001Okay, welcome back, Phoebe. Laura, are >> you all set with attendance? >> Microphone. >> I'll entertain a motion to approve the school board meeting minutes from October 9th, 2025. >> 23rd Isn't that what I said? >> It is what you said. >> Today's the 23rd. >> Okay. >> Elaine. Any omissions uh additions? All those in favor? >> All those opposed abstaining. One abstension. >> Uh board comments. >> Elaine. >> Hi. I just wanted to update everybody as to I presented to you that we were going to do a thing at the primary school and I did have some out on the tables. We have packets of activity books for Spooky the Square Pumpkin who is uh very much so we're all unique and special and package of crayons. And Phoebe has also provided little kaleidoscope
002figures with some Halloween on the front and all those people who would be willing to be there that day if you let me know and then we'll coordinate some times for setting up and we can email ourselves and whatever. But I want to thank everybody for their donations and if you didn't have a chance to donate, we'll gladly take more. Um, but thank you all. I think the kids are going to really enjoy it. Other comments, Don. >> Um, as many of you already know, um, it is um, transportation safety week for school buses. Um, and first before um, I say anything else about that, I would like to give a round of applause to our transportation department. Our drivers have been doing a phenomenal job keeping our kids safe. We know that we see
003a lot of things on the news about other districts that have been having issues that we do not have here because of the dedication of our drivers. And I would like to give them a round of applause. [applause] And the second thing I would like to say um is to the parents and community, please, please, please when you see those flashing lights, you see that stop sign that the bus waves out. That is not a suggestion. That is the law. Please stop when you see those lights. Keep our kids safe. Our bus drivers are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe. Please do the same. Thank you. >> Thanks. I'd just like to respond uh to some criticisms made against the RSU 73 school board. Uh there was a letter to the
004editor in the is it the Daily Bulldog? I think and uh I just wanted to respond to that. The uh uh concerning policy AC/DC, I know that's been uh put to bed, but again, I just felt compelled uh just to say a few words. The policy affirms biological sex, male and female, shall be the basis for all programs, policies, and activities within the district. Critics have alleged that this measure violates main law and discriminates against transgender students. From mine and others on this board's standpoint, such allegations misunderstand both the purpose of the policy and the legal, moral, and scientific principles underlying it. RSU73 acted within its authority in accordance with federal guidance and in defense of fairness, privacy, and safety for all students. policy AC/DC was not a political gest gesture, but a reaffirmation of
005a longstanding educational principle that biological sex matters in athletics, privacy, and safety. For over 50 years, Title 9 has protected equal opportunities for women and girls by recognizing biological sex as a meaningful distinction. By aligning with the federal directives, reaffirming this principle, the RSU73 school board ensured consistency between district policies and the original intent of Title 9 to safeguard female athletes and maintain fairness in competitive sports. This policy does not target or demean any group. It simply recognizes biological reality as the standard by which schools organize sex specific activities and facilities. a standard that has served education well for decades. The claim that RSU73 violated the main human rights act and the DOE versus RSU 26 2014 ruling is a misreading of both the law and the court's decision. The DO case concerned restroom access
006for one individual and did not address athletic competition or sex-based policy framework in general. The main human rights act prohibits discrimination, but it does not require schools to erase biological distinctions or redefine sex. Under the US Constitution Supremacy Clause, when state and federal directives conflict, federal law governs. RSU73 therefore acted appropriately in aligning district policy with federal guidance, reaffirming that biological distinctions are necessary to preserve equal opportunity under Title 9. Critics have claimed the policy was drafted with assistance from parents rights in education and therefore represents outside political coordination. This accusation is misplaced. School boards routinely review model policies from nu n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n
007n n n n n nous organizations and advocacy groups, including those representing progressive viewpoints. Consulting with a parentled organization reflects transparency and civic involvement, not undue influence. Parents have both the right and the responsibility to participate in shaping the moral and safety standards of their children's schools. Concerns about insurance coverage and legal exposure are speculative. The claim that the district acted unlawfully has not been established in any court. Conversely, failure to comply with federal Title 9 directives could jeopardize federal funding, creating a far greater risk to taxpayers. RSU73 acted prudently to protect both the district's legal position and its financial stability by aligning local policy with the current federal interpretation of sex-based protections. Policy AC/DC does not deny the dignity or humanity of transgender students. It simply recognizes that equality does not mean identical treatment
