001[music] Turn [music] around. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Can you [music] know? >> [music] >> La [music] Hal. >> [music] [music] >> on his cheek. Yeah. >> See how he feels in the morning, right? >> Such a big deal. >> Okay. 6 o' Let's hear what they have to say. >> It is 6 o'clock. I will call the meeting of the Manitoba public school district board to order. And we are doing a pledge of allegiance today with the FCA >> YA ya. I'm sorry. >> Come on up. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [clears throat] >> Sorry about that. I've been retired 10 years. >> Um, Lori, roll call. >> Christopher Ael
002>> in person. David Bowman >> right here. >> Hansen [clears throat] >> present. >> And Holen >> here. >> Mary Wolfie Blanik >> present. >> Pete Shaw >> here. >> Carrie Tra. >> Thank you. And before we get to public input, we have the district youth art month recognition. >> So, superintendent. >> Yeah. So, um, man, the Manitawak Public School District is pretty unique in the way that we celebrate art. Um, we have the Raar West Art Museum in our town. And every year uh we have special exhibits done by our students and uh organized by our staff to help honor and showcase the wonderful talents and gifts that our students have in the area of the arts. And so this evening we're very proud to welcome four of our MPSD art teachers. From the
003elementary level we have Ellie Demouth and Morgan Seabol. And from the middle level we have Emily FKO. And from the high school we have Sam Dely. And um the MPSD as tradition purchases three pieces of art every year for youth art month. And we purchase an elementary selected piece. We purchase uh a middle level piece and a high school level piece. And so here tonight to help us um honor the students who produced this artwork, we have our staff. So I'll turn it over to them to present them with the awards. >> All right. Hi everyone. I'm Samberg, one of the art teachers at Lincoln High School. And I was going to do an introduction, but Tennis did a wonderful job. A lot off of my shoulders. Um, on behalf of the art department, I
004do want to thank the board for continuous continuing this tradition and allowing us to fill the halls with student artwork. It's wonderful to be able to celebrate the diverse towns we have in our district every year. So, we thank you very much. >> Great. My students presenting this. Do you want to share something about your favorite part of the project? >> Um, the beak because um like that little down part. I um my finger went down and the uh pass again. I'm the art teacher over at Wilson Middle School and Marila Park is the one that created this wonderful oil piece. Would you like to say anything about your art, please? [laughter] >> And I am speaking on behalf of Trina Mua today because she is a busy girl and unable to make it. However,
005she made this beautiful graphite um drawing of a bunny >> and she used the grid drawing technique which is a very advanced method to create a more realistic approach. So, she did a great job. >> And these works of art will be displayed in our boardroom for a year. Uh and then they'll find a permanent home. We have artwork all over this building from years and years of doing this. And it uh these after they have their year on tour here, they'll they'll find the spot somewhere. Uh so someday when you maybe before you graduate, you can come back and find it. We'll play a little game and you can find it in here. >> So again, congratulations. Lori, did you should we do a picture in the front? >> Yeah. want to just go
006up. >> Yeah, show it to me. >> [laughter] >> I have to [laughter] switch [clears throat] >> your shoes. >> Yeah. [clears throat] Thank you so much. These just block us. [laughter] >> Thank you. So, thank you to Thank you to the artists and the teaching staff from the board. Um, it is great. It's great to see their talent. It's unbelievable. [laughter] >> So, we'll move on to public input. I have two requests tonight. Um, so you have up to five minutes and uh we'll start with Barb. >> Good evening Wilson Street. As this year comes to a close, I visited two schools that I had served when I was here. And I want you to keep in mind that it's not just buildings, it's what's happening within those buildings. True inclusion. True inclusion, a
007belonging for all, not just descends, a real engagement through modification with appropriate age peers in a real classroom. School personnel working as a true team. Today, everyone's attitude matters. That's what team means to me. And in a public school where people are universally united because literacy learning matters. I know true inclusion works. It takes time and true educational understandings. But when you have been with kids that never could read or do anything like that and suddenly they can stand up in the front of a peer group and read a story and answer questions, that's just true magic to me. And I'd like to say that a school team that works together, I mean a whole school district that works together can have that fruition come true. and many transitions. You're going to be going through
008many more transitions and you have to all be informed and keep your heads up for those kids because the the students are the students that matter. You've done your thing. Okay. Everybody needs to be informed and I'm really glad that you had these conversations and sessions with the public because I think that really makes a difference. And I'm really sorry that people don't appear because I think they already think that you have it all decided, but I really think as a community you need to keep the conversation going. Thank you. >> Thank you, Barbara. >> Sarah. >> All right. Sarah Wyberg, president of the Manhattan Education Association. Um, I just wanted to thank you before the end of the school year, um, happened. Thank you for standing up for us. Um, as educators, um, I
009know this year was not an easy year. I think I told Lee, I hope that this, uh, grade realignment doesn't cause another pandemic. A little nervous right now. Um, but uh, thank you for watching class sizes. Uh key um thank you Chris for fighting for the end of vouchers or information getting out there on vouchers. Um there's a lot that a moving parts happening. Hopefully everything happens as it should over this summer. But um thank you for building a relationship with us and doing meet and confer. We really appreciate it and I hope we continue next year. Thank you. >> Thank you t-shirt. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you Sarah. That is our request to speak tonight. So I will close public input at this time and we'll move on to the consent agenda. Is
010there anybody who wishes to withdraw anything from that consent agenda? Mr. Shaw, >> I'd like to pull section D personnel report. >> Section D personnel report. Anything else from anybody? Anything else? Seeing nothing else. Um, let's do it this way. Let's bring up personnel. Keith, concerns for the report. >> Sure. Looking at person on the personnel report, I [clears throat] noticed that there was a resignation for some kindergarten positions and some elementary positions. and and having had input from a number of people in the district about how this would take place, I see that there's kindergarten positions that are have left or resigned from one school and going to another school. So, I guess my my question to Stacy would be is if there was a teacher in a school that was going to not
