition to the agenda. And that is item 7H. Well, that'll be under action items. 7H donation to elementary. >> G. Oh. >> Oh, let's make it G. >> Let's make it 7G. >> I don't have a G on my >> I don't either. >> I I don't know my alphabet very well. >> And there is none. Recognition. >> [clears throat] >> I'll move to approve the agenda as presented. >> With the amendment. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 6-0. Okay, um consent agenda. Give you a moment to look over that. Any questions? Otherwise, I'll take a motion to approve that. >> I'll move to approve it. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 6-0. Okay, um there there is no
002recognition students and staff that was left over from last month. Um board member reports, anybody have any? >> I had a KSB meeting this weekend. Um it was on a visited about um literacy and blueprint for literacy program by Department of Education. Uh I I was proud to note that our district was noted as being one of the districts that was further ahead and been most. I give that credit to our administration and uh being on that path and because I was surprised to see how many districts across the state had not really started um the trainings and I don't know it escapes me the letters, yes. And uh so that that was good and I thought that was great. Um the interesting piece about legislation they talked about was that came up and I
003don't know it was uh how each elementary school had to identify a literacy specialist. And I I don't I don't know how that works. Like that was part of recent legislation and >> We have one, don't we? >> It's Um it's in effect >> Yeah. >> And every elementary school has to have access to reading sessions. Um Mr. Sell and I we talked about avenues that we'd be pursuing currently right now. In my building has that sort of >> Yeah. >> Uh I >> Yeah yeah yeah, they talked about how maybe co-ops would offer it or service centers or Yeah, there's Yeah. I know we'll figure it out. I just uh >> We and we have we have some staff that's interested in it and we've already kind of talked about that with our tuition
004reimbursement stuff, but outside of our time that >> Well, that was kind of the what we discussed was that for us, a district of our size, like to hire our own literacy specialist and to do do you strap that on to somebody else? Does that make sense? Like it you know, if you're in a larger district, you spread that out over 2,000 bodies plus. Um so, that was I'm curious to see how we navigate that effectively and without just being a title, but an effective piece of our staff. >> Well, and I I would argue that um Ms. Warren does a pretty good job of servicing that that role just without the licensure aspect. And that's the part of legislation that requires you have that >> licensure. Um >> [clears throat] >> This is another
005one of those that a lot of decisions that are made based on the northeast part of the state. They don't care about our district >> Well, I look at it as an unfunded mandate, if you want to know the truth in some context. You need to go hire this position. It doesn't matter what size your elementary is and how you can spread that. My cost our cost per pupil is much higher than a charter or way to south. So, anyway, I'm confident we'll figure it out, but I was going to note that that was Yeah. Well, I I commend I accept we you're doing the right things in that direction, being prepared for that sort of thing. >> And and I would argue that state assessment scores um from this year would reflect the work
006that the teachers have been doing as well, cuz our elementary scores were really low this year. Yeah. >> That's I I I thought that was worth sharing. So, thank you. Any others? Okay, we'll move on to discussion items. Item A is a resolution for bond sale. We have Clay McKelly on online with us here. >> Yeah, Clay shared with Janet and I this morning that the bonds went to sale this morning at 9:00. Um and it came back um really good. I mean, better than we had expected. Um I I guess Clay, since you're here, you're the expert and I am not, so I'll turn over to you if you have for you to kind of take over. >> Now, can you guys hear me all right? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> All right, perfect.
007Now, Jeff, I was expecting you to steal my thunder there, so all I all I was planning to do was do a thumbs-up, but no, it's uh really good result this morning as we went to secure final interest rates on the the bond financing. Um I think sometimes it's helpful to just get a you know, a look back of kind of where we've come from in terms of estimating interest rates, what that means in terms of impact on the financing plan. >> Thank you. >> Uh excuse me. Um So, at the start start of this process about um 6 months ago, we were estimating kind of initial plans of finance around 5 and 1/2% for the interest rate. When I talked to you back in April, rates were looking a little bit better. Um we
008were closer to maybe that 5% range. We thought anything lower than uh 5% would be an excellent result at that time. Um the last couple of weeks, we've seen a pretty big rally in interest rates, just meaning that interest rates have started to drop lower um as a result. So, the good news is we had five bids uh four or five bids uh were submitted for your bond financing. All five bids came in at under 4 and 1/2% interest rate. Um so, really good result from all five bids. The winning bid was from Robert Baird at a 4.21%. Um, so that rate will be locked in over the 25-year financing. Um, what does that mean in terms of actual interest cost um, compared to the beginning of this process back in December, it's about a
009million dollars less in interest going from that five and a half to a 4.21%. Um, so significant uh, reduction in expected interest payments on the bond financing. A reminder that we'll continue to uh, deliver at the 7.25 mills. Our suggestion would be at least for the first year or two to keep it at that 7.25 and what was committed to voters. See how tax revenues come in, um, and then potentially adjust uh, moving forward uh, just given the reduction in interest cost savings. You have the ability as a board to to adjust that mill levy as needed. You could keep it the same and potentially very likely pay this off before 25 years by keeping it at 7.25 mills. Um, but that's a decision that can be uh, considered at each budget season. So, we'll
010continue to work with the district during this budget season as well as future budgets um, to to help evaluate uh, the appropriate mill levy for this fund. Um, in addition, we will um, also just uh, kind of work with the district from year to year on giving you the this is a fixed rate, so it doesn't change, so the payment schedule doesn't change. Um, so we'll work with the district each year to make sure that the appropriate numbers are submitted to the the state during budget season, especially since we're approaching budget season here shortly, so um essentially all funds will be available as shown on your calendar by June 25th. Uh so, essentially what happens tonight is you have a resolution language. It looks about a paragraph long. Um it takes one board member to
011motion um by reading that and then a second and then a vote total. And then that's really the only action item needed tonight to be able to have the funds available for June 25th. Um other than that, there's just several as as Janet has seen, there's several signature pages uh needed uh to be and then once those are completed the you guys will just scan those back to us this evening. Uh make sure everything looks good and then mail the hard copies to Gilmore & Bell, the bond attorneys, uh later this week. So, um that's a lot of information really quick. Um but I'm happy to take any questions that you do have. >> Can I ask you want me to scan it to you as well as Gilmore & Bell tonight? >> Yeah, if
012you don't Yeah, Jan, if you don't mind just CC'ing me on that, that would be great. Um that way I can track it, too. Um but then yeah, then the important thing once we kind of give you the sign-off that everything looks good when you scan those documents, please go ahead and and mail the hard copies as soon as possible. >> And you wanted uh two originals, correct? >> Yep, yep. So, I know that's a lot of pages, but yeah, they they just like to have two copies of everything. >> Okay, we got it. Thank you. >> Does anybody [clears throat] have any questions? We said it. Some of the best news we could have gotten was from you. 0% drop than what we predicted, so. Nice to hear. If I make the motion, do
