001All right, we're going to call this meeting to order at 7:03. Please stand over here to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. We're gonna move right on to our student representation comments. >> Um, so as far as we're having she's got me covered today, >> but grits. Um, as far as update, they're starting to grow tomatoes in hopes that they'll be day. Um, and then like cool science stuff that I wish I was there. But um and then at the high school, I tried to keep it our ASB and leadership went to the sportsmanship summit at uh boarding which I attended a pretty good time. So sports summit is it to teach to recognize people who
002are good sports or they is it to encourage >> um the first one that I went to in the beginning of this year was how can we integrate sportsmanship qualities sports qualities into this time was a little bit different. We were all just kind of putting our heads together all the different schools I came. Um, and so I believe boarding had a few presentations and then I forget which other school. So we got to walk around and pick whatever presentation we wanted to look at. I couldn't really get a graph. >> Well, thank you. >> All right. in for the running start and the skill center. Um there's some upcoming events. Pierce College is hosting a winter concert March 16th at 7:30. Um it's free and great for families and it's going to be held
003at the Pierce College Pual in Arts and Alli Health Building. And then there's also going to have a m a musical poets event March 20th again at 7:30. And it's also at the Pierce College campus in the arts and alley health building. And it's a fun evening listening to um some choir music. And then some special projects. Uh Pierce College Food Bank is open every Wednesday from 4:30 to 6:30 in parking lot D. Uh no ID is needed and it's just a great resource for the community and running start students to visit. Um and then applications received for the Pierce County Skills Center after March 2nd. They're now being put on the wait list. Um so you do not get uh like direct you have to wait on the wait list for my 26th and
00427th school year. And then for the middle school um some information of the board month report back in recognition of classified staff appreciation week. The question was how classified staff impacted you as students and some students at the middle school said that subteers and par educators have really impacted students because they felt safe when regular teachers were gone. Uh students also that bus drivers constantly went above and beyond to make the bus an extension of school uh where students felt safe and could rely on bus drivers every day. Nice and we do appreciate all that the students recognize the work that they do. All right, we are on to our reports and presentations. We're going to turn the time. Okay. Well, we're going to start. Can I share my screen? Okay. Uh so this will
005be our update. Okay. I just want to introduce that we've got some art displayed around the library here and that was put out by our art carriage here art. And there are um signs next to the projects just to there's one over here where just to describe what those projects are and what the medium was. And then uh Mrs. Ger, we're going to go visit her classroom. She's our music teacher and she has the fifth grade choir here tonight. And fifth grade choir is run as kind of a a club. It's a fourth they they do a rotation with the specialists every fourth day. They do a club time. They have library music or sorry, library, choir, and PE. And so the kids that are in choir join at the beginning of the year and
006they join for the whole year. They do multiple performances for different events we've got going. And then for community day, they partner with the middle school choir and the high school choir that are clubs there that she runs. And uh they get together and they sing at community day and then they put on a concert again at the end of the year for their culminating concert. Um, Mrs. Lindstöm is the next uh group that we'll visit. She is our social worker and she is running an afterchool yoga uh program with a certificated, not certificate, certified yoga instructor for children. And so she comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesdays is our younger kids and Thursdays is our older kids. When we go into the gym, they're going to be set up with some students at different
007stations. So, we'd like you to divide up and then go visit a station and then you'll rotate. So, that's the plan for that one. And then Mr. Ruit is a one of our special ed teachers and he has the structured learning classroom, the SLC, which is um our our students who are uh cognitively impacted in different ways. And so, you'll get to learn about his program in his classroom. So, that we're going to do a little walkabout. Okay. So, we're going to go do that right now. It's In honor of music appreciation month, you do this right. >> Music and education month. Yes. Um we would like to honor our music teacher Chantel Ger um with um just noticing and um honoring her because of the work that she does with students. They are truly
