001[Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Oh, hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] Okay, we'll call the meeting to order. Start with roll call. Morgan Brown >> here. >> Dave Wrunner >> here. >> Becky Engles >> here. >> Um Brian Jones >> here. >> Dusty Wear >> here. >> And Christina Shark is here. Jan Watri is absent tonight. Next up is adoption of agenda and declaration of a quorum. >> It's all moved. >> Second. >> We have a first and a second. Is there any other discussion? All those in favor,
002raise your right hand. Next up is citizen speak. I do not have any green cards. Um after that is consent agenda. >> Motion to adopt. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes. Next. Board priority. We will promote and monitor growth in student achievement, and all students will be challenged with high expectations that meet or exceed measurable targets. We have a fun activity tonight, math award recognition. Good evening everybody. Tonight, we are proud to recognize two of our outstanding students for their exceptional achievement in mathematics. In partnership with the Iowa Department of Education, the National Math Stars program honors the state's most advanced young mathematicians. Each year, students who score in the top 2% of third graders on
003the Iowa State Assessment of Student Progress, or ISASP, are invited to apply. We are thrilled to share that two of our very own third graders earn this incredible distinction. Their scores place them among the very best mathematicians in the state of Iowa at their grade level. They're now fourth graders, but they got them in their very first year of taking the ISAS math test. This recognition reflects not only their remarkable talent and hard work, but also the dedication of their teachers, the encouragement of their families, and the support of our district in fostering a love of learning. Please join me in congratulating Addie Podisca and Raphael Ooa on being named National Math Stars. [Applause] You guys get to shake all their hands. >> Oh, she's going that way. Well done, you guys. You should be
004so proud. Let's give them one more round of applause, guys. >> Did you want us? >> Yeah. All right, good job. Thank you for coming. Up next is an action item, the travel program trips at Evans with Maria. also me. Hi again. Um, just coming to present some trips and per board policy, any overnight trip needs to get approved by all of you. So, our travel program is not just Evans anymore. It encompasses both Liberty students and uh, Evans students, the sixth grade through 9th grade, and we have five different trips that we will be taking students on pending board approval throughout the year. Uh, these trips probably sound familiar. They're kind of staples. We've been doing them for a really long time in our district. Uh in your board packet, you have when those
005trips are, kind of a summary of each trip, as well as a meticulous calendar of everything to do with those trips, including fundraisers, umformational meetings, when the trips are, etc. And I have, if you have any questions, please let me know. >> A couple things I'd like to add to it. That is um we're really um excited about where the the EV the Evans travel program trips. Sorry about that. Right. Travels program trips are going uh re you know about a year ago we added back um uh the trip that was probably one of their most po popular ones uh the Yellowstone and so forth. And um one of our goals with I because I I remember these trips when it when I was here the first time and it is incredibly unique what we
006do and it's life-changing for so many of our kids and so we really wanted to recommmit to it and increase the numbers that we have kids going on this and so uh Maria's done a great job. Uh we have some other people that are really working hard. We've got everything mapped out. Um, we're really trying to fund raise as far as any student that wants to go, can afford to go, that no student won't be able to go. We are doing a a fundraiser over uh the winter holidays up at the high school where we'll play music and so forth and people can donate so if kids can't afford to go on the trip. So, we're excited. I think uh these trips are amazing and um I think with how we've recommitted to it, I
007think our numbers are going to go up. So, I'm really excited to see what happens this year and I appreciate all your work on it, Maria. >> Yeah. And I'd say even for our sixth and seventh grade trips, we already have a ton of interest. So much so that we had like 250 forms that >> we had to print more. So, that's a good thing. >> That's awesome. >> Any questions? >> Thank you, Maria. This is an action item. If there's no more questions, >> I make a motion to approve the trips. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Is there any other discussion? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Next up, board priority to be the best. We will create a positive learning and working
008culture for our stakeholders and embrace our community partners through communication and transparency. We have a couple of action items. The first one is the powers school databach legal agreement with John. >> Yeah, good evening. Uh this is uh an agreement um uh to join a action against P school. So P school had a data breach uh back in 2020. So it's been a while so nothing new has happened. uh but they are uh looking at some potential uh legal ramifications and the district was approached by Aaylor and Cooney which is our uh school attorney here in Iowa and they are putting together uh with the France law firm I believe uh they're going to be the main council and then Aaylor will serve as a local and they're basically asking if schools want to join