013I have to sign all the papers? >> No. >> Good. I move to do something. >> Okay. >> I have to >> You got to read it. You got to read it. It's on your agenda page, too. It's in bold. >> You're going to be glad you did this. >> I was going to do it, but since you offered it. >> So, we're going to check on his literacy skills right now. >> I'm very good. I move to approve. >> I Brendan move to approve of resolution 2026-012 authorizing and directing the issue and sale delivery of general obligation bonds series 2026 of Unified School District No. 107, Jefferson County, Kansas, Rock Creek Unified School District No. 107 and levying collection of an annual tax principal and an interest in said bonds as they become due,
014making certain covenants and agreements to provide for the payment and security thereof and authorizing certain other documents and actions connected therewith. >> Second. >> All those in favor. 6-0. >> Good job, Brendan. >> Thanks, everybody. >> Thanks. Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Okay, we'll move on. Item B is 26-27 board meeting dates. >> Yeah, those are presented there. As you all saw with you, this is something Janet Sandler put this to make sure that all the conflicting evening activities were noted on there. Uh this is something that >> We noted And Sam brought up one that we noted on here. Uh we find it. I'm in the right. >> Is that the JV football one? >> Yeah, the what day was that, Sam? Do you remember? >> September 14th. >> So, that one in case
015you guys wanted to do a 1:00 on that one. I think we still on there as a 6:00 as a 6:00 p.m. but >> Leave that to the group. Anyone have >> Call and make sure you're involved in that. >> Which date was that? >> It's the third one on there, September 14th. >> I was moving down the list too. >> I'm a that one. overachiever speed reader. >> I've no idea if he skipped it. If he does in the future we can play. We can >> We can make the change now. We can also make make a change next month when we approve this policy. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> You probably won't know any different by a month from now, but >> the last time. >> I'm fine leaving it at six, though.
016>> Yes, six. >> All right. It will It will look like that unless anybody notes any conflicts for next month when we approve it. >> Okay. Um item C is a first reading of the updated board policy. >> Yeah, well, when you open up that document, you're going to freak out. I think it's 106 pages or 96 or something. >> 116. I was way off. Um Anyway, there This will be a need to be approved until um obviously next month when we approve it, but I kind of wanted to get it go down and kind of give you guys a few um high points. If you look at the first first five pages is the table. Um first Yeah, first five first six, I guess. Um Just a couple I'll make note of for you
017guys. Um the second one down it's just a revision to the EBBE emergency drills. Nothing that really affects us right now, but um that House Bill 2534 um it's requiring KSDE to put together guidelines for conducting active shooter drills in school. And they KSDE has to have those guidelines to the districts by October 1st, and then the school districts are supposed to follow those mandates. It doesn't really change anything as far as what drills we do. It's just if you're going to do an active shooter drill, there's guidelines that you have to follow. Okay? The other part of that one also is it states in that legislation that you cannot do simulations of active shooters whilst whilst students are present. So, if you want to do it with your staff during an in-service day or
018whatever, we it's full on um simulation. Painful staff, but you're not allowed to do it when students are present. So, not that we've ever done that. I don't necessarily recommend it. I think talking through drills is probably good enough, but that one just says So, we won't do anything with that until after October 1st when Tennessee gets there um guidelines for conducting those drills to school districts and then we'll follow suit from that. Um the next couple There's a couple changes in there they're changing um taking out the terminology sexual harassment calling it sex-based discrimination. Um nothing else really changes other than they're changing the title of some of that. Um on page two there's some with title um implications. I would tell you that we're already doing all of that. That's just with the
019parent engagement making sure that we're providing those parent engagement nights and um having a plan Now, they would just present that to you guys. Um for adoption, but um Miss Keller has done a good job of planning those having planned out and pretty Remember right? Um we even had even came back last year with um negotiations how we would compensate staff for the time it goes. So, um Those are pretty much checked off. The IH IHF graduation one, same thing. We are already doing that. Um we're kind of ahead of the game on that one. The cell phone bill one is the IIBGC. Everybody's focused on the cell phone side of that. But there's also the other half of that legislation is that school employees cannot communicate with students through any social media platform. And
020so they've kind of talked about School districts still use a lot of Facebook for one-way communication. Hey, James is sneaky. Whatever the case may be. You can still do that. Um And I would tell you to wait until July when you're previewing this. But on that aspect of it with just a consensus from the board to approve Facebook as the one-way communicate social media communication of to that public, I guess. Um That all the cell phone one is a little bit later. I'll just tackle it now, too. Our bags, we've already kind of talked administratively that kids pick up their bag in the morning out of out of the little basket. Um instead of them putting them back in their backpacks, leave them in the basket. Leave them in the office where they're available and
021then they can pick them up when they leave, whatever. Um really nothing changes a lot for us on the cell phone side of things. So Questions on that before I go further. >> Yes, we are light years ahead of many districts in this already. Which is Good place to be. >> Good place to be. >> Now Yes. And and we're fortunate enough that we're not trying to disseminate 3,000 yonder bags every morning and afternoon at the bigger districts. I don't know if there's any truth to it, but I had heard that the attorney general maybe or the attorney general's office might be making some um >> [clears throat] >> comments about how to interpret that, whether if they're in a bag on a student, if it's still going to be >> Yeah. >> But, we
022already have a plan in place, so I really wouldn't even really worry much about that. Last thing on that one is that has to be in place by September 1. You have to have a plan set to the state what your cell phone policy is. We've already got it. The one thing though is the law goes in effect July 1. And so, I've already talked with Mr. Duffy and Mr. Byers talking to our coaches as of July 1, you cannot communicate that way, according to law, through any social media platform. So, we've communicated and correct me if I'm wrong that encourage staff and coaches use email. Um Do you have anything else? >> I've created a little cheat sheet of option one is making an email group for your team through sending an email out
023to them or secondarily, if you want to just use the added to the Facebook page and announce things that way, do that too. >> So, text is text messaging still considered okay? >> Uh ba- based on the law, yes. Um I I would still caution that just because >> Well, I was >> inadvertent reply back to a group that's meant to somebody else gets you in trouble. >> That's where I was headed now. That's where I was headed now cuz I I know if I talked with Jeff a little bit about this that in the past few years, like when when coaches are communicating in the what- whatever group it is, different folks have used different apps to do that. I've had two or three apps that I've put on my phone over the years
024to and that usually gets used for a year and then we're on to something different. Is this something that the district ought to consider some sort of standard messaging communicating system? >> going to say that. So, at the KASB conference last year, and we started using it with our group, there's a uh a program called Parent Square that I think I think you mentioned it before that I think it's we should look into and it's a base communicate kind of like >> It It has >> I don't know how to >> It has a format and a and a board similar to Facebook but it's one-way communication and the whole purpose of that legislation is that there's no oversight if if there's a complaint that something was inappropriately said one way or the other. >>
