001All right, we have six o'clock. So, I will call this regular school board meeting for the school district of city to order. Um, roll call. All members are present with the exception of Jodie and uh Jodie is doing well. I did talk to her last week uh message with her a little bit and so things went very pretty well for her. She's very pleased. She does have some hearing and so All right. Next up is our board financial audit and Who would like to go first? >> I didn't have anything to ask. >> I went through general finances. um and saw some things in the CIS 11 expenditures that I I asked De and have it ready for next month to go a little deeper. Um there was just some itemizations that that I wanted
002to find and subscriptions that we do with them that I want to see if we're getting an hour full value for what we pay for quarterly. and see if maybe there's something we're not using and how we can use that. >> Okay. >> All right. Next up is the review of policy 4,000 and this was part of administr driver's talked about students that are out there questions in reference to what has been presented by anyone. Is there do we need to have that? Is there anything that you can add? >> I would think we would take care of I don't eventually may not have enough staffing to handle if we have kids coming from outside districts that we were dealing with. I just think there's got to be you should just take care of those
003kids because there there's enough programs out there for kids to go for online um behind the wheel. I don't know if you want to. It was more of a open enroll district. Was there a student in our district that opened and rolled out or was a student that enrolled in? >> It was I believe >> outside enrolled out. >> Okay. Yeah. then they're not enrolled in our our school even though they're resident >> and we can that's on the agenda. So >> yeah, >> I didn't have any questions on 4,000. >> All right. We have a drawing of the ballot ordered for the election in our campuses for our April 7th, 2026 board election. And um the individuals that will be on the ballot are myself, Amy Hopkins, Miller, Steve, we lost you on this
004phone. Sorry to see that. Um so um we need someone to withdraw to pull. Is there any canvas there can? >> Who wants to canvas? Anybody want a canvas set up canvas for April? Anybody else? >> Yeah, you can do it again. You don't have to. >> You can put it down if something changes. college level. >> Okay. >> Little pieces of paper. >> You're not kidding. >> Number one is Lisa Kaiser 20 miles. Eric jokes am. >> All right you guys and thanks for doing attending today you guys. Uh next up is the approval of the agenda. a motion to close the agenda. >> I didn't have anything. >> Yeah. I'll make >> a second by Jordan. >> Any further questions? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> Say no. Motion carried.
005Next up is our open form session. Anybody? All right, we can move on. Next up is our consent agenda. Um, is there are there any clarifying questions needed or does anybody need any of the items removed for further discussion? >> Question I is on the salt sprayer attachment. I think it kind of goes back to the spending limit again where something that was purchased or they're looking for approvals purchased is over $5,000 area and I know it's kind of marginal but especially on salt spre alternatives $2,000 >> I I don't I don't recall seeing it on any of the So we can um pull it and talk about it if you want to talk about it to a deeper level or have a way to get more information from Patrick on it or we can
006allow it to go through the consent agenda. I know it's been talked a couple times on the policy. So something that we want to really have as a limit or you know I know it's marginal >> but what what is your question about the the the limit you >> well it's 589 right so we're saying it's over our 500 >> which is why it came to us for approval >> in the consent agenda line item I guess that's >> if it was under 5,000 you would just do it >> so it has Okay. >> Uh, not necessarily. I mean, usually if there's something that has been approved prior to, which doesn't happen very often, it usually is comes to us. >> Okay. >> Yeah. It just wasn't really clear. Scott, you have any questions about
007that? Is that that item concern you at all? >> No, I mean it it does. We've talked about question. >> This time of year, obviously, it's not really needed, but How have we been salted in the past? Is it something are we getting it just because we've had a new kind of is it really a necessity? I usually go with the logic of it come. But that's that's just my logic. If you would like to talk about it more, I won't I won't think that Patrick sent me an email for that question that last meeting about the spending limits. I think what he told me was that he took office that he said about 15,000 without remember that. But I don't think >> I don't recall that formalized. >> There might have been a discussion
008about it, but I don't think it was ever. Yeah, I agree with I don't ever formal formalized. >> So I guess the question is is is the issue with the the approval of the thing itself, I guess, is what you would want clarification on. >> I think so. Okay. >> I mean, I think we've been the sidewalk somehow, right? To >> me it just seems like we got a new unit and we said, "Hey, we can get this salter and do we really what was the method before and what's the rationale for spending more money?" >> It is a little odd if we're saying it's it's uh it's a necessity that we didn't have it when we were putting all the tax in the original purchase. >> Yeah. >> Like something's changed since then on
009it brought forward. All right. Who would like to see the item p? >> I think I'd like to see just understand. >> Okay. >> All right. So, let's let's pull um item m that table it and then bring it up for discussion next month or or or ask for more clarification in reference to it. Would that suffice? And >> yeah. >> All right. Got that >> Krista? >> Okay. All right. Any anything else off the consent agenda that needs discussion by anyone? The only other thing I would request or ask is I see we're struggling to build a custodian support position. And if there's anything else they think or we think that can be changed to make sure that we're maintaining or retaining folks that we're hiring for that, please bring it forward so we
010can somehow make it so that we got people here. >> We do have nine applicants right now. >> Good. I don't know if they're qu I don't know if they're quality applicants, but they're applicants. So, >> okay. >> We can't even get one. >> Two weeks out two weeks after that. >> All right. So, the consent agenda is all the items minus uh item 9. Okay. Anybody good? Clarify. Okay. So, entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Derek. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Chuck. >> All those in favor say I. >> Say no. Motion carried. Next up is our administrative reports. Uh we have winter sports career milestones. So are you doing that, Richie, or anybody in particular? >> Um I don't know. J gave
011me his report. I don't know if that was included. Did he did he send it? I know I had it on. Yeah, I think it was just more meant to recognize the kids and the attachments and then >> it's not on my report here. Yeah, but I can sure bring it up because I'll be talking about it. We will be going Nice Hill. >> Do you like that? >> That's awesome. >> We will be going to uh to lacrosse. First time ever that lacrosse will hold the team uh state team tournament. Um >> I know Chuck was there. I don't know if any The other guys were there and all Saturday I went to watch and um it was it was amazing. Kids were phenomenal. I mean just the support they had and >> you
