001Good evening, members of the board, Petro, Miss Ryan. Um, you like to first recognize the $3,600 money will be used towards uh new uniforms. Uh, next donation is a $1,200 donation uh to the shop program. Uh, that's from PBLO Perta. Gabe, um, uh, Gabe Lopez, uh, he donated three sets of Milwaukee tool sets. Um, we'll be using those in our shop program. Danica, it's fun that shop class, right? So, uh, we we have 30 35 kids in our shop class there at Pleasant View, and it's it's fun. I get the the the opportunity to be able to teach that class. So, I I I really enjoy that. So, I thank Pablo Perua for that donation. And then another donation of $500 and it was a 5 inch um joiner to the program as well. So,
002greatly appreciate people supporting the CTE programs and uh helping us keep those alive. So, thank you. >> Wonderful. Thank you. >> Okay, our next item is donation to Vinland Middle School. Mrs. She moved it to the next week. I moved it off yesterday. Sorry. >> No worries. Okay, we'll go right on to our donation to Ry High School. Mr. Addington. >> Good evening, members of the board. I just have one donation uh donation of $1,200 from Powerhouse Excavation and Construction uh from Jordan Powers, longtime supporter of Ry High School. So definitely appreciate that. >> Do you have any plans for it? >> We do. We are going to actually be applying that to our new camera system uh huddle for our coaches and our players. >> Nice. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Our
003next item is donation to Sky View Middle School. Mr. >> Good evening board and uh Miss Ryan and Mr. Ditrio. Just wanted to acknowledge the donation this evening uh for our cross country team uh from Mountain States Restoration, the $500 check, cash um donation, and um our uh our cross country team really appreciates that and needs the uh the funds to support them on um different equipment and um just travel arrangements uh as they go to and from different meets and uh just continue to grow their program. It's it's quite um uh amazing how well uh Maryland coach Maryland has grown that program at Sky View and it's just great to see uh members of the community uh contributing as well. So I just want to take a moment thank uh Mountain State's restoration and
004ask the board to accept that donation in kind for Sky View. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. May I have a motion to accept the gifts as presented? >> I move to accept the gifts as presented. >> I'll second. John Christensen. Yay. >> Christa Luca. Yay. >> Kathy Holland. Hi. Ann O. Yay. Motion carried. >> Okay, we're gonna move on to our good news. Um, the first good news item is the North Mesa Elementary School House restoration and ribbon. >> Good evening, board. Uh, I'm Jeff Als. And so the Little Red Schoolhouse has uh been a part of the community for over 100 years. And um when I got to North Mesa, uh I think it was painted somewhere maybe a couple years before, but in the last few years, it's
005been a it's it's needed a new painting restoration. And so um a few years back, our custodian was like, "Well, I'm going to I'm going to try to paint the doors and do this and that." So he did paint the doors. And uh Jean can attest we got some phone calls from some of the the neighbors mad as all get up that it was not the little red color school colors and it was horrible. And so he went out there and and repainted it the doors. And then uh and so I kept going, we've got to we got to do something. We got to do something. And lo and behold, Mr. Ward walks in one day and says, "Hey, I uh I'm I'm uh the little red schoolhouse. It it means something to me and
006and I want to do something. I want to I want to paint it." And so I'm kind of like, "Okay." And he says, "No, I I mean I want to really do the do a a paint job on this and and kind of make it back to uh being something the community can be community can be proud of." And so, uh, I called Rhonda and I I called the the maintenance people and said, "Hey, I got a guy here that wants to do this." And and he's got everything donated. He's willing to do it. What uh they met and lo and behold, this summer he uh through every day or not every day, but it was it took a couple months, right? But I mean, mornings, 100 degree weather, him and his crew were out
007there scraping, doing stuff, and worked their tail off. And and it it's a beautiful building. Again, thanks to Mr. Ward and uh and his crew. So, I appreciate it. I think the community appreciates it. I I I'm hoping everybody here appreciates it. So, thank you very much. You're very welcome. >> You want to talk? Do you want to say a couple words? >> Yes, absolutely. >> Okay. >> Good evening. First of all, I want to say um thank you for the recognition. I didn't do it, however, for the fanfare. I, you know, I remember back in 1976 when I first went to North Mesa as a first grader, we lived on Ford Road and I remember coming down Gail Road on the school bus and back then the little red schoolhouse was the little red
