001April 14th meeting of the board of education will please come to order. Um we will say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [Applause] And are you going to read the mission statement, please? Yes. The mission of Holy Public Schools is to bring together students, parents, staff, community to provide equality education with the emphasis on developing the full potential of community. Open forum for citizens to address the school board. No takers will move forward. um approval of routine business items which include the consent agenda, board bills and the approval of meeting minutes. Oh wait, first we have to do the approval of the agenda. And we do
002have a tabletop item there. Um that's a let letter of understanding between um Independent School District number 51 and the local 284 on behalf of the custodian um mechanic. Um we'll we'll insert that as It'll be number 16. Um, this table top and then everything will be plus one. Second. Okay. Motion to approve the tabletop edition and approval of the the agenda by Nathan, second by Stephanie. All in favor signify by saying I. I. That was unanimous. Um, now approval of routine business items which include the consent agenda, board bills, and approval of the meeting minutes. Looking for a motion. I make a motion to approve. Nathan. Second. Second by Wayne. All of those in favor signify by saying I. I. Okay, we have the resolution for accepting gifts. Um number number of gifts this
003time. Um those donations would be um Foley Wrestling Booster Club, two wrestling mats, Michael and Lynn's Tennis and Pickle Ball Shop, 40 pickle ball paddles and one dozen pickle balls. Wake Park Bay Brute Incorporated, $280 for fishing nationals for the lodging. Tom Key Foundation Art Display Case for FHS. Um, Backwards Grid LLC fishing advisor lodging, Falcon Basketball Association, um, scoreboards, St. Cloud Optimus Club. Um dollars for the seventh and eighth grade um Washington DC trip. Um USA Community Chorus. Um dollars for uh coral music youth baseball association, a varsity scoreboard. We have an anonymous donation to the unified club and Katie and Blake de Mars. um five books for the ECS parent library. I want to talk thank everybody for their tremendous generosity. Um sure if I could I'd like to go through all the
004main sponsors on the sports and stuff. Okay, that's fine. So on the wrestling mats the businesses that we have a number of businesses that helps kind of support all this stuff in a sponsorship fashion. I want to make sure that they are recognized. To the wrestling match was Sabaki rookie, Murphy Chevrolet, Jr. Masonry and Concrete and Blow Mold Specialties. The baseball scoreboard was Henry's Embroidery, New Life Church, Curds and Cakes, the Insurance Shop, Dwell Knights, Five-Star Auto, and Knife River, and the basketball uh or the fieldhouse scoreboards uh where grand champion meets AVX audio visual extremes, careers and cakes, Star Electric, Neighborhood Plumbing and Heating, Falcon Bank, Knife River, and Henry Embroidery. I want to thank you all those members of the community. I mean, huge, huge. Our businesses do very so much for our
005our community and the people. We're very lucky. Nathan, I want to thank you for getting all those together because that was not part of our pack. No problem. I'll make a motion to approve. A second. Is that a motion? I think that has to be a resolution. Yeah, resolution. So, resolution by Nathan. Who is a second? Pam. That does not need to be roll call. So, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Unanimous. Thank you. um SRO contract um starting 712025 to 6:30 2026 discussion and action. This is our annual contract renewal with the city of Foley and we do appreciate um the relationship that we have with the city of Foley as well as providing this resource um to our students and our staff and our community and we're very lucky that
006we're able to have um a school resource officer as part of our campus. So again, this is a resolution um to renew the contract with the city authority Resolution to renew. Looking for a motion. Motion to approve. Second. Nathan and Wayne. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Again, thank you. We worked hard today. [Applause] Okay. Um, a resolution renewing a tier one teacher, Richard Grasperson, number nine. Okay, now I'm renewing. It is a roll. Okay, it is a roll call vote. Mr. me as a tier one teacher and per statute you do need to do the non renewal. Okay, I'm looking for motion to nonrenew. I'll make a motion to not renew. Wayne second Nathan, roll call vote. Pam, this is something we have to do, right? So, yes. Yes. And I'm
