001e e e say SP grand kids I get it exactly it got really quiet streaming no papers huh all right we're streaming and recording and the mics are live don't you have the Ser [Music] morning it is 6 o'cl I will call the Monday February 24th regular board meeting to order roll call please Diane ker here Don kusky Andrew coup here Phil hko here Kevin Jensen here maryan VRA here Bert Richard here Nelly Sher here and Doug kochko here and was a proper notice given for this meeting yes please Bei please be advised that public notice of this meeting is required by sections 1984 and 65.90 the Wisconsin statutes has been properly given such notice consisted of a notice and agenda to the official newspaper the r like chroner type to the oakair leader and
002to radio stations wjmc and waqe indicating the date time and placees in the meeting such notice was given more than 24 hours prior to the meeting thank you a proper notice was given for this meeting we will now stand for the pledge I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation indivisible andice for all all right we will move into our accommodations and I would entertain a motion to move Item B up to take the first spot do I have a motion to Move Motion second motion has been made and seconded yes any further discussion all in favor signify by saying I I opposed all right we are ready to start with Evans so we're G have Evan Strand and uh rice like
003high school art teacher Roger Britain is here to talk a little bit about why Evan is here tonight all right welcome uh thank you uh my name is Roger Brittain I am the art te or one of the art teachers at the high school if you don't know me um and this is Evan Strand and so we want to take a moment to um commend him for for his work and I have a a letter so what he has done is won the Wisconsin State Park sticker contest last year for this year's sticker um I have a letter that I would like to read um from the Department of Natural resour sources so it says dear Evan each year Wisconsin state parks enforce annual vehicle admission sticker is designed by the high school students chosen
004in a Statewide contest this letter is being sent to acknowledge your submission as a sticker design winner for congratulations vehicle admission stickers provide access to more than 60 State Park Forest and Recreation Area Properties across Wisconsin this means your original creation will be featured on vehicle all across the state on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources i' would like to recognize your achievement and extend our congratulations enclosed are two passes the first is a Resident Annual Pass number 0000001 from your winning year of 2025 which you can keep for yourself in addition additional residential annual pass for 25 is also enclosed which you can be used for the remainder of the Year there is also a plaque to accom to commemorate your achievement we hope to see you soon at one of our
005many state parks forest and Recreation Area Properties congratulations again Steven schmeltzer director Bureau Bureau of Parks and Recreation management Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources so all school well not all schools many schools submit um entries into this contest and they judged and they are chosen last year we got first and second uh Evans was chosen first um this year is a special year because it is the 125th anniversary of our state park system so between promotions and things they figure a minimum of 300,000 stickers will be sold with Evans design that awes we have a picture of it yeah uh [Music] oh I see it I see it oh that's really awesome it's really nice so it's they've changed the design a little bit his actually was a curved part but they've changed it now
006because they've changed the process of of how they uh do it so there's his original design there it is going to be in the Square format because they've changed it to being good over a course of a year from the month you purchase it now versus calendar year oh that's so um but that was his original design there with the with the Knight and the pine tree and tent and fire so so we have a plaque we have the stickers and we have uh the letter for [Applause] Evan congratulations Evan Evan does have a basketball game to get to so we will let duck out thank Youk thank you thank you all right next we have our Rice Lake Area School District student recognition where we will recognize some of our students this evening there's
007a little spot here by Mr dust and Diane for parents to come take pictures got a nice straight on angle to the podium and we will start with Rice Lake High School so the student can come up to the podium parents if they want pictures or video you can come over here by Mr DST and uh all right well good evening uh my name is Ryan Erikson and I'm one of the teched teachers at Rice Lake High School um I am lucky enough to have Amy kof in a couple of my welding classes this year so Amy kof is senior at Rice Lake High School but this is her first year taking any tech ed classes so far this year she's taken welding one she's currently doing awesome in welding 2 and is in Auto
008ABCs and I know she just changed up her schedule earlier this week so she can take construction later this spring twice this school year Amy has been the only girl in her welding class but that has not deterred her she has been a leader surpassing her male classmates both in leadership and in the quality of the weal she's been completing After High School Amy is still considering her options and I know she has a lot on the table but with her recent success and growth uh in teched and her interest in education I know that she is considering going to school to be a teched teacher which I think would be a great career path for Amy so I wanted to recognize her tonight for her leadership in my welding classes and for her Excellence
