001Can you stand for the flag, please? >> 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. >> Thank you. Please make sure your phones are turned off. We're on silent. I'm assuming because I don't have a sheet and there's no one in here that doesn't have to be here. There's no public forum. Okay, we'll uh we'll move on to um see the minutes of the reorgan regular meeting for July 1st. Uh Kaiser second any questions, corrections for that? All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? All right, moving on. Please, the board to take all the financial reports together. Yeah, I have a motion by Mrs. Allen and a second by Mrs. Zer.
002Any questions on this group? Okay. All in favor? >> Any oppose? Any abstensions? >> Okay. Consent agenda. Okay. on E1 through6 and second for that statement. >> Okay. Before we go any further though, I think we have an appointment that we'd like to say hello to. >> Certainly. Uh E22, uh Dr. Maggie Bristol is here with us. uh through our interview process, we have uh welcomed on board Maggie as our um assistant principal for us. So um it's important that she would be here so we could say hello and congratulations to her. So um just now you can see a name and a face. So welcome aboard. >> Thank you. She's uh has dove right in and um has gone to our retreat and has gotten busy this week just trying to get acclimated and
003everything situated. It's very helpful to bring an administrator on kind of early in the summer so that we can get up to speed and and everything. So, welcome aboard Maggie and uh looking forward to to working with her here. Same here. >> You don't have to jump in the pot if anyone >> you know I was asking about it was like what do you call it initiation? >> Well, I was really interested in the ball of duct tape that was in the corner of the office and apparently someone did get taped to a wall. So, I was like, well, that's all right. We'll have a good time. >> Feel like I didn't see that at the end of your report update. >> That didn't make it in. >> Mr. If you wouldn't mind, we also
004have I believe a resation for retirement. >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Correct. So, in our resignation, unfortunately, we received a resignation for purposes of retirement uh E31. And uh Daniel, can you just give us a quick >> Yeah, so Mike has been here with us for a very long time. Um always, of course, sad to see someone retire, but when we've had over a little over 30 years of service with the district, it makes it a little bit easier. Um you know, he's been here for a very long time in a number of roles and has done fantastic work for the district, particularly keeping our baseball fields uh in good shape for our students to play on. So um we wish him the best and certainly hope to see him in the future. He has offered
005to help us as a substitute, so we won't be saying goodbye. Just so long for now. >> Yeah, Mike's a workhorse. Uh in addition to, you know, baseball, of course, uh he was a soccer player for us and and takes care of, you know, those those fields like they're his own. So, uh wish him well in his retirement and um happy to bring him back. >> Nobody ever really retired. >> That is correct. That is correct. You can't get away from us. So, >> we always talk a little bit about the teachers, too. If anybody that doesn't know Mike, he's about the most smiley guy that you He always has a huge smile on his face. It's It's fantastic. So, he always makes me happy when I get him on the road. So, glad he's
006coming back. >> Yes. >> Um, was there anything else for the consent agenda? >> All right. When you're ready, >> Mrs. Decker? Yes. >> Mr. Joyce? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Dingman. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Kaiser, >> Mrs. Allen, and Mrs. Madigan. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. Moving on to new business. Let's make a motion. F1, two, three. >> Thank you. And a second, please. Mrs. Al, did you give Mrs. I didn't say her name? I'm sorry. Okay. Any questions? Um, just two comments. Um, I know Mr. Anthony is not here, but Mr. De is. And, um, I heard so much positive feedback from the operation graduation. Sorry, I linked to the name. So, um, I know we made some changes to it this year. So, super pleased with what I've heard from students. And
007also the, um, inivities update with some of our, um, grades. It's nice to see a steady incline across the board um, in pretty much all of our classes. So, I know it's a lot of hard work for Miss and her team and the MTSS team and teachers and >> reports. >> I don't know. >> We're letting you go with it. You keep running. >> So, first I was like, is she talking about policy? >> I was wondering if I was like, >> no, it was good. >> And then I actually I had to pull up because I was like, did we just dissolve operation creation? Um, those are all really nice comments. Thank you for adding them. Um, is there any questions about what we're voting on? >> No. >> Okay. Well, go ahead. >>
