001Medeiros Blanik >> Present. >> Mr. Shaw >> Here. >> Mr. Trasch >> Present. >> Thank you. And at this time I will open it up for public input, but we did not get any request for that tonight. So, I will uh >> [clears throat] >> close public input. We have the consent agenda. Is there anything on the consent agenda anybody would like pulled from the agenda? >> Not even me. >> [laughter] >> I was looking at items 3 >> I believe there should be two take place. >> I have nobody asking for anything uh pulled from the consent agenda, [clears throat] so we can get a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And I have a motion and a second from Mr. Egland and Mr. Shaw. All those in favor say aye.
002>> Aye. >> Those saying nay. And the consent agenda is approved. What we are going to do is move the um uh presentation for the facilities planning committee to this point in the meeting. Some of them are from out are from out of town and took a while to drive and get here, so we will do that first so they can get back on the road after the presentation. So, um >> Could we do the same thing after that for uh Mike Clark from Baird? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes, we'll do the same thing after that. So, Michael, if you want to bring that forward again. We'll get that presentation. >> It's their presentation. We switched. >> Ryan and I peaked in middle school for athletics, right? >> [laughter] >> A little early. >>
003As they were as they're fixing that and I apologize to the board. I should have asked somebody to change that on the agenda. But I forgot to do that. But if we could approve that and then we're also going to move the Bear presentation up on the agenda. So that's another item to talk about as it's here. So if I could get a motion to do that and approve it to move >> Motion to amend. >> From Mary, do I have a second? >> Seconded. >> And we'll go with David on the second. All those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed say nay. And someday I will learn Robert's rules of order. I'll set the deal. >> We are. >> All right, gentlemen. Take it away. >> Well, thank you for having us.
004My name is Ryan Schmidt. I'm managing director of CG Schmidt. And then Charlie Haas is with us as well. He's our director of pre-construction. We really appreciate and are extremely excited about the opportunity to work with you on some projects coming up here. We've done a lot of this type of work and we want to kind of introduce you a little bit to CG Schmidt, some of the services we offer and you know on how we can help contribute to a successful successful project over the next year or two. So about CG Schmidt, the company was started in 1920. So we're celebrating our 106th anniversary this year. We have a two-year warranty, but it's really a lifetime commitment. We want to build partnerships with our clients. And when we get into a community, we really
005want going the first call whenever there's a facility need that you that comes up. Um we've never been in a lawsuit uh with a client or architect. Uh that doesn't mean that we don't make mistakes, but when we do, we do everything we can to make it right for our clients. Um we've been named 15 time uh best places to work and and really have a continuous improvement um culture within our organization. Just a little bit about our experience as maps are hard to read. Um we are headquartered on the north side of Milwaukee. Um we've done a lot of work in southeastern Wisconsin. I think we're going in over half the districts around Milwaukee, but also doing quite a bit of work in this part of the state. About a year and a half
006ago, we finished uh the project over in Two Rivers over for LB Clarke, which was addition and renovation um and some secure entrances um at the high school and some elementary schools. Um also currently working um in Beaver Dam. Um and then if you see on the far end of the peninsula up in Fish Creek for Gibraltar School District, we're just wrapping up the project for them right now. Um but a lot of the work um that we do is in direct alignment with um the types of projects you're looking at doing. We've been working with West Alice West Milwaukee for about [clears throat] the past 10 years and I'm addressing those capital improvement needs, the um critical things needed to keep the classrooms warm, safe, and dry. Um and K-12 education is a is
007a huge part of our business. It makes up about uh 40% of our total uh work volume, um which is our largest segment. We've worked in um over 255 K-12 projects um and have never exceeded a a referendum budget. Charlie will talk a little bit about pre-construction. >> Yeah, and really that last point that Ryan made about never exceeding a referendum. It's incredibly important, right? I mean, this is you know, these are taxpayers dollars for improving the lives of the students in the community, but we want to make sure we're getting the most value every every dollar of that we have the ability to to use. So, we have a full team of pre-construction professionals. We make sure you're on time in terms of scheduling, strong estimators, one licensed architect, we have mechanical, electrical, and
008plumbing engineers all on staff. So, really what this means is you've got a whole team >> [clears throat] >> of professionals that you're trying to fit through an extension of the district to make sure these projects are scoped right and we're getting the most value out of every dollar that is being spent. Help to do that, right? We talked what we have a really robust estimating team. So, we have a really good at capturing what's on the drawings, but also what's going to be on the drawing so that nothing is missed. We also have a full virtual design and construction team. Well, really what that allows us to do is allows us to build all these projects, small, medium, large, we build it twice. We build it once virtually and once in real life. And
009what's really nice about that is that virtual model becomes a great communication tool to all of the stakeholders. Some people have really have the ability to look at 2D print and can understand it, but others need to see it in three dimensions. So, we have the ability to do that and you as a district will have that as a tool to communicate any of these potential changes to a larger a larger audience. And again, we do all all that at no charge to the district. Again, we have a full suite of services and we're really become an extension of your team and looking to help make the community better. One of the things we really pride ourselves on, especially in K-12, is our ability to get students and community excited about the work that's happening.
010Um you know, we do that through groundbreakings. Um in the middle there there's uh skills training that's a ask a builder program where for elementary and middle schoolers set up a mailbox and have kind of an interactive response to questions that kids have about the construction process or what's going on behind the temporary wall. You know, even asking them what they have or what they put in their lunch box for lunches. So, those are kind of a fun way to get elementary students involved and engaged. And as part of our proposal we provided a matrix of different activities and ways that we engage students at all levels. You know, at the high school level going into the classroom, giving presentations. We want to get people excited about construction. Um you know, the picture in the
011lower right um is an intern that we had in the office. We also do a lot with youth apprenticeships um and getting uh students excited about the trades um and what career opportunities are available. So, I swear I didn't touch anything. >> [laughter] [music] >> Time is up, right? >> And that was the end of the presentation. >> [laughter] >> So, we'd be happy to open it up to any questions um you may have. >> Just a little clarification at the uh facilities and planning meeting um they voted to make CG Schmidt the um >> recommended I should say and they brought that forward to us and that's how we thought there should be a presentation tonight so the rest of the board would see that. So, if you have questions um they're here because
012they were recommended by the committee and um if you have a question ask Chris. >> Yeah, I just I know you mentioned that we have rather uh large staff of employees with a broad range of expertise. I just wanted you to maybe reassure me that you're also going to be looking for tradesmen in our area too to work on these projects rather than you know, not also giving some work to our local craftsmen. >> Yeah, and especially with you know, when [clears throat] we're buying our work or or sending work out to bid, we get the community engaged and and the local subcontractors are a huge part of that. So, CG Schmidt, we have carpenters, cement finishers, and laborers that we hire. But any of the work that we would perform, we would compete for
013just like any other subcontractor. >> Okay. >> And we're focused on what we're going to do around the the Manitowoc area. You know, we did similarly in Two Rivers. I believe we had between like 35 and 40% of that project was completed by people within a 50-mi radius of Two Rivers. So, it's important to have the people that live in this community and send their kids to this community have a fair shot at getting the work that's going to be done and that their kids are going to use over the course of their time at school. >> Thank you. I I figured you did because if you want to engage the kids and the and the neighbors in the work that's being done, you obviously want everybody. So, thank you. >> I can just add
014on to that. You know, we find in a lot of the K-12 projects and you know, the best results are coming from those subcontractors who are invested in the community and are passionate about it. You know, they send their kids here, they want them to they want to do a really good job there and those are the ones that always turn out the best. So, we we look >> [snorts] >> for those local participants because we know they're going to do a really good job. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? Seeing none, I will turn it over to Mr. Shaw. >> Yeah, thank you. Out of the Finance Facilities Committee, it was recommended by a unanimous vote of our committee, um motion three to nothing to send it to the larger board uh for
015a vote securing the employment of C.G. Schmidt. So, it is moved by myself um that the Board of Education of Mansfield Public School District hire C.G. Schmidt as recommended as construction manager uh for the Mansfield Public School District. >> I'll have a second. >> Second. >> David with the second. >> Any other discussion? Hearing say none, all those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Those say no. >> Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. >> We're excited to start. Great start. >> All right. Thank you, gentlemen. And I'll bring Nathan forward. >> When I thought Welcome Mike Clark from Baird. He's our banker that helps us with the um >> This is And this would be uh F F on the uh agenda. >> Yes. >> Here we go. >> Um helps us sell bonds um
016for our you know referendum dollars. Thanks. >> Okay. >> Earlier this morning Baird sold $11 million worth of general obligation promissory notes. Uh Bank of Oklahoma was the winning bid. There were seven different um group There were seven different organizations that bid on the notes. They came out with the strongest bid. I think that one. >> Okay. >> I think both. >> Yeah, we're good. Yeah, so we're very very happy with seven bids. The market's been a little choppy the last few weeks. Given some things to be with, but uh had good results yesterday at and the Beaver Dam school district and we were hoping it would carry over to today and uh about Elkhart Lake next week. So, hopefully we can get another weekend before I'm good for a while. Um but very happy.
