001Item number two. Roll call. Chairperson Sandal >> here. Vice chairperson Shear >> here. Ruland >> here. >> Bryant. >> Candace Eisen Brown >> here. >> Tyrell Eisen Brown >> present. >> All right. Item number three, pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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. You may find enough chair. I can bring some more over there. Okay, move on to number four. Moment of reflection or prayer. Do we have anything today? >> Yes. I even brought my Bible and then I left it in my office so I had to scramble and find it on here. Okay. Um, this spoke to me as we have so much um, social media, fake news, all
002of the above. Galatians 6:4 says, "Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone without comparing themselves to someone else. For each one should carry their own load. Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor. Verse six. >> Thank you. >> All right. Do we have any conflicts of interest tonight? >> Um I have one this evening on the consent agenda for the staff assignment actually with my sister. Okay, thank you very much. Hope move on to number six. Approve the agenda. >> I actually need to make a motion to amend the agenda to add the resignation of Kayen Morris as drama director to the consent agenda. >> Got a motion. Second, a second. Any discussion? All in favor say
003I. I. >> All oppose. Same sign. Motion passes to approve the agenda. >> Now on to number seven. >> That was just to that was just to amend. >> Oh to approve the amended consent agenda. >> Second. >> Sorry about that. >> I'm sorry. >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I post. Safe sign fast. Now on to number seven. Now we're going to approve the consent agenda. >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Motion in the second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> All same signs. Motion passes to approve the consent agenda. Okay. Um move on to number eight. Got open forum tonight. We have anybody that wants to speak in open forum. Okay. If none move on to number nine, speaker presentation and recognition of
004student of the month. >> Um to start with I have a couple of certificates I received for academic team award. Um, I want us to recognize our volleyball team from Wal High School for achieving or exceeding grade point average of 3.0 and that's sent to us from the state. I also have here an academic team award for the football team from Wal High School for achieving or exceeding a grade point average of 3.0 for the 2526 school year. And that's also a certificate from the state. Then I want you um I have two students today. I'd like them to stand up. Our middle school student of the month is Sila Geel and our high school student of the month is Taylor McDaniel or McDaniel McDonald, sorry. And um I want our um board to stand
005up and congratulate them as you guys can walk around and the board would like to congratulate you. >> Thank you. >> Good job. Congratulations. >> Good job, Taylor. We got some >> before these kids sit down. Both of these kids are um kids we we uh we see around the hallways a lot. These kids are always willing to help. Um Taylor is a senior, going to graduate soon. So is willing to do whatever you ask him to do and then some. I got I had the honor of supervising sixth graders at the concession stand the other night and solely was there ahead of time and helped clean up. So, uh, thank you for your leadership, kids. We also have a presentation from um, James Butler. And if you remember, um, these kids that get these
006opportunities to go off on learning experiences, they get these experiences approved by me and they are absent until they give a presentation to your folks on whatever they chose to go do or were approved to go do. And then those absences are um school exempt, meaning they don't count against their absences to take the final exam test, which is very important to them these days. So James is going to share what he did. Okay. Uh, thank you guys for having me. Uh, I got I got the opportunity uh through the Wall Food Center where I work at to go down and tour the AWG who supplies most of the grocery stores and the store down here to go tour the warehouse and learn more about what it takes to get the products and food to
007all the different locations. Got to the warehouse. They have a over a million square ft warehouse down. This is in North Fork, Nebraska. Um their warehouse that they just added on to and they're going to add on to it again. It's about a million square feet. And at any given time, they'll 100 different crews throughout the warehouse picking off the um shelves and putting them on two smaller pallets to send to the grocery stores. Uh right here is one. This is uh where they store all the bananas. Uh they pump them the these rooms once these doors close, they pump them full of ethylene gas to keep the bananas from uh going spoiled once they're storing there. And that's a picture there of just how long the warehouse is on one of the aisles. Uh
008in here, we got to go inside the freezer. They keep the regular freezer at about -20° and where they store the ice cream is down to -40 all the time and you'll have people in there working 24/7. Uh, and according to the guy who was giving us the tour, the people who are in there working there, they're not uh recommended to they want them to stay in that room. They don't go back and forth because the shock from going the negative 40 to the regular 50 degrees or so that the rest of the warehouse is in is not good for them. Uh then to the right that's the food show we got to attend. We got to talk to all the different vendors and companies that supply products to the AWG certified Angus beef. They
009supply almost all the beef that uh AWG uses along with a few other companies. Uh Tyson Meats was one of them. We have to talk to a lot of those vendors, see a lot of products that haven't came out yet. Uh apparently now they make uh Johnsonville Sausage makes sausage that tastes like Dr. Pepper now. >> So we got to try a bunch of food that hasn't come out yet and see what all the companies had. Uh then there's to the right just another picture that how far down those warehouse piles go and just how they're about four pallet stacks high and each one of those pallets weighs about 1,500 lb or more. Uh we got to also see to the right instead of now having uh when the stores would send back pallets that
010they've already cleared off uh the crews would have to sort them manually. Now they have a large machine that when you put a stack of just mixed colored pallets in. Uh it will this big claw arm will sort them by color and it can do a stack of uh 15 or so pallets high and can do a stack of them in about three or four minutes and have it all sorted. And that's just one thing they use to try and cut down time on uh before they can send off another load of product. In there is the produce cooler where they have bins of watermelon. This is during the winter, so there's not much um product in there. But during the summer, this will be packed full to the brim of just watermelon and other
011perishables. And then to the right is just how tall those big banana rooms are that store all those bananas. And that was all the pictures I have. But it was a great experience getting to go down and talk to them and learn kind of how what it takes to get products to and from the different stores and how many people are behind just one trailer loader stuff. So >> that's all I have for you guys for James. I want to know did those people who lived in that negative 40 have so many clothes on they couldn't even work? >> Yeah. You can't even see their faces. They just have about three or four layers on that you can see. Um they stay in there almost all day and don't leave very often. >> Where was
012this? >> Uh North Fork, Nebraska. >> Is that where our grocery store? So you went with Bruce. >> Mhm. Yep. I went uh then Brand Hilton Camp and Dayton Hurdle. They work at the store with me and us four went down and we got to go on this tour and the food show. But yeah, all this company is who supplies the store in town here. >> Do they supply all of the >> uh No, they only supply us. The gas stations are supplied by uh their respective companies like Sanx or >> Right. But these guys supply everything that we can get in the grocery store. >> Almost everything. There's a few companies like Dimick Cheese, Casemeister Cheese. They're their own companies and they bring their old food. uh Coca-Cola, Lace Potato Chips, they do their