008Okay. Mrs. Allen, >> yes. >> Mrs. Kaiser, >> yes. >> Mrs. Dingman, >> absolutely. >> Mr. Joyce, >> yes. >> And Mrs. Decker? >> Yes. >> And Mrs. Madigan? >> Yes. So for administrative reports, if you're watching, you could just rewind for like a minute ago. Mrs. Decker had some nice comments to make. So thank you for that. Um, any other questions, comments about administrative reports. Okay, Mr. Berman, if you wanted to >> Yeah, I'm I would just like to back a little bit on Mrs. Decker. uh you know, our team really rallied together on Operation Graduation and uh you know, thankfully everybody kind of had the spirit of helping out and and you can see some great pictures, kind of revived it a little bit this year. Um you know, we were able to
009bring some some people back into the fold that were instrumental, their family was instrumental in in the creation of Operation Graduation years and years ago. um you know we we got tremendous amount of uh donation support. So it's great to to see something like that continuing for our exiting seniors um is kind of a a last harrah so to speak. So um I did pull out kind of uh I know Mrs. Deini put in her report a lot of this um AP and regent data. It's it's it's rough in the sense that we just recently you know it's new. We we just um received like our AP data just just recently came uh to be released. But again, I'd like to point out uh some some pieces of pride. The total amount of students that
010we have taking AP exams more than doubled um kind of from our highest water mark in the last three or four years. And again those the and the quantity of exams that our kids are taking 88 total exams this year again more than doubles the total amount of exams that our kids >> almost tripled actually. >> Yeah. So, um, so it's not just about the passing scores. It's about exposing our students to rigorous curriculum and setting those, um, high standards for our students to to become critical thinkers and to earn opportunities for um, exams. Of course, our passing rate is still higher than most of our passing rates anyway, even though we've more than doubled our our total enrollment. So, I think, you know, kudos to our teachers and our students for buckling down and
011taking the harder path and and um you know, we should be proud of the amount that we can offer those those classes that we can offer um at at at this school. Same thing with our regent data. Um you know, I did want to point out, you know, some of these exams are new on on a on a rotating basis. year state update some of our region's exams this year was uh earth science and living environment uh with with some new tests and some new exams but again I think if you look at our passing rate this year 76% cumulative compared to the region our county and our 5-year cohort here at Red Creek we're in a good we're showing improvement are we there yet completely of course not room to grow we didn't offer
012physics exam this year so that's clients in NA. Um, I thought it was important for us to also highlight our mastery rate. I think there's opportunities there for us to continue to grow a little bit and to to address some of our mastery rates. They're still higher than what they've been for the 5-year average, but um in that same spirit of the AP exam pushing students, exposing them to rigorous uh curriculum and and striving for um higher academic results. I think that kind of matches, you know, we'd like to we'd like to continue to to push that mastery rate. But, you know, it was important for me and for us to to show the board and and the community what some of these numbers at least preliminarily are. I know it's been a topic of
013discussion for us, just bringing data out. So, um I think the first step in that is is just making it public and making everybody aware what it is, you know, as we as we continue to go. So, you know, uh we don't have um attendance and enrollment data. I thought this was was very relevant to to bring forward. So if you you know if you had any questions I I'd take them. But you know good good start. >> Thank you. Any questions? >> I think Okay. Um, we're going to move on to um committees because this was something that we had left open from the reorg meeting which I know that we were kind of in a rush to um to kind of get through a lot of stuff last time. So, um I mean
014it was nice to thank you by the way to update what we had already decided on from the last meeting. So, um, it looked accurate to me to my notes. Um, I'm going to kind of open this up for discussion. Um, you know, the only thing I would say is that hopefully, um, I know there was some some questions about, uh, how we were going to move forward with these. Hopefully everyone um understands that there's an opportunity to be involved by asking questions and having discussion um when there are committee updates um or when we have things going on. So um I don't know if anybody wants to start or had a change of heart about uh what they'd like to be involved in or has maybe some ideas about how we can move forward