017Uh Bank of Oklahoma bid for a bit. They're more of a regional firm. Uh so, this issue size is something that is attractive to them. Actually, the the desk that bids is based in >> [clears throat] >> uh Tulsa, Wisconsin uh that bids uh for Bank of Oklahoma. Actually, I know the head of that desk. We go to the same church. So, uh I'm glad to see him get a good one. So, but in terms of the bidding process, it's a third-party software. Bids are submitted and they're not released to anybody until the time. So, we don't see them until But again, the how tight the first three bids especially were gave us comfort cuz that's kind of what the market said. So, uh So, then those are the bids. You go to the next
018page, it's a summary. It's a general obligation promissory notes. Um but the remaining 11 million is complete the referendum borrowings. The settlement date will be April 8th. We'll work with the district to have the funds wired to the appropriate accounts. Uh the maturities are 28 through 37 and then 46. And we'll When you see the financing plan, you'll see that one outlined. You can issue debt for 20 years. On the first issue, we kind of filled in that longer end. So, we filled in on top of that and then the one extra year on the 20th year the rating was affirmed to a double A three, which is great. District did a very nice job with the rating overall. Uh And then again the rate of 3.5405 and Bank of Oklahoma had the winning bid.
019Go to the next page with the small numbers. Page four, you'll see the first phase $14 million uh was uh was put in place. The rate on that was 4.7. Keep in mind again the longer maturities will have a little higher rate. Rates were also higher at the time. Rates had actually come down, so uh the timing worked out well for this phase. Uh See the second phase and then you'll see uh the combined debt service going forward is just under 2 million, right around 2 million. Uh al- also uh you'll see the district is positively aided and we did factor in estimated aid payments. Keep in mind those are estimates and depending what the legislators do uh but in terms of the tax impact, tax rate uh came in very well. And then below
020there's a little box. You can see that and we knew we used conservative interest rates for the uh referendum plan. The average rate cuz we did have a two-phase borrowing plan, so the average was 5.36. The average ended up being 4.34 uh and lower interest cost of $3.1 million versus what was projected at the time of referendum. So we like to deliver good news. Keep this this issue this rate really really really helped. Uh And we also have the rating report. I'm not going to go through it in specifics. Uh but they uh one I think one of the things in talking with the the analyst the district on the previous call, the first call on the first issue, laid out some goals. And then on this call was able to point to improvements towards
021those goals, which I think really made a difference. You know, declining enrollment's a challenge. Things the district's doing, especially had making some headway into open enrollment count to reducing that number. Where the was helpful and did You know, we have a lot of times districts will state this is what we hope to do and they're not [clears throat] always able to accomplish, but the district fairly made some progress on some of those goals, so they were able to do So, with that I'll conclude my comments and take any questions if you're ready. Questions? >> We are conservatively investing some of that as well, correct? >> So, when it gets wired, it's going to get wired to PMA. And that that's who is They work with the district, so like, you know, Mike and Mike put
022together help put together a draw schedule, so they figure out, okay, well, we're going to put it in this CD, we're going to put it in this money market account while it waits for the district to need it. And then the return will just goes into a pot and then at the end, you know, we're you know, right now it's just an estimate from from from back room, but you know, we're looking at $600,000 coming back in interest that is accrued over time by investing these in the last draw's dollars. Okay. Okay. Sounds good. >> Any questions? >> No question. I'm just going to I make a motion to approve the resolution awarding the 11 million dollars general obligation bond series notes. >> I have a Do I have a second? >> Second on the
023motion. >> And with the second? Any other discussion? >> Chris. >> Yeah, I just I just didn't get in before the the motion. It didn't matter either way. I just want to say, first of all, thanks to Baird for all your work on this. Really appreciate that. I want to say thanks to everybody that was on the this call because to get double A3 twice in a row, and we had rosy projections going into the first borrow, some of which I said, "These are really rosy." So, to maintain that and to hope that is really outstanding, and it's really nice to see this interest rate. That makes it really outstanding. >> You're much more comfortable into the second borrow. >> I'm just I'm just going to ask this question, but we have a It's a
024great rating. I mean, it's a good rating, but there's steps up And how how would that affect I mean, we We've done a nice job in the last 2 years of kind of getting our finances together. How would it that improved rate come out of something like this? >> And the big the big The big benefit is to be in that double A level, which you're at. Now, you're at the lowest level double A. There's double A1, double A2, double A3, and there's triple A. There's only I think three triple As in the whole country. >> Okay. >> Uh And it's it's hard to pinpoint exactly what say if you were to get a double A2, how much better the rate would be. Uh I've seen days where certain double A3s will get a better
025rate than a double A2 because it's a better name in the marketplace. The the might be more appealing. It's just a more known issuer and and you get a lesser known issuer. I've seen where on a smaller issue where a local bank really wants to be part of it and they bid very aggressively. >> [snorts] >> So, those types of things can take away but typically we like to see say there's probably three to five basis points average between the various levels. >> [clears throat] >> And this is important is what direction. So, if you do get improvement if you go from a double A three to a double A two, that's looked at more positively than if you are a double A one and you drop to a double A two. So, there's a
026lot of variables that go into it and you know it's difficult to quantify exactly what that difference but the key is getting cuz there is a bigger difference clearer difference almost probably a probably 20 to 25 basis points between the double A level and the single A level and that's really being able to stay there is really makes a big difference. >> Thank you. >> Got to hold that double A three. >> That's >> And and Moody's didn't express any concerns that you were in peril. Now, obviously depending what the district may do in the future in terms of other facility plans, the amount of debt you also really issue could you know have other discussions. But I always tell people you don't develop your facility plan with your rating in mind. Develop the facility
027plan with respect community and then we'll work on the rating and and hopefully do our best on that but Well, what Justin was downgraded from a triple A to a double A two when they passed a hundred twenty-five million dollar referendum and nobody on the on the board or the district would would trade being able to do $125 million worth of work versus the downgrade. As opposed to not getting a downgrade. >> I appreciate the work that you've done for us to do the staff has done that. You got [clears throat] us to those words. It's It's nice to hear. >> Any other questions on the motion at hand? Hearing seeing none, we have to do a roll call vote. >> I do. >> Chris Reabel. >> Aye. >> David Boman. >> Aye. >> Luke
028Hanzel. >> Aye. >> Ann Holsen. >> Aye. >> Mary Willfie Blanek. >> Aye. >> Keith Shaw. >> Aye. >> Gary Shambeau. >> Aye. >> Thank you, John. >> Thank you very much, Mike. >> And now we'll go back to the regular agenda and regular scheduled programs. Ms. Lenz, would you give your student report? >> Hello, everyone. This past This past month in sports, multiple winter sports came to an end while spring sports began to start up. The final records and results for our winter teams are as follows. Boys basketball finished with a record of 7 to 11. Girls basketball finished 7 to 10. And hockey ended their season 4 to 11. Boys swim wrapped up their season at sectionals in Neenah and unfortunately did not advance any athletes to state. Jan gymnastics also concluded their