008learning music and what music what all goes with music. I just observed her yesterday and the things that kids are learning about pentatonic scales and uh rhythm and help me out. what else were we working and pitch and just everything. And they were writing their own song yesterday using the xylop xylophones, right? Yes. xylophones. Um she had pulled out whichever um what are they called? >> Bars. Bars. She had pulled out the correct bars to make it a pentatonic scale, which then you can put them in any order you want and it will still sound like a song. And it was amazing to watch the kids do that. So, I want to thank Chantel for all of her work. Uh, every all the performances are always spot on. What you saw tonight is what you
009see all the time. So, >> yeah, I just wanted to add to that. I volunteer in the fifth grade classrooms and just only once a week for only like a couple hours and they constantly they come and they're like, "Rubby, let me show you this song." And they're trying to like match pitch like their pencil on a cup and I'm like, "I don't know what you're doing, but it sounds great." So, being able to see that was just that just blew my mind. It sounded so good and they constantly tell me about it every weekend like okay I heard you once like I know you're so excited and they just they really love you so it was so good. >> So thank you great addition to our students. I also want to um Oh, go
010ahead, Jay. I just want to recognize how grateful I am that you you reach beyond this school and you're touching all the students in our district um and bringing that love of singing that we need so so deeply and um and then also I've seen your group perform in the community uh and that was really wonderful. So, thank you for being willing. That takes extra effort on your part and we're so grateful for that. >> Thank you. And so officially, um, I've known Chantel across two school districts. I follow her wherever she goes. And so I've, uh, I honored you. You know, I wanted you from when I met you and you. So I was really proud that I got to come out team and joined you. And so, uh, let's see. Lyn, can I
011have you come up? >> And then we'll get one more in front of the school board in a second. >> Sure. So just to give you as to give official appreciation this award award is given to Chhatel Grian celebration of your exceptional dedication to music education and the inspiration you bring students every day with passion creativity and commitment help students discover their talents confidence and experience the joy music. Thank you so much. Yeah, you guys split because I'm losing Rhonda and Pette and now I'm losing Travis. Travis, you might need to go more Ruby as well. >> I know. >> This is great. Thank you you guys. Looks great. Travis says I was >> sometimes I have a hard time watching the actual performance because I'm watching her I found myself doing that tonight. >>
012Yes. >> And like said, reaching out to start trying to build a choir in the middle school and the high school again. Right now it's clubs, but um she's she's I watched her since she started, you know, in the back seat. Like you said, a true asset. The only way we're going to have a program in the future is if kids love singing now, >> right? Great. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um so the second part of uh our tonight is the um going over the SBA data and so we'll be talking about uh ELA data, math data, science data from SBA and then we'll talk about I already data and some basic attendance data. Okay. So these are the three goals um in um the first one being about SBA and um let's see in
013ELA for K2 based on I ready diagnostic and in grades three through five based on the SBA and then goal two the same thing for math and then goal three is around um attendance and it was kind of a lofty goal because if you when we look at the trend data you'll see that um the uh 91.54% last year was our attendance and that's based off of our school data. It's not based off of what OSPI uses which they they have a lot of other elements that they bring into the data um which would give gives us a little bit of a lower attendance rate but using just what what my attendance clerk does. We came up 91.54% last year and so we raised it to 93% and uh we'll see where the sickness has
014hit for sure. Okay. So on this um slide we are looking at trend data for grades three through five and then some cohort data. um looking at the at the ELA scores the if when you look at that you can see that one side is the first the first percentage so if you look at 2025 um it's 73.5% um of our students on the SBA earned um a two three or four so but meeting standard is actually getting a three or four so that's the next percentage over there which was 49.7% % the parentheses is showing the state percentage. So when you look at twos, threes, and fours as the scores, you can see that we we beat the state standard for all of those, but just in threes and fours, we were a little
015bit under the state standard for that the state percentage. And then looking back at 2024 and 2023, um we surpassed the state average. Um we have surpassed the state average in the last two years. Um and then um in the levels in three and four where you where students scores show that they meet standard um the state is holding steady at 50% and we matched that in 2024 but we missed it last year. Um so we're going to be like by 49.7% which I guess if you round it it's 50%. But we're going to be true to ourselves here. Um, for math, which is the the next math trend data, which is the middle part, for levels two, three, and four, um, we have three years of surpassing the state average. So, that's that's great.
