2025 - August 11th WSD School Board Meeting

001here. Vice >> chair here. >> Present. >> Members Ruland >> here. Um Candace Eisen Brown >> here. >> Tyrell Eisen Brown >> present. >> Moore and Bryant. >> 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. >> Thank you. Um number four, moment of reflection or prayer. >> I've got one short verse I'd like to read to you. It's from Proverbs 17. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge as we start our getting ready to start our school year. I thought that was fitting. >> Thank you, Sally. Do we have any conflicts of interest today? >> I don't know when we talk about

002students um we can't name names. Will that be in an executive order or the executive s? Yeah. >> Sorry, I'm losing those words. >> Well, what >> talking about summer and kids don't want or >> special student status? That's going to be in >> that'll be an exact. >> Do I need to say anything about that right now or just do it or anything? >> Um, >> no. Don't you have action afterwards? He's asking I don't really >> special. >> No, you have no interest. >> Okay. I just want to make sure. >> I was trying to think. I'm like I don't I >> You mean because you relate to the student who's the topic of the special status? >> Yes, that's a good way to say it. My law my words are lost. >>

003No, you're not. >> I'm good. >> Yeah, you're not. >> Very good. Unless you're >> you're not truly Yeah. Not by >> Okay. >> Too distant of relation. Yeah. Um Okay. Well, nothing else there on number five. We'll move on to number six. Approve agenda. So moved. >> We got a motion with the hands. Are we g? >> We got a motion. We got a second. Any other discussion? All in favor? Say I >> post same sign. Motion passes to approve the agenda. >> On to number seven. Approve consent agenda. >> Anybody want what's >> I make a motion to approve consent agenda. >> All right. Second. >> Got a motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> Oppos. Same side. Motion passes to approve a consent agenda. Okay. Number eight.

004Have any open forum tonight? We don't have a open forum to sign up anymore with our new policies, but we would just in the future ask. Okay. >> Anybody want to talk to us? All right. >> No. >> Go on to number nine. Um, Chamberlain Architects powerhouse cost analysis presentation. >> Nice have the extra booklets by Sally that you I didn't think I if you guys want to see them, you sure can. No, we all have a guest. >> Oh, she's got one. I think you need to keep two or >> I have I have one. >> This one's updated. >> The one I sent you last one. We can give them back. >> Yeah, you can have that one. >> So, we can have one during this part. >> I'll take it away. Yeah,

005I guess I'll we went around with the Chamberlain architects um about a couple back in May probably it was giving them our vision on the old school or the powerhouse if we were to keep it bringing it up to code not cutting any corners making sure it was going to be comparable to a new build without I mean it's going to be I mean we spending more money than some people might like on an old building if that was the direction but we want apples to apples it's only fair and as you guys can see inside Here we start out with first we'll go with the easy one. The the roof and the leaking and issues with the structure itself. They have some solutions. The the roof isn't leaking anymore, but they have other solutions

006about how to fix it. Sealing it or building a new roof above it. That's the add-on portion where the bathrooms and the old kitchen is. There are some good options there. Secondly, in the gym portion, I mean, I guess yeah, we'll go to the gym portion. There wasn't a lot done in the gym. update the stage a little bit. You'll see a high dollar figure when it comes to the stage. That's just a top-of-the-line system with like an LED screen back, you know, the bad the best lights you can buy. We can pick and choose on that. That's a high number for purpose there. Other than that, the stage isn't going to be a lot painting. Um the gym floor would be refinished. We'd add another set of bleachers to the east side. Keep the

007or vice versa, west side, keep the east side. We fix all the wall holes, put new plywood up, put mats around the whole gym, the ceiling itself, we're going to leave, but then the two side side walls, we would reapply with them, paint them, and put acoustical sound bear dampeners on the sidewalls. And um the gym, you always want me to add? >> Uh, no. >> Hback. >> Yeah, Hback. How's the Yeah, I guess when it comes to the gym, there's the old boiler room and the old boys locker room upstairs. Those would be utility rooms, mechanical rooms. We would HVAC options and old as a newer boiler system or a geothermal system. Geothermal is a little bit more, but it does a lot more efficient job as we all know. And our air handlers

008would come through both rooms and above the gym. There'd be tubes on top of the gym. Basically, white tubes. you get to have quality golder colors are not necessarily but it's basically you know the open construction system that you see in a lot of buildings. So that and then also all the any of the mechanical like electrical or any of the um Wi-Fi or any of that stuff would be up in those mechanical rings from now. So and back to the sorry jump around but the old kitchen now wrestling room we take out the old kitchen all those walls and make that into the new weight room cardio room. There's enough space there to do. So, we take out the two the three old windows and replace them with old windows like they used to

009be back in before they kind of did their patch up. And going back to the north would be the two bathrooms will stay. The storage room would stay and we'd have a little janitorial room in the storage room. And because the old new the old weight room would become the new gymnastics room, we could take all the gymnastics stuff out of storage and it would make up all the room for all the other athletics that want to use that room for storage. The goal is we take the ceiling out of the old mechanical room or the old weight room and it become the gymnastics room and it could be used. We were planning on leaving it, you know, as is with gymnastic stuff up so they had their open gyms. They had their own lock.

010They no one could get in there. But if you ever were to take it down, that room was measured big enough that you could have like a volleyball practice. You can set up a net. It's wide enough for a gym size for volleyball. So, or a lot of different things. You can do all sorts of different things. But in the gym portion, we took away the wrestling room where it is now, and they just practice in the gym. They need more room anyways. I was just thinking, >> yeah, >> they just they just have mats that are in there can be shoved up against the wall, right? Okay. >> Any leacher we pick would be >> I just have the ones though that are there. >> They they can be put away. >> That and

011then the lock rooms would be all redone. You get all new plumbing and all that stuff, all new fixtures. And then the fire right now there's no fire sprinkler system, no fire safety system. we'd be adding that too. So, if I could add, so I've been on the committee for uh quite a few years now. I think where this comes from, we know that the powerhouse is in need of repair and it becomes a question of do you throw $100,000 at it every two years or do you go build a new building and put it right here? And none of us can honestly answer that if we have no clue what either one costs. So, this gives us an option for what would it cost to build a similar size building here versus revamp the

012building we have there? And if so, could you make the building there something you're proud of? >> That's at the forefront, I think, of the committee uh very initial stages. >> If we do something there, we want us to be proud of it. >> We want it to be um something that feels for the most part new. Um >> maybe >> be sturdy and last, too. Yeah. And maybe maintain a little bit of the history of it. >> The architect, >> if it's going to cost us more to do that, there's no point in doing that. >> And the architect group really really their opinion is to keep the old structures like they talk about siding the siding it or doing different things exterior. It's it's unique that old barn style rivid. It's very unique.

013You don't see them very often. And it's about the highest. I mean, it's the best grade steel you could probably get. They used to build it thicker and better back then. part of the school would be repainting it all too. Of course, they're investing in painting. >> I asked the committee or the board to really consider all the other things that are involved too if we do build if we do keep that up full-time person on staff to keep it to keep stuff. Right now, I've got a complaint that there might be someone living over there. I get a lot of complaints about different things over there. So, I think we'd probably need to have and it's getting kids back and forth. If we put a building like this up, we'd better be using it.

014Not put it up, but if we improve it, we better put it. We better be using it. So, that's getting kids back and forth. So, there's those little things that we don't always think about that I think we're going to have to add to the cost of remodeling that. Well, in the budget, they have uh audio and video, and we talked about putting security cameras in here. So, >> that you would see from here, from you, you'd have a desk set up here that you'd see all the security cameras. And back to the someone living there, it's because it's open so openly to the whole public. And if this was to happen, that might be a little bit more difficult to get keys and different things. Might be more locked down because if we do

015it here, I'd envision it being really locked down comparative to what it is now over there. But I was going to for the public's sake give square feet and prices per square feet. >> Um yeah, I I think that's >> Are they going to add to this for tonight? They >> Oh, this is a Yeah, this is a rough >> We'll give you guys a very rough numbers idea. This isn't a quote. >> This is a per square footage comparison of >> you know what we're looking 19,400 ft. to do the update that we're talking about, it's about $267 a square foot. And if you were to do a new prefactured like steel frame or steel sided building, um over here it wouldn't be quite an eyes. It would be a pretty big eyesore. They

016are about $394 a square foot. And if we were to try to do the same thing we did there where we match the paneling, it would be about 4 $494 a square foot. And both of those bit both of those estimates have no dirt work involved like no landscaping, no no nothing. And part of this estimate is also um the HVAC. And I believe I'm guessing we do not have enough welds to um support a new building. We probably have to drill new wells and have another whole HVAC system for that building if we were to do one. So they added that to that square foot because I believe it'd be half be done anyways. So it's almost double, not quite double for what >> they did include that in the new >> the cost