007a [Applause] Yes. So they were all all Yes. Um same resolution nonrenewing probationary teacher Michaela better again resolution roll call yes I'll make a motion not contract Wayne Stephanie and Pam again I'll make a motion Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. nonrenewal of um FBS ASL interpreter Sierra Lawrence. I need a motion. I'll make a motion to not renew Wayne. I'll second that. Pam. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Motion passes unanimously. Okay. Revis um designated um depositories Minnesota school liquid assets fund plus bank and trust of Falcon National Bank. Um, the only reason we're doing this is because our SMS person left and now Todd came on. So, we're just basically changing the name and that's just a motion. I'll second it. Stephanie, Nathan. All those in favor of the
008revision signify by saying I. Okay, that was unanimous. Now we're at the FUE Green Act M OU. I think Trisha will walk us through that. I will. Um this is a memorandum of understanding between the district and our FUEE local 51 and um we're required to have thisou in order to spend the funds that um are given to us by the state. We worked um collaboratively with the union in terms of providing stipens or identifying those stipens to teachers that had completed um the training before training. No training was required to approve it. I'll make a motion to approve. Second. Motion to approve. Pam, Stephanie. Discussion. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. That was unanimous. So that's done. Number 16 is we're going to our tabletop now. Okay. MOU for FUE 202526
009calendar. Sharon actually go up one more. It's the 256 calendar. Oh, amended 2025. Thank you. District calendar. Um just this is just a little minor adjustment. I think we were so happy that we had a calendar in place that we were looking at two different calendars and we need to make an adjustment for the back to school workshop that should be noted as August 25th not the 26th. So workshop week will be the August 25th through the 27th. And we also just had a typo um when the high school holds their MLC. So there are multiple opportunity chances um should read from 320 to 520 not 330 to 550. Motion to approve. Motion to approve the second. Who was first there? Okay. Stephanie Wayne. All those in favor signify by saying I. I say that's
010unanimous. No, now um FUE 2025 to 2026 calendar. on the purpose of this particular MOU in the teachers collective bargaining agreement. Um there is a portion about an optional professional development day and both parties thought it was in the best interest um to acknowledge that we won't be having that optional professional day this year. However, um that we could continue that in in future years. So it's just for this year, correct? I'll make a motion to approve. Nathan, Alyssa. Discussion. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Unanimous. Time for the table top words. This is um a letter of understanding. between um district and school service employees local 284 on behalf of the custodians slash mechanics. Um Trish, you want to I sure can. Um we have um previously we had um three
011people that were on a district sponsored cell plan and two of those people have retired. So, it doesn't make sense for us to keep the bill. Um, and so we would like to offer this individual a stipend for their cell phone. It is it is a need. Um, since they are a mechanic and it tends to when there's problems with the bus, um, the bus drivers are calling the mechanic first and especially if there's a problem, he he does go out to the bus if it's broken down on the side of the road. So, it's important that we maintain that. um service for him as well as for the district. And in his statement is um if you read the MLU, we have it starting on July 1 of 600, but we prated that amount
012to $100 to include um May and then June. I'm sorry, did I get someone question? I'm sorry. So will that totally we have a Verizon bill. Is that the Verizon bill that we had? So we will not have that Verizon bill anymore. Okay. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve. Motion Wayne. Second by Pamela discussion. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. [Applause] Now we are going to site logic IAQ project discussion action. So if you have any leftover questions from the the work session any discussion should we talk through like why what the situation is discussed you can discuss whatever you want answer. I I think what has led up to this um to Nathan's point um in a very um just a very concise overview is that um when we went
