001So, if we have our our KPAL partners, if you want to join us up in the front, that would be great. over that way so Paul's not >> Yeah. [laughter] So it's not like Paul in the background >> there. Perfect. Yeah. November 12, 2025. support. Whereas summer 202 opport. fundraising students [laughter] organization. pictures. We really appreciate it. For those that aren't famil outside the community for a couple different Scottish. Thank you. >> The board usually likes to take a picture right now. So you guys stay there. [laughter] little is the 2026 will be coming up. >> Thank you. >> Wonderful. Next. Um, do we have any persons requesting to address members of the board of education? Did anybody sign up? >> Great. We will uh move on to agenda item seven. Um the first is
002our presentation on community partnerships. >> Perfect. Ready to go. Kelly, we'll jump into that. >> No. No. Are you ready for [laughter] us to jump? Yes, please. >> All right. So, it's only it's only fitting that uh uh we build on our relationship with KPAL and we wanted to to highlight a number of partnerships that we have throughout the community. And this is that balance of making sure we're highlighting and showcasing some of the things that have impacted while also recognizing that the list and presentation could go on for hours with the community partnerships uh that we have. And we're incredibly grateful for that. And so tonight, we're going to talk through um some of these community partnerships that we have. Natasha and Nate are also going to join the presentation with some special guests
003that they have uh that they'll be able to to join us up here and talk a little bit about the programs that are taking place and highlighting a a program at the middle school, high school, highlighting one at the elementary school, and then you heard about this at our linkage speaking about the pink agreement. We're going to talk about that partnership um as well and some of the history that's connected to that. Uh so with that being said, I I would invite Natasha and uh and and teammates to uh join us here and then they'll go through an introduction here. Thanks, Mike. Um good evening everybody. This evening we'd like to welcome with me I have Christine Boyce the studio manager of yoga on the lake under the wellness under the cooler wellness umbrella. Uh
004also not with us this evening is Brianna who's the director of youth mental health and the path with the United Way program and then Kelly our high school physical education and health teacher. Breathe and believe is a collaboration between uh United Way's path program and yoga on the lake uh offering yoga in schools to support mental health and wellness. In August of um Miss Voce approached the school with this partnership idea. Uh we reached out to Mrs. Cole who was eager to jump on board and by semester two we were ready to implement um yoga in our curriculum in the high school lifetime sports class on Fridays. um over an eightweek series. So, welcome to uh Christine. I just would really appreciate Christine to share with us a little bit about the benefits of the
005program and really what this need has kind of turned into for our students here at >> Thank you. Um and thanks for having me and just I think the opportunity to share a little bit more about what we do is always really empowering. This program actually won an award this year from the United Way, the Mission Impact Award, which is their first um inaugural award and it just talks about of um you know looking at a need and growing beyond it and this really started with mental health. Um the first yoga in schools program was with Elcart Lake about four years ago. At that time I was the high school counselor here and there was a death by suicide of a teenager in Elcart and when I went out there there um they have one
006counselor and like here like one high school counselor so you just provide support and you make things happen. Um and the students didn't really have there wasn't really response program. Like we have one in the county through United Way and Shuagen County and MHA. Um but when it when it really happened like the reality was like what can we do to really support these kids? Um and I did have a background in yoga at the time and so I had asked the kids do you want to just start moving with me some of the kids. And so we went and did some stretches and we did some breath work and we talked about you know at night if you feel like this or here's how this can help support you. Um and then I left
007and the next day Dr. pain went out um because we were taking turns and she said, "Christine, can you come back out? They want the yoga girl." And I was like, "Okay, I'll [laughter] come back out." Right. Um and I was like, "Whoa, Dr. Payne says I can go. I will go." Um so I went back out and then it ended up becoming a class and they still have that class at Elcart. It fills every semester. They It's a full yoga class. Um the kids opt into it. They get high school and college credit for it. And the outcomes aren't just around the academics, right? Like so we can talk about all that that like credle to career and um grow that we're doing there, but it's the mental health stuff again that has always
008driven this. Um, and so the need is where it started. So this these numbers are still justified. Um, 14% of kids in Shabboan County, middle school and high school um have had a suicide plan. And so if you work in the mental health world, if you have a suicide plan, that's like emergency room intake inatient treatment, right? So 14% of kids in our county. So there's a real need. the providing access to healing program, the path program through United Way. And Bri couldn't be here tonight. She had another board meeting. Um, but she will tell you, Coler has paths here. Um, so counselors in the school, eliminating barriers to care, but every school has a weight list. Um, they can't get enough counselors. And so that's why we said, let's try to grow this this
009program where we just come into schools um, and do some of these skills, self-regulation skills, breath work, mind, body movement, connection, awareness of your emotions. Um, so that's kind of the need. And and the impact I think is the other important piece for you. There we go. Um the impact. So a 100% of the students um I love this one like felt like towards the bottom that they have an increased awareness of their emotions and ability to identify them. Right? So that's the first step is how am I feeling? Um 40% or about a third of students in our county also say that they don't feel connection to community. And so us going in there and we do like feedback. how does the instructors make you feel? How does this make you feel? And they
010seek us out, you know. So, it's it's just another relationship to say there's people in my community beyond the school, beyond my parents um that are providing the support. Um 80% showed a I think it was the slide right before, but it was a bigger one. Um but 80% showed a a decrease in anxiety and depressive symptoms by doing the program. Um and so we're measuring pre and post every time that we go and work with the students. So, um that's really the goal. I know that some like if you talk to my own kids, they're like, "Oh, mom's woo woo stuff." You know, like uh and and that's what we want to do. I think that the the idea is to make it fun, like sneak in the learning, sneak in the skills, don't
