001Good evening. We are opening. We have a call to order now. [Music] I aliance 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. Number five, the consent agenda. Do we have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> I move approval. Oh, >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any discussion on any of these items? >> Yeah. No, I don't. No. Okay. All >> I I >> I and I unanimous. Item six, monthly items and financial reports. >> A the monthly approval of warrants. Do we have a motion to approve the warrants? I make a motion to approve the warrants. I'll second. Any discussion on the warrants? [Music] >> Oh, wonder. >> Not I'm sorry. One. Okay. No,
002it's fine. I'm now logged in. I was like, I can't find my yellow sticky note. But because I wasn't logged in, um I just wanted to double check my sticky note. What did I have? >> Okay, we're good. >> Well, while she's doing that, I'll say kudos to to for your masters in governance. They all handled all at once. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I never thought of that myself. I think I paid for one myself. I got reimbured for another and I done four but not all five because it just blasted out. I was good. >> Okay. Yeah, they offered as a bundle. So, >> Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? No. Roll call vote. >> I I >> I unanimous. Item B is I don't know if this is an action item,
003the 202425 cafeteria profit and loss report. No, the next two items are just information only. So, um this is an annual report we do to show the the financial um state of the cafeteria fund. And um as you can see, if you look back over time at the ending balance, um it was not self- sustaining. We used to have to make a transfer some of the years early on that have a higher amount. Um we would to make a transfer from our general fund at usually in July to be able to start purchasing food for back to school because we were always at the end of the budget every year. And now that all students uh eat for free, we're able to claim um more reimburseable meals because it's not holding them back from participating
004if um if they couldn't uh afford lunch. So it's really been great. But you can see that our um our revenues and our expenditures are are pretty close together. Um in fact, it's only a little bit more revenue than expenses. It is expensive for food and many things. They have gone up. Um but we did have a balance that's rolled over that's helped with the carryover. So we'll be looking at you're not allowed to have a big balance in the cafeteria fund sitting there over time. So, we might look at doing some upgrades to equipment and and to the kitchens. >> Got a George Foreman grill in there. >> He's seven of those in college. >> Thank you, Terry. >> Item six C is the 2020 to 2025 5-year developer fee report and the 2024
005to 25 annual developer fee report. So, if you looked at it on Friday, you might have just seen the five-year report. I had some emails going back and forth with the county um to find out if you still had to do the annual report on the same year that the 5-year report was due um and they didn't get back to me till Monday morning and they were saying yes, you have to do both. But I had the annual one already prepared. So, I just attached it on Monday morning. It's basically saying the same thing because the amounts for the current year or the past year are in the five-year report. But anyways, it's just to show how much revenue was brought in. Um the five-year one is required to to show that you were spending
006the money because you're not allowed to have it acrewing there and and developers could say, "Hey, I want a refund." I um paid fees back in 2020 and now that money is still sitting there. So, it's just a required report that Kurt had helped me to draft back in 2020. So, I used his template and just updated it with the current information. And we're still working on the um portable projects. We're still trying to close the 1991 portable project at OCI so that we can proceed with the new portables. That has become a huge uh issue trying to get that closed because the architect who did the plans died and we're not able to find the paperwork that's needed. They're wanting us to start completely over for a classroom we've been using for 34 years.
007So, um we we're working with project support specialists to try to get that resolved still. Um, but we're also hoping to be able to use the developer fees when we get to that point being able to um finish the new portables that were purchased as well as um we applied for a um Stephan and I worked together on COPS grant for school safety. Um and part of that grant you have to match for the expenditures that are in there. So we also could use some of the developer fees for that once we find out how much of the grant we get. It was to put in some more um additional uh cameras, new alarms, fencing, different things like that, which we would present at a future meeting. But we're supposed to find out about the
008results of that grant soon. And that would be helpful to have some of the developer fees because that would count as modernization, which you can use the fees for. It's not just for new construction. Thank you, Tara. And seven, hearing a person's wishing to address the board. I don't have any slips from the public, but I just want the public to know that we do welcome your input. Uh if you do offer comment, you have three minutes or you can send an email. Uh the address is here to uh elder durastlake sd.org to 12 p.m. uh on the date of the meeting if you'd like to address the board and your email will be read by a staff member at the meeting up to three minutes in length. There will be no board discussion and
009no action will be taken unless listed on the substant agenda. Okay, next item here we have action item 8A is resolution number 26-27 resolution authorizing emergency repair work related to roof flooding building 100 at Oak Creek Intermediate School. >> Move approval of the resolution 2060. >> Okay, is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay, discussion on this. So, I worked with our new u maintenance and operations manager, James Gillespie, to uh he had let me know when we had that first rain that um the ceiling tiles this roof has been leaking for a very long time and we've been bandating it for a long time. Uh but this last time that poor Mr. McGru's office was filled with ceiling tiles and you could see almost he almost had three skylights in there. I didn't
010know if maybe he was looking for that. Um, but so I reached out to a facilities consultant that was a colleague of mine for my CBO class and uh asked, "What can you do if you have an emergency? Because if you have to put it in a paper and do a public hearing and go out to bid, that's a very lengthy process and we're getting ready to get into winter and what if we have a bunch more rain? We can't wait." So, she let me know that you could um she sent me this resolution and she said, "You can do an emergency repair under this ED code. you just have to work with their county office. So I reached out to the county. James got the quote um and uh so we got it here
011on the agenda so that we don't have to wait. We can get that repaired right away uh for everyone student and staff safety and health. And we are able to use our capital facilities fund 42 so it won't impact the general fund. Um that's a fund if you remember when they sold the Bass Lake school that the money's been sitting in there and each year we've used it here and there when there's been a capital project. So um I think that it'll be really good. There's three buildings that have leaks if you notice three of them on the quote, but we're just trying to um address the most critical one right now and then revisit um because those funds do acrew some interest in the county treasury. So maybe we wait a year and then
012we can do one more and so on. And there's pictures there. I mean, you can see it's pretty bad. The drain runs into the walls and the water just comes in. And discussion on this. Okay. Roll call vote. I >> I unanimous. Item B, resolution number 26-08, resolution of the governing board of Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District to adopt the use of curriculum/instructional materials for the 2025 2026 school year. Do we have a motion to approve? >> I motion to approve. >> I'll second discussion on this. So this is um one of the last things that we needed to have done for our Williams monitoring for the county and the state. So last month we had a resolution that said we were offering enough curriculum and instructional standards based materials for all of
013our students. They also wanted a resolution saying that all of the curriculum that has been adopted in the district is the curriculum that is going to be used for the upcoming 2526 school year. So that's what this is. So all everything that's listed here is the same thing that was listed on last month's resolution. Any discussion? >> Okay, we'll call the vote. I >> I [Music] 8 C adoption of board policies, administrative regulations, and bylaws presented in the September meeting. Do we have a motion to approve? I'll make a motion for the adoption of board policies, administrative regulations, and bylaws presented in the September meeting. I'll second. As I mentioned last meeting, there are several of the policies that completely ignore the title 9 um 2020. As everyone knows that I gave a letter um
014the 2024 Biden administration title 9 revisions were vacated by a federal judge. So now pursuant to federal law, we are back to the 2020 title N ruling. So it was clear from what I could see that some of these policies uh do not align with that ruling violate. So it's a federal ruling issue covered uh all of California, all of the states and in fact California is being sued by the uh attorney general, US attorney general civil rights office for violating title n having biological male and female swords. and that's an active lawsuit right now. So I I personally am not going to vote yes on these. I I don't think you can isolate any of these items since they're to be approved as a whole. So >> do you want to give any specific
015ones or just regarding all of them? >> Yeah. Diane, if you did want to pull some of them aside, you could have before we made a motion to adopt all of them, right? She could have you could pull some aside if you don't want to. It's up >> for discussion now. >> Well, it is, but she said since there's no way, but there is a way if when we're anyway in the future maybe if you want some you can or you can amend the motion and ask to pull some aside that you don't want to talk about or you can just disagree with all of them. It's up to you. Well, then I make a motion to pull items. >> We We There's already a motion. >> Okay. >> And it's been seconded. >> So,
016unless you want to amend your motion. >> Okay. So, can I provoke my motion and then maybe withdraw? >> Okay. So, I withdraw my motion to approve all of the board policies and administrative regulations for September. I'd like to make a motion to pull the following items for separate discussion. Starting with policy 6145, athletic programs, regulation 5145.3, non-discrimination/carassment. [Music] This would be regulation 6142.1 sexual health and HIV/ AIDS prevention instruction. The current parent guardian notification and opt out is a violation of the uh Supreme Court ruling 2025 in Mammud versus Taylor where the court ruled that the parents have the right to opt their children out of uh LGBTQ themed instruction. So this particular policy does not allow parents to opt out of this content. >> Which which policy was that? That's uh regulation 6142.1.
