001[Music] you [Music] I [Music] [Applause] [Music] for [Music] I like to call this meeting to order February 24th 2025 can I get a roll call Mr Sterling here Mr Thompson here Mr mcnight present Mrs Carlson here Mr Smith here Mr PE here this is me here Chris sardino recording secretary superintendent sh wager resources instruction Jason Communications community relations Josh business and operations it's my pleasure this evening to recognize students from Rock Elementary that are here to meet us in the Pledge of Allegiance a chance to meet these find let him sway you go right over in front of there we go there we go over Perfect all right so first Mr Smith I'm sorry I'm not dressed like a ranger this evening I heard like the green last time you look nice thank you um
002this luy students I sent an email to our teachers and I said please give me a good representative of all that rock Hut is uh proud of and meant to be and these are the students that were selected so you like to introduce yourself s with you Kennedy Franklin Delila I'm Jacob Sophie mallerie Colton i j did you make it say table BL sweater oh I'm sorry lady all all right everyone stand just like we do every morning we're going to lead everyone in the pledge okay Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation God indivisible withy and justice for all and a rock cut cre respectful responsible place to today I amera and board meeting are a better place because of you so
003thank you all right you guys just turn straight around right where you [Music] are be you get home probably in a last like week just one two some behind me you guys can come on up any if you want a picture go ahead anyone else one more there we [Music] go thank you thank you we're not even to Josh's party yet see this is not my fault next time you can't even look and any when there comes Josh I'm sorry they were pre-worn to get out can I get a motion to approve the agenda motion second Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes Mrs Hy hi Mrs me I Mr Sterling hi yep the mission of the Harlem Consolidated School District as a b part of the community is to
004help diverse Learners realize their unlimited potential I provided an educational program dedicated to academic excellence and the development of strong character in a safe and respectful learning environment and since we learn from our kids yes yes saw that that was awesome did that was awesome all right thank you for that know kind of hurt my arm don't throw your back up can I get a motion to approve the board meeting minutes February 10th 2024 regular and closed motion say Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes Mrs hazy hi Mrs Mees I Mr Sterling hi Mr Thompson hi Jason all right you my pleasure this evening to recognize some uh two groups of students our excited to have them attend this table might way you guys want to kind of just spread out so
005as you can tell by their shirts that we have in front of us here the Nick 10 Conference champions our harl Varsity dance team and also state qualifiers which deserve a big round of applause for those you have been on the board you will notice some familiar faces familiar coaching staff um which is a pretty cool thing it's a testament to the program that's been built by our coaches that have been here for a while um to see the returning faces and some new faces uh pretty exciting times for us um and almost kind of an expectation that we just plan to have you each year because you accomplish some great things and so I'm going to turn over to the coaches let them talk a little B about uh the season um and then
006we'll hear from our students that any grades and such um I'm summer Henderson uh I've been here well next season will be 16 years um the girls this year we've won conference now eight times since dance has been a sport and the last three years consecutively we've been to state so just kind of trying to creep our way up on the state circuit there um we had a great season it was really good the team they get along we have no issues everybody is having a good time so that I think contributes a lot to success like they're all equally in the same spot and have the same goal so kudos to them good job chel through it I I've coached uh in Harlem dance for 17 years now so this was another great season
007for us yeah so before we we're going to let them introduce themselves like as I mentioned before like The Testament to you're building a program is is that longevity that that you hear right right there that they have the opportunity to build this program to continue to do the things that they've been doing and to have the success as of late too is is really just a testament to the program that that they've built and so um congratul to two of you um but let's hear from you name grade if you're senior if you want to tell us what your plans are for next year that would be great too but we'll start with this your name and at least we great I'm Sunny shield and I'm a sophomore I'm Avery Klein and I'm a
008sophomore I'm Ariel brri and I'm a freshman I'm Elison and I'm a sophomore I'm Lola cook I'm a senior I'm going to ISU for elementary education um I'm Haley Swanson I'm a senior and I'm going to go to University of Illinois for biology I'm Natalie Kilmer and I'm a junior I'm haly musra and I'm a sophomore I'm Keegan Kilmer and I'm a freshman I'm Emma wion and I'm a sophomore I'm mine Jacobson and I'm a freshman I'm kleyer and I'm a freshman I'm ktie Hall well so as you can tell we will definitely be back next year young team I had no idea that you guys are so young so now for the next couple years you might as well just get this date on your calendar now that's pretty awesome some obviously congrats for
009the seniors as well we wish you the best in in your future endeavors U maybe even a teaching job in four years come back and for us so I don't know she said yes so no pressure at all right now but uh on behalf of the board um our community our our staff our fellow students uh congratulations to all of you I know it's a lot of hard work that you put in a lot of time takes a lot to do dance and to be a student and to do all of that balance and so Kos to all of you for for your success in that and we look forward to to see in the future of that too so congratulations to you guys take a photo so we might need because The Shard members
010coming behind you as well scho kids I know like a wood r [Music] seven oh yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] so um our second recognition tonight is an opportunity for us to um highlight some really cool things that our students are doing uh experiences they are a part of uh to highlight our staff that has been involved and also uh some local business members that are here um as well that support the work that um that we're doing and things that we're offering our students and so um we got a few teachers here I'm going turn it over and let them really talk about um their program what they're offering we're going to most definitely hear from our students as well about some of the experiences that they get get to be a part of and