013own distribution, but otherwise everything else is AWG. >> What's the most interesting thing you learned? >> Uh I guess the whole interesting part was the warehouse tour. They can have a um one stores uh they have it's like a forklift but instead of it's they hold two pallets on the back of it and they will just drive around up to like they're going like 10 20 m 10 15 miles an hour through these aisles. They stop, they throw these items on the pallet and they can have one store's load packed in about hour and a half, two hours and or depending on the size of the store, about three or four stores per trailer load. >> Did they say what the color coding was for the pallets and why they do it though? They didn't
014know uh they didn't tell us what the color coding was, but from what I've noticed that it doesn't really uh matter too much. They just kind of throw on whatever they throw on. So instead of wood pallet, sometimes we'll get plastic pallets that um they don't like to use too often and they just kind of I don't know why they >> Where do they get their beef from? uh all their beef it most of it not all is through certified Angus beef they're uh supplies all the beef to the store that you see like in the retail packages um the pork is through a different supplier um that changes all the time but they do get a few from like Tyson Meats or other companies that do specialized stuff like only grass-fed but most of
015it if not all is certif Angus being >> that's kind of interesting. >> A lot of bananas. >> What this gas does, does it infuse our bananas and >> it just makes it so they last longer in storage and they don't ripen as fast before we send them out? Because when we order them, some stores order them where they're yellow or they're still green depending on how long they last on their shelves and how many people buy them. >> Why do we know that doesn't go through the team? >> They they said it doesn't. just to keep them from ripening too fast. >> This is why you guys got to go do this stuff. >> Well, thank you. >> Okay, that was fun. Number 10, student council report. >> I also have James is on
016the student council. So, I said, "You know what? Since you're going to be there, why don't you just sit in that spot and share the report for today?" So, >> uh, we got four items here. Uh, number one, we raised around, um, 200 $2,500 to donate to Mr. Donovan's father for his cancer journey. Uh, and we raised 475 for American Heart Association through uh, hat days where kids could pay a dollar or more to wear a cap during the school time. Uh, we had a taco supper and we did a 50 the 50/50 tickets at one of the basketball games. Uh, and then number three, FFA week was last week. We had the FFA egg Olympics where the different classes can compete against each other to for bragging rights just about different stuff. We had
017a trivia event where they answered questions about FFA and different egg related topics. Uh, and then a um uh releg race where they had to rope a roping dummy and then tag the other the person who ran a barrel pattern and then tag another person who had to uh do goat tying. And then after that we had tug of war was the final event for that. FFA the officer team also put on a staff breakfast for the staff on Wednesday morning. Uh and FFA will be starting the spring competition this week. Our first competition is uh this Wednesday. Uh number four, state student council is at the end of March, March 31st and April 1st. And our student council team is planning to attend that. And that is all I have for Thanks again. >>
018Thank you. >> All right. With that, we're going to move on to some committee reports. Number 11. Um, start out with budget negotiations and insurance. Got a few things. We need to set a committee meeting. >> I can just, um, email you guys or um, text to get a time to meet if that's right. >> Yeah, >> maybe after session's done. So, That's why the second needs to be done. They haven't voted yet. >> They were pretty certain on Friday. They were pretty certain. I was gone to CTE meeting today, but they were pretty certain as of Friday that we would be getting 1.4%. They were going to push for 1.5 increase at the state level, but they thought we would probably get 1.4%. And then you can see what our insurance did there. >>
019Yeah. Amen. Do you want to talk a little bit about the premium? Um but um Marian and I attended our um well school is a member of a insurance pool along with I think seven other schools um that pulled together as a self-funded um insurance pool for schools and we um met and we looked at the premium rates or premiums and what the actuaries and the insurance company suggested. did that we do for the upcoming um year. They suggested that we actually increase it by about 11 and a half% for premiums. Um however, because our pool does have a healthy fund balance, we did the board decided to buy down the premiums and so they only went up by 10.17%. So, um, that is a hefty increase. However, from what our actuary said, it is
020pretty standard for what the industry is seeing for medical insurance increases. So, that's what we're looking like for this upcoming fiscal year. So, starting in July, >> is it is it all right for me to ask or do you happen to have on hand how much that would increase the stool's insurance as a whole or do you know that? I didn't ask before paying >> it's about $40,000 a year. >> If we were to continue paying the rate premiums as we are right. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, nothing else on budget negotiations and insurance. move on to buildings, grounds, and transportation. We met it last Wednesday, maybe Wednesday. >> Yeah. And uh we had a lot to go over. guess a few things we talked about and I don't know if Tyrell or
021Candace you guys jumped in but um we uh we talked quite a bit about replacing sections of our roof and how you might do that in a way that you get the same company or somebody that's got similar workmanship and product to do it all together. But basically when you go out to bid on sections ideally you would do it not 20 sections but limit it to let's say three four five sections and you can word your bid accordingly that um basically you have a little bit of say in who you're getting on the project and um we think that's important when you're redoing redoing roof sections because it would be very easy to get one company doing something this way one company doing something that Okay, maybe there's no mesh. So, you have to
022be you have to be a little bit selective there. We discussed that. And the reason to do it in sections is because of the cost we're looking at doing. I think it was 1/5 or the elementary wing where the H where the um HVAC is up up above because it needs all the reinsulated is leaking up there and we're losing some energy from our heating cooling because of that. But it's going to be about 150,000 just for a fifth of the roof. That's what we're doing at stages to try to slowly budgeted it as wide. >> Yes. Same kind of roof we have now, but a little thicker membrane if I I'm thinking correctly. >> Like six right now. I think we have a 16 mil and I think they make standard 80 mil I
023want to say is what we're going to go with. >> Yeah, >> the numbers are relatively close to those numbers. I'm pretty sure >> 72 I think. Yeah. >> Still a 20 to 30 year lifespan. And we got 20 years out of it, but it's starting to show its age. Um there was discussion about our powerhouse as well and you know it's been no secret we've had we've had some costs that we've had to sink into that over the years and um we're trying to find a viable long-term solution and and you know we've we've met with some architects that were able to kind of give us an idea of what um it would cost to basically remedy that building, bring it up to code, bring it up to spec, um make it really usable.