011make it feel like another thing that they have to do, but that they look forward to it. And you find I actually thought we have kids from here, right, that come in the mornings at yoga and they take the hot classes and they're sweating and they're moving, which is so powerful. And there's a lot of times where the kids just want to lay. They want to can we do a guided meditation today? You know, so just thinking about where they at, where they're at, and what do they need? Do you need to move your and our instructors are really good at kind of reading the room like what happened today, what was the event and how can we respond accordingly to that. Um so we do have a curriculum. We've been coming as she mentioned
012um this year we'll be in again we've been doing lifetime sports at Polar. So uh once a week for about eight weeks we are going to finish um the semester with them this semester and then we already have plans for second semester to come in as well. So super exciting um and we're really grateful. We're really grateful for the partnership and if I had a wish um an ask. I think it would just be continue to grow it. Um like the opportunity for a yoga class and you know we've done some really great collaborations the mental health day with the student group. So um we're just really happy to be part of it and I probably went way over but [laughter] you're good >> but I tried to speak fast >> and as you noticed
013too we had a videographer our team of videographers uh and that's part of developing the program. some of our kids will be featured in this resource, too. And so, that's in the works and something we can share out when when that becomes available, too. So, >> no, I just really appreciate this program. >> You guys want a picture? I'm ready. [laughter] >> I'm here for it. >> All right. Turn it over to Mr. Hines. Okay, no worries. >> Gotcha. All right. Well, I'm excited tonight to be joined by Meredith and Katie from Nourish. Um, Nourish is a program based out of Falls. Uh, but they're able to come and visit us once a month and they get to expose our students to a new fruit, vegetable, food group and kind of give them some healthy
014nutrition tips and tricks. Um, this was started I before me again. I get to say I'm new for nine more nine more months. Um so Meredith has done a fantastic job. She'll give you a little explanation background on how this started and then Katie can also share a little bit more about what Nourish does. >> Take it away. >> Um so I was really lucky to have experience at Nourish as a community member um cooking classes um fundraisers and such and my time there I started asking questions about programming. I know they did a lot with this uh fall school district um and started really um inquiring about how we could bring that to Coler school district and I brought it to the administration team at that time and they were very supportive. We did
015a pilot for one grade third grade for one year um and it was a success and parents um children teachers we all loved it so much. Um and then we were really really fortunate to have a community member who um this is a passion project for her and um she has was able to um donate the funds for us to be able to have this program in our building for three years which is such a blessing. Um and so we are on year two um and that is for kindergarten through fifth grade now. So we're in our second year of doing all grade levels and then you can kind of speak to a little bit of the programming that we have kind of monthto month. >> Absolutely. So um thank you for having me. We
016really appreciate and love coming to Coler. So um a wonderful partnership. We do meet with every student from kindergarten through fifth grade once a month. Um we follow a what we call the harvest of the month. So every month the students will learn about a different harvest and it's in a threeyear rotation. So every three years, they'll learn about a different vegetable, fruit, too. Um, I guess and each month they have the nutritional value behind it, what it is, what part of the plant they're eating, um, how it grows. Um, this month we're working on um, it's winter squash and we are learning about what colors mean and why the colors of our vegetable are important and how what that teaches us. month will be learning about parsnips. Um, and every student will have hands-on
017a hands-on activity to go along with that u harvest as well as be able to taste that harvest um in some sort of um snack I guess is what we call it. Um so then they can [laughter] >> So this one they're uh shredding their own spaghetti squash. I had a father from a kindergartener that actually goes here today at Nourish today. They he was doing a cooking class with his group um and he was telling me how his kindergartner came is making him eat spaghetti squash instead of spaghetti now. And they're going to be making his spaghetti. And so that is a great thing to know that um the kids are taking home the recipes that we are providing. They have a coloring book with all the nutritional value on it. They're rating how
018they like their snack so that at the end of the year they'll take that home and they can see everything that they've done for the entire year. Parents can have that and have that conversation with the kids. There's questions. We have a um beginning and end of year assessment to see the growth that the students are making. And the food's delicious. >> I stopped by the >> fantastic student. >> Yeah, we've also worked with some of your high school students, too. I know we're talking elementary, but I'll just plug high school, too. Um, we have a lot of volunteer programs and everything like that. So, a lot of the high schoolers have come to um work on the farm and and learn how all of that all works. Working in the kitchen, whatever their passion
019is, we have something for everybody. So, I can speak to that too. So, in we have every month they're coming into our classrooms um and teaching the lesson harvest of the month. But then in May, we actually do a walking field trip. So, every grade level actually gets to go to Nourish and experience that um and see everything that they're doing. The last time we went, there's all fun things there to see. Um, so this year we're really looking forward to that. >> Um, quick question. I know one, thank you for all that you do with that. Um, I know we're in year two and I'm just wondering, is there some kind of maybe ideas or plan to continue this partnership that we have? Because I I also really love Nourish as much as I
020love the yoga program we have. So, um, just wondering what that looks like and how we can you guys with that. >> Yeah, I think we're kind of at that point now, hearing you say year two, right? So, that planning process needs to start taking place for us to be able to continue to sustain that at the elementary level. We would love to keep going. I just love all that you've done with that, too. So, thank you for that. >> Wonderful. All right, >> just before we move on, I'll just add since I have three little ones who are in the program, there's something really special about um the kids trying these new foods, a lot of times new foods with their friends rather than just at home where it's the parents saying, "Eat this."