011be operating next year and that teacher was placed in a building where was not their first or second choice, >> would that teacher have a right to then take one of these new positions in the elementary building that was just posted? >> Yep. Um, so the first thing with that is we always look at whenever we have a resignation, we look at our class sizes and numbers to see do we need that position or do we need to adjust between grade levels to see where we need the staffing. Um, so sometimes we have somebody resign that was a first grade teacher and we look at numbers and we're like we've lost some first graders but we could use a second grade teacher. So first of all, we look to see even though that's a resination
012in that area, we might not fill that exact position because of looking at numbers at this point in the year to see where there's a need. Um the second thing is we do is once we have any openings for positions, what we're doing is posting them internally for our staff um to be able to apply for that. So staff just have to submit a letter saying that they're interested in that position. Um that gives an opportunity for any staff that's interested in that position to be able to be able to apply for that position and then the building principal interviews and decides who's moving into that position. So that's the process we've used in the past. Um, and that's the process we'll continue to use. >> So they do have a they do have a
013right, but they have to basically go through not an application process, but at least a request. >> Correct. And we and we know that some people who put, you know, on their survey results in January that they wanted to be at this building or grade level and maybe didn't get it. Like I've had people say to me, you know, I'm okay with what you put me in and I don't necessarily, you know, I don't need that first choice anymore. I'm okay where I'm at. So, we want to give all people the opportunity and just say this is the position open. Anybody can submit and say they're interested. So, >> and and I guess also the elementary library media specialist, don't know who to address that to, but >> did we talk about that? >> Yeah,
014we [laughter] did. Yeah, we approved that I think last month I think it was. Okay. >> As a new position. >> Okay. and that is that we're having that at the elementary level because >> we currently do not have any s we currently do not have a certified library media specialist covering our elementary schools. So that person will help um they'll still be like library media managers but that person will help with the the curriculum based um digital >> and they'll be in charge of all of the elementaryaries. >> Correct. >> And that's a certified position. >> Correct. >> Don't have any other question? Yep. >> Good. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions on that? >> Okay. Hearing seeing none, we will then I will look for a motion to approve all of those
015>> um including >> the discussion that we had on that. So [clears throat] all of the consent agenda uh items. I have a motion by Carrie. Do I have a second? >> Second by from David. Any other discussion on those items? >> Hearing seeing none. All those in favor say I. >> Say nay. >> And the consent agenda is good. All right. We do not have a student representative report tonight. Both of our um students are busy in athletic contest tonight, so they could not be here. [clears throat] Superintendent report. >> Yeah. Uh good evening everyone and uh thanks for coming out tonight. Uh I begin the superintendent report tonight um with two separate but the same night ya celebrations. Um the first celebration is actually for you as a school board. Um you see
016this hardware up here. Uh on April 10th, the Manatawak Public School District was honored in Ashkosh at the CISA 6 um essentially [snorts] pack meeting I think it is. But they honored uh YA they had YA awards and the district received this award. So, when I was notified of this award, I'm thinking to myself like, "Oh, well, yeah, we're getting this award because we have like 190 yas and we're a leader in the in the region and and in the state." Um, but I was surprised to learn that really we're being honored because our school district is employing students at the level we are. And not just in education, but we have PT, OT, nursing, this next room of marketing. We have IT, we have uh interpreters, we have um instructional aid, um uh EL
017aids, um a wide variety of students um with different opportunities to learn about careers in this district. Some school districts are doing uh yas as well uh but not as diverse uh of a of a group that we have. And so we were honored and you were honored. So I accepted it on your behalf. I hope that was okay. [laughter] Uh for that and uh at this time I'd also like to invite our second reason for celebrating uh is our YA program and our some of our students are here tonight. But I would actually like them to be the poster for this award. So if you could come on up and we'll start with a picture before we get introduced. So if you could go in the middle there and I don't know you want
018to hold Johnny you want to take that >> and then come on up in the >> in the center there. [laughter] Thank you. And then you can stay up here because we're going to have a brief presentation. Uh ladies and gentlemen, uh Bonnie Zenyak is our YA coordinator in the district and has been for many years and through her leadership uh and the school to work office in partnership with all of their efforts. Um like I said, we have a a world-class program with school to work. Um and so tomorrow plugging our wonderful celebration where we basically fill the Capitol Civic Center close to it. >> We do. We have four open seats right now. [laughter] >> Oh. Um and it's really one of the neatest community events that I attend in an annual basis.
019It is a wonderful time when our business partners can come in uh and celebrate the work of our students. Their mentors who spend countless number of hours with our students are there on hand. Uh and it gives of course proud parents an opportunity to uh celebrate their children and their successes. So um Bonnie, I'll turn it over to you to introduce the students and your presentation. Sure. [clears throat] Oh, thank you for having us. Um, so we are just visiting to talk a little bit about our youth apprentichip program, share a little bit about the the data of where we're at this school year. And then I have some of our students here that represent a a good variety of the different career areas that businesses that students can work for to talk a little
020bit about their experiences, things they've learned, kind of what their path is after graduation, their plans for the future. Um, so they'll share that with you. So just a little bit about youth apprenticeship itself. So um youth apprenticeship it's a one or a two-year program. So students can do it just junior year or junior and senior year or just senior year. Um they are spending at least 450 hours at an employer school year learning on the job with the same type of responsibilities and projects that any other employee in their field are doing. They're paid employees. um they're getting in most cases the same wages as adults would in these same jobs. They're actually making very good money um a lot of these students and there are over 80 different career pathways that students can
021explore. So everything from healthcare, construction, um STEM, agriculture, basically you name it, youth apprentichip for the most part offers it if it's a local job available in our community. um some statistics from the year. As Lee said, we have 190 students this year, which is the most we've ever had. It's a lot of students. Um especially if you look at our region and even statewide, Lincoln is in our region, we have the most students and even statewide, we have we're the one of the largest, if not the largest youth apprentichip programs. So, it's something to be very proud of that we're offering all of these amazing opportunities to students. 26 of those 190 are employed by MPSD in the variety of those areas. And then we have 83 local employers that are employing our Lincoln