024And we've had cost estimates on new gym being built here and what that would cost us. And um without go without going into extreme detail because there's there's a lot of variables, many of which we haven't gone gone into too far. It would cost us so much to build something here at this time. And in the meantime, you have a you have a gym now that if we don't do something with it in the next five years, it's it's probably gone or you can't share it because and so >> and another big reason I want to mention among the insurance side of things is like we learned in our last meeting how schools are being dropped from their insurance companies and our in our insurance pool, we had one drop this last year and if
025you don't put in good faith towards making a res or making a fix for the issues in our school, just like our roof, your premiums could go up or you could be dropped. So, it's very important that if we're continue using that and continue using as a school facility in the future, we got to in good faith do updates. And the big question is where do you draw a line? Do you stop at one thing or do you just do it all at once or do you patch things that that'll be discussed in in the upcoming meetings? And I do think we will be discussing this more in the next few meetings, hoping to get a resolution before too long is the goal from the building grounds committee. So we we would like a we
026would like a vote to move towards the the design phase in the next month or two more than likely May. >> May you guys will have more information before that. But essentially what it comes down to and this is this is I guess where our recommendation as a committee comes from is that to go build a new gym here today and lose the other gym gives you the same number of gyms and essentially based on square footage costs to recreate that here without dirt work which could cost a million you're probably looking at 10 million and we could build that almost completely. I mean, it's got good structure and good bones. It it needs a lot of remedy. Um, but probably in the3 to $5 million range. Now, 10 years from now, if two gyms
027doesn't give you enough space, the school has more money and they're in a position where they want to go spend it, then you can look at adding a third gym. But to lose the powerhouse to gain something here gives you two gyms, which is exactly what we have right now. And I don't feel like that's wise. Um I don't think the committee does and you know, money's tighter. Money's tighter right now. and with the increases we're seeing from the state and just some uncertainty out there um without taking on a lot of debt and perhaps raising a lot of taxes. It would be it would be difficult to do that to do a 10 or 112 million project because those are those are the real numbers. >> Yeah. possible obviously unless you raise taxes substantially
028because right now projected if we were to do a remodel there's a good chance the taxes really don't go up marginally not little to none I'm not saying none at all but that's what could be budgeted is a remodel over there based on our income now not necessarily without raising a bunch of tax so for the school to borrow $10 million so if we went out to borrow $10 million um you could essentially raise taxes on your property owner is $25 for every $100,000 valuation. So on top of that, >> if you think about that, if you got a if you got a $400,000 house, um that's, you know, that's a $410 a a year annual increase on top of what you're paying now. And that's rough numbers, but um I don't think we're in
029a situation where we need to do that. And um I think with some work there, we can make that a building that's really usable, more usable than it is now, more modern it is now. And I guess I think something we can all be proud of hopefully, but we still got a vote. So that's not going to happen tonight. But by me, I think I'd like to have vote on. >> Just to add a little bit, when we I just want to make it clear when we did the analysis over there, it was to make that brand new >> up to code, new bathrooms, new locker rooms. >> If it were brand new construction because I wanted >> nobody fighting over opinions. I wanted facts, dollars and cents over there versus dollars and cents over
030here. >> Yeah. I mean, again, we're not a we're not to the design phase yet, but the numbers we ran with um would include completely new stage, completely new lighting, completely new sound, new bathrooms, doesn't smell. Um just all that stuff. I mean, you'd walk into it, it feel a lot like walking in here. >> All new wires, all new HVAC, all everything. And that's when he's using the numbers of 10 and four to five or three to five. >> Those are the true numbers. Because if you were going to sit here and say you can remodel that for 800,000 or build one new for 10,000, that's not apple to apples. Apples to apples is a true remodel to code. And that's what we was the proposal. So yeah, I think we've gone over that
031enough to give you guys an idea what we're up to. >> If anybody follows the meetings, you we we've talked about that a lot. So, you know, and if anybody, I guess communitywise, if anybody has opinions on it, and I'm sure there's those of you that do, um, come in and speak to us in open forum, love to talk to you, love to listen to you. We will listen. We haven't made our mind up yet, but given the information we have today, I think this is the most uh, I guess the most financially sound and wise way to go, and it's one that I would support as a member here. So, um, we talked about more. Do you want to talk about the sewer a bit or you want to >> the um sewer upgrade
032athletic complex was something we tried getting done last summer ran out of time in the football season so we decided to extend till next summer so there's no hiccups right now our sewer is pumped after about one to two events if it's a big event every after every event if not if it's a little two little events we got to pump it and it's about $800 every time we pump it the city used to do it for free but that their pump truck broke down. Then we started paying a um custom pumper to come in. City might have got theirs fixed again, but it's an old old truck that pretty soon they won't be fixing. So, this is our solution to that by pumping it from the um holding tank now up to our city
033sewer up here. It's quite a costly endeavor, but over the long term, it takes away that I'm going to call it $10,000 a year pumping that we have to pump our facilities on toilets. And I like that because it's not a management headache because what if partway through a football game the it's full, the beacon starts going off and we got to somehow shut down the bathroom and they'll put paint on the middle that would be not that fun. So, >> and we're at the mercy of them bringing their >> So, it is a costly endeavor. I would say I think our members going to be in the about 60,000, but we figured the the building committee within the first of course easy amount call it seven years you have it paid for and have
034a long-term fix. So, that's hopefully that's planning on happening in July. Hopefully July or August before football season is the goal there. that and then the landscaping quote was done out front. We we got brought to our attention the front circle is kind of an eyesore and we looked at possibly adding taking everything out and laying new fabric and new rock. Um we got a quote for that. We haven't decided yet, I don't believe, but it's in the works because I do know it's an eyesore out there for a lot of people. where the pent possibly fixing that and laying something down that's more walkable not not like something to roll your ankles >> and then we set a committee meeting you guys want to add to >> more details >> I don't have anything
035we could probably set a committee meeting you make your date on our own time figure it out yes >> the only the big thing I want to point out is the powerhouse remodel discussions we will be discussing that and we really encourage people who have issues or like the idea, don't like the idea to come and talk to open forum is we are not going to hold hold an extra meeting just for it. We feel if someone's interested, they can come to open forum and inquire about it and we'll discuss it there. If not, we'll just move forward as the as the board. >> Well, and and we're early enough in the design phase, you're not it'll cost money, but >> it's not not digging dirt setting setting the project in motion. you're in the
036design phase. So if something would come up along the way that we can't handle, we can't live with um you know there there will be a lot of time to talk. Um but yeah, come in, let us know. So okay, with that, uh curriculum, instruction, and technology next committee a pretty big meeting. Well, not terribly long ago, probably. Um, do you want to start with >> um Yeah. So, I am looking into it was presented to me a fentanyl presentation. They're kicking out to schools. It would just be an hour webinar, but I would probably have um each it was 7th through 12th grade and just um do it in classrooms. And afterwards in later April, I'm checking into it to just make sure that it aligns with our what do I want to say?
037Leaves are kind of our if it'll work for our kids. Do you want me to keep going or >> Huh? Sure. You I mean we talked about >> Go ahead. >> the senior second semester. We have a lot of seniors who take a lot of dual credits and things like that earlier on. It kind of goes hand inhand with the next one too with the eighth grade math where they're taking algebra one early. But what we're running into is the second half of our senior year. The kids have enough credits and they don't we don't have the classes to fill the afternoons. So we're looking at different options for um internships and um entrepreneurships um and things like that. We're also looking at changing going with that the eighth grade math so that all eighth
038graders instead of some of them jumping ahead and taking algebra 1, they're finding later on when kids are doing that when students do that they miss some of those foundational pieces in eighth grade math. So they get higher up in math and then struggle. So just making it so all eighth graders take eighth grade math and then algebra one and you jump into your high school year so you don't miss those those pieces pushes that out a little bit. And then also adding um a third semester of American history and a half of credit for geography. So what that would look like is uh ninth grade would be world history. 10th grade, first half would be geography and the second half would be US history. 11th grade would be a full year of US history.
