001Let's meet This meeting to order. Would you please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance? >> I pledge allegiance 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. >> I need a roll call. >> Madam Chair, we have a quorum. >> Do we have any changes or adoptions to the board agenda? >> We do. We're going to remove information item G, certified staff changes transfer. Um basically it was really just a department to department and a and a budget code or a finance code change, so um not truly a full transfer. >> Okay. >> Madam Chair, I would move we adopt the amended agenda. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Aye.
002>> Looking at our consent agenda, are there any corrections to the September 8th, 20 26 minutes as presented? Okay. Um consider payment of bills including late pays and pre-authorization of payroll, insurance, utilities, officials, and automatic payments. >> Madam Chair, I would move we adopt the consent agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Anybody opposed? Okay, we'll go on to the round table. Where are you up, Christie? >> All right. Thank you for letting me come and talk to you this evening. Um kind of prepared a little presentation for you. Uh when we think about the River Glen Aquatic Center, I think it's easy to simply think about it like as a pool. Um but we provide a lot more than that. We provide water safety
003education, swimming instruction, recreation, and a safe environment uh for both our students and our community. The reason water safety is so important is that drowning remains a significant risk and particularly for children. So, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, more than 4,500 people died from drowning each year in the United States from 2020 through 2022. Drowning is also the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4 and the second um leading cause of unintentional injury death to children ages 5 to 14. Access to swimming lessons and water safety uh education is important part of the prevention. So, unfortunately, not every child has the same opportunity to develop those skills. That's why the work that we do at the Riverton Aquatic Center is so important. We provide opportunities for children and
004families to learn swimming and water safety skills in a safe supervised area. One of the most important things that we do is teach people how to be safe around water. Not just the swimming aspect, but just to be safe. We offer six sessions of community swimming lessons, and that's all ages. We even had adults sign up this last summer, so that was really awesome to see to show that their kids um show their kids that it's not just kids, it's for adults, too, which is really awesome. Um and they're taught by certified instructors, and they go through it extensive training. There's 30 36 and 1/2 hours worth of training they have to do, and then it takes at least a full season for them to really fully understand how to teach and how to be
005on stage and make sure that kids are learning or the participants are are picking up the instruction that they're giving. Um we also reach our Fremont County School District kids um through our Whale Tales program that we go out to the schools and we teach them in their classroom where they feel safe and and comfortable. And then we take them to the pool so they can experience that a pool um with a swimming lesson. For a lot of those kids, it is the first and only time that they've ever experienced aquatic environments. When we talk about prevention, it starts before a patron ever enters the water. Our staff are responsible for active lifeguard surveillance, enforcing safety rules, recognizing potential hazards, and providing water safety education. They're not just out there blowing their whistles, "Stop running."
006They're telling people why, which is pretty awesome. Preparation means that our staff don't simply complete complete their initial certification and then stop training. We're constantly training all year long. Um we practice rescue skills, emergency action plans, CPR, AED skills, and other procedures throughout the year. Customer service is one of those as big ones as well to make sure that when people enter the facility they're getting greeted um and that when they leave they had the best time that they could possibly have when they're there. One of our goals is to build a team that's prepared to recognize a problem early, respond quickly when necessary, and provide a safe environment for everyone to enjoy. I'd like to recognize some of the lifeguards this year that used their training without hesitation. So, Lilly McClear was one of
