001school district superintendent. >> Thank you, President Kenny. Tonight, uh we've got about 20 minutes pending your questions. some required annual training for school community council. And uh our presenter tonight is going to be the Sam Richer. And we're grateful to have Sam present. And uh his backup if he needs is Dave Mau. So thanks for being here tonight. >> Go ahead Sam. >> Thank you. It's great to be with you this afternoon almost evening and welcome to your annual school community council training. Um, I know you're all experienced board members, so I anticipate this going smoothly. But please ask questions along the way and if you have any real hard ones, then then we'll get Dave up here. In your folders, the top paper is this one. It's the timeline of important dates. I just
002wanted to make sure you knew what's happening, where we're at, and where we're going. So, you know, our school community councils have been elected. They have their chairs. They are up and running. We really are falling in this middle spot right here. Um they have just submitted their stakeholder reports. Um they have just completed their final land trust reports from the previous year and know that that that's a little tricky because in our schools our principles have to be looking at three different plans at the same time. So when it says previous year that is the 20 2425 plan and then they are enacting their the current 2526 plan and when they meet with their school community councils they are creating their 2627 plan. So there there's always three open at the same time but
003they have just finished their final report for that 2425 plan. um as they are com as they finish their 20 26 27 plan that is due April 1st at that point then the supervisors take those plans and we begin that process of approving them making sure that they're appropriate and then once we have those finished we will get them to you will get them to you prior to your May 13th board meeting where we anticip anticipate to approving those just in time for us to get them to the state by the required deadline of May 15th. So that that is the timeline of trust lands where we're at. Do you have any questions on timeline? Yes, >> we had a training on this at USBA, our con convention. And one thing that they mentioned is
004that usually in a district, the timing of the elections is standard. And I don't know that that's the case in our school district. Like it's either in the spring or the fall. >> Yeah, >> we have it both, don't we? There's a standard in that it can't be either of those, >> but they but they must choose and it must be in the plan what they do and then they have to stick with it for a certain number of years. >> You can't change that every year. >> Other school districts do it differently, I was told. So, I'm just putting that out there. >> Yep. >> But ours still allows both. Most do it in the fall, but there are a few schools that still do it in the spring. Any other questions about timeline?
005All right, the next page in your folder is this one. You'll notice there's like some highlighted blue sections on there. That's not an accident. Um, we wanted to bring this to your attention because this is something new that we're doing this year. These are the rules of order and procedure. In the past, the schools created these on their own and because of that we had a wide range of of rules of order and procedure. But there are these are things that all the schools need. There are many things that that is the same at every school. Those are things like the council duties, the member expectations, the rules of order, parliamentary procedure. Those should be the the same at every school. There are some things that the schools need to fill out on their own.
006Those are the things that are highlighted in the blue. Those are simple things like the school name, the their um the date they adopted, their rules of order, when their elections are, that's not spring or fall, um how many people they have from the school or from parents on their council. So those things that are specific to their school, they fill out that there's something that happens every single year that is the state changes the rules. And so one of the main reasons we've created this is because then Dave and I will take those new rules and we will go through and we will change them in here. Then we get them out to the schools and they don't all have to recreate the will. It will all be here's your new things. You just
007go through and fill out those highlighted sections. You're good to go. That this has been pretty well accepted by the schools. We we think it's made things easier, running smoother. That is that is our job at the district to help them. So that's what this form is. Any questions on on this. >> Thank you for doing that. That's awesome. >> Yeah, we think it's been helpful. All right, last last page in there is this one. It's two-sided. This is the expenses. And because we know you go over and approve all the plans, we wanted to make sure you knew what what was acceptable and unacceptable expenses. So these are the allowable expenses. The important thing to note is that sentence at the top it says all expenditures must be specific. Let me stop there that
008this is this is an area that we're that we're tightening up on. In the past some schools would put in things like we're going to spend $5,000 on technology. That's not specific. You can't do that. Or they'd say we're spending 5,000 on supplies. Again, that's not specific. that would that would be unallowable. So, it's all expenditures must be specific and clearly show how they will directly improve instruction in the chosen academic area to help achieve the goal. It's a great definition because that really is what Trustlands is all about. You have a school community council. You look at the data and by that data you determine the greatest academic need that you set a goal based on that greatest academic need and then you create a plan on how you're going to go after that
