001To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I dropped I dropped something. Oh, okay. All right. Uh, so I'm going to go ahead to call the meeting to order. Uh, as the superintendent of schools, I normally don't call the meeting to order, but this is our organizational meeting for the Hudson School District. uh and what we have to do in this process and always kind of a fun one to have the students at because they get to see the process of local government and work as we get ready to elect the officers for the board. And so we have four officer positions that'll be elected tonight. The president, the vice president, the treasurer, and the clerk in that
002order. Uh the only position that I will be handling will be the president position. Uh the the format in which we will do this uh election is I will call for nominations for president. Uh the nominations are verbal. Um after I uh call for a nomination and somebody's been nominated, I'll ask them if they accept the nomination to make sure that they want the nomination. Uh after I call for nominations three times, we'll close the nominations. The votes for the officers will be done uh via written ballot uh that Tim has unless there is only one individual that's nominated for a uh specific position in which case I would then uh entertain a motion uh to do a voice vote or vote vote of uh acclamation and that would take a second as well. uh
003so meet a nomination and then a second uh to nominate an individual after the nominations are closed and if there is only the one person and then by voice vote we would then uh allow the board to elect. Once the president's been elected then I'll turn it over to the u newly elected president and they will follow that same uh format for uh the vice president then the treasurer and the clerk. So, any questions about the election process before I get started with the first position? All right, with that, uh, not seeing any questions. Uh, I this would be the first call for any nominations for president of the board. Dr. I nominate Bob Bowman for school board president. Second. Oh, we can't can't do yet, but um, we we'll get there. Just overeager. Yes,
004very eager. Uh Bob, do you accept the nomination? Uh I'll make a second call for nominations for president of the Hudson School Board. I will make a third call for nominations for president of the Hudson School Board. All right. Hearing none, I'm going to go ahead and close nominations. Uh we only have one nomination. Uh, and so according to board policy 141, I would entertain a motion uh to nominate Bob Bowman as president of the Hudson School Board. I would like to make a nomination to or make a motion to nominate Bob for president of the Hudson School Board. So, we have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. So, we have a motion and we have a second. Uh, there's no discussion on this one. All those in favor say I. I. I
005I All those opposed, same sign. All right, the eyes have it. President Bowman. Thank you very much everyone. Appreciate that. So now we'll have a vote or nomination for vice president. Um are there any nominations for vice president? Mr. President, yes. I would like to nominate Kate Garza for vice president. Okay, Kate, would you be willing to accept that nomination for vice president? I would. Very good. Is there any other nominations for vice president? Calling a second time. Is there any nominations for vice president? And a third time. Any nominations for vice president? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to accept her nomination? I guess. Okay. Uh motion by Aaron. Do I have a second? Second. Second. Uh Molly was first. Uh so uh now we have a second. We can have a voice
006vote to uh for Kate's nomination. All those in favor of Kate for vice president say I. I. I. Any all those uh saying no? Hearing none. Welcome to the board as vice president Kate. Next, we'll move on to treasure or clerk. Treasur, uh, do we have any nominations for treasurer? Mr. President. Yes, ma'am. I nominate Megan Msowski as treasurer. Megan, would you accept the nomination for treasurer? I do. Excellent. Um, are there any other nomin people nominating for treasurer for a second time? Any nominations for treasurer? and a third time. Any nominations for treasurer hearing? None. Could I have a second to accept nomination for that's seconded by Maria? And uh hearing that now that we have no other people nominated uh have a voice vote for Megan Rosowski. All those in favor say I.
007I. I. All those opposed say no. Hearing none. Welcome to treasur position Megan Rzowski. Thank you. I just realized I haven't been saying I when I should be saying I um and next we will call uh uh nominations for clerk. Do we have any nominations for clerk? I would like to nominate uh Molly Powers for clerk. Hearing that nomination, Molly, would you accept nomination for clerk? Yes, I will. Thank you. Uh do we have any other nominations for clerk? Again, any nominations for clerk? And a third time, any nominations for clerk? Hearing none, I'd like to ask for a motion to accept Molly Powers as clerk. Mr. President, I'll make a motion to accept Molly Powers as clerk. Thank you very much. Do we have a second? Second. Kate got that one. So, all those
008in favor of Molly Powers for clerk, please say I. I. I I any opposed hearing? None. Welcome to the board as clicked. Molly Powers. Okay. All right. And do I have to read that or no? Yes. Uh so we have our annual activities recognition. I'm going to turn it over to Aaron Mullen, our AD. Appreciate you having us tonight. Um, great to see the new faces. Welcome to the board. Uh, honored to have these individuals behind me. Just a little bit upfront on who we have with us here tonight, we have our competitive and performance-based clubs and organizations. Oftent times the group that we don't see as much. You can't necessarily buy tickets to all these um events. Not all of them are played in a stadium. Not all of them are are out in
009the public as much as some of our sports might be. But nonetheless, great activities and should be celebrated just the same. Um, a lot of great accomplishments you're going to see. One thing I'm extremely proud about, well, two things with this group. If you look at our collective extracurricular participation and really in multi-activity students in addition to their achievements in the classroom, this group right here is unbelievable. Um, and that's something that I really want to make sure I know they won't hype themselves up that way, but that you're all aware of. The other part is just what I mentioned that involvement in multiple activities. As I look at this group right here, some athletes, some individuals involved in multiple clubs and organizations, upwards of five and six sometimes, which is amazing to figure out
010how they keep it all together and then achieve what they do. Uh, but I'll let them take care of that explanation and how they put together some su some successful seasons here. Um, with a few wrapping up right now. Uh, but we will start off with speech and debate. Hello everyone. I'm welcomed to announce that this is our second year officially being known as speech and debate as we did have to put our past name forensics into the ground since it kept causing too much confusion. Regardless of that, both sides of speech and debate have grown into something that we are proud to call as one family under the forensic banner. This year we saw 31 registered members across both and 14 of those are new, especially among our freshman population. So we're glad to
011see that we're creating traction among all grade levels at Hudson High School. Of our speech team, I'm happy to announce that every single member qualified and went to state this year in Madison. But state qualification isn't something that we're just proud of. It's the location as this was the first time we got to go back to the UWM Madison campus. This is really important for us as hundreds of years speech has been hosted at this campus in our capital but since co the college opted to not do it. So having us be able to return it and go back there for this year and moving forward presumably is something we're really special about. Because of our members at state, we were able to earn five 15 gold medals. That was half of our team earning
012gold. And because of that, we earned the distinction award. This is a prestigious award given to the top 5% of schools due to their gold medal placements. But it's not just about golds. It's about the friends. And one of them I would like to mention today as a special award in forensics speech and debate is known as the president's award. And this is something given to an individual who has been able to achieve gold all four times at state. And I'm proud that one of our captains standing with me today has earned this award. Please give it up for Olivia Nol. Hi everyone. and I hope you're all having a good night tonight. Um, I'm here to actually talk about one of the challenges that we overcame as a group. All of the other bigger
013schools in our conference, they all typically host an invitational every year, but because we've never done one, we decided to take one this year and it was pretty challenging. All of the other schools had lots of coaching turnovers and as one of the bigger teams, Hudson stepped up and had the first one of the season. There was a lot of logistical problems to work out due to this. Doors locked, missing ribbons, the works. Generally, people say that the first is the worst, but overall, I think we killed it. For awards, we worked with the wood classes to craft beautiful plaques for winners, and as a team, we ended up taking second place overall, which is a huge feat for Hudson. On top of that, we are one of the only teams to have a good-sized
014both speech and debate team as Logan mentioned, which that was also another challenge because at state, we had to uh deal with scheduling between both of them as they were both at the same time and so some of our students that were in both speech and debate would have to choose between them at that state competition. However, we are really excited to see where this goes in the future. And we have a lot of challenges ahead, but knowing us, I think we'll be able to overcome them. Oh, okay. Thank you. Um, being a part of Hudson's speech team has really had a big impact on me, especially um when it comes to communication skills. When I first joined, I was scared about like speaking in front of others. But over time, I become more confident
015and I've learned how to present myself clearly. I've learned how to um create a speech and present it. I've become better at like answering questions in class and even just a conversation with a friend. It's also helped me become more outgoing as a person. And before I was more reserved, but now I feel much more comfortable stepping out of my comfort zone and reaching out to other people. One of the best parts of this club is that I've made so many wonderful friendships and they are super supportive. Overall, Hudson speech Hudson speech club has helped me grow personally and socially and I'm really proud of what how far I've come. Thank you. Hi everyone, my name is Rya Eert. From the outside looking in, the most daunting part of speech and debate seems obvious. Ironically,
016the speaking. Other students ask me, "Wait, you talk for 10 minutes competitively?" But for me, the greatest challenge wasn't inside a competitive room. It was outside where there was no judge, no timer, no script. As a student leader, I found myself in unfamiliar unfamiliar territory for me. organizing meets, managing communication with the team, and most intimidating of all, corresponding with adults. Asking local businesses for fundraising is not glamorous. It's awkward and usually denied. But as our team grew, so did our costs as we needed more judges. Meaning, I would need to learn how to not only perform, but also advocate for my team. Through the tri the trials in communication with our fundraisers like Big Guys Barbecue, I have learned professionalism, perseverance, and how to advocate, which just goes to show speech and debate is
