001Good evening everyone. It is 5:45 and I would like to call this meeting to order, please. Marie, would you please state about our meeting notices? The meeting was posted in three places on the bulletin board at the front of the um high school in the paper and on our website. Thank you. And sorry, I didn't realize you weren't sitting at the desk there. Um, would you also please do a roll call attendance for board members? >> Tracy Hennis >> here. >> Nolan Jacket >> here. >> Heather Barry >> here. >> Tiffany Stapleton >> here. >> Kenneth Miller >> here. >> Would everyone please rise for the pledge of allegiance? It's going to be led by Owen tonight. Owen, looks like your mic is on. >> Yeah. I pledge algiance to the flag of the stand
002indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Is there a motion by a board member to adopt the agenda this evening? >> So moved. >> Motion by Nolan Jacket. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Kenneth Miller. Any discussion? All those in favor of adopting the agenda as presented say I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. And that carries. We will roll forward with the agenda as approved. Did anyone sign up to address the board this evening? >> No. >> Okay. So, we will skip the public comments section. Um, next we have our recognitions starting with our October Rotary students of the month. All right. So, our first wonderful Rotary student of the month is Bailey G. Bailey has earned a GPA of 4.23 and is ranked 11th in her class. She has taken several
003honors and AP courses and has been on the high honor role multiple years. Bailey has taken AP US history, AP language composition, AP pre-calculus, and will be completing AP biology, psychology, statistics, and probability. Related to co-curriculars, jobs, and volunteering, she has participated in cross country, track and field, FFA, pep and marching band, sources of strength, and national honor society. Bailey's current job is at Willow's Christian Child Care where she works with children as she intends to pursue a career working with kids in the future. Bailey volunteered as a camp counselor this summer for three weeks at Camp Phillip where she noted she got the opportunity to teach children about God's word. Bailey intends to head off to Martin Luther College in New Al Minnesota where she will be majoring in elementary education and minoring in
004music. Hello everyone. Um, my plans after high school, as stated, is either to attend W Whitewater or New Elm Minnesota or Martin Luther College in New L Minnesota and major in um, elementary education and minor in music because music is my passion and obviously I love working with kids. Um, my favorite memories at HHS is um, definitely with the cross country team. That's where I've kind of found my people and they just have made me feel so welcome. Um it's definitely after like a race where um my friend and I either um had a big improvement from our past race to this prior race and then um we just celebrating our growth or as a team we place really high. So that's just such a special moment to experience that joy. And then advice I
005have for incoming freshmen is never to feel afraid to try something new because there are so much opportunities here at HHS and you're going to end up finding your passion here at this high school and you're just going to feel welcome if you just try new things. So you just need to find your place. >> Thank you so much, Bailey. We wish you the best of luck and we can't wait to hear what happens after high school. >> Congrats. >> Thank you so much. Our next Rotary student of the month is Aiden Cole. And Aiden expressed how thankful he is to be recognized as Rotary Student of the Month for October. His current grade point average is 4.208 and he's ranked 13 in his class. While attending HUS, Aiden has taken honors classes such as
006honors English 1 and two. and he's also taken a various AP classes including AP language composition, pre-calculus, AP calculus, AP stats, AP US history, AP US government and politics. And in addition to these classes, he has taken PTLW principles of biomed and PTLW human body systems. Outside of the classroom, he's an active member on the baseball team. And Aiden really enjoys taking part in H club, math club, sources of strength, and national honor society. Volunteering is also important to him and he has volunteered through church service, concessions, baseball camps, and other events through our high school here and the community. And Aiden has engaged in bell ringing, cookouts, and fundraisers like the pink pumpkin run, Shamrock Shuffle, which he noted were super fun opportunities to give back. During the winter, Aiden enjoys working at Little
007Swiss uh Ski Hill, where he's heading into his third season as the shift lead in the rental department. After high school, he plans to attend W lacrosse to study a major that includes a mix of business and healthcare and also will be playing baseball for W lacrosse. So, Aiden just wanted to thank everyone again and so did Bailey for their time and recognition. >> Hello. Thank you for the recognition and your time. Um, as mentioned, after high school, I plan to attend W lacrosse where I'll be studying business and healthcare. Um, I will also be playing baseball at W lacrosse. My favorite memories at HHS include going to the state semi-finals with the baseball team last year and volunteering in the community while as I utilize my time in age club and other clubs like
008that. Um, advice for incoming freshmen, I would say make as many connections as possible because learning is a lot of fun when you get to do it with people that you know around you. Thank you again. >> Thank you so much. Congrats. [Applause] Thank you, Dr. G. Next, we have a donation. >> All right. The board would love to thank Mr. Michael and Miss Alice Shlea for the generous donation of $100 to the HUS musical. So, thank you so so much again for that generous donation. >> Thank you very much. Uh, next is our consent agenda. Is there a motion on the consent agenda items? >> A motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Motion by Nolan Jacket to approve those items. Is there a second? >> A second. >> Second by Tiffany
009Stapleton. Any discussion? Okay. No further discussion. All those of approving the items on the consent agenda say I. >> I. Any oppose? Say nay. That motion carries unanimously. It has been approved. Uh, next we have our reports starting with our student board rep report. Hello everyone. It's uh so good to be with you guys again. So um Owen and I as it's our last homecoming um we just had it. So we just wanted to give a little update on how homecoming went for this year. So our theme was glow-in-the-dark. Um the students voted last May and that was the winner. So that's what we went with this year. Um so for the dress up days, I think we had a high particip participation rate this year. I think everyone had a lot of fun with
010it. Monday, everyone wore PJs. Tuesday, we all dressed up in tie-dye. Wednesday was class color day and the annual powderpuff game. Seniors were tramps again. Woot woot. And student council raised over $2,000 and a huge amount of canned goods for the Hartford food pantry. Um, student council does that every year and it's just a really great way to raise money and support our community while also having a great time during homecoming week. And then Thursday was TOGA day for seniors. So if you were here that day, you probably heard us running around the halls. So that was fun. And then Friday was of course Hartford spirit day. A lot of orange and black and the pep rally, which Owen will touch on, was super fun. And then Saturday was the dance, which of course had
011the glow-in-the-dark theme. We student council speaking as we um did a lot of glow-in-the-dark decorations. We really went all out this year with the decorations and I think people really appreciated it and we got a lot of positive reviews on it. Um we also provided glow sticks and like light up glasses for everyone to wear and have fun with even if they kind of threw them around sometimes. Um the only negative reviews we got were about the DJ, but that's all right because the music was still fun and we still all had a great time. So, >> like Emma mentioned, I'll talk about more of the fun things. Um, starting out with the pep rally. Um, seniors went in style as usual with a lot of noise, confetti cannons, even some silly string. Um, all
012the homecoming court members had a fun time as well. Uh, energy was brought, fun was had. Uh, maybe just reconsidering the cleanup behind the seniors because, you know, it took just a little bit to clean it up. Um, about an hour. Um and then the football game, it was a great energy game filled with uh full student section. Um 30 to 27. So we pulled off the win. Um even with a fun little prank by the Hartford fire uh not fire department, police department uh with the toilet paper. And then we also had the parade of course. Um, so we had various clubs, activities, uh, whether that be the homecoming court, the fall sports FFA, student co student council, vision house, robotics, musical, a bunch of, um, places showed up uh, to support um, Harford
013as it comes to homecoming. Um, a lot of kids there, um, a lot of schools um, that are local here. Um the community was just there loud proud of Harford. So it's great to see everyone there. >> Um for some feedback on preacults throughout all three grade levels, the average composition scores stayed about the same with only a slight decrease. So for 9th graders in fall of 2024, so last year it was 16.3. This year's nth graders had 16.1. 10th graders in 2024 had 17.6. 7. 10th graders in 2025 had 17.2 and then juniors in 2024 had 19.6 and 11th graders in 2025 had 19.3. So just a very slight decrease, but it basically shows relatively the same education that each grade's receiving. And also we're going to speak about the homot activity that occurred
014um this Monday. So basically we had students complete an analysis on the fall preac. So this consisted of looking back on questions they got wrong and reflecting on why they got them wrong and what they can work on in the future to improve. And so we analyzed two wrong answers in each subject area, math, reading, English, and science. >> And then unfortunately Olivia and Jessica couldn't make it. Um so I'll talk about the tutoring program that they've been really pushing forward. Um, so we sent out a survey and uh we'll we're planning on setting it up next week during oral time. Um, there was 33 responses to that form. Five freshman, seven sophomores, 12 juniors, and nine seniors. 11 of those needed help. Uh, 17 of those were willing to help tutor and three of
015them overlapped with both. Um, there was a wide range of classes that changed uh or like what they needed help with. So, um, some of those were calculus, English, government, and politics, chem, uh, chemistry, Spanish, animal science, and plant science. So, we're definitely going to dive into more like science and math, um, as well as some English, um, to really help tutoring. Um, and hopefully we were able to expand it past um, just these 33 people and get it throughout the whole school. All right. So, um, as Owen and I go out, I would love and I'm so excited to welcome the new freshmen to our team. So, we had a record 12 applications for a total of two spots. Um, it was a very tough interview process. Um, we all sat in on it.