013out to bid our project for our indoor air quality, we had two bids that came back high and at this point we are still over budget and so what the board needs to find consensus about is how to move forward with the project. And during our work session um we talked about three different options. One option um being that we would rebid the project the entire project. The second option is we would rebid a portion. So the two bids that came in high which were the controls and the mechanic mechanical portion. And then the third option and what we talked about at our um work session this earlier this evening is to look at the amount that um the gap and then levy use board authority to levy that particular amount. So those are the
014three options that are in front of the board this evening. Do we not have the fourth option of just doing what we can afford? Like just doing the portion that we can afford? We sure absolutely. Just because I think looking at the situation, looking at the other things that are going on in the county and in everybody's household, everything is going up. So rebidding, we have the chance of having higher bids, waiting until we have a time where the money comes off and we don't have to bring it to the taxpayers again of saying, "Hey, here's another more money that we need from you in regards to this project." I think that's huge. I mean, for us to say, "Yep, the county is already looking at building a project. People are up in their arms
015about that." I think we we've already heard enough in regards to this project. Yes. Do I believe that the kids need this, but if there's parts of the building that we can go without doing right now, I think we have to look at what's best for our budget. And you know, if you have a project at whom you can't afford it, you don't do it. So, I think that we have to look at what would you do and what would you you're not going to go into debt more than you already are. I agree with Sam on a lot of that. I don't think it's okay to keep going to your taxpayers every time you're out of budget. Although that seems like the easy route, but the frustration with me where this all sits is
016you need to have a budget and just like you do at home, if you don't have the budget to replace your windows, you're not replacing your windows. So, you need to work within your means. Is that ideal? No. But I don't think it's fair to keep asking for more money. So, I think we need to really really look at what we can hold off on. And, you know, we've had the discussions about, yes, things are old, but what can we get by with right now without asking for more money? I mean, we have a set budget and we need to work with it. I guess I I agree with that. I definitely don't want to ding ding the taxpayers um some more. Um the over amount from what I heard from Shelby, we should not
017yet be worried about that. The timing might mean zero dollars. Um, I would suggest that we get maybe Jean or whoever is in charge of that to bring us exactly what we can afford so we have a very clear um understanding of exactly what we're going to be doing and what won't we won't be doing and um bring it uh back to the board and we can look at the sheet that we sent like this. I I thought that was very Did you understand it when he said which rooms and stuff? I think it was much easier for us to grasp and um I'm all for going local. Me too. I I mean I I think that's very important. we have always as a district, but I I'm not going to pay um a lot
018of overtime to ding the taxpayers just to just to use local, but local is our preference. And I I don't know if the board wants to say if they they agree with that. I mean, I think like all this overtime and stuff, if they can prove to us that that isn't coming from someplace else, um, we're open to to listening to that. I think it's safe to say that we have some more board work to do on this. We are not making a decision tonight on this. Exactly. And and I would think Jean, would you be willing to bring us the information that we're asking for so we have a a clear understanding of exactly what we think we're doing or work with us to come up with a a list so that we can
019go to our public and say this is what we're doing and that they as lay people just like most of us are will have a a a very clear understanding of where their tax dollars are going. Absolutely. Yeah. I'll work with you what what you know I'll work with Trish. I'll I'll see what kind of revisions we can make in the current scope and what we can take out of that scope. And probably if you take something out, why you think that that's the best choice to take out and if there's something that you think we might be hedging on, don't do this. because um we'd really appreciate that. I'd say go go to Trish if she needs more meetings or we need more discussion. Um maybe some of it can be done via email.