021They come home and they talk about who liked it, who didn't like it, and then it becomes kind of like we call it like the cool veggie for the month. Like now kale, like they can't get enough kale after last month. So, thank you. [laughter] >> I appreciate it. And you can definitely tell a difference between students that trust Nourish and they know that we're going to give them something that for the most part tastes good. It's always different. Um, everybody has different tastes, but they they're more resilient and more willing to try something new because they know us versus the kindergarteners are always they take a little bit of time to warm up. So, um, but as it keeps going October. >> I did a lesson. >> All right, we'll close out then our
022kind of community partnerships. I don't have exciting speakers on this because you got to hear from our village officials before, but I can close this out. So something that uh when Paul and I had kind of talked about partnerships, we we wanted to talk also about agreements that are in place. Um and so this is something where uh when we go through something that's connected with the village known as the pink agreement. Uh and it's because it's on a pink piece of paper. Uh so that's why it is the pink agreement. I learned all this stuff. I got a scanned version now. So it's the 1950 docu 50s document is electronic. But what it really outlines is really the the auditorium, Memorial Hall, uh the gym because Memorial Hall could be used as a gym
023in the language, the pool, and then school facilities right near there because there was a talk of building additional school facilities. So, the language is very much whereas So, Kelly, I should have allowed you to read this as well, but if you go through a number of these items, this dates back to the early 1950s, and those are the primary areas that are recognized um in this agreement. And you heard mentioned in our linkage meeting of having to look at this and and make sure everything's up to par, but the spirit of it is still very much intact. Obviously, it's a legal document that's signed by representatives from all of the different entities here. But I think it's also something that the spirit of it still exists. Uh some of the language is is more
0241950s. Uh but again, it allows for great partnerships and a lot of ability for us to connect and build on that. And this is where I wanted to to really highlight that is those items that are called out right there. So the memorial hall that's really dealing with the theater again. Uh and then the pool and then the other point of emphasis here is the single site. So really not develop keeping things together so that they're able to be used from all different areas and with all different uh individuals. And then this is the other part too in building this is the forethought to make sure that these were connected and having using the same design and that connection and I know that's a theme throughout multiple uh entities well within the village of different
025uh regulations and rules too but I think that's important too of having that connection and that thought was there so we make sure we build these together and have that collaboration exist so a number of different folks that that signed this and some some names you've uh uh heard or seen before and so that was laid out but this took place uh in 1953 is when this was set out laid out. So, the version I have scanned electronically, you can imagine how many times that's been copied and includes 414 fax numbers. So, uh it's it's a good agreement and some familiar names, but wanting to highlight that. So, as we go through this, I always love to to include quotes in different things when I can, quotes and pictures. But, uh this quote kind of
026spoke to me about some of our partnerships um and where we're going. Uh so, coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success. And I think this presentation and I know some folks weren't able to to hang with us right now, but this is speaks to this of this is really working together and that success that we're seeing and for a lot of these this is positive impact for our students, our school and our community. When we look at these different projects and items that were put together, uh I'm really proud to be able to be connected with that and also proud that folks want to be associated and building with us so that our kids have these experiences. So, our staff's willing to uh lean into them and and
027ask for support, but then also lead the way and connect those opportunities to beyond just third grade. We got the whole elementary school. We're expanding those things. And so, it takes a village that way uh to to build these things together. And this is an example of a lot of different entities within that village. So, I'd open that up if there's any questions and thank those folks that uh presented and joined us, too. >> I just really enjoyed this And I would encourage more of of that in the future of just getting to know I know our school does so many things that you know and and I'm friends with many of those people and I didn't even know some of these things that they were doing in the school. So I think it's really
028cool to see all of those little pieces that are happening um in our district that are such a blessing. Okay. Well, thank you everyone. Yeah, I'll just echo what Heather said. Um, I knew about the Nourish program. Learning about the and the PATH program, learning about yoga in the high school was um I'm glad that we had the opportunity to to learn more about that. So, thank you. All right. Next on our agenda is the board president's report. Paul, did you want to take that or did you want me to? I'll be brief just so many partnerships out and staff doing [snorts] a phenomenal job this year. We're just really >> great. Um I will pass it to Mike for his superintendence report. So, a few items I wanted to highlight and I'm really noticing
029a theme here, but last week I received a notification from the Coler Foundation separate and apart from I've gotten all these foundations uh right, but again appreciative of this, but we received a donation of $10,000 to support different experiences we had through art, music programming, science uh field trip that they're going on. And so really was fortunate and and excited to receive this and share this with our staff. Met with two of our uh arts teachers today to go through uh some excitement they had and and their planning process. But wanted to highlight that because again it's another example of a partnership that's out there that is willing to step up and support our kids and make sure we have experiences. Um again building on partnerships here wanting to highlight something from the impact when
030we talk about dual credits and uh from UWGB they share an annual uh projection with us. Um and so looking at this they they called out we had 442 credits that were earned in the 2425 uh school year with the dual credit options and calculating that into tuition savings is $250,55464. Uh so so that's something that Natasha and I had spoken about and wanted to make sure we called out and had a chance to uh recognize that as well. And then my final item that I have for you is just a reminder on Friday the 21st, not Friday the 22nd. Uh we'll have another one of the coffees with the superintendent and that'll be at 8 o'clock. So calling that out, we'll have that marketed uh as well. And uh yeah, looking forward to that