017of new G. >> Yeah. >> Um so I mean if you look at our square footage, >> let's just give them some rough like rough total dollars. >> Okay. The cost per square total dollar amount for the remodeling old buildings a touch over 5 million. remodeling the old powerhouse for the manufactured metal steel building would be 7.6 and the new traditional construction. This is to replace the same style building with the same square feet with the same objectives, you know, because that's what what we need over here and it would be 9.5 million without dirt work or any gravel or anything. So, you're looking at closer to 10 probably by the time you get everything set and done. So, so the these aren't things we're making decisions on today. Um, one thing I'd like to

018know from people, I mean, I'd be curious to know people's ideas, come speak, whatever, whatever you got to do. I'd like to know, you know, do we think that the do we think the space that we have there is suitable? Because if if people think that, wow, it's way undersized the way it is, then then that's a whole another discussion. >> if you think that it's suitable and it's appropriate and if you move the gymnastics out of there in a different space, it opens it up good. Then if we feel like it's suitable, well, then this is something we can analyze a little more effectively. Um, personally, I feel like for a school of our size, that that would give us plenty of room. I mean, you're going to free up a gym. I I

019don't think we need two gyms added on. I I just think that opens us up enough, but I'd be curious other people's perspective. Um, >> how would you like to go about getting that? There's numerous ways we can survey. We can do um Oh, now the word just dropped me. that where you have um small face-to-face groups, you can pull in different groups and have them work with um board. I've done that with too where you have a like a mediator and you have the board and it's a it's a meeting, but um then you invite different folks in so you get a good cross-section. you could survey and maybe that's a discussion >> that the >> buildings committee would have with me. We can do some of those things is what I'm saying >>

020to get some of that perspective that maybe you're wanting >> and going into those meetings. I would really like to have a budget committee member who knows where the stance is and the financial physical capabilities of our school district is because people will come in here and say we want all new which I love. Are you just gathering information, Tyrell, or are you discussing it? There's two different things. So, you've got to decide what's your objective >> of that. >> Personally, if you feel strongly about it, I mean, we're not we're not even anywhere close in my mind to this yet. >> Send send me an email. Send Amy an email. Send somebody an email. Call, come in, speak an open forum. Um, I just really don't want, you know, we don't want to do

021things without people chance to talk. And um I mean we want to do this we we want to do this in a way that's that's fair and makes sense. Um we can't think of everything. So >> they're both expensive. So I don't >> they're both expensive. They're both expensive. >> I'm happy we did this because it gives us a rough idea. And in his estimate he says every year we wait just add 5%. I mean automatically 5% increase just that's general. So, and not saying we don't want to do it soon, but just yeah, I don't I don't think this is something that's on the horizon of um it's something that's going to take some time to talk about. And so, we're just we're starting that now because we know if we don't, we'll be

022here in four years and um putting another $100,000 a year in the powerhouse. People saying, "What's what's going on?" And rightfully so. >> And if we wouldn't have done this, we'd have no idea. And as you guys can see on your estimates, which people on recording can't, the bulk of the cost is coming in HVAC utilities. These all new wiring basically. Yeah, there's a lot of cost in that. >> And the the figure for the stage is is is we didn't have we if we would have had a little more time to talk tonight, the meeting kind of got a little tight, but $850,000 worth of basically lighting and and all that. And that seems to me like um I don't know. We we'd really like to take a look at that. I guess I

023I would >> that was the Yeah, that was just a quick estimate from a guy who sells them and puts together. Yeah. >> Stood out though because who knows what they're including in that, you know. >> Um what what do we really need? So >> he mimicked that stage in all three quotes. >> I mean all three proposals. They all were the same stage. >> Page 22. Oh yeah. Yeah, there are in there. There is the examples from that outfit that sells on those. >> I think we've gone so long without quality stage equipment that maybe we don't even have an idea of >> maybe so. Boy, if it does, that's great. >> You might be right. I mean that's just what it just stood out to me as I'm like >> I think also

024we have to look at the opportunity to host things and what what a split gym offers versus here also I mean I know lots of other towns have gyms in multiple places but parking >> right >> concession stands and okay so that's another question is the parking gear It's public parking behind it. >> Park that grab a lot is >> old city. >> We can use it for anything. >> I don't know if the whole I'd have to look at like a map of that was we have some we have some room though, don't we? Even I don't think that really matters though. It's just a parking lot. >> It's a city parking lot for the public so it would get to use too. That's another thing you said is that would be added to

025construction costs on a new bill is parking lot availability and if we'd have to add more parking or not. That's one thing you brought up there. They said the structural integrity of the foundation of a building is is really good. And I mean we kind of knew that from just walking around it. I mean the roof's an issue. That's one of the big lessons. But the actual bones of that building is pretty pretty rock solid. which I said it's 1969. >> If we go this route, they're taking all mechanical everything off the top of the building. So there would be nothing sitting or protruding from the top of the building. So there's no little leak spots once they seal it. So if that was the route we went, >> it would be uh I mean

026the gymnasium wouldn't get gutted completely, but the bathrooms and everything I mean it'll be gutted down to the pipes in pipes. So that's just so you know what we're kind of comparing. I asked them to make new to make it like new I guess. >> I pretty much ch up the code even though because we're not changing the purpose of the building. My understanding is there's a lot of code we don't have to abide by. There's you know we can get away with some of that stuff but we wanted to feed to code. So everything is >> like you. >> Yeah. Just wanted to reiterate again the cost of the proposed fix of the powerhouse is not you know you're not factoring with the new build all of the dirt work and all of the

027ground work that has to be done before you can even put up a new building. So when you look at the numbers people need to take that into account. >> That's it. That's kind of if anybody has any questions that's if none we move on um on to number 10 approve resolution 26-2 the 2025 2026 membership in the Southakota High School Activities Association should motion sorry Motion and a second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. >> I'll post the same sign. Motion passes to approve our um membership and South Dakota High School Activities Association number 11. So I I know that we already approved a huge number of policies. Um these three policies that we shared with you, the privacy policy 3042 was one that we had to have our attorney draft with us

028um for our final site, which is the name of our new website. And um they required that we have a privacy policy which shares kind of the different what they do with data and the different things that are on our website. And Becca can Mrs. Myers can share more if she thinks we need to on that one. Credit card security. Amy, doesn't that one deal with the um credit cards that we're now going to >> Yeah. So, we're going to be taking credit card payments online uh and in our So, we had to have a credit card policy to be able to do that. So, and this last one, 5013, is one that I I know we talked about and I thought we for some reason had put that in and I was hunting hunting

029hunting for it the other night, realized that we didn't have a policy. We just had it written in our handbook. And so, our attorney recommended we do a policy on special status students. Those are the students who come to you guys when they need a little bit special programming as far as whether it's online through us, shortened or part-time or whatever it is. So anyway, she wanted the policy. So that's that's the three policies that you guys have before you tonight are just additions to the policies that you've already approved. >> Okay. So I'll make a motion to approve the policies 3042 privacy policy 3038 credit card security and policy 1513 special status meeting. >> Second. >> Have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion? All in favor say I. >> All

030the same sign. Motion passes to approve district policy 3042, policy 3038, policy 5013. Um, we move on to number 12, approved K12 student handbook. >> Um, can I say something about that? Um, I sent you the link. You guys, um, the committees had the link. Their directive to me was clean it up, Sally. what you're seeing in our handbooks, they're very long. Our attorney did not I I would have liked to have slimmed them down and and cleaned some of the wording out. And she recommended she said it's state law pieces that we have included in there. It's policy pieces. You've got a lot of people who are maybe reading the activities book that don't go to district policy. You have people reading the handbook that don't always go to district policy. She said it

031is recommendation that you put that in. >> Even if we put in the policy number. >> Yeah. >> Who's going to go and look that policy up? It's a really important one. She really wanted us to. >> So with that said, I am still working on that student handbook. There won't be anything in there that you haven't already approved in policy. Are you following me? So, I would like your approval so we can make these changes. It's mostly cleaning it up. And when I say cleaning it up, I mean um adding our Title N director, those kinds of things, personalizing it more. We've already approved all this stuff. It will be aligned to the policy as we've written. Um >> when the committee came out, a committee we we would recommend to give her the

032let her do it because it's the committee does not need to sit there and do that little details. >> Yes. >> And I'm just gonna say you guys, I wanted it done tonight. It's just not totally done in the purest form with the table of contents and everything. I guess if there are questions about any pieces of it, you can ask after it's been um approved. We can make changes. So it's nothing we haven't seen policy then >> you have seen all the district policies and that's the thing that's why we went with KSB is because all of our handbooks >> are aligned to our policies >> like word for word almost just all >> but then I'm going to add our procedures but we're not changing our attendance is going to stay the same

033um final exams those kinds of things the academic eligibility. You guys have already approved. We are not going to allow any failures. Um Chuck, do you have anything to add to that? It's a K12 handbook which takes us principles maybe a little bit longer to kind of find what we need because in the past we've had two. Maybe you guys might be interested in the last page on permissions and signatures and how we might have it on the QR all that stuff. They might be interested in you might be able to explain it better and I will. >> One thing we are going to do is we're going to have one page of signatures or one page of the different things that we have to agree to. One is like your computer what's the words