015and get this uh get this taken care of. Um, we we do have one um option for policy um that if we couldn't if we couldn't get some people to um either decide maybe this wasn't the year for them uh and change course where we could keep the whole board as the policy kind of like the audit committee and we would um simply meet quarterly prior to the regular board meeting. Um, so we could do that. Um, it would be an open meeting. It probably would not be as efficient with time with all seven of us, but it that is an option. >> You don't necessarily have to have a meeting. We can all receive the updates. >> Yep. That's absolutely true. As long as there's no discussion, then we can get them and approve
016them if they don't need. We did just get done with a policy a full policy review. So, this should be relatively >> mostly done. I think there's three three hanging out. >> Um, so it would be much less intense is the best way I can say that. Um, as far as what needs to be reviewed, um, >> I'd be supportive of having the board is the policy committee. >> Okay. >> Um sitting on the policy committee, I think, uh what we did this year worked really well. Um at least from my perspective, um we got through the whole review, which was a daunting task, but I feel like um the three of us that are on it are function pretty well at this point as a team. Um I'm not sure if seats did you
017want to stay on it or >> Well, I indicated I would um be on any committee. >> Okay. >> I think the concern is there are more than three people that want to be on that. >> Right. So I guess Kate had asked what what thoughts were if if we wanted to keep it at just the three if it would be the same three if anyone would like to not do it. I would like to stay on it. Um I think it worked well this three because we could kind of get through things and have discussion and um bring different perspectives but just my thought. >> Okay. I am not looking at policy committee personally unless we do it. I think we're going to start. So, >> um, so let me let me change my
018comment from earlier. If we can't come to a decision for only three people to be on it, that looks like what we're going to need to do to move forward. So, >> yeah, because I don't um, so how that would look is they would the policies would go on the board docs. we would review them. It would be basically the same thing that we're doing now, but there would be no policy committee to meet separately the way they have been. >> And then >> you're still seeing the policies >> and then if there was discussion about one, it would just be like now like in this meeting, which I feel like we kind of already do if there's a hot topic policy, right? >> Yes. I think that there's lots of discussion that's had before
019it gets here though. Um, and I don't know, maybe Mr. Vanderin wants to weigh in about what he thinks it's beneficial or not beneficial, but I think that like the four perspectives together, we get the policy pretty shiny before it hits the board agenda. Um, which I I think it would be time consuming if we put it as a whole board. I definitely think and don't don't let me let my comment take away from I would agree with that but I think um to be fair if we can't if we can't come together the same three people to be part of it there needs to be some sort of adjustment because um we could vote on who would be on the committees but I think that that's awkward I don't really want to do that
020I don't remember except everyone but you So >> there you go. >> Well, they've overed >> it's literally every um I don't I don't know if her opinion has changed as she's not here to weigh in on that or to weigh one side or the other of how she you knowing what the suggestion is. So I don't I don't know how we want to handle that when we're missing one person that wanted to be on that as well. Um or just go with go with what was discussed last time of the three people that said that they wanted But did >> so there's six people >> six people say last time they wanted >> right so that's um I did speak with her yesterday I don't think anything has changed on her end we obviously
021didn't weren't able to have a discussion like this we weren't all together right >> so or the alternative what if we tried it the six and if it's not productive it's it's clunky can we what's to say we can't regroup and say okay this really needs to be streamlined differently and just change it there's Yeah, there's written rule that we have to stick with it the whole year. >> Correct. >> We could do that. Just see how it goes. >> I feel guilty. It might not >> I said everybody but you >> twice. >> I am on three committees already. >> Or talk about the audit. I'm probably willing to to step down from policy, but I also like is that going to matter if if my if my counterparts are willing to stay? So,
022I don't know if that matters at this point. So, I haven't go either way. I do think I do agree and think it was more effective um to kind of go through everything, but then again, there was a process to get through that um project was all over. >> Yeah. And so perhaps because that's in the past and moving forward, it won't be that that laborious. >> But is it like most of the policies are done, right? Like three and they're basically ready to we we discussed them, but we >> we're just waiting on a little bit of feedback on those. >> And how does that work moving forward? Like more policies. Yeah. >> So we subscribe to Erie 1, which is a which is a policy service. And on a quarterly basis, Eerie 1