017>> Okay, got it. >> And the next one is policy 6145.2 athletic competition. Um that's also a violation of the title 9 as it was vacated >> and this is a safety issue and unfair advantage. It's a safety issue having males PE and female sports as they are typically stronger and can cause physical problems. And those are those are the only ones like motion. >> May I ask a question? Was um 5145.7 on that list? If not, I would like to add that for the same reasons. >> I didn't see anything that specifically violated anything on that one. So that's why I didn't name it. Okay, just to review, would you like to >> I I make a motion. >> She already did. >> Second. >> I didn't hear. >> Okay. So then do we
018now make another motion or we will we have to rule on that >> on the remaining. >> So am I understanding that we're you're making a motion to approve except you're going to pull these other ones for separate votes. >> Yes. Okay. Got that. Absolutely. >> First that, second that. We can vote on that, then we can go to the other ones in question. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, we >> Okay. So, then I'll make a motion then for the rest of the policies that and regulations that were not the ones that she mentioned so that we can approve those. Well, that's what I was trying to clarify was I was thinking she's making a motion to approve the board policies except >> Okay. for that list that we're going to pull aside >> and
019then we'll vote on those separately. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Do you want the motion restated, >> Lissa? So, is there a motion to pull the items that I already mentioned? Okay. And vote on the remaining policies. >> I make that motion. >> And Stephen seconded that. >> Okay. And I second it. Good. >> Okay. So, you agree on that one? >> Yeah. >> So, now there's a role. >> Well, there needs to be discussion >> or discussion. >> See if there's any discussion about those policies. >> The policies that you haven't mentioned, >> right? Is there is there >> the only discussion I had was I already sent you an email regarding policy 1113 and that had to do with student photos on the website and the language in the policy was saying that
020if students names are not included photographs of individual students or groups of students such as at a school event may be published on school or district websites. So, I wasn't comfortable with that, thinking that that if they haven't been given consent and their picture pops up, what if there's some sort of liability with a a parent who's, you know, doesn't have custody or, you know, whatever. There could be a lot of liability with that. And so Michelle sent me um the form that parents fill out at the beginning giving that type of consent. So, that made me feel comfortable with that policy. So, that was my um question. regarding [Music] a quick question. Were you adding 514? What was that? >> It's added or it's it's added as an exclusion. >> Added as exclusion. >>
021So there are 1, two, three, four, five. >> Correct. Okay. So at this point we're approving the remaining correct. >> I I >> I Okay. So now we make another motion on those five policies. So um do we have a policy to approve or or a motion rather to um approve these five policies? Okay. I make a motion we approve them. >> I'll second discussion >> to approve them to be discussed later. >> Well, I'm approving them, but you guys can discuss your objections to them. >> Well, I'm voting on that. >> That's a discussion we can have right now. >> I've already stated my reasons. >> Okay. So, I looked through these and it says in I'm on 6142.1. It says parent/guard guardian notification and opt out at the beginning of each school year
022or at the time of a student's enrollment. The superintendent or designate shall notify parents/guardians about comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education as well as research on student health behaviors and risks planned for the coming year. the notice shelf advice parents, guardians, etc., etc. And go to the last two paragraphs out at the bottom section. [Music] >> Which one is it? Policy 6142.1 >> requirements of the ED code >> pertaining to instructional content, teacher training and parent guardian notification opt out shall not apply to the following. A description or illustration of human reproductive organs, construction materials or programming that discusses gender, gender identity, gender expression, etc. Okay. So, that's the part that you're >> correct that you're that doesn't allow for an opt out. >> Okay. >> You can opt out of of them participating
023in the program though >> that was in >> we do give that notification and they can review the materials >> that's in 614.1.2 >> gives you an opt out at the bottom. >> Yeah. >> This is the policy, right? Is that correct that we're on? >> Yeah. So, I guess that's where it's confusing, right? Because number two says the parent guardians have the right to their students out of this, but then at the bottom it says exclusion that they're not allowed to. >> What paragraph is the exclusion? >> That is page three. Page >> number 612.1 >> 6142.1 >> you're on the regulation. >> Okay. >> So again it's all to evaluate each opt out request and return. And so you're saying that there are not opt out options. >> This is saying except as
024required by law requirements of blah blah pertaining to instruction content teacher training and parent guardian notification shall not apply to college. So items A and B parent does not have the option as far as how I read it to offer. >> Oh gosh. I'm on Okay. I'm sorry. What? >> So page three at the bottom. I need the policy apparent or I was on the wrong >> 41. You need to be on the rag. >> I am on the rag. 61421.2 >> 6142.1 6142.1 >> dyslexia >> and we're on the regulation of that. >> Yeah. Three of the regulations >> regulation. It says accept as required >> pertaining to instructional content, teacher training and parent guardian notification and and opt out shall not apply to the following. A description or illustration of human reprotective organs.
