Kuna School District Board of Trustees Regular Meeting - September 9, 2025

001All right. Call the meeting to order. Um, I need a motion to go into executive session. >> I'll make a motion to go into executive session in accordance with Idaho Code section 74206. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Um, all in favor? Kirsty. >> Hi. >> Michael. >> Hillary. >> Hi. >> And I'm so we will all be back. Don't worry. Let's begin the regular session. Let's stand for the pledge of >> allegiance. Ready? Begin. >> 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. >> All right. Do I have a a motion to approve the agenda? >> I make a motion to approve the agenda. >> Do I have

002a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Any discussion? None. Hillary. >> Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi. >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> And I'm an I also. All right. I'm so excited for this next one. We're going to celebrate one of our students. So, I'm gonna um turn it over to >> um come on up and share a little bit about our our pilot. >> Yes. That's so exciting. >> All right. I'll for those who are here, this is cadet Lieutenant Colonel Julie Taylor. >> Woohoo. To give you a little brag on who she is beyond just the fact that she became a certified class. She's the first one in our program that actually earned a scholarship. It's between a$25 to $30,000 scholarship to go between her junior and senior year and become a certified

003pilot. So she is now a certified pilot after going to Mississippi to Delta College that. But beyond that, she is also our senior ranking cadet in the core. So she is our core commander. She is pretty much everything that you would want in a student and somebody she also loves cats and Hot Wheels. She has a collection evidently of Hot Wheels which is out there. So you needed the world to know this sort of thing. >> Yes. >> So with that being said, I'll turn it over to her because she's the one who actually has achieved something. I'm just the old guy. >> Um yeah, so I'm Taylor. I spent eight weeks in Mississippi down at Delta State University. Um, basically what my dayto-day was, I spent like at least 12 hours every single day

004training and that was a mix of just like ground training and lessons and then actually being able to fly the planes and be in the air. Um, my group, we completed the program pretty fast. We actually completed it in six weeks, which is crazy. Typically, it takes people at least like eight months to a year to do this. So, we did it in six and we spent the last two basically just hanging around. But, yeah, I'm a certified pilot. I can fly planes. Um, my future goals, I hope to commission to the Air Force, be a pilot. So, those are my future goals. >> Well, congratulations. And just remember, it all started here at Lil Cuna High School. >> It all started here. >> Congratulations. That's wonderful. >> All right. Um, Assistant Superintendent Brian Graves,

005our hiring yearly update. You can click on the next one. Um, just the four years of data to compare. It's always fun, interesting to watch when you hear I hear so many people left. So much of this it it's by average we replaced about 20% of our staff. Um 17.8 compared to last year we replaced 14. The year before that 18.7 year before that 17. So it's about the same. Um you can see that we whether you scary or not we've had to replace seven positions with contracted services. Typically those are your SLP um occupational therapist, physical therapist, speech and language path pathologist. It it's just a very hard way for people to work in our business for the money we make compared to what they make. So we can't hire them. So then we

006have to hire a company that pay more to to get their services. Um 12 of our teachers were hired on alternate routes. That's not all bad. A lot of that is we have a kindergarten teach second grade teacher who is a PE teacher and she's adding the endorsement to be elementary. So she's a certified teacher. It's just teaching a little bit outside of that. Uh 27 of our hires were first year, 14 were in their first to four years. Um are means they taught one year experience. um a 10 with five to 10 years and then a 18. So it's always it's funny how we kind of always hire the most in the very beginning or veteran people coming over to us. But the next slide shows you the question of why do they leave

007and kind of compare it to every year. Um again like always went to another district in the area is the reason why most people leave us. Um, this one is is one that's it's a strange one to track, but a position opens, so then you move and then you have to hire. We've got one of those people in the audience. Christy Mock was a longtime English teacher. She took a dean position, so it opened up her English job. um one of the bigger retirement years and that's probably going to be a pattern just that's what happens is you get people that towards the end of their career and then we've got to replace those um involuntary termination that means that a person we didn't offer a contract ever back after one year or two years

008we kind of have the choice on whether we're offering contract back any questions >> no I just like you doing this every year because it helps me track, you know, what's going on in our schools and what people are are leading and you can kind of consistently see across the board. So, I appreciate that. I hate to say this, but sometimes we become the farm team for some of those bigger districts around us >> and I'd like to retain them as much as we can, especially the good ones. And that's an ongoing issue I know for this. >> Yeah. You could argue that there's nobody that probably has to compete and touch we touch Boyisey West data. Yeah. >> And you have three of the biggest four and we have to compete with those. >>

009Yeah. I think we do a good job. >> Absolutely. >> Anyway, thank you guys. >> All right. Um, I sat results. Kevin, >> I be working on this together later on. >> Chair Nixon and trustees, I'm going to give you a copy of my talking points because I did not pres I don't have a slide presentation for you tonight, which I'm sure you're thrilled to hear. I thought I saw something on here. >> Well, there's there is a link here. >> I'm just giving you this cool spreadsheet. >> But sometimes I miss my talking points even though I put notes on top of my notes now to make sure uh that I cover everything. But uh this spreadsheet maybe it looks familiar to you. It's our continuous improvement plan that we're required every year to

010submit to the state. Um, but I wanted to share this with you tonight to give you an update of where we landed with our goals from last year. Uh, there's 18 academic areas on here. Those are the ones I'm going to go over with you tonight. of those 18 goals. Well, when we set these goals, we set them pretty ambitiously is an average of about 6% increase that we were looking for, which in hindsight, that's a tough that's a tough ask in one year when you're moving whole grade levels in the district. But anyway, so of those 18 goal areas, nine of them uh well, six of them we met the goal. In three other areas, we didn't meet the goal, but we improved from the previous year. And then in the other nine, we

011were slightly lower, about the same, but didn't didn't meet the goal and didn't improve either from last year. So, it's kind of a mixed result overall. Um, but I want to hit some of the highlights for you. I don't have the graduation data yet because they're still working on the >> appeals for all that. So I don't have the graduation data yet, but this first area here is all about the transition years, and these are ISAT scores. So this is they look at eighth grade and sixth grade transition from elementary to middle and then that middle to high school transition. Um, and you can see with eighth grade, we're looking at the ISAT score. We're looking at both the proficiency and then the growth. Proficiency and growth. And the adequate growth, the state has a

012complicated formula to figure it out. So we have to wait for the state to get that information back to us. But with our eighth graders, we did meet three out of the four goal areas. The one we didn't ironically was the math growth, which is odd to me because our growth has been so good at the the middle school level in particular in math. Then you look at our sixth grade area. We didn't meet any of those four areas. the one area which was ironically growth in math. Um we exceeded where we were at last year just not quite made the goal that we set which was a 6% increase. Um so overall here in this area of six sixth and eighth grade a couple of things we've already implemented for this year to address

013that. Um in sixth seventh and eighth grade middle school added a reading class. So we took we talked about this already but our reading and our history will be full year but every other day. So on an A schedule. So instead of having history every day in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade now they'll have history one day and reading another day. So we'll still have our language arts every day and now they have a reading class. So essentially we've added a semester's worth of reading practice to our middle school students. Uh along with that we purchased a supplemental product called Newell at ELA which aligns with our curriculum and gives them additional resources where they can practice their reading skills because their reading comprehension skills which is what they're targeting in those reading classes because

014their reading comprehension skills will carry over to all content areas. Um then we also for 6th through 12th grade have purchased the diagnostic tool from Ire reading. I ready math is a curriculum we already use and on the reading side they have a diagnostic tool. So we have purchased that now for sixth through 12th grade which will give us a consistent um diagnostic benchmark tool which we've never had before. So we'll be able to find out where those gaps are and continue to monitor that all the way through their careers here at Kuna School District. So >> that'll be a nice addition. Additionally, for math, we already have I Ready math K through eight and we have purchased the diagnostic tool for 9 through 12 as well. Not all of our high school kids are

015going to take the I Ready because they don't all need it. Um, but we'll we'll target our freshmen initially and then some of our kids that are higher needs and we'll use that as a diagnostic tool to help with our intervention that we want to improve in. So, those are some things we've already put in place to address some of this here. Then if you'll uh scroll down for me, this is the early literacy part. This is mainly K3, the IRI, but it includes fourth grade down here at the end. So you can see that transition from the IRI to the ISAT. Um we had in this area we had three, no two, sorry, two that we met. I think it's the third one. Is third grade down here also? >> Yes. Yeah, >> three

016of those areas where we met the goals and then two more where we we did better than the previous year and then the others were slightly lower. Uh so in here you've got proficiency in IRI which we've already gone into detail with this data in the past and then fourth grade ELI set. The proficiency goal we didn't meet but we did exceed where we were at in growth from last year. Um, and this is an area again that's still it's a trouble area for us. We've talked about that's one of the reasons we're looking at our curriculum adoption K5 ELA. So that process will continue. We'll finish that this year. So we'll have a new reading uh and language arts curriculum for the next year. But we also thankfully because of the levy passing were

017able to purchase back what we call Raz Plus which is a supplemental uh program for our K5 kiddos that give them additional practice in their reading skills as well. Purchased a mirror as our new IRI is like the cutting edge technology wise of science of reading instruction and assessment. So, our our elementary, if there's any elementary folks in the room, have been giving the new test to our kids these last couple of weeks, they're still going on. And Amira is it uses um AI to listen to the kids and assess where they're at with their reading. It's fascinating how well it actually does. Um so, with that new intervention, they offered also what's a tutoring part. So, we did the we purchased the tutoring part. So students now actually sit down her the name of

018Mera is actually the name of the avatar. So she listens to the kids read and gives them live immediate feedback. She stops them and corrects them listening to them and responding to them. So it's amazing the high level of data we get as well because she analyzes every sound the kids produce as they're reading these words. So that additional RAZ plus practice, the new Amira tutoring, the new Amira um assessment will give all of our kids more practice and more specific feedback regardless of how good uh your teacher is in knowing the science of reading that a mirror tutoring will give all kids that feedback. So we're excited to see what that does at least. >> All right, I think I covered everything on that part. >> Can I ask you a question? >> Yes.