025It protects the teachers and the coaches as well as the district. >> But with the Parent Square there's you have local control from the administrative side so you can pull up any message. I I did a little webinar with them last month maybe. Um and I think the cost for us based on number of students is about $3,000. >> And we >> If I may If I may interject real quick, this really doesn't have anything to do with um how we communicate with them as far cuz there are a million different apps out there. Parent Square, we remind we we remember remind, all those things. It It's the fact that the kids need to check what we tell them to check. And that's that was the problem when we had remind or anything else. There
026is nothing wrong with just using our group emails like Mr. Duffy has indicated and if the kids and and we told the kids at the end of the year that you know if if you miss the bus because the the teacher sent something or the coach sent something out that said we're leaving 15 minutes early and you said, "Well, I don't check email." That's on them. And you could you could adopt any any social media platform, any of these apps, but if they don't check it, that's on them and that's where the That's where the gap is. So, I don't see any need to um expend any more money on things that we already have um because it's not the preferred um method of theirs. If If if want to know about what's going on,
027then they need to uh make it their preferred method. That's just my opinion. >> The Sam, my concern is does that work the same notification-wise for parents and guardians? >> Yes. There there's two different There's two different things that Mr. Duffy included in there in his email group. You can include all the parents in the email group. It also can push a notification out just like a snow day where it goes to their email, their phone, and their text message right through our PowerSchool that we already have. >> I'm with that. I I just >> Yeah, I >> It has to agree with Sam. I don't >> I think you can look for that magic bullet or whatever, but I'm not sure but it's so much so many apps, so many distractions. >> that's Yeah,
028that's fine. >> to Here's another one. >> Just Yeah, I just I just want to If we're going to do something like that, we need to pick pick one to be done. But if if the method is going to be the email, that's great as long as that's work consistently. >> When I emailed Billy about it, she said we no longer use SchoolReach. We utilize PowerSchool Messenger that is part of PowerSchool. School Messenger could be an option. But I will have to set up accounts for the sponsors. We can populate student groups by activity. I just think just I mean, I put the cheat sheet for emails, throw parent emails in there, too. Just know you need to regularly check those. I mean, are we I just want to make sure when I'm telling coaches
029and sponsors, are we nixing the text statement? >> Be my advice. >> I'd be lying. >> I suck at email, though. >> I'm that old. >> I wasn't checking my email. >> Aren't you the youngest one at the table? >> [laughter] >> Am I that FAR BEHIND YOU? >> I I I SAID it does >> I would think when you get 200 >> There's different ways to go about it and that's fine. It's what I would argue is the communication audit. Like we need to figure out what's one avenue that everybody knows this is where the information is coming from. The the Facebook side of things, that's where we're going to disseminate stuff out, but if we're going to communicate the protection of the staff member as well as the student, anything that's oversight >>
030That's what That's what I'm texting makes me nervous is the lack of oversight protection for our teachers. It's the same as Snapchat or whatever else that's not monitored. They get accused of sending something. >> But if you do it the way you said where you can send it out to email and text both at the same time like School Reach did or like like Parent >> I don't I guess I don't know how much of an hassle that'll be for Billy to create how many separate >> Oh. groups >> We just We >> [clears throat] >> We just need to make sure that we are consistently using it in the the the all of your coaches and sponsors know that it needs to be coming through them because I know my kid a lot of
031times gets notified about a practice or an activity by another kid on the team sending them a text or a snap, and that's those are the ones we like, "Oh, I didn't know you had anything going on cuz the message didn't come from a coach or sponsor. It got passed out through students a student group or whatever." So, we need to not be doing that if we can help it. That's my feeling on it. >> If we can do it internally, that's and manage it and that >> I think the email groups would be easiest, but >> And again, I short-term fix, July 1 that law goes into effect. And so, and I know that we've talked about even sending out little videos explaining it to the coaches. We've got time before September hits to
032choose whatever avenue if it's going to be email to get all that um aligned and communicated out before the school year hits. Right now, my only my only concern with July 1 is when the summer activities start happening, we need to make sure that we're following that same process now. >> Mark brings up a good point cuz I That's what has happened to the It What has happened is a coach tells a kid, "Hey, send this out on Snap." >> Yes. >> Uh That That's a problem. I mean, it's not a problem till it's a problem. Then it's a real problem. >> I would say I would say it's okay if the coach sends it out to everybody through the messenger, through email, through the whatever, and then if a kid shares it, that's a
033kid sharing. >> And that's >> But what's happening right now is that the parent gets no notification and the kid gets it from another kid. And that's That's what I'm trying That's the point I was trying to make a minute ago is that we need to make sure that the initial message comes out from the coach or sponsor. I I have no problem with the kids texting each other and reminding, but but when that's the only point of information and then as parents were like my kid's on the way out the door, I'm like, "Where are you going?" He's like, "Oh, well, I got practice tonight." I didn't know that. So. >> And I think that would be solved with the education to the coaches by Mr. Duffy on how to create those groups that
034go not only to the kids, but to mom, dad, grandma, guardian, whoever. Um >> It's fine as long as it's consistently enforced and used. So. >> Well, is the kid allowed to check email every hour or how often are they allowed to? >> And they're they'll have access to their iPads and their Gmail will be able to I mean, connected to that. I guess I You could compliment it with using our Facebook page and we could add every sponsor to our Facebook page and you can blast it out that way, too. Um and kind of double up that way. I just I don't know that it's in my personal opinion, kind of like Sam's saying, is worth allocating dollars to a app that a kid might just say, "Well, I don't I don't look at
035that ever." Or Yeah. Yeah. That's The thing with the apps and this is the advantage that that saw. You can You create an account just like just it's just like PowerSchool. I can go to PowerSchool and say, "Do I want you to text me, email me, however?" I get to choose how I receive that or the app on my phone. That's that's that's the advantage of those pay-for-play things is the end user gets to decide how they get that information. So, if you're just in and you're like, "I don't check emails, but I do get texts." I can pick that. We in this situation are saying, "You're using email, period. That's just our Which again, I'm not against. I'm just saying, but that's going to just recognize there are people that don't use emails and
036we they they have we have to get accustomed to that. >> Okay. And I would say it's worth continuing having discussions. That will have to be determined by September 1. But right now, I just need to make sure we're not using social media through starting July 1. Um Let me continue to go through these real quick. Sorry to cut that one short, but then there's a couple about enrollment and that's just about walkouts that if stu- schools can't encourage school walkouts. Um and then if you do, um you can be fined the the superintendent's salary plus a day count of student contact day. Um that really been an issue. The one of them states that >> [clears throat] >> needs to count as an unexcused absence, which is pretty straightforward. There's one on foster care
