001like to call the red meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. >> Gordon. >> Yes. >> Max >> here. >> Tim, >> yes. >> Michelle Kelly >> here. >> Danny Wilson >> here. here. >> All stand for the >> flag to the flag of the United States of America and the stands. One nation indivisible and justice. Yes, I don't want to address the board. Anybody here that would like to address the board? Um, I would. >> Oh, okay. Um, my name is Ethan Lockach. I have two kids in J Valley. Um, I'm here tonight because I'ming the wording on the um tuition for district kids. Um the letter said that you are um looking the tuition is going towards transportation which you guys don't provide transportation out of district kids. So you guys are admitting charging
002for service out of district kids that you don't provide. Now let me back up. I'm not completely against this. Okay, I understand that out of district kids don't necessarily get you're you don't get the tax money from out of district kids. The other half of that is is I think the out of district kids that you're charging also need to be looked at as to where the parents own lands. My house is right on the border. I um I am in the process of buying Chuck Begman's dairy farm. I don't know if you guys >> Mhm. >> know Chuck. Um I will by the time the school starts I will have owned a dairy farm. There is land that's part of the farm that's in Jennese Bailey School. So technically I am paying Jese Bailey
003land or Jennese Valley school tax. So now I am paying just school tax. Now I'm also paying the out of district um fees which I like I said I'm not completely against this but I think some of the wording on this should have been a little different because of the way things are. Um, I'm also under the understanding that the classroom supplies, normally you guys get a grant for classroom supplies, correct? >> No, it's in our budget. >> It's in your budget. >> Okay. So, I've been told through several different people that there's grants that you get for classroom support. So, >> one point. Yeah. budget. >> Um, on the other hand of that is if that I guess that's if that's in your budget that that's not true. But, um, I kind of think
004that if you're going to put in here that you're going to charge for transportation, then you guys probably should have provided transportation for the kids, if that makes sense. Um, I know before I know the school allows that if the buses are going to a designated stop, the trans the out of district kids can go to that stop. That's what my kids do. Now, I have a brother-in-law that lives in district. We transport them to transport my kids every morning. My brother-in-laws, he gets on the bus. That does not change your budget because it's already a pre-desated stop. You're going to stop there whether my kids get on the bus or not. Um, so part of this is I do understand where you guys are coming from for charging private district kids. I think it
005needs to be evaluated to make sure that people aren't getting charged twice like I'm going to be. And you're not charging for things that you don't that you're not you shouldn't put on here that you're charging for transportation when you don't provide transportation to them. Kids special need. Does that is there anybody that's >> No, that makes sense like I don't I know I didn't think of people that were paying taxes in J school district. >> There is there is actually it actually goes with a house that I'm living in right now because I'm living on my road off of 244. at the dead end. The only house on the property, but my land literally splits the school districts that I pay. Part of my land is in Dolford Almond, part of my land is
006in Tennessee Valley, and by the time school starts, I will own it all. So, it's it's kind of redundant to me. I don't know if that makes sense to you guys or not, but that's something that needs to be thought of. We can speak as a board to it. But I do believe the the situation goes to where your house resides because there are plenty of hunting camps and stuff that people own here, pay tax here, land here that if all of a sudden they said, "Well, we want to send our kids from Buffalo down here." That could be an influx because just like you own land in the build in the in the district, >> right? But if they also pay tax, so if they come down here, they're already paying school tax. So
007it's only fair that they get kids to come to the school. I own a house in Friendship. I don't have any kids to go to Friendship School. So I understand the the school needing money. I understand budgeting. Like I said, I'm buying a multi-million dollar dairy farm. I understand that money has to be flowing someplace. But you also I don't think it's fair to charge people twice for this. When we did this, we knew there'd be I mean, we knew we'd have to evaluate and look at it as things came up. So glad you came to voiceless to me. That's my opinion. I don't know. Like I said, I'm not completely against this. I understand that money has to come from someplace, but I think there there has to be a line drawn on how
008much you're taking from the for what you're doing. >> We appreciate it. Like I said, the board can discuss discuss it with the superintendent. Like I said, this is ongoing. This is not set in stone. Nor is the rate. You know, every year it changes. So it all depends on what we come up with budgetwise. Believe in February we're starting the major we're starting the budget for that the major changes. So >> and one of my kids has been going here for five years too. So that's something I that also probably should be maybe this period of time grandfathered in too because he's got all his friends here. He's been here for quite a while. Yeah, like like you said, there's many many obviously we know Tracy was superintendent. So, uh we uh she had