016Um, for levels just three and four, which are meeting standard, um, the state holds at between 39 and 40% and we've surpassed that state average uh, for three years on that one. In science, um, our trend data is showing that science levels two, three, and four, um, we've got three years surpassing the state average. And if you look at just threes and fours, which is meeting standard, um, we've got two years where we have surpassed the state average. So, um, that data is holding pretty strong. When you look at cohort data, um when we look at our fourth our fifth graders this year, when you look at their scores, uh or their percentages for fourth grade and third grade, uh both of those years uh were below the state average. So, we will be working
017this year to really bring that to their attention, show that that here's where we've been the last two years. So, we're going to be working to get above that state average and bringing it to their attention, not just teachers, but the students as well, so that they can see where they've been and where we want them to go. And then fourth graders, um, their third grade scores, they were bar they they were just barely over the state average. So, we we could say we beat the state average. Um, but we want to get down a little bit higher. In math, um, our fifth graders surpassed two years ago and we were below last year. So, we will try to get that back up in math. And then in our fourth graders last year, they were
018able to they surpassed the state average by a good eight percentage points. So, um this I I put this slide on here because um so we're showing SBA trend data with our students with disabilities. That is how we um in the OSSI data that is how we earned a priority status was because our students with disabilities were not making adequate progress over I think it was over a three-year time frame. And so we've been paying attention to that. So if you look at um in ELA uh students meeting standard at levels three and four has surpassed the state average two years in a row. So, I'm hoping that we'll get out of that priority status with OSSI um and be able to, you know, just keep holding that holding on to that and keep out
019of that that status. Um there's no data for 23, let's yeah, for years 23 and 24. And I think that's because we didn't have any twos. Maybe if you look at the the column that has twos, threes, and fours percentages. Um I just don't think we had any twos. I think it was just threes and fours. So that's why there's no data for that one. And then for math, um meeting standard levels three and four, we've surpassed the state average for three years. So hopefully we're going to keep doing that. Um and there's no data for 23 and 24. And I think again I think it's because we didn't have any level twos, just have the threes and fours for science. Um again, students with disabilities uh meeting standard at levels three and four. we
020have surpassed the state average. We surpassed the state average in 2024. And then the other two years, I don't think we had any fifth graders that were um had disabilities that were taking the assessment those years. Okay. Our I Ready data um when you look at the the two graphs there um and I think Cassie made I know she made copies for you guys there. Um, forgot to tell you I was looking at the data again today and I had taken my data off the report card, but then when I went into the T went into Tai went into WCAT, which is where all of the SBA data resides, some of those percentages were different. And I think they just cleaned those up. So they're a little bit different from what you're seeing on your
021paper. Um, so when you look at that, you can see that the top bar is the fall and the bottom one is the winter. And we are showing growth in ELA for I Ready. And then if you look at our students with disability scores, which is the bottom graph, um we looked at I looked at that data with Tracy. She said, "Let's let's look at your I Ready data and see where our students with disabilities are." And we are showing growth in those areas, too. We actually had some uh got some greens the second time around. So that growth is is showing there. Next slide will be our I Ready math data. And again, our students gened are making growth. You can see that the red uh bars have gotten smaller and our green bars
022have gotten bigger. So, we'll take that. And then our students with disabilities, they have also shown. So, that should show the trend leading to um SBA because it's all connected. they should all still be able to do well on the SBA if they can do well. Okay, next one. All right, attendance. So, if you look at this data, you can see that um this is all of the um students got to the right card here. Um our goal is 93% right now through February, we are at 91.54%. Um 91 91.4 sorry five 91.54 was last year's um yeah so right now we are at 91.4% um we had an attendance challenge of we started at February and carried over into March and uh we were we were looking for was a class that had 10
023days of perfect attendance. Hard time of the year to be doing that so that's why we did it. And um we had a kindergarten class that reached the goal and they got a principal's peace party. Um we had another class, the second class that got that got just a little treat and then the third class got a a little token out of our our store um tokens. So they got to do that. The thing about attendance that is um it's kind of a challenge because there's so many other things that feed into it and a lot of that it has to do with our families and and their choices. Um our numbers, like I said earlier, they don't match the the numbers that the state gives because of all of the other factors that they