008schoolhouse. Maybe not the way it is right now that nice, but it was red, it was white, it it was it caught your eye. I mean, it was North Mesa Elementary. And then as I became a parent myself and our children went there, then our grandchildren went there, and every time we go there, I see the condition that it was getting in. Um, it was bad. It's It still needs work. So, don't, you know, I hope everybody realizes that. I hope that in the future something can be done. Uh, a lot of the wood on there is in very bad shape. I mean, when we were scraping paint chippings off, we were scraping wood as well. It's it it could use work, but at least now it it is something that catches everyone's eye. Um,
009my main guy that was out there, he one day he called me and he goes, he goes, "I got to tell you something." So, he was in the process of unloading the van, unloading the paint sprayer, and he went and was doing something. Well, when he came back to get the paint sprayer out of the van, there was a note that someone had left on top of the sprayer and it said, "Thank you for your hard work. You're doing great a great job bringing something back to the community, a concerned neighbor, something to that effect." So, um I mean that in itself, knowing that the people of the community, everybody that's went to that school, everybody that's from the Mesa knows the Little Red Schoolhouse. I didn't know at the time that it was the
010oldest building in the district. I had no idea it was as old as it is. But I'm just glad that I was in a situation in a position where I could do something to improve it. So once again, thank you for the recognition and hopefully in the future someone that's good at community organization can figure out a way to raise some money and do some more things with it. >> Thank you. So, so then this summer when it when it uh came to light that it was it was being painted and um I felt there was an opportunity to kind of give it some honor and because uh some of it is it is a part of the community and so um I had talked to Mrs. Panzio, one of the teachers uh with the
011Little Red Schoolhouse and Miss Paradiso, one of the kindergarten teachers. And so, uh, people out here know everybody that was involved in in teaching in that, Miss Sperry. Um, and so I asked Miss Penazio to come and and she has a little bit something to say. So, [Applause] well, I love the Little Red Schoolhouse. I uh taught there for 12 years. kindergarten and uh I have very fond memories as I feel like most of my students did. It is such an honor to be recognized here today as a key teacher connected to this historic site. The Little Red Schoolhouse where so much history has been lived and preserved reminds me why we do what we do as educators. We are keepers of stories and guides for the next generation. I believe teaching is about more
012than lessons in the classroom. It's about helping students connect with people, places, and moments that share our committees. Historic sites like this gives us a chance to step into those stories and truly feel the impact. I accept this res rec uh re I accept this with deep gratitude not only on my own behalf but on the behalf of my many students whose curiosities, questions, and discoveries kept history alive. Thank you to Pebble County School District 70 for valuing the role teachers play. And thank you to my colleagues, students, and community for reminding me every day of the power of education to connect past, present, and future. I couldn't have done this without the support of my principal, John Muso, my assistant, Lynn Sperry, and the parents of the children I taught. And um thank you
013for having me here today and letting me be a part of the Little Red Schoolhouse again. [Applause] >> Thanks. That's all. >> All right. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Well, that was wonderful and thank you for all that you did for our students. Wonderful. Okay, we're going to move on to our next item which is it's about the 2026 sober cowboy scholarship opportunity. Lacy Singleton. >> Good evening board. Thank you all for having me. Uh my name is Lacy Singleton. I am the founder of local nonprofit organization Sober Cowboy. for a little bit of backstory on how that came about and what it is. Um, I grew up with my dad being an addict. He was addicted to methamphetamines. Um, and is still an addict and serving that lifestyle today. Um, that