009some good uh suggestions about how Alperma runs it as a tier process. So, um I don't think the board's against looking into that. We've all discussed it. There's just this year we had to get it done. Um, and like I told in in the public board meeting before, I will take it. I'll put it on my shoulders. This was supposed to be rolled out way before so we could answer these questions and and deliberate with the public. It was just not rolled out. Um, the board had to do something. As you can see, our budget was hurting. I mean, you know, I I don't like losing teacher. >> That's why I said I'm not completely against this. I just think that there's >> no we definitely understand and like I said I just in fact
010so we wax we this is a moving process and any input from you or whoever is really valuable to us and we'll look into it for sure we appreciate it. >> All right. Anybody else have any public comments? All right. I need oh no I guess presentation to the board staff Bryson with his deployed one. So Bryson has satisfied all the requirements for an advanced regent diploma and he is officially a graduate of Jennese Valley. Now you can make your graduation speech. >> Four score months ago. Uh I was offered to graduate early. >> So thank you. >> Uh the end. >> Very nice. >> You made me stay in extra gear. I don't >> uh I need a motion to approve the minutes. >> Thanks for the motion. James with a second. Any questions,
011comments, concerns with the minutes from July 22nd? All >> in favor? for committee reports. Do you have anything to report on? >> We don't have one till September 18th for athletics committee. So not reporting. I can't remember what time when the meeting is next month, but maybe we'll have something up before then September. Next month same day, >> ours our internal one is September 18. And then the ones for uh with Belfast, I sent those out on email, but I can look up the dates for you. I mean, our actual board meeting, is that the same day as the >> No, the 9th. Oh, the >> It'll be October this morning. >> Yes. Um, we did have a policy committee meeting to talk about um a couple policies that you're going to see on the
012agenda. Um, the maximum temperature to school building. Um and then also we already have had a cell phone policy to some extent similar to the recommended policy and what the um what we've been mandated to have. But there were some tweaks that we had to make to that uh to ensure that that policy was going to include everything um that essentially the new mandate said that it has to include. So, if you reviewed that and had any specific questions, I'm sure you know, Paige, myself, we probably already talked about it in the policy committee meeting, but it was pretty kind of straightforward. Um, you know, one of the things I remember is it has to have a parent component of you including how you're going to let the parent know how they can contact their
013child during the day. When I looked back at how we ruled things out, while it wasn't clearly outlined within our policy, we did in our outreach to the community include that information. So, you know, some of it's kind of just um making sure that's actually wording in the policy. >> Paige, did you So, the um we're just doing going to do the first reading of the policy for the maximum temperature for the school tonight. Okay. >> Yeah. Okay. >> We'll be fine because the meeting is 8 days after the date, so >> Okay. Okay. Perfect. So then we'll look to adopt that next assignment. Um did we hear anything back about pool temperatures? No. No. Okay. And looking at that, we kind of just wondered how things go with the the glue and some of
014the temperatures, but I think that that's a nonissue. >> Thank you very much. Any other committee reports? >> Early yet, so they'll be coming in >> soon. that speed. >> All right. Financial reports. >> Okay. So, in your packet, you'll see a motion to set and approve the tax form. Those rates have been finalized by the county. Um, so after the board meeting, I'll have you guys each sign the tax for. Um, we are wrapping up the audit finally. They will be at our next board meeting to present our final numbers. We did finish with a slight surplus. Um so my goal is to keep our fund balance rate where it's been right at 1.3 million which is just over 6%. That keeps us right right there. Um but those reserve chancellors will be on
015the next agenda the auditors present. Overall we had these consider challenges. >> Um any questions for me? Thank you very much. All right. I need a motion to approve the treasures for two motions. >> I'll second the second. Any questions, comments, concerns with that? All in favor? >> I posted. I need a motion to approve the water. >> One motion. Do you need a motion? >> Any questions? >> Tax levy, tax war. Let's just look motion for that. One second. Thanks for the second. Any other questions, comments, concerns to Aaron on this? >> All in favor? >> I post. Motion carries. I need a motion to approve the closure of extra clarity player activity accounts. Can see them in there. >> There we need a motion. >> A second. Just a little background money lady.
