001our May 13th meeting of the board of trustees for Fremont County School District number 25. If you'd all join us with the pledge of 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. A roll call. Mr. Chair, we Mr. Chair, we have a quorum. Thank you. Do we have any additions or changes to the agenda? We do not. Thank you. Um I would, Mr. Chair, I would move that the board adopt the agenda as presented. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I I. Any opposed? The agenda is adopted as presented. And the consent agenda tonight uh is to approve the minutes of the April 22nd, 2025 board meeting and to consider payments of bills including
002late pays, pre-authorization of payroll, insurance, utilities, officials, and automatic payments. Mr. Chair, I would move we approve the consent agenda as presented. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? The consent agenda is adopted. And we're going to start off our round table tonight by honoring our retirees. So, we'll start with Terry Cantrell. We have a little blurb to read about each of the retirees and if you'd stand when your name is called and then do we are you going to present? Okay. Then, uh, Superintendent Eyeball will have something for you when the board member is done reading your your, uh, bio. Go ahead, Terry. For 18 years, Leanne Quail has been with our district. With boundless energy and heart for student success, Leanne has been a phenomenal force in the classroom. More than
003just a teacher, she's been a motivational coach by lifting students up, pushing them to reach their potential and cheering them on with every step of the way. Her dedication, passion, and infectious enthusiasm has left a lasting mark on our school community. Thank you, Leanne, for the joy and inspiration you brought to each day. After 29 years of teaching math, Lloyd Meredith leaves behind a remarkable legacy of dedication with a deep historical knowledge and perspective of the district. Lloyd has been a steady presence in our school community. His commitment to student success and support for colleagues have made a difference. As he moves into the next chapter, we wish him all the best. Thank you, Lloyd. and good luck in the future. Dana McDonald has been an incredible asset to the students and staff of Fremont
00425. She has worked at Jefferson, Lincoln, Aspen, and Willow Creek as a parah, second grade teacher, and a title one interventionist. Dana exhibits broad leadership capa cap capacity, excuse me, serving on several committees and leading the Willow Creek math leadership team. She has a wealth of knowledge in all areas of early childhood education, not just the mathematics. She is sought after by old-timers and rookie teachers alike because she is straightforward, honest, diligent, and good-natured. Dana's sense of humor is unmatched, and her laughter is unrevile. When something strikes Dana as funny, her laugh is fullbodied and infectious. We will miss her ability to troubleshoot technology. I'm trying not to cry. Encourage a veteran teacher and embold a young teacher and unconditionally love every student she's ever come through the door. Congratulations. Okay. Brandt Nyberg began his
005teaching career at a Catholic school in Cheyenne before joining the RHS math department in 1995. For 18 years, he's made math understandable and practical, helping students build confidence and often serving as a trusted tutor. After nearly two decades in the classroom, Grant became an assistant principal at Riverton Middle School, later serving as the district online coordinator. He returned to teaching at RHS in 2022, continuing to support students with his ste steady presence and clear instruction. Brandt also contributed to RHS athletics, coaching football, and stepping in to lead the tennis program when needed. His calm deme demeanor, dedication have left an a lasting impact on students and staff alike. With great appreciation and admiration, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Cheryl Espazito for her more than 20 years of dedicated service to Fremont County School District
00625. Her influence on students, staff, and the entire community has been truly profound. Through her leadership, compassion, and unwavering commitment to education, Cheryl has shaped countless young lives and inspired those around her. Her steadfast support for both students and teachers has fostered a school environment filled with learning, growth, and kindness. While her presence and guidance will be deeply missed, we celebrate this exciting new chapter in her life. May retirement bring her joy, relaxation, and the adventure adventure she has long anticipated. Thank you, Cheryl, for your dedication, service, and the lasting legacy you leave behind. I have a couple of quotes from your students. She always smiles at us in the hallway and remembers our names. She believes in us and wants us to do our very best every day. Mrs. Espazito makes school fun and
007makes sure everyone feels safe and happy. We wish you all the best in this well-deserved new journey. Could we have gotten the the print any smaller on this one? In 1998, Christy returned to Richmond or to Riverton, her hometown, and the place where she graduated from Riverton High School in 1988 to teach social studies. Christy first joined our team as a long-term substitute, but from day one, she stepped into a permanent role with incredible dedication and a willingness to do whatever was needed for our students. She quickly proved herself as a dependable and passionate educator, always ready to go above and beyond. During her time in the classroom, she built a rigorous and engaging government course that pushed students to grow as writers, thinkers, and analysts of American political systems. Her classroom was known as
008a space where students were not only challenged academically, but also encouraged to grow as informed and responsible citizens. Beyond the classroom, Christy made a lasting impact by expanding and strengthening a number of student programs, including National Honor Society, Student Council, We the People, and the Riverton High School Dance Program. Her leadership and commitment to student involvement helped foster a vibrant and inclusive school culture. In 2020, Christy transitioned into administration where she played a key role in developing and refining our multi-tered system of support, MTSS. Her work provided teachers with valuable tools and systems to better meet students diverse needs. She also focused on improving student behavior programs, transforming our SSC approach to not just address behavior, but to educate students on the imper importance of personal growth and accountability, preparing them to be productive, contributing