016It was great. Everyone was very qualified. It was a really tough decision. Um the interviews were conducted on Friday for the five candidates that had moved on from the application process with Miss Barry there. We love to have you there. Thank you so much. So without further ado, welcome to the team Matilda Kramer and Brianna Strup. [Applause] Hello, my name is Matilda Kramer. Um, one a couple reasons that I applied is that I was excited to further develop my leadership skills and then also to have a voice in school decisions. In the past, I was in 4 student council student council and and NJHS and I um working with this team. One idea I hope to implement is a writing center and a math center. And I'm so excited to be with everyone. Hi, my
017name is Brianna Strup and a reason that I applied is to be able to grow my leadership skills and be able to do my part in making the school community a better place. And I am currently enrolled in FFA and Student Council and I am president of the Washington County Animal Science Association and I was the past president of both Central Student Council and NJHS. And a goal I have is to be able to make this school a better place and be able to make that all students thoughts and opinions are heard so that we can try to help them in the best way possible. >> On that wonderful note, do you guys have any questions or comments for the group? >> I just want to say you're all awesome. Thank you so much. It's
018really cool that we had 12 people apply for freshman and you two girls sound like be just stellar members of this board. So, thank you very much for applying and for being a part of it. Um, you guys give so much great feedback and I wrote down a couple of notes. Um, what did I write down here? Oh, with the with the homecoming, somebody said there was like a concern about the DJ. What was that regarding? Yeah, so we just had a lot of student complaints um about the music. Not necessarily like, oh, like it was like there was a lot of profanity or anything like that, but it was more just like it wasn't stuff that the student body really enjoyed or thought was popular or enjoyable to dance. >> So maybe they should
019take requests. >> So yeah, we actually did this year the DJ took requests. We um sent out the QR code. It was in Homote's a couple weeks before and every week prior to it. Um, however, I don't know if people took advantage of it as much as they maybe should looking back on it. >> Well, thank you. Really good information to have. Do any other board members have comments or questions? Heather, >> I was just going to say I know that um Olivia and Jessica weren't here, but if that could get back to them as far as their tutoring when um I know that I'd mentioned it before, but don't forget about the community, you know, retirees that um really want to you maybe get back in a little bit of education and helping students
020with their um challenges of learning. um find the right areas and and get the community involved as well. Not sure the exact specifics of doing that, but I know that um it can be done and it as I journeyed on my um becoming a school board member, people told me that um as a retiree, they'd like to get more active in the in the school again. So, a good place to start is to um build that foundation of tutors. Um I know there's student tutors, but if you're short in some area, work with your teachers and work in the areas of And sometimes even the library is a good resource too to see who comes in there and you can put posters out or whatever. Just a suggestion. >> Thank you. I bet Miss Raml,
021Miss Lamb would have some information to help make that happen if if that's the case. I know someone else is also interested in helping if we need any kids with help with music. So there are there are people in the community who are definitely out there willing to help if we need additional help, you know, more than just student tutors as well. Um, any other comments or questions from board members? Looks like you knocked it out of the park. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> And next on our agenda is our principal report for Miss Lamb. Right, good evening everybody and here is October principles report. So one recap I wanted to give is some information around our oral extension days. So starting this year what we implemented is in the middle of
022a term we have two days that the beginning of the day till about 12:30 all the students go to their individual classes and then the first day of extension days is block one 2 and three extension days. So it is mandatory if you are earning a D or F in the class that you are assigned to that oral extension day. And then if you are not assigned to it, you have the option of staying at in the campus. I know student council if they're able to, that's when they actually did their door decorating and window decorating in the city of Hartford. So there's other different opportunities for kids. And then on Friday after the first four blocks at 12:30, we had block four extension time and then all kids were able to leave at 1:00.
023And the purpose for that one o'clock time is 1 to three is office hours for teachers. So if there was a need for a kid to have more time to work in the welding shop, they were able to. So we're trying to be very flexible with the needs of our kids. And I did ask quite a bit of kids like, "Hey, how did you use your time?" So as you can see, first of all, student success, a lot of kids were getting that additional support. So, even kids that were not earning a D or an F still chose to be assigned to teachers extension blocks just to get ahead or it's a nicer environment to maybe ask those one-on-one questions. So, we did have quite a bit of kids that just decided to stay on
024campus to get ahead. We also had some kids stay home to write a college essay. So with kids that are doing a lot of AP co-curriculars, especially with their musical, this was a time kids were able to maybe just take a step back and look at their college or career plans. So we do have ACP, academic and career planning, which is a requirement for graduation. So this is a really good time for them to use that time to engage in those various activities that we're promoting. There was also a lot of excitement over incentive. So, we have been getting a lot of feedback from our students about Miss Lamb, if we're doing everything, why can't we just leave for oral time? And I'm like, well, that's a nice idea. I said, we're just going to
025have to think about it because these are also instructional minutes. So, instead of giving every oral time off, we try to structure it in a way that was supportive for students in all different aspects. But I will say a lot of kids like, oh, we have this incentive. So if you see the next bullet point, teachers really saw an increase in students completing their work or reassessing before the oral extension days. So we actually dove into that data because I've I heard all about it, but I'm like, okay, was it true or was it not? So if you notice on the right, I kind of just highlighted a couple key data points. So for our freshmen before oral extension days, the number of students that earned a D or an F from beginning till after
026actually decreased by 48.3%. So the thing is with freshmen, we want to instill those good study habits early and not fall behind. So it's extremely important to provide that support as soon as possible. And then if we look just at the total amount of Fs from before and after oral extension days, that decreased by almost 38%. And then if we looked at the total of D's and Fs, it decreased by almost 30%. Obviously, we did get some Fs that went into the D category, but that is not failing. So that's kind of when you see that 38 versus 30%. So we were very happy to see those results in the data as kids are getting their work done and putting that priority of making up any missing work or reassessing. So what is next? We
027have a lot of people coming with great ideas such as different enrichment opportunities. So that's what we're really excited to move forward with. I know you guys know of Haley Tolmes, the girl um the student that is developing ACT prep. That is something we're looking into on those extension days is to get students to stay here and figure out different activities for them. So, we're going to get some more student input and figure out what we can do to help support all of our kids and all their journeys. Is there any questions on oral extension days? So, the life is good at HOHS. And this is something I'm going to highlight with every one of my principal reports. And right now, I just kind of wanted to show you a couple things that are going
028well at HOHS. If you see the upper right hand corner, I went into Mr. Ellenson's English class and they're doing a character development activity. It was so great to see number one, if you look at the kids engaged in their learning. So in that particular class, it is a code talk class and it's great to see the teachers interact with the kids and make sure that they're all getting what they need. So if you notice, you also don't see any cell phones and instead that they're working closely on their work, which is also great to see. Um, and then just as what's nice is what H offers is learning outside the classroom walls. So, Miss Yan took her class to do activities out in the atrium, which just gives kids another different area to learn
029and get them engaged in the work. And then what was a big day for the vision house, if you see, this is our two-story house, the trusses went up. So, that was a fun time to see all the kids kind of be excited and see the crane at work. A couple of other things is Best Buddies organized an ALS walk in honor of Angie Hall. And look at the turnout. It was great to see our community and our students rally around our teacher Angie Hall. So that was great and it was a beautiful day. And another thing we started is we got some grant funds from St. John's UCCC Legacy Fund last year and some of that money was used to buy art displays. So, in the past, whenever we had our AP art displayed
030at the public library, we always had to use joint ones art displays. So, now we finally have our own art displays, which means we can um display our artwork in the halls and in the library. So, we got a lot of great feedback from people that were at volleyball games, our students, parent teacher conferences. Um, just another opportunity for kids to showcase their talent. And last but not least, homecoming. Um, so it was a great time. If you see on the bottom left, you can see what Owen was talking about with cleaning up. It's always a fun time. What I love about our culture of our school is even if they do have fun and make a mess, they are committed to cleaning up, which as you can see to the right was also the
031case of toilet papering our school on Friday or Thursday night into Friday. Unfortunately, the kids didn't do a great job. I'd actually say Officer TJ did a better job toilet papering our kids at the game. And then just some highlights from the parade, which is great. And the upper right is again just reiterating thank you to the HHS community for passing the referendum and we are excited for the work ahead. Any questions? >> No. Great report. Thank you. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Next is our superintendent report from Dr. Gang. Just wanted to say thank you again to all of the students, families, and community. We had a great homecoming as Miss Lamb showed us, and so just a super exciting time. Also wanted to mention the schoolboard appreciation week and just truly thank the
032school board members for their leadership and just their ongoing vision for our students future. And you know, there's tough decisions that really help um move our school forward and thrive. So just grateful for your service and just that continuing vision uh for our our all of our students in terms of their path for success. Um so just thank you. Thank you again. This week we're also celebrating some of the most dedicated and vital members of our school community as well. And so huge thank you. We had National Custodian Day and obviously we have outstanding custodial staff who truly keep our buildings clean, safe and welcoming and that hard work is really the foundation for our learning environment and just lots of compliments walking through our building when we do have visitors. Happy National Coaches Day