022students this year. 138,000 hours were worked by our students and then $2.1 million were earned by them. So this is a huge investment of our businesses into our kids and into our community and growing our future workforce. So we're very fortunate to have such a supportive community for youth apprentichip. It's actually a very unique thing that we have in Manisqu that you don't see other places. That's one of the reasons we have such a strong program because our community really supports our kids and supports wanting them to explore careers and learn about all of the amazing jobs that they're available in manage box with the hope that they may stay and someday be employed by their company. Um all my stats here. So, we have four students here today. We will have them each come
023up. They'll introduce themselves, tell you a little bit about what they're doing. Feel free if you have any questions about what they've learned or what their um what their path path is, feel free. I told them you're allowed to ask some questions. [laughter] [cough] [clears throat] >> I am Jonathan Gordon and I work at Manwalk Heating. And one thing that's most rewarding about my Y experience in my job is that, you know, you go into a house, it's -30 outside, customers freaking out. Hey, my furnace isn't working. And uh by, you know, by the end of the day, you have their heat up and running, and you see that smile on their face. I think that's the biggest impact that I can do, you know, at my job. And I really do take a lot
024of pride in that. Um, I learned a lot of skills over the last two years. Um, work ethic was a big one. Um, responsibility, teamwork, and I think that'll go very far in life past just the apprentichip program. I'm very thankful for that opportunity. Um, I do plan on staying at Manis Heating after I graduate high school. Um, I enjoyed it a lot over the past two years and hopefully I can make a very, very good career out of it. So, thank you. Uh, I thank you for your service because I was probably one of those houses two years ago. [laughter] >> Um, has has the technology department at Lincoln High School, have any of our courses helped you in making this decision? Um, have they enabled you to become quite adapt at your in
025your position? >> Um, our medals program at school. Um, >> okay. >> That was a big help. I really did. I took actually I think Wagner was the teacher at the time. I took the metals class with him in welding and I enjoyed it a lot. I thought you know at the time I didn't know I wanted a career in it but then all a sudden I you know I started doing interviews and I'm like you know what I really enjoyed it in school. I think I could make something out of it and obviously I ended up going about my path. So was definitely impacted a lot of it. Yes. >> Awesome. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Hello everyone. My name is Merrick Mahausski. I'm a senior at Lincoln High School and this is
026my first year doing youth apprenticeship. Um, and I'm a nursing assistant youth apprentice at Aurora Healthcare. Um, whenever I bring up my apprentichip to people, they're always shocked that I can earn school credit and get paid at the same time, which I mean, of course, that's a bonus, but youth apprenticeship is just so much more than that to me. It's been so rewarding. Not only has it given me firsthand experience and a head start working in the field that I wish to pursue, but it has helped me to solidify my career choice, inspired me to get my CNA certification, which I never even thought of before. Um, given me tons of new opportunities, and I've gained so many lifelong connections with my co-workers and the patients that I get to work with. Um, before starting
027YA, I honestly had no idea what I wanted to do in the future. Like, there were so many options, and it was kind of super overwhelming. Um, I basically only knew that I wanted to work in healthcare, but I had no idea where to go from that point. Um, and starting this apprenticeship helped me realize that nursing is a path for me. Um, and in my case, I found it like first try. Like I knew what I wanted to do. But even if someone tries to get the apprenticeship and they end up not liking a career, I consider that like a good thing because they know like they don't want to pursue this and they can look for something else. Um, and this apprenticeship has also made me feel more mature in a way. I've
028grown personally and professionally. I feel more confident and I've bu built myself a network of mentors, peers, and connections. And I've basically found my purpose in life. Um, and I am going to stay with Robert Healthcare after graduation while going to Lakeshore College for nursing. And all in all, I couldn't be more thankful for youth apprenticeship. Um, and everyone who has dedicated their time and effort into this program. This is genuinely a game changer for so many people, and I'm so excited to be part of it. Hello everyone. My name is Rya Shyber and I'm a senior. And for the past two years, I've been lucky enough to be a EL youth apprentice at Riverview Elementary. Going into this, I didn't know what I wanted my post high school plans to be. I didn't know
029where I wanted to go, what I wanted to do. But because of this experience and the joy that I have felt during this time, I now know that I am destined to work at my bachelor's and become an elementary teacher. During this time, I have formed strong bonds with all of my students and laugh with them consistently, which have made every day more enjoyable than the other. I love being a person that my students can trust and rely on whe whether they need support, even if it is big or little. Building a relationship with my students has been one of the most rewarding parts of this experience as it has allowed me to create a welcoming environment where they felt comfortable being themselves. [sighs and gasps] Um, sorry. Um, watching them grow academically and personally
030has brought me a great sense of pride and has taught me so much about myself and the kind of person I want to become in the future. Although I came into this experience hoping to make a difference in their lives, I can say they have made an even bigger difference in mine. I will always be grateful for the time for my time at Riverview. And I know I will carry my them in my heart throughout the rest of my journey. And I want to say thank you to my mentor, Mrs. Dao, and thank you to Mrs. Preseniac for this amazing opportunity that YA has given me. Cool. >> [clears throat] >> Hello, my name is Cooper Meadows. I'm in maintenance at Bree. My apprentichip at Bree has made a large impact on my future goals.
031It has given me the opportunity to be in the NWTC apprenticeship right program as an upcoming senior. This is a 4-year program where I plan to continue and develop my skills and knowledge in my field. My boss Jim has helped me on a daily basis, always creating a chance to learn and progress along with my co-workers having patience in my work. This has helped me create a good and solid foundation for my future in maintenance. I think having an apprenticeship is an important tool, an important tool to have and use to create a strong future in all career paths where you can get an understanding of outside classroom learning and develop social life skills. I believe it can help with outside career and work skills as well as it helped me on a todaytoday basis.