029season at sectionals hosted by Manitowoc Lincoln with gym with gymnast Chloe Jelbert advancing to compete in state in Wisconsin Rapids where she achieved her highest career score yet with a 9.2 on beam. Moving on to other clubs and events at Manitowoc Lincoln, this past month several notable academic and extracurricular events took place. Juniors completed the ACT this morning as part of statewide testing day. In the art department, students participated in a billboard design contest in honor of youth art month to help promote MPSD's annual youth art series exhibition at the Rahr West Art Museum. And this year's overall winner was junior Isaiah Moua, whose design will be featured on a billboard on a local billboard. In music, five Manitowoc Lincoln students represented MPSD at the St. Norbert College Winter Band Fest Honors Band. The students
030include Theo Jacobson on trombone, Silas Berce on trumpet, Jackson Miller on the alto saxophone, Gavin Buechner on percussion, and Emerson Brusky on clarinet. As well in music, this coming weekend we will see 90 different events being performed at solo and ensemble in Sheboygan by MPSD students. And finally, our robotics team attended their first competition of the season at Lakeland University where they placed 27th out of 33 teams. Thank you. >> Thanks, LuLu. Any questions? >> Just for the information report, it's great. >> All right. We're moving on to report of the superintendent. >> Superintendent. >> Um thank you, Mr. Hansen. And uh good evening, everyone. Um we have um two essentially showcase uh things to share with you this evening. Uh the first is uh some recognition that we'd like to give one of our
031staff members, and I'm going to have Heidi come up and introduce them. >> I'd like to um ask Angie Peronto, one of our AAA principals, >> [laughter] >> to come up, Angie, and share some exciting um information about what's happening at Monroe. >> Yeah, can we stand? >> Of course. >> Everybody sits, but Um So, I am very happy to share with you a celebration um in regards to our school counselor, Tara Bruckner. Tara Bruckner was um recognized by the Wisconsin School Counselors Association and given the Program of Promise Award, which is actually, and I got to get this right, the highest recognition of a data-driven comprehensive school counseling program that you can get. And so, uh we are very proud of the work that Tara does and so amazing to work with her. So,
032she's going to tell you a little bit about what she did to receive this award. >> Thank you for inviting me here tonight. I've been a school counselor for 18 years. This is my 18th year. I spent most of my time in high school where I was a high school counselor for 13 years and then moved to elementary. I also ad hoc at Lakeland University and I teach a course for school counselors in the graduate program for the last 4 years. And so, doing programs like this are really really important. I believe in a continuous model of improvement and I do a number of interventions with my students. To make sure that my interventions are important, I look at three data points. I not only look at just what I do. Like, right we hear,
033I've done 14 groups. I met with 50 students. I also look at how much I'm impacting their skills, abilities, and knowledge on our standards. Then I take it one step further and I look at the outcome data, which is the most important piece that everybody wants to see. Can my work somehow impact test scores, attendance, and discipline? And so, I use those scores at all three of those data points to say, how am I doing with my interventions? And can I, if I don't quite see the data I want, what is something I could do to help shift that group next year or next semester to continue [clears throat] to help these students get to the place where they need to be to ultimately be able to improve their test scores. So, the sheet of
034paper, I don't know if you have one of these, but I will leave it if you guys want to take a peek at it, are just three interventions that I ran in the 2024-25 school year. Out of many, of course I picked the ones that had the best results. Um not all of them have as great of results as this, but they are fruitful in the sense that it helps me know what I should continue to do to improve my students and my my work with those students and teachers, really. Um I I chose three of them. So, the first one was increasing reading proficiency. This has SFA SFA language in it because we were looking at those line huggers all of the time, right? Um and so we had a group of students, we
035had 19 students, actually it was 35, but that's not I'm just saying. We had 19 students who did not make any growth from semester one to or quarter one to quarter two. So, I really dove in and looked at that, what was really happening, created a group around that, and also taught teachers how to do the two by 10 intervention. And after that intervention, only five students were left in that group. So, it was a huge um impact with that. The next one was the second grade self-control group. Um this one I learned a lot about. Um and what I actually found with them uh was not necessarily that they were getting in trouble as much as they were unable to regulate themselves in their classroom, finding other things to do, not fully engaged. And
036so teaching them some strategy along with those teachers to implement that strategy. Um and we found that their fast bridge scores increased out of those students where the whole class's scores did not increase. So, that was really impactful for those boys in that group. Um and then the last group that I have here is conflict resolution group, which has our minor data. Um and these are my students who were getting in trouble on the playground for aggressive hands. And so we grabbed 14 of those students. Um we did not only a group of how to do conflict resolution, but individual counseling and check-in check-outs at the end of the day because there were our students who needed the most wrap-around work. Do you have any questions for me? >> Questions. Can we clap for her
037now? >> You would like to? Then you may just politely clap. >> Thank you very much. Thank you so much and congratulations and thank you for representing our district in such a positive manner. Um next the learning showcase this month we really wanted to take an opportunity to update the board on our vision for middle school athletics as we move into some new configuration and Katie's been doing a lot of work on that so I'll hand it over to her. >> Well, I have not been doing nearly as much work as the two people that I'll welcome up tonight. So I'm very honored to welcome Jennifer Wentz Camp from Wilson Middle School and Ben Henry from Washington Middle School. They both serve as teacher leaders and our middle school athletic department chairs. They have spent
038a lot of time that they don't have built into their school day working on incredible opportunities for our students at both the 5-6 building and the 7-8 building. They have worked with a wide variety of coaching stakeholders. They really have a pulse on you know how many students we will be able to serve and have provide opportunities after school for through athletic opportunities working on scheduling. We will be transitioning to working with a new athletic director so some of what they'll share with you is you know this initial vision but they'll continue to be worked on in order to plan and ensure that we have really great opportunities available. And Anna and Laney that are here supporting, you know, they've been living this consolidation in addition to trying to do the day-to-day job. So, you
039know, this team of four is just really committed to, you know, not only seeing past some of the challenges initially and moving in a new direction for next year, but really thinking about some exciting opportunities for kids and just very grateful for the work that they're doing. Want them to take away? >> If you have any questions. Yeah, [clears throat] this is our kind of plan that we've had we've been kind of thinking and it's doing about what the middle school and now Emery athletic school will look like kind of since late December-ish. So, we've been really kind of meeting kind of pretty regularly to kind of develop this plan. Uh so, the first slide here which kind of goes over what our overall goals are and we initially created this intermediate now in middle
040school athletic plan. Um kind of what we really want to focus on is primarily maintaining and expanding kind of where we have space and now athletes available all of our current of current athletic offerings. Uh with fifth graders coming in, we wanted to provide fifth and sixth grade opportunity um kind of provide them year-long um options. Uh we definitely want to maintain our current coaches cuz they're currently doing a great job. Other benefits include creating opportunities for high school program involvement uh to kind of get their hands on kind of middle school uh opportunities as well. Uh and then create and uh continue some interscholastic opportunities as well as utilizing all facilities. And uh create community in all athletics now being branded as ships. So, that those were our goals that initially created this plan.
