0017 o'clock. >> Oh, >> call this regular board of education meeting Monday, September 8th to order. >> Nikki, please call the role. >> Nikki Austin, present. Jim Curran, >> present. >> Mike Davis, >> present. >> Mike Proa, >> present. >> Nicole Joseph, Teresa Keane, >> present. >> Steve Mayor, >> Terry Montgomery, >> present. and Phil Bosber is >> absent. >> Okay. >> All right. With that, we have a quorum and we are officially in session. First up, we've got uh need to approve our agenda for tonight. Entertain I would entertain a motion to approve the agenda for September 2025. >> So, Mike F. Motion by Mike F. Second by >> me. Terry. >> Terry. Okay. >> Second by me. Second by Terry. down. >> Any discussion before we vote? Okay. All in favor say I.
002>> I. Oppose. Nay. >> Motion carries. Next up, we've got our consent agenda. Our consent items. Is there any board member who wishes to remove something from consideration on the consent agenda? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to approve the consent items. >> Move. >> Motion by Mike Davis. >> Second by Steve. Go ahead and read these. All right. We got our approving our minutes from last meeting, August 25th. Uh professional staff resignation of Haley Jordan. Um occupational therapist North Side Elementary. Approval of support staff resignation. Dustin Young, educational assistant. Abraham Lincoln. Uh support staff hiring two folks, Olivia Melind, educational assistant, and Caleb Jensen, C custodian. We got two donations to approve. $500 uh to each elementary school's PTO from the Alliance Club and $526 to Paul Richard Mur Middle School from sixth
003grader Carly Tramy. >> Yeah. Okay. uh funds raised with eliminates. >> Must been one heck of a lemonade. That was a very successful one, isn't it? Okay. Any discussion? >> Can you just talk a little bit about the resignations? I'm surprised to see them right after the school year starts. >> Um probably wouldn't be appropriate for me to talk about all of them. I think there's different circumstances for a couple of them. Um one was something that was in the works and relative to another job offer. And then there was another issue where just clearly wasn't a fit with the organization. Um be happy to provide more more context offline, but given this is a an open meeting, it wouldn't be appropriate to get into too much detail that we got a motion on the
004table. Go ahead and take a vote. All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Nay. Motion carries for public comment. Got nobody signed in. Literally no one here. Um so we will keep rolling. Nothing under old business. We've got new business. Five items tonight. Start off with the exciting stuff. We've got an action item to approve the sponsorship of new high school fitness or weight room. I'll turn it over to administration to talk us through the details. >> Sure. So this is a continuation. you know, every board meeting we have a celebration. Um, I'm happy to say that we have a number of great sponsorships in the queue and that will continue for the foreseeable future. But tonight, what we wanted to do was uh celebrate the sponsorship uh by Iron House. Uh they've agreed
005to uh the 10-year naming rights for the fitness and weight room at the new high school. Um this is obviously a great um partnership and collaboration. Um certainly Iron House feels very passionate about um fitness and uh lifetime investment in um fitness and and kids taking care of themselves. And so they were happy to contribute towards this effort. Um it's $10,000 over 10 years. So meaning $1,000 a year for 10 years. Uh Joe Van Meter is enthusiastic, excited to be a part of the project. Um talked a lot about uh this being an exciting opportunity um to to connect with this space. And so we're very excited and thankful that uh Iron House was uh willing to step up and uh sponsor this space. And so we would recommend that the board approve the 10-year
006naming and sponsorship agreement with Iron House. So, any questions from board members? >> Always work bringing bringing more community members into the the uh the participation in this new high school. It's it's awesome and amazing that we continue to see it week after week. I mean, I I would have thought by now these would start to peter out, but you keep surprising us. Yeah, I would actually say that they're going to be they're actually ramping up more than dying down. Um, uh, this is obviously a great sponsorship and we're thankful to to Joe and Iron House. Um, but we have we have some additional news, some big news that'll be be coming soon. Um, and we're working closely with those businesses and families to roll that out in a time that at a time that
007makes sense for them so we can honor them appropriately. Um, but as I said, we have plenty to celebrate and we'll be celebrating for months to come. >> Awesome. Well, thank you for the the hard work >> and just to echo the the gratitude to uh to Iron House and and also to um to Carly uh and Mineral Alliance Club is the I didn't call them out to thank them for their their support. also from the consent items. But a huge thank you to Iron House. I'd entertain a motion to approve the 10-year sponsorship of the Mineral High School fitness and weight room. >> So moved. Second. >> Motion by Terry, second by Nikki. Discussion. >> Just thank you again to the community um who's reaching out and sponsoring because it's a tremendous um thing
008that people are doing. So, thank you to everyone. >> Yeah. And I think it's worth saying when we met as a district for the inservice and we talked a little bit about this level of support, I think the the staff was genuinely moved by uh the amount of support that they're receiving. So it's it's definitely felt by the the staff and and we appreciate all that the community does for us. >> Okay. All in favor say I. >> I carries. All right. We've got consideration for a potential referendum timeline. Why don't I kick this off and then I'll pass it over to you? Kick it off, pass it to me, then I'll pass it to Great. Um, okay. So, in new item discussion last meeting, uh, we opened it up to the board for kind
009of feedback and direction on, um, how quickly folks wanted to to move forward on the discussion about our current budget situation. Uh the very clear feedback was let's uh let's keep the conversation going and ask Joe to to bring back uh timeline and from this conversation we can both react and give feedback but also give direction on what we might want to see on what um what cadence or kind of how soon especially after hearing some of the rationale for why some of the the proposed um draft deadlines are what they are. So thanks Joe and and Ron for doing the prep on this and what you all take it from here. Yeah, I would echo what Jim said. You know, it's clear that the board has an interest in exploring this option. Um, we
010know that that this is likely something that's in our future. And, um, one of the things that we wanted to do is just lay out a sequence of steps that are necessary in order to move us forward should the board decide to pursue a referendum in April of 2026. There are some things that are built in uh, per state statute. Um, and we tried to recognize those. This isn't meant to be necessarily an exhaustive list of everything that could be done, but really uh more of the broad strokes and and some of the most important um legal um timelines uh and thresholds that we need to take into consideration. So, with that, I'll turn it over to Ron. He's really the main author of this document. And um we got it. Uh, thanks Jre for
011putting it up on the screen. We'll throw that up there so hopefully the folks at home can see this as well because we want everyone who is watching to have a clear understanding of the work that we're potentially going to do. >> All right, thank you. You can go forward one slide. Great. Thanks. Um, so what we're looking at is obviously tonight, uh, September 22nd, we're looking uh, we're going to have this initial discussion about our timeline. The next uh big date that comes into play is we'll have our third Friday count uh coming up on uh the third Friday in September. That obviously uh helps set our final budget that goes to the annual meeting as well as uh gives us that baseline for our future uh budgets going forward. The admin team uh
012is starting the process of considering uh the necessary reductions uh should an operational referendum fail. if we go to one so that we'll know what is at stake um uh in the in the case that uh a we do go to referendum and it should fail again uh on October 15th we'll get uh the final state aid and revenue limit numbers uh that becomes the basis for our final budget for this year and then uh again those really become the the building blocks for for going forward when we get to um the end of October we set our final budget for the year. Uh and then at that meeting, I think would be a good meeting at the end of October to begin uh starting to talk about, you know, what do those projections look