039So it would be a year and a half US history and then 12th grade would be a full year to cover. So it just gives a little more time for US history just because there's so much to cover and we feel like the kids need more in-depth time with with a lot of that. So that's kind of what that would look like and then that would help kind of cover that senior year a little more to spread that out. um science curriculum part of that. What were >> different? Yeah, we're we are piloting. We've got three I think we're piloting which this won't mean much to you but amplify some discovery materials came today in SAVIS. Um curriculum is very expensive. I'm kind of a and I'll say it out loud. This will make teachers
040rich, but sometimes curriculum hinders teachers. And I say that because too much of the time we depend on a book. Instead of being creative and really focusing on our standards, we teach by a book instead. And so I'm really um we're we're looking into science curriculum. Like last time I said, we'd already picked what we were going to use for reading. We're really going to focus on science of reading and and the resources that surround that um with the phmic awareness and the phonics and the fluency and the vocabulary and reading comprehension. We're really going to go strong with that, but we are working on finding science. And the reason those two I don't like to do two curriculum in the same year, but our science curriculum ran out with the online pieces in middle
041school and we've kind of been limping the science along in high school and it was limping along when I got here and it's time to get something in place. Standards are fairly new. State standards are. So, we're going with that. if you know it's a tax split >> the 26 27 or the calendar but that's we're gonna talk about that later >> talked yeah >> so that's actually the 2829 calendar is what that should be but we're going to talk about that later on >> down the road so I'll just skip that one computer applications classes requirement we talked about how um >> we live in a Microsoft world right now a lot of jobs a lot of companies use all the Microsoft tools we right now are like a Google based but not a
042lot of we're not doing our kids any favors by not teaching them how to use those being proficient in Excel spreadsheets and learning how we can link those things with co-pilot and it's just a whole world that our students are missing out on that is 100% thousand% relevant in the workplace. So just looking at some kind of applications class um computer applications class as a requirement going forward to we don't know exactly what that looks like but we do know where we working with our tech people to look at that kind of that piece and the importance of it there. Um and then preschool um talk about having school sponsored preschool to keep our our kindergarters when they get into kindergarten tend to be there's just a really wide range of levels where they are
043socially and education wise just kind of all over the map. And we're wondering if maybe school sponsored preschool um the teacher does have to be a certified teacher, but maybe just taking a look at that level that out these kids going in. You have >> Yeah. So my superintendent meeting on Thursday, there were about 10 or 12 of us there and I think three to four of the schools are either just started preschool program or they're starting one next year. Belouch is going. Kuster just started one. Edgemont has one. And what we're finding is the importance of a preschool to just have those kids ready to learn. Um, and what often happens is when you have private preschool with too big of a ticket on it, the kids that we really need don't attend. And
044so I would like to go visit a couple of these other preschools and see how they fund it. Right now the state does not fund. We don't get any state funding for preschool kids just kindergarten on up. So there's also that piece too we've got to consider. Um but I think it's time that we start looking at um preschool so that we can help also determine the curriculum and some of those pieces that are worked through in preschool. >> And it's not an easy choice I don't think for people. I mean, I look at it in a perfect world. These kids would start school when they're six or seven and they have time at home with their parents where they're playing with blocks and learning letters and, you know, colors and kids used to do
045that a lot. I think that that home piece is missing a lot now. Um, where there everybody's working and crazy hours. So, I go back and forth on that, but it just to get our kids ready for we got to send our kids to school to get them ready for school. So >> just to kind of level them out is is what we're looking at. So just starting to kind of look into that. >> I think what we've got going in the culture in the world today and you can deny it if you want. We've got a lot of people using these as babysitters. >> And these don't require me to talk and so it will talk to me and I can watch a lot of video and I can consume but I don't produce.
046And those are two different things when you've got a kid learning is you've got to give them options to produce language and to talk and to think. And so it's a crazy world out there. >> That was our preschool. Are you projecting if that would take place coming next school year that soon or are you how fast would it all transpire? >> I would like to have at least if it's one year to plan so we can get a lot of stuff nailed down before we jump in. There's a lot of moving pieces in that one. So, >> I am going to say our special ed department is already working very very closely with our preschool because there are a lot of those early intervention kids that we are already seeing and servicing. So, that
047relationship is already fairly strong. I kind of wonder if you know the person I thought of this last week if a kid's struggling because I know there's sometimes kindergarters that you don't want to keep back in kindergarten another year. I wonder if retention in preschool would be a young enough level where you might have better success with retention if you do that then rather than later on. >> Oh yeah. The earliest you can the longer you wait. It's way harder to intervene than to do the right thing down low. And so that is four to six, seven. Yeah. Um that's why I am such a believer in getting the right reading pieces in place, getting the right intervention pieces in place, getting those kids going started, right? >> Yeah, definitely some stuff to think on.
048>> Yeah, we're kind of in the research phase of that one, so we don't really have much to report on it other than that's what we're looking at. Okay. Do you guys have anything else under that or is that the list? I >> think that was the list. >> Okay. All right. We'll go on to legislative policy and strategic planning. Now, >> that one wasn't I mean, it was a longer meeting, but we didn't cover quite as much, but um facility use form and fee rates. We're trying to streamline with our other forms and policies that we've updated. Um Amy was going to work with the the attorney setting up maybe a fee matrix. Hill City had a really good one. >> City. >> I liked Hill cities a lot. How they had different structures
049for like 501c3 or um depending on what what they were going to be who was going to be using the building or whatever. Do you send that to everybody or do you just send that to that? >> Well, anyway, they had a really nice form >> because one of the things we're running into with issues is who do you let use it for free? Sometimes people use it for free and other groups identically to that had to pay something. We're trying to find a structure where it's fair for everyone who uses it. That's not a school sanction deal. So that way we have a form and more structure to it rather than >> and make sure as opposed to just >> Yeah. >> working on that or Amy was going to send it off to
050KSV. Um the special student status policy we made some changes to 5013 not a lot but just added a touch of clarification. We'll discuss that. >> Oh that's on there. >> Oh okay. So never mind. We'll talk about that later. And then we talked about middle school failures. So, in the January 19th curriculum meeting, um we talked about uh requiring passing three of the four core classes in middle school. Otherwise, you'd have to take some summer school. And then if you only passed two or less, like one or two of the four, that would um look at retaking the grade, right? Did I say that right? >> Yeah. and and our attorney told us that we can write that into our um handbook however we want to do it now. Yeah, she said it didn't
051need to be a policy. So, we can work through that. And she gave me some suggestions for writing it into the handbook. And remember, when you guys approve handbooks in July or August, that becomes policy then because you've approved them. >> The reason we're looking at that is because just like we were just talking about with intervening younger, what's happening with these middle school students is we're pushing them through and then they're getting into high school and they don't have those core pieces that they missed out from failing these other classes and then they just str they just struggle so bad in high school. >> And we're just talking about the four core classes. So yeah, >> not extra classes, the four core ones that if they pass if they don't pass two of the
052if they pass less than two or more >> that's when math ELA social studies and science. Yeah, >> I don't know. We it's it's come to me from my teachers and so I shared with them we've got to create some accountability in our middle school levels because right now there's no really teeth and I know grades should not be that's sad that we can't get past that but we're working on it but right now that's kind of where we're at. >> Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Anything else there at all? Anything else? >> I remember. No, >> It was a long meeting for those three points, but >> yeah, all the committees have been busy. All right, move on to the last one of the committees. Career development, scholarship, marketing. They're about to probably get busy.
