001It's time. We'll call the meeting to order. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance >> 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. >> Good evening everyone. >> Okay, guest list. Has anyone not signed it? Ma'am, >> have you signed the guest list? >> Why don't you do it now for me? >> Where does it say that you have? >> It's in our um policy. Our schoolboard policy says that all attendees to the meeting sign in. I would like you to sign that, please. >> Thank you. Okay. Okay, number C is oath of office. Newly elected board member. That would be you, Mr. Rockwell. I believe you have your oath. The rest
002of us have already read this in unison and almost beautiful. >> Almost. So, if you kindly read the oath of office. I can. Thank you. I, Spencer Rockwell, do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Oregon, and the laws thereof, and the policies of the Cascade School District. During my term, I will faithfully and impartially discharge the responsibilities of the office of board of education school board member to the best of my ability. >> Wonderful. Thank you very much. Do we need to do anything else on that? >> Nope. We're good. All right. >> Then next is approval of the minutes from the July 14th, 2025 board meeting. >> I move to approve the July 14th, 2025 school board meeting. >> Second.
003It's been moved and seconded to approve the July 24th, 2025 board meeting. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Prioritize the agenda. M. Pardon me, Mr. Drill. >> Yep. You just go right straight down. >> All right, we will then. The first report is Mr. Drill oral report. >> Got it. So, welcome to August. Uh, just a few quick things to to cover. U, the nicest part of probably about this August has been it's been fairly quiet. Um, and what I mean by that is over the last four or five years, right, we've had seismic grants, we've had different changes, lots of changes in um, like air conditioning units and all that kind of stuff because we're tighter funding wise and because we don't
004have a seismic grant, it's been a lot quieter, which has allowed our folks to really get after making sure cleaning gets done the way and we're not like under the gun to make sure we get things done before kids show up. So, uh, the nice part is everything's getting done. like the gym floors have been redone. The painting the paintings already done out here. Just the annual upkeep and the maintenance of things uh are are getting done I think rather quickly uh across the state and the nation. the federal funding that was being held up uh by the federal administration was released three weeks ago. And uh so that means the title funds we we are we were worried a little bit that the state of Oregon may not have accepted them because they come
005with conditions and our blue state and the federal red administration don't see eye to eye very often. So but the state of Oregon is uh agreeing that we are going to go ahead and accept those funds. That means there's about $150 to $175,000 that will come back to us uh in the form of federal title funds, which is important. Um trying to figure out how to make that work uh from before. And these are the funds that um not necessarily the the original title, but other there's title like one, two, three, four, and they have various um amounts attached one to each one. Um so we're excited that it looks like the money will come back. we will actually get our allocation. That should have happened June 30th. Um it's supposed to come this week.
006So, we're excited to see what that number is. Mr. Dyer is in charge of that. He will draw that down um in in the appropriate fashion. So, that's good. Preliminarily, our student numbers are um don't show growth, but they don't show uh falling either. So, we actually finished last year. I think the last count was 2731 kids. And right now we have again preliminarily this is very early right it's 2729 so we're actually off by two kids. Um so uh registration will take place uh for this week for elementary and then next week we will have uh secondary. So we'll know a lot more u by the third or fourth week of August about where we're at. And it's at that point then we take a look and see if we have space in certain
007grade levels whether or not we do uh transfers. Do we have any one grade that is substantially larger than the others? >> Oh, yeah. Fifth grade. Fifth grade's huge. >> The incoming fifth grade. >> Yeah. And I think sophomores, there's a couple that are really big, but fifth grade is >> it's like 220, 230 type. >> Uh 260, 255. >> Yeah, >> that is the biggest. That is the biggest one. >> And and what was it? I'm quizzing you here, but what was it last year when we finished the fourth grade last year? >> Pretty close to that. >> It was pretty huge also. So it's not a surprise that the fifth grade's going to be >> that is a big class. Um it yeah when they were kindergarteners that really and that caught us
008right at the beginning like wow we're this is really a change where we're going to go straight up and it kind of plateaued out. Right. >> So and that goes along with the idea that there are no uh there's no movement in the specific building area. Right? So there's no infrastructure being made up on the hill in Turner. There's no infrastructure in Almsville right across from the 35 building. Those are supposed lots for somewhere around 150 to 200 homes. We're waiting to see. My assumption is that's because the interest rates are so high that you know they're not moving on it. The one that everybody was worried about out there by the annex uh as you come in from Salem right by the the state pin. It's our understanding though I haven't seen the document
