Rolla Board of Education Meeting - May 21st, 2026

001Yes. Uh good evening. We'll continue our meeting with public hearings and presentations to and by the board. Uh first item is the pledge of allegiance. Again, with that, for those who wish to participate are invited to stand, face the flag, remove any hat, and place their right hand over their heart. Participation [clears throat] is voluntary and welcome. I pledge algiance 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. >> And before we move on to uh item one, I would like to to announce that during our close session this evening, we accepted uh two retirements with regrets. First was Christine Brutder. She's the second grade teacher at Truman Elementary who's been with the district for 29

002years and has 34 years of teaching overall. And Erin Dent, who's a seventh grade math teacher at the junior high with 25 years of uh teaching here and overall. We wish them both great retirements. So, uh, the first item of business is the, uh, Phelps County Community Foundation are here to present Raleigh Public Schools with a check for their early childhood center. Uh, the school district is very uh, delighted that uh, you undertook this challenge and helped us to buy the building where our early childhood center will open in the fall. So, if you'll come down. >> All of you. Yeah. All >> of you come down. And I guess we're all there, too. >> Big chip. >> It's a big one. >> Will Phelps County Bank accept that check? >> It has numbers on

003the bottom. I was curious. Doesn't matter. [laughter] >> One end. >> Stack up here. Grab one side. >> We need to be behind somebody. >> So, so Gina's on her way to take the picture. So, I'm just going to preempt this. You're going to have to make more than one row. So, you can't >> and Gina will tell you where to go. or how to how to move. >> Wow. >> She'll tell you how to >> I told her she was supposed to stand in front of me. >> Do you want me to take a picture with her phone? Is that what she wants? >> Okay. >> Can I ask you all to take one step together? opposite direction. >> I'm not blocking right Okay, hold on. Got one more coming. parents, I tell you.

004[laughter] >> Oh, I know. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you. >> The remote. >> I remember last time I was freezing. >> I almost brought my blanket last time. >> It's much better in here today. >> It's better tonight. Yeah. But last time it was so cool. I remember my life but my heating. >> I guess nobody wanted to speak. >> Thank you. >> County Community Foundation. >> On to >> Thank you. >> questions from the floor. >> At this time, any person wishing to speak on any questions previously discussed through administrative channels and not on the agenda will be granted three minutes to make a presentation. Please state your name for the record. We don't have any cards tonight. So, I'll skip the comments and go on to presentation on agenda

005items. Any person wishing to speak on any item on the agenda will be granted three minutes to make a presentation. Okay. Go on to item four, the consent agenda. A consent agenda is utilized by the Raleigh Board of Education as a means of dealing with routine matters which must be considered by the board of education but require a minimum of discussion. All board of education members receive and review written information supporting the items listed on the consent agenda well in advance of the meeting. While any board of education member is welcome to remove any item from the consent agenda for separate consideration or discussion for any reason. Normally all items on the consent agenda are approved in one motion with a minimum of discussion. So tonight is recommended that the items A through G be

006approved. >> If I could just bring your attention for a moment to the Wagner portrait cont portrait group. We are moving all of our schools now use Wagner for a portrait company. We are moving that to a district-wide contract to deal with them. So, it will come with um us being able to help help help the staff and help them um get picture dates and all of those things set up um and to move forward. So, >> and then if I could item uh E number three, uh theou and lease for four rivers that is for the early childhood center. Uh so, the lease is pretty straightforward. I will tell you I expect there we may have to amend that lease as we go forward. We had to kind of make some guesstimates as far

007as some dates and some things that go into that. Uh so we may have to adjust, but we needed something to be able to continue moving forward. Um and then theou um is a $200,000 piece. Uh that's part of the construction. Um it's to help with the funding for the center as well. Those are the pieces that are permanent to the building that we're doing anyway. So it's it's um the soundproofing, some of the plumbing rough ends, some of those other um structural uh beams that are going into that area. So it's things that that the the clinic we chose to do in lie of the clinic. But so this is really uh if you think about it kind of an of a inind piece. Uh but we need the agreement written up in that

008format to help with the funding for the clinic side. So um it's kind of a formality in that regard. But um wanted wanted to call that out because it's a little different. Happy to answer any questions about that. I certainly didn't plan on reading the whole thing. We don't want to get in a habit tonight, right, with all the policies. >> Right. Right. >> All right. Do I have a motion? >> Yep. I'll make a motion that we accept the items A through G for the consent agenda. >> Okay. >> I'll second. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. That motion carried. We're on to old business and the long range facilities update. Dr. Pton. [clears throat] Good evening. We have a lot of good progress going as you have noticed

009on 10th Street. Nothing has made me any happier than to see that turf go down. So, >> um well, we're going to start off tonight with the early childhood center. So, the playground is leveled out. Um that area that you see in the uh concrete will be getting the turf. So, there will be turf going in there at some point soon. The second floor is installed. It is set starting tomorrow. They're going to be pouring in the elasticil. What is that like? It's like a concrete product. So, it will be going in tomorrow. If you drive by there and you see the windows open this weekend, do not panic. They have to be open for moisture control. We got an email about that today. But, um, all of the second floor is there. It looks

010so different in there. Really, really cool. um on the second floor. And on first floor, there is some painting and primer going in. So, whenever we were in there the other day, there were painting in the bathrooms. That was really good to see. And there it is. >> Yay. So, >> so exciting. >> Very, very exciting. Um I I am absolutely in love with this field. They have done a really good job. I will tell you with the amount of rain that we had, um Melissa from Honer was here with me Wednesday and we were visiting the field and they were mowing the soccer field and it was the day after the big rain before. We have not been able to mow that field after a rain that close. >> It is doing exactly what

011we wanted it to do. It is mitigating the water. So, we do not have any issues there. So, after all the rain we had this week, that was the best news possible. I was up there um I was turning the lights off and on this weekend um you know for security purposes and I it it rained so I'm walking the bleachers and looking at the concrete that is up there you know all of this new concrete that concrete the drains are nice and big and huge and all of the water went right down them. It was it was fantastic. I mean the littlest things that make me happy. [laughter] >> I don't know what to say. But there's one side of it and the best pictures I can get are from the security system. So

012just know that that's that's one of the views that we have and then there's the other side. So that's the north side of the turf. So um yeah, they were getting whenever the letters went down this weekend, um I was sending pictures to to Dr. Darren and Dr. Welch going, "Look how cool." I know they're thinking Monica's geeking out, but I really was. It was really it was really neat to see. >> So looking forward to that. We are still on par to get it to get it turned over to us by June one. So >> they are up there working six days a week. Been very happy with that. Keep in mind that will be the turf. We still have the fencing to go in on the edge, but all the holes are dug

013for for that. So exciting work there. We still have one light that will be the heads will be replaced when it gets dry enough between the soccer and the baseball field. So just know that as an upcoming project. So, whenever you see this starting in June, I don't want you to freak out. The city is coming in to work on some manholes, manhole covers that are underneath all of our grass in that area between the baseball field and the soccer field. Don't freak out. It is planned. We are working with them to get that done and then to put our fields back together. So, that work will start in June. It is not us. It is on the city. So, I wanted to give you a heads up. >> Do we have some summer camps

014that will use the field or is still kind of okay? >> We do. They're coming in. There was there was one here um next week, but we're keep we moved it off. It was an elementary, but everything else for summer camp for football will be on our field. >> Great. >> Softball is not currently right now, just so you know. Um >> but like preseason football will be >> preseason football will be there. Yes. For the for the softball camps, they're actually going to be at Schuman. We have it through the end of June. Did that on purpose. We're having a hard time getting on to replace um some of the Dura Edge, which is the dirt and the things that go up there because we do have some glass and things in there, but

015we're getting that taken off and bringing in lots of loads of that. Insurance has approved those. So, there is a view of the concession stand and the press box. So, it looks really nice. All new concrete through there. And just so you know, I'll back that up. We are still working on trying to get um all of the back stops and all of the netting put in. So, just know that the rain has held us up with that, but that is coming. There's the concession stand. So, when we were there on Wednesday, they were just put in the brand new um cabinet. And on the back side, look, we have bulldog colors painted in the back back there. So, that is exciting. I did not go upstairs that day. Mark Twain Elementary. This is some

016of the plumbing that is going in for the kitchen and the bathrooms. Um, again, not a lot of work there. We have had solid rain. So, looking at the U masonry crew to be coming in there and you will start seeing it go vertical very soon. So, that will be exciting. And they'll start working there. Then they're going to bring all their crews in and they're going to start pouring the footings for the additional classrooms soon. So, you will see all of that go up pretty quick. What I am bringing you for you tonight is some potential change orders 1920 and 21 at the Fields project. Um we are had to address some slope concerns at the concession stand for $1,900. There was a repair to the to the soccer pole light. There was some

017damage to some of the wiring that was going to that pole whenever we got under there. Damage done before we did anything. So we were fixing it. It needed to be grounded. That work is um 2500. And then I approved this per this um PCO the other day. Our player box on the field was literally a PL it was it looked beautiful. There were no yellow lines going through our letters. Apparently that's a problem. Keep in mind I don't know that. So we are paying to um actually take what we have and put the lines all the way through. It just helps for judging purposes whenever the referees are judging soccer. So you can see whether the ball is in or out and if they touched it, whichever. It doesn't impede our field at all.

018So we agreed to do that. And then there were lines on the end zone that were too far back. Hard to keep all the players back that far. It needed to move to be moved up. So those lines were moved up to the two to $11,220. Questions about the potential change orders at the field projects? This is all the change orders I'm bringing you tonight, next [clears throat] week. Okay, ne next time might be more. I need a a recommendation to approve the KN&S potential change orders 1920 and 21 in the amount of $15,760.91. Please, >> I'll make a motion that we approve the KN&S potential change orders 1920 and 21 for the amount of $15,760.91. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any other discussion? >> If not, all those in favor say I. >> Opposed?