014was very tough. And as about high school kid age, he left for the second time and continued to use for the next 12 years. Obviously during that time it's very formative and deciding who you're going to become as a person. Um and so I then proceeded to travel that road myself with alcohol and you know use it for the next probably 10 years in unhealthy ways. And so I've always had a passion for recovery from addiction. But once I decided to get sober myself, it led to this organization. So I went to Las Vegas for the National Finals Rodeo and I was trying to be sober and trying to figure out what that looked like in of course sin city and it was very difficult with all the cowboys in town and all of the
015parties happening and I realized that there weren't many resources in the western industry or agriculture industries for recovery services or even addiction in general. Um and so cowboy was born and that was January of last year 2025 um sorry 2024 and since then we have reached many far and wide across the west and it just continues to grow. Currently in active recovery we have over 60 people. um we do meetings and have group chats and all of those things. But beside that, we are working in PBLO directly of course with I want to be with the youth and with kids that are coming into their next phase of life after high school or whatever that looks like with farming, ranching, agriculture, rodeo. Um, and so to provide and support for them, we created this scholarship,
016which for right now is $1,000, but we're hoping to, of course, raise some more funds as it goes. But I'm just here to present that to you and let everybody know about it so that you have the opportunity to share that with the students that you all see and work with every day. Um, like I said, this is not just for kids going to college, but those going into trade school, those going to work for the family farm or ranch, um, those pursuing a rodeo career, what or college, too, whatever that looks like. Um, but it's just been an amazing thing to see and we want to bring that all together with the local community here in Publo as well. If you guys have any questions about this or want to look more at the
017scholarship, we do have some information here. I've got some extras, but you can go to sobercowboy.org or as well to be able to find out more. The applications actually on there um as well as more information about of course the organization. So, thank you so much. >> When are scholarship applications due? >> Um I believe they are I had set them at March 15th. So, we will have we have our annual fundraiser that's kind of a big one. Um we do a rodeo in the spring. So, that'll be likely in May and I would love to present that scholarship to somebody locally here. Um, it is open to, of course, everybody all over the place because I do have people and members of the sober cowboy community everywhere. Um, however, I think that the most
018reach will obviously happen here where I'm home. Um, so yes, we will present that at the rodeo. >> Great. >> Thank you so much. >> Yeah, thank you. [Applause] >> Okay, next we have information from the board and superintendent. Uh, let's start with John. >> Um, well, the sewer line at Ry continues to work well. That's good. >> And excited. Homecoming's right around the corner, so it's always a fun time. Looking forward to that. >> That's all I have right now. >> Top that one, buddy. >> I think nothing. >> Can't top it. >> All right. Well, I'm recovering from surgery, so I'm here and I hope I'm here today, so Uh well, we had the pig skin, so that was a that was a big event for all of us. And uh I felt
019like it was a it was a good game. Um and we really appreciate all the hard work that both sides put into that and especially Adam, you really did a great job of uh organizing the whole event and getting it all together. So, thank you for >> agree those events we were talking today, Mr. Wagner, myself, Mr. Bumgardner, it takes a lot to make those events happen and uh on both schools from the district level and then of course all the volunteers and sponsors. So it's it was it was a good night. The rain stayed away, Miss Russell. >> I lost a little bit. >> Stayed away. I was the only one that believed it would. So um or that that it would stay away then naysayers it was going to rain. But no, it
020was a good event. I don't have anything else. So, we'll just move on. Um, next we have a discussion. Um, we have a presentation on the PO West High School API. So, we have Mrs. >> Good evening. Uh, my name is Sheila Sloan. I'm a teacher out at Publo West High School and we are currently organizing a trip to New York City for AP and IB students. Um, we have our science and math teachers, English and social studies teachers. Um, and our business teacher attending, um, and so they're creating lessons for us to take with us. Um, I just love the speech about the Little Red Schoolhouse. And I just I I feel like we're kind of taking our schoolhouse on the road and hoping to meet those curiosities that the students have about New
