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002[music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Good evening and welcome to the board meeting for the board of education of Gley Evans School District 6 on Monday, March 9th. This meeting will now come to order. >> Please join us for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Miss Lemon, will you please call the role? >> Director Zari, >> present. >> Director Bentley. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> present. >> Director Edmonds, >> present. >> Director Lemos Garcia, >>
003present. >> Director Mash, >> present. >> Director Roi, >> present. >> Six board members, present. >> Thank you. And Director Bentley is excused this evening. >> Let's see. Sorry, lost my place. All right. Well, thank you and welcome uh to this to our board meeting on this beautiful spring day, almost spring day. Um I thought I'd just let you know a couple of things that the board of education has been up to in the last couple of weeks. Um as you may or may not know here in District 6, the negotiations process to come up with a teacher contract is not what is typical in other districts where one side says, "Here's what we want." And the other side says, "Oh, that's preposterous." And they fight about it and nothing ever gets done. Instead, here
004in district 6, it is a collaborative consensus project process where the board of education um the Gley Education Association and the um district admin all get together for three days and all voices are heard, all ideas are get are brought forward and um very sophisticated and elegant solutions um are are found for for some complex situations. So, um, our brand new board members got to see what that was like, um, last week and it was again a very productive and, um, positive experience and, um, then teams go out to to further um, kind of delineate those those needs and bring it back to the board later on. So, very proud to get to be a part of that and that is a process that Dr. Pilch brought when she came and um we are all
005committed to ensuring that that process remains in effect in district 6 so that these um solutions can be found. Um we also all most of us attended the success foundation annual breakfast. For again those of you who don't know the success foundation exists solely to add to the experiences of our students here in district 6. They help to provide technology and STEM labs, um, new instruments, sports opportunities for our students. And we just want to say an enormous thank you, one to the Success Foundation and their board and their director, Julie Hill, but also to our community because every seat is full. Um, every um, generous heart gives to that effort and um, we got to hear from our students specifically who have been affected by those those generous donations. So, thank you for attending
006and if you missed it, we'll invite you next year for sure. And then also, we got an update on our internships for students. Um, for rising seniors, there are opportunities for summer internships and the um application was just opened this week and we have close to 500 students who are interested. So, if you are a business owner, please, if you are a business owner and are listening, we would love to have a student intern at your place of employment. Whether you're nonprofit, whether you're in medicine, business of any kind, we have students who would love to have the opportunity to learn from you and to um see whether or not that's a career that they might choose. Sometimes it helps our students know that is not a career that they want to choose. But at
007any rate, again, enormous thanks to our community who has stepped up and provided um [clears throat] I believe it was 180 positions. Um so that's that's amazing. But we have close to 500 students, so we can always expand this program. But we're very excited for that season as our students are are looking forward to that. All right. At this point, we need to approve our agenda. That is an action item. President Mash, um I move that we amend the agenda to remove board priority item uh 10.01. 01 JICA student dress code to be reviewed at a later date. >> I will second. >> Second. >> Any discussion on that motion? >> Um so the we we were going to review the JICA student dress code. We had a lot of policy revisions um on that
008and um I felt that we needed more discussion and a a work session and just more information before adopting um the policy revisions and so we are going to consider it at a future meeting. >> All right, Miss Lemon, will you please call a vote on the admin amended agenda? >> Director Ozari, >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> I. Director Edmonds >> I. >> Dr. Lamos Garcia >> I. >> Dr. Mash >> I. >> Director Roi >> I. Motion carries 6. >> Okay. And then I will now need a motion to approve the rest of the agenda or the agenda as amended. >> I move that the board of education of Gley Evans School District 6 approves the agenda as it has been modified and is presented. >> Second. >> Any further discussion on
009the amendment or on the motion? All right. Miss Lemon, will you please give us a vote? >> Director Azari, >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> I. >> Director Edmonds, >> I. >> Director Lamos Garcia, >> I. >> Director Mash, >> I. >> Director Roi, >> I. Motion carries 6. >> Thank you very much. And now we are on to our special items and I will turn this over to Dr. Dr. Pilch for her honor role. >> Thank you, President Mash. Good evening, Board of Education. Um, I'm excited to open with our superintendent's honor roll tonight. We have a big crowd here tonight to honor our student um who have been state recognized in our activities and athletic programs at our high school. So, I'd like to invite Mr. Sean Scribbik, our director of K12
010activities and athletics to the podium to begin this recognition for us. Thank you, Mr. Scrier. Thank you, Dr. Pilch, president of Mash and Board. Um, appreciate the time to celebrate our winter athletes and activities. Um, just a quick cap of this winter. It's been a hugely successful. Um, just finished with middle school women's basketball. Uh, congratulations to McAuliffe and Twiton for winning that. Uh, Heath just wrapped up wrestling last week as the as the middle school wrestling champions. First time in a long time. So, super exciting times in middle school. um huge participation numbers with our elementary athletics, uh basketball this winter and then upcoming in the spring, uh just about every one of our programs will be doing either soccer or softball/ baseball kind of hybrid to get our kids involved at the fourth
011and fifth grade level. So, um pretty exciting. And then I know the high schoolers get a lot of the uh credit here, but hopefully with that sequence of events, we'll start building and this room will be huge full of a lot of these state qualifiers. And so I'd like to introduce Gley West first and JJ Baron's athletic director to kind of discuss the success of of Gley West High School this winter. All right, thank you guys for having us uh tonight. I'm JJ Barren, the athletic director at Gree West High School and it's just super exciting even to be out there in the hallway to see uh the number of students that we're going to celebrate and honor tonight and stuff. So, um, the first, uh, the first group we're going to honor is our
012music department. Um, we have, he's not here tonight, but we have Kareem Padilla, uh, Sanchez, who was selected to be on the All State, uh, symphonic band. Um, his teacher is Katon Michael. Our next group is our All State Choir selections, and we had six students that qualified qualified for all state choir, and they are led by Chris Pierce. And I'll let her come up and say a word. Thank you so much for having us. This is so important to these kids and they're pretty amazing. Um, all state choir this year was Sam Patrick, Ana Turpstra, Malia Beardman, Daniel Morales, and Jane Swisser and Fatima Malone were unable to be here tonight, so we want to honor them as well. Um, all state choir requires a rigorous audition. Um it's comparable to a team winning
013at state. They won. So that's that's awesome. Um all of them here and the other two are involved in our musical 9 to5 and that is next Friday and Saturday at 7 o'clock. And we're also going to be singing at the Nuggets game in a few weeks. So we're doing a lot of fun stuff in choir. So congratulations to our all state choir. Okay. All right. Our um our next group continuing this Spartan success is our boys and girls wrestling team. Uh they competed at the state wrestling tournament two weeks ago. Uh we qualified four uh four boy wrestlers, six uh girl wrestlers. Um and their names are Allison Laura Zargoza, Alexa Guerrero, Maya Salazar, Espironza Rios, Soul Lopez, Ariana Torres, and then for our boys, we've got Gunnar Gerbers, Carter Gomez, Matias Marquez, and