037that just says you have to make sure you that they don't fall with the open enrollment policies. Um the Going back just going down further, the JBD was that the one where you have to make sure it's an excused or unexcused absence. Now, they talked about it. It doesn't have to be a politically charged walkout. It could be a senior skip day or anything else if the school um encourages it, they could be fined the superintendent's salary, but it not count as a school student contact day. Um but if a school isn't encouraging it, it should be counted as an unexcused absence. Um Again, another one about changing from sexual harassment to sex-based discrimination. Um the JGFGA um is requiring every school to have um a stock of naloxone, which is um It's lost the
038name. It's generic. Like Narcan. >> Narcan. That's a Yeah. >> Um and so I actually went on and saw that link that's in the table and I ordered um four, so we have one in each building. I think it probably wouldn't be bad then um have one at the transportation department one here just to check the boxes on that. Um but that's free, so we have that taken care of. The other interesting part on that is it doesn't change a nurse's license. So they're still trying to work out the gray area, but it's the fourth and fifth line there. It says it changed length of time in which you can carry keep that 10 years past the expiration date and it's still going to be good. So it's saying school employees can give it if
039you know it's expired, but a nurse can't based on her license. So. >> What's that cost? What does it >> It's free. >> Oh, they're Yeah. >> Through the um the DCCCA um organization it's free, so. Um The other ones are pretty straightforward. Uh enrollment staff, they just changed them. The uh pupil is made to be uh the counter um with the building sub administrator, check the box for documentation. And then the last one, the JRB, this is something that administration just needs to be aware of along with counselors and and secretaries is if there is a um transfer, student transfer, what whatever it's DCF or foster care, that you have to send those records within two school days to the new school. Um they're They were just encouraged to get them if you can
040now. It states that it has to be within two school days. So, when we get notice that a kid is going somewhere else, we need to make sure that we stay on top of it. So, that was the abbreviated version of the 116 pages. Questions on that? Those will be ready for you in um next month, but I wanted to just touch on some of those to kind of keep an eye out for you guys. Questions? Okay, I'm out of here. >> [laughter] >> Okay, we will move on if there's no questions. Um item D is the district handbooks first reading. Are there any changes that we >> No, and that's why obviously we put transportation at a later date cuz until we decided we're going to do a um route paving and then present
041that one to you guys. >> It's really mainly dates and names in the >> Yeah. >> The dates highlighted I assume is the pertinent >> Yes. That's correct. >> The important dates is pretty much it. >> In red I guess. >> Any further questions on that? >> I I have some substitutes. Uh we've had the same curious what our substitute pay falls in line cuz that's set in the book policy in the handbook. >> Yes, we raised it >> last year or the year before we raised from 110 to 125 a day and then we raised from 120 to a 120 I think to 150 a day for the long-term over 6 days. We are very competitive with the schools around us. In fact, uh because of us we're one of the reasons that we
042now pay all of our sped um subs because there's a couple of us schools that were higher. Beloit was lower than most of the schools in our co-op and so the people were kind of well, we'd rather sub here. They were having a hard time getting them to sub. So now all the local schools pay the subs and then then we send a bill to Beloit and they reimburse us. But we were we were one of the reason because we were quite a bit higher than Beloit was and rather than them changing all their rates, they've upped it since then but >> We I would argue that we had deepest sub pool that we had sub that here just last year, too. Yes. That's all right. Okay. Thank you. >> Good. Fine, Ash. >> Until
043the end of the year. We've got 11 staff members out. You can't fill it. >> Okay. Move on to the district needs assessment. >> I to be honest with you, this is I'll take the blame for this year cuz we do this in April and I didn't get it to the buildings in enough time for them to get through their BLTs and to get it pulled out. So presenting a little bit later um to you guys but nothing has really changed. There's some things on there that we still have COVID um mentions of different things in it from last year. So pretty much just a couple deletions out of that but I just want to present that to you guys look at it. If you have questions, let me know but that needs assessment is
044referenced with budget adoption and so I wanted to present that to you well in advance before budget adoption. So. For the most part, it's same as it was last year. Questions on that or any comments? I'll see to it that you get it in April next year. >> Is it on our board calendar? >> Yeah. I think it is. >> It was with the bond stuff and I just No, that's just what we have to go on. Okay, we'll move on. Bus route driver pay. >> There's two documents on there and I I uploaded the first one and the just responses. Then I started looking at it and I thought, "That's not very clear." So, the second one, some of the people kind of um put in there is Oops, a certain rate for one
045and a second rate for the other. So, I kind of simplified it again and that one that says simplified or closer look, it shows you um what some of those were added in and then I um sorted it by um lowest to highest rate of pay. Um I still I'm trying to get I I reached out um We are in the top 10 largest per square miles districts in the state. I think we're number eight. And so, I looked at all those. Outside of Garden City and Scott City, everyone else is a 2A. There might have been one 3A, but I think mostly all 2A and 1A, so I thought those were good people to look into. Um I've reached out three different emails to the group and I haven't got any responses yet. So,
046I'm going to continue to try, but um this is just The ones that have timestamps actually were filled out by the superintendent that I sent it to. The ones that had out of timestamps, um was some information that Janet got from my clerk listserv on route pay and so, I entered all those in. So, that's the data that I've come up with. So, I failed to give you guys any type of context, so at least we have something to look at. I Compared to our our um our surrounding neighbors, we're somewhat competitive and once you start branching out, you can look at as an I would say as an area as a whole that we're probably way behind everybody else, but >> When we When we make classified adjustments, I each year, I assume this
047is not included then? >> This would be This would be So, when we make when we get done with negotiations we settle and we give I would say that this takes care of their raise for this year and nothing >> Now, they haven't gotten it every year. Since I've been here, uh I think we've raised it three times in my six years. So, uh we've looked at the last couple of years. But, what we do >> is that didn't answer the question as you asked. When we do a classified pay increase, when we do like two, three percent, whatever that decision comes to, does that translate into these routes? >> So, that's that's what I'm saying. >> It does not. >> Three years it didn't, three years it did. And the what >> What What
048differentiated between those? >> I'm not sure why it went When I first came we did not do that every year and finally we did uh we we talked about it's been a while since they had a raise so we increased and then the last couple of few three years at least they have been included in that and what we've done is we keep their amounts like either 50 cents or an even dollar because we have to divide it and so if they come up to 85 cents is their 3% we go up to a dollar per route is what we've done. >> a separate decision. >> So, it's kind of been a little >> It's what it sounds like. >> They're part of it, but it was recommended a little bit differently on them. >>