025Okay, let me read this. [Music] Okay. Right now, how I'm seeing this is if you don't opt out completely, you can't just opt out on this maybe is what that's saying. Yeah, it's definitely confusing because in the policy and I know the regulation's different because that's how we apply, but at the in the policy, it says at the beginning of each school year or at the time of the student's enrollment, parent guardians shall be notified in the manner specified in the accompanying administrative graduation, and they may request in writing to author students out of participating in comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education. Students so excused shall be given an alternative educational activity. Additionally, a student shall not be subject to disciplinary action, academic penalty, or any other sanction if the student parent ops a
026student out of such instruction. So that feels very clear, but then when you go to the regulation, it becomes slightly unclear. >> Yes. >> You're not allowing opt out at all based on this language. Can we um >> I Yeah, I was wondering maybe tableabling like just this one so we could get clear understanding because I think we all agree that this car is to have the ability to opt out and if we're confused about this language we need some clarification. So this part of the ED code essentially says that the specific rules for comprehensive sexual health education things like the required content, special training for teachers and the mandatory parent guardian notification and opt out process do not apply to other subjects taught in school but that's not it doesn't like outline that. So
027I think I agree with Julie like we we all agree that if parents want to opt out they can opt out. So, let's make sure that we understand why it's different on the REB than on the policy on the regulation um before we move forward. Okay. So, we're going to pull regulation 6142.1 and put it on next month's agenda. Correct. That's a sexual health and HIV AIDS prevention instruction. But that's just the regulation. So are we passing the policy because the policy says unequivocally that there is an opt out. >> Yeah. They usually mirror each other, >> right? So we're going to >> Are those Did you list those two? Did you list the policy and the regulation on this? >> I did not. Oh, okay. Sorry. I mean, I did just one of the
028regulation I did. >> Yeah, >> but the policy has opted out. >> Yeah. Yeah. Let's just put it on the next agenda so we can do do our due diligence with the research and make sure that everybody understands before we take action. >> The do you need any clarification? >> Oh um >> yes >> probably but >> are we going to do this one by one? >> I'm just going to do one by one. Okay. So then um yeah take each one. You made a motion right to pull it. >> I suggest your suggestion. Did you want a motion then it or I don't feel like I can motion on top of another motion? >> I thought you want me to motion. >> You want to amend your motion? >> Oh, I did make that
029motion, didn't I? >> Can't we vote? Can't you still vote on yours as a whole? But pull that one >> again. We're going to pull it. >> Yeah. Right. That could be the both, right? >> Yes. >> So, are we going to hold on to this until we've discussed all five of these and that way if we're going to pull another one? >> I think the motion is to talk about all of them. Right. That's what we're h what's happening right now. Like we're in discussion about all five of those. Right. >> So, let's continue to discuss the other ones if we need to. >> Right. And then the then the motion or or the sorry, the vote can be on whatever's decided based on the discussion. >> Yeah. We pull them on. Great. >>
030So, we're still talking about the group of them. Mental note, we just set one aside. We're going to come back to that after. What's the next one, Diane? >> Policy 6145. Athletic programs. [Music] I'm sorry. >> 45. Wait. >> 22. Athletic competition. >> Is it the policy or the regulation? >> I think it's a policy. I wrote it down when you were talking about it. >> So 6145.2. Yeah. >> Okay. So, [Applause] [Music] I think the regulation is what this one as well. [Music] And the other one was the policy. >> No, it was the regulation. >> Okay. They're both locked on the list. Yeah. >> Okay. So yes, the regulation 6145.2 to design athletic competition. This one violates the 2020 Title 9 ruling and abides by what it appears to be the 2024 Title
0319 uh amendments made under the Biden administration which are no longer um allowed. Is this about participating in athletics? Is that what you're referring? The participation in athletics in athletics based on >> gender identity. >> Yes. >> And Okay. Go ahead. >> So there's that one. >> Any other comment on that? >> I just disagree with it. Basically, I think that whole par that paragraph there should end with in so far as none of this above violates title N. I think that should be have it right to it. [Music] So, it's my understanding that when they went back to the ruling of 2020, like your letter um that you shared with us, Diane, that on this specific issue in the research that I did, I'm sure there's other things that I didn't, you know, get
032maybe read, but in in my understanding is that the 2020 rule was sort of silent on this like specific issue. However, California Ed Code is specific and explicit about um it's California Ed Code 221.5 that um is explicit about um the protection for transgender students and participation in athletics. So, these policies of course are vetted through California law, right? And so I just that's the research that I found and that's my understanding as to likely why they're recommending this as a policy because they're following the explicit language in the California ad code. So again, right, like we've talked about this before, like this this is through CSBA and gamut and it's all vetted through >> we're the attorneys for liability. So I >> title Nico >> under this provision is vacated and it's um the
033jurisdiction is over all of United States. So, California is not excluded from that ruling that vacated the 2024 Biden administration which included all of it. >> I guess I don't understand enough about this Title 9 and what's going on. So >> well, Title 9 recreated in 1972 to uh non-discrimination against women, but then it was added by the administration added all the other protections for you know LGBTQ plus etc. And so >> well I think as we yeah sorry I think as as we went through from the 70s things were continually added >> by multiple administrations, right? Yes. >> Not right. >> But yes, it was the 2024 ruling was vacated back to the 2020. That is correct. >> Um, like I said in in what I found, it didn't seem like it was super
034specific. However, California Ed code is so we can discuss um the board can give a direction on a recommendation of making sure that you know ultimately we need to be legally defensible, right? And we need to make sure that we are >> protecting all of our students per the law, right? So whether we feel one way or feel the other, right, is not the issue, right? So I think what I'm hearing and please this is discussion is different interpretations right of of the v the vacating of the title 9 and and then where does where does the California ed code come in and I think we need to be very careful and before we decide what we want to do we need to make sure that we're going to be legally defensible based on the
035loss. Okay. So, I think I want to amend my emotion again. >> Okay. >> I feel like I feel like the ones that we pulled aside, they should all be put to next month because we're all going to have to do our own homework because they're all the same premise, transgender children, and that's the basis of your um not wanting to align those policies. Correct. It's basically the transgender part of the title N. >> So that way we can all do our own homework and find out how we can be compliant with the law and advocate for all of our children. >> So why don't we move all of them to next? >> Okay. I just want to make one comment on this too is that I don't see this going only in one direction
036because if you have a young lady that would like to try out for the football team and there is not a girls football team then she can play football under this >> regulation. Correct. >> Right. But if we change it she wouldn't be able to. >> Right. And it's dangerous for her. So that's >> but that's what she wants to do. That's not our That's not necessarily for us to decide that, right? >> I'm just I'm just trying to offer another comment with this that it's not this just doesn't go in one direction, right? >> CSBA wouldn't recommend. >> I'm not interested in taking away anybody's rights to play anything. >> Yeah. So, I think we'll just all do our own homework and then decide, like you said, ultimately we have to be compliant with
037the law, federal and state. And um so we all have to do our own homework this month and figure out how we can best move forward with these policies. Then I want to know which law supersedes which law. That's unclear to me. >> A lot of people have that question. >> And how do we find that out? >> Yeah, it's a good question. Well, we'll have to reach out to Lisa. >> Oh, yeah. >> Another couple thousand dollar question we can ask our legal team. It's only $410 United. >> Only 410 an hour. >> United States education department >> that's being dismantled. >> Well, what's not? >> I'm sorry, but are we going to follow something that's being taken apart? Like I don't get it. >> This department is not. >> But we have to
038go by what CSBA gives us. that's protected under what we're supposed to. >> I think part of the issue here is some of the some of the title N like I was saying back in 2020 what's been vacated is unclear. it doesn't like state exactly right and so that's why states created very explicit laws and rules around it right so I think that when it's not clear but you have a clear state law then it's the state law right um so I >> but >> I'm not an attorney so we can go in that direction >> yeah I think that's what for me. For me, that's what's going to help me make this decision. That's what I need to know. Because if the federal law supersedes the state law, then she may have a point.