009um there's no cost to us they're doing it on a contingent basis uh we are not I don't know that we're out any um real money other than what we had uh when the data breach first happened. We had to do some leg work to get some announcements, but we we didn't lose any monies. Um it wasn't that kind of loss, but uh there may be uh settlement down the line just because of the power school not protecting the security. So, uh they're going to file a lawsuit. They asked if districts want to join. Uh there's really no cost to us. They don't expect it to take a lot of work. Uh they're going to work on getting everything together for us. They said at most they think five to eight hours of work on
010the behalf of the district. Uh and then that would open us up to any settlement. So, uh, we're recommending to join the action, uh, just because we were affected by it. We are a Power School client. Uh, but like I said, we didn't have any direct losses. We haven't experienced anything directly, but um, >> emotional distraught for the superintendent. >> Yes. And and the IT guy, uh, freaked out a little >> it. Yeah. >> Um, so no, but that's that the agreement is just to join that. Um, happy to answer any questions. >> Um, I think that was really my only question. And I didn't remember any kind of like injury or loss to the district as a part of this. So I don't know what the standing would be. >> I I think it's
011just the the potential um like with any like with the I equated to the the breach the one of the the credit warehouses or whatever had a couple years ago where they lost a lot of people's social security information. You don't know what might happen now, but down the road there could be something. Um I think they they've got it all buttoned up and they just don't know. But it's just the act that they kind of breached their contract because part of their contract was keeping the information safe and they did not. Uh so however they assign a monetary damage to that I have no idea. Um >> and I think part of it was um even though we didn't uh there were this was a at a national level. it happened nationally and I
012think some people's credit and so forth they get impacted by it and so forth and um so I think there will be they'll be able to show damages but they haven't really gone into detail as far as how much and >> so we believe that data from the ATM schools was breached on accident >> uh I don't have the not the notice came back in 2020 and I think they couldn't point to say anything directly absolutely was compromised but their data source and where they have it was compromised. Um we didn't I don't think anybody got individual letters that said hey your info was in the uh but but the whole data collection or storing that power school had was affected. So we kind of got a vague notice that says your data could have
013um but they couldn't point to anything to say yes Mike McGoris or Christina Sharks but it just kind of a broad strokes and that yeah that happened back in 2020. So um nothing new. That's the important thing to to know >> since we really have no damages and I think everybody on the board knows how fond I am of both attorneys and insurance companies. So, it's my opinion that we just stay out of it because I'm not looking to give attorneys any more ammunition to go after insurance companies personally, but >> Okay. >> Do what you will. >> Yeah. So the agreement that the the board has is uh from uh AERS and it just says yep uh we're in or you can if you decline then you just say you're out and uh but
014yeah totally up to the board. >> I was kind of leaning that way too just because we've been on the other side of being sued by frivolous lawsuits and it's exhausting and it costs more money than what it's worth sometimes. Um I just didn't understand where the actual damage to our district was. So, that was kind of where I was leaning to. >> No, I assume it's going to be um you know, we pay Power School with all their products over $50,000 a year and uh they made a mistake that resulted in this data breach. So, if if anything, it could be um looking at what we paid for the product during that time frame and some kind of refund attached to that. So, that that would be our immediate damage if you were to
015say that they breached the contract by not keeping our data safe. Um but they haven't gone into those kind of specifics yet. They're just in the early phase and kind of getting everybody lined up. So >> I imagine if we if it joined uh that information would come further down the line. >> Sure. Yeah. >> Social security numbers are >> the power school is a school's uh student information system. So all the student information, parent information. Uh so there's a good and district staff information. So there there's a good bit of personal information. We don't store credit cards and stuff like that, but your personally identifiable information. So uh that we store that empower school. And that's the where the vagueness comes in when when we ask well what was it that it's just your
016data could have been. >> Yeah. >> If there's no further questions, I'll make a motion to approve. to approve. >> Yeah. So we can vote on it. >> That's the action that's on the agenda. So then you can vote accordingly. Do we have a second to approve the agreement? >> Second. >> Okay. All those in favor of joining the P school data breach legal agreement, raise your right hand. >> Those opposed. Okay. That motion does not pass. >> No, but at was not Okay, next up, board policy update first reading. There are several here, Brad. >> Yeah, as you pointed out, Christina, this is the first reading of it. Most of the items that you have for your review in the board packet are due to um legislative changes and some just slight definition changes.