019That motion carried. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next is the FY26 budget update. >> Kinder, do you have a presentation? >> Okay. So, in an effort to just analyze this year's budget, get things closer to actual, true it up a little bit, made several um updates. A big one was moving funds, budget funds between capital projects and operating for the early childhood grant, the federal grant. Just trying to true that up now that we know where those funds can be spent. So did that. Um did decrease state revenues, Props Cy and foundation formula by a total combined of $550,000 uh due to the shortfall in state revenues revenues at the state level. So there will be a shortage this year. Um, let's see. County fines and forefeiters were also decreased by about 110,000 from

020original budget. Those vary widely from year to year. So, I just missed the mark on that one. Anyway, so decrease that. The total decrease to operating revenues was only about 60,000. I did was able to increase um local revenues by about a million over what we had budgeted and then also transportation revenue increased by about 300 thou 300,000. So all that in operating. So a pretty good uh place there. And then let's see decrease in capital project expenditures by about 1.2 million because we moved those upward to operating for the the grant. So just a lot of moving around trueing stuff up. So nothing too exciting to report. As a reminder, we started the year with a budget ending fund balance of 23.32%. Current budget as of this evening 27.59%. Still working on estimating for

021next year. I'll be working on that, trying to figure that out for next week. That will before I can really pull together the next year budget and have some starting figures for you there. So, we'll discuss that the next board meeting. Um, I do need a motion for this budget adjustment and then I'm going to just update you on a couple of legislative items. >> Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve the amendments to the fiscal year 26 budget as presented. >> I'll second them. >> Very good. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Okay. So, um I had a request to give you a brief overview of some legislative items. So, the session ended. So, there were three big topics that we were have been following. The first one

022being property taxes. So, the legislative session ended last week and there were no changes as of right now to property tax laws for the state. Does not mean that they won't call a special session over the summer and make some changes then and try to push something through. So, we will be um watching that closely. That being said, they know that revenues are going to and the state budget's kind of a a mess. So, I don't know if they'll have much traction for property tax change, but we'll see. The other thing was uh foundation formula funding. Again, because state revenues, there's going to be a shortfall they're anticipating. So, I think we've said it before, but our uh the total state um shortfall for foundation formula revenue is estimated $172 million for next year. So,

023that equates to about $1.1 million shortfall for Raleigh public schools. Okay. I do want to point out, maybe I shouldn't, but I'm going to, that they did find and managed to find an additional 10 million to add to the school choice funding for a total of 60 million for non-public education. And then the state income tax issue uh is going to be placed on either the August or November ballot. Um if passed, it I really don't know how to anticipate what that means for our revenues. I don't think any taxing authority does. Um, but it will uh create a significant I think reduction and they're going to have a significant ask for increasing sales tax uh rates and everything to offset that that shortfall at the state level. So that's what we know so far.

024Just want to give you an update on that. There's certainly other legislative items that are out there that I didn't actually look at the AF report card stuff and all that. That's not exactly my wheelhouse. So Dr. Derrick can speak to that later if he wants. So, [laughter] >> okay. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. [clears throat] >> We'll move on to uh new business and we welcome Miss Laura Brown for a comprehensive review of their early childhood program this evening. >> All kinds of early childhood. >> That's right. I'm kind of happy about that. >> Yes, for sure. Okay. Um I always am excited every year. This always kind of feels like my true wrap-up of the year because I always start the next year really in January uh

025for early childhood. So, it's kind of fun to actually officially wrap up one year. Um so, you will see one little phrase up here that's new, and you'll hear me say this a lot this year. I have um challenged myself with transitioning our early childhood special education peer classrooms to integrated, which is what they are officially called, and we've just never used that uh language. but we are going to transition to the new center calling those programs integrated. So if you hear that tonight, that's where that's coming from. So I always like to give you just kind of a wrap up of our PAT year. You may remember from years previous our PAT year ended on the 15th of May. We've already started again, so we're already rolling into next year. Uh but this year

026we served 179 families, 259 children. Uh we did 759 home visits in the district. That number is always fascinating to me. Uh with seven part-time parent educators. I would say one of those parent educators being me was extremely part-time this year. So I was a little busy doing other things. Uh we had 20 group connections. Uh and overall the highest attendance we've had since 20 uh 20 for all of our group connections this year. So I feel like we're finally back rolling through that. uh we made 148 resource connections with families uh in needs that they described to us during home visits and then we completed 469 screenings this year. So that number also increased. Uh just to kind of give you a rundown of screenings that we did. Um 84 of our dial screenings

027were kind incoming kindergarten kids not currently in our pups program. 116 of our current pups we screened. We screened 157 for those incoming 26 27 prek students. I don't know if you know this or not, but I didn't have to tell any of them that they can't come to preschool next year. So that was probably the best part of screening. I was able to do my exit conference with every family and tell them >> you'll hear from us in August and you'll get to come to preschool with us. So that was fun. Um, and then 112 screenings of kids four months to two years old. So, that too is fun. There's just some pictures of our littles. So, our little signing wall at screening day is always a huge hit with our uh families. They

028love that and that's also a very good way to get screenings to continue because parents post that and then always the next day I get about four more appointments. So, that's that's good. Uh that uh picture you can see uh we borrowed the St. Patrick Schools gym for our music and movement night and uh Miss Debbie leads that with us in PAT. And that particular night we had 14 toddlers. So 11 months to 18 months truly toddling in the middle of that circle. And she had them all doing rhythm sticks with rhythm balls and rhythm sticks and and that was not all the kids there. that was just the group she had present at that time. So, she's pretty amazing with that whole music and movement world. Our partnerships with screening. So, I always try

029to give you a connection of where we find all of these kids. So, we um always screen our current preschool kids, our current uh kids coming into preschool and then also our kindergarten kids in the community that have just not participated in our preschool for some reason. Uh we screen at Head Start at Presbyterian. Uh we do their ASQ screening, so their infant room, which would be 6 weeks to two. Uh we do their screenings uh for them. And uh this year that resulted in some first steps referrals, which is always a good thing to get that early intervention. And so that was uh we we actually transitioned from fall from spring to fall screenings. So they were able to get almost a whole semester more of uh therapies [snorts] that way. St. Patrick's Early

030Childhood Center uh that program is really growing and we did lots of screenings there. And then also their preschool. So I give you this every year and this is probably not going to fit on one screen anymore after this year. I even had to had to really get creative. But uh you can see uh just from 2017 2018 when our first set of kids uh came in to what we're serving now uh we do have a really large class this year uh in our early childhood special education program and we are not sending very many of them to kindergarten. So, uh, we'll bring those with us to the center and, uh, we've had conversations with their families, let them know about the transition to full day and answered all of those questions. And, uh, our

031weight list was less this year. I think that was due to, uh, the additional prek classroom that S&T offered. Um, and that they were able to take 20 kids off of our weight list pretty quickly. So, that did that did help us a little bit in that. Uh here's one of our uh field trips with our culinary kids. Uh this little guy on Mr. Matt's lap. He uh could not have been more engaged in his sprinkles on his cookie there. That's always a fun a fun field trip for us. So this is where we are currently. Um when I made this slide, I was very quickly reminded that up at the top of here last year, it said green tree. I'd kind of just moved on past and so that was fun. Uh right now

032we have nine classrooms at Wyman. Um remember those are half day so really double what this is but those classrooms too low incidents. Uh remember that's our high health needs or um our level three autism typically a non-verbal population. We have six of those integrated classrooms. Those are the ones that are a blend of our typically developing peers and students with uh usually young child with developmental delay. And then one prek4 at Wyman and then one of those also at Mark Twain and at Truman Pups 2, that's Miss Ruth's program. uh she has that program has just grown and she has a huge weight list uh for all of her ages, but she went up to 10 this year of twos and threes um and then 10 in her afternoons of threes and fives. Threes

033to fives and uh that two to three population here in the mornings is a good time. You can imagine [snorts] the the noise in the in the hallway. Oh, there is just some fun fun pictures. Miss Tracy, she's always finding herself in the middle of the motor world. And then I had to give you a look ahead of what's to come for next year. So, as of right now, uh we are bringing in 21 summer 3 first step students this year, meaning they turned three from April 1st all the way to the first day of school. We've met them for an evaluation. they've qualified for our program, but they're able to get summer uh therapies through First Steps until they start school with us. So, uh thanks to you all for approving two more of

034those low incidence classrooms last board meeting. Uh we uh definitely have kids in every one of those and and spaces for them at the center. That was another beautiful thing is I could say yes, we need it and yes, we do have space. So, that was great. Right now we have six early childhood special education integrated classrooms. Uh due to having this space next year, we are transitioning to do more like aged kids within those programs. So instead of having a blend of threes to fives, we're doing early threes who are still two years out from kindergarten, uh fours who are one year out, and then the prek4 who are will be going to kindergarten the next year. So I think that um transition has been needed and it will be something that's very good

035for everyone involved. Uh right now we have eight classrooms full of preK4. So that's that population just going uh to kindergarten in one year. And then uh Miss Ruth will continue her AM and PM session of pups 2 at the new center. And again, just in case you didn't know, we will all be in one building next year. [laughter] [gasps] Um, and then I did want to kind of just give you an update where I am with hiring. And if anyone is interested in working with the coolest pups in town, we are needing one more administrative assistant and one evening custodian, six pair of professionals, uh, one parent educator, which will take my space because I no longer will home visit in the new center. Well, not officially. I will if I need to, but

036not as a parent educator. and we need one early childhood special education teacher, which would be for one of those new low incidence um classrooms. So, and then that's just fresh out of Truman's preschool graduation last year. Um but I just thought that might be a good way for you to think of some questions. What do you need to know that I didn't answer? Anything? >> How how will it work at the new building with specials? cuz I know now in the elementaryaries they go to music and they go to PE. So how will it work the new building? >> So our specials is what we're calling a combined special. >> So they will get a little dose of multiple specials within one block of time. Okay? >> So maybe like opening music and closing

037music, maybe an art activity, maybe just all gross motor and music, those kinds of things. But the classroom parah will go to specials with the class. >> So that teacher will have parah support and it will be a parah that's familiar with those students. Okay. >> Already so yep they'll transition uh their schedule will be every other day. So every class will have a specials every other day. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Great. >> They're super excited about that. So, >> anything else? >> New and this year also, Charlotte, that we have space for them to have their own room as well as using the multi-purpose room. Okay. So, if we have weather that we can't get outside for, we [clears throat] still have that space for some gross motor time and she can still continue

038with specials. >> So, yeah. >> Yeah. Dr. Folton needs to share some photographs of the selection for the colors and that that the board took out the board the board pictures >> just so everybody can see how the space is going to be >> the inside like the gross motor area and all that. >> Yeah, the color is >> is amazing and that's probably been one of the biggest like when our teachers see it they're like whoa it's just so bright and colorful and cheery. They've been they've now seen pictures of all of the uh things that have been ordered for their classroom. So, they know about furniture and manipulatives and rugs and uh our phone fine motor lab. Uh we actually just went through all that today and all of that has come in.