009members of society. Christiey's legacy is one of integrity, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to student success. Her influence will be felt for years to come. Congratulations, [Applause] Judy Rambo has been a dedicated and compassionate ally to both students and staff throughout our district for many years. Her exceptional interpreting services have bridged communication for learners and their families, ensuring that every voice is heard and understood. Judy's unwavering commitment to student success along with her willingness to go above and beyond has made a lasting impact. We will deeply miss her transparency, her professionalism, and the thoughtful way she helps students navigate their environment. As she enters retirement, we extend our heartfelt gratitude and best wishes for this next [Applause] chapter. Ross Ziegler has been an outstanding addition to Frontier and a true asset to our students. He
010strikes a rare balance upholding the high academic standards while remaining flexible and empathetic to help or to meet students where they are. His work has made our progress. Monitoring tools more efficient, but more importantly, his authenticity and care have created a warm, welcoming environment that students genuinely love. Ross' impact has reached far beyond our district, touching the lives of students across Wyoming and Arizona. While we wish he could continue his inspiring drone and RC classes here, we understand that it's time for him to focus more on his family and perhaps answer the call of the coyotes. Thank you, Ross, for everything you brought to our community. We wish you all the best in your next chapter. Congrats to Mrs. Bana Watson on announcing her retirement at the end of the year. Rihanna has spent 31
011years teaching and 19 of those have been at RMS. Rihanna has been a passionate special education teacher her entire career. Her heart to serve her students extends far beyond the classroom. For years, Briana has supported countless students by buying them shoes, clothing, and food out of her own pocket when she identified one of her students was facing extenduating challenges. She showed her love to her students by smiling towards each and every student and finding ways to connect with all walks of life that came through our divorce. Briana can find the positive in every situation and has worked extremely hard for her students. We appreciate all of her efforts and years of service. Congratulations. Since 1995, Chanel Stanley has been a dedicated and compassionate presence in Fremont County School District number 25. Throughout the years, Chanel
012has worn many hats, but truly found her calling while working with atrisisk students. Her uncanny ability to connect with students, especially those who need it most, has made a profound impact on countless lives, and directly benefited our community. Chanel's empathy, insight, and unwavering support created a space where students feel seen and heard. While we're sad to see her go, we're excited for her next adventures. Thank you, Chanel, for everything. We are so grateful for the years of care, commitment, and collaboration Denise McGawan has brought to our district. A great teacher with a compassionate heart, Denise has been has consistently put her students first, nurturing both their academic and personal growth. As a supportive team member, a kind presence in the building, she has made a lasting impact on those around her. Thank you, Denise, for
013the dedication and warmth and congratulations on your next adventures. We extend our deepest gratif gratitude to Shaun Peek for her incredible dedication and impact on ELA. Known for her rigor, methodical approach and unwavering clarity, Shawn has set a highest standard for excellence in the classroom. Her precise use of language and continuous pursuit of growth have inspired both students and colleagues alike. As she retires after 21 years of teaching here, we celebrate a career marked by purpose, passion, and precision. Thank you, Sean, for all you've given students in our district. We would like to as a board we'd like to congratulate all of our retirees and uh thank you very much for what you've given to us and to your students. I'd like to give you now the best part. There's cake in the back and
014beverages. Unfortunately, not alcoholic, but he'll do. So, help yourselves. If you want any pictures, feel free to We'll get out of the way so you can have a good background. Congratulations and thank you. Absolutely. auditorium tour and that was really that was really fun to to go to and see all of the things that are happening there and just uh hear about all the cooperation the wonderful cooperation they've had with Fremont 25. They said it's just been a really good build for them. So that's that's always good to know. And other than that just some coach pitch games and uh then other baseball games. Those kinds of things is what we've been doing. So that's about it. Coach pitch is pretty fun. Those guys it is. We had one kid. He actually hit the ball
015and then he took the bat with him all the way to first. But he did go to first. Yep. That's instead of third. Let's see. Um the restaurant was fun. Definitely. Tails on the shrimp is a little different, but it was okay. Kept it interesting. Yeah. But uh what's been going on? the uh Boseies met Fremont Boseies and superintendent I attended. Um we have a district 25 and other districts have put a proposal to add some language to the Bosey's charter and it got tabled because seemed to uh uh need more explanation at each individual board conversation. So they're hopefully it will come back and we'll get it passed in June and we're waiting till June 30th uh to have our meeting to try to have the most upto-date number from uh the assessor because
016this is a drop year uh money because of the 50% and the 25% uh cuts in uh property tax. uh is affecting the budgets and people they have till the 23rd and 26th of May to fill out that for the uh long-term property over to file that. So they'll be running right up to the deadline and then it has to be processed and couple people have to put their check marks on it before it actually gets into the rolls of the so it's not something that just ends on the 23rd or 26th. It keeps rolling until it's finished. So uh numbers are not solid right now and it's it's it's affecting Fremont County and the whole state. So, uh, lots of wreck boards, Boseies, uh, all kinds, you know, the cities, everybody, uh, that money