014Max Castellanos. Uh we had one state placer there. Uh it was our first girl state placer Gley West. Aana Torres placed first or placed third at the state tournament. Um and then they're here with their assistant coach Eli Hendershot. Okay. Our uh our next group is our FCLA or FCS culinary arts program. Uh they recently competed in two events in the ESO uh Crown High School uh competition uh where where these two students uh both won first prize um and their names are uh Emma Notice and Tavan Castellena. Uh between the two of them um each one of those competitions they win they they earn scholarship money. Between the two of them they have already earned over $11,000 in scholarship money. And last year, our last group wasn't here uh able to make it tonight,
015but I just want to say something about our girls swim team who qualified six athletes uh to the state tournament a couple weeks ago. Um they broke several personal and team records throughout the uh school year or through the the season. And uh Holly Kale was able to place third in the one-meter dive. So, thank you guys. Here you go. Mina All right. As the Spartans exit, I will welcome the Wildcats and Principal Amy Zulaf. >> Hello, Dr. Pilch and Board of Education. We are super excited to celebrate our Gley Central State qualifiers for this past season. And to kick us off, I'm going to invite Coach Sheets, our girls basketball coach, up to the podium. >> Hello. Thank you for having us today. So, I'm Juliet Sheets. I'm the head coach here at Gley
016Central. And we had an incredible season. We have one of our main players right here, Abby Tovar, who's sitting with you. Uh, but we had a great season. Our motto this year was Ubuntu, which is I am because we are. Um, and we had a little bit of a slow start in the beginning, but we really turned it on the end of season. had an incredible season, made the playoffs. It's a very close game. Um, and they worked very hard. So, we also um had uh two all-conference uh players, one of which Anniah Davis, who was our first team all-conference player, and then Susette Flores, who was allconerence honorable mention for the Long Peak contra conference, which is really competitive. So, um, I'm going to allow these guys to just introduce themselves quickly as they
017walk by, but thank you so much for having us and go Cats. >> I'm Carmen Whitehead. I'm an assistant coach. >> Lincoln Sever, assistant coach. >> Hi, I'm Annayia Davis. >> Hi, I'm Susette Flores and I'm a senior. >> Hi, I'm Sophia Romy and I'm a senior. >> I'm Kate Layman and I'm a junior. >> I'm Annabelli Salazar and I'm a sophomore. I'm Tatum Richardson and I'm a freshman. I'm Mia Sanchez and I'm a freshman. Our girls basketball team is so fun to watch. We are so proud of the heart and the spirit and the athleticism that these girls represent on the court and in the classroom. We're very proud of them. Okay. Thank you ladies and coaches. Oh, stay there. Okay. Um and then um as you recognize, we have um 42 students from
018Gley Central that we wanted to represent as state qualifiers today. And these humans are typically the busiest humans in our building. And so we appreciate your patience and understanding for them not all being here tonight. But we are very so much proud of our girls basketball team who is here representing our Wildcats. In addition to our girls basketball team qualifying for state, we also had five wrestlers qualify for state and that includes Daniel Romero who was our state champion. And we also had a second place finisher in Noah Garcia Salazar. So we definitely want to represent on that side. So congrats to our boys wrestling program. On top of that, we also had uh 12 plus students qualify for state in our health science academy program, which is fantastic. And that includes a national qualifier
019as well. We're very proud of our health science academy. We had three students qualify in forensics and in that speech and debate. And so, shout out to our forensics wildcats. And then we had three of our Wildcats make the all state choir. And so again, we're we're super proud of all of our students making it to that level. 42 Wildcats make it to that state. And we're very proud of all of them. And our last school to honor tonight is Northridge. Uh, and I will introduce or please welcome Jeff Collins to the podium. Thank you. That's nice already. Yeah. Thanks for having us. Uh, we had a really, really good winner. Actually, we've got four groups today I'd like to introduce you to. Um, we'll start with our state qualifying wrestlers coached by Eastern Ramirez.
020He apologizes. He's coaching baseball at Northridge right now, so he can't make it. U, but Isaac Deavila, JJ Dea Cruz, Oliver Oagi, Connor Simons, and Leland, Leland Kamacho, uh, qualified for the state wrestling tournament, and Connor finished third at state. So, pretty good showing there. Um, next we have Northridge girls basketball. Uh, Dan Beck is here. They qualified as the 15th seed. Made it to the Sweet 16 um, this year. And those folks are Maya Burkeholder, Ella Burkholder, Sophia Carbajal, Clen Darnell, Sam Jackson, Leah Archebec, Tory Peterson, Slea Ciwe, Brianna Huffman, Natalie Maest, Alexis Jackz, LJ Garcia, and Chelsea Morz. Um, next we have our ProStart team coached by Joanna Fedor, who was recognized last week as ProStart's teacher of the year, which is awesome. Can we clap for Joanna? >> We have Anna, Denise,
021Sammy, and Stacy. uh competed in the management event and finished third last week. It was a cool cool event. And then we had two speech and debate qualifiers. Um Emily Massie can't be here tonight. She apologizes as well. Um but Ganna Marquez is here and she finished eighth. Poetry poetry interpretation. Yeah, poetry interpretation. So, thank you for being here and thank you again for having us. I didn't do any of that stuff. Thank you, Mr. Scribbik. >> You have something you want to say? >> Nope. Thank you. >> Okay. [laughter] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Scribbet. Congratulations to you. Um, and to all of our students and our coaches and our sponsors. And a special congratulations to Joanna Fedor, uh, who is the Colorado Prostart teacher of the year. She was selected by the Colorado
022Restaurant Foundation. So, yet another of the year in district 6. and we'll bring um we'll bring Miss Fedor back to another board meeting to be recognized. Okay. Um I have one final recognition tonight. Um and uh this is this too is a really big deal. Um this recognition recognizes educators uh rather than children and our students. And as you all know, parents entrust their students, their children to us every single day. And they count on us to help change their lives and to get them ready for their life in the future. And sometimes something really big happens and staff are faced with not only changing a student's life but actually saving a student's life. And so um that is is what I want to talk about tonight. I'm honored to recognize a group of of
023educators tonight who um have changed and saved a student's life at Miker Elementary School. Um, so I'd like to invite the team from the MER elementary school, um, who who we are going to honor tonight, um, and our director of health services coordinator, Jen Clark. I see the principal, Allison Ferguson, coming forward as well. Um, I'm going to ask Jen to tell you a little bit more about this you very scary scary situation that ended in the best possible outcome uh due to the the amazing training and the quick thinking and the quick actions of our educators. And so, um, Jen, are you going to name those educators or am I? >> Either one. What would you like? >> Do you have it on your list? >> I do have it on my list. >>
024All right. I'm going to have you do it then. All right. I'll come join you. >> Do you want me to start with them? >> I do. >> Okay. Perfect. Um, so we have all the staff here from Miker Elementary that were involved in this incident. So Morgan Damian, she's our health clerk. Um, Ashley Kendrick is the school nurse. I'll go slower. Stephanie Kubala, she's a special education teacher at MER. Amber Branicki, school counselor at MER. Ivy Dryer, school teacher. >> Tanisha Trillo, special education assistant. >> She's not here. Okay. Still honoring. And Tanya Hunaker, who's a special education assistant. So, each one of these staff were involved in like Dr. Pilch said, and thank you for having us, by the way, for this recognition um in an incident that involved a student. Um, I'm