024take into account. Um we have an attendance team that's myself, the social worker, and the attendance clerk, and we try to meet at least once a month. sometimes doesn't work out, but we just look at the the students who are showing large numbers of of um absences or and or tardies. Um tardies is really a big one too. Um we had 70 kids out on Monday. So the day after the time change, 70 kids out, 20 came in tardy. So we still had 50 absences that day. Um >> it was a hard day. It was a hard day for adults. Um, some questions that I have about data is, um, do we as a district have a say in what we can count as excused absences? Um, things that we get are personal days, vacation
025days, mental health days, and then of course Seahawks parade was a big one. Um, because we had students absent to go to that. Just a a recent one. Um, are there are there things I've heard other districts when when they were doing those um those walkouts at the schools here in the last couple months um districts were saying on the news that their students would would not be excused for those things. I don't know what the what the rules are about that, but is there I guess I wonder if there's a way that we can tell parents, hey, these are the things that are excused. Can we work on this and try to partner with them that way? Um, we did discuss at our um at our cabinet uh putting together a a community board
026that students with high attention absences would have to go to the community board when they get to a certain point. Um, we talk about that, but there's just really no limit to it. Uh, because we can't there's nowhere beyond that to take anybody. There's no truency boards anymore or anything like that. Um, so I don't know if it's enough to deter families from taking personal days and things like that. I mean, yeah, I know that those are important, but we have families that really use that a lot. So, um, I think that's all I have. I go to the next one, Eli. Um, I guess the other thing is I'm looking for is what are what what would be the most meaningful incentive to get kids to school and um good grades just is something
027that all I have. Do you have any questions? Actually, I did have a question and you'll have to excuse me because I'm new to all of this, but um I noticed that on the fifth grade science from 24 to 25, we had a really huge jump in the 234 and 34 levels. And I was just curious um was there a new curriculum adopted? What do you think caused that from June increase? >> Well, that I actually talked to the fifth grade teachers about that and our we have one of our fifth grade teachers is new this year. So, talking to the other teacher, she said they intentionally focused every week they did something with science intentionally trying to get ready for this and it paid off. >> Okay. >> And mystery science is amazing. Kids
028are very engaged with mystery science. It's it's a great great curriculum. Is that concept something that could be adopted for other topics and then maybe spread out? >> Yes. >> Yeah. I know for um in my fifth grade class, I'm with Miss De and they were for ELA reading an article about um avalanches and then she was able to tie that into science and how hypothermia affects your body and how does that relate to how plants take on the cold and how we take on the cold. And then she related to that, she does around the world Wednesdays. She had me come in and talk about avalanches in Switzerland and then she did a talk she did a whole like um lesson on Switzerland. So she was able to connect ELA to science and then
029she did I think some math how to find body temperature and then went back to cultures and like she was just able to just wrap that up into one week and it was really really cool to see. So it's just cool seeing how they're able to prioritize each different subject. >> Yeah. I watched them use do a mystery science on um gravitational pole and different planets and and they had to do a jumping activity and then figure out using a formula how what the gravitational pole would be on other planets. So yeah, that's where it was good. >> Just a weird question. I've been grappling with the absent question across the district and also across the state in terms of trying to control something we can't control. We we have no control. >> Um and
030it's very very frustrating. 100% agree with you. Um, but I'm also wondering, and this is not any comment on any structure or anything else, is do you feel that because I don't know how elementary report cards work much anymore, even though I have a daughter think I'd care, but I don't. Um, but like do you find that because I noticed across the state I would say in secondary it doesn't that do the grades or the evaluations of the students of the grades line up at all where they tend to land in their uh assessment knowledge of the standards. So in other words is an accurate reflection and I guess I'm leading the question to you. Would you find that do you think our attendance would increase more statewide? Let's not talk local too much about
