001Call this meeting to order. If 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. Are there any changes to the board agenda? >> There are not. >> Madame Chair, I would move we adopt the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> Okay, moving on to our consent agenda. We've already Are there any corrections to the May 12th, 2026 minutes as distributed? No. Okay. Consider payment of bills including late pays and pre-authorization of payroll, insurance, utilities, officials, and automatic payments. >>
002Oh, sorry. >> Madam Chair, I would move that we adopt a consent agenda as presented. >> Second. >> Well, any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I got ahead, didn't I? I >> Anybody [snorts] opposed? >> Sorry. Okay, for I need to do this last one. Adopt regulation 3400R1 3400-R one data privacy and security on second reading. ahead of [clears throat] >> Okay. Thank you. >> I apologize, Madam Chair. I got ahead of myself. >> It's okay. Round table. We're We have Matthew Johnson up from CWC. Is it Bo cheese? >> Yes, it is. >> Uh, good evening board superintendent. Um, thanks for having me. Uh, my annual budget [clears throat] pilgrimage around the county. Um, I present or I've supplied you with the budget and information uh in your board packet. Um,
003but I'll just run through the the budget and give you an explanation of some of the changes that we're anticipating this year. Um, they're great changes, some big changes. Uh but um Fremont uh this the CWC boies is a cooperative between CWC, seven Fremont County School Districts and then Hot Springs County School District 1 to provide the post-secary opportunities for our uh public or our our high school students. So um in Wyoming, students have to have access to at least 12 college credits for free by the time they graduate high school. And we do that through dual and concurrent enrollment. Uh concurrent enrollment are the courses that are taught right in your high school by qualified high school instructors and there they're college courses. So we have a lot of different options at Riverton High
004School. Um science courses, computer courses, government, English composition, um too many to list right now, but students are are really taking advantage of the concurrent enrollment options that we have at the high school. And then the dual enrollment are when students take a class straight from the college and are awarded high school trans or high school credit as well as college credit once they complete the course. Um so for this year the biggest change that we're seeing with this budget is dual enrollment uh the dual enrollment funding. Um so in previous years the Bochi's budget has paid CWC for the tuition and fees for the dual enrollment courses and uh that's because it's CWC is teaching the course with the instructor cost and all that. Um, for this year, the legislature included money in the
005school recalibration bill, $20 million bienium statewide to pay for dual enrollment uh statewide. Um, so that line item in the BOI's budget won't be tied directly to dual enrollment necessarily. Um, hopefully the state has allocated enough funds to cover it statewide. So it's uh the the the legislation wrote it as a school district reimbursement. So the school district will pay CWC for the dual enrollment expenses and then submit for reimbursement to the state for the dual enrollment expenses um to the WDE. We're not sure how it's all going to work out yet. they haven't created the rules for the dual enrollment um the funding but there's it it it gives us a lot of opportunity with this budget and um for for dual enrollment funding. If you remember last year we had to or for
006this year we had to implement a cap on dual enrollment participation. So we because of the the property tax reductions and the >> quite a >> okay cool thing. Yeah. >> Yeah. Good. Um I'm glad they're not coming after me. >> They're just applauding. >> No, not I feel like it. Um >> just a hot seat. >> Yeah. So the dual enrollment funding um because we don't have that line item necessarily in the BOI's budget. The state's going to be paying it. Uh it kind of frees up some money that we can do some other things with. So we implemented the >> What's that? It's not a complete budget. >> No. >> Well, it's a complete budget, but there's there's money that isn't earmarked for anything specifically. >> Yeah. Because you got the state money
007coming in that you don't >> Well, and and that won't be money for us. That'll be money for the school districts. Okay. Um the the WDE >> So, the way it's it's written in the the the legislation, it's a a reimbursement to school districts. So, without a boi how this works. >> Well, without a Boseies or a bois, the agreement is usually just between the school district and the the community college. So, without a Boseies or a bois, that is the arrangement uh as it normally would be, the dual enrollment payment has just been going through the Bochis. Um so, it's >> because you guys >> because Yeah, because we've agreed to do the mill levy and and everyone has participated in and That's how we've funded it in the past. Um, so dual enrollment
008funding will come from the state. Um, we're not sure if that'll also cover like textbooks. Hopefully, it will. Um, if if the 10 million is sufficient for this year, that would be awesome, but if it's not sufficient, the state will do a prrated reimbursement. So, if that's the case, then we can use Bochi's funds to reimburse the districts for any of those additional expenses. >> So, Um, >> there'll be about $54,000 left over that that's not tied to anything. If it's not needed, it'll just be put into the re reserves and carried forward till next year. Yeah. Um, >> you're right. Yeah. So, we uh put a cap on dual enrollment for this year. It was 10 courses because of the decreased revenue from the mill levy. uh with the state taking over that um
009dual enrollment expense, the cap will go away. The legislation is written for students grade 9 through 12 in that community colleges can't put a participation cap on students. Doesn't mean the school district can't limit student participation based on any of your own criteria or whatever. Uh but the dis school district couldn't or not the school district, the community college couldn't put the cap. So if students want to um the state funding is for unlimited participation for grade 9 through 12. Uh yeah. >> So they're not going to cap it at the statuto statutory minimum. They can have 12 credit hours or whatever it is. >> Uh not this first year. Um >> right. >> No. >> Yeah. Um >> just a question. So how much how much participation do they have? >> So both both
010LC and Casper also limit participation in Cheyenne. They don't have a Boseies or Bochis at all. So they fund it out of a scholarship package and because of that they limit student participation to one course per se semester their junior and senior year. So up to four total courses >> could be. Yes. Um >> yeah so places like Cheyenne where there's not been unlimited participation before. Casper has a cap also. Uh we don't have dual enrollment in Jackson. Um that's our biggest school district that we partner with. They've only participated in concurrent enrollment. Yep. Um so they'll have dual enrollment open for those students and our new facility will be opening this fall right next door. So >> um there'll be a lot of students who haven't got or haven't had the opportunity for unlimited