025deeply honored to be able to recognize with Dr. Pilch tonight each one of you. Um, you guys, um, let me find my spot. Sorry. This team of school staff, um, they were able to coordinate swift, courageous response and saving a life of a young student who suddenly became unresponsive during the school day at Miker Elementary this past January. Um these classroom staff immediately recognized that there was a medical emergency happening and they promptly connected to the health clerk Morgan. Um [snorts] and when she got there, she recognized there was a m a medical emergency, excuse me. Um and she quickly directed staff to call 911 and grab the AED um to have at her disposal. And they did. They quick they activated that emergency response team quickly, which initiated a bunch more staff to come
026help. Um, and then CPR was initiated for about 2 minutes. They performed that CPR and they had the AED ready to go if they were to need it. Um, and then the rest of the staff were helping to clear the room so that they could effectively give um, care that was safe for the student to have. by the time the EMS arrived, which they all tell me seems like forever. [laughter] Um, but the student was conscious at that point and their parent was there, but EMS was able to transport them to get some higher level of medical care that they needed and to be stabilized. Um, after the incident, I did have a debrief with all of the staff and they told me how grateful and thankful they were to have the training that they
027had by our school nurse, Ashley. Um, and to me, this reinforces the importance of continued emergency response training. CPR training, those things that our team of nurses and CPR staff are able to provide for us. Um, the staff at MER relied on their training. They responded immediately and their preparedness and teamwork made a life-saving difference. We're deeply grateful for their courage, professionalism, and readiness to act when every second mattered. Their commitment to student safety safety truly helped save a life. Thank you. Heat. Heat. Thank you all for coming. We We'd love to be able to honor you in person and thank you for your commitment to our students and our families. And congratulations to all of our students who excelled in their efforts this this fall and we look forward to celebrating our spring athletes
028and activity members as well. We have another celebration um and I assume are you leading this Dr. Pilch as well? Um the Prairie Heights School to watch recognition. So, uh, we are we are just so pleased to have, uh, Prairie Heights principal Jessica Cooney and several of her staff here with us tonight as we recognize them as a school to watch um, here in Gley. And you all have heard about this program before. Brentwood has been recognized, Brentwood Middle has been recognized with this, but this is the first time for Prairie Heights to receive this tremendous honor. And I'll just remind you that Prairie Heights has been at seven years at the state's highest ranking of performance. They've had tremendous academic growth just year over year and um they're one of our our lowest teacher
029turnover schools. Staff go to Prairie Heights and they stay. They're deeply committed and they stay and and they set very high expectations for themselves, for each other and for their students and they provide high support and um really important support to each other and their students. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Mrs. Cooney and let her talk a little bit more about the schools to watch program >> in Prairie Heights. >> Okay. Thank you Dr. Pilch and President Mash and Board of Education. Um we are honored to be here this evening. So we wanted to start by just telling you a little bit about the schools to watch program. Um it's a pro it's a program put forth by the national forum and the association for middle level education. um which
030works to improve education and school-based supports for middle-rade students um and brings together educators like us as well as researchers, associations, and state programs um to help lead the schools to watch program and promote continuous improvement um specifically in middle grades. Um and we went through a very rigorous um application process, evaluation, and a full day on-site verification process. Um in order to be a schools to watch we had to meet several different criteria. The first was around academic excellence. Specifically we were recognized for our datadriven collaboration, our rigorous planning structures, our focus on feedback and student growth and the consistency of our high expectations throughout the school. Um and then also we had to show developmental responsibility and specifically we were recognized for having our mentoring program for every student. Um and our 1%
031better together motto and that that idea of all of us moving forward as one cohesive group. um as well as families feeling the confidence in their child's ability to be happy and thrive in our school environment and our ability to meet the needs of families um promptly and with empathy and clarity specifically was what the group recognized. Um, additionally in social equity, we qualified um because for one thing they really were impressed as our high level of extracurricular participation. We have about 90% of our students participating in an extracurricular activities. Um, and the consistency and support that we provide for all students and the dedicated and compassionate teachers and staff, which if you've ever been to our building, you've seen that firsthand. um as well as our strong community partnerships and I would just add
032to that our strong family partnerships as well and we even have one of our parents who came and joined us tonight. So um and then last is our organizational structure and Dr. Pilt already um mentioned our high retention rates for our staff. Um we also focus on positive communication forward to our students and to our families and support within and beyond the school day. um and the way that we recognize and celebrate students and staff um and our focus on fifth to sixth grade transition and 8th to 9th grade transition and how that's able to support our students to be su successful both when they enter middle school and as they leave it and move on to high school. Um we part of what they do when they come to visit our school is they
033spend a few hours interviewing our teachers. Um and they also meet with a parent group as well as a student group and then as well with our admin team. And so after that they pull out a whole b a whole lot of quotes that they share with us as part of our site visit report. Um, and some that were really special to us were, um, we hold each other with high expectations and accountability to model for the students. And that came from one of our teachers. Um, and some from the parents that I think meant so much to us are, "Prairie Heights did not give up on my kid." And this one just gets me a little tearyeyed every time. Prairie Heights completely changed my outlook on how school should be. and my kid is
034thriving in high school because of the skills and support from Prairie Heights. And my students in high school want to come back because of how this school made me made them feel. And one of our teachers said, "I've never felt so supported." And when the team sent us their email to recognize us, they said, "We were blown away by the culture you've created, the high level of engagement of your students, the robust learning, and the empowerment of everyone in your learning community, from the staff, the students, and the parents. So, we are really excited. Our next steps are we will be sending a team to Washington DC in June for a national recognition. And then on March 27th, we're having a school assembly to present our banner for schools to watch. I know um you