021York. We started in the up north of the city um studying literature and the river um and the influence of the Hudson River community, the Dutch um early establishment in the 1600s and then working our way down to the 1800s as we float down the river literally on a on a boat. will be um stopping at Hyde Park um New York to go see President Franklin Roosevelt's home and Presidential Library and Eleanor Roosevelt's home. Um as well as um going it's the week before Halloween. So it's um we're going to Washington Irving's neighborhood and we're going to the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery um which he wrote the legend of Sleepy Hollow. So, we'll be um connecting the history and the literature there with a two-hour night lantern tour through the cemetery and and kind of absorbing
022some of the history as well as some of the lore created and literature uh created. The theme of our trip is um liberty um legends and literature of New York City. So, we're really excited to weave all that and New York and New York City. So, then we'll head down to the city. We're going to stay in Brooklyn, New York. And a lot of the students have read a book called The A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. We'll be staying in Brooklyn. We'll walk the Brooklyn Bridge. We'll walk Williamsburg where that um memoir turned into a novel um is set. Then we'll be exploring Wall Street. Mr. Pervvis will be doing a lesson about the stock exchange. Um we'll be heading out uh talking about immigration, heading out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.
023will be seeing a Broadway show called The um Outsiders. Some of you may have read the book or seen the movie. My husband and I, we just rewatched the movie this weekend and I I had forgotten some of the cast that was in that. But the kids will be exposed to a Broadway show and um dinner on Broadway at a restaurant called Sardies where a lot of the stars are honored there that are in the Broadway shows with portraits that are sketched of them lining the walls of the restaurant. So, they'll get to see so many things and like absorb the stories um as the kindergarten teacher just spoke about and it made me really proud to be a teacher just to hear her talk just now. But anyway, we're excited. We've got 55 folks
024that we're taking and exposing to all these wonderful stories and histories, literature, art. Um we'll be going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We'll be visiting the Shamberg Library, a New York public library located in Harlem for a history of Malcolm X and as well as the history of the Harlem Renaissance. So that preceded that. Um so it's just a wonderful opportunity to expose students to science, nature, literature, art, the Hudson River Valley, um the city, and just the earliest parts of our beginnings in the 1600s all the way up to today. So that's what what's on tap. That's what we're planning. So >> sounds like a lot of fun. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Next up, we have a presentation of the Po West High School Varsity Cheer Trip. Gibbons. Hi, I'm Cassie Gibbons
025and I am um the head varsity cheer coach at Publo West and um this year we are wanting to um move like uh we want to compete at the national level again in Orlando, Florida. And that is February 4th the well we'll be going February 4th through the 10th. Um, and we've we have gone um a a few times we've been to nationals. Um, I will say that this year I'm I'm really really excited as um the talent that this that this program has really grown to have and um this team really um makes me excited. like I I'm just so excited to start competing and um excited for what's to come with with the program and the team that has grown. Um we're a co-ed team. We now have grown our co-ed team. We
026have six males and um so that that's huge. I started out with one um and it's the team it's a team of 28 on my varsity team and so we will um we're in hopes to get a bid in two divisions our co-ed traditional performance routine and also our game day co-ed team. So, um, excited and hopeful to get a bid for both those and get to represent PBLO West and Colorado. >> Thank you. They they work hard. They They're a good team. >> Yeah. >> Well, thank you and good luck. >> Thank you. Okay. Next up, we have a presentation of the pool technician maintenance custodial job description. >> Good evening, Madame President, members of the board. Um, the pool technician maintenance department is um a new job description. We have had uh some
027pool maintenance in the past, but it was looped in with a custodial job description. So, um, this would be a half-time position at Po County High School and, uh, the job requirements would be to oversee the maintenance and safety of the pool facility there. Um, we would require certification of a certified pool operator and prefer three years of experience as a certified pool operator as well as some custodial experience. Um, this person would safely and properly operate a public swimming pool by maintaining the water chemistry, adjusting chemicals as needed to meet state guidelines, clean the filters, and ensure safety regulations are met. That's the overall view of that job. >> So, is this going to be a new addition or is this replacing the position that we already have? >> It is replacing it. We
