001All the judges for all the whole country. >> I think that one's Dawn. >> School fees are the ones you can't >> you can't do. Say all me. >> You can say all board members >> as long Yeah, you just have to acknowledge it. >> Okay, >> we have to wait right wait until 6 o'clock because we have a public hearing. So about 30 more seconds. Alex, congratulations. Got a mission called >> Oh, yeah. I saw that. >> He was my primary kid. No, it's not quite six o'clock. >> Oh, not it is. >> There we go. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Um, we want to welcome everybody to the, uh, South Summit School Board meeting. Um, this is the most I've seen this full ever, so we welcome everybody that could join us.
002Um this first section is uh regarding school fees and uh just to note it's 6 pm and that all members are present. Um with that um we just I just wanted to note that all training was done and that the all notification was done on time for school fees and it looks like everything went well. So, um, are there any questions from the board on, uh, school fees on the second reading? >> No. >> Did you want to know? >> No, I just Where are we opening it up >> for public comment? >> Uh, that was next. >> Yeah. >> No questions from the board. Were there anybody that uh >> No, nobody signed up for public comment for regarding the school fees, but I just wanted to note that this high school did change
003some of their fees. They added $50 to >> Okay. >> each item for they're having a before school and after school weight class. >> Oh, okay. So, they added a program. >> It's okay. >> Yeah. It's it's not actually a class um that they're getting credit for. It's just an opportunity for kids to come in and lift. Okay. Any questions regarding that? Um, do we need open for additional or they had to sign up? >> No, for >> hearing you just open it up. >> All right. Would anybody like to speak regarding the public or the uh school fees? >> I'm glad nobody's here to complain about school fees. So, I appreciate that. Um, so we'll uh look for a motion. Entertain a motion to close the hearing for public fees. >> I'll make a
004motion to close the school fees public hearing at 6:02 p.m. and open the regular session board meeting. >> All right, we have a motion. Looking for a second? >> I'll second. >> No, go ahead. >> We got a motion, a second. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimous. Thank you. All right. Um, we'll now move into our normal board meeting. Uh there's a few things that uh we will do before we get to everybody that's here. Um so again, welcome to everybody. We appreciate you being here. Um board member Eert will lead us with the pledge of allegiance, please. >> Okay, repeat after me. 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
005for all. >> All right. Thank you. And board member Matt Caf, if you'll give us the vision and mission statement. uh mission. We support, empower and in and inspire individuals to promote and achieve academic and character excellence and our vision uh South Summit School District valuing individuals and preparing them for success. >> All right. Thank you. All right. Um was there anybody for public? Nope. Nobody signed up for public comment for the regular board meeting. So we'll move on to item number five. student board student board member interviews. Um, >> do we want to move to that or should we can we jump up and do the Sterling Scholar? >> Up to you guys. >> Let's do that. >> Yeah, let's jump up and do Sterling Scholar first. >> All right. We're going to we're
006going to rearrange the uh schedule just a little bit. Um, we're going to do a couple spotlights. Um, >> you want to start with that or you want Do you have a preference? >> No. No. Either way. >> Okay. Um, let's start with uh the aquatic center. All right. So, those of you who are here for the aquatics and fitness center, if you guys would come up our our fitness centers recently received some recognition. They'll >> they'll mention. >> All right. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yes. So, my name is Leanne Pal and I'm the executive director of the Utah Recreation and Parks Association and I'm joined by Megan Zolinger who is president of our um URPA Association. And um we're here to honor your um staff and and folks at the um South
007Summit Aquatic and Fitness Center. Um each year we we represent about 2,000 parks and recreation professionals throughout the state of Utah. So each year in the spring we do a conference and we take um nominations. This year we had over 90 nominations in about 11 different categories. And so we take these nominations and then we get all of our past presidents together and they go in a room and we go through all sorts of rubiks on how to evaluate things and and come up with some some award winners and and uh so we're going to be excited tonight to um present to South Summit the um department of the year award which is kind of our main big award that we give out each year. So um a little bit about just kind of parks
008recreation in general. We're we're kind of looking for three pillars when we look at some of these awards. So, our whole profession is based on these three pillars of recreation for all. So, trying to reach out into a community and make sure that we're providing recreation and opportunities for everybody in the community. Um, health and wellness. We really kind of consider ourselves preventative health care. Like you can spend money on parks and recreation and avoid um healthc care issues down the road. So really that health and wellness and everything we can do to try to make our community as healthy as possible. And then um conservation and sustainability. So taking everything the land um resources that we have, buildings that we have and trying to make sure we make them sustainable for generations to come.
009So those three pillars become very important in everything um we do as a profession. And so, um, as we look at, uh, different potential awards, um, beyond just looking at great facilities and and folks that are doing great work, we're also looking at those three pillars and and how do each of the awards kind of work in and fulfill um, this mission in parks and recreation. So, that's a little bit about um, our parks and recreation. And then I'm going to turn the time over to Megan and she's going to talk specifically about the department of the year award. Thanks for having us you guys. Um this is actually we really enjoy this opportunity. Um so actually last week we were in Vernal, we were in Logan, here we are today. Um so this is
010this is just such a wonderful opportunity to be in these communities of of the state of Utah and and and I just feel proud to be a part of this industry and to be able to be here and and see where these people work. I mean I see them at conference every year and in trainings and things like that, but it's really cool to come and be a part of the community and and see the great work that's happening. Um, I wanted to read just a little bit of part of what um, their nomination, the the award was about. Um, there's a couple things that stood out to me, so I wanted to read a little bit of that. Um, so let's see. Over the last year, the department has elevated the quality of life
011in the community by expanding inclusive fitness offerings, enhancing aquatic safety and training initiatives, and providing welcoming spaces that encourage lifelong wellness. These achievements reflect the collective efforts of highly skilled and passionate team whose collaborations ensure that resources are used effectively and creatively to meet the community needs. Their leadership in program development, facility management, and guest services or as we call them friends showcases a model of professionalism and care that consistently exceeds expectations. Um, I love that little part that said guest services and as we call them friends because really I I always want to reiterate a little bit about we're more than just facilities. We're more than just aquatics and fitness. We're really these opportunities in the community to really connect and create families and neighborhoods, whatever it looks like. And it's awesome to be
012able to be here to recognize the work that that that their team is doing that Steve and Mike are doing here. And they are doing exactly what is is said here. And then obviously representing those three pillars. And so it's our honor to be here and we appreciate the the support that you guys have of the parks and recck department and the and what they're doing here in your city. Um and we're honored to be able to present the department of the year award. So great. >> Congratulations. Come on up. >> Of course. I know. This is great, huh? >> Thanks again. We appreciate >> you picture. >> Yeah, let's do it. >> Where do you want us by? >> Over by this way. You got to lay down on the floor. >> Yeah, that's
013perfect. That's perfect. >> There you go. >> Perfect. >> Good job, Stephen. >> So, just just I wanted to say one other thing as we wrap this up. So, um, Steve and I have worked together more years than I can count. We've probably known each other for about 30 years. And, um, I hope one of the things that you realize is that he is a statewide leader. like you have been so fortunate that he has come up here and worked with you all because he really does lead our state in innovation and ideas and we do director's retreats and he's always like the first one to come up and and really have some great ideas and and um I know he's got maybe a little bit of uh some changes in the future. So um