035all know about that as well and we hope you'll be able to join us. And then um in September next year, we'll be recognized at the conference um for the Colorado Association of Middle Level Educators in Colorado Springs. And then part of we'll continue working on these cohort visits as part of the schools to watch network so that we can continue to learn and grow from one another. Um and then of course we're going to keep doing all the great work that got us here. And um all of that of course is because of the great humans that are standing here and what they do for our school. any Thank you. And do you guys have any questions for us? I think we'll have Oh, I don't think my um my thingy is working. So,
036I think I heard a click over here. I [laughter] don't. Okay. Well, just feel free to speak up because I know people press their button. >> I'll go first. >> Okay. There we go. Sorry. [laughter] >> So, I know we just celebrated 10 years of Prairie Heights existing. And um from my understanding, a lot of the kids who used to go to John Evans um now go to Prairie Heights, the way the boundaries work. Um so, that also is the the population of kids I take care of in clinic. Um, so I do get a lot of kiddos from Prairie Heights coming to clinic visits. Um, I more a comment than a question. Just so proud of everything that um, the middle school has achieved. I know Jessica Cooney and your spouse are kind of
037legendary in district 6 and in education. Um, just wanted to personally congratulate you on on getting getting Prairie Heights on the schools to watch. >> Thank you. And I will just say again, it really has this award is for our staff and our students and our families. Like they we are so just we so incredibly grateful for the work of our teachers and without them we would never be here. So so grateful for that. >> I have a question. >> Yes. Hi. >> Well, uh one of the things to watch at Prairie Hides, at least the last time I was there, was this uh the greenhouse of yours. and I just thought uh I'd give you a chance to talk briefly about that because I think it's a pretty special thing along with so many
038other great things that are happening at your school. >> Well, thank you. Yes. And actually, we just found out recently um our greenhouse received a $2,000 grant from Sprouts to keep up the great work that they're doing specifically around community guard gardening and being able to create and grow plants and eventually um some vegetables that will long-term help feed our community, but also plants that we'll be able to give out to our students and families. So, we're really excited about it. We have two incredibly passionate teachers who lead that work and um with the help of Candy Gonzalez in the 21st century afterchool program. So it's really being it's really starting to take off and doing amazing things in the greenhouse and we're excited to I guess grow I guess that's a cheesy way to
039say that but grow that work over the next few years. So don't want to miss anyone. I'm so sorry that our request button isn't working, but congratulations. Thank you all for being here. These photos really just, I think, capture how much fun you have. Um, no one's taking themselves too seriously in a Viking Santa costume. [laughter] Um, um, but yeah, well done. Great work. Thank you all for being here. And, um, we're so pleased obviously with the academic achievement, but we know that students can't learn well if they don't feel supported and welcomed. So, um, I'd say that's the most important starting block. So, congratulations. >> Thank you. It's working now. Okay. All right. I think I'm about 50/50 with remembering to introduce our Council of Student Representatives that are sitting with us. So, as
040we are always happy to have Abigail Tover and Sarah Beneggas. And our next item on the agenda is to hear from your colleagues from Union Colony, Garrett Escu and Alani Salinetti. >> Thank you, President Mash, members of the board, and Dr. Pilch. I'll just introduce this group very quickly um and recognize Aaron Allen and Bill Fern and Brie Tanner who support this great group of students. This is a group of students um made up of all of our schools, including our charter schools. schools across the district that Dr. Pelch created when she got here. And it is so important for to listen to our students and allow them to to show off their leadership. And so tonight, we'll hear from Union Colony. [clears throat] >> Good evening, President Mush, D6 board members, and Dr. Pelch.
041My name is Garrett Escu and today I'm representing Union Colony Preparatory and the Council of Student Representatives. And some of the agenda I'll be talking about tonight is our school's new cell phone policy and the effect it has in our classrooms and how it also helps our teachers. And so our new cell phone policy prohibits students from using their phones on school grounds from the times of 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. And this helps students in our school stay focused during class with some students I've heard from admitting that this policy has helped us with helped them with their focus in class and it's let them interact with more students and it's also let them be less distracted in the classroom. And one thing that I've personally noticed with this new policy is how much
042how more engaged the students in our school are. And I just don't see it as a like common thing anymore with students checking their phones through throughout lessons or group studies in our school. And I just see it as less of a distraction. And our school does have exceptions for the cell phone policy. If we have emergencies or if a student has the emergency, they are allowed to use the cell phone with permission of a teacher or a staff member in our school. And basically this helps with our school environment that we want to strive to create which is an everyone knows your name kind of policy where basically we want staff like teachers and students to have closer relationships just so that way they can connect more and not just with teachers but students
043as well. And the way this cell phone policy helps our teachers is it helps our teachers especially with our school having the flexibility to create their own curriculum with teachers having those closer relationships with students. Teachers can know how to create their lessons on if one classroom is struggling with a certain topic, the teachers can adapt their lesson for those needs. or if students are excelling in a lesson, the the teachers can help make the lessons harder to challenge the students and see how far they can get. And that is all I have to talk about, but I will all I will hand it off to my representative. >> Good evening everybody. I would like to give a quick thanks for having Garrett and I speak today. I'm Alani Salinetti, a senior at Union Colony
044Preparatory, and I came along with Garrett to help promote our school's community and the benefits of our newer pathways that were imple imple implemented last year. I would also like to quickly mention how proud I am that our school was named the top high school in Gley by the US News and World Report. Our students work hard every year, especially our junior class who are required to take either honors or AP science classes. A difficult feat but not impossible with the help of our teachers and staff who support our students and community. The main way this is accomplished is through our themes of the month in contracts that were applied a year or so back where students come together at the beginning of the school year and brainstorm good traits and morals that should be
045implemented in classrooms. At the end of each month, good behavior is rewarded at our assemblies as well as good grades in performance in the body. Union Colony tries its very best to be a comfortable space for students to learn and have close relationships with teachers while at the same time promoting advanced academic opportunities for the students. Although I'm sure it's been mentioned before, we have three main pathways. Our first one is our core pathway where for students who do not wish to take Ames classes. Beforehand, it was a requirement of our school to graduate to take Ames classes, but we changed it so students would have more flexibility. This also gives them the chance to take advantage of the many electives we offer each year. Our second and most common pathway is our concurrent enrollment
046where students take both Union and Connie offered classes alongside Ames classes, giving them the opportunity to get a good amount of credits before college starts. The least common pathway would be our associates pathway. Yet, even though it might seem more challenging than the others, it doesn't push away our determined students. I'm actually currently on that pathway. I started taking college courses my freshman year alongside my high school courses with the intention of graduating this year with both my high school diploma and associates degree at Ames. Although it's a lot of hard work, I believe that the environment that Uni Colony pushes for is the perfect amount of for this type of goal. Our school supports strong academic students while providing support in any way that they can offer. We appreciate your time tonight listening to