023sends me updates on like uh recommended changes or required changes based on the information that might be contained in our policies. So all of our policies are aligned with area 1 numbering system, those those numbers, and then they would send us the legal information about, hey, this is why this needs to change. um we have the autonomy to to kind of review those policies and to see if that's practical. Do we need to does that fit our current structure here based on whatever it is? Um but generally speaking, those would come at a quarterly basis. So four times a year. >> And then I think as a board we would have to decide how we're going to keep up on the review that we just did, right? because our goal was to do every three
024years but not have to do it all in one year, right? >> I think >> that would be a policy committee goal. I have absolutely no idea. >> I guess as a policy committee, I think that's what we had discussed is that ideally we would be looking at them every three years. So we would start almost a cycle of which ones were looking at which years. the policy committee has been very focused on trying to get through that review which uh Miss Alen I would have used the same word laborious so that was the exact word that that popped into my head um you know I I don't know what it looks like without the task I don't know what our policy committee because I I'm unfamiliar I haven't sat in this chair while a
025policy committee has existed without the task of um getting up to compliance science and our manual review. So, uh >> Okay. Well, I'm going to say then we move forward with seven and we'll take Mrs. Alen's idea. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. >> Yeah. And we'll we'll have another discussion about it and see see where we are. >> All right. Um Okay. Finance. Uh, from my notes, there were the three people um that were on it from last year and then apparently myself is the only other person that want to spend extra time with Danielle. So, um I'm okay with uh just stepping down that and the committee. So, the way um the NISPA thing reads is that the people that are best for that group should be on there. And I feel
026like you're much better than I am. So, if you're okay with that, I'm okay with taking your spot. But if you're not, it's up to you. >> It's very >> I mean I can set down too if you want to take it once I jump on advocacy for you. >> You want to swap? Is that what I'm saying? >> All right, Chris. That's a deal. >> Okay. So that would be Joyce or sorry Madigan uh Decker and Dingman please. Thank you. Never mind Danielle. Okay. Uh, collective bargaining. So, um, I only had one, um, person interested in, uh, staying on that committee until we met. So, um, I'm looking for feedback on where we are on that one. I think part of that decision was the community center advisory board decision. So flopping. >> Yeah.
027>> What does collective marketing have to do with community? >> I think kind of saying if you walk over to the community center, would you have interest in um that would be for not on a committee? So she'd be interested in doing the collective bargaining like swap. >> Oh, she would still be on two committees. I have concerns. um over the past few months after reading emails and comments that were just made last month or continue month regarding the community center. Um and certainly what has been said and how it is inappropriate and certainly wouldn't be conducive for collective bargaining. in my opinion um if it's about a being on a number of committees I don't personal opinion I don't love changing that committee um attendant if things aren't closed off aren't completed and we
028we still I think it's important to keep that consistency. I would say that with whoever was sitting on that committee. Um I don't know how the rest of the board feels, but that I think that's >> Are you talking about collective bargaining? >> Yes. Yeah. I'm sorry. >> So I would I would agree. If we're in the middle of contract negotiations, I think it would be difficult to switch but not sitting on the door. Like I don't know how easy it would be to make a switch. I I think keeping that consistent makes sense right now, but that's just me. So, do we just keep things as is then right now? >> I'm only I'm only talking about the the negotiations one I I can understand what your point is about flip-flopping for a number
029of committees. But for me this is um this is individual only because that that participant is also um uh locked into voting yes since they were at the table for any sort of um contract that comes back. Not saying that anyone else wouldn't, but I think there's I think that's important to keep the same people at the table until it closes. So similarly, so I think you and I shared a little bit about this. So the the two committees that have voting abilities then are the two that we're actually talking about. Is that true? >> Um to to your knowledge. >> No, I don't think so. So my or or we're talking about two different things. So, >> okay. >> Um, my thought is that the person trying to walk this through the the board