041>> Okay, so I'll share the fall overview. So, we have fall sports that are offered at both schools currently and it will look almost the same with the addition of fifth graders being involved in the sports that we currently offer for our sixth through eighth. So, if you look at cheer and dance, these are sports that are now going to include fifth graders and so we will have co-ed fifth through eighth grade. Um dance will have a performance team and they will have a competition team. Um competition team will only be sixth eighth. Uh but [clears throat] that is um just a little bit more involved. There is tryouts for that. Cheer actually is starting their tryouts in just a few weeks for their team for next year already and dance will be doing that
042in a month. Uh volleyball will be seventh and eighth grade girls that will be from Washington. Uh we will still have the same amount of teams that we currently do that we have for Wilson and Washington. Um so, we have to navigate that a little bit but it should work. Uh cross country will be fifth eighth together, um co-ed, and football is something we're going to add in this year for fifth and sixth graders. So, we are going to have a fifth grade team and a sixth grade team for football. Um there will be a separate team for each grade level still. Uh but we're hoping that if we can get them like get them connected to our team, our ships team, our Manatowoc program earlier, um hopefully they learn and we can build our
043program from fifth grade. Uh soccer, we will keep that separate. So, fifth and sixth graders will have their own team at Wilson and then seventh and eighth will have their team at Washington and we currently kind of split the teams up like that so that they're playing grade level appropriate um competition. >> So, football is co-ed? >> It It can be. Um we have had uh not in a while but probably like four years ago. >> But it's an option. >> Yeah, it is an option. Yes, correct. >> Is with that combination will there be a need to cut or will it pretty much be we'll have to even split it? >> Yeah. Everyone has a chance to participate in all of our sports. The only sports that do a cut are the competition team
044for dance, but then you have the option to do the performance team. So, you can still be a part of the dance team. It just might not be that competition piece cuz we can only keep a certain amount. So, you only want >> Are there other like fitness sixth grade teams in the area that you'll have competition with or is it just going to be all intermural activities? >> No, these are all going to be the competitions that we currently have. So, I can speak for cross country because we already as I I coach it and then everywhere we go is pretty much a 5-8 competition anyway. We're one of the only schools that do not include our fifth graders currently. >> Oh, okay. >> We do compete against a lot of smaller schools in
045the area because that's what's close to us, but even in Sheboygan they have fifth >> They'll be playing or anything like that? >> They have fifth graders. Yeah. Mishicot. Yeah. >> Are there any fees involved in this? >> Just for dance and cheer, but they fundraise. >> Oh. >> But otherwise there are no fees. You have your general school fee, but there's not a separate. >> When it comes to kind of winter and what that looks like, boys basketball, currently there's seventh A and B teams at Wilson. Washington has seventh and eighth grade team. This is a sport where we're kind of depending on number projections, we may need to utilize Wilson as a separate practice and game facility just to be able to have appropriate not super late practice times that are consistent and
046kind of work around our conference scheduling. We're we'll we have a plan in place to kind of gauge what numbers would be. But then moving on to girls' basketball, that would be projected to remain the same 7th and 8th grade at Washington. Uh, swimming uh, currently um, had 5th graders uh, compete this past year um, and they'll be able to continue to do so as well uh, and they currently use the only pool uh, at Lincoln. Um, wrestling which their season just wrapped up yesterday will continue kind of as is um, practice at Wilson and uh, students will be shuttled from Washington for Wilson as they have been for the past however many years to utilize that practice space. >> Uh, then in spring they will have track, tennis, and golf. All are co-ed and
047all will be 5th and 8th. All are currently co-ed and 6th and 8th. So we're going to just add those 5th graders to all of them. Track we will have at Washington. Uh, we will do 7th and 8th grade at Rubik. We do have to share the track with um, the high school track team. So we are going to keep just um, our 7th and 8th graders at Washington and then continue with 5th and 6th grade um, practicing at Wilson. We do that now at Wilson and it works well. We come over to Rubik when we can to get on the track to practice but um, it works. Uh, tennis uh, we it it will depend on numbers because with tennis we have four courts at each school that we currently use. Um, so if
048our numbers are really large we would split up the team. If they're not and they can be together we would keep that 5th through 8th grade together. Um, golf is currently actually combined with Wilson and Washington and we practice at Meadow Links. So we will just add 5th graders to that. And with all of those we compete usually in a I would say six to eight competitions or meets. So they'll continue to do that. Um, and if if if you notice we did not um, and do not have a 5th and 6th grade competitive schedule for volleyball or basketball. Um, and in in 6th grade now at Wilson and Washington, we offer volleyball uh, that our high school coaches actually run the majority of that. So right now at Wilson and at Washington, we have
049sixth grade intramural volleyball going on and it happens two to three times per week for about six weeks. So we're going to continue doing that and running a fifth and sixth grade co-ed volleyball at Wilson. That would be January through February and then we would have fifth and sixth grade co-ed basketball running that same sort of intramural program. We might have a lot of kids go out for these things. So we've talked to the head coaches about this and talked about running fifth graders on like a Monday Wednesday schedule and sixth graders on a Tuesday Tuesday Thursday schedule. Because currently right now we have about 60 girls combined in volleyball for just sixth grade. So it's a good problem to have. >> So you're going to run intramural and then you will have regular teams
050that will play. Am I understanding that incorrectly? >> No, so we will not for volleyball and basketball have teams that we compete against. These are the only two sports that we will not be able to offer competitive team game play if that makes sense. >> That's one of my concerns and we're going to we're going to fifth grade and sixth grade even some of the ninth grade that that having talked to many of the people who run some of our very successful programs in the area. They don't have They do it more intramural. And if they go to a tournament on a weekend, they will ask who wants to go and the kids sign up and they just circle 10 kids. So there's no A B C D team. So kids at a young level
051start feeling like I'm not as good as that kid on the A team and the kids stay out longer. They play longer. And I I would carry that also to football that you know if I'm a fifth grader and there's roughly 180 boys in my class how are we going to get kids to want to go out and compete? So we get more kids out rather than fewer kids. Um I just that's one of my concerns about this. How are we going to do that? How are we going to get kids to go out and and >> So for intramural opportunities they're not competing against anyone. This would be just within the teams. They would you know play against each other. >> not going to be playing the smaller schools around here. >> These will
052not. No, volleyball and stuff like that. >> This is just for fifth and sixth grade this is >> No, for just fifth and sixth grade. >> This is just in fifth and sixth grade. For just these two. >> Yeah, of course. >> And I and as a football guy I understand but I know the NFL right now was saying kids don't have to play with helmets and pads at a young age anymore. Um too many kids have a big kid who weighs a lot and who has grown quicker and he's running over little kids on the field. So a lot of times they divide kids up by weight. So if you're going to if your weight is much we can't have you on the team. Yeah. Where you can be the running back star because