017not just a club that teaches you how to perform. It gives you the skills and experiences to tackle any challenge that may pass your way. Thank you. I would just add able to make it great success this year and also great to see the participation rise. Hi everyone, I'm Aiden Miller. I'm the current president of our DECA chapter at Hudson High School. Uh this is Jillian White. She is our vice president of community service and uh unable to make it with us, but on our officer team was Macy Zimmer, vice president of membership development. And I'm going to turn it over to Jillian who's going to talk about some of just a quick yearly recap and uh some of the things that we were able to accomplish this year. Yeah. So this year we had
018a record high number of members in our chapter. We had 58 members in our chapter and 57 of them competed at districts which is the first round of competition. Um from there we had 33 move on to the state competition which is also um a record high. Two years ago we were My freshman year we had only sent 20. So this is huge improvement for us. Um also at the state competition we were recognized as one of the top community service chapters in the state. Um meaning we raised some of the most money for the musculardrophe association um and participating in overall community um activities. We were also recognized as a diamond level um team in the diamond dash which is a competition that measures both chapter engagement performance and community engagement. Um this was
019the first time we've ever reached the diamond level. So that was really exciting as well. We then sent 12 competitors to the international career de development conference in Orlando, Florida, which is again a high uh the highest we've ever sent. Um and from there we had our first ever finalists um at the international competition where two of our members um were recognized as one of the top 20 projects for school-based enterprises. So our Raider school store, they did a project on that and presented it there. Um they were one of the top 20 in the world and thousands of schools submit papers each year. So that was a huge accomplishment for us and I would say we had a lot more engagement within some of our um our events throughout the year. So we do
020pumpkin carving and trick or can each year and we had a lot more engagement in that this year than we have in previous years. Going to hand it back to Aiden now. Yeah. So, kind of what uh Jillian was saying, we had a really successful year with things like that. And uh one of the most rewarding things from like an officer and leadership standpoint was seeing all the participation at these new events or the events that we had and uh things like our competition workshops where we bring in our members and we kind of prepare them for our competition. It was really rewarding uh as a leader to see the success that we had and seeing how even our new members did really well at the competitions. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. I'll invite both
021our fall musical and spring play up at the same time. Hi, my name is Freya Fstermucker and I was um in the ensemble in the fall musical this year. So, we're all seniors here and I've been in the musical for four years since my freshman year. And it's just a wonderful opportunity for us all to get to meet new people and collaborate on something that's bigger than us. And there's so many different ways for students to participate in it through like their band and our crew and then our huge cast as always too. [Laughter] Hi, I'm Ethan Freeman. Um, I played Willard in this year's rendition of Foot Loose at the Hudson High School. Um, I joined the musicals my sophomore year. Um, that's also where I began choir in general. Um, unlike the other
022groups that were just brought up, uh, musicals and plays aren't competitive, but we are still a team. And this year's Foot Loose was one of the strongest groups of people I know. We had so many people um I believe almost 60 kids. Every single person had a moment to let their individual skills and talents shine. It was so wonderful working with every single person and meeting 100% of people that I wouldn't know without doing these things and I'm so glad I did it and was able to meet these people. Um and I just wanted to share how thankful I am for that. Hi, my name is Lauren. I played the role of Rusty in Foot Loose this year. Um so not only uh like we said there are students who also participate in the band
023and the crew for Foot Loose and um with that there's a lot of student leadership opportunities. Um our stage managers and assistant stage managers um for like the last I mean every year that I've been involved have all been students. So, it's really great that not only um are those leadership opportunities presented on stage, but also offstage and behind the scenes. It's just a really great experience to be a part of. Okay. Hello. Sorry. Um my name is Maya Johnson. I played Vi Moore, the preacher's wife in the fall musical Foot Loose. And it's basically the best way to describe it is that it's the a really great and opening experience to be a part of. You get to um put yourself out there in ways that you don't really get to in the daily
024life and it's really intriguing and new and different. And I been I was in three of the musicals at the Hudson High School. So this show was definitely something special. And it was definitely special to the community as well because we even added an extra show to our dress rehearsal which was I don't not sure if that's ever happened before, but it was definitely um definitely exciting for all of us kids and the teachers too, of course. Um should we talk about the play? Yeah. Oh, wait. What schools are you going to Oh, would you would you like the play? Okay. Um um I also played Doy/Mrs Clacket in Noises Off. And yep, she's the funky lady with the big wig. Um with the spring play, it's typically really small groups. Um, this was a
025cast of, I believe, nine people and it's really intimate and it's you get to grow like grow these really tight, close-knit like friendships and it's it's something that's really extraordinary and I'm very grateful to be a part of and it really has broadened like my skills of within myself and what I want to further myself into. Um, and it's fun. It's different. you all this fun makeup, new clothes, a wig. Like it's it's definitely something that not everyone gets to be a part of, but when you are, it's it's great. Um, and it's even like furthered. I will be going to the University of Duth to major in psychology and minor in theater. And without these three years of all these different things, I don't know what I would be doing. Thank you. Um, I
026also played the role of Brooke Ashton in Noises Off. And this goes for the musical as well, but we are all really grateful that Hudson has this great theater program. Not only I mean, we put on great shows, but it's also great to be a part of. Um, it's really rare to have something where you can put so many hours like staying late nights after school. Um, and you can put work into it and be proud of it and also have like a family of people. And like Maya said, our cast was only nine people with two understudies who were there every single day and like two stage managers. So, it's really this small group of people that like you can get close with and bond with. Um, we the theater program itself has brought
027so many people together. I probably wouldn't know any of these people if I hadn't joined when I was a sophomore. more as well. Um, and I also want to talk about how we added understudies this year. Um, I'm going into theater and I was also the understudy for Cozette last last year for lay miz and it's a really great opportunity to be an understudy. That's a really important skill to learn. Um, multitasking and just being ready to go on whenever you need to go on. Um, but yeah, uh, I'm going to Vurbo University to major in a BFA in musical theater. Uh we want to thank the school board and Aaron Men for inviting us to come out today and giving us your time. Thank you so much. Mr. President, I just want to say
028that uh every single production that I see at the Hudson High School completely blows me away. They are so good. Um, and I also have to give a shout out to Maya because your overalls with one down I used to wear in the 90s in high school and so all of a sudden I feel cool again. Thank you. [Music] All right, FFA. In the FFA's opening ceremonies, our reporter pledges to bring together the states from um Alaska to Hawaii and from Maine to the Virgin Islands. And just as our organization is widespread, it is diverse. It has been over 40 years since the FFA has just been farmers, we have long since been expanding past that. FFA is now more towards agriculture and aronomy. It includes floriculture and food sciences. We are not just farmers,
029we are everyone else in between. And just as our organization is widespread and diverse, so is our personal chapter. We are not just the people who live on wide farms. We are also the people who live in your neighborhoods and next door and with you. Um the FFA has 80 registered members. We are everywhere. Um and we've grown a lot in the last couple of years. Hello again. One way the FFA has grown is by the use of CDEES. This acronym stands for career development events. These are, as Nico explains, floriculture, vet science, and aronomy, for example. This involves people who are interested in agg and non-ag majors to get a first look and excuse me, and a way to see what these careers are like. Let's say for example, I did forestry this year
030and I got the opportunity to go on a timber cruise. This allowed me to gain firsthand skills what it means to be a forester, use tools and think like them. However, we do more than just forestry as we had 40 members in our chapter participate in these CDEEs this year. And of those 40 uh which are classified into four people per team, seven of those teams were at regionals and all seven of those then participated to states. This is very fun for us as we get to allow ourselves to expand in a different way and have people participate in a unique way to fully understand what it's like to participate in a studies in general. As Logan mentioned, we have been extremely successful with our CDEES. This fall, one of our CDEs, Agriculture Mechanics, has
031even had the opportunity to compete at the national level. Last summer, they competed at our state competition, and they got first in the state of Wisconsin, which qualified them for nationals. A mechanics then went on to compete at nationals and secure a silver ranking, which is a huge accomplishment. We also had another member Eden DeFloren complete an aggra science research project which he then presented at nationals and won fourth place for in the nation which is a huge accomplishment. Outside of CDEs, Hudson FFA also helps members grow tremendously as leaders through something called an LDE or leadership development event. This year we've had a couple people compete at leadership development events and we've even had a couple members place pretty well at regionals this year. We had one member place third and we had another
032member myself placed third in their event as well. These LDEs have helped me grow a lot as a person and as a leader. FFA has inspired me so much to become a leader. I've been an officer this year and I'm going to be an officer next year. It has helped me grow a lot as a person and I'm really grateful to be part of this club. As previously mentioned, uh, a lot of what FFA is is how diverse it is. I'm a freshman and I have grown so much as a person, both um, in school, outside of school, and just around the community. There's a lot of community uh, events where you can just kind of help out the community, help out the school, uh, and help uh, family, friends, neighbors, anyone around you. Thank