009goal and like that is that is the whole purpose of trust lands. So we have to make sure that those expenditures are tied to that goal in that plan. The categories that are allowable would be books and technology. It'd be people and professional development. people is is for sure our number one. That's that's where we spend most of our money in the schools. Um the again the professional development repairs and maintenance note that that is only for items that has been purchased with trust land funds otherwise that would be unallowable. Uh student transportation again only at that improved instruction. It is tied to the goal and supplies and [clears throat] again that is specific. You can't say, "Oh, we're going to we're going to stock up our supply room." That would be unallowable. It has
010to be specific and for [clears throat] a purpose. So, those are the allowable expenses. Do you have questions on those? >> I have a question, Sam. Um, have we done a report uh back to policy makers or even for our community members, our parents to say in this cl in this new district area or Alpine as a whole, we spend our resources from land trust for these things and here's the percentage, here's the dollar amount. Is there has that been done? Have we done something like that? >> Do you know if we've done that? I don't believe so. You can get it by school, but I don't know if they put them all together. We brought it together. What I was thinking about, um, we're spending a little time on the hill with legislators and
011one of those little cards that we do to say, here's how we're using land trust funds in Lake Mountain School District. Here's how we're using funds in Alpine School District. I think it might be a good thing to advocate and say, "Thank you. Here's what these funds are being used for." I I don't know. Just a thought. >> I would imagine that we could request that. I bet the state keeps that all together. We could request it. >> Yeah. >> If we could do that maybe in those five areas and then we could create a little pass along card to say here's how these funds are being utilized to directly affect children as driven by our school community councils and our parents that are part of that. >> Yeah. No, that's a great idea. I
012also have a question, Sam. I'm wondering if we do anything that shows like for example best practices with school with the with the land trust money as far as saying like hey we have found that the schools that spend x amount of dollars whether it's on you know aid time or whatever that a certain percentage we feel like is correlated to you know an increase in student achievement whether that's through reading interventions or whatever I'm wondering if we have like our own kind of internal best practice practices that we share that we say hey and I get that there are some nuances school to school as far as whether they get multi- language learner supports or other things. But I'm wondering if we have figured out what the best like percentage use about whether it's
013personnel versus professional development versus you know the actual things like books and um technology. I wonder if we've created kind of internally what we've seen is like you know like maybe there's a school that's hey we notice this school's got really high achievement in literacy and we can look at their trust lens plans and saying this is where they're spending money and whether or not that's something that could be kind of like a like I said best practices. >> That's a great thought. Right now that's mostly done with just the supervisor and the principal at the school. Part of the reason is because you you can't look at trust lens in isolation with that. You have to look at the whole package because some schools will spend certain funds from their TSSA plan and then
014the other school spends it from their trust lens fund, but they're they're both doing it. So, it it isn't ever just a standalone. Here's what you should do with trust lands. It's more here here's your pots of money. What's best practice according to your your plan and your needs. >> So, I wonder if we could do something where we're looking at like for example '0500 accounts, trust lands, and um TSSA. I understand like secondary, you know, there's some nuance there, but I'm wondering if we could create potentially looking at the data and creating like is there any sense of, you know, correlation associated with any of these based on where people are putting funds. >> I think we could a good idea. >> We've got a couple of action items. Those are good. [laughter] >>
015Yeah. >> Now, one thing that I think is included as allowable is the positive behavior incentives. That's still a thing, right? It's listed right here. >> So, strangely, I put it on this page on the unallowable, but only because you can only spend a certain amount. So, I could have just as easily put it on the other page and said as long as it's $2 and under, then it is allowable. Okay? If a school goes above $2 and it it would be unallowable. >> Does something change with like food in that? Um, food >> is allowable if it ties to their goal and they can show that it's going to improve instruction and you approve it. It it can be allowable. It's not something we've approved in the past. >> Kira in the state says
016the way she phrases it, it can't be a significant amount of money. And so if it's there's PD and you sit by lunch for some students or teachers, that's probably okay if it's part of your plan. It just can't be some schools that are communicating you can't do it at all. So, >> we've not approved it in the past in Alpine, but the state has said as long as you can fit it within those parameters. Okay. >> Like I said, we we just it's not been something we've done. >> Yeah. in in talking with the person who was instructing us at our convention, he said their goal is to say yes more than they say no. So if we're taking the attitude of saying no more than we say yes, maybe we should put that,
017but it needs to be tied to learning. >> Yes. And you and we have to, you know, recognize that by the time it gets to us, it has been approved by that council and we want to honor the work that they've done. But they also will have to follow the rules because if they haven't then we have to go back to them later and say you need to pay that back from a different fund because that was unallowable. So there is checks and balances but yes we want to say yes when we can. These here now are the unallowable expenses. So that would be any cost related to administration. That would be construction, [clears throat] maintenance, facilities. Um, I've had some schools asking lately about safety. That would also be unallowable. Um, storage of personal