049But, it's not based on an hourly wage either. >> Well, it's it's on a route, but then we have to divide that and pay it hourly occasionally cuz like if they say they drive a bus uh so, we got a suburban that drives to the pig farm yet with students. She's paid her hourly rate by hour instead of a route pay. >> $7.75 an hour, right? >> Yeah. Yeah. >> It's like it's technically >> a yellow bus driver would make. >> route. We guarantee a two-hour minimum, correct? >> So, we guarantee a two-hour minimum. >> So, think of it in terms of $17, $18 an hour. >> Yeah. So, if they're transporting students, but like if they're going on a field trip it's different because that's an activity so then they get the $15 an
050hour instead of uh >> So, on some of those that I put in dollar amounts for the previous one, I didn't they paid it straight at hourly rate. Since we paid two-hour minimum, I converted it to where the number that you see on this one that's titled simplified, I think is what I called it, that's paying a two-hour route for everybody involved based on their basic rate. Does that make sense? So, if you're looking at Marysville, it's essentially they pay $25 an hour at $50 per hour. So on. And again, I'm I'm open to what I just >> You want to move all of those back? >> Oh, I'm okay. >> Okay. >> My I just whether it's going to help us pull CDL or not, I think it's worth a shot and then hopefully
051keep our current ones uh and I think it we should probably stair-step the pay a little bit better to where um CDL should be paid 14 passenger should be different than suburban. I think each one of those >> And that looks pretty common for most districts. There's a differentiation in pay between the two, the CDL and non. >> They're real similar across the all three. >> Well, and then like the 14 passenger two, right now that's paid as like a CDL bus driver because it requires one extra thing and we're [clears throat] we stair-step that in the middle of CDL and suburban would make more sense. >> I'm still I I'm not just having the discussion of raising, although I do think we're pretty competitive for where we're at. I don't have an issue with
052that. I just I want to make sure it aligns with what we've done with other like is is this an adjustment for the nature [clears throat] of the position and is it you know, what uh a correction not just a guestimate. So, I appreciate the context here. And and and does it need And when would we When we When do we going to make those adjustments for the rest of the classified staff? >> That is my question. >> Yeah. Well, so I'm going to answer I'm going to answer your that two ways. One, I would say that if we decide to make any changes to these that they're taken care of for this next year, regardless what rest of classified had said on this. But, the reason that I feel that we need to look
053at it is we're already down drivers, our our signing bonus hasn't garnered any interest. If we're trying to raise the rate, is that going to get anybody here? I don't I don't know. But, hopefully also keeps the drivers that we have around a little longer. >> So, >> [clears throat] >> so do you have a recommendation on on a on a change or or is this something that we >> I'm I'm open for any discussion. I again, I just threw out last time a round number because it sounded a lot easier. Um I I don't know that our suburban routes too far off, but I think the CDL and the the 14 passenger need to I would say that you probably need to look at increasing that. I don't to what, I think it's I'm
054open for you guys >> So, Jeff, the difference between the suburban and the uh 14 passenger, the only difference is is that they just have to have a few more hours to drive the 14 passenger than the suburban driver has to have initially, correct? >> Sure. >> So, they're not a lot different. >> But, there's suburban drivers that refuse to don't want any part of driving a 14. So, that tells me that they need to be compensated a little bit more. >> If I look at like Smith Center and Refco on either side of us, we're >> That's what I'm looking at. >> we're borderline 2A and they're small and and similar size districts, I'm kind of assuming. >> It looks like we're about three or four dollars off of where they're being competitive. >>
055I could get my arms wrapped around 40. >> So, so 20 going from 1775 to 20 is an almost a 12 and 1/2 13% increase, which is pretty healthy. If you if we just went to 40, what's that? >> I see I can I see that as a market adjustment. For that like that's for that CDL column specifically. But I I if we do that, I think we just need to be very clear that that's not part of whatever 3% or two whatever pay two to three percent whatever that looks like for the rest of classified staff or is that intended to be? Like I'm I'm still not sure. When we make that decision, does that do we do we revisit bus drivers every year? >> We have it in the past. We kind of
056started because we we felt like they were getting behind and we brought them up. They they we did used to be one of the lower ones, but we brought them up enough that they're now competitive in our in our area. >> I'm okay with taking it up and discussing it every year. I don't I don't like I'm not part of negotiations this year finally, but I'm not in favor of coupling more things to negotiations and tying the negotiations teams hands with what about this, what about that? I mean, I think we can make those decisions independently. >> Well, I I would argue that bus drivers are a unique set of employees that they're working two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. They're not for lack of a better word, a full-time
057employee like pretty much everybody else we have. So, I >> Really messes up their day. >> Yeah, I mean it it it's >> But they do get the full inch they do get the full insurance for working four hours a day that everybody else works eight hours to get. And that really adds to their cost uh from the district. They have got great benefits too. >> If we up to 40 I mean that puts us ahead of Smith Center in in terms of benefits, we're ahead of them too. >> Mhm. If we're looking at a competitive advantage to neighbors, similar sized districts. >> Again, I I'm not going to say that this is going to be the the magic wand that all of a sudden we get a ton of applicants, but I think it's
058worth I Not that I want to cherry pick from our neighbors, but if it so happens to be the case that we get a couple extra drivers um It's It's worth it, but um I I think I think if we moved out to I can't speak for them, I think $40 um a route would be >> Are you talking about doing that across all three columns? Cuz that's I'm looking at those other two that we were just talking about and they are They're All three of their columns are the same. So, Smith Center there and then Repco, no difference, no difference. So, they actually pay the same for all three. I I I mean, I see that the I mean, for the the necessity of paying a CDL to a little higher, I mean, that's
059that's That's >> But we Keep in mind though, too, Mark. Kind of in line with that, we do pay for their CDL, we pay for their physical, so we do cover their cost of that, too. >> It's all >> So, I mean, I I don't I agree I shouldn't all be the same. >> Yeah, I I I I I would struggle to pay across the board just because that's where the need is. I I think I >> And if you want those other drivers to drive a >> price to pay to get their CDL and get a bump up. >> Yeah. >> Just like a teacher getting their masters. >> Yeah. >> Moving up the ladder. >> Well, it's the CDL requirements have changed in the last year or two, so it's even more difficult
060to get it. So, anybody that have the desire to want to drive our students to a pro school >> And it might encourage some more of our suburban drivers to want to drive that 14 passenger we tried to talk some into it. >> So stagger all three. >> I say if you stagger >> Yeah, stagger all three. >> Your decision on this tonight? I still struggle with approving this separate of all the other classified pieces. I'm fine if we can come to consensus tonight. I think it would Is there any reason this has to be approved in June and not in July? Yeah, no, that's fine. I'm just saying I I I like the idea of going to 40. I If you want to do smaller bumps to 14 and to the 14 and suburbans,
