001to order. Could please stand for 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. >> I need a roll call. Madam chair, we have a quorum. >> Do we have any changes to the uh agenda tonight? >> We do not. >> Madam Chair, I would move that we adopt the agenda as presented. >> Second. >> All those any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Consider payment of bills, late pays, including late pays and pre-authorization of payroll, insurance, utilities. If I forgot one here, are there any corrections to the April 28th, 2026 minutes as distributed? >> No. Okay. Consider payment of bills including
002late pays and pre-authorization of payroll, insurance, utilities, officials, and automatic payments. Madam Chair, I would move that we um accept the consent agenda as presented. >> Seconded. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. Anybody opposed? Okay. Moving on to our round table. We have a trip debrief from Haley Lavoy, the RHS FFA adviser, and the FFA students. If you'd like to come forward first. Okay. >> Hi, thank you for having us. We are the newly elected Riverton FFA officer team for the 2026 2027 elect 2026 2077. We were elected last Thursday at our annual banquet. So tonight is our act is actually our first act of duty and we are excited for this next year. Just a fun fact, Riverton FFA was established in 1929, making us the 97th officer team.
003This year was incredibly successful, and we wanted to take a few minutes to share some of our accomplishments, and thank you for all your continued support for the Riverton FFA to make this last year possible. The first accomplishment is that we were that we are now officially the second largest FFA chapter in the state, and we're beating some of the Casper and Cheyenne schools. Now >> to start things off, Riverton FFA was awarded the Gold Chapter Award, recognizing us as one of the top chapters in Wyoming for leadership and community service. This was a huge achievement because this was our chapter office school last year. In addition, two of our members were elected as Wyoming State FFA officers, which is one of the highest n highest honors in FFA. Danny Santi was elected state secretary
004and Tasha Kenyon was elected state treasurer. We are we are also proud to share that one of our adviserss Christina Beckan received an honorary degree. >> All right. [clears throat] This year our horse judging team got grand champions at state and we will be we will have the opportunity to advance to nationals in Indianapolis in October. We will be practicing throughout the summer and also attending the state 4 horse judging competition this June as well. The team members include myself, Madison, Sam Floyd, Hadley Huges, Zack Thornok, and Shaha Sunoon. We placed first place in performance, second in halter, and third in reasons. And I also got third high individual in reasons. We also had many state degree recipients this year. The state degree is the highest degree that you can receive as a member in
005FFA. We had eight recipients and this reflects years of hard work and dedication from these students. These eight individuals worked hard to achieve this accomplishment. These individuals are Tasha Kenyon, Danny Santi, Avery Toman, Morgan Adams, Brianna Bower, Samantha Floyd, Lily Weber, and Rosalinda Ramos. Our chapter is very proud of our members for going above and beyond to achieve these goals. Um, to add on to that, we also had four members compete in leadership development events this year. Danny Santi competed in prepared speaking and was named reserve champion. Tasha Kenyon competed in employment skills and was also uh had the honor of earning reserve champion. Alyssa Smithers and Cali Bradley competed in agricultural education. Cali was reserved champion of the state and Alyssa earned high individual in the practicum and placed third overall. We had numerous
006SAE proficiency winners this year as well. SA stands for supervised agricultural experience which includes the projects, work, and agricultural lifestyles our members are involved in outside of the classroom. We are proud to share that Danny Santi was named the regional star farmer for profic proficiency awards. Gold represents first in the state, silver is second, and bronze is third. Danny received gold in beef production entrepreneurship and forage production entrepreneurship. Samantha Floyd earned gold in diversified crop production and silver in beef production placement. Morgan Adams received bronze in beef production entrepreneurship. In agricultural education, Tasha Kenyon earned bronze and Danny Santi earned silver you guys. For another state champ for another state champion team, our middle school livestock judging team included Kale Cougler, Eastston Beckan, Haley Adams, Haley Adams, and Levi Jackson. We are super excited for
007these guys to move up to the high school next year. Our a issues team placed fourth overall and team members include Avery Toman, Tasha Kenyon, Jacelley Cougar, and myself, Kinley Pier, along with Tessa Kenyon. Our livestock joining team worked hard this year and placed fifth overall, fourth in beef, fourth in reasons, seventh in female selection, and eighth in placings. Team members include Danny Santi, Wyatt Jackson, Brody Hinkle, and Kate Anderson. Individually, Danny placed high individual in reasons, eighth overall, and second in sheep and goats. Lastly, Wyatt Jackson placed 10th overall in placings. Our middle school meets judging team placed sixth in the state, fifth in grading, and fifth in ID. Team members in include Cole Whitell, Mason Little, Een Beckin, and Nat Natalie Hansen. The these are just a few accomplishment of the accomplishments we
008achieved and there are many more teams and places but we don't want to take up any of your evening. Thank you all again for your support and making our chapter possible. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Wonderful job. >> Thank you. Thank you for representing our school so wonderfully, our district. Thank you guys. We appreciate you. >> Okay, the next thing on our agenda is the American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge. >> Oh, they're little. >> A little one. >> They're little. >> All right. Shy. >> Yeah, they are. >> Good evening. I am Aubrey Cladaris. I am the school engagement director for the American Heart Association covering the entire state of Wyoming and northern Colorado. I am so so excited to be here tonight to to recognize these
009two fabulous students at Willow Creek Elementary School. Um I did prepare something, so I'm going to go ahead and read that if that's okay with you. All right. >> Absolutely. >> Great. So Parker and Oakley are here with us tonight. Uh on behalf of the American Heart Association, congratulations on being recognized as two of Wyoming's top student fundraisers through Kids Heart Challenge at Willow Creek Elementary School. Your generosity and hard work made a meaningful impact. Parker, who was number 19 in the entire state of Wyoming, raised $71566. Oakley, who was number 13 in the entire state of Wyoming, raised $83125, helping support life-saving research, education, and care for those affected by heart disease and stroke. Kids Heart Challenge is about more than fundraising. It is about leadership, compassion, and building healthy communities as well as