013like going forward. Uh if the board wants to because obviously we'll be talking about individual people and and um positions for that first meeting. uh we may have to have a closed session to have some of that initial discussion, but I think after that I think it's imperative that we have all of those discussions uh open and available to staff and community uh so they understand what all we're looking at. And so I would look at that being taking place during the two meetings in November uh and potentially into December. I do think uh if as you look toward December uh probably the big thing that I would like is that by the time we get to the December 8th board meeting that we do one of two things. Either we are ready and we
014adopt a resolution if that's the direction we're going uh on a referendum uh or we at least set those parameters so then our legal team can work on it and then we can adopt it first thing when we come back in January. But either way, I think by that December meeting, uh, we should know where we intend to go and what we're looking to do as far as a referendum, whether we're going, whether we're not going, the amount, as well as, uh, uh, the duration or recurring, non-recurring, all those things. I I would encourage us to work toward December 8th for that decision process to give us as much time as possible to then prepare for for educating the community throughout the spring. When you look at January, uh we do have two meetings in
015January, uh the 12th and the 26th. Um January 27th is the final final deadline. Uh at which time a resolution could be adopted. So uh if need be, uh we do have those two meetings in January. Uh but hopefully we we will have made up our decision for that. As far as theformational campaign would go, um obviously we're we're going to make our staff aware as we're having those discussions uh of what what it looks like in November and so that they have some awareness of the discussions going on. Uh once you uh make your determination uh as to what we're whether we're going to have a question and what it might be, uh we then jump into community referendum information uh providing uh the information the community needs to to help uh make that
016decision. And then you have that community engagement throughout January, February, and March. So that's everything from PTO meetings and FAQs to radio interviews. listening sessions, uh, newsletters, all those ways that we can get information out to the public so they understand, uh, what the question is, what the implications of that question is, and what the consequences of of not having the dollars authorized would be. When we look at the the pre-election, there's a few things legally we have to do. Uh, and yep, you're doing a great job keeping up with me. Thank you, Chad. I've been looking at the screen. uh we need to send an election notice to the newspaper in February once uh once we uh set an election question if we have one a referendum question. Uh there's a couple of different
017notices that need to go into the paper. And so I have some notes there for Shandra and I as to reminding us that you know in a case where we have a paper on a Wednesday and a Saturday the dates that are required by law don't always match with when we have a paper. So, we need to make sure uh we're we're mind mindful of that and working around it. April 7th is the regular election date uh at which we would be looking to go should we have a question. Um and then on the 8th, we do a preliminary notice to the DPI what the results are. Uh we have to have a canvas done by 9:00 a.m. on April 14th. So likely what we typically do is that Monday of the board meeting we
018have our canvas uh in the late afternoon before the board meeting which would be the 13th and then on the 14th we have to notify uh the DPI of our results. And so that was a lot of information very quickly but I guess the key takeaways that I would say is admin uh is in the process of working on uh what that list will look like. uh you know, should we have to make reductions if if we either don't go to referendum or if uh we go to referendum and and it doesn't pass. Uh and then we obviously have uh a number of meetings in in October and November uh and into December uh to work toward what a question might look like. Uh and then we would uh move forward from that pl place
019with a referendum campaign if that's the route we're going. I want to make an assumption. So I'm going to ask with the November when we're discussing an open session those reduction lists is that also when you're going to bring to us your kind of view of if we do decide to ask a question how much we should be looking to ask for. >> Yeah. Joe and I'll have to formulate that. But obviously in uh whether it's that first or the second meeting in November, it really comes to somewhat it all works together and but yes, ultimately we're going to have to bring you a recommendation as to what we think that question should be and what we think uh the amount should be. Uh but and that'll work handinhand with what that reduction list may
020look like. And I think uh you know part of the conversation that the board may have uh before I could get to the point of giving a recommendation is you know in the past we've had discussions where we've typically ran a question just to try to maintain or or you know um keep where we're at. Now we've had a number of reductions over the last three years about $2 and half million dollars of reductions. And so, you know, I'll need guidance from the board. If you're saying, "Yep, this is important. We should consider bringing something back or we need to do less or more." I'll have a recommendation, but I want to get a flavor for where the board is thinking as as we're working toward that. But yes, I can I know Joe's intent
021is that we will bring forward a recommendation for that. >> Yeah. And I know one of the things we've been working on and certainly Jim and I have talked and provide feedback just being clear about how the process will work and who owns the list and the number. And I think this is where it gets into a little bit of of a gray area and that the two are intertwined a bit, right? And so I just want to say clearly publicly that as we put this list together, this is the work of the the admin team. I have to own that list. Um I will own that list. Um, this will be a difficult process. I think everyone at this table understands that. But there will be times when we will look to the board
022to get a little bit of feedback in terms of whether or not you feel we're on on the right track. But ultimately, um, I very much do believe that the administrative team is in the best position to make a determination about where cut potential cuts, reductions should be made if if it's necessary. Um, and ultimately big part of that as you know for Mike's question and as Ron said, we'll have to get a sense of what that number is going to be because that'll largely drive that list. Will that also then include um maybe now that we've had some time to to live with these cuts we've already made, what's bubbling up that we maybe need to bring back and will there be any any insight into that because we we can't keep just taking
023away if we want to make continue to be great. >> Sure. So yeah, the number can go both ways, right? in terms of what reductions, if necessary, need to be made to what level and what do we lose? And then if a referendum were to pass, how much would we be asking for? And then what is it that we would be gaining as a result of that uh that passage of of the referendum and and I think we have to be absolutely clear on on both ends of that, right? And so that's one of the things the DAC team had a meeting this morning and we talked about that at length. we have to be very clear as to what it is that we're asking for and what it is that we would potentially lose
024if the referendum doesn't pass. Um so we have every intention of of doing that. We're going to provide as much detail as we can. We're not going to list names for obvious reasons, but um let's be honest, it's not going to take much to connect the dots and for people to figure this out once we're doing the work. So we've said this before, we'll do everything in our power to be sensitive to the folks. um that work in in this organization and we already talked about that as a team at our district in service. Um I feel like people have a good understanding of of what it's going to take to move forward. Um but it it'll be difficult. Um, but we we have to make a promise, a pledge to the community that we're