032Thank you for letting me come here and share my experience. >> Does your apprenticeship hours count towards your um >> apprentice hours at LTC or is that separate? >> They do. >> I believe >> they do. That's true. So that's one whole like >> one year >> a half a year probably half 450 it's 2,000 hours right so 450 hours towards being a journeyman milight >> oh is that what you're doing >> that's fantastic >> oh that's along those lines I just work with hydraulics electricity and Nice. [snorts] >> So, just to give you a little more info on what Cooper's doing. [clears throat] So, you're right, he's going to be doing a registered apprenticeship next year as a senior. So, the reason why that is amazing is because the state of Wisconsin has only
033allowed people to do registered apprenticeships as a high schooler for the past seven years. So, before that, you've had to be a high school graduate to even do a registered apprenticeship. So, it's a relatively new thing. Um, statewide, there are very few students who typically qualify to start their registered apprenticeship early before graduation. So Cooper and then there's one other student, Norwin Stozer, that is going to be doing that next year. So we have two Lincoln students that will be starting their registered apprenticeships next school year as seniors in high school and they'll be starting it in the beginning of the school year. They are the first students in our region. So Cal Shbbo and Managea counties to ever be able to do it at the beginning of the school year. Most students can't do
034it until January, second semester, because they need first semester to take most of their high school courses. Um, but these students were very motivated and very good at planning and taking the courses that they needed. So, they had the time in their schedule. It also very much helped that Lincoln has a block schedule with the eight periods that really helped them plan out their four years. Um, so it's a pretty amazing thing that Lincoln has two students able to do this because statewide the numbers are very very low um of students that can can start at that point in their high school um career. So it's pretty amazing. And we've only we've only had two other students in Lincoln history do registered apprenticeships as seniors and they started in January. They were not able to
035start at the beginning of the school year. So that's a pretty amazing thing. >> Yeah. Very cool. >> So, are all of your 100 kids this amazing? >> 90. 90. Are all 200 of your kids? >> And as exceptional as these four are, they are all every single one of them like this. She's amazing. >> I just think that I mean, as a board, it's nice to get this type of education. >> Yeah. and and um I think it's something the community really has to appreciate that the kids are getting out and getting a real world education and uh helping making places successful whether it's Breece or Riverview or the hospital um or keeping my house warm. Um that is something that um I'm sure a lot of people don't realize that education is more
036than sitting in a classroom and getting uh taught by a teacher. >> And it's really it's a team effort because these students wouldn't have been able to do the apprenticeship if they wouldn't have had the right classes and the right folks in our school district districts to prepare them. And it's the interview help, the resume help, all of those types of things. So, I mean, it's it really is everybody helping them get to this point. >> And that personal motivation. Yeah. >> Sounds like in each one of >> I went after this, so you >> they're all they're all fields that aren't going to be AI out. [laughter] >> Those are the fields that most you have the highest number of students in. It's um it's healthare, education, and construction, and then manufacturing are the
037top four, which really represent our local community and our state. >> So, there was a question that Keith asked about do the tech classes do the tech classes give skills to to help out. Do we look at any of that with some of these other fields like medicine [clears throat] or or education? I mean are there's class where a student could get a little pre-work done before they go in and >> in a lot of cases they do they'll take often the students will have taken some elective class that has helped them explore a career or given them a little taste and helped them know that oh this is something I think I want to try out. Otherwise part of the youth apprenticeship requirements is that they have to take a class that relates to
038what they're doing. So as part of youth apprenticeships, they have to take something that's relevant to what they're doing at their job. So sometimes healthcare, that could be our health occupations or medical terminology, an anatomy and physiology, something like that. Um or your more construction manufacturing, anything in your teched area. So all of these students are also participating in those courses at the same time too to enhance the the on the job skills. They're also developing those other those other skills. >> Thank you. >> That's awesome. Thank you very much. We always appreciate your support. We appreciate the board support, community support. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Thanks for all your work and thanks for your students. Great job. >> Uh and just to kind of round things out, I do want to recognize uh this
039month's Rising Tide Award winners. uh the district, Emily Hay from Riverview Elementary special education teacher, Shannon Campion, Riverview Elementary, and Kristen Waller, Franklin Jefferson Monroe Fifth Grade Band and Orchestra. Um again, Rising Tide Awards are given to are are uh given to staff who are nominated by their peers uh who help our culture by lifting each other up and supporting um each other um in our district. Um there's a number of things in my in my written report. Um there's one thing that came up today that I just want to add that I didn't know about when this report was penned uh which is the news around some uh potential uh funding >> uh at the state level. Um and I just want to notify the board and I did copy you today. Um I
040I did send emails to um Representative Tiddle and Senator Lemingu um from the my position as a superintendent um urging them to support um these additional funds. Um so I just wanted to make all of you aware that I sent those and you should be have been copied in that. I also sent you a forwarded email from WASDA and if you follow the link to that email um it's a detailed report by the Wisconsin Legislative Financial Bureau. I don't know if I got that right or not but and in any event it it sort of estimates you know how much this will potentially mean for our district in particular as well as others. So uh that's out there for your digestion and if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them. >> Questions
041for Lee? Hearing seeing none. >> Anything else? >> No, it's good. I think that's good. >> Okay. Uh, director's report. We got an email from Biz Ikeman that uh she would not be here tonight. Um, but her information is in that reward. And Heidi is here if you have any questions from the director's report. Or Heidi, do you have anything to add? Any questions? >> I'm excited to see a good interest in the 4K full day programming. >> That is um at the the uh voucher meeting we're at, Lee mentioned there are some schools actually starting to think about was it 2K? Well, I was >> not not us, but but there are >> It's like an arms >> arms rate. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> How low can you go? >> And so,
042but I think that's there's a need out there that um >> Yeah. There is a need. >> Yeah. >> There's a need and people are looking for solutions and that's actually some districts are looking there, but uh we'll go one step at a time and we'll get where we need to go. >> Yeah. And speaking, I mean, I know we sort of went past it, but the that was in my report too, the voucher uh presentation that the League of Women Voters hosted and Biff joined, myself and Nathan uh and we joined in with two rivers just to do some educating in the community. Uh took a lot of questions. Um, you know, I know this board had expressed interest of trying to advocate to have some transparency on our tax bill uh here within
043our local uh area in regards to vouchers um one step that we decided after that meeting given the interest from people u in the community as well as others uh and with the number of questions that we really had um we published our presentation uh And um we're working to set up a meeting with tours and us just to uh sort of get some coordination around some educational opportunities um as well as some potential advocacy for some transparency in that area. >> Maybe we should make uh that part of you know like a condition of selling the building for [laughter] >> Yeah. It it what was nice about the meeting was there were a lot of good questions asked, but it was also it was one of those sharing moments where people would have a
044question or have a concern and they would say it >> and rather than yelling or screaming or be angry about something, there was a discussion >> and and it was good to see us getting back to that, you know, and I've noticed that even here now that uh um people listen when you ask good questions rather than yell and make up things and call names and you know then I'll then let's talk and let's have a conversation. So it was good to see and it was well done by the League of Women Voters I believe. Yeah. >> All right. So no questions for Heidi. We'll go to unfinished business. I don't believe we have any. Um and we'll go to new business. Out of state travel. >> Do we have to do these one by