017is is going to affect what's going on. Uh, we as schools don't get affected because they have to backfill it, but we're the only ones in state government that have that little bit of protection from this roll back of taxes. So we'll see what it looks like to because it could be up to a quarter of our dollars. So I don't know what projected for like the rec board or the CWC bosses, but it will affect them directly. Uh and so we're waiting for that to finalize our budget in Fremont County posties. Uh like everyone else, I've been going to grandkids uh track meets and soccer games. And I saw Christy Richmond and she has that wrist brace on. That's from blocking that kick soccer ball. And she broke her wrist. Didn't do good. Guess
018it's better than her nose. Yeah. So, here's a story. I'm gonna make it as long as I can. Okay, go ahead. A story uh from my granddaughter's club soccer the other day. She's a big boomer kicker. You know, when she see the sees the goal, she'll she'll kick from either left or right. And this other young lady on her team stepped in front of her as she was going to do one of these big moves and right into her face. knocked her out and then she fell and broke her arm and for Cassie just just broke her up, made her cry pretty hard for the little girl. Yeah, she's very empathetic, but uh saw her in she Cassie saw her in the class yesterday. She's a classmate, too. Not fifth grade, not in the same
019class, but in the same and went up to her and is everything okay? She was not knowing what to expect. It was going to be you hurt me or I'm doing fine. But it was a doing fine. So resilience of athletes, but I don't know if she's going to boom kicks anymore. Worried about it. Uh then watching uh track, I always forget how slow it is in some ways, waiting for the next to the next flight and the 200 and 400 and all the different uh sets that are going to come through. But it's fun and hot and tried to find shade, but the kids are fun. I went to I'm retired now, so I went to a Rollins game, a soccer game for seventh and eighth graders, and that was fun. It was, you
020know, seeing a hype or a junior high or middle school team playing uh away from school. It was kind of fun to go take a trip like that on a Thursday or whatever it was because that's something I haven't been able to do as a, you know, working like I've had. So, having a midweek uh experience was kind of fun. But other than that, I encourage you all with this recalibration. They've invited us all to participate. There's four internet sessions and there's four live sessions. If you can go, but if you do go, do talk. Don't just listen because this is it's them that are listening, not us. We are the ones who influence and we do have influence when we talk to the pix pixus and pas. Yeah. And so we do have influence
021with them. I did it five years ago. Uh and these panels do put out recommendations. I was on a a panel also for YTOP and what we said in those meetings happened to WTO and it was setting scores for districts. So this is important because last time the consultants said we were underfunded and you know there's a lot of things you know our SRO's our security our you know mental health there's so many things that are out of whack with the model as it is and the legislature has been trying to figure figure out ways to whittle it. Uh, and one of them we were talking just a few minutes ago about how it was tried to shorten the calendar, the the Labor Day to Memorial Day and that and then take 10 days off.
022Well, that's 10 days of teachers and staff salary. That's a little, you know, it's a little chunk, but it's that's how they want to do it. The basket of goods is as you start to take things out of the basket of goods, you start to change education. And that is something that they've looked at legislature and the consultants. So we need to protect what we have in the basket of goods. We don't want to see it get eaten so that they can take money via that route. So please if you can go and speak with these consultants and give your opinions uh and take up one passionate thing that you believe in SRO's mental health whatever and and become a little bit more expert in it and talk about it. It's important. Thank you. Do
023we only need to do one? As many You can sign up for as many as you want. Okay. I don't know about the in person. The inerson ones are like Cheyenne and Cheyenne Cody Cody Gillette Rock Springs. Yeah. So, you know, I don't think any of them are here. No. But if you can go and then they'll they'll have a they might have two panels going. It could you know if it's enough attendance and then if that's then they'll have a more focus last time anyhow they had a more focused you know they did the four or five hours on the front then they had a more focused group on the back end to talk about you know other things if you could stay. So, you know, if you do it, I'd appre, you know,
024it'd be nice if you could do it. Thank you, Carl. And congratulations, Carl, by the way. Even if it was, you deserve it. Yeah. Christina, I am so full. Come on, tell us something. RMS took me over the top, but it was so bad. That's why John was delicious. Oh, I he was amazing. So, no, I don't have anything. Okay, fair enough. Roy, yeah, I have a few things to share. Um, I put some information beneath your board's agenda uh that I'd like to um talk about. We just finished one of um another cycle of our grants application process. And so, uh, part of the process is to have public meetings and to compile data on Native American student achievements and to share that with our stakeholders. So, I wanted to make sure that um,
025uh, you had this information as well. So, the first page is just a snapshot of where we are in terms of um, enrollments. So, this year our our total ADM for the district was around 2,300. And this comes from a snapshot that I do um for impact aid. So it's a very specific date um that we had that ADM. And then our Native American student count is 710 this year. So it's about 30% of our student population, our self-identified native students. And then we counted 620 for title six application and 647 for our JOM Johnson uh applications. So yes just so those are three different numbers. Yes. The first one is selfidentified. Title four has to have like the grandmother or grandfather were was enrolled. That's correct. So either the grandmother, the parent or the