012didn't too much for the Cumberland. >> Oh yeah, I wore I wore I wore blue. >> Yeah, it was uh I enjoyed it. But if you look here, so many positive things happening here. Just not only wrestling with Brody, but we got 150th win on Saturday. Um William got his 100th. He's going to get 150, I'm sure. >> Uh, >> yeah. Preston. >> Preston. >> 100. So, I mean, just to reach a 100 is just amazing for a high school. >> Bro hit his thousandth point. Um, they got a fifth seed, so they're going to hit a home game next week. Uh, Shane to have 200 dual wins is very impressive. Um, just to have coaches stay in the uh in the profession that long long enough to uh to even achieve that is amazing
013nowadays. Um, >> that's awesome. >> Conference champions to have it. I mean, you probably some of you probably know this. I was I was the head wrestling coach here for a while back in the 90s, but back then it was Boyceville dominated the uh the wrestling and um now the rules have kind of reversed. Back in that day, we used to hammer them in football. Now the rules have kind of reversed in those sports. It's interesting. But um but so many good things happening here. It's it's uh this weekend we're having our pent fest on um Thursday morning for the six wrestlers that are going off to the uh individual state. We're doing that at 8:30. So if you're if you're around, don't have anything going on, come on in and watch it be about
014a half hour. Um we're going to get everybody in the gym, elementary, you guys plan on coming on. >> Yep. >> So um but yeah, just a lot of Did I miss anything on there? >> No. >> Oh yeah, everybody. But it's a lot of stuff, a lot of positive things happening. So, >> should I go ahead and just go right into my >> Sure. Yeah, you can. >> Be okay with that. >> Might as well. As long as the other ladies don't mind. >> Um, I'm doing it. Um, middle school high school report parent teacher conferences. It's always different in the um different in the elementary than is middle school high school. You're going to have less attendance as you go up. We had 100 uh 23 families represented with 27 kids um for
015the high school. In the middle school, we had 33 families show up and 37 students were represented. So the numbers aren't great, but they are it's like that in every district. I we dealt with the same thing in common. Um National FFA week is this week. We have dress up days all week long and then we have a food drive competition benefiting West Camp at the end of the week. So, Rose Gillis is doing a great job with the with the FFA uh and doing a great job in the classroom with the classes she's teaching for a first year teacher. Uh coming up, won't be long, you guys will be sharing uh next year's schedule, master schedule. We're currently putting together the plan and a timeline for scheduling classes for next year. Jacob Mays has
016been doing a great job preparing uh by attending scheduling trainings through Skyward. He's new to it. Skyward does have trainings, so that'll work. And we're going to get a we're finalizing a draft for the 2026 27 course catalog that'll go out to families so they can see what's classes are offered so they can assist in helping their children and kids uh building their schedule. Uh building a master schedule is a it's a team effort K12 because we got to she's we're shared staff. We got to know when she needs stu uh staff, when we need staff. um lunch tracks, uh band choir. I mean, you got to it's it's a moving piece. You're always putting the pieces together trying to figure out. It's never perfect, but um we got a good team here. We'll put
017we'll put a good schedule together. >> Do you ever do anything with neighboring districts? I know we talked about that a while ago. >> Share staff. Yeah, I know some really small districts will do that. Maybe share a Spanish teacher, things like that. um that hasn't been brought to mind, but even though um we don't have a stat one that need to take for a couple hours with the travel sometimes that creates problems, but >> yeah, right now we're just offering through online, but I still think that having that person joining us much more beneficial, especially in poor language. Uh Tessa Wagner, she received the NHS scholarship, $3,200. Her uh dedication to scholarship service, leadership, and character has earned her this prestigious recognition. So congratulations to her. Again, so many positive things happening with our
018students. Jacob Hagar, Olivia Heath, Clayton Hoffman, Rody Rea, and Tessa advanced to the DECA state conference. So they left yesterday. Uh return Wednesday. They will I know they will represent us probably. Um Saturday the 28th March we're going to be hosting solo ensemble with uh using the middle school gitorium as a performance site and thank God we have Mr. L with all that institutional knowledge um helping take care of that setting up our kids through his guidance along with his stories. April 1 we're going to do called build your community or bring your community excuse me to school day. Uh this event is designed to uh expose students to a broad range of career pathways, strengthen school community connections, and provide students with meaningful opportunities to explore future aspirations. We're going to invite local professionals,
019business o owners, apprentices, and community partners into our building to share their career experiences with students. And the purpose and benefits it's it expands students understanding of real world career options that are out there even locally. strengthens the relationships between school and local community. You can't do that enough. It also encourages student engagement and career exploration and highlights the relevance of academic work to post secondary pathways. So, it's going to be great to have that opportunity for kids to see that and experience that. Next month, we're going to be bringing in the start college now and early college credit request for next fall. So, um that'll be brought to school board next month for approval. Mr. Mason has been meeting with juniors uh junior students and parents for senior planning conferences. So that those are
020going very well for for the parents that have been signing up. And then uh just give you a little heads up on where we're at with eCampus and online enrollment students. We have 30 students taking at least one or more courses on site that come to school that are attending school and taking at least one or more classes here at in district. and we have nine students that are taking classes remotely. So that's the numbers there. And athletics, I'll just quickly review that. We went over that we're in the last month of the high school winter athletics. Um again, six uh wrestlers going to individual state this weekend. We're going to have the pep fest as I mentioned Thursday 8:30. Uh the team won sectionals on last Saturday. Again, we're going to be in lacrosse
021next week. It looks like um Friday evening we'll be competing. We don't know who we have yet. We probably I think we find that out on Wednesday. The first team in Glenwood city history to go down to team state. We were we knocked at the door numerous times, three or four times, never got there. Um but we made it Saturday. Uh we're looking at maybe a fan bus for students or and community for Friday, March 6th, and potentially Saturday if we win Friday. Satie Rudolph competed at girls sectionals but fell short of qualified for state competition. girls basketball. They will open up. They're gonna be going to Gilman uh next Tuesday or excuse me, next Tuesday. Tomorrow, next Tuesday, the boys will will be playing uh against um hosting Lady Smith and they have to
