001Heat. Heat. [Music] All right. [Music] Good night. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Applause] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Fingerl. [Music] Happy birthday to you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening and welcome to the board of education work session. Um if you were paying attention, we were to have an executive session, but that um business was able to be um taken care of, so that we we didn't have that portion of the meeting tonight.
002Um Miss Lemon, will you call the role for us, please? Director Zari, Director Bentley, >> present. >> Director Campos Spitzy, >> present. >> Director Mesh, >> present. Director Matthews, >> present. >> Director Norwood, >> present. >> Five board members, present. So, our work session will be short and sweet. Um, our first item is to look at the calendar and community engagement. Um, hopefully you've all let Miss Lemon know if you are attending the Dream Team community of champions breakfast. Um, also to highlight the Prairie Heights tenure celebration on September 23rd and the Great Education Colorado lunchon. I assume we also need to let Miss Lemon know if we're planning to go to that. Um, and then the Weld Community Foundation Spread the Good Lunchon. All of these are excellent events to um partner with our
003well to work with our partners and to celebrate the work that they're doing in the community. Does anyone have anything to add to that? And then u we'll begin school visits after this or maybe the next meeting there will be some stuff >> by the next meeting we'll have have them scheduled. >> Okay, sounds great. Um I would also just remind you that Miss Lemon put in the ew week um a spreadsheet of events for your individual schools. Um, so if you can try to attend even even one for each school um per semester just to um make your presence known and be supportive to the administration there. All right. And then we will move on to our board member comments and Mr. Matthews, would you like to go first? Thank you, President Mash. Um,
004yeah, I'm trying to think think back. I've been to a lot of sporting events for uh for Gley Central and for Gley West and um football games, tennis matches, golf tournaments. Seems like some even some other things. Uh but it's yeah, first part of school things are things are really exciting uh for for all of those schools that um and it's exciting. We got to look for the first time got to see some in-depth data on on CAMASS and can't say too much about that yet, but it's just um it's also encouraging and so thank you >> Mr. Norwood. >> Thank you. Um had a chance to actually get out to a sporting event myself. Went out and watched Northridge win um their football game Saturday over Glenwood 76. Kind of an exciting game. Little
005bit uh very little scoring, but it was a lot of fun to get a chance to get out there and watch them. caught up with some former students. Um, I did get a chance to sit down uh and have a cup of coffee with my former student Ryan Gonzalez um who's a current state legislator and just see how things are going and talk about life in general, which was a good thing to do. Um, some former students that are teachers to see how they're doing a month into the school year and it seems like they're doing good. Uh, and uh, yesterday I did uh, stop at Jackson Field and see another former student who plays soccer for UNCC and watched her score a goal even though they lost two to one. >> Dr. Campo Spitzy.
006>> Um, yes. So, let's see. Couple things that I got to do over the last couple weeks. One was I got to go to Gley Central's um open gym for tryyous for cheerleading because my exchange student wants to go for the cheerleading team. Um it was honestly I I really went because my 5-year-old wanted to to watch my new teenager uh practice cheerleading and it was so cool to see those cheerleaders support each other. It was a positive environment. um the lead cheerleaders were putting the new the girls who were trying out at ease and I just love seeing girls building each other up. I I thought that was wonderful. Um last week I got to go to the 85th annual delegate assembly. Um, I was fortunate in that it was in Lovelin, so I
007got to sleep in my own bed Friday night, but it's an all day event Friday starting at 8:00 am, ending around 5:00 p.m. and then Saturday morning as well. Um, starting at 9:00 a.m. and ended at about 12:30 in the afternoon. Um, the Friday portion is mostly um kind of inspirational speakers and trainings and legislative updates. Um and then the Saturday morning, um the delegates from different school districts across the state get to vote on um resolutions that will help our CASBY lobbyists um prioritize their advocacy efforts for the upcoming legislative session. Um so that was really exciting. Some of the resolutions I'm I'm most excited about, some are no-brainers like um pushing against unfunded mandates on school districts. Yes. Um, another one that had a lot of support, um, was making sure we maintain