033you. [Applause] And anybody wanting to enter the drawing, they do a kiss a cow competition. This year has passed, but next year just connect with one of us or them. Initiation signing up for that. There we go. Um, my name is Mabel. I'm a freshman in HOSA. HOSA is a club that really focuses on the students who want to go into healthcare. Um, throughout my HOSA experience, we've done a few events like we've made health sorry cards for teachers for mental health week, which has really like helped our community and it really just brought us closer to our um, clubmates. And we have planned a bingo event during the holidays for we were going to go with the seniors but snow day cancelled that but next year. Um but we also have events planned in
034the future such as blood drives. We're going to help out the Red Cross this summer. And we're get we have shadowing opportunities set up so we can um focus on our futures in healthcare. And um we also have opportunities set up to volunteer at local hospitals which will be really nice cuz we get a feel for what the hospital setting feels like while also aiding our community. And we also have a teddy bear clinic set up. So that'll be cool. So kids will um bring in their like injured teddy bears and we'll help them fix it and show them how to do that. That'll be fun. But I feel like HOSA has really just brought me a really good sense of community and it helped my leadership skills a lot because I'm a freshman but
035I feel like I've contributed a lot to the club along with my peers. Okay. So, um, a month ago or a couple of months ago, I went to state for HOSA and I competed it competed with, uh, 15 other people and it was it was really just a cool experience cuz I had never gone before and I was really nervous going in, but it was a super cool like place to learn cuz it was really there were so many people and it was really cool. And uh one of our um participants is going to nationals this summer in June. So that was really cool to see her accomplish that. And I'm really excited to see what this club can do. And this Wednesday we have a Chipotle night. So it' it'd be very nice if
036you could go and raise money for our club. But thank you so much. Quiz Bowl. Hello. Uh hello. I am Joseph Dirk, a sophomore at Hudson High School. I am here today to talk about Quizbull, an extracurricular activity that has helped me grow as a student. Quizball has given me motivation, a thing that I struggled to find in middle school. Um uh Quizbull has helped me find a reason to improve myself and put more into my education. Quizbull has benefited me in many ways. Those have that have been listed are but a mere few. One memory that has impacted me significantly uh was the moment I was recognized for being one of the top scorers at a tournament in Madison. At this tournament, we qualified for a team for nationals in Atlanta. The team is
037looking forward to representing Hudson at this tournament in two in under two weeks. The impact this had on me was immeasurable. It allowed me to experience what it feels like to represent uh something. Looking past this, not only was I given a chance to represent our school, I was given a team to bond with. This is to say, in Quizbull, I have found not only teammates, but friends. I owe a debt of gratitude to the school district and my coaches for the opportunity to grow in my social and academic life. That's all. Science Olympian Hi, my name is Rosetta Eban and I am a senior captain for the science Olympia team. Um, this year we had a record high enrollment of 60 members. That has been great to see such high numbers cuz my freshman
038year I think we had 20 people. So, we nearly tripled in size since then. Um, we also had four teams this year. Um, that is something that has never happened before and that was really fun to have an extra team this year. Um, we had an absolutely incredible season. We had took first place at Unity. We won the spirit award for the first time ever, which is a sportsmanship award they give out at a few of the competitions and we won that this year. Um, we also got first at regionals and we've never done that before, so that was really cool. And then we took fourth at state out of 70 teams. Hi, my name is Shv Johnny and I like to talk about the experience of being in science olympiad like as a competitor
039and I am one of the senior captains this year but I actually only joined the high school science Olympiad last year but I was a competitor in the middle school science olympiad. So I really enjoy science limit because of the events that you get to to do and just the amount of fun that that that you get doing it. So there are three main types of events. There's test events, there's build events, and there's like do events. And so at test events, you study beforehand, usually with notes, with a binder. And some of these events include anatomy physiology where from yearbyear, you learn about different parts of the body and then are tested on that. There's build events where you build something and then bring it to the competition and then how well that build
040does is how well you place. So an example of this is towers where you build a tower to handle the most amount of weight without breaking and while it being in a specific weight range. And then there's the do events which you don't really bring anything or prepare anything. You just go to the competition you with a partner or two and then you just compete in the event. So an event like this would be write it do it where you need one partner and one partner sees something and then has to write down specific instructions that the other partner looks at and then tries to build that exact object from the instructions given. So I really like how science and just has a wide variety of events for anybody to pick from and pretty much
041if you are interested in science at all there is at least one event where science liid can help you and I found that a few of my interests have actually stemmed from science limpid like I did an event called astronomy is here where you learn all about stars and galaxies and like everything in space and it's really showed me that I really like learning about astronomy. me and I'm already involved in physics so I plan to extend that in the in my future education in college. Thank you. Hi, my name is Emily McGee. I have had the honor of speaking before a lot of you for the past three years about science Olympiad and uh I would like to talk today about some of some challenges that we faced this year and how we're going
042to move past and get better for them this next year. So, one thing that comes with having 60 members and having four different teams is a it's hard to be cohesive between everyone. As we had like 20 freshmen new this year, new to our team, we tried to work to get everyone to work together between like combining seniors and juniors and combining the sophomores and freshman together. So, as the freshman and sophomores will go up throughout the years, they will be continuing to be on the same teams. And in the future, we think that this will help us have really cohesive teams that can compete really well. And we're looking to get even better than fourth place at state soon. And us being a bigger uh club, we are looking to uh compete more next
043year. So, this year we had four competitions. We had our two invitationals and then our regional and our state. And next year we are looking at even having a fifth competition, possibly a Hudson invitational coming up soon. So I think that would be really cool for Hudson to be able to show off our school, show off our different competitives, uh, like all the space that we have in our high school and how it would be perfect for a different science Olympia competition like that. Thank you. Megan. Thank you, Mr. President. Um, I just want to say you all are amazing. I your talents, your skills, your dedication, and I love hearing about how much um you've valued your time together and you've grown together as a team, the friendships that you've made, the challenges you've
044overcome, um how you give back to the community. And I just want to say good luck to all the teams that are going to state and nationals coming up. Uh thank you for coming here tonight and being with us. It's just really amazing to hear from you all, Mr. President. Thanks. I just want to echo what Megan said. This is one of my favorite and I'm sure most board members and administration, we love to see what you guys are doing and um I everything that you talked about, I'm like, "Oh, that sounds like so much fun. I want to do that. Oh, that looks Why didn't I do that in high school? Oh, that sounds so much fun. And I just you're just great. And uh my h my my my son was in HOSA
045and he's actually graduating from college this year. He's not uh becoming a going on to med school like we had planned or he had planned, which is okay. That's okay. He got a ton from HOSA and he is a English neuroscience major. So, just to know that there's lots of opportunities and you guys are amazing. Really kudos to all of you and your teachers and your parents, you know, spectacular young people. Sorry about uh loved hearing that you're taking advantage of the opportunities provided with these programs and to see the participation grow looks like pretty much across the board. So, and and just thank you. We really appreciate you guys taking the time to come out tonight. This is really incredible stuff and thank you for letting Aaron make you spend a sunny evening in
046our in our boardroom. Thank you very much. Other hand. I just want to share a couple quick things. One, I'm glad you noticed that, Bob. The participation rates across the board with these groups and even the groups that aren't with us here tonight have been incredible. And that's a testament to our adviserss. A couple of them are here tonight, but also these kids and the work they put in the recruiting starting with our activities fair in September all the way through just sharing opportunities and kids can join at any time. They join at different age levels. Um it does not matter and they do incredible things. Uh the other thing that I want to commend this group on is the the community that these kids create not only their on themselves with students but through
047their their uh organizations. You heard the example of using woods to make trophies for their tournament that we hosted for the first time and bringing more tournaments here to Hudson. All of those things don't just happen. Um, and if you're lucky enough in the fall to catch an athletic event during fall musical rehearsal, like we were this past year, you'll see a national anthem sung by the Foot Loose Crew all in costume. It's just the coolest thing that these groups bring in every year. Um, and just happy to be a part of it. So, thank you for your support because all these opportunities wouldn't be possible. So, have a great rest of your night. Thank you, Okay, next up we have a Cheers for Peers report from Andrea. Yes. And I I think several of
048the recipients of the Cheers for Peers awards are here tonight. So if you want to come forward or if you prefer to stay in the background, that's good, too. Um don't want to put you on the spot, but I want to start with Brienne Kip. Um Bri is the administrative assistant to the principal at EP Rock and she has worked in the district for 11 years. Uh and Bri was nominated by Michelle Beer. Uh this is her first year in the position. She's a kind face to see every morning as you head into the building. She works hard to make sure that your questions are answered and organizes items needed to help with smooth communication to families. We are so lucky to have Bri in this new role. And then we have Steve Gaffer who's
049here. Um he is a IT a specialist with the district and worked with us for 23 years. And he was nominated by Joe Barbie. Steve has gone above and beyond both in helping me to support the district and more specifically all the work he's been doing with the technology related things in the construction areas. He's been taking a huge load off my shoulders while keeping his building supported. And then we have Diane Martins. Uh she is a special ed teacher at the high school and has worked in the district for three years. She was nominated by Matt Dah and Morgan Sandville. It is my first year in the district and Diane is one of the most impactful, positive, welcoming people to be around. I could not have transitioned as smoothly into this role without her.