047how our school has implemented new ways for students to learn with a cell phone policy and pathways to offer more opportunities. Again, thank you for your time and we would be happy to answer any questions. >> Thank you very much. Thanks for being here. I will see if there are any questions. I was curious if your administration um sought out some student voice before they brought forth the cell phone policy. >> Yeah. So before they implemented the cell phone policy, I do not believe they did get any student input on the policy. So >> Well, I'm glad to hear that you that you think it's a positive thing. We um also um tightened up our cell phone policy here a couple of years ago. We did I think we reached out to council student reps
048about it. But yeah, that's that's a big it's a big task to tackle, huh? But um so have you both been at Union Union Colony K12 or what year did you begin? >> I started at Union Colony my seventh grade year. >> And I started our sixth grade year. >> Okay, awesome. Do you have some questions? Okay. Well, we'll listen to our reps down there. >> I don't have a question, but I have to say kudos to my CSR people, right? You guys did amazing. I love hearing especially about charter schools. I just think you guys are so awesome to be recognized, of course, even within the district. And having three pathways is so amazing. I've never heard of that before. And giving the students maybe the opportunity to do concurrent enrollment or associates or
049simply what fits best for them I think is so amazing. So for students have the opportunity to personalize their education to themselves. So good job guys. All right. Well we thank you very much for coming to share with us and best wishes for the rest of your school year. And I will turn it back over to you, Dr. Pilch, for your report. Thank you, President Matthew. President [clears throat] Mash. Uh, excuse me. I have three things on my uh superintendent report tonight. First, I'd like to also recognize uh Julie Hill, the director of the Success Foundation. She's here in the audience tonight. And what a great event we had last Friday morning. And I want to recognize you, Julie. And I want to recognize Josh who who did the video and was there taking pictures
050and probably did the slideshow and and I want to recognize the two students Wit and Palmer who were the MC's. It was just really a lovely event. We had Northridge ROC there. We had the sirens from Gly West singing the national anthem. We had Gley West catering students providing breakfast. Such a great example of our students stepping up. And we had a lot of staff in the room, a lot of educators, a lot of school administrators, and most importantly, our community showed up. We had a large crowd of community leaders there Friday morning. And I hope you raised a lot of money. And I'll just give another pitch for you. Uh, Julie, if you haven't donated yet, you can still donate, right? Yeah. I saw I saw one of our former principles pull up in
051the parking lot today uh for Julie to go out and grab a couple more donations to the Success Foundation from that principal. So, um, they're working at heart. So, Julie, thank you. We're so grateful for you. So grateful. Um, next I want to um recognize and report on a couple of new hires that you have on your agenda tonight, hire, and you've heard a little bit about them in my um recommendation for hire win, but I'm so excited to have with us tonight our two new uh directors of schools. And uh both of these candidates will work alongside assistant superintendent Kim Silva and assistant superintendent Anthony Osmus to better support our our schools here in the district prek through 12. And so first I want to ask uh Miss Val Lara Black to stand up
052and give you a little wave. I see she's got a little one with her. We'll get you out here soon. We promise Val. Um but Val um she served in district 6 from 2006 to 2012. before I got here, she was an assistant principal at Chapel and at Centennial Elementary Schools. Um, she was hire then hired away from us uh to go to the Thompson School District where she was an elementary school principal in 2012. And then then [clears throat] she was asked to consolidate two schools for the Thompson school district because of her strong leadership. And so she her elementary school and another middle school uh were combining and closing into one school due to declining enrollment. And she was asked to lead that work. And then this school year uh Miss Laura Black
053was moved to the district office to serve as a director in human resources. And so we had to work really hard to get her to come over here. They didn't want to let her go. Um that, you know, they see the the bright future in her that we see in her. Um, so Miss Larbach earned her bachelor's in Spanish and secondary education and a master's of arts degree in ed leadership um and policy studies from UNC. And she's continuing her education at UNC where she will earn her doctorate in leadership for educational equity and and executive leadership. And pending your approval tonight, please join me in welcoming Valara Black back to District 6. Thank you. Well, you're at you're at the podium, so I feel like I should talk for a minute. So, get ready,
054Jeff. >> You can just say hello. Hello. Really? >> Good evening, President Mash, Dr. Vch, members of the board. Thank you so much. Um, you have no idea what it means to be able to come home. Um, that's why I brought my family here tonight because it is very important to all of us and it's an opportunity for me to give back to my community, to be able to invest. I also am a graduate of district 6 from kindergarten through 12th grade. Um it's just so exciting, so thrilling to be able to come back and and reinvest in the community that just gave so much to me and is now giving so much to my family. So, thank you so much for having me tonight. Thank you. Congratulations. Well, Mr. Jeff Peterson is no stranger
055to any of us in the room. Um he is often the face of District 6 at events and activities and he's often here in our boardroom um representing the district as well. I want to tell you just a little bit about Jeff that you might not know. He was a former math teacher. He taught at university schools and he this is the best part. He was a middle school teacher um in at Plat Valley Middle School and um we all know the very best teachers come from middle school. Mr. Peterson, I was one so I can say that. Um he then became an instructional coach and led and helped coach other teachers in that role and um and then he became a dean of students at Brentwood Middle School. I don't think that was when
056his wife was principal there. No. >> Yeah. Um and then he moved over to Heath Middle School where he was assistant principal which is where he was when I was interviewing for the job. And he he he and his principal came out on a very snowy day uh to meet the superintendent candidates on a Saturday. And I remember meeting you there, Jeff, and you were principal at Heath. Then um prior to my getting here, then they they had to hire a new principal at McAuliffe. And at that time, it was Mclliff K5. And um a a few years into a couple years into that job, Jeff and I sat down and he asked um about the studying to to have McAuliffe become a steam academy uh STEM academy. And so where we landed uh was
057that McAlliff would transition to Mclliffe K8 STEM Academy and Christa S. McAuliffe K8 STEM Academy. Um and now 11 years later, we have asked him to come up to the district office and help us in leading other principles. His school has been one of the highest performing schools in the state of Colorado. As you all know, they outperform the averages in the state. um they are beating the odds at his school and I look forward to him to him and Val both sharing their expertise and helping to lead here in the district. Uh Jeff earned a bachelor's in mathematics and a master's of arts and education and educational leadership both from UNCC. Yes. Right. Yeah. Um and pinning your approval tonight. We welcome him into this new role. So Mr. Peterson, you have the podium.