022play tomorrow at Lake Hulcom. Thursday at Spring Valley. The boys receive a five seed. Spring sports, track is going to be uh will be starting uh March 9th. Um softball will be starting on the 16th of March. Baseball practice is able to start on the 23rd. Um, health practice on the 30th of March and then middle school track will start right around April 1st. Um, one other thing Jake wanted me to mention, Jake and Mike Hodald, the Kfax athletic director have been appointed to research and suggest methods to enhance competitive balance of the middle school basketball discussions with other conferences officials and coaches for thoughts. We got maybe a mercy rule. When the point differential gets, I mean, out of hand, there's really no benefit to either team when it gets to that point. So,
023they're going to be doing some discussions on things like that. So, a lot of good things happening in the district. Kids have been great. So, any questions? >> How do you how do you think that that stuff has been? Is it is it more than what you anticipated you would have or >> um >> are there more kids that should or >> Well, there's some that probably I mean that's an avenue that it's credit remediation. They're taking classes that they need to try to get back on track. Some feel that the families feel that being in school is not the the best place for them, which a lot of times I disagree, but I don't control that. It's a family decision. Um and just going through it right now this year. Um Jill right has
024done a great job because she oversees it. She's been managing it. Um hard to track I mean you can track everything but then you got dealing with our kids engaged enough um truth. So you can tell if they're not showing up to school year stat it's kind of hard to monitor that how much time you're spending and then are they really doing it you know I mean are they getting help? Are they cutting and pasting your thing? And there's the the eCampus. The theory is in theory. I I understand the theory of it and I think there's a purpose for it if it's used in the right way. But um right now that's kind of that's everywhere. They're using online programs and some kids are think it's an easier path to get their diploma. Some
025are using it more effectively. Um to answer your question, having 30 kids, I don't know. That's probably in the grade very well ballpark I'm guessing for a school our size >> for first time I mean >> first time runners like that I'm I'm kind of surprised it wasn't that when you said that number I'm like wow did you expect that or did you anticipate that? >> Yeah. So >> and some are just taking one class because we you know maybe they need make up an English class they're on site. Some are taking two or three here and they're taking kind of a hybrid. are taking some C or some Glen City classes and you have like the nine that are off campus and just this wasn't a place for them that they felt they could
026be successful which I guess that's on them. >> Any other questions for Richie? >> En thing I saw I think a couple weeks ago I saw St. Chris Central kind of posted about their eCampus too. So I think the fact that we're doing something before a district like St. Chris Enjo is doing from a campus perspective is pretty telling I think. >> Yeah. >> And and the nice thing about that you don't have to stay committed to that if there's a programs always coming up. So if there's something that um we think will we can best better utilize for our students and use I think you always got to keep that open you know. >> Sure. >> Okay. Let you go next. Sorry. your next to it. >> All right. Kind of along the lines
027with what Richie was saying about um assessments coming up, Miss Wright and I have been collaborating together to ensure that all of our special education students got put into a state systems for accommodations and modifications that they need to be successful in those assessments. So whether it be the forward DM um ACT preac to make sure all of their accommodations were put in which was based off of their IEP and all the data entered correctly. Um and that was interesting for both of us because her going in and making sure that she was in the system correctly so she could put that in and myself just having um also knowing that system and putting that in with her. Um there was actually one system that I did not know and I didn't have access to
028it either. Um so just making sure that we could get a hold of them to make sure both of our information was in there. Um so just collaborating together and making sure that um that process was done and done correctly because that um is important for not only compliance but access for that student and that making sure that that representation then comes back because that data is going to be accurate in the system for our students. Can I just gain a little bit of knowledge here? When you write an IEP that you you will put in accommodations for testing, is it a separate like for a classroom evaluation or for a state evaluation? Is that in the one or the other? How does >> they they will mimic each other. So there is a separate
029form for like state assessments and then there is on their program summary that would have it for assessments in the classroom but you don't want them to be completely different because they get used to those accommodations. So those accommodations that they're used to you want them to follow in any big assessment too so they're used to and they get they know what they need for that help. >> So one would an accommodation be like extra time or setting, >> extra time, um a separate setting. Sometimes it might be um someone to read to read to them or even a scribe to write for them. There's many different accommodations that different students need depending on what best suits them. >> And then you have to have the people is is that part of what that training
030was? >> Yep. Some of the training for um proctors. So, um, a lot of our special education teachers, um, that's why there's also different testing dates and sometimes we have a bigger window because it does take different and more time because there's sometimes it's over a span of days because you chunk some of those tests too and it's a expanded time frame for those. >> Yep. Um the next item is Wisconsin Medicaid those schoolbased services expansion. Um so previously Medicaid re um kind of that refundable um that's not a great way to put it but that reimburseable services um was only able to do if it was written into an IEP. Now they are looking so if there's IEPs, there's IHPs which is the individual health plans plans and there's 504s. So if a student
031um has an IHP and they get um health services from um Mrs. Humphrey um that can now be reimburseable through Medicaid. So a lot of our Medicaid reimbursements come from SLP, OT, PT type things. Um, and this can was all through Medicaid. And now they are saying that we can also have those not only from IEPs but from IHPs. So if a student has an inhaler, if they have um services for maybe seizures, things like that, that can also be reimburseable if that student does not have an IEP. So anything like that. So any services like that through health or even counseling, something like that, if it is written into a plan like that, it can be reimburseable. >> Does does that help with what that spend reimbursement gap mean? So that is actually something
032that um Miss Humphrey reached out to some of her contacts from the nursing portion of it because sometimes there might be um more in the tracking portion of it if it's not a lot. She's like she reached out and like is this worth it? Is this even worth doing and tracking all this and doing the paperwork? And some won't qualify for the Medicaid portion, right? Some families won't. Some students won't qualify for that. So she's like, Erin, is this going to be worth that? And I said, well, you know, I am not sure on that because we know these SLP students that are tracking every day, the OT, the PDR that are tracking every day, every time they have a service. You know, you also have to look at is it just when services are
