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ESD Board Meeting: Special Board Meeting for Monday, June 23rd 2025

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YouTube / Elizabeth School District
Date
2025-06-24
Location
Elbert County, CO
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4,910 words · about 28 min
Collected
2026-06-15

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001service to this district. So when you think about that um amount of time um these are special people that have had a huge impact um in our district. We'll first go with the those who are present tonight. Uh I'm going to share um uh either I or their supervisor will share a few words about them and then each board member has someone to recognize some with the with special presentation. So first is Mike Scobby. So you want to come on up. Should I come up here? Yes. So Marty Silva is our director of technology and we'll say a few words about Mike before we present him with his recognition. Turn on your Oh, just hold it down till the light comes on. Numbered mine. There you go. Technology, right? Need some help, Marty? Yeah. I'd

002just like to start to just say a few words about Mike Scobby. He's been in this district for 25 years. And if you think about how much technology has changed in 25 years, we can all go back in our time machines. And back in the year 2000s, we didn't have iPhones. We still had dialup. If you guys remember dialed up at home, some of us were still using floppy discs and Mike started here working for the district at the same time that the high school was being built. Correct me if I'm wrong, just open. It just opened up. And through through it all, he's been able to um adapt and and learning new technologies in the 25 years. And you think of all the knowledge that has to happen in and you know you all

003know how fast technology moves um and all of that knowledge and u all of that uh determination and adaptation that he's had to do to get the district from basically non-techn back in the 2000s. The only technology that was uh usually used in school districts were in the offices and maybe a lab or two until how it is now where there's a computer in every student's hands. both what we provide them and and the phones that they have in their pockets. So, it's really a testament to Mike's um determination, Mike's um Mike's dedication to this district to be able to be of service to this district for 25 years. And it was really a big help to me when I came in here 11 years ago. I was really really lucky to have somebody like

004Mike to be able to come into and it was just such a smooth transition for me and that was a lot due to Mike and his knowledge and to think of the institutional knowledge that comes with somebody who works in the district for 25 years that's just irreplaceable uh as is for a lot of our retirees who've been here for many many years. So I would just like to personally thank Pike Scobby for his 25 years of service and to wish him well for whatever the future holds for him. Okay, Mike, if you come on up, Marty, if you want to stay up, then we'll get a picture with you with Mike and with Mike and Mike. I didn't warn them about pictures. [Laughter] Smile got bigger. Thank you, Mike. Okay, next up is Tamara

005Morgan. And I don't think Terry was able to to come uh tonight, but she did send me something in case she wasn't able to get here. So, I'll read that real quick. Tamara Morgan um has been in the district for 23 years. Is that right, Tamara? Um you've been an active member of the Elizabeth community for many years. Both of your children attended school from preschool through 12th grade and graduated from the Elizabeth School District. Families also been involved in 4 and numerous other local activities. Tamara began her career with Singing Hills Elementary 23 years ago when her youngest child Shelby started preschool. She started as a playground parah and part-time kitchen staff before moving into a full-time kitchen position. Her dedication and strong work ethic stood out and it wasn't long before she was

006promoted to kitchen manager. Tamara has remained a valued and respected leader for the food service team. Um Terry wants to say enjoy your retirement Tamara and thank you for the many years of hard work and I echo that. Thank you Tamara for your hard work. If you'll come up I'll come to you. Thank you. And Singing Hills is going to miss Tam. Thank you. Thank you. Next up is Carl Xander. Carl has been with the district for 27 years. Uh Carl uh and Jinder, his wife, have had uh children through our district. um also both his wife and his daughter I believe still work for the district. Um uh so we are very lucky to have Carl. Carl has been um really the um cornerstone of our math department at the high school. I know