033was also um recently and so thanks to the coaches and the lessons, teamwork, discipline, and perseverance that goes obviously well beyond our classrooms. We also had instructional coaches day. So a shout out to Miss Mallalerie Smith for supporting our new and existing educators and just really driving that professional growth along with Dr. Schlewi and all of our staff in this building. National School Lunch Week was also this week. So, super thankful to our food service staff who I know we've talked a little bit about during our meetings. Just the healthy and fantastic meals that we have every day for our kids. And we, I think I mentioned that last time, have the highest participation for hot lunch in our area, which is truly impressive and not surprising. And last but not least, just wanted to
034mention our principal month. So, a shout out to Miss Lamb and Miss Ramlo for their leadership and dedication and commitment. We just truly have incredibly impactful leaders in this building and just blessed to have them leading our team. So, thank you to both of you as well. Then wanted to mention our HUS focus on energy incentive application that was submitted and we'll be receiving a little over $33,000 in a rebate for our LED lighting referendum project and also Hartford Utilities will be providing a $4,000 match. And then once the utilities receives the kilowatt savings, we'll calculate probably more incentives as well. So, thank you to Miss Peterson, a director of building and grounds, who continues to really lead us in capturing those opportunities to give the money back to HUHS. So, huge thank you to
035Miss Peterson and the team. Also wanted to mention the career readiness session. So the Hartford area vocational committee um Ann Tom Ham Hamstead and just the truly dozens of community members who have come out and volunteered their time and passion in discussing those critical career skills directly with our students is just truly amazing. And thank you to Miss Ramlo who continues to also lead um those various skill sessions. Just really quite a neat opportunity for our students. Wanted to also mention our communication and the increase in the community. Our social media from last September at 5.5K now has gone up to 10.6. This current this current September, which is really a noteworthy jump for that period of time. And the staff bi-weekly messaging that also goes out has been wellreceived. So, thank you to Miss
036Trap and Miss Wald and many others who really contribute to getting that communication out there. In terms of the upcoming continuous planning, we have that right around the corner from November to April, April. And that's really, as I mentioned last time about creating that clear roadmap for our future, setting the priorities and focusing on our resources to really continue to align for all of our stakeholders. So super excited about that process. Um we are set then to pull in further stakeholders in the community late spring summer and then have full implementation in the fall of 2026. So we're really looking forward to that opportunity. Also wanted to mention a few additional areas of planning. So as we continue to strive for excellence and maintain our high standards in our work, there's a few key self-
037assessment areas around or in key operational areas I should say. And this proactive approach that we're taking is really going to rigorous rigorously evaluate our current practices and then identify opportunities for improvement and really ensure that we are performing at the top of our game. So, some of those areas I just wanted to mention was the National Interscolastic Athletic Administrators Association quality program assessment and that is a long process over the course of a year. So, a huge thank you to Mr. Helms, Miss Frings and many others who are engaging in that rigorous um process that really as I said it's it's over the course of a year and so excited about that journey as well as HR and payroll. We're also working to look at some various onboarding procedures and um you know various
038pre-process through finalizing pay payroll all pieces to increase efficiency over time. So excited there as well. Um before I close out, wanted to mention again a thank you to Mr. Lamb, Miss Hoffer, Miss Frell, and all of our highly talented students. If you had a chance to go see their work at the Harvest of Arts Festival, the steamroller um activity is just amazing. They've done this before and we have it certain have the um art hanging around the building. But truly beautiful pieces of work. So, huge thank you to everyone involved in that. And then in closing, a couple quick announcements. We have the blood drive on October 29th. So, you can make an appointment or walk in. That's open to the public. As well as the Veterans Day breakfast on Tuesday the 11th from
0398:30 to 9:30. And that's by student council. We'll have the band and choir there. So, veterans and a guest are invited to our cafeteria for a breakfast honoring our veterans. And if you're interested, you can contact and reach out to Miss Hoppy and I can give you that information um as well if you are interested. But if you just call the school, we can relay how you can get set up for that wonderful opportunity. And then finally, the bridging brighter smiles. I just wanted to mention that Miss Hecker, our school nurse, has orchestrated that. And so we are hosting another opportunity December 17th and 18th. We've really had an incredible response with students coming in to receive those dental screenings. So that is all I have for tonight. Any board members have any questions for
040Dr. Gain? Looks like we're good. Thank you, Dr. Gain. Um and the next report is our schoolboard report. I just have a few quick items. Um reviewing and revision of polic and administrative guidelines has been a recent topic. Um we have policies and admin administrative guidelines on this agenda this evening as well as recent agendas largely have been due to district leaders, board or staff referring to them and finding the need um to review or revise those which is great. This is a really healthy practice and it's encouraging to see and I hope that this continues but we'd also like to be more proactive. That's something we've talked about and so we will continue to get those periodic revision suggestions from Niola. In fact, there's a really big packet coming our way next month. Unfortunately,
041I hear it's around like three dozen policies. So, that's going to be a hardy one. Um, but also, I just want people to know that Stacy and the cabinet are going to be reviewing policies in the 5000s and 6000 series, which is our students and our finances series of policies. And then when they see a policy or an administrative guideline that might require a closer review or revision, they're going to pull in the appropriate DT members. and then we'll see it be be brought to the board whether it's for a revision or for awareness. So, just know what those those procedures are in place and we're going to be more proactive with that. In terms of strategic planning, we heard Dr. Gain lay out um the the process and the timeline this evening. The board
042did hear the previous feedback and agreed that there is a need for for a strategic plan here at HHS. If anyone has any questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out to Dr. Gain or the board. Um, as far as our construction planning meetings go, um, for board members, just know that those are now weekly on Wednesdays from two o'clock until 3 o'clock. Board members are always invited to participate, but we need to make sure that there's not a quorum present. So, Marie did send out the board sign up again, so check for that in your email. And if you're available, even if it's just a couple days ahead of time, just check that chart and put your name in. And, um, the link is always on our calendars as well. I kind of keep an
043eye on it and if I'm available and I see that there's, you know, there's a need or a spot for a board member, I'll just try to log in even if I can just catch part of it. But, um, if I put my name down the chart, it's because I'm committing to be there for for those days. So, please take a look. There are lots of opportunities for board members to get involved in those meetings. Um, and then also in terms of board member engagement and development, thank you to all for having board presence at our homecoming events and in the parade, as well as to Heather for being a part of the interview team for our freshman board reps. Thank you for doing that. Um, board presence and attendance at additional meetings, emailing staff,
044phone calls, it's all very appreciated. I know there's a lot that goes on outside of meetings and behind the scenes. So, please keep up the good work. We did have the WASB fall regional meeting on October 2nd. There were three of us there. We did vote our new region director into into that position when we were at that meeting. The meeting went late. The feature program was strategic focus and accountability, the board's role, which actually was a pretty timely and interesting topic for us, but the meeting was going pretty late. It also included a legislative update and the executive director's report. So, we all have the opportunity to register for the online one, which is November 6th at noon. If you're registered and can't attend it at noon, it is being recorded and they will
045email you a link to the recording and it's free. So, because we didn't catch all of that meeting there on October 2nd, I did um go ahead and register for the one on November 6th. Even though I might not might not be able to attend it while it's live, but I will get the recording. I I am interested in seeing more of those topics that we maybe didn't get to see the the completed version of. Right? So, if you're interested in being registered for that, just reach out to Marie Hoppy and she will get you registered. Again, it's free. So, there's no harm in having that link in your email box if you're interested in finding out more. I did go on to the WASB site and they do have the slide deck from the
046legislative update available now when you look at those fall regional meetings, but it's always good to hear what the presenter has to say in addition to just looking at those slides. So, that's all I have this evening for our board report. Um, let's roll into our items for discussion and possible action. Starting with our first item, which is high priority items for referendum bid package number five. I don't see the light. >> There we go. >> Oh, there we go. >> Well, thank you very much for having us. Um, we've been going through this process for a number of bid packages and I can assure you there is some light at the end of the tunnel. We're um going to be presenting on um some of the bid pack five results at this meeting. Um
047and then we'll have the second half um of bid pad 5 at our meeting um in November. Um which should establish all the subcontractors that will be used um on the project and really establish that um team. Um but wanted to kind of uh remind everyone what our process is uh for this. You've seen bid packages one, two, and three. Uh for bid package four was the turf package. Bid package five was really the biggest piece of the pie of the referendum of all the remaining work happening um at the high school with the teched um edition. So Bray Architects got us the drawings um at the end of August. We sent them out to bid um based on a biders list that we had put together with the core team um and received bids
048on September 19th. So, since September 19th, Ethan and his team have been working diligently going through um all the bids um and and what we call scoping, but it's really setting up meetings with uh usually the two low biders um having discussion about what's in the drawings, what's in their bid numbers, making sure everything is apples to apples and that we have all the scope covered and it matches what we were requesting of them. Um, and everything, um, Ethan's going to share with you today is great news. Um, I think the, uh, numbers of where they came in, um, are very favorable. Um, when you look at the 10 trade packages, um, that we are going to be presenting on today. Um, in most cases, we got between four and six bids per each of
049those categories. So, as an industry standard, you maybe have heard that, you know, you need to get three numbers. Well, in almost every case here, we got four and in some cases up to six, which really gives you a good sampling. Um, and then when Ethan scopes them out, make sure that we're getting the most competitive number, but also making sure that it's in the right range that it needs to be. Um, so it's all great news. Um, Ethan will uh dig a little bit further into the details and share some of the results. There we go. uh agenda things to go through. Wanted to kind of review what the scope was remaining in the referendum for us to do and I thought I'd be a good spot to start was with an aerial photo.