053>> We're going to talk about those later. >> Yep. Um I spoke with uh Kelly Sandall and she gave me recommendations for the FA Brian and Hay scholarships for you guys to approve tonight and then um her or someone will be contacting the committee members to start judging scholarships. So she would ask that I communicate that. >> Okay. All right. With that, we move on to number 12 items for disposal or sale. >> You'll see a list that I thank you uh provided for tonight. There'll be auctions like on online. >> No, it looks like he's going to he wants to. So, we're going to have a big auction on April 17th. It's a big separate auction for CTE and the kids and Mr. Stroshine, they've made a bunch of pieces are going to auction
054off kind of we had a a smaller one last year. We had the same night. No, we didn't have Yeah, it was like a silent auction. We had it the same night as the concerts. >> Awards night. That's what it was. Awards night. And this year he wants to do awards at night for um his CTE. They want to do some things and they want to have an auction. So it looks that's what he's wanting to auction these things off. >> And that's for the um the more the little garden sheds they're building right the same night. >> One of them is work. One of those is work. in the mobile house. >> That will be >> I mean that sounds like >> we we're trying to find money to fund that. So he and
055I are writing a grant right now. Let's do it at the end of the month to try to get some more money for supplies for that. But >> Okay, that looks good. >> Um anyway, just wanted to have an option to help with some of that to help finance some of those projects. I make a motion to approve those both items for sale. We >> have a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All right. Oh, >> who gets it? >> I don't know. Right on. >> Any other discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> All same. Motion passes to approve surplus items for disposal or sale. And on the 13 we go scholarship on voting house. >> All right. So I um contacted um First Center Interstate W um
056sorry First Interstate Bank wealth management um uh manages the FA Brian scholarship and that scholarship you can we can only use the um interest that is gained off of that to award scholarships. So the amount that we had as of February was about $9,500. that is available. Um, so when we looked at previous years, we usually award about five or six. So, Kelly recommend or Kelly, the school counselor, recommends um the following amounts. There's six. We have quite a few students. We have a large senior class and quite a few students that are looking to um apply for scholarships. So, she wanted to have the most scholarships available as we could. So what she suggested is a tw um six scholarships, one for 2500, two for 2,000, and three for 1,000. Um now we will
057check again in April to see if there's any more um interest that is available as of that time. And if there is, there could possibly be another $1,000 or whatnot. And if there is, we'll add another one at that time. But um as of February um at the end of February that was what was available. So we can advertise that to the senior students. >> You usually deplete the interest every year. >> We gain that much. >> And then for the Hayes scholarship, that one is um we don't go off the principal or off the interest, but um we use the principal on that one. But um usually it is a 1 500 but um it did have good interest this last year. So she is suggesting because again it's a large senior class and
058that one is for a student going into egg. Um she s she suggested 2500 instead of just the one 500. So that's what we're looking at. And those are two scholarships that have to board approval to set the amounts. >> We just need consent on that then or >> um no, you'll need to have a motion. But um you agree with those suggestions or those recommendations. I move to approve the scholarship Hunsburg payan and hayes as second >> motion in a second. Do we have any discussion? All in favor say I. >> All oppose. Same sign. Motion passes to approve the scholarship award mounts as recommended. Okay. All right. With that, we're going to move on to item number 14, gymnastics equipment proposal information. Reagan Peterson, you got the floor. >> Okay. Um, first of
059all, are there any questions on the spreadsheet I sent out of who owns like what is what or anything? You guys have any questions about the equipment? >> Okay. I tried to make it so it's understandable mentions so we kind of know but okay anyway like I said I did already email all of you but I'll just kind of reiterate what my proposal is. Um like I said at the last meeting I've been looking for space for gymnastics equipment since the issue with power hostage gym space. Um, and as you can see from that spreadsheet, the law school does own a portion of our equipment. And between Wal Kadoka and Phillip, I guess if I'm able to find a place for us to practice, whether that be a community building, another school building, or like
060personal property, um, my proposal to you as a board is that would you let that equipment go wherever I find a place for it? Um, being that some of that equipment does belong to you, I didn't want to just take it. I wanted to get approval before we commit to going. You guys have any questions? So, um, and thank you for coming in and speaking. Um, so are you proposing that basically if you were to find another location and it's not say so are you assuming say if that was the case it's not even school sponsored >> I mean would that I feel like would that be up to you guys I don't know we've so we practice in like a long hall and the community side places like that before the same way it
061is now it's a co-op film. >> Yep. >> So, I guess maybe it'd be like the same as that. >> Mhm. >> Or, you know, if it's if it's all the way in Midland, then, you know, that would be up to you guys if you want to. Not saying that that's where we're going, but >> yeah, >> I'm not sure our insurance Now, that wouldn't that doesn't she's asked if if if they can you or take the equipment and yes, a school owns it and we'd have to figure that out. But >> well, >> I'm not sure it can be a school. It I'm not sure we it can be a school that our insurance would cover something. >> It's not here. >> I think that's being what's being asked essentially would be And this
062would be my opinion, but if we have a group of students that want to play this sport or perform and the school can no longer sponsor it, I'm not interested in going out and getting pop dollar on the equipment that we have, the school owns personally. if we could put that to good use and see kids continue to do it should the board decide to um no longer sponsor should they we haven't voted yet. Um I I can't I mean I can't promise anything to the board because I can't speak for the board but I think we would make that very the terms very agreeable if you know what I'm saying. >> Yeah. in terms of the equipment, what is the rule on equipment and donations if we were to do some? >> So, um
063depend it would have to be surplus and then you would have to uh we'd have to open it for sealed bids. I believe it's $2500 if its value is over $2,500. So, um >> sealed bids amongst the community. >> Yeah. To anybody. >> But would you have to listen or anything? I'm just wondering. Yeah, you'd have to I you'd have to advertise that. >> Okay. >> If it the value is over $2500. I believe it's $2,500. >> But I'm saying there might maybe that new beam >> might be the I don't know. I think those are probably the price. Yeah, because I don't think I think everything else that is owned on that list. if you help me remember. Um, probably is not even close to 2500. >> Like, are you saying like added up
064or >> individually? Individually. I have it here. >> Cuz I think the beam was that's that was purchased last >> the floor. Yeah. No, the the overlay for the floor would be I think that was like eight or 10,000 something like that. And then yeah, the beam was like 6,000. The bars, that's another thing that would be when were those purchased? >> 2009. >> Oh, so they're again that's almost I mean that's they're old. >> Yeah. >> I mean they're not. >> She You have purchase practice right there, right? >> Yeah, I have. Um um >> so ours wouldn't be worth what you probably have on your list. >> Well, oh yeah, that would be purchase price. >> That's the purchase price, but that doesn't mean that's the value. >> Um yeah, I don't know
065what that stuff would be worth now, but yes, the floor overlay and then the beam were both purchased >> for 25. So then they would be worth it. Yeah, those would pro I I mean I we would have to get people to try to assess how much the stuff is worth, but other than that, I mean, yeah. >> So, I spoke too soon. I apologize and it's not as simple as I thought, but I think as a board, we we're not going to set a minimum bid and we can't promise anything that we can't promise. And that would be that if if it went to bid and somebody wanted to come and bid it up, uh, then I guess within legal constraints, it's it's probably their equipment. >> Um, but if there's a way that
066should we vote to go that way, um, we can make that transition easier, then I think we're all we're all on board. Yeah. And I don't know, you know, you have a very detailed list of who owns what, and I I believe you on all of it. Um, but I don't I don't know any of that information, right? So, like somebody that that inventories the equipment better than I do will have to say, you know, how to break it out. >> Do the rules change on that if it's going to another school district? >> Yeah, you we don't have to go out to bid if it's being purchased by another or a municipality. >> If it's being sold to another school, >> okay, >> or a municipality. So like a city or a county that
