001and call the meeting to order. We have a quorum. We'll start with the pledge of >> allegiance. Pledge allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> There are no amendments to the agenda. We have no public no one signed up for public participation. Uh we will start with building updates. Just going off what I have on top here, the high school. A short update tonight. Uh you can see we closed out the year with the same number of students that we had in May. So really the whole second semester we only lost one student. I would like to congratulate our golf team for having an undisputed season. That is simply amazing. uh they've
002played some tough teams and came out ahead and won the conference match and so they're getting ready for their own invitational and then the section. If you turn the page see we had several students who attend WCC winning awards. I won't read all of those but uh very proud of our students who are achieving great things at the career center. and Jillian Swim signed to play soccer at Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas. Very excited about having a college soccer player. Summer school update. We have 27 students that enrolled. So far, we have 12 that have completed and 10 still working. So, that only equals 22. So, only 22 of the 27 that showed up or that signed up have shown up so far. Uh we do have one senior who needs to pass one
003more class before he can walk in graduation. So we're working on getting him here. Uh last thing I want to mention other than the schedule there at the bottom of the remaining events. Just want to mention the improvement of our band this year. The band program is growing by leaps and bounds, not just at the high school, but at the middle school. and the sound. If you've been to any of their concerts or any of our games, what a marked improvement over past couple of years. So, that's all I have tonight. Any questions? Move on to Good evening. I also have a short update. We ended the year with 332 students. I think we started the year right about there as well. So, not a bad year. Um, I have on here on the front
004page our perfect attendance for the second quarter. And then we actually ended the year with three kiddos that were there all all day every day for the whole 180 days. So, we did a lot of celebrating on the last day. Um, and they were part of that celebration. That's pretty big feat. The next page just shows our honor roll for that last quarter. And then you'll see at the bottom of that we had several kids kiddos that um were on the honor honor roll all year. So those that's A's and B's uh just third, fourth, and fifth grade. So super proud of them. And then just some of our end of the year events that we had. We had some fun field trips. Kona Ice came in. We had field day. Just lots of fun
005to end the year and keep the kids happy and smiley. Any questions? >> Thank you. College corner. >> Good evening. My enrollment is also the same as last month. Um I did include perfect attendance for the entire year as well as good attendance for the entire year and then mostly just fun. So, we've had field day. Um, we did a school skate where everybody got to go in two different sections. Uh, we did an afternoon of play. We normally do it outside, but we did it inside. And it was actually so much fun um doing it inside. So, uh you can see little kids and big kids got to collaborate together um in lots of different spaces all over the school. The kindergarters thought it was the best thing in the world that they could
006go into different places. So, um that was really fun. Uh we had parent picnic. We had to have it inside. It was nice and lovely and rainy. Uh so we did an inside parent picnic. Um and it turned out just as good. So um wrapped up the year like we said with a lot of fun. Um and smiles. Any questions? >> Thank you. middle school right in the bell there. Middle school kids beat the tardy bell. Um we are down one student um to 285 than we were last month and one student than we were last year. We did have a student um an eighth grader who withdrew right at the end of the year to do homeschooling uh before high school. Ask her if she wanted to finish out just that last day and
007didn't have any interest in our funding. So, um so we're just down one student. We had our end of the year awards on Thursday where we celebrated our student achievements. We actually had a huge attendance for all three of those. Um we were pretty exhausted by the end of it, but it was a lot of um really great things. A lot of really great um achievements were celebrated that day. We have a picture there from Slick City. We took 135 students who had no Fs, no ISS, OSS, no more than Hardies, and no more than one missing assignment in any class. Um 135 out of our our 285 were able to go. And so that was a really great trip. Um we were able to rent out the entire location. So that was really nice
008for our students. It was pretty small but it seems big um but it was like really a really great place for us um because you could really um supervise everything while while they got to have some freedom. So it was a lot of fun. Then we do um instead of field day like spring training and Amazing Race. This is our second year for Amazing Race. Um I'm always pretty surprised that everybody gets into softball. It is pretty exciting. Um it was a very competitive day and then we had a kickball and a whiffle ball um field set up for those that didn't actually play with equipment. Um but they had a lot of fun too and that stayed busy all morning. Um then 24 stations were set up and visited by the amazing race teams.
