001thanks for can your awesome you weren listening oh okay there's a button on the bottom got hold it in good evening everyone welcome to the Blackhawk School Board of Directors meeting this is our voting meeting it is February 20th and um it's my pleasure to call this meeting to order welcome everyone at this time would you please stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance with me I United States of America stand [Music] indice Adam would you please call R sure Jim Mrs Clin here Mr R here Dr MOS here Mrs Mansel here Mr shook here Dr sprinker here Adam andalia here Mr wizner here Mr Zack witz here everyone's here [Music] ight thank you Adam 1.4 um there was no executive session um tonight um 1.5 solicitors report we have um Mr Alan on um
002on on speaker phone tonight I don't believe that there's a solicitor's report but let me just double check is that accurate Allan no report I think it's because I had you on mute so welcome to the meeting Allan all right thank you so much for being here tonight agenda item number four psba board representative Mrs Klein report yes yes so Blackhawk is very proud of our students achievements and we encourage the extracurricular activities that happen in each grade please visit each school's website for updates and happenings in our buildings including holiday events and concerts um when I checked over there there were no um no one had signed up to comment on any of the agenda items has anyone changed their mind on that um Aubrey do you have a student report for us tonight
003thank you okay I just have a few things for tonight so the BHS youth ambassadors program hosted a stress relief Workshop yesterday they had various activities from yoga to friendship bracelet making to watercolor painting and it even has a visit from Bailey the therapy dog the event had a great turnout and Y members can't wait for more events the BHS student council is holding the talent show next Thursday February 27th at 7 p.m participants have been hard at work perfecting their acts and there will also be a pie eating contest at intermission it expected to be a very fun night full of talent and a mission is $1 and since there's no school beating next week the time you would have been here you guys can go to the high school and see all the
004performers there and this Saturday is the Winter Dance the theme is masquerade in the bayou and the dance starts at 7 pm special shout out to the junior class officers and Mrs Baker for all the time and effort they have put into planning the dance thank you thank you so much uh Dr bana do we have a superintendent report tonight we do not thank you all right at this time um board leaon I'd like to call your attention to agenda items number 4 through 14 and ask if you if there are any questions or reports that anyone would like to discuss tonight if there are not um if I may um just bring us down to 9.1 which is our human resources report um there hasn't been an action or a motion on it um
005so maybe I should maybe be little Pres us and I'll wait until the end and then I'll have something to say can sure yes yes that's my so I'm just going to give just a couple of more seconds for um any boardly aons that has that would like to discuss any information or have any questions regarding items 4 through 14 um Mr HC we did modify um the restraint language in that policy as we discussed at the last meeting as well so that one was that's modified and noted in their in those policies I have a question the the Personnel every one of these line items in these people this is all agreed upon and finished especially the um Elementary principle these aspects are up for recommendation to the board okay I think that um
006once we conduct our consent agenda item vote Dr vanana would like to speak to that you betcha is that okay or we could ask her to speak to it before if you prefer whichever your preference is okay all right if I don't hear any other qu any other questions discussion um could I please have a motion to approve the full consent agenda as presented I'll make a motion and I'll second okay we have Mr sh and we have Bobby seconding thank you very much are there any questions or discussion all in favor I I any opposed motion passes uh before we move on to item 16 additional business I'm gonna turn it over to Dr vanata to make some personal quotes sure sure so first of all um thank you very much and congratulations congratulations
007Mr Aras so um after extensive conversation and search um Mr arvas has decide to to join us and um we welcome and are so excited for him to be the next head principal of our elementary buildings I think he is a a wonderful fit a tremendous leader I can't wait to work with him even more in this capacity um and I think that our staff is equally as excited so um he does not just immediately um become you know anointed as of you know 7:30 a.m. tomorrow morning there is a bit of a transition period so in this transition period now the process begins to find Mr Aras replacement as an assistant principal so we need to start that aspect that will be posted and we will begin that search um as all of our
008postings do it begins as an internal capacity then goes external if need be um and then we would hope to fill that as soon as appropriately as we can U we don't want to rush through it we want to make sure we find the right fit for for his right hand in that capacity um however we do want to be timly of that transition so um stay tuned on that in the meantime um Mrs Fon will continue you know to work with him so the two of them are still together at this time but we will start that transition process any questions or that be a 10 mon deal or is it yes yes at the elementary level yes yes for the for the assistant for the assistant yes is is 12 yes the head
009principal is a 12 month position I didn't know what he was theist yes it will follow the school calendar um and actually we discuss that today uh so it's a little less than so it's you the teacher that when I 87 plus 10 as as needed and that will be outlined in the posting that when that goes out shortly rais think about that a few years ago as asked um it's usually I I leave it up generally to the the principal's discretion as to where where they think they need it um sometimes at the secondary level it's more of a preference for a 12 uh it's not uncommon to be a 10 at an elementary building and and we'll see how that goes okay thank you Dr vanana congratulations Mr Arvest and thank you and
010thank you Mr arest but I I just would like to thank the board Dr Vata um and I really appreciate all of your support not only through this but I mean over the last however many years and um knowing a lot of you but um I'm very humbled and honored um to take this on and I you know take great responsibility in um you know taking over this position so I just want to thank you and um looking forward to getting things moved getting things started and work transition thank you our little cougars are in good hands welcome okay uh 16.1 is public comment on non-agenda items have anyone that would like to speak this evening 16.2 School directors just real quick um next Thursday bcctc uh will have their joint uh committee meeting and
011they will be voting on a new business management so that's all I got the only thing that I have is um you know last week we did get the honor of the you know the Great Schools Stu from PBS or psba and all that um I just wanted to mention that and I should have done this last week but um I just want to put out there that the reason why we're also a great school is because of our administrators our teachers our par professionals uh support staff everyone in between um they're they're really make our and students as well they make our schools great so just want to put that out there thank you [Music] is Aon going to bring up about the Investments or no oh would you like to to make thank
012you Dr MOSI sorry um I am going to put on the agenda for next the next meeting in March um I will be creating two c um with our bank the two that we had are both maturing or have matured this month um I feel that with the money that we have from the health fund and some other things that we need to put that into short-term CDs one will be a three-month one will be a six-month we can evaluate on an ongoing three-month basis what we want to invest for how long um I will not be at the meeting next time because I will be traveling for the Pasco conference um but that will be on the agenda once I get that finalized with the bank just to let you know what the final
013rates are and the terms any amounts it's just little Vice ask if they have a sweep account for you so that if it comes matured and we have made a decision that you can place it there and still earn a little bit of interest on it so the one that has matured already I've already placed into our money market account and the next one to come du is tomorrow which I have already instructed them to place into the money market until the new ones are created any other school directors okay um before we close the meeting just one um quick announcement item 17.1 is our next board meeting will be held on March 13th 2025 and that will be a work session and at this time could I please have a motion to adjourn our
014meeting motion thank you a second I'll second thank you Ryan all in favor any opposed motion passes safe travels everyone