031it be if there was a direct correlation between performance in a classroom and ability the report home and then data proving that your ability will increase if you're here >> I I would guess that there's something somewhere that shows that >> yeah that correlation >> do you feel that >> yeah but do you feel that our I don't want to say it sounds loaded I don't mean it loaded I don't because I don't know where we're at I mean I'm brainstorming like >> like Do we communicate that? >> Do do or or do our does our current grading practices, the way we load grades, the way we do grade look, the way we do reporting because sometimes it's a structure system with like uh with um you know cumulative coming up or Skyward. >> Does
032that reflect actually where the child is at in their assessment process? So is that a good notification to parents about really how well they're doing? Um, I would I I guess right off the top of my head, I would say yes, only because teachers are so good about letting a student show their learning in different ways. >> Okay. >> They're not set on just this one method. They they will figure out other ways for students to show what they know. >> Okay? Because I mean, I'm just trying to figure out that. I mean, because that's one of the biggest struggle is is does attendance if my kid has really good grades, why do I care about their attendance? >> Yeah, I see what you're saying. >> So, I'm not I'm not picking on that. I'm
033just trying to figure out what that balance is. How do we how do we increase one if there's no consequence for it not being, you know, show me the incentive and I'll show you the result. >> So, that's my >> that was my question. I mean, and I don't know the answer. I'm just brainstorming as a colleague because I don't know. So, Thank you by the way very much. >> So what I heard you saying too is that one of the things as a board we could do to help support you would be to take a good look at our attendance policy. >> Yeah. >> And to make sure that one that it's what's going to be most helpful and useful for our students, but two to make sure that we're um articulating and moving
034it forward um to the principles and families. >> Yes. Yes. And with, you know, with the move to Q, maybe actually having attendance in Q set up with what, you know, what are acceptable absences? What would be excused? Um, just right now there's it's really when a parent goes online to put a student's absence in, they've got there's a lot of choices and maybe we just need to down a little bit. Thank you. So, Cassie, I'm asking you to Okay, thanks. She's great. Say it. She put it on the agenda. So, you're moving forward. Um, thank you. That was really everything that we experienced today was just really thoughtful and well presented. Was there anything else you wanted to share before we um we are one oh I one one thing I really wanted to
035articulate and show my gratitude to you. Um we often hear that the state has lowered their expectations and their standards and therefore it reflects on us. But what I really want to know is if people look at how you reported out to us that you said this is what the state counts the two three fours this is what we're counting and fours and you were very thoughtful and articulate about that very open um so that when community members want to know our are our kids meeting standard it's very clear here and I appreciate that very much. >> Can I add to that? Um, I just had a parent teacher conference this last week and as a parent my concern were some high rating scores for one of my daughters and um I just would encourage
036the parents to really communicate with the teachers. Um, you know, my girls are kindergarten and second grade, so we have a long road ahead of us, but every teacher at Warehouser um and staff for that matter has been phenomenal. Just wonderful. They're so open and they are so willing to communicate. As a matter of fact, like they seem hungry to have more parents involved. Um, which I love, but you know, one of my concerns was that my daughter's score um in an area on her I Ready went down instead of up. And um you know just sitting down and having that conversation at the conference with the teacher where she really explained to me um the method that my daughter learns in and what she's observed in class and you know basically like not to
037be alarmed. And that was actually one of my concerns as a parent was like I don't want to see her get further behind when as a state we just keep lowering the standards. So, if she's struggling now, let's get ahead of it. And um you know, just having that open dialogue with the with her teacher was really helpful in ways that I can support her at home, but also comforting to hear that like that that little bit of dip wasn't alarming. Um maybe to me, but not to her, and that there's simple ways that we can work together to get that back up. But also, you know, I I know this is what we do, but So sometimes there's a little too much emphasis on these tests, right? So keeping that perspective is helpful. >>