026student themselves are enrolled and they have a completed 504 506 form on file. um some of our parents who fit that qualification choose not to submit a 506 form and we're not able to count them. So that's why there's some discrepancies there. Um and then JOM does not require a 506 form. So some that number this year is a little higher because you can count those students regardless if they file the form with us. Thank you. Uh and then I included last year's information as well. Um I think just as a district we're down to ADM but we're also down in our student counts um with the exception of JOM because that expanded uh the number of students who were eligible to be counted this year. So uh the next page uh is graduation rates
027for this last year. So this is uh primarily for the folks u for our graduates from May of last year both at RHS and at Frontier um throughout the year. So the first uh the first three lines are um the cohorts of gra four-year graduates in 2022. Um and then you can see the fiveyear and the six-year rates and uh the next year is the 23 graduates and the last line on that box are last year's graduates, four-year graduates. Uh the reason there's two boxes is that um I compile data for both American Indian or Alaskan Native and two or more races. Uh under our reporting requirements um if a student identifies as both Native and another race, they're categorized as two or more races as in when we report. Um, the reason that's significant
028to us is if you notice for last year's graduation 2024, our four-year rate for native only students is 28.6, but our two or more races are 68%. And so last year, we recognized 31 Native American student graduates. And so if you add those two numbers together, 14 and 17 equals 31. So, what that tells me is that all of the students who graduated last year in four years that are two or more races were native and something else. So, they're so we include them in our programming. We include them in our numbers and student counts, but because of the way we report them, sometimes they don't show up on the American Indian or Alaskan Native data. So, um I follow that trend with the YT top data that we'll we'll talk about in a in
029a second, but um the text below just uh breaks it down a little bit more in terms of our overall graduation rate, our native student graduation rates um and then the two or more races graduation rates as well. So, just a little bit more historical look at our graduation rates. The next couple of pages are YTOP results. Um these are Y-Top results from last spring. Uh and again the first page is American Indian or Alaskan Native students. Um I broke it down just in terms of uh students who were proficient or um advanced and students who were basic or below basic. Um and so I just categorized uh our percentages among those. Uh some of the things that we talked about as stakeholders in our public hearing was uh we have we tend to see
030a little bit of a drop in um as a student's age in terms of um how many of them are are getting to that proficient and advanced. So um in elementary we we typically third graders aren't um third graders do fine and then we uh they maintain that through um through their elementary years and then once they get to the middle school high school ages they they take a drop. Um just in terms of some anecdotal uh references, sometimes it's a little more difficult for the students at that age um to take the white top seriously. It's something that that's not um something that generally in the community is not something that's uh placed as a priority. So, we're looking at doing looking at ways of how to reverse that and how to how to
031make sure that our students are taking the taking it seriously and doing their best that they can on the white top every year. Um, and then just some averages for elementary and high school. So, for ELA as a district, we're 55% proficient or advanced and 32% of our Native American students were proficient or advanced. um for high school 50% um of the districts uh were uh proficient or advanced and then 27% for 9th and tth graders of Native Americans. So uh one of the things that we typically see in in Native communities is that um math performance is a struggle for folks. Um we see that throughout um it's it's a pretty established trends that math is just generally a harder concept for native students to grasps grasp. So you see our numbers there for
032math are quite a bit lower than the district averages there. Uh and then just the next page is just uh same information except broken down to two or more races. uh some of these uh for example fifth grade last year um had such a small number they we weren't able to disagregate the information so um it's not reportable uh because the numbers were so small uh but you can see the percentages of proficient and advanced compared to both the districts um and then among the grade levels now not all of these students are are native or identify as native but uh we know a growing number of them are uh and so it's it is becoming increasingly more important to include these results when we're looking at Native American education. Uh the next page after
033that is the 2023 YTOP results just for Native American students only. Uh and I included this to provide a little bit more of a historical um view of our YTOP results. And uh one of the things that jumped out to me was that the 2022 2023 fourth grade students um they jumped 31% in ELA proficient um in fifth grade last year. So I'm be I'll be interested to see the sixth grade Native American student scores to see if they are able to maintain that trend. But that was a pretty significant jump. Um and the highest of that we saw from 23 to 24. And then as I mentioned before, we keep seeing the trend of um once they get into those middle school, high school years, the their scores are there are fewer and fewer
034of them um scoring proficient and advanced on the white top. So what we use all of this data for and then um and then what we try to use this data for and then what we um allocate our funding for in in these grants uh is sh it's showing here on this last page the priority ranking. So after that we presented this data we asked the stakeholders to rank the priorities of the grant objectives and the grant activities. So you can see the priorities there. Um priority one objective is to increase knowledge of cultural identity and awareness. And then priority one activity is culturally responsive academic enrichments. Um it also talks about culturally responsive professional developments as a as a high priority and cultural enrichment. So, uh, we're designing our programs, um, to make sure