020You know, if it's just one question, otherwise we're going to have to sit this out and have a really clear understanding of what what's going on. And I think then we can move forward with um probably a clear conscience. So there is um if I may just a point with um the timing of that for for for more discussion and reviewing scopes and that uh the current bids that are in um the contractors have a a timeline where they are holding those and then they will become void essentially and you'll you'll need to rebid. Um so the timing of that's important. So depending on what scope you review and and change from that um you may be looking at a rebid with with that path than a full rebid. Do we know when that date
021is like what what date we have until we can work with them to find out. We we can't tell you an exact date right now. Um but I think we're near it now. Um, is it on their contracts that there will be a specific amount of time their bids hold. Um, and then it'll be up to them if they want to continue to hold longer. Um, but depending on the changes that are made again and and the budget amount um it'll take some time to work through. I think I mean I'm I understand like looking for more details and stuff. I think they did a very good job in the work session tonight kind of explaining what we're at, right? We do have we have a phasing sequence in general that we kind of talked
022through. We came in the original bid came in over budget to get done this year this summer. Um so they went back out and started talking to the the bidding parties and they make concessions on the timeline to work on the numbers down and then they went through and they worked on um a scenario in which we leave a portion of it out. So it' be like the the practice the band area for that that corridor um all of which is currently under um has a DX unit so it's currently devotified to a certain degree um already and is probably in the best shape of what we have. It's a place for us to leave off. I think with that savings, pushing it out, leaving off that pool penthouse portion of it, which was about
023$300,000 from the school rough numbers, we had $275,000 in interest that we'll gain over the course of the next year. That puts it at $575,000 in real money plus our contingency. We're right at where um basically where the budget is. Of course, everything has to work out perfectly in that scenario. So, I think that's a path forward that we can make confidently and then still allow us to hit timelines, let the work um begin so that we're not pushing it back with angry bits. There's so much uncertainty right now in the world with tariffs, with um all that kind of stuff. The only thing we'll be hoping for next year probably cheaper is really a bad recession. I don't think anybody wants to hold for that. Um so, real realistically that's kind of what I
024getting more information just kind of paralysis a little bit just in information. Ideally, there's a there's a path forward here that I see that comes close to what we're doing. We can figure out next year if we have what the contingencies look like in the first half of the year. We can figure out um what money we've all laid so far, how stuff's coming back. All that type of stuff can play into the decision about pool the pool penthouse when we get to that point. But at least then we're not just pushing it down the line, pushing it down the line, which kind of got us in this situation. Well, I don't want to keep the can down the road either because we we all know wages are not going to go down. Material is
025not going to go down. Um I don't know if free bid is the answer. I mean, I would like to start, but this is your guys' wheelhouse. I would like for you to come to us with a if this does get outside of what Pat is saying, what can we do? So, I want to I don't like to start, but let's have a a path. If I don't go the right way, this is what we got. Recommendations from you on what we can where we can start, where we can finish, what we might have to postpone. I think maybe we won't need to maybe we can complete it. So that's that's part part of our job um you know as your professional service provider in this is to contingency plan for for those scenarios. So
026based on the direction and the path you choose um you know we if we began working with the contractors you contracted with them we would begin contingency planning for that scenario. So, I mentioned there's there's a number of things we could look at. Material substitutions. The the last resort is is is not taking care of the work that's needed, but um we will certainly work with them to find every available opportunity and and bring forward to you. Um they're also when when the contractor is um secured and has a contract, they're more um willing to invest time in that process as well to work with you. So, Well, we got to So, I do think we need to make a decision. We have to make some sort of a decision. Yeah. If it means that
027we say you're going to look for some budget cuts like in your side and we're going to do only what we can afford, but we're going to start the project. We're Yeah. I don't believe that we shouldn't start the project. I'm just saying we need to look and work within our means. So I would say option four which isn't well that was the one that Pamela added do portion we can't afford. So theoretically is leaving at this point we leave school penthouse C out of scope for now. Make a motion for that. Huh? Do you make a motion? Sure. Okay. Let's try this out here. All right. So, before we start, I think penthouse C and pool penthouse are two different things. We talked about not doing the locker rooms like that. Just as a