025going to be clear and outline in a detailed manner what it is that um the passage of a referendum would provide our district and our community and then if it were to fail, what we would lose as a result of that decision. >> I miss anything, Ron? No, I think uh that's a very good point and I think you know as in the past whenever we've had to look at you know positions or programs um it's difficult and it certainly is even more so this time because there's after a number of years I've always said there's no easy cuts and then after the last three years certainly there isn't and then you weigh that with or against uh the fact that there's been some very intentional work uh that this board has directed our our
026district and admin to do that has paid great results for us when we talk about student achievement and then trying to maintain that momentum while balancing it against this process is very difficult. That was I guess that's why I asked the question, you know, if we're making strides in areas that were related to interventionists or if we feel like there's a need for something that either needs to be added or needs to be brought back now that we've had some time to kind of live in this new world of cuts, we need to hear that, too. >> And we can't be afraid to ask for what we need to run this district well. >> Yeah. I'm hearing you say that when we create this plan and we list some of these positions, programs, we need
027to provide some context as to their value and why it's important so people understand. Is that accurate? >> We can do that. Is there any value in the past? Not this last referendum, but I think all the other previous referendum um we've done some sort of survey to kind of see where the community threshold is. Is there any thoughts on that? >> Um I'll lean into it a little bit. I know we did a >> we did a we did a follow-up survey after the last one and and and you know >> how helpful it was to us, I honestly don't know. Um and and I guess where I'll lean into this is is this is clearly needed and necessary. >> Um can we ask where people would like to set the number? Yep, we
028can ask. But I think ultimately we need to decide as a district uh and as an admin and a board team what we feel we need to run this district. uh and then the community is going to have a say on it. I I would be leerary of saying, okay, you you put out a survey without consequences. It can go one of two ways. People can be overly optimistic and give you a number that's higher u based upon it because it doesn't have reality or they can be very pessimistic. And then as a board, you're still having to weigh should we even be having a referendum and what should the amount be? And so I don't know that we have an opportunity to not run a question. Now, we always can not run a question,
029>> but as a professional sitting here right now, I'm going to tell you, I don't see how that's an option for us. And so, >> I disagree. I just didn't know like when you're talking about you bringing back wish list items or doing these things, like where's where's the threshold? But I think that's totally fair. I guess totally fair. There's always cost associated with that. So, I mean, if we do do that, then that's something people can lean into as well. So, I think it'd be something we'd have to consider. >> I appreciate this schedule you put together, you know, being very clear about what we're going to talk about, what we're going to do. I I am concerned about the cultural impact it's going to have within the organization when we start talking about
030this. So I just want to you know let you know and the admin team know that and I think it probably speak for most of the board members here. If there's anything you need from us to help you as we go through this process, please let us know. >> I appreciate you saying that, Mike. Um you know we got together to start out the year. Um, we have a lot to celebrate and we did celebrate a lot of things, but we're also very real with the team. Um, and I think by being very honest with them and laying out some of the things some of that we need to do, some of the work that's ahead, I think that was comforting. I think in maybe in years past, we haven't always engaged the staff as
031much in some of that work. Um and so just for them to know much like you right like you wanted to know what's the timeline for the referendum right there's comfort in in information and knowledge right and so I think it's our job not only for the staff but for the the community as a whole to really be clear about our intentions and allow them to predict how this is going to play out so that there can be a dialogue and for those that want to get involved in whatever manner they choose um that they understand how this is going to work. And um you know, I'll I'll let Terry and and Mike and certainly the other administrators here um I think people walked away from that conversation last week feeling about as good as
032they can given what's ahead of us. I would I totally agree with what you said and I think I told you Joe it was it was one of the more uplifting events that I was ever at as far as an inservice. In fact I got home I told Mary I said really I feel like going back to school and getting my teaching here we'll take you then I second thought. Um but no I was I was very impressed. uh the enthusiasm and everybody coming in I thought was was just outstanding and the entire admin team you know thank yous and all these kind of things was just it was excellent. Um and it was that way threearters 78 of the way through and then at the end then you got to the serious part of
033okay what's coming up. They all understand just what's going to be going on, but they all accepted it. You know, they they know uh they're ready to go to work, ready to help out in any way that they possibly can. I mean, it was it was great. Very very good. I think going back to last year, certainly one of the first things both Joe jumped in as well as Mike as a new board member was was when we had our negotiations with our uh units. Uh and I'll also go back to our survey that we did do post uh the last election. I think we heard both from our community and our staff that they just want to know what's at stake, what, you know, what are we asking for when we it's not just
034a big round number. What what is truly uh the impact that we're going to have with these numbers or or what is the consequences of not having those those dollars? And so, uh, this board has been very intentional, uh, in the 20 years I've been here at trying not to hold the community hostage or give that impression and also trying to allay some of that concern and anxiety of staff. And I think what we heard from the survey from the community was they want to know what's at stake. And I think during the negotiations in the spring, what we heard from the staff was they're going to all assume it's them anyhow. So they would just like to know what's at stake. >> Right on the button there, Ron. That's that's exactly what they said,
035you know, at the negotiations. It was right to a tea. >> I would just echo what Mike said. Um the inservice was very uplifting. I felt like the staff was extremely positive and that the message was really clear and I love the bundle of sticks and I think everybody in the district does that if we have the sticks all together in a bundle we work better and stronger than if we're the sticks are spread out individually. So thank you Joe for that analogy and I it was extremely up uplifting in service. Thanks So, I'm struggling with how to say this because I want it to come off the right way and sometimes things just come out of my mouth. Um, I appreciate this timeline, but I will tell you I I don't like that we're
036making every I feel like we keep talking around whether or not we're going to run for referendum. Are we going to is the board going to support I don't see how we I appreciate what you said, Ron. I don't see how we're not going to referendum. And I don't want our staff feeling like we're dragging that out. I I struggle with with, you know, what is the number? Fine, we have to get there. Or who are the people or or what are the departments if we're not, but I don't see how we can't go in April. And I think we keep talking around it and we just need to own it. >> I think that's a very fair statement. I think uh black and white Ron says for some of the community listening at home,