016>> Yeah. So these accounts haven't been touched in years and we get dinged every year inactive whatever. um the school choir and school band those Ela and Caleb have been asked to do something with these year every year and it just it's remain stagnant. So our recommendation obviously we don't have a garden our recommendation is to just hold these funds into reserve and move forward with it this point. >> Okay. >> Yeah. As long as they're aware of it. >> Yes, they've been aware of it. So you're moving them to the student activity reserve accounts. Yes. In what instance would we ever use that account for and how? >> It's not very often but I think of instance where we have we have used that. Um it's just kind of oneoff expenses that we can
017run through like student things. Um feel like we've used it for athletics before. I think we dipped into it a little bit for um like the basketball trip to Ohio when they played at the it's called >> Yeah. Um just one thing like that they are really low in their funds. We can >> you know like skiing drama any of that we could >> if there's a club for them. Yeah. Any questions? Other questions, concern, comments? All in favor? >> I poll. >> I am not reading through all the consent agenda. I hope you all had time to take a look at the item. >> There is none on. There's uh under your addendum there is uh added number eight 16 and 17. Thank you. A motion of that motion. I'll second. Any questions, comments,
018concern about that? Want to ask one concerns? Curious, do we still go out to bid on some of the stuff >> like physical therapy and all that? >> We haven't. I was going to say I was along those lines. What is a good practice on like your what you were just going to say? I think is like RFP just to see if there's any changes any other biders. >> I can tell you Jones Millennium has not changed the rate since 2009. Um maybe even earlier. We just pulled out that contract and hasn't changed since 2009. Maple City, >> you know, it's just very slight increases based on their >> their needs, but >> I mean, we haven't really had any issues like with them. So, >> I have to imagine we don't have a lot
019of in the area that >> put in for any of this anyways, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Like I said, I me it doesn't six foot half dozen the other. And it wasn't necessarily just that when it was, you know, if anything comes up that might be >> kind of debating or something that look into it, I think. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Any other questions, comments, concerns? All in favor? >> I oppose. personal action items. Right. Right. We need to accept the resignation. I need a motion to accept the resation of Reagan Ryan as the girls varsity basketball coach. >> The motion. A second. Max with a second. Any questions, comments, concerns with that? All in favor? Opposed? >> We need to accept the resation of Tracy Blan as the interimm director of special education
020CS CPSSE. Chair motion motion. >> I'll second max with a motion. So the second any questions, comments, concerns with it? All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Motion carried. >> I need a motion to appoint the 202526 department coordinators. >> The one on the agenda. >> What's that? >> No. No. No. Yeah. Third one on the addendum. >> Yeah, the one on the >> motion. I'll second the motion to second. Any questions, comments, concerns? >> I should ask this board, but is there any new ones from last year or is it >> they're not new? Oh, people. Yeah, as far as important was gradition was she? I think those are the only two. I still had one or two killed. >> Any other questions? All in favor? All right, D with the points, the 2025.6
021coordinators and advisors certainly not read that list. Motion second. Any questions, comments, concerns? >> Favor. >> You're going to vote, ma'am. All right, we have six. Thank you. Mhm. >> Okay. >> I need a motion to resend the long-term future aid by future motion. So the second any questions, comments, concerns with that? >> All in favor? >> Opposed? Okay, let's do it again. And we got a motion to receive longterm teacher day motion. Rachel Drake motion. >> I'll second any questions, comments, concerns? All in favor? >> I motion carried. Like one more time, I need to resend a motion to resend the long-term teacher aid motion for Sabrina Harrington. >> Motion motion second. Any questions, comments concerning that favor? >> I oppose. Motion carries. All right. Now, I need a motion to approve long-term teacher
022aid. Carry on. >> Is that healthy? >> Yeah. >> Second. Any questions, comments from Senator from Sherry? All in favor? >> Motion. I need a motion to approve long-term teacher aid Taylor Washburn. >> Second. >> Michelle's a second. Any questions, comments, concerns with that? All in favor? Thank you. Stain from that one. Hey to approve long-term teacher aid Kennedy. Got it right, Connor? You did a lack of emotion. Second >> James with the second. Any comments, questions, concerns from Kennedy? >> All in favor? >> I'll abstain. >> Six eyes, one discussion. I need a motion to approve long-term teacher aid. Joel Shel. Any questions, comments, concerns? All in favor? I oppose. I need a motion to approve long-term teacher aid. Any [Music] >> starting kicking page this for me. can at least get a motion
023on Tammy. >> Right. I got James first second. I apologize Tammy. I didn't say that last thing. >> All in favor? >> I oppose. Motion. All right. A motion to approve long-term teach, whatever you want to call it. A motion. >> All right, Sean. >> I'll second. >> That was Michelle, right? >> I need all favor. >> Thanks. on your >> should I just I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. >> Amy was too. >> Darn. I disproved that number. >> I need a long I need a motion to appoint long-term substitute special education teacher John Wagner. How much? >> Oh, you got name. >> Any second? >> A second. Any questions, comments, concerns with John? All in favor? >> I motion carried information and discussion. Send that over to Dr. Canard. >>