009uh in welding so congratulations photo ops and all kinds of fun stuff right [Applause] here all right Rice Lake Middle School good evening my name is Cindy worth I am the eighth grade science teacher at the middle school and along with me tonight I have Miss Lily forsman she is our multilingual teacher for both the middle school and the high school and also we have Miss Beth Beth marinell who is one of our language arts eighth grade teachers as well good evening the eighth grade team would like to Dominica Daniela shag Lumi for the student of the month since daniela's first day she has persevered through a lot of difficult moments that include moving new routines and language barriers over the course of daniela's first weeks she was working overtime to produce as much work
010as she could as danela has persevered through those challenges we have seen her continuously work hard to become more successful in her L her learning environment she is currently furthering her development of content and Link anguage by submitting work in Spanish and English Daniela continues to model exceptional work habits in the classroom and models excellent peer relationships outside of the classroom Dan with the second semester just starting and switching up both history class and science class I have the pleasure of getting to know Daniela in my science class with danela acquiring English as her second language Daniela is not just learning new science material such as PL tectonics and Earth Science and physics Daniela is also trying to acquire a new language at the same time which can be a challenge for any student and
011Daniela is of course up to the challenge and working exceptionally hard at this Daniela is such a caring considerate and hardworking student who can work with anyone in a science class in any laboratory setting I am so proud of daniela's hard work and I am so lucky to have her in my class comp and because she's so great I have a little something to add too I would like to add that Daniela has been taking positive risks in the school environment and embracing new opport opportunities to learn and Achieve academically and linguistically her determination and growth mindset will carry her a long way toward success in her future goals [Applause] tainter Elementary m well good evening my name is Tracy Van Gilder and I'm a first grade teacher at tainter elementary and it is so
012exciting to nominate hope for the Board of Education student recognition award hope is a first grader in my class who stands out to me in a couple of different ways hope is such a kind and caring first grader she is a great friend to others and a great role model hope is a hard worker and has made excellent gains academically she has a bright future ahead of her and I look forward to watching her as she grows keep up the amazing work [Music] [Applause] hope so cute [Applause] and we have another tainter Elementary good evening um this is from last month and we were just unable to get railen here so I wanted to take some time to honor railen Baker she is a third grader at tainter and she is a daughter of Tyler
013Baker and Sarah Paul uh Ashley Carlson our math interventionist is the one who's uh wrote this lovely lovely um piece for Miss railan Baker so uh I'm going to just read to you what Ashley wrote it is with great pride that I nominate railen Baker for recognition in the areas of citizenship and perseverance she exemplifies these qualities daily through her actions dedication and positive attitude raen is an exceptional role model always willing to lend lend a helping hand to her peers whether assisting a classmate with their work or cleaning up the shared workspace for everyone she consistently demonstrates a selfless and caring Spirit her kindness and thoughtfulness create an uplifting environment that inspires those around her in addition to her exemp citizenship railand displ displays remarkable perseverance in her academic endeavors particularly in her math
014group she approaches every task with determination embracing new strategies and tackling challenges with resilience even when faced with difficult problems she remains focused and motivated never giving up until she finds a solution her hard work and dedication to improving her skills is truly admirable railen is a shining example of what it means to be dedicated compassionate and a hardworking student she embodies the values of Citizen citizen Citizenship and perseverance and is a true asset to our school community so congratulations to uh railen and we'll make sure that we uh do uh read this with our class tomorrow so thank [Applause] you congratulations next we have Hogan Elementary I'm Cindy guest um first grade teacher at hogen and turn you this this is etrian etrian is a great student to have in the first grade classroom
015at Hogan Elementary they say they say it every day or we talk about it every day that first grade can be hard he works hard all day long he is motivated he's a critical thinker and he's very adaptable when it comes to learning new material atrian completes his task in a timely fashion he uses his best handwriting and shows a lot of thinking in his work if he has to do any makeup work he's right on getting his makeup work done he is a critical thinker in math and comes up with answers that are use using the best math strategies at your is a strong reader and he is an emerging writer lastly his smile and easygoing demeanor is a wonderful thing to have in the classroom thank you and congratulations at [Applause] TR gota