037I can't say we're going to a referendum until a board passes a resolution. I know. And that's >> I I absence the board telling me otherwise, I'm of the assumption that we're moving toward an operating referendum. >> Thank you. I guess I just because I'm hearing great things about the inservice, I wish I could have been there. But there's tremendous awesome momentum and this is just a momentum killer if we drag it up, right? And so if we just own it and we all work toward we're going and we're going to work toward passing it, there can be great positive energy around it, right? It doesn't have to be this negative thing. So, and I'm not saying that that's how it's coming across at all. >> I just I want to I want to take
038ownership of the fact that I for one feel like we need to and and I I appreciate that we'll get the detail, but I I want good energy to start getting created around it. I'm excited for that because this can help our district carry forward the way we need to. >> So, Nikki, I would agree with that. Um, I know there's a process and we have to, you know, go through the process, but I also feel like what we've gone through the last two years, we all know where this is headed and what needs to happen. It's just going through the process and getting it put in place and getting it done. And I think you're right in that we have this momentum, so let's move forward with it and keep the momentum going. >>
039I just I don't want our teachers hearing and feeling like there's any question. I guess that's all I want them to all in their camp. So that's just me. Maybe Nikki, just to make sure I'm understanding your request, maybe is are you suggesting that we we work to move this timeline up earlier to kind of identify our number and production list or are you just saying we should perhaps I don't know board action wise how we do this necessarily if we try to separate the commitment that we're going to referendum from the actual resolution of the amount. But >> yeah, >> let me maybe >> I think that's what it is. I think I appreciate that there's a process and I know it and I've lived through it. I just I want >> I want
040our staff to feel like there is no question at least in my mind that we're going I don't I don't want I remember what Eric Bectal said. I didn't get on this board to find the people, right? And and I and that stuck with me. And so I I want to get momentum going in a good way to hopefully pass it so we don't have to make any of these cuts that we may have to if it doesn't. >> You see what I'm saying? I think you're essentially doing that right now with I mean as as individuals I think you've heard a number of the board members agree with you that we're we're going to end up going to a referendum and in my opinion I I also believe that is where we're headed. >>
041I I concur. Absolutely. And hopefully the teachers will hear this and understand that the board is behind them and that we're going to do what needs to be done to try to keep everybody in every program that we can. And if it fails, >> I mean, we did what we thought was best for the school district. other feedback questions based on the timeline we've got. Thanks for that. >> Is there a possibility of us to separate those and as a board put that statement out that we you know which direction we are going. >> I'll be honest, I'm not entirely sure. I mean, I think we can we can do we could have a resolution toward whatever I guess maybe I'd look to is there anybody who's been through this before from the board side
042that is is there an advantage to any if not I can do some homework and bring it back but >> just so I I think there's two sides of it right so I I think what I'm hearing is there's a process that we have to go through to determine what the resolution is which means as we work on that we need to determine what the question is what the amount ount is, etc. I think what I'm hearing uh from Nikki and some other board members is saying versus Ron saying we need to decide whether or not we're going to have a question and what it is. She would just like an acknowledgement potentially from the board or individually some of you have of yes, there's going to be an operating referendum question. We haven't figured
043out the amount. We haven't figured out what type of a question it is. We haven't figured out all that's at stake yet. Uh if that question would not pass. However, we know that we're working toward an operating reference. And I think that's where if you're comfortable it I think it couch it keeps me from having to couch the conversation of are we going to question, are we not? Because until that decision is made, I can't say for certain we are. But I mean certainly the board can say whether if that's what your intent or what you think we're working toward but I think there's a process in there you know that we still have to run the process to see what that number is what that appropriate >> recurring or not occurring what's the number
044that yeah >> maybe a suggestion for how how to pull that through I think what I'd like to do is maybe bring that back to next meeting because in part I I don't I mean, I think we're having the discussion we're supposed to have right now, but if there there could be people on the board who who are dissenting from that, maybe weren't kind of all the way ready to get into that. >> I just I'm not sure, but just that's possible, right? And so, >> why don't we bring that back as a as a an action item for consideration >> and and we can talk about exactly how to structure it in the agenda, but that would be my suggestion for that >> as opposed to moving to take an action on something. >>
045Does that sound good? >> Absolutely agree. I don't think it's really actionable this evening. >> Oh, yeah. >> No, and I wasn't intending it to be. I just >> I just Yeah, we were starting to get into the the convers I appreciate you raising that up. >> Nothing you would be doing even if you would choose to take an action at another board meeting. You're not >> it's not like you're doing something that's committing you to it until you actually discuss the resolution and adopt the resolution. >> That that that's the one which becomes a reality. May maybe one other um at least piece of feedback or if if possible and again I'm not sure if this is a if I maybe I just need to do my own homework on this but the I
046think there's a lot of talk about about tax impact not just in Monroe but but in a lot of different places and in Monroe then there's also some things happening at the county level that also impact taxpayers and I'm not bringing this up to say that that would impact fact my opinion on whether or not we go to referendum. I believe we need to go to referendum in the spring. Would it be possible to include in this timeline kind of the outside in? I don't know if there's Ron, you'd be equipped to do that or if somebody could could kind of talk to us about what what the tax impact would be from the district side at different levels for our consideration and what how how does the the building of a new Green County
047jail at the amount that it is impact local taxpayers? That's something we could include. I would love to have that inform the board's kind of deliberations on the number. >> So that'll get a little fuzzy, but um at at some level we can certainly look at the impacts of the district individually. Um, again, much like much like our school district is where we set a levy for the entire district and each individual municipality then has differing impacts based upon what their valuation is doing individually. Think of the county in the same sense. There's going to be a countywide impact they're talking about, but it is going to vary from municipality to municipality. And I don't have the inside details of all those numbers just like even I don't have it on our own when we
048said it. So I would hate to get too far into the weeds uh dealing with their numbers but certainly we can from a broad-based discussion have it. Maybe Rod, maybe the question is at some point through the process we explain again to the community how the tax impact works as opposed to this is what it's going to be because >> that's really fuzzy and it just makes people mad, surprises them. >> Yep. >> Was anything No, I appreciate the thought that went into this conversation. I would also say I and I agree, you know, getting to the point where the board can make some kind of statement about your level of support and your intent going forward is good. I I will say I believe that our staff feels very supported by the board. I
