001I will call the meeting to order. Heather will call the Oh, Heather here. Emily here. Excellent. of public notice. Adrian, when was the public discussion? Excellent. All in favor, why don't you lead us in the pledge? I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisibley and justice for all requesting Members of the board of education to address the board moving on to communications announcements and presents and see all the great our teachers and then last week I believe Kelly were at the years of service and retire celebration and just kudos to everyone who was involved with that. Thought it was a really nice event. We had a ton of people recognized for years of service and then we had two retirees and
002I thought it was really I think that's a great tradition to have. And before I just last meeting the next June meeting will still be here celebration is my understanding's career. So we thank Lisa for her years and appreciate her 38 year career in public education and thank you for all you've done. Thank you. Thanks. So that I will hand it to you. Okay. Thanks. I just want to remind people that thank you. On Friday, May 23rd and Monday, May 26, will be a day off of school for both students and staff to enjoy the Memorial Day weekend celebrations. And our last student day is Tuesday, June 10th, which is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:40. However, high school students may still have some tests taking place in the afternoon if need be. So,
003um it's it's gets a little wonky for some of the um half day high school kids. Um, my sincere gratitude to the Polar staff uh for the last 10 years here. As I prepare to retire after 38 fulfilling years in education, I want to take a moment to express my deep gratitude to the incredible Polar staff. Together, we fostered a nurtured environment. We prioritized growth and success for students and uh we continuously strive to make a positive impact on the lives of children. And I'm very proud of the milestones that we've achieved together, the strong foundation that we've built uh for the future generations as we finish up ourundth year here and move on to the next years of public school. So um it's been an absolute honor. Thank you. Thank you. This is the
004second year that Coler High School will be participating in the best of the class community service project scheduled on Wednesday, May 28th at 10:30. The top students from more than 100 northeast Wisconsin school districts are invited to the Lambeau Fieldfield atrium in Green Bay. Um there'll be a ceremony and each student will be videotaped for a series of television vignettes that'll be broadcasted on Fox 11 during the months of May, June, and July of 2025 and available on fox 11online.com. We'll be recognizing nine of our student seniors who have the highest grade point average in the 2025 graduating class. We're really thrilled about that. A week ago, we started administering advanced placement exams to our high school students. This year, we're administering five more AP exams, totaling 17 exams sessions this year to 154 students.
005Uh, and this testing continues through uh the end of this week, so May 16th. The number of tests we administer has grown every year, and this is something we are very proud of. We're also fortunate in this very room that we're seated in right now. This is where we do our testing uh standardized and AP testing. Uh we're able to avoid disrupting the entire building's operations and simultaneously avoid any testing irregularities. So that's a huge plus for us as well as avoiding uh asynchronous virtual learning for students. Um we also have a great technology set up in here for adequate bandwidth. So it's been going extremely well. We will administer a few uh makeup tests during the makeup test window uh to accommodate students who are absent. Um so these three weeks have been exceptional.