039So, that space where they can just go do all fine motor activities is all coming together. So, yeah, super exciting. >> Very cool. Good deal. Well, >> Thank you so much. All right. Item B, the policy updates. Uh, Dr. Dar is going to review the MSBA policy updates. Uh, as a reminder, we use the Missouri School Board Association for writing, helping us write policies with their uh, on staff attorneys. >> Yeah. I can't think of anything as equally exciting as what you just heard [laughter] as a whole list of policies. So, um, as, uh, Mr. Packard mentioned, we, uh, we do rely on MSBA for, uh, guidance. Uh as part of that uh policy um updates uh package, they review ongoing changes to state statutes, federal stat uh statutes, uh legal um rulings throughout the

040court systems, those kind of things to make sure we're in compliance across the board. Uh so and then also there's an administrative review. So at any point we can ask them to look at policies and there's a couple of those in here that we've done that uh that have been initiated by the district. We do have a policy committee uh that's made up of representatives from each building. We have parents um a couple of students, some board members um that we take a first look at these and and talk through the changes, look at um additional questions or suggestions, and then we bring these final recommendations to the board. Um after approval by the board, these go one last time to MSBA. Uh they'll take the redline uh copies and go through and do one

041final review. uh they go back through legal one final time and then there's one final grammatical fix and then they come back and are actually um implemented in our policy. So it's a long process. Um it takes several u weeks if not months depending on the the the level of detail and so um appreciate the committee and their time in reviewing them. Um it's not always just the best reading material. Um so we appreciate that time. Um, I kind of covered all this. So, um, I will tell you in this list tonight, a lot of the things tonight are are either based in legal updates, state statutes primarily, or they're just some cleanup items that MSBA has recommended. So, there are some policies for res uh to resend where they've just combined policy language within

042um individual policies. There's some where they're just outdated and not necessary. Um and and part of that process that I want to call out is not everything is in policy. Um we we have lots of procedures, we have handbooks, we have assessment plans, professional development plans, we have things that the board approves that become our practice and our and our things that we do, but not everything is included in policy. So the policies are the big overarching umbrella um legal uh requirements and then we we take those and implement those within the system. So um these are in alphabetical order um kind of um and so um we'll get lost in the alphabet soup here a little bit. So I don't plan on reading these to you um in any form or fashion and I

043plan to go fairly quickly. However, please stop me if you have questions. Um, and and if we need to, I'll pull up the I don't have the copies of the policies for me, but I do have them on my computer. We can pull them up and and dive deeper into anything we need to do. So, um, school district mission and vision uh, policy, the uh, MSEP 6 requirements changed the CIP definition from continu uh, comprehensive to continuous. That's really what that one does. uh the ones in red such as AF are uh recommended to be rescended. So in this particular instance they've moved the content that was in that policy to another policy which happens to be BBA. [clears throat] And in the end uh you can do these however you choose as a board.

044You can do them to approve and to resend. You can do them as one motion. You can you have some options if we need to call anything out or set anything aside we can. Uh B section is schoolboard governance and operations. So again alignment to MEP 6 standards. Uh there's a little bit of recommended changes about your delegate process. Um I think that's pretty well in line with what we do anyway. I didn't see anything that was real um much of a change there. And then that board superintendent relationship piece is captured within other policies and there's multiple of those but the contents there. So they're recommending to resend that policy. Uh board committee uh committees and advisory committees just kind of clarifying that process a little bit. There's been some issues recently within the

045state where uh certain committees are still bound by the sunshine law and um are required if a certain number of board members are present or certain decisions are being made for some uh legal postings and and meeting notices and those kind of things. So this is getting at that process a little bit that just clarifying that committee work is still important and still official uh is kind of what that's summarizing. uh minutes uh just some changes there uh again including committee minutes when it's appropriate uh and then absorbing that BDDG um R1 um >> sir >> I just got when I read the the BDDG on the minutes I just noted that everything not the minutes I won't have to sign the minutes anymore this is underway but we are to include other information that's

046considered necessary. So like Laura's presentation, PDF of that updated presentation should be as part of part of the documents >> in the minutes. Yeah. >> Yeah. So >> and thankfully with assembly it captures all of that. So but it's not officially in the >> we update those because of all the last minute changes that have to take take place. >> Yeah. We'll we'll have to look at those for sure. Yeah, >> because the version like Laura's presentation for example had been modified from the version that we had just slightly nothing major but >> sure >> but for people that want to look back >> right >> they should have the most >> I would agree >> what we saw >> okay >> yeah no good that's a good point and we will we will work

047through that for sure um I'm going to pause here I should mention so um we have we have policies and and administrative procedures and then there's older versions that were regular regulations. So the R designation, the BDDGR was a regulation. Most of the regulations have kind of gone away, but there's still a few um out there. Uh but that's the designation. So typically uh there's not an AP or an R unless there's a an overarching policy and then it just breaks it down a little further detail or specific situations and circumstances. So um I should have clarified that. So here's an example of an AP. Uh this is a release of information. this updates uh to align with changes to the Missouri Sunshine Law, specifically with fee structures, schoolboard policy process. There are districts out

048there that were following a third read practice similar to what um you often see with like city council, those kind of things. We're not required to do that. Um and and the policy actually states that in most cases it's it it would be inappropriate to do so. Um however, it does allow it. So if there is something the that the board would feel like would be a good thing to do, it it gives you that option um to do. Schoolboard legislative program uh just kind of outlines uh the board's responsibility and advocacy for public education. Um and then u removes the schoolboard membership policy uh moves some of that content uh into the advocacy efforts piece. Okay, under general school administration, there's no proposed changes. Under physical management, there's no proposed changes. So, moving on

049to support services, a couple of a policy and an uh administrative procedure around artificial intelligence. I think we will see this policy and and procedure change probably every update for a while. Um, as a reminder, Dr. Welch serves as our kind of overarching um AI coordinator. um and um to help kind of oversee our programming there. Uh but this simplifies a little bit. They actually kind of pulled back some of the language they had before because again it's just ever changing and um a constant thing to look at. So the the key thing here to note is they're starting to break it down into what is the purpose of the AI. So the studentf facing side versus administrative uses uh obviously we'll we'll need to treat some things differently uh moving forward. But again, I

050would anticipate that to change >> so >> frequently. >> My questions on this are Dr. Welch need to be listed or her position need to be listed in this policy as our >> coordinator. I don't I don't know that it uh and you can refresh my memory. I don't think it noted a place to list a person. I think it just said we had to have a person. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So >> uh it it requires that the district disseminate AI information at least annually. >> So I don't know how how we do that. >> The parents and and the guardians. So >> So we have included some things in our annual update process that parents have to um there's like a link to some additional information. And some of that has to do

051with things that are linked in our Google workspace which includes the AI components and we pull that language directly from their recommended >> I don't know >> sample. >> Yeah, Google essentially tells us everything that we have to include in there. We do have all of that listed that we have to sign off that they've received and are aware of the information >> and it includes those sites that we use. >> Well, I didn't know if it was something new I use. I think there I think the language changed a little bit. So, um yeah. No, that's a great question. >> Okay, >> that's all I have for Okay. Uh no changes under facilities development personnel. Uh some clarifications around reduction in professional staff workforce. Um it it really didn't change anything. It just kind

052of I think changed some of the language to make it a little more clear. Again, I think that one is coming out of some um legal actions across the state. Just wanting to make sure that things are very clear and everybody understands the process. Um so it it there's a lot in there. There's a lot in there. [laughter] Uh no, uh negotiations. We do not have policies under this section. I wanted to call that out. Um Missouri law does not allow for striking um under union negotiations and that. However, there are uh union agreements in various parts of the state. We do not have specific binding union agreements, but there are school districts that do. So, that's what this section is for. We do not have policies um here at RPS under this section. So,

053um wanted to call that out so you didn't think I skipped a letter. Basically, um under instructions, several um changes here. U rescending instructional goals and priority objectives. It's it's duplicative content. That information is found within many other policies. Uh special education update. Uh this was part of Senate Bill 68. This is we talked about this a little bit. That young child with a developmental delay. It it it kind of extended that timeline for that di uh for that designation diagnosis so that um kids aren't just stripped of those supports going into kindergarten. Uh gives them a little bit more time uh to be identified for um other supports. instructional materials. Um, this one's focused pretty heavily on electronic materials. That's becoming uh it has become a thing. There just wasn't a lot of specific

054information about electronic materials. So, it starts to bring some of that out. Changed a little bit of the language to line up with MEP6. Um, one item to note in your draft, uh, their recommendation was to change u the review process in item six to be the superintendent. That really for our purposes should stay under Dr. Welch's umbrella. Um and so we will we will ask them to leave that. >> So they they'll correct that that line out. >> Yeah. We'll just we'll just when we send the updates back to them, we'll tell them that we don't want to accept that change. We want to keep it as it is. >> That's my recommendation anyway. >> Media centers and school libraries. Again, this is MEP's guidelines um references to a formal review policy um for

055the selection of materials. This is from the librarians side of things. Um, same with the AP. Um, inclusion of the of of the last policy language. Um, and then just kind of being more consistent with that language and back and forth. Um, the one thing that I am going to ask in this one is is it's labeled material selection and reconsideration, but it's reconsideration by the librarian. And so, it is different than the policy for a parent to ask about materials and those kind of things. So, we're going to ask them to make that language a little more clear that this is this is from the librarian side, not necessarily the um the challenge side. There's other language and other policies that address that. That's created a little bit of confusion as we've gone through

056this process. >> IKF is one that uh we ask for uh Dr. Ray suggested. So, this one lists the graduation requirements. One of the graduation requirements uh from the state of Missouri is the inclusion of an assessment um a college career ready assessment and but it wasn't spelled out in the policy and so Dr. Ray said it would be helpful for parents as they're having conversations and if someone were to go online and look to just know that that's there and so we've asked for that um change to be made. Um, >> okay. So on that particular policy, there's no changes on >> no red, no green. >> So there should be an item seven, >> okay, >> that has that language and I >> my copy there's an item coming, but there's it's blank.