009We almost stayed dry. Um even some of us adults joined in. I know Miss Wooster ran around and was doing amazing race and helping us with that too. So um that was a lot of fun. um the band and choir kids took their um Kings Island trip. They took a ton of kids that went also for down rain, but had a lot of fun. And then on the back, I suppose there's some pictures there of our Washington DC trip. Took 39 students this year. They did have 40 signed up, but last minute had to drop. So, we had um 39 that ended up going. So, it was a big trip and um they did they actually got to stay dry. Any questions for >> Thank you. >> Okay, we'll move on to uh Mr. Reer,
010Mr. Ashbrook, discuss changes in handbook. Okay, good evening. Um, we just wanted to come up here and kind of tell you guys something about what we're working on with some changes in in terms of athletic ECAS. Um, probably about mid to late March, we started getting some requests from some parents, some staff members, community people about revisiting our athletic and ECA suspensions. So we put together a committee of Mrs. West, Mr. Ashbrook, Mr. Over Holt, myself, and we began looking at the current ECA suspension policies. And as we looked, we noticed that our current policy is all about discipline and consequences, but there was no form of intervention or education in terms of what the students were doing, whether it be vaping, drinking, or anything like that. So, um, right now with our current policy,
011we have students who are 17 and 18 years old and they are completely wiped out of a career of athletics, plays, musicals by the time they're 14 or 15. And they have two to three years of nothing to look forward to in high school in terms of being able to participate in those experiences. So essentially 17 and 18 year olds are paying for something they did when they were 14 and 15 possibly. And a lot of us around here know the growth a student can make from 15 to 17 and 18. All right. So they can make that growth but they still don't get the chance to experience the things they wanted to experience in in in school. So, um, right now we do we have plenty of students who they come to school with
012the hopes of playing for the football team, playing for the baseball team, participating in Miss Albright's plays, participating in our musicals. They look forward to those things. And a couple of bad decisions when you're 14 and 15 and you're wiped out for the next three years of not being able to participate in any of those things. And if we want to do that and continue to take those things away for years past what they did when they were younger, what's that student's why for coming to school? What's their motivation? Okay, if we continue to take away and take away and not offer some sort of support, there's not much applied at the end of that at the end of that time. So, as a committee, we are looking into putting in more intervention and educational
013steps or opportunities for our students to learn from their mistakes, prove they've learned from their mistakes, and earn back some of those chances to get those experiences back that they would otherwise miss out on this current policy. So, do you want to >> Yeah, sure. Uh, so like like Mike said, the biggest thing that we recognize is that there was a lot of of hammer and not a lot of help. So when we think about our positions in the school right now, our policy shows that we are all hammer and a little help like, hey, you better turn it around for next time, but we're not going to tell you why or give you resources to do it. So what this would do to our policy is we would basically just add a column for
014intervention and education. So if you get first offense, second offense, third offense, that would hell have a different form of education in hopes that we can now turn your life around and you don't have to worry about what the next offense even is because we're here to help you in your desperate time, not abandon you and hope that you figure it all out on your own without giving you tools and guidance to make that life-changing decision. Um, like he said, we don't try to think of how I want to phrase this. We don't want a kid to lose motivation to come to Union County High School, right? We're already batt battling a lot of things. Uh, we don't want to add lack of motivation to want to be a Patriot, be one because we have
015some great extracurricular activities that we want kids to be a part of. Now, it is 100% a privilege to be in those extracurriculars. It is not a right. So, we still believe that if you mess up, you should be punished for your mess up, but you also should be helped learn how to do it the right way. Right? And that's where I think this new policy can come in and do that. And in terms of the current policy, we're not trying to change it all together. All we're doing is is we're keeping all the consequences the same. It's still, you know, a percentage, a season, a year, three, you know, all those steps are still there, but all we're trying to do is we're trying to offer opportunities. You know, the the first one we'll
016help with and then as the steps go on, it kind of starts getting put more on to the athlete or or the student and the parent and their part is to get themselves in there and to get get the opportunities made back. We have a we have a list. We're con we're putting together a list of ideas of things they could do. Um but it's going to be up to them after that first step. It's pretty much up to them to get involved in that and they earn it back. Um now the school will help in helping them find find the opportunities. Um, we've even looked into it and there's a possibility of there even being if someone doesn't have the money to to do some of the steps that there that we could find
017funding to help them out with that. So, it's more or less us just getting involved in the intervention process. And like I said, just giving them opportunities to to fight back and get back what they were looking forward to having in the beginning. Earn back. >> Earn back. >> We don't want them to to get anything. you do need to earn your your position back and that's what we're here to do is to teach them how to better themselves. So, we we've been working on this for a while. We've got a good start to it. We're getting close to the end. Um when we get everything buttoned down and we feel we're ready, we're going to invite one or a couple of you guys to come and meet with us and sit together and we
018explain it to you before it comes to a vote. And we're hoping to have this here for a vote in July. But we're just kind of giving you guys this is what we're working on so you guys can have an idea as to what's coming. And but it's just it's just something to give kids opportunities to earn back things that they lost at 14 when they're 17 and 18. >> What is what is ECA? >> Extra extra. >> Okay. I'm thinking East Central Athletics. I'm like, I have no idea. What would you say? Uh, how many kids do we have that fall into this? >> Um, in terms of a first offense, there's usually quite a few. Um, in terms of the ones who get to like the year suspension or the career suspension, I
019think in the time I've been here, it's been two. So, it's not many, but you still want to give every kid a chance. >> Oh, yeah. Well, and that prevention is the cure that we team up with. I wonder if they could help. >> Well, they they were the ones that said they could help with funding if students couldn't families couldn't afford. >> That's awesome. >> So, but that's where we're at. We're just, you know, giving you guys this is this is what we're working on. This is what's coming. So, like I said, when we're ready, we'll have a couple of you sit with us and we'll go through it and then in July, it'll be here for approval. So the handbook stays the same. You just you're adding intervention. >> Yes. >> There be
020an amendment to >> amendments. Yeah. Because our the the handbook's already been approved. So it'll be an amendment. >> Basically, if you look at the handbook now, it's all charted out based on athletics and ECA. So we're adding some or looking at adding some stages or steps in that um where if they get to multiple offenses, then we're again adding the intervention part of that. Again, it gradually gets uh more rigid as you go in terms of the penalty, but the opportunity to reduce that back and get again falls on that turn back. >> So, are you or aren't you giving them a chance again? So, let's say I just got knocked out for my season. My next step is I'm done for the year, but I take a little class here and or whatever,
021do an intervention. Do I come back to my next offense as just another season or is it still the year? So, you're just educating them, but the steps, they're not sidetracking a step or taking a step back. You're still making those >> you're still moving. So, let's say it's your second offense, >> right? >> Okay. Your second offense is a but if you do our intervention in our education program that we have for our second offense, you can then reduce that time to this. So there is a little bit of like that. >> I'm just comparing BMV, right? >> You get 10 points, but if you take the, you know, 12, you lose your license or whatever. You take this little class and pass the test, you get two points back or something like that.