008local control, uh, when there's a new charter school that applies and we deny the application and they take it to the state board of education for an appeal. Um, so the resolution is to ask that our legislators allow us to have local control in those decisions. um that one had a lot of um support and um yeah and so I think those were two that were most exciting um and I hope you guys were well represented in the future. I had originally said that this position was timeconuming and I wanted to hand it off to somebody who had a more flexible schedule but I was just telling President Mash that I had so much fun that I don't think I'm going to give it up. Um so um so that was really cool. Um I
009got to go this Friday night uh after attending the delegate assembly uh rushed over um to the Glefield Harmonic Orchestra season kickoff. As you all know, they're a great community partner with us um along with the success foundation and their play it forward program. Um but they announced at this um event that on November 1st at 700 p.m. So that's uh November 1st at 7 at the UTC um there's going to be um a concert called uh songs for you can parto a celebration of the day of the dead with music from Selia Cruz and Rammonala and um lots of other amazing musicians uh from the past. Uh so invite everyone in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month to attend that uh what should be a wonderful um performance on November 1st. Oh, one more thing
010before I move on from the delegate assembly. Um on the Friday portion of the meeting, we went over the adequacy study results. And so I encourage anyone who's listening to our work session who's in education or a champion of public education um to go online to um greater or great education Colorado. So they're the ones hosting the upcoming lunchon um and in the great education Colorado website there's uh a link to a campaign called get it done. Um so encourage you to explore that website. But basically they presented to us the results of the adequacy study that was done in 2023 or 2024. I believe the results were just made public in 2025. So earlier this year um it was two different studies that were funded by the state to tell us what will it
011take to close the achievement gap for students in the state of Colorado. Um, and so it was an in-depth analysis and some of the key points that came out of that I did want to um, review with you all. So, one study recommendation was that our schools need increased individual attention and the recommendation for classroom size for K through three was 15 students per teacher and for the remainder of the grades from 4 through 12, 25 students per teacher. Um they talked about needing tutors in every school, more counselors, additional time meaning extended days in summer school, electives for engagement. As we know, engagement goes a long way. So after school programming, I like this one, paying teachers more and we need to pay more teachers. So we need more teachers, they need more pay.
012Um if we pay them more, we might get more. Um so increased teacher pay was a big part of that. Um and uh and they highlighted some numbers. So they talked about how in the state of Colorado currently we are $2,000 per pupil below the national average. So $2,000 per pupil below the national average. Imagine, you know, doing that math of 23,000 students times 2,000. Um that's how much additional money we need to even get to the average to a grade C. Um, and then they also highlighted that in the state of Colorado, we have the least competitive teacher pay in the nation. So, we're actually 51st if you include Washington DC um in teacher pay um if you if you take factors in like cost of living in the state of of Colorado. So,
013um, by getting rid of the budget stabilization factor, it was pointed out that we are funding our schools now without the BS factor at the level that it should have been funded in 1989 before technology and cell phones and um, all those costs. So, yes, it it's a great thing that we've gotten rid of the budget stabilization factor. Um, but that just gets us to 1989. Um, so we are so so many decades later. Anyway, I I do encourage everyone to look at that get it done website. It's about not feeling helpless in this situation and finding hope and ways to advocate for our state legislators. Speaking of um legislators in Denver to really prioritize public education funding um and get us closer to the levels where we need to be. So, I think that
014is all I have to say. What Oh, no. One last thing. I always have one last thing. Um, but tomorrow, Mr. Steven Pollson, who is one of the top eight, so he's a semi-finalist in the top eight for winning best teacher of the year in the entire state of Colorado. Tomorrow, the Colorado Department of Education will be coming to Gley Central to interview a panel of parents and community members and a slew of people um who will speak on Mr. Pollson's behalf. And so just, you know, direct good vibes to Gley Central High School tomorrow as um as that interview panel happens. And we're going to keep our fingers crossed that we might not just have the best superintendent of the year, but the best teacher of the year in district 6, too. So I
