001Diane koser here Don kusky here Steve Bowman here Phil hle here Kevin Jensen here Mariam vava here here and was a proper notice given for this meeting yes please be advised that public notice of this meeting as required by sections 19.84% the date time and place of the meeting such notice was given more than 24 hours prior to the meeting thank you it does appear that a proper notice was given for this meeting if we would uh all stand for the pledge so weird I know I am I ALG to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands nation and jusice for all amaz sometimes I have all right we will get started with what I like is being on the board one of our most uh pleasurable
002opportunities to get to see some of our students and hear about some of the things that uh the good things they're doing in the in this classroom and so we will start with the Rice Lake High School and we will start with um Alec and then so I'll come up by the podium there'll be a staff member that'll uh tell us a little bit about you if you've got anybody with you that would like to take a picture you can come over by Mr dross there's a nice little corner there for pictures where am I going right there right there right the right spot good um I have the honor of representing um the high school for uh student recognition award nomination to Alex cotel he was actually nominated in September um oh boy I'm
003going to get emotional on this one um Alec has shown great growth and developed a strong work ethic this year as he focuses more on his future he is getting his work done participating in class and asking great questions he's respectful to staff and other students Alec has strong communication skills and is able to advocate for himself he's a pleasant young man to be around and very loyal to his friends I am very honored to be here with [Applause] you picture and this is for you right over [Laughter] [Applause] there all right we've got another Rice Lake High School I also have the privilege of um honoring um a student she's a freshman this year and she's our student recognition for October um would Marin Jacobs please come up here um Mrs Bine and I
004she's our science teacher at the high school um Marin is a freshman in her first term here at the high school um she's shown her ability to be a true leader she has taken another student that speak limited English under her Wing in our science class because of Marin's leadership both students have flourished academically and socially they have built a partnership for labs group work and projects additionally Marin has been very creative in her ways to communicate with the student she has used technology and her Spanish skills that she has learned here at rlhs how cool is that Marin is beyond patient kind and willing to help out in any way thank you Marin for your continued efforts to be [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] congs now we will move on to the Rice Lake Middle School
005hello my name is Ally sirich and I teach seventh grade at Rice Lake Middle School the seventh grade teachers would like to recognize bod Erikson for his leadership citizenship and academic Excellence throughout the school year bod consistently demonstrates the Warrior Way by being safe responsible and respectful in our school without a doubt having him in the classroom elevates The Learning Experience for everyone as he demonstrates continuous hard work and determination each and every every day furthermore uh bod has the Integrity to do the right thing even when no one is watching and even when it is not the easy thing to do he truly leads by example his strong character and growth mindset are unmatched his kind and friendly personality makes everybody smile he simply is wonderful and makes Rice Lake Middle School a great
006place to be congratulations the picture get the picture that's Paparazzi holy man tainter Elementary hello my name is Caitlyn Frederickson I'm a fourth grade teacher at tainter elementary I have the pleasure pleasure to be here this evening to recognize a special student from my class Skylar Goldman Skyler is a shining example of what can be accomplished through hard work and kindness Skyler is a dedicated learner and a diligent student she shows a genuine desire to learn and always stays focused she has a strong work ethic and her desire to learn inspires myself and others in our classroom what truly sets Skylar apart is her remarkable character she consistently displays kindness empathy and compassion towards others she is polite considerate and truly a pleasure to be around she helps create a welcoming and accepting classroom environment
007and truly exemplifies the warrior way I couldn't think of a more deserving student to receive the student of the month recognition thank you Skyler for your positive impact you have in our classroom and school you're an incredible person who sets a great example for all of us keep up the great work [Applause] don't be so [Music] serious you want one just [Laughter] me Hilltop Elementary hi I'm Michelle McDonald fourth grade teacher at Hilltop and I have the pleasure to recognize suon crowle Sutton is being nominated for academic excellence and Leadership he strives to to do well academically in all areas if he is unsure doesn't understand a concept taught he will ask for help but if he does understand the concept taught he will help other classmates if needed as a leader in our class