031because that was a lot of fun last time and that discussion I think came up with actionable items that I saw some of our students take and and run with even that following week. So that's my report for today. >> Terrific. Thank you, Mike. And I will pass it to Charlotte for the student report. Okay, so it's been an incredible fall season for the Colar Blue Bomber Athletics. Our teams and student athletes have continued to make us proud with some amazing accomplishments. So this season we celebrated sectional championships in both swim and dive and cross country with tennis earning sectional runnerup honors and boys soccer. Boys soccer took things a step further bringing home a regional championship. In girls tennis we had four athletes qualify for state. One singles Isa Weber, two singles Grace Vwok,
032and one doubles Melanie Pelgro and myself Charlotte Bullard. Mel Grace and I earned state podium spots finishing at sixth. Both our boys and girls cross country teams were state runnerups highlighted by Maggie Beer's individual state championship in cross country and Lilian Posiaak at 8. Our swim and dive team is competing at state this weekend and we're all cheering them on as they finish an already outstanding season. We also want to congratulate our three blue bombers who signed their college commitments today. Wyatt Ball for swimming at William and Mary. Jackper for cross country at UWGB and Brady McAndrews for golf at Judson University. Overall, for a small school, this has truly been an impressive and inspiring fall for Blue Bomber athletics. The Coler High School math team shines at W Platville. The Coler High School math
033team had an incredible day at W Platville High School math contest on November 5th. Before the contest, the team explored Busby Hall of Engineering's cutting edge facilities and labs, getting an inside look at the amazing engineering programs that W Platville has to offer. After showcasing their math skills and teamwork, the Colar math team proudly brought home the Division 3 first place plaque in the team events. A special shout out goes to the following students who are named all academic team members for their outstanding individual performances and will receive individual medals. Jason Tien with the perfect score, Oscar Gum, Elena Gabriels, and Ivy Zang. Lastly, students are excited for the college and career day this Friday, November 14th, and for our community service day for the middle and high school students on November 26th. >> Wonderful.
034Thank you. It's great to hear about all of the opportunities um afforded to our students and also how our students are taking advantage of those. So, good job. Thank you. Um next on the agenda is the school report card presentation. Whenever you're ready, Mike, go ahead. >> I am ready. So, this is exciting news and exciting to be able to share, but I think it builds on some of the other conversations and highlights that we've seen that aren't always reflected in the numbers and the data. We heard about two awesome partnerships earlier that are really connected to making our kids uh just better better people, well-rounded citizens, and ready for their future. And we might not always see those areas when we talk about a standardized test or a school report card. So I think
035it's important we find that blend. This picture was not uh accidental. This is where how do we combine some of those areas and those learnings to make sure that we're also highlighting that because for one day a year we get a highlight about a school report card grade and it's something that we can build on and celebrate and share. But that one day doesn't always impact what's happening in the classroom. We can learn a lot from this, but it's also important that we're highlighting these different learning experiences we have. So today we're going to talk about a number of things. The report card, we're going to look at some comparables because everybody loves that, myself included. Uh, and then we're going to talk about some next steps because there's some action items that we can
036pull out of an outstanding report card, but how do we continue to get better and how do we use some of that competitive nature to make sure that our students are receiving the the best education, our staff is supported in the best way they can and we're representing our community uh with pride and excellence. So, the important part of the report card is looking at there's adjustments it seems like annually to the report card and that becomes somewhat of a hot button issue, but it is what it is. And so we work with that. But the thing to look at is what you're comparing from previous years. And this is important where they laid out specific items that we should not be comparing our overall scores and ratings. There was adjustments with those systems. The
037priority area scores which we'll talk a little bit about except for growth and then achievement component scores. So this is something where we need to really assess this data on an annual basis and just looking at that linear progression is not going to be uh the best for us. It's not going to be the best for using this information to impact uh solid growth. But you're going to see some other trends here that continue to demonstrate that we're doing well and our students and our staff are doing great things on a daily basis and that's reflected in items like what we're talking about today. So things that you can looking at last year's to the growth area. And Eric, I'll talk a little bit about that. Attendance and absenteeism and graduation, those are both things
038that we can take a lot of pride in. Our folks want to be here. They want to do well and they want to make sure that they're accomplishing uh what they're set out to do and what we expect of them. So, looking at our report card, overall, our report card, as I mentioned in the linkage meeting, we are the number three K12 district across the state. And I think that's incredible and something that needs to be celebrated. And as I said in an email, I think for me it's it's making sure we're enjoying that moment while we're also not getting caught up in competitiveness and holding that at bay. Um and making sure that we're celebrating excellence and not just settling for, hey, this is okay. We want to keep getting better and our kids
039expect that of us. Our community expects that of us and and our staff together, we expect that out of ourselves. Uh so this is something where wanting to to highlight what does this look like? Uh, and we'll break this down and Erica is going to talk a little bit about uh these different areas because there's areas that are different between all of those school districts. So, even our top five, if I looked at the top five K12 school districts in the state, part of this uh they have their priority area weights that Erica is going to talk about, two of them have the same, the other three are different than that. So I think it's important we understand that of yes, I love the competitive area and I'm going to show you some of those
040things, but it's also about how do we maintain our expectation of excellence and how do we focus on our growth because this is something where I expect us to do well on this. Our community expects us to do well on it. And that goes on of that's a great measure. How are we going to use that? how we're going to continue to grow. >> So, our state report card measures four priority areas as you see up there. Achievement, growth, target group outcomes, and on track to graduate. So, achievement measures the level of knowledge and skills among students in the school compared to state and national standards. Growth measures changes in students English language arts and mathematics performance over time. Target group outcomes demonstrate outcomes for students with the lowest test scores in our school's target