014you've got a great staff and they could not do the great work that they're doing without your support. So, one of the things we like to make sure you understand is that we recognize and this is a different setup than a lot of our municipal parks and recreation programs and and your dedication to having this great facility and a community this size and supporting um the staff and the programs and all that they want to do to bring the community together is very very important. So, thanks to all of you as well. >> Thank you. Thanks for the recognition. Yes. Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. >> All right. We'll now uh turn it over to you to talk about Serling Scholar, I guess. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to invite uh Amy up
015as she's coming up. I She probably gets tired of hearing this, but you all know how amazing Amy is and what an asset she is to um our district, to the school, and most importantly to students. when we talk about um programs being effective or you know things being effective, we we try to make sure that we look for a throughine to student impact. And everything Amy does has a very clear throughine to student impact as evidenced by um this room. And um tonight we um will be recognizing some Sterling scholars from South Summit High School. In May, we'll be rec recognizing um some Sterling scholars from uh Silver Summit. Um it's a great it's a it's a great chance for us to uh you know for students to highlight um themselves, but it's also
016a great opportunity for us to be able to highlight students um publicly and recognize their their achievement. And it's not possible without having Amy in the background making all that magic happen. So, the voodoo sheoo >> voodoo. Not feeling real magic today. >> So, do you want me to call the kids up or how do you want to do this? >> Yeah, let's do that. >> Let's do that. And >> yeah. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to call them up by their >> and then they can stay up >> their certificates. Yes. >> Do you need help? >> Yes. Um Lisa Sorenson. Lisa was our vocal performance sterling scholar. Summer Keller. Summer was our visual arts sterling scholar. I can't even get these things open. I'm just learning how to Yes. Evan McNeel. Evan was
017our social science sterling schol. There's a card in there so don't let the card fall down. Nick Henuse, science sterling scholar. Finn Russell was our math Sterling scholar. Allison Henuse was our general Sterling scholar, which is a tough one to be. Ellery Sngative in English. Ron Keller in computer technology. I don't think Maddox is here. Maddox Welch was business and marketing. I don't think he's here. Megan Miner was our um a science sterling scholar. Alex Burrell was our uh skilled and technical science sterling scholar. And Alex was one of our runners up. Tommy Miner is the family and consumer science sterling scholar. He was also a runner up. and Ryan who we don't have a certificate for. Ryan was our instrument instrumental music scholar. So they all did an amazing job and I'm so proud
018of them. So grateful that they came tonight. I don't know if anybody wants to say anything about a tough picture to get. >> Oh, he's in a tux. He's he dressed up for us. >> How about that? sets of twins in this group. >> Oh, wow. >> That's amazing. >> Go twins. >> I know. >> Anyway, and then the same thing we did with them. We're gonna The board's going to come over here and >> we're going to try to scrunch. >> Yeah, we're gonna have you all scrunch. >> We've never had this many. >> Come on. Get Some of you guys come back here, too. >> Yeah, some of you can come in the back. >> That's what I always do. I hide right behind the chair. Okay, come on. Come on over. >>
019Hey y'all. >> Some in front and then some. Come back here too. >> Ryan, come closer. >> Megan, scooch in you guys. Just a little bit. >> There we go. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thanks you guys. Good job. ratulations. >> It's a lot of work. We know. >> All right. Again, we want to acknowledge all the hard work they do. That is uh definitely >> It's not easy. >> Not Yes. Not easy. And uh we want to acknowledge them and congratulate them on their hard work. >> Um go back up to the top. Oh, do we have the outstanding deep? We already did that one, right? >> Yeah. Top, I think. >> I say if the LEAP people are here, you could go to them or you can do the >> Oh, yeah. Let's
020do that. >> Which one? >> Leap. >> Yeah, because they've been here for a while. >> Oh, number three. Sorry. I apologize. >> Let's do that. >> Um, >> who's uh >> Well, I guess I So, first of all, I'm going to invite you to come on up. LEAP stands for leadership, education, advocacy, and prevention. >> I didn't see that. >> And um they are here to present a little bit about um what they do and uh I'm excited. I I always love having students come and talk. >> Fantastic. >> Yes, definitely. >> Found some chairs. >> All right. Um I'm going to start off by introducing ourselves. Um I'm Kylie Gee and I'm finishing nth grade. I'm Charles Morren and I'm in sixth grade. >> I'm William Blazer and I'm in eighth grade. >>
021I'm Sam and I'm in ninth grade. >> Sam miner by the way. >> Yes. >> Hello and thank you all for having us here. I'm Kylie. I'm the secretary of the LEAP team summit. The LEAP team is made up of students from both the high school and the middle school. LEAP stands for leadership, education, advocacy, and prevention. We are here to share prevention, why prevention matters to us, and why it should matter to our whole community. A little background, leave started in the 2024 2025 school year through the eighth grade leadership team. Four of us went to the Utah Youth Prevention Leadership Summit, summer of 2025, and that experience inspired us to bring it to the high school and turn it into a club. Now we're here and we have both groups from the middle
022school and high school and together we are the lead team. We are youth leaders working to make our schools and community healthier and safer. Prevention matters to us because when substance use starts early, it can lead to rewiring the brain for addiction challenges with mental health, school performance, and long-term well-being. But prevention helps stop those problems before they start. To understand what's really going on in our schools, we look at the sharp saber, you know, results from 2025. The sharp survey is our result is our voice and is given every two years to sixth, 8th, 10th, and 12th graders. It gives us real data about student experiences like school climate, safety, habits, and mental health and substance use. The information we are sharing is across all grades in the South Summer School District unless otherwise
023stated. For example, when it comes to school safety, 19% of students report being bullied on school property in the past year. That's still important to address, but it's down from 25% in 2023, which shows progress. At the same time, 28% of students say they feel some or very unsafe in parking lots before, during, or after school. Also, 39% of students report feeling worried about the possibility of gun violence or active shooter situation. Overall, 88% of students say they feel safe at school, which is something we can build on. Looking at daily habits, 76% of students spend two or more hours on a a day on screens outside of school work, and only 32% of students say they get eight or more hours of sleep on an average night. When it comes to mental health, there
024are these habits matter because sleep and screen time are closely connected to mental health and how well we do in school. When it comes to mental health, there are some positives and some challenges. 76% of students say it's okay to ask from help from a counselor, therapist, or doctor if they are struggling. This shows a strong and growing acceptance of asking for help. 41% of students report no depressive symptoms, which means a lot of students are doing well, but there are many who need support. As for substance use, the 2025 SHARP survey data shows 17% of students have tried alcohol. Of those students who have tried alcohol, 62% they tried it at home with a parents permission. This shows us that we have an opportunity to educate parents, not just our peers. 10% of students
025have tried marijuana and 8% of students in grades 8, 10, and 12 have tried nicotine pouches, which is a big increase from 3% in 2023. The good news is that most of our peers are making healthy choices and we're committed to helping all of our peers make healthier choices in order to thrive. This this matters because prevention doesn't just help individuals, it strengthens our whole community. Prevention leads to safer schools, stronger families, and healthier communities, which is what we all want. The Sharp Survey gives us real data from students so we can keep improving with input from students who need support the most. To keep this work going, we need passionate and informed youth along with support of adults and a strong community partnership. We also need leaders like you to continue supporting prevention. And