011participation around the state. So crossing our fingers hopefully the 10 million per year is enough. But um if not, maybe maybe that's a great thing and in two years they they come back and allocate more funding um >> or they'll cap it, >> right? Or they'll cap it. Um so it could be one or the other. >> Yeah. >> Um we're going to add back the ACT testing opportunity. We took that away this this year because of the funding. Uh so Fremont County students will have the opportunity for one free ACT test through the Bochis. Uh and then the other change to the the budget this year would be just some incorporate some professional development funds for um staff and instructors uh that we can share shared resources between the college and the school districts
012to provide some professional development opportunities. So um that's the the Fremont County side of the budget. Um there there's the Hot Springs budget that I supplied to you as well. Uh it doesn't impact uh Fremont 25. The funds are kept separate. Fremont County and Hot Springs funds, excuse me, in Hot Springs County. The school district levies the mill up there. Um just to give you an idea, CWC will be asking or we've we've requested that the the board up there increase the mill levy from a quarter mill to half mill. And part of the reason there is to fund help fund uh an outreach facility. um in an outreach director position up in Thermopoulos. So, uh if you have any questions about the budget, I'd be happy to answer them. Um >> Jackson, >> yeah.
013>> Why isn't it similar to >> Well, so Jackson has a separate Teton Boseies. Um so that's just between Teton County School District One and CWC. Uh just that partnership, >> right? Um, I don't know why Hot Springs was grouped in with Fremont County however many years ago when this was created. >> Service was created. >> Well, Teton's always been our service area. >> So, >> yeah. >> Uh, it's just the the the different partner agreement. Teton County is levying abosis and CWC is a part of that. And then so that's separate funds that are >> so they don't CWC doesn't have any >> um not that you guys have to review or approve at all. >> Yeah. Does it? Yeah. >> So the $12,000 for the ACT testing that just goes back into our
014budget. >> Yeah. >> Since that was removed >> should be reimbursable. >> No, that's that's to the that's through the boi. So students can uh submit a request to the Bochis. We provide them a voucher >> and then they they take the test. >> We pay for that this year >> the ACT testing. >> I don't know if you guys provided one free ACT. >> We didn't provide any. >> Yes, we do it automatically. >> They get >> we just don't do an additional. They they'll pay for an additional kids. Yes. >> So it's separate from the >> separate from what we give. >> All right. question are homeschooled kids available. >> Yes. >> But when will that start? >> Uh [snorts] the vouchers are only good per calendar year. So >> We didn't have
015any this year. No. So again, >> uh the the the new budget year will start July 1st. So, >> I believe the first uh the earliest test that students could register would be in August. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, vouchers will be available in August. >> I wasn't sure if home >> Yeah, and and >> I'm glad you brought up homeschool. That's one of the gray areas. We're unsure with this dual enrollment funding how homeschool students are impacted. Um, >> yeah, they'll be there, but whether it comes through the WE funding or if it's through Bochi's the mill levy or if it's through >> money's coming from, >> they put a another small pot like $750,000 to the community college commission. Uh, and that's to cover students who aren't covered between a school district and
016the community college agree. So whether that's private school students only or charter school students or homeschool students, we're still waiting on rules from the community college commission now for for that fund. >> Yeah, >> there's there's there's >> good question. >> There's no urgency from the two >> state offices. >> Yes. >> To get the rules. >> Yeah. No rules. Like, yeah, rules would be good. >> But great news. Um, this is the first time the state's funded the dual enrollment at all. So, we're pretty excited about that. >> Yeah, >> you should be. >> It was It was terrible. >> Yeah. >> But we did still have 11, no, nine graduates this year. Um, >> one of the graduates was the commencement speaker at the college again, just like uh your graduate last year
017was, which is pretty awesome. you know, the high school students stepping up and getting to speak at the college graduation ceremony. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Matt. >> Yeah. Um, >> thank you. >> Our next board meeting is June 29th. So, just ask that you send your recommendation um to approve the budget with Jody to the next meeting. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Thanks for being here, Matt. Okay. And now we have Kate. I'm not going to try to say the last word. Switzer >> I know. But >> kind of like when people >> No, wait a minute. They they you know they actually got Gatbine correct at state. It's not Gat and Bian. >> Most [laughter] people pronounce mine cuser. I don't know because because of the
018name being able to not pronounce it. >> Okay. >> Yep. Sorry, Kate. >> Swiss towis. >> Swiss. >> For the record, >> I've got just a quick presentation. Um, I wanted to go over because I think sometimes we get caught up and we forget to acknowledge and and pat ourselves on the back a little bit about how much we have accomplished over the years. So when I started, I found a tech plan that the district had approved that was for 2015 through 2020. So it was developed prior to 2015 and that was during um the leadership of Terry Snyder and Joanne Flanigan. It had three main goals. So the first one was to improve instructional practice um develop tech leaders. We've done that. So in every school there is a minimum of one, sometimes two
019building texts that serve as the first line of defense for questions, simple questions that come up in the classrooms that they don't have to come over here to central office. And that has been a very very successful program. We pay those people a $2,000 a year stipen and it's the best two grand we spend because they uh just handle all those little nitpicky things that people get stuck on and you don't want to put in a ticket and you don't want to wait, you just want help right now and they handle um the majority of those things. >> That's awesome. >> Evaluate and discuss student data. So this is something that we've just incorporated into our practices now with PLC's and yellow sheet days. Christina and um the principles can atone that every one of
020these meetings does have some kind of data component and it's not even like a an agenda item. It is the agenda by default. Um staying a breast of current emerging technologies that's something that we're ongoing that never ends. The next goal was to increase achieve achievement, engagement and learning through the use of technology with some um specific items as provide opportunities for learning and understanding using technology. I think we blew through this during COVID like this is the default now. This isn't an extra um to we're using technology to assess achievement and engagement again. We've done that and it's ongoing and now it's just part of how we operate and equitable access blown through that and then some. We have so many devices for students and staff. There is not a question of equity any