057>> We were having trouble with that converting. Sorry. >> Um, do you happen to have that in front of you? It's a one sense. It's very simple. >> Which portion of it? This is the adding the the assessment >> requirements >> for graduation requirement. >> Oh, we're adding um around end of course assessments. So, it's a requirement that students take those. It's not included in our language and the policy and we're adding that. >> Yeah, sorry that that should be item seven on there. I'm sorry it didn't come through. Yeah, we we were having issues with the red lines transferring over. So, uh great question though. Thank you for calling that. Um the AP IL ILA AP1 that's uh recommended by to to rescend that's coming from us again. That is your list of assessments.

058Dr. Welsh does a great job every year of bringing you an assessment plan that's current and up to date. Keeping the board policy up to date is redundant and and much more of a difficult process. So we believe the assessment plan takes care of this and this is not necessary. >> A long list. >> It's a long list. Yes. All right, lots of student changes. Uh, under section J, school admissions. Uh, there's several of these that deal with student safety plans. So, what that is is if there's a student who's been identified as having a uh particular needs for safety due to either mental health issues or um uh things of that nature, mental health treatments, uh that that safety plan has to stay with that kid. It becomes part of their record. If they

059transfer schools, it has to go with them. Um, I would tell you that I think in most of the people that I've talked to, I think we were doing that anyway, but apparently not everybody was. So, u, this just formalizes it. It is part of state law. And so, this just just puts the language into our policies to ensure that that's done. Um, eligibility to enroll. This was again part of Senate Bill 68. This allows for contracted personnel, so not employees, but contracted personnel who meet certain requirements. they have to basically work full-time for the district uh for their stu their children to come to work uh in our come to school in Rala. So, um that's a that's been a piece that's been debated for several years, but it was finally enacted under Senate

060Bill 68 last year. And then, uh part of Senate Bill 727, uh student absences and excuses. Uh this was one that that uh just kind of looking to clean up some language around um uh when students can be absent and what that looks like. There's some provisions that that Senate 727 put into place um some mental health pieces and and some things that we have to take into consideration. And then we also made a couple of tweaks just to to more align that with our local practices. Similar uh then with the APs um student absences for K8, student absences for 912. Dr. Welch has presented to you about our attendance policy revisions. the pyramid. If you'll remember the pyramid, this uh these policies had um somewhere we had some old policies that were re I

061don't know reappeared um because there were not things that we had done for a while, but they had some like grade penalties and some things that we just we can't do and don't do. And so cleaning those up to make sure that we didn't have something sitting out there that was false. Um JFCA is a student dress code policy. Uh this basically just clarifies that dress code decisions are are really at the principal role. Um there is an accompanying um AP that we are still holding on uh that uh for each set of kids K8 and 712 or K6 and 712 I believe is the designation. Um the question that we've asked is twofold. One is is cleaning those up to match what we currently do. But secondly, are those actually policies that we need

062to have or do those come into play in the handbooks? And and with your approval of the handbooks, that takes care of it. So we've asked both ways. Still waiting on a little bit of um guidance on that from MSBA. So we'll bring those back to you um at another time. Student discipline. Uh this was again part of Senate Bill 68 removes zero tolerance policies. So, where this comes in the most is in a fight. Um, for the common practice, uh, for most districts, if two kids get in a fight, both kids get punished and and moves on. This does basically say that we can't do that anymore. That every situation has to be evaluated. The principal has to make a determination. Was someone defending themselves? Did someone start it? Um, and the kids can

063still get the same punishment, but there could be different punishments. Um, it just it just requires that extra step to make sure that everybody's being treated the um, in a fair manner. discipline reporting and records. I'm not going to go into a lot of details on this, but it it allows the children's division to be a little more involved um with the juvenile office for kids age 11 and under who commit certain crimes. Um it's a little bit sticky and uh it would be a pretty rare situation, but it does um bring the children's division into that process a little bit more with some agreements. the behavioral threat assessment. Again, that's part of that safety plan piece. Um that if if those exist, those have to stay with the student and and people have to

064be notified about those that would have a need to know suicide awareness and prevention. Again, this is the student safety plans. So, if a student were to threaten suicide or or be identified as a a student considering um suicide, that there would be a safety plan in place, how that's treated, where that comes from, where it goes, who's notified, all those pieces. reporting investigating child abuse and neglect. Um, I don't know. I'm going to say this out loud, but somebody somewhere apparently reported some kids for playing in the street, riding bicycles in park. I don't know, >> but they were apparently not with an adult and got turned in for being neglected. And so this this clarifies that being unsupervised is not the same as being neglected. Um, so I don't know what prompted that,

065but I'm sure there was there was something. School of Community Relations. This is the public information program. Uh this incorporated a lot of things. So most of this is stuff that we just have to notify the public on that has to be on our website or that we have to put in our handbooks in some way, shape, or form. Um um you're going to hear more from Gina probably next next meeting, I think, about the ADA compliance for our website um and the new legal challenges there. Uh we've talked about the drinking water, Dr. Fton's favorite topic. Um we have that information on our website, the stop the bleed process. we have those kids in our building. We have to notify parents of those processes. So, it really just kind of cleans up some of

066the things that have changed in the law lately that we have to tell the public about. And then, as I mentioned, we have a few uh pending uh policies that we didn't bring to you tonight. One was that student dress code update. Uh again, the question was, do we just shift to our handbooks away from the policy or do we need to continue updating the policy? Uh there's been some questions about weapons in school. Um obviously we don't allow weapons but there are there is language in our policy that allows weapons in a educational uh purpose and there's been a lot of questions asked around that about um if you get into the legal definitions of certain weapons. We have students for instance at RTI who are actually using tools every day in the building

067that could be considered a weapon. Um we have presentations by outside uh personnel who come in to do special events with our students uh that sometimes involves weapons. So, we think we just need to clean that language up and make it a little more clear of what's allowed and what the process is for those circumstances and how that works. Uh, and then maybe what's not allowed and and how we um go about that. So, just trying to bring some clarification to that. Um, and then last is the library media challenges. As we've gone through the the challenges with the library books, we recognized frustration from both our side and those who are bringing those challenges that our policy is somewhat vague. um it does not spell out specific timelines. It doesn't spell out some of

068the specific pieces of that process. We've kind of built the plane as we've flown it, so to speak. And so now that we've learned a little bit, we want to clarify that so that everybody understands the process. We're all on the same page. We know what's happening. Um we're certainly not the only school district that's that's looking at that. MSBA has shared some things. They've asked several questions. So on all of these, we are going back and forth with their guidance and their advice and they're working on to help draft some language to bring back um for your consideration. So um I don't know if we'll have those by the next meeting. I don't think it'll take too long, but um as we get into summer, different things happen. Um there's a summer summit coming

069up. Um holiday next week, people take off. There's different things that happen that may impact that a little bit. So more to follow on those. And with that, I went through those pretty quickly, but um and thank you for the questions, but happy to entertain any other questions, comments, concerns, anything you feel like you need to set aside. Um otherwise, we'll need approval for those policies and procedures. >> Any other comments? I I have a comment overall general comment. I like the fact that they put the group that the policies came from. So like group 26A or 25 E or D. Do we retain those that number because it's going to get scrubbed >> when they >> That's a good question. I mean, we have that set from them. >> Yeah. But if but it's

070in the system. >> Here's the list of all our policies. >> Here's when it was approved and this is >> this is in that that we [snorts] looked at. MSBA can tell you that if we needed to >> they they struggled here a couple years ago telling us when our policies were approved before you started. >> They they did. Yeah. Let me chase that. Jim, I don't know the answer to that, but we'll find out. And it may be that we can just keep a note in the policy itself um for future reference >> because there's footnotes on all of these. So it may be that we can just ask them to add a footnote when they're been approved if you've got the right policy. >> Right. Yeah. Okay. And I just have a comment

071and that is just to thank the committee and board members for um looking through all these policies. I know it's uh not an easy task >> who all review meetings. >> Larry did >> and Christina was >> the last meeting. [laughter] Yeah, we were all >> all dressed up and all, >> but we also had um what some administrators and teachers and such that participated as well. So, we like to thank for their time. >> Okay. >> I'll make a motion to adopt and amend the proposed policies and procedures and to res resin the policies no longer applicable as presented. I'll second that. >> Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. That motion carried. >> Thank you. >> And we'll move on to item C, which is a

072food service management company RFP and bids. So, Dr. Folton's going to present the results of the RFP for food service management. >> Good evening. I haven't read that much in quite a while. Just saying. Um, we appreciate all of the companies that expressed all the interest in Raleigh public schools. There were five companies. Um, I did not realize those come in three ring 3inch three- ring binders. [laughter] So, it was a lot of information. >> It was a lot of information and I'll be honest, I read every page. Um, and boy oh boy did it run together. >> But the process was very good. Our companies that are interested in us were very thorough and all very interested. So we we are honored that we had that that much interest. So um one of the

073things that you need to understand that there are certain guidelines that come through with the USDA that we have to abide by and number one um they have an strict adherence to a byamerican um provision in there as long as rigid compliance with USDA meal patterns and national school lunch patterns and expect expectations. This contract is restricted to a one-year term with a maximum of four annual renewals. So, at any time after a year, the company could elect to get out or we could elect to get out and to either take back on ourselves or go with another company at that point. We will not ever sign a three-year agreement. Okay? That is a provision within that RFP set up by the USDA. And then um it is a mandatory 100% return of all discounts,