022Correct. Is that what you're kind of doing there? >> That we're incentivizing you to do the intervention by giving you slightly less tight taking some time percentage off of your suspension. Now, if you do all of that in step two and then you get step three, you still you'll get the same opportunity as step three, that suspension and intervention will go up a step along with your offense. >> So, let's say I just got suspended for the season. >> Yep. >> And it's December 15th and I'm in basketball. If I take a class over winter break, am I you're now going to say, well, we'll just give you 30 days and then you can come back to the team or >> So, an example would be so so say that you're on this. >> Did
023you say second offense or third offense? >> Whatever the offense is that ends my season, >> that matters. So, yeah. >> Okay. Well, whatever offense it is that ends my season, do I get to take a class and come back on the team or >> you're you're in basketball season. You're halfway through. um it's your third offense. So for example, we would say 50 year 365 on your third offense. You can reduce that down to a season. All right? So your season would be done >> because you can only reduce to a season. >> All right? So your basketball season would be done, >> right? But I would have the ability to play baseball if I wanted to. >> Correct. >> But your full season would have to be completed. So if you only have
024half or 25% of your season remaining, whatever percentage of that season's remaining, you would have >> carries over the baseball. So for 50% through base basketball, I take a class, I can join the baseball team halfway through. >> Correct. That's why we did it all based on percentages and not competition games. >> And that's only if I take the classes. >> Well, you'll give us me the report. I was just curious if you're allowing them to reduce their sentence. >> Yes. >> And it wouldn't be join halfway through. You could join from the beginning. You could not compete until you completed the suspension. >> Right. >> So, what is the intervention going to look like? Is it going to be in-person class, online classes? >> Depends on the step. >> As you progress, it becomes
025more in person. >> Um, >> and I would assume depending on what the student does as well, like severity of what they did. >> Correct. So we have three different categories. We have category one, category two and category three. So your category one is consumption, possession, distributing or not uh >> consuming, possessing correct and that's your tobacco, vapes, alcohol, all that stuff. Category two is consuming, possessing uh all of your like marijuana, THC, your your next step of >> drug. >> And then cat three would be selling >> selling of any of those substances. >> And then what depending on what category you are in depends on what where you start on the chart. So a category one and a category two or three don't start at the same place. If you're at one of
026those more severe categories, you jump to another >> bar. I know my whiteboard. I love my other questions. >> Sounds good. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, guys. Okay, we do not have any donations this month. We'll move on to consent agenda. There's a lot of names, several fundraisers, um review there. Couple out of state overnight trip requests. I'll second Jessica the second. Any questions or discussion? I think it's very interesting to see how many non-paid volunteer employees we have that do these extracurricular activities. It's very kind of you to uh volunteer your time for those things. >> Only thing I was going to ask the DC trip, did the funding change drastically as far as cost for students >> for next year? for this. >> Well, from this year to next year comparing >> from
027this year to next year is close to the same. I don't have those numbers, but she felt like it was worth the stay at that same company. >> Okay. >> I know it's all dependent on how many students >> end up going, but as far as the schedule and everything that worked out with how it went this year because this is kind of the first year we've done it like this. the we went we were able to add the extra day and it was um really close to the same price as it was last year. That was the expensive one. It was it was still a little cheaper but it's you know a couple it's $100 I think $150. It was $150 cheaper and we did get to go an extra day so it was
028it was worthwhile. Okay. Motion by Jerry, second by Jessica. Any other questions or discussion? >> Okay. All those in favor? >> All those opposed. >> All right. Moving on to resignation for Randy Jud. Discuss this one a little bit. >> Well, um Randy has decided to uh you know take time and be with his wife that he's uh and his grandkids that he has uh kind of put I mean he is here all the time. So he's put our Union County kids probably ahead of the wife and the grandkids and his own children. um and uh he's decided to, you know, make that change. Um we were fortunate to have him for the last couple years here. Uh he came over from Connorville to the middle school and on the high school and has uh
029made some huge changes as uh he put in his uh resignation letter about all all the things he's done. Randy, would you like to come up and speak? Say anything? Uh, sure. Uh, I just appreciate the time here. I didn't come here with any desire to be a high school principal and I absolutely love being an assistant principal at the middle school. I'd never been around middle schoolers other than at ball games and it turned out to be something I really liked. I wasn't adverse to coming to the high school. So I agreed to do that applied and was accepted and uh I've met a lot of wonderful students, parents, community members, teachers, administrators and uh it has added a lot of quality of life to the last few years of my career. So I
030would just like to say thank you for the opportunity and I'll see you around. If you need me, I'm here. >> Before I entertain a motion, just transparency, the resignation would be effective June 30th. U then insurance would continue to be covered through the end of September of this year. >> Need a motion. >> What's that? >> Need a motion. >> Yes. >> So move there with a >> motion. Second with a second. Any other questions or discussion? I'd just like to say thank you. Uh seems like every time we needed something as a district, we kind of stepped into that role. Uh started with the middle school and then obviously moved to the high school and reached in superintendent, I guess. So I mean anytime something was needed, you stepped up to the plate.