010safe communities because these two students also learned life-saving skill of handsonly CPR. Um, thank you to Principal Johnson and to Miss Cree, who is my favorite coordinator that I work with across the state, for supporting Kids Heart Challenge and inspiring the next generation of lifesavers. Parker and Oakley, thank you for putting your heart, pun intended, into this mission. We are so, so proud of all that you've accomplished. >> Thank you. >> I do have two certificates if you wouldn't wouldn't mind me presenting them to them. Okay, wonderful. There's yours >> and Parker, there is yours. So, high fives all around. There we go. >> All right. >> Good job. Thank you so much. I appre letting me be here tonight. >> All right. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you for being here. >>
011You guys did a great job. Awesome. >> Great job, kids. >> Good job. >> Nice job. >> Okay. Next on our agenda is the Riverton High School principal, Mr. Jasmine. Madame Chair Catera, Superintendent Iba, members of the board, thank you tonight for allowing me to go ahead and speak in roundt. I've just got a couple of announcements and then I want to go ahead and give some appreciations. First, I wanted to make sure and give an update on graduation. Um, I have checked the weather. It does look a little cool, but I think everything's going to be fine. So, I know it's going to be outdoors. It'll be kind of new, supposed to be a little breezy, so dress appropriately. And I do know that u we've kind of made adjustments with it where we're
012going to go ahead and kind of present out as a group with the graduates. And then I also did want to inform you that we're going to go ahead and do the same as we exit the graduation. So we'll make sure that we go out as a group as well. And we're actually going to exit out the northwest corner which will be out towards that parking lot and it'll work out very well because then the parents and all of those spectators will be able to get with their graduates right away afterwards. So just a small adjustment that I wanted to make sure and let you know of. But again, um, weather's weather's holding. You know, that's exciting. I know it depends on which, um, one you look at, but the most recent one at the
013airport gives us pretty good prediction, about 30% chance. So, with that, um, I just wanted to give you an update. The next thing I wanted to do is is last week was teacher appreciation week for the district and Riverton High School had a great, uh, week. We got a lot of recognition, not only um from administrators to staff, but staff to staff. And it was actually really a lot of fun. And it kind of got me to thinking a little bit that not only do we need to make sure we give appreciation to those within our buildings, but also those outside of our building and all that you have done. So, um I got a hold of Mr. Arnold who has a 3D printer and had him go ahead make for each of the members
014here a keychain. And what it is is it shows the logo um for the district and it's also a fidget spinner. >> So you can go ahead. >> And what was really unique with this is is he was able to do this with this 3D printer which is fantastic. Now I did go ahead and I kind of broke this one apart. You have to use a laser knife in it and so they are very sticky. So it'll be a challenge for you to get to play with them. I think you got it figured out and you're like, "Oh, I got to go the other way with that." So, um, if it's okay with the board, may I present these to you? Come up to present them. Great. [laughter] >> Oh, we get long. >> Yeah,
015>> that never happens. Perfect. >> Thank you. Thank you for all you've done for us. >> There you go. >> Thank you. >> Now we're gonna have to try to figure it out. >> Sweet. >> Those are cool. >> Thank you, Mr. Jasmine. >> Thank you. I can't get mine to go. >> Thank you so much. >> So, to just kind of close, thank you for everything. Uh, I know my transition is going to be um it's a hard one for me, but I just wanted to make sure and appreciate all of you. Thank you so much for everything. And that's it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Best of >> Thank you. Okay. And then next on our agenda is we're honoring some special retirees. All right. So, this is the point um
016of the year when we are recognizing the people that have been in [clears throat] our district. Um each we have five retirees this year. So, retirees, when I call your name, if you would come up, we'll give you your um card from the board and one of the board members will read um a little snippet um about you and your contributions to the district. So, we'll start with um Gwen Sours. So, after 10 years in food service, Gwen Sour has officially decided to hang up her apron, retire the oven mitts, and step away from the lunch line. We estimate that during her career as lead cook, Gwen has served an incredible 255,000 meals and probably opened a milk or two along the way, >> only a few thousand. >> Gwen has been the definition of
017dedication. Always pleasant, accommodating, and willing to go above and beyond for students and staff. She truly puts kids first every single day, serving not just meals, but smiles, kindness, and care with every tray. In retirement, Gwen plans to trade cafeteria chaos for travel adventures, crafting, and making memories with her grandkids. We wish Gwen all the best in this exciting new chapter, and may she never hit snooze again. Congratulations. [applause] >> Congratulations. >> Yes. Congratulations. We have >> 39 years in education and 21 years in our district. Jay retires having made a lasting impact on countless students, families, and colleagues. Throughout his career, he has consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to putting students first, turning students and athletes from shetlins to show ponies. I like that. >> And ensuring each child receives the support and opportunities
018needed to succeed. His collaboration approach fostered strong needed needed for success. His collaboration appro approach fostered strong working relations with staff, administration, families, creating a positive and supportive educational environment. He is known for his reliability, professionalism, hilltops. Show me one of those. [laughter] >> I'll let him do that. Okay. Delegation and dedication to meeting deadlines and maintaining compliance requirements with accuracy and care. He approached his responsibility with integrity and a work strong work ethic, earning the trust and respect of those around him. His ability to do balance, compassion for every student with attention to detail made him an invaluable member of the educational team. Over the years, he served as both mentor and role model model, always willing to support others and contribute to the success of the school community. As he begins his retirement,