074rebates, and incentives to the district on a monthly basis. And that um the price and costs legally required as the primary evaluation factor. Um but also that is only 20 points of the hundred in the rubric that they provide for us. >> [snorts] >> The companies that um bid for our uh food service management um contract were Aramark, Chartwells, OPA, SF, and Sedexo. Of that in the little chart on the right is how it breaks down as far as all of the areas that we evaluated on. But I will be and I'll be honest, I told you price is only 20 points out of a hundred. Okay. What we were looking what we are looking for is number one treatment of our employees as well as our student experience. We have been losing as I've

075told you before we're losing participation which is not good for children to not eat. Um and we want to make that student experience great. And in in order to do that you've got to have innovation. You've got to have new things. And scratch cooking is a big part of it. No longer the warm-up. So within that you can see the breakdown. I'm not going to read it to you, but I'm just telling you the pieces that stood out to us were the personnel piece because it affects our employees. Innovation, the menus, the student food choice, and the service capabilities. Questions so far? Okay. When it all comes down to it, there is a $518 that we have that is that is the DESIE standard that we have to that we look at that is automatic

076in the bid. I didn't add that here because what matters is their administrative fee and their management fee. So, as you will see, Aramark was at 16 16 cents. There is a $0 management fee. Not really sure how that works because they have to make money as well. Um, Chartwells was 18 cents administrative fee with a 5 cent management fee, total of 23 cents. OPA was 10 cents with a 4.5 cents u management fee at 15 at about should be 14 and a half cents. Um SF with a seven cent with um no management fee and then Sedexo. So um we read all of these. Not only did I Dr. Dar read them all as well. So we went through every sheet. So we are looking at recommending chart wells. Question. >> You want questions

077as we go along? >> Yes, feel free. Okay. So on that previous slide, those fees [snorts] as I read are per meal. >> Per meal. [cough and clears throat] >> Correct. Per meal. >> So the administrative fees will come back to the district. It comes back to the district as a whole whether it be within um the personnel that comes back to us and and what they build back in that will come to us. So we'll talk about that as we go on a little bit more about what that administrative fee is. Okay. As of right now, we are well, not as of right now, we are recommending Chartwells. So, within that, they project an annual return of $102,000. And why is that important? Because as of 26 year to date, we have lost $291,918

078in our food service program to so far. Okay. Um, with that in there, I talked to you about the rebates just a bit ago and talked about transparent rebates. within that 102,000 is a lot of different costs, but within there is that 200 they estimated $210,000 rebates, which is volume discounts and allowances that I told you have to come back to us. And then they're also estimating a 14% increase in breakfast and an 8% increase in lunch. You say that's not a lot. That is true. We are not asking for miracles on year one. This is going to be slow growth. So I need you to understand that it's going to take time. Questions about that piece so far? Okay, within that um RFP we ask that we get a director of dining services and

079a executive chef. Why is that important though? The executive chef and the director along with their dietitionians will help us manage allergies, help us manage to make sure that all of our our choices are sound for kids and interesting. Not just out there for warm-up, but we want it to be good. We want it to be colorful. We want it to look appealing, >> right? >> Can I ask you a question? Yes. >> Who on our staff? I'm guessing the answer is you, but who supervises the director of dining services and the chef? >> Me. Okay. >> So, if we have some kind of issue, it it comes to you. >> It comes to me. >> Correct. >> What I want you to know is whenever within this and I and I put this in

080the corner that um some of the companies wanted to come in, they will do catering for us. So, they could actually cater core events. They could cater board meetings. They could do all of those things. In all the other companies, those were extra costs. Within Chartwells, it is um the food prep cost. And I talk about food prep and I'm talking about the people coming in to cook. All right? Not the food. We'll have to pay for the food. We know that. That's upfront. But as far as those people to come in, those were built into that administrative feat within within these costs. Okay. Question. So far, I'll just be honest. Been stressing about this whole thing. This whole thing has been a little stressful. within Chartwells. What really um helped us understand and make

081this decision is that they're going to take care of our people. That is important to us because even though some of our people will go to work for the company, they're still working for us indirectly. We want to assure that they are taken care of. So within Chartwells, the things that you need to understand because we we interviewed the the top two companies, the things that really stood out to us is that our employees will be will be their employees like they have been there as long as they have been here on day one. Other companies, they had to wait for a year or work so many hours to receive insurance or to be a part of the 401k. With Chartwells, our employees will walk in day one eligible for insurance and eligible to to

082if they take their money out of our peers to put it into a 401k. Within that 401k, that is the last bucket over there. There is an up to up to a 6% match on 401k retirement. So, right now, they we match it at 6.85% right at 7%. So, they will still be able to gain that. the insurance was a big was a big concern for our staff. You know, um we want to make sure that we are able to access our local providers. So, they have Etna, Blue Cross, and United as well as access to a high deductible plan, um a PO and an HMO option, all of which will be eligible to see local providers in our area. One of those things that we do for our staff and all of our support

083staff is we pay them for non-inclimate weather days because we do not make those up. Our staff will still get paid for those days as well. So, they will get paid for 177 days there. For us, it was 176. Granted, that is one more day, but that is that is quite a lot. Along with same day pay, >> if they opt for that, correct? They will have all of those options. For us, this was a big deciding factor. We want to take care of the people that work for us. We're not trying to push them off. We want to make sure they are well taken care of. I can't stress that enough. Many of our staff has have been very worried about that. That was a big factor in what we decided to do. >>

084Questions so far? >> Okay. >> So, yes. >> Do they usually do our does the cafeteria staff usually have a gap in the summer like in their health coverage? >> They do not. They do not. So, um, what they do is they pay into escrow and then we pay their summer coverage. Um, Chartwells will do the same. They will take out all of their pay within, um, 18 pay periods throughout the year and they will take their money for the summer. The insurance costs are very comparable to what they are paying currently as well. The one thing I forgot to mention is that when moving to this c to Chartwells, they will help them gain get unemployment through the summer. Many of them go work a second job. Um, now they're going to be able

085to and encouraged to apply for unemployment as well. >> So, they will actually get a check year round and >> they can't do that for us, >> right? They cannot do that for us. >> Specific exclusions for public school employees. >> Okay. >> I saw they had they have quite the benefit package. I mean, there were some other things that they mentioned in the >> in the binder that it just really seems like they want to take care of people. >> They do. And and like I said, we you know, we interviewed two at the end and this was one of the deciding factors for us for our employees to come in on day one being like an employee there for as many years as they've worked here is is monumental for us to take

086care of our people. Within that there is a structure for them to improve and to grow. Um they have happy you a comprehensive onboarding program for salaried associates. So salaried associates would be the food service director and the um chef. There is a hypo program which is targeted to designed to empower and elevate high performing hourly associates into leadership roles. I have heard over and over no matter which company it is they want to grow and develop people but and so that is not unique to the just to Chartwells but it is an opportunity that our staff will have if they want a careers. One of the schools that um I have seen and visited, there was a lady who started off just cooking in a kitchen. She went to chef school. So, and came

087back to work for them as a chef. So, the opportunities are great for our staff. Um and then I put in here the built-in staff protections pay during inclement weather, which I talked about already. >> I have a question. >> Yes. >> Will there be a chef in each school? >> There is one chef for our district. One chef for the district. they will oversee um and help plan the menu and teach the skills to our staff. So there will be a lot of a lot of teaching. The first year will be will be down to the basics. What do we need to get the basics down and then how will we grow that to make it into what we want it to be? >> Is there anything extra that we would have to do

088in terms of onboarding that they aren't doing that we would do as a school district? I mean are they doing all the things that we would do? >> They are. Okay. >> All of them. And a matter of fact we have we have um have to approve every employee that they hire. So all the background checks would come through us then we would then we would approve much like we are doing with our substitute man or with our sub management company right now right all of those go through them and then they come back through me I actually go through them I approve them and send them back >> that process after learning is is very easy and very good. So, one of the things um that we have seen is a lot of our

089kids, especially at the secondary level, go to morning weights. They have practices. They they have they're busy. Our kids are busy. And so, one of the things that we will expand to eventually will be grabband go stations. Um they can set up different areas of the building with grab-and-go breakfast, uh with mobile carts, and then then they talk about a rush hour concept. Not saying all of these will go in day one. It may be two or three years down the road, but we have the ability to meet our kids where they're at, especially for breakfast. When they when those kids are in are on the field marching and marching band every morning and they don't get out to the end of first hour, many of them don't eat breakfast when they show up at

0906:00 a.m. >> So, it's important for us to put food in their hands. So, that is a possibility that will come, not the first year. Understand that. Okay. >> With that, the elementary experience again, we want to shift to scratch cooking. We want beyond the heat and serve. Will there still be the cereal and all of those pieces? Absolutely. Our kids will also have breakfast. I saw breakfast options at schools at lunch. So, keep in mind, you know, a lot of kids like to eat breakfast for all sorts of different meals. I think we all do at times. So, there will be those along with um specialized flavor profiles. So, they all of the companies that we saw will offer up different things per month. So, and different um different themes, whether it be cheesology

091for mac and cheese, it'd be tomato, it be sono, which was a Latin flare. So, they will rotate those different things out. There was one that we saw, it was something about it was had to do with chili, but cold cold days and warm bellies, and it was dealing with chili and different things. So, it's very good. >> One of the things that we are really want to strive is to modernize our cafeterias. um a lot of signage um videos. So I say video but I say like our TV monitors here with the menu rolling through um that will be things that will be very important. I was at one school where they have the chef where they get student input and I know I'm talking about lunch but this is important because they want

092student input. They were cooking um they had pulled pulled pork, homemade pickles, homemade barbecue sauce, >> and hamburg and and a hamburger patty, a little slider. And they were they would serve to the kids the slider. Um you know, half half of that and half and then half of the pulled pork along with the pickles and the barbecue sauce and the kids got to vote and those those items show up on the menu. They do that in the elementaryaries and they do that in the secondary. I saw it in elementary level and I saw it a secondary level. So with that, we also want to brighten our spaces in our cafeteria. So kids want to be there. And we talk about retail style. We'll never get full retail style of course, but we're going to