016wait for the pictures I'm out of here and Hilltop Elementary all right I am pleased to announce this is ksia strand she is a first grader at Kil and this is what her teacher Mrs Nicholls said about ketsia um her mom is Chelsea Nelson um and that she was nominated for academic Excellence leadership and citizenship I am happy to nominate csia strand for this award ksia comes to school eager each day to learn ketsia is kind caring and helpful she is a great example to her peers by showing them how to follow the Warrior Way ksia has an enthusiasm for Learning and often goes above and beyond in her work I am proud of ketsia and all of her hard work this school [Applause] year mom first look [Applause] over so I'd like to congratulate
017all of our students that were recognized this evening and to let you know that at the end of the school year your names will be added to the drawing of the other students that have won so far and the ones that will be winning uh as we finish out our school year and there'll be some lucky winners that will receive a Chromebook so good luck on the drawing for a Chromebook all right next we have our WSB WB region one Awards and good evening as and this is to honor some Schoolboard members and so through its member recognition program uh the Wisconsin Association of school boards recognizes board members who are committed to professional development and board members earn points for attending WB events and meetings and participating in activities so and after earning a
018designated number of points board members are awarded uh an achievement level and and publicly recognized so we get to recognize three of our board members uh this evening for and they have all achieved level one the first one Doug kochko come on up congratulations thank you Doug thank you I don't know I just clean want a picture Phil hle level [Applause] one and Diane coer level [Applause] one I am congratulations I'm going to give you this but then we have some other things for Diane so you get to stand here like a student now so with that uh this is one of Diane's last Board of Education meetings that she has decided not to run in April's election and so with that we wanted to take the opportunity to thank her in person uh Diane
019has served two different times um the right SEC of School District Board of Education from 1993 to 2008 and from 2 to 2025 for a total of 18 years of service on the board of education that's an outstanding feat and uh yes and so with that uh we have for her a uh certificate of commendation for her years of service on the board from the Wisconsin Association of school board she gets a plaque um designating her different years of service to the board and then also she gets her own belt um same thing commemorating her years of service on the board so Diane 18 years of service uh this you know what a what a challenging uh job this can be and and uh but it's also I think something you found incredibly rewarding over
020that time so we're gonna miss you and thank you thank you very much you [Applause] bet yes I want to thank you as well Diane you uh your leadership on the curriculum committee and and being on the board the last few years uh with us um and then the years prior to that obviously but um your uh your dedication to the district and our students will be missed so thank you very much thank you it's my pleasure and then with that we will take a minor break for anybody that wants to uh exit stage left and if you want to stay you're welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting but but we're going to take a quick break for everybody to head out if they want to you know a clear room a
021vapor trail oh they do yeah next week yeah there lots of athletic stuff this week and way around to get the Sun going up that black track and yeah [Music] there was no uh sign up all right we will get moving into our next agenda item there was no appearances so we will move into the approval of our regular session meeting minutes from Monday February 10th do I have a motion to approve approve the second motion has been made and seconded is there any further discussion see none all in favor signify by saying I I I opposed and those minutes have been approved next we have our consent agenda where we have uh eight employment resignations and four employment recommendations and I would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda move to approve is
022presented motion has been made is there a second second motion has been made is and second is there any further discussion just maybe just thank you for all our years of service with Jenny and Har K and Wendy hon they put a lot of years the district Tasha yep the the resignations a lot of retirements we've got Wendy at 31 years in the district Jennifer Jensen at 26 years Mary Kay at 24 years and Tasha at 23 years so there's a lot of uh experience that we will be missing um at the end of this school year but thank you for all they've done for our district and our students over the those years so all right all in favor signify by saying I I poos and consent agenda has been approved next we have