067does not have to go >> oh >> to sell bill thing we learned in the building committee I want to say is was it Kimell White Lake right >> yeah and Reagan may know more Mr. Martin I asked Mr. market come to Dave. Is Kimell White Lake Plankington a club sport? >> Coach, I don't want to miss misspeak or miss get these details wrong in speaking with Kim White legs coach, but do you know how their program set up? >> Are you talking about their gymnastics? >> Yeah. No, it's not a club sport. That's the high school gymnastics. It is a high >> your question. Yes, it's a high school gymnastics program. They practice at the club in Mitchell, >> but their program is high school gymnastics. So they can >> I have one other
068question about sealed bid though because when we went through this like for example um I'm not a bid law expert but with your if we went out to bid let's say on our roof in an effort to get the same product same same company who knows >> you can be very concise with your wording >> you're talking about two different things though you're talking about purchasing something or talking selling something. >> So I can't be particular when I sell something on who I sell it to essentially. >> So >> which would make sense. >> Yeah. So the board has to essentially surplus that that equipment >> and then um after it's surplus we have to have three re um property owners to decide the value of it. is over that that threshold if we're going
069to sell it to somebody a private person the government and then we will advertise it for sealed bid. >> Okay. >> Can you lease and the school lease the equipment to club sports? >> I do not know. >> I would have to look at just like at least our facilities to >> Yeah, we have the form that says Yes, we have the form that says um Chris, we've used it before and I think there might be an updated, but you can let lease machinery or equipment out. >> Yeah, we can. Yeah. >> Uhhuh. And it it's with that same form that we just for our facilities I think that we just gave our something like a reasonable price. I mean you just said >> yeah that's what we use like if we let somebody use
070our flat bed trailer for something like a parade or something like that. I mean, yeah, I that that would be the best way to make sure that you guys probably, if that's possible, get a reasonable price. I mean, I you know, I think regardless of what happens tonight with the vote, the important feels for the the team and we'd love to see that the the kids go on and continue to do what they want to do and and that's not nobody on this board wants to see kids that have a passion for a sport um be able to no longer do it. So, we'd like to make whatever possible if we can. Um but I don't know we have an answer for you tonight. I guess I apologize, but in terms of your question, we
071have to look at the legality of leasing and bidding and we just we can't promise you anything. But I I can assure you that in my opinion, uh we'll make it as favorable as possible depending on the outcome. >> Yeah. Do you think you'd be able to have that for us next meeting? Um I >> I could definitely get answers on how what we would have to do as far as death surplusing and then definitely on leasing out the equipment. Um >> I better consider the storage until we do though. If that was that I would it's not going to move anywhere. >> Yeah. No. >> Okay. boy. >> Um, we when we tried to get rid of the balance beam that was replaced, >> it didn't go very fast and everything. >> So, I
072don't I don't >> very specific stuff, you know. >> I don't foresee that these bars and beans and would be flying off. Well, if you guys if the board makes a decision tonight, depending on what that is, we could probably have some of this information for you sooner than that. >> Yeah. >> All right. Well, thank you guys. >> Thank you. >> All right. Next item on the list. Thank you Reagan again for coming in speaking. Number 15, consider, discuss, and take any necessary action regarding whether to continue or eliminate the gymnastics program in the 2026 2027 school year. Um, I know there's there's been some discussion. I wasn't at the meeting last month, but does anybody have any questions on what we're what we're looking at voting on tonight? Anything they want to discuss?
073>> I do. I guess I'm trying to understand as a co-op. I'm aware of the athletic directors and superintendents met like isn't it a co-op decision like all the schools? Is it strictly ours? Is that because of us hosting the gymnastics? That's >> I think the decision was the recommendation from the co-op the other day was there's no other place to put it. So, correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Martin and Amy. Their recommendation was we support if you need to eliminate the program because they can't house it house it anywhere. That makes sense. Thank you. >> And that was the second time you had spoke with co-op ads or superintendent. We've in communication with them for four or five months now just this spring autumn. They we've been discuss they've been discussing it. >>
074Yeah. So, I mean to think of it in this way, they they can't help us as a school make the decision because they're not they're not the law school board. So, we speak for our district and our our tax plans and our our repeats. But >> now, that's not saying that they couldn't go and start a program. It'd be no different than if they cut the if they quit the wrestling program. That's not saying that ball couldn't go and start our own wrestling program. So >> yeah, >> they can they can do they can do that. It just I'm just going to speak a little bit so it's out there clear. The co-op has been working well together. It's simply when we were looking at the details of the powerhouse plan and trying to take
075into consideration what our gymnastics program truly needs. It's a room to leave their stuff set up that they've asked for. And that part was going to be a good portion of that $4 million project. And right now we have two part-time students in our program for ball. when I have numerous requests from hundreds of kids wanting in that gym. >> And another issue is if we do go to remodel that the co-op schools weren't necessarily jumping up and down about taking in the beginning, let alone taking it for a couple years while we re It's such a tough space used comes down the space used and it gets really tough to manage that. So that's what brings us all. >> Yeah. and to pointed to pointed to what reality is. I'm a numbers really rational
076thinker and when it comes to it there's hot springs there's wall and chamberlain and back east you like Rapid City all those schools are are the are club sport just like Kimber Kimble White Lake I heard they travel to Mitchell I didn't know if they were school sanction sport not they are they learn that and I believe Parkston might I heard they travel to Mitchell I believe and practice at the club sport like facility they're their school they might school hosted team, but they go to one location because gymnastics takes up so much square feet to truly practice it. It's hard for a single school district to host it. But uh is my understanding and my belief in it. But do you guys >> Well, I don't think anybody here wants to just ask the
077program and sell all the stuff off. I don't think that's the goal here at all. that needs to be known because even if we do decide to not continue with the program, making it, like we said, as easy as we can for a club sport to take over. >> Yeah. >> I think is we're going to do right by you as much as possible. >> Yeah. >> Um I mean, yeah, it's it's not a decision I take lightly. I feel I feel feel pretty horrible. I mean, you guys put a lot of work into it for a lot of years and it's something you care about and um, you know, I hate to take that from any kid. You stepped up to coach it and the time and effort and and uh, you love the
078sport and >> and you've come to the meetings. >> I feel good. So, I mean, I feel I feel I feel bad. I really do. But we we as a school, we have to we have to make decisions to fit the the masses of the student body as much as possible. And those are tough decisions, but it's it's our job to make them. And um I think we're I think we're ready for a vote. Um need to look at how to word this. >> Yeah, motion. >> We have a a motion. We need to think how to word that in our Do we have a Do we have a motion to eliminate our gymnastics program for the 2026 2027 school year and beyond? >> Second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> All oppose,
079same sign. Motion passes to eliminate our high school gymnastics program for the 2026 2027 school year. >> That being said, can Amy, can you get us some numbers on what maybe a what our lease options would be for that equipment for a club? I'll look at um having it getting some sort of appraisal for selling it and >> because the things that are under 2500 there's no reason to go to auction but those things we could get >> we could just >> just them and let someone pick them up >> could sell for a dollar probably that kind of thing right >> yeah glancing over the list I there was only three items that $100 Um, >> yeah. Just to make it sport doesn't do us any good to have it just sitting with that.