018student devices. Um, we talked about the student incentives already. Um, any overhead costs, furniture, security, athletics, those are all unallowable. Um, non-academic in school. Sometimes we'll have principles say, "Well, but it's during the school day." But if it if it's nonacademic, that that would still be a no. That that would be, you know, things like a field day or talent show or pep assembly type of things. Those are non-academic. Those would not be allowable. Co-curricular, those would be academic things but not um would still not be allowable. Those would be things like debate team, um school newspaper, student government, those would all be nonallowable. and extracurricular of course are after school club, sports, those would be unallowable. Um teacher mini grants um those were popular in the past. Um they are still allowable but only
019if they go back and do an amendment. Um so a school would have to say we're doing mini grants and then once the teachers say well this is exactly what we want then school has to go and make an amendment and say this teacher is going to improve their instruction in a way that will help us meet our goal by buying each of these exact individual items and you have to do that for every single teacher. So most schools are moving away from mini grants, but it's still allowable if they want to do that work. Um, but only with the amendment. So those are the unallowable. Any questions on on those? [clears throat] Any questions on just anything in general with trust time? >> That was all I had. You guys were great. >> Thank
020you. That's all of our items for tonight. >> Yeah, we're closed until we have board meeting at 6:00. So, we'll see everybody then. Thank you. to order um on Tuesday, February 10th at 6 o'clock, uh calling to order the Alpine School District Board of Education meeting. Um also want to take time to excuse board member Bon who's not able to attend this evening. Um, up on our agenda, we have the pledge of allegiance being led by Cammy Carter. And then our inspirational thought or reflection will be shared by Principal Tempe from Ridgeline Elementary. Cammy Good evening everyone. Uh I'm Tim Peter. I'm the principal of Ridgeline Elementary in Highland. And this last week, as many of you may know, uh our entire state is going through a change management to help with literacy scores in
021our school. And we just had a change management meeting. And we read an article about change and a phrase really resonated with me. It said we really need to be focused on the doing and not the done. Which means we shouldn't just be about checklists but on who we are becoming. I was having a conversation with one of my mentors who got me into elementary education, David Stevenson, and he shared a quote from James Claire, who's the author of Atomic Habits. and he said, "Improvements are only temporary until they become part of who you are. The goal is not to read a book. The goal is to become a reader. The goal is not to run a marathon. The goal is to become a runner. The goal is not to learn an instrument. The goal
022is to become a musician. Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity." I felt like that resonates with us as we are facing the dissolution of Alpine School District. Feels like a little bit of uh attack sometimes on someone who was raised in the Alpine School District and is has taught and has become a principal here. But the reality is progress and change can be a really wonderful thing. And if we're focused on that change and how we be can become something new and something better and have our focus be on students and learning, wonderful things can come to pass. Thanks. As a board of education,
023it's important for us to recognize various accomplishments made by students, employees, and patrons throughout Alpine School District. As we honor the individuals and groups this evening, we acknowledge the families and others who have helped them achieve their goals. Thank you for the support you have offered to those we recognize at this time. We appreciate your attendance here tonight. Um, after all the recognitions have been completed, you're welcome to leave if you have other obligations this evening. It's totally fine and not rude at all. Um, board member Baitman, students from the Lehigh Cluster have had artwork distributed here the district office over the past few months. We'd like to thank all of the students for allowing their art to be displayed in our hallways. Their artwork has transformed the district office into an arts gallery of
024sorts, adding color and beauty for all to enjoy. Quite often you see patrons and employees stopping to admire the different pieces that are displayed. Um, first up we have Drag Creek Elementary. [applause] So artists from Dry Creek, we have Charlie Nunley, Evelyn Codum, Harper Hton, Cruz Swinson, Madison Ammon, Maximo Alonszo Alvarez, Michael Quas, and Mora Valentine. Amen. [applause] Any parent? Next up we have Lehi Elementary. [applause] >> [applause] >> From Lehigh Elementary, we have Ameilia Nerden, Avery Dying, Charlie Peacock, Kaia Peterson, Lydia Nelson, Mila Madson, and Sarah Scatteren. >> [applause] >> Okay, next up we have Lehigh High School. From Lehigh High School, we have Andy Jensen, Ava Laauo, Bryley Pace, Brimley McCain, Cohen Goodrich, Felicity Lewis, Hal Manu Juan, who moved to Boston on us, Jade Grange, Callanne Dunn, Kyla Leppy, Ber Berentos, Nadia
025Vance, Nick Fairbanks, Savannah Tinsley, and Savannah Hoffman. >> [applause] >> Now we have Meadow Elementary. From Meadow, we have Emry McInn, Fischer, Yoast, Maxwell, Frell, Nash, Andre, Oakley, Gurnie, Olivia Brownlow, and Paige Lim. Props to all the children who walk in front of this many humans. That's an intimidating thing. Okay, next up we will welcome North Point Elementary [applause] from North Point. We have Charize Batibitis, Dalton Gregory, Frankie Money, Jacob Bear, Perry Frasier, Sicily Me, and Vienna Chavez. Next up, we have River Rock Elementary. Hey, from River Rock we have Avery Bender, Brooklyn Olsen, Emmy Heap, Ethan Saunders, Jordan Chipman, Liliana Lanza, Liv Lloyd, and Riley Monoa. >> [applause] >> And to round out this awesome night, we have Willow Creek Middle School. Our Willow Creek artists are Anna Hernandez, Charlotte Reeves, Clover Lewis, Danielle