061that's fine. >> 37.5 and 35. Basically, incentivize them to drive 40. >> What what would you say, Jeff? >> I would say I'd I'd still put more weight in the 14. And if I'm just throwing out numbers based on that stagger, 40, 36, and 33. Again, just numbers come to mind, but I still think we need to put more weight in the 14 passenger cuz guess what? That 14 passenger can >> two suburbans, yeah. Nothing touches the 64 and a big bus. >> I think that is >> I'm fine with that. I just like to approve that along with the Let me deal with the rest of classified at the same time. >> I'm good with that, too. >> Okay, well, I'll keep those and again, I I apologize last month it kind of came
062out of nowhere context and so that was I wanted to make sure we had some and >> Um you might also know that you have those and numbers give us some kind of idea of what that cost. >> Sure. >> It'd be good to know. >> Okay, anything else on that? >> Nope. >> All right, we'll move on to the auditor engagement letter. >> Um as Jan told you guys last month, uh Maples moving on from some of their commitments to and ours came up and so they're just not redoing it. Um and so uh Janet reached around and and this Lloyd Group actually the owner of Lloyd Group is the one that they're the ones that do all the training for KMAG which Give me the week for a second. That is allows districts
063to when you you guys know it you approved for us to go to KMAG at the county. They're the ones that do all the training. But anyway, they're out of Galva, excuse me, Galva, Kansas and they're willing to uh take on us as uh an auditor. They're somewhat local. They work with a lot of other districts around I think they do Beloit now. >> Beloit and they've also gained uh Lakeside and Stockton. Some of the other people that Maples Miller uh terminated with this year. Um they've got four or five kind of in our area. >> And and are those all new to them you're saying and they have some plenty of experience in school work? >> They have plenty of experience and actually one of the guys that uh one one of their head
064guys along with Scott Lloyd um he was the CF the financial officer the chief financial officer for Derby schools public schools. So he has a uh big school background and the other guy that works with him also has a school background. >> [clears throat] >> Beloit says they're great. Um I see Scott. In fact, I talked to him at my last meeting my CASBO meeting when I was in Wichita. He and I visited a little bit about about this and and uh so they They have quite a bit in our area. And I mean, there's others as well, but this is just one that we talked to that said they would be happy to take us on and >> They've got experience with our our current um accounting software, but they also have experience with
065uh the two Well, the only two other options we have if we move to accounting software whether it's software limited. >> Do they Do auditing firms have to have a bond and requirement in order to meet the requirement to for them to do this for us? Like what's What's the qualifications? Like >> And I I'm not sure. I know they do have to have I know they do have qualifications in order to do schools. Uh I'm sure it's just uh at extra education that they have to do, but I I I I just I apologize. I don't have that answer. >> It's the bonding piece. Some auditors work when I assume they have to be bonded in some capacity. >> A lot of auditors are getting away from schools because of Well, when the single
066audits came into view, none of them liked those single audits. And we're probably never going to have to have that again. That was when we had all the COVID money and uh I think that that limit just went up to a million a million dollars. It was 750,000 if we got in federal funds, we have to had to have a uh single audit. So, anyway, there's a lot of auditors that don't like to do schools because of all the rules. And so >> And if we're looking at Cuz I mean I think you mentioned before that you know, having different kind of kind of command rate. And we paid Mabe's $9,600 and this is 11,000. So, we're talking a difference of $1,400. >> And Mabe's would have went up again this year, too. So, I
067don't know how close they would have been to this, but not too far. >> They were the first one that we asked to dance and they said yes. >> I think I'm just I'm I'm interested to see how what after what changes differentiate between the process of Mabe's and other >> I'm sure they'll they'll they'll have different nuances that they'll want >> Yeah. >> Well, I know they they were surprised when I talked to them. They do a lot of uh year end transfers and stuff and they said they get I said, well, we handle that here. So, a lot of things they said they do for other schools it's like we already do that here. So, but I talked to John Bergier who is the um person kind of in charge of their school
068audits and uh They're very he's very good, very very open and >> a motion to approve these. Then that's what we need to do. Okay, I'll I'll move to that. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 7-0. All right, last item is facilities. >> Yeah, did you >> Just uh kind of give you guys an update. A lot of the RTUs have shown up. Um I don't know if you guys have noticed that if you've been on the north side of the high school, but I think there's nine. Um I think it's nine. I counted when I drove by the other day. The RTUs are already here. Um so, that's good. Um asphalt work has been done at the playground. So, that's been taken care of. I went down and and checked out the the
069flooring update at the elementary today. The lunch room area is all done with LVP. If you were in the art room at the high school, it's the same flooring as that. So, it looks really nice in there. Um and they they're starting uh in the hallways, all of the entrances um have about 5 ft of 24 by 12 in tile. Um so, the the entries and all the doors will have tile before it gets to the carpet and it kind of helps with a little bit of the mud and and moisture. Um it's it's it's going to look really good. So, uh We had our last meeting or our last met with Wims um and SBT last week on an update. They've got a lot of stuff taken out right now, but not a lot
070to to share beyond that. Um They're trying to keep people out of there, so I'm waiting to get pictures from Jacob and Doug to hopefully I'd like to have some updated pictures to put on Facebook just to kind of share updates with the community about what's going on, but the old air handlers and the the old ductwork in the gym is already gone. The the ceiling is gone and the twins room computer room is completely gone and all part of the process, but they got OSB on every bit of hallway and everything else and just to collect anything that goes down, so it it's definitely a construction zone, but they said things are going good and then after you get over deeper, then we get more updates if they have run into any issues or
071anything right now. >> No big surprises or anything. Everything's been going pretty smooth so far. >> This is so exciting. >> When they when they told me about the you know, you get most of the RTUs, I said, "Great. Any chance you've got any update on that DOAS that they're you know, that we talked about the man here till September?" And he said, "Well, I'm not going to give you an answer cuz I don't want to let you down, but everything the RTUs are coming a little bit earlier, so we're hoping that maybe that comes a little bit earlier, too." So Um on that, too, I guess the bond stuff and all kind of what Clayton touched on it. Couple of things that Jan had to finish up for Gilmer and Bell is So, we
072will get a bill from SPT for the work they've done the previous month. So, we just got our first invoice today for the work done in May. Um and so, we won't have our bond money by the time that's due, and so we're keeping track of what we've spent out of capital alley towards the bond stuff that we're going to be reimbursed later. So I think that's it on updates right now. We will have some dirt work to do after all the machines are done and then fill them in. >> [laughter] >> Excited to see the transformation of the elementary school, especially with all the Always be quieter for one. Um but it'll look really nice and then again, that luxury vinyl looks It looks really sharp. We may have to shave down a few
073doors, Zach. I mean, it's not much. Quarter of an inch if that, but it's enough that the doors to the cafeteria and stuff will probably have to be shaved down. >> [clears throat] >> It's the least of our worries. Questions on any of that? >> All right. Moving on to action items. May request authority to open closed activity accounts in your senior high. >> This is standard every year. >> Yeah, we just need the motion to uh close the senior account and open the facility. >> Second. >> All in favor? 7-0. >> Done. Insurance rates. >> Uh we Last week when we put the agenda together that uh David from our new IMA rep was hopefully get some information back from Blue Cross. He finally got back with us today about 1 o'clock-ish um and