011so um I've got Melissa Hagman shaa and Chris Noble U Melissa and sha are work based learning teachers/ coordinators I think is your official title Chris noal teacher engineer teacher um so welcome the three of you I'm going to turn over whoever wants to go first and talk about what's going on yeah so we brought with us some of the students who have either already taken the work-based learning course where they've already completed their internships um and some students that are currently on site so they all have different stories they all come from different Pathways I'm going to let them kind of tell you guys a little bit more about that but each one represents a different area so they all have different stories to share so we can start there um okay um um
012uh my name is Julia mnik and uh I'm a senior at Harlem high school and during my first uh semester of senior year I was interning at spider company for engineering where I learned absolutely everything I could have possibly wanted it on spot too so about two weeks ago I think um CNC are clear in education I don't know what that stands for um recognize her for um engineering they they select students on a random basis and really highlight and provide or they they recognize them for the work that they're doing and so she was recognized as an engineering student by CC um a week or two ago so [Applause] congratulations nominated by my school dad Mr um well how how's everyone doing hello good good my name is Malachi Center I'm a senior at
013Harlem high school and I'm currently in the CTE program at Harlem um I first enrolled into the program during my junior year and during Junior and currently during senior year I didn't really know what path or what career I wanted to go down I had interest and hobbies but I never really had anything that was like set in stone like this is what I want to do so I was kind of lost and I to be honest yeah I was just lost I didn't have no direction or like no guide to like this is what you should do or you would be good at this so I kind of just had to figure it out on my own and that was kind of stressful for me because I'm the oldest of five siblings and like
014my family and my siblings they expect me to set an example for the younger ones to come and like with that pressure on me I was like all right I know I got to figure out something and at turned like the middle to my end of the junior year that's when the CTE program launched and I was like okay yeah I know I got to take take advantage of this opportunity that I have and during that time I was in a construction class and I liked that I enjoyed construction so I was like this is something that I would that I would be interested in doing so with the help of Mrs Hagerman and Mrs belinga they got me enrolled into into the industry of roofing waterproofing and Sheet Metal and thank you to the
015sponsor of Union Local 11 and Union Local 219 as well as DP Atlas and uh or DP Solutions Roofing and Atlas sheet metal sorry and Atlas sheet metal he works all day on his plug [Music] perfect so I I want to thank them for sponsoring and honestly just taking a shot on a kid that with really no experience or no skills or anything you're just taking me on and just willing to teach me happily and I'm just grateful for that um grateful for that experience and opportunity and they're great people great companies that's Prett much it awesome when we walked in I was like oh my gosh something broken I literally told him to walk in and be like I heard there was a r about t but he was going to demonstrate some stuff
016but told Josh that but I do want to say a quick shout out to them in the back if you want to stand some you can see your faces um individuals such as these are really outside the door right such a a key part of all of this playing out she mentioned spider okay for them um the groups that are working along and being willing to take on kids like he said to take a chance on a kid that is really passionate and N doing this like this only happens because of you all so we really appreciate thank youate with us he's you know he's always ready to learn and and and very excited to do so so we we love having him and we look forward to you know maybe someday he join our
017team awesome that's awesome [Applause] all right well thank you Malachi for sharing your story with us well I am Lillian Smith and I am a student I'm in my senior year and I am working as an instructional technician specialist so I'm actually an intern for our entire District so I'm very happy to see some faces I know I bounce around to different facilities and I'm just grateful to say hey to everyone now I must begin with knowing that I speak for all of us when I know I must express my gratitude and my thanks for this wonderful program you all have allowed us to go into these amazing opportunities that we never wise never wise that we otherwise never would have had access to so I would just like to give it up for our
018wonderful school board and our workplace internship coordinators over here thank you for all the one of the biggest upsides to this program is Introduction to fields that we never knew were possible I started out in technology from my freshman year and as time went on I kind of veered into the instructional portion of things now I can actually go into these elementary schools and I teach stem-based learning activities you know I completely create them teach them and you know lead the littles and it is so wonderful to do that while seamlessly integrating technology into our classrooms for best use for staff and students I am so grateful to be a part of our community and I'm really happy to let you all know that so thank you for this wonderful program abely I definitely did
019not fly did not tell her to say that I fearful that she will take my job at [Music] some out it person I've ever met my program was not nearly as cool as any of there you all you guys all like to eat and so I am Milo Bloomingdale senior at Harlem high school and my first semester of my senior year I was in a culinary program and working at Sam's Pizza and Restaurant on Riverside uh they allowed me to come in and be a line cook and just watch them all make the pizzas make the pastas and I was a part of that I'm really grateful for that they were really helpful really teaching they are very teaching to yeah you get uh and yeah this it helped a lot and I'm excited that
020I have that under my belt cuz it can help with getting into a culinary school especially like the CIA The Culinary Institute of America in New York or Kendall College up in Chicago both of those are great options and hopefully having that under my belt will assist me in getting into one of those so thank [Applause] you um hi I'm haly Swanson um I'm doing the internship with W it's a pharmacy internship and um like I said I'm going to major in biology and then I'm going to go to med school to be a pediatric surgeon so just getting to work in the hospital to I learned how to make administer transport meds just seeing like all the different things that goes into like pharmacy is really like beneficial for Mewes yeah hi again I'm