035that our students have a strong sense of cultural identity, but, uh, that they also feel supported in an environment that is responsive to them. So, we'll continue to keep offering professional developments. will continue to do that locally, but also um we have set aside some money in next year's funding to send more people to professional development so that they can so that we have um uh staff who are more trained and better equipped to to meet the needs of our native students. So, I threw it a lot at you and Jade. I'm sorry that was more than three minutes but but um do you have any questions or thoughts or comments? That's good. Thank you for providing this information. It is interesting to look at. It's a lot to absorb quickly. Right. So I might
036have questions later but thank you a lot of interesting information. The trends are hard to see. You mentioned I was on the committee for cut scores. why talk came out and native districts. I mean it it was a separate topic because we were dealing low 20s mid teens for cut scores and and and it hasn't changed all that much. has increased some. It was the goal for cut score was try to increase two or three points every year. Uh and it you know looking at priorities I'm glad to see that school attendance graduation rate, academic achievement are right there in and then the 10 established it's all culture and it's culture is important and we need to identify with it and and as you know I'm a two race kid. Uh, and not a kid
037anymore, but you know, uh, I can remember I always tell this story. When I was in high school, there was a math teacher who said that it was no point in teaching Native Americans math, you know, taking algebra. It was just and It has always stuck with me that attitude of an educator. Uh it worries me because we cannot seem to make a big dent. It's a slow progression, but we don't make a big dent in Native American academic culture in growing graduates and getting them into higher education or, you know, helping them develop uh the skills so that they could graduate. And it bothers me, you know, and I know that that's why we have the title JOM and we we put a lot of resources into it and it after all these years
038it's it's better but the percentage of students that we educate has gone from native students have gone from under 10 to over 25 consistent over 25 consistently for a number of years. And we are probably the largest mating school in the state. So we are a reservation school. We are in that demographic and they are important uh students for us and we need to continue to focus on them and I appreciate seeing the last thing is I just want to invite you and remind you that the rendevous powo is Friday from 1 to 3. Um, so if you are available or free to come out and see the dancers and join us, we'd love to have you. And, uh, we are planning or we scheduled to have a hoop dancer perform at two. So, if
039you have time around, then that would be a great time to come out. Always fun to see. I was at the school at Ashove when you guys were putting up the teepee and taking it down. Oh, okay. Yeah. My grandson and I were wandering around out there on the playground. Good. Thank you, Roy. Ally, do you have anything? Yes, I do. Um, so as you know, the legislature passed some laws about concealed carry that uh expand who what what the districts can do to regulate employees and who concealed carry and employees now who have a concealed carry permit are able to um we we can't restrict them from coming onto our property with their concealed carry gun. Uh, but there are some things that we can do as a district that the legislature allows us
040to do. And I drafted a memo to to regulate. Not as much as we used to under the old law where we had discretion on whether or not we allowed our employees to conceal carry at school. Now we have no discretion and the legislature has limited our regulating power to like this much. Uh, so I've been working on a memo. I finished this memo actually and I provided it to the other school districts I represent about the changes in this law and what that means for the school district and what you can still do and what I advise you guys to do as a district with regard to that. Um, so I would like to share that with you at some point. Uh, I'm not going to talk about the details of it now because
041it's all attorney client privilege, but I would like to share with you guys the memo that I drafted and also the policies that I drafted as well. I took the model WSBA policies and I just I made some changes to it. I also took some information from Cody's policy that they had in place because they did um allow their employees to carry. So, there are some things we can adopt from that from the old law that I think is going to work for our district. But, uh I don't know if you guys want to um want me to just circulate that information around on an email or how you would like me to present it to you. Um you know, if you want to work with Jod, I we could do it at the next
042board meeting, have a e session, whatever you guys think is best. Probably. I don't think you should send out an email if it's sensitive information. Well, it's attorney client privilege if it comes from me, right? But if it goes out, you don't have any control. Yes, you're correct. If we had somebody hack or something. Yeah. Um, how do you want me to get it to you prior to the e session, though? Because it's it's like 20 pages. So, um, my intent was that we were going to talk about scheduling another work session. Okay. Okay. And potentially we could put an executive session on that work session. Okay. Then it could come through board docs or whatever the new Yep. one is. And another thing to keep in mind is this is not it. We can't
043these policies are considered rules under the administrative procedure act. So we have to go through formal rule making to enact these policies which is a longer timeline. It allows for public comment. We have to publish notice. Um I don't Are you guys familiar with formal rule making? Have Okay, so you guys know the process. Um if you want guidance on that, I could help you with that as well. But it is more involved than just passing a regular policy. And I'd like to talk more about that because I've heard different yeah perspectives and um my interpretation at this point unless I and unless you've swayed me differently is that it can be a policy because the new law has made it to where they can carry and so we are not it it is not
044um us changing the the the law and we're only impacting it on the people that come. So, I' I mean, I think we should talk further about that, too. Let's do that to see if we're better if we're better doing a policy or a rule. And then we've also had discussion about not doing anything um not having a policy because it opens us up both directions whether we have a policy or don't have a policy. So, that was one of the things I wanted to have on a work session agenda for June 10th. Okay. Yeah. Whatever works for you guys, just let me know and I'll make sure I am ready. Is that all for you? That's all. Thanks. Jada, do you have anything? I do not. Thank you, Colton. Um, tomorrow, Thursday and Friday,