019he leaves behind a career marked by commitment, collaboration, and care for students above all else. Carol has given 28 wonderful years of service to our district. She was hired in October 1997 as a parah educator at Riverton Middle School where she worked in a one-on-one supports role with a student. After three years, she continued supporting the student through high school until graduation. She especially valued this experience and enjoyed learning and teaching Braille. During that time, she later transferred to Jackson School for two years and then to Aspen. And during this time, she also began working part-time as a bus aid. She found the sped bus aid position both challenging and fulfilling and eventually transitioned fully into working morning and afternoon bus routes, continuing in that role until this year. Throughout her years of service, Carol
020has been a dependable and punctual employee who is deeply committed to the students and staff she worked with. We are very thankful for her time in the district and feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with Carol over the years. Thank you, Carol. >> Thank you, >> Carol. [applause] All right. So, I'm just going to take about a 10 minute break and have an ice I hope that you enjoy things um to come, whatever that may be. Okay, we've come to that time where we'll um visit with the board members and we'll start over there with uh Ally. >> I don't have anything for you this evening. Thank you. >> Okay, Roy. >> Good evening. I have a couple of events that will take place before we gather um at the next meeting.
021put a flyer on each of your spots. The first is coming up on Friday. We're excited to um help with the rendevous school powow which will happen uh this Friday. Grand entry will be at 1:00 p.m. They've done a lot of work into it and we're really glad as title six program to be able to partner. Our MC will be Luke Bell and um our host drum will be Riverside Singers. Jace old playouts uh will be an arena director which will be a new addition this year. And then um Jasmine Bell is a champion a world champion hoop dancer and she'll join us for the powo and given exhibition as well. So she'll perform a little after two. So if you don't have a whole lot of time to spare but still want to come
022to the powow that would be a great um part to come to. And on the flip side of that, uh we also have another event coming up um in just o just just over a week. It'll be Saturday, May 23rd. The JM parent committee is having their end of the year picnic. Uh and it's always a fun time. They'll have it here uh at JC Park anytime between 11 and 3 p.m. They're inviting you all to drop by. They're providing the main dish um and asking folks to bring aside to share if you're able. Um it's just a fun way to gather to celebrate the end of the year. Um to get together before summer starts with bouncy houses, games, prizes, and um good food. So we invite you all to attend as you are
023available. Thanks. >> Thank you, >> Christina. I do not have anything tonight. Thank you, >> Jody. >> Well, I've been kind of running all over the place, which is normal for me. Um I got I was able to attend the leadership lunchon at the high school. um with Roy and those students and that was really fun and the the Indian tacos were wonderful. Thank you for that. Um and then um I was I attended a check presentation from Community Bank to the Boys and Girls Club and that was was wonderful too. Um, I had I felt like today all I've done is eat because I went to the senior uh breakfast or breakfast lunch and so I had food there and then we went to the wonderful restaurant for the middle school and got to
024have wonderful food there and atmosphere and it is they Carla the the does a Ganbine does an or Ganbine Catera does an awesome job with that as well as as their administration and their staff and the kiddos were awesome tonight. Very polite, very business-like. It was It was super. Um I think that is such a nice thing for our community to be able to participate in and and get to see. Um and then um let me see. I think that that is um oh went to senior night for soccer and then I wanted to congratulate all of the students who rece um who earned academic awards this past Monday. um they work very hard to do things and and and it shows it shows in those awards and how and and the effort and things
025that them they along with their teachers and the staff put into the effort. Um so as that's everything for me. I'm good to go. So >> Cantra >> um I was able to go to the speech and debate dinner that was awesome. The kids put on a a I don't know talent show you might say, but it was all um adlibbed. That was great. And it was a good dinner. And uh so I've spent the rest of the day with Jody at the barbecue [laughter] and dinner and pepper >> sitting next to each other. We just keep hanging out. >> And uh I want to congratulate the FFA chapter. That was great. They're doing great. And thanks so much for the retirees. That was that was very good. And uh that's it for tonight. I
026do have one other thing to and it left my head so it must not have been that important. >> Let me get my fidget sp. >> Okay. Do you have something else you're going to tell us? >> No, I forgot. >> Okay, Lori. [laughter] >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> Too much sugar. >> No. So, I was able to go to the awards ceremony uh last week and it was just wonderful to see all of the awards that all the kids receive and just the the different types of things that everybody does from gaming to academics to I I mean just it was I I really appreciated the the math teacher that gave a resiliency award. I can relate to that to a student that took four years of math when they only had to take
027three and just I just think it's it's uh awesome that we showcase all of these folks in all of the different ways that they excel because everybody has their own their own place and it's I just have to say it's really nice to have a group of people here at the board meeting because we are usually talking to like one or two people here. So we appreciate having you all here and congrats to the retirees and you know of course to all of our graduates coming up. So that's all I have. >> I also want to thank our [clears throat] retirees for their years of service to the district and congratulations to our FFA teams um middle school and high school. That is awesome. It's great that we are one of the largest chapters in
028the state now. At one point that was not the truth. So that is that's great. Um, and what a fabulous trip to Hawaii we all had tonight. >> And the luau dinner was great. So now I can check Hawaii off my list. I don't even have to get on the airplane. So, thank you very much. Kind of a reoccurring theme. Uh, the eighth grade restaurant was fantastic. If you guys ever get a chance to do that, and hopefully you will do it. It's well worth it. Those kids, just watching them was really great. and the FFA. I just remember when those FFA officers were just starting in 4 and that's how old I am. Um and it was >> class of 16 29. >> Yeah, something like that. >> I was going to ask 18.