021wola um I'm going into um Elementary education and this program let me go student teach and fourth grade classroom at Ralston and I think being a part of it really deepened my passion for working with kids so I thank this program for letting me be handson learning and having small groups with kids and building lesson plans so I really thank you guys for that thank you you job for you for you I on coming back so it is recorded [Laughter] there teachers before I because I want to give a chance for our board to maybe ask any questions or interact with their students but anything that you you three would like to add to the about these students about the programming in general um obviously when we talk you know we're looking at six kids
022right here like we have tons and tons of kids in our in our high school and this is a big task it's a big uh a big ask to try to get kids placed in programs and things that they're interested in and giving them those experiences and so we're grateful for the work that you all do and and it's obviously worth it because you see the excitement you see the passion you see the opportunities that these kids have and that's a really cool thing so anything you guys want to add to this you know can I just say we had shared with the board how many internships at the end of last year do you mind giving them an update because there's been a lot more this year than the previous year we're currently interviewing
023all the students who are interested in it for next year and as of right now we have over5 interviews we have to do so 115 yep um and it's over that I just haven't counted recently so just keep and this year you had how many in each semester um this past semester we had around 40 to 50ish each semester this past year um this next year a lot of them want to do it both semester so that's a new thing for us um we've had only one or two do it both semesters so lots of new things coming um and a lot of kids who are interested you like this you want to add this we have plenty of room for this yeah we just told name pathway what where you they Fant board members
024do you have any questions or comments or anything you want to say all of are you related to reenter reenter oh John yeah yeah that's my grand I thought so I just want to say I wish they had this when I was you know I wasn't a book kind of person but I had common sense like I knew how to fix things I knew how to do that kind of stuff and I I truly believe I'd be out I'd probably be retiring actually I'd be retiring at the end of this year um if I would have gotten into the trades if that was really offered so um you know it's a great program utilize it all of it because you know do what you love you never work a day in your life and and
025you get to choose that you know you get to get that hands on to see if it's really what you love so thank you for taking advantage of it like this is this is what we need to hear when we pass budgets and that kind of stuff like oh that's a lot of money but this is this makes it all it makes it so much easier a decision I think I speak for the whole board when I say that yeah so thank you um I was to say yeah we're just kind of going around here you guys are fantastic ambassadors for the program and if we're not getting you guys recorded for everyone else that's joining this to see success stories we're doing that wrong we absolutely have to do that this is fantastic and
026I have to uh for the first time Echo Aaron came out of high school and you just didn't quite know what was there and you picked up stuff in certain courses you're like well I'll figure it out at some point but to have these opportunities these guidances to either know exactly what you want to do or go wow I hate that and being able to then change your path now than being four years into a program being straddled with that debt this is huge and we just need to grow this and being able to facilitate this and all that work 115 of these inter and finding the right pairing and matching and work by everyone this is fantastic and to everyone that facilitates this for the businesses like that's a risk right you're you're you're
027taking kids and you're bringing them in there and you're making sure they've got the tools and teaching them huh young adults oh yeah I'm sorry friends we'll go with friends uh in and it's it's that's a risk for everybody right and and thankfully we're getting the right people there and and the right uh uh members in the community to help with that so again it takes a community and this is just awesome fantastic all right yeah sorry this is you're good so I was actually going to lead into that so if we could get your permission I would love to focus you guys on our stories to show the success that this is so that kids and our district can look up and see what they can aspire to um I mean from all the
028trades to uh Pharmacy to teaching thank you thank you and blame me colar is in my in my background so you do that brother You' you've dealt with a lot so know don't forget getting up on that roof and and dealing with those guys and and all the stuff that you do that that guy right behind you he's he's a great leader and for him to come out and say that he'd offer that that that speaks volumes to your character and and to everything that you're going to do in the future so thank you for being a great Ambassador for Harlem all of you guys this is awesome and I hope you guys can Inspire more kids to get these but I'm talking about for the young children understand that there are Pathways into in
029our district so thank you guys you guys are starting it out and you are are the Vanguard so thank you I just wanted to ask our culinary chef are you going to look at owning your own business or going into hope that is the plan I will own my own restaurant sometime within the fastest I can do it definitely look up Mr Sterling you can't well so again as you heard it said on behalf of the board our community our students and staff congratulations thank you well done I look forward to seeing you in those rules and look forward to hiring you soon um to all of you thank teachers as well so definitely want to get a photo though for sure with our board so you guys would all kind of come to the
030middle here um [Music] come on I'm just moving around here we go I think I got youall we go one two three got it awesome [Music] all the yeah I didn't expect her to say information technology I thought she was the education pathway call Disney princess and then she said information technology I Disney princess that was awesome that the communication skills like in high school I don't want to talk to anybody she's going open up her arms and we're just G to have it's of all squirrels Birds deer aad serious wow thank you thank you thank you that was absolutely fantastic you're okay yeah if you nailed it we'll give you credit on this one all right um do you have anything else any I mean you can't how do you follow that good job