008suon follows the warrior way without being asked suton will help students solve problems on assignments organize materials find missing work in death Etc in our class we have classmates who need additional support because they struggle with writing and their planners or assignment problems and answers without even asking he will pull up a chair and help them write the material down so his classmates will get caught up Seton is a true leader with a kind heart who is a great role model for any student at [Applause] hillt good [Applause] job and Hogan Elementary sure let's see if we can it's always good to see the kids so let's let's hold off okay okay so we'll table this one all right so congratulations to all of our uh students that received recognition this evening and just to
009let you know your names will be added to a drawing and at the end of the school year all of the students that have received recognition will'll have a chance to win a Chromebook so good luck on winning a Chromebook this spring all right now we will move into our appearance section give them a minute yeah if they want to if uh we'll take just a brief moment in time if you want to uh stick around and listen to the budget numbers we've got the really riveting numbers and exciting stuff but um they don't even let me finish what or you buet numbers they're gone statement that a statement ever to get we're just G to talk about B G talk about terrible stuff Kitty nice to see Randy yeah oh he's got it oh
010good job Skyler Swifty Skyler looks like all right so now we will get into our appearance section on the agenda we have two people that have signed up to speak to the board um just to refresh everybody's memory we have three minutes to speak to the board and the topics that you bring forward um are we love to hear from our community but it's things that we're not able to respond to because they're not agenda items um don't take it personally it's just the way politics have to be in uh with open meeting laws so with that we'll start with Patty Anderson I'm here to spread cheers that's Patty Anderson do I have to give my address 178 929 and a quarter Avenue Hogan um I'm here to say how much that um the Hogan
011area appreciates the Hogan Elementary School not only is it a neighborhood school which I feel is very important for the community and that it serves as a community type Center the Bear Lake Association holds their annual meeting each June there a church started in the gym and went on to build their own place of worship the Boy Scouts host an annual membership night and also the parent groups host activities and students for their families I would also like to invite the board members to Hogan elementary school Friday November 10th at 1M for the brunsli conip Post 540 um Veterans Day program it's a wonderful program and I have never seen any of you there so I'd like to uh invite any of you that can come um the auxiliary which is unit 540 also um
012helps with the program um and also looking ahead to next summer for Hogan Funday um Saturday of hog and fundays we're planning an all school all year all class class both old Hogan School and new Hogan Elementary class reunion on that Saturday and I want to try to get everything out now because with the HIPPA laws we're not able to go into detail how to get these people to come so um the principal at the school has already said that anybody that is an alumni of either school can call give him the name and their contact numbers they can do Hogan area how my time oh I'm good okay hogin area um activity group you can we have a Facebook page and also um Village Grocery has a signup sheet in hogin so if you're
013ever going through town but anybody that you know I talked to a man that he had a long white beard and he said he went to fourth grade at the old school and it was kind of cool and he might provide the chicken dinner for the thing so I appreciate everything that you do and we just love the Hogan School I want you to know and thank you for your time thank you could could you give me the time on uh Veterans Day again one o' okay thank thank you thank you all right thank you Abby good evening my name is Abby Fischer and I have some prepared remarks but before I do that today is October 23rd and for chemists I have a PhD in Biochemistry so today's a very important day for chemists
01410 to the 23rd anybody it's mold day yes so happy mold Day to all my fellow chemist and other science nerds okay so here are my actual remarks my name is Abby fiser I live in Rice Lake and I am in a proud homosexual relationship I regret not attending your October 9th board meeting as that Wednesday October 11th was National Coming Out day and I do like to remind the board and our community that coming out is gay lesbian bisexual transgender queer intersects somewhere else in the rainbow or even as as an ally is as important today as it was when we first observed National Coming Out day in 1988 or even earlier in 1982 when Wisconsin was known as the gay rights state and so tonight I come out again as a lesbian coming