049think the staff is is paying attention to what's going on and they understand that there's um difficult decisions ahead. Um, but certainly I I I don't believe that there's anyone that's questioning uh the board and and what you're all trying to do. So, I appreciate your your desire to make that crystal clear um for for the team and we'll gladly take that in whatever form we decide is most appropriate. Um, but I want the board to know that the staff is appreciative of of you and all that you do for us because they do feel very supported. Great. Thanks for thanks for putting this together. Thanks for folks raising up questions and feedback. And then before we transition, Jim, I think obviously we um want to come back and talk about whether or not there's
050some kind of informal resolution statement, whatever that's made. Um, if there's additional information that the board would like to receive or would like presented to you all at upcoming meetings, I would just ask, you know, certainly communicate with Jim. Jim and I are working together. Um, we're eager, our team is eager to make sure that we get you all what you need in a timely manner. Um, we have a lot of things sketched out already. Um, but I just want to make sure that it's delivered at a in a timely manner and in a way that fits the board vision. So, if you guys work through Jim, Jim will tell me what to do and we'll go from there. >> Appreciate it. >> Does that sound good? >> Sounds good. >> Great. Okay. Um, let's
051uh let's keep rolling. Next up, uh, new business is the curriculum update. No action needed tonight as I understand it. So, turn over to Yeah, just a just a few things um going on in my world. Um talked about ending the inservice week on a high and having a great um all staff meeting with with Joe and others. Um that's that's a busy week. So I just want to highlight some things that happened leading up to the school year. Um it's probably one of the busiest weeks for me, for Amy, um as we try to obviously help support staff as we get back in the mix. Um so I just want to talk about a couple things. um that staff were were part of that week. Um Amy and I visited each building. We try
052to get to each um staff meeting building to highlight the district goals for the year. Joe and I have done that for three four years I think now. Um one to be v visible in the building and two just to send a unified message around what's our focus for the year and and celebrate all the great stuff that's happening. So Amy and I did that. Um went really well. Um and then we also hosted uh Otis regional workshop where we had several Otis reps here in the district to help support 612 in that transition. Uh Otis is a platform we use for grading reporting. It houses all of our thirdparty data, all of the assessment data. Um staff um started using that program last year and we'll continue to use it this year for all
053those things. So that was that was a good day. uh at the elementary level, fourth and fifth grade this year is taking on bridges implementation. If you remember from last year, we had 4K through third. Um so we had our outstanding interventionist lead some PD for bridges for them and then we also had math and ELA refresher PD going on for just K through five staff. So we try to do a lot of um little mini PDs as teachers are working themselves back into the classrooms. um to get ready for the year. Um related to evidence-based teaching and learning and grading, um we provided staff with the updates that we made over the summer. Uh we ran parent sessions um during the meet your teacher nights. Uh attendance was low. It's a busy night. A
054lot going on. I think we had a handful of parents at both sessions. Um we provided the updates um to those that did attend. Those updates were also shared out to parents via letter. Um, and then we also have some of those updates now on our new website. So, we're directing parents there as well. Um, just some upcoming dates that are important. We don't typically have a curriculum meeting in September. We usually have that first one in October. Um, Teresa, I'll be sending you the agendas that I have sketched out, but I think the first one we'll do is um on evidence-based teaching and learning updates just to share with the board um some of those changes that we made going into year two. And then I have listed here and I mentioned to Joe
055today that we have Eric Larson at the end of October for the board um to meet with to preview our report cards. So just something to have on your radar. But it's been a good start. We're in week two. Um things are going really well. Any questions? I'll just say it's an incredible amount of work going on to kick off the year. Um, and Terry knows this because you live this life, right? Anytime you provide any kind of professional development, training, work, it's often seen, Teresa knows this, it's often viewed as another initiative, right? When people already have their their plates full. And I think, you know, Todd, Amy, uh, the interventionist, Susan, um, have skillfully weaved in this work so that it doesn't feel like we're just adding more to their plates and instead
056enhancing the work that's already happening. Um, and just really proud of the work they're doing. Um, and I think, you know, for those of you that didn't see Jim's message that was provided to the the staff, it was excellent. He talked about some of the success we've realized over the last couple years. Um, and that was one of the things that we celebrated and I think it's starting to click for people that all these things that we're doing, it's very intentional work and it's yielding uh some pretty powerful results. And so I feel like people are are very much getting on board and and given all the work that we had them do last week and there was a lot happening. Um, those folks were still smiling and and getting it done. So, I I
057think that kudos to you guys for the work that you're doing and keeping people moving. >> I will add and I should have said this like there's a ton of work and I think we've said this here at the board level that happens over the summer. Uh teachers don't take three months off and just walk through the door and and get started with the new year. We we recognize all of the teacher leaders we have in the district through committees, leadership teams. Those groups are meeting all summer um preparing for the new year. And a lot of these things that we're doing, it takes all of those individuals to to put those plans together. So, a ton of work that happens between the end of the school year to the start of a new one.
058>> Questions? Thanks for all you're doing. Appreciate it. Um, okay. rolling school safety update on the over to Joe. Yeah. >> So, um I think we all understand that, you know, given all the responsibilities that we have, uh there's nothing that's more important than ensuring the safety of our kids. um this is work that's usually done behind the scenes and so we don't talk about it a lot but I think given the fact that you know a recent incident up in Minnesota um over the past year we've had a couple of incidents that have happened pretty close to us um Jim and I talked and we felt it would be a good idea just to give the broad strokes of some of the work that's been done recently and and really what I want the
059board and the community to know is that this is work that we take seriously and we're actively engaged in this work. Um the update that you have in board docs, it just kind of outlines a few things and I'll go over them quickly, but um we've updated all of our safety plans both at the district level and across all of our schools. We do that annually. Um we're conducting Alice training um which is uh training our students and staff how to respond during a crisis. Um we feel really good about that. Alice has served us very well over the years. Um, but we are looking at transitioning um to a new um procedure called the standard response protocol or SRP. It comes from the I love you guys foundation. Um the I love you guys
060foundation does a lot of great work. They provide a ton of resources and it's it's quickly becoming the um standard in the field. And so we feel good about Alice still. We didn't want to make the jump to new language. Um at this point there's a lot of similarities between what we do in Alice and SRP. Um but we we want to make sure that we get uh the language lined up so that it's consistent across the board. So we'll work on that over the course of the year and likely make that shift next year. Uh reunification planning was a big project for us last year. Uh it's something that I spend a lot of time on basically when there is a crisis um and if kids need to uh go to a a different