033rendered, or is it when you're writing the IHP? Is it when you're writing all the stuff or is it only when you need the inhaler? Is it only when you need to go and do um check on the student because they had um an incident or a crisis? Um so she was looking into all of that stuff because those are some of the things in the frequently asked questions that aren't answered. So, she was try trying to check in with some of her other um network nurses that um were kind of looking in those because that was our only other biggest reimburseable that we would have in here that's documented like that in an IHP or 504. >> I imagine it would only be reimbursible once the service has been. That's what we thought, but
034she's like, "You never know." Because then we also look at medication distribution for the students that come in and um have medications throughout the day. So then that would also be something that we would want on there, too. >> But then you have to provide that >> documentation every time. Yep. >> And then that's also another thing. and if they have something that's different than what she's already doing, you know, that's something that we would look at, but also try to make the process as smooth as possible. So, um, a recap of summer 58. Um, we have been doing some great things. Um, this answer actually came to me. She's like, we had a new student start today and guess who trained? She had another student that's been doing it for quite a while train
035one of the new students coming in that just got paperwork and everything and she's like and he did amazing. It was so great to like kind of just stand back and watch the other student do that and that's exactly why we're doing this. Um but some of the other things that we're doing um with within this is that um we have done some giveaways for student and staff. Um and then a punch card system to buy nine get the 10th copy free. Um so that was kind of fun for students to um try to figure out all those processes. So, those little coupons come in and at the bottom it was um coffee or muffin um coffee muffin or cookie. And they had to make sure that they tracked. They had to circle and then
036they had to figure out how much and then we divided it in half for what went to the store or what went to um the activity or the club. And so figuring out all these items that come in with this was fun for them. and they liked being able to figure it out, but then they were like, "Okay, which goes with what?" And they had to make sure um Sue also did they did a giveaway for um a staff challenge. So, they had 10 coupons for that. And she's like, "Hey, can you make our own coupon for this?" So, then they know that all these coupons have to come to me when they come in because they don't all use them on the same day or at the same time. those students have to make
037sure that they're paying attention when these things come in and keep them separate and just kind of keep track of everything. Um, Miss Hoy's classroom um with art students, they're going to get in on it and start making baked goods. When Miss Ericson comes in to do their baking, um they're going to start baking them and um bringing them to us to sell in the school store to so that they can be a part of this and following. So, we went over some of the safety precautions that they'll have to do in the classroom and I said, you know, gloves and keeping their hair back and all that stuff. She's like, we're going to do it. We're going to start. So, they're starting by practicing the plastic gloves and making sure that the hair is
038back and all that stuff. So, we went through all these things and making sure the cleanliness and all that. So they're pretty excited about being able to get in on the community of what is going to, you know, kind of adapt the project of very exciting. Um childc care update. Um Miss Davis and her team are very excited about the transition of moving over. I got to go down and see the office in its form of being prepped and ready. And they were talking about um moving things over and kind of going, "What if we have three doll houses over here and you have two? How are we how is this going to make it work?" Um she's she's doing great trying to go, okay, you know, when can we start this? When's too soon?
039Um she had a wonderful meeting the other night. Um it not only addressed the immediate tr the immediate transition steps but also focused on that forward planning just to um best support each other in their communication um but also students and families moving forward. Um, so when they're looking at not only trying to combine all their things, but just themselves as a staff and being all in one place, which I think everyone agrees that's what they need as a staff, but also our families and our students to all be here. So, everyone's very excited. Um and also kind of um organizing um and planning the logistics and completing all their necessary paperwork and just planning for everything um this summer and even into next year. She's always very ahead of that. Um our PLLD continuing
040to uh emphasize on that compliance, the data integrity in instructional alignment and uh ensuring that um access for students. Um, I was counting them up just because I was I don't keep track like marking everything down, but we've had 88 meetings this year between evaluations. That includes initial re-evaluations and just IEP meetings. So during our um meeting, we always check um just check in with each other because this time of year um you kind of get like whoa, we have a lot of things going on. And one of the things that I had stated was I pulled up Facebook so I could share something with my sister and the things that pop up on my feed are like the overwhelm of IEP and meeting and everything just burnout right so what I had asked them
041to share with me is the positive positives that they're seeing in their students from their IEP goals and their strengths and everything that's happening because of their meetings and they had some great things to say but yet you could see on their faces like yep those 88 meetings and all of these things happening. Um, so then I had asked them, I said, "I want you to pull out because I'm going to come over come around in the afternoon because I wanted to see their progress monitoring because during an IEP meeting, one of the things that we always put in our IEPs is that data." And that's what we use when we have a baseline and a goal because their baseline is what we need to grow to our level of attainment. But we don't pull
042out that binder with that all those data points in there. We have a baseline and we use that in that goal. So I said, I want to see whether it's on a Google doc or in your binder that you have that and I want to look to see how you're collecting it because I don't check that every week. I only check it every once in a while. So when I went around because some of those strong points were like this student grew from this to that and I wanted to see some of those things so that they could show it to me. Um that was one of the positives. We also went through our evaluation elig eligibility because with Ashley being her first year here as that intern just making sure that they not only
043helped with that process but they helped in making that smooth transition for her. It's always a hard thing when you're going through a initial evaluation or even a re-evaluation. Sometimes they do five to seven tests or assessments and you go through all that data whether it's a re-evaluation or an initial and then you talk about the criteria of what the why they're there and then the needs documentation and then you go into the IEP development. So we went through a lot of things. Um the other thing that was a big talking point um at the PLLD was um Jamie and I had been working on getting more adult support for those elementary students and making sure that it was documented in that progress or the program summary so that it was flexible for those students.