023Proclamation by the state superintendent of Public Instruction and this is for the National School breakfast week and uh I will not read through the whole thing unless you would like me to but we'll pass on that um but it is proclaimed and with that I would entertain a motion to approve that March 3rd through the 7th will be National School breakfast week I'll make that motion motion has been made is there a second second motion has been made and seconded I'll uh any further discussion say none all in favor signify by saying I I oppos and it has been proclaimed next we have the policy and legislative advocacy committee meeting update where we have a number of policies and rules for a second reading policy 383.51 is going to be pulled from this list and
024will be sent back to committee uh for further evaluation um so we'll be looking at second reading approval of policy 430 with the rule 430 policy 851 and Rule 851 and that's student attendance is 4:30 and advertising and promotion is policy 851 so with that I would entertain a motion to approve those two policies and two rules some moved second motion has been made and seconded any further discussion seeing none all in favor signify by saying I I opposed all right those policies and rules have been approved next we have the first reading policy 511 which is Equal Opportunity Employment and non-discrimination it's a revised policy the rule 511 that goes with it is also being revised and exhibit one for 511 um that form is being reviewed and then policy 860 which is visitors
025to the schools and then the rule 860 which is visitors to the schools and their procedures and this is a first reading so if you uh see anything in those uh let Randy know or myself and uh we can change the wording if need be for further discussion um otherwise they'll be coming back for a second reading uh at our next meeting and that is policy legis of advocacy so next we have the handbook committee meeting minutes Rand you got anything you want to add so with that yeah handbook committee meets uh minimally four times a year uh we met on February 11th um topics we discussed the district clinic and health insurance uh employee handbook discussion some topics there that you know we also be going to the compensation committee for further discussion um
026other topic um committee asked for clarification on Amazon orders in particular and Victor's not here i' I'd pick on him a little bit for a guy that goes paperless as much as he does his office sure doesn't look paperless but uh um with that you know has we've got some uh good things going with uh as far as significantly streamlining ordering uh making it easier for the support staff who who put together uh the orders and the purchase orders um and that's like I said all all going paperless and then uh um some other things too but handbook they meet four times a year and and like I said some of those pieces will be going to the compensation committee all right any questions if not WSB public policy correspondent update Phil what do you
027got for us well there was a lot to listen to but a lot of it was rehash of uh a number of things we've already discussed such as uh Act 10 stuff that's still in the courts nothing new Title 9 I think we've all heard about that uh since the election we're going back to 2020 um regulation and the rule um Governor's budget I'll just go right to that um he's proposing a budget the legislature differs so the budget he proposes is not going to be the starting point um he's propos proposing basically a doubling of special education funding and also changing it from um I forget the term but changing it to sum sufficient which means that if they would pass the proposal to fund it at 60% no matter what that actual cost
028would be the money would be provided um whereas I think the uh some oh some certain I had it written down here some certain where they can say anything they want we're going to increase it to 80% but if the funding only ends up being 60% that's what it is so um that would be actually big help to us um the revenue limit is being increased somewhat I have that written two different places here I'll probably get to it in a different spot um there are several bills in the legislature uh that they went through one bill is to undo the DPI changes to the uh district report card and the forward exam cut scores uh they want to realign the score ranges to National Association of Education progress um second bill is they want
029to adopt policies that prohibit Wireless de devices but allow for some local flexibility third bill is uh to require cursive um by grade five fourth bill I think we're ready doing High School graduation requirement of a half credit of civics I'm not exactly sure what the exact definition of civics is um fifth bill is to make sure that instructional materials are apparent to all the public in a district and not just uh parents and the six Bill requires that 70% of Education dollars would go directly to the classroom so these are all just bills they're thinking about uh then referenda bills um something about limiting how frequently recurring referenda could be passed um again as the last time uh in the last budget where they proposed some information on the downstream cost of referendum with
030regard to interest rates and things like that something similar um and then I will go back to I's budget or the reaction to it the joint finance committee is going to start a new a new budget off the last Baseline rather than off the increases that iers submitted Governor iers is proposing over 3 billion dollar of increase for Education um 1.2 billion of that would be in general Equalization Aid 1.9 billion in categorical Aid increases um 212 million for a per pupil uh re uh per pupil funding increase by $58 in 2526 and another $50 in 2627 that is on top of the um $325 that still is going to be in place for the next 358 years [Music] um couple other things proposing 8 $85 million for uh further increases in literacy Improvement I