007last year when he announced he was going to retire, everyone panicked because Carl is has taught um the advanced math for so long. Um Carl was we were blessed to have Carl come back and teach a class this year. Um, so he did teach uh a class during this year. Um, and I think this is it for him. I don't think we're going to be able to convince him to come back. Um, we might try at times, but I don't think we're going to be successful. Um, but anyways, Carl is just I can tell you every student who has had Carl has done nothing but rave about him. I can say he's probably the most complimented teacher in the district. Uh when I get emails from parents, um typically um I would say five out

008of 10 are about Carl and just about his his tireless dedication to students, his willingness to help them after school, his really his commitment to their success. Um and we're really going to miss Carl. Um we still have his wife, so we're going to hold her hostage for a little while. But anyway, so Carl, congratulations. [Applause] And I will say Brett is out of town. He's actually overseas, so he couldn't be here um to recognize Carl tonight, but certainly he's here in spirit. So, and then our final is Shauna here. Oh, there's Shauna. You were hiding behind Alicia there. Uh Shauna uh a AG I always say AG and I think I'm saying it wrong, but Shauna has been with the district for 21 years. Shauna actually retired a year ago and we convinced her

009to come back. And originally it was come back part-time and then we've made her come back full-time. And so we've really been lucky uh to have Shauna. Shauna, I would say, is one of those other teachers that I do get emails about regularly just from parents who just adore. She has taught so many children in this district and uh so she's kind of a rock star in all of our schools. Everyone remembers Mrs. Achy. Um again, uh her children have also attended Elizabeth School District. Um and we've just been so lucky to have her come back and maybe we can convince her in the future to come back again. I don't know. We'll keep twisting her arm. Uh but I do think she has some plans for some fun and re relaxation in the coming

010year. So, uh, Shauna is just a great, uh, member of our Running Creek Elementary team. I didn't say that. Running Creek. Um, but again, we're so lucky to have her. So, Mary, I think, is going to do the honors for [Applause] [Music] hopefully she won't change her phone number. So, that Everybody afterwards everyone stay put. We've got cake. We're going to take a recess and celebrate with you for a little bit. But I do want to recognize the folks who couldn't come tonight. We also have Karen Nelson who has been a custodian at Singing Hills Elementary for 21 years who is retiring. She's out already moved and out of the area. So um we are getting her recognition to her. Deb Nicholas, who is uh has been our bookkeeper at the high school for 15

011years. Deb is also retiring um and just again has been an amazing member of that team. Tina Wayer, who is our accounts payable specialist, she has been with the district for 31 years. When you think about um longevity, uh Tina has really been kind of the bedrock. Um we actually have a very strong longevity in our our business uh department. And so Tina is uh retiring. And then lastly, Danny Varela, who everyone who has a child at the high school knows Danny. Um so I don't know who they're going to call when Danny's not there. Uh but Danny has been our attendance secretary. Um and has been with the district for 27 years. And so we really are lucky to have these. Um Rhonda and Jamie and I have talked for a long time about

012the fact that we have to do more recognizing the service of our retirees. So, this is our first step um this year and trying to bring retirees in to give them uh give them some recognition. Um we're going to continue to build upon this because we really feel like these people have dedicated their lives to our school district and to our children uh deserve some additional recognition. So, congratulations to all of our retirees and president. I recommend we take a recess so that we can cut some cake and visit with these folks. Let's take a short recess. Okay. Well, that was fun. Yeah, it was. Let's do that more often. All right. Um, we will go ahead and kick off the board member reports. Yeah, maybe for just another reason. So, if anybody has anything

013they want to share, I don't have anything in particular. It's been I know we're busy working on next steps for next year. So, that's exciting. Yeah. So, I think Dan's gonna talk a little bit about that. Okay. Well, I'll let you take it. Okay. All right. Well, I just have a few um busy preparing as is my first one. Um obviously, we've got a lot of initiatives underway for next year and um we have been talking with our contractors and and making plans, crossing our tees, dotting our eyes to make sure that everything is in place. Um, I am excited to report that um, our CFO Justin Henry has been pretty doggedly pursuing a a fix for Frontier. Obviously, we know right now that we have a portion of the roof that has significant leaks