034for it? But approval that you'll the computer policy >> I have read in that's one that we need to sign off on. So Mr. Sakura has done a nice job. He's and I think it's pretty much close to done, but he's put all the little things and then I check box. I've read the K12 handbook and approve it. I check that one. I've approved or I've read the computer policy book. I check it and then down below I sign my name as a parent. My child signs my Well, you can do it as a family. >> Yeah. >> So, I sign it as a parent and here are my kids, Johnny, Joe, and Susie. And that way, we've got one sheet. It's just less paperwork. >> No more tearing handbooks apart, trying to find the

035missing page. >> Yes. And you don't have to turn in five different sheets and who has what sheet. We are trying to slim it. We're trying to streamline it. We're trying to simplify it for all of us. And we're only going to have a few copies of the actual handbook available, right? We're going to have a QR code that'll scan and take you to where it's at on our website. It's all put together, I guess. So, >> and I'm going to let Mrs. Myers talk about during her report the website, maybe even give you a sneak peek of it. Um, but I would really really like and I know we can do it because a neighboring school is doing some of it where we could do all of that signature stuff >> online when they

036when they update their information on campus. So, we're working through that piece. >> I don't think we're ready for it this year. I know we aren't but >> but upon request they can still do it on paper to give them access to paper. >> So we will have um several handbooks available on paper but we're hoping to have the website up and going before school starts unless the disaster happens and so they can go on there and look at it rather than not have a bunch of paper. >> It's going to happen. Yeah. >> Somehow. I don't know who the how is it. Let's go ahead. >> Becca is a how. Mrs. Myers is a how and she's doing a fabulous job. >> Go ahead and vote. >> Make a motion to approve the staff

037or the K through 12 student handbook. >> Got a motion. We got a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion passes to approve the K12 student handbook. And >> um we'll go on to number 13 staff handbook >> which is a lot of is really repetitive of course to the others except it's more towards staff of course and I don't know anything you want to add. >> No in fact this one the attorney uh looked at it she sent me she said it is good to go. Is that the one tonight the night that you sent us or this afternoon? >> Yeah, it's the same link. Yeah. But um that one I put the touches on that one and um so the final edits I think are pretty

038and I shared that one. Oh no, that's stack. I will be sharing that one at our PD and I don't know you guys. I'm just going to say Mr. Sakura, I don't know when our staff has had a handbook. They haven't since I've been here. >> Not since I've been. >> We used to have a handbook and then every year we'd update it. They turn to the handbooks and we'd update it and that got to be overwhelming making new copies of stuff and putting it in. And I we would just hand it back to the teachers and half the teachers would put it in their spot, the other half just put it in the folder in the front and nobody ever looked at it, but very rarely did anybody look at it. They'd always come

039and ask about how do you do this? How do you do that? So they just stop handled like that. So >> and that is aligned also to all the policies. So the dress code they see in that going to be the same dress code they see in grading scale will be the same in both and everything is >> that's why it's taken me a while because I didn't not realize there was just going to be so many you have to just make sure everything is copied and pasted and everything all the details are repeated >> it'll be digitally available as well oh staff handle yeah for the staff it will be and we are asking coaches and anyone that's really on her payroll to they have to sign that to um >> it has all

040the policy >> even go down to the vehicles down to the grading everything is very clear >> and they have to sign it every year and turn it into me and I will um scan it and upload it and put it in their employee files >> a lot of it's for liability to protect the school and the students I mean the coaches it's a lot of liability so >> well you know I told One of the >> I told uh and staff yeah um I told it's fun the new staff are starting or not new staff the staff are starting to come back in and someone said you know what it's so fun to come back and this be my third year and things seem I said you know structure is healthy structure is good

041and I think we're moving toward that not rules but just structure expectations Make a motion we approve the staff handbook. >> Second >> motion in a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> All the same sign. Motion passes to approve staff handbook. Um number 14 approve changes in the 2025 and 2026 calendar. What changes? Yeah, I don't. It's not a big deal. I don't have to ask. We just not the extra on the calendar. There's no copy of it in here. So, there >> I guess I don't >> Anybody know why? >> I'm sorry. What now? >> We're asking about the calendar. We don't have a copy. I know what I'm talking about. >> Okay, we got somebody here. Okay, good deal. >> I just felt like we were missing something from

042earlier, but we'll talk about later. Um, so there are two dates right now that I know of that we need to um talk about. Let me find the exact dates. So, um, when we change the student time on a calendar, I want you guys to, um, make that to approve that. And the first request I have is on October 9th. Um, I'm going to we're going to try something. I ask your approval of a prof or of a parent teachers conference where we let school out at 1:30. So that would be after fifth hour is over. We start parent teachers conferences at 2:00 and we go until 8:00. October 9th we have no um activities. It's a Thursday night. they put in their six hours instead of two nights because we do struggle with working

043around activities. We do six hours. I'm also going to ask the student council if they'd like to do uh supper and it be like a free will and so parents coming in can eat supper, kids can eat supper, staff can eat supper and it'd be a little fundraiser. Um, but anyway, then we do 2 to eight. Also, my middle school, high school staff, I'd like to put them in the gymnasium, spread them out good table like this, and then staff come or not staff, parents come. And it's way more efficient because Tyrell can see if Mrs. Jones is busy, I'll run over to this one. >> How many tables did you have set up here? What's the number? >> Oh, what do I got? I don't know. 14. 15, maybe. Um, usually what I make

044are these little um, name cards so we know we're teachers and um, and this is not if I have a um, and plus I can be out there way better than I can when I'm in the in the hallways. If it needs to be something extremely private or a long conversation, then that just be gets scheduled at another time. Um, so that would be letting spool out at 1:30 after. Um, so that's the first one that I would um like you to approve. The other one is on November. Got to get my right date. It's a Wednesday. Helen, am I right in thinking this is to eliminate the need for parents to have to schedule in a 15minute block with each teacher and try to get all of their their kids >> elementary still >>

045elementary? What but I think they'll still try to get quite a few that day, but they'll probably still schedule. I guess Mr. >> I don't see the elementary doing anything different other than sending the link out to for you guys to sign up. This is or for the middle school, high school, >> but on that day, right? >> On October 9th. >> Yeah, it's the same October 9th. But a lot of a lot of elementary teachers have parent teacher conferences from October 2nd through what parents availability are. So >> in my past, it's worked well when you start it too because you do have those parents who don't work or their schedules are flexible and they can come during the afternoon. You have people then that work and have to come later at night, but

046you've got enough time on each side of that. >> That makes sense. >> So, I'd like to try it. Um, I've kicked it out to my staff. I did a survey. Overwhelmingly, they are in favor of trying it. Mr. Sapora is in favor of trying it. We've we've done it past and first one's a little more productive. Second conference is really not much. I'm trying to make it more engaging and have supper and maybe do I don't know what I'm like crazy with but >> the the it's going to be a real advantage for the middle school high school teachers and parents because they can see when this teacher is available and that teacher is available and we always have the teachers who um have a lot of parents come in. So, you might need

047to have a timer or something for that. >> I think also though it kind of is okay because if I'm sitting at that teacher and she's got a line of 10 people behind her, it just helps me think I need to move along. Yeah. As a parent. >> November date. November 12th. It's a Wednesday. And this is what we've done the last two years, you guys. That's that district FFA um contest. They've asked if we would host it again. I like hosting these things. I'd love to have others out in our building. Um so we on at that one we would release at 12 noon. Our staff would be expected to stay all day. Um we encourage them to help out with this. Um but and and a lot of them do. And so that

048would be November 12th at noon. We would feed the elementary like we do when we release at noon and give everybody a chance to eat if they want. >> I make a motion to approve change the 25 26 calendar. >> Second. Would you please name what? >> Oh yeah. the changes of the um one day of student I didn't write down the date October 9th >> of the teacher parent conferences being one day six hours and then also the approval of the district MFA November 12th >> yes >> letting them out at noon and having the dis holding a district FA judging contest here motion got a second okay any other discussion all in favor say Okay, both the same sign. Motion passes to approve the changes in the calendar including the FFA competition, parent

049teachers conference. Um number 15, board member appointment discussion. Um I will start this out I guess uh with um five miss spoke with Terry today and Terry um he sent a sent in a email here with his rec resignation and guess I could read that to you. Appreciate the opportunity I had to serve on the wall school board. Unfortunately, due to work circumstances, I will not be able to complete my term. Please accept this as my resignation. Thank you, Terry Moore. Um, I accepted spoke with the admin. Anyways, we want to thank Terry for his time on the board, the work he did here, and taking him elsewhere. So, brings us to our next point of discussion. Um, we're going to need another member. So, if anybody wants to come join us, we'll be putting

050a notice out and looking for somebody to fill out the remainder of this term, which should end. >> June, >> this is the last year. >> Yep. So, anyways, be on the lookout. If you've got anybody interested, um, please let us know. We can go from there. So, um, direction from the board, you would like me to put out an advertisement that's similar to like we did last time. >> I think just exactly what we did last time. >> What's the end? >> What What do we want the be the end date to be by the >> um >> for the applic I I sent um Rich an email this afternoon. I I I believe I I >> I know I read an email. >> I put out a advertisement in the Pennington County current

051for one week. Um, and I don't >> look longer distributed our next meeting or do we give it two meetings? That's the question. >> Two meetings. Um, yeah. You know, >> so if I put out I can email them tomorrow. It would be published in next week's publication. Um >> and then I don't and just have it the letter or two bridge by the next meeting >> letter just like you need verbal letter >> the what I had written in the um current last time is the law school board is seeking a candidate for appointment to the wall school board. This is a one-year term. Please send a letter of interest to the wall school district da da da da. Interested parties will be interviewed by committee and appointed by the billboard if there's more.