061building or a certain area of the building and then going through a process of reunifying them with their parents that requires a lot of planning, coordination, resource um and and we've done quite a bit of work in that area and I feel really really good about the planning that we've done including developing some resource boxes that are available in all of our buildings should um something happen. Hopefully they never need to be used, but should it be necessary, we have um some of those things in place. We also our admin team and the uh and officer Quinn, our school resource officer, participated in a very warm training at Broadhead High School in August. They don't have air conditioning there and it was a rather warm day, but we stuck it out. Um, and it was
062a good training because it it did uh allow us to go through some reunification exercises and allow us to put our plans to work and make sure that we have a good understanding of um how all of that would look and work. Um, so we continue with training. Um, we continue to work with local law enforcement. We're very fortunate to have great relationships with both Monroe PD and the Green County Sheriff's Department. Um, they work with us quite a bit. They also we ask that they use our buildings for a lot of their active shooter trainings. Not only because we want them to be well trained and and uh up to date on their practices, but we also want them to be familiar with our our facilities. So, that's been a really really strong relationship
063that we have. Um and then going forward, um as a part of the Green County Superintendent Group, uh recently we've decided that we're going to develop a a county, um response plan that aligns all of our work so that if something should happen in one of the neighboring districts that we can all pull together and provide resources and support. Um and we continue with our drills and uh safety training. Um, we don't get into a lot of specifics publicly about the work that we do because we want to make sure that we don't uh make our plan vulnerable in any way, but again, it's just critical that the board, the community, parents, students know that uh we take this very seriously and we're working through this on a continual basis and um we feel like
064we're in a very strong position given all the work that we've done over the last several months. >> Joe, I have a quick question. >> Sure. Um, I vividly remember the Alice training and something that stood out to me when I was watching the news about what happened in Minnesota was the kids didn't know what to do because they were in a different place than when they had practiced, you know, what would happen if there was an active shooter. And I'm just wondering if they've updated the training at all or any part of it to talk about you may not be in your classroom when this happens. You might be on the playground or you might be somewhere else. What do you do in those circumstances because it may not happen in the classroom? >>
065Yeah, I can't speak to whether or not Alice has updated their training. Amy, you can talk about how you've trained in the buildings. >> Yeah, I actually feel like it it is part of the training just because there's there's options with it and so you can be anywhere. You can use this at home. You can use this in the community has been the message that we've had for a number of years. But maybe it wasn't there originally, Terry. I don't quite remember. >> Well, I did think I could apply it, but I didn't remember it being um like specifically telling the children that. >> But as an adult, I was like, "Oh my gosh, if I was at the supermarket, this is what I could do." Or if I was at another place, this is
066what I could do. But I just don't remember it being something explicit that children were told because like I said, hearing this child on the news say that just made me think about it. And when you were going to give the update, I wanted to make sure that we're thinking about that because kids aren't always in that place where we're doing the drills or that it could actually happen. >> Yeah. I will say, you know, all the schools around us either have moved to the I love you guys foundation or in the process and um I think one of the things that we can say is that they they are continually updating their training resources and they're they are considered probably the best um in the industry. And so, um, we're using a lot of
067the resources now, but we're going to continue to work with them and and I think it's something that has to it's got to be part of our annual training um to make sure that we're staying on top of our needs and resources. if switching to um a a different model that's actually being used by more places in the county, will that probably assist law enforcement >> knowing that like everybody's kind of got the same >> Yeah. The only thing that we're really lacking right now is that we don't have common language in terms of lockdown and how we talk about kids moving and fleeing and fighting and some of those things. And so to the extent that we have consistent language, when law enforcement comes in, they can use a certain set of vocabulary that
068everyone will understand. Um, and that's exactly what the Green County superintendents talked about recently. And so, um, we'll be working with a gentleman that worked with Iowa County recently. They went through this process. They felt it was very beneficial. Um, every superintendent in Green County felt that this was worthwhile. And so, we'll dig into it. And it really shouldn't take that long because we are very much aligned already. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it because it's important. >> Yeah. This came up when you was when you and Jeremy spoke at Kuanas, too. This was a an area of concern. So, I appreciate that you put this on. >> Thanks. >> Just to talk at a high level. Yeah. The other question we get and I think it was at Kuanas was about the new high
069school and we'll say it publicly. Yes, there are there are a lot of safety features that are engineered into that building that far exceed anything that we have at our current high school, but we we don't talk about them publicly. Appreciate the update. Let's move on to our building project update. turn over to Jonah. Yeah, I'll I'll kick it over to Ron. I'll just start by saying, you know, it seems repetitive because every week or every time we get together, we say there's been an amazing amount of progress and did you see this, that, or the other thing? And um I don't know how to say it any other way. we we get out there and um we see some things that um blow us away such as, you know, the fact that there's paint
070and tile going up and um the classrooms look like classrooms, the offices look like offices. Um and so it's coming along nicely. So, um I'll turn it over to Ron so he can talk about some of the big things and then we can we can show you some of the cool stuff that we'll throw on the monitors here in a second. So in your board packets you'll have actually an update from all three of our main partners. Uh you have report from Buffman report from Per research arex and then you have no plucker reactor in my first project 30 years ago. My god. So uh we have from our from our architects and then you also have it from u uh CG Schmidt. And so they're doing some great things uh out there. A lot
071of work's being done uh from a flooring perspective. The flat work concrete is down uh in the majority of the building. The two areas that don't have it yet are the uh immers because that's kind of the core working space that they're working out of as they work both ways. Uh and in the com and in the uh performing arts center because that'll be uh one of the last areas that'll end up getting finished out. uh roof is now 95% complete. Uh we basically have it sealed everywhere. We just don't have some of the uh roof edging uh and and trims done throughout all the classroom areas. Uh and even back in the CTE, we have a lot of uh stud walls up. We have a lot of drywall up. We have a lot of
072uh uh base coat uh and primer on the walls from a painting perspective. um Tylers are into the bathrooms and so that's really working through all those, you know, academic office areas that'll be toward the west end of the building. Um and then right now they're doing all of the um steel uh stud frame construction that's in all of the um science areas, the egg areas, and the music areas. And so those will be the next areas that kind of to finish out with that. And so, uh, when with the big crews out there, it's a lot. I think one of the pictures, uh, I believe it was, uh, maybe in the CG Schmidt one, but, I don't see it there as I'm glancing. Uh, somebody had all of the reels of of cabling that