080>> So, ideally, if they have it at their home or in a piece of bar property. >> Okay. >> Um, okay. Number 16, approve revised policy 513 special stats. >> I'm going to put this up so that you can see it in color. We didn't change this. We just added some clarification >> clarification we thought was already in it and we were we already thought this was in it, right? But we Yeah. >> Well, some of it and then some of it we I did have you add something. Um if you look at this, the red is what we added and um students may apply to and be approved by the W board of education. So I think our attorney told us that the superintendent can approve these. So, I have approved a couple of
081these and just informed you guys, but the committee stated that they would like you it be to be brought to you guys to approve those. So, that's what's going to happen from now on. And >> this isn't transfer students, right? This is the special set. So, they will we'll get a letter from a student and parent and then um Dr. Sally and Kelly Sundle can make a recommendation to the board before that. >> Now remember, I do want it to be clear here. Um there's a couple circumstances allowing the status may be may include but not are not limited to medical problems, economic problems, etc. Oh, I think we should move this because down here, if you notice, what I want to point out is this one right here. Students applying to take our online
082curriculum away from the school building are also considered special status students. So, this these are kids that maybe don't have medical problems, but they're wanting to do the online program at home. So that's considered special status, too. I think this maybe should maybe this one should this red statement. Maybe you're going to say it's kind of out of place, but they wanted us to evaluate those kids annually and recommend continued special student status um following years. For example, I've got two seniors. they'll be graduating. I have a couple others that are younger that we'll look at and recommend or not recommend depending on how they're doing. Um the other statement we put in was this red one. We've decided we're not going to do K8. We've got one student trying it right now. Um there's
083more of a cost to our elementary. we're having to pay for that one where the high school one uh doesn't. We have an opportunity if they choose to do a different one than what we offer. We've got a couple one cost some our good one does not. I say our good one got a good solid program. >> Uh what what is the difference between grade school having a cost and high school not? because we use northern we use the northern virtual school high virtual high school not principal it is has teachers they come in with all the kids I mean our teachers come into every classroom they're on the screen so our kids are working with them um the K8 one right now what we're using is uh Black Hills online through the TAI office
084or Black Hills special services And um it costs about 3,200 is it? >> It's a year per student. >> It's on your bill list. Um the first month I believe is 500 a month and then each month after that I believe is 300 >> whereas Northern I think is just the cost of the >> and you can think about it we do get students we do get um state state um assistance which covers more than that but when these kids come after our budgeting we don't get it in the put into the budget If that makes sense. >> And not just that, I want to reemphasize in my opinion, understanding it. It wasn't just because of money. No, >> if you're KA, it takes a parent who has to be very diligent about teaching it.
085When you're a fourth grader, you really can't do an online program, just teach everything yourself effectively. You're not really that old of a person yet. So, that's why we view that high schoolers have more of a chance at teaching themselves or actually learning it where you almost just need to call that homeschooling. And if a parent wants to do that, no, it just you're going to be homeschooled, right? In my opinion, >> you're using W's curriculum. You're not using your own program. >> That's what >> I think it could get really crazy if the school was sponsoring basically elementary. I mean, I I don't know. I don't know how you would I would ask. >> Both do just went this way K12. And the reason they did it is because they were losing so many
086students. Now, they've lost a lot of schools lose students, but they don't lose they they lose them out of their building, but they're still keeping touch with them through their online curriculum and then their activities and such. Um, we still keep our kids homeschooling and special status in activities. Some of them right now are choosing to work. um special status students. It's usually what ours >> doesn't say a K. It would be child labor. >> That wouldn't be a good reason, would it? No reason. >> Good thing we didn't have this one. >> I was a kid. I >> Yeah, but I think those are good changes, I guess. We don't we need a motion to >> you guys have to approve the revision any policy of interest >> discuss further we have a motion
087>> make a motion to approve the amended 513 special status motion and a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I. All >> oppose same sign. Motion passes to approve revised policy 5013 special student status. That move on to number 17. Approve the 2028 2029 school calendar. >> I brought this to your attention. The first draft and sorry guys, I did not write draft draft on it. But I'll tell you right now, so if you look at December, the one I showed you last month was the one that had us going to school on the 18th and 19th of December, and then it was starting Christmas vacations. >> Mhm. When I kicked this out to the staff, they asked if we could change it um to what I have on the other sheet
088of paper. So, they asked that we go to school the 20th and 21st of December, if you see how I did it, and then take those January 3rd and 4th, take those off. >> But isn't that what we asked you to do? Kind of >> Yep. you guys mentioned it and so then I took it to the staff and I said I'd like to take it to the staff and you guys said it would be good to see get their input and so that's what I received um the majority in the survey everyone in the survey that answered it said they'd like to go to um this second one I'd like you to label it draft two the one that gives the full week of January the first week gives it off. That's called draft
089two and that's the one that I recommend that we approve. Remember this is 2829 years down the road. >> I'll make I'll make a motion to approve the second draft. >> Second and a second to approve the second draft. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> All post name signed. Motion passes to approve the second draft 2028 2029 Smith calendar. Okay. Number 18. Um approved South Florida Department of Health nursing contract. So, you guys approved this last year and there wasn't anything. If you remember last year, those of you who were on the board, um there was some talk about um using fluoride and we said that had to be a optin option only. Well, I think she flung took it off for this year because she said Heidi's back to our
090nurse again and she said there just wasn't time for that. they were unable to even get that far. So she plunk took it up and so the one this year is all that you approved last year and that doesn't even that's not even in there. So it would be the vision. >> It is in there in fine print but it says with eligible parental guardian. >> Yeah. But what did she write there? Didn't she write >> oral screening for students in grades K through seven? First, third, seventh. Let me look at it. Is that not the one that I said recommended? >> Yeah. Obligation of fluoride only upon receipt for the parent or guardian. >> Check mark beside us. >> Maybe she just said we never it's not mandatory. >> Good enough. Good enough. I'll
091make a motion to approve the South Department of Health Nursing contract. >> Second. >> Motion in the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> All post same sign. Motion passes to approve the South Department of Health Nursing Contracts. All right. Going to move on now. 19 elementary principal. >> Okay. Um I did that few things. Um, April 24th, we're going to have kindergarten screening. I will send out an email to the community. I think we'll have to put it on the website and the app and then I will contact Mandy and we'll have addresses for you any newspapers or legals to check. I think it's child blind. So that >> child finding the special ed thing will still do a paper like that. Yeah. >> Yeah. I think it needs
092to go out um as much and even a couple times before that. Becca >> and then I sent the results of the survey from uh teacher conferences which had a real good result or reply because I did my dissertation. I sent 500 emails out, had 35 responses and sent like 50 or something for got 30 responses. So, we did a lot better. And I I sent the email to you. There are, like I said, there are a couple things that um Dr. Charles and I talked about we can do differently next year, but pretty pretty much everything that we did this year was pretty a pretty big hit. And there's some tweaks that we need to do to uh maybe make it look better. So, any questions on any of that? Only thing I might
093bring up that I heard, this isn't coming from me, but when a teacher is going to be gone and be good to reach out to the students, >> they're supposed to. You might have heard that. I guess I just heard that complaint and I'm going to be the board member. Brings it up. We had one teacher that my son's in. She did reach out. I'm not bringing that up. I'm bringing up the didn't reach out and it wasn't for me. It was just what I heard. >> Yeah. >> Brought up. I think where the mishap was or where the miscommunication probably I said I want all I want kids parents I want them to know that you're not going to be here. I think in their mind it was kids with D's and Fs. I'm