017uh you have a summary of each of those in your uh packet and we would entertain any questions you have on any of those items that you're uh performing the first reading on. >> Yeah. And like Brad mentioned that's uh we get a policy primer update from ISB if there's little changes. Uh we've gone through these and they none of them change the bulk of the board policy. It's kind of adding adding verbiage or words here and there but the spirit of the policies none of them significantly changed. Does anybody have any specific questions about any one of these in the list? >> Otherwise, we'd be looking for a motion for a first reading to approve all of them in the group. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> We have a motion in a
018second. Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Next item G, board priority. Through the board's financial stewardship, we will provide operations, technical, and curricular resources to staff, teachers, and administrators so that all students have consistent and sustained achievement. We have two action items here. The first one is a postage machine agreement. >> And normally, this is just a uh normally we renew at least every five years. And normally, we would just put this on a cons as a consent. But we had an interesting experience where we went from leasing the machine to purchasing. and we just wanted to see what the difference was. And over five years, what we had been paying for our machines was about $12,000, which is ridiculous to start with, but um that
019that's the going rate for a postage machine. And uh we inquired about purchasing it. And then you still maintain all the meter things and and a service agreement. So you basically get the same thing. Um and at the end of five years, you own it. And that price came down to 8,500 bucks. So we saved >> um 3,500 bucks just by going, "Hey, can we buy it instead?" Um but but it was not without struggle. Um, it was a lot of back and forth to get a firm answer and uh, we finally got one. So, this is just uh, purchasing the machine and then all the subscriptions that go with it. >> Just a question, not saying that it's not a good deal, but after 5 years, is it still going to be usable or
020after 5 years? >> No, new one. >> We'll just throw it away more than likely. But we would have the option to continue using it. Um, but most of the time at the end of the 5 years, they're pretty beat up. >> Okay. >> But it it's cheaper. Um, and then we just we could buy another one or whatever. So, I just thought it was interesting that uh the way it panned out. So, >> motion to approve. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second to approve a postage machine agreement. Any other discussion or questions? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes. Thank you, John. Next is the Atama Park property purchase. >> Thanks, Christina. Um, what I'm recommending to the board tonight is to approve the purchase
021agreement between the city of Atumbl and the Tumel Community School District for the land in the Tumblr parks uh to be used for a district baseball and softball complex. some highlights of the agreement that I think board members would want to know is um one is is that there are outs to this if we decide not to move forward with the baseball and softball that uh this isn't a binding agreement where we have to purchase the land. Um so there are outs to this. Uh the other part is we would pay a dollar for the land um if it does go through. And then the other one is is that we would also uh pay for the survey. Uh last time we when we bought the baseball, I thought it was only fair because last
022time when we bought the baseball, the city paid for the survey for that one. So I I thought that was a reasonable request. Um I think everything else is pretty much boilerplate. Uh very similar to the baseball agreement. um it it would revert back to the city much like the baseball if we were if if we were to decide to purchase it and then we decide to sell it and make a bunch of money off it. Uh they would it would revert back to the city. So we have to use it for an athletic purpose. So which I I think is very reasonable to expect as well. So, um, the process would be if the if the board chooses to approve it tonight, then, uh, it will, uh, Phil plans on going to the city
023council at his next council meeting to get approval at that meeting. Um, and then we I I'll, if it does get approved, then I will come back with details of of where we're at with the contract. So, any questions at all? So, the money that um we would be spending when we did make a baseball softball complex um is probably going to be quite substantial again. Um I just want to make sure that all the north side elementary schools have their facility needs met before we >> put any more money into some a project like that. >> Sure. And and actually in my superintendent update, I'm going to kind of uh address that. >> Okay. Yeah. Thank you. >> Yeah, you bet. Any other comments or questions about this? We had a more detailed presentation
024at the last meeting as well. >> Make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any other questions for Mike? If not, all those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes. Next, a superintendent report. >> Oh, thanks Christina. Actually, Becky, this first one goes kind of to what you were asking is um um what what one thing that uh probably I would say no October and November board meeting. Um as the board knows, we we did some nice upgrades at our elementary schools this past summer where with James and then the at Eisenhower. One aspect that we haven't addressed um on the north side schools is windows for some of our our north side buildings um which is a huge need. They're they're in need of new windows.