050She makes every day feel like sunshine. She's an amazing teacher and her students are better for having her in the classroom caring and guiding them. Then we have Quinton Mitchell who's also there we go right there. Um he's a campus monitor at the high school and he's worked in the district for two years. He was nominated by Dan Tonado and Kayla Wahus. Quentyn is the perfect addition and a wonderful teammate. He is always punctual and ready to help out in any situation. We're so appreciative to have a reliable and accountable colleague that shares the workload and is great with students. Our job is not just about monitoring and escorting students. You have to be able to connect with the students as well. He's willing to put the put in the work to get to know
051the students, creating positive relationships and making students feel safe and valued. Then we have Zach Ericson right back there. He is the lead custodian at the high school and he's worked in the district for two years. He was nominated by Holly Quinn Mars. Zach goes above and beyond with a positive attitude and a smile. He has helped us out with several events and we appreciate everything he and his team do for us. From arranging tables and chairs to assisting us with any needed requests, he does it all with a smile, and that does not go unnoticed. Thank you for all your hard work and effort to make our events a success. We couldn't do it without you and your hardworking team. Then we have Kennedy Fransen. Uh Kennedy's a first grade teacher at Holton Elementary
052and she has worked in the district for three years and she was nominated by an anonymous staff member. She's always full of positive energy for the students and her co-workers. She goes above and beyond to do what's best for her students and families. Her ability to adjust to new expectations and ask questions when she's unsure makes her an exceptional co-orker. She enjoys sharing her new knowledge about creating positive work environments with our staff and making sure to follow those important tips herself. It's truly a joy to work with her. And then we have Chris Deleó. He is a techad teacher at the middle school and has worked in the district for 25 years. He was nominated by Miranda Moore. Chris's passion for both teaching and his subject matter is genuinely inspiring. Teaching middle school students
053comes with his own set of challenges. Chris Chris meets them with a light heart and deep compassion. He is truly in his element. I admire Chris's dedication to his work as well as his ability to connect with students while maintaining the highest level of professionalism. Its curriculum is both fun and engaging, allowing students to enjoy learning while meeting clear expectations. It's no surprise the students love being in his classes. We have Michelle Henchel. She's a special ed pair at the middle school and has worked in the district for four years. She was nomi nominated by Sydney Gerbig. She works really well with students with disabilities. She is very patient and knowledgeable with the students she works with. She has a perfect balance of kind, but still holds students accountable and to a high standard. Thank
054you for all you do, Michelle. Sarah Strrom, that's right there. Um, she is an F FACS teacher at the middle school and has worked in the district for 22 years and was nominated by an anonymous staff member. Sarah has put in countless hours this year supporting the long-term subs in her department. She has collabor collaborated and supported planning and instruction along with managing budgetary concerns and inventory supplies. Throughout it all, Sarah has remained her positive, supportive self. Her joy for teaching and working with students has never wavered despite all of the extra work she took on and the fact that she was teaching on an overload all year long. Then we have Sarah Hy. She is a specialed teacher at North Hudson. She has worked in the district for three years. She was nominated by
055Melissa Hines. Sarah is just one of those teachers that will help out with everybody, help out everyone at any time with anything. She goes out of her way to help everybody. She takes on many different roles throughout the year. She's a kind and sharing person with staff and students. She always has a smile to share and often is our technology go-to person. She is amazing. And then we have Jenny Hartwig, Taran Murphy who are both here as well. Um Jenny and Taran are special ed pairs at Rivercrust. Jenny's worked in the district for three years and Taran has been with us for six years. They were nominated by Brianna Slene. I am nom nominating Taran and Jenny for their unwavering dedication, tireless work ethic, and the remarkable relationships they have built with both students and
056staff. They go above and beyond every day, not only providing exceptional support in the classroom, but also fostering a warm and inclusive envir atmosphere where all students feel valued and understood. Through their compassion, patience, and hard work, both of them had made a lasting impact on the lives of many. We're deeply grateful for the dedication, passion, care, and joy they bring to their work, making a difference every single day. Then we have Julie Fenner right there. She is a health assistant at Willow River and she has worked in the district for 22 years. She was nominated by Jennifer Hughes. I would like to nominate Julie Fenner for her incredible helpfulness and support toward me for the last two years at work. She consistently goes above and beyond to help me with difficult questions and scenarios
057when I am in a pinch. Her positive attitude, willingness to talk me through things, and kind approach make her an invaluable peer to cheer for. I truly appreciate her dedication to the students and teamwork within the health department. She's just the best. Katie Cook. She is a GT teacher at Hudson Prairie and has worked in the district for 15 years, and she was nominated by Heidi Ashenbrer. Katie is a dedicated and innovative educator who has exceptional connections with her students. Students seek her out asking for more challenges. She is open to helping staff members, whether it is for one student or 10. She's an advocate for her gifted teacher or gifted students and wants them to continue to grow and be challenged. Katie is ready to pivot at the drop of a hat and help
058out whoever she is needed to help, a student or staff member in need. We are so lucky to have you at HP. And last but not least, Kyle Flanigan. He is a science teacher at the high school and has worked in the district for 12 years. Kyle was nominated by an anonymous staff member. Kyle is a wonderful person with a kind heart and a true passion for teaching. His impact on students is unmistakable. Whenever a student mentions his name, it's always accompanied by a smile. In the classroom, Kyle consistently puts his students needs before his own. I've witnessed several m moments where he's been deeply moved by the struggles students face, showing just how much he cares. As a colleague, Kyle has been a positive, encouraging, and wise presence. It's comforting to know that people
059like Kyle Flanigan are out there. We're truly fortunate to have him as a teacher at Hudson High School. So, can we give a round of applause to all of our cheers? It is our last cheers for peers of the year. And so, I definitely want to um celebrate all the recipients of this award for the past year and it's just such a pleasure now that we've added in this addition of having the reception that you guys get to come in here, have an opportunity to meet the board and so again, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. Yep. Yep. Yep. Thanks to all recipients and thanks for coming tonight. Appreciate it. Next on the agenda is citizens right to speak. Do we have any I'm just checking. Were there any citizens that
060wanted a chance to speak? Check that as a no. Okay. Since we have no none, we will move on to uh reports with a construction update. All right. Looks like uh everybody's kind of clearing out before they have to listen to me. I get it. I don't blame them. Uh so just kind of a construction update uh and where we're at with things. We do these about every couple weeks. Uh as you can read through what we have going on the past week and what's been going on. I just kind of hit on some of the pictures what you see. The first picture here, this is a new office edition secure entrance at EP Rock Elementary. Uh so it's coming along. Also the next picture is where they're taking all of that old ephus off
061of the outside of the building. They're going to be doing asbesus abatement on the outside and then they'll be putting in all the new windows that go in around the outside of the building there. Um utility pads and the new utility yards for our chiller and and um backup generators. You start to see even though the gym is not getting much work done at EP Rock um all the new chiller lines and some of the sprinkler lines, the building is getting fully uh sprinklered uh which it hasn't been in the past. And so they're doing that work right now. Um, as you start to look down some of the hallways, you can kind of see some of the different things that they have going on in full demolition mode. Uh, in this wing of the
062building, it is the, uh, kind of this the southwest area of the building. Um, and and they're working through uh, some different different components. You start to see classrooms if you work your way down and kind of how they're they're uh starting to demo everything, pull everything out of there. We move on to North Hudson. You're starting to see some uh real progress. Uh this picture is of the new playground entrance. Uh and the new entrance uh to the right there is the the new addition. Uh you start to see the media center's taking shape with the windows in. Uh drywall is up. They're getting it painted. It's really starting to look uh look nice. Um some additional uh I don't know what the top picture is. Sorry. Um start to see the gym space
063in the next picture. Um, so windows are in, it's painted. Uh, getting ready to put the gym equipment up as they get ready. That all has to be done. So then they can start the process of putting the wood floor down. Uh, you start to see some of the classrooms that are being renovated. Uh, carpet has been pulled, ceilings have been pulled, uh, and they're working on the demolition in the different classrooms. And so trying to get those things done. And then as you get into the middle school, um here's a picture of I guess a hole in the roof. Um this is actually where they'll be putting an air handling unit uh up on the roof because the new heating and cooling systems the those are both these pictures. So there's new HVAC systems
064going in at the middle school. Um if you start to see this is the other side of the hole in the roof. So that's holding up the roof um where they cut the holes. Um, as you can start to see the pool area, they're still finishing up. You can kind of see a little bit if you zoom in on the pictures. You can see the big fans that they've installed to help it uh move air along with all the new duct work. Um, they're doing repairs on the pool itself. Um, remember they have to uh uh fill this pool. It takes us a while. It's 335,000 gallons of water to fill our pool. Uh, and then once it's full, it's going to take us a few days to actually heat it up past the 37
065degrees, which is what the water comes out of the tap after you've been running it for days, uh, to fill. So, um, so, a lot of work there. In the back of the middle school, you may have noticed, uh, they put a large retain wall in that's going to handle our utility yard with our, um, backup propane tanks, uh, our new chiller for the cold water system, and our backup uh, backup generators back there. And then they've started removing ceilings at the middle school, similar to what we've done at EP Rock and North Hudson. All the floor tile, if you look there, has been removed, the ceramic tile. Uh, so you're getting ready to to get kind of a jump on some things for the summer to keep you working your way through. You can
066kind of see some spaces that are demoed or getting new ceilings and new spaces as we work our way through. The next picture is you see we uh they're cutting holes to do borrowed lights so you get more passive supervision in the house structures and things along those lines. Um some science rooms, the new softing going in in the next picture. Um and and more of the same. I would uh also extend the invitation to the board if if you'd like me to set up some tours uh so you can kind of see a progress of where they're at. Um there will be a lot of work being done this summer. There's probably been about 15 million to maybe 18 million worth of work that's been done so far and they're going to have to
067do about $30 million worth of work in the next three months. So, it will be uh a lot of work in the next three months. Uh move in dates for the three buildings uh minus the district office is, you know, probably middle middle of August uh because we have kids on the 26th. Uh district office, we plan on moving in to that space uh middle of September. So, I want to make sure all the other spaces are done and then we'll move into the district office space. What questions do you have? Dr. Olette. Um, I just wanted to ask you I know that that we you've taken out the tile or the not you particularly you've been over there every night quite a while working 247. This is why. Yeah. Um, so why why is
068the tile column coming out again? Remind me why that's happening and what's being replaced at the middle school. What's replacing the tile? Thank you. Yeah. So, uh the tile causes multiple issues for us. Um the ceramic tile. So, we have kids that have mobility issues. They're using walkers, um large equipment that we have to move throughout the building. Uh it's just like one giant rumble strip for people. And so, um although it was a really popular flooring choice back in the 90s when the buildings were built, um most schools have moved away from it. And so, what we're putting is a product called Kinetics. Um, it's the same product. Uh, we'll have it in I don't know if we'll have we'll have it in all the hallways in the elementaryaries and the classrooms of elementaryaries.