019If I just to make sure I'm correct like if I look at the 2023 2024 results that column >> and then like >> so I'm following to the next grade level up right like if I want to follow the same kids I can just go diagonally. >> Yeah, you could do that. >> Just want to make sure. >> Yes. >> So I kind of feel like that's kind of interesting to see like where the same kids are as far as profession. >> It is totally different kids every time you're testing. It is which is it's frustrating for teachers too because we tend to look at that the most often. >> Yeah. You're like this is a different classroom. >> Yes. Exactly. >> It seems like we we've looked at that before that we we >>

020um I just have a comment. Um when I was looking back at the eighth grades the screen above it. >> Yeah. >> It that ELA. >> Yeah. >> We are doing very well on that ELA. What are we doing in the classrooms that are causing that? Do we know? >> Well, we changed curriculum. So we have my perspectives at middle school >> and then not only changing the curriculum which gave us probably more I wasn't I don't know the middle school history before that I only have been there since we've had my perspectives. >> Yeah. >> But anytime you change a curriculum you're looking at your instructional practices as well. >> Right. >> So it's likely that combination of teachers having to learn a new curriculum which then forces us all to look at our

021instructional practices and look at our kids in different ways and new assessments. It just gives you a fresh look at things. Um, so the my perspective does give them a rigorous instructional. >> So being kind of valid to the system and not going off on their own is what you're saying kind of might be. >> Yeah. >> Okay. I don't >> I didn't say that out loud too loud. >> And then the other question is we did do so well in math. Why is that not showing up on these results? >> Well, it's showing up in the proficiency. We're still increasing. Let's see. Where's math? So we were at 48.6 last year, 52.2. We just didn't meet the growth goal because we set a six almost a 6%. >> So the 2% growth goal that

022the board set is a >> for this year. So that's this is last year, >> right? Wait, wait. No, I know that. >> Yeah. So, I'm sharing all this with you. You You set me up perfectly. It's like I'm a nice day. >> Yeah. >> So, if you'll go to this tab down here for me um with your direction from the board that we our goal is to have at least a 2% overall increase in proficiency in reading and math. That message was taken to heart and we shared that from day one welcoming everybody back that the goal is 2%. And under Superintendent Beckadal's direction, we've also now asked our administrative teams in each building. So you saw that tab we were just on, that's the goals for the whole district. And on that last

023column, I took where we were at this last year and I added 2% to everybody. So that's the minimum goal on all of those targets. So in this sheet here, this will be a night a way for us, Superintendent Beck at all and I'm sure assistant superintendents me, we're going to go visit with schools and we've asked each of them to set goals in these four areas specifically with the idea of that 2% increase in mind so that we have an alignment from teacher to building to district so that we can achieve that 2% increase goal. So every school we've asked them to have a goal or a focus in ELA and math because that's obviously what we want to improve the overall proficiency in. But we also are using our PLC processes which we've

024been training on over and over again to help improve our instructional practices and our um assessment of data. So we've asked each school to either give us a goal or a focus in the PLC area as well to improve that as well as AVID which is our instructional strategies which focus a lot on reading in particular. So every school will have on this sheet, so we can all see these four goals and then any other goal that they feel is important to their specific school that will help them. Again, with that idea in mind that we're all working towards that 2% overall increase. Um, make sure I get everything. Um, so I'm really excited for that. Every meeting, every month as we meet with admin, we have built into our agenda a review of data

025towards that 2%. >> Cool. >> So, we'll be looking at some kind of a data set every time we meet and tying it back to our district goal and the vi the goal and the vision from the board of that 2% increase. So, I'm really excited for that because it'll be intentional and it'll be in the forefront of our minds throughout the whole year that way. And one other thing we've done to help with that, if you'll bring up the Qualrix, I want to show you um the product that we purchased, our Qualrix, which has this is a data dashboard that I'm going to show you. We're still it's not quite polished up yet, but it's pretty cool to see it. And I want to give you an idea of what this will be. This

026tool that we have purchased from Qualric will have data tools that we can use internally. And then there will also be public facing data dashboards so that the community can see the data that we have. Um, and this is kind of what it will look like. And I mean it can be we can set it up in lots of different ways. So there's the public dashboards, internal dashboards, and there's a data analysis tool that we'll get to use with it as well. So this is kind of how it looks. There's different ways you can format it. This data is the ISAT data from the state that they've they've gone through and cleaned it up and removed kids that weren't here. There's the continuously enrolled and then they've they've redacted data for small groups under I

027think it was 25 people. So, for example, you won't find initial point when we look at the school because it's 11th grade only that took it. And when you break it into smaller groups, they're below that 25 students. So, it's redacted. But anyway, this is an example of what you can do. So with this data, this shows you each grade level that took ISATs. This is ELA. The next one down is math. And this is one way of looking at the data where you take your advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic, put them side by side as bar graphs. And if you'll change it to school, we stacked this one differently. So this shows you the 100% of the kids, and you can kind of see that range of where they fell. So, there's different

028ways we can set up the dashboard depending on what we're trying to help people see and understand. >> I kind of like that one. >> I like this one too myself, but uh >> because it gives you the whole picture. >> Yeah. I don't know as a parent, but I >> uh so there's a variety of ways to set this up. But then what makes it really interesting like if it's a public facing dashboard, we might just leave it at this. But there's also a filter a way to filter this and what depends on what data is in here. But if we look at the economically disadvantaged, when you click that filter now, it adds a new graphic. These are your students who meet the free and reduced lunch criteria, and it compares them to

029each of the other grade level groups. So there's ways now for you to use this data to manipulate it, filter it, and look at it at a level you need to look at it. So that'll be unique. Instead of just having static graphs that we look at, we'll have this ability to filter down information. Over time, we'll add more features to this, there's an AI analysis tool in there where in theory, depending on what data set you have in there, like if I'm looking um we were talking about graduation rates earlier. If I'm looking at the graduation rates and I want to look compare it to attendance, if I had the attendance data tied in here, I could use the AI analysis tool and ask it to pull up all the kids that didn't graduate

030and their attendance rates with it. So, we can start to do some data analysis right here within the tool. Those types of things probably won't be on the public facing, but on the internal, we'll have that data analysis to be able to look at it. So, it's a tool that we're just starting to work with. Zach Green is our new data analyst. And so he has created this for us. He's working on some others. It'll take us time to get it really robust and working the way we want. But I'm excited to have the tool because I imagine that we'll use this a lot in our monthly meetings to be able to pull up data and then allow principles to dig down into it to their school level and pull up specific to them information.

031So that's awesome. >> I'm excited. These are all the things that we've added to work towards that goal. So, we really appreciate the directive from you of the 2% and we really feel like that's achievable and we're trying to make sure that we're very intentional and keeping it in the forefront of everything we do so that we can hopefully achieve that. >> That's great. Um, I'm kind of interested in that amount program. I'd love to see that. Is there Can we set up a time maybe I could come observe? >> We can take you over. It's fascinating. >> I would really like to watch that. That'd be cool. >> Yes. Um on the first graph that you showed um like with the IRI and ELA that >> um I just wondered like because it's sixth

032and eighth grade is there one school is this uniform across the schools that these are or is there one school that's different than the other? >> This is the whole district data because that's what we report in there. I can get you school by school. The schools the schools were similar believe I'm trying to remember back since May that I looked. I think the ELA data was fairly similar between the two schools. The math actually was fairly similar, too. Just that middle had made much more growth because they were further behind. >> Got it. >> That's what I recall, but I can get it more specific for you. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Yep. Any other questions? >> Thank you. And thank again, thanks for the directive. We're excited to reach that 2%. >> Yeah.

033>> One step at a time. >> All right, Brian. The enrollment update. >> Yeah, another another annual um update we give you. August 27th is considered our fifth day. That's the first day that we really turned in our first enrollment. Um our enrollment on that fifth day was 5,73 students kindergarten through 12. Remember, we don't count preschool and then that transition the 13th grade special program at the high school. We don't we don't get to count them. Um so where does that number compare? I'm going to tell you that it's down and it's up. So, I'll tell you how I It's down 62 students from last year's fifth day, um, which was 5,765. It's actually down lower than we have been since before 2122, which was 5,715. So, someone could argue that we are haven't

034grown or we're stagnant in the last four or five years. Compare it to last year's fifth day with 21 students less in elementary and 64 students left in our high schools. Um, but I'll argue that we're up so from the last day of school last year. So if you ask any teacher and say, "Hey, we have less kids." They're going to argue with you because compared to the last day of school, we have 64 more students. Um, we have 46 more students this year in kindergarten than we had last year. So, does that mean we're we're cycling back up? Um, we have 23 more students in the middle schools this year than we were last year on the fifth day. We have 60 more students kindergarten, first and second grade combined than we were last

035year on the fifth day. So, to I'm not an expert by any means, but to me that shows you are we growing with those younger kids, younger families. Very strange. our ninth grade cohort. Kind of what Trusty Low said about looking at this and then going diagonal to compare our ninth grade cohort. So as eighth graders to now ninth graders, there's 80 more kids in that class than last year. Um >> so like they were 80 kids less in eighth grade last year than there are in nth grade this year. >> The same class. >> Same class. >> Where'd they all come from? >> That's puzzly. So the arguments of that's how to me so when we present it to our administrators this number can we control this do we need to do better in

036areas absolutely I know I know we're looking at some virtual opportunities high school is already talking about how do we make it so our students don't want to leave can't leave obviously if your parents move to Texas you can't commute from Texas but those students that choose something else other than us um next slide just kind of breaks it down by school. Um, and I tried to put in the Y for you as best I can. Crips a point is 37 less students. Their outgoing fifth graders class was 19 smaller than their incoming kindergarten. So, the large fifth grade class was leaving Crips Point. So, maybe that's a piece of why Hubard is up 76 kids. We reszoned. So, um, we kind of did that to ourselves. Obviously, Indie Creek is down 27 kids. Again,

037their outgoing third grade is 20 more kids than their incoming kinder. Um, it's 42 less, Ross is 34 more. So, we're 25 less. This is not the year to try to compare schools because of the reason. Um, but did we accomplish what we wanted to with the rezone? If you do fast math, 42 plus 25 is 67 kids are smaller in Reed and Silver Trail. But when you do that same math here, there's 110 more kids went to Ross and to Hover. So we we definitely made it a little bit smaller, but did people move in to fill that hole pretty quickly with Silvershell? It it looks like it. That was just a fast enrollment update. Um, obviously we are not standing here before you asking for an emergency levy. We have less students. We

038can't >> I'm just wondering if the people moving in don't have school age children. I mean I'm just curious. I don't know into the subdivisions. So it's kind of wonder um the clientele they're moving in >> that new one on 10 mile. >> Yeah, the new one that they're building on the corner be interesting to see. But I'm just curious to know if that's some of the clientele. >> Yeah. Are they are they really young? That's why >> are they really young? >> Our kinder K through two numbers are go going back >> going up. Yeah. Interesting. >> Any questions? >> All right. Thank you, M. Mr. Grace. Rep. All right. Patrons who signed up? >> All right. So, um I just want to let you know that this is considered a business meeting. So,