028excuse me, just as a point, um, we should probably be speaking to the motion in terms of what the deduct is on the U bid. Yes, I believe it's bid alternate three. I just don't remember which one. Alternate number three is Yeah. So the potential C to your point Joe would include the pool the pool D B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV B DMV unit or whatever. So alternate three is for the locker room area and the van area physically mounted in the pool penthouse. Yep. Right. But the need the needed piece that we need for the pool itself is actually in scope for this summer. That's on penthouse C. Yes. That that whatever that unit was the B or whatever PD. So
029it was what won't be done the band and the locker room. So you're looking at alternate three three which includes the band and the locker and the locker room in that practice area. So basically the last from the auditorium to the elementary school there's two air handlers air handling unit 8 air handling unit 15 and an ERV which is an energy recovery unit for 15 that serves the locker rooms. Jean, is that all on the alternate though? Yes. Okay. So, if we just kept it with three alternate alternate three, correct? Yes. All right. Well, so since it's How much faith do you have in if we commit to them, I get it? Just now they got skin in the game, right? That they're willing to work with us. Well, they've been working with us so
030far. I asked for I asked for some value engineering and some cost deductions based based on that schedule and they all worked with us. I've also reached out to the other contractors and well and they're they're willing to have worked with us as well. The other ones that are in bit by adjusting schedule and stuff. So I'm working with them as well. They're they're good contractors. the fact that they um they didn't have to go back and look at the schedule and and do that. It indicates they they really want the work and they're hungry for it. Okay. Um and it your contract between them um you know if you want to descope something there necessarily they can't they they have to work with us in that when it's reasonable. Yeah. So, so as of
031with alternate three out and the interest that we're expecting to earn this summer, we're basically right out of budgeting, right? As long as nothing goes wrong. So is is the motion to start the project um with the removal of alternate three? Yep. So I'll make a I'll make a motion that we move forward to IQ project with the removal with or IQ project alternate 3 which is conducting air handling unit 8 air handling unit 15 and the ERV1 and they'll be following the phasing schedule that was laid out phase one phase two for finishing in 2026. Okay, I have a motion by Nathan, second by Wayne to move forward with the IAQ project removing alternate three and to follow the phasing schedule. It's the one here or the one in the It's the same as
032the detail. This more detailed one. Jean, I'm sorry. I was looking at the motion. Um, does this cover everything that as you understand we want that? um motion um to move forward with the IAQ project to remove alternate three and follow the phasing schedule on this sheet that was passed out to the board. Yeah. The way we'll do it is my suggestion would be motion would be to accept base bids all base bids with accepting alternate three. Alternate three is a deduct from the contract. That's my suggestion. And then once we have contracts, we will have a change order for the amounts of the new schedule. So the new schedule will be part of the change order. Will we be able to What's a change order? So we have a motion and we have a
033second and so we probably need to motion. Yeah, we'll figure that out in a second here. So the the um question I would have is so if we're doing it as a base bid in alternative three then theoretically at the end of this summer if everything is going well and we decide to we can increase the scope again inside that same base pit right likely like adding alternate three back in as an example. Theoretically, if we if things look good at this time, the contractor will certainly provide a number for that at that time. It'll be different than the 313 you see here now. Like I can guarantee you that, but they will certainly provide a number and be happy to do the work at the time and you can get you can get a
034quote and you can decide at that point. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So, so are you going to amend your motion now? So I'm going to amend my motion to say that we're I would make a motion to accept the base bid considering the alternate three deductions of a handling unit 8 handling unit 15 and the ERV1 [Music] and you're still seconding it. Yes. Um any more discussion and then you will get Trish all the legal documents and sooner than later I'm guessing. Absolutely. I'll get a I'll get a letter of recommendation official for that and then uh and then I'll be reaching out to the contractors for a notice to proceed. Okay. Contracts will follow shortly after that. Absolutely. Trish will keep us informed. Um board, I'm calling for a vote now. All those in favor
035of this motion signify by saying I. I. I. I think that's unanimous and we are on our way. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Policies requiring review. This is first reading. 203.1 School Board Procedures Rules of Order. 203.5 School Board Meeting Agenda. 203.6 Consent Agendas. 213 School Board Committees. wellness. So, be aware. Um, budget enrollment report. Todd, are you there? I am. Thank you. What do you have to tell us? All right. I I can use some help maybe with the enrollment report. I've been just seeing this for the first time. I apologize that I'm working this into my normal routine of speaking to enrollment each month. Um Trish, any significant changes in enrollment in April? No, our our enrollment is we've lost um a few students, but it's holding steady at this point. Awesome.