041group. And on track to graduation indicates the success of students in the school in achieving educational milestones that predict postsecary success. So these percentages are different across different across districts due to socioeconomic factors. This year's results highlight strong performance in all key areas. So just looking at the priority areas, achievement we were at 94.9, growth at 81.2, target group outcomes 89.2 and on track to graduate 97.9. So like Mike mentioned, remarkable results. It really speaks to what our students do and what our staff does. Looking at building levels individually, elementary overall score was 97.2 and here's how they performed in the priority areas. Give you a minute just to look at that. Middle school overall score was 89.5 and how they came out in the priority areas and high school with 92.2 and their priority
042areas scores. So our graduation rate remains 100% and our students continue to significantly outperform state averages in both English language arts and math. What a great accomplishment. The Coler School District continues to demonstrate exceptional performance and growth. So in 232 24 our English language arts was at um 81.2% compared to this year at 85%. Math stayed consistent, but we'll we'll target that as we continue to work and do all this work. I'm gonna go back there for a second. Uh, and this is something where when we've mentioned and we've talked with, uh, Lori and Ben have been presenting. There's some focus areas, some targets there. And so, ELA, uh, we've made pretty significant investments and our folks have done a lot of good stuff. I've told you about pilots that our teachers are working on
043and trying different areas and saying, "Hey, this is where we're finding some gaps. This is what we need to do." In math, we're doing the same and those continue to grow. There's been uh, updates in curriculum too at the middle school when it comes to math and some some areas to focus on and some programmings and supports that have put put in place. And so we're going to continue to look at this information because again this is one data set. How do we break this down? How do we make sure we're having meaningful instruction and how are we making sure we're supporting our staff uh so that they're able to to function at at the their highest level and again holding us accountable to that expectation of excellence too. So when I said about being
044competitive, this is I'm competitive and if you remember my history too, I'm a Cedarberg grad, so I don't now want to lose to Cedarberg. Uh so just uh some of my competitive spirit coming out, but again, if you take where we are and where some of our neighboring districts are, there's a lot to be proud of. And so that's something where making sure that we're focused and we're taking a moment to celebrate this while also recognizing how do we how do we want to continue to grow and where can that grow? I see this as a group that we should be comparing ourselves to in a number of different areas, whether that's state funding, whether that's report card data or just success in other areas. I think this is a group that we uh need
045to be a part of, belong in, and making sure that we're holding our own with. And so, I'm excited to to share that information. I think the thing you also need to remember is when you look at these crates, these are not a 90 80 70 60 type of scale. And so, that's important to remember is when you look the the fifth the fifth highest rated district was had an 80 as as the start of their score. So that is not something that we should take lightly is there's not a a ton of if you switched it to a 90 80 70 there's not a lot of folks that are in that that group of 90. So something to be very proud of and we'll continue to look at this and and use these as
046benchmark districts for a number of different areas to include finance. So, our focus areas, and I'll let Erica speak into some of these, too, but this is stuff that we're doing right now. And you've heard about some of these items, and we're going to build on some of these items, but we wanted to make sure that you knew some of this stuff's already taking place, and we're going to build on it, and we'll talk about that on the next slide. >> So, one of the exciting things that we have in the works is our data warehouse adoption and pilot of Next Path. um just an amazing way to look at the data and get that into teachers and admin and staff hands is um pretty exciting. Um we've also to taken a look at our
047professional development and created a more comprehensive approach with targeted professional development opportunities. So staff is really voicing what their likes are, their choice. They get choice throughout PD. Um so um with our partnership with CISA 7, we've brought in awesome um topics and teachers seem um very excited about that as well. Um our literacy support and development like Mike said, working with Lori and Ben, we piloted UFly and looking at other curriculum as we um do a curriculum review and pilot other programs as well as grade level and content area collaboration. Um that's an important component and we're excited for the things that we're doing. So what does this mean and how do we move forward too? So this is really a continued approach on targeted and meaningful professional development. This is something we've been
048working hard on and it's something where especially at the middle school high school level we've been able to make sure we're meeting needs uh for folks in a variety of different areas. As we know elementary school is always a little bit different because science impacts almost all of them. So, it's how do we make sure that that we're connecting that and having that being meaningful where it's connecting with our folks. It's it's pushing them in those different areas and quite frankly that they have choice in it. Uh, and so we have another conference-like setup structured uh for this upcoming PD day and it's important and Eric has been getting feedback uh through surveys on what folks would like to see, what they're willing to lead um and also just how how how did this work
049for you? Looking at the data warehouse staff rollout, we've started to implement that in in our very selective areas. uh looking at that, replacing our current EEL software, utilizing that, being able to to start using that with Ben and Lori and some of our reading plans, and then looking at how do we start to expand that. We've not had an expectation this year that we're going to roll this out in a very short time. There's a lot going on. This needs to be intentional and we need to make sure that we have our systems up and running before we ask everybody to be involved in that. And so, this is something where there's excitement on this of getting this And I know some folks in this room across from me and in the in the
050chairs are really excited about this. Uh so we're making sure we find that right balance uh between enough and too much right now. Uh reviewing the curriculum resources and state standards. We have state standards that are changing. Social studies standards came out a couple weeks ago. Those are different. Those are things we need to look at. We need to continue to look at that and review that curriculum. ELA, we've talked about some of those pilots and areas that we're going to focus on. Well, that's one piece of this. We're also needing to look at our curriculum and our resources in a variety of different areas. The celebration and continuing to grow [snorts] and the one one that the the folks that's most guilty of this is not taking a moment to truly celebrate that. So,