039we cannot comment on anything that is said or ask questions of anyone that says is here to talk tonight. We are here to listen to you. Um, you'll have three minutes. Um, but like I said, we won't be able to answer any questions or ask any questions that you might have. Um, you do need to state your name and your address just to make sure you're in the school district. So, and I'm really bad at this. So, here we go. John Strickland. All right. So you'll have three minutes. Okay. So count. So last year Oh. So my name's John Strickland. 2235 West Street in Crimson Point. Last year um I threw out the idea of turning the south part of the lot for the fourth street gym into a miniature golf course. Uh, I'm here

040to to throw that at you again, but I do understand that there is a a proposal to buy the the Forest Street gym. So, this is kind of a backup if that doesn't go through. Um, this would be basically be a nonprofit. It would be for fundraising for different events and stuff like that. Mainly, um, kind of a way to get kids over to do something here in Cuna. Um, I think it's a great idea. We do build putting greens. We built miniature golf courses. Uh, and I live here in the in the area. My kids have been in the in the area and they've complained that there's nothing to do in Cuba. >> So, this is just kind of opening or or or throwing it out so that you can think about it if

041that proposal doesn't go through. Um, which if it does, it's fantastic. Um, but we've we would we would really like to be able to do something. And I know I've got a proposal ready, but I'm waiting on it. So anyway, um, thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. Uh, Sid Anderson. [Music] >> Good evening. Uh, Sid Anderson, 2500 East Rock Falls Lane, Idaho. I'm just here to share some thoughts. um from the perspective of a community member serving on the capital planning committee. In our first meeting, we were given the timeline of five meetings over a period of six months and this was not developed by the committee. This was given to us by the administration. In these five meetings, we were to understand and um all the uh current and forecasted

042needs of the school district for the next 10 years. This would include identifying all necessary structures and improvements, additional schools, additions to existing schools and deferred maintenance and underused sites. Um then from this we are to develop a budget proposal for you the school board to consider for a bond at the next election. This seemed like a bit of a lofty goal in just five meetings. However, it was clear by the end of the first meeting that there was an expectation that we would accept all of the previous work done by the 2022 capital planning committee and for the bond that did not pass. In spite of the lofty goal and obvious expectations, this committee was on track to develop its own unique budget proposal for your consideration in August. Um, I think that we

043probably would have had two options for your consideration. However, a few days before our last uh meeting that was scheduled, we were informed that the administration had decided to cancel the capital planning meetings and that they were going to recommend that the board hire a consultant to survey the public. Uh let me be clear, it was not the committee's decision to end its end its work or the committee's decision to recommend um hiring a consulting firm. This may have been part of the committee's recommendation had it been added as an option to its to its scope. Um, I found a little bit rude and offensive that they disregard the work that this committee had put into and to help develop a proposal. Um, that they did not allow us to complete the task which we

044had been given and that they did not just demand our scope of including the the option of hiring a consulting firm. It feels like the administration was not getting what they were expecting or hoping from the capital planning committee and they scrapped this group and proposed to you a much more time consuming and much more costly and much more lengthy process. I know this may not have been their intent, but it seemed from a member of the community that wants to support the school district that um it makes it difficult to trust them and to trust the process. Those are my thoughts for your consideration. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. All right. So, we will move on to scratch down. >> Scratch. >> Yeah. So, um thank you very much for both of you

045testifying for that. Um we're going to move right on along with um our superintendent search and we have Katie from ISBA. And so, let me give the floor to you. >> Well, hello everyone. Um it's good to be back in front of you and uh talking about the superintendent search again. So um I just wanted to kind of pick up where we left off last year. So I have some documents. I do believe they're in your board packets though. So let me know if you want a printed out version. I printed them. So, um, >> I just hand them all to you. Do you mind just >> um, so I will wait just a second for >> Oh, there's Okay, I just >> Yeah, sorry. There's a >> paper here. Thank you for doing that.

046>> Yes, absolutely. Um so basically where we left off last year with the search process was um kind of at the portion where we were going to review the survey responses and then finalize the brochure and start working to get everything ready. Um so because of that one of the first things we probably need to do to get started on the search process again is amend the timeline from last year. So, um, the first document I'll kind of cover is this timeline document that you have in front of you. Um, what I did is I took the timeline document. Anything that's on this document that's highlighted in green is things that have already been completed um, and don't need to be done again or if there is one on here that we could decide to

047be done again. And then anything that is in yellow is things that we'll need to have a date updated or a new decision made on um in order to make it up to date with this year. So kind of just I'll go down the timeline with you really quickly. Um the board has executed and signed the memorandum of understanding. So we're good to go there. Um the next thing that we'll need to update is the board um approving, reviewing, and making changes to the timeline. We'll need to update that to this year so that we're on track with that. Um and then the next thing that will need to be updated is um developing the brochure. We are we do have an up-to-date brochure from last year. So we will need to go in and

048at least update all of the dates in the brochure to reflect this year's search process. And then um things may have changed in your district in this last year that you may want to reflect in the brochure as well. So um I I would like the board and whoever else wants to have eyes on it to review it and make sure that there's no additional items that need to be added to that. Um the next thing that we did do but is something that the board could choose to do again if they so choose is to do a survey. So, you do have survey responses from your patrons, um, community members, parents, all of that, as well as a separate survey that was just sent to staff. This is from last year. So, you can

049either choose to review that one or we can do those same surveys again um, and get some fresh data. So, that may be something the board wants to talk about. Um and then after that it the board will want to work to determine an application form and when they want to open the application period. Um I put on here some recommended new dates for opening based on your dates you selected from last year. It would change by like two days off. So in this first column here you would see the dates from last year. Um, and then in this second column here with the yellow highlight is my new recommended dates for you. Um, and then you'll want to pick a new deadline obviously. And then you'll want to pick a time to have a

050meeting to review applications. And then we'll need to update the starting date based on this upcoming I believe. No, 2026. Yep. So, um, that is something that the board will want to discuss and talk about as well as if you want me to review surveys, if we want to start fresh and I can join you for another board meeting. >> I guess the first question for me is do we want to do another survey? >> Um, >> I don't feel like the needs the desires of the staff would change about what they want in a superintendent from >> Well, we do have new staff. >> We have some new staff. So, >> I'm okay with what we have as far as the survey goes. But >> I think we collected really good information. >> I

051think we have, but I guess I'm just going to throw this out, too. When I look through here, some of the people want they're want more transparency from us. So, I'm wondering, I mean, we do have this information. Are we being transparent if we say we don't want any more information from the our our area, the people? Are we is this enough or do we want to say, "Hey, maybe you didn't say something or things have changed." Um, are we going to open that up? I guess I'm just kind of playing devil's advocate here to um >> I guess I'm fine either way. I I feel like this is sufficient, but if somebody felt like they needed more, I'm happy to. >> I just don't want the community to say, "Wait, you didn't you didn't

052give me a chance." Like we are going to have kind of some feedback times right when they come like once we have applicants then we will have times that people can offer feedback. >> Yeah. But when I look at this this is our feedback to see what the community wants us to be looking for. So when we ask questions of the becoming superintendent most of our questions should be coming from these surveys on what they're looking for. And so I just want to make sure that those are the same things that they had a year ago because things have changed. Um, I do like the questions. Um, I thought they were very good since we made them though. >> But, um, that's my I'm just going to play devil's advocate there, you know. Um, >>

053it would be really easy if if you did want to even if you did it for a shortened amount of time, like two weeks or something, just see if you got any new feedback. Uh all we would have to do we have these in our survey monkey so we would just copy them over and create a new one for this year >> and then we keep these but then we can add to the other because really these are for us as we go through looking at the superintendent. These are the things that the community wants us to see and I just want to make sure >> that we have new people new kindergarten parents new I just want to make sure that we're keeping everybody. So, that's my my only thing. I think we had

054good um input, but I just want to make sure that we don't leave any video. >> It's no harm done to get more information. >> I don't think so. >> I would be happy to um reopen it. >> I like your idea. Maybe a shorter window. >> I don't know how you guys feel about that. >> Yeah, that's fine. And then if you want, I can join you for either it could be a special meeting where we just review the survey responses. It would be an open meeting. Um, anyone could come listen or we could do it at your October board meeting as well. So depending because I mean we could realistically get you those links tomorrow. So um, whatever you decide for the timeline of opening is what we could do and then we

055can decide to review it whenever the board chooses to do so. >> Okay. I'm just going to kind of look at this. If we open up November 17th and we had that information by the middle of October, so just a couple weeks in October, that would give us time to look over things and see the direction. What do you guys think? >> Yeah, I mean, and we're opening the for applications, so I mean, we don't we wouldn't even have any people to interview with the survey results. No. >> Yeah, >> it's just to open it up. But like I said, the survey gives us a direction that the community is looking for and that's what's I think the most important thing. >> So, um, yeah, we had a I I think a couple weeks in

056October. >> Sure. >> Would you open it up and does anybody want to set a date or just >> a couple weeks in October for the survey? >> Okay, that sounds good to me. >> Or just just do it now. >> Yeah. Yeah, I'd say just open it up right now. >> Open it now. >> Yeah, like as soon as she gets the links because then before the meeting in October 8th, we'll have the data. >> We can do that. So that sounds good to me. >> Yeah, it's a good idea. So maybe just open up for two weeks. >> Mhm. Absolutely. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Um >> make a motion, please. >> Um Oh, wait a second. I have to make a motion to set up. Yeah. Um, so then if we did

057that and then October 8th, we can sit down and talk about what we want in our application. Y, correct? >> Yep. >> So that could be the November meeting, talk about what what we want in the application for the superintendent. >> Yep. >> And then that opens up November 17th. >> And then um I like the January 31st deadline. >> Yep. I like that. I mean, this is what we kind of agreed to last time, just with 2025 addage. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I just made them the same dates on the same days of the week, just updated the dates. >> So then we'll just keep all the dates the same. So, all right. Can I have a motion? >> Wait, your October one. >> They're there October. >> It's October 14th. >> Is the

058meeting for >> So, October 8th was a separate date for October. >> We're going to have a special meeting. I say we don't need it. >> I say we just October 14th. >> That's fine. >> Okay. Do I have a mo motion um for the survey and the new superintendent search uh timeline? I'll make a motion that we accept this timeline with the change of October 14th instead of October 8th for the board to review the survey results and that we go ahead and get the survey out in the next as soon as possible amount of time for a couple of weeks to get more feedback. Is that a good motion, Deian? >> I say do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay, discussion. Kirsty. >> Hi, >> Michael. Hi. And I'm an