030the board of education member that's involved in the negotiations is mandated to vote in favor of any contract that comes back to the board for approval. That is, to my knowledge does not is not the same type of thing. I I don't don't think there's any I don't think there's any overlap like that for the community center that I'm aware of because it's not it's not the same type of committee if that makes sense. >> No, but that um I hear you, but that just might be my lack of knowledge about um collective bargaining and how that works. So, >> okay. So that so that's the reason that I was saying that is because that if we were to change that no matter who the person was that was sitting here now you're um kind
031of throwing them in at the end and I would be I would be concerned about that consistency of seeing the same people at the table. >> What are your thoughts of since I've already been involved with teachers this past year and now we're going into mediation um I'll stay on that and then open the collective bargaining for the rest of the group. I mean, hopefully this will get settled. >> Like you're saying you sit on that committee as far as finishing a teacher contract and then somebody else jumped in, they would sit at the table for like whatever contract comes up next for this year. What's the time frame on I mean I know we can't determine the current time frame of when that's ending but is it typical that there are that they open
032up back toback in the same school year? >> What do you what do you mean sorry >> the contracts open up? >> I think you're asking like will another contract need to start being negotiated within this calendar people in this room actually >> the next contract uh up after the teachers as the administrators contract. you could you could be the I think if I'm understanding correctly is that you would finish the the teachers and then you would be the member for um the RCA group. >> Can I say question? Um, it's probably sound kind of naive, so please don't judge me. But I thought that the person who sat in collective bargaining was just like a silent partner that was just kind of there listening and not um giving any real input or opinion. So,
033I guess I don't understand how um changing that person would be an inconsistency because we're not like N is not giving her opinion or part of the negotiation. She's just sitting there as board member listening. >> So among the actual negotiations, but the board member is still part of the conversation um when they talk on their own. So when they step out of the room and have a conversation with Danielle or the business official and the superintendent, Nancy will be part of that conversation. So then if we were to >> right and then if we were to change right now then whatever comes out of this contract Nancy and if it was Kim are required by law to vote yes. No, I would not be >> it would be whoever was >> I am no
034longer I think that's what you meant like her. >> I would say because she Well, no, I was asking I was just thinking if we switched like and Nancy got off that committee would Nancy because she was part of it up until like she was part of it when it opened. >> Okay. >> Could you support doing it that way? >> Um I think so and I think I think I shared at some point that like what I what I've read from NISA is that when we're selecting committees that if someone has specialized knowledge about something it and I'm paraphrasing but it makes sense for that person to perhaps be involved in that committee. And so I think historically that's really kind of where we landed to your point like it normally doesn't take you
035know this long to kind of determine who's going to do what. Um, so with that said, I think we're just in this odd time of perceptions and not, you know, so again, I'm willing to do whatever if I use the community center. I'm passionate about it. That's why I originally wanted to be on that committee. Um, but if Nancy would like to do that this year, then that's fine. And I can step in with collective bargaining when that contract closes, that's fine. Um, >> that's not I don't I don't want there to be any turmoil. >> I think that's probably a little too late just based on the conversation that took place at the last meeting and then reviewing the minutes and the letters that have taken place um over the past few months. Um,
036publicly criticizing staff um is inappropriate and potentially harmful. It's a personnel matter and you opened something wide up. >> I did not criticize staff. >> You absolutely did. Okay. >> So, so I think um I think if we're willing to agree to that though, that will solve this problem because I think everybody can Well, I say everybody, but um fortunately, there's only two of you that volunteered for both of those committees. So, if Nancy would see the RCTA contract through, Kim, you would pick it up for this year. And if you're willing to let Nancy take the community center rule, then we'll put an NC on that. >> Sure. >> Can I throw in your for a second? I I feel like community center probably um I don't know who is a member or who