044So if it was growing and changing with the student, it could always just be tweaked a little bit without being a nope, that needs to happen for 20 minutes every day at this time and doing this exact thing. We needed to be able to grow with the student and in those needs while still being flexible and being able just to manipulate it a little bit, but be compliant with the IEP. So we just talked about the wording and how that could happen. >> Does adult support mean the teacher or the parah or parents? What is >> that's why we put it as adult support? It could be the teacher, could be a parah, it could be the special education teacher, anyone that you are able that is able to work with the student in the
045way the student needs. So it could be a reteing, it could be a pre-teaching, it could be the absolute goal, or it could be a queueing need for the student in the classroom, it could be a reminder. But what defines it is that frequency of when the student needs XYZ >> and it might come from different places at different times. >> Yep. Yep. Any other questions on any of that? I want to gain a little bit more knowledge. >> What is data integrity? >> Making sure that it is >> depending on what kind of but if you're looking at it, you want to make sure it is accurate and it is like if my goal in the IEP has to do um say comprehension, it has to be what it states for what it for
046the student and where it's growing if that makes sense. It can't be about so if I have a comprehension I don't want to be looking at something completely different. >> Yeah. We can't look at data for math. >> Yes. >> To be >> Yep. It has to be matching what what it states. Okay. In there >> in the IEP or in the goal. Thank you. Yep. for you. >> Okay, Jamie. Okay. And I put on the top of mine my three in the nose since the last time um that we had our board meeting. I always forget. I know somebody had asked me to send those to you guys after they come through and I always forget to do that. So, we try to put them on here for you guys. Um there you have
047underneath that I put my parent teacher conference um data for you that uh we have for conferences and like Richie said at the elementary it's always kind of typical to have a higher turnout down. Um I do still have all of my teachers have their conferences scheduled whereas middle school high school it's not. It's dropped by so that kind of helps increase our attendance. I also too kind of in the fall noticed um I wanted to increase some of that. So, I really kept on my teachers and tried to remind them, make sure if you haven't heard from certain parents that you're reaching out directly, you're getting them on the schedule um to try to increase those numbers. So, I will say it feels like each time we have conferences, I'm seeing new parents that
048I hadn't seen before come for conferences. So, that's always a good thing. I also think to our PTC, having the book fair has really helped to bring in the people. It gives them another reason to come. Kids are always super excited for that. So, that's also been a nice way. And then too, with the book sales, the PTC gets um a lot of like points and free money back um to able to support our teachers. So, this year the PTC also had the teachers complete or this spring, excuse me, had the teachers complete a wish list and then the teachers were able to get a lot of those books on the wish list um paid for by free money, free points from earnings over the last year. So, that was awesome. Our turn the page
049events this year um which I talked about last month are continuing to go extremely well. So I did put the flyer for the next one which is March 2nd um coming up here already. They are bringing an author um a local author that will be coming in for that. Like I explained last time it seems like every event we're getting more and more people coming which has been great and been awesome. Anytime we can get families in really helps our students and staff. So for our students and families, high school has started um their FFA classroom visits this week. So classroom teachers signed up for um students from the high school to come on down and do some reading with our students again. Anytime we can have that cross connection I just love. So they
050just walk on down, they come read with the students and then come back. So that's been awesome. And then I also noticed to today too the MFA students were coming around with gifts for teachers as like a thank you. So that was pretty awesome too. Early literacy coach grant if you remembered last month I talked about that. I know somebody had asked I think it was Jod had asked about timeline on that for approval. I did look that up. Um, DPI is expected currently, again, this is always changing, but the only guidance we have from that is they says they're expected to announce selected schools in March, whatever that means. Um, so that's the information that we have with that. So, I'm hoping, fingers crossed, that we get that. If not, we'll figure things out.