007our lifeguard. She went to college this year, but she had two active drowning rescues off of their inflatable obstacle course this year. And one was a 12-year-old and one was a 9-year-old. So, they're not just little babies. They're that are older um that have had the opportunity to learn and so um having that lifeguard present is so important. Um Nicole Williams had an active drowning rescue from the diving board and that was a 9-year-old. And also Kenneth Kessler is a lifeguard that I have still have with us and he had an active drowning rescue off of the diving board this year. Um we had 22 first aid reports filed and 16 incident reports. So, conflict issues that happened at the pool this year. The Riverton Aquatic Center also serves a significant number of people from
008Riverton and the surrounding area. Uh first uh last fiscal year we had more than 26,000 patron visitors and that included approximately 6,200 Fremont County School District students and employees. That's classes, fun swims, employees that use the facility last year. Our level of use is supported by our staff of lifeguards, desk staff, um swimming instructors, and our CPOs, which is certified pool operators. Many of the rec employees also cross-train, so we are all trained to do pretty much every job in order to jump in if we need to into a position to help keep it run smoothly, so we can have not minimal, but what is safe and provide the best care when we're there. We're continuously looking at how we can use the facility to better serve the community. So, this last year, um we
009adjusted our public schedule. Yes, I think I sent that out earlier this year, which is good. Um adjusted our public schedule to expand the weekday lap swim availability, which I've had really good feedback from our community about. It might not be the busiest, but it's they appreciate having a little bit longer time during the day to come in. Um increased the weekend recreational swim times, so having a little bit longer time for the recreation when we don't have school, and then we were able to reopen on Sundays this year, which is really good and have had really positive feedback with that this year, too. Um our goal is to provide more opportunities for the public while balancing school use, sports, staffing, and facility operations. Ultimately, the River Turn Aquatic Center is much more than providing
010a place to swim. We're here to promote safety, education, recreation, and healthy living for our students and our community. Our goal is to make sure that when someone walks through the doors of the rec, they have a safe, positive, and meaningful experience. Thank you for supporting us to, um you know, it's tough. And um we appreciate that our community, I think the feedback I get from them is that they really appreciate me having the doors open and able to have somewhere to go in this area. >> Thank you for keeping our our kids safe. Um that kind of pulls at my heart a little bit, so. Um I'm going to a little bit a lot, and I know what you do up there is is appreciated by the public, and I've gotten good positive things
011said about the the hour changes to me because I have a few people that go up there and and utilize that swim time, so. Thank you, Christie. >> Thanks for all you do for our community. >> So, we're good. >> It is important. >> It is because swimming is something that people need to know how to do, but they also are going to be in situations where they may not be in a pool. So, it's Yeah, important. It's a life skill. >> Mhm. >> It is a something lifelong that people can do. >> Yes. >> So, that's that's always beneficial to the community as well. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Anything else? >> Thank you. Thank you very much. >> That was great. >> Thank Thank you for everything you do for our district and
012community as well. It keeps everything running, so thanks. >> Have a great evening. >> Have a nice evening. Thank you. >> Okay. >> [laughter] >> That guy back there, he said he was going to step in and learn how to do that. >> Perfect. >> [laughter] >> I'm not enrolling. >> Thank goodness, right? >> All right. [laughter] >> Let's move on. >> [clears throat] >> Allie, you have anything for us? >> I don't. Thank you. >> Roy. >> Just a note that there's another uh grant memo on [clears throat] the agenda. Um I just want to note that Mr. Toleman and the Perkins staff have done a really good job at getting those opportunities here for our students. >> Hey. >> Awesome. >> That's good news. >> Christina. >> [clears throat] >> I do not.
013>> Jody. >> I just have a couple of things, and I'm going to try to keep it sweet and short. Anyway, I've enjoyed the the DAG committee. I've I've enjoyed what I'm learning with the with the new school, and I again thank the board for the opportunity to get to be able to participate in that. It's been interesting just in the transition of when I in the very beginning stages with Willow Creek, just the things I've seen that have changed over the years. Um I've also been just kind of running around and and going to football and and some volleyball and things like that. However, I do have a little request. I had a request come through from David Collins. He He works over at Rendezvous School and I am the liaison for Rendezvous School.