015think that is all. >> Mr. Being, >> there are no more words left. They've all been said. I just uh I honestly didn't do a whole lot this last couple weeks outside of just normal life. I did uh attend the uh chambers forum for city council and the mayoral race and um there were a few candidates uh as far as the school board is concerned that stood out that definitely me mentioned the partnerships between the city and the good thing that D6 was doing. So um it's important election. So just it's that kind of time of year and just wanted to mention to pay attention to that. >> I think um for me aside from attending some sporting events um you know we're just kind of getting into the school year. Um but glad you've
016had a great experience. It has been my experience that students in district 6 have great sportsmanship and teamwork and even the gly west gley central games. You know, they they scream fiercely for their team and then >> Soccer game. Oh yeah, the West Central soccer game. >> West Central soccer game. Yeah, >> that was great. Sorry. >> But then they go find their friends afterwards. So, um and that's kind of fun that they keep their relationships with whoever they went to middle school and elementary school with. Um I wasn't able to attend the BIS West women of distinction. I don't know if anybody wanted to address that because our former board member Terry Papus and um board candidate Dana Lamos Garcia was were honored. You want to talk about >> Yeah. So Terry Papus was
017honored as um Northern Colorado's Bis West woman of distinction for in the category of mentorship, which I felt was so fitting because she is an education champion. We all know that. but her role in mentoring other community members to step up um and instilling confidence in other women and I mean in her building I'm sure as a principal in in that role but even as a school board director I know she was a mentor for me um and so that was a true honor to to get to celebrate her that night and um yes as you mentioned Dina Lamos Garcia um she got recognized in the business category uh for her work in human resources at Hensel Phelps. Um and um she's also just an extraordinary individual and like um Director Bentley was saying, uh
018pay attention to this year's elections. Elections matter. Um and so just high praise for both of those extraordinary women. Well, thank you all for your comments. Um that is the business we have. We can debrief the work session. Dr. Pilch, do you have anything you want to say or share? No, I think I I'll save my announcements for my superintendent report. Okay. >> Um in the superintendent meeting, I I will well actually I will remind you all that um you should be submitting to President Mash information regarding my upcoming evaluation. So I don't know if you want to talk about that at all and information on that. >> Yeah, I did send a text message reminding everyone as well. Um so it's it's a similar format where you address um the goals of the strategic
019plan and Dr. Pelch's um activities around each of those. Um and yeah, I will do the similar um format that that president former president Matthews did where we just kind of combine everyone's comments together um so that your your words are seen in that um evaluation. And then our board meeting on the 22nd, we'll have an executive session to go over that with Dr. Pilchin and then that will go before the board for a vote. So yeah, um I think we had asked for it for tomorrow. Um take a couple extra days if you haven't done it yet, but um if I could definitely have it by the end of the week, that'd be great. Okay. Um Dr. Campos, would you like to debrief the work session first? >> Sure. Um glad to see all
020the upcoming events. Um a lot of uh great partners on this list. The Dream Team, the Weld Community Foundation. Um so cool that Prairie Heights is 10 years old, right? Um that's awesome. It feels like the new school still. U but yeah, that was informative and thank you for the reminder to submit the evaluation. Mr. Norwood, >> same thing. A lot of things coming up. Kind of winding down the well, not winding down, gearing up the fall. So, a lot of things ahead, >> Mr. Matthews. >> Yeah. Thanks everybody. >> Mr. Bentley. >> Ditto. All right. I uh forgot to mention this. I just thought this was kind of fun. I was talking to a community member about the downtown um civic plaza and they were like, "You know what? we need we need a
021store where we can buy the shirts from our school and we can buy District 6 merch. And I was like, that's so exciting because that means somebody wants to proudly display um their their district 6 pride and their school pride. So, I don't know, we can talk about that maybe if that's a fun idea. Um but just uh there's a lot of good good um things happening in District 6 in our community. We continue to just thank you. Thank you all for the support um in all the different ways that you support and all of the different partnerships we have. So, all right, we're going to eat some dinner. See you back for the business meeting at 6. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music]