001Yes. Amen. Mhm. Please. Mhm. Yes. Welcome everyone coming out this evening. The Thursday June 19th regular board meeting of the Carmichaels Area School District is now in session. Please stand for a moment of silence followed by our 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. Roll call. Mr. Buckman. Here. Dr. Crouch. Here. Mrs. Pearl. Here. Mr. Bay. Here. Mr. Pratt. Here. Mr. Shultz. Here. Mr. Smith. Here. Mr. Seibel. Here. Mr. Lenhart. Here. The saying executive session was held this evening from 6:35 to 6:55 p.m. for personnel and legal issues. We need a motion to approve the minutes from the May 15th meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye.
002Opposed? Motion carries. There's no unfinished business that I'm aware of. Does anybody have any other unfinished business? Additions to the agenda, we have no additions from the administration. We need to approve the agenda as presented. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We have remarks from from visitors. We have uh representatives from Blue Blue Prints here. This is Stephanie Antonini. Please come to the podium. Actually, it's uh Chris Krivanek and Brenda from Zelia from Blueprints. I'm the early learning director. Chris is our pre-K counts manager. Stephanie is our pre-K teacher here in the district. Okay. It's called the Blueprints, so it must have been a little miscommunication. I um My name is Brenda French and I'm Chris Krivanek and I oversee our pre-K programming at both Washington and Waynesburg Army. We just
003wanted to come down. Um it's been quite a while since we've been one of the board meetings and our teachers have shared that there's been some change in leadership roles. Better? Yeah. Um some changes in the leadership roles and that some new members of the board and some members of the community were having some questions about what our program was in comparison to the district program and then how it interacts together with that. So, we came down just to share out a little bit of information, answer some questions that anyone might have, um and and basically cover those types of things. And so, we did bring a little bit of information to share with the board and then I'm sure we'll have a few extras sitting around and can always send more down if that
004would be helpful as well. Um but Brenda, do you want to take a minute just explain what Blueprints is and how it relates to the group or would you want me to just answer that? Yeah, I'll do this. Um I'm sure hopefully you're all familiar with Blueprints. We're a nonprofit agency uh providing a variety of services out to the community of Greene and Washington counties. Chris and I represent what's known as the early learning program service area and so, our main programs are Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts as well as Head Start and Early Head Start. Um we serve about 1,100 children in the two county area through our early learning programs. Primarily, we are center base. Um we're known for providing preschool programming, but we also have home-based programming as well. And I think we're going
005to have some natural I'm going to set these packets out for the board members and then we can always share them out with the people here as well. Um what we wanted to talk about um was there some information shared that that some of the board members or some of the community members were having a little bit of confusion with the different between our two programs that we have here. And so I wanted to share that um since I've been with the Pre-K Counts since the inception of the grant 17 years ago, I I think I'm the one who works at Pre-K to come and talk because I know it like the back of my hand. Um but we are a state-funded program. We are funded through the same funding of Department of Education that
006does public school funding. And so the grant came into inception about 17 years ago. Um the purpose of our grant was to access more families and offer them quality early learning preschool in the Commonwealth. There there is a push within our Commonwealth to get more access, universal access at some point, to Pre-K families so that is not a barrier. One of the amazing things about working with your district, as well as one of our other partner districts and counties, is you have a district Pre-K, which is not the norm with a lot of a lot of schools in our area and in other counties within our state. Um and so it's been so far a very good collaboration um with different superintendents, different principals, and such. we've had different ways that we place children between
007the two programs, but the goal of our program is to not supplant or take away from any of the district placements that are going on, but to help fill that gap with the knowledge that there are lots of three and four year old children in your school district living in your communities who aren't going to necessarily be able to get placed in the district faster or even as early as 2021 depending on the year. Um Our program does have some requirements and so we we are very transparent in how we select children, how we place children, what we do with that process, but we are basically permitted to serve any child who lives in the state of Pennsylvania. We do try to target Carmichaels families and simply by the location of the families in this
008area, they're typically Carmichaels families, but we have had other ones and then occasionally, but mostly your families that we're serving. Um the children have to be three or four years old and we truly have no preference on what that looks like within our programming. Um we have partnered with some school districts who will prioritize four year old children within their district and so we'll end up with some classrooms that are heavier in three year olds. We have some school districts that may not have a pre-K at all and so we just start to collect applications and if all things are equal, we do take children who only have one year before school starts so that they would need that experience the most, but it varies year to year whether we have three year olds or
009four year olds. And we have worked with a number of the administrators here um to sit down and talk about class lists, about who the district would like to see put into their district program and then who that would need to be put into our pre-K through blueprints. Um where it gets a little bit sticky is we do have an income guideline and it is fairly high. Um we're allowed to serve children who are up to 300% of the poverty level. And so for a family of four that's about 118,000, somewhere right around there for family income. Um we are not permitted to serve children who are above that income. So even if there were a need and we were to have vacancies because of the way our grant is written, we we cannot take
010children who might be at you know that 200,000 level even if we had a seat. Um the way the Department of Ed and the state funding that we receive view that is that that slot could be redistributed to another part of the state where there was a need for those children who are below 300%. Um when we do place our children, we do go with some criteria factors to see who's most at risk for academic struggle or academic failure. And so we have a series of questions we assign points to to get that information. Um but it is a very transparent process. I'm I'm the person who actually places the children for all 400 35 of our children that are in pre-K classrooms across Washington state. Um we partner with in 25, I believe, community
011agency classrooms and nine child care partners. So that's a lot of kids coming in and out of our program throughout the year. Um what we did bring and again we can share here with the board and and those colleagues and actually go around as well is just a little bit about our program. Um because I think that when people think of early childhood, they they they think of child care. So there are quality child cares out there. Um you know they think of in-home child cares or kids being raised with grandma, grandpa, or they just want them to head there in a daycare somewhere. Um our program has very strict guidelines and regulations. Our guidelines are like 160 pages long. So, I mean, we we have a lot that we are accountable to maintain. Um,
012in a way of staffing, we are required to hire a lead teacher who is certified in early childhood education. So, the same teaching staff that would be employed by your district with certification in the elementary and other other grades, um, we have that same requirement. And so, the teacher who is here, um, Miss Stephanie Andronini, um, who is full-time, she actually is a level two certified teacher for early childhood. Um, we also have a qualified staff that assists her in that classroom that has to have an associate's or a CDA. And we do have a rigorous but appropriate curriculum for our children. And so, we we use the Creative Curriculum, which is a standard-based curriculum for young children. It aligns with the PA Early Learning Standards. We model what we do based on the pre-kindergarten
013PA Early Learning Standards. Um, and so, what I shared with you is a little bit of the domains of that curriculum and how it looks when we're working with children. It is a Children learn through play. Children learn through experiences with each other, but it's an intentional activity. It's an intentional mix. Um, we wanted to make sure that people did realize while we are working with the kids, we are promoting school readiness. We are getting them prepared to take that next step, whether it be into your district pre-kindergarten, which I did have some talk with Miss Zaucha about looking at that as a potential method of placement moving down the line. Um, or is it they are starting in their district pre-kindergarten and they spent their 4-year-old year with us, they're coming in understanding and