009that that developer sold that land to a church. So that's what I've heard through the grapevine. don't know if it's 100% true. We're going to try to see if we can >> that whole thing. So, I don't know if they decided not to wait any longer, if they tried something different. Um I'm not sure. >> So, that is a change of what we were thinking about what we need and um how quickly we need to move. That said, um you know, there's still some things with regard to the bond that we discussed that we would move on in May on um that we're still going to need. So, we're working on that and Greg's Greg's got a good handle of that al together. Did you happen to notice that I think it was Cloverdale made
010the best of Salem schools in the Sunday newspaper? Yes. Did you see that? >> Yes. >> Good job, >> Julia. Julia was quick to to to let me know. >> And and and that's and as it should be, right? I mean, as it should be. You should be dang proud about that. Um the uh uh state of Oregon also recognized Cascade School District about their early literacy reading program. So, they're recognized in the valley Jervis and Cascade uh for that. So, that's out there as well. We'll see. Can we Greg, can we find a way to maybe forward that to them so they can read it? I'd appreciate that. Thanks. I forgot that. That's on me. Uh, and then the third thing I have is um head our head football coach, Shane Hedrickk, has agreed
011to temporarily be our athletic director. You probably saw in the packet that our athletic director got a job um mid July, which isn't the greatest timing. I'm I'm really happy for him. U tough on our end to try to find an athletic director. uh practice truly starts next week and so that's that's tough. So we have held on to uh Mr. Rise told him that until everything is finalized uh we we won't release his contract. We're going to release him on Wednesday. Um Shane has agreed to do it. Once upon a time Shane Hedrickk was the athletic director at Central. Um and if you see him please thank him because when we hired him he looked me right in the face and said, "Don't ever ask me to be an athletic director." And just two
012and a half short years later, I was asking, "Hey, could you cover for us?" But his response was beyond professional. Absolutely. Love this place. Want to make sure that things are right. >> So, he's doing the football head coach plus >> Yes, he is. So, he's going to have some time where we have other people helping out uh with that. So, when he's out at practice, uh Mr. Rasmmanson, Mr. Woodrall, and Miss Wisa are working on some some game game day management. And we're also going to hire some of our own people to say, "Hey, you know, we've got 11 soccer home games for varsity. You need to be there and greet the referees and go through and we're going to pay a stipen uh for that." And in the end, we'll still be breaking
013even across the across the board. So So it worked out pretty well. Yeah. >> What about is he still going to have the same classes that he's teaching? >> He is going to hold on to a fifth period class. >> Okay. >> And the rest of the classes, no. So, we are posting a position for 08 of a job. So, he'll hold on to one class um and then do the athletic directing the other days, the other times during the day. >> Is the point8 weight training? >> He's going to hold on to the weight training class. That's the that's the class that he wants to hold on to. That's my understanding. >> Okay. And then the other weight training classes are covered by other people already. >> Correct. Okay. >> I don't know what
014that looks like, but Mr. Rasmusson, if you get a hold of him, you could certain he could certainly let you know. I know they were working on that. Okay. Trying to figure out what that would look like. Any other questions? That's what I have from a superintendent report. >> So, are you still trying to fill that position and that's a temporary? >> So, it's a temporary job. So, come January, we will post it like we're supposed to, right? And what I mean by that is, you know, if you go out and try to post it now, in all honesty, it's going to be very difficult to find an athletic director. Um, just because you post those jobs in the spring and you get your best choice there. what's left is people that didn't get selected
015and uh I just feel like we need to find somebody that's very top-notch and uh it also will allow people internally if they want to apply give us at a timely let's say we pick another administrator who wants to do that job that we will have time to replace that administrator if we had done that right now we'd be looking for a vice principal or a principal or so we're just playing musical chairs chasing it so >> one last question because I have a intense interest in this area. Um, so it's a one-year point eight that somebody's going to be covering, so they know it's just a temporary position. >> Correct. >> And then he'll go back to it the next year. >> That's that's his plan. That's his plan. He did say subject to
016change. He said he'd take a look at it, but um he I he's told me before he's a teacher at heart. So, okay, >> I might eat those words, but we'll see what we we'll see what happens. Okay. >> We'll see what happens. And we, you know, we've got to feel like he would be the right fit >> as well. So, temporary means we get to open it. He can apply. Anybody else can apply. I'm sorry, Erin. >> I had one more question. >> Yes, sir. >> Um, going back to your seismic starting part. Um, >> did we not get another one because all the buildings are now up to no our satisfaction or is it just we just applied and didn't get one this time? >> The the openings are starting next week and