029>> Um and just watching those little kids come up through 4 and and now they're giving speeches in front of the board and >> it's uh you know, it's pretty cool to see that that progression. >> It is. That's all I've got, >> borrow. >> Okay. Uh yeah, the uh dinner tonight was taxing. It filled me up. I'm about ready to take a nap. Uh it was really good and we were talking about it. It's been a a tradition that died and then came back >> and I'm glad it was revived. It uh it was at the time of we were talking Ron Fawn and Sney Aspenol uh had an entrepreneur uh club >> in uh >> Sigron. Yeah. >> Back in the day. And that was one of the things that they did. He
030also worked out of the shop and sold little locker things to students and had candy and this entrepreneur class which is a great way to teach. Um it's entrepreneurship has so many different facets business the manufacturing the producing whatever it is. So you know key you know like our club uh FFA it you know that's what it's all about. It's a it's a entrepreneurship of agriculture and how to be successful there. Um it's I have to be a little political like I usually am and those are the kind of things that could be lost in some ways. National trips, trips out of state, overnight trips, all these things are in jeopardy. Uh and we have to always remind our public that these are the things that happened to us this last legislative session where they
031put everything into a silo. Everything else is on the outside and it devalued a lot of things that are important to education and we cannot forget to remind everybody every time we see them that these are the things that could be lost. So other than that, my granddaughter, she was one of the uh presenters for FFA, the president this next year. I was really proud of her. My granddaughter Addison uh graduates coming across the stage on Sunday, uh which is really brings tears to my li eyes every time I think about it. Uh our wonderful uh retirees, thank you for your service. You're so appreciated. Uh if we didn't have you, we wouldn't have our kids learning. So, thank you for all you do. And the little kids with the heart. >> Wasn't that phenomenal?
032That was great. I just loved it. >> Top. >> Yeah. Yeah. That was that was great, Miss Little. That was fun. So, that's it. Thank you. >> I did remember. Um, speaking of FFA, I actually, if you've never I every year I go to their greenhouse and my my porch in the summer, my porch plants are bought from FFA and they are beautiful big plants and and all of the learning and everything that goes on with those kiddos. Um I don't I don't believe I've missed it since I started um at the middle school and it's been a long time ago when they first started doing the plants and things but I wanted to thank them and um as with Carl both he and I will be hardressed to keep the tears back because my
033grandson Landon will walk across that stage along with a lot of kiddos we've all watched grow up and it's it's pretty awesome to get to be front and present. And I'm grateful for all of you because you've helped them get there. Doesn't matter where you where you started with them. Doesn't matter if you're it was on a bus or in in a classroom, in a kindergarten classroom, a preschool classroom, whatever. It's all because of you. So, I hope that you you'll take that in. So, thank you. Sorry about that, guys. >> Not unusual. >> I know you love me for it, though. Carl Jada. Do you have anything? >> I do not. Thank you, Terry >> Bolton. >> Um, well, at the at the end, I'm going to discuss uh [snorts] my very exciting preliminary
034budget. I hope everyone stays for that. By the way, >> um, >> besides that, uh, I did want to remind everyone that there is a recalibration meeting the 24th and 25th in Lander. Uh, so I encourage everyone to attend if >> Oh, sorry. What did I say? >> Just you didn't say what month. Oh, June the Yeah, June 24th and 25th in Lander. And uh I encourage everyone to go if you guys want uh the what they're gonna the agenda, just reach out to me and I can let you guys know the the agenda. They're going to be talking about uh activities. They did act they did add activities, technology, food service, and school safety. >> So, I'll be there and I encourage everyone to to come. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Jody,
035do you have anything? So, very briefly, um you have updates to the wage scales um included in your packet. The bright yellow highlights are the things that changed from the last time. A couple of um just typos where we didn't quite we didn't get the steps that were supposed to be locked locked. Um and then a few changes um based on some feedback and based on some further research that we did. I have been adding you or forwarding Fremont announcements to you. So if you've noticed that you're getting those now. Um if you would like to, we can just permanently add you to that group. Um so that when an email comes from Fremont announcements, um you'll get those. So I think that's um we've talked about making sure that you're communicated with of the
036things that are going on that are extra in the district and that's our avenue to get that information out to the rest of the staff. So, um I've included you on those as well. Uh Tuesday, May 19th from 3 to 4, I sent you all an email today about um Eric Barlo being here. The candidate >> um we have reached out to the other state candidates um at this time that are running for state office. And then we will also set up some of our local candidates to come in and have that platform for us to um get to know their stance on issues that are important to us so that we can be informed voters. um come election time. So, I will continue to send those that information out to you. We won't open