059I. >> Okay, >> great. So, I will get this timeline updated and then send that over to you all so that you have an updated timeline with updated dates. Um, and then from there, I can go in and update the brochure. And once I have that updated, I will send that to Deianne to have her share with all of you so that if there are any changes that need to be made to the brochure, um you can let me know. Those should be pretty easy. Like I said, um prior to us pausing last year, we had finalized this brochure. So, it may just be if you have some new programs or something particular that you want to highlight that >> some new celebrations. >> Yes. Yes. Um and we'll get those dates updated. So, >>

060and then we'll review surveys at next meeting. >> Sounds great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Katie. >> Yeah. >> All right. Uh Brian Grace, I'm with project update. >> I have two friends that will join me. Um this is just your member 10 year plan to get the house bill money. So, this is we've completed year one. Just giving you kind of a a quick update. Um I'm going to lean on Bryce and Johnny to give you the details, but our 10-year plan started at ID Creek. Remember, we did phase one of an HVAC project and a fire alarm panel work. >> Yeah, this is where they're going to >> sound a lot smarter than me. >> So, down in Indian Creek, as Brian said, you now have a fully

061operational voice evacuation fire alarm system. So, it is up to code and should serve you well for many, many years. We also did the first phase of the HVAC system which took care of all of your classroom wings. Um the only thing we'll have left to do in phase two is just the gymnasium area. There's a handful of units that we'll do this next summer and we're waiting those documents right now from LKB once we get those. We'll get those set up to get out to bid. But yeah, I think everything at Indian Creek went really well. Um you definitely see all the new units up there on the roof and uh there's also the heat pumps in the other wing. But everything's wrapped up and working well. I think all the DVC has been

062dialed in at this point. >> So relatively uneventful at any creek. We were we were very glad to find existing raceways between the buildings. So we didn't have to do any cutting and put in new raceway. So be able to identify new raceways. So the fire alarm tied together well. >> Um similar scope over Ross Elementary. You have also a new fully operational voice evacuation fire alarm system. um a little more challenging especially in the admin area and stuff with all the exposed glue lamp beams and things of that nature, but I think in the end it turned out to be a pretty clean installation for what we're dealing with. Um again, phase one of the HBAC uh took care of all the classroom wings. Phase two is going to be much more um substantial

063on Ross. There'll be quite a bit of equipment added over the admin area, food pantry, gymnasium, those areas to get all that taken care of. And there's also going to be some architectural screening that'll be coming up associated with that. Um we'll also be doing some asbesus pavement um for the to get rid of the existing boiler. Some of the old piping and insulation. >> It's a small boiler that we need to >> Yeah, just a small familiar with that boiler. >> Is there any such thing as a small boiler? >> But again, I think everything at Ross has dialed in PDC everything's been working well. I >> think I think you're up on Hubard >> Brian. >> Yeah, you >> for the >> Yeah, we just Hover Hubard probably got next to the high

064school the most work done. It started early. Remember that our very first house built project was the um fire alarm panel was completed. It was just after Christmas we got that finished. Uh annex roof is is is finished. Uh wall and door room room work in room 24. Remember we added a special ed program. So, we had to do some some wall and door work in there. Um, the annex restrooms. We renovated or remodeled or replaced a wall the wall, urinal, toilet, and floor. Um, all in the boys and a little bit in the girls restroom. Uh, perimeter fencing was completed. And then what became our storage had to not be our storage anymore. So, we had a a a very large furniture and storage cleanup, removal, and moving that was completed all over the

065summer. Johnny's crew was awesome. Hopefully, Hubard feels normal again that it's the all big school. Junior High School, most of what we did there was planned, but not all of it was planned. >> I'll speak to what was planned. This is little accident. >> Yeah. So phase one of the HVAC and fire alarm. So on Kina High was definitely a phase one project. First summer um definitely had some challenges um logistically. Obviously the the hydraulic flood didn't didn't help managers at all. But I tell you what, the way that Johnny and his guys and and everybody came in there and worked together with us so we could complete what we had going on to get that flooring brace is pretty incredible. So um the fire alarm they are continuing to work. um when they can

066in off hours, but that'll get wrapped up uh next summer. Phase one of the HVAC, we got all the heat pumps on the second floor complete and exhaust fans and stuff on the second floor. So, we really don't have to go much and do anything second floor that also uh locked out or replaced our smoke dampers up on the second floor that remain in place. So, we'll have first floor, we'll have the majority of the units. We're actually working on six uh critical units that came up after hydronic system was recommissioned this fall. school got back in session. So Johnny had identified all the real problem units before we got into phase one, but of course six more reared their ugly head here in the first week or so of school. And Jay Kenson, our

067superintendent's over there tonight working on the last two of those over in the Boag area and they're going to be the most problematic of all, but we'll get through that this week and then those those other critical units be done and we'll start planning for next year. >> So is it cooler at the high school? like what's the change in the in the overall feel of the like is there improvement? >> I I I can punt to our principal. I I know that if we wouldn't have the flood and if we wouldn't have had the six critical units go down, I think it will be cooler. >> Yes, it's much cooler especially upstairs. Um the six critical units that they talked about was their lab and so that was critical that they fixed that one

068first. did a great job fixing that one quick for about 10 days, school days, it was 85 degrees, 87 degrees in that classroom. Um, a is okay cuz they can open the garage doors, but that's what they work on next. But they've done a great job getting the critical work done. >> So, some places are cooler and some of now we're all pretty good except for a A is their units are shut down. >> We're hoping for fall quickly. >> No, much much much cooler. Yeah. And obviously just physics of the second floor that was really what we felt like if we're going to get anything done. So >> any other questions? >> And thank you so much for having me and help you out. It's always awesome to work with school district. >> Yeah.

069We also we know that we did the main gym floor um refinishing. We did a common lights pro the commons cafeteria for those of you that that don't know Kuna is the only place in the world that doesn't have cafeteria has a common but it's the lights in the cafeteria retrofit that we were able to do with idle power grant money and then we get reimbursed and then we decided to replace the the downstairs flooring the last two weeks of summer. We had a bit of a flood then. If you haven't seen the floors though, please schedule time. Robbie, the floors are amazing and and we did make some rockers disappear. So, I mean it lemonade out of lemons, but it was it was a fun two weeks. >> Um, >> and so is are

070the common lights like were they just dim or like what was the issue? >> Uh, they were just going out. >> Oh. >> Um, getting to rebuild them was kind of an expensive project. So, we teamed up with Idaho Power and worked out a rebate and I think they covered 80% of the repairs. >> In hindsight, those were the obviously we didn't plan the flood. We did plan the lights. We did still put summer school over there. We did not maybe stress the importance to all of our teachers who do summer projects, summer things of how important it was to not be in there. So, I know we slowed Benson down a little bit and and we'll be we're uh going to be a lot more detailed in what we can and can't do there

071next summer to make sure the project is finished um on time. Outside of those projects, we did Johnny's team did some other work as well. We did all the parking lots got repaired, cracked, filled, resurfaced, and repainted. We completed the perimeter fence at Silver Trail. So, now all six elementary campuses have perimeter fencing. We'll now move into the high or middle schools next. Um, uh, we added an office space here and we had an office space at Fremont. So, it was I don't know. I mean, then whatever broke that he had to fix on the fly. >> Yeah. >> But we had a good first summer. >> I just want to thank Bennington for their um, chocolate bars. >> Whenever I go, I just want you to know you make the best whenever I go

072to the ISBA uh, convention. >> So, see you in Corland November. >> Okay. That's right. And I will be there to get my chocolate bars. So thank you. >> So 10 year plan is 10% finished um next summer. So these for projects next summer obviously KHS second phase. This is not a small project. This is this is going to be a rather large project and it's going to be it's going to need we'll need to change kind of what we have to do in the summer on that campus because it'll be such an extensive project. So we met we met with John this morning kind of reviewed getting our bid packages finalized and everything schedules and everything. So should be ready to get those on the street and have members do it by next month

073>> because we're we're doing such an extensive project. We've talked about the gym foyer. As you ever been to a basketball game, a volleyball game, there are no vestibules at our gym for so if it is a windy day, they rake leaves in the middle of the event. If it's a snowy day, there's snow inside because of this doors open. It just causes. So, we've we've thought about, do we bump that project up because of the project? Because the high school be pretty much shut down. That would be an easy time to get in there, add those vestibules. They were in the original build of the high school plans. It just had got cut out and it's >> Can you just say again where that would be? Like you come into the >> basketball gym.

074So you'll walk through a set of doors and then it'll be that vestibule and then you'll walk into the gym. So it'll just close in that you can kind of see where there it looked like it was >> overhand hung for but that way um it's just energy efficient especially in the cold and and and even in the hot trying to keep the cold in. So >> um Ross and Indian Creek we've talked about combining that as as one project. So when you guys see bids here may probably not October but probably for sure by November you'll see the bids for these second phases come through. We're going to combine that into one project. Um as far as the bidding process goes for any creek and Ross. Um for second year we've got to consider

075a purchase of a replacement. It's called the Jacobson lawnmower. I don't know Mr. Jacobson. He's famous for this lawnmower. Um it's the lawnmower the decks go down. We're on a 2002 and a 2006 right now. Um, and I cannot keep them both at the same time. And most of the time when you see our grass come along, it's because they're both in the shop. Um, we brought this in the 2017 bond. We've punted and duct taped really well, but it's time that we talk about that. So, I'll bring bids for you guys at some point for those. And then Reed Elementary was on year two. We're hoping we can stretch that to year three. We'll know. I told Mr. We'll know November through January how bad that roof needs to be repaired as the snow

076when the rain comes. Um, so those are kind of the year two. Trying not to to overbite, but at the same time get these projects done so we can get to the year three projects. >> Can you refresh my memory on where we're pulling the money out of this? >> All this is house money. >> All this Okay, that's I want to make sure. >> Yeah, it was all in that 10 year plan and I can I can share that. >> No, that's fine. I just I just need to be refreshed because there's so many things we look at like I don't know >> and I don't want anyone sitting here like where's our project? KMS has a has a large HVAC project that we'll get uh LKV and Benson involved. FMS has twoird of

077a long a big HVAC project that that that's where the gym both gym was already done at KS. the Fremont will be the gym. Um, and then the old more veteran part of the building. The new building is obviously 2017, so it's almost 10 years old. Um, roof silver trail roof freed. So, there's other projects that we're doing, but >> yeah, I I've heard the lawnmower is not safe. So, I'm just going to tell you. So, I'm glad to see that on this. So, there's a guy in the front row that may be able to talk about how funny those are to keep keep moving because he drives them the most. >> I was going to say that's what I've heard. So, >> um, do you want to So, I can sit down and jump