069So, it's a product that's made from recycled water bottles. It has the qualities of a, uh, soft surface, so like a carpet, but has the durability of a hard surface. And so, um, you it'll make the building much quieter, uh, much easier for, uh, some of our students with mobility issues to maneuver through the building and things along those lines. So that's that's the big impetus behind the tile. Thank you for sharing that. Mhm. Um that propane tank that looks huge. Is that going to be It is large in with something or is it What's that? Is it going to be shielded with something? Um decorated to look like a submarine or something? Yes, it you notice it has the taped word on there that says empty. Um at first I was trying to figure
070out what it said. Um but yeah, so that's actually um that's up on above in that new retaining wall area and it'll be inside a fenced in area as part of our utility yard. So we get uh a discount for buying um for having interruptible gas service which basically means the gas companies uh can call us and we have about an hour, hour and a half to shut off our natural gas. It's usually at times when there's a high demand uh and we have to switch to an alternative heating source which in the past has been heating oil. Um it's not a great uh source, you know, because you're constantly having to maintain these tanks and heating oil is basically kerosene or diesel. Um and so we switched to propane as our backup fuel source.
071Uh our discount on our natural gas bill is I think it's almost half. I mean the rate is that that good. Uh but you have to be able to switch. Um, so we have propane tanks both at uh now we have them at uh middle school complex, middle school prairie, um, EP Rock will have them, North Hudson and uh, the high school. And so they also uh, we can run our backup generators on either natural gas or on propane depending on what we need to do as well. And so, um, just to give you an idea that that propane tank, um, if we had to go to alternate gas service, uh, that'd last us about 36 hours, we'll burn through that tank. And so it's it's I think a 2,000galon tank. Um, so it's one
072of those things where it has to be big enough that uh, we're not filling it every 6 to 8 hours, but it you don't want it so big that you're just sitting on, you know, thousands of gallons. So it's that in between. So we're adding that to other schools, similar tanks to other schools. Yes. Can I guess where the high school one is going to go? The high school is already there. It's been there since the remodel. Okay. I was expecting it'd be right in my backyard. It is. Actually is. Bob, you could probably see it from your house. It's It's been there since 2017. All right. So, it must be very inconspicuous. Yeah. Dr. Allet, can I ask a quick question? How often do we get asked to switch to propane and how long
073does it typically last? We got asked, I think, what, once or twice this year? Twice at Holton. and we have different gas providers depending on where our buildings are located. Um, you know, for a long time we went about six or seven years and I don't think we ever got asked. And so it's usually when there's a huge cold spell and there's a high demand for natural gas, they'll ask some of the largest users uh to switch to a different um fuel source. And so we're a we're a prolific user of natural gas um uh because we have so many square feet. And so it doesn't happen very often. Um, but also it gives us the option if we lose power, these will also run our backup generators as well. Thank you. Yep. Any other
074questions, Aaron? Absolutely. Can you hit your button? Is it on now? There you go. Oh, whoops. Sorry. Um the last meeting we were talking about um the heating and cooling issues that were going on at the middle school. Yes. Um and have those been resolved? Well, I mean it depends on being so hot this last week. It it depends. I mean it's definitely warmer today at the middle school than it was two weeks ago. So four of our buildings we took the boilers offline about two weeks ago. Um, and we did have some uh concerns at the middle school and um I would say the other three buildings we nobody really said anything but we did have some people ask about at the middle school. We did bring in some temporary heat uh at the
075middle school. Um and now you know the challenges we're going to run into at least you know we had you know on Friday and today and it looks like tomorrow but then after that's going to cool down is air conditioning because those units have been coming offline also. Okay. Um and so once if we can get just to the other side of probably tomorrow, it looks like we're going to have highs in the 70s and 60s. We should be in pretty good shape. Um but yeah, it's this time of year is always going to be hard to regulate the building temperatures because once it gets above about 60 62 degrees, usually we have to use air conditioning to cool the buildings. Uh which is not typical what you have to do at your home. And
076so we're in that that weird time when like I said, it's it's it's 92 yesterday and Sunday, this coming Sunday, it's supposed to be 59 for a high. So, it's you we got to kind of pick a date and then we kind of shut it down and and that creates some challenges. But right now, I think everything's all right. I don't know. Bonnie, have you had any complaints today? She has her email off and she has her cell phone turned off, too. So, that's what makes it easier. So, yeah, that's kind of where we're sitting. Thank you. Yep. If there are no other questions, we can move to enrollment update with Andrea. Okay. So this is similar information to what we presented at the work session in terms of the projected enrollment for the 2025
0772026 school year. Uh this in terms of the elementary analysis has six more students. So isn't that exciting compared to our earlier data mine from April. So this was just run May 9th. Um and uh in terms of the numbers we're still we're holding pretty steady. Um, the greens are still continue to be green, which basically just means that we are below or well below our class size guidelines. If it's green and then if it's red, light red is we're plus uh we're like one above. Um, if it's more than one above our class size guidelines, then it's the darker red. So, the one that we are watching and we talked about at the uh work session, it's Hudson Prairie fourth grade where it's 28 29 29. Um it's important to note that with this
078document it does not um have kids if any students that want boundary exceptions to in a different elementary school. We haven't yet process those. That's going to be done I believe next week or the following week. Um so that will change the um the view of this document quite a bit. Um I think we have 30 40 requests for boundary exceptions. uh we do not overload any classes um when it comes to boundary exceptions but we do bring it up to the class size guidelines. Thereafter we place open enrolled students. The open enrolled students if they are continuing open enrolled students they're included within this. Um our kindergarten kids though haven't yet been placed in a building. Um that'll occur after the boundary exception process and that so the K number will get higher um
079on the basis of once we admit those and place them in um elementary buildings. Any questions on the elementary one? Okay. Um, well, I have a question about 4K. Okay. So, last year, what were we at this time? Very similar to this number because I talked to Sue Helmers today and or on Friday and the 216 in April when I did the report. I think it was uh 202 and we're already up to 216. Okay. It's very fluid this time of year um where parents and Dave can speak about it better than I. Um but I I think that Sue said this is very typical or not if he doesn't want to. Um oh I thought well I know you work on the um 4K stuff. So uh with respect to this number Sue said
080it's just very typical. Okay. So and then what was the ending enrollment that we finalized in fall that we finalized in fall for 4K? Yeah. I'm just curious how what our enrollment is. Um, let me look because I didn't up that name number for a while. 324. Okay. So, it does go up quite a bit throughout the summer. Typically, it has. And that's why Sue just I said, "Is there anything we need to be worried about?" And she didn't feel that there was. And then how is it divided amongst the schools? So, is it parent preference or how does that work? So, first um the enrollment process, this used to be kindergarten, we'd see the same sort of thing. So, it's whenever it's the first opportunity for families to enroll, it just lags a little
081bit. They're trying to figure out the system, so it takes a while. In terms of choice, it is entirely um parent driven. They provide three choices, but they include if they need transportation, if they need after school or wrap care, and then the placement process happens the first of each month on a rolling basis. So, it's not first come, first serve throughout the entire summer. First come, first serve on a monthly rolling basis. Okay. And then when do we talk to our facil our partners and the elementary schools about what their numbers will be? That's ongoing as we each month as we get the new numbers they get updates. So they meet the directors meet monthly with Sue Helmer's. Okay. And they go through this each month. Okay. Excellent. Thank you. Sure. Any other questions
082in elementary? Oh, Erin, I know I touched on this last time with you just a little bit, but it's still kind of concerning seeing the red numbers, the 27 28 kids per class. So, once the boundary lines um exceptions are made, do you anticipate that those numbers are going to reduce at all or and or is there time still to adjust and add an extra classroom for those if we're able to do that? There's definitely time. I I mean every I think at this next meeting um when whenever our next meeting is um we should have more information because I believe the boundary exception process will be occurring before that next meeting. Um and so then we'll know more. I don't know how many kids in that grade at Prairie are requesting boundary exceptions. Um
083it's always an odd thing where it's the people coming out and the people coming in and trying to figure out where they're all going. Um but yeah, as soon as we have that information and we regularly get resignations in June, too that we have to post and fill for. So I would say that yeah, we would definitely have time to still adjust. I imagine there's people at home watching these numbers and going, "Oh my goodness." So I just wanted to make sure that I brought that up as a concern. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Andrea. Now we're moving on to personal technology use update. Real quick, should we hit the high school middle school numbers? Oh, I'm sorry. Um just a quick update on there. The middle school uh did go down a few
084kids. So from 1073 to 1058 versus the last report. High school went up a few kids. So 1643 to to 1654. Um nothing out of the ordinary. There's a lot of fluctuations this time of year. So that's it. Thank you, Andrew. Yeah. So, we have uh both Sally and Mike here to kind of talk about uh the personal kind of technology use update. You Sally's going to kind of kick it off with talking a little bit about, you know, where we're at with our mental health uh issues and things like that and what our initiatives been and then Mike's here to kind of talk about some of the changes at the high school uh that people had some questions about. So, go ahead. Yeah. So, as a mental health team this year, um focusing on
085technology and mental health has been a big priority and this came up a lot in the community conversation last year. The number one and number two priorities that were identified there um as a mental health team too, we all know that this is not something that we can do alone as a school district. This needs to be a whole communitywide effort. So, we focused a lot on learning more about this topic and also bringing more education to the community as a whole. And we're pretty proud of the big events that we were able to host this year. Um but looking at some of our data and this is what we looked at. This is from the 2023 YRBS youth risk behavior survey. Um this is the currently the most updated information we have. The high
086school took the YRBS about a month ago, midappril. The eighth graders took the survey today. It typically takes us about 8 to nine months to get the report back from DPI. So we'll be looking at 2025 data probably November, December. But currently we're looking at this kind of information for so heavy screen time. This question asks about students who are on devices excluding school related use. So not on Chromebooks for school time, that sort of thing. Um and this doubled from 2019 to 2021. 38% of students were on devices uh three hours or more in 2021 to 75% in 2021 and then stayed steady in 2023. So we'll see what it looks like this year. And then if you go to the next um slide, this is our students who are on screens um between