037it up to the whole public because we're only going to have the boardroom, but we're opening it up to the board and other Fremont County Districts boards. And we will talk again at the discussion session. Uh Colton and I will have lots of fun with you then. >> Okay. All right. >> Well, um I don't have anything. I'm just really excited for all of the people retiring tonight and your next adventure. Um, and I would just like to say I'm also excited for graduation. Be the first time I get to uh hand out diplomas and one of them is my grandson. So, >> it's going to be a great day. Um, at this time we have uh visitors or delegations that can um have the opportunity for public comment or to address the board of
038trustees regarding action items on the agenda. If you are a group here, you may have one spokesman here. We'll hear your feedback and take it under advisement. Okay. >> Okay. I was unaware that we only had one spokesman, so I apologize to everybody. Um, my name is Capella Morris. I'm a special education behavior teacher at Rendevous Elementary. Um, and I am joined this evening by behavior support um, and ideal paraprofessionals and some other professionals from our wonderful district. Um, first of all, I would like to acknowledge and thank all of the hard work from central office that has gone into responding to the legislation regarding pay changes. Um I know and I can imagine or hardly imagine that this has been a tremendous amount of work. Um and there are many variables to consider. Um
039however we have gathered to um dispute or uh give idea to um the decision to pay all paraprofessionals the same pay thus eliminating the extra dollar that behavior support and ideals have ideal paras have been paid historically. Um, if you feel comfortable, um, I'm going to ask those of you that, um, are in the audience who are BSP or ideal paras behavior support, um, to go ahead and stand at this time for a moment as I list off just some of the behaviors and situations that, um, these people are likely to encounter. Don't feel pressured if you don't want to. [laughter] Um just during a normal day of work um we have hitting with a closed fist, slapping, kicking, biting, scratching, spitting, headbutting, pinching, uh dealing with feces, dealing with urine, changing diapers, um complete
040one-on-one assistance for all toileting routine, uh flashing, nudity, um having to run after children who have eloped. um having objects thrown at you, h uh being hit, poked, stabbed with objects, hair pulled, cussed at, threatened. Um you can go ahead and have a seat. [laughter] Um and and that's just that's a that's a brief little snippet of of kind of what the day often entails. Um it's hard work. Um, and the list goes on. But each day, these amazing people, they show up knowing that this is what their day may entail. Um, and yet they are there to help support our most vulnerable, um, our most challenging, medically fragile, um, and and usually traumatized students. Um when all other staff members call asking for help, uh these are the staff members who respond um who
041stay with our students and help them deescalate, who teach them functional skills, social skills, um teach them how to get their needs met in socially appropriate ways so that they may grow into independent and healthy functioning and contributing members of our community. Um these positions require constant vigilance to ensure that student and staff um remain safe which requires additional training to support behavior interventions and deescalation strategies um as well as specialized trainings to ensure that students can access their curriculums um and communicate their needs. So the work that these positions are expected to for to perform is work that most people really just don't want to do. Oftentimes um the stress and risk that they deal with on a daily basis is not the same as what most other staff members or paras um do
042have to deal with. And as a district we have acknowledged this by giving them workmen's compensation. Um we also acknowledged this with extra pay. um something that said, "We see the hard work you're doing and thank you." Um we as a district, we struggle to fill and keep people in these positions. I for myself and our team, we've spent about nine weeks total this whole school year fully staffed, which then strains the rest of our systems, right? It strains our gened classrooms. It strain strains puts additional strain on other paras uh on food service workers on on everybody. Um without these people learning in the gened setting is disrupted more frequently. Our gened staff members are more stressed and struggle to teach which leads to higher rates of already high burnout. Um and most importantly
043our students all of our all of our students are not able to receive the high quality free and appropriate public education that they are entitled to. Um these are people that make it happen and I think they deserve to be recognized for it. Um and this this also um this does not mean taking pay away from other paras um and giving it to BSP and ideal paras. I don't think that's a solution. I think it means finding a way to compensate them extra because greater responsibility and specialized duties warrant greater compensation. So with that, I would ask that we reconsider this decision and I thank you for your time. >> Say thank you for coming. Um I you know we'll take everything under advisement. Thank you very much. If you want to stay for the
044rest of the board meeting, you may. Okay, we're going to move on. Action items. Consider an administrative recommendation to approve district update salaries schedule recommended to approve the updated salary schedule for the 2627 school year. >> Madame Chair, I would move that we approve the updated salary schedule for [clears throat] the 2627 school year. >> Second. >> Any comments or questions? All those in favor? >> I. All those approve. Uh, all those opposed, same sign. Okay. Consider an administrative recommendation to approve new course count course proposals. Sorry. Madame Chair, I would move to approve the Frontier Academy new course proposals of Frontier Discovery A, Frontier Discovery B, Frontier Discovery ELA for the 2026 2027 school year as presented. >> Second. Anybody discussion, questions? >> Is there any way that we can get in on this?