050These are work. So, uh parts and pieces to this package would be our turf track field practice uh regrading up in this area for next summer. our tech edition going to be filling in the corner here on the northeast side of school. Um there's going to be a call it a utility yard for the new chiller, the new generator replacement, uh any exterior required utilities going to be going in here that helps with the HVAC system replacements being that the chiller supplies the cold water for that system. The generator is being replaced currently. It resides in the basement in a much smaller capacity. The new one outside has uh increased capacity for the full school. Uh last summer we completed as part of bidpack one lighting LED upgrades about about 70% of the school. So
051the remaining portion of that is coming up this summer. But then roofing replacement essentially all the lighter colored roofing is what gets replaced. Um, if it's darker over the fieldhouse or down in uh English area or the areas that were renovated a couple years ago, those are not getting replaced. All of the lightest color is getting replaced. And actually, this area has already been done as part of the pool bid package. We didn't want to be replacing the roof right over our brand new uh finishes in the pool. So, um, kind of got ahead of myself a little bit there. Uh, all of the parts and pieces remaining. This is the latest rendering of the new techad edition. Uh it includes some of the city requirements for green space uh and and uh pedestrian access
052around that tight blind corner giving a safer place for the students to run the corner and not be in the actual traffic flow. So very nice rendering there. And I I pretty much touched on all the other uh areas that are going to be addressed in this bid package. So, uh, as the tallies came in building concrete, um, the packages we're bringing forward tonight are, we call them the critical or the priorities because they are going to be some of the first, uh, parts and pieces to be built. Our t we're targeting doing the addition beginning that this fall. Um, so that it's one less moving part next summer when all of the other moving parts are moving. Uh, so building concrete would be footings, foundations, slabs. Um, we had some good coverage there with
053three numbers. Um, A couple things that we're also accounting for. You can see on the bottom, uh, being that we're going through winter, there's additional additives needed to be added to the concrete to have it set properly in winter. Uh, protection to keep moisture out of that, uh, concrete, uh, if there were snow events or that sort of thing. We're not really accounting for ground thaw, that level of things, because we're hoping to get those in the ground before the full frost hits. But, um, overall, the bid packages were very tight at the at the low end, and recommending Edgar Prager and Sons to perform that work for the addition. This is separate from uh site concrete which will be in the next package. That would be things like any concrete paving around the track
054uh the concrete paving around the addition. Those parts and pieces will be happening at the end of next summer. So, it's not as critical. Two separate packages. Masonry, another one that we'd be looking at getting started this November. Um, as soon as those foundation walls are in, we can begin to build the masonry walls on top of them. Uh, another operation that in working through winter, we need to account for some winter conditions and an allowance kind of outside of contract is usually the best way to handle that as opposed to built in. Um, like with the concrete protection, um, good coverage again, a good number of bidters and Walsh masonry came in um, on the on the on the low end. Uh, piece that we do wanted wanted to make sure uh was equal
055across scopes was the construction of the exterior walls are a CMU wall, a cavity filled with spray foam and then an exterior CMU wall which is the finished look. Um that spray foam to have that as a separate contract is inserting a worker into somebody else's already into their process. So we wanted to make sure that the masons included that and held that within their category. So, that's a a piece that's included in here. Steel, um, as far as steel goes, is a pretty straightforward addition. The joist rests on the masonry walls, support the roof. This also includes the, um, tech ed space mezzanine, which would go in at a later date. Um, this would be where they can do all their mockups for plumbing and all of their all of their, um, roughin work
056under underside. the the the structure we worked with the the teched teachers to develop as to what the best system to be in there for uh would be. Um some additional items that we're including in here are with the roof uh replacement. We are replacing about 50 roof drains, all of the roof drains around the school in these roof areas. And at some of those spaces in newer areas there the structural consideration should already be there. But if there aren't in some of the oldest parts of the building where the roof system is not really meant necessarily to support a newer roof, newer style roof drain, we wanted to include considerations um any modifications we might end up needing for that as well as uh including some kind of interface with other trades uh at
057the pre-cast and at the bottom of the column bases. Uh Ace Iron and Steel is who the recommended contractor is for this package. roof replacement. This was uh of bid pack five, the biggest piece of the pie. This was the biggest piece of that piece of the pie. Um lot of square footage, about 170,000 or more square feet um of roofing being replaced. And over half of that, about 60% of that is full tear off. That means they have to take off the old roofing system, the old insulation, everything down to that deck. That's a very involved process. Um over over Like I said, 60% of the school. So, uh the coverage on this was pretty good. The kind of uh outlier here was the JRT uh roofing number being so low. Um we worked
058very closely with the uh roofing consultant that uh the district brought on board to do the initial surveying. They had some of the best understanding of what the makeup was of these roofing systems up there and what would be encountered. um going through this is one where we didn't just talk to the bottom two biders or bottom three biders. We talked to everyone to make sure make sure everyone was understanding the scope, understanding what was going to be required. Um schedule-wise was a big consideration on this. That is a lot of square footage for one summer worth of roofing. Um even with no rain, that's a lot of square footage. So, we're going to be working with the contractors to come up with the best possible schedule to complete that next summer. But in in
059comparing bids, there was just some noticeable gap in labor hours figured in in material figured to complete the job and in just like I mentioned the scheduled time uh being accounted for um by each the the second, third, and fourth uh biders had all about the same amount of scheduled time included and the lowest did not. Um all the same questions were asked. We felt like an equal was given to give everybody making sure everybody understood what the each roof type was. There's five different roof types on the roofs as well. Um, and it just felt like uh the best alignment with the project requirements and the project schedule was with the second lowest bidder and not with the lowest bidder. >> Any questions on that one? I felt like this would be the place
060where um further explanation or clar Heather's got one. >> Well, it's just it's just unbelievable that 50%. >> Sorry, I didn't move my gun. Um, thank you for the thoroughess because that would be something that anybody would look at and go, "Wow, we we agreed to pay double." So, um, and I know scheduling and I know you get quality cost and time and you only get two of those things. So, um, there's a lot of factors with the labor and timing, too. So, thank you. Wow, that's just amazing. They came in at 50%. >> It It might be worth mentioning to our budgeting operations assumed about 50% tear off of the roofing systems and our budgeting numbers were in the $4 million range. Just kind of as a a back check and a validation for
061some of these. Um that's based on historical data, not the current market though, so it only holds so much weight. But um in just looking at the the field, this was what we felt best aligned with the project needs and the district's interests. >> Any other questions about that one for Ethan? >> Looks like you explained it pretty well. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right. Plumbing. Uh as I mentioned, 49 to 50 roof drain replacements are included in this scope. We plumbing has been the covered category uh throughout all packages. I think we had 15 biders in bid pack one and nine in bid pack two and now six here. Um but uh Jod Bellac plumbing was the recommended contractor here. All things uh being equal, it they seem to be uh pursuing this
062one a little bit more aggressively. uh HVAC replacements. This was the second biggest piece to the pie for this uh for this bid package. Uh this includes 22 rooftop units, six air handlers, new chiller, uh zone dampers which control air flow to individual spaces. There's 73 of those going in throughout the school next summer. Um as well as all of the and parts and pieces being integrated together um into one big bid package. Uh this one we also scoped out more than just the bottom the lowest biders uh to make sure all parts were equal and uh butters fing came in uh favorably for this one to be recommended. Um, as I mentioned, uh, a lot of different parts and pieces, uh, to this system being, uh, a se all different vintages of HVAC in
063this school, replacements done last summer, some older, uh, units being tied in, different controls and measures. So, uh, some parts we're including, uh, on the bottom you can see are when we're doing our re-roofing, all the gas lines are at a curtain set height. If we need to add insulation, we're going to have to rework those. I think there's 22 units that are being raised essentially or the roof might be raised next to. So we're accounting for some adjustment of the gas lines and then we are accounting for the budget right now to include a third party commissioning agent. This is someone who would um kind of outside of the of Butters Fetting of CG Schmidt working directly for the district to have uh a set of eyes on all of the control sequences, all
064of the parts and pieces, making sure they're speaking the same language, controlling things correctly, tying in the old, the new, the relatively new, putting all that together. Um it's it's really a quality measure that we felt it's good to build into the budgets now and then potentially go through a process to bring someone on board to do that. Um this was the uh kind of level of scope for similar projects we've had in the past in the $25,000 range. Um, I don't know if that that would be the final contract amount, but this is something we felt it was good to build build in um from the beginning, especially for something that's as spread out as this project HVAC wise. >> Any questions? >> Yeah. Can I ask you a question about this slide? So,