014I know this sounds a little bit silly to say, but they're understanding not just the expectations of school and being a good citizen and how to take turns and be in line, um but they're also understanding those pre-reading skills. We're working on them understanding the sounds of words, the flow of stories, context of pictures, and those things, um aren't always apparent to people who aren't in our field. Just because it's very different than a structured public school. And one of the things that I always tout is we work a lot on social emotional, um and self-help skills with the children because when there is a kindergarten classroom that has, you know, 21 and maybe maybe maybe 18 to 25 pre kindergarten children in there with a teacher and possibly a teacher aid if there's supports
015needed. As soon as a couple children start arguing, it it can be real wild in there. So, we work with our children with teaching them how to problem solve, how to control and manage their emotions, how to recognize their emotions, um as well as the nice fit with the school is they become familiar with the drop-off procedure. Um they become familiar with the cafeteria line and they get to see the librarian and it takes away a lot of that anxiety when they first start school. Um one thing that I like to point out is that we we do rent space here in the district. So, we rent a classroom, we lease a classroom, um and then during the school year, we pay janitorial for that classroom. So, that's all it's all on the district budget,
016you know, to do so. Um and then we do like to incorporate in when there's book fairs and school pictures, but then those are things that we'll pay for the cost for our parents to participate in because law, and them to charge fees to our parents. So, as much as possible, we love to be part of the school community. Um it just gives it a really nice fit. So, if there's a library classroom, they can go into and hear story or read something with them. We're willing to We're open to as much collaboration that can be available. Um but we have found I looked back and I am horrible with remembering dates, so I always feel like I'm making them up. Sometimes I try very hard not to, but I looked back through our friend
017just actually this afternoon to make sure, but we've actually partnered with Carmichael's for 10 years now. A decade. A decade. Um which I I wouldn't have guessed that. I would have thought it was more around 7 years or so in my mind, but it has been 10 years now. And so, if anyone does have questions about how our program runs or how it looks compared to public preschool, it's something you guys are free to approach with us here now, but it's always something that I can share my number and my card is at home, and you can reach out to me with anything on more one-on-one conversations as well. Um the last thing that I had brought and I don't have my questions list. Oh, I'm so sorry. Yes, if you have more applicants than
018seats, do you give preference to the someone who lives in Carmichael's and a 4-year-old over a 3-year-old? We have a criteria that's set up through our grant guidance. And children are prioritized mainly by their age, and so we look at children two age groups. There's 4-year-olds and there's 3-year-olds. So, there's no young four or old four. Like it's that simple cut off for your district where they are residing that makes them four or three. I know some districts look at them by birthday. Um and then what we do beyond that is we look to see um what risk factors that child has. If If have an IEP, if they're a dual language learner, if they have a referral from a behavioral support, if they have a parent who has not yet received, you know, the
019completion of their high school diploma or GED. Um, these are all outlined in our grant as what creates the potential or risk for a child to have a little harder time coming in than a typical peer. Um, we do also take into account where the school district is. Um, but, um, just organically, most of the children that we serve here are Carmichael's or Carmichael's children. I think we have some staff children who families may work in the district but are not served living here. It will not deter us from signing up a child because our grant says that anyone in the state of Pennsylvania can enroll in any free paid that is offered to K3 counts. But, we have found that typically sometimes all or most of the class population is district children. Um, we
020are allowed to put in some homegrown um, criteria and it's one we've talked about is the district place of in the district. Um, but it hasn't come through our whole board that that's the direction we're going with. There has been talk that that could be the case. But, I honestly would say at the end of each year I see where every child in pre-K is going to kindergarten if they're not returning to us. And typically Carmichael has everyone returning to Carmichael except for one or two who have flown in the area now. Thank you. And we do have to also make sure that we're meeting full enrollment in our programs. If we're Our class size is max group size is 18, um, and we have to make sure that those 18 slots are filled throughout
021the year so that we don't incur any penalties through our state funding. Yes. Cuz they will withhold people in funding if we stay vacant for more than 20 days without planning for the staff. Um we are very much like a school district in the aspect that we are monitoring our children's progress. Um we use a creative curriculum which is aligned to where our learning centers are with our early childhood. Um we assess our children three times in the year to see whether they're meeting, exceeding, or or not meeting um where they should be at in their last calendar year. And every next of those your teachers try to go and reflect data and it will aggregate and enter where those children are. And when I pulled the data for the last three years here um
022in Carmichael's it showed that the average number of children coming in the program for our check first check point, um we had about 45% of the children who were not meeting those basic expectations that fall to them when they're coming in. And and that sounds good in a way too cuz 55% of those children were, you know, so that was a nice thing to hear. But also as we then checked again um we do at the beginning of the year we do mid-year then we do in May. And when we looked in May and when I averaged them out for the three years, we only have about 14% of the children who were not meeting or exceeding those expectations that were in place. And so the children do grow and learn um they learn in
023school, they learn the routine, they learn the staffing. And so it has been in in my opinion here and in some of the other charter partners, just a really rich partnership. And so I think I don't need to think of that at all. I think the only other important note to make um just so you have all the information is that another limitation to our funding is that we're never We're to serve a child who's kindergarten age eligible hot air balloons. And because we are Department of Education state funding as well, we have had certain instances where guidance counselors, parents, our staff, everyone who who knows a child has actually shared this child would do successful by having another year in our program and holding off on kindergarten. But unfortunately, that is not an option
024with our program. And it actually when we store we have a data storage with Pelican that they'll keep those children out of the They don't They don't apply them as not being out of the year. And so that that has caused some difficulties. I do tell people you know, some people say, "Well, should I do a private preschool for a year? Should I do kindergarten?" And I always say that's an individual decision that you have to make. I'm a mom of a child who really had some developmental issues weren't quite ready for kindergarten, but I did child care and helped with those more so. But he went in and and had a struggling first year, but then he had an incredibly successful second year and now he's in middle school and doing great. And and
025those stories vary, too. There's also been nightmare stories where they're not so great. But but we cannot take under our age children and we cannot take children who are from over income families. And so even if we are not full if someone were to apply with a family of four and our cutoff's like 118 and they make 172, the state will not allow them in our program. And that's a little bit disheartening to us because there's so many family members who maybe not financially can't afford quality preschool education, but they're not available. Not every area has high quality care and and education on every corner for children of this age. So, it it does create some difficult conversations, but it is a regulation that we we have to do very strictly. Can we get their
026contact info and go on and ask questions? I don't want to keep bothering you too long. Yeah, I'll leave my card Yeah. and my email address. I have about several questions and I would like to thank you when you're here. We appreciate you. We appreciate your service. I will ask you a question in the public forum. Uh-huh. Do we qualify for further service? We can use They would. I mean, is that possible? We have um have several classrooms for the We have to look at our needs assessment that we do a comprehensive needs assessment because we're community action agency. So, it's a lot of push through. But, we have um in Central Greene School District, we have two We have pre-K counts classrooms there. Um but, it's been fairly successful. Some years have struggled a