026Dinsbach, John McCormack, McKinley Larson, May Olivesson, and Mia Cthine. [applause] Um, we invite the families and those who are here to support these students to please stand so that we can express our appreciation to you. [applause] Alpine School District is thankful for so many teachers and staff members who excel in making a difference for students, parents, colleagues, and others. Tonight, we would like to recognize nominees who've been selected to receive the Alpine School District Rise Award, which stands for remarkable, inspiring, selfless, and encouraging. First up, um, board member Peterson. All right. Um, our first rise award is going to Alina Degraph, who's a teacher at Ridgeline. Um, we would invite Alina and the Mercus and principal Tim Ped to come forward. I don't know if I said that right. I'm sorry if I mispronounced your
027names. Sammy and Alex wrote, "Fall 2024, our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Within an instant, our lives were forever changed. Returning to school was nerve-wracking. Unnecessary un certainty and fear invaded our minds. Doctors sent us home with a plan. And next day, we met with the nurse office and Miss Degraph. There was another exceptional teacher, Mrs. Moody, who already had a type 1 diabetes child in her class, and we were okay if our son had to be switched. To our delight, Mr. Gruff was ready to jump on board, learned about type 1 diabetes, what to watch for, was a follower on his um glucose monitor. She was a great support, kind, nice, and so compassionate. We are grateful for her. Okay, next up we'd like to invite Jordan Bailey, Lucy, and principal Jarm
028Bar to come forward from Frontier Middle School. [applause] We are recognizing Jordan Bailey and Lucy wrote, "Mr. Bailey deserves a Rise Award. His empathy and expertise create an exceptional learning environment where every student feels valued. He makes class fun and engaging, ensuring students are enthusiastic about the material. He deeply cares about students well-being and provides thorough answers to their concerns. This dedication to both academic excellence and student welfare makes him a truly deserving candidate for recognition. I'd like to invite up Wendy Belchure, Elizabeth Chase, and Principal Mueller. Elizabeth wrote, "Wendy, the school librarian, also leads our garden club. Students learn about science, sustainability, and teamwork. They just celebrated their harvest by making French fries with potatoes they grew. Students love the garden club and Wendy puts in a lot of time and energy to make
029sure students have a good experience. Wendy is also an advocate for students and families, ensuring they have access to the resources they need. As a fluent Spanish speaker, Wendy frequently sits with families to help with school paperwork or to help communicate. She helps everyone feel welcomed and supported. And I will add Wendy is also the recipient of a grant for the garden area. I did say it's an amazing thing. There were only a handful in Utah. So, thank you for submitting that and congratulations. [applause] Next, we'd like to invite Chad Durham, Lindseay Parker, and Principal Matt King to come forward. Lindsay wrote, "Chad Durham has been instrumental in my daughter's lives. He helped them succeed academically in AP English language. Also, as their cross country coach and track coach, he tailored his coaching to them
030individually. He truly comes to know his athletes, celebrates their successes, and helps them work through monumentary setbacks. He cares and cheers on each girl equally. The leader of the team and the girl at the back, sometimes struggling to finish a race. Durham is kind, patient, fun, and uplifting. I could not have asked for a better coach, teacher, and a role model for my girls. And I'll second that. He's had many of my daughters. >> [laughter] [applause] >> Uh, congratulations also to Pleasant Grove High School. The 5A state drill team champions. Award certifi certificates have been sent to the school to be given to the student athletes during the recognition ceremony. Thank you. [applause] Thank you. It is now time for community comments. We have up to 30 minutes set aside for public comment. This opportunity
031is allocated for patrons living within the Alpine School District boundary. A signup sheet was available prior to this meeting, allowing up to 10 patrons the opportunity to speak. Those living outside of ASD and those who were unable to sign up before all slots were full can submit written comments at alpineschools.org/schoolboard. Scanning the QR code in the lobby will also direct you to the form. As you are called up, please introduce yourself by stating your name. You'll be given up to three minutes to speak. While the board does not engage in a discussion during the public comment period, they may arrange for a staff member to communicate with you later. Personnel issues are not appropriate discussion items for an open meeting environment. If you have a personnel concern, please contact a member of administration or put
032your concerns in writing and address it to the board of education. We have one comment tonight from Natalie Griffiths. So Natalie, if you would come to the microphone, we'd love to hear your comment. [applause] >> Good evening. >> Oh, there we go. Okay. Good evening. My name is Natalie Griffiths and I'm here representing Springside families and multiple people in attendance today. I'm speaking concerning the recent boundary study for Saratoga Springs and Lehi that was released yesterday. Thank you for your time and for your work, the work you're doing through this boundary process. I'd like to share a brief thought specifically regarding Springside and the broader goal of minimalizing disruption not only for our school but for families across all schools involved in the boundary study. We understand that growth has made boundary adjust adjustments necessary