006Um and we couldn't do it without our amazing staff, our proctors who are our teachers as well as some substitutes, our SRO, and all those behind the scenes with setup and ordering materials. It truly takes a village. Um so thank you to all for doing a great job. We're grateful for all all of their assistance. The 2024 25 preture scores for freshman and sophomores should be available in students uh portals. So we encourage them to take a look. I think they're rolling in slowly. Um and we should have a hard copy of that in the main office as well for students to pick up uh shortly as well. Thank you to Coler School friends for coordinating another memorable staff appreciation week. Um, a special thanks goes to Allison Uchek, Miriam Sincada, Angie Consul, Stephanie Hoskins,
007and Mary Hedland. They just did a phenomenal job, and I I know that the staff is grateful. We're grateful to serve in a district with families who really value educators uh and for all the donations received to celebrate the staff. We're excited to announce the first annual Big K award uh that will be given to graduating seniors who have maintained a 4.0 GPA uh through their high school years. In turn, students will then be able to recognize staff me the staff member who has made the greatest difference or a significant impact on their academic journey during their time at Coler Schools. And we will be recognizing these students when we have all of our faculty together at our scroll night uh dinner. So, this is our first annual uh we're thrilled to be doing that
008um this year. And then thanks to Ben uh our sen senior uh for being our student representative on the school board. Uh Ben, we wish you the best as you pursue your goals at the United States Military Academy West Point. We've enjoyed having you and we know you will do wonderful things. No, I just have to say though how much I love the honoring the staff. I know um Plymouth does something similar and it's really really cool. So I'm excited that you guys are doing it. service. That's also just add that students will be recognized with an actual big K. So that's a picture of that is in the newsletter that went home to families today. So they'll get a big K with their name and year and they in turn will then give the
009staff a little teardrop that has their name on it and the staff's name on it. So I think Plymouth does like something with jerseys and it is just so amazing and the teachers just say like how magical it is. So I'm really excited. So, it'll be a surprise to the teachers and I know that when I spoke with the students that'll be receiving the big K, they were thrilled and they were also very thankful that they' be the first class to be able to start this tradition. It could be anybody uh that is currently it could be anybody and it can be an elementary, middle or high. So, it's not only specific to high school. So, that way kids can can choose. I know in the high school a lot of times our students as
010they're writing um for scholarships write essays about teachers and many of them talk about elementary and middle school teachers. So this is just another way we're all together so it's an opportunity to recognize um colleagues and we will make sure that that person is at the unweighted GPA 4.0 unweed for the four years. Yes. So it is very impressive and it is very prestigious. So I think it's it really warrants the opportunity to recognize students who have maintained so they basically maintained a 4.0 for the four years that they've been in high school. You're welcome. You're welcome. So May is a month with a lot of culminating and extension activities in the elementary school. We started off um with a ABC countdown calendar which is just each day a special day with wacky special little
011activities like um H was Hawaiian each day as a dress up day or extra recess or something that fits the letter. Additionally, many of the grade levels will have field trips happening um such as the farmtotable educational program in falls. Um I visited today with our um SK group and each grade level will go to to kind of um finalize the year of Nourish. SK also visited Maywood and Environmental Park. First grade will be visiting Shalom Wildlife Zoo. Second grade going to Camp Wota. Fourth grade visiting center. That's the junior achievement town and fifth grade goes to Bay Beach. We have various other accomplishments. One being that just shines all of our accomplishments. One being the arts night tonight that all of you got to experience. And then next week on the 20 on the
01221st will be our spring concerts. Um JK through 1 at 10, second, third at 1, and fourth and fifth at two. Um we have some traditions that have just celebratory types of things at the end of the year here. Ice and our last PBIS celebration will be on June 9th and then on June 10th would be our field day and this is just full of different stations and I think this too is a tradition of many parents coming to help you know just celebrate the end of the year and just tons of thanks to those parents who run it graciously um and really spoil the teachers as Natasha mentioned the um celebration of teacher appreciation and nurse appation. We have um fourth and fifth graders that will be taking part um to help celebrate the