058>> Well, thank you board. Thank you Dr. Pilch. Uh I I love working in district 6 and living in district 6. Um it's very hard for me to walk away from and and I knew it was going to be hard but now every day when the kids ask me why are you leaving us it it's really hard but what makes it better is that I tell them I get to be in the system and I say not only do I get to work with Mculliff but now I get to work with every single school. So I thank you very much for the opportunity to continue. I'm so excited for my next journey to continue and get to work right directly with with Anthony and Kim and everyone else. So, thank you for the opportunity. I'm
059so excited. >> Thanks, Jeff. Congratulations. Then I have fun one final thing in my report tonight and um this is truly a delight. It's something I get to report um and I had nothing to do with it. Um but I'm excited I get to be the one to talk about it. So, uh you may have noticed that we have the director of the Weld Community Foundation in our audience tonight. And um the Weld Community Foundation is a nonprofit that gives back to the community through grants and scholarships. And five years ago, the foundation was surprised with a large donation from the family of Wilbert Ridedman. And with this donation, the Wilbert Rid Weedman scholarship was established and Mr. Weedman and his wife Marge. They were dedicated community members here who were interested in lots of
060civic activities. And Marge was an alum of Girly Central High School and so each year an exceptional student from Girly Central High School is selected for an award of $80,000. Um the goal for their scholarship was that it would honor highly motivated students who demonstrate extraordinary involvement in their community. So last week, the Weedman scholarship committee interviewed eight very, very deserving and brilliant young people who were finalists at Gley Central High School, and each of their stories and accomplishments were deeply impressive. But there was one student who the committee felt embodied that true Weedman spirit. Um, and this student has she has a remarkable resume. She's a multiport athlete. She's a thespian. She's an AP scholar and an officer in and leader in multiple clubs including student body president and she is here with us
061this evening as a member of the council of student representatives throughout her time at Gurley Central High School. This student has become an advocate for a variety of causes and thanks to her work in the caring for our watersheds central has implemented a paper recycling program. Uh she has poured hours into researching for this program, ensuring that the school partnered with the best recycling companies. Um and the recycling bins were strategically designed to avoid contamination and involve other students in the process. Um so the program will remain Oh, this is so lovely. Oh my goodness. The program will remain um active long after she leaves Girly High School. I'm not done yet. Um [laughter] so during her interview this amazing student spoke about all the things she has loved in district 6 and at Gley
062Central High School. Uh she expressed gratitude for the community for our diversity and our inclusivity and she highlighted the opportunities that she has been afforded through the district and and the opportunities to pursue her true passions. uh she made the committee laugh uh with her one high school regret. Ready for it? That she did not join the speech and debate team so that she could better debate a friend of hers in her AP English class. Um and then she showed her personality by listing her top five Christopher Nolan movies. Um so when she was asked about her motivation uh and where that motivation has come from this is when I cry. She cited her family as her main motivators. And if you can see in the boardroom tonight um it looks like a lot of
063them have have come to honor her tonight. Uh she spoke of the sacrifices that her parents have made for their family and how they have inspired her to be the best student and the best community member she can be. In her essay, when she spoke of her family, here's what she said. I am a proud MexicanAmerican woman who is here because of the courage of my parents. The courage they had and my drive was handed down to me from them. And when they saw the opportunity, they took the opportunity. And I am going to do the same and inspire me, inspire those around me to do the same. And Abby has done just that. She inspired the review committee for the Weederman scholarship. She's inspired all of us. Um, and for that reason, I am
064so honored and proud to present Abigail Tovar with the 2026 Wilbert R. Weedman scholarship for Gley Central High School. [cheering] Tim, would you like to say anything? I'm great. >> Okay. All right. Okay. >> Family, why don't you come take a picture? and President Mash, while they're grabbing that photo, I will just say thank you to the community foundation for allowing me to be a part of this tonight. Thank you. It was truly an honor that you included the district and I saw people cry in the audience that I have never seen cry before. So, uh, Abby, know how loved you are and know how much how proud we are of you and we know we know you're going to do great things in the world and we love your story and we're grateful to
065the Weed Amends and we're grateful to you, Community Foundation. Thank you so much. [applause] >> [laughter] >> All right. This one's great. Congratulations. >> Abby, you are very welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but if you want to go celebrate, that would totally be okay, too. [laughter] Whatever you do. Okay. Um, I just want to say thank you so much to the World Community Foundation and the Weedman Scholarship. That that is going to change everything for me. And sorry, I'm trying to keep it together, but um it just it means a lot to me that that you guys are able to give this money to me so I could do everything that I want to do in college. And thank you to my counselors, my family, my teachers, and especially you guys
066for selecting me um to have this. And I promise I will take this opportunity and make so many more of it and give back to my community. So, thank you so much. Thank you to District 6, Gly Central, everyone. Like, thank you so much. See how responsible she is? They have cake. >> I know. I'm like, "Go eat." >> She's like, "I have a job to do here still. [laughter] Go eat cake. Go celebrate." Congratulations to all of you. >> Now we're supposed to do more business. Okay. Well, [laughter] well, what a fantastic start to our meeting. All of the celebrations Well, we also want to celebrate our community partners and so we're going to receive an update on strengthening partnerships goal two external stakeholders and I see Missette Overton and Lisa Hudson. Thank you
067very much. There we go. Now, that is a partnership right there. That was great. Good evening, President Mash and members of the board and Dr. Pilch. We are here tonight to talk about our strengthening partnerships goal two update. You know this familiar, you're familiar with this. The district engages in this um with every student personalized well-rounded excellent education preparing students to be college and career ready. That's our mission and our vision here that talks about the partnership we have with families and communities to succeed in tomorrow's world. The values that we use in this particular um area of strengthening partnerships is building positive relationships with students, families, and communities. And then we promote access and opportunity and choice. The four focus areas that we have here, you've seen um the one we're talking about tonight