026if you ever want student input or have questions, we're here to help. Prevention doesn't just change outcomes, it changes lives. Thank you for your time for believing in us and investing in a healthier future for our communities and our schools. Um we also have some brochures about prevention um that we could hand out you guys if you don't mind. >> That's great. Thank you. >> What a wonderful program. So, as as she's passing those out, thank you. Why don't you guys introduce um who who helps organize and run this, we have Betty over here. Betty, why don't you come up and at least introduce yourself and and say what you do? And they also are working with Daniel Call. Um Yep. >> So, um I'm Betty Mren. I'm from the Summit County Health Department and
027um Ms. McCormack was kind enough to um last year in the 2024 25 school year um allow myself and Jared Hawkins who's also with us from the USU extension to come in and start a uh youth coalition project and it has morphed into this wonderful coalition um in the South Summit High School and then also in the middle school um And just recently actually we were able to do an advocacy day on Capitol Hill >> and um our amazing students, we had about 19 of our members go and they actually presented to two of our elected officials. Um and so that sparked an interest in coming and seeing you guys too and being able to share some specific information about um the South Summit School District um Sharp survey. Uh so that's and uh Miss
028Call is one of our adviserss. She advises us in the high school. And then um Mr. Beal and um Miss Luther have been our adviserss with the middle school this year. >> Great. >> Oh, that's great. Thank you. Thanks for all your time and efforts. >> Yeah, >> it's based on the you heard them mention the sharp survey. It's something that we do every couple years and that time's coming up and in the near future it'll be on on an agenda um for the board to formally take action on approving or not approving the sharp survey. Um uh we use the data to help inform some of our decisions. I know the county uses it to help inform some of their decisions as well as um to help with some grant opportunities >> and the
029state uses it for federal funding. >> Great. Um, it's really important information from our student. >> So, other than approving the survey, is there anything you need us as a board to do to support you? >> That's a tough question. >> That's a wonderful question. We are really in our infancy, I would say, right you guys? Um, but I know these students would be happy to come and advocate for themselves when um when the time comes. >> Yeah. Do you guys agree with that? >> You're always welcome. >> Always. >> Amazing. But yes, approving the sharp survey would be really really helpful with the work that that the LEAP team is doing in bringing this, you know, education and advocacy for prevention out into the community. >> Great. >> And thanks to all of you
030students, too, for volunteering. >> Yeah. Great work. >> And speaking out. That's great. Yay. >> One last thing. If you guys ever would like a presentation on the sharp survey and the data that um that is compiled, I would be more than happy to come and share that. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Great. >> Thank you for coming. We really appreciate your efforts and all that you're doing. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> All right. I didn't see number three, so I apologize. We'll go back to number one now or or five. Um, student board member interviews. >> Do um is Ireland or Izzy here? >> Ireland's here. >> Ireland. All right. >> They're both here. Perfect. >> Okay, we can start with Ireland. >> Hey, >> thank you for coming. We appreciate your uh
031your willingness to join us. It's such an exciting time. You can ask Sammy and and Connor um how enthralling this board meetings are. >> Um but we we really appreciate you coming. Um >> tell us a little bit about yourself and then uh yeah and then we'll go from there. >> Okay. Um so my name is Ireland Ellis. I'm a junior right now. Um, and I don't know, I really like to I play softball for our team here and I like to do stuff like in the snow and I also really love just like being around people and just being involved in like all the stuff that I can and just interacting with new people. >> Very good. Does any of the board members have questions for her? >> What position do you play? >>
032Um, I kind of play just wherever I'm needed. Do you have a favorite? >> I like playing third base. >> Okay. >> Nice. >> I will say that I've volunteered with Ireland several times, so she's always willing to do anything. >> So, that is great. Thank you. >> I saw that you're the junior class president. >> Yeah. >> And are are you planning to stay in student or at least run for student government your senior year? >> Yeah, for sure. I'd love to. I'm for sure running. And yeah, we'll see what happens. >> You know what you're running for? Um, I'm not exactly sure yet. >> Still to be decided. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Any other questions? >> What What interests you in being a board member, a student board member? >> Um, I think
033just being able to be just more involved and really see like what goes into making like our school run. And also just being able to like use information that I gather at school and that I gather here to kind of translate between the two um like places. Um, we didn't cover this, but so a lot of times we ask our school uh student board members to kind of give us an upto-date of what's happening and that's one of the things that we do ask um because uh I do have kids in school, but not everybody on the board does. So it they don't hear it as quickly or as often. So that's one thing that we definitely ask. So any other questions? All right. >> I just have one thing. >> Oh, yes. >> Um,
034I communicate only through your student email. So, if you can commit to checking your student email about once a week for messages from me. >> Okay, sounds good. >> That would be great. >> That's a good point. Kids don't like email, they like text. >> So, no. Very good. >> Okay. >> Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> So, just watch for an email from me. Okay. >> Okay. Sounds good. >> Thank you. >> Right. I'm gonna guess we're gonna say Izzy, not Isabelle. >> Hi. >> Thank you for coming. Why don't you uh tell us a little bit about yourself? >> Yeah, so I am a junior right now at Silver Summit Academy. Um, I am a summer camp counselor during summers and I work with kids almost 5 days a week,
035four to five days. Um, yeah, I love being involved in my school and my community. Yeah. >> What what what's the camp? >> Uh, I work with the Egyptian Youth Theater. >> Oh, how fun. So, I mean, we do all sorts of things like they work on stuff like early theater skills or like tech type stuff for stage crew. >> That's fun. >> Yeah. >> That's great. >> Great. >> And what interest you in in being a board member? >> Um, I really care a lot for my school. I think it's a really great place that is kind of a unique uh environment and situation. And I also really think that this is a great opportunity to put myself out there in more adult and professional environments. Um >> that's great. That's true. >> Yeah,
036>> that's great. Thank you. >> Great for college applications, too. Yeah. Great experience. All right. >> You want to do after high school? >> I I mean, school is of course so important to me after high school. I have my sight set on hopefully going into biology and studying to get an associates. Um, but I mean, yeah, of course, pursuing higher education matters to me a lot. >> Great. >> Any other questions from the board? Izzy, thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Just the same thing, watch for emails from me. Check them about once a week. >> Thank you. >> Perfect. >> All right. Um, >> we did have the student board members updates. >> Yeah. >> You want to do that one? >> Yeah, let's let him do it now. All
037right. >> Sam, do you want to take us through what's going on with the South Summit? >> Okay. So, first I would like to start off with towards the end of the month of March, we had our art show at the high school, which was a really big hit. We had over a hundred uh photos that were featured in it and a lot of people got prizes. I actually won best of show for one of my photos out there and I know Sarah Mat won first place for her photo. Um, also we do have the ACT tomorrow for juniors. So, the rest of us have a learning day on a remote learning day and the juniors have to arrive at 7:30. And then another thing was I was informed today that I actually made it
038to nationals for FCCLA. >> Congrats in Washington DC. So, >> what you competing in? >> Um, interpersonal communications. So, I had to make a whole slideshow. >> When is that? >> Uh, so that's July 6th through the 10th in Washington DC. So >> fantastic. >> You'll have to teach us a little bit about interpersonal. My wife would appreciate that. >> Yeah. So those are my updates. >> All right, Connor. >> All right. A few things. Um just one thing I do want to ask is I do have some details for the senior dinner thing. I've noticed I've noticed that's a little lower down on the agenda. Do you want me to give them now or? >> Yeah, you can just give it to us now. >> Uh all right, I'll do them in a sec.