027little bit. Fairly successful all of the main schools. And it is something that we can look at and talk about. Um we also have an early childhood speaker to this because she oversees our director of pre-K, she also oversees pre-K, but she also oversees Head Start. Head Start's very similar to pre-K. Families and children are always eligible for one or the other. And the main difference is that Head Start has a very strong family component. They try to work with families on goals they may have and source resources for them as well. And then there's a difference in the income level as well. So, sometimes what we found is we put a pre-K and Head Start in the same building because from the outside they're the same, you know? They're using the same curriculum, the
028same program. But yes, there have been um circumstances where we So, what do I need to take down as you guess? Yes. Hey, so going forward, who would Mrs. Scott contact to pursue that? I can tell you that Mrs. Satterlee is currently working on a Head Start program. All right, good enough. So, we're already in process She's already in process of doing that. Okay. All right, I should have spoke up there. Keep quiet. Thank you, ladies. Before we proceed, would you please stop? Sure. We have with us Giana and Brooklyn and they are here on their summer break filming for us live. Thank you, girls. Oh, I'm sorry, not Brooklyn. Brynn, the other sister. Sorry. It's okay. Put that camera on yourself. You got Hey. Um tonight we have with us Miss Emma Bates. She
029did a presentation. Her and Ali Miller were part of blood coat student representatives um throughout the year and she did a presentation at Penn West in May and she wanted to share some of that presentation with the board tonight, if that's okay. So, you're on, Emma. Thank you very much. I apologize for everybody back here. I'll try to do my best to forward everybody. Good evening. Thank you very much for allowing me to speak to you this evening. Um my name is Emma Bates and I had the privilege, along with Alexandra Miller, who was our senior advisor for this year. I was served as our junior advisor to representative blood coat from the 50th district of Pennsylvania. We were chosen as student delegates to meet our state representatives in our state capitol. And what we
030did this this school year was we served as student voices from Carmichaels Area School District to Pennsylvania House of Representatives. I mean, to be elected for there to voice not only what Carmichaels has to offer as a district, but what Carmichaels and the greater Greene County area has to offer as a whole. Um our district has a large number of amazing things to do with this community and as well as is very connected to the community as a whole. And we got to do a lot of research along with that to show what Carmichaels has to offer. And we're a small region, we're a very rural area, and a lot of times what comes along with a rural area is the assumption from other places that we don't have much offer. And Ali and I
031we believe to fight that notion. And prove that not only are there amazing things to do with the students and the students in Carmichaels, but there's a lot of great things you can do with the community as a whole. And so each school district delegated del- I'm sorry, chose delegates to represent them. And Ali and I were working together for the entirety of the year from September to May on not only this project, but in some meetings with the representative and his staff to show off our school district. First of all, we did a tour in February to Representative Clunk and his legislative staff. We discussed what Carmichaels has to offer as a district, and we also started building our PowerPoint for Head of State at California University our presentation. That was in May, and
032we actually got to connect with the local Board of Commissioners, state representatives, and other local politicians and representatives they're here, just network with them, and hear a lot more about what the other students in other school districts have to offer as far as their suggestions for bettering their schools and their communities. And so, a lot of what we found was Carmichaels is chock-full of tours and and history opportunities. It's a very historic place, founded in 1767, even older than our nation itself. Carmichaels is a very rich place as far as history. We also found some number of trail and hiking opportunities. We have a lot of beautiful nature and hiking spaces that we were privileged to feature, not only in our own Carmichaels Borough, but in the very near area. There's a lot of green
033spaces, and Al and I really wanted to highlight some of those places, such as Wana B. Park, right here in town. Home of the historic racetrack for horses, and now even greater with its walking trails, and baseball fields, and things of that nature. But, a lot of what we don't realize about Carmichaels is the history in it. The Greene Academy, Carmichaels Greene Historical Society. Many people don't realize that we do have an historical society. And I know a lot of us can attest to the fact that we don't know where we even come from, but we're willing to learn. And so, Al and I did a lot of digging into our history. We're excited to share some of the old mill house project, such as across the street from the Greene Academy, and then one
034of these days to the old town area. The mill house is hoping to become a Carmichaels museum to preserve our heritage, and tell the story of our local mining history, our Carmichaels and surrounding neighborhoods, and the story of these people and what they have experienced. We were also fortunate to take a look outside of Carmichaels and some of the places in Greene County, the greater area there. From the Corbly Monument, the Founder's Monument in Rice's Landing and the Monongahela River, and the Greene County Historical Society Museum in Waynesburg There another block between you and the people traveling outside of our area to come in and see Greene County as a whole and see what it has to offer historically and with the tourism industry, which is the second highest industry in Pennsylvania. We don't often
035think of our region as being a tourism hub, but what we're working to build with the representative Cook and the entire student advisory project is how to get more people into our area and how to show off what we have, not just to build new things. Because bigger isn't better. Space is yeah, bigger isn't always better. But, showing off what we have more, higher levels of showcasing, that's what's going to bring people to the area. And so, one of the biggest ways we wanted to show off what we already have existing is a video that I was privileged to interview a few local business owners and people who are involved in our town square businesses along with Miss Hathaway. Her production expertise and my desire to learn more about who we have right here at
036home and the services they offer let us create a short video, hopefully going to get solved in part two as well. But, this part one of the video is going to show you some of the local people, business owners, restaurant owners, people who've opened up shops, entrepreneurs, and locals who love Carmichaels and what it has to offer. So, we thought instead of us presenting the rest of this talk to you through the voice of the community, share their voices as well. That's all the better I have to do for you. But, as a student advisor, I am really excited to show you some of Carmichaels' favorites. So, some restaurants, BUSINESSES, AND JUST LOCAL FAVORITE SPOTS THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED TOO. SO, CHECK IT OUT. I HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT Cal-U on the other end. So,
037we thought we'd do something and we are And Jen, would you like to introduce yourself? Well, we are at First Federal Savings and Loan, talking with people you know, people you can trust. And I'm here with our assistant manager. Would you like to introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Sue Russell. And we are really excited about just talking to some local businesses and seeing what you do. So, what would you say is something that you've seen the organization help the community in? Well, I think they're involved in a lot. They do make a lot of donations. They sponsor baseball teams. They sponsor different things. And they're very involved in the community, also, I feel. So, I think we're out there a lot and people know us. We know you and we trust you. And we'll
038get as much mileage out of this slogan as we can. Well, and so, going off of that, how have you seen employees at this bank be able to help their customers in kind of individualized ways. Well, I think we're a very personalized bank. I feel like we know a lot of our customers very well. We have a good rapport with them. We build relationships with them, and they they feel very comfortable coming in here if they have their checkbook out of balance, or we're always willing to help them any way we can. So. So, what are some things that you would like to see either brought into the community or improved that would make Carmichael's, in your opinion, a more thriving place? Well, I do have a safety concern for the community. It's the circle.