039But if state law supersedes, then it's in our best interest to vote these in. And if it takes time for let's say um the >> you have until a certain deadline to implement the new thing, shouldn't we be covered by what's being handed to us in the current situation right now and then when we have to be compliant by or when there's a transition from the federal law into the state law and we have a certain window that that can take then we adopt it at that time. I would be curious to see what legal say. >> I'm just unclear on, you know, we kind of talked about this last month when this first got brought up was, you know, which law cuz she's saying, "Well, this this law doesn't apply anymore. This Title N
040law doesn't apply." And yet on the state side, they're saying, "Oh, no, no, no. You know, here it is. This is ED code. This is this is how it is." And so, we're we're creating or updating policies based on something that to me is unclear. We're are we following the state law or are we following the federal law? What are we doing? And I'm unclear on what that is. >> Yep. >> I'm I'm clear that we're under the federal law as a pledge of basis to this flag and that there was just a number of the same policies Diane mentioned and a couple others that I thought were great as long as they ended with the phrase in so far as none of this violates Title N. And and that would that would solve the
041whole problem of the state and the feds. >> No, it wouldn't. >> Yes, it would actually. >> Okay. Well, I just state >> we we get state but we get actually more funding from our state than federal. So >> it doesn't matter where your funding comes from. That's that's not the criteria. >> We have I mean ultimately we have to follow the law. >> Yeah. Ed code is from our state. >> Not not the funding mine. Um, >> it's California ed code though. >> Well, you guys are saying that federal federal monies don't come into our schools that often or that much. Anyway, the point is we're going to table this till next month. Can we uh seek legal clarification? Although, are we going to want to spend that kind of money? >> Well, I'm
042going to reach out to CSBA first, right? Like >> they have their attorneys. Yeah, exactly. >> And do a little more digging and get a little more information so I can present that to you guys ahead of time. >> Mhm. Right. And then it'll be agendaized for the next month and it'll be important to make, you know, make sure look at that and ask questions about that and then >> um and then we'll talk about it in November. I don't remember what month we were in. >> Perfect. Sometimes if we are in violation and we're going forward with policies that are in violation, there's lawsuits can potentially happen there. Thank you. >> Well, and I also want to say that some of this, right, we have in this policy has also included concussions and head
043injuries, heat illness, sudden cardiac arrest, AEDs. Are we going to throw all that out as well? So, you know, some of this we need to clarify as well. >> Well, and I think >> most of this much of this I would think is probably in the existing policy, right? These are like updates, right? >> So, if we're willing to risk that of, you know, maybe not abiding by the update until we reconvene, then that's what we do. >> Okay. So, we're going to table those items >> and we're going to go ahead with the vote on the remainder. Is that correct? >> I just ask for clarification on the five I'm going to read the numbers. So I have AR 6145.2. >> That's regulation, not our policy. >> Yeah. AR will be resol. >> Yes.
044>> BP 6145.2. >> Yes. >> AR 6142.1. >> And then I don't know what these fall under. I have 5145.3. Is that AR? That's what they are. >> And then I have 5145.7. [Music] >> I wrote it down as a regulation. Is that right, Stephen? That was yours? >> Yeah. >> Did you also have board policy 6145? >> I have BP 6145.2. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> So, is there five or four? >> That's five. This is >> Yeah. So the men come back to Could you read them one more time? >> I just check 6145.2 DP 6145.2 disagreement >> AR 6142.1 AR 5145.3 AR 5145.7 >> Thank you. Thank you. [Music] >> So now do we go ahead with the vote on the remainder? Is there a second to this amended motion? >> I
045made the motion. >> So, roll call vote for the remaining remaining policies. Five I >> I [Music] further be done this. Very good. Okay. Now we're moving to the information items. A is your rolling report. So uh it was only a small change, a little bit of an increase there from last month. 773 and then also attached there you'll see now that we have some data um from August on uh the attendance and ADA uh compar or the ADA and enrollment comparison so you can see the attendance percentage um that's also attached so you can see you know how many students are enrolled versus the actual attendance um so we're still getting close some some are getting closer back to the 95 5% or higher which was precoid level. >> They're in the 90s. >>
046Yeah. Last year I think there were more low everybody was low 90s. So it's a little bit of improvement but still uh we need more kids because we built the budget on 803 kids and we're fun going to be funded on 773. So that's going to be challenging. >> Okay. Item B is the interd district transfer reports. It looks like we had three students transfer into Bass Lake School District since September 10th. >> Yep. >> Okay. And academic achievement. >> Okay. So, just a couple things to discuss. Um I shared with you on the supporting documents and then also in front of you um a little bit of I ready data. What I did is I um I just compared last school year and this school year in both reading and math. We'll start with
047reading where we were as a district as far as students on or above grade level, one grade level below or two or more. So you you see sort of that pyramid, right, with the tears. [Music] So at the at the beginning of the 2425 school year, 60% for reading were on um 19% were one year below and 21% were two or more. And then at the bottom of that page, I showed how our English learners were scoring in comparison to our English only students. And the reason I did that is because this year we are doing we're focusing a lot on our English language development instruction and looking at our reclassification criteria and seeing um what we can do for for our English learners. And so I thought that might be interesting to look at.