039Uh, first things first, we did recently have our ACTs finished up here. So, we're still waiting for the scores on that those, but I believe we all did really well. Uh, as we're also having our AP testing coming up, a lot of whom a lot of people are participating in that. And as for the senior dinner details, uh, we figured out a good location that can settle within our budget, uh, is it's Sterling Steakhouse down in Kimble Junction. Have any of you heard of that? >> Uh we talked to the we talked to the owner, Jackson Sterling, who's going to prepare a buffet for our uh graduation dinner. They're working on a menu this week and they'll make sure that it works within our budget. Uh that's happening obviously Tuesday, May 26th. The exact time
040is to be announced and faculty and students are invited. If you do need extra financial info, I can get that for you, too. away. >> We'll just run it through your principal. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Um besides that, uh I re we recently held an Easter egg giveaway event for student council where we essentially replaced our usual Yeti scholars with Easter eggs which you could then put into a raffle for a special prize of a big old Easter basket filled with goodies. That actually got a lot of people working hard in class in order to earn them. So, I'd say that was a su success. No, very fun. >> That sounds fun. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Connor. >> All right. Um I guess we're on to the superintendent items. >> All right. Um,
041first I just want to um point out well I want to recognize publicly um Don has one of the things she's really tried to um work on is communication improving the communication um of the district uh through the website and um we were just recently recognized by the Southerntherland Institute um with the open enrollment excellence certif uh certificate for offering the basically for having a really great website that um is very userfriendly. It's it's usable easily usable for parents to be able to find the information around o open enrollment. Um we're one of just uh several districts in the state. I think it was one of seven uh that received the recognition. Um and uh and so I a I want to publicly thank and congratulate Don and and B >> it's it's it's really
042what we're trying to be all about is the transparency and and uh so it's that's a it's a win for us as a district. Um uh you've seen some of our uh early open enrollment numbers. Um, just as a reminder, open enrollment, the early open enroll enrollment is open from November 15th through the first Friday in February. Uh, the numbers are there in the attachment. Um, along with the grades, we don't have any that were denied this year. Every year it does come up in the, you know, as far as what would be a reason that a student might be denied. And it really comes down to, for example, if a student had been previously suspended or or expelled or something like that. Um, those are reasons that students would be denied early open enrollment,
043but they're al it's also those same reasons are there for a denial for a late open enrollment, which is where we're at right now. We're kind of in that period that uh people will be notified in May uh I'm sorry, in August of of that. So, >> and is the notes column, does that mean they increase to grade level? >> No. >> Yeah. So, when they go from one school to another, >> so going from uh the elementary school to the middle school or the middle school to the high school or Silver Summit Elementary to Silver Summit Academy, um if they're on an open enrollment, uh they have to reapply. >> So, they carried over. >> Yeah. They just went from fourth grade at Summit to fifth grade. >> Okay, great. And then once once
044those are approved, then they're enrolled just as if they lived in our boundaries until the next natural transition, >> what the next school, >> right? >> Yeah. >> So, any questions on that? All right. We also have our um April one numbers. Um you can see that um we're down some in each school. um seven in the elementary, one in the middle school, 11 from the high school, and four uh from Silver Summit. Uh those can be anything from home schools to students moving out of the area um or other enrollment options that that families seek. But um it is something that we that we public we we put out public facing so that um our numbers are accurate and and just for transparency reasons. Do you have any questions about any of that? >>
045I think we talked about this before, but what's the what's the sweet spot on capacity where we're maximizing the building but we're not crowded? So the Can you scroll up just a little? So there's a there's a carrying capacity you um obviously anything under that is not too overloaded. Um but the the way that this is determined is they they consider we have to consider every uh classroom space, gym space that could be uh used at any given time and and multiply that by the number of uh occupants that can be in each room. And that puts us at our max even though uh not all rooms are being used at the same time. Um and so once we hit 90% that's when the board would typically declare a school closed and that would be
046their sweet spot, the max of the of the sweet spot. As a as a principal, you always want to be obviously as close to that sweet spot as possible because um for staffing reasons, it makes things easy to plan. Um and you know, with declining enrollment, uh that that certainly makes it a bit more complex. >> South the South Summit High School's kind of close to that benchmark, I guess. >> Or 82. Yeah. 82.4. >> Yeah. And that's where you know when we talk about um potential school builds things like that that's where we want to consider this kind of information >> uh because it's good provides good longitudinal data uh around you know the history being the best predictor of the future and any other questions. Okay. Um, I also want to put it
047out there as a district, we're um we'll be proposing in May for uh board approval a couple of district-wide uh curriculum adoptions. One is to adopt the HMH into reading curriculum for tier one instruction. Um, our contract with CKLA is over and um, one of the nice things about that is if we do adopt the HM HM series, then that puts all of our schools, all of our grades >> on the same uh, series. >> What is HMH? >> HMH is just the publisher at Hootton Mifflin. >> I don't remember what the other H is or something like that. >> Arcourt. >> Hardcore. It's not hardcore, is it? >> Hardcourt. >> Oh, I thought you said hardcore. And I'm like, >> yeah, it's hardcore. >> Okay. >> It's It's a hardcore literacy program. >> You
048want We want it hardcore. >> Yeah, we do. >> Yeah. Um, and then the other the other uh curriculum that we'll be proposing that the board approve is um the BYU high online high school suite and independent study um curriculum to be used in online courses taught at both South Summit High School and Silver Summit Academy. So, um those both of those curricula have been available for uh people to to go through and look at. When you walked in the boardroom, you probably saw the table with um the HMH curriculum. Um we've had the the links for the BYU available for anyone that wants to to peruse through those. um that's that's a statutoily that's one of the requirements um that that we do that for a certain period of time and that it goes
049before the board uh in two meetings >> and it's in addition to EDNET like our current UVU thing stays in place. >> Yes. Yeah. So EDNET's more on the concurrent enrollment side. This is more for just um day you know day-to-day classes students who are wanting to do SOEPs things like that. This would provide an online option >> so that you can use internal facing pick up classes. >> Um, it potentially could >> Yeah, you could use it >> or take a class >> or or an alternate. Yeah. >> And that's where the the thing that can't be overstated enough is that it's critical that count, you know, this is where counselors are the are the lever. They're the lynch pin here. counselors are meeting with students about all of the courses that they either
050need to make up or that they need to consider taking, things like that. And so those are the conversations that happen at that level in the building um uh as far as you know students if if a student wants to take an online course, they go meet with their counselor first. Their counselor talks them through the whole process and and all of the ins and outs of that. Um, and so this this would be one one way that um we could provide the support for our students keeping it inhouse. >> And does that mean the student education occupation plan? Because Matt and I didn't know what SEO was, so we I Googled it. >> Well, so so that's the SEOP. >> And one thing education is known for is acronyms. S OE >> and that's
051the state online education program. So >> uh two very different things but related. uh >> S O E >> S OE P. And so this >> uh this is a an online option that um that both uh the high school and Silver Summit would be um taking on to to provide that opportunity for for students in their buildings so keeps it in house. >> I remember the LSU football coach gave this program a shout out when he had he said he had recruits that were in jeopardy of not finishing high school. he would use this BYU program and >> yeah, >> it was a good program to give. >> It's actually by BYU is excellent. >> That was deep. >> Just had to throw that out there. >> Anyway, they they they they have um