031Jason we don't have any we don't have any comments for the community at the moment all right bring it on to the bills all right Noti one left the total payables for this period were $684,900 54159 198 for total expenditures of [Music] 4,226 18639 out by fund the education fund paid 3,614 48259 the operations and maintenance fund paid $ 23,649 the transportation fund paid $213 5 23,5 447 the imrf Social Security fund paid $3,616 12 and the capital projects fund paid $70,000 $759 15 again for total expenditures of 4,226 18639 there any unanswer questions not that is it for bills motion to approve the bills motion second Mrs Carlson yes Mrs Smith yes Mrs h i Mrs I Mr Sterling hi Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight hi me what tur door to oh good evening
032everyone wow anybody here first I want to say I love the artwork is I don't think it was up last time if it if it was there's different things in there that just draw your eyes to it but it's really nice and thank you students for always keeping this room looking really nice and pleasant to our eyes and stuff and come with your different creations and of color and shapes and sizes I really appreciate that I want to say thank you Mr rinek for the Rock Cut students they did a wonderful job this evening with the pledge it's always nice to have our students come in and do the pledge um congratulations to the varsity dance team their conference Champs right yeah so and then we have quite a few coming back so looking forward
033to all the two huh all all but two wow that's back years so each year we'll get better and better especially you know when you have student that are still left to carry on so then also the CNC students um wow I'm so glad we brought that program back because a lot of students are not College material and so when you can go to school and actually be trained to work in the workforce and doing things that you like and uplifting you and just to see them students standing here you can feel the love that they have and the compassion and how happy they are so I just want to say thank you to everyone that that participated and in that program started that's truly an honor and I wish everyone that follows in that
034program continued success cuz we are number one in doing that and that's one of the best things that we could ever done was to bring that program back into our district um I don't have anything to report just the next meeting equity and social justice meeting will be March 12 4:30 here at the administration building so thank you all and have a good evening thank you all right I am going to Echo the VAR City dance and and um the the Harlem's dance team is is is is really really good U my daughter participates in like the dance team during the football season um maybe I could talk her into joining during competitive season but she teaches dance um and there's contracts and all this kind of stuff which is whatever but we'll see um
035but um and also Mr Ren I just love the idea like hey and I wonder how often he does I should I asked him before he left like how often do you say hey send me a list of students that are awesome and let's and I'll figure out a way to recognize them and I think he does it I think most of our principls do it quite frequently um but I mean the elephant in the room girls bowling stay Champs again I know I was hoping you didn't remember congratulations yes congratulations what is that is that three P I think it's a threee isn't it I think I think no did we miss one in there three out of four I think at least right okay awesome um also I I want to give a
036shout out to the the Harlem's fans club um you know with for for doing the the trivia night that was a absolute huge success like I literally had to find a stool almost outside just so I could be a part of it it was packed they had teams they they had the whole place full and then teams at the bar so I couldn't even sit at the bar to to just be a part of it so great event um are and it's a lot of work for for that that group and and they are doing a fantastic job I'm starting to see some of the things like the purchases that they're making for swimming and cheerleading and all this kind of stuff and they're really dispersing the money so so thank you all that are
037on that um for your hard work and I know there's many more events coming up so thank you for that um also miss huley for her award she's actually that's a state Award right from the ISB teacher of the year teacher of the year for M Hubbly so and and with we've seen her in here many a time so that wasn't a surprise that she got it because she's doing great things with our students um and I believe she is in the education pathway correct I think you sto Jason done there for next should be here next meeting you can tell look I'll say it I'll say it again um I mean for somebody to be that involved and we've seen her here with other clubs and kind of stuff so thank thank you Mrs
038hle for all that you do and um th this work based learning like I I said it before and repeat it like you know when we're when we're approving budgets and these programs are in there and they're they're they're pricey I mean it's not inexpensive to do seeing the product of these programs makes it all worthwhile and it's it's so much easier to justify to the community what why we're approving these numbers and it's it's it's abs absolutely wonderful and this is a small snapshot cuz we're interviewing 115 for next year I'd like to I'd like to see them every meeting you know and where they're I'm just kidding I don't need to say them um but I I would I I would definitely you know huh I wouldn't mind it really you know but
039um I I really think that you know we're doing the right thing you know and like I said College isn't for everyone and for some of them it's fantastic for others like what Malik was that his name Malik Malachi close like Mali like I didn't know what I wanted to do and this looked fun so and somebody trusted me in this and next thing you know one of our local roofing companies And Trades are you know picked them up and are taking a chance with one of our students so that's fantastic so with that being said I'm I'm done okay I didn't have much to say back Carson thank you good evening good to see everybody I'm so excited to see our students do the pledge every month is just amazing I just love the
040little people that come in here and they're so excited and they're so willing and they just they love what they're doing and they love their schools and I love the it it's fun it's so fun to see them and they know what they're saying I'm so excited that they all know the pledge and they're all good at it no matter whether they're first grade or sixth grade well fifth grade now so it's it's just amazing to see them I'm thrilled to see them every year thank you Jason for bringing them in every month um to our students in the work program wow that's all I can say wow it's amazing I want to see some some fantastic food from our culinary student and and um go Badgers go Cardinals to their schools that they're going