017the gentleman that's done two of our three seismic grants, right? One, two, three. Yeah. um he is asking our new uh finance director, hey, do you want to work through this and we can put in a new application? Okay, >> and see where we're at. So, we're not going to miss on that. We're I mean it it's crazy for us not to, right? You can get up to $3 million uh from the state without any payback. We don't have to pay anything back and we get more areas of the of these campuses more protected from a big seismic event. So, we're excited to be able to try to do that. We'll continue to do that. Um the legislature did fund uh more seismic grants up to the tune of hund00 million for the bienium. So
018>> is there some reason we didn't get one for this past summer? >> We put in for one and they chose not to pick. >> Okay. >> So we were like okay. So it it was the Almsville 35 building uh part of the building itself. I don't quite understand why but again we we we put in for the grants and then the states puts them in order as to what they think is most important. The 35 is the new one or the old one? >> The old one. >> Okay. >> We also suggested the junior high gym because we did the high school old gym, >> right? >> And we've suggested the Almsville gym itself. There's some places that we've >> Don't want the 35 to fall down. >> Well, I I wouldn't put that
019out there publicly like you just did, but um um I I think that um Yeah, I it's it's >> it's not the best place in the world to educate kids. I'll say that. nor to put resources into. But >> correct. >> Understood. >> Correct. >> Good question. Good question. >> Anything else for my report? >> Questions? Nope. All right, that's it. Thank you, Mr. Drill. Moving on is the finance report. >> Mr. Drill. >> Yeah, I'm right back. >> Hey, quick. Uh, Mr. Wang will finally be completely moved from Arkansas. He wanted me to say this. Starting Wednesday morning, he will be here. Uh, a number of roadblocks stopped him from being here tonight. He is very frustrated about that. You kind of heard me saying he um had pods supposedly where they were going
020to be delivered so he could load everything up, put the family on the plane, wait for the stuff to show up, and then only one pod showed up and the others were like, "Oh, by the way, they're going to be delayed." So then he was just standing waiting for the four or five additional days um and nothing he could do. So um work some from from um there from remotely, but wants to be back here. So apologizes to you. Apologize to me a number of times. I told him it's okay. Uh we will have u financial reports for you in September. Um so that's one. We are doing well financially. Uh we are solid. We haven't um no big uptick and no big down tick. We're kind of right where we need to be. Uh
021we talked about that in our admin retreat and the finances about how we need to be tight. We need to be smart and we need to go back to the ways of the world back in 2013 2014 2012 134 about this is how we handle stuff here. and our administrative team knows that my first response is going to be no. Um, we can't do that. You better give me bigger reasons than I just want that. So, we're working on those details. Uh, I think and I feel like we've hired well u, we've done a lot of uh, you know, we've had a lot of not a lot, we've had people leave and we've hired almost exclusively younger um, because frankly they were the best choice, but we also save a little money that way. um
022that wasn't the intent, but it just has kind of worked out like that. So, that's been a really good thing for us. Um and we're going to watch uh different different programs very closely. One really great um great moment that we found out was that um we believed right at the end of June that we broke even in our in our food service department. And please understand that um it was easier to break even the last three years because we had the COVID money, the esser funds to be able COVID money to help help us with that. This last year was really a year where we didn't have those funds to kind of cover food service and um you know Kendall broke even uh which is what the goal is. Um, and then we found
023out that the state said there was a surplus of cash in the food service area. So, we're going to get back uh an amount of money. We're thinking somewhere between 30 to $40,000. And so, she'll finish ahead a little bit. >> Nice. Wow. >> So, yeah, we're excited about that. She did a great job trying to make sure that um we were feeding kids healthy, but we were doing it the right way with the right amount of employees. And she had a number of employees miss, so she was scrambling uh this last year. So, we're excited about that. And then finally again um Mr. Wang the finance director, Mr. Weekes the HR director, Mr. Dyer. Uh in the last five weeks, those three gentlemen have met more often than probably those three positions have met