051But I'm feeling um confident with that and glad that that's been submitted and taken care of. One unique thing that we had, um, Miss Wakeling had took four of our elementary students, we had five signed up, but one little kiddo was sick. So, we had four students and Miss Wakeley, one of our fourth grade teachers, go to CISA 11 for a science STEM activity where they kind of competed in different little challenges throughout the day. That is the first time in a long time, if ever. I don't know if the elementary schools ever sent students there. So that was kind of a neat opportunity for them to get out of the building and go and do these activities and compete with other kids. There were I believe eight different teams there. Um they finished and
052they did a great job. So that was awesome. When they came home came home when they came back that afternoon I was in the office and they came through the the doors were locked and they were so loud and they were so excited and they were just all shouting at once. So that was definitely awesome. So, I've kind of tagged Miss Blake as my go-to teacher for different opportunities. So, we're going to be looking at next year of different opportunities and how we can get kids off site to go participate in things like that. I think it's great that we can represent Glwood City and then also it's just good for the kids. They felt so important and they were so excited that they're able to participate in that. So, that was a very positive
053thing. Like Mr. Nardis explained, we were starting the master schedule planning with that. lots of cleaning pieces. I will say with the shared building, that's been an adjustment for me to continue to get used to as far as sharing staff with another building. Um, but we always um seem to be making it work. My priorities, you'll see there are continuing the common planning time. This year with some of the sections that got a little bit wonky, I kind of like to say, with some of my grade levels where the common planning has been was difficult to line up. So, we're going to really try to get that more lined up for next year. So, I did ask for some staff volunteers that want to help sit around the table and come up with some different
054ideas. So, that's kind of where we're at with that. In the next couple weeks, we'll try to tighten things up between Mr. Ness and I. We're working on timing as far as when the shared staff is available, when they're not. I try to keep them kind of the bulk in the middle of the day and give them shared staff on either sides. I also don't like to interrupt that morning instructional time. That's kind of my sacred instructional time for students. So, I try to let him have the staff then and then I take them um later in the morning and early afternoon for that. I plan to keep the same as far as rotation goes. That's been working really well with our specials where my students are getting three physical education classes, three music classes,
055the two media classes which are new this year. Um obviously then the art sections and then the life skills which is um done by Miss Miller, the school counselor. So, keeping that same kind of outline again for next year is kind of my plan for that. And I'm super excited of getting staff around the table with some different ideas to help make that schedule a bit more manageable. And then um the summer reading instructional opportunities. So, if you guys remember way back when, act 20 was first rolled out last fall and we approved some stuff. Um, one of the requirements was that we had to offer summer school to any student who qualified previously or was still on active PRP, a personalized reading plan. So, the requirements that were put on all of the schools
056were that we had to offer summer school to those students the summer of 26. So, we did not have to offer it last summer. Um, but now we're at to that point. So, I rolled that out and offered a summer school programming for that. We're going to run it simultaneously with summer school. So, pending on board um approval and all that of the summer school dates, we'll run it at the same time. It's free to parents and it's just another reading opportunity that we're already doing. So, it's a lot of the stuff um that Miss Draxler and Miss Shelton are already doing with some of our kiddos. we'll just be able to continue that throughout those three weeks in summer was just going to give them a little bit of a boost. So, that program
057is available and again it's a requirement by the state that we offer it. Um, that's available for our current kindergarten through fourth grade students. Our current kindergarten through third grade students, those are all new personalized reading plans from this year. Our fourth grade students are reading plans from last year. So the state law says that in order for a fourth grade student from last year to be dismissed from a reading plan, they have to get proficient on Wisconsin forward, which is a pretty high goal for some of our students um or just students in general. So any of those students from last year who are in a PRP, they're still eligible for the summer school opportunities um if there's were on a PRP last year and were not able to be dismissed from it. That
058kind of makes sense. So looking at those three weeks in June to offer that programming. The other thing that I did forget, and I can't believe I forgot this from my board report, so I'm just going to kind of add it here, is when they were talking about the PLLD days. So I did something a little bit different um with Patrick's approval for PLLD with elementary staff. Um as you know, we've been looking at site visits for other schools for math curriculums. So, um, back in January, I was able to get six staff members out to Somerset to review math expressions, one of the curriculums we were looking at. And then I was trying to coordinate with St. Croy Central for staff to go see bridges, but we were really struggling to find sub coverage.
059And I was only able to maybe send I think one time we even struggled to find many subs, so I had to cancel and it was just getting to be really difficult. So, I talked with Patrick and said that St. Squway Central had school and students on our last PL day. So I asked permission to take my entire staff to Squ. So we spent the whole day there at St. Croy Central observing in K for 4K through fourth grade. They only go through fourth grade in their building watching Bridges Math and it was really beneficial. Teachers were floored at some of the vocabulary and some of the things the students were doing. staff got very excited with the different learning opportunities they were seeing stu students get from it. And then when teachers weren't observing,
060we had a schedule throughout the day when they weren't observing, we were able to go back to a conference room and kind of talk through things, ask questions, and at the end of the day, it was awesome because they had it set up. I worked with the director of learning. Um I knew her from CIS 11 from years ago. we worked together um in positions that were alike when I was the director of learning and she um helped schedule the whole day so that at the end of the day she had a grade level teacher from every grade level. So there was probably 15 teachers plus plus the principal plus the assistant principal math specialist all in a room and so staff could ask ask questions how did it go? How was the roll out?