073the electricians have uh, based out of the CTE as they pull cable throughout that whole building. And so, there's a lot of cable being run throughout the buildings. Uh yeah, it's pretty >> pretty impressive as to what that all looks like and entails. Um some of the big picture things they're looking at. Um the that's not inside the building, but that's outside the building. Uh they're working uh we hopefully will have u the turf go down on the football field in the next probably uh certainly this month. Uh, I believe it was actually delivered today. Some of it they'll do a base coat on the the track, meaning the um black top that goes under the track. They won't actually put down the rubber on the track until next spring. Uh they're getting, you know,
074the practice fields and and uh tennis areas ready again. Uh I think they're going to do the under coat for the tennis, but not the over coat. Uh the final coat. They're working on uh the front with the connections to the city uh for all of uh their water uh movement that'll come through our property and and down to our ponds as well. Uh they're working on the uh baseball softball complex to the north end. Uh you know, some of that base uh coat is down for the black top parking lot and grass is coming up. So, um it's pretty exciting and uh uh the amount of change that happens weekly. Uh they're hoping to have um heating HVAC ready to fire by probably late October, start of November so that uh as we trans
075transition into the overwinter, we can utilize our own systems versus uh auxiliary. It's much more efficient. Uh obviously we'll have a schedule with usually they uh double filter and they have a really aggressive filter change out uh schedule so that you don't get all that dust into the duck work. Uh and so we've already had those discussions and so um everything's moving on course for the spring and uh Joe's got some of the nice stuff to pictures to show. >> Ron does all the hard work and I just talk about pretty stuff. uh is concerning. >> We have had discussions with them. Um they're doing a tremendous amount of work over there on their own property. If you've seen it, uh they have kind of the the initial outline of the road. You can certainly
076see it as it goes around the well and through the north side property. Uh you can kind of start to see how that cheesemaker drive is going to transition across their property and up to meet with our our driveway from the school. And so that's all working. Um they have a lot of what they want in place for the lift station. They're working through some finer details with the DNR and with the city. Um, so December is going to be an aggressive timeline for that to get done, but as soon as they finish a couple of those hurdles, they're ready to start working on that ASAP. So, >> yeah. Yep. >> Right. You guys want to take a look at this uh video fly through? So, basically this is a rendering that's similar to what
077you've seen before. The difference is it includes a lot of the signage work that's been done and it has the actual um furniture that um has been designed for the space in here. So, um basically the video is going to take us for a fly through the entrance down the M room into the uh gym and back. We're just trying to get it loaded. There it goes. >> I don't think it has sound on this one. >> No, it does not. Um, so taking us into the secure entrance right now. Um, to the right is the administrative offices. Um, and now it'll take a look up to the left first, I believe, which will show you the Monroe history wall, which we think is going to look nice once that's done. Underneath we'll uh have
078the cheese maker legacy wall um to represent a lot of cheesemaker artifacts. That's student services area underneath. So this is the long mroom corridor which all of you have have been in. Um you can see some of the furniture and what that looks like and how it brings color and dimension. Um you see the state championship photos are there. Also notice all the large windows uh bringing in that southern light. >> Joe, is this incorporating the furniture that will be >> Yeah. So those red logo uh cafeteria tables are all ones that we currently have. >> Yep. >> Moving into the library area, you have the four glass overhead doors. Those will be open much of the day to invite uh students into the space. Um so it's utilized. Again, you can see current setup
079with the furniture that's been designed and selected. And then you move back out into the M room. And you move down and as you look to the left, you will see the interior arch sculpture. And that sits right next to the large mouse house where all of your cheesemaker merch will be sold. Um, as we get down to the east end of the building towards the performing arts center and the fieldhouse, uh, they do take us into the fieldhouse, not into the performing arts center because I didn't think they didn't feel there's enough change that had happened in the performing arts center, but this gives you an idea of what the space is going to look like. If you've taken a tour recently, you know, this space looks huge. Um, the walking track is largely
080done around the perimeter. Um, but this is going to be a beautiful space, a top loading gym. You have the fitness area and the uh wrestling multi-purpose room back there. If you look quickly to your right, you'll see outside to the plaza leading to the stadium and the concession stand and press box coming back across kind of the marquee area of the performing arts center. Um, we move back down to the west end of the building so you can see it all from another angle. Um, again, you've got the furniture, you've got the mouse house, you have the interior arch, you can see some of the coloring that's happening both on the first and the second floor. Um, we are working to make sure that we build in a little bit more color because right
081now it looks very white. Part of that is because of the floor and the way it's represented. This will be a polished concrete, so it won't look quite as white as it does here. And then as you move down, you see the grand staircase with some of the branding that's located on the bridge between the two second floor academic areas. Um, but really, we've talked about this many times. You see the white kettle underneath the stair there? That won't be white. It'll be copper. Um, but we've worked really hard to make sure that we're building in the history of Monroe, the legacy of cheese making in the area and we believe that it's going to be a building that the community is going to be really proud of. A lot of work happening, pulling a
082lot of photos, working with uh area historians and and museums to get artifacts, get photos so that when we do have photos of cheese makers, they're not stock photos. They're actual cheese makers from Monroe. So, we think it's going to be pretty neat. Any questions? Will um I think I remember seeing in one of the previous presentations that their like social studies area or science area has like a brightly colored wall. Is some of that down by the like the LMC too where like to just to bring in more color like you were saying? We had a meeting today and we were we're still determining where some of the the signage, the graphics are going to go. Um we're leaning on the designer, Briana, to help us make a determination as to how much is
083enough and how much is too much. Um we will have some of those breakout areas um that will be identified through some of the graphics and some uh signage. Um, but I don't Ron, correct me if I'm wrong, I don't know that we built a lot of that into the M room because there's a lot going on already. >> Yeah, there there we have transitions. So like around the arch like these can be red instead of white. So bring some color in. But by the the library itself, it's more relying on them on the floor outside the servery and the furniture to kind of be that pop of color. Uh so it is more as you said as you enter some of those hallways and wings uh and and some it's easier like the science
084hallway is all science that's a little easier uh you know the art wing is is art but some of it is a mixture of classrooms and so then it's a little more amorphous I guess as to you know what it is but yeah >> yep there it's really quite impressive how much thought they put into this work. Uh, for example, and thinking about the mouse house and it's all glass. They they're quick to note that, you know, a lot of your merchandise in there is going to be red, so that's going to provide a lot of color as well. So, just that constant balance, um, I think it's going to pay off in the end, and they've done this a time or two, so we're we're placing our trust in their hands. Good question, though.