024in the last three years about making sure that we are all on the same page. Um so HR knows exactly how many FTE we have, where they belong, where they're coded. Mr. Wang knows exactly which which program they're coming out of financially down to every person and the percentage of time that they come out of. And Mr. Dyer has those slotted into title or SIA or early literacy where they're supposed to be. These are these are positions outside of the general fund. So, they want to be crystal clear about where they're at and how we fund those. I have been just really surprised um and pleased. Not surprised, I mean, I knew they'd do a good job, but it's just been even better than I imagined. So, I wanted to publicly let you know that
025we're off to a great start with those guys and really self-motivated on their end. Hey, this doesn't seem quite right to me. Uh, two sets of fresh eyes and Mr. Dyer a little bit on the frustration side of like, do we have the money for that or do we not? And, you know, it's worked out really well. So, really excited about that. >> Any questions from the finance end? >> Nope. >> Okay. >> Nothing. Thank you very much. >> Yep. Moving on is discussion and communication personnel new staff recommendations. That looks like it's going to be Mr. Week. >> All right. In your packet there, you have a few names in front of you. Most of those are going to actually look familiar as we work down the list. Uh there's two new hires to
026the district. It's Kiana Sorenson and Nolan Kramer. Kiana will be an elementary teacher at Cloverdale. That's the vacancy that we announced last meeting. She's filling that 45 slot over there. And then Nolan Kramer is going to step in in a temporary English position right now. And so we have those two. And then the others you see in there, Lillian Roth and Saurin Sorenson are coming back. They were temporary last year. They were temporary again this year. So they're just coming back in the same temporary roles they shared this previous year. And the other two are PERS retirees. So they are staff that have been with us for a while. They're PERS retired. And so you see some of those every single year as they come back. And that's, as we talked about earlier, the one
027that you didn't see in terms of the the retirement from before because their contract automatically ends. These are two that are continuing on with us and that is uh John Pat Davis and Terry Moore. So those are the ones you see here. >> Nice. Okay. Any questions? No, that's it. Right. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> And 5B is non-resident student tuition rate. >> So in your packet, it shows the non-resident student tuition rate. These are people that um so we can take transfers in if we choose to, but somebody can also show up and say, "I don't care if you're full or not. We're willing to pay the full tuition rate to send a student to Cascade." We can still say yes or no. Um but with the new law about
028if we accept transfers or not, most people are not interested in paying us to take their kid, but by law, you have to have this written down and and and discussed and then voted on for you guys. >> Do we have anybody paying the full load right now? No, >> no one. >> No, no. >> Okay. >> It's the very very last resort. And quite frankly, we can still say no. So, right. If we're full at a at a class or at a class level like we're talking about fifth grade, fifth grade at every elementary school is full. >> We have no no more room. I mean, then you're talking about 29 30 kids in a classroom. That's too many. >> Okay. Okay. >> All right. Any questions on that? >> No. All right. Thank
029you. Um 6A is staff resignation. Mr. Weeks. >> All right. We have two resignations to announce this evening. One we talked about already and that's our athletic director James Rice. Uh off to take a principal position in another district. Uh and the other is Kayla McVicker and she is actually moving out of the state. So she's her whole family has moved off to Tennessee. So she is not with us here in the district any longer. So we're announcing those two uh resignations this evening. Does we already talked about Mr. um is it Rise? >> Rise about holding him to his contract. Do the teaching staff are they held to a contract where we can say no, you have to stay for x number of days? >> Yeah, anybody that's licensed under the teacher standards practices
030commission, TSBC, can be held 60 days with their license structure. So a district can choose to wave that if they want to do that. Uh we have interviews tenatively scheduled for later this week in the beginning part of next week to see if we can fill that position. We've actually got quite a few applicants coming in already. So, we do anticipate being able to fill it as we have those. If in those cases, we do like to release one feasible because especially when you have someone out of state and moving out of state, it's not like they're trying to leave us high and dry just going next door to a district. >> Yeah. So, so in this scenario, if if you don't find a good person, do you Well, I guess that's you can't say
031until we're decide if we're there or not. But the option is we certainly could hold them. >> Yeah, you could hold that individual. You could also release them and choose to go and contract maybe with edge of staff for a long-term sub to start the year. You could choose to go with a retired educator to start the year in a temporary basis as you look for the hire. So, we do have some options on the table if we chose to not retain that license or hold it. >> Okay. Wonderful. >> Questions? Nope. >> All right. Thank you again. >> Thank you. Next is 6B student handbook. Mr. Links. >> Yeah. You'll see uh two different pieces in your packet here. one is the student handbook and then the second in there is the staff handbook.