052they have a nice >> They still have a school. >> They have a high success rate with with this in particular. This would be um it would be monitored and and it'd be monitored and tracked uh and supported by actual teachers in each of our buildings, you know, Silver Summit and and South Summit High. Um so there'd be quick communication between teacher, student, teacher, counselor, teacher, parents, counselor parents. So it just it makes it easier to see what's going on with our students so we can intervene. >> I thought it was an all or nothing but it's not. So they can do a mix like one class here and then >> Yeah, that's currently how it is right now in the in the current system. It's just right now we don't >> currently >> well
053it's SOP >> it's S SOE it's any number of S so SOEP providers >> okay >> um all of them are ex external to South Summit and there's not a whole lot of um we don't necessarily see everything that's going on. >> We pay a lot of money >> so >> this will allow us to make money. >> Yes. >> Yeah. Well, or at least maybe not make it, but at least keep the students in our >> lose as much. >> Yeah. Not lose as much. >> And it's administered by our teachers. >> It's our teachers. >> So we It's not a third party doing this. It's our teachers. >> I like it. >> Using their curriculum. >> Yep. >> Okay. >> Y. So really and that's that's why it'll come up as a curriculum
054adoption is we're we'd be adopting their curriculum and our teachers actually manage all of it. >> So >> Okay. Um and then for some reason and disappear we can't figure it out. Things periodically disappear from uh Diligent. And so one last thing that was um on under my update >> was something uh over the last year and a half or two periodically it's come up either from individual board members or sometimes during board meetings uh uh the possibility or the desire to um revisit our district mission. um and strategic plan and vision and that. And um I have I have a actually have a handout. I have a draft um mission. Uh so Matt and Linda and I uh we've been we've been working together on a potential draft mission for the board to eventually
055consider adopting or or changing. Uh you know, could be as early as May. Um, so I'm going to I'll I'll pass these down and then I'll put a few over there on the table. But, uh, >> two >> the >> it's one it's just a it's it's a legit one pager, not even front and back. >> All right. And so the proposed mission statement as it's coming around would read, "The mission of the South Summit School District is to relentlessly align policies, resources, and faculty and staff actions to ensure every classroom delivers high-quality instruction that guarantees at least one year of academic growth for every student every year without exception. So one thing about uh our mission is um about this draft is it's clear, it's measurable, and it focuses on student growth. It focuses
056on what I mentioned earlier of student impact. It also gives the board a concrete standard for accountability and and decision- making at both the board board level and district level and and also at the school level. Um it the the visual that you see there the the cycle um that is that's related to the uh proposed um strategic plan. Um, right now our current mission and our current strategic plan, they've been pretty vague and and they actually needed to be because we were creating systems and now we're moving into that time when we need to shift gears from first to second and and shift from creating systems to implementing systems. And um, the nice thing about this is it's a five-year plan, so it's repeatable and it's systemwide continuous improvement. Um it's a it really
057is a refinement toward effectiveness and results. Um schools are already doing plans. They do a lot of plans. They do trust lands, TSSA, the elementary does a whole lot more. They do a change management plan, 90-day plans, all these other plans. And there's not really a a a place where they come together. And so really what this would do is it would allow a school I'm giving you the abbreviated version but it would it would allow the school to each school would create their own school uh strategic plan right and um uh and they would specifically and explicitly focus on priorities um that are high impact actions and then um we would be working district leadership, school leadership and school leadership teams. So, teachers and staff would be working together to create uh a plan
058each year uh where they would be going through this cycle and um the the I there's a up on the whiteboard there's kind of a five-year idea there, but in essence, they wouldn't have all five years planned out. They would have an idea of what they want to look like in five years. And then they'd really focus this first year on creating year one. and um and and living this cycle while also creating their plan for year two. So, at the end of year 1, they're going back. They already have a draft of year two and um they'd be going through all of their data from year one. Uh we we would build some time before school starts and also after school ends so that school leadership teams uh you know the teachers and the
059staff um we would work together on um looking at at how things went, what needs to be adjusted, what needs to go away, what needs to be added, things like that. And then that's when they would um that's when they would hone in on their next year's plan. Really what this is doing is it's putting schools at the center. So you know the target that we have of where student impact is at the center. What this does is it puts schools at the you know the classroom at the center uh of everything. And and then what it does is it allows us at the district level to make sure that we're aligning all of our resources to support the work that the schools are actually doing. Traditionally strategic plans are top down. This is more
060ground up um and and a way that we're able to really tie every department in a school district into how and where they um have impact with students. >> How's the buy in going with the principles and everybody else down the road? >> They're they're here. I mean, I I don't know if any of you we talked about it in our admin PLC um the other day. Um uh heck if any of you have something you want to say. >> We spoke about it this this morning because I was unable to make PLC. So superintendent brought me up to speed. Um I I appreciate the focus um the efforts that the the outer circle the cons you know if we look at it consens um the assurance that the outer circles are focusing on the
061inner circles like everything is pushing inward for the students and and I know when I talked to to Greg this morning I said it's interesting because you see the classroom but then at the next layer from the principal see we see the students you know we go the individual level and that that really is how it works. And so the the building administration and the teachers, we're working with it. We can bring it down one step further into the students. Um and that's what's going to be up there, right? That's that's how we're going to address our students is with our own individual plan. It sits within the circle of the district supporting what our plan might be. So my plan is going to be different from Ken's and it's going to be different from
062Lacy's and it's going to be different from Lisa's, but we're all supported to be to who and what we are. And I I think it's that's a change and it's a very positive one. >> One one thing that jumped out to me that I'd be interested in all of your thoughts. I like the concept. I >> I really like it and I wonder if it's maybe just a little bit narrow because in our current mission we talk about character excellence and this is really focused on the most important thing academic but so much of the school experience is around leadership and the performing arts and athletics in addition to academics and I'm just wondering if we're missing that piece in the mission statement. We talked a little bit about that. Uh embed I don't want
063to cut you off. >> Yeah, that was the exact question that we had. >> We talked about embedding that in the vision. >> Yeah, that that that and that's where I I I thought the vision needed to be updated to address and and make sure we address all those other >> your CTE pathways. >> Yeah. It's not just high school experience. It's preparing him for life. >> Yeah. >> And and it's that's the vision, right? That's I thought it fed into the vision. I don't know. Okay. Your thought? >> Yeah, that sounds good. I just that was the first thing that jumped out to me. I was like, this is really good for the academic piece, but I just see it as being >> a little more broad. Didn't know what the >> the administrators
064thought, too. >> So, we actually put that back on on Greg and the PLC team to say, what is this vision? What how does this impact the kids? >> Yeah. if this were the mission and if this were the the outline for the strategic plan, what would the vision be? >> Because he asked us for it and we I pushed back and said I think I think the PLC team should actually look at it. >> Yeah. >> The one thing too we did talk a little bit about the character excellence and keeping that out of the mission because of legislation, >> right? >> That has there's been some legislation coming forth from the state saying >> no character ed in the schools. And so we wanted to we didn't want to put that in our
065mission, but if we want to add it into the vision, then it's not we're not going contrary to what is out there. I don't think that passed, >> but it will come up again. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Why would you not want character excellence though? >> Yeah. >> That doesn't mean you pass character ed. That means that you're a good person. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I really think that needs to be the end result. our vision of where do we want to see the kids land? >> Right. >> Yep. >> Yeah. >> High achieving outstanding citizens. >> Right. Right. >> That they're prepared for life. I mean, that's that's my concern is >> are they prepared for going right out to work or going to a trade tech or going to a college?