048Right. So you can see sort of like where we were at the beginning of the school year last year compared to the beginning of the school year this year in both reading and math. And then the subgroup of our English learners at the bottom of the page. >> So it looks like in reading it's just it's like the same >> except for English learners a little bit less >> less starting this year. >> Yeah. But everything else seems pretty similar. Well, I guess we didn't go backwards. That's good. >> Yeah, it is the beginning of the school year. Yeah. >> So, we should have Well, I have CASP data, but it hasn't been released to the public, so I'm not supposed to release it to the public. Um, so I do have that and that
049will um come out I think they said hopefully by the end of October. So hopefully that'll be out and we can report on that and at our next board meeting. [Music] >> And then um I just kind of wanted to let you guys know that again we are focusing on um EL and looking at how we can structure to make sure that our students are getting our English learners are getting designated instruction throughout the day. And we're also um doing some work on making sure that our reclassification, so students exiting out of being designated as an English learner and moving on to being English only um we're looking at that criteria because um it currently the way it currently exists is um pretty much near impossible, right? and we're expecting more from our English learners
050than our how our English only kids are performing. So that is not good. And so we're looking at scale scores and I ready and finding averages and then um going to be looking at CASP and then we're going to create a criteria that makes it more equitable and more attainable for those students. And also related to academic achievement, we are getting ready to prepare and launch a pilot for um two new so curriculums, social emotional learning. So, we've had um conversations with representatives and we have set time frames that they're going to give us a free trial and they're also going to provide professional development within that trial so that our teachers can understand how to use the program and be able to use it for free for a period of time. And they also
051are going to give us um like rating skills so we can have like a rubric and teachers and principles and staff that are involved in piloting that can score and um have say in which ones, you know, they like the best and then um move forward with with adopting something after we've gone through that process. So that should be launching soon. We're getting close. And then we're also um getting close to doing some work at each site for um vision mi mission vision and goals for each school site so that we can sort of have a collective idea of where we want to go with our students and setting goals around that. and then um having that help drive some of the um professional learning communities that we're also looking at launching as soon as
052we can get all of this this work done. Um we want to make sure that we do it right. So um we're doing it a little bit slow and you know time is always hard to come by. Um but we are doing the best that we can and trying to move in the direction of getting that stuff up and running. So those are all things that are like actively in real time taking place and should be coming to fruition soon. So that's any questions on that? >> Um I had a different question. I got a parent square about attendance plus. >> Oh yeah. >> What is that? >> Yeah. So attendance plus is a add-on to parent square. We all know that um we're our chronic absenteeism isn't great. We did make growth. Um it's
053getting better. And so we're sort of doing this attendant not sort of we are doing an attendance campaign. And the way attendance plus works is kind of similar to I Ready with different tiers. It gives um each school and the district a dashboard um like daily. It rolls over every night with all of the attendance information in Aries and it'll group kids into tiers, right? So like tier one, good attendance, tier 2, okay attendance, tier three chronic, absent, tier four significantly chronic. And it is really easy to just like click, you see a list of students at your school in the different tiers. And then we've created messages, message templates in there so that the office manager, office secretary, whoever has been tasked with sending these messages out can send positive messages out to the
054students who are doing well and coming to school. Um, students that are struggling, we're trying to be collaborative and positive by sending messages out like, "Hey, we've noticed you've missed your student." and it'll say the student's name has missed this many days of school. Um, we want to be we want to help. Please contact us if we can provide resources or assistance to make sure that so and so can get to school, you know, and we have little blurs in there about how it affects academic achievement and social emotional learning and those types of things. We also can send messages if a student maybe was struggling and maybe in a tier three or a tier four, but now has made progress. So, we want to really celebrate that and so we'll send messages home to
055those families. We're trying to tie our positive behavior intervention or our um our PBIS rewards points to that also to um incentivize attendance. And um the way we've structured it is at the beginning of each month from the district, you may have seen it looked kind of like a notebook and it had like four squares and it had information about attendance. So that gets generated out of the district office and sent out. And then the first and third Tuesday is when the messages get sent out to families depending on where the kids are falling. And then um if principles need to make follow-up phone calls because they notice, hey, we need kind of want to partner with this family and see how we can help um that's also taking place. So that's what we're doing
056to try and get our kids to school more often. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. On to 10 accomplishments and other reasons to celebrate from throughout the district summer project report. >> Okay. >> Not. You thought you were getting out of it, didn't you? [Music] All right. So, summer projects throughout um throughout the summer we had which you guys got one. >> Yeah, we have. So, Wasuma multiple classrooms. I think five overall is what we have there. Um, the kindergarten the rooms are the five, six, and seven are the kindergarten and the discovery zone. So, the kindergarten rooms back to back discovery zone there. Room eight. And then again, room 22. It's uh OCI. We were able to get uh one room done there. Um, junior high classroom there. Am I supposed to talk about the
057cost or is that just there once? >> No, just the projects and what was done. Yeah. >> Um, Fresno Flats, which is now what's Fresno Flats? >> Student services. So, that had a a two decking deck on there that was ripped out. New concrete rails, um, handrails installed. So that was a large project. We took on we took on the removal. So that uh removal and the disposal of the old and um have the concrete poured over the summer. The handrails just got done. So everything's up and running there. Um let's go. Oh yes. Here your little section of tile that you're you're on right there is new. Had to replace it. is bubbling up over in the corners here in a couple spots here as well. So, that was >> that was a new
058repair that was done right before school started as well. Um, we had vinyl vinyl sheets uh flooring installed in the 400 building here. It used to be tile and it was starting to come up. So, that was done in in the classroom as well as the three restrooms that are in that classroom. So that's all been done and up to date. And kitchen kitchen was another one with the vinyl sheet flooring that uh that project is partially done. The office storage room, bathroom were replaced. the kitchen floor itself. Everything has to come out of the kitchen which will be done the day after school ends and then they'll come in, put the flooring in and then we'll put everything back in after that. So that is the big project that's started in one summer and
059we'll finish right on the school's out. So it's it's a two week at least a twoe project and for us to have to remove initially we were informed that we could install and they could cut around the tables and everything that was in there but once the foreign contractor came out he said no that's not the way it's going to work. So that that is on hold because we don't have the time frame to do removal and back in and install on the kitchen ready to feed the whole district. So that's got to wait till the end of school, but partially done at this point. Uh concrete grinding was done here at OES. There was a lot of tripping hazards throughout here and as well as OCI. So we had a company come in and
060u grind everything down smooth. So that was a large a large project as well. And then I think that's all I have at this point outside of the next project with that roof which will hopefully start in the next couple weeks. So outside of that that's what I have. I don't think I missed anything on there. If I did I apologize. But >> I have a question. >> Yes. >> Do you install the carpet yourself or do we contract out to >> No, it's u it's 47 Place carpet. >> They're the ones that were doing it prior to when I came and they're they're awesome to work with. They they're the ones that we go through with the flooring here >> as well as vinyl flooring. So, it's just the one onetop shop. Yeah. >>
061And they're great, too, because with the pair here, they didn't charge us for the materials. >> Yes. Yeah, it was just labor >> because the flooring is is newer. >> The the the problem here is that they feel there's moisture up underneath. So, it's it's a situation of where they're like, "Hey, we just did it." And they pulled it off. They didn't dry it out and then they came in again. Yeah. They they covered the material and we paid the labor cost on that. So, it is Yeah. We don't have to do carpet wise. We don't do all we have to do is remove everything out and put everything back in. So that's where we're at with the carpet. But the the decking we did, there's just I mean looking at the cost of what
062it is to do to have someone else come like the company come in that's going to do the concrete and then I'm it's either they can't do it or they will or they won't and I have to find someone else to do it. And it was easy. It's easy enough for us to just spend the time, take care of it, dispose of it, and then someone can just come in and do their job. So, that's where we're at at this point. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. I just want to say, yeah, thank you for all that you do because I know what those extra costs could be and you guys taking that on is incredible. And also the coordination of having all those companies coming during that finite time of the summer