078right back up, but that's this is like combined into it. So, you kind of know what's coming the big project, but we also have some smaller repairs that we can do as a maintenance department, especially with um, utilizing Johnny. We have some replacement of units that we can do throughout this. Actually, you would love to start them tomorrow, but um so I have some actions for you guys. These are these aren't ones we don't need engineer. We just need to replace the unit. So we have bids for you for the district office um HVAC units. >> Okay. So when you say bids, did you go out to get >> right there? >> Yeah, I see the >> Yeah. >> Okay. And then the ACC will help me with that. What is that? a bid also

079next to it. 39,925. >> That's a bid. >> Yeah, it's a bid. So, we have two bids. >> So, for the Kuna School District office, we have a bid from TVR for 47,000. >> And you're recommending that one? Okay. >> We're recommending Gotcha. Now, >> from Echo for 39,000. >> And then Johnny will oversee those uh replacements. >> And what do you mean by repair? >> They're not repair. It should say replace. >> Yeah. Um thereafter each >> okay so we're replacing them >> correct >> of the Kuna school district and Reed Elementary and Crimson Point they're all replacing them >> these are units that we >> So do we need to make the motion for each of these one one at a time >> okay >> with the dollar amount >> okay >> so

080how does this compare to like so during the summer all these were done and we're we're able to replace these during the school year No. >> And and this isn't like we're not doing any boiler work. I'm going to do stuff just basically a rooftop unit. So they all this work can be done with >> it might be a little loud in the classrooms. >> It'll be a little loud. We'll have to block off a little bit of area in a short period of time, but it's really not um it's not too big of a deal. >> I think it's the unit versus like doing the whole HVAC system. >> Correct. It's one unit for that. Like the bigger numbers there for the gym. um Reed and Crimson just just the Hack that controls the

081J >> and so these are not going to be done in lie of other HBAC. It's just that the fact that we can do these while the school year is going. >> All right. Do I have a motion to uh go out to to accept the bid for the HVAC replacement for the Kuna School District office? >> I I'm sorry, I have one more question. >> Sure. >> Um like it's if we get bids from like ACCO and TVR, is there not any benefit in going with one company like for the whole project of all these? So when they So the same two companies bid for everything. So they've kind of added that those numbers in as if they were um winning the the whole job. So I think we're pretty much where we need

082to be as far as them giving us any type of discount. >> They're not going to get the whole job. >> And is there any clarity on these bids as far as change orders is going to be? Like is there anything I mean I think I talked to one of you guys. Was it you Jason about the bid process like I I I guess I don't want to come back to the October meeting and be like well actually there's a change order it's now another $40,000 and so the scope of the work letting letting the contractor know like if it's a change order it means probably a new meeting that we're going to go back to the drawing board with fresh bids. That's a great question and I can definitely talk to the contctor contractors

083about >> if that hasn't been added to the bid process like I think we should >> wait personally. >> So when you say wait, are you wanting them to rebid now with that in mind? Yeah, I do because I feel like it's just kind of a it seems like a trend that you know you bid you see extra work that could be done come back with a change order and say that that's what needs to be done. I think we we see that really regularly with contractors and then we come back and we've got we're and then it's like emergent and now we've got to spend an extra 40,000 or 300,000 as it was last time. >> Do we have time to wait on these then? Uh most of our bids are within 30 days.

084So we'll need them to rebid. And then you've got this unit read is not working. Crimson point is not working. District office is I I think with these in particular units being R2 units, they they're one unit. There's not there's some duck work. What I'm trying to say is there's not a lot that could go wrong here. >> Please. >> So I think they bid if there is something that goes wrong. something that they don't know right off hand. It would be a surprise to everybody. >> Can we put that in a motion then to say that we accept this unless there's a change order and we we want to go back. Is that something we could put in motion? >> Yeah. And I'd like to see that added to our future bid process if

085we can add that in. I think it I mean not that we can't ever say that there's going to be a change order, but I think letting them know ahead of time this is going to delay it. Like give us the full scope of the work. They're the person they're the people that know what the scope of the work is. Let us know like if we're going to have to dig up a whole bunch of of asphalt and redo it. We we fully inspect the job and give us a full scope of the work. Maybe recommend additional work at the time of the bid. Don't just give us your low bid for the bare minimum and then do a change order to double that. >> Sure. >> So, Sure. >> So, >> and I promise

086you, we we did that. You're right. We did the change order with the asphalt and this is now my fourth year. That was the only time I've done our change order. We've heard you loud and clear. We will be much more clear of what we asked for. >> Okay. So, do I have a motion for the HVAC uh replacement for the CUMA school district office? Understanding that we accept this bid with no change of order or whatever. However, >> I so move. >> Okay. There you go. Got it. >> I need a dollar amount. $39,925 >> andund Oh, you're doing each one. >> I have to do each one. >> So, >> you'll have to say that for each one. >> Yeah. So, >> we so moved for the 106,229.60 for Reed Elementary. Additionally, the

087same for Crimson Point Elementary at $133,325 and KMS for 47,1623. >> Okay. Do have a second. >> Second. >> Any other discussion? >> No, just making sure it's with the change order. >> Yes, with >> All right. Kirsty. >> Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi, Hillary. >> Hi. >> And I'm I also >> Okay. Thank you, Assistant Superintendent Graves. And now moving on to Save Schools for Street. You're back at school. >> Thank you. >> Oh, no. My goodness. >> Oh, just do them all. >> Did I not get under safe schools? Yeah, you're right. You're right. >> No, I >> like I told you also. >> No, you got it. I got it. Okay, good. Uh at our August board meeting, we had a wonderful uh couple come up and and talk to you about

088their desire to purchase the Fourth Street gym. You guys asked us to could we accept that offer? How do we do this? Um I shared with you guys that the policy 922 talks about the acquisition sale of real property um and how our policy reads on how we have to go through this. We can't just accept we can't just put a sale, you know, for sale sign and and sell it. We can though go through a process. Um, in order to do so, we have to have a viable um, what am I? Lost my words. Appraisal. We did want remember November 22nd. It does say you've got to do this within one year. So, we may want to consider making that more current if this process takes longer or if you guys follow through with

089this process. Um, any questions about that policy I shared with you guys? I think a week after that meeting. >> Yep. >> Tell me what you think we should update. >> We may want to consider >> Well, the appraisal was November 22nd, 2024, and it says it's no more than one year. >> I think it's good. >> Another appraisal. >> That cost more. >> No, we don't want to pay for another appraisal. >> No, no, >> no. All that great of information anyway >> and it's linked there. So, if anybody in that community wants to look at it, it's right there. It's public knowledge. So, next slide. Um, does just a reminder, this isn't me saying I don't want to. Just a reminder, if we do choose to sell for street gym, we do lose

090a gym space. We are going to not be able to use Kunahigh's gymnasiums over the summer of 2025. We already have a plan for that. Um, we got to get that project finished. Um, any Cricen Ross' gyms will be closed, but about a week each. We can definitely work around those, but it is loss of a gym. Um, we will lose office space. Technology currently uses eight offices there. Loss of storage space and a warehouse space. So, I will if you move forward with this process, I will be bringing you um bids to do some renovation probably at lack of a better word cop shop. The the building in the parking lot at Kuna Middle School is ours. Need some remodeling um to to make it uh a little restroom. But anyways, and we'll need

091some kind of storage warehouse. So, I'll bring you ideas and bids and work with Price Left Fast, but I'll probably work with Benson and LKB to bring you guys that if you choose to sell. Um, it just won't be pure profit because we'll need to replace. Um, keep going. >> Yep. >> If we do this process, this is what our policy says as well as Idaho code 33402 sections both 2 and 3, we have to put a notice of the conditions of the sale. has to be published no less than two times. The first publishing 12 days prior to the next step, the second one five days. So October will be really tight, but I we'll have to get all that stuff in the newspaper. The five people in the world that still read newspapers,

092we'll read those. We'll obviously do all, you know, all the publications that we do. Um in that advertisement we have to put the condition of the sale meaning we have to choose is it sold at auction is it sealed bid. The other part of the condition of the sale sold for cash or sold for terms and conditions turned by the board of trustees for a period not exceeding 10 years with the annual rate of interest on all deferred payments not less than 7% perom. Is that right? I don't know. It's probably a fancy bra. So knowing all that information there is in policy 922 it talks about if no bid is meets the um appraisal that we can't take them yet but there is a process for continuing on that process of of ultimately accepting

093bids that are lower but it it takes a process to get there. You don't have to accept any bids >> if you choose your mind or change your mind bid process. So, um, it's a fun it's a fun read when you read through policy 922. Obviously, I think this is probably if this process goes, this will be a process that me and probably Jill work together because there's lawyer terms, especially if you guys want to do some kind of 10ear >> Brad becomes our mortgage >> and we have to decide that upfront. Now, tonight >> what we advertise Well, my suggestion is the next slide. is you decide this first and then yes, you got to decide that whatever is advertised has got to have the conditions of the sale. Um, similar to what Trusty

094Low said, that way we're not changing it >> on the fly. We got to put exactly what we want from the sale. >> Now, I just have another question. Since our appraisal is due November 22nd, does all of this have to be done by November 22nd? >> The way I read it is it can't be longer longer than one year. So Jason and I worked on that appraisal. We could talk to them and see if they can give us a how that works with an updated appraisal. >> Just a Do you remember like I'm kind of scanning through the appraisal like is there a number that you remember off the top of your head? >> 1.7.67 I think 1.7 was what I remember >> or 1.6 one of those. And so you don't reme do

095you remember the process if it if we get a if we don't get anything that meets 1.7 million like are we going to be done with that by November or is that not required or >> would that be the terms and conditions part number >> depends on how many people do the sale bid and then when we we have to put an advertisement when we'll open the seal bid we have to do that in public so anyone can come watch us open. Um if you've never been it when I do them every time when we do the big projects it's kind of fun. It's kind of weird >> like the lotteryies. >> This is my first time. Can I just say that? So, >> yeah. >> Um I I think that we should look at

096selling it. >> I'm going to let you guys discuss >> how um >> Well, I think when we did the analysis previously, like it it's it's costing us money. >> And I mean, it's going to cost us some money to get out of it, but at the same time, like >> not not as much as I mean, we're a little upside down in it every year. Is that what I'm Is that right? >> We're upside down. >> Like, I mean, not upside down, but like we're spending more than than >> there's quite a few improvements that need to be made. >> Yeah, there's improvements that need to be made to it. >> Um, you know, I guess I I've been in the community for since 1980, and I remember that gym was here way before

097that. So, I guess my thing is I just have a hard time with someone purchasing it and knocking it down knowing it has been a big part of this community um for a long time. So, I mean, I get it that we probably should sell it. It makes sense. It makes fiscal sense. Um but that part is important to me. So, I'm just going to throw that out there. Um, that's something I thought about. I I think sold by sealed bid is probably the best way to go. I don't know how you guys feel. >> That's what I would Is that what you would do? >> I wouldn't do the auction. >> No. I No. And I would like to see some terms and conditions. For example, can we use it for a couple years?