041to go to those are those are some good places to go to I see a smile B there somebody musts to be a cardinal no but um it's just it's so neat to see us educating these kids and learning all these wonderful things they can learn and like everybody said college is I didn't want go to college so it was it's exciting that they have something else to do so that's just amazing to the young man who is getting on a roof Malak I'm so glad somebody's getting on the roof because I'm never going to get on the roof somebody has to fix the roof that's amazing that he is even willing to do that and um most of all I want to shout out to our parents of all of these students that you're
042allowing them to do this you're excited that they're doing this you're helping them do some of these jobs you are thrilled that you're standing behind them and and even our dance teams and things boy that's a lot of running and working and and going places and it's just it's amazing our parents who just have our kids and get their bags every time they do it so I don't have any reports either so it's just exciting to sit here and have exciting people come in and show us their their goods I defer very yeah thank you uh thank you to the Rock Cut group for coming in they're very frequent visitors coming here I really appreciate Mr Riki bringing in those rangers I was Rock Cut rocks I bet that when he asked the teachers for
043some kids that are doing awesome things he probably had 300 names he had to sort through to get to the ones that he brought in for the pledge so I really appreciate Rock Cut uh this is and I also I I really appreciate uh Mr Bloom for for doing this and consistently doing this for not just the school board cuz he doesn't have to tell us how great uh Harlem is the Harlem School District but Mr Bloom make sure that he lets the community know all the wonderful things that are happening within the Harlem School District so thank you Mr Bloom for bringing in that wonderful dance team and and uh the bowling team that you're going to be bringing in and and all these other groups that you bring in regularly just to remind
044the community of what it is that they have invested in and I believe I I said this not too long ago but again this is another example of how involved our community is in this school district it's wonderful the things that uh that they're doing making these internships available and it's just greatly appreciated and that's just from my heart is I really appreciate all those within the community that make these opportunities available and they do it not just for uh the kids that are in these special programs they do that for all the youth and and they become mentors uh not in an official capacity but for those that aren't in these programs there are so many businesses and and Community groups that act as mentors for our young people within the Harlem school district
045and they it's greatly appreciated so thank you Mr Sterling thank you sir uh all right um so real quick about the the CTE um is absolutely fantastic uh student Lily I did not imagine you opening your mouth and saying information technology just an amazing presentation uh for for it um it it's really incredible um that these students have the opportunity to explore all these Pathways I've heard the the students uh be mentioned the the parents I just want to also take a moment too uh for all the Educators that weren't here um to to thank them as well they're also very passionate obviously about these Pathways um we have the engineering Department um represented but also miss hu Taylor that Aon mcnight mentioned she's the education pathway and runs Pop poins um and to have
046one of our CTE Educators be uh recognized State at a state level um then we had Julia who received the C ceny excellence and Engineering award um it's just very obvious that uh Harlem is uh getting out there and people see all of the incredible things that are doing um I'm a huge fan of uh Miss Hub Taylor's I've been singing her Praises for a hot minute now so when they announced her award I was not surprised in the slightest and that's only a sampling of um just the incredible Educators we've got across the district um I've started to see one school one books come out so I really absolutely love this time of year uh when the schools is a community pick a book and they all read it together they answer questions together
047and the the school really pushes to have those books read at home uh I think it's just a huge opportunity for interaction amongst the grades uh amongst the staff and the students and then bringing the parents and the siblings in um really providing A literacy activity that's you know easy the books are provided um it's just Equitable and accessible and I absolutely love it um and then lastly I had to get a shout out to the HMS crew uh I I did parent teacher conferences for my kiddo uh they had a different setup this time in the gym um and I think they they blew it away so not only were the counseling staff available for any questions um but uh all of the teachers uh not only the the um you know the the
048core classes but all of the um the electives as well were available um it was just a very well oiled machine and to get a chance to kind of touch base with every single teacher uh that my kiddo has an interaction with all six of them was really cool that doesn't happen like I I talk to our PE teacher which is not like a you don't usually get to talk to the PE teacher and it was one of the best conferences she had the whole way so shout out to the the HMS uh Team for um just putting that together and really knocking it out of the park uh the only uh comments I have are less candy bowls my kids took full advantage of the candy bowls um but no in all seriousness it
049was a it was a really fantastic time so um that being said candy just not Pockets full uh the next education committee is March 12th as part of the committee of the whole at 4:30 thanks you're welcome okay so I'm the last and everything's been probably mentioned not not everything though you're still last you're not the last yeah he's all the way down keep on going I deeply apologize it's all right no nope I'm going I'm going to give it to you and you will definitely hit everything out get you covered oh oh you do want to F follow up okay um let's see what was not in fact uh covered here well out of the gate uh I love uh any of the students that come in for the pledge uh Rock top is
050no exception uh let's just keep bringing students in I love the effort of of you know who's doing who's striving who's doing harder who's doing great things and giving them the first dibs of coming in and uh uh doing that uh no one mentioned the Kaleidoscope concert which clearly is going to cost you some cheesecake for that n fundraiser uh Mr Jensen did a fantastic job I'm seeing this and this is also the first year to my knowledge some crack me wrong that we would have third graders because of Fine Arts there so from third grade to seniors you got to experience the starting skills of these uh friends all the way to the ones that are preparing to then uh go into their professional lives their college careers with music and watching it develop