051Natasha and Nate had a chance to celebrate with their staff at our last professional development day, too. Um, I think one level there were more cupcakes eaten and one there were less. Uh, that's a different uh conversation for a different day, but it was uh that ability celebrate and enjoy these moments and making sure we're telling that story, but we're not getting caught on that story. And then really looking at our strategic framework and focus. Um, we heard earlier we had a question about the trades and what are we doing with that as we get going into building this area and getting our community engaged in this. It's driving that success. It's what do we want to make sure we're proud of? What is our community asking us for? What are our kids asking for
052so that they can be set up to be successful in whatever their journey holds for them? So, we're going to use this information to to guide some of that. We're going to make sure that we celebrate it a little bit, but we're not going to get so caught on it that one data point is going to control everything. So, with that being said, if there's any questions, please let us know. >> Thank you, Erica, for all your work, too. I know this is always like Christmas morning for me when these drop um as an educator, and I just appreciate everybody's work on all the buildings of all that you do. into these. >> Yes, thank you everyone. Um I did also want to highlight on our report card, it looks like our AP participation rate
053had a significant increase. Um and I know with our student body, many are going out of state, so AP um works for more students than dual credit sometimes. and our students are also passing the AP test at a very high rate which is excellent. Um, one area of concern that I do have is the growth of um the middle school math. It does look like that has progressively gone down the last few years. Um, I'm wondering what what talks have been had about that and what um what are some of the action items? So, we'll look at some of our state standards like Mike mentioned, um, as well as look at some of that math curriculum and see where are some of those gaps and where can we bridge some of that so that we
054continue in the other direction for growth. >> I think and Natasha, correct me if I'm wrong or add to anything I say. I know you and I had a conversation around this too, is is this is where looking at our curriculum, making some adjustments in our curriculum, uh, making some adjustments to in our resources and we have to and making sure we're having our staff supported. And so those are some of the changes that have already gone into play for this year, too. Um, and so that's something we're we're cognizant of. We want to make sure that we continue to build on that. And we also need to make sure we have where are our transition points because even though we are one building, it's still a transition when we have elementary to middle school,
055middle school to high school. And so how do we make sure we're building on that? Because that's something that it doesn't matter if we're one building or eight buildings. there's a a lot of conversations that can help to make sure we're meeting our kids where they're at and making sure we're ready to support them. So, those are some of the the items that have already been outlined and introduced uh to target some of those areas in this. >> I love that you mentioned staff development, too. I know that's something um just in my role I've talked with Natasha about is just to be mindful that a lot of our staff here teach multiple grade levels as well. So, not only are you learning one grade level standard and and quote unquote becoming that expert, but
056you're learning multiple other grades as well. And I think that is something unique, but that can also be a challenge um that our teachers have here, especially at the middle school level. So, just kind of I really appreciate that emphasis on continuing to grow those teachers who have so many classes that they're teaching. It's not just one grade that you kind of get to be that expert on. So just for context of all that's on our teachers please >> this information will get posted on the website it's required but we'll also be doing this and then I shared a document in your board materials too on communicating with your community about the district uh report card. We're going to also put that on the website as well because I think it's important for folks to
057know some of that because if you don't know hey don't compare certain elements of this well you're naturally going to compare. What was the first thing I did? and I looked at I pulled the Excel document and I looked at where did we rank, but and I I'm the one and I know I shouldn't do that and I'm one of the first people that does that. So, I think it's important that we share some of that information, too, so folks are able to look at that as informed as possible and ask those detailed questions. >> Mike presentation was great and where we're going. I just want to really comment positively on categor. So very well done. >> Maybe you said this will What will communication look like for families for this? Did you say that
058already? >> I did not say that. Okay. Do you have a recommendation on that one? >> I just know in the past we've received it like via email and it's really nice um to have that and I think correct me if I'm wrong. I do think in the past we've even done a little like how to read it. And I think that's really nice when families, board members are communicating with other parents in other districts to know, like you said, not always can you compare. And I just think the more we can educate families about how those report cards are made up. Um, but I do think it is something families enjoy getting to celebrate here. So just my two thoughts. All right. Well, thank you, Erica. Thank you, Mike. >> Next on our agenda
059is item 7F, the ACP review. >> Yeah. So, this is really an annual review. Uh something that we need to uh go through with the board and and it's required for an annual review. Um, and so you have the attached copy here of that breakdown of PI26 or the ACP. And Natasha is going to make a few remarks on that, too. But this is probably moreformational and just that we're sharing this with you. >> [laughter] >> Oh, >> that's that's okay, Paul. Um, rather fitting that I'm presenting this this evening for adoption by the board. uh because most of what we do in the academic and career plan in preparation is housed in four components and has to do a lot with partnerships. Partnerships with parents, partnerships with communities, and how we're actually getting our
060students uh to start creating these um academic and career planning um plans when they're in middle school all the way through high school. So, thank you for the opportunity. My my is for the board to actually be um approving the the plan so that we can actually put it onto our website. Um so just some some background, academic and career planning in Wisconsin is a statemandated process for students in grades 6 through 12 really designed to create a personalized uh vision for their post-secary success uh through self exploration, career exploration and then planning skills. Uh the plan itself focuses on four components. Um and and I believe you do have that in the um with you. It's on know, explore, plan, and do. And with our culmination actually this Friday with the career fair, that
061is something that we're actually putting into place for students to experience opportunities and exposure to community uh universities as well as to uh people in our community who are in their field sharing how they got there and what they do. Um so then the no part of that is students being able to focus on sorry self-awareness and academic planning. So they identify their interests and skills and strengths. A lot of times in high school that's through Naviance and in middle school that's through Zel. Um they explore so they engage in these exploration activities involving a lot of times field trips to places where they can experience these hands-on opportunities andor bringing our professionals into the building to uh share with students. They are exploring they're engaged sorry they're planning. also involved in academic planning which