032Those handbooks every year we receive a model from OSBA that has all the legal changes within it. Those the OSBA also in their uh quarterly basis do the policy update recommendations for us too. And so these handbooks fall just in line with the different policy that has been put into place over the last year. So we update those and going forward. There's two minor typos in there that you'll see that we need to get corrected. Uh, one of them still has James' name in there as athletic director and the other under staff conduct, there's just a small typo of two letters that got transposed that we got to do a little switch on. So, you'll see two minor changes on that when they come out. But other than that, what you see in there, all
033the changes, they're in red as you look through within that is also. So, you'll see everything changed. Again, those are just to comply with the policy and law changes and those come from OSBA. >> So, I've just said they come from OSBA. We do add some of the cascade twist to it. So it'll you'll notice it'll say something about this is how the high school does this, but this is how the junior high does this, but this is how the elementary school does this. So as we move forward, the conversation is going to be about cell phones and how we manage that because it's a new requirement. We're we're working on that. We had a long conversation about it. I don't mean to cut cut Jay off here, but Jay will bring the new policy
034which is required by law to be in front of you by October 31st, but we're going to start it at the beginning of the school year. >> There's nothing worse. Yes, there's nothing >> on that. What does that mean? >> It means the policy has to be in place by October 31st and then we actually have to put that policy into place by January 1st, right? >> But we all know starting half a year one way and then switching >> is a bad idea. So, >> what's the new rule? >> The new rule is from bell to bell, no cell phone. >> All grades. >> Yeah. Well, let that sink in for five seconds. At the elementary, in all honesty, at the elementary level, it's it's fairly easy. There's moments >> too. >> Um, mostly
035it's gotten worse because students even carry a fake phone with them. So, and their parents text them regularly during the day. So, and their claim is they need to know where they're at so they can pick them up and that kind of thing, but we have parents that just text them on a very regular basis. Um, so we have that issue. The high school for the most part in the classroom, uh, the administrators, I don't think I'm talking out of turn when I say the administrators feel pretty comfortable being able to do the classroom part of it. U, we have, you know, most of our teachers and now there's a rule. So, the teachers are like, "Nope, there's the phone. You can't do it. That's the way it's going to work." Um, passing time will
036have its moments. What Mr. Mr. Rasmmanson is very really concerned about is lunchtime because we spread out across this campus, >> right? >> And we literally have to be able to look somebody in the face out here walking around the campus. No, you can't have your phone. That's going to be a tough one. >> Or sitting in their cars or whatever. Correct. Are you kidding me? That's >> be sitting in their cars. >> Yeah. OBA and KOSA did ask the, you know, it was in the legislature and then it didn't pass. We had asked for an amendment to say K8, we totally get it. We completely understand. in the high school, can we have some options? And the the factioning sides never agreed and the whole thing fell apart. And then two days after the
037legislature ended, the governor, you know, put together an executive order and said, "Make it." So, so, you know, here we are trying to scramble with that. I think most people would agree that having a cell phone is not good for a child's brain, >> right? But it it is also being used for very for many communication ways for them to communicate. Lots of high schools this last year didn't in Oregon did not. They they did a cell phone ban and lots of them reported that it was hard the first couple of months, but it got better. And funny thing happened on along along the way to getting rid of cell phones. People started talking to one another >> and they noticed that those high schools that did it, they noticed that lunches were loud again.