045one or can we do them? >> You can slate them if you want. >> We could probably do them if that's the pleasure of the board. We can do all the state travel out of state travel came out of committee. >> there was no committee meetings. >> So these are approved. >> Come on. >> Opportunities for kids. No. [laughter] >> I make a motion that we approve all the out of state um travel possibilities for the kids. >> Second from Mr. Ael. Any discussion? >> I think you're right, Mr. Bowman. It's a good opportunities to let our kids experience the world. >> U Mr. President, if I just may, um just so that those who may be viewing are aware, um these are students that are are are doing some great things. We have FBLA
046students that qualified for nationals, FCCLA students qualified for uh out of state uh for nationals uh as well at middle level and the high school level. And then uh in athletics uh our soccer program um is going to play a game in Lington, Michigan. And our cross country uh program um next September is looking to uh take part in a meet in Gurnie, Illinois. I appreciated that the majority are grant funded and I one thing caught my eye that if we don't get this funded these teachers are paying for it >> because it's that important to them. >> Other discussion hearing say none. And all those in favor say I. >> I post say nay. >> And we'll go to the health aid position for intermediate and middle school. Stacy, do you want to comment
047on that first? >> Um yeah. So, this is a new position. That's why it's being brought to the board. We currently have one employee in our district um in a similar role as this that employs up at Lincoln High School. Um so, you know, I think we have four uh nurses in the district um that share all of our schools. And with the health needs of kids in like a building as big as Lincoln, they need to have somebody um medically trained that's there all the time. So, our current health aid we have is up at Lincoln. Um the proposal for this position would be to be shared the a health aid between Washington and Wilson for next year. Um I think I put on here that there's um 608 kids as of the day
048of this memo at Wilson and 655 kids at Washington. So just with kids and health needs um this person that will support when a a school nurse can't be there and has to have a medical background. >> Stacy, how many students do you have to have before we hire a nurse for each one of these schools? the middle school and >> you know >> I mean that's a that's a that's a a large number of people. >> So was it was it discussed at all? I mean >> so we um we had talked with Jenny Hins as kind of like our head nurse in the district. >> Yeah. I I'm going to look for a motion before we discuss it. Oh, I'm [clears throat] sorry. Wanted some information because it didn't go through committee. It
049was something that came up >> and uh >> that's why I'm asking >> we talked about it. We have a motion from an and a second from David. Now we'll get back to the discussion. I just wanted some information from Stacy so you knew what it was about >> since [snorts] it didn't go through committee. >> So Carrie to answer your question like should we have a nurse at each building and Jenny Hins is like kind of our head nurse. So in talking with her um in the elementary school and at even at the middle school levels the office assistant is a med trainedish kind of person. They do a little more training so they can help with med distribution. We have some diabetic students, >> students with other, you know, health impairments. So, the
050nurses really oversee and then help um support those other support staff positions. This is just a little bit more of a high level position. So, I I think we feel comfortable with our nursing staff ratio right now, but having this extra hands-on support for kids that might need tube feeding or GI issues or other medical, you know, if another medical fragile child comes, it's just another a little bit more trained um set of hands to help. So I think they feel better. >> I raise that because I mean honestly this seems to be the minimum here. I mean no you know not not not taking action to have this position filled would be I think you know pretty irresponsible. But I'd also like to know what's what's the cost. >> Yep. So this position um
051just salary wise obviously I don't know if the person would take benefits or not um take benefits um sorry let me just do pull up my calculator um quick I think we talked about did we talk about lead do you remember was like 30 40,000 >> no we did talk but I can't remember >> um it's a support staff position it's not a professional staff position so it's not as expensive as a a school nurse would be Um, just one more second and I can pull it up for you. I apologize. Um, probably between 35 and $40,000 for salary, >> Mr. Shaw. >> Yeah, thank you. Um, I kind of I kind of agree with Carrie. I looked at this this 25 bullet point bullet job description and and I would love to see what
052the RN job description looks like because it looks like this is a mirror image of what our expectations are for our school RNs. >> I I have some grave concerns about what is expected of this position to fill uh in the absence of an RN making a lot of these decisions. We're we're talking a lot of life-threatening situations. And I'm not sure that that these this position to serve over a thousand kids with an RN bumping back and forth is is the best is the best call for our money. I'm I kind of agree with Carrie. I'm not sure that this just this job description doesn't call for a much more uh licensed certified personnel to deal with these medical issues that are taking place in our schools right now. It's not the It's not
053the day where you put on a band-aid and give some Tylenol. U we're dealing with life-threatening allergies and Medicare and medical illnesses and tube feedings and all this kind of stuff and a lot can go wrong and and I think we're subjecting an RN's license to a pair professional to fill all these 25 bullets. Um but I'm not sure we're being prudent in who we're staffing here. It's just my opinion >> and just a a point of information for that this in the in the full job description um the person must be a gra or should be a graduate of a practical a practice nur a practical nursing or medical assistant program. So that is one of the requirements of the job. Other discussion on this hearing seeing none. Uh we have a motion to
054approve. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Post say nay. >> Nay. >> Not because I don't agree with the position. I think that it's totally asking a great deal of of our staff. So >> same. >> Okay. we have and I then I will turn it over to Mr. Shaw for the finance committee uh issues starting with the Madison school property offer. >> Nathan, I'm glad to see you've taken front and center here so we can >> among the first on the agenda is the Madison school property offer. Great discussion over the last two months between the city and the school district. out of committee. The motion was made for the board of education to accept the city of Manswell's offer to purchase the Madison Elementary property. I make that into a
055motion. >> We have a second. >> I'll second David with a second. Discussion. Any discussion? >> Chris. Thank you. So, I didn't say anything. That's facilities and finance. I'm not a member of that committee. it would have been inapprop. But tonight, this entire board is tasked with considering the city's incredible offer to purchase Madison Elementary. Well, honestly, to purchase the land upon which Madison Elementary stands. They have no interest in Madison Elementary itself. And so I have an opportunity tonight to do something almost nobody ever gets to do in a public meeting and that is quote Virgil, >> sometimes Shakespeare, >> sometimes Homer, almost nobody gets to quote Virgil. So I get to say for my part, I do not trust the Greeks even when they offer gifts. >> So let's consider this offer. The
056city has profered a 12page 700 line contract. Okay, much of it's boilerplate stuff, but it has some points that are of real interest and importance like lines 37 and 38 require acceptance of this offer on or before April 15th. And it disallows considering any other offers after that acceptance, but in advance of closing. We ought to consider what's the city's hurry. Creating a false sense of urgency is a standard tactic of used car sales. >> Yeah, right. >> Well, you better buy it today because it might not be here tomorrow. You better take the offer today. It might not be around tomorrow. Okay. So, accept the offer by the 15th or else. to which I consider or else what you'll offer us less than a dollar next time. I find that kind of hard to
057believe. Okay. Also, it's worth considering that technically by accepting this offer, everything that is semi-permanently attached in the building as of the date of the offer, April 21st, officially belongs to the city. Do I really believe the city's going to be that jerky about it? No, I don't. But technically anything mounted in the buildings belongs to the city if it was affixed to the building inside or out as of April 21st. It's worth considering. And despite declarations that we're not in the real estate business, the district is concerned about what could end up there or about blight. But the honest truth is once sold even to the city, we could easily lose all control regardless of who buys it, city or anyone else. Now, the mayor has told us at these public meetings, the city
058has no plans for the property and no wish to have a tiff. To that, I can only say politely, go on and pull the other leg, too. because I cannot believe that is credible. The mayor said upon taking possession of the property, the city will inform interested developers to come up with proposals. It was unclear when I heard it if he said they currently have 14 or 14 developers that they will be contacting. Regardless of if it's in the mid teens or if it's in the mid10s, it is a lot of developers. I find it hard to believe that there's no one else with interest in this property right now. Once again, I find that incredible. You might say then, so why haven't we heard from any of them? Well, here's the truth. They're not