031think part of that might be um to get around the battle that has been going on between the joint finance committee and the DPI over who gets to actually dispose of the 50 million do that the joint finance committee approved for this last year so that's that that's pretty much the new stuff that I haven't spoken of before so thank you any any questions all right thank you for that update next our upcoming meeting schedule there are five virtual meetings on the agenda uh three of them are on Fridays two are on Wednesdays all of them are at noon no registration is required for any of those so if you can attend any of those sign on and and uh let us know what you find out and then the day at the capital for
032with WB is March 12th um and that starts at 8:00 uh down in Madison registration is required for that so let Colleen know if you can attend that and that is our meeting schedule for this uh meeting next our student Representatives welcome ladies thank you Aubrey muel raise your hand like and Anna sheer yeah I'm Aubrey muel and I'm Anna sheer and we're class reps at the Rice Lake High School and we're also on the warrior leadership team so we just have some updates for you guys for what we've been doing and kind of some um heads up on what we're going to be doing in the next couple months so season finishes for some winter sports wrestling we had two sectional qualifiers Michael cich and re Jarvis um neither of them made it to
033state but they finished good I believe Michael C finished fourth um boys swimming Josh Cortez and Jacob jandro they both went to State and the warrior Reds wrapped up their season last Friday with an alumni night and we also had some playoff contenders that are still or are going to be competing soon um for basketball we have girls this week they start playoffs and boys next week start and for gymnastics we had some new school records set this weekend and they have a sectionals meet coming up and for hockey they beat Spooner in the first round last week and they play Hayward this week to move on yeah I believe they play tomorrow and Warrior robotics they have some State Bound teams which is pretty exciting I know they couple teams went to State last
034year so I think some repeat teams there's also choir and band large group competition next week so that should be good and drama club production of trap coming up this weekend heard some great things about it so I will be going there um for what's coming up next we have a Home Room activity in the fourth term we don't know when it is going to be yet and then we have a food drive which we're competing against all the other big Rivers um schools to see who can raise more money and more food and we have a blood drive for the Community member members on Wednesday March 26th that means students can't go to that and um this February we had a Valentine's Day like day where we had a candy guessing competition during lunch
035and we handed out candy in the morning on both sides of the school and we're also doing some more stuff by celebrating our unsung heroes so janitors lunch ladies and even the crossing guards so each month we're going to try to recognize one of those kind of teams if you want to say so we started by doing the crossing guards we brought them hot chocolate and donuts last week and they really enjoyed it and we're gonna be celebrating the advance it you've got a picture of there I think oh they are those are some pictures of us delivering them they were we didn't get to tainter yet but we will and as far as lunch ladies we're going to be doing that soon and janitors we're going to we're thinking of helping out during a
036home track meet and just picking up some trash because there's a lot left over and we want to help them out a little bit nice we also had an FFA barn dance partnered with Warrior leadership team that was pretty fun we had FFA Olympics which were you had to lasso your partner pretty challenging more than you think we also had um like uh I don't potato sack races it was a relay po sack races and then an egg carrying thing and then the last event was showing a pig so it was a basketball and you had a fly spatter and you had to like pass it around and you go around like the cones there was a lot of dancing there are some great DJs volunteer from the school and we also had a bonfire
037to follow which was pretty hot to start but then it cool down a little bit make us more that was pretty fun and we also have this field trip coming up which I'm very excited for we get to go to a Minnesota Timberwolves game on Sunday March 30th and Mr Shadel got the cost down to $25 per student um because Warrior leadership team is funding some of it and we get to do some pretty cool things before the game we get to stand in the tunnel while the players come through and high five them all and then after the game we get to go on the court and take pictures so that's going to be coming up too thank you good job so I want to thank you both for being here tonight we always