052Last time there was photo on social last time. Yes, I think we did. >> So last time there was only one party that was interested. So we didn't have to do interviews but >> I wonder if we wait till next meeting. We only get one applicant but we didn't give it enough time. We might have a second, but it was just >> I think in the I think in the interest of time and just what we're doing, um yeah, it'd be great to have three applicants, but I I think we just run this um for the next two weeks. >> Run it for two weeks in the current. >> Well, run it for run it for one week in the current. Give them I think a period of like two weeks to get this in

053before our next meeting so we can have some time to interview somebody. I mean, if we don't have any applicants, then I guess we're going to have to wait another week. But if we get one person interested, then that's who we're taking. That's who I that's what I think. Why are you guys filming? >> I heard about it before the deadline. >> Oh, there you are. >> Yeah, I that's why I heard about it before the deadline. >> Oh, I didn't even remember. >> We didn't meet in three weeks because four weeks is our meeting roughly. before we get I mean do we want we won't have an interview until the meeting or will we guys have a will we have to have a interview becomes >> more than one party we would probably ideally

054interview before the next meeting so okay if today is if we're going to have a meeting uh four weeks from now which to be determined um then if we run this in the paper for a week give them two total weeks to respond weeks to do an interview and at least interview and then come back and make a decision. So >> then I can put I mean I'll put it in the current right away and I can put it on Facebook tomorrow too. >> I think that's fine. Just do what we did last time with the Facebook week and and two weeks. >> Okay, >> good. Um okay. Um we'll move on with that to number 16. Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action to open and award bus bids, including approved related payment for

055bus 35 passenger Ford bus, 44 passenger Thomas. I'll have you got the email open for the >> What's that? >> You you have the other. So, I've got just the one package here, right? You got the other email. >> Yep. So, the other one I printed out for you was on top. >> Oh, this was the email. >> Yep. >> Oh, okay. Sorry. >> Yep. >> All right. Okay. We've got a bid here um submitted by Baby Coach Sales for a 35 passenger diamond bus. Bid price is 168,994. That is for a 2022 Ford F550 35 passenger diamond bus >> and all the specs were given the same being ACC but all that was okay. >> Yeah, >> this is from Dave. This is from Dave uh coach sales >> out of >> I don't

056actually know where they're at. It's a 406 area tells me that's Montana. >> So that was the first bed. The next one here when you're done on my other one. >> Yeah. Yeah. United. >> The other one is diesel 44. >> Okay. This is actually out of comes out of Sidalia, Colorado. I'll pass it. You guys can look at it. Um, I'm sorry guys. I'm not seeing anything like the Foreman bit or whatever. >> Let me open up the foreman one. We'll go back to that. >> Oh, we have we have three bids. >> We should have three bids. Yeah. Um, because they they bid on the 35 passenger. We should have a we should have a 44 and 35 here. So, uh, the first one I'm going to read, this is from Foreman Bus

057Sales. It's a new Thomas White activity bus, and it's a bid in the amount of 181,000. >> That's the 44 passenger. >> I think this is I should read it up here, but shouldn't be. >> This one's the brand new one >> that wouldn't come filled. And this is for >> this is the one that'll be ready next year. >> Yeah, I need to read on this. >> I need to read on this year. >> We want to mix the books for next year. >> Yes. So this is the 44 passenger bus >> or price and price was $181,500. So, of comparable buses in the 44, this is the only bid we have as far as I can see. Now, we're going to read the bid. Another bid from Foreman. This one is for a

058used 2022 Ford F550 diamond 35 passenger white bus. So, it's the same bid we received from Navy uh with the same same bus 35 passenger and they they're coming in with a bid price of $137,400. That would be the low bid. >> Yeah, Miles. I mean, >> I think we had that worded in a way that like it had to be under >> should have put in two different he called me. >> They're two different types of >> Oh, okay. Um, we've almost got an addendum here. So, >> um, so well, yeah, >> we've got a bid price. This bid price was $137,400 with USB by each seat. Oh, is $138,900 and that's on a 35,000. >> Yeah, that that'd be adding aftermarket plugins, kids to charge their phones and stuff. What was that again?

059>> $138,900. >> Actually, more than actually 15. >> So, we're talking a difference of uh >> 1500 red right at 1,500 bucks. So, guys, I'm sorry, but I'm not seeing the miles. I >> just hate to know why visa one's 30 grand cheaper. It's like the visa has 50,000 more miles >> or is just because he's working with us. >> Yeah. >> And I do know a little backstory on the foreman from the Foreman 35 passenger. It was Dakota State University's basketball boys, boys and girls bus. They took it everywhere. So that's who we used it the first two or three years. So, >> do we I'm looking to >> do we have like some garbage in our bed that set up 40 or something? >> I don't think so. >> Yeah. Um, so the

060day one is 36,548. Wait, >> 36,548 miles. >> The first bid that we received and that was for the um that was for the $168,994 Davy bus coming in with miles of 36,548. Oh, I must I must be blind. Um, under 37,000 miles. So, that's that's what Norman's saying. It's under 37,000. So, the one that Dave quoted us was right under 37,000. I don't know if this would be 32 or 36,999. Um, so >> they're so they're both >> Yeah. >> So we need like two votes on the first 39 passenger for the amendment or the addendum or do we just vote to >> Did you guys Did you get >> what? Did I miss something? So, I did um if you guys do want to proceed with purchasing the 30 >> passenger bus, >>

061I did reach out to the attorney and um there is an option if you want to purchase it, you need to give me a motion to write a check directly. >> That way, it's available for our fall sports. That's always our goal. So hopefully >> available for what? >> Oh, right away. >> All we need to do is make a motion that we essentially make a motion that purchase the third bypass initiate payment problems >> and then we discuss the charger. >> Um >> we just add that in a motion, can't >> well put that motion. >> You can just say with the charging, which um I guess we can discuss that um >> now. I mean, I I think that's probably worth it for 1,500 bucks. I do >> any more these days. I

062want to say >> having a son that can't reach me, you know, where your phone's dead after somewhere. >> Yeah. Going to state FFA in Brookings or whatever. It'd be nice to have that. So, >> so u but we do need we do need two separate motions, I believe. Right. So, we're going to do one for the 35 if um a motion. And then on the 44, we're going to do the same as well. Now, the 44 passenger um we're not going to take possession of that until after the um July 1 fiscal year. So, we just want to put that into our motion. believe >> I'll make a motion to purchase the 35 passenger Ford bus from Foreman um for 138,900 that is including the charging stations for every seat. And in this motion

063do I would like to add that we right Amy >> y >> add that Amy write a check and get them paid and it delivered that we it's here for a false excuse. So the uh >> right >> to be paid via check on tomorrow. >> Yeah. >> Or today or tomorrow. >> Tomorrow motions and seconds. Do you have any other discussion on 35 passenger bus? None. All in favor say I. I all post saying sign. Motion passes. Approval of the purchase of 35 passenger full bus. >> That evening we put our present bus up for sale. >> You need a motion for this chargers. >> Yeah. I I listed the price with charges included then and I said that's with >> that's Amy finish one. >> Come on Amy fast. >> Okay. Um just

064a sec. Did I put it? So, we can add the um the bus on the surplus list because I strategically put that on after. >> Okay. >> Um and then Okay. So, we have the first bus. Um the 35 passenger. Did you want to do anything about the 40? We'll worry about the surplus after the bits. Okay. The 44 passenger bus guys that we have is also seats, AC, final charging. But the bigger bus, the biggest bus you can get without air brakes, too. Just >> very bus. >> So, we're working on two buses with air conditioning here and seat belts. No designations. Can take all the kids everywhere they need to go. Perfect. >> But that would be the 26th as well. >> Yep. No, that'd be the 27th July. >> 26 27. >>

065So, we would not surplus our 2019 bus, the big yellow bus we have. We wouldn't surplus that for quite some time because >> more >> because we need to keep that. We use >> that. Um, so it's a 44 passenger bus though, we will need a motion and we would not be willing to take possession of that until after July 1 of 2026 to put that on next year's books. Do we need a down money we got to approve or is it >> not that I know of. That's not right. >> We might have to do a purchase order which is not Yeah. I can make a motion to approve the bid for the 44 passenger Thomas bus from Foreman for 181,500 being delivered in July of 26 in the physical year of 2627. Sorry,