015out is not a one-time event it is an everyday every moment decision when I arranged for our utilities account here in Rice Lake the employee asked for my spouse's name in that moment I had to decide if I would give her name or make a different decision that's coming out coming out being out is a privilege but it should be a right and a right that is afforded to everybody in the rainbow not being able to talk openly about our loved ones and do it openly and honestly means we're not bringing our full selves to the situation that leads to to feelings of low self-worth that we're lying to everyone including ourselves and of not belonging nobody deserves that we all deserve to feel included and belong in that we belong hearing people talk about
016their families heterosexual homosexual Multicultural helps us all learn about those around us learn and practice empathy and be better community members all three are goals of this District as I have during previous appearances I encourage the board the administrators and our community to speak with those and learn with those who are different from us thank you thank you all right now we get to get into the exciting piece of the uh agenda where we get into our tax levy and our budget and all of those fun pieces so we'll start off with the 2324 tax level and the 2223 and the 23 24 tax comparisons and they were in your packet is there anything you want to add to that Randy other than I don't think so I think in terms of what we covered
017during the budget hearing earlier I I think we're able to answer questions and and move through that all right anybody have any questions about those comparisons that were in our packet I don't all right then we have the adoption of the 2324 budget whereas a proposed budget has been prepared to provide for the operations of the maintenance of the schools of the district and to provide for retirement and of its indebtedness whereas a public hearing was held and public comment received on the budget proposed for the July 1 23 through June 30th 24 fiscal year as required by the Wisconsin statute 65.90 subset 4 and therefore be it resolved that the general fund 10 expenditure budget of 35 M887 n26 special education fund 27 uh fund 27 budget of 5,731 540 a non referendum Debt
018Service fund 38 budget of 431,000 85 the referendum Debt Service fund 39 that budget is $1,458 725 the Food Service budget 50 of 1, 258,000 and the community service fund 80 budget of 4,574 th18 totaling 400 49 million $341 and uh one more time 49 m 34074 is the expenditures in all funds be adopted I would entertain a a motion to approve the adoption of the School District budget motion has been made is there a second second and could you just um just to to summarize for the public again what the um the dollars of the tax levy are and what the mill rate was last year and how it's gone down did you have that there yep all right so let get it on the record so people know this one here yeah all
019right so the uh tax levy for the 2324 budget would be 9,213 no1 19,23 1010 and the mill rate will decrease 14.28% and that's due in large part by the increase in the property values and the increase in Aid to the district so that puts our Mill rate for the 23 24 year down to $824,000 that's down from $961 per thousand from the 2223 school year is that what you were looking for yes it is thank you okay all right so we have a motion a second and a second any further discussion see none all in favor signified by saying I I I posted and the budget has been adopted now we have the adoption of the 2324 tax levy and whereas after due and careful consideration it has been found that the amount of
02012 mil 88719 in addition to all other school revenues will be necessary to maintain the general operations of the Rice Lake Area School District and 1,926 86 for the retirement of bonds and long-term loans and for the development of community service programming of 4,399 108 making a total of1 19 m213 1110 for the beginning uh July 1 2023 and ending June 30th of 2024 therefore be it resolved that the amount of 9,213 1110 be spread upon the tax Ro of the city of Rice Lake the village of Hogan the towns of Baron Bear Lake Cedar Lake Doyle Oak Grove Rice Lake stanfold Stanley and Sumer in Baron County and Birchwood Long Lake in cerona in Washburn County and as such areas as comprises the Rice Lake Area School District with that I would entertain a
021motion to approve the adoption of the tax levy for the 23 24 school year motion to approve for the adoption of the tax ly motion has been made is there a second second motion has been made and seconded any further discussion see none all in favor signify by saying I I opposed and the adoption for the 2324 tax levy has been approved next we have the resolution designating public depositories and that starts off whereas Wisconsin statutes 12.44 and 12.12 2 subset 7 requires the school board of a unified school district to designate public depositories therefore be it resolved that the board designates any banking institution or Savings and Loan Associated located within the school district and the local government governmental pool investment fund as qualified public depositories for the school district under chapter 34 of
022the Wisconsin statute and requires that all deposits and banking institutions or Savings and Loans associations over 500,000 be catered and with that I would entertain a motion to approve that resolution so moved second motion has been made and seconded any further discussion seeing none all in favor signified by saying I I I I opposed and that resolution has been approved so now we get into approval of our regular session meeting minutes from Monday October 9th would entertain a motion to approve so move motion has been made is there a second second motion has been made and seconded any further discussion see none all in favor signify by saying I I I opposed minutes have been approved next we have our consent agenda where we have two employment resignations and two employment recommendations I would entertain