045Have you read >> No, I awesome. >> Fantastic. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? >> Okay, moving on. Consider an administrative recommendation to approve a change order. Madam Chair, I would move that we approve change order number one for the Riverton High School gym floor and bleacher project from Norcon Industries, Inc. in the amount of $21,298.20 for the leveling of the concrete gym floors. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? >> I always thought that that was part of the floor lane. That always that surprised me. But I looked at the bid and it was not included in the bid. >> Additionally, the floor was not in the shape that probably they thought it was going to be when they removed the wood floor. So, um, that impacts the change order
046as well. It was spots that had people ran dead, but you don't know >> like the settling over years of use. >> No. reasonable, but I just figured it was an idea. >> Anything else? Okay. All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Same sign. >> Okay. Moving on. Consider an admin administrative recommendation to adopt policies. >> Madam Chair, I would move we adopt regulation 3400-R one, data privacy and security on >> second. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? Consider an administrative recommendation to accept resignations. We have received a letter of resignation from the following employees. >> Madame Chair, I would move to accept the resignation of Sierra Roberts as the Riverton High School head golf coach effective May 21st, 2026. Riverton High School science teacher Heather
047Love, effective May 22nd, 2026. Willow Creek Elementary uh teacher Caitlyn Hunter, effective May 22nd, 2026. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? >> Okay. Consider an administrative recommendation to offer contracts. Madame Chair, I would move that we offer contracts to Peter Little Horn as a Riverton High School head girls basketball coach, Heather Wyn as an Aspen Elementary school teacher, Tyler Jordan as a Riverton Middle School head girls basketball coach, Kelsey Georges as a Riverton High School assistant volleyball coach, Ton Thompson as a Riverton High School assistant volleyball coach for the 2627 school year. >> Second. Any discussion or comments, questions? All those in favor? >> I. >> Anybody opposed? See, we will move on to information items. Graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 17th at 10:00 a.m. RHS Wolverine Stadium.
048Board members meet in the RHS Commons prior to 9:40 a.m. Is that that front area? >> Yes. Yep. Outside the gymnasium. >> Okay. Okay. Wyoming CLSD award update allocations of $280,516.33. >> Can Can you tell me what CLSD is? >> Yeah. So, that is that um literacy grant that Christina about at the last one. And what um and what we're clarifying here is that the $516,000 um the amount that we had in the award has been reduced because WDE has already picked how it's going to be spent for several of the items um that we that we have signed up for. So, it's a very structured grant and we'll be participating in events they've chosen and then they gave us that extra to pay for our travel and stuff to also other things that they
049are expecting us to do through the grant. So, it's not a flexible grant like we're used to having. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Amended policy 6150, student use of cell phone and other electronics equipment. Amended policy 6036 resident non-enrollment enrolled student activity participation. Amended policy 3400 data privacy and security amended policy 3407 use data retention new policy 5500 federal programs time and effort policy new exhibit 3400-E1 data privacy and security. So, all of these policies um are a result of the recent legislation. Um and the one that is not is the federal program's time and effort policy. We have a little tiny blurp for ours, but a lot of people who were audited, they found that the time and effort policy wasn't up to par, so they shared that out. And I found
050that probably ours is not as well. So, we went ahead and included that one. You'll also see quite a few um policies on the next one. So these will move to intervention or to information. It is an intervention. Um and then we'll have new ones uh as a result of the legislation. So it's policy season following our legislative session. >> Okay. >> FYI 27 official tenative budget. >> You want me to wait till we get down? Okay. Okay. Certified staff changes. Transfer Adair a new to an ideal case manager at the career center. Shannon Pard to a Willow Creek teacher. Rescended resignation. Diana Christensen as a certified occupational therapy assistant. Classified staff changes. Resignations. Transportation bus aid. Megan Friday effective January 7th, 2026. Aspen Elementary per Darby McM Mc Williams effective May 1st 2026 food
051service worker is it Anelia >> Anelia Hazelwood effective May 22nd 2026 RHS parah Brendan Jasmine effective May 22nd 2026 Willow Creek parah Heather Jasmine effective May 22nd 2026 Willow Creek parahz says >> Kinsey. Okay, thank you. Kinsey Jasmine effective May 22nd, 2026. Transfer is effective for 2026 2027. Sy Aaron Labau to a Willow Creek instructional support specialist. Daniel Stewart to an RMS instructional coach. Angela Hensley as an Aspen Elementary instructional support specialist. Nancy Wimpen to a Willow Creek parah. Isabelle to Tower to an RMS academic coach. Kim Allison to a RHS lead food service cook. Vicky is it sprig >> to an RHS food service worker. New hire. Gail Bell as an Aspen Elementary food service worker. Separation notices. See executive content. Jada. How's our enrollment? >> Okay. We'll move on to discussion items and
052Colton, you're up further review. >> Okay. >> Yes. Uh so speaking of ADM, I think that brings us about 2,1 98. Right. Right. Right around there. Right about the 2,200 level. So, we're getting close to that that 2,00 number that we don't want to get to. Um, [clears throat] but getting into the budget. So, this is a very preliminary budget. This is uh this does not hold a whole lot of weight right now. We're still there's too many too many things up in the air. Uh, for one, our our budget tool I've reached out to the state a few times uh as recently as this week, and ours is still wrong, and I pointed it out to them, so I don't even have the the 100% correct budget tool to use. Um so this is
053but but there are some some discussion points just to kind of give you guys a a glimpse of what it will be and what we're facing. So on the first line uh the general fund foundation 100A the 2026 2027 budget is 36 mill 36.7 million. our expected uh expenditures were 35.7 million and that's about a million dollars less and the reason why that is is or a million dollars more um yeah so we're going to receive I meant to do it we're going to spend a million dollar less yeah we're sp spending a million dollars less than what we're receiving and a lot of that is uh because of the silo uh that's what we think we're going to be saving in the silo for future years if you know we don't get ECAs and