093to improve that look. And a lot of the money and the things that are in this administrative cost are for the signage, are for the digital signage, are for the things that will come in to brighten our spaces up. Modern lunches. Um, elementary. Right now, a lot of our elementaryaries have a choice. We're going to look at offering up multiple choices. It may not be three choices to begin with, but they will get those. Um, again, I talk about a flexible service model, whether it be um mobile carts or branded kiosks mostly at maybe at the secondary level, maybe the elementary level because, you know, some of our kitchens are tight. So, how that will work. And then what made Chartwell stand out was the number of choices that will be available for students. Their

094menus actually showed more choices for food for kids. >> The mac and cheese. >> Yeah. >> Really good in their >> Yeah. >> I was at one school where they had Asian every day. It was something that the kids liked. And not only did they get Asian, they got it in the little boxes that you may get like fried rice comes in. They put them in those boxes. >> It very much is like in a to-go box. >> Again, eye appealing, food appealing. Everywhere where the food sits out, there is a plate of food. They demonstrate what the plate of food looks like. That wasn't just unique to Chartwells, but I'm I know all the others do it because food needs to be visually appealing as well as tasteful. There is also an extra station,

095and I can't bring enough attention to this because it just spoke to me. The extra station is any student getting a full price meal can go to the extra station. There were kids walking around and they call the little containers boats, but they're those little plat, you know, paper containers walking around with just a whole big thing of tomatoes. In my world, it would have been like cucumbers with a little, you know, dressing and then all, you know, all of the dressings they meet, they meet the USDA requirements, they can put the dressings on there. They can put the dressings with the pizza. So the if they buy the full price meal, they can go to the extra station as much as they want. As well as infused waters. You know, kids don't always want

096just plain water. So there we saw some that were green, but it was pineapple and I don't know, pear and something else, but it was really good. So oranges in there, and there's not a lot of waste. So whatever they have, they use. Again, one of the things that excites our nurses is the Neutri Slice app. Again, in there, it is important for our parents to be able to look and see what their students are eating. they can download the Neutri Slice app along in their um allergy filtering in over 40 different languages for our parents. That is important as we deal with with more and more students with alpha gal or celiac. Then our parents will know what is being served and what is in there. Um and so that is important. Our nurses

097are excited about that because it will help um log the carbs for our diabetics. Um the prom the promotional campaigns are tailored to the 169 day school year and then there will be always like lucky trade day different surprises to boost morale. They will do targeted marketing with our kids with seasonal menu items like I talked about the warm chili days warm bellies and it was the chili initiative and and then they switch them up. Questions about that piece? I I thought Stephanie Wanica was just gonna like jump for joy whenever she goes does do we get the app? You get an app. Absolutely. The one thing I like is that there is a continuous feedback loop within our school community and with and within our and within our our community itself. So they will

098utilize modern technology to survey our staff to survey our kids. Again, the feedback into the voting of the items that is very important to to what we have and what we and what we do. And again, they will invite people in to um to be on committees. It would also sit on our on our district wellness committee as well. So, um, Chartwells comes with many years experience, over 30 years experience in the K12 world. They are in 226 partnerships throughout Missouri. And what they don't know is they had a new school sign on in October, and that was Hazlewood Schools. I reached out to Hazlewood Schools. Um, and they don't know this yet, but I called because they moved in October. and I called to ask what is the student experience like granted anytime you

099move now and they moved in October so that was a big hiccup for them you know there's a lot of change um but they said that they have increased their participation by at least eight or nine% in breakfast and about 10% in lunch since October and that their student experience they they are hearing great things the kids love the food that for me spoke volumes So, I am here tonight to ask for a recommendation to award the 2627 Rola public schools food service management company contract to Chartwells. >> Okay. >> Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> You go ahead. >> Um, so I just I have a question about the contractual terms. Uh, restricted the first uh to one-year term with the maximum for annual renewals. What happens at the end of that? Are we required?

100>> We can >> we are required by USDA guidelines to go through this process again. >> Okay. >> It's a fiveyear fiveyear process. We could continue with them, but we would have to go out to >> Want to make sure I understood that. Okay. Thank you. >> Um we currently use my school bucks >> for um you know being able to add money to those things for lunch accounts. That >> stays. That will continue to stay. >> They we will we will use our continuing um point of sale software. Also, we're talking about changing that right now. >> We've talked about looking at some other options because of some support issues there, but either way will be fine. >> Okay. And whatever we choose to change if somebody has a balance of course and that

101would just cost per meal, is it going to be pretty equivalent? >> We set that. >> Okay. >> So, we'll still follow the USDA guidelines. So, we have to go through that um what do they call that little tool? >> Kendra does the tool. >> The PF PF thing, whatever it is. Anyway, uh we're required to look at that every year. Uh but the maximum it can go up is 10 cents. It's typically a nickel or a dime. Uh but we're required to do that, but we set those costs. >> We do. >> Okay. >> Paid lunch equity. >> Paid lunch equity. >> PL >> I should mention too, uh sorry Jim. Uh Nancy is here. She's >> I was going to introduce her after they said after after they approve, I'll I'll introduce her.

102So this is why I'm so >> I was just going to say if they had questions directly for her. >> That's true. >> They could do. >> So on the that's the revenue side. We set the price. On the opposite side are basically paying their costs. >> Yes. >> So So this is a this is a cost plus model. So whatever it costs to feed, whatever the food costs are, whatever the labor costs are, whether they're our employees or their employees, we're paying all of the costs, >> right? And then we're paying the management and administrative fee on top of that. >> But they're still believing that we're going to come out in the black. >> That's what I read. But I want everybody to know. >> Yes. No. Thank you for clarifying that. Yes.

103>> I I want to point out that um food costs, as you know, are very expensive. Their buying power allows them to buy food cheaper than what we can buy it for. >> And and I I let me uh just add a little more clarification on that. There's two options in this bid process. One is for a fixed price meal model. >> [snorts] >> Um, and that's the most common model. However, with food cost volatility and all those things, uh, and this goes for any company, they're going to make a profit. So, in that fixed cost model, uh, often what what schools are seeing as the service or the quality or the options dwindle so they can offset food cost and those kind of things. With this model, we dictate the experience and then we

104make the adjustments on the other end and we can say, "Hey, we're gonna have to make some adjustments to to help with our cost." um if we need to um uh uh help with employee uh retention or recruitment, we can we we set those items. We can help with and decide what those things look like. So we still have uh control over the system and um can can uh work with them as a partner to make the best experience possible. So that's why we chose to go with this model. >> Do we still do we still use our food storage and >> we do. >> Okay. So what happens when something happens to our food storage? >> That's their food. >> We are obligated. >> We're obligated to do that. >> The And and just

105the same as the equipment, if the stove goes out, that's still our stove. We're still required to replace it. It's still our equipment. >> Um uh we have to monitor the the refrigerators and freezers just as we normally do. We will still have some upkeep and maintenance items. That's still our world. >> And with that being said, then it would still fall fall under our insurance should something due to power >> outage. Great question. >> Right. >> Talk a little bit about the potential renovations. That's that's us, right? That's >> that is us. >> Okay. >> So, when when I talk about renovations, I talk really it we would run that through our long range facility plan if you know if we're going to upgrade. That is not on them. Okay. >> So, um that

106is on us. We are we are responsible for those pieces. the any money that we have come back to the program. Really, they say we're going to get $100,000. Right now, we just want break even cost. >> That's really what we're looking for. If we get that money back, then that's that's great, but we're going to put it right back into our program. So, what does that look like for us? Let's talk about long term. We know in our plans that we've talked about renovating our elementary um cafeterias, which right now is um Wyman and Truman. That still probably be part of our long range plan, but but we could do that. So, you want to talk about the 500,000? >> Well, I just wanted to mention a couple things there. Yeah. One is um

107u keep in mind we are require any profit we make has to go back into the food service program. We're not allowed to make a profit on this program for any other purpose. Um uh we did include a $500,000 provision in the in the contract as a placeholder. Um it's basically a zerointerest process. So, uh, Chartwells would help us in the purchasing power with that using their buying power if we wanted to utilize that. It's a zero interest thing and it's it's spread out over the remainder of the contract. So, we wouldn't if we don't spend that in the first year and we wait a year, um, there's some provisions in there. I won't get into all the details, but um, uh, it's it's a zero interest way if we need to add a piece

108of equipment, a pizza oven or something that we can do that uh, and absorb that within the profits of the of the system. Um, the other thing I would mention, uh, kind of keep in mind as you're talking about renovation, um, I think you're going to see immediate changes. The digital signage, the the other signage that's going to come in, the placements, the visual presentation of things is going to be instant. Um, what I think Dr. Well, uh, Dr. Fton's talking about with long-term renovations are things like Wyman. We know that kitchen and cafeteria area still need some love. Yes. Um, and so those are a little deeper, bigger conversations and and more in-depth um, uh, renovation type things that we need to consider. So there's a balance of both. So you're going to see

109some immediate changes and then some that will come later down the road. >> And then some things down the road. If I talk about kiosk and I talk about, you know, breakfast on the go, what does that look like? How do we fund those things? Those are all down the road conversations because those equipment pieces come back on us. There was a list in the binder of how much staff would be at all the cafeterias and prek was not listed. Will Chart was also do the pre-K? >> They will do the prek. That was one of the questions we had to go back to them to go back to them with because if you looked at the binder, the number that you saw is different than what we got. And so what we gave you

110is a revised with the prek meals added in and the pre and the prek staff. >> Okay. >> We had to ask we had to ask all the companies to go back and do that. >> They missed that piece. >> On the same vein, summer school, we feed during summer school. Correct. As well >> that would be >> and that would be a part of this as well >> from 169. >> Absolutely. >> And uh we still do some sack lunches I think right when on field trips and such. >> Yeah. And there's there's some opportunity there those opportunities won't won't go away. Uh in fact I would look for them to grow. Uh there's opportunities to do things for our athletes. Um uh you know if they have practices and and there's there's all