036And Bor, you did receive an enrollment um recap from Kelly. So to me it doesn't look like there's any huge huge changes and at this time of the year I just expect a few hands and Okay, moving on to the budget update for activity posted through March 31. Um revenues are on track. We are at 58.3% of our revenues collected through March. This is comparable to 62.7% of where we ended up last year. The reason why we're down about 4% compared to last year. Last year we recognized 792,294 in tax revenue. Um we have an accounting change this year. We're recording those revenues against the receivables. So you're not seeing those show up as revenues at this point. What will happen is during the audit, we will go through and recognize those property tax revenues
037in fund 1, four, and seven. So the other revenues, state aid, federal grants and local revenues are on track with prior years. Federal grants are down a bit this year at 154,000. So I will work on getting a title one title two draw done um as well as any draws that we need to make with our education district education district. So um otherwise state aids and local are right on track with prior years. So any questions on revenues on the expenditure side? Uh salary is the biggest part of our budget. So, we're kind of right in between where we were at last year and the year before. Um, we're at 61.8% of our budget um spent. Last year we at 59.5, the year before we were at 62%. I believe our settlement was paid after
038March um with the teachers last year. So, I believe that's why last year was at 59.5. So, I'm thinking we are more comparable with two years ago, in which case we are right on track and should come in on budget on salaries, uh, benefits. Um, we're tracking a little higher. Um, but a big big number in there is unemployment and a good percent of that budget's been expended. So, I'm hopeful we will still come in on budget and benefits and purchase services is very similar to the prior two years. supplies. I believe we'll come in under budget there. We're at 73.8%. Last year we were at 81%. Where we ended up and we are over budget on equipment. Um that was primarily due to the lease, the technology lease um being under budgeted um by
039about that amount that we're over budgeted. So overall we're at 66% of our budget spended. Prior two years we were you know slightly over 64% of final. So um any questions on the expenditures? Thank you. Yep. You're welcome. [Applause] administrative um information and reports. Paul Eric, I just want to thank coaches, parents, athletes for as we navigate through spring reschedules and and all that. It can be a tricky time. So, just thank you to to everybody involved in that. you know, dealing with transportation issues, umpire shortages, and then obviously the things from mother nature as well um for for making that process as smooth as it can be. Thank you, Adam. Um just want to update the board and thank a few people. We have um Renee James and Rachel Zarden who will be returning
040next year as early learning core tutors in our preschool rooms. They both have accepted and will be coming back. Uh Jill Sheima will be coming back as one of our reading core tutors next year and we have a new reading core tutor next year as well, Andrea Beer, who will be joining us. Um we have been given two reading early learning core tutor positions uh for slots and two reading core. Um that's down from what we've had in the past due to uncertainty at the federal government. They're uncertain of their funding. So, they have reduced everybody's positions. Um, but we have filled out the slots that we have and I want to just uh say a big thank you and kind of a farewell to our dean Winters and Amanda Medicine. They have been reading
041core tutors at the elementary for four years. Um, our dean joined us as a reading core tutor almost immediately after she retired from teaching. and Amanda is a parent. Four years is the maximable maximum maximum um amount of allowed time that Americanore allows a person to be a tutor. So they have stayed with us for as long as they can, which is great. Um and so we want to thank them for returning. Um and they have helped and worked with hundreds of our kids over those years. So, um, they've really done a lot of a lot of good and a lot of benefit for the elementary school and its students. Eric, I'd like to, uh, thank our teachers as they finish up the readact. Uh, a week from Wednesday is our last, uh, early dismissal
042days that work on the readact. That's been a tremendous undertaking and staff done an excellent job. The interview school is a little unique because we have about half our teachers doing it, half will not. and the ones that aren't doing it. Uh, thank their flexibility and working with the modified schedule. I'd also like to recognize Jody Gaywood who's our dean of students and also our district assessment coordinator is MCA season at the intermediate school throughout the states actually and that's a huge undertaking doing all that scheduling u moving things around. It's a lot of moving pieces and not only she doing that she's still doing her students job and doing that really really well. So she needs credit for the work that she's doing for us. Thank you, Jill. Um, I'd like to thank ABX.