062is actually ongoing right now for juniors and their parents. They're coming in meeting with our school counselor setting goals um selecting courses um writing resumes completing applications and then the due really including uh involvement in extracurricular activities and at the high school they're modifying uh their plans potentially maybe looking at academic personal and growth goals. So our plan that I'm sharing this evening highlights those four components and steps that we're taking here at Coler in the ACP process uh in the areas of family engagement, post-secondary educ uh preparation, community partnerships, curriculum ACP software, and future goals for implementation. Any questions? at this meeting. Paul >> second. Any discussion? Um, I would just like to say I appreciated the layout of the ACP document that was provided to us. Um, there's a lot of great work
063that's going on in the middle school and high school. Um, I have no questions. Anybody else? I just speaking with some of the educators, the amount of work that's going into this upcoming career fair. Um, I just wanted to say thank you to everybody who's doing that because I know it is a lot to coordinate all of those moving parts. Um, and it's been something that I've heard the teachers talking about for months that they've been working on. So, I'm really excited to hear how it goes. >> Thank you very much. So >> motion. >> So all in favor >> I >> motion passes. >> Thank you Natasha. Next on the agenda is item 8A, review of district finances. >> Well, I'm very [clears throat] I'm very excited to introduce a couple of new reports
064for the board. Um, we're doing a very similar report as far as showing budget versus actual, but hopefully a little bit more uh, easy to look at and easy to understand, especially adding a bar graph down the bottom to kind of show where our trend is compared to last year as far as our revenues and expenses go. Um, as you know with our school district revenues, we don't see a whole ton until we start to see tax dollars come in. But for the expenditures, that's the biggest one to draw all attention to. And we are down uh on our expenditures about 3% less than last year. So we're doing very well and uh we're going to be continuing that trend in the future. Nothing else really significant this month at this point. >> Is there
065anything that you can speak to that is creating that decrease of 3% in our expenditures? Uh biggest thing is just we've been really working to narrow down some of our expenditures. Uh we've been working really hard with things like our uh telecommunications bills, our trash bills, a lot of our monthly regular bills. We've been working really hard on those vendors to try and keep costs in line, make changes where necessary, and we have seen some savings in those areas. And uh although each one seem small by themselves, they do add up over time. So, that's something that I've been working with a lot of different department heads around here slowly, one task at a time, trying to get costs a little bit more in line with what we think they could be. >> Great. Thank
066you. I shared this with Mike, but I do love a good spreadsheet and I really like the comparison bars that we have this month. So, I just want to share that with you as well. >> Thank you. I appreciate it. >> It was very easy to read. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay, moving on to our next agenda item um is the consent agenda. I will make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Any discussion or any items to be pulled out? Right. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Motion passes. Next is item 10A, the community conversation highlights from um so at the beginning of our board, our board meeting started tonight with a linkage with our local village officials, which I thought was um very helpful and beneficial to hear some
067of their feedback. And um one of the quotes that I wrote down from that is that we're a vibrant community with the school at the center of it. Um, and that's exactly how I feel as a resident and a parent of um, kids at the school. So, it was nice to hear that echoed. Anything that people want to add about our linkage. I just continue to really appreciate that time. I feel like every group that we meet with, we walk away with some little tidbits that we can continue to grow as a board and as a school from. Um, and I just you, Mike. I know that was um something we talked about before, but a big part of your interview about your passion for that and I I I just really appreciate you keeping
068that commitment and growing all of those relationships for us. >> Thank go ahead, Paul. >> Really appreciate the work we're doing. and my district that stickiness between us and the village board. So good. >> So I think it's important to any one of these linkage meetings is we have some sort of takeaway and actionable item just to to make sure we're also validating what folks are saying. And so I think that's Um, some items that I took away with that is that the onepage annual report. I think that's a pretty easy thing we can do connecting that with our budget book. And I think if we have that built into kind of our consistency, that would be something that we can continue to do. I I did love the the villager and some other highlights
069for the district, I can talk to the folks over there and see what that looks like. Um, the other things I noted too were the community annual open house. I think that was what I took away from that is I think that would be a neat event to see the building, but I think it's a neater like a neater event. I think it's a a better event to showcase what's going on in our in our in our community, especially with our kids. I don't think folks always realize the stuff that they're doing whether they're presenting in a leadership capacity at a company on something that they have a lot of pride in or they're raising uh funds for a different healthcare organization or just some of those things that are going on that I think
070a lot of folks in the community would love to know about but also love to impact and I think we heard that a from a couple different folks in these conversations is how do I get involved and I think it's important too that our students understand uh that they can be leaders and it doesn't matter if they're in high school if they have a passion with that and they're doing the work in that there's folks that want to help them and I think there's a lot of value in that. So I I wrote that down and then I just thought the other thing too of highlight highlighting and showcasing our different donors and organizations. For me this was one of the most confusing things when I first got here is we do have a ton
071of community partners and a lot of them have very similar names. Uh, and so it's making sure you're understanding that so that there's not misconceptions, but also respecting some of that privacy that some of those donors wish to have. But I think there's things that we can continue to showcase um, with that. And I think the playground ribbon cutting, it was a little thing, but it was a big thing. And so I think there's some areas that we can continue to highlight that. Still working to get the folks from kind of our big or internal organizations together to be able to make sure that we're all moving in the same direction, building on one of the and kind of sharing the story of each of those groups. So those are things that I think we