045uh, two of my staff members and I are going to be attending the the annual STAR conference to learn about special revenues and grants. So, I'm excited for that because that will be my first one. Uh, last year I came just I think a week after that conference. So, I'm excited for that. I can learn everything that Julie does on the uh, special revenue and grant side. So, but that's it for me. Okay, Cody. buttons. Got it there though. Okay. Takes a lot of tries to get my microphone. Hold your mouth just right. Yeah. Push your buttons. You've got to push my button just right. Um, so I'd like to talk about scheduling a work session for June 10th. Um or if you do not want to have it on a night that we have
046a board meeting, scheduling it for another night where we could maybe go longer, whatever you think we need to do. Um hopefully by then we'll have a um some more budget information, some recalibration things that we've studied and thought of. We could potentially once again talk about the um nil policy if you felt like you needed to because the last time we provided it to you but we didn't have any time for discussion. Um and we can talk about the firearms um in school and what direction we think we want to go. There's multiple different guidances and it's going to be interesting to see which direction boards take. Um, so what's your preference for a work session schedule? Can we get all that in on the 10th before our regular meeting? I guess my preference
047would be to not have it on the day that we have a board meeting. Okay. Because we just run out of time. Yeah. And I'm going to I'm not going to be here on the 10th. I have to be down in Colorado for medical reasons. So, um, what about I mean, I could be I think you want me here in person, I would think, right? Yeah. Yeah. What about the third or 17th? The budget is starts to get tight. Those work for me. Especially if we're doing Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I know. I think we should prioritize things. We can't do it all in one night. Maybe do the budget just the budget because that's pretty Are you guys having any heartaches or anything with it? No, I think the budget is going to be short
048because we already did a large budget thing. It's just that the budget that we did was preliminary and then in July he'll do the full one, but just any short updates. So, I don't think the budget's going to be a big deal. And um how much time do you think you need to put all this to us? Well, it depends on how long we talk about it. A couple hours. Yeah. I mean, we could do a couple hours and we could do um like we did before where we do a work session that's, you know, potentially during the day and do an afternoon. Um I can start when we have things we can send it to you to look at in advance and then we can have the discussion when we get there. It's been
049it's um it's hard to prepare in advance right now just because of the number of things that are going on as you all know. So the third or you know I don't think before the board meeting you're right. Let's just start at four or something. We just run out of time. Well people at work four o'clock pretty I don't have to do that. I know you don't. That's good. I would prefer that we do it on the third. The third would be my also third. June 3rd. Yeah. At six or five or what do we want to do? Can we Can you make it at five? Could we do it a little bit earlier? I can make it. No, it's awesome to say. Like and I are the only two. June 3rd, five o'clock. Sounds
050good. Children. Okay. Um, so we'll as you have things come up that you would like added to that besides what I've already mentioned, just um, let me know. And so I had that and Jada and I would like to just move forward with Simly if if that if you're all okay with that. We think it's going to be a good product and might potentially help us with more than just what we do with board meetings and and whatnot. So did it help with any of the uh, the schoolboard associations uh that we well they had already given us three months but then they sent out another thing that said with the dove BSBA you can get your first three months free so I mean it's okay it's the same deal but I think they were
051anticipating that they were going to be doing that deal with WSBA when they told us that so well we'd like six free months then we got our three months so I sent you out some information about our um music and our predicament that we're in right now trying to find choir teachers. Um we've had that job posted for a long time. I've it's amazing to me how much work has gone into with the HR department and um others calling out reaching out to colleges and trying to recruit and find people. So, we're um that email that I sent you with the attachment kind of describes how we're we're keeping music in in the different avenues that we're taking. So, you know, when you are asked questions, we are definitely not saying that the fine arts
052is not important and that music is not important. We're trying to um we're trying to keep it in place without applicants and also enhance it at the same time. So, I do believe it's going to be the our end result will be what's in the best interest of our students when we finally land the right people on the bus. Good. And I don't have anything else this evening. All right. Ally, where's the June 3 going to work for you? Yeah, five. Okay, that's fine. All right. Um, I don't have much. Everybody else has pretty much covered all the things. One thing I did, we had a board roundt zoom meeting through the statewide deal and there the biggest thing we discussed was the gun policy and there was very little consensus among the 10 or
05312 people that were talking. I mean, everybody's doing something different or most of them weren't doing anything at all. Was that your take on it? and I talked about that we had questions about whether to do a policy or not and there was a couple of lawyers there shaking their head like we don't know either what to do. So anyway, we I think that's going to be a big deal for us. Also, I got this thing from the League of Women Voters uh for anyone to there's two town halls to talk to the secretary of state Chuck Gray. he's made some pretty, in my opinion anyway, controversial decisions or advancements. Um, so if you're at all interested in that for I think it's going to be mostly about voting laws and election integrity. Yeah. Yeah.