059stupid. They know that if the city gets it for an hour, they'll literally get it for a song. So, they're going to wait it out to get the best be in the best possible position to purchase the property. Okay. So, you know, we also have to think about some hard truths about tiffs here. And I know the city claims they don't expect to do a tiff. But honestly, if you've seen what's been developed in coordination with the city in the last decades, developers like tiffs so that a lot of the infrastructure is paid for rather than coming out of their pocket. The last infrastructure that was paid for by a developer was the corner on which um Festival Food stands and they paid to put in those streets and that intersection. It's the last time
060it's happened. So that's how far back the last time a developer paid for that kind of stuff is. Okay. Now, nobody's going to take this land. Nobody's going to take Lighthouse Park and work on it without some kind of assistance. City's going to shrug. They're going to say, "Gee, we didn't want to do it, Tiff." But what choice did we have? It's the only way we could do it. You know, and what this why this matters is the huge boom that has been promised to the taxpayers doesn't exist if you use tax incremental financing to do the development. That promise of tax dollars to the city, to the county, to the school board, to the technical colleges disappears until the tiff is completed. That could be 20 years. That could be 30 years. If things
061go horrible and you beg for help, it could be longer than that. Okay. So, what can we do? Well, we could have used the model that was used when we sold Mckenzie. We hired actual realators and the realators looked over the building and sold it for us. I want to point out that that model netted the school district about a third of a million dollars. This model is netting us one. So, it's worth considering that. But still, I don't expect that to happen. I think you'll sell it. And because of that, to protect the residents who live on forth and the residents who live on Huron, I will motion right now to amend this contract to add the following lines, lines 681 A through C and 681 D through F to state in the event
062the city attempts a tiff district for this or adjoining properties, this sale becomes null and void. The property reverts to the MPSD and the buyer pays the seller a $300,000 penalty. Now, that is 681 A through C. 681D through F states, "In the event the city fails to zone the property to prohibit Airbnbs or primarily vacation use, the sale becomes void. The property reverts the MPSD and the buyer pays the seller a $300,000 penalty." Those are my motions. I would hope for a second. >> Do we have a second? >> I will second for discussion purposes. >> We have a second for discussion. >> Discussion. >> Could I speak to the motion? >> Yes. >> $300,000 is not randomly chose. I just pick wild numbers. $300,000 is exactly the kind of money it would take
063to keep the building running, heated, >> right, >> maintained for five years. Five years of cost at an average cost of $5,000 a month. We would be able to keep the building warm, maintained for five years under that. And if we have to take repossession, they have to help us with those costs. So I I just want to know what why it's in our interest to say if you have Airbnbs, etc., etc., you know, this this this contract is null and void. I mean, I you know, we don't want to why why would we want to do that? >> My going to be, you know, you know, more holy than on what happens to that that u that that that land. >> Yeah, he did. >> Yeah. >> I don't consider that more holy than
064the Pope. I am not inclined to get into a debate about who's more holy. >> Oh, yeah. Okay. But >> but I do know the residents there are quite concerned with those properties being bought by investors >> to use as Lake View Airbnbs rather than actual homes. Actual homes while regardless of the use the tax benefit stays the same but actual homes have families in them and families have children and children go to our schools. >> Yeah. So that is what >> I would >> is there any other discussion before I say anything? >> I have a different opinion with tiffs than you do. Um without tiff there'd be a lot of areas of Manitwalk that haven't been redone. There would still be blighted areas in the city and that's one of my concerns with
065this area. McKinley. Yes, the district got some money for that, but the person, the original people that bought it didn't restore that building. It's being restored now by a different group of people that came in and took it over because it it was sold. Things were taken out of the building and then it was sitting there unused for a period. >> We only got 100,000 for that, too. >> What's that? >> We only got 100,000 for that in the original sale. And that and this leads to my concern is is when we talk 1.4 to 1.8 1.7 million to rip that building down if we keep it, we're not getting that much money if we sell it. At least hearing that from developers I know, from building people that I know, that's a lot of
066money that we would have to tax our people to take that building down if we keep it. I don't want us to sell it to somebody that rips out the copper or takes whatever is valuable in the building and then it sits there like some of the properties around the city in the past have done. That's my one of my concerns. We would have to probably hire somebody to do this for us. We don't have a planning department. We don't have, you know, we don't have that experience that the city has, that good experience that they had, but also the mistakes that we made. And in the end, the city has the right to zone it how they want. The neighborhood can get together and stop that. And I've been involved in that in my
067neighborhood in in a couple of instances where development was stopped, but they have the right to do that and look at how their neighborhood is going to be developed. But that's a city issue. That's not something that we really have the power to do. [clears throat] Um, so I, you know, I understand it would be nice to have those controls. I'm not sure we have enough information to say we would be better at this than the people that are doing it now. >> That's my concern. And >> I guess some points you bring up. I I concur. I am concerned about the tip. We've all sat here and listened that the first choice is to not have it as a tip. So, I hope in my heart of hearts that our mayor follows through on
068it. If he doesn't, we are still not the best people to make the decisions you're talking about. Like you said, Biff, the people coming to the city were living in that community are the best people to plan with a planning department. And that's I I feel they're the best equipped and we are not to to come up with 1.9 is what I think the high was. That's per acre. >> That's a lot of money that has to sell for and I'd rather play conservative on this >> first. Okay. To speak to both your points. First, first of all, I move to amend it, right? >> So that there are penalties to the city should they do otherwise. I did not move that we take over the property. That would be point one. Point two, you
069hope that the city doesn't do a tip. One person up here has a decade of experience on city council and that person is telling you, pull the other I I think the situation is sort of compounded by the fact that we have to heat and pay the electricity for another abandoned building at the same time. I mean, there's only so much, you know, empty space that we can we can keep paying for it. Uh, and I I'm kind of eager to shove this off on the city like like we got the baseball field. We can definitely do all those considerations with second school that we have to deal with next. We we still have so much to deal with that I feel this is our first step in making the decisions for our consolidation moving
070forward in our planning by putting this on this board. We are not >> any other comments Mary. I think from the beginning I've said it's a gamble >> and it's hard when it's not my money we're gambling with. It's the public's money and um we have to be careful with that. I I appreciate Mr. Abel's attempt at some change in that contract. I am going to assume and I know what they say about assuming um but I'm going to assume the city would not agree um to those A 681 A through C and D through F. Um I it you know could we take another kick at the can with their with their uh contract? Absolutely. But having some experience having sold um houses of my own in the past, you don't go to the
071person buying your house and saying, "Here are the contingencies about what you can do with it." You can't paint any of the bedrooms pink. >> Yeah. >> Right. You can't that that's not the way real estate works. Um again, Mr. Ael, I appreciate your thinking and trying to protect that property in our community, but I'm not sure we would get anywhere with it. Keith, just a very easy comment for me to make. I may said this all along. I don't believe school districts are in the in the uh real [clears throat] estate business. I don't believe school districts have a responsibility to real estate. Um the district received that land from the city um as a gift to build a school and we've utilized it. We've had great opportunities in that and now it's back
072to a real estate uh point of view and a real estate concept and I don't believe that's a district's responsibility to that runs a school. I think it's a district's responsibility to educate kids not be in the real estate business. So I I Mr. Ael you've done a phenomenal job as you always have but I cannot support I can't support your amendments. [clears throat] >> Yeah. Any other discussion? >> I guess one of the questions that seems unresolved is why a bach I mean and it's sort of like well we want to we want to give it to the city um in a way that's you know attractive for them to buy it you know right away because we don't want to incur the the cost and the responsibility of just having it sit there.