066Are they are they ready? >> Do they know the rigor? Yeah. >> Do they know how to learn? >> Yeah. And it really this is a it's a big shift to being very student centered. as opposed to being district centered. And and I think that's part of the power of of this type of a model is when we think of Jeff mentioned the the the target so to speak and the very center core of that is the unit of impact. That's the classroom and then you have the next one out which is the school and that's the unit of implementation and then the district is the unit of organization. And really those two layers, those two levels are there to protect what's happening in that center of the target at that unit of impact. And
067that unit of impact should be driving what we're doing as a district. We should be aligning our our resources, our policies, things like that to the needs of that. And so that's where the mission I love. The thing about the mission that I love is it's saying, "Look, we're going to bring our agame every day." So that if if a kid's there every day, they should be able to reasonably expect a year's growth at the end of the year, right? Um along with that, um the the strategic plan then takes into account, okay, what are the things that the school needs? What what supports do they need? What what barriers do they need pushed out of the way or removed? And those barriers might be policies or it might be me needing to go advocate,
068you know, with a legislator or with the state board and be able to say, "Look, this is how this is negatively impacting our unit of impact being our students." And so trying to keep the conversation and focus on student impact um I think is something that's often overlooked uh especially at the district level traditionally across the state and I would argue across the nation. So, >> and we definitely can we definitely this is open for discussion like we can >> Oh, absolutely. tweak it. >> This is a draft proposal. >> Get information and >> because it is a lot more words than we currently have. >> It is >> ultimately we want students to get a year's growth every year, right? >> And we want to reward the teachers that get them there every year.
069>> Yeah. Absolutely. >> So, >> you have hands up out there. >> I was just going to you guys are expressing concerns of um like how does this impact other things besides academics helped our leadership team statement in high school and we changed it so it's like we um our vision is to prepare every student to thrive in life and that encompasses a lot of different things >> and I think as we focus on And that's the conversation we've been having like the assessment project there is not always reli data or data every teacher regardless of what they teach will be able to show a student or help a student see are you growing in this class right so we actually have a tool for it to be measured but kind of the cool thing
070is I've been thinking of as a high school how we can actually that mission to encompass all of our clubs, our athletics, all of our extracurricular so that it is, you know, everybody's thinking about how are we helping these kids grow >> so that their time with us >> is valuable to something that they can see that the kids the research shows the kids will grow more and they know what they're growing in and they get to see it and own it and it's their goals and I think that's the target's grow >> and building on what Ken is saying is this is so when We talk about character and things like that. Stephanie's over student services and that's one of the big parts of student services. So again, this is an opportunity for a
071district department, for lack of a better way of saying it, to make sure that they're focusing on the focus that's based on what the schools are identifying as the needs. So it truly puts us as a district office in every department as support staff for what the school and the classroom and the students need. So it's when we say one year's growth, uh there's a lot that goes into an academic one-year growth. It's not just it's not just math, science, you know, reading, writing, arithmetic. It's also how do they feel at school? Do they feel safe? you know, just just even some of the presentation tonight from our LEAP students. Um, you know, they're talking about school safety, they're talking about drugs, alcohol, things like that. Those are all data points that we want to
072be able to take in and say, "Okay, based on all these data points, what's the clearest picture we think we have?" And then what's the next best step? And I I think I cut Lee off. I'm sorry. >> No, you didn't cut me off. You can keep going. >> No, I'm ready for you. >> They're ready for you. They don't want to hear from me anymore. I've hit my 500 word max. >> But I was going to say um in my conversation superintendent um I still have questions and and um there's still some things in my head that I have to wrap my head around. And but there's some other things that I'm excited about like um the conversation about attendance. So um if we have a mission statement that I can say at school
073>> that's a great point. And um also to be very very intentional the elementary is man we are micromanaged we are tested we are accountable >> by the state >> I'm just going to throw that in there. I'm just saying we have a cadence, we have a cadence, and we have there's a lot of things where we are trapped, right? And so um to to intentionally um have the focus of okay, so what does a year mean? What what is it? What is it? And um for teachers to have that foremost in their mind and it's a student, >> you know, if you're a special education student, a year's for you. If you're an ML student, a year's for you, you know, if you're a um a beautiful student that really really loves science and
074excels, a year's growth for you, right? So thatever your situation is, no matter what your circumstances at home, a year's growth for you. So, you're seeing every single student a year's growth for you. >> The idea is to focus on the growth and the process of learning >> more so than just on the grade. Yeah, >> you know, we see we've seen an increase in the the amount of cheating and things like that, especially with AI, you know, things that we've created this need to get a grade when in reality the thing that's the most important is the process of learning and that actually is tied to um that's tied to someone's um emotional intelligence. So, um certainly, you know, would love feedback. This is a draft idea that, um that we've been working on,
075uh and wanted to put it out there publicly for you guys or for anyone really to to provide some feedback on. >> So, yeah, if you'll just send your feedback to Greg and I just so I just am aware. Yeah. >> Um but I would love feedback and that way you just I'm not putting you on the spot. You can think about it. >> Yeah. >> I think them guys out there ought to have as much feed into it as anybody. >> They They have been >> They got to make it happen. >> Yeah. >> We have more. >> Yeah, they do. >> They've had a lot more time with it. >> I do like the idea what you said about um the the process of learning. That rings true for me that I think
076back on my and I there's some there's some things you have to be able to know how to do but the you got to hit some thresholds but I think on my own experience my college degrees I'm not in the field where I got my college degrees for they helped me get my first job I made a career change I don't use what I learned in college but I do in high school because I I learned how to write. I learned how to think. I learned how to participate on a team and collaborate with people. >> And that's what's really helped me >> more so than the the content of my degrees. I don't use it anymore. >> Yeah. >> But the the the learning how to learn, >> how to get along with others,
077and how to achieve that will set you up for success in life. >> That's one of the things that this model is trying to get out for the adults as well, that teaching requires learning. you know, it's not just going in and and being a sage on the stage. And so this this really is we talk about a culture of feedback and continuous improvement. This is we're talking about a year's growth for students, but to get that, you've got to you've got to provide support and professional learning for the adults as well. And um and so it's it's focusing on that process, not just um not just did the did the student get an A or a B or whatever. It's it's it's it's systemic. It's systemwide improvement from the classroom all the way out,
078you know, through admin uh at school level and district. So any other questions for Greg? Again, if you have comments and even if the student board members have comments, I'd love for you to send them to Greg. >> Um, all right, we'll move on, Adam. >> I don't have anything right now. You'll get to hear from me in the next couple of weeks or months. A lot. So, >> yeah, it's coming up to budget season. >> Yep. Um, any questions on the professional development evaluation report or did you have anything you wanted to add to that? No. Any questions there? >> I'm just glad she got to do Legos. >> When I first read that line, that's an interesting >> Yeah. >> one to go to, but no, I thought it was great. >> All