098Maybe we can use it for gym use if we need it. Um, you know, understanding that, I'd like to maybe see that a little bit. So, do we need to determine what those terms and conditions are now? >> So, we need to say like how we're going to want to use it so that everyone can determine if that's part of the deal that they want to accept. >> The only the only terms and conditions that we have to have in there are >> sold auction bid and then how are we financing it? >> I think we should sell it for cash. >> Yeah, >> I think so, too. I have no idea other than I like the terms and conditions. Um >> I think that's the only things you have to determine tonight. >> Do

099you like the terms and conditions? Like you want to >> want them to pay us over 10 years instead of >> I don't think I want that per se. I want the terms like we can use it for two years. That's what I'm thinking. >> I think that could be something. >> But can we do that as like a a later deal? We don't have to do that right now. >> Or yeah, I don't I don't necessarily want to go 10 years. >> She was sounding more like allowing us to use it for two years, which would give us time to >> and that's not really a term and condition like the one they're talking about here is how we're going to be paid for the building. >> Okay. So that see when I see

100terms and conditions, that's what I think of. So sold for cash I have no problem with. >> So I just I think the question is do we need to determine what we want out of a buyer? like we want to be able to use this or whatever or can we just can it not be negotiated in a contract later >> when they when we take a look at the seal, >> right? >> I don't know. I think that would be a question I feel more comfortable asking >> to our our district board because to me I don't know if you're saying it has to be or consider >> allowing us, you know, to rent back or something. >> Yeah, I think it seems like something we would determine once we receive a bid, but obviously

101Jill would have to tell us that. I feel like I'd make a motion that we um move forward with the process of selling selling the Fourth Street gym um by sealed bid and for cash >> and research the details on what we need to do as far as the specifics of like negotiating the future use by Kuna School District >> because then we can do the math backwards, the advertising, the five days and the 12 days to get it in there to hopefully get you guys an update by October. Um >> I'll second that. So any other discussion? I Kirsty. >> Hi. >> Michael. >> Hi. >> I for me. All right. >> So, >> no. Me. >> Brian said everything. >> Yeah. >> Superintendent Becca. You know, I noticed everybody's standing up, but I

102had surgery on my foot yesterday and I'm looking at my I had to redo my I'm not in the medical field and I had to redo my band-aid and see it's not >> Well, you can stay. I'm just going to stay seated. >> You can stay seated. >> So, um I've shared with you um uh a few times and giving you some background on this Idaho Youth Well-being Survey. The first thing I want to say though is that it's only for the high school and we cannot do it without parent consent. That that's we can't even move forward with doing anything unless a parent consents to do it. And um but the state department has been asking districts to to to provide to get this data for for their schools to help with some of

103the different grant opportunities that are out there for schools. But the big question is when you're doing these grants is like, well, how do you know how how do you know your school needs this money? and we don't have that information. Um, and so Chairman Nixon and I did a a video call with Boise State, the the two uh doctoral people that are running the survey in partnership with the State Department and we went through all the survey and there's some of the questions we said, "Okay, we can't you just you got to take this out for us. You've got to take this one out." and they did and they gave us a a different version. But in the survey, um, Boise State would come and meet with with Robbie, the advent team who they're

104prepared, they're just waiting, and the counselors, and the first thing that they have to do is have the the the parent consent form, and the survey is on that. Our survey is on that, you know, the the amended one. And if they don't get like 65% of of the of consent forms back or students that could take it, then they won't do it. Then we can't do it because they need a certain percentage. So if we don't get it, then they don't do it. But if we do get consent from parents, they're like, "My student can take it." And if they take it, they don't have to answer all the questions. They can leave them blank. it doesn't matter. It's anonymous. So, um I was just trying to look forward knowing that I've done so

105many of these grants for years and what they require. They've been given a lot of grace um in in order to get grants, some pretty big dollar amounts, but some of those people have changed. And I also won't be here, but kind of training these guys up on it, but it requires some of those answers. And so I guess what I'm and we can't do a student survey without a board's approval. But again, the key to this is we can't just we wouldn't just be giving this to 1,800 kids, you know, just like in class someday and parents didn't know. There's a there's a a parent consent form that goes home to all the parents with the survey and they can decide if if they want their student to take it or not. And the

106student does not have to answer every question. >> No, they do not. >> No. >> So, what if the parent signs it that they want their child to take it and then the child is like, I don't want to take it. >> They don't have to. >> There's no requirement. You know, there really isn't any no one's forcing anybody to do it. It's just to help us gather some data on helping on on what what are some of our needs. And we don't I mean we we know kind of but we don't we don't have the actual data to back it up. So like for example um I just did and I showed these two how to do it. I've done this since forever. It's called a safe and drug-free school um grant that I

107do every year. But that one only requires that you put in the bully data but we have that. We have to track that from school. So, that one was an easy one to be able to plug into the this grant. That's all it requires. And so, that one was a $74,000 grant, but that's all it's required. But some of these other bigger ones like from office of drug policy, they have a new a new supervisor now because Maryanne retired and I don't know the person, but that one they've given us grace on for over $100,000 like $150,000 in the past, but they're asking for how do you know you need this? What data do you have? And the only data we've been able to provide on some of these are, you know, the demographic data

108that you can get online or things like that. So, and I just had a email from Katie Watkins from the state who's they've helped us with two SRO grants that said that the districts are finding this data so valuable um in helping kid, you know, knowing how to help some of the kids. So I guess what I'm just asking is per permission to at least allow the Kuna high schools to pursue the students who grant but please understand it cannot go forward without parental consent and they do a lot of they want to be transparent about every step that they take with this. It's on their it's on their website. It'll be on our website. They want people to see it, you know. So, >> and isn't a lot of the money that we pay

109the SRO out of come from grants that we're using? >> Yeah. >> So, I mean to me >> like the opposite drug policy. That's one. But we also get like in bridges um we have the third millennial. It's a whole library. So, if a student's suspended, there's the, you know, tobacco and alcohol and vaping and they're they're they're up to date really really good resources and that's like a $2,500 um a dollar amount and that covers that. There's grants that cover those, but again, they'll ask you how do you know your kids need it? >> And this is what the survey tells us. Yeah, it helps us just like well 20% of our kids are big. I'm just >> so without this survey there are some grants we would not be able to get. >>

110We we won't or >> I think that's important to note too. >> Yeah. >> Is there is the survey digital or on paper? >> I think there's both but I do think that this consent form was electronic. I know that goes to the parents. Um, but I don't boy I think I have that on my desk. I didn't find that. >> And then the questions that you have removed, how do you know they want to add them back in? >> Because it's our survey. It's it's what we have and that's what goes in the consent form to the parent. >> So this is the final one that would >> Yeah, it's it's the draft. I what I shared with you is the draft and if we needed to change Well, we we kind of walked

111through what they really felt we could >> and they took them out. There were ones that they said, "No, we can't let that go." >> And some of them were saying, "We absolutely have to take these out." >> And what so what happens if not 65% come back? Like are we out of luck on a grant then? >> Well, that's the thing is I think we've done our best. We've done our best. And and what we say is, listen, we we've done our best. And so now, how how can you help us if if we can't get 65% of our parents to sign off? Um, and that's about all we can do is say we we tried. You know, our board supported it. Um, our high school was they were ready. They were hoping we

112could do it, but if we don't get that support, then I mean I for me for the rest of the year, I would just I would make sure that they know, listen, we've tried you guys. We're we're trying. We're doing our best. So, if we can't get that, then how can you help us uh in a different way because I don't know what else we could do. >> So, basically, this is a hoop we have to jump through in order to get some of the grants. >> And it is a hoop, but you know what? I think it also helps us really I mean there's so many different things out there that we can send counselors to and our social workers to and they take advantage of everything we possibly can that's out there. Some

113of it's free, some of it's not. It requires a registration and there there are there are grants from the state that allow us to um have them apply for it um for different things and they'll but the question will be well how do you know your students need this? Why would we send you. So there's a lot of different opportunities besides even SRO's um that helps >> and other grants that we can use for >> professional development >> even the metagant and they have a new person now and she was trying to um get me to she was going to ask me all these questions. this was back in March. And I'm like, um, no, this was already approved, um, before they had the change and so they waved it. So, we got the 133,000,

114but there's way more we can there will be a new one coming out in October. >> And so, this survey would be important to that. >> Yeah, it would help us with you and the metag. And if a parent doesn't sign, they can't take it, right? So, if it's not returned, it's definitely like an opt-in. Absolutely. They could even if like if a if a parent didn't sign in their because they check the list if the parent hasn't signed up they can't take the survey. Okay. Do any other questions? Do motion. Okay, [Music] I just, you know, I went through the questions. You don't have to, the kids do not have to answer all of those. Uh, parents have to give approval and in the long run, it's going to help us as a school

115district. So, I feel like it's something we should do. Um, you know, it you have to opt in obviously and um They're very transparent with it. >> Yeah. So, um I'll make a motion that we approve the school survey uh to be given to high school students with parents opting. >> Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Okay. Any other discussion? >> Well, no. I feel like the optin makes me feel comfortable with it. >> Okay. >> So, I already taken a vote. Sorry. >> Well, no, that's a discussion. So, >> all right. Um Kirsty, >> hi. >> Um Michael, >> Hillary, >> hi. >> And I'm I also >> Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. Um classroom voice project. Nixon trust going. Uh so last couple years technology has been working

116on uh modernizing our technology in our classrooms. Uh this past summer we finished up our viewboards, swapped out our smart boards and smart projectors that weren't working and our uh end of life PCs. Swap those out this summer as well. Uh, next project, next piece of equipment that is aging out is our voice amplification systems, which is for those who've been teachers like them keep their voice uh nice and fresh. It's one of the few things that helps everybody in the room from kids with hearing problems, kids sitting in the back and the teacher keeping their voice fresh. Um, our oldest ones are 15 years old. We can't get parts for them anymore. We've been limiting them along as long as we can. Um so next slide there let me thank you. Uh we went

117out over the last couple years been looking at different solutions. We looked at front row which is what we have in our uh their newest solution which is front row unity. Uh we looked at light speed top cats which we have to do a lot of replacement work. Um the unities are plug and play. They go right to our current speakers. And then we did a media mic which kind of was a band-aid. Um, it plugged into our system, but it doesn't have an amp. So, once the amps died, they were useless. Um, I did go out and get um, pricing on a couple of them. Uh, even though front row is the one that we kind of picked because it was the easiest one and it is part of one of our partners contracts