038And I think something to remember too is that I Ready is adaptive. So as students are learning, it's going to challenge them a little bit more. So you might see that dip. >> Yeah. See, and that wasn't communicated before and that's a really great reminder. So >> yeah, >> just want to say thank you to you for this was great. Thank you. And as having a son who came through here, I can't say enough how great this school is. I also want to apolog my thought was and I know as a board M through J the focus has been on you guys for principles for attendance, >> but in sometimes in reflection I wonder if we looked at your 9% that you're that aren't you know you're not you know not your 100%. If that
0399% isn't struggling in the school, are we putting our resources in the wrong spots? And so would that help free you up to a pizza party for a full time, you know, a pizza party for kids who move the needle instead on something else? I mean, that's what I want to look at for support. And that's that's why I wanted to know like that kind of information because that can draw resources that they don't that aren't necessarily important, you know? So, I appreciate it. Thank you. someone who went to other I always come here and I spend my Fridays to come back here just because I loved it so much I know how much you have on the school and I constantly back to when I was when I was over you as a principal
040I can never ever come up with anything bad >> no thank you >> that was great well um thank you again and please thank your staff >> I will they all came to me and said I' I'd like to present There you have not me going and begging >> and the parents supported and it's just really really wonderful. You have a wonderful community and thank you for building that culture here. Appreciate it. >> All right, we're going to go on to superintendent comments. >> Yeah. And so I just want to reiterate the same things what you're seeing and observing. Uh works really really hard. She and her team work well together and anywhere from her communications. You've seen those uh through the emails to her staff and to her community. She always ends with what
041are our board goals? She begins with the end in mind and then she works kind of in a scaffolding fashion to get there and obviously it's paying off. It's really working well and you know you continue to improve the scores and so just uh you know kudos to you and please pass it on to your staff. >> Thank you. >> I can do that. You'll do that. >> You also are going to participate. We had our K12 family resource night the other night and your bucket drum was over there school and showing up. Uh you do show up and warehousing shows up. So we recognize that and thank you for helping your students not just see the world within warehouse but see the world in a larger fashion. So congratulations on that. All right. So
042some of the things we've got going on or have gone on um Ela you and I just and I just talked about this. We have our our knowledge bowl team is going to state and did very very well. probably placed fourth in the regionals and that was against all levels. These are not just the fall small schools. These are the high schools and like Harvard just barely accept we we have really smart kids in Bell and I'm really proud of them for that. Uh tomorrow night we have a town hall that will be put on by representative uh Marshall who also had kids here and uh that's tomorrow night at 6 pm at the Edenville uh high school auditorium and so feel free to to come and we will have a presence there and we'll
043be presenting among other things just on state of the district a little bit and so forward to that this week I don't want to forget the fact that it's classified staff appreciation week because we know that we we've seen it students we saw on your reports and such. Um the work that our classified staff do each and every day is just um imperative like there's no way you're going to get you're going to get the results you are without the support that you have from them. Uh so early this week we sent out an an email thanking them and then uh tomorrow or next day now uh we'll be uh giving out certificates uh to all of the certificate staff around the school district uh in appreciation of them. And I just want to read
044it says uh certificate of appreciation. This certificate is presented to each of our classified staff about 13. Yeah, about 130 140. Uh, your commitment behind the scenes and beyond plays a vital role in supporting students, staff, and schools every day. The impact of your hard work does not go unnoticed to our school community strong because of the featuring our mountain which is of course our school district. So give that up. Um you let's see as far as the stadium goes I know each schoolboard meeting us just to share you just to share about that um it is moving forward rather quickly now you'll see uh the asphalt folks will come in to asphalt the day access entry as well as the Dzone for our triple jump high jump and discus. Uh so that will be
045next week. uh this the unbelievably the stadium they're giving us the end of this month to be done with that not not everything because we still have to do the the work that the IT work and such inside the one of the most complicated areas in the whole place is just rest that's where a lot of things happen u but they've assured us that that will be ready for our community day and again at noon on community day. We hope that the whole world is there uh to celebrate the opening of our track field and stadium. And meanwhile, our students are starting to get to enjoy the field a little bit safely and uh our general contractor is working with us on that. So that's that's really going pretty well. Uh and with that um