014And on Let me tell you the dates exactly. On the week of the 29th through the 2nd, he's hoping for some volunteers. Um he's doing a thing with like It's similar to a bike rodeo, but not that actually and they're taking it um to an area that's off of Riverview Road. It would be where the stock dock is. There's a field that's in front of it. And so he asked because I am the liaison if I would be willing to help and and I volunteered for my days, but he I I offered to mention this in my board report to get information out there to individuals that are parents or even any of you or anybody that you know that would want to be helping us from like 8:15 to 9:00. Um Let me tell
015you. 8:15 this when they'll they'll start it and it's from 8:15 until 9:00, I think. It's real short-lived. Kind of 8:15 to 8:10 to 9:15, I'm sorry. And then on the 2nd, he's also planning a 5th grade outdoor adventure day at the CWOC Alpine Science Institute from 9:00 to 2:00 on October 6th. If you're available and you want to help, you can contact David Collins at Rendezvous School. >> field station field station >> It's It's kind of by the >> It's the um >> the the campus. >> Could you just send a little >> Yeah. blurb out to everybody, Jody? >> What's that? >> Could you just send a little blurb out to all of us? >> Yeah. Yeah, I will. What I'll do is I'll just forward you the email. >> Okay. >> from
016me. So, I'll do this and then you guys can have all of that. But, um Nope, outside of that I think, you know, life's been peachy. That's it for me. >> Okay. Mr. Cantrell. >> Well, I've gone to a couple of volleyball games and well, football games and one volleyball game. The the results weren't that great, but I knew every kid out there was in a passing student and learning how to to be a part of a team and and growing in in that way. Also, went to a couple of the high school Hathaway scholarship programs explaining how we can teach our kids to go into different careers and and get a Hathaway scholarship to do that. I thought that was very interesting. Um and on the rec board, report from rec board uh we're
017publishing that we need a at large member. >> Yeah, I put that out there for us. >> And we thank you for that. And then uh we also got a couple of of uh kudos from the school Little Creek and the middle school for the weight room. And that was always nice to get kudos from your work that you put out by doing on the rec board. And then went to the design advisory uh group. That's what DAG stands for and that's been very interesting. What I found most interesting is they're involving all of the teachers' ideas on how to design a school. And because the teachers know what they need to be able to teach their students and that was that's mind-expanding to me that they're part of that that designing. And that's that's
018all I've done. >> Thank you, Lori. So, just a a quick comment on the DEI committee cuz I've been going to those as well. Uh the the piece that I love the most about it, you know, was when you hear from the educators, you begin to get a much more intimate knowledge of of what is important to them and how kind of operations work. And that was really important for me to to understand that and see how that works. So, that that's been really it was a real good process for me and I feel like I I enjoyed participating with that group as well, with the teachers and kind of being in their little circle for a while. So, that that's kind of nice to be able to do that. >> Yeah. >> Um football
019games, I go to those. Some of them have not been >> They're hard. >> the football part of it. Other parts of it are awesome, but >> Yeah. >> This weekend, though. >> Yeah. >> Um And then I went to uh the middle school parent night cuz I'm the ambassador of that group and that was very informative to get a little bit more information about what the you know, what the parents what they're giving to the parents and I really appreciate the fact that they're they're doing that and involving the parents and giving them a little bit of guidance on how to how to look at PowerSchool and you know, grades and all of those different pieces so they can be a little bit more influential in their kids' lives and and help them out
020with that. So, that was that was a good that was very good to hear. Plus, I was there and Laney couldn't make it and she got a little ticket for the What's that room that they get to go to for fun? >> The Spartan the >> No. >> Oh, like >> Yeah. >> With the with the shuffle board and the all those things. >> Anyway, because I was there, she won and I was able to stick her name in there. So, that was kind of fun. Uh I also participated in the chapter 57 roles for the literacy. I listened in on that and one of the major takeaways that I took took away from that and you all may or may not know that I used to be the state school to career coordinator at
021you know years ago in my previous life and so working with kids who uh are learning different careers and those kinds of things and helping kids do that one of the comments that was made on the literacy uh in this uh the chapter 57 rules was that when you're young literacy is you're learning to read but when you get older literacy is reading to learn. And that really struck a chord with me and they were talking about that if kids can't decode words when they get to the high school level then they can't participate in that reading to learn so how they can do other other tasks and what they should be doing and you know that was very I I just felt like that was very informative too to hear that piece of it