111kinds of opportunities. Again, um the only thing I would say is everybody just know that day one may not look a whole lot different. Um we have to train our staff. We have to switch. You know, scratch cooking is different than the heat and serve that we do now. It will take a little time u to make that transition, but I think it'll be relatively quick as well. But there will be I I think many more opportunities um going forward. >> Okay. >> Right now, I know at junior high our football our football team usually eats dinner before they go at the junior high. whenever I was principal there, those opportunities still happen. And whenever I talk about some of those catering pieces and that price being built in, that's what I'm talking about. So

112if they do things for extra like for football and those types of things, we would of course pay for the food as always. >> Okay. >> Like core, if they decided, you know, they have different >> correct. Absolutely. And to cook for a board meeting as well. I we saw it where they were cooking for some board meetings and doing some certain things and and you know whatever that catering looks like for them outside even outside. >> Um one thing that you might want to um just explain maybe for the the public um of course Chartwells is also at Missouri S&T. >> They are >> right. So maybe just how that's separate even though they are the same company. >> Sure. >> So so Chartwells is under I believe Compass Group and so I will

113just introduce you to Nancy. So Nancy is from trib wheels. I was waiting to like say hey and here is trials. Nancy is with us. So I believe under under compass group there are multiple divisions and that is their higher ed division. Um some of our staff freaked out whenever we were doing this process before we decided well they already have openings right they're at the they're at S&T they're not with us. So those are the higher ed higher ed and then this is the school division. So um so they are they are in the area they are close they are also around many different schools and and what we looked at I mean they do a great job over at S&T again that's that purchasing that buying power all of that buying power comes

114in to help us out >> and I I know that um you know we will have on many ongoing conversations obviously with the transition but uh I know that Chartwells plans to to be a part of open houses and those kind of things to come in introduce themselves maybe serve some sample food like they want to be a positive. They want the parents to know that it's okay. >> They want the kids to know that it's okay. Um so we have we'll have a lot of details out MSBA that the every time they do a little food booth. It's wonderful. >> It's really good. >> At OASBO, they had a brand new hamburger there. So it was really good as well. So I think that will be coming up. >> So at some point you're

115going to be talking to our food service staff about >> tomorrow morning at 10 >> about uh applying for the Okay. >> Yes. Nancy has so graciously agreed to come back to Raleigh in the morning. She'll be here at 10:00 and we're going to meet with our staff up front. That was one of their requests. How soon can they meet with someone once the decision is made? So, we're doing that tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock whenever we >> So, they can go ahead and start hiring >> even though their work technically can't start till July 1. Correct. >> So, so we can start some processes. Um, yeah, the the the contract process still has to occur. So after your approval, we have to send everything in with all the provisions back to the USDA through

116DESIE um to review and finalize before either one of us can actually sign off. Um so and then uh but they can start some processes and and and I think our our focus right now is just informing. Uh we want our staff to know what's happening. >> Right. >> And you've done a lot of that up to this point. So if you could have a quick review just for again the public that they'd be catching up with this process. So >> so we met with the staff whenever we started thinking about this process. We called them all together. We explained to them what was happening and what was going on. Broke the news to them that we were going out for RFP. We then met with each kitchen individually and then we've met, you know,

117talked with people individually as well to let them know where we were in the process, what this would look like. Again, we had not made a decision at that point. So the next step in the process to meet with them is to have this meeting tomorrow morning at 10:00. And again, we will we will work with them all the way through. They are the most important part of this and that's what we want everyone to understand. We're not trying to hide anything. We want to take care of the people that take care of our kids. >> That's number one to us. >> And I I think just briefly to say, you know, one of the things that we asked for was that our staff be taken care of. So financially, but also with the benefits

118and those things. There are pieces that are a little different. Um it won't look exactly the same, but what we've told our staff, they will not make less money. >> Correct. >> Um and uh you know, some of the insurance benefits and stuff we were looking at their their vision their vision policy is a fourth of what our cost is. >> So there's a chance some of our people may actually even you know benefit by by the transition. So uh it'll look different for every person. And so that's what Dr. Fton's alluding to. We've met with several individuals who um just have unique circumstances or different situations and talk through what it could look like. We we want to take care of our people. We want them to stay with us and keep working. >>

119Yes. >> I'll make the motion if we're ready. >> Okay. >> I'll make a motion that we award the 2627 Bron Public Schools Food Service Management Company contract to Chartwells. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Other discussion? If not, all those in favor say I. >> I. opposed. Hearing none, that motion carried. >> Thank you. And again, this is Nancy from Chartwell. She will be our contact. She'll be working as you want. [laughter] >> Thank you, Monica. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Item D is a discussion topics for the Abocacy dinner. So, this is to give us a chance to put together a uh some topics to pass on to the legislators that are going to be here for dinner on the uh 17th of June. >> Let me let me throw a curveball at

120you here. So, uh in in part of my absence, uh I kind of missed what this was and so uh I will not be here on the 17th. That's beta convention. So, uh, you're certainly welcome to have the event without me, obviously, but if you want me to, we will need to talk about possibly rescheduling. And I I I did apologize to Carla because I know she's done a lot to reach out to those folks and try to set this up. But, u, >> and I apologize to Kyle because I thought it was the first two weeks of June for >> little miss. >> So, what is your recommendation, darling? >> Um, that's always good. It was hard to get a date with all of you. >> Um, which is why we landed where we

121were on the 17th. So, it will probably take it out of June definitely and put it into um July and I I don't know. I know u Benny had mentioned being gone a few weeks for vacation and such. I'm sure that's the case with some of the others. Um, three. But, um, at least Don and Bill will be probably out campaigning, I think. Are those two the only ones that have an opponent? >> Well, they're already the same. >> They're against each other. Yes. >> But I don't think Betty and Tara have an opponent. So, so I might have to work around that. But it's up to you guys. If you feel you need to have Kyle, I'll do what I can. Just I would need a couple of dates that I could go back

122to them with. I'll be gone a couple of weeks in July at the end like July 15th to about the 28th. So >> I would make it through in July. >> Oh, you can't come on the 17th. That's right. >> That's right. We did. >> So >> you guys have we may not be able to get 100% >> on any date because I know that's hard. >> I was struggling. >> Yeah. Um, so let's take a look. See what we got. >> So, so you would be gone the last two weeks of July. >> Yes, >> that's what you said. Okay. >> Solar car event. >> Um, what about the uh 13th through the 17th of July? How does that look? With >> Well, I'll be here the 13th, 14th. Then >> everybody else should

123be ready. >> We can make that work, >> Christina. Okay. So, I can ask for something maybe there >> and then and Kyle. >> Okay. >> I don't want to make the mistake again. >> We have a meeting on the 16th, the board meeting. >> But we can even do it ahead of that. >> We could do an afternoon session. >> I know that's true. Son will be gone the 16th. Sorry. >> Oh, so you' be gone. Okay. >> Um >> otherwise that would be fine. >> And the problem with getting into August is just getting everything back to school. >> So that's our problem there. >> And they have an election. >> Yes. So it's going to be pretty >> it'll be done. >> Pretty tight campaign. >> Yes, it will be for them.

124So, do would you like me just to try to propose something that week and then if we can't continue forward with what we already have scheduled or >> July 13th before you go? >> Yeah, before you go. >> Okay. >> So, what what actual dates then for you? Um Sue, you said not the 16th. >> Probably the 15th. Maybe on the 15th. May maybe leave it on the 16th. So, >> okay. So, 13th and 14th. >> That would be the best for me, but I don't know if anybody else >> or just >> I mean, if I'm the only one, it's okay. >> Okay. All right. >> It would be kind of neat to do it before the board meeting. >> I mean, hopefully that would mean maybe Kendra and Gina could be there, too,

125if that's >> I could try that >> possible. >> Okay. So, let me shoot for that. And then worst case, we just keep it where it is. >> Yes. >> Is everybody okay with that? Okay. >> Yes. So then that means we need to talk about some >> Yes, we do. >> Okay. Well, I I definitely think the uh all of the funding things that uh Kendra mentioned, the income tax, the property tax, the private school funding, the um school funding, all of that. I need some explaining. Please explain it to me. >> Explain where it we'll have a budget document, but we will not have approved it because we're going to do that on the 16th. Correct. >> Yes. >> We'll have a draft. >> When's it working? >> July 16th. >> Oh, I'm

126sorry. I'm a I'm a month forward. >> You'll have it done. Yeah, >> we'll have it done. >> We should be doing that in June. >> Well, June. Yeah, we'll have a budget document. >> So, we will know what we are using in our budget for state support. >> And is there something there that we could use as a tool to share? >> You know, this is how this is affecting us. >> We'll have our presentation. I mean at that time to her >> to her people. >> She'll have that slide. She'll have that slide. >> We can have the impacts of something. >> That's it. An impact statement something so they can see on paper. This is how it affects Rala. So during the wrap-up MSBA session, they were talking about being the >>

127the number and how that compares to this year, what it was supposed to be for next year, it's not going to be would be >> and the fact that they didn't uh have the revenue to pay us what they appropriated for this year. >> And I know Bill had a um >> he had the idea about the >> about using those um >> the gambling machines and the gas stations and trying to utilize that um money to also go towards schools. So maybe you could asking >> where it's at. >> Yeah. >> Well, they're all shut down. >> Shut down. >> They're all shut down right now. No, there's no gambling. >> The majority leader >> Oh, they turn Oh, they shut them down. They're all >> The majority The majority leader, >> okay, >>

128suggested that if they were going to have that, it needed to go to the people. >> Okay. >> So, she was not in support of that. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, I think another item would be any updates on the new foundation formula recommendations. They're supposed to have their final report sometime this fall. I don't know if they plan on doing having any action in the next legislative session. And I don't know what the alternatives are other than no new money. kind of neat. Okay. Are those Have any of those folks been in our preschool building? Do you know? >> No. >> Been in the preschool building >> prior to started to be renovated. >> Yes, they were. >> Terra was. >> Tara was. >> Yes, she was. When we had that little >> The