087midnight and 5:00 am on school nights. So obviously this is some concerning local data. This is pretty standard though. I mean it lines up nationally. We're not outliers. We're just kind of along the trend lines for what we're seeing nationwide. So then um we put together some events. We first reached out to the library um and had a partnership with the Hudsonary Public P public library to hold two different sessions focused on the book The Anxious Generation, which has been getting a ton of buzz. Um and they were really eager to partner with us, which was great. They purchased more copies of this book than they normally would have. And um so we as a team um attended the two sessions. We promoted it through um our channels and then they promoted it. So it
088was not just open to district families but to anybody in the community. We had a good response and really enjoyed having conversations focused that way. Um and then in January we hosted the screeners elementary edition documentary. So some years ago the district hosted a screenagers event. This is an updated version of this film which was focused on the um impact screens have on younger age kids elementary. This was a really great turnout we had for the event. Over 130 families came um which was great. It's like an hourong film and then we had a panel with a pediatrician, an elementary counselor and um a therapist and we had some questions and answers and it was really wellreceived. We followed that up with our screenagers next chapter which is the updated again version but for high
089schoolers and focused on that mental health piece pretty closely. Um, and that was just a couple weeks ago, April 23rd. Wednesday nights tend to be difficult nights for events, but we still had a great turnout. About 75 people, I think it would say, um, came to that event and were really engaged, too. Had a similar panel afterward. So, we were really proud that we were able to host those events and get a lot of good engagement with that. Um, as far as reach, so between the two events for screenagers, over 200 community members and caregivers came to one of those. The anxious generation we also have in a staff um professional development library. It's been checked out 25 times from that physical library where I put it in inner office mail to get it to
090folks. Um and then we have a digital resource library 31 times. It's been checked out either for like an ebook or an audio that our staff has been checking that out this year. Um and that digital content resource has only been available since January. So they're really taking um taking advantage of that which is great. I checked in last week with the Hudson area public library and the 23 copies of the anxious generation has have circulated 141 times in our community since this fall. So I think you know the information is getting out there and kind of there is a lot of people who are curious to learn more about this nexus between mental health and tech and what can we do what role do we all play in supporting our kids and getting the
091best practices out there. Um, and from our perspective as a mental health team, we take this responsibility of educating the kids of Hudson's very seriously. And we know that technology, we can't just wholesale say no tech in schools. That's not realistic. That's not what we're talking about. But we want to make sure that we are providing our kids with the best skills to use technology as a tool and not a crutch. and make sure that we are preparing them with the skills and the um ability to move forward in their lives with what they need to best support themselves. Thank you. Um I know I was at the screener viewing and so was Maria and even Jamie Johnson made it because it's habit for Jamie I guess. Um but it was uh I think it
092was great. The the panel discussion was excellent. I think that added a lot to it. Uh had a lot of audience participation. So yeah, I appreciate you coming. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to thank you so much for the work your team has done this past year. Um, this is amazing. The numbers are fantastic. Um, and taking this from the community conversation and all the work you've put in to make this happen on top of all the other things you do. Um, I think this is such an important discussion that we're having as a district and as a community and I can't thank you enough for the effort you've been putting in. Brian, thanks, Mr. President. I want to also say thank you so much for for this conversation.
093My family attended the the January event of Screen Aers and something I was really struck by at that event is families really wanting support on this subject and really I think we're all really struggling on where to go on on you know personal devices um um you know our phones so on and I think it having these events and continuing to have these events are are is going to be really important for this community people really want to talk about it to have support. Um so thank you Mr. President. I I agree with you. I myself kind of find myself wondering what do we do sometimes and that leads me to um I saw some communication about cell phones in school and so I don't know if you were planning to talk um yeah next.
094Oh perfect. This is a great segue. you think that I had this ready. Um, but I I kind of as a board I feel like I want more information statistically and facts on what that looks like for schools. Um, whether we have cell phones in school, what the pros and cons are um so that we can kind of better direct what's happening as well. And I would say that Aaron requested um Mr. Valor's uh participation tonight because she's hearing things from parents as well uh concerns. So, Maria, thank you, Mr. President. First, I just want to say thank you very much for the work that you do. Um, it is very important and you are absolutely right. It is a partnership with teachers, with parents, with families, and with our larger community. And um I
095know this is the Hudson School District's mental health team, and I know there used to be a mental health task force. And if we are truly talking about this as a community, I think we need to start bringing those resources together to support families within the community because there are a wide variety of agencies that work on this from a wide variety of angles and they can all bring a perspective and a resource and an ability to connect. The other thing I would say having been at the the last event, one of the things that the conversation really wrestled with was healthy use and there really wasn't a definition. And I think that varies from family to family. But I also think you got to put something out there for people to wrap their hands
096around to say what could I wrestle with to say does this work for my family or is there some variation of that theme? And so when we continue to say we all need to strive for healthy use, that becomes a very nebulous thing that's hard to put a pin in. And that might be the next step to say how do we at least give a something a a benchmark a goal some definition for families to work with because it is going to vary from family to family and what their needs and what their goals are and understand that but at least we have something to anchor to. And one thing that is difficult and a lot of families kind of came up with or after the screeners event asking for like just tell me my
097kids ate what's the limit this summer. Exactly. You can't say like okay only two hours of you know whatever the video game is and that's it. But one other resource I want to highlight that we've had for several years is um I on our website for the middle school there is a digital um I can't remember the exact name of it but we have partnered with the Spark and Stitch Institute which has this great module of learning for parents on um how to support their student and the idea is now that they're given this one to one Chromebook that they're taking home every night how do you support their digital learning um we've done events with um Aaron Walsh from the Spark and Stitch Institute in years past and she does a great job talking
098about technology is neither good nor bad, it's powerful and so they have um modules and we've got a license for parents of sixth graders that they can go through to learn how they can support their students learning with that and I encourage all families to take advantage of that. It's just right there on the website that you can access and that's one tool to just go with. It's difficult because what's developmentally appropriate for one student may not be for another. based on their own trajectory. And so it's it would be so nice to say like, you know, based on height and weight, we know what car seat is correct for this student, but based on height and weight, we don't know what hours of screen time is going to be appropriate for that child. I
099love you pointing out that resource. I think it's just giving families something to jump from. Yes. and say, "How do I apply this to my kiddo knowing where my kiddo is and developmentally?" And one's going to know how to use technology really well and um others are not. So, yes. And it may vary from child to child within one family. Exactly. And that's hard. Yeah. Thank you. We appreciate it. Any other questions? Thank you very much. Thank you. And on a quick side note, don't panic when you see Sally's name later in the personnel pack. We're moving Sally from prevention specialist to the mental health coordinator role because Kristen Zevil's retiring. So, you'll see her name later on. And if there's some confusion, she's not leaving us in all this great work. We're just switching
100our roles. Funny. Well, Kate, I'm here to talk a little bit about some significant changes coming to our high school. um particularly ones that reflect like a a renewed commitment to student learning focus and well-being and and directly related to some of the information that Sally just shared with regards to student mental health. So, um starting next school year at the high school, we will be stringently enforcing uh our school's electronic uh device policy. And I just want you to assure all of you that that's that decision is grounded in both experience, research, and uh overwhelming community input. Over the past year, I've personally observed uh increasingly prevalent and frankly disruptive um uh personal device use. Uh that's that during during our uh instructional times, uh our teachers have expressed this concern consistently over the
101past few years. Again, that would kind of correlate with some of the information that Sally just shared with regards to the jump from 23% to 77 75%. And quite honestly, we've heard it echoed in in the voices of both students and families alike. you know, more than 125 uh community members participated in our community conversation uh last year and the impact of phone use and the learning on on both learning and mental health surfaced as a top concern. So, we're also drawing from research and and lived experiences. So one recent example uh is the book the anxious generation which you just keep hearing about over and over again but many of our teachers have read and discussed it via book a book club that actually was initiated by Mrs. uh Sorenson our associate principal here
102that's here tonight um and and also Mrs. Dato uh read the anxious generation or parts of it um with her students in her mind and body class this year and they expressed uh they explored many of the themes and with uh shared their insight very honestly. Uh one student wrote that phones became uh a key culprit to robbing uh children of their childhood and learning experiences leaving them anxious. Another student shared that without social media for three weeks my mental health got better. So it to to me it's really clear um we just we need to do better and so we will uh starting this fall no personal electronic devices including phones, smartwatches, laptops, earbuds uh from home will be allowed in any instructional space during any class period for any reason unless required for
103medical or accessibility needs. The only change to our existing policy is that we are eliminating teacher discretion. Th this step ensures consistency for students and also clarif uh clarity for our staff. And that quite honestly is something that the vast majority of our teachers long for. They want some clarity. They want some structure. Each classroom will have a designated storage pocket where devices are turned off and stored at the start of each period and picked up at the bell. Um Just want to make sure we understand too that this isn't just about rules. It's about creating the conditions for our students to thrive in. Okay. And naturally, one question we've heard is, well, what happens in the classroom once the devices are gone? And quite honestly, the answer is is that the students are going