023a motion to approve the consent agenda move to approve the consent agenda as presented motion has been made is our second second motion has been made and seconded any just one comment on that I I think it's just the typo but on the um um for the employment recommendation for for Andrea it says October 6 2013 is that's be 2023 I think and there's yeah yep I think okay that's what I thought all right thanks all right we have a motion in a second any further discussion seeing none all in favor say by saying I I I opposed and the consent agenda has been approved all right our report section we'll start off with the school district safety plans this is a second reading of this plan yes so with this uh it's the same
024plan that I reviewed with you at the last board meeting uh no changes and we had talked a little bit about a change in language U adopting um the the protocols from uh the I love you guys foundation and with that U you know some of those changes were due directly to um you know our experiences last year you know one being that swatting call at Rice Lake Middle School so and just as a reminder this and I'll touch base on it later as a couple of schools uh submitted their drill forms uh for some recent drills they conducted but this gets uh the completed document for each and every building in the district gets submitted to the Department of Justice um and at the end of every calendar year any questions see none this
025is a second reading so I would entertain a motion to approve our school and District safety plan Move Motion has been made as there a second second motion has been made and seconded any further discussion see none all in favor 65 by saying I I hi opposed and the safety plan has been approved next our district safety committee meeting update and just uh kind of sticking with that our our latest meeting was on uh we meet four times during the year it's our last meeting was on Tuesday October 17th and with that just so you know we have stakeholders from uh different aspects as well the county uh County emergency planning rice like Police Department rice like fire department and so we get together as we U review our safety U plans and look at
026uh things we may want to change in the future and so uh some things were reviewed uh kind of our probably our last time on the agenda but update on their critical incident mapping Grant so uh we had applied for a grant last year and received that and so worked with the company and so all of our buildings in the district are mapped uh kind of think like the game Battleship and so with that if there's an emergency uh for any reason at any of our buildings fire department uh County uh First Responders City First Responders have uh the ability to pull up those maps and and if it's a you know we're on the rake high school campus go to C7 or something like that for a staging area that's there and they have
027access to those we talked a little bit about that um I did touch on athlet atic training um as well and you might say that's kind of a interesting is that really to do with school safety and and it is as as we uh we talked a little bit about that um you know things have changed over the years and who we who we work with for that and it's been a little bit of a challenge this year but uh we continue to move forward and and we have some people coming in on on uh kind of one-off instances as well if we don't have coverage uh for a particular contest um Mr lipkey at the high school uh has individuals he can call to come in and and help serve our student athletes and
028then we talked uh more about the I love you guys information and training and with that uh designated a a subcommittee to continue to do that work uh but they have so many uh outstanding resources that are already made for uh staff members for for districts for entities uh for parents and so uh you can expect to hear more from me in the future on that that thank you any questions all right and uh uh Board of Ed compensation committee date uh yeah we met on the 9th proper notice was given we reviewed the minutes we convened in close session to discuss individual employee contracts we reconvened in the open session and no action is taken we're waiting we don't have another meeting date yet and then we adjourned it all right any questions thank
029you for that update next we have the curriculum committee meeting update yeah we met on uh Tuesday October 17th um it was a really good meeting everyone was present we had some guests uh Casey Bergman Tim panasuk and Josh toes were there to share information with us um we heard from Casey Bergman who was our Middle School literacy coach and she presented information on um updates and professional learning as well as curriculum and instruction in the language arts area at the middle school so a couple of highlights from Casey was um she told us that she tries to meet with all of the language arts classes in grades 5 through eight every week and she spends more time with the newer teachers working with them um but I was impressed that she gets around every