068is the strengthening partnerships, which says um that we enhance student success by communicating, engaging, and collaborating with our communities and our school partners. Inside that um focus area is our goal two and that's communicate and collaborate with external stakeholders including business, local government and community organizations. The objectives underneath that read that um right here are develop and implement a district-wide plan to partner with businesses, community groups, and individuals. And then um we also are developing and implementing a plan for students and staff to contribute to the community outcomes that are around this goal area. Um and these objectives are schools and district departments will implement the district-wide community partnership plan. We'll talk about that a little bit later. And then the district will also support volunteer volunteerism by documenting and annually increasing the number of
069students and staff who engage in service to our community. Um in an effort to increase staff involvement the community in the community. Last year District 6 launched um D6 gives back the volunteer program. And that program encourages D6 employees to volunteer to with community organizations both in Gley and in Evans through 8 hours of school leave or paid leave for staff. Um they can use this to volunteer. It also um uh encourages staff to give back to with just within our community to make sure that we're contributing to the places that have contributed and given to us. And then we also developed a process for tracking hours. And we um earlier this year um actually last summer, we created a marketing video to entice the in um and invite new team members to participate. We
070expanded our D6 gives back team to include all district administrators and technical um professional employees. Several of those volunteers had additional s uh certified or classified team members that wanted to participate in the volunteer project and for those employees who were also uh they were also given the opportunity to give back. So it's expanding each year. Um then so here's our program update for you. Um last year we had 12 um 12 organizations that were working with us. This year we have 21 and though we have more reaching out each month or every couple months to w with um Lisa Hudson who says, "Hey, how can I be involved?" Um 12 to 25 staff members volunteered this year and which resulted in over 118 hours given back to the community and that's just from September
071to January. Our [snorts] employees volunteered at places like Weld County Food Bank, a local church board, collecting food for our nutritional services, food pantries, raising nearly 500 items, uh, Meals on Wheels, and United Way. The Family Center, um, coat drive raised 375 coats for our community members. We're still working through the details to incorporate staff recognition in this program, but as I interviewed people last year, they said, "We're really not interested in recognition. We're doing this because we want to participate. It's not for recognition." So, we're still thinking about how we're going to recognize those folks. Right now, teachers and school-based staff have challenging time taking volunteer leave opportunities. So, we're reaching out to organizations that could potentially provide a oneanddone model or some sort of project that they could do at their building. Um,
072it could be schoolwide and it could be project based. Think about hygiene kits or food baskets or coats or a shoe drive. That's what we're that's where we're headed next. I'd like to invite um Lisa Hudson to come up and visit with you about student volunteering. Thank you, Annette. Uh, I'm excited to present on the student volunteerism actions that we've created. Um, this may look familiar. Uh, we have activated our workbased learning uh module through Zello. And so, this is an example of a volunteer post that students can see ways that they can be civically engaged. Um, we're utilizing this newly adopted college and career planning tool, which is Zello, to document and track student hours. This spring, we will continue collecting an inventory of existing partnerships to identify areas of repetition and overlap while
073also reviewing feedback from last year's four school pilot program. Based on that input, we're revising the plan and developing a training module to support pilot schools. And following this review, we'll invite additional schools to participate in the 2026 2027 year. We'll continue to push forward with our staff participation. The committee will continue to build the student volunteer system and engage students in community service projects. And school leadership and HR are working to deepen our understanding in what the system needs to move these goals, strategies, and tasks forward so that our community partnerships can grow and expand. Uh, thank you, uh, President Mash and members of the board. I'm David Reyes from the family center. Um, honestly, I'm still trying to gather myself from, um, that student recognition. I'm in the back. Brian's kind of nudging
074me to stop shedding tears, but, uh, here we go. Uh, it's my I I'm excited to talk about community partnerships. So, uh, the group that we worked with really focused on creating a system that is a two-way partnership, which is responsive, respective, collaborative, and a sustainable partnership between schools and organizations in the community. Um, the resource bank, I'm going to talk about a couple things more in depth um that are pretty exciting what we're trying to build uh throughout the throughout the district. So the annual inventory list um identifies the types of partnerships in district 6 uh with intended outcomes of programs as well as current partnerships within the district um just to get everything on a a document so that we're not duplicating services or too many schools are reaching out to one community
075partner. Um the handbook provides volunteers multiple points of contacts within the school. um and also has information to keep students safe and uh for successful partnership at the at the building level. Uh the training agenda serves in a structured guide for onboarding and orienting community partners to schools procedures and expectations for uh when they run community uh engagement programs within the building. The evaluation survey super important. Uh it helps with gathering feedback for ongoing improvement of the partnership. It's really critical to have that open uh conversation and dialogue between a community partner in a building. Uhus help both the school and community partners systemically work through key parameters of the relationship to ensure clarity and mutual understanding before the uh partnership is actually formed. Um once we have identified the com community partners and what
076they have to offer um it's super important to conduct surveys uh to get feedback from parents, students and teachers before we implement anything within the schools. We need to make sure that the needs and wants are identified so that we can connect human community partners to um the students and the families as well. um partnership agreements. It's a it's a two-party agreement intended to define clear roles and responsibilities between the school and uh community agencies. I just forgot to click the button programming for the students and families. And then last but not least, one of the outcome data points, uh, by September 2027, 100% of schools, uh, and district departments will implement the district-wide community partnership plan as noted in the UIP. Uh, we'll continue working with the family center [snorts] and parent family advocates
077to build capacity to address what families are telling us through uh, perception surveys or empathy interviews. While there is still work to be done, we are building uh the principles, goals and strategies and practices that will be included in their UIP and as of this year, we have uh met this outcome. >> Thank you. We'd be happy to entertain any questions or comments that you may have. Sounds good. Maybe like good old hand raising. Okay, we'll go [laughter] with Doran first. >> Yeah. Okay. My question is actually just an administrative question and that is do we have a list of our community partners uh that we can reference at any time in the district? >> Uh short answer yes. Uh we have a list of partners across the community that have engaged in various ways.