051um if you were there they gave out uh some additional scholarships with those funds and some of the stories and and and how it has helped these students is is fantastic um so yeah buy some cheesecake support them the Kaleidoscope uh program is excellent every year and this year was no exception for that um um you guys covered so much there's always other stuff that's out here uh I gave my rant on how fantastic it is for getting our kids students friends out into the community and the hard work that the teachers have placed them and the community members are taking that chance and and I won't stop talking about how great that is and how we need to expand that out and that I only wish that they had that way back when when
052I graduated to your point Aon who knows where I would have been with some of those programs they were they were starting but I'd love to see them being where they are but yet so much more room so much room for them to grow and to have ambassadors to that program that we're in here is fantastic and also yeah that much uh excitement and joy from someone in it Rarity she's going places um truly and yeah uh also uh to all the fans and parents and our Bowlers uh I got a chance to get out there there and the police that brought the police escort to bring our Champions uh into the high school it was great to celebrate and and see them uh come in uh and and all the joy everyone's faces for
053that as well uh great opportunity for that and I think I got everything that was not mentioned did I miss anything anything you got some more okay um all right perfect Mike oh actually look everyone else was right on it was a great test wasn't it the next the service committee meeting is it's going to be different than everyone else's I lied it's going to be the same place cuz it's communed the whole so March 12th TI 4:30 uh 2025 even all right I think I got it all all right thank there you go Mike thank you all right um first Larry uh Ryan did a great job today but did didn't I believe he had an employee that got employee of the month was that Jen faucet I think so I saw I saw
054a post so I think he has even the employee of the month that we would have to recognize as well so good things are like you said good things are happening at Rock Cut they Rock they Rock um obviously I want to give a shout out uh to all our athletes that are doing great things but um I want to really focus on the the programs that are working here and the businesses that are local that that are in our neighborhoods that are helping out um we're let spider I mean the the engineering that they have there that they are allowing our students to come in there and and do that's amazing um we have BP Solutions and Atlas for some of the traits and those are dangerous jobs but to be able to have
055our kids could get out there do it safely do it correctly and in such a good job that they're maybe even offering them a job like to get into the trades that's awesome uh the U program that for pharmacy that is extending down into here into our schools and working with our kids and putting them into a program that is going to keep them successful that is awesome um working in a restaurant but Sam got to give them a props that's that's hard and that that's a busy place to put a a kid on the line yeah I I give them a lot of respect to to take that and be able to work with it and he still wants to go further in his career after seeing that so you you learn a lot
056real quick on the line um our student teaching I mean the instructural teacher like I thought she was a teacher the way she was confident spitting it out able to just go talking about how she was instructing with the littles to our our student teacher who also like smiling talking about doing their lesson plans and and and being like actually understanding and being in but not just anywhere but in our own District in our own schools and obviously you know they're fostering and they say you know what she plans to come back so that is awesome I this is what this these things are so I want to give a shout out to my fellow board members like you guys help create this the things that you have passed that allowed these programs to come
057to fruition not just I mean yes we've been talking about like the the pathways to not go to a for institution but also those like we we are we have that big building but there's engineering there there's we're bringing medical there it's more things coming online every day and the these are things that it takes a while to build but the trees growing and this is all because of things that you guys have done here so I want to say thank you I have to give a shout out to uh missa Wanga and Hagerman like they are going out and getting these internships and help fostering the relationships in her own backyard that's amazing then she said that had 115 but there's more cuz she stopped counting cuz she she's she's here so I mean
058this is this is what we do and this is this is proof in the concept of of it working in her own backyard um just to be able to highlight our successes with these students um and show all the other students the things that we're doing is is would be awesome so I can't wait to to see it sorry to put another thing on your plate but I'm not so thank you wall for these guys of like that are doing this and the the kids that have gone this way to track this this just is it should be commemorated but we we have college athletes let's do we're doing uh we're starting our series we used to have one that was called 122 and22 where we'll highlight our programs in our endorsement areas and stuff
059like that so we're starting to build that out so that it'll be little minute long videos where we interview kids and highlight the kids that talk get out there kids they walking by to see it just to you know I'm trying to I'm sorry like I said you can't make me shut up about this no we're I'm excited all right um our next regular board meeting will be March 17th uh 2025 at 6 p.m. our next policy committee meeting will be March 12th 2025 4:30 p.m. here I have a recommendation to approve the second reading of policy updates from January 13th uh recommendation to release the redacted Clos session minutes from July 1st 2024 through December 31st 2024 and yes I look forward to seeing those good deals and highlights can't wait and with that
060I will turn it over to Dr m thank you everyone I this evening at our last board meeting I brought our proposed um school calendar at that time I shared with you the language from the CBA that um Administration works with the union and developing the calendar we ask for feedback for um a week um we shared all 93 responses with you at the last one at the last meeting we did make one slight adjustment um based off of their feedback we are trying a few different things this next school year one of them being the front load a little bit more um we're hoping to have that new Ela curriculum and trying to give plenty of time for teachers to be prepared for the beginning of the school year so that's why the front