022because we hear about the early childhood ones and that's a no-brainer why kids need to learn how to read and understand literacy but if we have kids that don't know how to do that then we need to understand that and help them to get there so that they can be more successful in life. So that's um that's kind of all that I have. >> Thank you. >> Thanks Lori. >> All right. Do you have anything for us? >> The only thing I have is we'll have our monthly Northwest BOCES meeting tomorrow evening so I don't have a whole lot else tonight. Thank you. >> Bruce. >> Uh I I've got kind of a task is we're I was at the volleyball game sitting down front and stuff and I noticed that there were liquids on
023the floor in the gym and for that really upset me. You know that people had spilled stuff on the floor and there are signs there that say no no drinks or whatever but it's pretty hot. I don't know how we would enforce that. But we need to come up with something because we don't want that floor to be and maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it won't impact the floor. I don't see how it couldn't, but I don't >> Usually if it's not sustained, like if you clean it up right away. >> Yeah, but it wasn't getting cleaned up. >> Yeah, because of that. >> Yeah, and I and I just It made me This bothered me. It was so new and looked so good and >> Well, at the end of the day >> There was
024some soda or something on the floor. I cleaned it up. But you know, it just was I don't know what we can do. That's you guys' You got to come up with some brainstorming. My brain's gone, so. >> We'll be thinking. >> You had a little bump on your head, so. >> And then from the liquid? >> No. [laughter] >> Okay, good. >> That's from Jaden. >> I don't know. I have no idea what it was from. >> All right. Do you have anything for us, Jaden? >> I do not. Thank you, Terry. >> Jody? Okay, just a tiny bit. Thank you for coming to the work session tonight. Um I'll send out some more information tomorrow or the next day for you to review and read through. And um the we did get the
025initial lawsuit um report and um basically the wages and the ECA were supported, but and then the mental health was not contested, so it's on there, but the um the lunch, the tech, the SROs No. Um so it'll be interesting to see where the where our new and current legislators take that. Um and I did send you an email about that and I we have a meeting with the um with the attorneys that are supporting the schools that are in the lawsuit on Monday. So, if if I hear anything different there, I will let you know. And that's all I have for tonight. >> Thank you. And I don't have anything this evening, either. Now, this is time for public comment. Does anybody out there have anything? You sure? Not tonight? >> Something, maybe. >>
026You sure? >> Okay. >> Surprises. >> All right. Well, we're moving on to action items. Consider an administrative recommendation to accept a grant. >> Madam Chair, I would move to accept the Career and Technical Education CTE Cutting Edge Grant in the amount of $21,818 for the 2026-2027 school year. >> Second. >> Anybody have questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Consider an administrative recommendation to adopt amended policies. >> Madam Chair, I would move that we adopt policy 5025, staff staff compensation, amended policy 5080, certified and licensed professional contracts and compensation. >> Second. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Anybody opposed? Consider an administrative recommendation to approve Frontier Academy early graduation requests. >> Madam Chair, I would move to approve the Frontier Academy early graduation requests for John
027Lawrence and Brevin Jenkins. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> Aye. >> Anybody opposed? Consider an administrative recommendation to approve Riverton High School early graduation requests. >> Madam Chair, I would move that we approve the Riverton High School early graduation request for Tommy Person, Camilla Gould, Kyrie Bang, Elena Guard, Kevin Prince, Caleb Evan, Destiny Sevy, and Paul York. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor. >> Aye. >> Anybody opposed? Consider our candidate meet and greet opportunity opportunities featuring candidates for the Fremont County School District 25 Board of Trustees. Events are open to community members and district staff and will be held at the Fremont County School District number 25 administration office. The first one will be Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 from 4:00 to 5:00 uh for
028Jody Ray and Terry Cantrell. Thursday, October 15th, 2026 from 4:00 to 5:00 will be Erica Warren Yarber. Thursday, October 15th, 2026 from 5:30 to 6:30 will be Claire Manning. Donation of a $1,000 from Good to Go stores to Aspen Elementary School. Donation of an e-stim machine, ultrasound machine, and related accessories from a health source from Health Source of Riverton to Riverton High School. That's going to be awesome. >> Wow. >> Wish I could learn to do those things. Reminder, board work session on October 13th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. to review accreditation plan. Save the date, Frontier Academy fall graduations, Tuesday, November 10th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. and Tuesday, December 15th, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. at Frontier Academy. There are some positive tests for the September. See the attached. >> [laughter] >> Classified staff changes. Resignations:
029transportation part-time bus driver, Carrie Dawkins, effective August 21st, 2022 2026. District sub custodian, Jordan Branning, effective September 4th, 2026. RHS para, Nicholas Shubanka, effective September 10th, 2026. Transfer, Isabel Tower, to an RHS para. New hires: Olivia Toso, as a Rendezvous para. Cherry Lawrence, as a Rendezvous para. Gail Sage, as a Rendezvous para. Cara Hancock, as an Aspen para. Alexis Herbert, as an RMS para. Judith Raymond, as an Aspen para. Jada, how's our enrollment? >> It's doing a little bit better. It's one We're down 117, so that's a positive increase of eight students from our last week. >> Good. >> Awesome. You're doing a good job. >> It's good that we're up a little bit. >> Yeah. This meeting's adjourned.