074said that Blue Cross is not moving on their renewal rates. Um and so, what we directed David to do with IMA is to for lack of better words, go out to a soft bid to get some try to get some other bids for some leverage and leverage to go back to Blue Cross again. And so, >> Remind me, what was it 17%? >> 19.6. >> Just 1. >> Yeah, so about 100 district dollars about an additional $142,000 >> Um for what we pay. So, I We'll see if that that comes with any leverage. If not, we've already talked with them and you know, we we had that benefits committee meeting. We had three or four meetings last year. I'd encourage you to start that sooner after school get started um to start exploring other options,
075but again, I by no means am I recommending that we pull insurance away from our employees, but at the same time, pushing a million dollars on benefits as a district. So, Anyway, so we don't have any hard number, but it was a little disappointing to hear that they were getting able to get Blue Cross to to move on their rates. So, >> It's all bid. >> Basically, it's got the market see if anybody would not that we intend to move to change insurances now. >> Even leverage. >> Just trying to get some leverage. Say, "Hey, this company said that they would quote us for this and this. Why don't you reconsider?" >> Well, we need to seriously look some look for something next year. Could that be obtained? >> That could be a start of
076that, too. We could get started in October at the latest. >> Um you know, the state of Kansas is dropping Blue Cross to go with >> Aetna. >> Um I would I'm not an insurance guru. Surprise. But um Aetna's real not strong in the rural areas as much, but I mean, if you go off Blue Blue Cross, I think United probably the the second best um avenue to go, but again, we'll let them handle that. Hopefully, he said it'll probably be um take 2 weeks to get that put out and have results back till they go back to Blue Cross to see if the leverage does do any good but um um if not we're looking at a pretty couple of chuck increases. I think it'd be devastating. >> Well, no. I I just The
077other context that you put together around what other districts were doing and then some I I was amazed how many districts just have a flat fee and that's what they pay. Um and then I assume I don't know how that fits in their negotiations and everything else but just that's just to address that issue. That That was surprising. >> I And again we're not the most desirable when we go to market right now just because of the last couple of years of claim that I think over the last 5 years um but I think it's something to look into. Even exploring getting into a larger pool somewhere because obviously when you have a lot more people all of a sudden you share the the increases quite a bit. Um >> Do you do I can
078>> I'd say what IMA has >> guidance on that. >> [clears throat] >> Not as far as a state pool but like there's a subsidiary of KSB which is KVS which is an insurance group. There's Conradi group which is another one. Um that you can look at. Now, they have to accept you into the pool. That's the first part that they look at. Last couple of years they may tell us no thanks. Um but what there's a few things that IMA can do to help us be more marketable in the future too as far as um we'll call it required trainings with staff about just um educational of hey, when you're in a doctor's office you need to ask {slash} strongly suggest demand the generics versus the name brand because that's less claims on it.
079Um hey, if you and I thought this too currently but with a Teladoc option or some other thing because where we're at I tried tried to tell um David I made it if it's not money through trying to eight to five the only option is the emergency room. I and so guess what happens when you walk in the emergency room. They're going to do hospitals going to charge your insurance plan $15,000 for something that they would charge somebody without insurance $150 because that's how this works. So if we can find ways to educate our staff ask for the ask for the generics try to find other ways to go see the doctor other than the emergency things like that I think it can help with your rates. >> Well if you sick Friday morning don't
080wait till Friday night at 7:00 to go when it's too late. >> Well there's times you got to go you got to go I get it but it's just playing the game with insurance companies but um so yes Kenny I think it that would be the the foundation of exploring other options to see what goes to market. >> I'm having trouble remembering but entering my ninth year it seems like our district cost was 300,000 eight years ago. >> It's double. >> So it's double. >> It's tripled from what it used to be yeah it's double. >> Hey you've got a document on that don't you? >> Yeah. >> It's the pool it's pooling I mean that's that's the most we're just such a small pool until you get over 100 you really have no leverage.
081>> And and to go with what you talked about there's a lot of districts will pay a certain dollar amount towards or anything else. >> I like that idea >> No I just it's not an grandfathered plan really stipulates what you can put towards your employee. So if there's other options that you can offer a three-tiered plan and say hey we'll pay for the highest deductible or the middle level and if you want the different you pay the difference. I mean there's again you're giving up something by getting off the grandfathered plan but there's more more flexibility in how to share the the expense of that plan. >> Will so will they look into those other you mentioned KBS and a couple others? Will they look into those other options? pooling I mean that's I
082mean why >> They not >> They probably won't for the pool that would be something that we could just seek out. >> Cuz there's really three you need to try to get in the state pool. KBS and then Conrad's the newest one but All you do is you they'll ask for your history and you send it to them and then they'll Cuz a couple years ago I asked um Rod at KBS You know what they said? Nope, not interested. Based on our claims. So, >> Well, I think they've gotten in a little bit of I mean with some claims so they're being very particular right now too. >> It's just I mean it's unfortunately it's the nature of the beast with all schools. Not just home insurance but home insurance. >> Well, period. >> I
083think we need to be proactive. I hate to just be sitting here a year from now >> I agree. >> Looking at another 40% and we're up 15% again and there's nothing we can do about it. We need to have >> Well, we had >> legitimate threat >> When they presented plans to us last year um it could have saved I I'd have to pull up the document. I want to say it would have saved us a $180,000. um and the district has to But again, there's give and take with grandfather plans versus So, there there will be um alternate options. It's just there's give and take with them. >> I mean they're they're going to keep incentivizing us to move off of a grandfather plan and by making it cost prohibitive. So, >> I
084mean it's Yeah, it's something >> Yeah, at some point >> Well, but the other plans they compare with us are about the same as our grandfather. In fact, they're not very much less. I mean just 30 40 dollars at the cost of the employee is not a lot more. So, it's not worth the the trade that you would get for 40 dollars a month per employee. >> We've never looked at other companies and got premium. >> We did last year. >> Yeah. >> We did have some issues. >> You did have some issues? >> Part of what that group did. >> And but then we opted to just stay the course with what we had. >> Well, then we don't have a great record right now. We pray everybody stays healthy and doesn't need a
085lot of surgeries and high dollar medication. Our medication went down this year, but we had a lot of medical on the other side of it. >> give us an evaluation. Blue Cross Blue Shield generally gives us an evaluate like an overview of our plan and >> And we have that. >> You We have that? >> Yeah, we have that, right, Jeff? That's what he just gave us. >> What's that? >> The overview of our plan that tells you how much the pet plan paid versus how much >> they took in. >> Yeah, that's part of the renewal paperwork. Got it somewhere. >> Yeah. >> We were over usage in health this year and not quite with not quite with pharmacy last year. >> Pharmacy was high last year and it went way down this year.