025That was always kind of the plan and you know wanting to have the best facilities. We knew that was a piece of it. Um I'll come back to the board. Um we've got some basic pricing on it. um probably for a proposal to do Wilson, James, and uh Eisenhower for this next summer for Windows. Um and I think it's important for, and I think Becky's alluding to this, is that people hear that we're going to complete the things that we committed to, but also making sure our facilities are first class. And so I think that's a something that uh will send a strong statement. Uh we'll obviously do other upgrades. uh that we normally do during the summer, but that will probably be the the big one for next summer. So, um any questions on
026the board from that about that? >> I just know um some of the gyms don't have any ventilation, right? >> So, and with having to keep all your doors shut for safety reasons, I don't know what can be done about that. >> Okay. I can >> think something should be looked into for that. >> Yeah, I can look at it >> for the comfort of those teachers and students. >> Yeah. Anything else? If not, the the next thing I have is just a base baseball softball committee update. Uh we had our first meeting last Thursday. Um I thought it went well. I think the the committee and and Christina is on the committee and Dave and so, you know, feel free to to jump in at any time. um if I forget something. But uh
027overall um there seems to be a lot of interest in the vision of of looking at creating a complex uh that would involve baseball and softball. Um our next steps would be to form subcommittee for baseball and a subcommittee for softball to look at what their needs are in each of those areas. Um, we talked a little bit about timelines and we talked a little bit about costs. Um, and and we talked about fundraising too, the component of fundraising. And so I'm feel very confident that uh financially we can do it the right way that we have to uh particularly with uh some fundraising. Um, so I think uh right now the next step will be probably de determining what our needs are for both baseball and softball and then uh coming back together and
028pricing it out um and then developing a timeline for it and then eventually coming to the board with a with a proposal. So Dave and Christina, did I forget anything? Okay, any questions? Okay. Um, I hope the board members that could make it uh for the foot first football game enjoyed the um the fieldhouse event and uh we did notice and and and it you know it was pretty obvious once we did it that uh there might be a safety issue there as far as no no barrier uh by the cement and I just want the board to know we will get that addressed before our next um home football game. um high school update. Uh the big one that I think the board will want to know and our community will want to know
029is um a timeline to be able to have events in in the gym. And we're still shooting for the one we really want to make is the September 18th date. Um I'm sorry, not the September, it's September 22nd. um that uh is a big volleyball invitational and that's the date we'd like to make to have our first event in there. Uh we feel like that's very realistic. Uh they're pouring to entryway right now. So we feel good that we'll be able to meet that event. Uh and we're excited about that. Um, some other construction updates I think the board would be interested in is uh these would be more uh just uh road construction and so forth. Um is that uh right now it looks like uh they should have the intersection open in the
030next couple days at uh Ferry and Mary. Um they're pouring right now uh the lanes that go to Liberty. Uh we're projecting uh they will also port to sidewalks next week. Um and that it should be um I'm I'm always a little pence of the put dates to things, but uh we think we think by September 20th that uh it should be completed where uh you'll be able to go to Liberty and the sidewalks will be in. Uh so we're really excited about that. Uh any questions from the board on that? Any updates? So you won't if if not uh Fourth Street should be open within the next week to 10 days, completely open. So we're excited about that. Um wanted to mention uh board election. Uh just a reminder uh to the our community
031as well that the papers election papers are due uh by September 18th at 5:00 pm. Uh so they're due uh the John's and John's office um by 5:00 pm on September 18th. Um wanted to mention also that we got a Wapo County grant. I give a lot of credit to Mike Steam for getting this grant. Uh it's a grant. It's opioid grant. um to it. It's a total of $300,000 over five years and and we're very grateful to for the Wapo County uh for this grant uh and excited about it. Um let's see if I have I think I Oh, I I know it. Um you know, you've made it big when you Jersey Mike's opened up and we got our logo on it. Be the best. And then also uh which we really appreciate
032and I think it's going to be a significant probably amount of money is they're asking people to donate $3 and they get a free sandwich uh to our district and it's just very nice. I even sent my kids I said you know you made it when you're on a Jersey Mike's be the best card. So uh that was very nice of them. I wanted to give them some credit. Uh I think the board knows kind of my passion for animals. Um, I just wanted to there's a vets for pets uh event. Uh, all the money raised, it's at the American Legion uh September 20th uh will go to the H Heartland Humane Society and that's from 1 to 4. So, if you can make that Oh, and Dire and Carry Out at 5:00 pm. Um,
033and then lastly, I kind of uh um reflected, you know, we don't talk a lot about mini our mini pitches, but um Saturday night uh I was driving by horseman. It was probably 8:30 and there was two five on five teams playing basketball or I would have got out and played if there would have been room, Becky. But but uh um it was just heartwarming to see, you know, these kids two games five on five playing on both courts at 8:30 on a Saturday. And and I I'm I'm so glad we did our many pitches. I just think it's been a huge benefit to our families and uh it's just nice to see that they're getting used and uh I just like I said, it kind of warms my heart. So um I think that's
034everything I have. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. I agree about the many pitches. Um the ones at Evans are always busy, too. So, very proud of that. Um up next is board member topics. Okay. Hearing none, I'll take a motion to adjurnn. It's >> all moved. >> Second. Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor, raise your right hand. We're ajourn.