079right, let's move on to the TSA plans. Um, I didn't know how you wanted to handle it this year. Um, I I would imagine if you have any specific questions on TSSA plans um or trust lands, they're uh school admin or here to be able to respond. >> I got a question. I think it's for you, Mr. Grinder. >> On your trust lands plan, it I just noticed that in the action plan, it didn't really say where you spending the $27,000. >> Is this for the high school? >> Yeah, I think so. Um, so 100% of that high school funding goes into the salaries of those of the specified teachers that are in >> it was kind of vague on where it went. So I don't know if you need to go in there and
080specify the teachers that it's going to. >> If you look in in the area where it says where it's allocated, it says salary. >> Yeah, it's on. So, one thing Greg and I were talking about was really confusing because we there was a state regulation that passed that we had to have an exact what the system had as well as the so we've got double of everything. But on the second one, it does say salaries and benefits, teacher aid, specialist, productivity, substitutes, and it's got the 27,344. But next year, I think we talked about you're only going to give us >> we'll just use this >> just the state so we don't have duplicated everything. >> Yeah. I didn't want to take one off and then have >> he just wanted to confuse me actually
081make sure I was on my game. I just didn't want anyone to say why are you removing any I didn't want you know anyone public facing to say you're removing things you know in the spirit of transparency >> this year I thought it was best to have both and then next year we'll just have the one >> yeah but I the is it the what's this the PDF ones are a little bit >> different missing some of the information >> that's what I noticed >> yeah that's also the one that I thought Lacy was speaking a different language Because different I did go instead of like Fs it's O slash and I'm like what do you does that mean offer or does that mean >> I had to call her cuz I thought it was
082like is there a new education acronym I didn't know about >> that too. I sent Greg I sent Greg like five text messages. I'm like is there something different here? Like what is O slash E? But my copy didn't have it. >> It got corrupted when it came back and forth. >> Yeah. >> I looked where she said I was like >> Well, and then when you looked in the other version, it didn't have that error. >> It didn't have it yet. >> Yeah. >> Great. Any other questions on the TSSA? >> Trust or trust lens? I'm sorry. Trust Land plans >> because we do have to do separate >> hearing. None. Um, we'll uh we are to the >> Yeah, we are to a point where we entertain a motion for the uh trust
083land plans. >> I'll make a motion to approve the 2026 2027 Trust plans for South Summit Elementary School, South Summit Middle School, South Summit High School, Silver Summit Academy, and Silver Summit Elementary. >> We have a motion. Looking for a second. >> You always beat me, too. All right, we have a motion and a second. >> Next one really fast. >> All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries unanimously. All right. >> Now, moving on to the TSA plan. >> Um, >> are there any questions on the different TS TSS plan? No, not for me. >> All right. Uh, hearing no questions, uh, entertain a motion. >> Make a motion to approve the 2026 2027 TSSA plans for South Summit Elementary School, South Summit Middle School, South Summit High School, Silver Summit Academy,
084and Silver Summit Elementary. >> All right, we have a motion. Looking for a second. I'll second. >> Have a motion, a second. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. >> All right. Next item on the agenda is the school fees for 2627 for second reading. Um, with a few modifications in that reading. Any questions on that? >> When we do the motion, do we need to add in that $50? We don't have to. >> No, this is the latest added in. >> Okay. >> Perfect. >> Not all to entertain a motion. >> You have a question? >> Well, just a thought. >> Sure. >> Not really a question. I just I know like inflation I just feel bad. They always go up and I don't know what we do about it. >>
085Um >> I don't either. >> Yeah. I don't know what we do to try to >> They haven't changed a whole lot over the last >> Yeah. >> Try to keep them pretty flat. >> Yeah. I mean, you're you've got gas increases, the food increases, you know, it's just >> we got a new program coming, too, that's going to add a percentage. Uh the the cheap program that we've been using at the high school and at the middle school um got bought out by another company and so they're charging us more, too. So that I mean it just >> everything's going up. Yeah. Just so bad for families. Everything's going up >> and funding's going down. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> All right. Okay. Um if there's no other questions, I entertain a motion. >>
086I'll make a motion to approve the 2026 2027 school fees for South Summit High School, South Summit Middle School, and Silver Summit Academy. >> All right, we have a motion. Looking for a second. >> Second. I have a motion, a second. All in favor? >> I Any opposed? Motion carries unanimous. All right. Academic calendars. Um do you >> want me to talk about that? >> Yeah, it's kind of confusing. >> There's Yeah, in in policy and procedure, it says that we'll bring two options to the board uh for consideration. We put um we identified which of the options are the recommendation from the committee. Um and unless the board is opposed to it, I think um just based on conversations um with some of the board members, it's something that we would change in the
087procedure after this year. So we would just bring the the recommended calendars um to the board. >> What's the difference? Is it the 4-day weekend in January? >> Yeah, there's there's very little difference. Um and uh but as far as the committee goes, um people on the committee could live with either one, but the one that the ones that are identified as recommended were the ones that came back, you know, very strong. It was a kind of a unanimous thing of this is what um we'd like. And I would say there's I think this year there was more representation and more feedback from uh stakeholders than we've ever had in the past. We had a lot of feedback from parents, um, employees, um, and so they they put the time in to get feedback, which
088was really appreciated because it made the conversations go a lot easier and a lot smoother. >> It's like some date switches in February. That's what I noticed. >> Yeah. >> And I noticed, but I don't know if there's the difference between the two that there's like >> two Mondays off in January or a Monday, Friday. >> Yeah. It was >> whatever they want. Yeah. Well, that they look the difference minimal. >> Yeah, we wanted to make sure that we were falling on the safe side of policy and procedure. And so that's something that like I said, if you if the board's um open to that, we'll get that changed uh for the future. >> Yeah. Is anybody opposed to that change? >> No, I'm not either. >> It was silly. So, as far as a
089motion, if you're, you know, wondering a motion, it'd be just to approve the recommended calendars >> for those schools. Yeah. >> All right. Um, any other questions regarding calendars? >> If not, I'll entertain a motion. >> I'll motion to approve the recommended academic calendars for 2027, 2020, 28, and 2028, 2029 for the South Summit and Silver Summit School. Did he say recommended? >> Okay. Fantastic. >> I read it word for word. >> Oh, good. All right. We appreciate Don and her uh her >> done. Thank you for doing that. >> So, we have a motion. Looking for a second. >> I'll second. >> Have a motion and second. All in favor? >> I I Any opposed? >> Motion C carries unanimously. Thank you. All right. New bus quote. You didn't get today. >> Yeah, I
090I have one item today. So, um, in order to get a bus for next year, we need to start ordering it now. Um, it won't go on until next we won't pay for it until next budget season, but since we haven't done that budget, I needed to get that approved before we got it ordered. So, uh, it will be on next year's budget. And, um, it's $217,000 for a new bus, which is crazy to me, but that's what they're going for. >> You talk about your inflation. >> Yes. That's gone up probably $50,000 since I've started. >> Just in the last five years, it seems. >> Yeah. Any questions right there? >> I had a question on a bus that came up the other day. Wes isn't here. He'd probably know, but um >> probably