008in all circumstances. Schools have an obligation to treat every student with respect, but that obligation must coexist with the equally important responsibility to maintain fairness, privacy, and safety for others. This school board has affirmed that all students deserve compassion and support. However, compassion cannot require denying biological reality or undermining the rights of girls in sports and private spaces. Finally, RSU73's adoption of policy ACDC reflects courage, clarity, and fidelity to both moral truth and legal precedence. The policy aligns with foundational principles of Title 9, respects the scientific definition of sex, and prioritizes fairness and safety for students. In a time of cultural confusion, the school board's decision represents sound governance and moral responsibility. We affirm that recognizing the distinction between male and female is not discrimination. It is truthful, lawful, and essential. The board should therefore
009stand firm, uphold policy AC/DC, and continue to defend the rights and well-being of all students, especially those whose opportunities depend on the continued recognition of biological sex as a meaningful and immutable category. Thank you. Other board comments. >> Um, more of a question. Uh, the policy passed. I do not deny that. Everyone knows it passed. Um, yes, the mic's on. Uh, the policy passed. I just have a quick question for clarification. Um, what about hermaphrodites and intersection individuals who are born with both or partial of them? it does not indicate anything in the policy. Are we looking to make changes to that to include those individuals which represent 2% of our population that is known or are we going to ignore that just for clarification so I understand better. Isn't that usually settled at birth?
010Not always. Um there are individuals who are born with both. Parents are given the choice if they would like to alter if they would like a boy or a girl. However, there are parents um and they're well documented that wait until the child is older because they cannot distinguish which one is more likely to be predominant. So a lot of these kids wait. Um, in fact, when I was in middle school, there was a court case that was prevalent about um a hermaphrodite who was female presenting but had male organs. And there was a court case settling that because they were presenting, it was all right. um that was settled I believe I'm dating myself here but in 2001 or 2002. I just didn't know how that policy would react to those individuals and how
011we would present that. Are they going to give a doctor's note indicating what their doctor believes or are we going to base it off opinion? I'll have to check with our attorney to see if if but usually they by the time they're school age they have chosen one sex or the other. Um that I'm not I'm going not going to force a parent to to choose based on my opinion. That's not my child. But I don't think the number is as high as as you have indicated. Um but um I'll I'll certainly check with our attorney to see if if that's something that we have to address. >> Yeah. Um my only concern is we want to encompass all the kids and with the policy being adopted um where it states that there's only two.
012There are instances where both are predominant and sometimes they don't even discover that until their first medical examination way later in life. They don't always find it when they're born either. Uh there are those cases. Now, I'm not saying that we have a lot of those cases in this area. Um most people keep that information private for good reason. Um but with the policy indicating that there's only two, if you're born with both, what does that say to them? Because we do have at least one student, at least one that graduated already, and they already told me they are comfortable just not to release their name that was in that predicament. and this policy, they felt they would get in trouble had they been here before. So, I'm just trying to give a voice to
013that one student that has already graduated and wanted to remain anonymous. Good evening. Uh, I got a chance to read to one first grade and one second grade class these past two weeks. Uh, I also attended the Foster Tech board meeting and where we discussed possible future programming. One of the things they're discussing is uh, in the future instead of having their regular IT uh, computer stuff, they're going to be doing a cyber security program at Foster Tech starting next year. um attended the policy meeting where we tweaked the IMG animal policy and uh which you'll be voting in second reading tonight and we looked over the possible cell phone policy uh for students that we'll be bringing to the full board in November. Uh met with the buildings and grounds committee and Seaman's company.