014in it. Um, the cost to repair that roof is is about 1.2 million to replace it. Um, we then received a a bid that was um the partial roof that's where the the bulk of the concerns are. The front of the roof, the front facing Banner Street is actually in pretty good shape. Um, but it's the back side that's the problem. We got another bid of 790,000 that was moving in the right direction, but still a little out of reach. Um, uh, Justin has called in a number of roofers to look at the engineering report and has been able to find a roofer who will make a three-year commitment on a repair, um, for a very reasonable cost. And so, um, at this point in time, we are pursuing that. So, we look forward to

015continuing to have Frontier open for use. Um, our homeschool program is is is excited because that is an important building to them. uh for our homeschool families who uh have their children come together once a week um to to to be enriched. Um and that's in partnership with Legacy. Um couple other summer projects. Just want to let people know. What's the timeline on that? Timeline. We're hoping by July 15th that that repair will actually be in place. We we don't have a we don't have a firm contract yet, but I'll let you know as soon as we have that date. Days, not months. No, days not month. Exactly. And just to reiterate, I know before there were concerns of mold, y but that is not a concern. Obviously, if we don't repair the leaks, um,

016mold will form. We're continuing to monitor mold throughout the summer. So, we actually are testing regularly just to make sure that none is forming, obviously watching the areas that are leaking uh to ensure that that there's no sign of that developing. So, at this point, we're pretty confident that this repair will get us at least into a three-year period of time. Obviously, we have that work with the University of Colorado Denver and Dola and and that's probably the right time frame for some of that to begin to start happening. So, that will be the the bigger picture. But for now, this gives a dry shell getting it dried out so that we can use Yeah. the programs that are using it, programs that want to use it will have access to that. That's good. Just

017a couple other summer projects. A middle school parking lot. We do have a repair that will begin, I believe, July 1st. Um, so we know that the parents at the middle school have mentioned that the parking lot is in pretty bad shape and we agree. Um, this will not be a a permanent re repaving of that lot because that is about $300,000 to actually do that. Um we have a contractor who is going to do a portion that's the worst portion and then repairs on the other sections so that we deal with some of the potholes that have formed and some of the uneven um uneven asphalt that has formed within that parking lot. So that repair will be starting July 1st and done before school begins. Um we're also um doing some crushed asphalt

018in our bus lot. Anyone who's driven by our bus lot knows that we have dirt um a dirt lot. Um we are now sharing our pumps with the fire department and the police department and the town of of Elizabeth. And so obviously the additional traffic in that lot is only going to make deeper ruts in the in the dirt. Um so we have actually a contractor who will do crushed asphalt, compact it, seal it. Um and that will be done also here in the next um three weeks. So, we're excited to get that done. It's going to make the parking lot much more accessible, not only for our buses, but for our partners. And then finally, Elizabeth Middle School is almost completely painted inside. Um, Andrew Rodriguez, our director of facilities, has single-handedly taken that

019project on um and has been working tirelessly the last couple of weeks um to try to get that building repainted. So, when you walk in, it's much brighter. It's a lighter color. So, it really does make the whole building feel different. We've got several other things underway at the middle school as well. So, needless to say, people driving by our schools will see that they're not closed. We've got lots of work happening. Um, just not education right now. We have work on the buildings to get them ready for the next round of school year. I think that's all we have. Okay. No public comment. Okay. So, next up we have consent items. I move that the board approve consent items 8.1 through 8.5 as presented. Second. Can you get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi.

020Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. And Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Next up, we have action items. Our first action item is a Chromebook purchase authorization. I move that the board approve the purchase of 390 Chromebooks from Trafera LLC of Minnesota for the total purchase price of 95550. Second and discussion. Yeah, Margie Silver is here if you have any questions. This is our um yearly replacement which a bulk of that happens with our ninth graders coming in and then um typically our middle school um Chromebooks that have aged out. Um, so that's the bulk of of this is to to to um obviously issue new uh Chromebooks to our ninth graders. Um, at high school you get your Chromebook in 9th grade and you keep it until you graduate and you turn it back in. So

021um, again, if you have any questions, Marty is here. Appreciate Marty staying tonight in case you have any. So this is pretty much an annual event. Yes. Yeah. And the number fluctuates based on we've had as high as as well as I think last year we purchased. Yeah. Yeah. I thought the RFP was pretty straightforward. Yeah. And it is a bit bid. So Marty went out to bid on with a variety of different providers and so we have the minimum of three bids. Um but Marty's done a great job in trying to find the best price. And this was five minutes. I'll come up here. So we can turn it back on. This is not the lowest bid. Um, and we took a bid that was about $1,000 more simply because the lowest bid. Um,

022so we like to take our oldest Chromebooks and reuse them for parts. And so, um, one of the biders had a Chromebook that we would not be able to reuse screens in the future to replace other screens, if that makes sense. We spend about 30 $30 per screen to repair. Screen is screen repairs is our number one um repair item for our Chromebooks. So basically if we had bought the lower cost Chromebooks um in you know four or five years uh we wouldn't have been able to then cannibalize them for parts which include the screens which is the one we use the most and that's why we went with the one that was a little bit higher. Y do we ever have throughout the year the need to buy you know another 10 or 20

023or 50 or something? Usually not. Um that's why we try to get our good numbers in in the uh in the summer. Okay. And then what happens is the ninth graders as they graduate they they turn in those Chromebooks. And so we can we have a fleet of Chromebooks to even use as loaners. Okay. Or uh to see maybe they can replace even older Chromebooks that they're level. Right. So what's what's your average life cycle on those? You keep them three, four, five years. So for our high school they're they're four but then we tape them and then store them and I would say within seven years they're usually um decommissioned and and we get a recycling company to come in and take them. So but generally speaking with after about five years we take

024them out of out of circulation so that they're used and then we just use them for parts essentially. So, do the elementary kids then get kind of the older ones or do they get We do, but we also we also try to cycle in the the newer new replacements for them as well. So, we it just kind of worked out that most of these are for, you know, the ninth graders and then and then for our middle school. I think there might be one cart that we might be replacing at the elementary school level. have to look at my notes, but generally speaking, um the bulk of it goes to middle school, high school, and then where we need to replace them at the elementary school, then as well. I was going to ask you

025what you do for disposal, but apparently you do not. You use as much as you can, and it's just a shell to get the recycling. Here's the Chromebook. All that's left is a keyboard. All right. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Marty. Okay. Can we get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Next up, we have um the approval of the administrative professional technical salary schedules. I move that the board approve the administrative professional technical salary scale for the 2526 school year as presented. Second. So we talked briefly about this at your retreat last week. Um just to give you kind of an overview of it. Um uh again we published our salaries for every group but administration and protek. Protek are those people who have

026unique skills that require specific training um that are also under contract, meaning they're not paid hourly. They're typically paid a a salary for the job that they do for us. Um so those are the two uh groups that we've put into that salary schedule that we'll we'll publicly post once you approve it tonight. All right. Any further discussion? Okay. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan, hi. Director Fletcher, hi. Director Olsen, hi. And Director Pal, I. Okay. Next up, we have the Legacy Academy Charter School Budget Adoption. So, I move that the board approve the 2025 2026 Legacy Academy Charter School Budget as presented. Second. All right. Just uh for the public, this is a Legacy Academy has their own board. um their board has approved their budget because we're their local education agency

027and we're their authorizer. Um this board also has to give their formal approval for that budget. And so you're just taking an action following their approval of their own budget this evening. I looked at it. It looked pretty straightforward. Any further discussion on that? Okay. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. And director Pal. Hi. Okay. So, next up we have our 2024 2025 supplemental budget and appropriation resolution. I move that the board approve the Elizabeth School District fiscal year 2425 supplemental budget and appropriation resolution as presented. Second. This is an opportunity for us to just just true up any um accounts that um may we may have spent more than originally planned or or less and and moving that money around. So we always bring that