063and you coordinating all that, it's a lot of work. Yeah. Well, I appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> So, now we have ECTO report. [Applause] >> All right. One second. I got to run the live stream as well, so I got to do things. >> Oh, you're the CTO. >> Yeah. Many hats. Stephanie, what would we do without you? >> Thank you. [Music] >> Okay. >> So, you guys like our new logo? >> I made it with AI. >> Yeah, I love that. So, uh, my prompt was, uh, >> it looks a lot like our area. >> It's representative of the mountains, the trees, and the logo. >> My prompt was update this logo to make it more f futuristic and have robots. So, >> pretty good. >> I think it
064understood the assignment. >> Yeah. >> So, cute. >> Okay. So, I'm Stephan John. I'm the chief technology officer for Masslike School District, as you know. Um, but before I begin, I just want to do a quick shout out to the maintenance department. I've been here a long time and I could not do what I do here without the help of them. They drop everything when I have when I need something. They help me finish projects. Um, I appreciate James crew tremendously for that. Um, I also like to have a shout out to Nicole Mer, my data specialist. Um, I lean on her expertise every day and uh, she's a great asset to the IT department. So, shout out to her. All right. >> Hey, >> Mr. Jo. >> So, the role of the CTO in
065the public education isn't just someone who fixes technology and security in the district. They have they have a strategic plan and a clear vision where the district needs to go three, five, 10 years from now. And that vision has education technology at the forefront as well as how staff and students as well as staff and students use technology to be successful. Sorry. The CTO uses all of his resources at his disposal with cost and efficiency in mind. They utilize all the data that comes in to make the best decisions for our district even when change is resistant. The CTO leads by example and drives essential change. The CTO knows the pulse of the district. So about 12 15 years ago, um things were a little different around here. Um we had computer labs that had
066wires everywhere. It was super hot. The rows were tight. Um teachers were running around updating the computers. Kids kids couldn't log in. The curriculum was well, it wasn't really curriculum. was like games and typing basically very small amount of things they did in the computer lab. Um our servers were outdated. Um that was back in like 2013. We were running stuff 10 years earlier than that. Super outdated, unsecure. We we I would say we're a mess. Um the internet was so slow that we couldn't stream. Some was streaming or or running Pandora back there. it would bottleneck the whole district and we you're sending emails out and word out, hey, stop streaming, stuff like that. Um, I would have to go home and download stuff and bring it back to work just because we just
067it was slower than our home internet. Um, uh, we had very little internet filters. It was the wild west. We could search pretty much anything, get to stuff. It was, it was really tough back then. Um the cloud was not even a thing back then. Uh we had to store everything on a server. There were no backups. So server died. We lost everything. So it was a it was a pretty big challenge. Um most staff didn't have a device or if they did, it was a large desktop in the classroom hardwired to the wall and um running uh basically just for email. Um very light stuff they used. Um there was no hybrid work. There was you couldn't go home and access stuff. You couldn't uh work from home. Um we were we were pretty
068much a slave to our emails being at work and you could have you'd have to go into work to look at them. So um no standardization of tech and Chromebooks weren't even invented yet. Um analog clocks were everywhere. We had they were never on time, never were correct. and our maintenance department would have to go around a couple times a year and change out the D batteries on it to keep them going. Um, our cameras were old, hard to view. You couldn't um you could if you wanted to get footage from it, it was it took forever. It was it it was almost impossible. Our phones were crackling. They they failed all the time. Those PA speakers, they weren't working um for most for most of that. Um, we had outdated emergency procedures. We had
069projectors in every room where some of our teachers might remember projectors. It was a cable that came down the wall and they were stuck and they had to sit there and do what they needed to do on on the wall. It was um I think we're pretty good with that now. Um, and basically I remember the internet going down multiple times and I would get a call. No one noticed it was not being used. So this is funny. I had a presentation many years ago and I found a picture and this is an actual computer lab we had in OCI. So just thought that was that was kind of funny. That's Mr. Eekold in the back. >> You guys know Mr. >> Yeah. You got the big desktops fans running. You know they're probably playing
070like organ trail or something like that. Yeah. But um so today um we have all students and staff one to one devices meaning everyone's got a device laptop or they've got a nice desktop computer that they use depending if you're in the office or not. But even those employees have a Chromebook that they can take home with them if need to work remote. So that's pretty cool. Um 90% of that is Chromebooks. And I just want to say most districts wish they could meet that amount of programs. Um I have all the time I have other districts and county offices calling me asking me how fast Lake does it. Um we are definitely setting the example of technology and education. Um we are probably one of the only districts that are almost 100% and I
071think that's pretty awesome. Um We now have poor online curriculum. Students are going online on the computer doing their main curriculum in their main uh school work. Uh Garrick and I have helped introduce edge protocols into some of the classrooms in the district um which is a different type of pedigogy and helps with engagement enhanced learning. Um our loginins are streamlined with um multiffactor authentication and that this the K through third kids have a badge they can log in really easily and the older students have an easy way of remembering emails and passwords to log in. So when I I remember login a big hurdle it was it was take it would take up most of the time uh in classroom. So, we we've solved that problem pretty much entirely. Um, as for uh multiffactor
072authentication, if you guys don't know what that is, that's where you get the text message when you log in, right? There are still a ton of districts out there that don't do that. We have IT directors struggling to see how they're going to implement that in the district. And the way reason I bring that up is that we've been doing that for over five years. We've we've we have done we have done it's all part of what we do. Um and uh it's worked great and and that puts us in one of the most secure school districts around because we are doing great practices like that. Um our internet now is 100 times faster than when we started here. So it's amazing especially in a mountain in a mountain community where um I deal with
073uh in the public sector a lot of families and companies that can't get faster than you know what we were having back in the day right because of their location. So we're very fortunate to have uh great uh internet service here. Um, we have a nextG Wi-Fi system with everywhere you go pretty much in the district with exception of like corner of the field. Um, we have coverage for Wi-Fi. You can use your you can use your you can use Wi-Fi here. And now we have full access to everything. Um, we have hybrid learning environment, work and learning environment, I should say. So, pretty cool stuff. Um, we have large TVs in every room with wireless projecting capabilities just like I'm doing right now. um that is allowing the teachers to be able to freely
074walk around the classroom and help help students as well as getting the content that they need to see in the classroom. Um they can go to any classroom and do this which is pretty cool. Um we are entirely cloud-based. Everything that we do is on the internet in the cloud. We don't have anything we save on prem um which eliminates us with potential of ransomware attacks. There is no way we can be attacked by ransomware because of the decisions we make in that industry. So we're pretty proud of that. Um we have a with our cloud-based adoption, we have automatic updates. So now that headache of walk around updating your computer, stuff like that is pretty much logged on. Um we can just use the devices as they're needed. Um, we have advanced notification system
075implemented where we can we have pretty much 100% enrollment with parent square. So, everyone that is in our district is getting notifications, content, forms, all of that stuff through Parent Square. Um, and it's working great. Um, if you haven't seen our website yet, we've we've updated the last year, but we've actually moving over to each site having their own specific website. So, we're continually working on that. Um, as you know, we have a new access control badge system. We've eliminated uh pretty much keys in the district except with forot and so specifically, but most staff only have a key card to get in when they need to go, which I don't know any I don't know any district in California at least that has a full access control system. I would even say we're one
076of the safest schools in the district because we had all of these things. I I truly believe that we had 40 cameras before. We have almost 200 cameras now. And our cameras now are are equipped with AI with license plate, facial recognition, and easy ways to access to get um to help our principles with students that are pretending like they didn't do anything. I'm I'm assuming they use that a lot. Right. So, you know, these are all these are tools that are going to help our principles succeed and help with parents or help them battle with parents that are, you know, giving them problems. You know, a lot can be said when they turn around and go, "Hey, is this your is this your student?" You know, so um we we really like our counter
077system. Our phone system is um we've able to expand phones in all the rooms basically. So, now we can contact every room we need or we have voicemails are advanced. We have uh auto attendance and our attendance calls are streamlined so that secretaries don't have to deal with on call when people call in. It goes to a voicemail and they can you know it helps them throughout the day. Um, I just, yeah, I just want to say again, um, Bass Lake when it comes to technology is the example that all districts need, especially in our mountain districts, when our kids leave our district, their technology and their safety experience is drastically declining. We And I just think that's because we've just made some great decisions over the years. we've been able to keep that going.