085Is the furniture that's going to be in the M room, is that going to be portable? Is there going to be a place to like put still some of that away if they have a an event in there, say like a dance or something? >> I don't know the answer to that question. >> She said the other week when she was here that it's all stackable and movable. >> Most of it's stackable as far as the chairs go. So Terry, you're right on that. >> Uh and some of the >> the tables do like fold and nest. Uh now, will some of it uh not be easily stackable or or or foldable? Yeah, there's there's some there's some like the waterfall type tables. You saw a couple of those where where they're kind of more
086of a solid table or or some of the uh bench works. Now, clearly they're all on the little sliders or whatever. So, you can move them off to the sides, right? But they won't just >> in the cafeteria area. They'll either be on on off the cafeteria or you then also have the long uh hallways uh that go toward the north that you and toward the south for that matter that you could put them in if you're going to have a dance or something of that nature. >> We don't have a dedicated furniture storage room. >> No. Right. >> No. And that's kind of the typical just because there's it would be a lot of storage space that >> I appreciate the uh the update. Excited to get back get back out there. Um okay,
087let's move on. items, boardsmanship, administration. Anything you want to share, Joe? >> Yeah, I'm trying to get my computer to um to cooperate, but a couple things. One, Todd mentioned um that we do have uh data review with Eric Larson coming up. Um that's going to be scheduled for Tuesday, October 28th. That'll be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. I'll ask Shandra to please put that on the board's um schedule so we can get that posted and make everyone aware. But we'll provide dinner that night. And again, as Todd said, that'll be an opportunity to go over some newly released results and and give us all an opportunity to dig into the work that we're doing and make sure that we continue to trend in the right direction. And um we're excited about that night because
088we think there's going to be a lot to celebrate. And then the other thing I was just going to say is I went to my first cross country meet on Saturday and that was pretty wild experience for me and so I was excited to go. Learned a lot, ran a lot more than I thought I was going to. Um I was dressed appropriately for it. Um but I have to admit I was uh I was uh out of my element. Um, but I had a blast and those kids worked their tails off and it was a beautiful morning that day. So, I'm just really really thankful that I uh pulled my tail out of bed that morning to go go check it out because those kids work so hard and >> uh it was a
089lot of fun. >> Lot less hills this Saturday. >> What's that? >> Said a lot less hills this coming Saturday in case you were wondering. >> You don't have to as much. >> Yeah. Well, the thing was Yeah. When they first said to me, "Are you going to run the course with them?" I thought they meant the actual 5K. And I said, "No one running 5K." And then somebody said, "No one run from spot to spot." I'm like, "Oh, I'll do that." And I did it. And then later on, my body regretted it. >> Almost ran 5K. >> It was good. It was good. I I genuinely had a lot of fun. It was great. >> Just a one update from from my end or I guess want to make sure everybody's clear on on
090the setup at least for the next couple of weeks. Huge thank you to Nikki for hosting our our first uh focus group on the 16th. I know Phil is going to be co- leading that um co-leading that space. We've got that um posted. We've also got the a letter from from me on behalf of the board that we're posting to the district website. it kind of lays out uh the purpose and the intent for um the focus groups that we're that we're holding. Um and just want to thank the board for all the the input on on the the process and kind of stepping up to to help facilitate where where you can. I know it's it's a big ask on top of additional additional meetings. So, a huge huge thank you to um to
091Todd and Amy and Ron who've really leaned in to support with making all the pieces work. So, want to say a big thank you to >> Are we getting a presentation or like a Google doc to be able to store all of the information and to take notes? >> Yeah, we've got a presentation that I got today. So, I'll send out to the board for for feedback just to make sure everybody has the same uh kind of content for for the meeting. Um, and yeah, sorry, what was the second part of that? >> We're going to want something to like consolidate notes on. as we like Google >> get feedback if it's a Google doc or whatever form you want something to to kind of >> yeah there's a spot on either the last slide
092where you can consolidate some points too if you can get it down to like five key points otherwise if you want to have a Google doc or whatever if you want to create more you certainly can >> sounds good >> question was a very nice Thank you. Um, okay. >> Board of Ed correspondence. I've got nothing there. Um, committee reports start down with you, Nicole. >> Terry, >> uh, got to participate in the back to school in service. It was awesome. Your speech was very inspirational. Thank you very much. And Joe did a great job of rallying the troops. it. I mean, it was Friday, the end of the week, and they were still extremely positive, which was unbelievable. So, it was great. Um, also got to participate and meet your teacher at Parkside. It
093was nice. I helped parents find classrooms and because I know different buildings and everything. That was great. So, parents would come in and they wouldn't know who their kids' teacher was and we'd look it up and then we'd help them get to the classroom and stuff. And then of course we directed them back to where the cookies were, which was an important part of Meet Your Teacher. Um, and EIE will meet on September 23rd um to nail down their December fundraiser date. I got >> uh not sure where to bring this up in the meeting, but uh just want to acknowledge that September is suicide prevention month and uh Wednesday is is world suicide prevention day. So, uh, there really aren't many more places than the school system where we can have an impact on
094on the children's mental health, um, outside the home. So, um, just important for for everyone to recognize how important that mental health is and, you know, check on your check on your students, check on your friends, check on your family. >> Did you see the parent square message that I sent out? >> I did not. I I haven't gotten into it today, so thank you. >> Yes, read it. Yeah, we have a lot we have a lot of supports available too for families questions and >> that sometimes I think uh that they forget about but we have a lot of supports available. So it's all listed there but thanks for bringing that up. I would just suggest um if for those of you that haven't looked at that uh WASPY school news this past month,
095there's three articles in there this issue that we got last week that really hit home with this district. Um one pertains to the referendum. Um one is how do you get gain trust in the community? So I'd urge everybody just take a look. It was pretty The only thing I have, and this is not to the board members, but to the public, is that I'm just wondering where you are. The last few minutes we've had nobody here, but yet I'm hearing in the community, you know, what's going on, different things like that. And I would just encourage everybody that, you know, we have the meetings every other Monday. By all means, please come and attend. You don't have to stay for the whole thing, but if at all possible, come on down. >> All right.
096No, nothing else from me. Agenda items for future discussion. Kind of tied with the school uh safety presentation and then the suicide prevention month. Um we haven't talked about our mental health offerings as a board in quite some time. I thought it might be good just to kind of give us a refresher on on what we do offer and um how we think that's doing. Is it meeting the needs of our students or or do we need to look to support something more different or >> we can >> yeah that'll be great and and I think given the context some of the things we're talking about with referendum and there Amy mentioned it you know one example is we have a something called care solace that's provided in the district that serves as a mental
097health navigator for not only kids but for their families for people in need. um there's a cost associated with that and we've prioritized that and we continue to to offer that and so I think that serves as one example of how we prioritize mental health in the district along with many of the choices that the board has made relative to school counselor school psyches. Um so Amy will do a bangup job with that presentation and we can >> we have a strong system of support so I think it'd be great for us to review that. It's it has been a while >> Yeah. I've got one um note. I probably should have mentioned this in boardsmanship, but Joe and I met uh to kind of deliver I delivered the feedback on behalf of the board
098for the informal evaluation as the next step from our first meeting in August. We'll put on the agenda next meeting to give Joe a chance to kind of bring back to the board his his thoughts, takeaways, any feedback that he has for us. So, we'll do that next meeting. Anything else? Okay, the reports. No one is here. Press nothing. I've got 8:20 p.m. Central time for a final motion. [Music] >> Sorry, I got a motion by Terry and a second by Mike. Uh any discussion on on that motion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> I. Name. >> Meeting is adjourned. >> Thank you.