028supplemental budget prior to the end of the year. um for audit purposes. Obviously, the board the auditors want to know that you've approved the expenditures that were made during the year. Um and that's what this this supplemental budget does. So, okay. Any further discussion? All right. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. And director Pal. Hi. missing the sheet. Okay. Uh, next up we have the 2425 beginning fund balance resolution. I move that the board approve the beginning fund balance resolution as presented. Second. So, this particular resolution just acknowledges the fund balance that existed at the start of the year. Um, and allows a district if we needed to to to dip into any of those, of course, based upon your approval. Um, the fund balance that's

029probably most important is a um food service. Um, we've talked for the last couple of years, a food service had developed quite a a fund balance. Um, we have been spending that down. We purchased a new um box truck so that we're not Fred Flintstone with the u rusted out floorboards anymore. Um and obviously they're reinvesting into new equipment in our kitchens. And so um that's probably the fund balance that's most um being spent down because it's been directed through um the audit process and through our food service uh state uh department that we need to spend that down. So, um, but this, uh, just ensures that we state what our beginning fund balance was and your authorization should any of that be budgeted by you, um, to spend. Any further discussion? We talked about

030it. Yeah. Yeah, we talked. All right. So, can I get a roll call? Okay. Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. and director Pal I. And next up, we don't really have a motion. It's more of a discussion. Yeah. So, we've been waiting on our insurance quote. Um, all of us know that our home insurance continues to go up and so does the school districts. Um, we have been in the process of of soliciting. CRS is our uh CRS Denver is our broker. Um, they have been soliciting new bids for all of our insuranceances. Um the board will need to meet again um in the next month to approve the final insurance quote. I did receive it at 11:55 this uh today. Um actually received it then and saw it after lunch today.

031Our our insurance policies which are everything from property crime, general liability, educators legal liability, commercial auto, commercial umbrella policy, and the workers compensation um is going up about $69,000. uh this coming year. Um last year it went up similarly. I think we're again we're seeing that within our home and auto insuranceances as well. Um so right now um if this policy that we were presented at noon today is the one that we bring to you. It would be an increase of 69,000. We did accomp or we did accommodate for that in the budget that you approved two weeks ago. Um we were told that it would be 60 uh60 plus,000 of an increase. And so, uh, we are meeting with our broker tomorrow and we'll go through this, make sure that we have, uh, taken

032into account all of the changes we've asked for. Um, and then once we have the final insurance, um, policy, we will bring that back to you for approval. So, um, just to publicly share with you and and with the community, it does look like our insurance will go up about $69,000 next year. And that is for all district property. That's for everything. And our our total insurance um let's see three four is about $475,000 is our our total insurance package. Um again that includes lots of different segments. Um but um with that it would it includes all insuranceances. All right. Any further questions on that? Okay. just cover us for all these legal Yeah. No, those Yeah, those don't those haven't impacted. Um it it's really the hail and the weather in Elizabeth. There are

033very few carriers that will write commercial policies. And so we're we're pretty much continuing to bid out to the same insurance carrier. They have a couple of different providers under their umbrella. Um and typically we're getting one of their umbrellas um one of their policies. So, um, and property is probably our biggest increase. That's $35,000. Um, and we did have a couple of workman's comp claims this year. So, that increased as well. So, workman's comp and property is probably interest. Yeah. No. Okay. So, next up we have our um second reading of revised policy GBEBA dress code for employees volunteers. I move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised policy GBEBA dress code for employees volunteers as presented. Second. Okay. Discussion all of your changes were put in there. Yeah. And

034I and we did talk with um our legal counsel who who is comfortable with the changes also that are made. So there's no concerns that exist. I think we did capture the shoes um that we're looking for shoes firmly fastened to the feet. Um and and really stated the reason because obviously all of our employees need to be able to react in in a crisis. Um if you're wearing shoes that don't allow you to do so, that becomes a a hindrance to our job as a school district. So, um, at this point in time, we feel very comfortable that this policy is what we'd like you to approve and so we recommend approval. I'm comfortable with making it a final. I like the revisions that were made and I I like the fact that these,