014We toured the boiler room at the primary school. It was a short talk because it's a very small room over there. um and discuss the replacement of the boilers in our uh near future. Um also sent out uh two letters of intent to negotiate, one with the teamsters and one with the district administrators. >> Questions for Scott Patrick. Can you hear me? Alrighty. Good evening. Um, thank you for letting me skip out last time. Um, getting to see my daughter, who's a senior, playing I should shed a tear, but um, her last soccer games before she gets ready to graduate in the spring. So, I appreciate that. Um, so we started this last year with Phoebe a free book fair. Um, we did it again. Uh, Phoebe sets up free books that she finds from
015I don't even know how you find all these books. It's really impressive. So, we put it out at recess so the kids can go out at recess, play, pick books. Um, and this year we gave out roughly about 2500 books to the kids at the elementary school. Um, we also had raffle prizes for the kids. So, it was exciting. The kids were having fun. You know, kids would come out and say, "Well, if if I don't want all of the books that I can get, can I take them home to my brother, my sister, or my I'm like, please take your books, take them wherever you want, give them to whoever you want." So, it was good to see that the kids were not just thinking for themselves, but they were thinking for family, friends,
016and other kids who, you know, they would say, "Oh, you know, I my cousin likes whatever some topic tigers." And I'm like, take it. So, I just wanted to thank Phoebe for doing this. So, we did it once last year. We're going to do it twice this year. We're gonna do we just did one in the fall and we'll do one in the spring. Um, just to get kids books in kids hands, especially in the spring, so that they can take them home for the summer. Um, and have those. So, Phoebe, thank you very much. [applause] Um, we also are doing a sneaker drive. Um, Mr. Toner, who is the PE teacher at the elementary school, has noticed that sometimes kids don't have the proper footwear. Um, and just for safety in general for the
017kids, you know, they're playing soccer, they're playing, you know, the different sports, just making sure they have appropriate footwear, um, so they don't injure themselves. So, we're looking for either new shoes or gently used sneakers, sizes like two through nine. Um, so if anybody has those, you can drop them off at the elementary school. In the office, Jess is in there and we'll take them and we'll give them to Joe and then he can have them in the uh in the gym so that any kid that needs to borrow a pair of shoes that day. So, if they forget, they can borrow a pair of shoes or if they don't have any um we can just give them a pair of shoes. So, we're just looking for sneakers for kids to make sure that they
018can participate in physical education because we know how important that is. Um, we are third graders, as you remember, doing our New Orleans trip. So, it's it's a lot of fun to see the kids come in all dressed up, ready to go to the New Orleans and excited about doing work. like they are so excited to get out there and get their hands dirty and you know they're wearing it's one of my one of my favorite days because besides picture day New Orleans day I see the most plaid of any time of the school year and I'm like this is a great event we should do this more often. So so half of the third grade went on the 21st and the other half um will go tomorrow. Um, so they're doing the New Orleans.
019Um, tonight if you drove by the elementary school, you saw flashing lights of the Jay Police Department. Um, they were not looking for me. They We are doing digital citizenship this week. So, we had uh Sergeant Close from the Franklin County Sheriff's Department come in today and talk to the fourth and fifth graders about internet safety. um the different applications that kids can have like Instagram and Snapchat and all of these things and just truly how dangerous they really are. You know how it's literally like I mean people can come into your house through that phone that you would never even let remotely close to your children. Um so tonight was the parent version and some of the things he was talking with for the parents was truly terrifying. Um but it's a good eye
020eye openener. Last year we had about five people show up. This year we were well over 20 parents there um learning about just the dangers of um online predators and to think that we're safe in Maine. Nobody's safe. Um so that's going on tonight. Uh Veterans Day is coming up. We are having our annual our yearly veterans lunch on November 5th. So, if you are a veteran, you please join us. Call the elementary school and say that you're coming. Um, we got a little different this year. I don't want to give any secrets out because we're changing it up a little a little more, adding some pictures and some songs and stuff. So, so Veterans Day at the elementary will be November 5th. Um, fire safety. We just did fire safety down at the North
021J Fireh Hall. Took the third, fourth, and fifth graders there. They love it. learning about fire safety, making a plan. Um, the kids enjoy that tour. Get to go down and climb the ladders and be on the trucks and um, so they really enjoy that. Uh, school attendance, last time I was here was 286 and when I checked yesterday it was 286. >> Questions for Pat? All righty. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Norma. Hello. [clears throat] So, um, not a whole lot because of the I just want to say, um, I didn't have this. I just wrote this down actually after listening to Phoebe. Um, thank you Phoebe. We appreciate it. We have a great team of bus drivers here at RSU73. They've um helped. We've been quite short lately um just due to