078So, it's really important. We definitely set the bar for tech and safety for it to for that what school district should be. Um, so what am I working on now? Um, 100% Chromebook adoption for the district, all staff and students, including special education department and the district office. You know, they love that. I believe that these devices have come so far that there's really not a reason why we shouldn't. The more we get onto this platform, the more safe, secure, and more ability that I can manage at a global scale. Um because it is just um AI receptions for all the front offices. Our secretaries, the front offices are spending at least one to two hours a day on the phone. And most of them are from people calling and asking the same questions over
079and over again. An AI assistant now is good enough to be able to be that front line for them, handle most of those calls and give them a little bit more time to do other things in the office, which I think anytime we can save some time with our secretaries is a big win because they are just so slim. Um me and James are working on um smart thermostats and sensor lights in the classrooms and kind of some smart stuff that we can kind of help with utilities and and uh kind of make things a little more automated. Um I think with a couple little tweaks we can we can save some uh utilities for sure. Uh new alarm system we're going to leverage our cameras and our door lock system to integrate with alarms.
080So, no more false setting off alarms. We didn't get to the code, the pin code, and we're going to be able to and and there's a monitoring service that comes with it. That's almost the same cost of what we're paying for our alarms right now. So, they see somebody trying to break in, they'll notify me, James, or whoever, um, as kind of a backup. So, so that's all coming down the road. Um, we got a new round of - coming and we're going to look into upgrading the Wi-Fi to the next the next standard which is Wi-Fi 6E which is way faster wirelessly than we have now which is pretty cool. Um, we're going to continue trying to push edge of protocols and kind of get John Crypto in the classroom and get kind of
081that just continuing that because I think it's really good stuff for especially for our kids. Next week we're getting some copers swapped out and these new copers are going to be badge enabled. So if you want to make a copy, you got to come up and tap your badge to use the machine just so we're auditing and for um kind of a more personal experience. Um we're Garrick and I are working on trying to do some maybe some staff staff training for leveraging AI. I mean, you know, I think that's coming down the pipe. I think our staff is really going to benefit from from using these new tools that we that we have available to us. Uh as Terry said before, we're pursuing uh COPS grant solutions. Uh we want to do the fencing
082around the districts, more camera coverage, pay for the alarms, add strobes. Um you know, just kind of hardening some of the things we're doing with the brand. Um, one thing me and me and Michelle talked about is getting all of our buildings with new signs and labels on all the buildings, including on the rooftop big letters so when the helicopters can see. So if we have an emergency, they law enforcement can easily identify where the threat is or just, you know, our signs are just super long. So it's nice to to make that a little bit bigger. And then we're going to look into window decals for the front office windows. So, the one way so you can see out, but they can't see, but maybe put the logo of our of our school on
083it, you know. Um, yeah, more camera. We're going to expand PA system. I got a couple little things I still need to put in the cloud. So, that's kind of that's my techy thing. And then one thing I'm really I'm really excited about is our camera system, Ricotta, is coming out and we're going to probably beta test it is emergency reunification system. So, it's basically what happens after an emergency. How do we get students back with the parents and know who the parents work with? They're coming out some really cool stuff that we can implement into our emergency procedures that will help streamline that process. Uh so other than that, that's all I got going on. Any questions? >> What's What is strobe? What are strokes? >> Strokes like flashing strobe lights. Emergency goes off,
084it's making light. Do we not have it already for >> for fire? Like right there to your right. >> Yeah, but these are like their own independent. So when we set off chemical and the alarms are going off, we've got some light stuff going on too. >> Just kind of like picture. >> It's all the cable too. >> I have the same question. I also wonder what is the e- rate? -ate is um funding we get it's basically a tax on I think our phone bill is it the is it is it the phone bill I think basically we get a round of funding it pay we have category one which pays like our internet which in our in our circuits that connect all the schools and then we get like 80% discount on that
085I believe that's based on our producer >> that's fedally funded from the FCC so yeah we get a discount on all of our internet line and our phone lines And then every so oft we have a round of funding for category 2 which which basically includes infrastructure wireless anything that does with internet to keep connectivity in in the district. So so we we pay with our we paid for our our existing wireless with the roundup rate before and like switches and stuff like that. So >> to accommodate the fast internet we have >> good. >> Oh I just had one more question. You were talking about the double authentification like how do you do that with students? >> Students are not are not part of that. >> Oh, it's just >> Yeah. Okay. I was
086gonna say >> Yeah, that's >> Yeah, we're not trying to promote. >> Thank you. >> Cool. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] >> So, I have 10 accomplishments and other reasons to celebrate from throughout the district to [Music] Okay, perfect. Well, we've been very busy at Lassuma. A lot of stuff happening. Um, so the first thing is we have an amazing ASB team and leadership class and they worked really really hard at the very beginning of the year to align our spirit week with us high school spirit week that happened on I think September 13th. So right away. Um, so as you can see from the photos, they had so much fun. Crazy hat day, twin day, crazy hair day. Um, it was beach I don't remember they called it but beach and buckles day. So it
087was beachw wear or cowgirl cowboy wear twin day. So it was a very fun busy week. And then it ended with our um middle schoolers going to use high school to join them for their homecoming um parade and rally. So they got to attend that. Um, so during spirit week, we actually had our grandparents and VIP day. So we had 155 VIPs on campus that day for lunch. Um, it was really, really fun. Everyone was wonderful and flexible. It was one of the days that it was probably the smokiest day of all. Um, of course, why not? So they helped us. We, our guys were amazing. We got it transferred into the dome so we were able to have our VIP day inside for everybody. So we have to stay healthy. Um so also we
088in at the end of September prepared for our color run. Our color run is a really big fundraiser put on by PTC and so to get the kids excited for it, get out there, raise money, Mrs. Mac is amazing and puts on our color run. And so we had two different sessions. We had it for our K3 and our four five. She had a wonderful PowerPoint where she went through what the color run is and why we raised money. And then of course if you raise so much money you get prizes. Um so as you can see they had a cookie game. They had to put it on their face and get it down to their mouth without using their hands. That was very funny. Um one of the others was they had to blindfold
089scoop um cotton balls into a bowl. Um they had to use um toothpicks to get a little item into another little item. So they had a lot of fun. In the tutus are some of our ASB girls who work really hard for us and they're putting on these wonderful events. Our mascot Wild Fire got to join and everyone loves it when he makes an appearance. Um so here's our color run. This um happened at the end of September. So, this was all run by our wonderful PTC. Um, the big banner there are all of the sponsors that they reached out to and donated. So, the kids shirts were completely um paid for by our wonderful sponsors. Um, and then everything else is just money that gets to come to the school. Um, so you see
090what they looked like before with our nice kindergarten nurse up there in the corner, nice and white. And then it ended with our second graders. You can see what it looks like after. Um, so this was a really fun event. They just get to run around the field, go under the tents, get sprayed. Our money comes in tomorrow. Everything's due tomorrow, so they'll be counting it over um for October break to see how much we sports. So, we just finished our sports season um for volleyball and football last Friday. So, our boys played through the wonderful storm that was happening for guys. It was raining on them, hailing on them, they had some lightning. Um, so they scored fourth in the tournament, so they had a really good season. And then our girls um finished