024All right. So, the good news is with the appointment of Mr. Wagner, we are fully staffed as of today at 5:59 p.m. to start the school year in two weeks from today when the students come back. So, um we have our upcoming board meeting uh September 9th. Um as Aaron just mentioned, we'll have visitors from the um the auditors that night to do a report. Um, and then Tuesday the 14th of October is the October meeting which also includes a work session. Um, I think that meeting we might also include a tour of the building from the principles to maybe take us to some areas that maybe you don't see regularly and to highlight some of the classrooms because we'll have been in session for a month. Um, so we're looking to add that uh
025for you that evening um after your work session prior to your meeting beginning. Um, everyone, when you came in this evening, there was an envelope for you um that included my welcome back letter that was mailed to staff um last Friday along with the opening day schedule. So, everyone will be back on Tuesday uh a week from today for the opening staff development day. and we welcome you um if you're available to come in for breakfast with staff in the morning. Um and then there'll be the open message and we'll send staff on their way to follow the rest of the schedule beginning about 8:45. Um meet the teacher night is Wednesday. Um Mrs. Taylor has arranged for a bounce house that will be here um beginning at 4. Um and then the doors will
026open at 5 uh for families to come in the building. Um the staff in the offices will be putting up signs by Friday on all the entrances to just make sure families know the timeline um for meet the teacher night on Wednesday. And it'll those signs will also indicate which doors will be open for families that might need to come in and use the restrooms um before the five o'clock hour begins. Um and students will start on Tuesday the 2nd. So we're looking forward to uh to welcoming everyone back. When's the next policy? >> October 20th. >> You have something you'd like us to discuss? >> I'm just wondering if we should start discussing that in the government's committee and the the policy committee about the tuition and stuff. Just kind of >> keep the
027keep it in motion. from standpoint. >> Um, and I think actually so that's something that we had already discussed as policies that are kind of next up on the docket to discuss because we took a a look at and I think we're all in agreeance our current policy says you know that we set the rate for out of district students at uh our July meeting which is late to let families know. Um, so we talked about being more proactive and changing that policy a little bit and doing that sooner in the school year. So I I know that that's something that we talked about and >> pa remember Jamie will remember. James will remember we'll talk about it. >> Um, can I just add two things to that? Sure. So the first one is like
028um I think we also can look at some of the dates associated with the non-resident students because right now all of the dates for uh families to send in a letter of intent is August 15th but like August 15th was Friday and fall sports started yesterday >> and we actually had a new student who's coming to the district and there was some challenges in getting that student to be able to actually practice yesterday. So, it might be beneficial for us to look at that August 15th date um to just make sure we can have everything in place before students would who are participating in fall sports. Um the other key thing we talked about um around the policies is right now all of our policies on the school board is like one long PDF that's
029like 690 pages long. Um, and so, uh, Pam and I are going to work with Mr. Levveni to actually set up the policies on your section of the website so that they're by section and then each policy would be individually uploaded onto the website so that when we make revisions um, or adopt policies, it it'll be much easier to take them off the website and update the new one. um because right now the policies that are on the website are are pretty dated and they haven't the new ones haven't really been uploaded in a while. So um that's something that I'm going to work um with our technology to uh to help us move through that as we get into the fall um and really make sure that we're we're on course with where we
030want our policies to be. So >> and that also gives a nice clear indicator on which ones were updated recently. >> Yes. Yeah. So you had kind of mentioned that not only having them by sections but you know the newly adopted ones kind of maybe putting them at the top initially for a period of time so that people were aware of you know more recent changes. >> I do kind of like my one big document. >> Yeah it'll save it just for you and leave it there. >> No it's okay. It just you know my control policies. What's that? >> Full of old policies. this this will be way better and I believe it will be better for anyone that wants to access that and the keep it up to date. So >> I guess
031I only thing is I didn't see on this agenda is the administrative reports. >> They gave them the month off. >> Well that's fine with that. I did I we did start having conversations with an admin team um about the monthly data presentation that will start in September >> um as each member of the admin team taking different months um to be here to uh give those reports and then they'll be able to add their building reports on that as we talked about at the board retreat. So we're going to move forward with that. So in September the data report will be an overview of the 2425 school year. um and then highlight some of the some of the key things that both principles and Mrs. Roberts are working on um to move the district
032forward this year. >> Well, do you same questions or >> Thank you very much. All right. There's nothing else for the good of the order. We'll take a motion to adjourn the meeting. You got it, J. You got it. 606. >> All in favor? I >> motion pass. Yes. Sign it. >> Yes. Or you leave. >> Does that have to be in blue? No. Yes. No others.