022illness and medical issues. And I just want to say I don't think people really realize how difficult it is to be a bus driver. Um it requires a lot of concentration, multitasking. you're listening, looking, watching all four sides of your vehicle on top of trying to see what is happening inside your vehicle. So, um, plus without the noise and everything else. So, I just want [clears throat] I think our drivers deserve a little bit of grace. So, um, that being said, we've been pushing through. It's been a whirlwind with fall sports, field trips. We're making it happen. We've received our propane bus. I have it up here packed outside tonight. So, if anything would anybody would like to come look at it, have a short ride on it. Um, it's pretty neat. They have a
023whole lot of standard new features along with airbags and the and the uh driver's steering wheel. Um, we have a front camera on it, a rear camera on it. It stays on for 7 seconds when you um close your doors, so you can make sure your front and rear are clear of anyone or any items. That's just standard now. All new blue bluebird buses will come with that feature. On top of we have uh the lights, the school bus lights are more illuminated. Those are now a standard feature. They used to charge us a lot of money for them. They're not just stickers. They're actual lights. Um, what else is different on there? I'm anxious to see how much I can't wait to show you how much money it's going to save by. So, that's
024what I'm excited for. So, that being said, on October 16th, I attended the McKin Vento regional meeting conference at Ev Little High School in Auburn. It was a regional meeting for a fall of 2025. went over some laws that recently passed in the 132nd legislative session. I can email you those um if you are interested in researching them. They were five of them passed and a lot of information to take into consideration. We're working on school bus safety within the next few weeks for the primary elementary schools. numbers for and the numbers for special transportation right now are we have 13 out of district students transported by five four of our out of district vans going to we have one student going to New Glouster, four to Monmouth, two to Auburn, five to Lewon and
025one to Rumford. Our local students being transported by two of our vans and two special transportation buses are 14 high school students, five wheelchairs, 12 middle school students, 14 elementary students in two wheelchairs and 11 primary students. We have five McKini Vinto students that we are transporting or we are um because McKini Vinto students we have to do 50% so if they go to another district but we have to pick up the other 50% of the cost. Two are from the Lewon Auburn area from our area to another school district three from Franklin County area two and from our school district and that's all I got. Oh, one more thing. Sorry. Um, I also want to mention that November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month and November 13th is wear green day to bring awareness.
026And that's all. >> Norma, how many bus monitors do we have? >> Not enough. Um, we have a couple edte. Um actually we have two cafeteria workers that are um bus monitors and then we have one adtech that's a bus monitor. Total of three >> uh just a quick easy question I'm guessing is that uh there were issues with the new bus. Have those all been taken care of? Did >> which one? The one that we propane or the gasoline one? >> Well the one that was leaking. >> Oh the gasoline one was taken care of. Of course, we haven't had no rain and then it had a little leak the other day. It's in Augusta right now. We just dropped it off yesterday. >> All right. And was there >> but it's very small.
027Just saying. >> Right. >> It's very small. >> Was there an issue with the propane? >> The sil No. None. Zero. Beautiful. >> And we got it delivered two days before it started raining. So, there hasn't been anything. >> Beautiful. Thank you. >> Yep. Thank you. >> All set. >> No. Sorry. Sorry. Um, my question is, how have how has student behavior overall been on the buses for your drivers this fall? Um, and do you feel that the current policies in place are supportive of their role to ensure safety for the kids and for themselves? I've never felt like our policies weren't in conjunction with the behav the behavior is just different than it was five years ago. Um it's not I don't feel like it's a policy issue. I I think better training to
028be honest, more information, which that's what we've been discussing and working on in our AD team meetings. Um and just awareness. I I think that some of us have set back, well, it wasn't like this when I was a kid kind of thing. And I think they need to realize that it's never going to be, you know. So, >> I think I I say that because when you stated that it that people don't understand, you're a million% correct. um being a driver is it's a lot a lot and you have so many children that you're looking after and I know that some of the behaviors can be more amped up if you will on that envir in that setting um just given the dynamics and so I guess I just want to ensure that drivers
029feel that they are supported by what is in place for them to utilize and navigate so that students can be held accountable and uh that everybody is safe. So, >> correct. I don't think we're ever going to have the perfect answer. And and um obviously financially, I mean, my ideal bus run would be two, but we could never do it financially. I mean, it would seriously I mean, there's no We've looked into it. Me, Scott, Wayne, we we looked into it and it's just financially not feasible. Not now. I mean, just when you get kindergarten students in with 12th graders, you're gonna have issues. They're going to hear things. You can't This is what it is right now. Other questions for Norma? What's up? >> Thank you, >> Robin. Good evening. A quick CDL update.