066>> I have a motion. We have a second. Other discussion regards to the 24 passenger. If not, all in favor say I. All oppose, same sign. Motion passes to approve the purchase of 44 passenger Thomas bus session July 1st after July 1st, 2026 fiscal year. Um, thank you. Number 17, approve surplus items for disposal. So we did have that surplus list. Um if you like we can add just a second. It's a 2013. Sorry, guys. Trying to find the >> It's white or something, isn't it? >> I can find it. >> No, it's a Thomas. >> No, I Oh, honey. Give me just two seconds. I'm going to pull up my um assets. >> Sorry. I should have that right here. bus. Of course, it's not going to get any. It's an icy bus. Can

067you help me? Find the email. It's not I believe the one you would like to get rid of. Yeah. Okay. 2013 IC bus. Yep. you want to add that for sale onto that list I sent you. So we can amend that list and you can motion please. I make a motion to approve the surplus items for disposal with the addition of the 2013 IC passenger bus. Thank you. >> Motion and second. Any discussion? All in favor say I. Same sign. Motion pass this to approve surplus items for disposal plus the addition of a 35 passenger IC bus on make that for sale. >> Second >> I'll get your voice down. I can usually just pick up voices by now. >> Okay. On to number 18. approved 202526 lunch and breakfast prices. >> Okay, so that

068would be me. Um so I this past week I completed the national school lunch program um application and with that when we get those funds from the federal government we are required to set our prices with that and with that it they recommended we raise 15 cents but there is a cap that we can only do 10 cents. So that cap is including 10 cents on each one of these. The K through five was up 10 cents. Same thing for 6 through 12 and guests and adults as well as breakfast. Um and then we kept the seconds and the milks the same. Those there isn't a requirement on those. So, um, >> yes, since there's really no >> there's I mean >> changing it, I guess. I'll make a motion to approve the 2025 26

069lunch and breakfast prices. >> Second motion in a second. Any discussion? >> All in favor say I. >> Same sign. Motion passes to approve 2025 2026 lunch and breakfast prices. Number 19, September and October schoolboard meeting day discussion. >> With the change of our schoolboard meetings to follow state law which says that schoolboard meetings should be held on the second Monday of each month. comes an activity schedule at Wall that has been already approved before we made this change. And so we're going to have to be playing with that. And you folks may say it doesn't matter. But I would like you to respect that there are several of you um who now have children who are going to be vying for do we go to kids activities? Do you do board meeting? I'm a

070family first. You guys need to take care of your kids type person. And so with that, I noticed September um our next September meeting and our I'm trying to get it up here. October meetings have I think football games, junior high. Now it's not want to come up. Um, >> I think these coming. >> Yes. And maybe even some volleyball. I was going to look to see what comes up on September. It would be September 8th is going to be our um, so we've got junior high football at Kadoka. Junior high volleyball at uh, I'm sorry, junior high football here. junior high volleyball here, JB football away and and if I just kind of think I think that's going to affect two or three of you. >> I I hate to, you know, I mean,

071there's a reason why they always have on Wednesday nights and now we move to Mondays are we move it back to Wednesdays and every chance we just >> Here's where I'm struggling. >> That's what I'm saying. But you almost got to move the time later with that. I'm struggling with that because we just had this big discussion the other day about open gyms on Sundays. So we're I I really struggle with people perceiving me as a hypocrite if we do that. But perhaps and and our AD knows now he's got to keep that second he already wrote them all down in his book for next year. He's got to keep that second Monday open for board meetings. If we move the meeting to a later time to keep it on the same date for those,

072would that because usually junior high is right after school, right? It's an away game. >> They are, but this this one like our JV is is away. My thought was on those, could we somehow um maybe when we do have several things like that, move it to the Tuesday. Now, the September 9th is volleyball with White River. Or when we have a lot of those, do we do we just say some of these we're going to have to do Wednesdays until we get our schedule straightened out? >> Isn't it Isn't it the law, didn't it? We wrote that into policy for on Mondays because that's the way that South Dakota law is written. >> Remove the time. But I think there is a you can you can change it with >> it's just unless you

073have something else in policy. I mean that's just when you can expect a senior meeting as how I read it. But there was a reason we did it on Wednesday. You know we're finding it out right now. But I mean I support the decision will be made too. I just uh >> now there is Tuesday, September 9th. Um, well, there's volleyball with White River and it starts at 3:40 over that bar JB and Varsity. >> We don't want to do this. We will end up doing it four months. >> We just do it until we get through this. >> But even then, I mean, that's always been junior high football was Monday. I mean, >> yeah, but it could we we could take one Monday off. It's one Monday. >> They have one a week.

074I don't know. I mean, I would rather the school board move the time of the day than move dates. >> So, you want to go later? You're still going to have >> I mean, you might have to make choice. I don't know. I'm a hard nose when it comes to I know I have kids, but I just we can't move it every time. >> No. >> And we're going to be doing that, guys. Either we draw a line in the sand or we zigzag for the rest of >> I'm sorry. I'm just >> this year. No, even next year it'll end up being junior high games. There's a lot of Monday junior high games, isn't there, guys? >> I think that's Oh, >> but you wouldn't have to. Can we schedule our own? >> I

075I guess I think given given the fact that we have um just begun this and you've got like a schedule that's pretty established. I think you give us a three-month grace period to if need be move the board meeting to Wednesday and but after that they're going to be on Monday. >> When does church school start the 10th >> second? I think it's the second week >> of September. That would be that Wednesday. >> But my opinion is like junior high. I said it's not about church school. It's about Wednesday nights being family nights. And I think that's what our policy says like more activities. So I hate to constantly because when you talk church school, you're talking here, but what you forget is you've got a lot of kids in neighboring towns that may

076have church have their Wednesday night services at different times. >> If we move it to seven on Monday that day, who has JB football? >> Amy does. Okay. >> And both and she's got to be here. September is very important. >> It's October. >> October is the important line. >> But it's a home game in September. It's a home game. >> no, it's my job comes before I look at this. I have four kids and they've always been in different sports at different times. So, I've had to pick and choose where I was going to be. So, this might just be the game that I miss. So, >> my comes with territory sacrifice. >> My spouse will be at the game regardless. I >> that's true. If you have a spouse, it'll be a little

077bit >> So I mean, yeah, that's gonna suck, but I we've I mean, I was Sally and I have talked about it, but I've kind of come since then, and it's been it's fine. September would mostly affect Amy with that pressure game because if your junior high football is here at 4:30, so you'll get to see quite a bit of that. I'm guessing that's you. You'd see quite a bit of that volleyball the same thing. I think you'd see quite a bit of your ball game before >> if we could we move to seven that night for all fine if that helps if that helps everybody. I can hear later. >> Yeah. I mean that'll be a long that'll be a late meeting. >> So the two ladies who have kids in it are the

078ones saying don't if they part of it they're >> I'm not don't don't do it for me because I I my family's had the conversation about readiness. I'm hard on this one. >> Yeah, it's okay. >> It's okay. >> Even my job. >> I'm I'm a product of public education. My dad missed everything, too. >> Say my dad missed a lot. >> Yeah, my dad missed everything. as soon as we come to agreement. Maybe seven works a little better to give you a little more time. Why not? >> Yeah, let's do it. Let's do them at seven. >> So, we're going to have our September and our October board meetings on the second Monday of the month as scheduled, but going to adjust the time to 7 o'clock and um that should work just fine.

079In October, our meeting should be, if I'm looking right, on the 13th of October, and we have the same situation, but we have junior high football, junior high volleyball, and JV football, and they're all at >> I will have to probably phone in. I have two kids that are that are gone. >> What? That makes two of my kids that are out of town, so I won't be hurt. >> And and J and JV football's very volatile as far as like >> sometimes you don't even have because you're down on numbers and all the team. >> I don't know, guys. I think I think we just got to stick with what Rich said. And if you're gone, it's >> you made the choice. It's okay. I just I'm a big believer in sticking with it.