039People drive very fast through there. I'm surprised there haven't been more accidents, but if they could do speed bumps or stop signs, you know, it's I think it's just a safety concern that I think should be addressed. And I also think if we could have more restaurants in the area, that'd be a benefit to the community. Absolutely. We're here in Sasha's Creation, right in Town Square of Carmichael's, and uh we wanted to talk to its very proud owner. So, if you'd like to introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Marsha McMahon. And this is Lily. And we have been here since uh over 2 years in July since we opened the business. And uh we just love the building. Uh it was built in 1854, and it shows a lot of history here in Carmichael's. So,
040we're excited about uh bringing in a shop into town. Uh I grew up here in Carmichael's, and it was just great with everything going on. Uh something always was going on, so I just love being here in on Town Square. What would you like to see more of either in Carmichael's or just in the community as a whole on Town Square? What are some events or businesses you feel would kind of bring more impact to the area? Well, this past Christmas we did Christmas in Carmichael's. I would like to see more people coming in to see our great small town. Not too many towns have squares anymore and we um developed a non-profit called United We Shine. So, we want to do more events in Carmichael's to bring more people into the businesses. And I
041would like to see maybe a few more businesses open up here in town. It gives us it's such a nice small hometown feeling. So, that's it. You know, we want to have more events and the best part of when we did Christmas in Carmichael's is seeing all the people you haven't seen in a long time come out and be a part of the events. So, we really enjoyed that. Absolutely. I agree from the small town perspective you really can't get anything better than a true square with a bunch of people that you know and it it does it does it feels friendly. Um what are some of the developments that you're doing here in the shop that are coming on? Right now, we started with Shosha's Creations. It was we created custom made t-shirts and
042then we kind of added um more women uh crafters coming in. And we have crocheted items. We have embroidery from uh Shaw Dogs. Uh and then we have um the Christmas Shop which is open all year and we did uh Christmas and we had Santa here and we do pictures with Santa and they get the kids good spend time and you don't have to wait in line to be able to sit and talk with Santa. Now, come in June we're going to open this part of the uh store. We're going to call it Hatitudes and we're going to do a trucker uh bar with the hats and where you can come in and have hat parties and create your hats and things like that. So, we're excited about the new adventure and adding more to
043the store to bring more people. I think the best part is when someone comes in and says, "Wow, we're glad you're here cuz then they don't have to go to Uniontown or they don't have to run to Washington to get it you know, we're looking for for gifts, small thing you know, things to have without running you know, have to go into town." Absolutely. Well, this is exciting. Thank you so much for for sharing all of that with us. Thank you. And come out Sasha's Creations and Christmas shop. So, we're here with the owner of Hartley Inn and we just wanted to have a little conversation. So, first of all, do you want to introduce yourself? Hi, I'm Brian Curry. I run the place. I own the place for 5 years now. Great. And so,
044what are some of the things that you love about having a small business? I love the community. I love the people here. Um our customers a lot of older retired and my family just like seeing them coming in every day. So. So, with that family kind of aspect being involved, what's something that you do to take steps with you and your employees to make sure that this is a a homey and welcoming environment for customers? Well, we we have we deliver to our customers. We we call them by name when they walk in. We we know 90% of them. Um we just show them love and let them know that they're in our family too. So. Now, do you have a favorite menu item that you would recommend for anybody coming in? Uh that's a
045hard one. Our our our fish is fantastic. Our meatloaf is fantastic. Our burgers are the best. So, it's it's hard to narrow that down. Bacon burgers are my personal favorite and I know everybody gets tired of me asking when the lobster bisque is going to be in and that's my personal favorite. I have a peanut crab right now. I'm sticking around for later. Yes. Well, thank you very much for allowing us to share our voices with you as well as the ones at Carmichael's. Like so many people mentioned in the video, Carmichael's, the district, and the town were community, we're family, and we really appreciate you. THANK YOU. MR. BOWDEN, YOU HAVE THE THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. WE DO HAVE TWO middle school students here. We, along with Ms. Manhart and Mr. Gillis, they're going
046to discuss kind of what happened. These two individuals, uh T. N. Fraser and Nathan Caldwell, placed first and second in the Brave Explorers Future Investors Challenge in the Southwest PA region. So, I did want to at least recognize them. I think this is an up-and-coming class that we have here. We've done I know you guys have done it for a couple years. So, I I I do feel like it's important for the kids to learn how to manage money. So, I am proud of these students. Ms. Manhart and Mr. Gillis, if you want to bring those students in, we'll talk. You guys can discuss kind of what you did in that class. Um I can start. So, we've been competing in the Stock Market Challenge since we were granted the ticker. I think it was
0472019. And I you know, we've been really doing well. We seem to have someone place in the in the region every every competition. And we're competing in five with five counties, Washington, Fayette, Greene, uh Westmoreland, and Allegheny. Not every school in those five counties compete, but the ones that do, um you know, they they take it seriously. And um so, like just to start, uh at the middle school level, we try to get them to understand what a stock market ticker is, what a trade is, and what a the an index fund that that you know, mutual fund, um the S&P 500. We just try to give them some terminology and make them just grasp a little bit of what the stock market is all about. So, they are given a hypothetical $100,000, and then
048we try to guide them, you know, into picking stocks that they trust, that they believe in, and um and it can go from there. I'll let them talk, but um but San- Sanam has has an interesting um she actually came out like What do you remember what your total was? Um I don't I don't remember the total, but all I remember is that I had three things that I had done. I had Chipotle, Domino's, and Monster. And when I was going through them, I just kept all the things I was going in the red, like all the characters and stuff, and just people thought to just take them down, and like they were scared they would lose all their money, and I just kept it up and kept it going. And then, somehow I lost