033and we truly appreciate how complex it is to balance enrollment across schools. We know there are no perfect solutions. As we review the current proposals, one concern we keep coming back to is the amount of disruption created when large numbers of students are shifted or when one school observe absorbs a significant surge all at once. When that happens, it often leads to overcrowding, larger class sizes, portables, and sometimes another boundary change in just a few years. From a planning perspective, stability matters just as much as balance. Families, teachers, and students benefit when boundaries change as little as possible and existing school communities can stay intact. We've noticed that Springside is projected to take on a particularly large enrollment increase under the current options while other nearby schools still have available capacity. Concentrating that much change
034in one place can create strain that may not be necessary. There may be ways to distribute enrollment more evenly while minimizing how many established neighborhoods are moved and reducing the impact on any single school. We are here seeking additional boundary options for consideration that include better balance and less disruption. There are several several families in our community who have spent many hours studying the maps and thoughtfully developing additional options and we would truly appreciate the opportunity to share those ideas with the board at a future time if you are opening open to hearing them. Thank you again for your time, your service, and your willingness to listen to community input. [applause] So Natalie, are you um we don't engage in comments, so this is not like a back and forth, but will you make sure
035you submit your suggestions um on the online option and then please be in attendance at the open house. Okay, thank you. Appreciate that. Okay, next up, um approval of minutes. Um do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> I move that we approve the minutes. >> I'll second. Okay, that was in stereo. Okay, so we have a motion by board member Baitman and a second by board member Peterson. Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor of approving the minutes, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Okay, that appears to pass unanimously. Next up, the claims, superintendent. >> You've received the claims for the month and I would recommend the board accept the claims. >> Do we have a motion to accept the claims? >> I move that we accept the claims. >>
036So, we have a motion by board member Clement. Do we have a second? >> I'll second. >> And a second by board member Lincoln. Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor of approving the or accepting the claims, please say I. I. Any opposed? >> Okay, that appears to pass unanimously. Routine business. Superintendent. Routine business items for this board meeting include a summary of budgetary activity, the Alpine Foundation board report, personnel hiring and releases, LEA specific licenses, schooland trust amendments, and student expulsion. Would recommend the board approve routine business minus the membership report. You typically don't include that in your routine business. So, if you'll strike item four, approve one through three and five through seven. Membership report comes at the tail end. >> Okay. Thank you. Do we have a motion to approve the
037routine business excluding number four um and approving items 1 through three and 5 through 7? Do we have a motion? >> So moved. >> Okay, we have a motion by board member Wilson. And do we have a second? I'll second. A second by board member Baitman. Um any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor of approving the routine business uh with the adjustments, please say I. I. Any opposed? Okay, that appears to pass unanimously. Um, next up, action items. Superintendent. >> The first action item for your consideration is an adjusted board meeting schedule based on feedback from the board and uh in consideration of all of the other board meetings that many of you are involved in. Um, you know, it's just remarkable these three new districts and how many meetings have occurred. Um, thanks
038to all of our board members who are serving the communities. Um, a ton over the last few months. Um, we're making adjustments moving forward. we would have uh the second meeting this month and then in March moving forward, one meeting per month and I think we've tried to take in all of your feedback and adjustments would recommend based on your um feedback and and comment approval of a new Alpine School District board meeting agenda um as contained in your packet. Okay. Do we have a motion um to approve the new Alpine School District board meeting agenda or calendar? I guess >> I move that we approve the new Alpine School District board meeting calendar agenda. >> Second. >> Sorry, was Ada. Was that you? Okay, sorry. Uh so we have a motion by board member
039Clement, second by board member Wilson. Um any discussion? Okay, seeing none, all in favor, please say I. I. Any opposed? That appears to pass unanimously. Um, next up, superintendent >> resolution 2026001 is to dispose of some buses. Uh, we've talked about this. We put it on hold until we got feedback from each of the three new district boards according with uh state law. Those boards have considered that resolution. We have now brought this forward uh for Alpine to approve the disposition of the buses. Do we have a motion to approve resolution 2026-00001 bus disposition? >> I move to approve resolution 2026-00001 bus disposition. >> And do we have a second to the motion? >> Second. >> So we have a motion by board member Lincoln and a second by board member Baitman. Any discussion? Okay,
040seeing none, all in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? >> That appears to pass unanimously. Superintendent. >> Next item is resolution 2026004. This is a power utility easement in Saratoga Springs at the Wander site. Um it's been reviewed by the Lake Mountain Board as well and our facilities team, our operations team. >> Oh, excuse me. This is the American Fork one. That one's coming at the next meeting. I appreciate that, Jason. Um, so again, it's been reviewed by our team, our facilities and operations teams, and would recommend your approval. >> Okay. Do we have a motion for to approve resolution 2026-004, Rocky Mountain Power Utility Easement? >> So moved. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. So we have a motion by board member Clement and a second by board member Baitman.