080Otherwise, I'll be moving it every time there's anything going on, you know? I mean, it's just >> Yeah. Wednesday was always easy. >> That's why they I think but state law downsides too, right? >> And we we've got some local control, but what I've noticed you guys this year, there are most schools in our state. I was just surprised at all the ones that I've noticed are on Monday nights now. >> So I think a lot of them and maybe it's because a lot of them are working with are saying that the lawyers I don't know it just seems like we went to conference and there's a lot of legal stuff not saying that but it's maybe more aware now. >> So are we doing 7 o'clock on September and October then? >> Yes. >>

081Um all right with that I think we've uh we've covered it. Move on to number 20, discussion of 2026, 2027 and 2027, 2028 school calendars. >> So, I gave you I sent those to you last like March or whenever we approved this year's, but what I'd like to do to save time tonight, guys, I'm going to send those out. >> No. Yeah. I'm going to send out what I put together. I sent them out to you, but I just said these are kind of because what Mr. Sakor and I are doing are trying to do some strategic planning. In order to do that kind of work, you got to have schedules put out, calendars put out ahead of time. I'm going to send those to you guys and next month I would like approval on

082our 26 27 27 28 calendars. I mirrored them like I have. I put all the details just like I did for this year. One thing I would like you to notice though, there's a year there. You know how you go a day, a day, a day, a day day, and then it like corrects itself. And I one of these years it makes us we're start we're starting 2nd September. It may be we're starting not started school till like September 8th. Everything is just really wonky with holidays and such. That's the only thing I'd say pay attention to. But I think I'm going to send those out to you guys so you have plenty of time um to those and then we'll put it on the agenda for next month to approve those. >> Thank you,

083Sally. >> And then what we'll do you guys, every spring we will be approving the third year out calendar is a little different than what we're used to doing. Do you see what I'm saying now? because you've approved three years and so then every time you're approving it'll be like fourth year out so that that's how good the planners do. like it >> that way we can schedule games away from parent teacher conferences that that's what I think is important so we have a coach who's a teacher uh here okay yeah thank you um you have anything else there we're going to go on to 21 committee reports budgets, negotiations, insurance. We have anything there to report other than we have a meeting coming up. We >> have a meeting next Thanks. >> Is it

084Monday or when it start? >> 19th the 19th. I think I've got the invite here. >> Yeah, I said yes. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> And I will have some information. Um when we started the uh master plan for the room before we did the the CT building um I got some information from a gentleman that does like financial planning for big projects and stuff and um I reached out to him again regarding like just big picture when it comes to how school because we've never had debt really besides the complex and that was an interest free loan and just got some a little bit more information if if we were to be doing another building project. So I've got some information for the budget committee at that time and that might be something we

085want to look at if we do decide to move on with another building project, you know. So, I'm going to present that to you guys and that might be our next step if we do decide to cuz I I would also like if we are going to be moving forward and I think this is a full board to talk should be talking about that as well is um financial planning because um we're not at the point where we can um do a building project with cash >> and they will we won't be there Right. I mean, I don't know. I don't want to say ever again, but it'd be tough to get there with the way things are going with impact aid. So, we're going to have to budget and plan accordingly for a payment,

086you know, for sure. Either direction, whether it's remodel or new. >> Yeah. I mean, we've in the past when we've uh done big building project, we've we've done it with cash because um of our impact aid payments, but our impact aid payments never go up really. And so that's why u so there's just some things we need to and I wanted to give you a little bit more information on that. And uh so that will be a big >> a big discussion during our budget committee meeting and just things to think about um as a full board. I want to I want you guys to start thinking about more capital outlay planning and just financial planning that we've never really had to think. I mean, we can >> you're you're talking about like we learn

087did we learn it somewhere about projecting like like you want to have like a calendar three years out. You want to have a capital outlay that's a year or two out that we're like budgeting and planning for these projects >> or or buses or new suburban. you have a plan in place that we can budge into. >> That could be part of I want to that's part of I'd like a Yeah. You know, curriculum plan so you're not >> and and I haven't ever had to do that. So like do we want to have someone, you know, do we want me to do that? do I want, you know, like we got to I don't we got to think about those type of things, you know, looking forward and I don't just start thinking about

088that and how we want to >> we're very good as far as financially safe. I don't think I'm I'm not having any doubt where we're at that we should be scared or anything, but like if we're talking about these big projects, that's stuff we need to think about. No, I mean we just we just need a big big project. A big >> and for a school to do a big big project like that without a grant like a lot of the schools around here that have done big projects like these big like the schools and magicians that was like co money you guys. I mean there's not a lot of schools that can do that without with cash. >> The remodel we talking about historical design. Yeah. Well, I don't know. It could be close.

089Um, yeah. I mean, that's why, you know, cash preservation, it's important dealt with so much money for several years in terms of just capital stuff that Yeah. You know, saving 4 million, it's big deal. Big deal. That might be something you need 10 years from now. So, we should definitely make a plan. Yeah. >> Um, you have anything else? >> No. So >> if nothing there, um, we're going to move on to building grounds of transportation, which myself, I think I've said everything I need to say. >> Basically, the powerhouse boat on a plan or like an idea of maybe a plan if we went that way. And then the buses other than that. >> Yeah, >> I don't know if they get the water leak fixed. I think it sounded like they did last

090email I saw. >> Haven't had rain since, but >> crystal. That just goes to show new building still have some trouble here. >> So, I'm very unfortunate. Um, but I think they've done a decent job followup wise of coming back. >> Yeah, I'm happy with RCS and the the roofing company. They've been very At first it was kind of tough, but they've been they've been showing up so and fixing it. >> They handled it. They handled it well enough for me. So, um, nothing else for us. I guess we'll go on to curriculum, instruction, and technology. >> Okay. >> Technology. Well, not at this point. I don't think we need anything. Okay. Up there, we'll move on to legislative policy and strategic plan. We're getting I think we see the light. I'm pretty sure we

091see the light. Yep. We hope we see a light at the end of the tunnel. >> We don't have another policy meeting scheduled. So, that is true. >> Turning off or one, >> but I don't think we need >> one. >> No, because our handbooks are I mean, after this, our handbooks are done. So, I got another crazy legislative some legislative stuff down the pike. I'd love to visit with, but I'm going to give you a break. policy committee has worked really hard for the last year. Thank you. Then it's uh >> what was that a year ago we started that adventure? I think it's detailed stuff. Lots of meetings I understand and I think you guys have done a nice job. Thank you. Um nothing else there. We're going to career devel career development

092scholarship marketing. >> Haven't yet. >> Okay. All right. Well, move on to 22 elementary principal report. Um, I sent out the elementary handbook, title one handbook and the middle school title one handbook. The highlighted part is the updates that I put in based on the policies and then based on the date that Dr. Crower wanted changed. So, >> the October date. >> Yeah. And I'll probably just keep the February dates the same. Basically, we don't know what's going to happen with that. We can always let people know about that too because in February there's two dates or guaranteed inter schedule, but we can just keep that in there. We'll just communicate with the families that if we're going to have one or two, then we make that decision. So, can I have a motion or

093any you guys have any questions on that elementary title handbook? >> We need our approval for both. >> I'll make a motion to approve elementary title handbook and also the middle school title handbook. >> Second motions and a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I. >> All oppose. Same sign. Motion passes to approve the middle school title handbook and the elementary title handbook. >> Other than that, I've been scheduling and updating the school map and the school exit routes. Just need a couple of finals before we get that done. Update the um crisis plan. Any questions for me? Thank you. 23 K12 assistant principal and tech coordinator report. Um, >> we have our website pretty close to ready to launch. Should I say the date that we have? >> I'd like Can

094you show them a sneak peek? >> Show us. >> Yeah, I'd like you to show them a sneak peek of what she has done. >> Let's play this close. Well, also our new boards are in as you can see and we have them up in function now. >> So that's kind of exciting. Okay, there it is. Okay, so this is the homepage we have. And so all of these are different navigation points that you can go to. Each page >> each page has the navigation set within it. So you it's a oneclick best practice wise. Yeah. >> Because you did a lot of because the people we signed up with just give you like a format. You got to go and fill it all in. Right. Correct. Is your Yeah, that's why I see I

095have I've touched all of these pages lots and lots of times. But our logo is our quick link back to our homepage. This is a scrolling window. And I did set it to where you can see how many slides we have. It will get bigger as the year progresses. >> We'll put pictures in there, kids, >> activities, any shoutouts that we want to do. We can also do um page pops which will highlight different materials. So like that handbook QR code that we want to get people to, we'll put that in on our homepage to to go through. The other piece that we will have that's a quick navigation is your school lunch calendar. We'll go ahead and just click on it so you guys can see it. goes straight into obviously there's nothing in

096August, but as of September, you will be able to have one click and it goes straight down. >> And who's updating that for us? >> Jennifer's OBS. I was hoping you come off of the Google calendar that we've been using forever. >> Oh, perfect. >> Yeah. So, I was able to link that. I will go through and update the meal prices now that we have them through the board agenda. And then everything we had linked before is there. Um the other cool exciting part of our site go back is we have a blog from each of our principles. We have the safe to say really quick and easy for for everyone. And then we have our events that will be just straight down at the bottom. If you scrolling I made it quite a few.