028don't currently have anyone in that position and so before we posted it, we wanted to have an updated job description requiring that certified pool operator certification. >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> And you can go on to the next one. >> All right. This is um our health technician. This is just a change um some updates to the job description um that used to be our certified nurse assistant job description and we're requesting a change in the title um because in Colorado the nurse practice act protects specific titles like registered nurse and registered professional nurse unauthorized use of these titles is prohibited and it would then bring our job description more in line with other dis how other districts are advertising izing their position within the state. So, we would change it
029from a certified nurse assistant to a health technician. And we did update the job summary to be more detailed of the day-to-day duties of an of a health technician such as, you know, assisting with medical procedures, providing first aid, keeping up health records, um giving medication to students. So, those are the two updates to that job description. >> Questions? Thank you. Hey, next is open forum. Do you have any comments this evening? >> We do. We have one. >> Okay, >> Miss Paycheck, >> you know the deal. Three minutes will be on the screen. Yes. >> You know, stick to the rules. >> That's enough today. >> So, oh, I'll wait. >> Whenever you start, I'll start. >> Oh, okay. I didn't know it was that easy. All right. Um, so this is the PCA
030spotlight. Uh Susie came up with this idea on one of her um leadership journeys with our union last spring and so we're just here to spotlight our amazing employees. So our first one I'll let Susie speak. So I nominated uh Lacy Dixon for the PCA spotlight because she has gone above and beyond not only for me but for my ESS students and my ESS teacher. Um, both my teacher and I are new to eighth grade, so we are not familiar with Miss Dixon's curriculum. And what she did is she created I wanted to show Can I bring this to you? >> Yeah, of course. >> She created a unit one and unit 2 that lasts all the way until Thanksgiving. It has notes. It has assignments, labs, um, answer sheets because I'm not familiar with
031her curriculum. She did this all on her own time. Um, so that we can both support students um in when we have time in resource classes and in the classroom because I don't I'm not a science teacher >> and so this really helps me support our students and helps them succeed and so I wanted to recognize her for her work going above and beyond. [Applause] Okay, we have one more. So, this is our certified spotlight. Um, we also have a classified spotlight ESP. They could not be here today, but I still wanted to share the writeup. Um, so Mr. Frederick isn't just an outstanding custodian and colleague, he's a role model for young people. Beyond keeping the school spotless and functioning, he invests in students by teaching them responsibility, respect, and the importance of hard
032work. For many kids, he's the highlight of their day, always greeting them with kindness and encouragement. His positive influence reaches far beyond clean hallways, shaping young lives with lessons that last a lifetime. Mr. Frederick employs groups of students who stay after lunch to clean, rearrange, and pack up the lunchroom every day. He orchestrates and manages teams of kids that rivals management of seasoned veterans around the building. Um, so I was told that he gives a place for students to stay in middle school when they're unsure and, you know, nervous, who maybe don't feel comfortable going out to recess. He provides a place for them to be and they stay and they work with him in the in the cafeteria and clean up. And so, uh, just an amazing individual that puts a lot of time
033into our students. So, we have a certificate for him that we'll make sure he gets and a t-shirt. So, >> he's at Sky View. >> She's [Applause] >> And you could come get your binder. Sorry. >> I'm sure you're going to need it. >> Really? >> She did a wonderful job. Wonderful job. >> Okay. Item eight is approval of the consent agenda items. Do I have a motion to approve these items? >> So moved. >> I second. >> John Christensen. >> Yay. >> Christa Luca. >> Yay. >> Kathy Holland. >> Hi. >> And O. >> Yay. >> Motion carried. >> Okay. Our next board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025 at the Educational Services Center beginning at 6 PM. Our regular meeting is now adjourned.