072can do and some actionable things that we can look at uh building for the future. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Anything to add? >> Great. Our next item is 10B, the WASBY board development tool. >> All right. I'll keep going on this one. So, this this got linked intentionally today because I did not want anybody looking at this and starting to fill this out till the board had a decision and if you filled it out already, I did not get notified, but that's okay. Uh, but this was something that the board had outlined of wanting to complete in their goals. This is now available u for the group, but I wanted to make sure that there was a discussion with the group before um that was just sent out and folks felt like they needed to
073complete it there. I think it's a great activity. Worked with other boards that have done this and I think it gave some just some direction of things that we could highlight and if there's areas that we want to cover or better report on or have a presentation on, it guided some of our work there from really an education standpoint. So, it would be something that I would advise the board to complete, but my voice in the board's actions is somewhat minimal. So, I will allow you all to make that decision. to completing this Mike and I and Kelly are regular touch base results at the January meeting. So we make commitment to this by the end of November and digest those results leadership level and circle back to the board. >> That would be my
074suggestion. >> I think that sounds great. I just want everybody to know they can view the if you haven't yet, you can look through the rubrics. Just simply don't put your name in and you can get in there. Um there's 10 sections. Each section has a place for comments. Otherwise, you're using a like scale. Um there's There's some good stuff in there. So, I would second what Paul says and I think that we as a board should complete this by the end of November. >> So, I think it's a great >> apparently I should have waited longer. [laughter] >> Yeah. I also think this is great. I think this board has really committed to growing ourselves as well and and how can we reflect on our commitments that we say we're going to support Mike
075and the school district and things like that. And um I would also love to have their >> This to me also seems like another way to strengthen our communication between the board and administrators and teachers. there's so many things going on within the school district. Um it's impossible for us to know everything, but this is a great tool for us to say, well, we don't we don't know enough about this or something that we can um if we're perceiving it's not happening, but it is happening. That's a a great time to it's a gap in the communication that we can address. I will entertain a motion to approve that the board will choose to complete this. >> All right. So, we have who was our first on that one? Tara >> Paul was a second.
076>> Okay. >> Any discussion? >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Motion passes. Next on our agenda is item 10C, the WASBY State Education Convention in January. >> Yeah, just a discussion item. I know a couple board members have expressed interest in attending and are registered to attend. Uh I know schedules don't allow everybody to attend, but if that's something you're interested, let us know between Megan and myself. We'll get you uh registered for that. I put a link in there. And I would say if even if you're not able to attend, if you get the Wisconsin school news, there's an overview of number of those sessions, but I also link to that in um and just taking a look at that because if you're unable to attend, there still might be some
077things that we can kind of hey, can you cover this session or this would be something I'd be interested in learning more about. Uh but it's a good learning opportunity for folks. And again, if you're interested, make sure that that we're aware and we'll get that uh information posted right now. I have car Kelly and Tara combine that set up. I know Emily was checking schedule and know Paul has a couple other commitments and Heather your schedule's always really hard during the school year. >> Love to be able to if I could. >> Yeah. So that's that's something that just take a look at that and uh we can make sure we're partnering on that if there's things that we want to check out collaboratively but uh again appreciate the board's commitment to allowing folks
078to attend that and then to come back and share those learnings. Thank you, Mike. Next on the agenda is 10D, the broadcast communication. >> Um, so this is set to go to the villager after our discussion >> um >> or any changes if there was >> if there's any changes. I would just say I think the theme of tonight has really been our partnerships with the community. Um this communication is to serve at a high level. Um to acknowledge those partnerships and really that underneath the all the different um partnerships we have those are it's all the individual people that are working together to make our school community so great. Um but yeah, I would open up discussion about the communication if there's anything that you feel should be changed, omitted, added. Great. I thought
079it was very well written and like you said, just so relevant to what we're doing right now and I think it's beautiful for the holiday season as well. >> Go ahead. >> Our v Thanks, Paul. Is there do we have to take any action on this? >> Nope. These are the next couple items are just discussion items. So, Emily's up for next month. So, we'll work on that on open enrollment academic opportunities and then we'll look to review that December. So, >> try to make that a painless process. >> All right, moving on. Um 10E is our board monitoring calendar. >> So just uh previewing looking ahead December, we'll we'll have kind of a two-step process on open enrollment. If you didn't see, we sent out a survey to to get an idea of how
080many of our youngest learners we have coming. That's one of the biggest things is the unpredictability of JK or 4K. Uh and so trying to make sure we're as strategic as we can be on those types of recommendations. I think you heard some comments about that today and we'll highlight that too because I think there's there's some uh discussions that you can have either either side of this topic and I know it can be a passionate topic. Uh but I think we've seen results and we've seen opportunities that uh have been great for our kids. And so we want to make sure that we're finding that right balance uh that way too between the the commitment to our resident districts and taxpaying residents while also the opportunities for our kids and families. So, we'll talk
081about that. We'll also go through and we'll highlight one of our state champions to kick off the meeting assuming everybody's schedules allow. We will also be going through our safety report and then kind of a final run through of the state convention if there's anything that needs to come up. It'll also be a chance to you all are planning I believe to meet in close session to talk about uh the superintendent evaluation that we had developed. So, those will be things that are taking place and just previews of the December meeting. >> Wonderful. Thank you, >> Mike. Yep. >> Rubric complete in December. We will not for check in January. I would ask everyone that Great. Thank you, Paul. >> Second. >> We'll do a roll call for that. Emily. >> Yes. Kelly. Yes. Oh,
082Paul. Yep. Sorry, Paul. Sorry. All right. We will adjourn to close session.