097We're a pretty event heavy school. But if you click full calendar, >> really that's way >> I can save myself. >> Will there be a way to sync sync that to like our calendar or can you I'm asking I'm not saying he has to. I'm just wondering if you know >> You can subscribe. >> The cool thing is Mrs. Myers and I I I just love the work she has done. All of our staff, you guys, we have done they have done so much work. Amy in that office has never hardly taken a minute and Mrs. Myers too. It's like we've worked all summer and it's just great work. But we want feedback. So if you hear things like something we're missing, something that's not maneuvering correctly, >> we are going to be asking for

098that. >> And then on our district homepage, I did put in our district feed. And then same with our activities. That's a website or that's our >> that's our Facebook page right there. >> And so it is >> yes we are >> also our first link up here is the district website Facebook page our YouTube for all of our board meetings and then the other one is the athletic one. There is no way to distinguish between the two. So people will have to kind of click and get used to it. >> Show them what's on the Yeah, show them the blue ones. >> So you have your parent portal which it links you straight out to it. Same thing with our live ticket. I don't know why the site can't be reached right now >>

099really, >> but it does link straight out to it. >> So, our folks can hit that and watch our sports and safe to say should link out, too. I'll double check that link and see why it's not going, but it should link straight to live. Maybe live tickets down. I don't know. >> It's live tickets down. >> Since we have staff, Mrs. Myers, since we have a couple staff here, just share with them. It's not up, I know, but share with them what kind of click on that staff directory and and tell these guys kind of what our thoughts on. >> So, it will look a lot like our original ones. So, you'll have the pictures, you'll have a link to your plan book and that's going to be the only piece that we require

100staff to keep up with their plan book and that'll have your links to all your assignments, newsletters, everything that you need. We are waiting on final site to get the constituents in, >> which means to get the teachers in. >> Yep. to get our pictures in and >> staff information is that stuff that is um just for us. >> Yeah. >> Oh, so like our >> So it's our staff campus your email your plan book just link quickly to it the negotiated agreement. >> Look at her message. This page serves as a centralized hub for essential district links, updates, and resources to support our staff. >> And if you need something, please let me know because I will add it. It's not hard. >> They've been good to work with. >> They've been great. >>

101Okay, good. >> Do you have a project manager that's kind of just for our questions? And isn't that what Daffany is? >> That's what Dapany is. And then we have a constituent manager which is Bruce and he's working to get Infinite Campus met linked with our messenger app. And so that we're hoping to launch by next week. >> That's our >> website we're hoping to launch by Wednesday as long as the constituents behave. >> Any suggestions on what I can put in the community landing page? As of right now, it's just blank. So if you have suggestions, we have stuff for payments. So like I'm working with our subject >> information >> and like >> oh district. Okay. >> And we need a next families. We did update the last ebook, too. So, >> because

102we might have a link for that for people to go in and pay their wash bill. >> Oh, nice. Yeah, we can put that right on the page since >> we've um I worked with them last week. >> And we've got people that already >> the other piece since W was hard to find, I did go ahead and link it down at the appearance for a little. Oh, yeah. Any other piece we need to >> go up a little bit, Mrs. Myers. Up or down, whatever you call it. >> Just >> I wanted them to see how >> up top right. You can minimize it. I think top right of this page. Yeah. >> I think that's >> Oh, shoot. Sorry. >> Just get rid of it. But again, I'm a new board. I haven't

103had a lot of time to put it. >> Is it the round dot on the sides? What caused it? >> Cutting sphere. I don't know why this is this one. >> There you go. So, go up a little bit on your left side. Show them how much on the left side. These are all things we'll change, but these are like fire and then anytime we have a new activity or piece, these will just fill in as we need them to. >> So, they're just little announcements. When they click on the read more, it just pops up. >> Thank you. You did a great job. >> Mrs. Myers, I just see one thing. Go down corner ice the 28th of July. I think that >> No, that's not the date of it. That's when I published

104it. I I'll get rid of the publish date. >> Oh, I was going to say, can we take those off? >> Yeah, that's the publish date. So, I'll make sure those are gone. >> Got it. >> That's fancy. Fancy. Yeah, very good job. >> Hopefully Wednesday. They mentioned would you show us we talked students of the month. You have >> I don't have a page on there yet. >> So what Candace mentioned where it says community maybe that's where we want to put our two our two present students of the month >> or make an icon with their picture at the bottom where your pages are. >> Edit them scroll. >> They could be the button or something. >> Yeah idea. >> We can definitely put them up here. And yeah, we could make a

105page. I wasn't sure if that would go under community or students and family because I could put them down here and find it. >> That is something we want to though make a big point of that much students. Huh? >> Chamber letter. >> Yes, we could put the chamber letter that comes to me. Something like that. >> We had a lot of there was a lot of stuff at couple of our our sessions that we went to last week too that we could put in for a community. >> Okay. Yeah. >> So that >> screen so that will keep and that move sheet can >> five seconds if if people think it's too long. >> So we can put anything in there. So like >> pictures of a game or >> I can put video

106up here. >> Kim Hancock told me the other day when I asked her, she said, "You are free. I give you permission to use any of my pictures that I put on my Facebook page." So, Mrs. Myers can we can sprinkle in some activities, programs, >> and it can just be the picture. It doesn't have to have a message with it. We have that option. >> Great job. Thank you for sharing that. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. As somebody that's not very techsavvy, I do recommend putting some kind of wordage underneath the eagle so that people notice the back button, the home button. >> Oh, I'm going to have to do a >> Nobody would think otherwise button. >> Well, that's not going to be up by that, but I can put it

107on these scrolling things just for a while. >> For a while. Yeah, man. >> So, is money well spent then is always like >> it looks like >> Mrs. Myers, do you have anything to share with them from Golden West and the work? >> Um, we are partnering in o on August 26. They are coming in and they're going to make sure all of our teachers are set up. They're going to help me with a best practices and technology session before our school starts. So, they've been great to work with. I I was on the phone with them most of today trying to get a few other computers connected to the internet. So, >> well, with that, thank you very much. We'll go on to number 24, business manager report. help a lot. Um we

108I don't know if I've shared but we were audited for our um impact aid application for our 703 which is the and 702 um the 702 which is the land that's fine. Um that that was great. Our application the 703 which is the student it's been a nightmare. Um so we've had to redo forms probably I don't know three or four times. I think I'm finally done. >> And that means having people sign again and work for Amy. >> Yeah. So, I'm waiting on one form from a family and then I can send it back all in. I've been It's been a nightmare. So, hopefully we we haven't had to do this since we haven't been audited for our application since Darnos was superintendent. So, I took over and I was lucky to get But

109it's all fine and we'll get it taken care of. But I think that is all due on the 30th. So, and then we're good. But um and then I have my um audit like my regular yearly audit next month and I just turned in my annual report today to the state. So that's it. >> Thanks, Andy. Yep. >> All right. joined by. >> First, I want to give kudos and thank you and thank you to Mr. Sakura, Mrs. Meyers, and Amy for all the work they've done this summer. I've never worked at a school during the summer where we put in as many hours. I thought it would be more flexible hours. I think we've all been here before 8:00 and we don't leave till 4:30, 5:00 every day. Becca has done huge amounts of

110work on that website getting all the computers. We She's cleaned out closets. We have disposed, you guys know, just cleaned up so many things. And um she's done a super job. Mr. Sakura has been going day in and day out. And Amy with that audit has been a lot a lot of work. And um so thank you and I hope they take a few hours off now and then. Chuck Becca and I went to associated school boards and um our school administrator conference last week. I really really really highly recommend you schoolboard members go next year. I'd also like to take our special ed director. I I sat there and I was sad there was so many special ed um sessions. There are um quite a few business manager sessions there that are good there.

111I felt there were quite a few board member sessions more than what I remembered in the past. Um I went to probably more building. I really pushed myself to learn more. I went to insurance sessions. I went to building sessions put on by um construction managers. Um and so anyway, that was really good. So, one of them there was several sessions on cell phones. One thing, don't get caught up in what the public what you hear out there on rumors as to everyone's got a cell phone ban. A ban means different things in different schools. That doesn't mean everything is gone. For example, Gettsburg, they're banned. They had to open up their campus and let all their kids go so that they could go use their telephones and what's that do that kills your lunch

112program. So, everybody does something a little bit different. Here's what we are going to do. I came home and Mrs. Myers did a bunch of research for me. We ordered some little Faraday packets. So, they're five bucks a piece. These little pouches this big. I could have brought one. Um, what we're going to do, we're going to use these pockets and I've got I ordered enough for about 20. I worked through every all the classes and I think we'll have a few more and some where the bigger classes are bigger, but they're going to put their phones in those Fargate packets and then they'll slip them. They fit right in there. Teacher's going to go in number one. And um, what those do is they keep the signal. The phone has no signal when it's

113in those pouches. And um what we found the material I wanted to buy material and do it. Well, it's got to be sealed. So that wasn't going to work. So the next best thing we researched, they make boxes for classrooms. 1,500 bucks a box. So I said, "Oh, that's too much." But these we can do these $5 ones. I'm not giving them to the kids. They're going to stay in the pockets. And um phones won't work or not phones, watches won't work when we because there's no signal. >> And also then that's going to get rid of your ear pod your ear. I'm get I'm so tired of talking to somebody when they've got things sticking out of their ears. So that's going away too. But there's no reason to have them when you don't