061loading uh the Sip days are the days that we're continuing our letters training so we do have to have those planned throughout the throughout the year and uh looking forward to seeing whether these changes work or not and um go from there but asking the board to approve the calendar this evening thank you all right I have two items this evening my first item is a recommendation to approve a resolution declared Surplus property at Bolson Park Elementary and my second item is a recommendation to W bid of parking lot Improvement projects for Olen Park Elementary and Harlem Middle School to stenstrom Excavating black top for a base bid of $439,990 and Alternate one for $1 $298 for a total cost of $41,250 so alternate one there are dry wells in that um parking lot so
062that would be to connect it to the street so that the water can drain out and so since it's right there and uh the engineers recommended we accept that alternate to um was we've had a few conversations at the board about the possibility of putting a basketball court in there I know the PTO has talked about it the PE staff has talked about it so we had that included just so we knew what the number was and that is pretty much right what AR design told us so I'm not recommending that tonight but I am working with the middle school and the PTO to see what kind of funds they have and that might may probably will come back as a recommendation at some point next meeting probably no no no I went where oh
063so um inside the fence inside the track at the end of the football field where that little D Spot is that Court will fit in there right there I got a map yeah I drew so it's in the fence it's in the fence in area over here in the end outside of the end M so PE could okay cuz right now there's two Hoops in the parking lot and they're really usable cuz we've looked for a while about where could we put something like that would it be cheaper to do it in one of the tennis cours we asked that remember we and uh because of the way the we were going to have use it on the inside right and shoot but the way they use the tennis when they're using the tennis courts
064this this way it took away a station from them right this wouldn't right the way that they're going to do it now or we suggested it won't take away a station they can keep using so that is a good question though because we did trying to work that through just asking questions PA and I like the idea of it's protected you know the field the field is locked up I mean obviously you can always jump a fence but it's locked up so we don't have to worry about bent rims we don't have to worry about that stuff as much bent rims torn Nets you know let us keep working on that I just wanted to you know we put it in here for a number to inform the board and then we'll come back and
065see what the total dollars are but at least we know now that the number was pretty good what again so okay so just tonight base bid and Alternate one is a recommendation okay there there any other questions is he going to extend the parking lot at all at olon cuz I know they've got a small parking lot so we extended that a while back I think the spaces are Okay the reason the olsson's a little bit more expensive is because the concrete um sidewalk along there is crumbling so this will Rec concrete that that sidewalk so uh I don't think spaces are a huge cuz early in 2010s we expand we doubled Windor we expanded Maple we expanded Sumit Olson um so it's not necessarily for an expansion it's just making sure the core is
066l in the concrete at I just know when visitors go over there it's like it's a chore to try to find an open space and sure so we'll see how they stripe it see if we get if there's any room for sure it is it is not an issue now that we've lost sixth grade we have plenty of open parking spaces we probably have 15 at least on a regular day that are open once all of our staff is there D getting out way think there's not a none of the elementary schools have enough parking spots when when they invite anybody in none of them do M you even have to use the service road 100% good evening Mr Sterling I have the recommendation to approve the Personnel agenda this evening we have nine resignations
067two transfers two leaves of absence six Employments and one Federation Bank request so a little short toight thank you and with that Dr great Jason I'll take this home um we got two um Boyer requests here the first one um dated February 7th 2025 submitted by Logan Layman requesting information on personal sick vacation days from support staff uh PA of supervisory assistants custodians uh dated January 1st of 2021 to December 31st of 2024 and for the support staff salary report and the district's 5-day extension requests um to respond by today February 24th 2025 so we need to that up okay and then the second one Freedom of Information Act dated February 17th of 2025 submitted by Elaine Nichols requesting information on Educators all right and so um this is our second board meeting of the
068month and so what we like to do is um give a summary of our previous equity and social justice committee meeting um so on February 5th 2025 um we had our last meeting and in that meeting Jason if you can go to the next slide um we spent a little bit of time I'm talking about um the difference between equity um versus equality um and that was put on by Windsor and so the definition of equity Equity recognizes that individuals have different needs and allocates resources based on those needs to achieve an equal outcome for all and so Equity attempts to identify imbalances and find ways to restore fairness and Justice and so a quick side by side side that we went over you know that evening um equality providing fairness by treating everyone the
069same Equity providing fairness by addressing individual needs um equality assumes everyone has the same starting point and needs Equity takes into account individual differences in circumstances equality can lead to unequal outcomes due to unequal starting points within Equity um can lead to unequal treatment to achieve fairness and then seeks to provide equal access to opportunities within Equity seeks to eliminate barriers that provide opportunities or provide access to Opportunities and then uh can be achieved with equal treatment and resources whereas Equity um Can require additional resources or support U so um really uh props to Windsor for giving us that presentation which leads us into how does it look so at maches elementary school you have buddy classrooms each classroom has a buddy classroom where they can learn from each other um so as you can