013seniors with the May pole dance. And this will be the first for me experiencing yet another tradition. So I'm really excited. Um other things like it's 14 years in counting that Whit and BL two of our 4K teachers um have held a Mother's Day spa day and um seniors have taken part I believe with being able to honor their mothers. been a long time tradition. Um, all classes when I walked the halls around Mother's Day just were busily making projects and cards and I'm sure mothers were touched and probably crying on Mother's Day. So, the teachers did a great job with the kids. Second grade um, and kinder also as well as our fourth grade took part in Junior Achievement this year. So special thanks to those parents that came in and helped them plan
014and talk success both academically and um economically. Teachers had a that week of spoiling which we talked about Natasha had mentioned the um parents that came in to help with that. I also want to honor that appreciation day that we had mentioned with honoring Lisa. the elementary had a special relationship with her as she was the principal for six years. There were a lot of heartfelt tears and memories and um they're just they're going to miss you all. So, thank you so much for your service. You bet. And this this month will be a month of we have already started in preparation of next school year starting schedules and putting kids into where we can really make sure they're going to be successful in the next year to come. And let's see. Um, and we're
015just continuing to hire for our new positions as well. Lastly, the playground equipment is right around the corner. Beginning of June, when the kids are gone, old equipment goes out and things are horizon. So, thanks. Any questions? [Music] Uh so last week Wednesday the student council uh worked together. We handed out donuts and coffee to the teachers and staff just thanking them for everything they excuse me do during student appreciation week. This coming Monday we're doing yearbook signing and we're having ice cream uh for the students during advisory. So that'll be a good way just to get the student body involved and have some fun during ice cream uh during yearbook signing. Graduation activities are starting this Sunday. My computer just turned off. uh this Sunday with Balorat and they're going on till June uh
0168th when we graduate. And then also just want to wish you good luck to all our spring sports as playoffs weekend. That's all we got. Yes, it is. Thank you. Okay. Isaac, as far as district finances go, uh we didn't have anything significantly out of the ordinary with revenue or expenses. Uh checks were all pretty standard as well. Um, we've spent a lot of time in the past few weeks here working on insurance and getting all that ready to go, which uh I know Mike has been working very diligently along with Adrian and myself to make sure that we have as many answers as we can for uh new insurance plans. So, that's been quite time consuming. And otherwise, just wrapping up the end of the school year. Nothing really significant yet. Starting to prepare
017for audit and getting ready for when they come out. This month Second at the bottom. Any other discussion? First discussions, approval of policy committee recommendations. recommendations number any discussion on I just wanted to say that I really appreciate honestly there were very few changes. It was very few There was just one. It was just the um It's not a big deal. It wasn't anything that I needed. I just was wondering what it was. Sure. So, as we um interviewed many candidates and I think there were 44 um to review as far as um you know the application process, she definitely shined. She's a 20-year teacher. She is currently at fifth grade, though she's done a few other grades in the lowers um long time ago. She is um we had to interview her virtually. Um
018she was the last kind of an add-on and she just came through the the TV. We just all fell you fell in love with her. Um she was very um she's just she's a collaborator. I mean, you know, I don't know her well. The couple days I did meet her, she's a collaborator. She knows um standards. She's she just exudes part, you know, just really want to be in a part of being a part of Coler to move forward. She's planning on moving toward us closer as her husband has a business in Shboen. So, she's going to relocate. The family will relocate. Um, we're really excited. The team was kind of unanimous. Um, she's going to be a good addition to Coler. Pending board approval. approved teacher contracts 2026 school year. Are you able to
019speak of any substant All right. Any further discussion? Learningvel Is there any discussion question,000? gives money to help the kids with their trip. Any questions, comments? We are such a generous community that supports our students in so many incoming superend discussion. Any discussion or comments on this? All those in favor say I. Keep that up. So we will move on to item. Is there a motion in a second? Second. Very good. All those in favor say I. I. Motion carries. Oh, let's get a photo. Well, I did kind of look over, but then I was like, "Oh, I don't know." That's awesome. Let's do a picture. Maybe let's reverse the adjournment. We'll reconvene quickly. Absolutely. My apologies. Absolutely. That's awesome. Kids are definitely the the recipients and the beneficiaries. Absolutely. We should all go for
020sure. I think we should all be put over. You just need to stand behind. Is it a print? Okay, we're staying in our [Music] seat. I think you're really you're really great there. That looks great. [Laughter] student representation. Oh, thank you for the generous donation. Now, what happens to the check? That's what I want to know. Like, do we does it just like hang out? Is it Oh, it is dry erase. Oh, okay. Nice. Nice. Okay, just for one more motion. Second. Okay. All in say I. Now we're really