031So greatly appreciate that for district and the students. >> Thank you. >> Call me if you need me. >> Thank you. All right. So, motion by Daryl, second by Drew. Any other questions, discussion? All those in favor? >> All those opposed 6. Okay. Old business. Uh, College Corner has not met um this month yet. They'll meet next Monday. So, we'll hear College Corner updates in July. Moving on to new business, approval of the 2026 27 high ability handbook. It's all included in the packet. So here with a motion second. Any questions or discussion? All those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed. 67. >> Okay. Moving on to approval to go back to one-year contracts for Adam. >> I um I'm going to make a suggestion because uh Sarah Adams and I were going
032through this today um the last couple days actually and uh there's confusion on our part uh for our business office on where we're at on that and what and I I talked to Mr. Jones earlier today and uh because what it says is that um back in let me get the dates right this December I'm sorry June of 25 it was going well we can't grow was it 25 >> that's where it gets confus confusing there's one of June of 2025 but the one that we had of June of 2024 said that they would renew at the board meeting in December and it wasn't it actually to June. So, because it's the 2year, it just gets >> what I would request for I mean table this to where we can sort it out and maybe
033get a couple of you in to figure out where where we're at on that. uh rather than jumping into it right now because I like I said I think just from our end it's a bit confusing because there is uh two different things in here that's one you know for two year and one from two year from 24 one from two year 25 so um I said that would be my suggestion is table it till July and we can get some uh some make some sense of it >> what about the contracts for ad set to expire June 30th >> well Um, we have to have another meeting before then. >> Probably would. >> What are they set for right now? >> Right now, they went into effect July 1st of 2024 and they're set
034to expire June 30th of 2026. So, they are two-year contracts. So those that went to effect got approved at the board meeting in June of 2024 and then June of 2025 it was approved for another two years but they never got updated then. So the paper contracts that I have says that they expired at the end of this month but if you go to the last year at the June board meeting they was approved for two more years. But when they first was approved for the two years is so that they was supposed to renew in December. >> So you can have both true. >> I'm sorry. What' you say? >> You could have both true if your administrative contracts are normally a two-year term. So I don't know who back there signed. >> I
035think what the way it was set up is every June it was renewed for an additional year and added on to the year that was already upcoming. So, in June 2024, we first went to a two-year contract, which would end um June 30th of 2026. This June, >> last June, we should have had an additional year added on that would have been this upcoming school year. It would have got us through this past school year and then this upcoming. That's how a two-year rolling contract works. You had a year on in the future at that meeting, a year in advance. I was under the impression it was December. So December the year prior, not June the year prior. >> That's what it says in the board minutes that it was supposed to happen in December,
036which never >> December of 2025. >> So we definitely don't want our administrators to go without a contract, >> right? Um, so I'm thinking is are we in the position I also would always I like the explanation of the rolling two-year contract. That explains a lot more to me because going back to one-year admin contracts I feel like is um not very respectful to our administrators. and the fact that if I have a one-year administrative contract, I don't know that I I'm going to be under the watchful eye of somebody all the time for one year and I might not get my job back the next year where if I'm still a teacher, I'm going to be able to go through maybe an improvement plan or something like that. I just don't know that it's
037fair and equitable. Um, but I I would never want to just do a one-year contract. I understand that there are times, especially going into like cost containment and things like that, that administrators may, and unlikely, have to go back to the classroom and then they're in a two-year contract and we might have to pay more. But >> hopefully we don't get to that point. But I hope we can do something about this so that they >> was approved last June then. So 2025, we were approved for what? What calendar year? >> It don't say >> or what school. It just says renewal of two-year contracts. >> Okay. For part of it was death. >> So, there was a short, chubby, bald-headed man that was interim superintendent that did not get contracts printed or signed. He
038no longer works for this corporation. But that was part of the problem. We were going through some serious changes in the second semester last year when the two-year was supposed to roll over for another two years and it just didn't happen and none of us >> or for the additional year >> to be added. Yes. >> So the current contract says that all administrators are up June >> 30th the paper part of the paper part of it. Yes. But a board meeting >> But the board minutes say different. >> So what trumps? >> Good question. >> Well, you could trump it right now by voting on something there. Something can wait. >> So we approve we approved in 2024 to move to two-year contracts >> and that was June of 24. We moved to two-year
039contracts then, which is getting us to where we are at now. So, we could stay put and say, "We're not going to consider one year. We're going to stick with two-year contracts for now, and we can revisit this a year from now." So, that that's one option. >> Who who I'm assuming, Steve, you brought this >> up, right? >> Or someone brought it up of going to one year. >> Why don't you tell me your thoughts behind that? >> I I I've been elsewhere and I've seen it where and and as I told Mr. general today is like I don't see it happening here because we have quality people but I've seen it where you know um you have a principal that is in a two-year contract and does a very poor job gets moved