086Did we completely switched? >> Okay. I'll have more information for you. >> [clears throat] >> All right, let me move on to milk bids. Am I correct there's just one? >> That's correct. >> Okay. Yep, Hiland's the only one that'll provide the twice a week deliveries so that the others won't. And they just don't have the turnover to >> Neither of the others can meet in this year. Uh I mean, I think it's been enough years they kind of indicated last year that they're never going to be able to meet uh our qualifications that we put out there because they can't deliver more than once a week and we don't have the storage capacity to hold that much. So, >> the change in pricing last year to this year didn't >> I know >> It's
087really not a lot different because currently we charge 50 cents. It was 40 some cents, 43 cents last year maybe. I'd have to go back and look. I think it was around 43 cents or 40 what much to you 28 or something like that. Yeah. I mean they're usually they're usually very competitive in their bid anyway but sometimes they've been a little higher than the others because because they come twice. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> 7-0. >> As long as we don't have to pay for it all right. >> You do. >> Well, it was never quite the cheapest bid. It was the one that worked for us. >> Convenience. >> Okay. We'll move on to workers comp bids. >> So I don't know if we told you guys our workers comp company
088has they are no longer covering schools so they are not when they were a non-renewal but it's not because of our claims cuz we have a really good mod rating. It's because they are no longer going to cover schools. So Copeland went out to all of these companies and in that first document the carrier overview it shows who all they talked to. >> [clears throat] >> RAS is who we have had before. They're up to 21 4 so actually the lowest one would be StoneTrust at 16015. All the coverage is very comparable. I mean it's pretty much the same. Workers comp doesn't change a whole lot of cost and we have not had like I said our mod rating is 0.77. Uh We were up to 1.2 at one point so we've we've come down
089a long ways again and and we haven't had any significant claims this year either so I'm hoping to see that continue to go excuse me down. >> They choose which one. >> And they're comparable to what we're doing now? >> Yeah. Uh workers comp is is very >> Pretty standard. >> even across the board, yeah. They use They use the same calculations to calculate Yeah. >> That's why I was asking. All in favor say "I". All opposed say "Nay". >> I. >> All in favor? 7-0. Okay, kitchen surplus. This is just uh whoops, I clicked on the wrong one. Couple tables that um kitchens need to get rid of. They're two different butcher block table tops. >> They'd make great shop tables. >> They're out of the high They're out of the junior senior high
090kitchen. And they have to have all stainless. They They can't have those anymore, so we ordered new tables for them. They're actually here. >> Need a motion. >> I move. >> Second. >> All in favor? 7-0. Okay, um technology surplus. List is there from Billy. This is just old equipment we need to get rid of. She actually found a company that will pay us for it and get rid of it >> All of it. >> so >> Even better. >> Need a motion. >> I'll move. >> Second. >> All in favor? 7-0. Okay, we have item G on there, the donation to the elementary. >> It is a $8.20 check from Casey's and it said the contribution was made possible by the generous support of community members participating in cash for classrooms. So that is
091I move to accept donation. >> Second. >> All in favor? 7-0. Okay, uh we are ready for executive session. >> [clears throat] >> What's 720? >> 720 >> Okay, and you and Mr. Duffy? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> I guess I'm saying 720 >> So, 720 >> for AB, correct? Correct for the employee contract? >> Yes. >> Okay. Mr. President, move we go into executive session with Mr. Sells, Mr. Myers, and Mr. Duffy present to discuss employee contracts pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under Oklahoma. The open meeting will resume at 4:30 7:20. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 7-0 >> I guess we can make hers >> All right, back in open session. >> I move to approve supplemental as presented. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 7-0 >> I move to approve
092Haley Hall for sixth through ninth science instruction. >> Uh 9 and 11? >> I thought she said sixth through ninth. >> About sixth >> And 11, yes. >> Really? What happened to >> Sixth, ninth, and 11. >> We just hired her as a science teacher. >> It says sixth, ninth, and 11. >> Yeah, second. >> All those in favor? 7-0 Okay, um >> I forgot about that one. >> Brandon, I'd like another um another one on employee contracts for 3 minutes, and this with just with Mr. Sales. >> Okay. Mr. President, moving on to executive session. Mr. Sales present to discuss employee contracts pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under ZOMA. The open meeting will resume at the board room at 7:44. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 7-0. >> All right, I got it.
093>> Okay, we're back in open session. >> [clears throat] >> Ready for 8C? >> How long? I don't need to >> 3 minutes. >> I'm going to go to [laughter] the bathroom. You can hear that I'm going to walk back and forth. >> You want to go 8 minutes? 8 o'clock is 12 minutes. Is that not enough? >> You don't want to go 8 minutes? >> I'm getting my steps in. I I don't mind walking back and forth. >> Well, what you need? >> I was a good girl. I gave you all a summary. >> I got it. We can try. We can try. Okay. >> What time did you start the meeting? >> 7:48. >> Got Mr. Sales here. >> Yeah. >> Mr. President, moving on to executive session. Mr. Sales present to discuss
094employer-employee negotiations pursuant to the exception for employer-employee negotiations under ZOMA. The open meeting will resume at the board room at 8:00 p.m. >> Second. >> All those in favor? 7-0. Okay, we're back in open session. >> It's my screens. >> What's that? >> It's my screens. Okay, got it. Nails. It's thunder and out there, but I don't see any rain yet. It's kind of yellow. >> What are you talking about? >> What's your move to adjourn? >> Thank you. >> All those in favor? 7-0.