030week to all those grades and all those classes she also said that the staff values their uh collaborative times and that they feel that they're just as important as their individual prep times um it helps them to keep their learning consistent across grades 5 through eight uh at the fifth grade level they're focusing on um writing and morphics and at the sixth and seventh grade levels they're working on refining their reading and writing units and then the update for the eighth grade level was that they have all new teachers this year so Casey said that presents a little bit different challenge than other years where they've had some experienced staff members to share things with but she said they're all learning together and it's working out really well um next we um look at some
031updates on the high school social studies courses and Tim panis came and presented the curriculum for the two new social studies courses at the high school um I'll just remind you that one of them is called um 911 in modern history and the other one is called Holocaust studies and those are um elective classes and he shared some of his res resources that he's found um we found it particularly interesting when he showed us the uh books that he was using for 911 and Holocaust and he had the titles and he shared them with us and we all took pictures because we thought it sounded so exciting we wanted to get our own copies um so it was really interesting he also said that the students really like those classes and they're excited about um
032their lessons and what they're learning and it sounds like it's a it's a really good positive experience and couple classes I think we're well worth adding to our curriculum then Marca um shared some um updates for us from um first of all the high school math they're continuing to work on their options for um Algebra 1 for the 2425 school year and as we mentioned from our last curriculum report the math department would like to revamp the pre-algebra class CL by offering a year-long Algebra 1 course to those students who would normally take both pre-algebra and algebra one their research has led them to the conclusion that that approach would provide a better path to algebra one success for those students um the regular algebra one class which is a two-term class I believe that
033would stay the same uh she also told us at the uh High school English Department um they're continuing to fine-tune their English 10an class during this school year and they've decided to wait until next summer and fall to do um a lot more with the English 11 class they're want to perfect English 10 before they move on and make changes to English 11 we also had a very brief preview of the school and district report cards um but the public um release of it won't be available until mid November and then at that time she will share the district and school accountability ratings with the entire board after that we approved our um meeting minutes from September 19th and set our next meeting date for November 28th I would just like to add that those
034two history classes are for juniors and seniors good so the only prerequisite is just for the that'll be Juniors or seniors yeah and I'd like to re Echo Diane's uh compliment of the language arts department at the middle school they're really really working hard to collaborate together and kind of move us forward so they're working hard y all right any questions I like those two new courses because as has been evident the last few weeks I think people are forgetting about the Holocaust and they're probably forgetting a little bit about 911 as well so I think we have to make sure our students aren't among the ill informed no we're and Mr panisa mentioned you know these are kids that were not even born when 911 you know happened so it's very informative you know
035maybe for them they hear about it a lot but didn't live it so it it's a good class he'd made the comment that sometimes they'll say that they just couldn't believe that something like that would happen in our society and uh so yeah it was very very interesting to hear his report all right anything else not we will move on to the information section and we'll start off with the school drill evaluation at the Rice Lake High School and the Rice Lake Middle School yeah so I briefly mentioned these before but um as a part of the materials that need to be submitted uh to the to the Department of Justice at the end of each calendar year you know you need as a board uh we don't have to take action on these but
036each School uh needs to submit at least one drill form to you as a board for your review uh for you to see and then uh again I'll thank Colleen for all the work she does in and putting all of this together so that it is submitted to the Department of Justice by the end of each year any questions is the I love you guys is that new it's it's newer it's not brand new um but it is newer and um with it like I said so many resources the the language uh one of the issues we discovered last year when we're using terms like preventative lockdown and emergency lockdown that can be confusing and so with them it's in a hold secure lockdown um and and then the other ones as well but uh