038So, um and you the reality is and even I think Pete and Tyler would tell you, right, our kids don't live with their face in their phone. They do use it. There's no question about it. But it is I, you know, I walk through the lunchroom, lots of kids are talking and visiting, so it's not like they're completely addicted, but we have kids that are >> very connected. >> So there's no collection thing in the morning because I know some schools are doing that, but >> many schools use what they call pouches, which is they put an R RD RFD pouch where you put the phone in and it it blocks it, right? But at 15 to 20 to $25 a pouch, we didn't budget for that. So I believe at the moment our kind
039of semi consensus was we are going to be telling kids please don't you know please don't deal with that please put it away if we've got to talk to you on the sixth or seventh time then we're going to have a different conversation is also now legal to take their phone and hold on to it. So there was some question about whether or not that was legal and parents would come rushing in and say you can't touch my kids property and we're like yes we can. It's a little like saying your car's on our parking lot. If you don't behave, your car doesn't have to be here. So, there are some changes in the rule. There's some changes in the law. Um Jay's done a great job of talking with our administrators about what that
040looks like. Um >> is there anything in that law about everybody's kid is going to be special and need to have their phone. Is there >> There are some exceptions particularly around IEPs and special education. >> Sure. Okay, that's fair. But, you know, Kathleen said lots of lots of IEPs. Uh, they use phones so they can listen to music and they put that in. She's like, "That's easy. We're going to buy iPods." I'm like, "If you can find one." But she said there's lots of other ways. And somebody suggested, you know, you can hook into your computer and play music, >> right? >> And if that's what they're after, Kathleen's like, "We can easily accommodate that." Yeah. Now, there's a few kids that have diabetes that need to have monitors, >> right? So, they know
041what that is. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So, we're going to work on that process. our our school our new school nurse is already involved. So, we're working on that. But that's going to be you could you could end up with some folks visiting you um to talk about cell phones. But it is a state policy. It's a state it's a state rule and um the uh governor's executive order is a little different than the federal executive order because it's actually part of the constitution apparently. I haven't read that part, but that's what I'm hearing from the lawyers. So, >> the good news, frankly, is we're being told what to do here. We're not. This isn't something that we said we think we're going to go this path. >> You're being told thou must. >> Those
042of you that were around for a while, we got told what to do five or six years ago and we saw how that went. But yes, I totally agree with you. >> Right. >> So, we're hopeful that, um, people will understand that and we'll go from there. So, um, 31 states, 30 states, can't remember. I think you were telling me that 28 states already have laws that say cell phone ban K12. So, um, another couple weird places about it on the bus going to a game, you get out at 2:30. Technically, you can't be on your phone till 3:10. So, we're trying to deal with what that looks like. And if you go on a field trip, right, during the day, you're not supposed to have your phone. So, we're trying to figure out what
043those pol pro processes look like. So, we'll work on those. >> I think that's it. Sorry, Jay. I cut you off. >> Okay. >> Any other questions? Any questions about the handbooks? So, I'm going to make I want to make one statement on the handbook. Um, I was reading through it and there's on page 34 of the medical certification, it says staff members applying for FMLA and or ULA leave may be required under FMLA blah blah blah. I just find it interesting that we put may be required to provide documentation instead of thou must because it's gets kind of subjective when you're in medical issues to say may. I just found that kind of interesting that the handbook is doesn't take a position on that. So if we require from one person, do we require
044it from another? >> We actually stand with our policy or procedure I should say more than policy is that we do ask it for everybody. >> Okay. So our May is we do >> we do. >> So we're not getting into the well you didn't ask them for it. Why you asking me for it? >> That was my only concern. Yep. >> Dynam, thank you. >> Good answer. Any other questions? Okay, moving on. Same on the handbook. Do we need to go over the student parent handbook? >> Same kind of thing. >> Same comment applies. Same page, same verbiage. >> I think Jay had it covered both. So, >> okay. So, we're good on that. >> All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. >> Um Okay. And uh is that it on the student