040back to the classroom and that your contract stays in place with pay >> right >> and so you're paying essentially a let's say a fourth grade teacher you know $9300 >> and they're working 30 days less they're But, I mean, but I I'm I'm okay with a two-year contract. I mean, I'm I'm fine with that. Um, you know, I mean, we we have quality people in place. I'm I'm fine with that. So, I mean, I I'm I can go either way on that. And I do understand what Jess is saying on that. So, I mean, if we want to approve two-year contracts, we can we can do that. >> Well, I don't think we need to approve it because we already approved in 2024. We >> can straighten it out. >> Make sure we're back
041on that. >> So, are these all going to renew at the end of the month? Right. But one year, >> no, like right now, like if we don't do anything right now, do the all their contracts automatically renew? >> They do 100%. >> But then, >> well, wait a minute. Do they renew for a year or two years? >> Well, that's what's in the question, >> right? Because you can have a two or threeear term with a one-year renewal. I don't know how their contracts were written. I haven't seen their contracts. I am also not against the one year with the thought that we do may have some financial stuff or whatever and have some flexibility. I I don't I could be fired tomorrow. Most people out in the general public could be fired tomorrow.
042>> I'd be real cautious going into a one-year contract in education right now. And the fact that if we're sitting here saying we don't know what we voted on or what what our decision was two years ago, then how do we guarantee our administrators that we told them early enough on that they can go find another job? And so I would say at this right at this point, a one-year contract shouldn't be even talked about at in June. Like if we want to talk about it for next year, that would be respectful to give people time. But that's just the world of education. You have to have deadlines and and administrators have to be told that certain amount of time that they need to be looking for a different job, >> right? even giving them
043another year, you can still have in there that they have to be informed with a certain prior to that arrangement. So, like let's say I have a one-year agreement till next June. You can have in the contract that if you're thinking of getting rid of my position, you have to let me know by 90 days prior, 180 days prior. That's in a contract, too. So, it's not going to be takes care of that statute. There's I can't think of the days off the top of my head, but there's statutes saying how many days like March, >> right? We would have to Yes. Right. So they it's not like we would shock them next June and say, "Guess what? We're not renewing your contract." >> So I still wonder what happens June 30th. They renew for
044a year, they two years, or we don't. It's too muddy to figure it out. >> My opinion, I I mean, since we do have two different like, you know, paper and I think Jess asked us, you know, what trumps what, the paper contract or the >> But then they did sign. Did they not go out last year or what? >> They were not. >> No, they were not. >> Okay. So, the last contract they signed was done June 30, >> expired June 30. So, they Okay. So, we definitely >> Well, I think it was voted if it was voted on public and that can be >> Yeah. I mean, that public vote, whether you signed it or not, there was a public vote that said it stands. >> And so, you can pull that video
045up and then say, I need you to sign this. We didn't get them printed. I mean, it's That vote came in 2024 for video. >> No, she said June of 25. Correct. Sarah, >> June of 2025, it went to the board for two-year renewals. >> And I don't think we were you recording storm law. >> No, but if we voted on it, there's >> it is. If you look at the board minutes, yes, there's record of it. >> So, an easy way to do this is you could vote for the year right now. Have your cover ourselves. have your discussion whether you want it one year or two years down the road and then you could adjust in two months from there. >> But that buys you the fact that if you nobody's out of
046contract at the end of June >> June 2025 already have the vote in for next school year. >> That one's already done. Correct. So every administrator is covered until June of 2027 >> is what based on the board of 2025. >> Well, if they're there, then you don't need to vote for a year because they're already covered then. >> This December, we should be if we follow the rolling two, you'll be voting for the following year after that. >> And that's why the December timeline came up with talking about it in December for the Okay. So, I'm not an attorney, but I feel like that says we're good and for until 2027. >> Can they sign question based off that still? >> I'm sorry, what? >> Can they just sign a paper now? >> They
047can. Absolutely. But it was just having those printed contracts and everybody in our office being new. I have the paper contracts and I have the board minutes and I didn't know what trumped was and I definitely don't want to have the teachers sign a contract that has not been board approved or if it is not right. >> Yeah. >> But the board is specific as to the year or does it just say add an additional year? >> It just says add an additional two years is what it says. It says renewal for an for two-year contracts. >> It's very vague >> and that was last June. It was It says nothing. >> So, we would be halfway in and so if we did nothing, everybody's carried till June of 2027. >> That's what I feel