054Exactly. IDs, that sort of thing. I'm going to put this up here so you can look at it. And that's all I have. May I ask one more question? Is is anybody else planning on going to the law conference that we got the information on that's happening in August? What is is it it's an education law conference? Oh, the is it KOSA? It's in like Laram. Okay. They put it on every year. It's a yearly thing that they just do about some of the new things in education in terms of law and just and what they I went last year and it was I thought it was pretty good. usually reallyational. Maybe I'll go. I'm with the department of ed and so I I would like to go and I just don't know if anybody
055else was attending. I may What dates is it? Um let me look. Yeah, let's you could text me Lori. Okay, I will do that. It's right after it's a Thursday and a Friday. Yeah, it's okay. Yeah. Yeah, I'm intrigued. I might get some CL down there. It's UW puts it up. There's a lot of school district lawyers there and you know different and they have different factions because I went a lot with early childhood when I was CDS and then they have just different sessions. You can do what is most of interest. Very interesting but it's too close to the wedding for me to go. So it's in the middle of fair week. Okay. Do we have any visitors that would like to speak? Jeremy, do you want to certainly Okay. tell that calendar conversation
056if you have any questions, Mr. Chair. Okay. Thank you. Uh hearing none, we'll move on to our public forum about calendars, about the school calendar. So, why don't you come up and tell us what you or you can do it from there if you want. Open it all. Step. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh I think that um Jody and Christina probably have some background on it as well. the committee came up with three options. Um, and then the administrative team came up with a fourth hybrid option that went out to vote. Um, as you can imagine, 280ish votes split relatively a quarter, a quarter, a quarter, and a quarter. So, there's there's some that weigh more heavily than others, but generally you're down to to two maybe that are your top your top two. So
057for you to decide what you want to do with that. Well, and we talked a little bit that from where I'm sitting anyway, and I don't know about the rest of you, I don't really care, you know, what what you guys, you know, it's more up to the people who actually have to work that calendar. Don't mean that we don't care about the calendar. We just don't should be, right? I don't care one over the other, right? We don't have a preference. Yeah. So, they all have 171 staff days. They all have a no 171 student days, 181 staff days. And so they meet they meet those guidelines as far as the request to the state for an alternate calendar goes. How does that work in with when you do um work days where teachers
058are just in the building or you have is there one calendar where you're going to have more subs than you are on another? Not necessarily. I don't think I think I think the subload is probably about the same no matter how you look at it. I think that the administrative team is planning to meet the end of this month um your new administrative team to talk through what staff development will look like next year. And then they will be able to make some determination as to which days are speakers coming in for professional development and which days are are u work days. So that sometimes it's from anyone for So which one which one did come in? Calendar two. Yeah, I haven't looked at it recently because we'll have to have another public comment. So
059I didn't take the time today to look at where we stood with our votes. Your top two or are they two and three, Jada, or two and one? They're one and two, I think. We have a one, two, and a one, two, four, five. Yeah, three was eliminated by the committee. Okay. It didn't have enough days. I will think of all of you in August. We don't start until the day after Labor Day. So, I will think of But if you're like where my sisters at go until mid June. Yeah. Because I asked her the other day where when they get out because they start late and she's like, "My kids are done the 15th of June." We have three staff development days instead of 10. So that limits us a little bit, but they're
060all three right up front. Any questions? Just thank the committee for their work and administration. I know that's a hard committee to be on. Thank you for your help. You're welcome. All right. Luck in your endeavors. Thanks, Jeremy. Doesn't look like there's any public discussion. So, we'll move on to action items. First is to consider an administrative recommendation to approve an outofstate travel request. Mr. Chair, I would move the board approve the out ofstate travel request for Riverton High School Skills USA students to travel in June of 2025 to Atlanta, Georgia for the National Leadership and Skills Conference as per policy. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay, that is advanced. Second is to consider administrative recommendation to approve an outofstate travel request. Mr. Chair, I move the board approve the out
061ofstate travel request for the Riverton High School Key Club students to travel in July 2025 to Orlando, Florida for Key Club International Convention after policy. Second. Any discussion? My only discussion is that we've kind of decided to have them come after they go instead of before they go. I think that's great. Okay. Um, all in favor? I. Any opposed? That is advanced. Consider an administrative recommendation to adopt Frontier Academy calendar. Mr. Chair, I move the board adopt the Frontier Academy calendar for the 25 2025 2026 school year. Second. Any discussion? So, this does not need to go out for public comment. No. No, it is. I'm sorry. I am laughing too because my button Well, but then I'm breathing into it or if I cough. Exactly. So, um it does not because we've already approved
062and Frontier just gives theirs a little bit late. I mean, we've basically This one should have gone on the before us last Okay. Okay. spring, but there were some changes and it didn't make it. Okay. Okay. So, if it's just a school, it still has to have a public policy. I mean, a public hearing. No. So, it's our district calendar has to Yeah. So, I'm asking it is between a school and a Yep. because this one is just modified within the same bounds as our district count. So, it has the exact same number of hours and days and all of those things. It's just that they're a little bit they're aligned differently because they take those two week breaks. So, they go into June and they start sooner in August. So, um yeah, I I'm