094a believer in every parent. I was that parent that wanted to know. I don't care if my kid is the worst or the best student. I want to know and I want to support and I think I got to get that message out better to my staff that it includes all kids. >> That's it. My report. Any questions about anything? >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Number 202 assistant principal and tech coordinator report. >> I've been working with Golden West. We have our computers signed for and they'll be delivered in boy after July 1. We have a hopefully 5-year plan with starting with fifth grade getting a computer and they'll use it through 8th grade which keeps it under the four-year warranty. Then 9 through 12. I would like to discuss
095with you further at some other point in time the opportunity for those seniors to buy their computers at 25% cost. It'll give us some money back into the fund technology wise, but those devices after four years, it's better to go to kids and kind of help them out before they head off to a trade school, college, whatever, than to keep hold of them. >> So, they get a new one at 9th grade, fifth grade, and nth grade, use them for four years, and then the seniors could take theirs. >> Yeah. And we keep the middle schoolers for elementary, lower elementary, and substitute computers. take a little better turn. >> Yes, that's what >> I also worked with West and I found a student monitoring system that is half the price of what I shared with
096you the first time. So, uh, from now from May 1st until October of 2027 when our content filtered is due again, that is 1,400. So I would like to preclude that and get it started in May so we can get it on our image and make just all of the tech level security higher than what we have currently. Good. And that's all I have. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Yeah. Computer idea. >> Yeah. And we you probably don't really get after six years there. We don't need to throw them out. >> No, they're they're surplused and we normally have to pay to have them disposed of. I found a company that took our Fujitsu. >> Don't tell the kids. They might negotiate. I'll take it pretender a little bit. Um Okay. All right. Amy, you
097are up. Number 21, business manager. >> I don't have a ton, but um we're currently um in an um requisition time frame. So staff's um requisitions for the next fiscal year are due on March 23rd. So um we're going through a little growing pains with myself and staff as far as getting those turned in. Um things I'm seeing that I need to change for the we did it. We're trying to do it all um are all not on paper and sending it through um email and on one drive. And I'm noticing some things that I need to change on my end. And I think um given a little bit better instructions um and not just assuming everybody understands my instructions in my mind, but um but I think overall it's going well. Um it's going
098to help me in the budgeting process and hopefully save some time in the long run. But um that's all I have for right now. Great. It >> seems like I should have more because it's busier than um CJ uh our new secretary was started this last week and she's doing phenomenally um on our first week. So everything's pretty good. >> All right. Thanks Amy 22 612 principal and superintendent report. Um, yeah. So, seems like I just have a few things about what's going on. You know, I think it I want to tell you board members, I really appreciate the way we use committees. Um, I've had different superintendents talk to me about it. I think you guys do a good job. So, it does make our meetings more efficient. We just need to make sure
099that everything is reported out and that's why I asked Amy to please make sure that we put in our bullets on here so we kind of cover you guys talk about everything but it does make it better. a few things that um I know you've seen it out on our we try to kick out things on our Facebook page on our app but some things that our kids have been doing well um state wrestling for high school was last week and Gatling Poris placed third um lost his one match he lost by one point so um he did well there art wars you maybe saw that post um That's where Mrs. Miss Hayes took several kids over to Rapid City and they have to draw right there on the spot. And I believe five of
100them are going to stage in Aberine later in April. >> Didn't we have them present last year? >> Last year. Yeah, after. You're right. So, she has five going to state this year. Um, does a great job with that. Another thing that's going on in the art world, and I forgot to take you building committee over there. We're going to go see what she's doing in the art room. Um, I approved and I'll take blame for it. We got new ones if we don't like them, but they're painting the tiles. >> Individual kids are >> great. >> And they're great. They're neat. And other teachers have asked if we could if they could have some in their room. I said, "That's probably a building committee um conversation after we go see what she's doing down
101there." >> My superintendent at the time would have had a heart attack. >> You know what? If that's what creativity, >> if that's what gives me a heart attack, I am not the right job. >> So, good idea. They are replaceable. So, let's >> Yeah. Well, they're doing it on the back, so you could flip it over and you wouldn't even be able to really tell. which I real school here. You you about couldn't hang any homecoming was like >> Oh, yeah. This is This is great. Give it some character. >> You have a building director that doesn't like the hanging on the wall, >> especially when I get busy with my hanging on the wall. But is he still Oh, he's >> I'm teasing though. I think we take care of our buildings very
102well. Um back to the our music group. Um a little bit about them. We had our high school choir, which is really our eighth grade girls, go and sing at the New Underwood Nursing Home around or around Valentine's Day and we sing love songs and they had the best time. And I said, "We're going to keep doing that." And um the teachers also said that our kids did a great job of visiting with the residents. And so that is stuff I love to see. Also, they went to contest. Um, Jordan, Leonard, and Ruth both got superiors on their solos. So, Jordan is a saxophone and Ruth is a flute. Lazy got a superior plus a perfect score on her piano solo. So, um, we didn't have a lot at the high school level band, but,
103um, those kids went to contest and did well. Our girls basketball team finished with a hard fought battle last week, and our boys will play Sodak 16 over at Kdoka at 6:00 tomorrow night. And I hope after that, we are planning for a state trip. Here's one thing. I'm going to just stay out there loud and plain. We will have school on Thursday. Um we'll treat it just like football. We will make exemption if kids want to go to state or siblings, you know, if they want to go to state tournament, but we're not just letting school up. Um track started today. Napus. So our Napus convention which is our impact aid is we leave Friday and we'll come back Wednesday. I know some of you are going along. We will celebrate Max. She is
104our state lady who has rounded up impact day for the state of South Dakota. We're celebrating her down there because it's 50 years >> and Max is a big thing down there even. >> I was like she was on the board. My grandpa was on the school. >> Wow. Yeah. when she started. >> And um anyway, so we our kids were all a part of a video that we made for her here and they're showing it I think down there um when they celebrate her. So nationally they're going to celebrate her and then we're having a separate Sunday night to celebrate. That's part of that too. So Napas, we're going um I've given if something happens while I'm gone, call Chuck and Becca. Um there's a hang up and speak assembly on March 23rd here.
105It is a distracted driving assembly. Now when Rick McFersonson was here and we were planning some uh freshman impact, he was asking all about this lady and then he said, "I understand she's coming to Wool and she is a great speaker." So it's endorsed by him, but it's for 7th through 12th graders. We'll be doing an assembly. Um, Mr. Sakura mentioned that survey that we gave to parents for parent teachers conferences and Mr. Martin is here. Um, I what I want to do you guys at the April board meeting I am going to get with Mr. Martin and it is so extremely tough extremely tough to find a day when um we don't have an activity. So, the survey loud and clear. I have the survey here. Um, parents really liked the gymnasium platform that
106we do. We will tweak it a little bit and it's stuff I should have paid attention to. I know better, but for some reason, I didn't notice some of the things the parents brought up. And um, but I am going to ask you to approve two early releases on next year's calendar. Mr. Uh Martin and I will I told Mr. Martin what seemed to work the best was like what we just did where we have a middle school event. Um that's New Underwood Kadoka up close. So parents still and if we release early they can still go to conferences and still get to their kid event child's event and even Mrs. Pier was even back after the event and did some more conferences. So, I think that probably works best. We'll look at the calendar
107and figure that out. Negotiations are going to start soon. Um, I know that you've got a meeting. The budget committee's got a meeting. You're going to have to start talking about that. And I know that teachers are starting to just talk as well. Just a little bit about testing because this is going to take place before our ACT test, which is our state assessment for our juniors, will take place March 24th. All juniors will take that. And then our elementary and high school or not high school, our elementary third, fourth, and fifth graders, they will test the week of April 27th. Our high are not high school anymore. Our middle schools, sixth, 7th, and 8th will test the week of April 20th. Um, I do want to remind everybody that we have Easter Monday off.
108We will have school on that Friday after Easter. And then the sped child count, that's a report we always have to have done. Um, Mr. Shriber, super job did that. Mrs. Shriber, Mr. Dora and two of our paris attended sped conference. So I'm we'll get with Mrs. Shriber. She always comes back with lots of ideas to share with me. That's about what I've got. Questions got going on. I think I went through my list. >> Thank you for the update. Um, next part of the meeting we've got 23 is executive session and uh I don't know we need to take a little break, little recess, get some water, come back on that then go. Yes, James, you