048like. >> Can we just sign our contracts before we leave then and that would thenify that you have the paper copy? I would have to reprint them. >> Yeah. >> And then we need to make sure it gets on the December agenda >> and maybe have it specific on there to add an additional year through this school year or something. So if it comes up again as such, >> well my understanding that that language should have already existed. They should have been renewed that another year should have been backed on December of 2025, >> right? >> Exactly. >> I thought that's >> So you're saying through June of 28th? You'll be talking about 28 in the next in upcoming December. >> Okay. >> Did anybody go back look the December minutes? >> There wasn't anything
049in there on the December minutes. >> Well, we were in a transition period at that time. >> Um, >> yeah. No one's at fault. I mean, I don't want anybody to leave here thinking >> I was just messy. >> Yes, that's what it is. It's messy. >> Yeah, >> but it sounds like it's covered in the board. >> I think we need to call Jim. I would leave it as is, but I would call Jim by the end of before the end of June and make sure that the end of June doesn't trigger something. But if we can get these contracts to the administrators that covered them through the end of next year, I think that's the goal, right? >> Okay. Yes. >> Okay. Anything else on that? We'll move on to approval to declare
050equipment obsolete and no longer serviceable for disposable purposes. And there's a list included in your board packet. >> So move second. >> Daryl with a motion drew with the second. Any question or discussion? >> All those in favor? I. All those opposed. Moving on to approval of schoolboard resolution for the governance and compliance correction. I wonder >> is this >> your job description? >> So, Mr. >> It's Yes. >> Um what we're looking at is uh as we've gone through um looking at possible budget saving items. um the director of student services uh at the high school um at one point um was a I mean I don't know when it was created I don't know um I think the reason because uh to get a qualified candidate at the u counselor position and uh
051so they added the director of student services everywhere I've been student services the director of students usually a K12 position where you're dealing with everything from, you know, kindergarten on up. Um so this change the do job description that uh removes the um administrative benefits from because if you look in the uh board docs that only positions that have administrative benefits are principal assistant principles um athletic director director special ed and technology I believe are the areas. So, this was a um the job description had to be rewritten for um to not have the administrative benefits. We talked about this a little bit before and I I'm struggling with I have the original job description here where it says that it's an administrative contract. So, I am not opposed. Obviously, cost containment and everything else,
052we have to look at cutting money here, there, and everywhere. Not opposed to changing this, but I don't know that it's fair to change it right away. I would want every teacher to be given the opportunity to know that something was changing with their contract outside of the 30-day mark. Like if your contract starts July 30 or July 1st and you're just finding out that you're going to lose like your insurance or or whatever it is, I don't know that and we talked about this a little bit ethically. I don't know if I can stand behind that. I understand there's a a large cost to it. Um but we're also falling into a timeline of where if we want to give our employees that this impacts the availability to find a different job somewhere else
053that might honor that. where we've cut that kind of short for the person that this impacts. I'm not sure why that was ever offered as an administrative contract and it never should have been that way. Um, in my personal opinion, it it doesn't fall under administrative rules. But I think too, if you're going to fall under that administrative contract, then you're going to have to do administrative things. And so being assigned duty for this, that and everything else may have to fall under this. But this is this is kind of a rough one for me. I don't know how to vote against my moral compass or against the fact that we need to save some money. I mean, I don't know. >> Well, my understanding this is not about saving money. This is about being
054in line with the state, right? Um yeah, with the state board of accounts, >> right? >> Um because that and that's the other thing and I you talked to that with the >> we actually reached out to our attorney about it and he said that if state board of accounts audit us right now we would not be in compliance. So he has advised us to revoke the admin benefits and I I did send the email to to Matt. Well, again, can you explain the reasoning because you have more discussion than I did? >> Board policy, right? >> We're going against board policy. >> Yes, we're going against board policy. So, board policy has what an administrator is, which which defines it as principal and assistant principal. We have an administrator amend that adds director of
055transportation, special education director, and athletic director, I believe. I didn't think director of transportation was on there. >> No, >> director of transportation does not have admin benefits. He is not an admin. >> Technology. Yes. >> So, because it is not on policy or the administrative amendment and it was not board approved, we are not compliant whatsoever. >> I guess the the upsetting part of that, which is nobody's fault in this room, is that that's not this person's that's not that's not she's not to blame. You you are right and how um our attorney said is we are funding the admin benefits by taxpayer dollars that the board never approved. >> And that's the other problem because it wasn't brought to the board to be approved. >> So then this could have been caught if
056the correct if the correct steps had been followed through the leadership that was here before. And so now we're in a real sticky situation because we're going to have to tell an employee that they're going to lose their insurance. >> They're not insurance. one one employee not employees. So not every teacher out here is getting something changed. So I just would you okay I just want to make it clear call on what we say. So I just want to make it clear it's one employee and >> that was we're we're out of compliance. We we agree with you that yes the insurance will change but that individual will have insurance just like all >> an employee. This that's what we're talking about right now. one job, >> right? >> But in that, you know, if