063not sure I don't remember why it didn't come before the board last spring. I think Justin just lost I don't know. Yeah. So anyway, but we're doing it now. Okay. Thank you. I hear a motion. Moved and seconded. We just have to vote. Okay. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Hearing none. that advances to consider an administrative recommendation to adopt an amended policy. Mr. Chair, I would move the board adopt amended policy 5145. Certified licensed professional and professional staff early notification of intent to resign or retire on first reading. Second. Any discussion? All in favor? I. Any opposed? That has advanced. Consider Administrative recommendation to approve curriculum. Mr. Chair, I I move the board approve the new science curriculum for grades 3 through 5 for the 2526 school year. Second. Any discussion? Do you have
064any discussion? I don't. It was what they presented to you guys last time. So, unless Nothing to add to that. No, there's not. Okay. Thank you. I'm kind of disappointed. I'm still trying to breathe over here. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? That has advanced to consider an administrative recommendation to approve new course proposals. Mr. Chair, I would move that the board approve the Fremont County School District 25/Jobcore course proposals for heavy truck driving CDL skills training A and heavy truck driving skills training B as presented. Second. Any discussion? So, they have to be 17 uh and they can't take their license till they're 18. Right. Correct. So they'll they'll have to follow the same rules that are in place for getting your CDL um even though they're high school students. So I remember
065we ran a program at Bose seats for truck drivers and they couldn't we at that time they you couldn't even start the course until you were 17 uh to take the and then they turned 18 sometimes in the summer after to be able to actually take the driver. I would we specifically added this course these two courses. I if you remember we previously added four other courses but there is a student who wants to enroll in this next fall and is projected to enroll in it. And so we needed the courses to be approved and that was his course of study that he chose. And so that's why we went ahead and put these before you. Now did I miss it? Who's going to teach it? It it's it's ourou with JobCore with JobCore. So
066the student will be enrolled in JobCore. I think that's a nice program. I think it's a great idea. We definitely have a shortage. I would guess with knowing DOT, federal DOT, that'll be an intrastate license for now until they hit 21, I think, before you go to interstate. So it'll be limited to the state of Wyoming. the first step. Yeah. Yeah. First step. I think it's awesome. Cool. Any further discussion? Thank you. All in favor? I. Any opposed? That has advanced. Consider consider a re administrative recommendation to approve new course proposals. Mr. Mr. Chair, I move the board approve the Riverton High School new course proposals for music, musical theater, and dramatic literature as presented. Second. Any discussion? So, we're kind of doing workarounds for instructors on Well, um, we are. However, we have an
067English teacher who is also our theater instructor. So, she is dual certified. So, I don't know if you were able to attend the last ride initiative movement. Christina can tell you more about it, but our goal is to start moving forward with being able to receive credits in multiple content areas rather than you're in this class, so you only get this credit. So, both of these classes will result in a student earning a fine arts and an ELA credit for taking the class. Excellent. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Hearing none, that has advanced. Consider an administrative recommendation to offer contracts. Mr. Chair, I move the board offer a contract to Olivia Axel as a district Spanish interpreter translator. Shandi Andred as a Riverton High School ELA teacher, Triton Foresman as Riverton High School social
068studies teacher. Hannah Bunker as a Frontier Academy social studies teacher. Taylor Thman Tomen as Riverton High School welding teacher. Cassie Murray as a rendevous elementary social worker. Holly Weston as a Frontier Academy counselor for the 2025 2026 school year. Second. Any discussion? So Taylor is from Riverton. She is married, but she's been teaching in Lander. Okay. She's their FFA, so we're probably not very popular with Lander right now. That me too bad. So sad. She'll be She's a great find. She'll be good. All in favor? I I Any opposed? Hearing none, that has advanced and consider an administrative recommendation to offer a contract. Mr. Chair, I would move the board offer a contract to Robin Johnson as a Willow Creek Elementary principal effective for the 2025 2026 school year. Second. Any discussion? All in favor?
069I. Any opposed? Hearing none, that has advanced. And then information items. We have a graduation ceremony Sunday. That's this Sunday. This Sunday. Yes. May. I know. I have trouble with that, too. Yeah. May 18th at noon. So, be there. Be there 11:40. 11:30ish. So, you can get in the back. You can park in the back. Everyone but Carl. They should be. Okay. I can walk. I can be there to let you in. Well, text me. I'm I'm You'll need to You'll have your You'll need to get your little croisses and all sorts of good stuff. So, good enough. And the fiscal year 26 official tentative budget. Okay, that was kind of cryptic. What is that? So, that that's the budget that we talked about at the work session. So, we we have to put it
070before you as an information item in May. Okay. So you have our tenative budget. It's not official. Okay. So that's just a blurb to Okay, fair enough. That's just that's just following the rules. That good enough. New policy 4116, non-school sponsored student travel amended policy 2065, procurement policy and procedures. Amended policy 4085, homeschooling amend. Amended policy 4085-R homeschooling new policy 3220 sex designated facilities. Uh notifications of habitually truent, willfully absent and 10day drop students. That's in your executive content. We have a donation of $1,250 received from High Plains Power for Aspen Elementary food pantry. Is that a food pantry for the families? Um yeah, that's a that's a food pantry to send um food home over weekends and when there's when we know that there's children that go without meals. Good. Certified staff changes. Transfer
071of Sarah Witell to a RHS sped teacher effective the 2526 school year. Classified staff changes. Retirement Frontier Academy success coach Chanel Stanley effective June 10th of 25. Resignations RHS custodian Ryan Hartman effective April 23rd of 25. RHS custodian Anthony Howard effective May 16th of 25. Aspen Elementary Parah Taran Mossbrooker effective May 23rd of 25. RMS Parah Jonathan Dill effective May 23rd of 25. New hire is effective for the 2526 school year. Natasha Iden as an atrisisk transition coordinator. And there's a separation notice in your executive content and enrollment. down about the same. And is there anything else anyone would like to bring before the board? Graduation is Sunday. Yes, you reminded me. That doesn't hurt. This Sunday. This Sunday. Yes, we are journed.