021longer. So those we've accomplished completely. The third goal was provide instruction that ensures technology literate students. And this is one that's never finished. It's ongoing. So are they accept able to access work from multiple platforms? Yes, we have that. We have a our primary platform but we have lots of others express themselves appropriately, communicate and collaborate with others. I think this was another one that we were forced to do through COVID. And I see emails between um teachers and principles with students be like, "You should look at the tone of your voice in that email. Maybe you should reward that." I mean, so we're about that all of the time. Choose appropriate technology to tools to accomplish real world tasks. Demonstrate global citizenship. These are the ones that I would say are ongoing because we
022it's continually evolving and present using technology tools. So, I know teachers are working that all the time to get kids um able to present with technology. The lesson we did learn through COVID is that kids don't magically know how to do all this stuff. We have to teach them. We do. There is still a place for direct instruction. They might be comfortable with the idea, but they don't know how to do things magically. We have to teach them. We have to teach typing. We have to teach them how to save. We have to teach them how to clickity click and here and there. Um because they're just not going to automatically know it from the ether. No, >> it just doesn't >> uh the tech plan did include an action plan and I just wanted
023to go through some of the things that we've done. The wireless upgraded there we've completed two rounds of wireless upgrade amplification in the classrooms. Every classroom in the district has a voice amplification system. There was a ton of piloting of cows, computers on wheels, which are laptop carts, Chromebook carts. That has been completed and exceeded. So, in the lower grades, those carts are still in classrooms. In the upper grades, those computers have moved to the library and the kids check out the computer for the year. They charge it in a cart in their classroom, but it's their responsibility for the whole year. there was a pilot of BYOD which stands for bring your own device and over time that was not pursued because it's so hard to manage those devices. Um and now we actively
024don't let students bring their own device to school because of that. There's just too many security, you know, um issues and kids getting around content filters that because we've provided them with a device, we manage that device. we don't let kids bring their personal devices to school. And then like that's a whole side topic of cell phones that we won't talk about. Um part of the plan was to pilot Google um apps for education and it's been renamed a couple times, but we are fully immersed in Google now. That is our default. We all use it. Um we still install Microsoft Office on our staff computers because we just can't get it out of people's hands. But that is getting less and less every year. So, we are a Google district um soup to nuts.
025And then we continue training and the use of technology to increase student achievement and technology literacy. That's an ongoing thing that we're continuing to do. So, I feel like I kind of came in right at the tail end of COVID. So my when I think of the district I think of how the district was pre-COVID and then how the district is postcoid which coincides with my tenure. So we've replaced all the wired and wireless infrastructure within the district and it is has a 10year minimum lifespan and we are good until 2033. We paid for that with a combination of COVID money and e-ate and a little bit of general funds. The phone system was replaced. That is also a 10-year lifespan. We're actively looking at um we currently run our phones with all onrem or
026on premise equipment. That is going to age out here in the next two to four years. And we're trying to figure out where we want to go with that. If we want to replace it with more onrem equipment or go to the cloud. The downside of going to the cloud is when the internet is down, the phones are down and people freak out. >> Yeah. So [laughter] that we haven't decided. >> We retired Noville. And for those of you that are unfamiliar with Nobel, it was in the olden days before Microsoft got to be as big as it is. So [laughter] we finally retired Noville. We've replaced it with a more nimble and flexible model. Um I think if you ask uh the people in the buildings, we can troubleshoot really quick. We can reimage
027things. We can reimage a computer, which means just like factory reset it and get it back to going in a matter of about an hour. And before it used to take almost a whole day. So, we've really um >> we've become more efficient. Um patch management, remote support, those kinds of things. I've worked really hard to change the IT department from the department of no uh and now it's the department of yes but so I try to say yes with the >> but no. [laughter] >> Um we've really leaned into investigations and eiscocovery capabilities. We had this um for a long time but I don't think people understood exactly how powerful it was and how much we could use it. So, I could get a request from Jod today that said, "I need all of
028the documents and emails about this staff member for the past two months, and I can create that investigation and give her results within about an two hours." So, um that has been really um beneficial and people are starting to use that more and more. It's been really helpful with lots of different HR issues. Um and then in general, our department is really active and visible in the schools. Looking forward, things that we're working on, um, working with Ed McFerson and Julie Mason on figuring out how to use major maintenance funds to replace some outdated cameras. So, there's cameras in Aspen that were installed when it was built that we need to replace >> and some older devices scattered throughout. Rendezvous has a lot. I don't think we're going to replace the Rendezvous ones. We're just
029going to keep holding on. for dear life. Uh Jackson Frontier has a bunch of cameras that need to be replaced. This building has some really old ones. So, we're working on that. The intercom at RMS and RHS is old, old, old, old, and we need to replace those. And that is going to be really expensive. >> We're going to go for major maintenance money on that because that is just not something our general fund can handle. Um, we're working on device creep. And that what I mean by we have Chromebooks for every kid and then we have some in the special ed room and then we have some in the library and then we have some in the computer lab and then we have some extra in SSC and then we have some sitting in