104to thrive? Okay. We have over 35% of our teachers currently do not utilize uh cell phones in their classrooms. And without the constant pull of phones, our teachers are re are reinvigorating their classroom practices. Lessons are becoming more collaborative. There's increased focus on discussion. The um project learning and student led inquiry. We're seeing a return to eye contact, you guys. Eye contact. They're they're sharing this, okay? Uh to genuine peer interaction and to deeper questioning. So teachers are using more movement and creative engagement tools to meet students where they're at. Technology will still have a place, but kind of like Sally alluded to earlier, it will be very purposeful, right? When Chromebooks or digital tools are used, it will be in a structured and intentional way that enhances learning rather than distracting from it. And
105in short, we are trying to reclaim the classroom as a place of curiosity, connection, and focus. Um, we know that this change will not will not happen overnight, right? That that's why we're taking some thoughtful measures and steps to support the students along the way. Before the end of the school year, every grade level will participate in meetings to review the why behind the policy and also the expectations moving forward. And on day one of next year school year, we will again reinforce this message through advisory meetings and in classroom discussions. If any of you have a freshman, your student was a part of that meeting today. So, um um that was our our first one was our freshman. We have seniors tomorrow uh for some wrap up graduation things and then we'll proceed with
106the rest of the grade levels including eighth grade. When the students do make mistakes, which we expect, right, their kids um and especially early on, we we're ready with a supportive but rather firm plan. Okay. So on the very first re the very first response is going to include a choice. This is when the students uh come down they can choose to have a detention but our preference would be is that they go through a guided learning uh session that talks a little bit about focus the impact on technology and causes some self-reflection on their own use and maybe why they're there. Um, repeat violators then will involve family conversations and a progressive path that includes structured restrictions if needed. Okay? So, we'll just kind of increase it, increase it, increase it to give them
107what they need. This isn't about punishment. It's not. It's really quite honestly about a partnership. a partnership between the school, the student, and the family to protect to for us what matters most, and that's our students capacity to focus, to think deeply, to connect with each other, and to learn in a in a distraction-free space. Um, our staff is fully behind this change. Our community has called for it, and our students, many of them anyway, have already begun to see the value. So, I want to thank you for your continued support as we move forward. I've had an opportunity to have some conversations with many of you. Um, and we really just look forward to to working together to create a healthier and more focused learning environment for all of our our all of our
108raiders. Okay. So, Mr. Bor, it's kind of true that we this is our policy now. It's going to be uh enforced throughout. So, there will be no like favorites or anything like that. Um, and I know it's it'll be a learning as we go kind of thing. See what works, what what needs to be tweaked. Um, you know, one concern came up from a parent like if they do this and everybody puts their phones in these little pockets, what's to stop somebody from taking a wrong phone? Yeah. And doing it on purpose and you know how people panic. I know how I panic if I can't find my phone. Um, so I mean I hope that that's part of the training with these kids that, you know, they'll be severe if you, you know, mess
109with other people's property. Yeah, we will we'll certainly we'll certainly go down that path and and I'm sure we'll encounter things like that. Bob, you know, I I will share um many of you you've had an opportunity to see Mrs. Heisler and Miss Pelbecki uh inquire. I mean, just amazing people, right? And we just did something called a learning lab with with a few of our teachers, a few of our department heads, and where they had an opportunity to observe one another and do some takeaways. Uh just go into a classroom you've never been in before. Mrs. Hens is a business teacher with us for I think this is her sixth year. She's like, I've never even been in the choir room. Well, we brought her in with our instructional coaches and we did some
110purposeful observation. and Carrie Heistler and Jamie Pelvici have been incorporating these pockets all year and they have almost 100 students in there and I'm telling you the routine of just they just go in and then while Mrs. Heisler's getting things ready, Miss Pelbicki is over there, she takes attendance off of their phones, right? I mean, clever, quick, clever. Don't have to chase figure out where your 100 students are. And so those two then are are sharing that information with our other with our other staff members. We just had a meeting last Wednesday after school. Anyone could come totally volunteering and and they spoke about the difference that they're seeing with not having to have their kids constantly reaching for their phones or concerned about the vibration or the ding that occurred in their pocket. So,
111we're going to run into some of that, Bob, I'm sure. Um, I will share too, you know, we we have a tendency to look at the BRC, right? the Big River Conference comparables and and we part I participate in a high school meeting about every other month with them. I I can't always make them. Um but we share notes and we talk and we collaborate and then we also have a list of comparables of other districts within the state that we feel um are comparable to ours on a variety of factors and we have their list as well. And we we know for example that Kimberly is a school that incorporate implemented this a year ago and it is incredible there. Like we had a couple of teachers go down there not for necessarily for
112electronic devices but for some other reasons and came back going can't believe the level of engagement with those phones in those pockets. So we're going to reach out to them. We have a list a running list of two pages of questions about how will we handle this? How will we handle B? How will we handle C? so that we can ask from the people and learn from the people who have already who have already done it, right? And and and we won't get it perfect, but we'll but we'll we'll we'll learn the best we can and pass that knowledge on to our students and staff prior to the next fall. Okay, you're quick. Um I have two thoughts about this. Um one is as an adult I suffer from the same addiction. Yeah. So I
113think it's really important that our staff are modeling this for the kids so that if the kids are putting their phones away that staff, teachers, you know, whoever it might be should probably also be putting their phones away, which I mean it puts a lump in my throat. So I understand how hard that is. Um but I I think that modeling is really important. Yeah. For them. Um, and then I also, this just makes me start to think about the middle school and why I mean maybe we need to see how it goes for a year at the high school, but why not set the kids up that this is an expectation right away when they start getting cell phones, which is right around sixth, fifth, sixth grade. But thank Mr. President, um, I am
114thrilled. I'm so excited. Thank you for the work that you've put in, that the staff has put in. This is a fantastic policy. I know Nick is going to be thrilled that I will stop sending him articles about getting phones out of the classroom. So, that's a win for Nick, too. But this is just I I'm so excited to see where this goes. And I know it's a little bit stricter at the middle school already right now, I think, Nick with phones. middle school. It's off. Okay. So, but yeah, the if it's if the pockets are the way it's done, but they're supposed to have it away at the middle school. I don't know. We can talk about another time, but I'm very excited. I think uh at the panel, Go ahead, Molly. Oh, at
115the during the panel discussion, uh Dan Buckle, um one of our counselors had said how um it takes away anxiety. If you got the kids, okay, put them in your pockets. you know, it's still beeping, it's still buzzing, it's still vibrating, and that's an anxiety, you know, just to not have that to to worry about during instructional time is hugely important. And I thought it was just worth mentioning. Can I just add one thing to to Megan and then we can come back to Molly. But Megan, I know you I know you said thank you, but honestly, this has been an effort that's been nine months to a year in the making. Uh, it's been a collective effort by a lot of people at our high school. So, you know, we we put a lot
116on the plates of our department heads and and we meet the department heads uh and administration meet about every six to eight weeks and they've been kind of talking about it for a long time, you know, and it just but it's been a pretty big step. And then I think there's just a kind of a movement hit, right? Like a movement hit over in Minnesota. Uh anxious generation came out. People started going, "My goodness, look at some of this data. It is And I think you're hearing some of yourselves talk about it like our own we reflect on our own personal life and our own personal use and go wow this is if we have a hard time not answering the text when it dings when we're in the car. Imagine a student when they're
117trying to read or write or pay attention what it's doing at that time. So, um, the other clarity or clarifying component that I just want to make sure we're real clear with and and we're going to be real clear with the students, too, is it's really bell-to- bell, right? It's not about where, it's going to be when during instructional time is when they're to be turned off and put into wherever you are supposed to be at SK in Skyward. It's not to be carried down the hallway and that's okay. Or in the bathroom or to the office or counsel during instructional time. Okay. Which then means that before school, between every class, at lunch and after school, that is your time to talk with your employer, your parents, celebrate your test, etc. Right. Mr. President,
118um I just had a couple questions. Um, I assume some of the push back you might get from parents and guardians is connecting with their kids for the crazy lives that everybody's leaving, leading. Um, so I assume that there's basically parents, guardians will be instructed to call the office or send an email essentially is that their communication. So parents are also going to be educated on how to connect with their kids so they don't freak out. Yeah. if they need something immediate within that 88 minutes per period, right? Then that would be the proper channel. Molly, it's been unbeliev So, we've sent two letters. I don't know if you received them, but the first parent letter uh that we sent out in the newsletter was just kind of a it's coming and here's a little
119bit of the why. And then the second news uh parent uh news or parent uh communication went out last Friday, I believe, uh where it was much far more detailed. this is going to kind of be our plan. That's what I kind of used to help share all of that with you because I didn't know if all of you had read it. Um, but I but I will I will share with you that we are able to receive uh input from parents when we send things via um parent square and we have never in my five years received so much positive feedback as to those two letters. I mean it's in the teens of people saying thank you we support it like if you need if you want if you need support we will come
120speak if you right like very very touching very very kind um and just I think one concern and it wasn't even a concern about the shift of embracing the policy it was more of a specific concern related to a scenario okay Yeah. Well, I I feel like it's a monumental change and good and will be challenging because I know I I think like Kate says when it tells you how much you've time you spent on your phone and it's not like you're spending all your time on entertainment, you're doing things. Um but just as a society this that's a huge challenge but a perfect time to start learning some good habits. Yeah. So I applaud all of you for taking this on know that we support you. Yeah. Thank you. Remember that in late September