065typically when the board approves something to this nature, we like to say, you know, not to exceed a certain dollar amount. you like to look at what that dollar amount would be. So, I'm looking at these numbers on the bottom. I'm just trying to figure out what that this dollar amount is going to be when this board does consider approving this entire part of bid package five. Are these dollar amounts that you're that are included? They're already in the dollar amount we'll see at the very end of this presentation. >> They're already in this 3784. >> Perfect. I just want to verify that >> it's included in that dollar. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Yes. That's something that we've used uh in the past on something of this scope to um if all the units
066come at once and it's July, that means that we're going to need to pay for some overtime potentially to get those things in. That's something where um hey, we get the units early. Let's let's do a couple over spring break. Let's mobilize that unit, get those get those things in. Um just anything additionally needed to to get, you know, students in on that first day of school. Anything else you can think of that we've used? >> Yeah, unless there's any other um the authority having during if they have any requirements that they want to add into the project. Sometimes when you're going through your final inspections um you know, they may come up with a couple things that they want to see included that weren't part of the original design. This is a little allowance
067um to cover some of those things. And with all of these PFES, it's it's important to remember that we're going to be tracking these with the core team on a weekly basis to show what the balance of each of these are. Any dollars that are PFES um that are not spent get returned to the district as well. So, it's a way to hold some allowances and some risk reserves without including them in the subcontract um because sometimes that money gets lost and you can't track it. So, um that will be um one of the key things that we track on a weekly basis. Okay. Um electrical scope. Um again another similar situation with uh what I mentioned about the the uh chiller going in. The chiller has a transformer associated with it. Has a generator
068um all those type of equipment things that were uh not necessarily designed yet for the bidpack 3 early procurement um but were in included into these into the bidac 5 piece. But we are going to be need to adjust electrical at the units that are having roof adjust around them. Um potential uh additional electrical requirements at the athletic fields for uh plugs and boxes that might not have been accounted for. Um as well as the the PF that we just spoke about additional occupancy requirements making sure that uh everything is coming together at the end. um in the mechanical and the electrical world, that's usually where some of these requirements come through kind of late in the game. Things are needed to adjust and it's just as Ryan said, a risk reserve uh kind of
069built in from the beginning so that we're not having to um go forward with uh contingency spends essentially on these sorts of things. If if we were to have built these sorts of requirements into the contract, at the end of the at the end of the project, the con it still lives in the contract and the contractor would take take that home. Holding it outside is a better um position for the district to be in. >> And I think Ethan, what Miss Hennis was asking, which I think you'll have at the end, is just highlighting the totality of this. So, what is the cumulative cost that the board would be approving for the entire bid package five? So I know it's not kind ofum cumulating accumulating on each slide but then at the end if
070you want to just point out that total that'd be great. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> I think two more uh earthwork and site utilities were kind of treated hand in hand uh specifically because they need to interface directly underneath the turf and around the turf field underneath the track and then uh specifically in some of the drainage areas for the new um the the grading, excuse me, at the practice field. So, um, we we worked with these companies to both, um, we talked to all of these companies as well. I want I wanted to know what previous turf experience they have. Turf is a very finicky type of, uh, earthwork operation. Uh, they need to be using laser grading, getting that that once it's down underneath the turf, it's that's that's the law. It's
071not going to go anywhere. It's got to stay right there. So, um, wanted to make sure they had turf experience, wanted to make sure they had experience working with, um, each other if, if there were a number, I think there were three companies that bid both scopes. Uh, the best value for the district in this case was working with two companies who I verified have worked with each other before on turf fields that they gave me examples of. Um and and just my biggest concern with this was that overlap of making sure every piece is covered and that the sequence the sequence really drives the schedule for um the site work package. Um one of the things the biggest piece we're holding outside of contract here is unsuitable soils and stabilization under the turf. Um
072this would be underneath the the field before they lay their subgrade down. We need to be testing that. Uh when when you layer things, you have to have a sign off essentially on every layer to make sure it's meeting spec to make sure it's meeting compaction and and moisture because if if you bury something underneath, uh you're not going to ever be able to get to it again to fix it or correct it and it's just going to lead to issues in the future. Um we've had some turf projects in the past where they have to come in and do um basically inject inject lime into the soil to stabilize it essentially making it concrete which is the best but expensive solution. Um I think I don't know how many are aware, but we're on
073very rocky soil around here, which is a good thing uh uh out there. We don't expect to encount based on our soil borings too many problems underneath there, but we also still don't want to be um not thinking about this in the worst case if we need to make any adjustments to that subgrade. Uh Rams Contracting was the uh recommended contractor for this one. And then I mentioned site utilities. Um Bowman and Vic was the contractor who has also worked with rams on turfs that we've worked with. Um and they had the the correct interface, the correct uh scope, and the correct pricing for for us to recommend them. This is my last one. Any questions on any individual packages? I should have my summary here. So, this is uh the total summary of all
074the bid packages we just reviewed. Um I do have turf also included on this. I didn't know the order tonight of things. So, uh turf is included in this. We'll get into that in just a minute in the next item, but this is the total for bid package five in our priority submitts submitts spec sections. Any questions? >> I think my question is more for Dr. Gain. So, Dr. Gain, when I look at this, we have the the turf approval is a separate item on our agenda tonight. So, is that 588131 in fact a separate item? >> Yes, it would be. Okay. >> So, I know Ethan, you have a separate presentation for the bid package five. So, we would want to pull that out of the total here. >> Okay. So in effect on
075our agenda, the bid package five is going to be the 13.451807 minus 588131. >> Correct. >> It looks like Mr. Schmidt's on it. >> Can you say that again, Marie? >> 676. Thank you. Does that look good? >> Yeah. >> All right. Thank you very much for verifying that. >> Um, any other questions from board members? >> A lot of work went into this over a long period of time. Thank you for being so thorough. We really appreciate that. Our our whole community appreciates this. We had about five weeks to put kind of what are the what are our priorities going forward this fall and then the next three weeks are going to be in the remaining um 10 categories. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any further discussion from board members? >> Is that your
076last slide, Ethan? >> I'm not sure. I think it was moving it. and thank you for this rendering with the sidewalk on it. That's great. All right. So, we just heard a lot about bid package the high priority items for bid package number five. Um, we can move to a possible action. Is there a board member who would like to just go to the right part on our agenda here? Actually, I'll just The motion to approve high priority items for bid package number five not to exceed the amount of 12,863,676. So I'm making the motion. Is there a second? >> I think maybe Tiffany had it first. Second by Tiffany Stapleton. Any further discussion right here? Now we'll put it to a vote. We'll do a roll call vote. We'll start with myself. I >>
077I >> Thank you. That has been approved. Thank you, gentlemen. The next item up for discussion and possible action is our turf field proposal bid package number four. >> Yes. So, um as mentioned, uh next summer we're a big piece of the project as well is turf field. Um we had a very involved process with this. It was technically bid pack four, but uh just based on the timing and getting some of the information back uh and kind of reviewing it all and being comfortable with the core team on the right selections, um we're bundling them all together at the same time. Um so initially we worked with Kapor and their expertise to send out the RFQ to a short list of providers and suppliers to get uh an interview process going based on an
078initial baseline turf system. Uh each of these companies has their own approach to turf, their own approach to infill approach to pads. Um all their own different kind of spin on the same thing. Um it's it's your your Chevy Silverado and your F-150 and your Toyota Tundra. They're all trucks that are doing really good work and have a lot of different features, but uh understanding which one best suits your needs is was the purpose of our interview process. So um our first interview we had on the 16th was with a pad supplier. Um the pad is what would go underneath the call it the carpet the grass piece and then having infill put in on top. So uh all the initial pro proposals were right in the very same neighborhood. Um after interview after the
079interview process, Scott uh his team, his staff, his coaches, um talked to some of their peers, uh representatives from the companies, uh past experiences. I I believe we're tying in some different athletic studies as to um injury rates and different opinions on that. um put together kind of the most favorable for Hartford proposal on what that base line should be and put that back to our two most favorable um providers uh Astroturf and Sprinter for the two finalists. And from their initial proposals, we added we did things such as increase the density and type of the turf grass, uh changing the shock pad, a larger oral, and a uh additional maintenance equipment that really extends the warranty was a good idea um based on the feedback we were hearing. So um after this whole turf
080uh learning process for the whole core team interviewing uh Astroturf is is the um the company that's being recommended for the turf itself. So this would be the turf pad, the carpet and the infill. Any questions? We learned a lot about turf in >> and this has been a longstanding topic here at Hartford, so I'm sure a lot of work and thought went into it. Thank you very much to everybody on the team who did help with that. Scott or Tracy, do you have anything >> you want to make sure you add? Awesome. And I like the additional items that you included. Very wise to have that additional maintenance and grooming equipment to extend the warranty. I mean, that's nice forward thinking there. Thank you very much. Any other questions or comments from board members?