070see on my left I think some of your right um the monolingual class is learning how to make flowers and about the tradition um from our Ola fourth and fifth grade classes working together so we appreciate that for mazn Ed Marquette um really focusing on the particular activity at the bottom where students draw a classmates's name to write a positive note about them Mr Smith you're always talking about being nice and and people supporting each other and that's what our students at Marquette is doing so thank you for that completely unrelated but just want to let you know that that picture over there that you guys get to look at is of the student from Marquette Elementary that like she was obviously very proud of of the work that she's displaying right there so so
071Aaron you get to see what Mr Smith is not I just see one he gets to see all all right um at Parker Center what we really like is um the books that are donated to each classroom um color group from our Equity team um which is obviously supporting belonging and then our Black History Month um display um you can't really see the picture of Kobe Bryant but Kobe Bryant is in there got shout just got a shout out um roson at roson elementary school um the theme was engagement um and what I really like about this one is they the students created a word wall um of the week um vocabulary words and then um each student created sentences on it as well as the definition so this is really student driven um and
072the students putting this together so abolutely so this is something that you'll see in in quite a few of our elementary schools as we've known a focus on vocab um and they' identified that as an area so a lot of our schools are doing either daily or weekly vocab words for the whole building so they'll do it over morning announcements um they'll talk about a word they'll Define it they'll use it in sentence sentences they'll have students maybe leading that but um this is a a common theme that you see across theab is um really focusing on vocabulary this year and then um how Rock Cut uses you know obviously what we're doing if you can see the triangle um as far as supporting our students and you see how the triangle goes from psychological
073needs all the way up to self-actualization and what I wanted to highlight with this particular student and for confidential reasons U we won't say his name but I had uh Mr Riki put together real quick statement about this students which shows when we talk about belonging and supporting our students what can happen so this this particular student um transferred into R cut um fourth grade year he experienced frequent suspensions and discipline referrals in his previous District um leading to distrust from both him and his family but upon arrival to rut too he was defensive and fear for of school staff but through a structured approach he focused on um control connection and competence um he has made a remarkable progress um with the team at rut cut what they did was they had consistent expectations
074for him kept them in school with Fair consequences implemented check in checkout and work closely with his parents to rebild trust now he's in fifth grade he is more open to feedback has strong friendships and maintains positive relationships with with staff his discipline referrals have significantly decreased he has um no suspensions and his academic growth is evident he's meeting his Target in math and nearly reaching his goal in reading his parents are highly pleased with his progress and this transation highlights the impact of our school supportive and restorative approach and so I feel along with um principal Riki he is a great example of how we take a personalized approach to provide equal opportunities for all of our students and so again what we like to show these highlights and things that we that our
075buildings are doing um within our esj meetings but also too and giving you examples um of how it looks you know when our kids would at to so I really appreciate that don't have to Kudos direct today thank you guys they right enroll thank you sir all right moving on to the consent agenda can I get a a motion to approve the Personal Agenda and agenda no motion second Mr Smith yes Mrs H hi Mrs me I Mrs St hi Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight Mrs Carlson yes you have travel request we don't have facility requests so can I get a motion to approve resol resolution declaring Surplus property motion second Mrs Hy hi Mrs me I Mr Sterling hi Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes can I get a
076motion to approve the 2025 2026 District calendar Mo not everybody at once second Mrs me I Mr Sterling I Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes Mrs hay hi I get a motion to approve second reading of policy updates from January 13th 2025 first reading motion second Mr Sterling hi Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes m Miss Hing hi Mrs me hi can I get a motion to approved release of redacted close of session minutes from July 1 2024 through December 31st 2024 motion Mr Thompson hi Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes Mr Smith yes Mrs hazing hi Mrs meekes hi Mrs Sterling hi can I get a motion to approve the board bid for parking lot Improvement Projects olon Park and Harlem Middle
077School to Sten from Excavating and black top for a bit of Base bit of $439,990 and an alternate number one of 11,298 for a total cost of $41,250 [Music] is almost twice as much as some of the other bids do do we see that affecting this bottom line if there it going above any other companies like is that something that that there's any worry about no cuz I see the difference between some of these companies is yeah but if you look at the next lowest they have the same rate on there so no one is really within 33,000 bucks of that so no I don't anticipate that that's all I want if you you've done more parking lots than I have so I'm done I will motion first second Mr mcnight hi Mrs Carlson yes
078Mr Smith yes Mrs Hy hi Mrs meets I Mr Sterling hi Mr toson yes announcements and discussion anything else I just want to add sorry with the CTE um past board members as well thank you for all of past board members work on CTE program um I recognize that people sat in our seats before US helped it get going before us um so shout out to anybody who's sat in the seat and helped that program get on its feet I just wanted to mention them before we we closed out it's hard uh finding everybody to than in uh such a big program it would be nice to see the names we talked about the names of the students if you need to see them in the CTE building you know walk in the door on
079the big foyer and it' be great to see all their names and all of the businesses and displayed I know he said we're going to display them but that'd be a really good place to display them we have to have a flip flip pages 20 hour something like kind of like what they have with sports you can go back and look at Athletics you can go back to the when cameras were developed or something I don't know you can go way back in athletics and look at the history I think that's something we can bring up in Committee of the whole so we can process yeah all right with that any any more announcements and discussion can I get a motion in a second to adjourn motion Mr hi Mr Caron yes Mr Smith yes
080Mr Mr Mr Sterling Mr Thompson yes Mr night hi all right [Music]