045um on the student parent handbook? Moving on. Okay, now we're on to the public comment and my understanding is we have none. >> None. Dynamite. Then we're moving on to resolutions. Uh resolution 8A resolution regarding new hire recommendation. >> Be it resolved the Cascade Board of Education moves to approve the hiring of new certified staff members for the 202526 school year as recommended by the administration. >> Second. Resolution regarding new hire recommendation has been moved and seconded. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. 8B. Resolution regarding non-resident student tuition rate for 2526. >> Be resolved. The Cascade Board of Education moves to approve the recommended tuition rate of $11,178 for the 202526 school year. >> Second. Resolution regarding non-resident student tuition rate
046for 2526 has been moved and seconded. Any discussion? No discussion. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Uh future agenda items. Mr. Drill. >> So, we will have more conversations about uh the cell phone process and policy. We'll get that in front of you for sure. Um continued conversations about bond prep and what that would look like. And then again in October, unless you guys change it, that's the month where we go along and we have uh the goals from the different areas come to have that conversation with you in an earlier meeting. Um my my thought is we would continue to do that, but I wanted to double check with you guys to make sure that that's the direction we want to go. >> Yeah,
047I think it's worth it having everybody in the room and talking a big open discussion. >> Okay. >> There's a lot of value in that. >> Absolutely. We can do it. We'll we will plan for it. >> Okay. Anything from the board? something. Um I run ran across recently um some interesting reading about some districts who are having a student school board member. >> Um it's kind of a thing that's going around. I have a a good friend um whose son was that in Utah and I was I'd like to have it be a point of discussion in the future. It's what I understand it's a non- voting position um but it's a student that's elected by the student body who gets to join us and be a part of our process. Um, and I
048think it's an interesting concept and I think it could be engaging for students. Um, certainly those who are interested in what we do and then the government governance as a whole. Um, I don't know much about it candidly. I just kind of heard about it in the last and kind of peaked my attention. So, um, I'd like to bring some additional information and share it with Mr. Drill and then have a larger discussion um, about whether that's something that that our district would be interested in in entertaining. >> Cool. Are they just out of curiosity if you know is it are they elected for the whole school year? Do they swap midterm? Is it just one student? Is it one from every grade? >> The the one uh the the only ones that I'm that
049I looked into and read about in this article. Uh it was a oneyear term, a schoolyear term elected by the student body. And there were some pretty significant criteria that were that were it was I think age was one. It wasn't necessarily grade- based age. um an academic progress and success, um lack of disciplinary history, all sorts of other things, parent approval, you know, all these different things. But but I the one that I read about was a was a single school year term. So essentially now through when they would finish their school year, um and it'd be it' be interesting to have a voice of our students who could come. And I mean, frankly, I think it'd be fascin if you know, if I were given that opportunity as a student, I think it'd
050be fascinating. So anyway, something to I I'd like to at least propose it and think about it and it may not may be a years'sl long process. I realize that, but I thought it'd be an interesting discussion to have. >> I see. >> In Oregon generally, some some districts do do that. Um the way I remember it, it's usually the school board, somebody they they apply and then the school board selects um not necessarily the student body. So um we can find out. I don't know if there's a specific process to it, but I can find out and see. >> And so bring me the info. >> And Mr. I wasn't asking you to do any work at all. I'd like I because you as if you don't have enough stuff on your plate. Um
051I'd like to do the work. I I'd be willing to do the work and bring it to you and then have you say I need more of this or that and share it with you guys. I wasn't I wasn't asking wasn't asking to put more. So if if that's if if with your guys a blessing, I'd be happy to look at that. >> Happy to. Yep. >> Cool. Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. Anything else? >> No, sir. >> All right. It is now 7:34. >> Meeting adjourned. Thanks everybody. didn't failure. >> What did she say we did last time? >> 27. I don't believe that.