030We are stalled again momentarily with the government shutdown. So, we had a meeting scheduled this week um and it was called off, but Scott, Crystal, and I will meet with the program managers from Main Development Foundation in the coming weeks to work out a plan moving forward. Uh Courtney, who has transitioned into a workforce role, began teaching the work ready program on October 20th. Um I like to call it our adulting 101 class. This class is geared towards young adults who have who have not yet been employed. We have nine students enrolled. They meet once a week in person and then they utilize Google Classroom to access their assignments. Later on in the program, they'll work towards to u earn a credential through the National Retail Federation. They'll sit for the customer and sales representative
031certification which is nationally recognized and it's free through a partnership that Courtney has created with the Business Education Partnership Foundation. We spent two full days interviewing candidates for our upcoming medical assistant course this month. The 16week program will begin on November 4th and is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to 8:00 PM. And lastly, our staff attended the main education main adult education association conference in Bangor last week. The conference had a heavy focus on advocacy for students and programs and gave us some ideas to implement uh for new procedures on site and it was also really nice for the staff to connect with colleagues and network. That's it. questions for Robin. >> Thank you. >> Uh that last part that you uh spoke of the the big was it a seminar or >>
032Yeah, it was the annual conference. >> The annual conference. The um and you said there was a couple ideas. Can you extrapolate on that a little bit? So, we're going to be working on doing exit surveys uh with our students to make sure um even if they're finishing a credential with us, we want to make sure that we're we're capturing what they really want to do. So, if they want to go to college, great. Have we given them the resources to do that? And if they want to enter into the workforce, like are we helping them with a resume? If they're just like, we don't want to be here. Really understanding why that might be. and u making sure that the staff is going to understand that and you know have informed practices. >> Sounds
033good. >> Great. >> Thanks. >> Thank you, Robin. >> Jenna, good evening and welcome back Phoebe. Um, okay. So, I have been spending a lot of time within the buildings creating plans with parents and staff and students. My to-do list is as tall as I am right now, but hopefully I can be caught up by Thanksgiving. Earlier on this week, there was an annual MADS set conference that's for um special service administrators. And uh Sher and I chose not to go to it this year. We felt that our time would be better served within the buildings. It saved the district some money and um they do have two conferences every year and we have decided that we're just from here on out we're probably just going to attend the summer conference to you know learn
034all the latest and greatest and it's just better that way when students are not in school. Um I did want to share um another thing that we have been doing. Um Michelle Bran and I recently presented to the high school and the middle school staff on the most recent inservice day and our focus was on the dangerous student behavior prevention and intervention law form and process. So some of you might have heard of it. Um historically over the last four to five years there's been a lot of confusion on the purpose of the law and on the purpose of the form across the state of Maine, not just here. um different entities were given different information and fortunately very recently all the stakeholders got together and um created a unified guidance. So the people that
035were involved were um the main education association MADS. So the special ed administrators, the main principles association, main school boards association, and the main superintendent association. So, uh, Michelle and I have date scheduled to speak with the elementary and primary school staff and, uh, we were also talking about setting up dates, uh, with the food service and custodian and drivers and that sort of thing. And, uh, we'd be happy to share some of that information with you guys if you would like. Um the purpose of the form is really uh to ensure that a if something dangerous happens that the pertinent parties are involved in creating a plan so that it either I mean the goal is for it to not happen again. Uh but it's really to reduce the likelihood of things happening again.