037uses a community center but I feel like I think every other person on that board is required to be a member. I don't know how requirement for this for this role, >> right? But maybe in an ideal world it would be somebody who has a vested interest that's using it. So I don't know like I know I use food center I would be willing to step into that too unless Nancy has a strong passion for the community center but >> no I have a passion for doing what's right >> and clearly um we have some issues going on at this level >> um is allowed to be two people So, no. So, there used to be um well, it's not there used to be. There's an alternate that's typically put in that rule, but we
038changed that a while ago where the first person would Yeah. would just contact um a substitute um because that ends up kind of what happens anyway because any of us could could sub in if somebody couldn't make it. Um, unless this is like a hilted ion, I would I would say we could come to an agreement. Mrs. Decker, >> I my personal opinion is I know Nancy is really good at contracts and I know Kim is really um a strong advocate for the community center. So, I feel like what would be best for both of those um committees would leave things the way they are. I think NY's um issue is more with the way something was handled and not necessarily the committee that we're sitting on. Um and so I feel like it's kind
039of silly to switch them when they're both pretty passionate about where they're sitting right now, but appreciate your input. Um, I think we should move forward where we are right now because I think otherwise that this is if if the two of them can come to an agreement, then I' I'd like to move forward with it. >> Okay. So, >> I don't know how you're going to write that first. So, >> so is it that Nancy will stay on collective bargaining and Kim will stay on community center? >> No. >> Nancy will stay on collective bargaining for RCTA. >> Okay. >> And then just >> and now and then Kim for the year will serve as the rep for collective bargaining. >> You could just be creative in how you print. >> So she's just
040finishing up. But you will also So you're all year just finished RCTA, >> correct? >> Okay. And then community center. Are we sticking with Kim? >> Nancy. >> Oh, Nancy. So we did kind of Okay. >> I'll take it if you want me to. >> What? just really excited about being on top. >> It's just like the eye committee for you. >> Um maybe a goal could be not this not to be so challenging for next year. >> I would love for everything not to be so challenging. Write that down. All right. So, um, did >> you get that change, Amanda? >> Yes. So, I just want to double check. Policy is everyone. >> Yes. >> Finance would be Kate. So, Mrs. Madigan, Mrs. Decker, and Mrs. Dingman. >> No. >> Yes. >> Sorry. >>
041Uh, Mr. Joyce is advocacy and Boseies. Um, collective bargaining is Mrs. Allen, but Mrs. Stingman will finish out the RCTA contract. Mrs. Decker will be community center. Okay. Um Mrs. Madigan, school safety, wellness, Mrs. Kaiser. Um communications and community relations is Mrs. Kaiser and Mrs. Fold. And then everyone is audited. >> Perfect. PCA PCA is still Elizabeth is Thank you. Okay, before we wrap this up, uh don't laugh. Couple of things. Um I'd like to make the suggestion that um the committee updates are sent similar to the administrative reports. Um if we could send those ahead of time, this is just my suggestion. um if you have them that would give people an opportunity to read through it, ask questions, get some more information. Um you know, I'd bring you back all to Mrs. Foss
042with um I want to say it was professional development. I don't know. She um had an incredible amount of information to pass along for Mrs. Deini, which we all were like, "Holy moly, that's a lot to process in 2 minutes." So, this would give us an opportunity to kind of look through that and then um possibly approach it the way we do for board packets. So, if you had a question or you needed um you needed more information or just wanted to say, "Hey, kudos, good job." You'd have an opportunity to do that ahead of time. Could everybody get on board with that? When are you thinking that we need to have that like submitted or emailed or just are you saying in general whenever there's an update or do you >> No, I would
043say the expectation would be um uh the Friday uh kind of the same time that Mr. Berman sends out his reports but only on a board meeting time. So we typically don't update outside of a board meeting. So if the board meeting's next on the 20th, it would come the Friday before. that would give everybody the weekend to take a look at it and go over it. But when does it need to take it? Is it the Wednesday before to make it into the packet? >> By Friday. I I think some of it would just kind of depend on each individual committee and and when they were meeting, right? I think you would have to kind of take a look at when was the most recent meeting preceding the the board meeting. >> So, if