129Phips County Foundation hadn't been there. There is also a House Bill 2230 that didn't make it on screen time. >> U so I don't know what their thoughts are on that but they realize how >> the screen time bill was to kind of was to the purpose was to reduce screen time for younger kids. That was the premise of that bill uh in brief summary. Um there's also a bill for literacy that required based on MAP testing uh mandatory retention at third grade. >> Oh yeah. >> Um >> that's a big one. The A to F report card is a big one. >> Open enrollment still out there. >> Those would be probably the the big topic. That's That's a lot. >> That is a lot. So, I thought the ADF report card. I thought

130he was wanting to get that pushed. So, it would be >> Yeah, but they didn't do it. So, by executive order or something. >> Okay. >> Which the governor has already signed an executive order for that one. So, the legislature did not do it, but we don't know if they'll try to do something with the executive order or if they'll try to legislate it next session. >> And there were some again, and I've said this before, I'll just say it publicly, we're not opposed to accountability, but there's some problems in that bill. So, >> okay. Yes. >> Well, we can't put too much on here because >> we'll be able to get through all [clears throat] I get to talking and then um Yeah. >> All right. We'll type that up and and then I'll

131send it and then see if we can make that date change. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> All right. We're going to go on to comments. We'll start with Ashton. >> Right. >> So, today was the last day at Raleigh High School for us. And so as I and over 1,400 other students take one back big step into the future, I look very optimistic. To personally speak for myself, going to my my senior year, I realized how much we've grown. I used to be really shy. I used to be not confident in my own capabilities. But through the opportunities presented to me through the through schooling, through extracurriculars, through my own personal growth, I've become more of a of a confident person in my own identity. And I've not just seen this reflection of myself,

132but the people I've grown up with in Rala. I've seen people become more competent in their academic performances, civic service service um opportunities and have just found them to find their own identity and become more optimistic to their own futures outside of Vala Public Schools. And so I just like to take that personal note of how I found that growth in both me and others around me. to to move onward, I'd like to mention the amazing performance that at our band concert last week and I'm very happy to see a lot of our board members were there in honor of Mr. Slow's retirement. >> Additionally, I and many fellow of our members in band have seen the turf and we're really excited for it. >> It looks really great. Um, let me flip. Um over

133the summer there's a lot of students that are really excited for participating in the Oats drama production. It's going to be Beetlejuice Jr. if you've heard about it and so I know a lot of us especially in Thesbsian society are looking forward to participating it. It's auditions are starting in in July and it but it'll be actually happening all the way in August. So it's still a time away but I know a lot of our students are getting into the into the participation of the program. Additionally, there uh talking about summer camp programs. I know a lot of students, especially at sophomore level, that are participating in the RI Riya academic uh summer camp this summer and they're looking forward to that, develop their own leadership skills. Also, um I I also know a lot

134of our band members who go back to band are participating in town band this summer and so I'm excited to see them. I'll be one of those people participating with S&T and performing here. That's going to be great. and uh it was good last year and I'm excited for this year again. Also, I'd like to mention um Miss our our our National Honor Society for on part of our National Honor Society members and of all the students she's helped in becoming more developing of their own personal uh Dolingo and cultural awareness. I'd like to thank Miss Mullen from her part participation in public schooling and from a personal part the um kindness and amazing character that she's shown to me and to all the students around her and she'll definitely be missed in our schooling

135and I hope that she has a very pro prosperous and career outside of this and that that life take takes um is is kind to her. One more one more thing. Uh I know a lot of our our athlete athletes are really excited for the RA summer athlete camp and are looking forward to it. It was I participated in it last year and I know they're excited for the recurring programs in it and um just to get on their agame for the next season. And so as the future goes into the horizon, I'd like to say how appreciative I am of both the SALA public schools and of the school board for continuating the growth in the students and helping us towards a prosperous future. Thank you. >> Thanks Ashton. >> Thank you Ashton. Thanks.

136>> Okay, we'll go next to the superintendence report. >> Well, as Ashton mentioned, today was the last day of school. Not that anybody noticed, but um we did. You were awfully excited. >> Yeah, there was no one no one was Yes, there were lots of smiles today. Uh for sure. Uh but uh and Ashton, thank you for your uh comments from the student perspective, but I I also want to thank uh our amazing group of people. Um our faculty and staff um just do a tremendous job and um want to thank them for their efforts with our students. Uh we wrap up our regular school year tomorrow with the staff uh for celebrations um closing ceremonies. So, we'll celebrate years of service, retirements, uh we have uh support staff and teacher of the year awards,

137uh perfect attendance, those kind of things. But we we kind of do a wrap-up celebration tomorrow as as people um look to uh figure out what they're going to do for the summer. So, uh and of course, board members, you're all very welcome to attend that. Um we talked about the legislative stuff. Uh I I do want to just mention Mrs. Atkinson mentioned the financial pieces and those potential impacts. And as we kind of mentioned, um there were on the whole not very many bills passed this session that really impacted education um or at least K12 education. So um you know these past couple years there have been so many we've done special presentations on those and and and had multiple piles of policy revisions uh still having policy revisions off some of those from

138the last two years. So uh we're very okay with the fact that there was not a lot more piled on uh in this session. So obviously there's still time for things to change and and different paths for things to happen, but um there's been so many changes these last couple years. We think it would be great to have a little bit of time to see if those have a positive impact. Um just just let's see what happens before we keep changing things. Very pleased to announce uh we've expanded our partnership with Lightseed. Um, Lightseed provides some security services for us on the technology side um uh through our network, but um we we have a system with them now. They're they're scanning text, emails, web searches, um all sorts of do basically anything happening on

139our on our network uh for keywords uh that would indicate that someone's uh threatening harm to someone else or themselves. And uh we get immediate notifications. Uh they have some different levels of threat. um it's, you know, concerning or it's emergency, urgent, those kind of things. Emergencies and urgents. They're actually uh live. People are calling our principles and saying, "Hey, this student typed this in this place or said this in this place." Um uh and uh allows us to follow up and and um uh get with those students immediately, contact parents and guardians immediately. Um we've started that program in full. We've always had some level of that, but it was kind of somewhat dependent on a multitude of factors. This is amplified by um and magnified by massive amounts. So, uh we kicked this

140off a couple weeks ago really. Uh we've had three or four notifications already. >> Um and uh the principles have done a great job with getting to those students and and getting with the parents and guardians quickly. So, um not all of them are going to be bad things. Sometimes, you know, a kid could legitimately be researching a project or or looking for information. Um, so, uh, but it just gives us the chance to connect with the kid, find out what's going on, and make sure we don't have issues. So, very excited about that. I think it's going to be a great thing. Uh, wanted to mention the, uh, PAT book drive. Uh, you know, we've talked to Early Child a little bit tonight, but we might as well end with it, too. So, uh,

141we've partnered with the, uh, Raleigh Chamber of Commerce for, Gina, help me out, 11 years, 12 years. >> 11 years um, to do a book drive for the PAT program. Uh so basically, and Laura, correct me if I say something dumb here, but basically each kid gets three books. Uh it's kind of one when they get started, one for their birthday, and one when they go for screenings. And uh those are developmentally appropriate for the kid and and help with those processes. Uh it takes about $25 to provide those three books. So the chamber set a goal this year of $1,500. Um want to share again an amazing community partnership. uh Angie Dell Foster with State Farm uh right out of the gate donated the $1,500 >> uh but challenged the rest of the community

142to match that. And so um as of this morning uh they're currently sitting at $1,840. So um looking to uh get to that 3,000 mark through this process. Uh uh currently they're $49 less than the record of what has ever been raised. So that's exciting. Uh but that $3,000 if if we're able to ma to meet the match u would uh basically provide about half of the students books. So it doesn't do everybody. Uh obviously if we could get to you know six or eight or 10,000 whatever that'd be great too. But uh appreciate the community support always and uh that goes through July I believe the end of July. So if anybody's interested in that there we can get information. But >> is there an online link for that? >> There is. Yep. we

143can get to >> um so anyway certainly appreciate it and just another example of our community stepping up to help us out and and um take care of our kids. So that's all I have >> other comments. >> Yeah. Uh don't forget core August 3rd is the golf tournament. Believe we still need sponsors for holes. So contact uh Gina for that. Uh, I I don't golf, but I'm plan on helping. So, uh, anybody here going to sign up? >> I'll cook you a mean hamburger. >> All right. [laughter] >> Hopefully that Carla and I will return. >> We will. Yeah. So, what our third, fourth, fifth, how many years have we been doing this? >> I don't know. [laughter] >> I think this is will be the fourth one. >> Fourth, I believe. So, too.

144>> Um, not on our There's written reports and upcoming dates. One that's not on there that I want to mention is the MSBA summer summit weekend of uh the 14th 15th. Uh the delegate assembly is the first thing on Monday morning 8:00 instead of them having it at the end. And I received I don't know you all received >> the booklet the delegate booklet and there's not a whole lot of business on there other than the election of officers. I think there's two people competing for >> president-elect. I think it's [snorts] >> uh so if you have comments, let me know. We normally have not had a discussion and a vote on how we're going to support those items to my discretion. There's not a lot of controversy on most of them anyway. So, but

145I thought I would uh thought I would mention that. I also went to the choir concert last week after the band concert. >> So, and I really enjoyed the band concert by the way. >> How was that? >> What the concert to say? >> I enjoyed it. Uh and uh they had a community the Rama Community Children's Choir performed and then they had the junior high and the two choirs from the high school perform. So, >> not quite as long as the the band concert. Well, I went to I went to the junior high concert also as well as the high school and I was amazed at how great those kids were first year in a band and it was impressive. >> Have they opened up for um the fall uh conference with MSBA as

146far as if you want to present? It is open. >> Yeah, they have. And I know we had talked >> Oh, you already did it. Oh, well. All right. Thank you. for the 31 academy >> for the citizens academy. >> Very good. >> I think that will be a very well >> received. There's been something similar in the past, but it was more like a here's how you prepare to be on the school board. >> And I think the angle that you had of just putting it out to the community to learn about our school, I think that's I don't know, it's very appealing. I think it was well received by our first class. So, >> and I think um since the audience is um the school board's members, um it would be probably good

147to to have a few of us stand up too and just talk about our perspective of um attending and participating in it as well. >> Okay, other comments? If not, we're down to adjournment. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Go ahead, Christina. >> I make a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll second that.