037with that and then they there hasn't been one recently but I know at cisa has offered uh multiple day trainings on uh on the I love you guys Foundation I know uh one other I know the baron School District participated in that uh believe it was a year ago and then Cody cargas from maratha was a part of that as well and so I think you may very well know he's a he's a chaplain for not only the Rice Lake Police Department but some other uh Fair departments and police departments as well and he was incredibly supportive too after going to that uh training he he scheduled a short meeting with me and said we need to go this way and so uh with that I know Baron is going down that road as as
038well as Cumberland and it doesn't interfere it still uh coincides with Alice training it doesn't mean Alice training is going away or or that philosophy either that pertains to if you go into a lockdown that's when Alice kicks in so um I'm glad you asked me about that so for anybody listening or watching um we will still keep the Alice protocols in place I think anybody would um but with that that is you know one part of working with the the processes and protocols from the L guys foundation so thank you any other questions all right thank you for that then uh our WSB public policy correspondent update much anticipated um just a reminder uh to I guess us that uh um I'll go down and go over it personally with the I'll I'll set
039up office hours for you individually thank you um the uh the date for nomination papers for people I want to run for school board I think date for submitting those is approaching pretty soon here pardon me December 1st are able to submit we have a little time there when do you announce that you're not running um January or what is that sorry I didn't mean to on you Steve perfect put a gag order on Steve right now there's no such there's no such thing anymore all in favor I so moved uh [Music] all right um child abuse and neglect reporting the DPI modified their training reporting in August um and I I gathered that they modified the previous guidelines from 2021 because they were concerned that there might be a higher proportion of impoverished in
040lower social class kids getting reported for abuse and neglect and um I I guess their change in standards um sort of implied that when staffs supported abuse or neglect they might need to take poverty and social class into account before they report it that's kind of what I I gathered listening to it because the WB lawyers had concerns about that because it could if that's the case it could open the staff to liability so right now the recommendation is School are able to continue using 2021 standards and don't use the new standards you you know all about that I'm sure yes yes you're just letting me break the news probably and that's fine and the the superintendent Association I know uh was um against that as well and I didn't hear a lot about it
041through the course of the summer and and uh um but with that as the school year started started to hear more and yes there there was a concern that you know some students were um maybe being over reported and then there was another concern with the training because it was asking um the person reporting to maybe do a little bit of investigating or a little bit of questioning and that would be brand new our our mandated Duty for a long time has been if you're you know you suspect abuse or neglect you need to report it and it's not uh reporting on someone else's behalf it's it's the person that either witnessed or or suspects that and so that was a significant change and uh I know that came through DPI and there was a
042significant amount of push back for that and so uh the reverse course for now and and we're using the 2021 training for that okay good so you bet I guess I pretty much got the idea there um there are proposed rules from the Department of Labor this must be Federal to increase the threshold to pay overtime by about 40% or more more so that uh people making more money can still get overtime and to require updating that every 3 years that would be another factor for our budget if that ever went through um legislative update uh they have a total of8 billion uh 1 billion in the rainy day fund 7 billion in the Surplus uh some of the ways they're considering for spending that is uh new Workforce Development package uh Republicans and Democrats
043are thinking about child care but they of course have vastly different ways of uh providing Financial incentives and then they're thinking about some changes the retirement program to make it easier to keep your annuity while you're working at a different job um there are a few other proposals there probably not too much interested in those AB 109 uh the financial literacy education bill has passed both houses virtually no opposition and it hasn't yet been presented to the governor and and nobody really knows why but it's going there there's no opposition to it it sounds like a good bill um AB 377 passed the assembly requiring schools to organize sports for biological males biological females or coad and to prohibit biological males from girl Sports um there's the other one uh assembly Bill and Senate bill