114have signal from your telephones. So, and the nice thing though, when we did take him out, because I'm a believer in, you know what, just like my situation today, my kid was trying to get a hold of me when my mother was out there laying in front of the shed and I didn't answer my phone. My sister didn't answer her phone. We've gotten to that point. So, I want those calls to be able to come in. And um it did come after we took it out of the package, then it came up saying you've got a missed call or here's a text that comes in. That's what we're going to try. Um I'm still going to let them use them at noon. I told Mrs. Myers though, middle school seems to be where our research

115shows we have probably more trouble at noon. Wouldn't you say, Mrs. Myers? >> Yeah. So if if middle schoolers can't handle them at noon, we'll just take them away. And I'm not even going to ask permission from anybody. We're just going to do it. Will parents be frustrated with us? We will have some of that and that's okay. Um but that's kind of what our policy says. So I just want you to let you know what we're going to do with that. I invite you to our picnic. I would really like some of you um served last year. We're going to have it on the 26th. It's the Tuesday night at 5:00. So board members, if you can come and serve, we will step out of your way to do that. If you can't come,

116we'll >> admin. 5:00, we're going to start supper. At 5:30, I'm going to introduce our staff and um I love to celebrate our staff. I don't care if we've only got one or two new hires. We're gonna share everybody that's there. We've got quite a few new kids. I was going to have maybe a little number, but we've got we're up in enrollment. Um, so I invite you to that. Um, something the board asked me to do and I'm just going to share it with you really quick. Um, from our workshop we had last winter. I don't have them written up, but here are the three goals that are going to go. I'm going to share them out to the staff. Our PD week of PD, I'll talk to you about that in a minute.

117But our district goals are these three things. Number one is develop financial planning procedures. I'm going to type up a document. I'll share with every one of you what that's what those the details under that. But develop a financial planning procedures. Two, improve academics and develop clear learning targets. And number three is develop clear directions and expectations for staff and families. That includes those things that like um role, you know, um job descriptions and some of those pieces that just need beefed up around here, cleaned up, updated, and so forth. What was really fun is after we, you know, all those chart papers we worked on, I pulled those out to start typing a document, typing up a document. And it was funny because we have started on or completed quite a few of those

118things. So, um, we've really been going at it, but that's that is what, um, let me see. So we had our activities meeting the other night on Tuesday night with coaches and parents. I feel that went well. Um the one discussion that had some discussion around it was open gyms on Sundays. Um so that you might hear some things about that. Um, I'm really excited for the donation of the American flag by the Farm Bureau of Jackson and >> Jackson County what? >> Paint Jackson County Farm Bureau, the federation style. >> And so we put that up. It's wired in. Everything's ready to go. We will start to use it. Um, and I'm going to train kids on the first day of school what we do with that. Also, um, where they go, oh, we're

119going to have a special dedication Veterans Day program. You want to talk about our donation that we got for Marty Williams? >> Sure. Um Marty um >> Marty Williams um memorial donated um their family donated some memorial money to us for students that have trouble with um dual credit classes if that's a a struggle um financially like if that's a burden because um students do have to pay for that or credit recovery. or anything like that. So, >> does that coincide with what we talked about doing if they couldn't do it somehow like a scholarship program? I thought we talked about this. >> Well, and and that did go up, you know, um dual credits, the kids are having to pay more. The state was kicking in more. Now, the kids are going to have

120to kick in more. So, it's very timely. >> Yeah. So, um they wanted to um their family wanted to donate something, you know, if if there's any a student that's in trouble as far as we have plenty of funds for angel funds for students that have trouble with meals and stuff. So, that wasn't really needed. And that was something like the dual credits. They didn't want they wanted to give back to the kids if they had any type of struggle. And that was something that they thought would be a good idea. So >> we have some funds for that now. Jumping up. >> Um board. I want one group picture come next week. Not next week. Next month. >> Well, or we have new appointment for >> Well, that's not going to be. So we'll

121just have nothing on our website quite well. >> We might have one. >> We could. >> Yeah. I mean >> Oh, I see what you're saying. Yes, because you have it. So let's plan it for next month. the picture and then we'll see. >> But um >> I want to get something on there and that way you don't have to come in and take individual pictures with the photographer. >> That would be great. >> I figured you >> further the distance and the more people the better is being offered. I talked to Western Dakota Tech and to uh Rashan here. They both talk the same story. So, um there is a CDL class. They have to go take a test over at um DVM, DMV, whatever you call it in Rapid City, a paper test.

122And then you have to drive with them and they will tell you how many days of training you're going to have to to go through. And then they'll h have the training down here. I think she said they might even have the driving down here. for that. And so I appreciate the work that the economic development for Sean has done to get some of that going. Um, >> when's it going to run? Is there a time frame already set? >> She's trying to figure out I think who's interested is what she told me. So I don't think she's got date set yet. >> We have three or four guys at the dealers. >> Okay, then um I'll get with you. Okay. Oh, I even had a kid from my own house ask me about it.

123So, I think there's some interest out there. And it's a little bit I I mean the process is a little little different, but um than way back in the past, but we can get through it. They're also having a grant class um and a leadership class of the city and I was interested in at least being a part of it or sending somebody to some of those classes. But the city is or the economic development they're uh scheduling and so I like to support these things as much as I can either with inviting some of my staff to attend or um going myself. Wade Kogan, I wanted him to come and do a training with us again. Um, he mentioned some things that he could do. He is scheduled out. I could get him in

124October, but he's scheduled through August. He was scheduled through September. Our attorney Sarah does the same thing for boards. Similar. I'm not going to say same. I've not seen hers, but something that um I would really like to do um is she also offers uh 6 through 12 um digital literacy session. She has been through our area talking to kids and then I'd like to do one for parents. And like they said, we think our rural area is is kind of sheltered from. This is where predators chase us the most because we're so rural and we think that our kids aren't into it. And it's amazing the stuff. I went to two sessions. Um it's amazing this stuff. And this is the scary part she said is the stuff parents think kids are doing. They're

125so past those things. Those are old school things. So, um I would really kind of like to set up something where she could train us do a do a kids a kids session, a parent community session, and then a a board training like we've done perhaps. So, I'll be kicking out some things to you about that. Like I said, we administrators went to our conferences last week. We started with the principal conference put on by uh Department of Ed and then we had the associated school board and the school administrators conference. I always get stuff out of I but you know what? I love making connections with other leaders. I think that's probably where I get as much as as any part of good out of those. I also went to that superintendent conference in

126July. You guys wall is doing fabulous. That's all I'm going to say. When I sit at a table and four of the other people are all in litigation over a numerous topics and I just sit here and think, wow, I just we have a good staff. We've got good parents. We're just doing all right. Napus is September 12th. I guess that's right after our next board meeting, isn't it? But hope and I are attending that. Um I will be going to our my little board meeting of not little but the board meeting for Alyssa, our federal land piece. >> Is that a state meeting? >> What >> is is is that a state one meeting or is that like the one in California or >> No, this is the one in DC. >> DC. Oh,

127that >> Yeah, national one. >> National >> DC Napus has two, one in the fall and one in the spring and they're that conference same. This is in Washington DC, >> but they do break out and do all just >> Yeah, we'll just have Felissa. >> Okay. >> And uh Yeah. So, >> any questions you guys? I'm sure I forgot something. Gee, I just feel like we're doing good work and I like it. And Amy says it best when it's easy to get tired doing work when you're doing good work. And that's the way I feel around here. >> Think is there the associated school board's meeting? Um that's in November usually, isn't it? Or is it October? >> What meeting? >> Don't do it. I mean, I've been to a few times here. >>

128Oh. Oh, >> it's before um session and that's when we pick somebody to go. >> Well, yeah. Assembly. >> Yes. >> Assembly here. >> Might be. >> Maybe it is. Okay. I was keeping an eye, >> you know. We usually get an email. >> Yeah. >> Everyone's come. >> I go vote and Yeah. drive home. It's not It's just a day trip >> something. Well, yeah. Oh, shut up. >> I don't Yeah, I don't have any social DC. So, it's just you and hope going then >> somebody else go with he was >> he was thinking about going but he couldn't >> Okay. >> I was planning it but I like confirmed that Tuesday and it's just a little bit too cutting it too close for travel to get back. Yes, >> there'll be a

129chance every September and every March. >> I might be able to go up there. I might I got just a getting the little guy up to got a little bit going on. So, >> yeah. >> But thank you for doing that and taking a bit of a lead there, too. So, >> we do have executive session. Yes, we have executive session and personnel. So, one and two. >> Right. >> No. Item number 26, executive session. Executive session according to South Dakota law 1-25-2 or one and two itself. I'll make >> I'm sorry. >> We need a second or did you make >> mine is fried? I I see. >> We need a motion. >> Yeah, we need a motion. Second. That's >> a motion to enter executive session, right? >> Second. >> You know, >>

130this will be short. >> Okay, I'll I'll hold it. >> You guys better keep it short. >> Who's doing the second? >> Who's got a second? >> Second. >> All right. Thank you. >> Usually Oak's here to do that and the PP, you know, the vice chair. You're doing pretty good. Not hope she would have caught me. >> Asleep.