043Um, you saw in the when you approved the donations from Lynn's tennis and pickle ball shop. Um, so one of the owners of ABX just happened to ask Jen Peepgrass something about her pickle ball unit and Jenny goes, "Oh, it'd be really nice cuz we're using cheap plastic rackets that we got a long time ago." And about a week later, she showed up with a box of 40 rackets from a company she works with and said, "Here you go." Um, retail price is probably about $100 a racket. Just walked in and so again, local partnerships and, you know, when people find out we have needs, they step up. I I should have talked to the principles because my notes are um really just reflecting what they had to say and I want to echo what
044Mr. Beerman said about um the read act and one of the goals this year was to complete the training and 100% of our staff completed and I can speak um at least from my own experience of receiving my certificate. It really was a joy because it was a lot of hard work but a lot of learning that took place as well. So 75 of our teachers and remember we linked our phase one and phase two teachers together um and and as Mr. said there was a lot of flexibility with staff because it took really everyone helping um to make sure that we had coverage in classes um to be able to allow um the work to be done especially to Christy Braum and I know Christie will come back um and speak to the board
045just to give an update but um it's been her coaching and her guidance um when staff got into the valleys of how they were feeling about the readact she was there to pick them up um as well as provide um staff development opportunities for our staff that were not involved in the react as well to provide information. So, everyone was learning and that we had a common language together. And as Mr. um Fox had mentioned um this month, it was unbelievable with the donations and the kindness that the community has shown. And um I can speak to the pickle bowl. Um I was walking in the hallway and I ran into Mrs. Pete Grass. And you talk about making someone's day. It really truly made a difference for her, for her students. And I know
046all the donations this month make a difference. Whether it was pickle ball, a scoreboard, books that are going into our ECS library, it all makes a difference. So, thank you to all those people that donated. Okay. Meeting events and notices. Um 5:19 May 19th is going to be our next regular school board meeting at 5:30. If you want to check the school calendar, this is the time of the year for a lot of our concerts and stuff and most enjoyable. I'm going to ask for committee reports now. Wait, missed one. Open forum for citizens to address the school board. Okay, we'll move forward. Uh committee reports. We just for the best that I know uh we had two committees that um sterns and busy looking for property to to weeds. We have a meeting coming
047up again on Wednesday and then we also have a policy committee meeting to review the policies that were before you this evening. Okay. Opportunity for board member comment. Um Pam um we have about 20 archers going to the national tournament in Sandy Utah. So, if you see any of those kiddos around, give them a high five because they worked hard for that. Wayne, I have nothing today. Nathan, Stephanie, um, well, it's that time of the year. Our facilities and fields are humming with activity. We celebrate um we celebrated the world of Dr. Seuss with a second grade concert. Thank you music department for making it happen. That same evening, our facilities hosted a speech concert and a track and field event in the fieldhouse. The Prism concert allowed our students to highlight their special talent.
048It's a little different venue that celebrates the uniqueness of our students. Thanks to Janelle Hesh and all who made it happen. The play offered many students the opportunity to showcase their talents and show our wonderful rural community how entertaining working together and bringing about positive results um and laughter. our first graders were our musical friends in concert. The audience loves to hear their clear, strong voices and celebrate our strong music um program. A gift to us all. Um I want to invite you to the care pork chop dinner May 15th at Jack and Jim's silent auction bake sale and plant sale. the need uh to support our elderly and keep them in their homes is growing. So, it would be wonderful if you could be part of the um solution. Um stay tuned. There's a
049lot to more to come in the next month. And I want to thank the board and everyone here for their hard work tonight. Um I think we moved ahead and let's see a motion to I'll motion. Motion to adjourn by Nathan, second by Wayne. 6:26. Um, we're adjourned at 6:20 p.m. 26. 6:26. Thank you. Good to go. We will approve