121I will you might get you might get an email or two. Mr. President, thank you. I Mr. Ballard I just want to say thank you. I I I do um and this is really important. Anytime a policy is in place, they always say 70% of the work is in implementation. And that's the yman's lift that you guys are doing. And what I truly appreciate about it is that you spent the time to thoughtfully approach it. You looked at it, you engaged students, you engaged family. I have a freshman in high school. The letters were really helpful and sparked some good conversations. So yes, thank you. Um and what you're doing is happening in a larger sphere. There is plenty of data. We have about 11 states that have a variety of state level policies either
122requiring like our friends over in Minnesota put a state law in place that said by March 2025 every district has to have a policy in place. We have some states that have been more prescriptive. Um, and so it's a tough needle to thread and I appreciate the very thoughtful approach that you guys are taking to your existing policy to say how do we shore it up and make it even stronger for our educational experience. I think there should be some I support Kate's idea of we as a board should do more conversation to understand the policy landscape and I would say some of the underlying data that's happening here not only with technology but mental health and understanding some of our broader policies and setting some of the environments that we have here as a
123district. Um I think that would be a great um thing for us to do in a work session. I I'll just add to to that, ma'am. Um, super proud of our teachers. We have a I mean, you saw our kids, right? I mean, if that doesn't give you chills, like, I don't know, right? Like, but our teachers are special. We have a great group of people. And even those that might not be enforcing it right now are saying, "Hey, if this is what we're going to do and this is what the research says, then count me in." I I see the impact. I see the impact of it. And uh the first question I asked them is how many people uh in our last staff meeting, how many people feel as though cell phones have
124had a negative impact on your ability to instruct throughout the day? And every single hand that I saw was up. That's all I mean over 100 teachers, many many veteran. Um that's all I needed to see to go, you know what? We're doing the right work. It's going to be hard work, but we're doing the right work. Yes, thank you so much for coming and speaking about this. Um, you've done such a great job answering all of the questions that I sent you. So, thank you for that. Um, and I just wanted to just to kind of echo a little bit of what Maria was saying there, and it's probably going to be a very unpopular opinion, but I would like to open up a future discussion on board cell phone use because as I
125look around here and we're having this conversation, there's at least eight cell phones guilty on this table. Um, and it it just it does set a precedence and as the board, it kind of starts with us, you guys. Yeah. And um you know as when when we're sitting when I sit in board meetings, we don't have cell phones out. Um there's a very important message I learned a long time ago that if your cell phone is out even at the dinner table in front of people that that whatever is just sitting here is more important than who you are in front of me. And we need to be very mindful of that. That helps helps us to echo that with our children as well and be good models of that. Um, and then, um, I
126I have a little request for Tracy down at the end there. Uh, I wonder if it would be possible for Tracy to maybe go in and video a little before and after this policy gets put into place. Maybe the kids in the hallways, how they're conversing, maybe how the classrooms look, maybe interview some students or some teachers and just so we can really showcase what Hudson is doing for other districts and go, "Wow, this is really cool. Look at how different it is. Yeah, that'd be great. I just had one more comment. I um just want to say I used to have my cell phone turned on and I do not have it turned on anymore because my daughter's cell phone is that baby from Family Guy. Um and it would ring through and I
127couldn't figure out why would it because she's on my one of my contacts. So she would ring through all the time. So that is the way you car it if having your cell phone nowadays. You have a terrible ringtone, so you're so embarrassed you will turn it off. I think Dan Buckle mentioned too that I don't know if it's in in the early morning before school or something in the cafeteria or where everybody's gathering that how quiet is subdued. People are on their phone. Some are talking, some are but when over lunch where it's not allowed. Is that true? I He mentioned that there was like it was the cafeteria we all experienced when we were young. Loud people were kicking paper footballs and rock paper scissors in groups, big groups, and you know, he's
128like it's awesome. So, yeah. So, but thank you, Dr. Velon. Sorry, one just quickly. I I won't I won't go on. I'm I'm very supportive. I'm so excited about this policy, but but everybody here has um said so much that I agree with. Um, but I wanted to just quickly request that sometime in the fall once once uh you get over some of the bumps that that we invite you back to get an update on it and kind of where where how it's going and sure whether more changes are needed, what kind of support you need from the board. Yeah, I think this is important to all of us. Yeah, I appreciate that. You know, Brian, as we as we forecast out, right, we're always trying to I think the word I learned from from
129Nick and Andrea's issue spot, right? like what is what is going to be coming up that we can for forecast right and unfortunately if you think about 1650 kids 1% is almost 20 kids right I mean just 1% right I think we're going to have 20 20 kids or so maybe more that are going to have a very very difficult time physically giving their phone and putting it someplace that's not on their person you know so we have think clearly and and and thoughtfully about how we are going to work through that scenario, right? Because there is a side where we say we want a partnership with you, we want a partnership with your family and we want to make this work, but there's also a side where we have to be able to say
130we can't we we have to find that balance between you can't interrupt the the instructional day and we can't also be insubordinate. So like where is that line, right? We know it's coming. We know that's potential for it to come. How are we going to go about navigating those waters in a way that's fair to the students but as the student but as importantly fair to the other 26 27 28 kids in that classroom and and the instructor. So those are the kinds of things we're going to reach out and and talk with some of our partners on uh and some of the school districts that I was sharing with you about earlier to kind of how did you navigate that? What can we learn? I do appreciate the support. Thank you very much. Any
131other questions? All right. Thanks you guys. Moving on from reports to discussion topics and potential action consent items. First takes us over. Mr. President, I move approval of the consent items and that the chief financial and operations officer be authorized to pay bills in the amount of 3,862,729.93. Thank you, Molly. Do we have a second? Second. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Hearing that the motion passes or the consent item passes. Let's see. Is it the meeting board meeting schedule? It's always fun. And I'm going to claim ignorance because I did not follow it like Jamie did for 12 years and think of everybody's uh actions. And I haven't talked to consultant Carrie Whitaker, see what she thinks so we can open this up for discussion. Yeah, it's
132the same schedule that we talked about at the work session. Administration just recommend approval of the current of the schedule as presented. You can see some of the highlighted dates we had that are a little bit uh different dates when we would normally do things, but um otherwise uh this is the same schedule you've seen uh before. So recommendation is to approve. We have a motion. So moved. Second. Megan with a motion. Kate with a fast second. Uh all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Hearing none. Motion passes. And we move on to food service management and chair wells. That's Bonnie. So this is the same um proposal that was provided at the work session that you reviewed. Um in response, Kate had indicated um or had asked if
133we would do that survey. So the survey is currently out for families and kids. We hope to have those results in June to present to you. Thank you. Very good. Then moving on to commercial insurance. Oh. Oh, I didn't think we were approving. Okay. Um all do I have a motion to approve? I'd like to make a motion to approve the um Chartwells contract. Very good. Thank you, Brian. So move. So move. Second. A second from Molly. Um can all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Hearing none. Motion is approved. Moving on to uh commercial insurance body. Again, this is the proposal that was reviewed at the work session. Um our recommendation is on the the green highlighted section. Um so we would need a motion to approve that.
134Do I have a motion to approve? I move approval of the um commercial liability property cyber and workers comp insurance renewals as pres presented. Thank you, Molly. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Megan. All those all those in favor say I. I. I. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. Moving on to uh the potential board retreat. Nick, would you like to So, uh we talked about this about potentially doing a board retreat uh and having Laura Leinsky come up and work with the board on a variety of topics. Um she shot me some dates. Um, I'm trying to see what works for you guys. Um, question is, um, would you want to do does June 10th work? Because we're getting kind of towards the end of May. That's a I believe that's a
135Tuesday. Yes. Does that work for the board? And what it would be is a retreat be, you know, couple hours with Lori. she would hit uh kind of topics. Uh we talked about update on executive orders. We talked about Omain's law, whose job is it roles and responsibilities of school board members. And then she also wanted to touch on some open record stuff as well. Um it's an open session meeting. So um because she's not providing legal advice based on us getting sued for something. So it's her talking through it, but it'd be a retreat. Uh so um it's just a separate meeting kind of like a work session type thing more of an informal situation. So and what day? Uh June 10th. What time? Um it can be whatever time works for people. What'
136you say? Evening. Yeah. Yeah. Evening. Yep. Yep. I thought you said 8 at night. I'm like, "Wow, that's a little later than we normally start." But hey, whatever works. Um I mean, if I mean, we can set it up to be at 5:30. It'd be a couple hours long. uh if it works better for people to do six, we could do six. You know, what are people's thoughts? Is that the only date available? Um I think there's also um we could move later in June and I think there is let me see what did she have for later. Uh she had June 30th and then it got into July. Um if we wanted to look at you know July sometime um the only thing that she would uh she would have as soon as um
137as soon as next week um we could do something as soon as next week. June 30th is is the Fourth of July week. So that's going to be a bad week for people lot of people out of town. I mean, is there I mean, I'm fine with it. What? June 10th. June 30th works for me, but I know there's a lot of like I have my whole staff have the entire week off, so I don't expect Sorry to go ahead. Yeah, I was going to say is does is the 10th workable for The 10th is fine, actually. Yeah. Well, let's see if it Maria had to step away. So, no, too bad. Oh, we have had a change in leadership around here. That's the price to pay you. Why don't we tenatively plan it for
138that and then and check with Maria. Check with Maria. Okay. That's what I'm sorry. All right. June 10th. I know. Well, and obviously if there's there's a problem with Maria, we can revisit. Okay. Okay. So, maybe we do the 10th for now. Yep. That's what I'm I'm just emailing her to get it on her calendar at least and then if we have to cancel that because it doesn't work, we'll try something else. Okay. Anything else, Nick? That's it. That's That's the evening. That brings us to the end of the meeting. Do I have a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjurnn. Fast motion. Have a second. Second. Nice. Uh all those in favor of adjournment say I. I. Those oppos say nay. Hearing none.