049$30, and still ended up bringing all that stuff back up, and placed second. That's a good example. She came in second in the middle school division, and Mason in a minute um he was in the elementary sixth grade, and considered the elementary, but the interesting part of that that she she gets it is that she lost $30 over her $100,000, but that means everybody else lost more. So, and she was in the ninth uh like right before uh the April beginning of April, when all that started going down. Uh so, she only had hasn't had the class for 9 weeks, and um she was out like March 27th or something like that. So, she made her trades already, and then uh in April when the stock market took that hit, uh she lost a little
050bit of money, but now she realizes that keeping that money in there her her stocks are much higher than they were in April, but she still was at at the end of when the competition ended when it ended she was you know it's just $30 lower but she would be ahead right now. So, just just believe in the stock market and know that historically it works. So, that's So, she was in second place in middle school. Oh, there's not too much else that Mrs. Menhart did have or we've been doing this for a while and I know like Sienna's gotten to go through it twice cuz she went through with me and then again with Mrs. Menhart in her class. So, I think it's just really neat that we get to provide that to them
051and especially sixth grade that's something that there's an outlet that some of them might not know about that part of the world and it might keep their interest that later they go on because now even Mrs. Menhart has the investment club in the high school that we were working with It's the foundation. So, this is kind of like yeah, a little feeder into that so some of these kids get to see that and they can do And there's two competitions cuz we did it in the fall, too. So, this spring one they made a little bit bigger hoopla about that one cuz they have them in two regions for that one. Do you remember what you invested in, Mason? Do you have anything to say? Well, whatever the stock market challenge started, I researched some
052of the stocks that were currently being invested in. And I invested in that. I can't really recall for all of them the costs, but I'm pretty sure one of them was Monster and then over time I kept checking on my stocks in the future and and sometimes they worked, but I kept them to see if they did any better. And sometimes they don't. And I know Mason I had him at the end of the day so I knew different times of the class at the end of the day he would be on his Chromebook checking in on those. And like I said there was two. So, in the fall they were all chasing one of the students that was in our class. So, then when it came in the spring there was a lot more
053them they were in and they're like, "Okay, now it's they got their feet wet in the fall, so in the spring they were thought they were a little bit more savvy in terms of what they were looking for." It was kind of neat to see them just develop in that little short time what their thinking was. So, will they do the fall too? They'll do the fall one as well. They do they do the fall and the spring competition. Yeah. It's all the new batch of sixth graders, so I'll do it cuz I always come down when we introduce it in the fall with Mrs. Menard with working coordination and then we have the spring but then like Mason next year, if he has Mrs. Menard then all that good he can do it again
054in that. They won money. Uh Xena won $60 for taking second place and Mason won $100 $100, right? Did you invest it? I think it comes out to an animal gift card. What's that? A little bit of the back When they hear that, they're like, "Okay, We have any other remarks from the board? Okay, thank you. We'll go on to administrator reports. Superintendent's report. We have no report from the superintendent tonight, but I would like to introduce you Mrs. Amy Clark. Amy is our interim superintendent. superintendent. Okay, good. You want to talk about Welcome, Amy. Thank you and welcome. Thank you for everything that you've done for us. Thank you. I'll make your first choice, Mrs. Clark. Thank you. So, they are trying to fill that up and I did get some information regarding resources
055for reading from McGraw Hill and then I put this is our early PSSA data. You can see the one area is inconclusive. In that specific subject, I only got through a report back for 12 students. So, we it's 0% but we only got back for 12 students right now. I'm waiting on the rest of the class to come in. Um So, that's conclude my report for the principals. Thank you. Middle School, Mr. Poland. Thank you, Mr. President. Um as Mrs. Sacra mentioned in my report is a is a whole bunch of data as far as the demographics and how the year ended up with our discipline being down, our attendance staying at 92% as well as any retentions um that we have in there. Um and our PSSA uh you know, one thing that is
056a positive about online testing is we got most of it back already except for our science board. So, that data compared to last year's in your report is also questions on that. Please let me know. As we wind down the school year here in June, we did start summer school 2 weeks ago online. So, that's been um checked in with the instructors um doing that as far as middle school students. Seems to be going well. Uh they would want to let the board know that August 12th at 6:30 to 8:00 is going to be our 6th grade orientation. Uh so, you know, parents will will put that on the the tron outside. We'll we'll Facebook that and try to get that communicated out um as of now so the parents can make plans for that
057uh for incoming sixth graders. Um and then with that being said, you know, I would like to thank the board, um you know, the teachers, the students. It's been a great year here and uh you know, as soon as Mr. Rebecchi can finish our schedule and get it to me, I'll that's what I'll be working on for the rest of the semester uh through the summer. So, again, thank you guys. I appreciate it and that concludes my report. Thank you, sir. Ms. Rebecchi, high school. Thank you, Mr. Menhart. Uh first and foremost, I'd like to say congratulations to the class of 2025. Um we had 70 students that graduated from Carmichaels High School. Um we had a great time leading up to graduation for the seniors. Um our senior class sponsor, Ms. Carrie Thomas, worked
058very hard um to make it a memorable month of May. Um she had several events planned and we also um thank everyone who participated and provided scholarships to our students. We had a senior recognition ceremony um in the auditorium along with dinner and that was very well attended. So, congratulations again to the class of 2025. Also, I'd like to say congratulations to our baseball and softball teams. Um both teams played in the WPIAL finals and that was an amazing lead up to and, you know, unfortunately, we were runner-ups, but we are that's not unfortunate because we were so great there to make it. So, congratulations to those teams. Um I'd also like to say congratulations to our Envirothon team. Um they they were in Winber Pennsylvania and they participated at the state level there placing