041Any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? That appears to pass unanimously. Next up, um discussion action items. Superintendent. >> Yeah, we have four policies for your consideration. Um we'd like to excuse uh our executive director of legal services, Craig, is out of town. And Hyram is here from our legal services department. Hyram, thank you so much for being here. He'll review uh these policies uh take your questions and then pending your uh pleasure whether you just discuss or whether you take action on each of the four items. Perfect. Thank you, President King and members of the board. We have four policy related agenda items for you tonight. The first is policy 1112. Uh we proposed combining that with policy 5404. Both of these policies relate to news and
042media, their access to schools and district employees. This has been presented to you and discussed in a prior board meeting. Um in the intervening weeks, our department took that feedback and drafted a number of uh responsive provisions and then we discussed those with the policy committee this morning. We had a robust discussion some further uh revisions and changes. Due to the significance of those changes, um our recommendation is that this policy remain with the committee for the time being while we solicit and incorporate additional board feedback. >> Thanks, Hum. Um so upon recommendation from staff to keep this a discussion item, I'm going to move to the next policy unless anybody wants to make a motion. >> Okay. Um >> can I just make a comment about our discussion? We we really are attempting to
043make this more robust and uh we have uh crafted we are working at crafting a stronger statement uh in one of the definitions and we'll um communicate that to you for your comments. >> Thank you. We appreciate the policy committee being thorough on this one. Okay, next up uh policy 5404. >> Perfect. Thank you. Um, this policy relates to the prior agenda item. We had uh put it on the agenda for your consideration for um a retirement, but that was contingent on combining policy 5404 with policy 1112. So, we have no recommendation for retirement at this time. >> Okay. So, moving on to unless anybody wants to make a motion. Okay. Policy 4253. >> Thank you. Policy 4253 relates to retirement incentives. This is the uh certified policy. You have This is policy three of
044three. You've previously reviewed two similar policies for different categories of Alpine employees. We made changes here that mirror the changes you approved in those policies. The intent is to um uh comply and codify current practices. Um there are a few grammatic and stylistic corrections but in substance uh this is compliant with current practice and uh mirrors the prior revisions that you have approved. >> So do we have um a motion for the revision of policy 4253? >> I move that we pass policy 4253. Approve. >> Do we have a second to the motion? Second. >> So, we have a motion by board member Wilson and a second by board member Clement. Any discussion? >> I think Hyram's um explanation was adequate. This these are minor corrections. We are going to be cautious about >> Hyram.
045Hyram >> said Hyram. Yeah. >> Okay. All right. >> Hi. Pardon me. >> Thank you. Um, we are going to be cautious about making personnel policy changes, but these are minor and and just correcting into current practice. So, I recommend that we approve this. So, one request. I know that um one of the things that we need to be cautious of is not really altering policy that that has to do with employees. And I realize that these are minor changes, but um and I know we've discussed this previously, but I'm just going to request it, I think, every time it comes up. Can we make sure we communicate this to the new board presidents of um Aspen Peaks, Lake Mountain, and Tanogus because they'll need to adjust these a policies after um July 1 of
0462028. So, can we uh make sure we're just communicating changes so that they can adjust accordingly? >> Certainly, that's something we're tracking, but we'll also provide those updates in real time. Yes. >> Perfect. Thank you. Any other discussion? Okay. Seeing none, all in favor of approving policy 4253 with a motion by board member Wilson and a second by board member Clement, please say I. I. >> Any opposed? Okay, that appears to pass unanimously. Uh, next up, policy 4108. >> Perfect. Thank you. So, this policy relates to the Shine program. That's an acronym that stands for the salary supplement of highly needed educators. Some here may know that program better under its prior acronym TSSP, but in essence, this program provides additional funding to educators in areas of identified high need. Um, one of the state
047requirements in connection with this program is that it be reviewed this that we have a policy and that that policy be annually reviewed by the board. So this policy is here before you for that reason with one small change that clarifies that to be an eligible teacher uh who could receive funds under shine, you must remain employed by Alpine School District through the duration of the school year. Now, a little bit of background around human resources nuts and bolts in determining eligibility and dispersing these funds might be helpful as you consider these changes. In mid to late October, after the game of musical chairs is over, teaching assignments and course schedules have been finalized, human resources begins to work through the applications for shine and make eligibility determinations. And then at the conclusion of the
048school year, they disperse the shine funds in one lump sum payment to each educator for services actually rendered. There are a number of advantages to this. uh you avoid early school year um uh snafuss where people could be paid and then have an assignment change. Um it it completely eliminates any sort of proration. Uh and it also avoids the unhappy possibility of the district attempting to claw back funds from an employee who is eventually determined not to be eligible for shine. So that's how it's administered. this policy change would not affect the current practices and administration of the shine program. >> A question. >> So does an employee seeking this um stipen or whatever do they qualify at the beginning of the year and have to maintain that qualification throughout the year and kind of
049qualify again at the end? >> Uh more or less there's an application process that takes place before the school year. Um then once assignments are made, human resources reviews that it is possible for an employee to be eligible for shine for one semester but not another. Um for example, you teach a chemistry class for the second semester after the you know after a teacher takes a leap of absence. Um so there there are possibilities for >> changes during the year. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. for policy 4108 shine. Um, do we have a motion to uh approve the revision of a policy? >> I move that we approve policy 4108, Shine uh, annual review and revision. >> So, we have a motion by board member Wilson. Do we have a second? >> Second by board member
050Clement. Um, any discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of approving policy 4108, shine the annual review and revision um with a motion by board member Wilson and a second by board member Clement, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Okay, that appears to pass unanimously. Um membership report and Alpine by the number. Superintendent Smith. >> Thank you. Uh membership report, just a couple highlights. It's in the hyperlink is in your board agenda. um elementary uh total um October 1st to current down 40 students. Couple of schools just to note, Blackidge Elementary in Eagle Mountain is plus 19 in that period of time. Liberty Hills plus 26 in Lehi and then Trailside um down 16. So just a couple of schools to highlight at the junior high level. Lake Mountain Middle School is up 12.