054we got to increase it because what we're worried about when we set the the salary tables the average of 76,000 next year is going to be if everyone if no one leaves 778. So we want to prepare for that and that was the intent of the legislators is when we put this in this other bank account uh for us to save it for future years [laughter] to be able to take this uh change um over the next few years. Uh after that uh general fund reserves uh as you guys remember we did have to include the the pre-1997 number this year. So that's why that 11 million is a little bit higher than you probably remember. I had to add about 1.4 million of the pre197 >> amount to that. Uh so that's why it's
055higher. We're expected to spend about 1.2 million in that and that that could change. We have uh several buses that we uh have purchase orders for right now. They are expected to be this year that we had kind of planned for, but they may come after July. We're waiting on some some stuff that they're trying to to adjust for before we get them. So, that's going to be uh close for that. Uh after that, student activities is basically uh in and out for the most part. uh we we spend pretty much about what we receive. Uh after that is uh special education re reimbursement. Um that is something that we're still working with Patrina on of of getting the budget, but we think we're going to uh get reimbursed about 11 million and we're going
056to spend about 11.5 million. Uh that's that number is probably going to change by the end of the year. We're trying to dial that down a little bit more, but that's basically going to be because we are giving the the big increases to to the sped department as well. Um, we will we will get reimbursed for that eventually, but we have to spot it for the first year. Uh, transportation reimbursement, that's we don't expect a whole lot of uh change from that apart from the the buses. And if you guys do remember, if we do have the if we do purchase the buses this year, it's going to be 90 days. They did change that, so I don't have to wait five years. So, we will get that back in in 90 days. >> So,
057that is that is a huge relief. We should be able to get on these buses a lot more. Um, we still want to get a rotation to where we're not replacing five or six in a year, but we um that should not be uh something we have to worry about. So, that's great news. uh food service. Uh think we're going to get about one one million spend about 1.3 million. Again, that's that number may change a little bit as we uh adjust the labor budget a little bit more. I do plan on putting about $275,000 into it. Hopefully, this is something that they address during this recalibration and change. Uh Fremont tuition 38. This is the the the funds that we get from Fremont 38 for the students that we have. uh for them 800,000.
058We don't really spend anything out of that. It just it just offsets the general fund and helps helps support us. Uh insurance that's going to be that number is from the 108. That is the number that they calculated. We don't think that number is right. as we um adjust our insurance and as people pick their plans that number is going to probably change sign significantly because if you uh they are going to reimburse us for the plans that our uh staff sign up for. So that number is is going to change. We don't know by how much. Uh same thing with retirement as the the contracts get finalized. uh $4 million we're estimated of receiving for that and we'll spend all of that on on staff. That number will change uh capital construction uh 200
059uh 200,500 to and that's going to get us started on the new new elementary school. Uh we will be really busy with that in the fall as we start getting meetings for that. So that's exciting. uh component fund. We have about three million in there and that's for the sewer projects. We are we put that as something that we're planning on spending, but we don't know if those sewer projects are going to be done this year depending on uh what we find out when um we're looking at the what we're going to do with Rendevous and and finalize that process. Still um depreciation reserves $1 million. We that's the money that we have that's really not allocated to to things that we could spend on uh like technology or kind of other stuff. Uh we
060do have another a million or so dollars in there, but that is reserved for the turf which we don't plan on replacing for another few years. Uh $3 million in major maintenance. Uh that's going to be with the gym and some other projects that that it has going on. Uh special revenue, we're still trying to finalize that number. Uh Um, so that number is the the 6.9 that we kind of left that of last year because we don't there are going to be some changes. So that number is going to be a little bit lower when we do the finalized budget. And the daycare uh the proceeds it looks like we're going to receive around 95,000 and it looks like we're going to spend 190,000. Uh so that leaves us about 95,000 short. Now if
061there there's probably some people listening that when we did projections earlier in the year that number was higher. I was estimating our staff to have like full health insurance coverage for all of that. So once I uh started looking at that and the benefits that they're going to see that number did uh decrease significantly. So I just wanted to explain that because if someone uh was listening to Jod's earlier in the year that number was higher. Uh that is a more accurate number. And then the rack uh this is an interesting one. Um, this last year it looks like we're going to receive about 70,000 of proceeds. We didn't know what to do with the the fee increases and so we kind of just put that well a 100,000 would be would be a good
062goal for this next year. So that's kind of what we're we're we're hoping for. The expenses are still going to be 491,000. So uh it will be 391,000 that we'd have to support it uh from the general fund. And then uh FSA insurance, that's the uh flexible self flexible savings account. And that's pretty much in and out. We take it from employees paychecks and and pay that for them. So uh on the bottom right, you can see the total 455,996. Those are that's what we plan on spend taking out of reserves next year at this time. Like I said, that could that could change depending on the buses and some some other stuff that we we think that may come our way. >> Right now, essentially, we're half million. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Essentially, and
063we really get helped out by a Fremont 38. Uh that tuition if we didn't have that uh which we would be a lot more in the hole. And that number's probably I would say it's a little bit lower. I think when we probably dial dial down things a little bit, it's probably going to be a little bit higher than that in the next month or so. Um, as you guys know, we we run our budget through negotiations and we are very close into to getting that done. And um, once I get it done, I move it forward to uh from from one side of SUI to the budget side and that's where I can really see the picture. But in order to to flow that over you really have to have most your contracts complete