059second. Um so, congratulations to them. And I am working on the schedule as Mr. Poland said. I must say I'm in the infancy of it right now, um based on waiting for staffing uh to be finalized. So, I do have um you know, the program's working on it. I'm working back and forth with our SMS, which is Alma, and you know, I will definitely have the um the schedule to you guys in July for approval. That concludes my report. Thank you, Ms. Rebecchi. Mr. Townsend, technology. Thank you, Mr. Menhart. Uh Southwest Training Services uh started this past Monday. Three Carmichaels graduates began working for me. Uh Jake Skowvron Johnny Cranek and Nathan Dursa. Uh they began cataloging, inspecting, charging, and organizing all the student Chromebooks. Uh as as you're aware, I need them more than
060ever and uh they're they're a huge help this year. Uh I'd like to thank Southwest Training Services for this partnership. It's a great opportunity for the students uh to both help and learn technology uh with with me and and our technology here at Carmichaels. Moving forward, um I'd like to introduce a couple technology procedural changes. Um I'm going to have an implementation of a support ticket system this year for any uh technological needs that any staff or students may have, they can direct themselves to our school website, uh click on the resources tab, and click uh support ticket. What that'll do is that'll help me catalog, organize, and stay on top of all of the support tickets and technology needs that happen on a day-to-day basis, uh so that nothing gets missed uh and and
061I can I can stay on top of it as as much as possible. Um depending upon availability of myself, uh you know, turnaround time is going to be a little bit longer, but I I'm I'm confident that uh that we'll get it done and we'll make this year work uh and have success. Moving forward, uh some other policy and procedural changes that might be brought to your attention, uh we're going to look at maybe revisiting our bring your own device policy. Uh we're going to look at and talk about an artificial intelligence uh policy, and then also look at modifying our one-to-one device insurance policy. So, those are just some topics that uh you might hear in the future. If there's no questions, that concludes my report. Questions? Thank you, Mr. Franks. Mr. Franks, maintenance
062supervisor. Thank you, Mr. President. Uh we're currently in the maintenance department, of course, working on our summer list. Uh I'm working very closely with my uh soon-to-be replacement, uh getting uh the transition to happen as smoothly as possible and we're looking really intently at all the projects to make sure we get the ones that have to be done first first prior to prioritizing. Everything is working so uh, far so good. Um the only uh, update report I have for you is uh, and one that I know that people have been waiting on is the roof project. Uh, the roof is on and we're going to be able to open the weight room this coming Monday. With the provisions that uh Mrs. Todd and I have discussed about the way it would be implemented and the
063new uh, sign-ups for everyone. Um the roof itself as the uh, clerk of the works the roof is now completed. However, the punch list has not been completed yet. Uh, I have approximately six items on mine. An inspector from the roof manufacturer will come and do their punch list. So, none of this is going to affect the operation of the field house. Um but um, we're I'll be on it until the project is completed even if I'm not here. I'll follow through till we get through the punch list. And uh, that concludes my report at this moment. Can that scaffolding to the entrance where we had protection be taken away? Not quite yet. One of the items on my punch list is the scupper, which happens to be right there. Uh, as soon as that
064happens I will let you know. Okay. And that's your about Thank you very much for that. It was essential for us. It was a life saver. Thank you. Uh on this with this roof thing I almost forgot to tell you that we did have an event where the waste container driver cut across the corner of our football field. I contacted a restoration company. I also contacted the roof contractor. They accepted responsibility. The date at this point if we can do it is they are available on Tuesday to start on the restoration. Is it did they go deep? Obviously they probably did. It's been raining pretty day. Between 3/4 of an and 1 in and eight tires, it's it has to be attended to. It's It's you'll fall on your face. Could you do it in
065house and back charge them? We could get you the equipment. I would prefer to have We already have quotes. Yeah, we have a quote from a company that's about $3,600. Yes, Thomas. He works for um Pioneer? Something to do with Pioneer after No, no, no. I was saying he has references to the company he worked for. I can't remember. It was big names. I'm not a sports He worked on Heinz Field and everything. He He's worked at high-end places and provided us with those references. So, I'm very comfortable with him doing the job. We've discussed it in detail how he would approach it and I think that we should Mrs. Todd and I have discussed it. I believe we're going to go ahead and do it on Tuesday. And that concludes my report. So that
066everybody knows the procedure for the field house in the event that the policies for the community field house are adopted this evening, our plan is to deactivate everybody's card. We will have copies of the new procedures in place for when we open it. They will be signed off of on. They will be permitted to use the facility that evening and then the next day we'll get all the information to Chief Miller so that their cards can be reactivated so that everybody's aware of the new procedures. They're signed off on. And Mr. Townsend agreed to uh do signage for the field house so that all the rules and it will be posted and everybody will have knowledge of what the rules are and we will put uh notice out uh on our media pages tomorrow once
067we get everything approved so that people are aware of the changes and what we are doing. So, I just wanted everybody to know how we've decided to go through with that. And the second thing I wanted to say is thank you, Mr. Franks, for your career at the district. This is your last meeting and uh we appreciate you. Thank you, Dave. Thank you, DAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY, ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS. HUMAN RESOURCES, MR. SOKOL. Thank you, Mr. Meinhart. Motion to approve the substitute list addendum as presented. Second. All in favor? Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Motion to approve the $5,500 salary increase for elementary principal. Second. Any questions? The reason this came up is because the Act 93 agreement is a one is a contract and this this Sacca was hired
068uh during that agreement. So, the board needed to meet with her to get her her salary for the remainder of this contract. That was understood when we hired her, correct? Roll call, please. Mr. Buckton. Yes. Dr. Dr. Yes. Mrs. Kroll. Yes. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Miss Shue. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Sobol. Yes. And Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Motion carries. Motion to approve a 5-year agreement with Don Ward Malick to provide athletic training services for Carmichaels Area School District effective July 1st, 2025 as presented. Second. Any questions? The only question I have is this is the agreement that the negotiating team came up with last week I believe. Roll call, please. Dr. Kraus. Yes. Mrs. Kroll. Yes. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Miss Shue. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Sobol. Yes. Mr. Buckton.