044the meeting's on August 20th and the PTA's last meeting will be August 1st, then just send yours in. You know what I mean? And then we'll go we'll go go out with regular packet. >> Just use that as >> Don't write that down. >> Good morning. Um >> I said that when I walked in. >> I know. I um so I I'm just thinking that maybe this would would be a good idea. So if we could give that a try. Any questions? You know, let's let's talk about it. But I think it I think it might work well for us. Um, so a couple of things that are just still sitting out there. I don't um I didn't really get a lot of feedback on having a retreat um this summer at a date or
045time determined and then uh when I asked if there were different times that would work um because uh as you know um our original date was going to be too late um for NISPA to be able to come out. So, um I'd like some feedback on that, uh on what that looks like. Um we also need to pick a time or a format to do goal setting. Um so I could use some feedback on that. It's been in the last couple of emails. Um goal setting potentially uh during um during the summer um is typically when we would do it. So um If you say good morning the 20. So August August 20th is the next meeting. Um I mean if we're going to meet just to do board goals we just do it on
046August 20th like before our meeting. Well my thought too would be to send out what we did for last year. Um I don't think we have to reinvent the wheel every time so that we can be prepared to do that. But it's I know summers are hard. So um another suggestion is that the pol the former policy committee had a meeting scheduled on the 5th in the afternoon. So if that if we if there were four of us that were already planning to be there anyway, does that afternoon work for everyone else as a possibility if we wanted to try to accomplish it before the 20th? >> I will not be in town. I'm sorry. >> I would like to do a retreat. I have more free time in August than I did in July.
047July was a little tight for me, but um I don't know if we're going to throw dates out there or what we're looking for exactly, but I think it would be beneficial. I am just kind of looking for some direction because I um when asked about new days for the retreat, I only um I only heard back from a couple of people. Um and not everyone's in favor of doing it. Uh whether it's time constraints or what um so it's uh it's just challenging to plan something if I I don't know what I'm working with. >> What are the constraints? Could you remind us what the constraints are for NISSA on on retreat options? Do they have constraints? >> Half and whole day, right? Does that mean like time of time of day or hours?
048>> Yeah. >> Um so yeah, so it's um like Kim said, uh half or a whole day obviously it's um needs to start they need to be completed before 900 p.m. Um and it's at least a 4-hour block. So, I mean for me meeting at 5:00 is not an issue depending on the day obviously. Um I am not in favor of doing it on weekend especially in August. Um, I also am not concerned, but I want to make sure with, you know, finance and education is extremely tight right now. Um, I don't want this to be not a waste of money, but like where are we going with this? What are our topics before we spend money on this in my opinion? and what what are we going to accomplish that's going to help us
049move forward or do this job better? Um because it's not cheap. So, um just to speak to that, well, we can we can set our own. So they it's kind of like a build your own um if you want to but you know again it's I mean I would say it's it's all in the implementation of us. I mean we can we can meet a thousand times if we're if we want to and pay for it but are we going to you know what's going to benefit this group. So I would just say if we um if we do do that to make the best use of that um cost we need to be really really particular on what what will work. >> I had sent so that's a suggestion I had sent a list
050of bulletin items or like we can we can like talk about whether or not is this important to everybody or is this a topic that everybody would want to include in Yep. So the ones I the ones I had sent were team building, trust and conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, board operations, board goal setting and execution and then this um may or may not be NISBO material but create an activity calendar. So for example like P for ourselves for the board and super tentacles like just some ancillary things that maybe are not um cookie cutter NISBA retreat stuff. So, um I think you pulled up a lot of good topics when I read your list. Um I would say, you know, the goal setting, actual doing it would have to be in public, right? >> But
051we could go over the the plan. Um >> uh if all of those were important to everyone, I would say we need a full day because that's quite a list to get through. >> I'm I'm not going to do a weekend in August. I'm going to throw that. 0%. >> Can I add to the list? Um, and I don't know if the retreat would be the appropriate time to do this, but um, with the graduate, it just kind of is getting much. I feel like that's going to bring a lot of changes and it might be helpful to know what like as a board we need to know to do with just another topic that we would want to Okay. Why don't we start with is the majority interested in doing a retreat? >> Yes.