051Um AF Junior down 14, Lacorage down 13 and again October 1st to current down 21. High school you'll see at this time of year a lot of early graduates as well as students that have transition either to online or to summit or one of our alternative programs. So many of your high schools you'll see down um in their uh enrollment October 1st versus current. Uh high school aggregate is down 284. And then total as a district down 314 with uh October 1 uh versus current. Um and then the total right now is 8391. So just a couple of highlights from the membership report on the the Alpine by the numbers. I want to highlight some uh midyear data again thanks to our research and achievement um results and achievement team. Um we're going to talk
052tonight on reading middle of the year scores. A cadence um is the assessment we're talking about and a cadence uh really is looking at foundational reading skills. It's broken down into several sections, but really is a diagnostic to say our kids um uh do they possess the foundational skills necessary to then read for learning? Um it's a quick identifier um and it's something that we broadly use. This is something being discussed throughout the state by superintendent. What's the right thing to use, etc. Um should it be a cadant? Should it be something else? or should be a cadence for lower grade levels and then should it be another assessment like rise or something else for upper grade levels. Um, one thing I want to highlight next is we recognized Carrie Milner um yesterday. Uh, she
053received a recognition the science of reading um from the state office. She was nominated by the state office team that implements literacy and reading. And that's quite an honor to be nominated by the team that awards and recognizes excellence. It was fun to celebrate with her mom and dad, her family, um a bunch of her sixth grade friends from Orchard Elementary and uh just a lot of of team members here at the district. Sam Rancher did a nice job uh coordinating and facilitating that as well. Um, couple of things when we look at uh Carrie and her uh contributions, letters training for all educators, grades K6, that's over a two-year period of time. When you think about uh the wonders curriculum and what we've done there, um the training, the work, the lift by Carrie
054and her team uh in our educational services department, our coaches that have worked alongside and and helped build lesson plans and support teachers and then job embedded growth. These are how we are um attacking literacy. And again, thanks to all who are involved in closing gaps and supporting students. Next, um couple of things. Senate Bill 127 uh drives the state board uh to progress monitor uh below and well below benchmark. Um 259,000 progress monitoring um uh occurrences have happened in the months of October and November. So when you think about 40 plus thousand students and the number of monitors of their progress, that's on average about six per student. And so a lot of work done by teachers um in our classrooms. I'm going to skip down to just a couple other things to highlight
055uh our tester team. This is something that's unique to Alpine and I think really speaks um to our commitment to fidelity with uh assessment. Uh the teams do an amazing job. You've seen them board members in the schools. I've watched some of those things occur. We have highly skilled, highly trained tester teams that go into the school. So there is consistency and a high degree of interrator reliability. Um next here are some of the results. um some really good results when we look at proficiency over the last four years. Each uh of the categories K3 are up. Um if you'll note, there was a little bit of a dip uh and then that has rebounded in 2026. So just great work by all of our team members. Um next, this is looking at growth. So
056growth scores over that same period of time uh going back a few years in the 50s looking at uh current um 69 61 73 and 57 um significant gains over the last few years. Um next slide want to here highlight just a couple of things on proficiency for grades four through six. Here the gains are a little uh smaller um but all three are still up. Um when you look at that 2023 to 2026 and for sixth grade 82% when you look at high probability of success target being somewhere between 70 and 90 uh 9% 82 is a pretty solid number um when you look at uh our sixth grade results and it's held fairly constant over the last four uh years. Next looking at growth, same grades. here's an area that we can improve
057on, some things that we can look at. Um, and this is uh we're down three um during that period of time for fourth grade, down five, and then sixth grade is plus one. So again, some amazing things happening. Uh growth may be slowing just a little bit. Um but opportunities to continue to improve. Last slide. I think this is the last one. Takeaways for the board. Um couple of things just want to highlight. uh amazing lift wonders letters uh job embedded coaching training um just kudos to our literacy team to Carrie to our supervisors of our elementary schools Dr. Carter um just phenomenal work. Um proficiency growth K3 um we are higher than we were precoid and I think that's a good comparison is to look when you talk about COVID and some of the
058impacts of that. Um we're doing really well there. And then a couple areas to to highlight to improve. Um that's in our grades four six both in proficiency and growth. We've kind of stagnated there and just opportunity to get better. So that's my summary for tonight. >> Thank you, superintendent. We appreciate appreciate that. Um, next up we have board member and superintendent reports and information items. >> Um, this weekend, Friday and Saturday was the Utah Art Educator Association conference at Timogas High School and they did their UAEA awards from the Lehi cluster. May Anderson at Lehigh Jr. was named the middle level educator of the year. He is an extraordinary human and oh gosh almost a decade ago he started the um the mural project at Lehigh Jr. So if you walk the halls they