053you're going to run over everybody on the field. Um >> Yeah, kids develop [clears throat] at >> Yeah, it's just this is >> That is for sure. I totally agree. And I um I understand that. I think kids also want to be a part of something and I think that gives them this gives them the opportunity to to stay after school and be a part of their school and to where they they love putting on that jersey. They have a lot of pride in that and um I think this gives kids who maybe didn't ever have the opportunity to do it because it was it cost something or they couldn't get there. Um and now we can offer that for them because they don't have to pay for that and we will shuttle them if
054they need to be shuttled to this practice whatever one it is or they can just walk out their door and continue to participate. >> I love that. >> Um and I think they do have pride in in in being a part of that. >> Cuz there's a I love what you just said because there's a there's a time when kids have to get confidence that they can play, but the other part is so important. It's more than just winning and losing. It's being with your friends and having a good time. And And those are things I think some kids miss out on because they get cut too soon or they sit on the bench and never play, so they quit. So, I like that idea of let them play. >> I think a lot of
055our sports are very much so like Yes, we >> Yes, the primary goal of our middle school athletics. >> And I think the conversation about having different teams, so like an A B C D is not necessarily by skill level. It's because we need to be able to organize practice schedules that accommodate for different groupings of students. So, if that was confusing at all that that was It's not a necessarily level team. >> I'm looking at uh Washington kind of specifically. Washington would host all middle level football teams [clears throat] as it currently does, although we'd be adding in fifth and sixth grade. We uh kind of have a system built in place where students from Wilson for past 5 years currently shuttle over to Washington to practice. Um soccer [clears throat] uh for seventh
056and eighth grade will be housed at Washington with fairly large numbers um projected. Uh we would utilize the Rubick East Field, which is typically where Washington practice. Um and in addition to the turf baseball field, we'd coordinate um high school soccer kind of develop a practice schedule based on facility needs. Um for indoor and spring sports, um like we kind of mentioned earlier, uh based on numbers, volleyball and boys basketball may need to utilize um Wilson's facilities um something give everyone again an opportunity. But we'll continue to host independent [clears throat] spring sports at Washington. Minus golf which will be at Golf Course. >> Just a quick question on the previous slide if that's okay. For the intramurals and I I might be dating myself a little bit, but how is does this does this
057feed or tie into the junior ships programs that are done on the weekends? Is this No, this is completely >> separate separate. >> We actually don't really have a lot of weekend events for any of our sport programs. We do for cross country because that's when the cross country meets are run. So I have two meets that are on a weekend on a Saturday, but that is uh that is it. >> So we still have that independently of this inter mural. >> Yes, that is >> [clears throat] >> Okay. >> And the reason for doing this is to expand participation because again you know, our vision is that uh we improve student achievement and well-being. And what will help you boost student achievement is having kids who feel like they belong in your schools and
058are involved and held to a high standard uh because of that involvement and we're excited about uh what this type programming can do at this level especially the you know, it's really expanding that fifth grade to have so many more opportunities. >> Okay. Um benefits. So athletics are going to be continued to be offered year round at our middle school level, fifth through eighth. Fifth graders are now able to be in like be included in these competitive athletic programs or the intramurals that we will offer um for the ones that are not currently running. Um We will um when we look at the schedule fifth and sixth grade will have something to do after school the entire school year um, along with seventh and eighth. Uh, we are going to hopefully create that fifth and
059sixth grade football team to help build our middle school and our high school program, get those numbers up. Um, and we have an opportunity to combine some of these athletic teams that we didn't have before. Uh, and hopefully we have that easier access to high school coaches for our middle school athletes. So. We have a family athletic interest survey that's going to go out right after spring break. Just to gauge what they are interested in currently or what they think their child might be interested in. Uh, just to kind of see how many number like how many kids we're looking at uh, for each of our teams. That will determine coaching and staffing as well as scheduling our some of our activities. Uh, we are going to update our uniforms to be all ships. Um,
060we do have to update volleyball, soccer, basketball, and track. Um, some of our teams are already combined like wrestling and cross country where we have those uniforms already as Manatou ships. And then we're trying to finalize our competition schedules and practice schedules and that's pretty dependent on numbers. >> So, that middle one, the uniform would be a cost involved. >> Yes, so actually we were looking we've needed new volleyball uniforms for a couple years. More than that probably. Uh, and soccer actually has the JJ Watt ones that were donated and that was a really long time ago. Uh, and that was track as well. Uh, our uniforms are in Here and it's a great need. Uh, we are currently using multiple different uniforms for our track teams so that we have enough for all of
061the kids that are participating, so they don't all match right now anyway. Um it will be great to also update our uniforms so that they are size appropriate for fifth and sixth graders. >> So I can speak to budgeting Mary if you want me to. >> finish my question though. So I'm all the way through the slide back I was thinking where is the cost, right? So that first one jumped out at me the uniforms. Um I think it sounds like there was already a shuttle bus so there is an additional cost. Um you're still going to be going out to cross country. You already had that bus cost. Maybe some additional bussing for football or some other >> Actually depending on how scheduling unfolds but typically it wouldn't be anything too extravagant. >> Okay.
062So then maybe just to wrap up my question have you prepared any kind of a budget or proposed here's what the increase in cost would be? >> It's really our our uniforms. That that would be it. Um we're looking at equipment needs that are something that we have to order year after year due to just use of them. Um you know, we have to order basketballs every year, volleyballs every year. Those are just reoccurring costs that we have year to year. Um that should not change. But it would be the the uniforms for those specific sports. >> Yeah, so though they would give input that budget those budgetary decisions will run through our athletic director. Um so I know that our building team, our athletic director will be working with Nathan to work doing zero
063base budgeting. Um so I will be able to bring forward any sort of costs but we have grant dollars to support any uniform purchase. The plan is because the middle school and and now intermediate school really their athletic equipment has not been invested in on a regular cyclical systematic basis that that will be a plan knowing that this will be our model moving forward. So, but we have to we have some work to do on our end and then, you know, obviously we will use Jennifer and Ben to inform those decisions, but we'll make those budgetary decisions through the athletic department. >> Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about new uniforms. >> Okay. >> Doing sports in middle school, like we we always got the old high school equipment. It's great. It was always hand-me-downs.