035you know, some of these requirements are because some of these some things that have been worn or loud in the past are distracting in the classroom and so that's what we're trying to prevent. Yeah. So like that. Yeah. And just I think for the public to to to make sure we also draw attention this is in volunteers as well. So, you know, to have staff adhere to a dress code and then have people come in who are are are permitted volunteers who who violate that. So, this we added the word volunteers to the dress code because we think any adult in that building should adhere to this. And this is a business casual just uh for the public who may not um be looking at the policy itself. It is not asking for shirts and

036ties and dresses. It is is just recognizing that, you know, business casual attire um is what we expect. We expect you to be dressed for work and and to look professional uh when you're within our buildings. When uh when volunteers are vetted, I guess when they come in, are they given a They will be given. Yeah. This didn't apply to them in the past, but now that it does, they will be given they will be given this when they submit their volunteer application. Okay. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. I. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. And Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Next up, we have our second reading of revised policy GBE, staff use of the internet and electronic communications. I move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised

037policy GBE staff use of the internet and electronic communications as presented. This policy contains several from CASBY and class are to board organizations um and also clarifies the use of cell phones uh to align with our JICJ policy. And I believe we went through the changes and made some adjustments uh based on your last round of input. And it also has this new section that we didn't have that AI. Oh no. Yeah, exactly. Thank you. And that was the one change that we really wanted from that one that was changing from aiding in curriculum development to delivery. So yes, thank you. The one The one um thing that we do have to remember is next time I guess before the teachers will have to sign it is to update the acceptable use agreement that is

038referred to in this sign. Yeah. And we'll we'll do that on the following approval. I think it's already it just looks like it. Yeah, it kind of runs together. Yeah. Just want to we'll double check. We'll double check. Any further discussion on this one? Okay. With that, can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. Director Pal. Hi. Next up, second reading of revised regulation KHC-R, distribution, posting of promotional materials. I move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised regulation KHC-R distribution posting of promotional materials. Second. Okay. Discussion. I think we captured all of your input from the last uh meeting. We did remove an appeal. Um because this is probably not something the board should take up their time. Um our intent is to

039ensure that we utilize um distribution of materials to support the district mission of educating our kids and not to become the commercial um distribution for everyone who wants to push something in our community. And so I feel like the changes are what you requested and I believe it's ready for adoption. I like the changes that were made. So I think it's pretty fair. It's pretty fair policy. Just puts some of the the burden on the people who want to distribute stuff. Exactly. So I'm okay with that. I'm good. Any further discussion? No. Okay. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Uh, next up, first reading of revised policy be schoolboard meetings. I move that the board approve the first reading of revised policy

040be school board meetings as presented. Second. This allows you to make some adjustments which is the next item on the agenda. Um, this required your second and fourth every month to have those two meetings. Um the board's discussed moving towards a combined board work session board meeting occasionally during the year just so that um we are making best use of your time and then ensuring that you have time for the other things we're going to ask you to do like data reviews and things like that. So um this this change in the policy allows us to uh consider the next item on the agenda to Tuesday. and moving to Tuesday. Tuesday, I I am fine with it. I think that we can make this a final. Y. So, I want to amend my motion and

041uh move that the board approve the second and the first, excuse me, and final reading of revised policy be school board meetings as presented. Second. And can I get a roll call? Yeah. Rainy. Director Callahan. Hi, Director Fletcher. Hi, Director Olsson. I, Director Pal. I won't remember it, right? All right. And, uh, next up is the actual proposed meeting schedule. Um, so I move that the board approve this revised schedule for 2025 2026 for the Elizabeth School Board meeting. approve the meeting schedule for the 2526 as presented. Second. Okay. All right. Any discussion on this one? We've had a few revisions or at least a couple. I think it's good. I think it's um I think it's going to be good to kind of have our working session and our and our business session. Can