091last Friday at the tournament, winning first place. So there they are. So I just wanted to highlight some of what I've been calling our specialties at WASMA, like around the district. So we have our wonderful PE class. Um, and so she started the year with some team building exercises. So they had to make this hula hoop structure and then be able to crawl through it and then they had their tallest tower. And then down there in the corner are some of our first graders playing um kind of like balloon volleyball. And then um we have our wonderful band teacher, Mr. Swiggart. And so the picture down there is them learning to play their recorders. So they've been working really hard on that. And then up in the corner is um Mrs. Dent with our fun
092music class. Um I actually got when I took the photo, when you go into Mrs. Dent's class, be ready to participate. So I took the picture and then she's like, "Let's go. Let's do this." So we played a really fun game um with learning like the beeps and the counts with some cups. So I got to participate. So those are what we have for middle school. We are very busy in our electives. Um, so we have our cadet core with Mrs. Smith and so they're they've been busy. They've had a few things. They got to march in the homecoming rally and then they got to participate. I have another slide on that in a um an activity on a Saturday, but they also got to lower our flag. Um, so that was really fun for
093them. We have our theater cross going for our middle schoolers. Um, they're working really hard. The other day they were learning how to be different things such as animals. So that was fun for them. Uh we have our band class with Mr. Swiggart. He's doing great things with teaching the kids different instruments. Um Mrs. Vaughn teaches our art class and right now they were learning how to crochet. Um that's really fun to go in. It was very peaceful to be in there and they were just working away on their crocheting. Um Mr. Messenger. It does our STEM class. And so in this photo, they were having a paper paper airplane contest. Who was going to go flat farthest and why it went there? And we had our three winners right below. And then down in
094the corner, we have our leadership/ASB/tild development class. So, it's all three rolled into one. Um, our leadership works really closely with our ASB team and they help prepare for all of our events on campus. And then our child development students go into our primary classrooms every morning to support them. So here is just some more from our cadet board. That's the homecoming parade that they got to march in and then the Saturday event for the caring vet veterans that they got to do. Um I think was mentioned last time at the board meeting. We have our wonderful garden that Mrs. Peterson works so hard on um and so our students get to go once a month and participate in different garden lessons. We have master gardeners and other volunteers that come out and help run
095those lessons. Um so here are some of our students participating in that. I know this month we brought out the pumpkins and some worms, so they're working on that. Um yeah, and that there was a lot of berries in the garden when I went down there last time. Our strawberry beds are going crazy. Something else that we've been working on is just collaboration and teamwork. Um, some of the the fifth grade class is in that photo right there on the side. They're collaborating to find the solution. They gave them some word problems and they had to work as a group to figure out what the answer was. Um, again, we have Mrs. Math doing her building the hula hoop. So, they had to work together to create these structures and be able to go in
096them without them breaking. um they had to work together to build our tallest towers. And then again, our fifth graders um they were making connections by fi finding common interest. So they had to work they created their own little tile and then they had to piece them together with others who had things that similar to theirs. So that's what we have. Go wild cats. Those are our kindergarteners. when wildfire makes its appearance every Friday. We found them in the library reading and they decided to take a picture together. That's cute. So, there we go. We're very busy. Come out anytime. We'd love to have you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Superintendent report. >> I don't know. >> Okay. more comments, Julie? >> Um, yes. I w saw on the warrants that there was um
097a deposit made for Wasuma students to go to Catalina. >> Had to know that. >> So excited for that. Uh I'm I'm I mean, if you need a chaperone, let me know. >> Okay. Yeah. I'm sure. So, Mrs. Bond is going. She might love. >> Well, now it's been recorded and people know. Okay. Um, >> is that in the minutes? >> no, I do want Yeah, it doesn't matter. >> Um, it's a lot. Yeah, >> I think I don't know. I just It's October. It's the week before. I don't know. A couple days before October break. Everybody's chomping at the bit. We're trying to finish strong. Hang in there. You guys got this. And then enjoy your break and do something fun. That's it. >> I have no comments tonight. >> Oh, my turn. >>
098Yep. >> Well, um I don't have much to say. I I feel like I'm catching up. I was gone most of September and glad to be back and a lot of familiar faces. I wanted to meet Taran, but he ran out too quick last last time. Anyway, that's all I have. Thank you. Um it's been kind of a busy time for me. I'm really trying to educate myself being in this role. So I am taking um a masters in governance training and I'm continuing that. So um each session is 4 hours long. So I had two sessions last week and that was on student learning and achievement and then um the next day was policy and judicial review. Um I have two more trainings coming up this month. Um and those are both in school
099finance. So um looking forward to those. Those um trainings have just been incredibly valuable to me. And um interestingly enough, Monica Min did um our training uh for this last session. And so it was really neat because number one, I know her, I respect her. And then I got her phone number. That was that was great. So, knowing that we have a rich resource like her here in our mountains is um is good to know. So, I already knew it, but I've never really tapped into it, but now I feel comfortable tapping into that. Um I'm going to attend a webinar tomorrow also from CSBA that's on the 2025 CAST results the achievement gap and the call to action for the state because you know we're being held to certain standards and this achievement gap
100from postco is why we don't seem to be gaining ground as a state and yet we're being held to these standards with no money coming in and So CSBA is trying to rally the troops to really ask for money and and put the state's money where their mouth is. If this is what they want, then they need to fund it. So I'm going to attend that tomorrow and just kind of gauge what where we as a district might help or what we need to do and just listen. There's going to be a panel discussion and then some Q&A. So I'm going to sit in on that tomorrow. And other than that, I hope you guys all have a great um holiday um over the right get some rest and we appreciate everything that you guys
101do. >> Thanks. >> I was just going to uh say I appreciate the campaign to raise attendance. That's >> something that I learned at our annual education conference we all went to last year. So, thank you for doing that. I think that's going to make a big difference. Bring in some more. most importantly for the students, right? So when they miss time, uh it does affect them, you know, being able to they can't read by third grade, they're pretty much not going to succeed very well. So, thank you for doing that. And that's all I have tonight. Next item, future agenda item. We discussed those board policies. Next meeting date. I didn't look that up again. Let's see. I have a question about the next meeting date because shouldn't our board retreat be on here?
102>> Workshop. Sorry. Our board work or no? Does that have to be agendaized? >> We had it on the last agenda to approve the date and then it Yes, it will there an agenda will go out 72 hours before. >> So, should that be our next meeting date or no? >> Cuz it's not a general meeting. It's not a regular meeting, but it's >> Okay. >> We do have a meeting, >> but we do have a meeting on the 20. That's the 25th. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I'm showing Wednesday, November 12th, >> right? >> Oh, this this looks like the wrong year. It says 2024. >> Yes, it does. >> But the 12th is a Wednesday. >> It says the 13th. >> Oh, okay. No, it's a 12th on Wednesday. Glad to clarify. >>
103When is the date of the next Wednesday? >> Okay. So, on the um it's just typo. >> There's a typo on the >> It says the 13th >> on the [Music] just wrong. >> So, that's it. We are journed. been with gray.