038appreciate hearing uh from our students so thank you next we have our district administrator comments yeah just a few other uh upcoming events to talk about uh this Thursday night at taner Elementary School from 4:30 to 6:30 is our elementary literacy night and so uh families from all three elementary schools are are invited to come to that um and and people associated with the schools can go to a lot of different things planned uh but 4:30 to 6:30 if people want to drop by for just a little bit or the whole the whole time they can um and tonight I know Kevin mentioned it already if you're looking for something to do after the meeting uh there's basketball going on I think is there a band and choir concert too tonight yeah uh going on
039as well uh Thursday night there's a Middle School uh forensics parent night um and again check that calendar like I said Aaron Johnson on our Facebook page puts a here's what to look for this week it takes you to our district calendar it's kind of it's an events calendar so you got to page through it a little bit uh but it's very comprehensive um and then one thing I asked uh Kurt Andor Mark to talk a little bit about tonight uh March 19th uh all juniors in the state of Wisconsin uh will be taking the act and so um you know we do a lot of different things to help students prepare for that so Kurt's gonna talk a little bit about that yeah thanks Mr D it's a Sprint it kind of looks like
040a long run just end of the spring but two weeks spring break two weeks closes term three so we're just talking to students today like don't give up in the next couple weeks because it'll happen quick and we'll be a blink of an eye so in that window uh we do uh prepare our students March 19th is the date that we chose as race Lake School District there's a couple windows can do um in the state of Wisconsin um obviously our curriculum prepares our students for that assessment uh but we want to give our students the best leg forward they can so there's a couple things we learned of last year um it's called methodize it's through method learning each student actually all sophmores and juniors have their own customized account so um at home
041you can log in uh with your child and look at that account but they can take a full assessment or they can take many units throughout the all Court subject areas that the assessment uh takes and they get immediate feedback so take three questions answer the questions they get right or wrong answers it'll give them a little video of what the the content should have been so a little bit more individualized approach tomorrow happens to be another day that we're doing science and then we um have a couple more opportunities to preparation for that test March 19th Juniors only in the building our other students um because of the Proctors we need in spaces for managing that assessment so I sent that letter out today so those students well so yeah you did that last
042year so this year is your free pass and and that prep that ACT prep has changed a lot over the years I mean it years ago when it was initially started was just you know optional pieces here there but it's it's become um a lot more comprehensive and and we have more tools uh at students and families dispos big thing as a staff we talk about is the old test us paper pencil the format we've g into is computer test so it's nice to give them test prep that's computer based so when they click on the answer in advance it's similar tools so they get used to that because it's a lot different as kids are getting used to taking assessments online but for us it's making sure we get yeah thank you that's what
043I thank you that's all did you uh have some pictures you wanted to share oh yep thank you reminder on that Mr Kevin had forwarded uh some pictures and actually Kevin you can talk a little bit about that so that is one so these are some of the latest pictures from our new pool that's the entry the main entry to the to the pool area looking out yep looking out toward the parking lot and then sorry a second that is uh the new slide that's being installed with the Zero Entry pool on that side that's the recreational pool the red wall that you're seeing that is the wall for the competition pool it has to be tiled yet the floor is all tiled but the walls are not yet there's the floor that's the concrete
044work that has to be done um you can see the Zero Entry pool kind of in the top middle there where all those little red knobs are those are uh yep that's the Zero Entry and then just to the to the top side of that a little further toward the white wall that's your deep end your two concrete pads right there are for the diving boards so they've got those in and poured so um making progress just another view kind of looking at across the the competition pool towards the recreational pool this is the concession stand area has made a lot of progress yeah so we got that's uh on that's the update on the pool so progress any questions track but what is the date they're hoping to be open May 1 is the
045the good shot with staff trained and everything awesome that's the Hope hoping the big the big pool would be functional by April 20th so they could test all the systems and everything um nothing but the little one will be after that so had someone tell me June I'm like I don't think so so opening though opening is May or opening is closer to June I'd say may I'd say being realistically May sometime in May probably the middle of May but awesome that's kind of where it's looking at all right with that I would entertain a motion to convene in to close session pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.85% [Music] Miriam Barra yes Bert Richard yes Nelly Shyer yes Doug kochko yes and Diane ker yes all right we are ined