042actually have time to discuss things before you act on them, right? the same night three months, the August, January, and June months where we'll still have two separate meetings, but otherwise we'll have combined meetings and and I think and they're still starting at six on Tuesdays and I think they could be we'll Dan we talked about posting them separately so if people can't make it to the work session they are still could join and do public comment and we'll work on the public comment policy um to update it but you'll do the public comment at the business session. And didn't we say that you have to g each one open? There'll be separate minutes for each section. Okay. Um yeah, the only thing I can see which you know if we go over we go

043over but on the combined meetings I think 8 8:00 is kind of wishing. Oh, is it still say that? It still says eight. Yeah, we were thinking about making it nine. So, and I'm happy to I I thought I That's my bad. I thought I changed it to nine. Is it an issue if we say eight, we go over? No. I mean, we go over now. Yeah. Yeah. But I'm happy to change it to nine and we can nine on those combined meetings might be more reasonable. I think the business sessions alone, we could leave six to eight, but maybe on those combined meetings, let's go ahead and say nine. I think they were five to eight and I changed them to six. So, so it changed the combined to nine and accepted the schedule

044like that. Okay. Sorry about that. That's my bad. I don't want to get a frivolous lawsuit because we stayed at the wrong time. Okay. Um, so we're sending this back forward. Actually, you can just revise it. We'll just approve the revisions. Yeah. Approve as as revised 9 p.m. Okay. Y. And I've got a second. So, I move that the board approve the 2025 2026 Elizabeth School Board meeting schedule with revisions. Second. Okay. And can I get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsson. Hi. Director Pal. I. Okay. Next up, um, acceptance of board resignation and declaration of a board vacancy. I move that the board approve the board resignation of Jonathan Waller and declare a board vacancy. Second. Do we need to review the resolution or I recommend reading it out

045loud if you or I'm happy to whoever read it right here. Okay. Okay. Be it resolved, the board of education of Elizabeth School District accepts the resignation of Jonathan Waller from the board of education effective June 10th, 2025. Be it further resolved that in accordance with state law, the board declares a vacancy in this school director office that will be filled by appointment by the board within 60 days in accordance with the following procedure. Interested persons are invited to send a letter to the board with a statement of interest and qualifications by 5:00 pm on July 15, 2025 as outlined in the board member vacancy posted on the district website Tuesday, June 24th, 2025. Candidates will be contacted and the board may determine whether to move one or more candidates forward for further consideration. To

046be eligible for appointment, a candidate must be a registered elector of the Elizabeth School District for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the appointment and must not have been convicted of a sexual offense against a child. Colorado Revised Statute 22-31-10715. The appointee will serve until the next regular school bienial election in November of 2025. So, I'll post the like that said tomorrow. Okay. Good morning. Thank you. Okay. Can we get a roll call? Director Callahan. Hi. Director Fletcher. Hi. Director Olsen. Hi. Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Last on the agenda is the distribution of district property school bus. So, I move that the board approve the disposition of district property as presented. Second. This is one of our um 60 series of buses. It's 22 years old. Um it has 225,63 miles. Um and and

047it does have some uh damages um or not damages, but some some issues that um we declare at this point to be not worth repairing. And so therefore, this bus we're asking to be able to dispose of, which means we'll sell it. So, okay. Any discussion on that? All right. Can I get a roll call? Director Callahan, hi. Director Fletcher, hi. Director Olsen. Hi. Director Pal. Hi. Okay. Board planning new business. Just again, I'll I'll let you know as soon as we have an insurance package that we've had a chance to review and ensure that it's covers everything we need and then we'll we'll need to call a quick Zoom meeting um for you to approve it. We'll get it to you in advance of that so you can review and ask any questions. So,

048perfect. All right. So, our next board meeting, official board, I guess I call it official non Zoom um is August 12, 2025 here in the boardroom in the district office. And with that, I call this meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m. makes you go through

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