044that would lift the school Revenue ceiling that affects 19 districts uh passed with only one no in the Senate the assembly's held a hearing but hasn't voted on it yet uh they're still looking at the flexibility to the start of the school year date they're somewhat hopeful that uh there will be the option to start the Monday before Labor Day and mandate the Friday off so that families can still spend their money on vacations and provide their children for child labor for various Industries that was were you self editing that okay I was just wondering just see if you're listening the uh chairman of the committee is from dor County so he's on side of the tourist industry so they they're not sure about this but but hopefully they said this has the best chance
045of passing of any proposal for a while um there's uh the assembly in the Senate are considering that bill to post an interest estimation for uh passing referendum bonding and there's some liability concerns there because if you put an estimate on the interest you have no idea if that's going to be accurate or not and that is obvious uh implications for a few years down the road um oh then there's a there's a few others but I've been long enough so we'll just stop right there any questions indulging me once again any questions all right thank you for that now we've got our upcoming meeting schedule we'll start with Don has volunteered his home for a Christmas gathering with the board and administrators and I I came dates I came with three dates but I've
046already been preempted uh December 6th was going to be a date but apparently that's a Hollyberry also the men's Hollyberry auction men's club men's club things so Holly auction yeah Holly auction not Holly Berry all right I I don't I don't appreciate the sound effects to my proposals that was just me being excited for it okay so the other two dates would be uh Thursday December 14th or Wednesday December 20th and we can can coodle that or what's that called doodle doodle doodle we can we can we can doodle that or whatever again dece December 14th or the 20th and I was trying to stay away from committee meetings and other things so if we started talking about cancelling committee meetings we could bring other dates into but I was struggling and I have did
047not cross reference any athletic events but I thought Wednesday was a nonathletic day so uh anyways all right so thank you will you be able to Doodle that for us thank you and then I've got uh the other dates and cleen is trying my eyesight again on this really fine print thank you so we've got uh Wednesday November 1st at 7 p.m. that is the online version of the Fall regional meeting so if you weren't able to attend the meeting last week you can still do the online version and uh registration is required for that also the legislative conference down in Green Lake is coming up on November 4th and registration is required for that uh Rice Lake chamber annual dinner and Community Awards Thursday November 9th uh we've got a number of people signed
048up for that that's at 5:00 p.m. at turtleback and uh we've got uh person to honor in that from the district so uh if you can make that let cleen know she'll get you signed up for that on November 15th we have an online uh legal and leg legislative video update no registration is required for that and then the online option for the public records law meeting that was available before our regional meeting uh that is available on December 6th if you been able to attend it live and in person and then the uh January 17th to the 19th the state school board convention and if you can attend that please let clean know so those are the upcoming meeting schedule dates with that we will turn the meeting over to our two students we
049have have with us this evening we have Aya zic and Daniel broker so welcome thanks for being here hi my name is AA zic and I'm a senior at the high school and my name is Daniel broker and I'm a sophomore and we're here to talk about a couple things that are happening at the school and so the first slide is our bonfire so this was our uh new fire pit and this was the first bonfire in it and we had a lot of students attending we had music games and s'mores and we're hoping to have another bonfire in the winter and then maybe two in Spring cool and then our upcoming events uh from fall into winter we have the raiken run which is uh Saturday October 28th uh was rescheduled uh we still
050have room uh sign up is online and then the link is on the rice like High School Facebook page and then the blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday December 13th that's open to high school students and staff and the winter formal planning tenative date for winter formal uh is currently set at Saturday January 20th and the second uh student bonfire the plan currently uh which we're still working on is to be held the Friday evening before and then for athletics football won the first round in playoffs this past Friday and then soccer just lost so they're out of the run for playoffs uh cross country the girls team did not make it to state but two people from the boys team Carter kochko and Austin Prince did and state is this weekend and then volleyball
051will be entering round two at home this Thursday and swimming is gonna have their conference meet this weekend on Saturday and then we'll be starting playoffs the week after and then tennis number one doubles Natalie Nolan and Emily mafel entered the state tournament for the first time as W tennis players but lost in the first round and then for uh senior class meeting uh had a meeting today uh Monday with seniors about ordering caps and gowns and the $500 donation was made to the hooch family benefit fund for time and materials provided by Scott kochko and his business all right thank you for that update a lot of exciting uh things going on at the at the high school anything else that we need to hear about that's uh FFA is going to be going