073But why didn't why didn't we say we'll sell it to you for 100,000? >> I already own it. Why are you why is the city going to tax me for something that I already own? >> That doesn't make any sense. And that's why, >> you know, with the baseball and the football field, it was the same thing. It's if we own it, it doesn't make any sense to say, hey, it's a different unit of government, so now you got to tax and and pay for it again. >> Yeah. Okay. >> You know, that's and and that's I know that's kind of hard to understand right away. And that's the question I've gotten. >> But there were a lot of people that asked that question. >> Yeah. And and once you and and once you explain
074it to them, they go, "Oh, yeah." >> Yeah. Okay. That's good. >> Um, anything else? And we will vote on the amendment to the contract. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppos say nay. >> And we go on to the original >> sale. vote on the sale. Any discussion on the original? Hearing seeing none. All those in favor of the Madison school property offer signified by saying I. >> I. >> Oppos say nay. >> Nope. >> And that passes. So then we move on to the benefit broker. >> Thank you. >> Uh came out of committee as well. I'll make the motion that we can have second it and then maybe Nate can explain this a little bit more in detail. But I move that the board of education approve RNR
075insurance to provide benefit broker services to the district. >> Motion out of committee or the yeah motion was made out of committee. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Discussion on it or Nate give us some info. >> Sounds good. Um I think the the term I use these the RNR is going to be like a sherpa for us working with us uh picking insurance health insurance dental um vision things like that. Um we looked at we had we had we had no bad options. We had six good six good proposals. We had four good groups that came in. RNR really stood out. Um the strength of their team that was in front of us. uh their communication um clearly stood out amongst the other three [clears throat] that uh that came
076in for an interview. Um one of the key one of the key parts that um really perked up um our benefits team uh internally is the system that they have to offer to help out uh with open enrollment. So it's less of a manual uh process. uh they have get they they give us access to analytical teams to take a look at you know current and future plans that we're looking at and seeing if that meets our needs. Um I'd like to the district's needs. I'd like to um welcome Michelle Frick up. Um >> she is uh she's going to be our she is our account she's the account rep uh that led the pitch um for the school district. Um, and I just welcome her here to uh to tell us a little bit
077about RNR. >> Um, well, before I tell you about RNR, I'll tell you that none of my artwork when I was public school district is hanging up. I got >> This was great. Um, RNR Insurance is the state's largest family-owned insurance agency. Um, which is important because then that means your community, your dollars are staying in the community. were really ingrained with all the districts that we work with. We have a very strong um school district um clientele and as a former teacher of the Appleton area school district for 20 years um something that I think you know with talking with Nate and the the benefit team that did the interviews in the process is really getting your staff engaged and and making sure that they know how to use their benefits most efficiently and
078effectively really is what can move the needle in terms of kind of containing the cost because healthc care costs supersede all their inflation and so we have to we have to put the right you know pull the right levers at the right time. So really looking forward to working with the math. One of the things that I like to call out just to focus again on communication. Um, after we got done with all the with the the four groups that came in, you know, one of the things that the three of us said in the the interview teams that we really could see Michelle in front of our staff, in front of our teachers. She she, you know, having been a teacher for 20 years, over 20 years, she's she knows the lingo. She knows
079how to how to speak to other teachers. And I think that would be, you know, something really powerful to have her in front of our staff to help educate um about their benefits programs, what they have to offer. Um so I think that that that's something that sets most definitely set RNR apart uh in the interviews. >> Gives me my teaching fix, you know. [laughter] And the other piece on that is I don't since I haven't been doing I mean I've been insurance for 15 years but um I I don't use all of the insurance lingo kind of make it make sense for the normal person because insurance is super confusing. >> So aren't we coming upon an open enrollment window now? >> That'll be in fall. >> Fall. >> Yep. >> So you have
080time to build >> Yeah. program. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. January one attorney. >> Any other questions for Nate? >> I'm bummed that he was left. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> Stephen's still here. >> See no other questions. We have a motion for acceptance. All those in favor say I. >> I. Say nay. [clears throat] >> Thank you very much. You're welcome. >> Talk to you soon. Go on to WGBMCC. >> Um third third [snorts] um article that came out of the finance and facilities committee which will take in two motions. It was the contract with the UWG and Matchwell County. The first motion was made by the facilities committee unanimous unanimously passed. Uh the board of education approved the subleas lease agreement with thei uh University of Wisconsin Green Bay in Manuel County
081to house the manual public school district alternative programs on the WGB manage campus. Uh that I'm making that motion coming out of facilities. >> I have a second >> second by David. Discussion on that hearing seeing none. All those in favor say I. I >> post say nay. On to the second motion. >> The second motion that came out of the same regarding the same topic was the memory uh memorandum of understanding. Move that the board of education approve the memorandum of understanding with the University of Wisconsin Gay to house a manual public school district alternative programs on the WGB Manuel campus. Motion's coming out of facilities. >> I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Second by an discussion hearing seeing none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Post
082say nay. And that is approved. Smart panels. >> Smart panels. I'll make the motion then I'll have Nate explain a little bit about that because it's way beyond my understanding of former teacher. Motion came out of facilities unanimously uh to approve that the board of education approve the purchase of smart panel devices from CDWG services. [snorts] That motion is coming out of facilities and finance. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. David with a second. Smart panels. Explain them. >> Okay. So, um, you know, it used to be a really big deal in the 2000s if you had a projector that you could share between rooms. Then eventually every room got a projector. Then we got those things called Smartboards in the in the 2010s. So, this is the next, you know, the the