081Is there a board member who would like to make a motion for approval? Motion to approve bid package for Turfield proposal as presented not to exceed $588,131. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Kenneth Miller. Is there a second? >> I'll second >> and second by Nolan Jacket. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll put it to a vote. We have a motion and a second um on to approve bid package number four, the Turfield proposal to exceed $588,131. We'll start with Tiffany. >> Hi. I >> I and that has passed. Thank you. Our next item is policy 8660 transportation by private vehicle for district sponsored activities or trips. Thank you gentlemen. >> So again, as Miss Hennis mentioned, we are looking continuing to look at our policies and updating them as well as the
082corresponding practices. So thank you Miss Lamb and Mr. Helms bringing this one forward in particular. Um few changes in there just in terms of if you look at the policy under the option two we added in there that we would have no more than the legal limit of the passengers in the vehicle. Currently it has a specific number. um also added if you look down below that in terms of who would be approved for transportation of students, we added a student with the parent permission as well as on the following portion or page um just listing in there the covered the person who's covered under the auto the basically car liability insurance. Uh, let me look here. And they just added the name or added the addition of guardian, the word guardian. So, make sure
083there's nothing else. I think that's it. Any questions regarding the policy? The administrative guideline goes into more detail around the process. Any discussion or questions about this policy 8660? Is there a board member who would like to make a motion for action? >> I will make the motion to approve policy 8660, transportation by private vehicle for district sponsored activities or trips as presented. >> Thank you. Motion by Tiffany Stapleton, second by Heather Barry. Any further discussion? Hearing none. We have a motion and a second to approve policy 8660, transportation by private vehicle for district sponsored activities or trips as presented. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. And that motion carries. It has been approved unanimously. Next item on our agenda for discussion is administrative guideline 8660 transporting
084students by private vehicle. So the corresponding administrative guideline here just notes that a student shall be permitted uh transportation by a private vehicle or will not be unless they have documentation and that documentation comes from the legal parent or guardian through the student registration. That's where it is verified in order to allow that permission in a private vehicle. >> Thank you for bringing this forward for awareness. Are there any questions or comments from board members? Okay, this is an item for awareness does not need our approval. So, we'll move forward with the next agenda item. The next item on the agenda is administrative guideline 5820 student government and the student government administrative guidelines. If you recall, we revised our student government policy a few meetings ago. And so this just reflects that component of having
085our um student board reps and the director of co-curricular programs essentially approving that final participation um in when we look at the student government process. Uh let me look here and again the student board representatives on the bottom under G are the only voice of the student body and so we added that to reflect our current practice. Thank you, Dr. Gain. Any comments or questions from board members? All right, this is just an item for awareness and does not need board approval. So, we will move on to our next item on the agenda, which is band orchestra and choir seniors field trip proposal. and the more detailed information by Miss Schumacher is in there. We're grateful for the opportunity for our kids to head out to Nashville for that um band opportunity and so I'm
086not sure if there's any questions. Again, appreciate the staff putting in the detailed itinerary for everyone to to take a look at. So, a fun fun trip for our students. >> Stacy, I'm just looking at this on our agenda >> and um the recommended action. >> Would a roll call vote be needed for this one? I would recommend it if we're uh looking at out of town um in terms of the field trip. All right. >> Out of state. >> Thank you. We'll follow your recommendation. Any comments or questions from board members? Is there a board member who would like to make a motion for action on this item? >> A motion to approve the band orchestra and choir senior Springfield trip to Nashville as presented. >> Thank you. We have a motion by Nolan
087Jacket. Is there a second? >> Second by Kenneth Miller. We have a motion and a second to approve the band orchestra and choir senior Springfield trip to Nashville as presented. U we will do a roll call vote for this one as well. Starting with Heather >> I >> and that has been approved. Thank you. The next item on our agenda is the Start College Now applications. >> Start college now is the applications are something that come to the board twice a year. once in October and once in March in preparation for the upcoming semesters. Start college Now is an exceptional program that's available to juniors and seniors who are in good academic standing. The program allows them to earn college credit through the technical system with little to no cost to families. The total cost
088to the district for spring semester is not to exceed $80,000 as presented. The number um can fluctuate because not all students take every course that is requested. As you can see in your administrative content, there are a number of courses that students request, but they don't always that schedule isn't always filled up. So that number is approximate just because that number can change based on courses that students are actually able to enroll in. >> Thank you. Any comments or questions for Dr. Is there a board member who would like to make a motion for action? >> I'll make a motion to approve the spring 2026 Star College now application not to exceed a total of $80,000 as presented. >> Motion by Kenneth Miller. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Tiffany Stapleton. Any further discussion?
089Hearing none. We have a motion and a second to approve the spring 2026 start college now applications not to exceed a total of $80,000 as presented. We'll do a roll call vote starting with you, Kenneth. >> I. >> Thank you. That has been unanimously approved. The next item for discussion tonight is the education for employment plan. Again, as um presented by Dr. Schlie. Miss Ramllo will present tonight's update for the 2526E4E plan. Miss Ramlo does a phenomenal job building community partnerships to support the transition between high school and life after high school. With her leadership, we have expanded community partnerships as Dr. Gain mentioned in her superintendent report um for community members to come in and host sessions with students to provide insight into joining the workforce. Miss Ramlo will be able to speak to
090the requirements that are set forth by the state regarding our education for employment plan and how it aligns to ACP. Great. Thank you. >> Hey everybody. McCoy, are you able to bring that up? So, my plans after high school are um >> a Brewers fan. >> Yes, I am. I'm holding on to hope, you guys. Um so, I present to you every year um pursuant to board policy 2420, which is that you will review our education for employment plan. Um a little bit different format this year. Um let's see. Is that gonna scroll for me, McCoy? Probably not. Can you scroll? Thank you. Um maybe just to the next page. So ultimately next page after that. Um the format here is more to um you know be public facing because this will go on our
091website. We are looking for next one. McCoy. Um there we go. We are looking for a way to really show our stakeholders, our community members what it is that we do to help um students plan academically and and career-wise explore. So, we have a a commitment to following the state model. as you see 9th through 12th, the no explore, plan and go um sort of approach, right, is is pretty simple and very palpable where it and it's not exactly every ninth grader um goes through self-awareness only, right? There is also, of course, career research that would flow into ninth grade before um sophomore year, but ultimately still we're trying to follow sort of this path of um bite-sized pieces and we use McCoy, if you can go to the next couple slides, yeah, our graduate
092profile to help us with that. Um and and once you're on the website, right, a lot of things are clickable. Um but definitely our Washington County workforce profile, which is a blue link that you see in the middle there, is our local market info. um to inform us of of what we know the the kind of region is looking for in terms of its employability skills and and its projections for jobs and such. Um also on this page you notice that there are some numbers um and of course data is always lagging with DPI um a year or two behind because of cohort study but what we're looking at in terms of our uh workbased learning and youth apprenticeshship dual enrollment um participation just really outstanding numbers and so lastly on this page and then
093that's you can leave it mccoy but that's what the rest of the document um really shows is 9th through 12th and there are these columns s of what are career and college exploration opportunities that we offer and and they're such long lists. We're really proud and again for it to be public facing. Um what we're doing each year is you know proving that we are very mindful and intentional about how we support students in um stretching themselves. We we are looking to make sure that they try a lot of different things and um we're proud certainly that we have something called oral time right which is an opportunity for us to connect in a non-evaluative sense with our students so that they have over four years a trusted adult among many others right but someone
094particularly who knows more about their interests and is search helping them search and serve as a mentor. Um, one piece that, yes, has been brought up a couple times is too our community is so supportive in in helping our students explore. So, we have really great partnerships with businesses and nonprofits and that's represented in this document as well. Um, so that's, you know, kind of in a nutshell what the state asks of us and I would say we go above and beyond. Happy to answer any questions that you have. >> Any board members have any questions or comments? I'm going to scroll up McCoy just to the end. You can see those columns. >> Right. So the the best that we have right now is we do have ASVAB preparation and support and we have
095our different military service um branches coming in as far as um guest speakers and just um conversation starters during oral time absolutely but I think if you're getting at maybe a structured time throughout instructional day no not as far as credits go. Do you have any further thoughts or ideas on that, Kenneth? Right. >> Yeah. >> And and we do I would certainly um say we could chat with Mr. Schmidt. Michael Schmidt is one of our four school counselors. He's a really, you know, each of the counselors ends up in a good way taking kind of point on some things and so he's he's kind of our contact on that. Um, I'm curious what his thoughts would be, but I hear what you're saying and I think, yeah, that could be something that I could
096make sure we plan to pursue for next year in terms of this particular document. >> Thank you. Any other board members have any comments or questions? >> I just want to thank Miss Ramlo for taking what is a requirement and truly expanding this immensely over the last few years. And so thank you greatly and thank you Ken as well for your feedback and how we can continue to enhance. >> Thanks. >> I will say that talking to a superintendent at another very reputable school district, he said, "You guys don't realize at HHS we look to you kind of like that beacon on the hill that we hope to be able to incorporate all this like you guys do." So we're doing a really good job. Thank you. >> We are. Yeah, we're proud. Thank you.