036So um we have that going on. Um I do want to give you my numbers for 504. So, at the high school, we currently have 43 students with 504 plans. Last month, there were 44. And we have two referrals at the high school, and I'm happy to say that those two referrals are students who had IEPs that no longer require direct instruction, but just require accommodations. At the middle school, we have 22 students with 504 plans, and last month, there were 20. I have two potential referrals. So, the parents already have the referral forms in hands. At the elementary school, there were 23 students at the elementary school with 504 plans. Last month, there were 21. And I have one referral at the elementary. And at the primary, we have nine students with 504 plans.
037Last month, there were nine. And I have one potential referral. Once again, the parent has the referral packet in their hand. So, um, in September, we had 94 total. This month we have 97 total plus three referrals and three potential referrals. So questions for Jenna. >> Thank you. Chris, good evening. There [clears throat] we go. Um [snorts] so lately on the technology side of things um myself and and Mark Bonaby um we've been working and want to thank the principles and secretaries been working with them to make sure we have all our numbers um and all our data to upload to the state um this coming week uh because it it's basically our student enrollment. It's our economic disadvantage. It's it's basically all that data that the state uses to give us money. So, it's
038probably one of the most important reports we make sure we have correct um because it impacts what we get for money um in our 279. So, it's so we always want to make sure we we have everything we can get in there and make sure we're not missing anything. Um and and as you know, the state uh moved to having the schools send home forms for the economic disadvantage. Um and that's how they figure it now on the state level is from those forms we get back. Um and input into our student information system. Um and the principles did a great job of getting those in this year. And um so not I mean not that we ever want to say we have um um a lot of economically disadvantaged families but we want to
039make sure it's accurate. So because every one of those we get money from the state for so to to help with that. So so that was important. Um and then on the curriculum side uh I spent uh Monday at the elementary school. We had uh meetings which with each grade level three, four and five to talk about the new in interreading program and how that was going uh the pluses and any minuses things to work on um and I was actually um pleasantly surprised because not only are the teachers enjoying it and and liking it um but they're they couldn't stop talking about how much the kids are enjoying it. the v apparently the kids like the vocabulary lessons. Not what I thought I would hear, but but and that was all the way through
040because I spent Tuesday at the primary school meeting with those teachers. Uh it was myself, the principles. Um, uh, great thanks go out to Julie Balduct and Kelly Gilbert who, um, they work under our our title grant, but they also, um, do a ton of coaching for teachers, um, and helping teachers learn this program that's that's new to all of us. Um, so they're doing a great job with that. Um, and they in a lot of the meetings, they they helped run those on Monday and Tuesday. Um, but um, but the kids are enjoying it. The teachers, although One of the biggest things is it's very it's there's so much stuff. It takes time to to learn all the the parts. So, you know, we talked and so we're trying to give them those supports
041on learning all the pieces and and giving them permission to learn as they move along and not feel like they have to be rushed. Um, and I think we're lucky that um our partner district RSU10 has been using inter reading for a couple years. Um, and so we get a lot of information from them on how on on what they did and what they would do differently if they did it again. So we take that from them and and move forward. Um, but um it's going well. So and then of course, you know, the the downside is, you know, it was not easy getting six subs to try to cover each day. And and so we're looking at ways to try because we want to keep this going to give them the support they need.