052to uh National Convention in uh next week uh James Meyer is in the National Fafa band and I'm competing in the National Creed contest perfect thank you good luck fruit s start that's always popular fruit yeah y there you go all right thank you for that update thank you for being here it's always good to hear from our students and what uh what's happening all right next we have our district administrator comments up coming the district events yeah always a lot of things going on um one thing I know you and others would appreciate uh we have preliminary approval to get started on the Conservancy building finally so uh maybe not final approval for everything but can get started digging and and get going on the concrete work which has been a long time coming
053uh a few different things uh Patty mentioned during her public appearance um a Veterans Day program on Friday November 10th at Hogan Elementary uh we're also going to have uh Friday November 10th at Rice Lake Middle School um and the public is invited to that as well uh very similar I believe in Mr Tomas interject if you need to but to what we did last year and I'll also be sending something out last year for instance they did the the 21 gun salute and so uh they'll be planning to do that again but we'll notify uh notify families of of that um and then also on October again Mr toas at the middle school I believe it's October 30th as a part of U I don't know if it's career exploration or okay yeah go
054go ahead just talk about it so we have can you come up to the mic so the people on TV can hear you so we have um twice a year as part of our academic and career planning we have uh parents come in and talk about their careers and so we have a kind of a neat opportunity this year that could also possibly freak out the public if they weren't aware of this uh so we will do some messaging this week so it'll be next Monday uh LifeLink helicopter will be landing South of the building and so uh the kids will have an opportunity to go out there but uh public uh if you see that we don't have a big emergency going on at the middle school just uh neat opportunity to um one
055of one of the fifth grade parents is a flight nurse uh so there I didn't know this until we kind of met uh there's a flight nurse there's a flight paramedic and then obviously a pilot um and just all the career um stuff that goes along with that so it'll be neat opportunity MH exactly so yeah that came together uh just shortly and and uh our two uh school resource officers are going to Wi be the ones coordinating okay where's the best place for that to land and and working through that uh this Thursday empty bowls event uh 430 to 7:00 p.m. rice like high school cafeteria a fundraiser for the backpack program and uh uh Mr Bowman's a part of packing once a month I believe it's about 320 bags per week and Mrs
056V is on that committee as well the the feed our kids Rice Lake backpack program uh committee and we have uh others involved throughout the community in the district and so um been a very successful program but uh come Thursday night uh if nothing else just get a bowl of suit for $5 uh but the option to uh purchase uh pottery bowls made by students and local Artisans also had some local Artisans kind of homebased out of Cameron but donating a number of wooden bowls and and I would say go to uh Mrs V is it maybe their Facebook site or we have a Facebook page with all the um with a bunch of gos you know that are going to be there and then our silent auction as well it's going to be a
057lot of fun so exciting and uh great uh great cause to raise money for and with that had an update from uh Courtney Foss the pool manager and just talking a little bit about fall and winter swimming lessons are starting Saturday November 4th uh first time they've offered those in a while and 100 students signed up so far uh in levels one through three and we have expanded hours at the pool as well and she said that's been really appreciated on Friday and Saturday I'm sorry Friday and Saturday evenings and then during the day as well has uh allowed uh additional options for everything from pool parties to open swim um also I don't know if you know this but we're a silver sneakers uh certified uh pool as well and so we have 30
058members uh attending uh under that program at least three times a week and uh moving forward with things there and so that's good and then finally um Mary Poppins musical will be coming uh November 9th through the 12th I believe it is um at the high school and tickets you can purchase those at the door um 9th 10th and 11th at 700 p.m. and then I think uh Sunday the 12th at 2m so lot going on any updates on the uh on the pool yeah they're they're doing uh continue to work on uh concrete work there I know footings in some of the walls uh on the School portion of that but you're going to see them continue continue to move west as they uh continue to pour a lot of concrete so all right
059thank you any questions see none I would entertain a motion to convene and to close session pursuant to Wisconsin statutes 19.85%