064because if you don't when you do that then it creates a bunch of manual entry and that's why we haven't done that yet. But we are really close. I would expect us to do that probably the end of this week is the goal. So by next uh next meeting I could probably give you guys more of an update of where we're at and stuff. As far as this year's budget it um it we are looking good. I will know a lot more when we do those May payrolls because we're going to do those big big group payrolls of pay the teachers out in the end of May after May 20th. So after the end of May, I'll I'll really know where we're at, but I think we are looking good just like we were last
065year. Maybe not as much in reserves as we did last year, but still still good. I don't think we're going to overspend. The only thing that would possibly make us overspend is those when those buses land. And we did kind of plan for that reserves last year. So that technically wouldn't even be a an overspend. Um is there any questions or did I miss anything? >> No. So I do want to clarify with that um the top line where you have that million dollar variance that's the silo. Um we can't use that anywhere else whether we wanted to whether we want to or not. Um, but I think you have my communication that talked about the fact that paraprofessionals insurance is not covered um and reimbured because it's not a model position and so the
066district is going to have to find the money to pay for the paraprofessionals. They do say temp the temporary guidance is that it can come out of that $1 million variance. If we do that, then we don't have the money ready next year for the step increases if we aren't given an ECA um by the legislate legislature. Um I also want to note that um on that general fund reserves line. >> So it's you could we could do it either way where we we say we spend the Fremont 38 tuition, we spend all of it at 806 and move that 1.2 2 million from reserves to be the 455,000 that we're under here. Or we can um say that we're pulling from reserves and not the Fremont 38. It's it's the same either way, but
067basically that tuition just goes to our general fund and we can use it. Um and the student activities is not the model funded activities, right? >> So I just wanted to be clear of that. That's our 80 accounts. That's our fundraising activities accounts. So those are not something that we supplement the general fund with. Um so that's important to note as well. Um >> yeah, student student activities. Uh >> yeah. Yes, thank you. Uh yes, student activities the the actual budget. Um right now as we're trying to finalize numbers, we are under budget from uh what they're or over budget from what they're going to give us about like $150,000ish. Um that number will change as we uh finalize that budget, but I just wanted to that's a good clarification. >> Yeah. And so right
068now that's included in that general fund um number up above. So when we when we figure out the insurance coverage um because that's that's going to be huge. Um as you know a family plan can cost the district up to $45,000 um of insurance. And so if we aren't able to cover that um it's going to be problematic. So, this number could drastically change the other direction. Um, we're hoping that it changes positively um for us as we go through this process, but we're not 100% optimistic about that. And that that's about all I I wanted to add on on that at this point. Um, we are expecting a 5% decrease in the special revenue. Um, I think that's what the state's been saying. So yeah, it's really hard to do your budget without the
069proper tools from the state. Is ours the only one that seems to have a problem or are there other districts that are having >> I I hear of others have an issue. Ours was primarily with our reconfiguration. They when I was looking at the model, I was like that they have they show Jackson as closed. They don't show it as when we moved Frontier into there. And so I'm not getting the ADM is still counting. I'm just not getting any of like the major maintenance uh or not major maintenance, but any of like the the buildings and grounds uh square footage calculation. So, that will that will help us a bit. Um I've talked about it several times and I've told that I don't even know how they they didn't how they thought Jackson was
070closed because we did we did reach out when we knew that Frontier was going in and I I did tell them. Um, so they said they were going to get that fixed a couple weeks ago and I haven't heard back from them yet. [clears throat] >> It's not being funded at all right now. >> Uh, for ADM it is, but not just the buildings or grounds. We get a like uh some funding based on the square footage. And so I'm not getting I'm not getting that shown in my model. And there still is some other stuff that they're they're just fixing around for every school district. So it's just not ours. Um it it depends on the interpretation of the bill and that's what they're working on. They do have a a fact sheet that
071they're they're updating probably weekly and even those are their recommendations of what they're proposing are changing are changing almost every week or they're adding on or taking off or what >> this is WDE. >> Yeah. Yep. WDE's interpretation of the law and they're having to get a lot of advice from the attorney attorney general and even then this Jackson thing that's just poor bookkeeping on their part. >> Well, so let me clarify a little bit of the Jackson thing. >> Um potentially it is because we've reached out. But the other thing is we are having the Mercer study >> for Frontier Academy. >> That Mercer study was started when Frontier Academy was still residing within the old Frontier Building, which is the new Frontier Building, whatever. And now they're moved to Jackson. So, we haven't
072officially put any paperwork through um except for in our um capital construct, our plan, our our facilities plan, but we haven't put the paperwork through to the state until the Mercer study is completed because the Mercer study is being conducted based on the fact that Frontier was o over capacity in that old school, but they are not over capacity in the new one. So, they need to approve the remedy for that building prior to that switching over. So, that could possibly be a part of this. I'm not I mean, I'm not saying it's a full part of it or for sure the part of it, but it it could possibly be um one of the reasons that they haven't switched that over or have not been communicated to them. Oh, and we will have the
073Mercer study um on June 9th. Is that what we decided? Yeah, June 9th we'll be talking about. We probably better get that scheduled because are we starting early? >> You asked to start 5:30. >> Yes. So would June 9th be okay to start at 5:30 for a work session? >> I guess I was going to wait until the June me the last meeting in May to ask you that. >> Is that going to be a Zoom meeting with them? I think they'll come in person >> come in person >> or some of them will and so they'll give the report on the Mercer and then then either either that night or the next meeting you can have time to think about it like we did last time and the next meeting we can have it
074be an action item. So okay, >> we have anything else? >> This meeting is >> Thank you.