059have murals that are large scale and he walks kids through from conception to execution. It's a remarkable experience for them. And then um from Lehigh School Marjgerie Anderson was named the secondary educator of the year. um she does our ceramic arts and um we were having a conversation and I just thought this is such an incredible opportunity for students to get anything sort of comparable would be a couple hundred dollars a month and they get to learn from her and her expertise and they really create some fantastic things. So congratulations to both of them. Also wanted to say thank you to Wendy Hickman. She is the uh music specialty teacher at Orchard. So she brought the choir. um enjoyed talking to her afterwards. And what struck me was how well a choir of elementary school
060kids followed all of her direction. They were fading in and out. They were, you know, stopping in the right places. The dynamics were pretty incredible. So, um and she chose very appropriate songs. So, there was one um if you've heard it before, it's called We Appreciate You. And I think there is nothing better than watching, um kids sing happy songs to an incredible individual. So, thank you to her and all the hours and years that she's put into that orchard choir um so that they could come and celebrate um Carrie Milner. And then last, I'm going to ask um President King, might it be appropriate that we invite our GovNet students who are here to come up and take a picture? I believe that is part of your assignment. Yeah. Okay. Why don't you come
061on up? I also wanted to take a minute to congratulate uh Dr. David Fulmer uh who is our band director at Mountain View High School. He has been uh named the recipient of the Hall of Fame award from the Utah Music Educators Association. So, we're very proud of him and and he is enjoying his work with our our Mountain View Bruan kids. We also want to invite um those people who are in the Tempenogus the new Tempenogus School District. We're having a celebration uh on Thursday night at Tempenogus High School at 6:30 and we are going to be introducing our new logo as well as our new SE superintendent. So, we invite everyone to be there. We're going to have lots of fun music from all four of our high schools and just enjoy uh
062celebrating our new identity. Thank you. Um I also was able to attend the uh Utah Art Education Association state awards and it was pretty amazing because Alpine essentially swept the awards at the state level. Um I want to recognize from Lone Peak uh we had Tyler Pack from Mountain Ridge. We had Sher Pitcher from Harvest. We had Kate Watson from Sage Canyon, Karen Coats, and from Brook Haven, Dana Cotch. In addition to the individuals that Stacy mentioned. So, just a fantastic showing. Um, shows the level of community support and the phenomenal educators we have in our in our schools. We're grateful for them. Um, also wanted to send a shout out to Riverview Elementary. They had a production of Newsies this weekend and um I'm just so incredibly grateful for the parent support. We have
063some amazing art and theater productions in our district and so many of those are really run by parents who are making sure that students have access to opportunities. Um it was one of my favorite ones I've ever been to. They did great at breaking the fourth wall. Um as we went in, we were given little coins and then we could actually buy papers from the newsies like roaming the aisles. Um and they were like the programs for the evening. But they were out there, you know, just selling their wares. And um some of us were given signs that said strike on there. And so at certain points in the in the production, everyone from the audience that had strike signs would start participating. It was just a phenomenal production. I am blown away by the
064level of advocacy and support we have from our parent community. So I just want to express my gratitude to everyone involved in that. Um also, we're in the middle of the legisl legislative session. We're in week four of a seven-week legislative session. Um, as I've been up on the hill, I've been able to interact with some of our school counselors, our art teachers, um, teachers of the year, and I'm just incredibly appreciative for those who take the time to engage and collaborate and advocate for our students. um seeing teachers who are advocate advocating in the classrooms and working with students and then also working to advocate for legislation and to make sure that students have the resources they need. I'm just incredibly grateful for everyone who participates in that. So, um thank you to everyone.
065Oh, and I totally forgot. Thank you, Anna Davis. She won um a state level award from Tabanogus and it's because Anna went last and she like by the way included herself at the very end. She actually won the 2026 Pac uh Pacific region supervision administration art educator of the year award. So um like I said Alpine essentially swept the awards. It was very very impressive and um Anna is a huge part of of advocating for that on a state and national level. So, we're grateful and all of those awards were very very welld deserved. Um, any other board member items? Okay, superintendent, do you have anything? Okay, so um it is uh time for us to adjurnn. So, do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> Move that we adjourn. >> Do we have a
066second? >> Second. >> Okay, we have a motion by board member Clement and a second by board member Baitman. All in favor of adjourning our meeting, please say I. >> I. Okay, we adjourn the meeting at 6:59 p.m.