030an office and we just have devices all over the place. I know this was a big issue with the legislature about funding onetoone. um we're like one to two, one to three if I count all of the devices. So, we're getting that back under control and figuring out how we can not replace devices. Um we have a lot of iPads that we're not going to replace. We have about 600 in the district and we're looking at maybe replacing a hundred of them. um pairing down on our numbers of Chromebooks at the different schools. Prior to me coming, schools purchased their own Chromebook fleets and we just kind of managed them from the side. We're changing that now so that they're purchased centrally so we can get a really get a good handle on how many
031we have and where they're being used. The same thing that happened with devices is happening with software. we have our main um curriculum that has an online component and then we have and then we have spell city and then we have you know we have all these things. So Christina and I and her team um with the instructional facilitators we're pairing that down and deciding what are we really using? What is worth paying money for? If we're not paying money for it and it's free, then why are we paying for other stuff like this balance of what we pay for, what is free, what we need. Um, and then squeezing the capability out of all the product that we have before we go looking for a new one. Um, we all do this where you
032can't figure out your phone and you don't know exactly what to do, but then somebody with a different phone is like, "Oh," you just go and you're like, "Maybe I should get that phone." >> Yeah. instead of taking the time to learn how to make your phone work the best for you. Uh so that's what we're trying to do. We're um looking at different softwares and trying to figure out are we using this to its full capacity. Cyber security is an ongoing thing. Um we had two incidents in the month of May. You heard about the Canvas incident which was worldwide news. Every student in the country that had a Canvas account, including my kids in college, your grandkids, all of our kids, had their data breached. It was worldwide and impacted every single one
033of their customers. Then we had a separate incident with an AI tool that got um erroneously enabled in an IEP meeting and it exfiltrated a bunch of really sensitive data. Luckily, it didn't go outside the district, but I did work with the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security and the federal SISA, cyber security. I don't remember what SISA stands for. Um, something agency. Anyway, I worked with them. We got that contained and mitigated and documented, but that's just an ongoing issue. For the Canvas um issue, there are a bunch of parents that were in the system and their observers of their students of their children and their data was also exfiltrated and I personally emailed every one of those parents to let them know the situation just so that they knew that they were also included
034not just their students. We're still waiting on data and um more details from Canvas but they haven't released them yet. We're still doing the AI guidance, governance, and support. Due to some staffing changes, I'm going to take over and be the chair of that committee. We're going to continue that work next um school year. So, we have a committee of about 15 to 20 educators. I'm the only one on the admin leadership side, but everybody else is either a classroom teacher or an instructional facilitator. We've got broad representation from first grade all the way up to high school. uh predictable device rotation. We have this right now with staff devices. So we replace staff devices every five years. So depending on the year that your laptop was purchased, it's good for five years. Year six,
035we replace it. That is really stable and in place. We're developing that with student devices right now. Like I said, each school used to buy them. Then we had our big yatsi where we jumbled everything together and rearranged everybody. So, we're working on the student devices so that we can predictably work with the business office and be like, "We're going to buy 500 Chromebooks this year and next year and the year after because we're just going to get it into that rotation." We're not there yet, but that's where we're headed. And then, Senate File 81, everyone's favorite topic. >> There is a small group of um I would say veteran or experienced tech directors. We have gotten together and we're working to create a common message and we've got about four talking points so that
036if any one of us is asked by a superintendent, a board, a legislator what we need for technology funding in regards to Senate File 81, we've got like four common answers. Jod's going to share that document out with you guys, so I didn't put it in here. Um, we've been working on that for about a month, month and a half. Um, a couple of us are going to attend the committee hearing in Lander at the end of the month and I'll be one of them there. So, I'm happy to take forward any of your questions, concerns and talk about that however you want to. Uh, I just listed the department makeup. Um, we also I added the building techs and the interns. We have a really good balance in our department right now between veteran
037and high experienced staff with fresh, eager, young, younger staff members. So, as people retire, we're growing our pups to fill those shoes. So, it's not like we're going to have like a huge brain drain um when someone retires. We've also um worked on providing professional development to each uh member in their focus or area of responsibility. So, they've all had a pretty extensive round of professional development development in the past past couple years. And then Jod and I worked on um creating a salary schedule with a growth plan. So, if you're young and you start in at the end user specialist, there's a there's a place for promotion. Um there wasn't before. Everybody was just on the same lane and the only thing that you had was your steps. So, we've broken that up and
038we've given people the opportunity that if they want to stay with the district and learn new skills, there's a place for them to grow, too. >> And that's it. >> That's it. >> Awesome. >> That was awesome. >> Awesome job. >> Oh, like a lot of a lot to cover in that Google. >> Yes. So it's called Google Fundamentals for Education. No, Google B. They change the names all the time. It's not the free level. It's one step up. And I'm debating. >> Yeah. AI. >> Yes. >> As much as we can. Yeah. We're trying. >> Yep. Yeah. So, I'm debating if we're going to stay with the paid version or if we're going to go back down to the free version. Um, we bought another tool with a cyber security grant that gives us
039pretty much everything that's in the paid version from Google. So, we're looking at that with renewals that are coming up this summer. >> AI. >> Yep. princip student data and >> yep teacher data. >> So Google assures us as much as we can be assured by Google that they are not using our student data and our private data for nefarious unethical reasons. That's what they tell us when we work with staff members. We remind staff members to change Johnny's name and Carl's name to student one and student two to anonymize things. People make mistakes or they forget. I'm guilty of it and you just put people's names in, but we we try to with all of our professional >> development or they'll change that. >> And Google says they're not doing anything bad with it.