078We're utilizing Zello to update which ways they want to participate with our community. Um, so we open one door and it could be through internships and that might open other doors for volunteerism or job shadows or things like that. Short answer is yes. >> And then uh just one follow-up question that that is kind of related but not really and that is that our schools right now do have uh community partners. For instance, I know that Office Depot is connected with Heath Middle School. Are those businesses uh part of all of this as well or is it two different sort of partnerships? I'm just wondering maybe the superintendent can answer that. >> I I believe that they are they are different and we're looking to expand on the partners per school, but that doesn't mean
079that we wouldn't engage with them in other ways and and hopefully that that will open their doors to to be more engaged with us. So typically uh chief of communications Theresa Myers would also be a part of this and that's where she would help the most during this with your question but she got called away this evening. Um [clears throat] typically schools all have a partner or multiple partners. They have they have procured those on their own. What we want to try to do and what's built into the strategic plan is to really try to build that out so that we have equitable numbers of partners across the system and that and we're connecting, you know, partners with with schools so that everybody finds a place to be and every school has people who want
080to be partnering with them. And so we that's still work to come quite frankly, but it is in the strategic plan for that work to happen. Um and and we have so many folks in this community that give and so many partners that give in so many ways. They volunteer. They help supervise on the playground. They help supervise lunch. They they give us things. I mean, we've we are so fortunate in this community. >> Yeah. as and as a school board member, I'd just like to echo that that we are very appreciative of all these businesses and other of churches whatever uh throughout our uh two cities of Gley and Evans. Yeah. >> Okay. Go Weston then Dena. >> Yep. >> All right. Well, I'll I'll first say from the nonprofit world uh standpoint, I
081can say how exciting this is. I know that actually Weld Food Bank was one of the first organizations that D6 uh employees had come to volunteer. Um and I can tell you from the nonprofit standpoint how important that is for our work because when a volunteer comes in, that's less employees that we have to worry about having in place to help us get the job done. Um but we also love having schools. So we get a lot of school groups. We actually have like a hundred students coming in tomorrow that we're going to tour and and they do a short little volunteer project. But I I just really commend this program because it teaches not only about our community, but it shows certain ways that they can give back. So, we welcome that. I know
082a lot of nonprofits do have various opportunities. um the food bank, it's hard for us to take food off site because we have so many checks and balances, but there's things like at at at our organization, we have evening opportunities as well. So, um I know that always happy to help provide resources as far as that goes for volunteer opportunities and and uh and I just welcome more participation from schools. I know Fred Chartis. I've I've toured almost every student from Fred Chartis there. And um they even led me to build I built a cardboard model of the food bank and showed the kids how how the food bank works with a truck and fake potatoes. But it's a great opportunity to teach our kids as well. Um just the what it means to be
083a part of a community. So um I'm looking forward to 2030 and seeing the 100% of school participation and and more staff and more students. It just can only make us better. >> Thank you. >> Yes. similar sentiments. I am um really glad that you shared the give back program. I think it's important for us to be able to um have our staff volunteer um and get paid for that. And the other piece in the same conversation is uh sharing out how student volunteering is also incorporated with that. Um as we see each other volunteer in our community um and be an example for each other is so important for us to continue that uh collaboration of families, student uh community um to make sure that district 6 is really stays on top as we
084have already. So I appreciate you sharing today. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you so much. Um so to the slide with the program update um mentions the 21 community organizations and then 13 staff members. So um what I know the next steps are expanding um because by 13 staff members we mean like 13 individuals have have participated. Is that >> they were the ones that did individual work themselves. So they might have reached out to one of those 21 organizations and said, "Hey, I would like to participate in that." So one of the examples that was the coat drive where we raised those coats. That was a oneanddone project for someone. They they finished it. The um there are people that will reach out to the food bank and uh will use their hours
085to go to the food bank and do a project there. Uh we have somebody that drives for Meals on Wheels every week. um they take a little bit of time. Now that one is their lunchtime as well as some of the time that they've been able to you secure from this district 6 gives back. So those are individuals that have a passion area that they would like to participate in and then they do that work independent of any other projects. Does that help? >> Yes, that does. And I was curious how you're hoping um like what steps are being taken to expand from 13 staff members to more than that. We did talk in our community or in our committee about just getting the word out, but then also finding reaching out ourselves to the
086the different organizations to say how can we create a an opportunity for your organization. like as you were talking um uh I was thinking about how we could do that with some of our we just get all of our um some of um well all of our leaders that can participate together and go over to the food bank and do something like that. So we are trying to find ways to create projects for them instead of just saying here they are go out and find out for yourself. So, as we get those things going, that'll get that'll get some momentum. >> And part of it is actually um having staff put it in the system. So, so you know, I mean, I'm guilty of that that I don't always put it in the system. So,
087part of it is, you know, getting it in the system so we're keeping track of it also. >> Yeah. I think it's so cool that it's eight paid hours to do something that like should hopefully fill people's cups. So, >> yeah. Thank you. Yeah. All right, I think we got everybody. Thank you very much for your presentation and for your continued work and yeah, we look forward to hearing the next update. [applause] The next item on our agenda is public participation, but we do not have anyone who has signed up to speak. The next item is to approve our consent agenda, which is an action item. I move that the board of education of Girley Evans School District 6 approves items as presented on the consent agenda and authorizes the officers to sign any and
088all contracts. >> Second. >> Any um any comments on the motion? >> I have a comment. It's more of just a kind of I know Dr. Pilchi already spoke about this, but just want to say um congratulations to Val and Jeff, two great representatives of our district. Um, I know Jeff snuck out, but I know it's really hard to leave a position when you've got so many kids looking up to you and and I know that it's um it's not always easy cuz and I could see that like I think I think that's what makes this kind of the right move is that somebody who really loves education, somebody who can really lend to other teachers and educators. So, I just really appreciate Jeff um accepting that as well and for Val to to return
089and I loved how she said home to come home. I think for me that always just stands out to bring her family. So, I'm just very excited about this. I know there's so many other folks that we have on the list that we're approving, but really wanted to just do an extra shout out for that. >> Thank you, Miss Lemon. Will you give us a vote, please? Director Zari, >> I. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> I. Director Edmonds. >> Hi, >> Director Lamos Garcia. >> I, >> Director Mash, >> I. >> Director Roi, >> I. Motion carries 6. >> And our final item on the agenda is some policy revisions. This is also an action item that will require a motion. >> Would anyone >> to say it differently? >> I don't believe so. I
090think we already approved that one that was pulled out. So now we will just vote on the other remaining. >> Always want to make sure we get this. I move that the board of education purely Evans School District 6 approved the policy revisions as presented. >> Second. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, then we will please take a vote on this one as well. >> Director Zari >> I. Director Campos Spitzy >> I. >> Director Edmonds >> I. >> Director Lamos Garcia >> I. >> Director Mash >> I. >> Director Roi >> I. >> Motion carries 6. >> All right. Nope. Um, thank you very much for attending and please enjoy your spring break. Um, we're so glad you joined us for all these celebrations and we will see you next time.
091This meeting is adjourned. Everything. [music] [bell] [music] >> [music] [music] [bell] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music]