057I was presented with a contract that the district presented and that's what they're offering to me, that's not my fault that I accepted their contract that they offered me wrong. So, this is just sticky because I would think any teacher or any administrator sitting here, I would say the same thing for you. I would say that's not very fair. if we offered the contract and we did it wrong and we're telling you in a very short amount of time that we're going to take this away. However you want to look at that, I also don't think this would happen in that situation with, you know, multiple administrators. Is it just a one, you know, one-time thing that, you know, that whoever was in charge didn't catch it? So I think you know you're on out
058I wouldn't be worried about your benefits and things like that. Well I don't want to go against state policy and what the lawyer has told us we should do. But I think it's it's it's sticky because it's unfortunate we we as a district made a mistake whoever offered her the position. And so that's unfortunate and it's nobody's fault it's here. >> So I will entertain a motion. >> Jerry with a motion. >> I'll second. >> Betsy with a second. Any other questions or discussion? Okay. All those in favor? >> I. All those opposed >> I carries 51. And moving on keeps reading to approval to close middle school ECA account through First Merchants Bank and open middle school ECA account at Bath State Bank. So then >> second motion drew with the second. Any questions
059or discussion? >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I all those opposed so and moving on to public participation. I'm not officially signed up, but since it kind of got brought up, um I don't, you know, obviously I don't speak on behalf of anybody who's not a teacher here at Eugene County. Um but I know when we did the contract for the teachers, one of the major changes was that teachers could donate their days to anybody in the district if they had a specific medical issue that came up that they needed more days. Um, but that was not reciprocal. So if you know Steve wanted to donate days to me, he could not do that. So when you're I don't know how much they're allowed to negotiate the non-certified staff and the administrators, but I
060know there have been people who have asked, you know, can I donate my days to a specific person who's going through cancer or who has extended maternity or, you know, major issues that they're not currently allowed to because of their contracts. So, when you go to negotiate their contracts for the non-certified staff and the administrators, you might ask if that's something they would like or not. Um, as a reciprocal from the teachers perspective. >> So, they all don't go into a sick bank. >> They can, but you can only get so many days out of the sick bank. So, like for the teachers, let's say, you know, I got sick and I used all my days and I used my 25 days out of the sick bank and I still need more days, then Ashley,
061for example, could donate to me specifically 10 days. But same thing like if I wanted to donate to a secretary who had that same type of one-year kind of disastrous year situation, but the secretaries or the treasurer or the administrators couldn't donate to the teachers or to each other. >> So they're separate sick banks for administrators >> and the teachers. >> I'm not even sure the administrators have a sick bank. >> No, we don't. >> I don't know if they have a sick bank or not. I contributed on part of the same night when I started a teacher. But I don't think >> when we when I was hired, I was not told about an administrator sick bank and I had previously donated to the teacher sick bank and then when I moved and then
062we were told I was told years later that oh I didn't donate to the administrator sick bank so I'm out and I can't donate my sick days that I currently have that I did build as a teacher can't go to a teacher now currently. I think there's a statute that says you have to donate or become part of it within the first certain amount of time >> employment to be eligible for it. >> So it's like too late. But if I wanted to donate my sick days to someone, I even though I built a lot of those as a teacher, I can't even donate them to a teacher. >> So essentially there's three sick banks. There's administrators, teachers, and then non-certified. Correct. Is that what I'm hearing? >> I'm not sure. I know there are
063teachers and non that's the only ones I'm aware of. >> Yeah. The only difference that I know I only know like so I'm the chairperson of the non-certified staff one. Cindy Tushlog is the chair member of the certified. I don't know of an admin um Pacific Bank. I just know the admins have to donate five of their days to be a member versus a certified or non-certified staff only has to donate one day. Where does that go if there's not an administrator sick bank? >> I would assume in the certified sick bank. >> Okay. So then why can't they >> there? There is an administrator. >> There is >> you just have to join it with there's a really short window you have to join it and if you don't you can't get in. >>
064Only one of you is in it. >> Probably he's not even working. It's not me because I didn't I didn't sign up early enough to get in. >> So >> hopefully there's some sitting in there for you. >> But I like Do we Does every other district have three separate sick banks? Like is that >> districts don't have admin sick banks? They will not >> I've never heard that do that. I've never seen that. >> You've never heard that. >> But like >> I've never heard in other districts I put in. >> She told me there was one and it was too late for me. >> Who's she? Who's she? >> Who's she? >> Blakeley. Okay, >> good question is is there even any record of the admin and how many days? >> Well, that's