046I again just want to say congratulations L you and your team for the great work that you're doing here. Thank you. >> I would like to say thank you for the way that students needs open and that it's being done in a way that makes them feel like they're part of it. what I saw tonight. That's what I that's what I felt was that students were feeling they were part of something really special. I think that was an important part of attendance, important part of doing your math and your reading and your other things is having those other venues that they can use to express themselves and to be a part of something really special. I think that the people who were instructing those I had a chance to talk with two out of three
047of them and just thank them for I could tell that they to count it as a really special thing that they're doing not just because they're there doing their job. I I sense that they're belonging to that. They own that and each student is important to them. And I think that that flows from administration. Yeah. And I want to thank you personally for that because I I've been around a long time in a lot of schools in a lot of things and I I seeing that really um it was touched me. They did >> just thank you and we thank your kids for us. That's the especially the the yoga kids. just the choir was great. That was awesome. But the yoga kids and they were they were adorable. They were great. >> Those kids,
048they really they really need to have that. >> I know. I I got the vibe. But I just, you know, they're just they're great and I just I really appreciate. And is was that your yoga instructor or is that a new teacher? I don't recognize >> that was Mrs. Ler. She's the social worker for the school. >> Oh, I didn't recognize you. Okay. >> She uh the yoga instructor was not there. >> No, that's but just pass on to the kids. Um, thank you for all your hard work and your whole staff. I genuinely love my kids going here and what I'm able to be a part of. I always really enjoy here when I am. And um, yeah, I just I love it here. I mean, I'm in real estate, but in you know,
049we like our small town, but I frequently try to get people to come here. Um, and I always brag about how much I love our schools and the schools started that for our family. So, thank you. >> I just um love to see the collective from everybody with like pretty much the same vibe, the same feeling. Um, from my experience on I've always seen you meet students where they are. every one of the teachers. I I've always seen them meet the students and um and grow them and then work collaboratively and uh I do feel that that all comes down to the leadership and the structure and um I've said it before I'm kind of biased but I I I've seen it other so I I appreciate >> we have we do have great too.
050Thank you again. >> Yeah. Um and to our student rep, thanks for being great representatives. Thank you for coming here and for donating your time. >> What uh um it just it really representing school. Um a couple of things from the community. Uh Eatenville High School will be partnering with Eatenville Business Association for our third not just college but career fair and we're inviting um anyone in the community to come and to present about various careers whether they need an education or not. They um oftentimes you need skills. It's also a great time um juniors and seniors will come around with their resumes and so if there's someone out there that's looking to hire Summer Hill, it's a great place for them to look for candidates for hiring. It's been a great success and I'm
051grateful to our community for supporting that. And I want to recognize that that goes along with our pillar of um preparation for life. And as we're meeting there and um looking forward, how how we continue to grow that pillar is um seeing if our students then can branch out and start working with community members and gain credit. So um under the CTE program. So I'm really excited about those possibilities. I know I had to work when I was in high school. I had to leave school early because it was just a financial necessity for our family and I didn't get credit for it. Um, and so it would have been a real help for me knowing that it was a financial necessity to have gotten. So I think that's something small thing we can do
052for our kids but also for our community because they need good employees. The other um thing I want to recognize is that community day is coming up and once again we will have our street fair and again the Eatenville business association is um welcoming all student groups and nonprofits um to be a part of that and if you're interested and you are a nonprofit or service organization you can request a promo code so there is no cost. So, if you can share that with anybody who's interested or if you have a student that wants to sell slime, we don't want that to be a burden, the cost to be a burden. We want every family to feel like they can be a part and um be part of that. So, share that out. I am
053grateful for our community. We live in just a really wonderful just grateful for our leaders who help educate and teach our children. Um our superintendent who leads forward with great vision and compassion and for all of you who step up. such great ways. And with that, if there's nothing else, we're going to end this meeting at 8:28. for her. Call me