069No. And Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Motion carries. Motion to approve a 3-year contract with SEIU custodial maintenance staff effective July 1st, 2025 to June 30th of 2028 as presented. Second. Mr. May is the second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Mrs. Kroll. Yes. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Miss Shue. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Sobol. Yes. Mr. Buckton. Yes. Dr. Kraus. Yes. Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Motion carries. Motion to accept the resignation of Gary Sirak as custodian. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Motion to approve Dave Franks to provide consulting services at an hourly rate of $50 an hour um on an as-needed basis. Just won't go away. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Motion to approve resignation letter dated May 30th of 2025 from Fred Morcroft, superintendent, in
070fact effective June 30th, 2025. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Mrs. Kroll? Yes. Mr. May? Yes. Mr. Pratt? Yes. Miss Shook? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Siegel? Yes. Mr. Buxton? Yes. Dr. Kress? Yes. Mr. Menhart? Yes. Motion carries. Motion to approve the travel of Tracy Dobish and Kelly Kozel as presented. Do I have a second? Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Motion to approve Amy Todd as interim superintendent effective July 1st, 2025. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Do I have a second? Motion to offer elementary music position to Cynthia Hayhurst with a salary set at master step one and terms for the professional contract effective 2025-2026 school year. Do I have a second? Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Mrs.
071Sager, is she here tonight? Yes. Would like to introduce her? Hi, I'm Cynthia Hayhurst. Uh the last name gets messed up a lot, so don't worry about it. You got it. You got it. You know, I've gotten a Hayhurst, so anything's better than that. Thank you guys very much. Okay. Good luck. That's all I have. All right, thank you. Budget and finance, Mr. Smith. Thank you. Uh first one is the motion to adopt the final budget of the Carmichaels Area School District in the amount of $20,636,827 for the 25-26 fiscal year and levy an annual tax of 26 mills as well as the following tax rates: half of 1% wage tax, half of 1% realty transfer tax, and $10 flat rate occupational tax. And just so everyone's aware, that is a balanced budget for the
072school district and that is a zero tax increase to the community. Second. Any questions? Thank you, Amy. Thank you, guys. Best of luck with this as well. As it is. Roll call, please. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Miss Shute. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Sokol. Yes. Mr. Buckten. Yes. Dr. Kraus. Yes. Mrs. Poole. Yes. And Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Motion carried. Number two, motion to approve the 25-26 homestead and farmstead exclusion resolution as presented. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Miss Shute. Yes. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Sokol. Yes. Mr. Buckten. Yes. Dr. Kraus. Yes. Miss Poole. Yes. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Motion carried. Number three, motion to approve the following depositories for the Carmichaels Area School District for the 25-26 school year, that being a community bank and PSDLAF. Do
073I have a second? Second. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carried. Number four, our insurance renewal. Motion to approve the 25-26 insurance renewal as compiled by Gallagher's at a cost of $160,507 as listed below, which the first one being the general liability, the property, the crime, auto, boiler, machine for 57,000 change, school leader errors and omissions 16,000 and change, umbrella 3,000 and change, workers comp 73,000 and change, cyber liability four and change, and auto 5,000 and change again for a total renewal insurance package of $160,507. Second. Any questions? That was an increase of 2.4, Amy. Is that right? Approximately 2.1%. No, pretty good. Roll call, please. Mrs. Shue? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Stokel? Yes. Mr. Buckten? Yes. Dr. Krass? Yes. Mr. Mrs. Curl? Yes. Mr. May, Mr. May? Yes. Mr. Pratt? Yes.
074And Mr. Menhart? Yes. Motion carried. Number five pertains to our 403Bs. This is a motion to approve Equitable Financial as our 403B vendor for Carmichaels Area School District. Second. Any questions? This was on the agenda because way back when prior to my first stint here, there was a motion to have no more 403B carriers presented to the board. So, these this company has requested to be on, and the process has changed now. So, we wanted to give them the opportunity. How many people do we have on there? I mean, how many companies? There's four five right now. Okay. This would be the sixth company. Does that a lot of extra work in your office? No, it used to be a lot of work because we had to do everything manually. They changed we now go
075through a company called Penser. So, this company would get the individual submit the stuff to Penser and it would come back back to us through payroll. Okay. I believe that was the issue last time. Yes. Are there further questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Number six, motion to approve Hilandale Associates Inc. as the broker of record for Carmichaels Area School District's Hartford Insurance Company life insurance policies. Second. Questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. All right, number seven, closing of the prior school year. So, motion to approve the following for the closing of the 2024-25 fiscal school year books. Close of the 2024-25 books as of June 30th, 2025. Pay the bills that arrive and are due by June 30th, 2025. Transfer funds necessary for the completion of the budget expenditures and
076direct the school district auditors to proceed with conducting the necessary financial transactions and audit to close the fiscal year. Actions of the administration will be reported at the next regularly scheduled board meeting. Second. Any questions on that? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. Uh number eight, the Greene County CTC budget. Motion to approve the 2025-26 Greene County Career and Technology Center budget as presented with the district shares being $623,148.08. Second. Any questions? That's a pretty significant decrease, isn't it? Mhm. Yes. Almost 720,000 last year. Yes, and that that comes from the fact that they did some changes with the roof project and they got the solar grant, and I think they rearranged some some different items. I think Mr. May Carr has a better idea. That's because you're in charge, right? No, I'm not
077in charge by any stretch of it. Roll call, please. Mr. Smith. Yes. Mr. Seiple. Yes. Mr. Buckton. Yes. Dr. Kraus. Yes. Ms. Pearl. Yes. Mr. May. Yes. Mr. Pratt. Yes. Ms. Shute. Yes. And Mr. Meinhart. Yes. Okay, number nine. Motion to approve the pre-K counts meal service agreement for the 2025-26 fiscal year as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion passed. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Mr. Smith. You were busy today. Activities and athletics, Mr. Pratt. Number one, field trips. Motion to approve the request for field trip items A through B below as presented in accordance with the district policy. A, academic league, occasions to be determined, 10-2, 10-23, 11-7, 11-21, 12-3, and 1-8-26. B, high school, softball spring training, Florida or South Carolina, March 18th to the 22nd of
0782025 in accordance with district policy. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Number two, resignation of C. Allen, assistant varsity football coach. Motion to approve the resignation letter of Cody Allen as assistant varsity football coach effective immediately. I'll second. Second. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carries. Number three, assistant middle school football coaches, district paid. Motion to approve JW Kayla and Reed Long for middle school football coach position, district paid effective 2025-26 season. These are roll calls. Please one abstain. You want to abstain? You want to abstain? Okay. Okay. I have to Yeah, so you just have to do it on your roll call. You said you can abstain. Abstain. Okay. All in favor? I second. Somebody said second it, right? I did. So who said it again? Who did