064So, it's exciting that you're getting >> And then it'll all be shipped. Cool. >> Yeah, Keith. >> Yeah, I don't I don't have a question, but I but just a comment. Thank you guys for all of your hard work. This takes a lot of organization. This takes a lot of planning. This takes a lot of extracurricular working on your time as well. So, thank you for that. And I think it holds true what what I've just saw holds true to what this board supported in kind of the reorganization of our district. Okay. Providing [clears throat] a lot more opportunities that the fifth and sixth grade level, the seventh and eighth grade level. And I think what you're doing fits right in with the mission to to reorganize and get more kids involved so they can
065they can have the success academically and athletically. So, thank you for all your work. Appreciate it. >> Krista. >> Yeah, again, just an observation. Absolutely thanks to you guys, to the administrative staff on this. But this really is an observation for parents. If you've been listening to our Lincoln Scholars report earlier or this report that you have a kid at home who's a teenager saying there's nothing to do, explain this meeting. >> [laughter] >> Say there's plenty to do. You just have to go find it. >> Other questions? Ideas? versus professional team 35 miles north of here that gives out grant money and they might help out pay might help out pay for football equipment cuz you will need that when the kids come. Number two is every kid gets a free pass to the
066high school athletic events as long as they're with the parent. >> We try to do that cuz um our junior ships teams have often have their youth nights and run those and promote those, but uh yeah, if we can get them there. >> I think we should look at that. It's fill the stands and have the kids there to support the sports. >> Yeah. >> Get all the sports. >> Yeah, and no, it's it's an athletic pass. >> Yeah. >> All right, thank you. >> Thank you so much and again, I'll let the superintendent much gratitude for all the work that you and your team did on this. >> Um just I'll I'll make this brief today. I do want to just publicly recognize our Rising Tide winners for March. Um Jenny Hanes, school nurse,
067Kim Nesvig Johnny, uh LHS general office secretary, and April Bach, our library media specialist at Lincoln High School. And again, the Rising Tide award is given to those in our learning community who support and and support and help each other learn and grow and uh really just be that beacon uh of light uh to them throughout the district. So, again, thanks to them. Um and then the only other thing that I really wanted to highlight here um was the good news about our open enrollment. We set a goal of uh reducing our gap of open enrollment by 10% and um >> Yeah, that's good. >> You know, it's it's 44 students. It's 13% so we meet our goal and we create another 10% goal for next year to keep the trend moving in the right
068direction. So a huge thanks to really everyone who is helping um spread the word on the great opportunities we have in this district for our students. Um and lastly just a shout-out to all of the district administrators and those who joined our team for the Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser. Our team raised over $500 for that endeavor and we got to walk out in the cold. So it was good. Jackson, Madison Legacy Committees, I hope you saw that in there. They're planned the open houses April 25th which is a Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 for Madison. And Sunday, May 3rd from 1:00 to 4:00 for Jackson. The teams are really diving in and going through a lot of artifacts and putting together plans. At 2:00 p.m. at each of those locations there'll be a
069short ceremony to highlight a few things, honor the schools but we're very excited about the work they're doing and we're opening it up to the community. Anybody who has any pictures or artifacts, artifacts that you need to drop off you can do so at each of those respective offices during office hour time. Otherwise, we have this really convenient way for you to digitize a photo and upload it on a form that we'll have on or we do now have on our websites for each of those events. So if you have a photo or a memory that you'd like to share, we're really looking at publishing memories that folks share with us about those schools in a memory book that we would spiral bound and give out at the open houses as well for both Jackson
070and Madison. So, super exciting stuff and I would be happy to take any questions if you have any. Questions for the super. >> Hearing none, thank you. >> Thank you. Uh director's report. Anything to add? No? Katie? >> They were quite happy. >> That's actually Yeah, they were. [laughter] >> And and so too. I I appreciate Mr. Milkins' efforts >> Yeah. >> budgeting and supporting the administrators in that new process. >> Yeah, three meetings today. And I think for all the directors, we may not have a lot of questions, but that just goes to show I think your your reports are extremely well detailed and very informative. >> And I hate you with my back to you. >> Just me though. Just hate me. >> So, thank to all of you guys cuz if it
071wasn't for the detail that you submit to us, you would be sitting here for another hour loaded with questions. So, I I applaud you for that. Thank you. >> And one thing to add to to data from Lee's report. So, what Mike Clark was talking about where you know, Moody's the Moody's call went really well. Um open enrollment was one of the things that they talked about. They asked, you know, did you guys meet the 10% goal? Exceeded it. So, that that's you know, another good data point to be able to hold on to hold on to that double A rating. So, two things are intertwined. >> Stacy, you got anything? >> Nope. >> Just busy. >> All right. We have no unfinished business, so we will go to new business. And we will look
072at items from the finance and facilities committee. Committee Mr. Schauer. >> Thank you. Mike, you want to come up? Take this. First Uh again, you had an opportunity to read the minutes. Thank you to Lori for those minutes, but we have two points that need to be voted on by the board. Um one of them is the tuckpointing contract. >> Oh, yeah. >> Mike, do you want to discuss that a little bit before I make my motion? >> All right. Uh last year we had Holton Brothers. Uh they're out of Milwaukee, Grafton area. Uh they did the tuckpointing on Lincoln High School just on the east wall trying to stop a lot of that leaking. Uh they come highly recommended. Uh this is one of the things where we have to go after them early
073because a lot of these guys are out 2 years in advance because they only have so many workers and there's so much work to do. So, um I was able to reach out to them and and get them in. We were walking through the snow looking at our all of our buildings and that, but we're basically going after the elementaries to try to bring them up so uh the exteriors are in good shape there. Uh I did include both middle schools. As much as we don't want to spend money on there, that's where most of the money is going to go because there are so many things that are just falling off right now over the entryways and all of that kind of stuff. So, we just have to address it. So, uh we have
074individual uh amounts on each one. They're ready to get going as soon as they can as when our weather warms up again then they're going to get started right away and work in the areas where uh we don't interfere with the students so we can make sure we get everything done this year. So, and because we we added it all up, I think the total came over $270,000. So, that's why we suggested we bring it to you guys. >> Yeah, it was discussed and it was uh passed by the facilities and finance committee voted [clears throat] by three to nothing. Motion made by David to bring it to and the recommendation to continue with Olsen Brothers to complete the list of top 20 needs by the Manville Public School District. So that's my motion. >>
075Your motion by Mr. Shah to approve the tuckpointing pointing projects. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> David with the second. Do any other discussion questions? Hearing say none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Say nay. And go ahead to the lighting. >> Thank you. Another issue that was discussed with the lighting lighting project proposals. I know the the district sent out um some requests and this did not get motioned and brought up because of the time and all of the the bids were not in, but we need to act on that tonight for this because uh the need to get your project going and I'm not sure that I want to call another finance and facilities committee meeting to do that when we can do that tonight and approve the
076contract so these people can start getting moving. So I'll turn it over to you. >> Mike and you to the superintendent. >> Okay. Um We have a list here. C set tenants been helping us with uh request for proposal out here and we went out to remember one of the uh re spond forbidding Stangle, Franklin, and Monroe for doing the upper lighting and that stuff. Just as we did with uh Jefferson two years ago. Uh So we we had five companies that responded and the two ones that are yellowed out uh I did going through there, I don't want to consider them uh their prices just got way too way too high. There's a lot of numbers on here and I really want to just simplify it going down to the red uh, near the