061What are they noticing with student information data? I will say that one of the biggest things that Bridges is a program that has really been on my radar for quite a few years as far as math goes, but I will say that even looking at Synchro Essentials data and their scores since they adopted Bridges are through the roof. So just seeing that part was kind of exciting to be able to look at the hardcore data of pre their adoption to first year adoption. Now they're on the second year. And then I think one of the biggest things that stuck with me that day was the building principal um because you could just tell the students were excited in the classrooms and yes it helps when we have visitors right and they kind of you know
062are excited because there's people in the classroom but just for the students to show off their learning how excited they were but then at the end of the day the building principal she said students here love bridges but teachers love it even more and I think that kind of sat with me because I think it's very important that teachers love what they're teaching and they understand what they're teaching the that it's making. So, that um was an awesome day to be able to do that. And I think that's a really good positive thing about our PLLD days is that it allows us to be able to do things like that. And again, just to get in another school and see all the different neat things that they're doing beyond math was also kind of a
063neat opportunity. So, >> we have any feedback from parents? I know my kids aren't into the math grades yet, but I'm nervous about me having to relearn math. >> Yeah. Any feedback like that? So, so one of the things like people always talk about >> people always talk about, you know, the Bridges math curriculum really explains basic numbers and teaches kids how the base 10 numbers work and why numbers why numbers do what they're doing instead of the old traditional way. Again, we all teach all the ways, right? We don't just teach the new ways, but it teaches the kids the understanding of what is a value of 10. And they're starting that right away at the kindergarten level. And I think what kind of set bridges apart for this even some of the parents
064is these kids come home knowing how to play a lot of these math games, knowing how to manipulate numbers. And you see kids just kind of excited about math. And I think that's what some of the parent comments have been because the only parent comments that I was able to hear were classroom teachers who also had students in the school. Um, but they talk about how their kid will come home and talks about, and I think that kid was only at the first grade level, comes home and talks about math is a favorite part of the day and this is why math is a favorite part of the day because we got to play this game where we learned this. So again, that's something that we'll talk about next month when I come back to
065you guys with the board with some of the different math curriculums and what they have to offer. But I think that's the biggest standout with Bridges is just the handson stuff. So instead of a teacher facilitating up front and standing up to the board about those numbers, it's kids discovering and learning and they just think they're playing, which that's the benefit. So I think from a parent standpoint, that's what parents kind of like to see. Um, is that and you know what, those little kids teach their parents a few things too about the numbers. So there you go. Your kids will come home and teach you that part. So anything else or any other questions? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. on to our business actions. First up is the approval of professional staff
066retirement, Mr. Matt Lamb and uh it's really hard to believe it's been 26 years for Mr. Lamb and I remember when he first came and my kids were my kids were juniors and seniors and stuff like that. So, he's done a fantastic job and he really has always been really enthusiastic about what he does and getting kids involved and he's going to be extremely missed individual. Um, so I need a motion to approve uh Mr. Lamb's retirement. >> I'll make that by Chuck. I have a second. >> I'll second it. >> Second by Steve. Any further discussion? All those in favor say I. >> Say no. Motion carried. >> We don't approve it. >> That one's tabled. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, the reason the calendar is going to um be tabled at this time um
067Patrick would has gotten some questions and there needs to be a little bit further discussion. He'd like to bring back. >> So, I saw there was a lot of staff surveys. Was there any parent surveys in there as far as what their feedback? This is the extended calendar, right? Starting a couple weeks early. >> That would be one of my questions at least what we have. >> I don't know if there I don't believe there was for parental. I thought it was staff. >> Yeah, >> that's the way I >> typically in my experience there usually isn't because you're >> Well, you must have approved the authorization to apply for the early start. >> We did >> knowing that. So now there's >> in the end there's when you think about when you want to
068start, when you can end, there's really Christmas break, spring break, Thanksgiving, three or four days is about all you get to play with and try to piece them together. But yeah, so it's still going to be discussed and I it's not finalized yet. So >> we have it's kind of actually worked out. We're going to get a few more weeks to work on and tweak it and I know you're never going to make every family have because they want to take two weeks off for Christmas and if there's you know what I mean. So >> yeah. Right. That's right. At least on the staff side, you know, we saw a lot of the majority of the staff was open to it. I'm just curious similar gauge of you know what parents were feeling but yeah.
069So we need do we need to make a motion to table? We've never really done >> No, you just don't. >> We're just we just table forth on the next. So >> um the uh next item up is the women city school district's board of education primary election that that was on February. the information was shown to us with the where our voters are uh voters had how they voted and where we're at. And um like I had stated earlier um myself and Nicole and Amy and Tony are on the ballot and Steve lost this year. So sorry about that. >> Thank you for everything you've done. Put a lot of time and energy in. We really appreciate you. That's why we asked you that one time. >> How many years ago that this little
070two different times? Three years. Okay. >> All right. >> He put that as a action item if you want to approve that. >> That's an action item. >> I don't understand the action. >> I don't know. >> It's it's it's just it's a discussion. It's not a should I don't think it's an action. Okay. It >> says he has action on there. >> Um, >> it was canvas so it's official. So, >> yeah. Yeah. So, I think it's just I don't I don't believe we have to that's that's done by the constituents, not by us. >> Okay. >> All right. Uh, next up is information or for us to talk about the impact statement. Okay. So um how do you guys want to meet or how do we do we want to get together and
071meet and have dialogue and discussion or do people want to um put points together on how what they want and then we just form it all. I would recommend that this meet a committee of three people so we don't need to post it and then and then that committee could just um formulate the statement um >> and we can get input from >> it was input um but we don't need to do it that way that was just my initial thought was >> I think that would be a good way to get something on paper and then just to your point review or get feedback from others and we can all Yeah. And if it's >> make sure it's a statement that the board wants to present, right? >> And and if it's just three