118that we go through with OEC. Um, both uh, quotes are in your guys's folder for you. But this is going to be a multi-year project. I want to start off with 60 units this year. That's what I'm looking for today. Questions. >> Are the voice projects elementary mainly? >> Uh, it's all the way through. >> Um, >> where will these 60 units go? >> We are going to be focusing with the 60D on rooms that are broken and uh classrooms with IEPs. >> And then where's the 99,000 coming from? >> Um, this is part of the budget I have set aside in our supply budget every year for PCs. I'm planning on since we just replaced all of our PCs, using that for the next few years to get this going. I just say as

119a teacher I use mine every day. It was so nice for the kids and it was nice on my throat. The only thing is make sure you turn them off before you go past the library or they will hear anything you say. >> So the great news with these ones. >> Okay, good. >> Personal experience. >> Yeah, personal experience. I went by talking to another teacher and all the kids are they could hear me. I'm like, why are all the kids in the library looking at me? Well, forgot to turn it off. So, yeah. Sorry. No, you're good. >> That's it is something that definitely happens a lot with the old. >> Yeah. >> So, um, all right. Any other >> questions, discussion? Okay. >> I move to approve the purchase of 60 units for

120$99,998.40. [Music] >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Any other discussion? Hillary. >> No. >> Hi. >> Sorry. No discussion but yes I >> Kirsty >> I >> All right so passes I'm an I sorry thank you next one's me as well um the same thing um it's federal program helps schools and libraries get internet to kids so they can actually use it um it involves a huge bidding process nationwide we went out collected our our new stuff. Um it goes through approval, ranking, all of that stuff. Next slide. Um our current one, our current was the end of the C rate cycle. We wanted to use as much as the money as we can because we don't use it, lose it. Um our current project is to replace

121network equipment at any creek and initial point. Uh originally when these guys were set up, they were not set up for our one to one devices that we are now. So with this we're going to get access points in every classroom so that their network issues that they've been having go away. Um with currently our rate is we pay 30% of the bill the federal government covers 70%. So of this project um 30% would be $33,599.33 >> and that comes out of your budget. >> That comes out of our budget that we budget for every year. >> Okay. >> That's nice of the federal government. Yes. I'm glad to say it stuck around because it was one of those worried about >> I don't know how long it will be. >> Got to use it

122while we can. >> That's right. Go for it while we can. >> Um, do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion that we approve the purchase of V rate items for the amount of $33,599.33, which is 30% of the total amount. Okay. Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Any other discussion? >> No. >> All right. Kirsty. >> Hi. >> Michael. >> Hillary. >> Hi. >> And I'm I also >> Thank you. >> It's a long meeting tonight. Can I just say that? >> It's just in >> I'm trying to go fast. >> No, no, you can fine. Uh for those of you that weren't aware, we've celebrated Brenda a couple different times. Brenda has announced her retirement um January 1st. With that, there has to be a solution to replacing

123her. Um one of the wonderings was the only way to go out to bid for contracting services to see if it's a it's better cost effective for us is you guys have to let us do this bid process. You don't have to. Um the other option would be just post and hire a new transportation director. Um couple years ago when we did ABM uh I can't remember if all of you were on the board at the time that you guys asked do we look at transportation next. We asked as politely as we could. We have the best transportation director. Everything's going great. Please don't do this at this time. So is this the right time to look? Um, just for your sake, we can always buy more vacuums and then rehire custo staff. When you

124do this with transportation, you sell off your buses. So, it's you when you do this, it's really hard to come back from it. Um, in our valley, when you compare us to other districts, we're the largest district that still has their own transportation. EMTT is the only other 5A or 6A school that still has their own transportation. Everyone else is >> called contracted. Okay. >> So, are they saving money from what we like is like what's your have we asked around? Are they happy with it? Like what are the drawbacks? What are the >> You guys can all jump. >> I was going to say I've asked around because we talked about this and I've talked to uh David Reinhardt. >> He said don't do it. He said >> I was saying Manford has been

125a disaster. He said you because you use you lose your autonomy of it. >> Well, the drivers don't care about the kids. They're just working. >> They're just working. It's just a job. >> You don't have a part like let's say I gave the example of you know this bus stop the kids it came too late. >> You don't have a right. They'll just say to the parents sorry you know it's not like it comes to you and then then you get calls saying what do you mean? Why is the school district not taking care of this? Because it's the busying people. So we don't have that autonomy. But um and my understanding too is it doesn't it doesn't really save us as much where when we looked at the um cleaning that saved us

126some >> right >> and that's my understanding also >> but like it is kind of good. I mean I don't know this specific but like generally it's kind of nice to let the people that do transport like we're kind of like the jack of all trades here. like we're cleaning, we're landscaping, we're transporting, we're educating. So like it does kind of remove overhead I guess from our management. Does that make sense? I'm like a little Is it less stress in some ways? Um like because you're not hiring bus drivers, you're not hiring a transportation, you're not fixing buses. Um, >> but they're contract >> and they always like we're like in a bond we're not going to be asked to replace the bus barn. Am I right about that? >> Or buses say >> or

127buses >> like right now we do not have a a good remember a couple grads ago Adam had a plan where we were buying certain amount of buses because our appreciation we have to get a plan to get back on depreciation if we don't go this route. Um HR you're you're 100% right. you're, you know, you're not hiring as much. Um, we saw a decrease a little over 30% in our state insurance fund. Workman's comp now goes through them. But Brad and I would have a lot of work to do. We would bring you basically a school district's bid. Um, I don't know if you remember with ABM, there was a question on why we just had the one bid and we went through the state and and in hindsight, I wish I would have

128brought you school districts bid and show, you know, been able to show you this is what it cost us. So Brad and I would be tasked with we would come to you if if this was it. There's also I mean obviously this is a public meeting that there's no secret that that this is a question we're asking. So we have a a group of transportation staff that are I don't know if word is yet the right word but then there's some trepidation about that and we'd never want anyone to feel like we don't want them. So we would do this very respectfully just like we did with AVM but there's also going to be that I mean there's 50 between 40 and 50 staff. >> They're on Persie also, aren't they? Drivers. >> Well, no.

129Now you're a press company. So I I would assume ABM was not I mean that's a state. >> No, they're not. But the bus drivers now they're currently on Persie. They currently get state bennies. >> So are there like are there kind of a lot of bus companies in the valley? Like I mean >> well the other thing >> I just remember something was in the news. Not that is that Nampa that like the parents like lost their minds for some reason. I don't remember what it was. >> There was some clubs cascade >> and was it like a loyalty issue? I mean tell me what the problem was. >> Kim, you want you can speak to >> um so when I cuz when I was in Nampa we we I didn't know any different.

130They contracted with their own bus and they were always very good to Nampa. But last year when they went out to bid and um there was some kind of glitch in there in the whole bidding thing, but they went with a different company who was new who had never been here. They were out of like Missouri or some place and Brown Bus had been in the four years. So it was a disaster because these guys didn't have enough buses. They didn't know routes. They didn't they haven't they didn't have any places to put their buses. So, it was a terrible disaster. Then they went to the 4-day week. The bus route, the kids weren't getting home till 6:00. >> I don't think that would have ever happened with Brown Bus because they knew they know

131Nampa. But so, I think that's what happened with this new company. I think they probably ironed it out a little bit more. I just know and I'm not advocating I mean I love our people here. I just didn't know any different when um when I was in Nampa. But I mean, we knew we had a relationship with the people at Brown Bus, so we could call them to say, "Okay, we got to have a bus for our athletics." Things changed. And they would they were very good to work with us. I But Brenda and her staff does the same thing. You know, they're great. They on a dime they'll turn around and go pick up kids or do whatever. So, >> well, because they're part of a family. Yeah. >> We're all together. Um, I

132guess my question too is Braum Bus from Idaho because a lot of these companies are outside of Idaho that >> Brown Bus has their office in Nampa off of Amity behind Amity. >> I know where that's at because we store it by. But um >> Well, and this is just to go to the bid process. We don't have to accept the bid. >> We can see how much it is. If we have a KSD bid, too, that's helpful. I think a great idea. >> I think I think that would be >> my other just so you guys can compare. >> Yeah. My other question is, do we open it up? Do we have someone in the bus program now who would take Brenda's place? Do we have an assistant that would move up? I guess

133that's another question. >> No, he was saying we'd have to fight for that. >> Yeah. >> Well, to go to the bidding, we would have to do we'd have to follow the there's no hire. >> We just do a normal hire. We would we would do >> we'd have to open up. But I just wonder we would post it both in and out. Um, I I think we would assume there's there's a couple people that would apply for >> I guess within our >> I'm wondering if there's somebody, >> but nobody that's that's been a transportation director. >> I I was never a principal till I was, >> you know what I mean? So there you've got to there's those moments. So I mean, we definitely we would assume that would be people. We wouldn't

134open it if we chose to go contracted though because of >> um Haven't I heard a little bit about like an outdated program that we have as far as like scheduling bus routes and it without Brenda Saxton's like expertise we wouldn't be able to make it work. Uh currently the program we use for uh the trip requests is their older version. They're working up the company that they use for the trip program or for busing in general is working on their new version to include with uh normal routing. >> But we do have a good >> system for normal routing. >> Yes, >> it's updated. >> System updated year ago. That's why we ask those questions. >> I probably remember it from when we updated. >> I I think the thing is like even I

135mean we get you know we're like are we fiscally responsible on everything and it's like so this was just a way to say >> I mean let's show you let's be as transparent as we possibly can to show you this versus this just like we did today with the um cleaning. you know that that would be the only thing we're not advocating either way by I mean >> and if Brenda wasn't retiring we wouldn't be asking you to do this at all. >> Well, I'd make a motion that we go through the process of collecting bids to contract transportation for the 2026 2027 school year. Do >> I have a second? >> Second. >> Any other discussion? >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> I'm going to vote now. I would prefer a person, but >> Well,

136this is just to bid. Well, we can still choose a person investigating, >> but I know I get, but I'm still going to vote no. >> That's fine. >> Yeah. >> All right. >> Did you vote no? >> No, I said yes. >> She said yes. >> Okay, that >> I didn't want to know what happened. >> I believe we >> Let's not try to >> I'll change my change. I'm about taking care of the kids and I don't feel like outsourcing takes care of the kids. >> I'm about using our money the most wisely so that we can take care of the kids other >> I want them to be safe. >> Yes. Sometimes >> I think that the kids in Nampa are safe. >> They actually like >> they were not safe at