040>> Well, [laughter] that's right. >> Yep. Yep. talking points is critical for the legislature that we have now. >> Yeah. >> Because they listen to certain things and the more people that are telling it to them, the better they seem to listen. If the message can be consistent, it's >> right >> and reheard and reheard >> concise. And that's and that's what we've talked about is that we want to make a consistent message. So whether you're in Big Horn County talking to a legislature legislator or Sweetwater, Fremont, wherever you're hearing the same thing, I'll just go through them real quick. Um, number one, technology is no longer library media. We have graduated from the library, so we need to staff accordingly. the funding model um the model funds technology purchases better than technology support. So,
041we're doing a really good job of buying all the things for our districts as a state. We're not doing a good job of making sure people are there to make them work. Uh modern technology, modern school technology is operational infrastructure. And I think you all feel this when the internet goes out and they can't take attendance and they can't do their grades or they can't see the video cameras or those kinds of things. Um it's really kind of a blanket across all of our operations within the district and the workload has changed faster than the staffing model. >> When I started um you could have a technology director that also ran the computer lab. There was maybe an SIS that did attendance. Some teachers had computers and that has just evolved. But our staffing model
042isn't much different than it was when we were, you know, back in a single computer lab and a classroom, one computer, one classroom shared situation. >> So, those are the four talking points. We're going to work on it more on Thursday. So, like I said, I'm happy to bring any questions, concerns, comments back to the group, but that's kind of the rough idea right now. >> Thank you for those. >> Thank you, Kate. Anything else? >> Okay, thank you very much. >> Okay, we'll move on to board members. Let's start over here with Carl. graduation. [laughter] >> You loved it. His face was right at my feet. Scared me to death. [laughter] >> Control, but it was, you know, the experiment of being outside was worthwhile do it. It's still a possibility. Um and kids
043are outdamn listenary whatever you're off so I'm just looking forward to summer >> Bruce >> I also like graduation I mean it was it went I had not anticipated the fireworks did kind of take me by surprise. Um I'm glad that the kids are done with school. I always kind of have to laugh how certain they are what their future looks like. It's just kind of it didn't work out that way for me. and the plays that they're putting on. >> I went to a couple of them. It was just really fun to get to see the the facility get used and the kids, you know, do their performances. Anybody that didn't make it to one next year because it's >> they're worthwhile. >> That's all I got. >> Okay, Lynette. Well, I will echo
044everyone's um comments about graduation. I think it was awesome and the weather was beautiful. It was a little chilly, but that was better than being way too hot. So, um we have our Northwest Boseies meeting tomorrow evening. Um and we should be looking at a preliminary budget there. So, I will bring that back to the next board meeting. That's all I have. >> Okay, Lori. Um again, echoing everything. I I thought it was u there's no way you could do the revving up of the motorcycles or the fireworks at an indoor event. So, that was interesting. And I >> I really loved our our two main speakers, uh Mr. Jasmine and um Mr. Toman. Uh took some of that with me to St. George when I traveled there. And I just it was just I
045thought they were very appropriate, very interesting, and uh very relevant to the kids. And so that I really enjoyed that. Um, other than that, I don't really have Oh, I did visit with uh Jody and Colton about um a meeting that took place. I don't know if you were able to attend the the Freedom Caucus did a myth mythbusters recalibration mythbusters, but they did. Uh, and so I I thought that probably would be something good for somebody who has knowledge to be able to attend. So, I thought that would be I didn't send that message on and I'll be kind of interested to hear there was I mean, you don't have to report out on it here unless you want to, but thought that was a very interesting session that they had there. And uh
046other than that, I graduation was wonderful and I really enjoyed that. So, that's all I have and congratulations to all of our graduates. And by the way, Terry, you did a great job as well. So, >> thank you. Okay, Terry. >> Yeah, accolades on the on the graduation. That was fantastic. Got to go to the uh powow for Rondoo. That was fascinating. And it was just like hurting cats. Those kids are all over. They were having so much fun. >> And then I got to go to the midc middle school, middle school play and the high school plays. When uh I was in high school, I was doing the back uh the the stuff for the backgrounds and stuff like that. And I was wondering how they could do that in three separate plays. They
047were able to do all of the in the background there. It's amazing. And we have some very good singers, by the way. Middle school is awesome for singing. And uh that's it. Thank you, >> Jody. >> I thought graduation was was really a nice celebration and and I think that I I could hear better with the audio and I really appreciated everybody involved. Um I just echo what everybody else had to say. Um, Terry, when Terry spoke up there and she talked about meeting those kids for the first time when they were small and then having them come across and Carl probably could attest this too, but when you watch your grandchild grow up with it with their peers, when they were coming across that stage, although we had grown men and women walking across
048the stage in front of us, all I could see was a little kid in them. And it it's amazing, you know, to to be priv to have the privilege of getting to be that close and and having the privilege to be able to hand your grandchild their diploma. There is nothing that parallels that. It um it was just amazing. I did go to um it was been a crazy plethora of things, but um senior night soccer was really done well. Um, and then we went to regionals in Jackson and I wanted to thank the track team because they were on their way to Star Aton Star Valley and they came to the games and we had an entire student body section at that at that tra at that soccer game. Um, the which was incredible.