077bottom there. Uh, NCL [snorts] ED, which is the second one from the right. They're the ones who did uh, Jefferson. Did a nice job for us. Uh, they were the lowest bidder on here. But in consideration, the other two, CES and uh, and A T I have a local presence here and uh, just through the discussions and that stuff, that local contractor presence is why I wanted to entertain uh, these two uh, contractors and that. So, I just have a few bullet points here going through. When my first look at this uh, I had another contractor picked, but after I really did some research on here, I kind of changed my mind. But uh, just a few points on here. Warranty periods, everyone is at five years warranty on their products, one year on their
078uh, labor. Except for CES, uh, Contemporary. And they have a 10-year warranty on their product, which says a lot. And after I've dug into this uh, lighting world, uh, 10 years makes a big difference on here. So, um, the local CES uh, the product the light itself, I promised Lori a light show. I had our electrician put one in. Um, >> Oh, right there. >> Yeah. And they're adjustable in lighting and all of that and uh, just to give you an idea. Pre-setting what teachers can do in their classrooms. So, we'll get it back up to full. >> Back in my classroom at Lincoln, I had two switches. I just had to turn one off. And that was the way I got it blessed by you. >> So, a half your class is CES? This
079fixture fixture turned on the kerosene. This is CES, you said? >> Uh this one actually is uh from Hubbard. >> Okay. >> Uh it is not a fixture that is manufactured locally. It is comes from Greybar. It seems to be new technology. This is one where you you leave the fixture in, the electrician takes the lamps and everything out, and they actually just plug in that small strip. It's about a 15 to 20-minute uh leave working on one fixture. It's really safe. >> is much lighter than the other one does. >> Yes, it does. >> Yeah, but >> Um CES, their fixtures are made over at Orion on Woodland Drive. They're locally manufactured here. And the installation on here uh CES again has local uh folks doing the installation, as does does Hubbard. That's a
080local uh installer. And NCL ED is out of the De Pere area. >> So, >> projected lifespans on here, the longest projected is contemporary. Um I don't take a lot of stock in those numbers. I mean, they come up what they project is many, many years out, and LED hasn't been around that long, so we don't know. Uh CES did a test run for us about 2 years ago before we even redid Jefferson's uh entire lighting package. They came in and just did the office area for the principal in there. So, that was really our first taste at LED and they've been working just fine. Uh I will say Hubbard does a lot of other work for us in the district and they do a great job. Uh there's nothing against only and I'm going
081to say about L NCLed when they did the uh Jefferson project, they did everything well on there, too. No no complaints whatsoever. So, um the part in red again, the variance, um NCLed is at zero on that variance. Uh Contemporary is at $38,000 more expensive initially going in and Hubbard would be $67,000 going in. The payback period on these three is 8 years and then a couple of months. So, that is all the same and I mean so really it's our initial investment on here varies, but the payback period they've got coming back at at the same time. So, we're going to get our money back. Um NCLed had had projected numbers for us on Jefferson around that 8-year period and looking examining what our rates are, what our bills are now coming back, we
082are saving money, but not as much. Really hard to separate the lighting from all the other electrical things that are plugged in, you know, so they could be on. Um again, I don't take a whole lot of stock in these numbers, but we have to go somewhere on here to have a comparison. So, so all three are the same. We're going to get our money back over time. So, when you look at that initial investment, um I'm not saying it doesn't make any difference, but uh but we do get our money back. So, this one I have a recommendation on here. I was going to go with Hubbell because I really enjoy working with them so well. Um the NCE LED initial cost got my attention, of course. But, uh after all of the work
083I put into this this uh Contemporary um that's going to be my recommendation because the cost is lower. If >> Chris >> Yeah. >> I just want to verify that I caught what you said earlier. And that was that you've said Contemporary is offering a 10-year warranty and everybody else is five. So, Contemporary is the only one offering a warranty that extends out beyond where these things have not only paid for themselves, but are now saving us on energy. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> And they're the ones using the Orion project. >> Right. Right. Okay. Thanks. >> And working with uh CESA 10 on here, John Berguet, you guys may remember him. Uh he does this all the time throughout the state of Wisconsin. He does a lot of universities and hospitals and that. And
084I just talked to him this afternoon and he said, "That is it's a better product." He said, "A lot of this stuff like NCE LED, that product is probably manufactured in China." Um but this stuff is is they all have Chinese components. So, I don't know if this >> I'm a big terrified. So, the cost of CES is less. Their people put it in. And if we need a repair or something happens, do they have guys here that come and fix it or would we have to go to somebody else to get it repaired? >> They have a local >> It's a presence here, yes. >> Okay. Yeah. Just as when we did Jefferson, there were I think three fixtures in that whole school that went down in the first 6 months. And that's typically
085when you see your failure rates. And uh NCLed came back and they left a few fixtures and Nate Teener, our electrician, just hopped up there and replaced it. It maybe took him a half an hour or something like that. So. >> And so, you said 1-year parts and labor, 10-year parts. Is that correct? >> 1-year labor, 10-year parts. Yeah. Keith. >> I make a motion based on the recommendation of our uh director of buildings and grounds that Menomonie Public School District go into contract CES for our lighting contracts. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? There is seeing none, all those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed, say nay. And you have Thank you. Thanks very much. All right. And we move on to curriculum. Carrie. >>
086I'll go after me. >> Oh, I'm sorry, David. Um Uh curriculum committee is making the recommendation or uh is making a motion to approve K5 math curriculum adoption using the Bridges um third edition. Uh just for you if you were not at the meeting, 85% of the teachers that are currently using that want to move to this. They let stay with it. So, or looked at it and said, "Let's go for it." So, I make the motion that we accept the K5 math curriculum adoption um provided by Bridges. >> Second. >> Yeah. Got a motion. I'll give the a to Carrie. >> And I think you were a little quicker on that. >> Any other discussion? >> We're both on the committee. >> Yes, Ed. >> Question with the impending act. I think I asked
087this sitting around the committee time, but next year or the following year there's going to be another act like there was Act 20. Does this align with that? >> The the curriculum? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> This was the new act is less about the curriculum and more about having interventions. >> What else? >> And that is supposed to go into effect in 26-27, but it hasn't it hasn't been taken to the final stages of whatever is next. >> Got it. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? All those in favor of adoption signify by saying aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed say nay. And now Carrie. >> Personnel, um there's a um the committee wants to recommend that um we increase I could do the math, but we increase um the positions
088for the uh youth apprentice youth apprentice program, which is one of our you know, one of our major kind of accomplishments, I think. And and uh it just keeps on growing. So, this is a response to the success. So, the addition would be about another 25 positions, which sounds like a lot, but you know, [snorts] the the positions are in IT and for interpreters and nurses. >> It's four additional for a total of 25. 29. >> 29. >> Yeah. >> Four additional. >> Yeah, so 25 plus four. >> Yeah. >> That's right. >> [snorts] >> Yeah, 25 plus four. >> Yes. >> So, um the committee recommends that we take action on on the on the proposal. >> And second. >> We we a second from Mr. Bowman? >> Um >> Any other discussion on
089that? All those in favor say aye. >> Aye. >> Opposed say nay. And we move on to >> Second is Agreement >> Yes. >> between the agreement between It's between us and the police department, right? >> And the city, yep. >> And the city, yes. Um this is really just really kind of an update on on the um What do they call >> SROs. >> School, yeah, school resource officers. The police officers that that that are embedded into our you embedded into our schools and um There's a a high degree of satisfaction with what they what they put you know, what they add to the to the environment and to the safety. And it's just just just it's it's it's a continuation of what we have now, essentially. But the the the the document itself
090has been refined and updated. So, the committee the committee recommends >> Okay, do we have a motion that we approve >> on that? >> Second to approve. To marry. Any other discussion? >> I guess that other amendment to the contract to us to drop the DARE program is great. >> Yeah, drop the DARE program. >> Um but I appreciate the district and police department communicating and making some plans for how to replace some of that curriculum or teaching that our our police officers have done in our schools. >> Chris. >> Speaking right to that point, I wasn't going to say anything unless it came up. As somebody who spent a lot of time in DARE classes >> How old were you? >> Not cuz of personal problem or anything, but because I was teaching grades