052>> No. I'm torn because I feel like these are all we can talk until we're blue in the face. I don't feel like we district and beyond is isn't helpful to us. I am interested in a portrait of a graduate, but I don't know as though we need um to facilitate that and just need more information as it comes. So, we're six today, which would make things a little more challenging. Um I have not had a conversation with Mrs. Fols on where she stands on this. I don't know if anyone else has. [Music] >> No, >> would you not have a majority for that call? Um I guess um the topics can be determined later for that. But um outside of that, is there a date that's going to work for everyone too? So um
053if Mrs. Kaiser will would even say yes, there's no weekends. So is are we going to be able to find I think when school starts that's going to be really challenging after that for evenings. um you know we could we could split it up um in a couple of half days if we needed to if that's what the board wants. Um for me if the majority go we do this just doing it in one shot makes some sense instead of having someone from twice. I think if you want to do that, that's fine. But we would we would really have to hone in on a list because there's just not enough time. Anybody that's been through these knows that even when the list is half of what you sent, we we typically don't get through
054all of that. So um you know, that would have to be um something to consider. >> Prioritize what right? >> Okay. So anybody got some dates? We we really can't commit to anything until we talked to holds to but if we could get a majority on the same page that would be helpful. >> I would propose that I'm going to give you the dates that I think that would be great the 15th 18th 19th or any day the 25th. You're saying any day except the 25th. >> Any Um, >> if we do a weekday, can anybody be here earlier than 5? >> Those days. Yeah. >> Okay. So, let's do this. Um, could you send an email that has what your availability is the 18th through the 29th of August? not weekends. We'll do the
055best we can if people can make it or not. Uh 4 hours potentially starting up till 3:00, let's say. Okay. >> Um I'm sorry, repeat that. So starting at 3 or up to three? >> Starting at 3. So, if you can make it three or after, it obviously has to be by 5. Y um 18th through the 29th, no weekends. And if you if you could email me by Monday because we'd have to get something on a calendar with this, but if it's, you know, that's the next step is to see if somebody's available. Okay, sounds good. >> Okay. Um, is it possible that we could meet um an hour early on the 20th to do goals if we think that would take an hour? >> We have a 6:30 start time. >> Yes, I
056here by here by 15. >> I think we're going to move our board. Is that on the table to move that that meeting because it's a summer meeting up a little bit? We could move that up. That would be fine with me. We're going to move all board meetings up. >> Oh, in an ideal world, but probably not once up. >> Um, if if these is the board, I'd still like to send out the stuff from last year so we could you could start the conversation in your own head before. Okay. Okay. So, I'm going to say potentially 5:30 or 5 on the 20th. >> We're not actually do three. >> I don't know. Let's uh let's check with folds. >> Okay. >> And see if um could everyone else here do three? >> I
057can't. >> Everybody else do 3:30. >> Last year summer school I did at 2:45. >> 3:30. Nancy 3:30 on the 20 with the meeting to follow though. So we're not going to talk about board goals for 2 and 1 half hours. >> Wait 3:30 rolling at 3:30. >> Okay, I'll get back to you on that. I'll send out the information uh from last year. See if we can make some small adaptations to that. Yes, it'll be board district and superintendent. Okay, >> sounds good. >> All right. Anybody else got anything? I'll take a motion to adjurnn, please. >> Okay. No, Mrs. Kaiser. Second. Thank you, Maggie. Nice to meet you. Thank you.