137all. >> Like Brown Bus Company all over struggled. That doesn't mean >> they were good. >> Um, all right. Let's go ahead and move on here. Um, student learning calendar. Uh, Jason Ready and Christie, by the way. Congratulations, Christie. >> Thank you. I missed the introduction board. All right. So, last school year we worked on this. Um, the committee worked on this and then we had to for what we are proposing. Um there was some logistics that had to be um because we're changing it's a significant shift. Um, so we did what we would our traditional calendar that we followed every year and then the one where the semester ends at winter break which follows other districts more accurately and for secondary is really helpful because of loss of learning over the break and they

138have to come take finals and our DC courses end when college courses end. Um, so for secondary this is a much needed move. Um, but our proposed one is that we start we're going to start a little bit earlier. We end the semester at Christmas break. Um, and then we get out on May 20th. >> So that's what we have proposed >> for spring break is the same as Wednesday. >> Can I just call out that one caveat? So this is this is the 26 27 proposal and if we and we want to do our calendar approvals on a two-year >> so that we can have a couple approved at a time. This is the 2728 proposal. The interest in the community has always been, well, I shouldn't say always, most recently been to align

139our spring break with West Ada because we have so many parents that, you know, they they live or work and go in both places. And so to have them different weeks was really difficult for some people. So that's been an interest. We don't know for sure when um West ADA spring break is going to be in the 2728 school year yet. I spoke with their assistant superintendent last week that's in charge of this and he said that he'll be working on um their first draft proposal for their November meeting and so we'll know here very soon when their spring break will land. So this >> do they not do two years at a time? >> Yeah, >> I'm sorry. >> Do they not do two years at a time? >> Um you know I didn't

140ask him that. There was a time where they had several years kind of sketched out. It I didn't see it last time I looked. Um I spoke to him in person on Tuesday yesterday and he said he was going to have the the first draft of this ready for the board. Um or their district leadership maybe in November, >> but their 26 27 is the same. >> This one's done. Yeah, this matches um but you know this is basically three school years from now um >> for spring break. That's our only question. >> I love the idea being done. before Christmas. That's wonderful. >> And before Memorial Day. >> Yeah, before memorial. >> But then as I was looking through it looked like not this calendar, but the other calendar. It looked like elementary like

141the second one or not this option. I just wonder. >> Yeah. I was wondering the reasoning for that. >> So this is for So secondary likes for the student learning piece and elementaryaries and trimesters, right? So, the overarching theme was it's warmer in August than it is in May. >> So, >> and that's true. If you're elementary and you don't have to consider a secondary, Absolutely. You want to have more hot than cool weather. Um, that was primary yet because it doesn't affect elementary at all. >> Okay, that's my question cuz I just noticed that. >> Yeah, I did notice that. But teachers in >> in elementary not this one. But I just wanted to make sure that >> Yeah, because they they're not impacted by semesters at all. >> No. And then the other

142one I remember a couple years ago had to do with the work days uh or the first um first parent teacher conferences and I noticed that everything seemed to be okay between the two. >> We worked on correcting some of those things last year. >> We modified our calendar. >> That's why these are here the second and >> so and I like the way you guys have it. two days and then a day of feeding >> and we have our election day um for all of them in now so that all I thought that was good. >> All right, any other questions? Do I have a motion? >> Um I just have one question. Sure. Has there been any research on how it affects like grades and or learning and to to end before Christmas?

143Like is there a big improvement in the in in student learning and outcomes? I would have to call up the research. I I think uh being a secondary teacher for 10 years, I could tell you anecdotally for sure that our students are going to do better on their final exams if they don't have >> it feels like it >> 14 to 17 days in between the last time they got instruction and then >> haven't most of the school districts now in the valley gone to that model. So I think we're one of the last >> aligned with the other school districts. And then I guess the other question is, do you think that people will not feel as rushed to get back to school after the Christmas break because it's the beginning of a semester

144instead of the end? >> I think that seems like a concern >> attendance-wise that first little bit. >> I think I might feel that way. >> That's why I'm saying it. Like I'm always like, "Well, we got to get back. You've got finals." But now I'm like, "Well, it's just the first couple days class. Just saying >> that's where all that relationship happens. >> I didn't hear that. Anyway, >> just I'm for I know I'm not the only one. >> But you know, it is kind of interesting when you if we see especially senior parents though too is that you're starting your last semester. You know, it's just there just this different sense that you're after Christmas. I'm starting my last semester of school and I can do it. I can get a freshness. It's

145like a fresh start. Yeah. >> And for those of who's who are going to college it works really well for them >> for taking classes. >> And I can't remember how this affects like is this something that the people that for years I felt like incun was something that people resisted because of the fair like 4 or something. >> Yeah. So we eliminated that because of the number of kiddos who actually do FFA now. It's decreased. It was what was the number? It was really small. >> It's less than 1%. >> Yeah. >> And it's still still it's a school event, so they still can go to those things. >> When we were a smaller school district, more agriculture, a lot of kids >> Well, every year they've said no to this. Yeah. >> I

146think our community is finally evolving a little bit. >> So now, do I have a motion to accept the calendar? I make a motion to accept the proposed calendar for the 26 27 school year >> 2020. >> Oh 27 28. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Any other discussion? >> And then second in the pink. You're just going to designate that to be whatever West is. >> Correct. Y. >> Okay. Just Hillary. Hi. >> Michael. Hi. >> And Kirsty. Hi. >> And I'm an I also All right. >> Super Assistant Superintendent Brian Grace. >> Trustees, uh, special ed director Kelly just notified me that one more presentation I break a record. So, >> wow. >> I'm glad someone keeping track of all this. >> I've got band-aid problems. >> Let

147me get you some. >> There are eight. Um I those of you that have been keeping track this is the like on debt our December presentation everyone that we've has been caught back up next week or next time will be the third quarter and then we'll just be doing quarterly. So this is we're almost um >> um I just first amendment so I stand here for >> yeah 462 says staffing patterns but when I clicked in on it was title one uh comparability services. It changed name. >> Okay. So, it does it need to change on the other course. If you go back to the >> That's what it's currently. >> Yeah, that's the current staffing. >> So, when it gets all the way through, it'll it will just like all the red it'll that

148will change because it's a title one. >> Okay. Because as they go, it's not really a staffing pattern. It's more of a title one. Okay. >> That's my only question. >> No Child Left Behind Act is now called Every Student Succeeds. Is that the same thing? Not the same thing, but the the adjust >> that's like what it's been replaced. >> What it's Yeah. Was replacing. >> Uh, any other questions? Okay. Do I have a motion to accept? >> I make a motion to amend the following. >> Remember, you have to say all >> 411, 416, 462, 506, 507, 508, 566, and 852. >> Second. >> Okay. And um Hillary, >> hi >> Michael. >> Hi >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> I'm I also All right. That should say remove. >> Now >> it I

149think it says a remove on ours. >> Yeah, it does. >> On ours. It says remove. >> I'll make a motion that we remove policy number 607. Was that move somewhere else or we that just not it's not? >> You don't have >> I know promise scholarship be >> like twice removed from advanced opportunities. >> Okay. Second. >> Okay. And uh Hillary, >> I I also >> and 512. >> I make a motion we adopt policy 512. >> Okay. >> Second. >> And Kirsty. >> I >> Michael. >> Hillary. >> Hi. >> I'm also >> All right. Second reading policy. Three amendments. This one were was things that you guys corrected. 544 got lost, so we brought it back out live. And 632 you guys actually approved as a second read last time, but you

150approved it as 6:30. Just anytime we do a policy change, we just want to be transparent. We're not trying to trick anyone into this type. So, it's really 632. Nothing else changed by the number. So, those are the three. >> Okay. I wonder cuz I was like, I don't see anything different. >> Now, you know why? Thought we lost it. We found it. >> Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion that we amend 403, 544, and 632. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Hillary. >> I. >> Michael. >> Hi. >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> I'm I also All right. In the quarter three updates that you see next week, 314 and 403.5 got fixed again. So, we did the second corrections based on her corrections. So there

151were a whole bunch of changes from what you guys saw first read, but you get an ask form, they were just instead of taking it all the way to third read, then bringing it right back to fix it. We fixed it on the fly. These two were the corrections you guys asked us that. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> This is the final time we'll see these. >> No, they'll go to third reading. >> Okay. This is just >> second. Just second. >> Okay. I make a motion to adopt 314, 403.5, 912.1, and 912E. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Any other discussion? >> No. >> Kirsty. >> Hi. >> Michael. >> I. >> And I'm on. I also >> All right. Consent agenda. Do I have a motion to

152accept the consent agenda? >> I move. >> Okay. Got a second. >> We're coming down. All right. Um, any discussion? >> All right, Hillary. >> Hi, >> Michael. >> Hi. >> Kirsty, >> hi. >> And I'm an I also that brings us to the good of the order. >> Woohoo. >> It's really good those policies were not super complicated. >> I know controversial. Anyway, I'm going to say um homecoming week, September 19th. Who are we playing, people? >> Bobby, Mountain View. >> Mountain View. Okay. >> Are the bleachers going to be fixed? We're always >> okay. >> It's okay. They moved the students, so they're good where they are. >> They're coming from Maine. The parts are coming from Maine, right? >> Yeah. >> No tariffs from me. >> Good. >> What? Okay. ISBA region

1533 meeting September 24th, 2025. I do plan on attending that. That's where they will bring the um proposals. They'll be covered at ISBA for the year. So, if anybody else would like to, I would love for you to come. Um, because that's where we >> I have not. Am I supposed to? I just figured I was just going to show up. >> I was just going to show up. That's what I've always done. I just show up. I just I show up and I go, "Okay, here's the proposals." I go, "Okay, great today. So, I will get you registered." >> Okay. Thank you. >> I'm not going. Did you need to know that? >> Yes. Yeah. I'm out. Sorry. I don't. >> So, those are the proposals I'll bring to you. >> I think I

154bring you. >> It's in Celane. Is this right? >> No. No. >> This is Yeah. This is where we go over the proposals that I will bring to you and then we will vote on whether we want Yes or no when we go to Cordelane. ISBA. >> So, you're going to go to both? >> Yes. >> I know. I rock it. I love it. >> So, I guess is that the best way to explain it? >> Yeah, I get it now. >> Okay. Uh then we have the first responders and military appreciation October 10th, 2025. That's at the end, I believe. >> Our next board meeting will be October 14th and zone 3 and four trustee election will be November 4th. And then the 2025 ISBA annual convention will be November 12th through the 14th

155in Quarter Lane. And I would love to go in it if the new or some obviously zone 4 will be new. If that person wants to go, will they be able to go then? >> Yeah, we'll just have it'll be a late registration. >> Okay. I was just curious about that. All right. >> Do I have a motion to adjourn? Woohoo. >> All right. Any discussion? Okay. Here we go. Kirsty. >> I. >> Michael. >> I. I. And I. I also