049Um, it was you couldn't have asked for a better one. It's the one that they we had over two overtimes and a and a shootout and that was really really fun. And then after graduation went state soccer, same thing. Um, we there it was I'm really proud of our kids and how our kids conduct oursel because that's not the case with all schools and and so we're very fortunate our kids I I heard good things when I came out of the hotel we were staying in because there were our and them not knowing that they were our that I had valued uh or input for kiddos but how polite they were, how how well mannered they were, how nice they left their room. I heard all of those things and those those coaches and and
050that they need to hear that. Um I I attended today we did a the RHS all class reunion is doing we've done a couple of scholarships and we uh we give them to um alumni students or or or graduating students. We gave one to um the to a student who graduated this year and then and then we gave one today to an individual that graduated in 2014 but has went back to school to further her education. And that's always really nice to be able to be a part of all of that. So, um that's it for me. Thank you and congratulations to all of our graduates. >> Thank you, Christina. >> I do not have anything. Thank you, >> Roy. >> Yes. So, uh, just wanted to, uh, mention that our ragu pawa went really
051well. This is the largest one that we've had. We've had over 71 dancers registered. >> Um, so last year I think we had 40, a little over 40, so almost doubling the amount of dancers. What made it possible is, um, there's a program that has a community closet for regelia. So, we had lots of dancers that, uh, took advantage of that and were able to dance. some of them for the very first time. So, so that was really great. Uh we're already planning for next year and hoping to continue growing that event. Uh and um our program also was able to um set up the TVs at the graduation and I think that was a really nice touch. Um and then we gave out 41 star quilts. So we had 41 Native American graduates this
052year. >> A good day for those. Yeah. >> Yes, it was. They were really liking them. [laughter] >> I know. >> Yeah. I almost wanted to borrow one. So, >> and then forget to mention the hoop dancer. >> Yeah. So, um yeah, our hoop dancer actually um came has come for the last couple years, Jasmine Bell. She's the world champion hoop dancer. And this year, she actually brought her uh her children. So, she had four uh four of her children dancing alongside her with the hoops. So that was a really special moments and um and then the RJ1 picnic had to be rescheduled. So it's it'll be this Saturday. So if anyone is available, whoever's listening, it's from 11 to 3 at JC Park on Saturday. >> Thanks. >> Okay. >> I don't have anything
053other than congratulations to all the graduates. That's wonderful. >> Okay, Jada, you have anything? >> I do not. Thank you, Terry. >> Bolton, >> nothing. Thank you, [clears throat] >> Dodie. >> Okay, so um you probably will hear some things about the insurance um coming around. And I think it's important for people to understand and we've tried to get the communication out that the new deductions, they don't wait and come in September. The your the insurance is renewed in July. We pay for insurance the month before. So, starting with the June paychecks, the new deductions will be coming out for all staff who have chosen to go um with the district insurance. So, um if you are questioned about that, that is that is why it doesn't wait until until September. Um so, I did
054attend the Mythbusters and I was not um I was not surprised um by anything that was said. they were um actually very politically correct and and touched base just on topics that that could be um that weren't um adversarial. They did talk about the activities and that they um realized that it did impact 18 districts pretty heavily. Um other districts not as much. Some districts actually are making more money from their activities. So they are going to revisit that. and they touched on a a few other things um that they'll be talking about, but really it wasn't it wasn't nearly as divisive as I thought it might be just knowing how things have been. So um that was an interesting meeting to watch. I'm not sure if they have a recording of it if you
055could watch it. Um I did get distracted a couple of times because it was 7 o'clock in the evening and I was doing other things. So um we are going to be closed for Red Rover training. That's our new um time in attendance absent management type program that we have decided to convert to. Um so central office will be the first group of people that are trained on that. So the afternoon of Tuesday, June 2nd, um we'll have the doors shut so that everybody can be trained so you're aware of that. Um also the summer schedule, we've sent that to you. Thank you again for um being flexible with us at the office. It's really nice to have those Fridays um with the doors closed and the phones off. Some people are able to take
056advantage and and maybe um not work as much that day and others are able to just really get some some work done that they're not able to when the phones are ringing. Um I did go to the charter public comment uh tonight. It did end early. It didn't go all the way to 6:30. They stayed around in case other people attended but not um I didn't stay on virtually. And for the most part, um the comments were were very positive, um for the school district as well. Um I was appreciative that people didn't take an opportunity to just dig um the district and and say that's why we needed um a charter school. So I did appreciate the people being um supportive that the Riverton School District is a is a is a good school
057district. They just would like some other options. um some of the things that they made comment of I took some notes about and I can talk to our teachers and our administrators about why aren't we meeting these needs um because it is possible for us too. So um I took some good notes from that and that is all I have for today. Okay. And I don't have anything this evening either just that it was a wonderful graduation and we're now into summer. Okay, at this time we have opportunity for anybody else out there in the audience. You have anything you want to talk about today? >> No. >> Okay, we'll move on to action items. Consider an administrative recommendation to approve an out ofstate travel request. Madame Chair, I would move that we approve the
058Riverton High School Key Club students travel to Dallas in Texas or Dallas, Texas in July of 2026 for the Key Club International Convention as per policy. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. Anyone opposed? Same sign. Recommendation to approve the Riverton. Oh, sorry. Consider an administrative recommendation to approve the 2627 CWC boies budget. >> Madame chair, I would move um that the board approve the 2026 2027 CWC bo. >> Any questions or comments? >> Just that we really appreciate that piece of legislation that they did this last year. will supplement what we lost from property tax. Wish they would do it for others, city's That's where all this other >> right >> but it's great that they did it. >> Yes, it is. >> Anything else? All those in
059favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Same sign. Consider an administrative recommendation to adopt policies. Madam Chair, I would move that the board adopt amended policy 636, resident non-enrolled student activity participation, amended policy 3407, user data ret data retention. Amended policy 3400, data privacy and security. Amended policy 6150, student use of cell phone and other electronic equipment. New policy 5500, federal programs time and effort policy. and new exhibit 3400-E1 data privacy and security on first reading. Second, >> any questions or comments? >> I'm just glad we went back to the numbering system and not the lettering system. >> Boy, that was miserable to read through those. >> Okay, all those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Same sign. Okay. Consider an administrative recommendation to accept resignations. Madam Chair, I would move to accept the resignation
060of Riverton Middle School 8th grade ELA teacher Kimberly Orbell, Willow Creek Elementary School, fifth grade teacher Laura Sloan, Willow Creek Elementary School sped teacher Christina Newandorf Aspen Elementary School um sped teacher Brett Hoover, all effective May 22nd of 2026. Riverton Middle School assistant football and wrestling coach and Riverton High School assistant wrestling coach Talon Tolman effective May 12th, 2026. Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. Anybody opposed? >> Consider an administrative recommendation to offer contracts. Madam Chair, I would move that the board offer a contract to Tyler Jordan as a Riverton Middle School assistant cross country coach, Maggie Hill as a Willow Creek Elementary School sped teacher, Misty Neville as a Willow Creek Elementary School teacher, Cody Frasier as a Riverton High School science teacher. Triton Forestman as a Riverton
061High School head golf coach. Rachel Rap as a Riverton High School assistant girls basketball coach. Allison Becker as a Riverton Middle School assistant volleyball coach and Camry Jevney as the Riverton Middle School assistant volleyball coach. All effective for the 2026 2027 school year. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Okay, moving on to information items. Important dates. Joint education meeting is June 1st and 2nd, 2026 in Casper. And school finance recalibration meeting is June 24th and 25th 5th in Lander. Save the date. Frontier Academy graduation is Monday, June 8th, 2026 at 5:00 PM at Frontier Academy. Reminder, board work session on Tuesday, June 9th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. for alternative school Mercer study. donation of 50 Spark Initiative robot kits from the University of Wyoming School of Computing Computing
062valued at $4,500. The kits will be divided between the middle school, middle, and high school. Amended policies are related to district PTO and wages by policy number. Full policy name and number are presented with the attachment. Policies 5060 5082 5083 5084 5085 5090 5095 5100 5103 5105 5305 and 5311 amended pol amended attendance policies by policy number legislative was sea u 002002 full policy name and number are presented with the attachment. So policies 65 R-R1 and 620 amended facilities use policies policy legislation sea 0036 policy 7035 community use of school facilities amended federal program and IEP policies audit findings and slashchapter 44 4 rules regulations 2080-R1 travel and expense reimbursement amended policy 3210 meal charge amended medication administration policies legislation SEA 0020 policy by policy number full policy name and number are presented with the
063attachments policy 3010 4115-R1 1 6120 6135 amended student activities policies um legislation. and it was HA0017 and SEA002 policy 6100 student activities and organizations certified staff changes transfer Jessica H to an RMS 8th grade ELA teacher Morgan Elias to a Frontier Academy social worker Cameron Robertson to a Frontier Academy teacher classified staff changes Resignations. RHS head custodian Zach Zand Fern effective May May 15, 2026. RHS Parah Lacy Reynolds effective May 15, 2026. Willow Creek Parah Tessa Cell Now effective May 18, 2026. Aquatic Center Desk Clerk Travis McFarland effective May 18, 2026. Special Services Secretary Katherine Ross effective May 22nd, 2026. Transfers Natasha Iden to a special services secretary. Patricia Granland to an atrisisk transition coordinator. Transfer corrections. Daniel Stewart to an RMS instructional support specialist. New hires Jackie >> Stoalt as a transportation CDL driver
064trainer and subbus drivers Jaseline McKay as a Willow Creek parah and then your separation notices are in executive content. Any any notifications of 10day drop students? >> Yep. Okay. All right. Discussion items. Jody, you're up. Review policy amendments. >> Okay. So, I did provide you a pretty extensive list just giving you a short update of what happened within each policy based on legislation or um what we as a district have talked about doing. So, I know probably the uh most important ones to talk about really are going to be the PTO um because that's that's one that is not required by statute and it is something that we have discussed going to as a district um moving away from the sick leave designation and switching to paid time off. Um, so I don't know if
065you have specific questions um about the information that I provided for you and those PTO policies and then >> so just just these are all been shared with the staff now. >> Yes. So they have been shared with our administrators at leadership team meetings, asked to take back to their guiding coalitions and their staff to find out and get their perspective and then come back and report. Um we haven't I mean obviously um there are some concerns from some of us that are more um fiscally worried about um the amount of substitutes that might go up but we are going to have that conversation about you know we're we're trying to be very flexible um in an in a job that already has a lot of flexibility based on the vacations that are built into
066the calendar and we're just asking them to be responsible. Um and so we did put some parameters in of how many days you can use in a row and some extenduating circumstances and those things. And we are asking that people, you know, um use them for for things that they couldn't do otherwise if they didn't take the day off. >> And this this is a you know it it's one of these things that uh it does affect the staff. It's a change. And so it's always good to be effectively communicating with them as we put them out. >> And they are things that do need to be needed or that are needed and also that the administrators in all the buildings and departments understand them well and can talk to their >> personel >> personnel