097>> All right. Thank you. The next item on our agenda, actually, I'm sorry. This was actually a recommended action on this one to approve the education for employment plan for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. Is there a board member who'd like to make that motion? >> I'll motion to approve the education for for employment plan for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. >> Thank you. Motion by Kenneth Miller. Is there a second? I second. >> Seconded by Tiffany Stapleton. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. Any oppose say nay. And that has been approved. Thank you. The next item on our agenda for discussion is the October 29th, 2025 special school board meeting. Um Dr. G, would you like to make a statement about this? um
098this meeting, Mr. Nelson is actually not here tonight, but we would be he would be bringing forth all of the pieces for our budget and any of the state um I guess things that are moving forward. And so we really needed to have this meeting at the end of the month um while we have all the pieces in place in terms of enrollment, what we are receiving, all of those things for in terms of monies from the state. So, this is a necessary board meeting that will we're hoping to occur that last week in October and shooting for the 29th if that's possible. >> And I believe uh were board members pulled in terms of a possible start time. Do we have a possible start time that's being recommended? >> We that was for the
099November 6th workshop actually. So, we would typically start at 5:45, but if people would like to start earlier, I know the board workshop would we were looking to start it at 5:30. I don't know how that works for everyone's schedules. >> Um, is there a board member like to just open that up for discussion in terms of whether you'd like the meeting to start at our regular 5:45 time or entertain a different time? >> How long is it going to take? I don't think it will be a long meeting, Heather. Um, I guess it depends on how much discussion the board would like to have around the budget and questions and things of that nature, but I don't anticipate it being a long meeting. >> And also consider there may be a couple of items
100that come up that might be timely to put on the agenda, such as we know we had two gaps in our personnel recommendations this evening. I'm looking to hire two more assistant coaches. So if those were to come to fruition before that meeting, there might be some small things that would get added to that agenda, but we would try to not stack that agenda full. It's a special meeting. We try to keep it very small and focused. Any other comments, questions, or discussion? I would be open to moving the agenda or the meeting start time up as early as possible just so that frees everybody's evenings up knowing that, you know, there's a lot of excitement going on that week around festivities and stuff. So, um I'd be open up to as early as everybody
101else is available, I guess. >> Okay. Um any other discussion from board members in terms of a start time to hold a special meeting October 29th? >> About 5:30 or 5:45 probably works best for me. Just keeping it about the same where we do our regular meetings. >> Okay. Thank you for that. Is there a board member who'd like to make a motion? Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve the date change for the October 30th, 2025 special board meeting to October 29th to start at 5:45 p.m. >> Did we have one set for October 30th? I thought we didn't actually set it last month. >> That's what the original what the discussion was around was October 30th during that meeting, >> right? I believe we discussed it, but then because it was not on
102the agenda, we did not set it. Is that correct? Is my >> uh Yeah. Oh, yes, I do believe. >> Okay. So, so I think Nolan, if you could revise your >> Yes. Okay. I will uh resend that and a motion to approve a special school board meeting for October 29th to start at 5:45 p.m. >> Thank you. We have a motion for a special meeting for October 29th starting at 5:45 p.m. Is there a board member who'd like to second? >> I'll second. >> So motion by Nolan Jacket, seconded by Kenneth Miller. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of setting the special meeting for October 29th at 5:45 p.m. say I. >> I. I. >> Any oppose say nay. And that motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Um, the next item for
103discussion is our classroom furniture replacement and Miss Lamb and Miss Peterson will be covering this topic. >> Great. Thank you. >> I think the mic might need to go on again. >> Um, looks like it's on. >> Oh, great. I couldn't see the light from here. Thank you. Uh so we listened um last time this was brought to the board and investigated and um did our due diligence in um looking into the classroom furniture replacements. Um again these are um some of the two of the classrooms that uh furniture would be replaced in. Uh we did an audit of all of the classroom furniture at HHS and we found that um over 20 classrooms have furniture that we deemed are in poor condition. Um the desks on the right hand side, we have 15 classrooms
104with these desks. Um and we have five different types of desks in our in our building. and we have 12 different types of tables. So, um we're trying to create a standard for our classrooms. Um and uh Kelly can talk a little bit more about um these desks in particular and why these should be replaced first. So if you see the desks on the right, they are very they're structured in a way that you don't have much flexibility in our learning environment. We currently are way more collaborative and we want to make sure that we have a learning environment that allows for the flexibility of furniture. So with those seats, these are probably what we've been into where you can't even move the seat, which does cause a lot of different issues, which is the
105diverse bodies of individuals that we have, different health issues and ADA compliance. So that is something that we do look into. And also, we do have a different type of structure with our Chromebooks, not as much textbooks and so forth. So having that more flexibility also enhances the learning environment for kids. So, we just feel that this may be a great way to transition into a better learning environment. And I know that is also a point that we're trying to make with our library. So, we're trying to get more people involved to work in our library, which is also more of a collaborative space. I know working with Desiree and our board reps to make our college and career center. A big point of emphasis is we want comfortable furniture. So we also want to
106hear the input from kids and also make sure that we're adhering to the needs that they want to be comfortable while learning. So our plan would be to start with those 15 classrooms with those types of desks. Uh the rooms that do have tables in them, if we are replacing the furniture in those classrooms, we would reuse repurpose those tables in other classrooms that have those desks. So, this would um kind of on a yearly basis be slightly a game of dominoes as we're um trying to replace those rooms with um the oldest types of desks. And I think what what is not present um probably in here pictorially at least is that Tracy and the team has worked really hard in looking at a long-term capital improvement plan. And so how do these fit
107within that each year in terms of the replacement? I think one of the important pieces that I know we've talked about is not just the flexibility and the learning which is obviously critical but also just ergonomically looking at the desk when we think about varying um student structure um and personal characteristics. You know the desks can be a challenge. So I just wanted to point that out. I know you mentioned the ADA component of it as well. And I'm not sure if you saw the picture in Mr. Ellenson's class when they're trying to do collaborations. The he has those desks and it was hard to maneuver around. We did have students sitting on the ground trying to get the desk together, but it does create kind of a hard area to maneuver around and walk
108through. So, there are multiple benefits of new furniture. Um, Kelly has gone over the majority of these. These are the furniture pieces that we're looking at. Um, as you can see, there are multiple different ways that we can set these up um, functionally and collaboratively. And one other thing to see, we did want to make sure when we're looking at desk is to have enough space to put on or to have their computer on as well as other tools and so forth. So that was one thing is that we did notice there is some triangle desk. Although they're smaller, they're not as useful in the learning. So we did get new pricing from EBI um and we were very happy with um the the quotes provided. So as you can see um CJ and Associates
109was um the previous uh quote that I had brought to you in May and now we have new pricing with EBI. Uh so the total um per classroom has um reduced and uh the total is about 15,000 cheaper to go with the EBI furniture as opposed to the CJ and Associates. So, my recommendation would be to um approve the EBI uh classroom furniture. >> Yes. Um and Kelly just noted um in the EBI pricing, you'll notice that uh that includes a teacher desk and chair, whereas the CJ and Associates did not include that. So, we're actually getting more furniture for less. And sorry. And one thing to note about that teacher desk is when we were looking at the teacher desk, we wanted to make sure it was an opportunity to have an area for
110a teacher to have maybe a one-on-one conversation and work with kids. So that desk is not just stationary for the teacher. It also has collaborative space for that teacher to work with kids as well if they want to have a one-on-one personal conversation. So that was also important to us when looking at the flexibility of our furniture and how we can support our staff as well as students. So Kelly, can I ask a question about that point? If if we looked at the picture, McCoy, can you go back to the picture of the classroom? I just want to clarify just some of understanding. So like when I see what I believe is a teacher's desk on these pictures, there's there's a couple where it looks like two pieces kind of in an L shape. Is
111that That is not the desk. >> Not the desk. >> So, we'd have to show a different picture. So, that is not um useful. $1,400. That was kind of simple. >> Um another thing we did want to have a space for teachers to also put their belongings in that is away from students as well. So, we those were two kind of things that we wanted to prioritize in the teachers desk, an area to help students, but also to have their computer on and have like a little area for their purse or belongings. >> Great. >> That is not the desk. So, sorry, we should probably >> No, thank you. I just I just wanted to make sure I understood. And I believe when the topic of teacher desks was brought up a few months ago,
112Tracy, correct me if I'm wrong. Were you also saying it was kind of a goal to get just a certain number of teacher desks throughout this building? Not that there's 50 different kinds of teachers desks here. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, standardizing all furniture for classrooms. >> Okay. But not necessarily only one kind of >> desk. Right. Yeah. We would want to give them different options. >> Okay. Thank you. And one other thing I do want to state as far as a learning environment and with teachers is we do want to give them the option to design their classroom as they see fit because we don't also want to put all teachers in a box of how a classroom should be set up. And this type of desk gave
113us our most flexible option in different types of seating arrangements. And then just to reiterate again, Tracy, kind of the view over time. So if we're looking at four classrooms now, you mentioned there was 15 classrooms, how that fits into the capital improvements over time. Um, so I would foresee uh moving forward for the next five years um doing uh replacing furniture in four or five classrooms and then kind of revisiting this, seeing where we're at because like I said, we're going to be repurposing a lot of those tables in these spaces as well. So, uh, just, you know, reviewing this frequently enough that we're, um, we're at a comfortable pace at furniture replacement and we're making sure that, um, all classrooms and areas of the building are are fair and equal. And just one
114other topic. So, how does this help a classroom environment rather than just the desk and chair together? So sometimes when admin come in, we do like to engage in conversation with that desk. It's very hard to maneuver to try to talk with students, see what they're doing, provide help where if we did have this setup, like let's say I'm in one of the top ones, I can just grab a chair to join into a conversation. That saves time. You're not moving everything and it's much easier way to work with kids rather than that other way. And I generally hit myself when I'm trying to move those desks with chairs. So that's also not a positive either. And they're heavy. >> Any questions from board members? >> Going back to the price breakdown, and again, I
115just did the math real quick in my head, so forgive me if I if I'm looking at it wrong. Delivery and installation is 1387. Is that per classroom? Because it looks like it is. Yes, it is per classroom. >> Seems a lot. >> That was um on both quotes. Uh that's how it gets priced out is per classroom for delivery and installation. Um we are not charged freight by EBI. Um but CJ and Associates did have a freight charge. >> So by installation, if we have a classroom empty, does that mean they're going to put all the furniture in there for us? Yes. The um so the furniture would be delivered in pieces. Um EBI would come in and they would um install all the furniture and for us and the teacher desks um so
116that we're not, you know, risking our staff um either getting injured or um our staff pro improperly installing the furniture. Um and that would take a lot of time for four classrooms. >> Okay. Right. >> Did you have an additional point about that you want to make? >> Oh, sorry. >> I hear you two talking. We can't hear. >> Um, what I also said, obviously that takes a lot of time and that takes our custodians away from the work that they're supposed to be doing, which then you're either not going to have things or items cleaned or we have to have overtime pay. So, when you look at that price, yes, it does seem quite high. I will agree with you. And when I also buy other stuff and the delivery charge is rather high,
117I'm like, what is this for? So, it is, I think, overall a good price for the fact that they do put everything together and that they put them into the classrooms because that just frees up our time with our custodians to do the work that they need to do. rather than custodians ever thought of a of a student opportunity to to have a income on this, you know, over the summer or whatever. >> I I mean that is a thought. I don't know how many kids would want to do that job, but we do have student custodians, but I think I'm not sure if they price it out separately either. So, I'm not even sure if that would be an option to be honest with you. I would also want to look into the liability
118of that if we had students putting together the furniture. >> Yes. And um the plan would be to have the furniture delivered and installed over winter break and we wouldn't have time for for hiring or um or for the installation. >> Any other comments or questions? I just want to say I appreciate you looking into this further and kind of getting those costs down from that original quote of $70,000. Um I think this is much more agreeable, much more manageable. Um especially on a rotating basis like you're looking at. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? >> Yeah, I don't know. This still kind of feels like more of a want than a need to me. I can't Rob's not here, but I would just kind of ask about what our latest budget
119projections are going to be for the end of this month. We're still probably going to run a six figure deficit this year, and I just don't know that we should be doing this kind of a thing when we still have that kind of looming. I mean, we go over the functionalities and whatnot. I use desks like that for seven years. We moved them around. We organized them dozens of different ways in classrooms. I just don't know that I can justify spending tens of thousands of dollars this year and probably more in coming years for something that just doesn't seem to be that big of a problem because I'm just not sure about, you know, improving this now and then in years going forward. We're going to do more classrooms and then more classrooms after that.