091knows better than me. >> You might know, too. Um um can't remember who it was, but a parent asked me why we don't have seat belts on the buses. >> Uh there there has been talk about putting seat belts on, but uh the school buses are the most safe. um bus safe vehicle on the road uh and they haven't had ne had an issue where they've they would have affected the safety of the students and so >> seat belts in the handicap buses. >> Yeah. >> Can I address that? >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> Former bus driver, school bus driver, >> they say that you don't need them because of the high backs of the seats. >> Yeah. So that's why they're not standard in the buses because the buses the seats don't come to
092here, they come to here. So if you go forward, you hit into the padding instead of going flying over a seat. That's why >> if you mandate it, then add another $100,000 to that. >> Yeah, it's not nationally mandated because the seat >> and buses are really the safest vehicle on the road. And so I I think that's part of the reason why they haven't done >> Yeah. Unless you roll in the clip. >> So this one doesn't have seat belts, >> right? No. >> Okay. >> All right. Any other questions? If not, we'll entertain a motion. >> Go for it. >> I I I lost my place. I can't. Someone else is going to >> make a motion to approve the purchase of a new school bus for $217,131 for FY2627. >> All right,
093we have a motion looking for a second. >> I'll second it. >> We have a motion and a second. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. All right, we are now to the consent agenda. Are there any questions regarding the consent agenda? I did have one. Um, why do we pay Utah state tax? >> So, what happens um when someone goes like on a trip, we have to pay the taxes and then we get reimbursed back from the state. So, there's an extra process that we have to go through, but we do pay the taxes up front and then the state reimbures us. >> What a waste. >> Yeah, it's lots of fun. >> All right, that answers my question. And I was like, why are just to get it back? That
094doesn't make any sense. But >> tell me about the Legos of Education. $31,000 would pay you that something like that. >> Well, it's grant funed. Stephanie actually can speak more specifically to you're going to >> Come up to the mic. >> Talk loud enough. follower. It's part of the computer science K through 12 grant that we've been receiving for six years now. Um, so we have this school year, no, last school year we had LEGO come, was it last year? Okay. Uh, we had representatives from LEGO come teach elementary school and middle school teachers how to incorporate Legos into their um, and specifically computer science. um standards into their curriculum, their very regular curriculum. >> And um after that training, one of the things I asked the teachers was, "What steps do you need now?
095Do you want additional training from LEGO?" And the majority of them wanted to go out and see how other school districts are using the same concepts in their classrooms. >> So you're going to >> So we sent a small group last month to Durango and then we have a chance to take a small group again to Clark County. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. And that's all grant money, too. >> Correct. >> Any other question? >> And then are we updating some security systems? >> Yeah. Um, we're looking at a couple different systems right now as far as upgrading. Um, there's some requirements coming down from the state where we have to have panic buttons. Um, right now the state's going to supposedly contract that for us. Still in contra in contract dispute right
096now. There's a company that complained about the hiring or the practice that the state did >> RFP process. >> Yeah. The RFP process. And so, yes, there is some of that >> stone securities for 60 grand. >> What's that? >> What's the 60 grand to stone security? >> So, a lot of that is our we're we're updating cameras and we're also updating servers to be able to handle the bandwidth that it's required to to add all these additional cameras for the safety side of things. And so, that's what you're seeing mostly. It's not a new program. That money is mostly just cameras and server upgrades and those kind of things. >> Server upgrades are for storage, right? >> Right. Yep. Because it takes a lot of bandwidth to store that much. >> Who do we
097have that monitors all that? Cuz I know I know as a principal I'd have to go monitor, but you never got on it enough to get really good at it and >> it's a little painful. Um right now Wes are >> we actually using >> Wes is the guru and also it uh gets involved but this principles also monitor it when they have an incident so they go and look at it. >> It's probably similar to what you found when you were the principal. It's something that when something happens you go back and you find. Yep. >> So, there there are several times we've had a an allegation made or complaint made and we've been able to go back and find that on the on the camera and audio uh that we get from those
098cameras. Um >> you got audio on there now, huh? >> On well on some on some of some of them. >> Yeah. Yep. In particular classroom ones. >> Classroom. Yeah. We put them in one >> and so um >> Yeah. So it's uh admin have access to see the counselors in I mean not the c the cameras in their building. Um and then the classroom specific cameras that's something that is goes through it. >> Yeah. >> Um so it kind of depends on which camera system they're needing access to. And then if it is something that it needs to be involved with then um Dan uh he downloads the snippet from this point to this point puts it on a thumb drive and um and gives it to an admin or that you can also
099send it through um ver the a virtual way to do it. One of the things I just want to make you aware of too is that most of this money that we're spending for this is a grant that we got a couple years ago for safety. And so we're we're trying to get our systems up to to speed. So that's what you're seeing a lot of that money is being used for as a grant. >> Yeah. I've decided cameras are forensic or uh or not forensic, but u they're they're almost after the fact always. Buses, everything. >> Yep. >> It's more put the first ones in. >> Yeah. More forensic than than anything. Y, >> but they have come in handy a lot. >> Yes. >> Well, I think the secretaries do monitor a few
100of them. You know, the front doors and some of those kind of things they have in their in their areas. >> All right. Any other questions agenda? >> I do appreciate the uh the reassignments listed in there. That was that was helpful. >> Yeah, that was very helpful. Thank you. >> Good. So, >> if not, we'll entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda to include the following. the March 9th, 2026 meeting minutes, the February 2026 and March 2026 financial reports and payment requests, the new hires to include the SSFC new hires, the teachers and other hires, the reassignments, the volunteers with approved background checks, the out ofstate travel request, and the homeschool affidavit. >> All right, we have a motion. Looking for a second. >> I'll second. >> Have
101a motion, a second. All in favor? >> I Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. Um just a few things going on to the board items which is item number eight. Just want to rem remind everybody that uh the South S High School performance. >> I just put that on there just because I wanted the board to recognize how what a great job they did. >> They did. They did a great job. I know the middle school has their play this week. >> I think it is this week. The Little Mermaid. >> Little Mermaid. So, if anybody wants to see The Little Mermaid, u it's at the high school at 6:30 Wednesday and Thursday. >> Going off memory here. That's right. >> Do you have a child in it or something? >> I do. I do. Um
102>> You'll be there both nights. >> Uh no, I be there one night because I'm going somewhere else. So, um, and then, uh, we have the South Summit High School senior class dinner May 20th at 6 p.m. And then, of course, Connor mentioned that, uh, we'll get more details with the, uh, Silver Summit Academy. So, want to make sure we have those on your your calendar as well as graduation dates, which is May 21st for South Summit High School and May 28th. And I assume the high school South Summit is at what time? >> 6 PM. Okay. >> Okay. >> I need to be there at 5:30. >> Yeah. >> Y um and we've already had the uh student board members. Uh Dan, do you have anything for us? >> I do not, sir. >>
103Wait. >> Do not >> Is the double deer event center where it was last year? >> Yes. >> Okay. Anything else? >> Nope. Sorry, >> Linda. >> No. >> And I do not have anything else. Um, that was actually not too bad for what was on the agenda. Uh, looking uh for a motion to adjurnn. >> I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> All right. I have a motion. Thank you. >> Appreciate everybody staying to the end. So on the last year they had the school board of things on Amy week and they have my name on it and then I wasn't there. >> Do we are do we want to take off the student board?