091where you got to sit through DARE classes. Um what I would say is, as I said at the time, the single greatest benefit of the DARE program was these were officers developing relationships with kids, so that they didn't simply see the police as people that tell them "Stop it or I'm putting cuffs on." And they saw them as people that they could have a relationship and talk with about their problems. And our SROs send that message everywhere. Um my last years in grade school, absolutely I saw that relationship developing across the grades and not simply with the DARE kids. So, I think it's much better use of the time establishing those relationships than having a formal fifth grade class teach kids things they've been taught for now six to seven years by the time they
092get to a DARE. >> Brief, isn't there some other tweak to the SRO uh appointment building appointments than what currently is >> The staffing of them, yeah. >> [clears throat] >> Do you want me to explain that? >> Yeah, please. >> Sure. >> Because I that goes along with the motion. That that change is taking place. >> not in the contract itself, >> but but I think it's important for everybody to know that with the district realignment, um you know, part of this conversation because this document hasn't been updated since 2018, uh we also talked a little bit about the utilization of the officers themselves. And currently we have a total of three officers working in our schools. We have one based out of Wilson, one based out of Washington, and each of them cover
093the elementary schools in their in north and and south sides, respectively. And then at Lincoln High School of course we have an officer. If you look at the data of incidences and reports that come out of their work, it's really quite clear that Lincoln High School has by far in in ratio a ton more incidences that they deal with and up to the point where that particular SRO has had to have support from the department in writing truancy citations and other things like that. And so in conversations which it actually was brought up by the police department around this is that we really feel like with Wilson building going to fifth and sixth grade, the younger you get the less police involvement you need. They'll still have a presence at that building, but they're going
094to be going up to support Lincoln High School to give them a little bit more SRO support during the week. So they they are going to start with a certain percentage and see how it goes and then you know they may change it as things go on collaboratively with us of course, but that would be the plan and then we would keep a 1.0 FTE SRO at Washington as it's a 7-8 building that requires it. >> Quick question. So correctly was like a 0.8 We're going to start with a 0.8 FTE and a 1.2? >> Yeah, something like that. Yep. Yep. >> I think when you explained [clears throat] it on the radio it was What part of it was um filling out truancy citations and other things that are just certain take a lot
095of time. >> Correct. >> Any other questions on this? We had a motion, right? Okay. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. All right. Um >> [snorts] >> We have two items that were brought forward from closed session that we had, the salary increases. Um I don't know where my cheaters so I can make sure I read this correctly. Uh one of the things that came out of that closed session was a proposed 2.36 compute consumer price index CPI increase per cell of teacher salary matrix. And Apple will start effective on July 1st, 2026. That's what came out of that meeting and that's what we're proposing in the first motion tonight for salary increase, 2.63 for the teaching salary matrix. >> Could we take both motions together? >> I don't know
096if we can or not. >> Yeah. >> We can. Do you want to do both of them? [clears throat] >> amount. >> Okay. So, the other one is to include the administration uh and other staff in the same salary set on July 1st, 2006. So, we'll take a vote together if that's okay. And I'll need a motion to do that. And with the motion, do I have a second? First with the second, any discussion on that? Hearing seeing none, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Who would say nay? >> Abstain. >> We have an abstain. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um so, that includes our new business. >> My remarks tonight, I got a few. I'm sorry. I had two great I had two great experiences at Jackson this week. Um one reading
097with faith. They do this cool thing where the kids get books and then they lay in the chair and they read them together and then I read a book to the kids and then I did bingo night with Mrs. Weasner and Yes. Yes, Mr. Slinger. We called out numbers. I was the unlucky one that got the bingo ball O 67. >> Oh. >> And I saw hundreds of kids going Even though it means nothing, it was pretty funny to see. But appreciate that. >> Uh my second thing was I we had two regional we had a regional game and a sectional game at JFK last week. And um I was telling Lee when we were talking this week that the compliments we get on that building are are kind of nice to hear. Uh the
098people from Wausau loved it, the people from Winnebago loved it. You know, Calumet people couldn't believe we had it. They said, "How did you get this gym?" You know. Um But, what it told me was it made me think about it's a facility that we have that's nice and and the community gets kudos also from the people who visit see it. So, sometimes I think we forget maybe as a school district that we do our thing and we we do it try to do it as well as we can and we work hard, but we're also a reflection on the city of Manitowoc. And that's that's within our schools, it's also within our other programs and and uh for the thousand people who were sitting at the game, it was a cool city for them
099to visit. So, it was kind of nice. But, with that, then the other side of the building, um I was very proud. I was at the symphony concert last week. And Zach Glaser and Cassie Glaser, his sister, sang with the Manitowoc Symphony Orchestra. And uh Zach was a uh UW I was going to say UW Oshkosh, cuz that's where my wife went to school, but UW-O graduate. And then he actually got into he got into um Northwestern in their master's program. But, he decided he wanted to move back here and and live the life of Manitowoc. His sister graduated from Lawrence and she graduated with a master's in opera from UW-Madison. >> Um and a doctorate from Indiana. >> Yes. >> And she the program said, and this might be dated, that she was involved
100in It must be Carbon, California. That she was singing there for a while, and now she teaches, and um it was cool to see two of her graduates. That I think somebody sitting at this board had as students. >> If we're >> Yeah. So, yeah, they they they got trained very well at Lincoln. Um >> I planned for the students. They did the work. >> But but it was it was good to see, and then, you know, and then we Lulu told us about Youth Art Month, and we see that another arts form down at the Raw West, and the solo ensemble for the kids that'll be competing. Um And you start realizing that um winning and losing in athletics is important, and you feel good after that happens, but people who perform, be it
101on stage, be it they perform art, they do something artistically, they get the same feeling. It's a great feeling that you can experience, and that's an extra we give for our kids, that we give them that opportunity. My only wish is now we'll get more kids to go from the south side of the building to the north side of the building, and the north side to the south side, so they become more renaissance people, cuz they do more than one thing. But it was wonderful to see, and I think sometimes we don't appreciate those extra things that we offer our kids in the school, which is really helpful. So, that being said, we have future meeting dates. It doesn't look like we will need a meeting um a second meeting this month again. So, uh
102that looks good. Um we will sit down and just make sure about that. So, our next meeting date would be April 7th for the committee meetings, and then April 14th for the regular board meeting. And at this time, however, I apologize to all of you that are sitting out there that are going to have to leave, cuz we're going into closed session. But before we do that, I want to make sure it's okay with the board. Um we've asked Mr. Hacker to sit in on the closed session with the decision we're making on the uh property. For his expertise in some of that. So, if it's okay with the board, we will let him attend that meeting. >> You You mean the discussion we're having. >> Yes, the discussion and decision. >> No, no decision.
103We're making the decision and making the discussions, but he will help us with some of his expertise. >> That being said, all of our regular stuff is done and I am looking for a motion to go into closed session closed session. Do I have a second to go into closed session? >> Be sure. >> Carrie seconds >> Yes, I'll I'll read it. Okay. Order of education will vote to convene closed session and deliberate negotiation, purchase of public properties, investment of public funds or conducting others classified public business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a closed session. This meeting is authorized in pursuant to 19.851e of the state [clears throat] of Wisconsin statutes. And it would be the selling of district property and what we'll be talking about in there. Um so, we have a motion
104and a second to do that. We need a roll call. For Lori. >> Going to closed session. >> Christopher Abel. >> Aye. >> David Bowman. >> Aye. >> Beth Hansen. >> Aye. >> Ann Holsen. >> Aye. >> Mary Lofy Blonett. >> Aye. >> Keith Shaw. >> Aye. >> Carrie Trapski. >> Aye. >> We are in closed session. Uh