083next progression of that technology. So, you go from having a, you know, a board screwed into into your wall with the projector pointed at it. Now you have, you know, a TV, you know, something around that size that it is like a gigantic iPad that you can interact with. Um, >> you mean like a big overhead projector? >> Well, you can't. [laughter] >> So, moves. [laughter] >> So, the these uh and they'll be they're on carts. So, that's part of the, you know, part of the proposal, the the smart panel. So the the the TV with the interactive touch displays um that goes on a cart and then they go into the classroom and then they can be moved around from from different parts of the classroom. Uh um Miss Loafy Blanik asked about where
084um where they were going to be going. So I got that information from from the IT department which you know it's going all over the place. They're going to multiple different buildings. One of the things uh uh Jessica and the technology department shared with me is they have a they have a multi-year plan. Um they're looking for, you know, next year to to to to move in about another 40 to 50 to replace some other ones. Um so they have a have a long-term plan to get these in all the classrooms because like you said, there are more than 51 classrooms. So um have we currently have some in in classrooms. This gets us a little closer than the next budget year. Well, I think that it'll be it'll be complete, I believe, by the
085end of next school year where everybody has every classroom has one according to the plan. So, >> questions, David, >> this is something that I hadn't thought of when we were discussing it. Um, is this a ground swell also from the staff? They're like, "Hey, let's do this." Or is this like, "Here you go." You know what I mean? >> I'm sorry. I won't speak to them. speak question. >> This came out of technology department, correct? >> Well, I I can speak. I don't know if it's a ground swell or not, but what I can tell you is as some of the existing units we have in the district age and sort of start dying out, >> we have to look at replacement anyway. And so when we're looking at replacement of those types of
086things, what's the newest technology um available? and you know, does that price point match what we're willing to spend to make those technological uh advancements in the classroom? That's that's the conversation that I've been aware of. I don't know if they came from staff uh or how it began the conversation. Um but I also know that in the committee or I'm sorry, not in the committee, but um yeah, it may have been in the committee. Somebody asked about professional development and it will be done through our um library media specialists. >> Okay. >> The panels are very popular with the staff that have them and they talk about that and share that with other people. >> So they were piloted. >> They are being used. >> Yeah. Okay. >> They are being [laughter] two-word question
087this time instead of four pager. >> Everybody can be relieved. >> You ready? >> It's okay. Shoot. >> Cooper funds have been expended. Therefore, >> okay. >> Yeah, >> they're gone. Gone. Gone forever or >> Yep. If the plan was to Yep. It was scheduled to be spent out. >> Okay. Thanks. That I thought of that after. >> Yeah. Couple months. >> I wonder how it got rationed out with the largest school in the system getting four. >> They've already invested. Okay. for the classrooms, you know. And the other thing, um, in terms of, you know, from an operational perspective, um, >> you know, it it drives your your support staff a little nutty and your teaching staff a little nutty. If you don't have like the same thing in all your classrooms, you know,
088then like the the tech's got to think, okay, well, this one's got that and this and the other, you know, from experience of having done that. Now, that's tough. And then you know teachers if they're moving from classroom to classroom specifically like at Lincoln like okay well I can do this in one room but I can can't do that in the other room. So just trying to get things >> you know level set and I think that's a a good good move good plan. I I just want to reiterate Mr. Melky's point as a teacher who saw the district go through three years where they bought the cheapest smartboard they could get each year. So it was a different smartboard each year. So none of them worked with each other's software. That was horrible. And
089there were smartboards that you could project on and nothing else. So this is a better way. Just a screen. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> We have a motion to approve the smartboards and to put the opaque projector and red projector the education hall of fame with a box of chalk. >> Yes. [laughter] and the D machine. >> And the D machine. >> All those all in favor of approving to move to the smart panel, say I post nay. >> Facility updateformational. >> Mike, you got anything for us? >> No. >> Okay. Anything else, Keith? >> Nope. >> Uh quick. >> It's the Schmidz. >> Yeah. >> Just uh quick summary remarks. Uh, I've had the pleasure of seeing the baseball, soccer, and track teams this year. But it was so nice to see the art >>
090Oh, yeah. >> displayed tonight and to hear the stories from the um apprentice kits, you know, we got to remember sometimes. Maybe it's because Athletics gets a lot more headlines and stuff, but it's nice to see the other stuff. And speaking of that, I think the new ad, that's part of where she wants to start getting dates out for the arts concerts and stuff and and do some of the same promo that we do for basketball. [snorts] So, I'm looking forward to that. Talk a little bit about the voucher thing and and and uh as I said before, it was a good meeting. Um, please feel free to write our elected representatives uh your feelings on the additional money that we're going to get for special ed. Um, that's something that's that's needed. Um, those
091of you that I saw at Madison and Jackson, we saw some pretty good ceremonies to close those schools. They were both good. So, the only other thing I'm going to add is that um I've been very happy. You know, we we take input as board members And I've been very happy the way that we've handled that. People have, you know, let Lee know and gone to him when something comes up and and that's important to do. Um, and I want to keep that door open so people feel that they can contact board members. That is part of, you know, that is part of what we do. But we have to explain to them that when they do that, you know, don't expect me to change anything for you. I'm just kind of somebody that's going
092to go to the super and say, "Hey, this is a concern." So, we've done that pretty well and I appreciate that from you guys. You guys sir are here. All right. And anything else? You see the future meeting dates on there? >> Oh, did he ever teach Alheimer >> was officially He's now he is a finalist for the SAT. >> Yeah. Okay. He's >> national finalist. He's a finalist. >> Yep. >> Wow. So, he's in the >> one of 6,000. >> Must be doing something right, right? >> Yep. All right, we are board of education will vote to convene into a close session for the discussion of a personnel matter to Wisconsin statute 1985 parentheses 1 parenthesis F considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific
093personnel problem or the investigation of charges against specific person. uh except where part paragraph B advice is discussed. So we need to have a short this will be a short close session and Lori if you would do the roll call to go. [clears throat] >> I would move to so go and close. >> Second. Okay. Thank you. >> Mr. >> Hi. >> David. >> Hi >> Dan Wilson. Hi >> Barry Lope. >> Hi >> Keith Shaw. >> Hi >> Carrie Tra. >> Hi. >> So we're going to close session.