079it? Okay. All in favor? I. I abstain. Opposed? Steve abstained. All right. Thank you. Number four, resignation of Ash Shavon, elementary band director. Motion to accept the resignation letter from Simon Shavon effective May 30th, 2025 as elementary band director. I'll second that. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carries. Number five, resignation of Ash Shavon, musical mics sponsor. Motion to accept the resignation letter from Simon Shavon effective May 30th, 2025 as musical mics sponsor. Second. Second. Mr. May. All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carries. Number six, resignation of M. Miller, freshman sponsor. Motion to accept the resignation of Morgan Miller as freshman sponsor as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carries. Number seven, resignation of A. Anderson, drama club sponsor. Motion to approve the resignation letter received June 5th, 2025
080of Amanda Anderson as drama club sponsor. You have a second? Second. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Abstain. Mr. Buck abstains. Okay. Motion carries. Number eight, drama club sponsor. Motion to approve Jenna Panepinto as drama club sponsor with salary and terms per the professional contract effective the 2025-26 school year. Second. Any questions? All in favor? I. Opposed? Motion carries. Number nine, Eagle Scout project. Motion to approve the cross country trail project presented by Mr. Hayden Yeager for the completion of his Eagle Scout badge. Second. Any questions? Uh We We actually met down there, John. Okay. And it's going to not going to be exactly like he said. There's just no way to get it that close to the to the creek line in that area that he wanted to use. It's going to be
081a little bit smaller. Gary and Mr. Demian and I met down there. So, it might have to be tweaked a little bit what he wanted to do. You're all right with it? Yeah, we're okay. It's just not going to be what he said. to tell him. We'll Yeah, we'll direct him which way to go. You got to talk to Gary about that, Gary. Yeah, yeah, I already talked to him. Oh, okay. made stipulations that he Okay. Yeah, he's got to get with Gary. All right, sounds good. Okay. Any other comments? All in favor? I. I. Opposed? Motion carries. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Mr. Pratt. Transportation, building and grounds, Mr. May. Facilities. Motion to approve the request for facilities items A through D presented as at below as presented. Any questions? I. Any
082questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Community Field House procedures. Motion to approve the community weight room procedures as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Blueprints pre-K count lease agreement 2025-26. Motion to approve the 2025-26 lease agreements with Blueprints as presented. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please. Mr. Sokol? Yes. Mr. Buckten? Yes. Dr. Kraus? Yes. Ms. Kroll? Yes. Mr. May? Yes. Mr. Pratt? Yes. Ms. Chew? Yes. Mr. Snedden? Yes. Mr. Meinhart? Yes. Motion carries. I believe that concludes my report. Thank you, Mr. May. Technology, curriculum, and instruction, Mrs. Kroll. Um motion to approve the services agreement with Allegheny Intermediate Unit as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Number two is motion to approve agreement with Center for Hearing and Deaf Services Incorporated as presented.
083Second. Questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Number three is motion to approve the agreement with ProCare Therapy for the extended school year as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Number four is motion to approve the agreement with ProCare Therapy for the 2025-26 school year as presented. Second. Any questions? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carried. That concludes my report. Thank you, Mrs. Kroll. Business Manager, Mrs. Todd. Oh, wait a What do you want me to be? Yeah, two hats. I can be whatever you want me to be. Mrs. Todd. We need a motion to approve the bills for payment in the amount of $1,540,785.97. Do we have that motion? I should. Second? Second. Any questions? Okay, roll call, please. Mr. Buckton? Yes. Dr. Kraus? Yes. Mrs. Kroll? Yes.
084Mr. May? Yes. Mr. Pratt? Yes. Miss Shue? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Sekula? Yes. Mr. Meinhart? Yes. Mrs. Pierce. We need a motion to approve the Secretary-Treasurer and other financial reports as presented. So moved. Any motion? So moved. Brian, second? Second. Roll call, please. Dr. Kraus? Yes. Mrs. Kroll? Yes. Mr. May? Yes. Mr. Pratt? Yes. Miss Shue? Yes. Mr. Smith? Yes. Mr. Sekula? Yes. Mr. Buckton? Yes. And Mr. Meinhart? Yes. Motion carried. That concludes my report. Thank you, Mrs. Todd. Federal Programs report, Mrs. Sacka. I only have um three quick items. The consolidated application is nearly finished and will be submitted by June 30th, which is the deadline. And then the rural rural schools grant application is also open and um it's due September 1st, but that should be submitted at some point this summer.
085And Mr. Pounds and Mrs. Todd and I are working together to um look at what we we target for that and we believe that, you know, updating our Chromebooks at be elementary is probably um the best investment at this point. And then last, and we we talked about Head Start. I had it on for the I'm sorry. Oh, that's okay. Um it just we started the conversations regarding Head Start because I believe that if we can reach the children younger and reach their families as well, um then that just better prepares them when they do hopefully come to our program um for the pre-K class, which I mean one it might be the blueprints. And then a lot of our students want blueprints and then do our district run classrooms. So, what I'm looking at
086is, you know, space in the community cuz we really don't have any in the school, um but that is not something that needs to be in the school as long as it's in somewhere in the Carmichael's area. And that's that's all I have. How much space? Roughly? Room size? Couple of Room size? I have to check the guidelines. That actually is one thing I could go and ask them. Um I know in the past I there was a church, I believe, in Namakohl that was the last space utilized for Head Start. crystal fire wall during the day. I mean, that's where we have our Well, the do we just got to make sure it's all ADA compliant and up to codes. But I can I will get I have to have it sprinkled the whole
087building and stuff and all that stuff. It's going to be Okay. I'll put you like that. Um I'll I'll put the guidelines. Just Yeah, give me a call so I can I might have some spaces. Okay. Thank you. That's all confused my report. Thank you, Mrs. Sattler. Legislative reports. Nothing to report at this time. Well, thank you, Mrs. Public relations, anyone? Comprehensive plan, Nothing to report at this time. Well, thank you, I will so I can give you a report on that. When you log in, we will be starting our comprehensive plan. That's on our list of things to do. Well, thank you, Mr. Swartz. Okay, um GCC and PC We have a meeting on June 30th because we can't pass our budget till only district has passed their budget. So, we'll give you an
088update on that on our next meeting. Okay, thank you. Safety and security, um I appreciated Chief Miller's report. Um sounds like things are going in the right direction and a lot of people have a lot of good ideas. So, like Mr. Buckton said, safety is always first. Okay, um enrollment, I don't even know what this is. It's just attached to the the annual enrollment that Okay, you got anything? No, but it's attached for your review for the sponsor reports and everything. All right. So, nothing to report. Nothing to report. Okay. Do we have a motion to adjourn? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? Aye. Thank you, guys.