120And it just seems like we're kind of going to be going into a loop of year after year approving furniture and more furniture and more furniture. I just not not sure we should be doing that with a budget deficit coming up later this month. >> What are other school districts doing? I mean, >> hang on a second, Heather. I think Stacy wanted to respond to that. >> Oh, it's okay. Um, I we're still crunching the numbers right now, but I don't anticipate potentially as large of a deficit as we initially thought. >> That's good. and that I don't know would may or may not impact the decision, but I just wanted to mention that. >> Thank you, Dr. Gain. Sorry, Heather. Go ahead. >> That's okay. I'm just curious. Um, this is so not my
121area of, you know, I'm like a chair and a desk. I think the last time we had the discussion, the chair was really important for the ergonomics and the desk, of course, for accessibility ADA wise. >> Um, it's great that costes come down. Um, I would agree with Nolan to a certain extent of we've got lots of money being spent right now in so many areas. Um I don't know. I I don't know. I'm like in the middle. >> Yeah. Um to answer your question about other school districts, um I work for Holy Hill Area School District as well and every year we are replacing uh two to three classrooms at each building. um the furniture. And when I worked for the Okanawok Area School District, uh we also um had a very similar plan
122where we investigated which classrooms were at highest need and had a replacement plan on a yearly basis and had a set budget number in our capital projects budgets every year for classroom furniture. >> Does EBI do they know that this is kind of a an ongoing this isn't just a one time shop? >> Yep. Yeah, and we did get preferred pricing because this would be ongoing. >> I would just like to address the concern over the comfort theme. The desks, those the red seat desks were desks in this building when I was a student here over 30 years ago. So, they are not comfortable to sit in for the kind of classrooms that we have in today's day and age. You know, we have hour and a half classes and sitting in the hard plastic
123that are not ergonomically um comfortable that have no lower back support for students, they can get really really uncomfortable. Students oftentimes in my own classroom, which I had those desks up until last year. Um we I just got new desks and chairs in my classroom as well. And students much more prefer these desks because they are more comfortable. They provide the lower lumbar support that they need to be sitting for an extended period of time in a classroom. Um, I say that they are more flexible. They're a lot more lightweight. They're easier to move. They don't have the bar on the side which which hinders somebody getting in and out of the desks. Um, it makes group work, conversations, everything a lot more easy and simplified. Um, I understand the the expense. It's a big
124dollar amount to swallow and I completely understand that. But I do think that in the long run, it's a benefit to our students um to be able to have those the comforts that are going to make them more attentive in class. And one more thing with the numbers because Nolan, I can see your point. When you see $55,000, that is rather high. And I guess in my perspective, at some point the furniture will have to be replaced. It's inevitable. And instead of having that bigger sticker shock and to have more of an ongoing budget that we know the money is going to be there, it is much better to have a plan in place so we don't have unexpected cost. And that is going to help with a balanced budget as we look forward into
125the next fiscal year and so forth. Because if with the budget we know we do have different constraints and if we keep pushing off projects and not budgeting it appropriately that is when we can get into a deficit. So this is us being trying to be forward thinking and planning ahead so we do not have a bigger cost that we may not be able to cover and then we'd go into a deficit. So that's I do understand your point, Nolan, and thank you for bringing that up because we want to be fiscally responsible, but I also do think by setting up a schedule and not having a high budget line item that is going to help us stay within the budget and also make other decisions better because that would impact any other decision that
126we make and that would already be budgeted for. >> Thank you, Ken. You mentioned that that because this is going to be an ongoing project and we've got, you know, 20 classrooms to do that that we had this preferred pricing, but this by no means locks in that $55,000 for the next for the remaining 16 classrooms. They could they could have cost increase. >> Correct. Correct. With supply and demand and um you know the way the economy is right now um this may increase over time. Um, at that point in time, we can always look to rebid the entire process. Um, find other furniture vendors that have similar products. Um, you know, there's there's different avenues that we could take on this. Um, and there's always negotiations that we can work out with EBI. >>
127Okay. What kind of lead time is on this in terms of, you know, it sounds like the goal would be to do this over Christmas break. Um, how long does does it have to be ordered ahead of time to get here? >> Uh, normally six to eight weeks. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other thoughts, comments, questions from a board member or Okay, go ahead. >> Um, actually, uh, Jack from EVI is in our crowd today. Jack, where is EVI located? Sure. Come on up. >> Yeah, >> we're not gonna judge you or anything, but >> we we we welcome you to come forward and talk about your products. You can step up to the mic. >> Lambo leap. I want to say that. Okay. Uh yeah. Or Lambo guy here. >> Good for you.
128>> Uh the delivery and installation. If anyone's ever been on a job, I've been doing this for a long time and uh I like to get my hands dirty and everybody's like, "Jack's going to be on the delivery because I buy the guys pizza." But with delivery, there's boxes, there's packaging, there's parts, there's pieces, isn't it's not just we're bringing these 30 boxes and it's going to take two minutes. That's what the question about other people doing it. We use our own installers. We're all local and we give back to the community. We want to make sure these classrooms are looking good for your kids. They're going to learn better. I guarantee it because I've done this at many other school districts. And also we work with schools where uh you don't have to just
129dump those old things in the um in the dump or the garbage. We work with MPS and all other schools that you can donate and that can go back for you guys too. So we can help you with all your questions and that price. You're not going to find anything qualitywise, you know, for that price. This is we work with Hans specifically and I guarantee it too. If you like place another order in like six months, it may go up a percent or two. It's not going to like double all of a sudden or get above CJ or whatever or other vendors. So, um I just want to point those out. And we like Tracy said too, we work with a lot of school districts. Mecoanville, uh MPS, like I said, um we've done Okconam
130Reine Unified. Um There's a bunch of other ones, too. So, >> Holy Hill. Yeah, Holy Hill, too. So, >> okay. Can I ask you a question? Sure. >> Is there any kind of warranty on >> Oh, lifetime warranty. >> Lifetime warranty. >> Yeah, lifetime war. If a little a glide comes out or, you know, if the kids are jumping on it, maybe it's not covered, but uh just a normal thing that goes wrong. They're easy to work with. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> Any other questions? >> What are your >> Oh, go ahead. >> What are your profit margins on these desks? >> Well, we have to make a little keep doing this all the time. I don't know the exact um because we can work with Han and get
131better discounts so then we can give you guys better prices. I mean, we're we're not making 50%. It's not like it's not like jewelry or clothing, you know, but this is office supplies and you know, it's minimum it's minimum profit. >> Any other qu questions or comments? >> All right. >> Thank you guys. Thank you. Great to be here. Thank you. >> Thank you for being here. It's it's nice to hear directly from you. >> Thank you. >> Let's hang on to us. We have one in the district. >> All right. Thank you. >> Is there a board member who would like to make a motion on some type of action related to this discussion? >> I will make the motion to approve classroom furniture replacement not to exceed $55,552 as presented. We have a
132motion by Tiffany Stapleton to approve the classroom furnace replacement not to exceed $55,552 as presented. Is there a second? >> I will second. >> You have a second by Kenneth Miller. Motion and a second. Is there any further discussion? Um, so we have a motion and a second to approve the classroom furniture replacement not to exceed $55,552 as presented. This is a roll call vote. I think we're up to starting with you, Kenneth. >> I. No. >> I >> And that motion carries. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for the discussion and the presentation. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Definitely a lot of consideration that went into it. Appreciate everybody's perspectives. Um that is it for items for discussion and possible action. There are some future schoolboard related dates on our agenda. The
133October 29th special board meeting set for 5:45. November 6th is a board workshop. Um, November 19th is our regular school board meeting and then December 4th will be the next board workshop after that. Um, as always, if you have any possible future agenda items, feel free to email me or Stacy or give us a call, reach out to us. If there's anything you'd like to say publicly right now about possible future items, so you can do so right now. All right, hearing none, we'll go into the next item on our agenda is a closed session. I'd like to make a motion to adjourn to close session pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.851C considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which a governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. 19.851c 851c
134specifically administrative evaluation and review of administrator files. Is there a second to go to close session? >> Second by Nolan Jacket. We're going to do a roll call vote to go to close session. We'll start with you, Nolan. >> I. >> And thank you. We're going to close session. Uh board members will be going up to