042So, we're looking at ways to to do this more during the year, at least a couple more times during the year, but how to pull that off with obviously with the shortage of subs and things like that. But >> questions for Chris. >> Chris, thank you. I'm thrilled to hear about especially kids are loving the vocabulary >> and they and and they're enjoying the the stories. They like the stories. they're connected to what to things they know and >> and that was one of the pluses when we looked at programs was relate relatability. >> Um but that they're excited about language. >> Thank you. And and as much as we can, you know, I would volunteer to be a sub >> unpaid for one of those days to have your staff be able to get
043together because the more they share, >> the more we solve problems quickly. So, >> thank you. >> Thanks. >> Other questions, Tanya? >> So, is that new reading program all on a are they doing it on a laptop or are they reading books or >> No, they have um all the students they have books um and they the kids like that that the fact that they have books they can look through. Um it is the a lot of the programs you get now you get materials but it's but a lot of it still is too is online. So, like what teachers do a lot of times is um when a new story comes comes that they're doing a lesson on, they'll put the story up on their board, read it with the kids or read
044it to the kids as the kids follow along and then they might even play the you can do it so the so the book plays with the audio. Um and then they move to having the kids using the books to to read it and answer questions and things like that. I like So they have that and they also have they also have uh workbooks too that they can use as well. >> Y >> thank you Chris. >> Thanks >> Wayne. >> Good evening. Welcome back. Um, Scott, Andrew, and I met with Arm Engineering on October 10th to discuss the primary roof project. Uh, we'll be inviting contractors to bid soon to get an idea of what the cost will be. Arm Engineering and myself will oversee the walk through when that's scheduled. Uh, miss good
045news with with the roof is um on the flat roofs, we could do a cover over rather than a full tear down and replacing the insulation. Um they insulated that building really well. Um so that's that's good news. Uh November 13th is scheduled date for the bleachers to be released from the factory. Uh A+ athletics will be the here the following week to install the bleaches. I've already had the electrical panel installed in preparation for the bleaches in the gym. Um tennis courts are coming along. The fence posts are in. IA was there to work on the wiring for the light poles on October 10th. Ground work is done and compaction test was completed. If the weather is good, they plan on tiring the quartz next week. Um we won't see they won't be able
046to paint obviously the courts until springtime um when it warms. Uh Scott Crystal, well like Scott said, uh the uh group of us met yesterday. Uh we did a walkthrough at the primary school boiler room and discussed site locations for the propane tanks. Seammens wanted us to understand why they went the route with the project as the boiler room is so small. Uh they plan they seams plans to come here to present to the board during the December 11th meeting. Um and last is I spoke with Brender at Bailey's for an update on the truck. The plow's been put on and it's now the dump bodies being put on it and we should see the truck by the end of the month. So, everything's coming along. >> Questions for Wayne? >> Uh, so for the
047paving that's going to be happening, um, are there any concerns about uh the weather fluctuating or causing any cracks um until the spring or is that not an issue? >> No, they they believe that that's not an issue at all. We've, like I said, we had um we had to have a compaction test so they come up and make sure that everything is solid before they will do anything at all. Being with a grant, there was a lot there's a lot more to this. So, yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you. Uh and what I have is uh TJ has been tasked with um creating a dropout prevention committee and he would like a volunteer from the school board uh dropout prevention committee. So if you would like to be a member of that committee, uh
048see me after the meeting and uh I will pick somebody for that. Um policy committee met and we have a number of policies coming back for a second read and we have we worked a little bit on the cell phone policy. We met with both TJ and and Chris target uh to get their input on the cell phones. Um that will be coming soon. Um finance committee will meet on December 11th. Um I will accept a motion to pass the second and final reading of policy IMGT. I M G A I M G Tor and and Elaine uh discussion. Um, just for transparency for everyone listening at home, uh, when I first got a hold of these policies, I was concerned about the, um, animals in school not being allowed on the bus. I was
049like, well, what about the therapy animals? And then I saw that there is a specific line in there, so that does not impact. So, anyone at home concerned about that, there is a line in the policy allowing for that to assuage any concerns you may have. >> Uh, I received a question from the public. um wondering about kids and allergies or staff members and allergies and that's also addressed in our policies on medical that those should be reported already. So to delay anybody's fair on that all we have to do is have people update their medical and we'll be careful of that. Um, I would just like to thank uh Rob Taylor for helping us with the animals in school policy because it does affect his class quite a bit. Um, and he did a
050really good job of going through it and helping us get in there what we needed to protect that. So, I want to thank him for that. >> All those in favor? I >> I >> All those opposed? Motion carries. >> We don't have any. Oh, we have a few uh appointments on your pink sheet. You can check those out. Um no school on November 11th for Veterans Day. The next regular schoolboard meeting will be November 13th. And I will accept a motion to adjurnn. >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I