065why I asked Randy who the chairperson was because I think the record from the chairperson of the non-certified city hush for certified. That's why I I could be wrong, but I think the administrator >> I might be by default. >> Is there a payout on that? >> But we don't have very many administrators. So, Yeah, that's >> Well, I think it's because >> application process wasn't there when they started. So, >> yeah, >> it's I'm I'm probably the only amendments left to be honest policy for state statutes. >> Yeah. Who who oversees that? >> State. >> I can look it up, but I have no idea. So like I said >> there was something we can change or state. >> Yeah. I'm just saying is it is it a state statute that does not allow
066them to contribute now that we become aware of it that we they could put in and have membership in that and >> we we can look into it more for the next negotiation. But you're mainly asking for >> just for the teachers to be able to donate to fellow teachers. Correct. >> No, >> she's not asking for anything. She's just giving a notice >> because I can't I've got a slew of them and I can't teach already. >> Right. She's actually not asking for anything. She's just giving advice to the admins to ask for it. >> Okay. >> Because I know we've had several both non-certified staff and admin kind of make the comments over the past year. >> Yeah. >> Being like, "Oh, but I, you know, >> I can receive, but I can't
067donate, >> which seems odd." >> And so, >> but this would be outside of the sick bank, correct? >> Yeah. This would be outside of the sick bank, whatever the sick bank happens to look like. No. So, >> we'll look into that. >> As you look into that, I would also like to know how FMLA fits into that, right? So, if you use all yours, there's FMLA, which a lot of people use. >> You don't get paid >> unless you have short-term disability. >> Yeah. Or sick days. >> Or sick days. >> I'm not saying I know how it is. That's why I said I just want to look into it, though. Okay. Any other public participation? >> I'd like to go back to the employee that lost their administrative benefits. Um, that employee signed
068a contract in good faith that was offered to the two previous counselors that we had and they turned it down. Robin Durham and Tony Durich were both offered the same contract. They turned it down. We could not find a person for those jobs because those two had retired and so the same benefits were offered to the employee that is affected now. Heard Jessica say that well okay their administrator maybe we could assign some more administrative duties to that person. Are you also going to assign administrative duty to the director of maintenance and the director of technology? I don't know. I do think there's an opportunity for someone to make a motion to add her as an administrator in our contract to make it legal. She doesn't have the days that that the responsibilities that other
069administrators have, but I also know that if she signed a contract for administrative benefits, you cannot change that contract while she's still under contract without her agreeing to it. When's the con? Is it up in the end of June, too? >> She's just like the rest of us. >> Okay. >> With their administrative benefits. So, maybe I should have taken part in the discussion before, but that's that's a discussion that the board has to have. I'm I'm stating my opinion in public comments, and I would state that opinion for anyone that I felt was treated unfair. Okay. Any other public participation? Okay. Moving on to superintendent comments. >> Wow. Um, a lot of things going on. Um, for those of you that uh the baseball game from last was it last Thursday? one of the
070I mean I'm not gonna say fundamentally sound all that stuff but I mean what an exciting game because we got down to our last I mean basically last strike last out and u that was just I mean just incredible uh game um softball ended not the inning they wanted but um we still had a young lady that stole 43 bases uh this year so which I get winded going to my car so I can't imagine stealing 43 bases in a season. But uh um golf, we're coming up on sectionals and they finished the season undefeated. I think Mr. Jud put that in his uh packet. Um they won conference, so all over it. Um live in Liberty, Wednesday night at 6 PM. Uh so if you get a chance, uh great food. Um lots of
071fun. Uh Zack Attack, I believe, is this week. So, um just a good time for people just kind of, uh, you know, see other people and get out and, um, just a fun time. Um, and finally just we said we're winding down. We got graduation on Sunday. Still planning on being outside, but if that changes, I mean, this weather has been something crazy. The last uh I think uh we've had 18 out of May. I think had uh I think we're at 18 days of rain in May. So just uh crazy. Um I want to say I appreciate all of you uh for just I'm learning this role and I know I make mistakes. Um you know, but it's uh I couldn't think of a better place to be and uh I'm just very happy
072to be here, but I promise next year I mean it's uh we're going to hit the ground running and we'll be ready to go. So just excited. >> What time should we be there for graduation? It starts at 1:30. >> 1:30. So, be there at 10ish. >> I say if anyone is planning on coming to graduation, shorts are approved for men. So, in case it gets hot out there, >> umbrellas are approved as well. That's right. Okay, board comments. >> Just like to thank Randy. That was a big step up taken when we were uh you know have anybody running the front office. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Yes, I'll second that. Thank you, Randy, for stepping up and helping us out wherever we needed it. Appreciate it. And it's the end of the
073year, so I want to appreciate thank all the employees out there and administrators for another good year. I considered it a successful year and looking forward to the next one. But thank you again. >> Thank you all staff uh for another good year. Sure don't want to come to the July meeting. >> Okay, I figured uh congrats to the senior class. Hopefully uh everything works out Sunday as far as weather and uh it's a good day for them to enjoy. Um yeah, thank you again to the staff as always. Not hearing anything else. We'll journ. We will have an executive session to follow.