067so that they can say this is how it works. So, um we will have a meeting um June June 11th and 12th with the administrators for two days and we'll be discussing um some of those very specific things of we all need to be on the same page. So, we'll have some scenarios of if this happened in your building, how would you respond? And then we'll talk through it with everybody else just to make sure um that we're aligned. Currently, we have not been. Um, our intent at two years ago or whenever we updated that policy to where we tried to give more flexibility where people could exchange days in order to have more personal time off. Um, that got implemented so willy-nilly and some people were very strict about it and other people were
068just use your sick days if you want to. And so we're going to get on the same page because it's really hard to have a climate and culture of accountability when everybody's doing their own thing based on their belief system. >> Right. Yeah. >> Sounds good. >> So the the other two that are within that PTO and wages um part are the horizontal movement on the salary schedule. Um that is a significant change to um based on our new threelane wage scale. And so rather than be able to take various random courses to get yourself to the to the 40 plus 45 or to the plus 30 or whatever it is on our schedules, we now are requiring that it be a program of study. Um and those are very specifically outlined in there. And
069so I just wanted to point that out to you. Um you that's something that we may have questions about. We have we have put this out to our administrators and we have asked them to communicate it. At one of our early me meetings in the um school year, we had a conversation about that things generally are communicated better if we send it to them and then they forward it out and have the conversation with their staff. Um on most issues we did okay with that this year, but then we lost track of that or I lost sight of it. And so I have reminded myself that instead of having some of our communications come from central office directly out that we send it to the principles and ask them to put it out. So that's
070an area of growth for me and and our central office leadership like you said making sure that those communications are carried forward and then having them have opportunity to bring back the thoughts from their building >> and they and principles and team leaders and whatnot. That's that's one of their jobs. That's things that they do need to be able to roll out and be comfortable with uh because it's it's part of leadership. >> It is. And and that part of that is um me helping to facilitate what needs to be carried forward and reminding um because you know how it is. You have a meeting and you have 20 agenda items or hopefully not that many, but then by the end of the agenda >> um just forgetting what needs to be carried forward and
071what doesn't need to be carried forward. And there's an awful lot going on in buildings. So, um, I'll make a commit committed effort to get better at reminding them at the end of meetings or through an email of what they need to make sure that they're touching base with their staff. >> Just put it in the memo. >> It's their job >> and send it out. >> I I do think that the training and the and the modeling, I think that's great. >> Yeah. >> You just talked about >> exchanging >> PTO stuff. put out the same everywhere >> and that's >> we're not providing >> the farther you get from the source of the message >> the more chance there is for >> the telephone game. >> Yeah. So we will be working on
072that um to have that consistency because it's important um you know you have spouses working in one building and another in a different building and then one's principal says yes to something and the other says no and I mean it just it just creates an atmosphere that's not conducive to a positive climate and culture. So we'll get to the bottom of that and I do think it it's a positive change because it does give flexibility for staff. They will lose their two personal days in this. So it is 10 PTO days um instead of 12 because it's personal days. And additionally it will um the their PTO days we did word it to where those if you don't use them. So say I have 10 and I use six, the four at the end of
073the year will roll into my sick leave then and then if a catastrophic event happens and I do need to use sick leave, I will use that first and then go to sick leave bank. So we're not removing sick leave bank or sick leave. Um it's just looks a little bit different. I think this lends to the clarity of everybody moving forward and having exactly the same thing as long as you can, like Carl said, share that information out and make sure your staff is well aware. >> And I think we need to remind people too to be judicious in their use of their personal time. >> Yeah. because heaven forbid something horrifying does happen and you have blown it on frivolous things then you don't have an opportunity for sick bank because you don't
074have any sick time >> right and I do believe that we wrote in I'll have to look again um I do think that we wrote in there that we that we reserve the right to look at how past leave was used um in making determinations regarding sick bank >> as I know that happened when I worked worked at the district and we had the sick bank and we served on it. It was a staff committee and we had a person who had used his for fishing on Fridays and whatever and then he had a catastrophic incident and we had to tell him no. >> Yeah. >> And it was it was awful. >> Is there anything else? >> So that's all I had unless you um had had any more. I did um after we
075after I sent out the medication administration um we did add to one of the policies a cardiac emergency response um because that's required by one of our reporting things and eventually it probably will be in statute. So we thought we might as well just add it to the policy at this time. >> Okay, great. >> As I was pointing out to you earlier, there's I can't get two of the policies in F to open. I have the same issue. >> And then in the next one, I have the community use facility zip. >> I noticed that >> it just spins and and so >> so I'll download those as a PDF and just send them all to you in one file. >> That'd be great. >> And you can read through them. >> My guess
076is there's just some little >> Did I Did I send them to you with my little outline or did I forget to attach that? >> Okay. So, I'll make sure I'll make sure we get those sent out to you. >> Thank you. >> One that didn't open and then the second time I went into it, it opened. >> I'm still They still won't open for me. >> I've tried a dozen times on different days. >> Jay did it intentionally for you, Carl. >> I know. We got Carl, >> that was just her way to sit and we're moving on. We're moving on, folks. >> I want to just say thank you, Jody, for everything that you do. You are amazing. Thank you. >> All right. Now we're going into executive session for student discipline. >>
077Madam chair, I would move we adjourn to executive session for student discipline. >> Second.