072of three board members, we don't need to we can you can meet at somebody's house. You don't need it to to come or you can meet here and it won't it's not necessarily a public >> for a public meeting. >> I think that's a good idea because lots of times you you hash and hash you don't get to the point. And so if we get to the points, you know, what people think are the primary um thoughts and opinions. >> Um yeah, but it definitely um all of us should have the opportunity to give input to that committee. >> Um >> does Patrick or or the legal council maybe have any feedback or direction? I mean, I know there's a lot of statements in there. There's a lot to to read through. How does the
073board's statement, what's the goal of the board's statement kind of thing this board withheld with all these other impact statements, right? I mean, does that kind of help explain what the board is trying to help summarize the impact to the district? What do you guys think? Yeah, be good to know like what I mean there's 14 pages. So, is there a targeted time amount or something to that effect that we would want to try and get to so that folks that do meet know how to what the outcome would be or they know, hey, here's >> are you >> I'm just So would are you looking at like summarizing everybody else's or this would be a victim statement from the board in any case? >> Yeah. Well, I think what because what they ask is
074what we would want as a district as a board to present as a victim statement. That's what we're trying to get to. >> Yeah. So are you saying that you would be taking into account the the information that we received from staff members and things like that to compile that? >> Yeah. Or what else were we going to use to >> I I was in my mind and I I'm might be wrong here. I thought it was something from the board in addition to that. >> Oh, okay. >> But I'm not certain. >> Yeah. That's kind of why I asked the question if Patrick or the legal council had any recommendations like like would the boards be kind of the board specific impact statement in addition to kind of an executive summary of the rest
075of the data that's collected. >> Yeah. >> Because he's got 17 reports. Right. Right. >> From a district. I don't know that basis of the formulation or something we want to do differently than what you are asked about. Yeah, because these are really good examples of like SBO style like situation based outcome styles of examples like like would our would the board's summary be any more valuable than or is it just another Well, >> I think you could add to it because if you look at it, it's really changed it's it's changed um not only community aspect of things, how the board has um looked at or and also how the work functions and and um you know it's it's an impact also beyond all the data. >> Yeah, that's true. That's where I think
076maybe having both kind of that executive summary and like a specific board impact. Well, and then if we if we did decide to to have a a committee, so to speak, that uh those those members could could clarify with Patrick or Trevor, you know, clarify what is was appropriate. >> Oh, no. I think that we should consider that using both data because we're here to represent you. It's good that when we put the communities >> I'll say that >> and st they are part of the community that we we represent everybody and so I think that putting in a a board representation would be a very positive So if we were if individuals were to um have points that they feel are very important, compile them and then like Chuck said, maybe three of us
077get together or whatever and then look at that information that that each has presented um importance and then um composite something. >> Well, I that was just one way to >> I I honestly think it's a good idea because you know how it is things can go on and on and on. What about this? What about this? What about this? And if people have time to work with >> in their own mindsets and get their points what they feel is important then you can like I said I'm not going to say point it but you can condense and you can turn around and then ask people what do you think about that >> I know it might be good like if we have a three person group that's going to be doing the right get
078all of the board feedback of you know is there five bullet points you know kind of expand on It will be important to make it >> be important to make sure we don't do like a like a virtual meeting type of thing. Um >> if you know what I mean. Um but I'll make sure that we follow open meeting laws. >> Yeah. >> As we go through the process. >> Yeah. I'm just going to at least they'll provide input and then those core three can mix and match over. >> Yeah. Have we ever put out anything to the community via paper or any other means to ask for their input or victim statements or anything like that? >> How they feel that they were affected? >> There was Patrick had put that out. So there
079was there was community and parents and there was people on that survey. >> Oh yeah. And then I think there was also at the time of the um the audit when when the audit was presented the um that the community members had a chance to write or ask a question. Um I think there's been a couple of opportunities. Can we have that reported somewhere so that can be part of the committee's victim's statement that we can say, you know, this is this is what our community went through. This >> I'm in some sort of Google doc or something. >> What was How did we do meetings back then? Do you recall was that you or >> um we we just streamed live. I don't think it was it was through Google Meet so it wouldn't
080have been recorded. It was just streamed live. >> The um anything that would have been in the survey >> survey you should have would be there. So the end of your survey >> Yeah. I think some of those were kind of like the direction of the district or confidence in the district. Were there any board specific questions? But they were kind of generic like that. But I think they kind of got that same effect. And in my mind, it's okay if it's a little anecdotal as well. >> You know, it's, you know, an authentic, you know, thing like people have told me this, you know, >> type of thing. That's okay. >> All right. So, time frame wise, let's think a little bit. How much time um would people feel comfortable um trying to compile
081something? Do do we have a >> the date? >> Okay. Would it be appropriate to to to meet and make a statement and then bring it back for an approval at the next meeting >> and then it would be ready to go by >> April 7th. >> By April. >> Does that make sense? >> Yeah. because I whatever a committee would would come up with I would like to I think that needs to be uh discussed and approved at a meeting once once it's generally done. >> Yeah. >> All right. So, um couple weeks Lyn, let's kind of anticipate a couple weeks. Is that what you just said? >> Well, before the next board meeting, let's see. Yeah. >> Yeah. I think if you figure out who three want to write it and then say
082we have a meeting or you know those three are going to be drafting say in two weeks, right? So then we've got a couple weeks to put our thoughts in an email to that group of three and then they've got a couple weeks then I think to put together that response before the next meeting. >> Okay everybody okay with that? We'll kind of do follow up. Um I'll follow up email everybody. Okay. >> I think just who the three wants to be. >> Well, I would like to be only just due the fact that I dealt with him >> and what he said. So, everybody be all right with that. So, >> yeah. I mean, >> do we do we need to settle in three right now or do we do we want to you
083just want to take care of it later? Is that what you're saying? Let people think about it and then I'll just touch base with I'll send an email just reminder that just respond back. Okay. Um next up is an FYI in reference to um the EMC case and I'm sure everybody's been doing a lot of reading in reference to that. Um, so that's my eye. Next up is the um budget adjustment. We're going to table that. Patrick wishes to talk about that next month and go into detail of that. Also, we're going to table the bud the budget update for 26 and 27. Um, and I believe the bus mechanic diagnostic technology is tabled as well from the next meeting. And then the I believe the next one for the summer dates and transportation that
084can be discussed I believe correct. >> Yes. >> Okay. All right.