4/9/25 BOE Meeting

001Everybody, Mr. [Laughter] [Music] Now, wait a minute. Are you friend of the students or the staff? The students are the easy part. All right, we are in session, folks. Thank you all for coming. Um, ordering and approval of agenda. Um, we have some additions to the consent agenda, resignation, retire personnel. Yep. We have a 41.3 junior high FBA, Mr. Coen. We're going to add him. And we have some employment of personnel 5.2 and a 9.1 steering committee for reorganization discussion. Okay. Anybody else have anything? Motion to approve as amended. Motion to approve. Faith. Do we need to remove any of that? No. Okay. I'll second. Second. All in favor. All right. Um, also too, here at the meeting, we uh kind of having a little trend to talk about the wonderful things Miss Julie Smith

002has been doing in our district. Um, she's the secondary finalist for teacher of the year. [Applause] Not even sure why it's close, but it was a pretty special day. I think when we walked in, we all felt pretty confident. Her husband, he's like, "You're going to get it." And he just wanted to be able at the end say, "I told you so." So, it was it was pretty awesome. And um I don't know. I I can't I don't even know what to say. It's loss of words how awesome it was. And welld deserved. Well deserved. Awesome. Great. I'm glad you're on our team. Me, too. Me, too. All right. Okay. That brings us to consent agenda. Anybody have any questions or comments on that? Maybe. No, not a motion to approve the consent. All right,

003we have all in favor. All right. Um, I don't know. Mr. Qu's not here. Can we skip to Miss Smith? Yeah. You okay? No. Yeah. Okay. We'll wait. We'll wait for So, Miss Smith, um, you are up. You and your students. Okay. Let's start with Gretchen and Gabe here. computer from Amy. So, we had um at the high school level, we had nine kids qualify. Uh we had three place first, which is amazing. I had not been h you know, has not happened in the three years I've been here. It's probably happened. But, um that's a really big deal to have that many kids qualify for first. Molly Herren's not going to get to present tonight. I'm going to have a couple of the kids showcase some of their stuff. But Molly Herren took first

004place in client service which is um they're actually renaming it next year. It is customer service. So she gets a scenario. There's an iate customer. This time it was a broken couch, right? It was broken couch and she was having a party on Sunday. What are you going to do about my broken couch? And so she has some parameters she has to follow. But um the goal is to get to a resolution with the customer. Uh and so she did that the most successfully. So we're very proud of her. Congratulations. She has great poise. She has great poise under pressure. You know, they come out of it and they they don't feel that, but they do it. Um Tyler Bolt or Tanner Bolt here took fourth place in cyber security. Leo and Tyler Bolt um

005qualified in business ethics. They took fifth place, but one of the teams was competing in other events, so they got to move up uh and will go compete in business ethics. It's two parts. It's a test um on ethics and then there will be a presentation part. This year your scenario was uh procrastination. That's right. Which was great. Procrastination. So a lady procrastinated at work. Now she's in big trouble. You know she lied to us by the way. So we have to come up with solutions like what could she have done to not get herself in this place um in the first place. And then also some uh solutions moving forward like she's done screwed up. Now, what can she do to turn this boat? So, anyway, um these two and Brena, they're are local

006chapter annual reports. This one I'm really excited about because it's a showcase of what our chapter does the whole year round. They present it, they put the slides together um for the judge, but it is a showcase of what we do as a whole chapter. So, they're going to fly through it. They're not going to give you the full seven minute um presentation that they do, but I'll let them take it away. Um our theme of our presentation is planning, promoting, providing and pursuing. So we created a program of work at the beginning of this summer for this year. Um we use all these plans throughout the year. Just give us a baseline of what we're going to be doing. Um some recruitment activities that we do. Um we host the back to school bash

007um at the first Friday of the school year every year just to um try and be like this is FLA we have fun come join us. Um a couple other things that we do is um the eighth graders when they come over to visit the high schooler we set up a booth and talk to them about FBLA. Um we've also pretty much doubled um our chapter size in the last two years which is awesome. We had 28 when my mom took over. Now we have 57. Um, some leadership development we do, we do local officer elections, state board meetings, um, which Tyler is involved in this year and then I will be involved in next year. I was elected district 7 vice president. So I'll be involved in those. Um, we work a lot with

008our business classes in our school and outside things like our business achievement awards, baas, do a lot of conferences and working on our dress code. Um, uh, we've also partnered with a bunch few people. um my public service announcement team which is Ethan and Ree, we got the opportunity to go uh tour advisors excel and then their creative team also helped us design our video and gave us um some amazing pointers that um we used throughout our video and I'm definitely hoping that we can go back next year provided we don't succeed at state or nationals which if we do get top three I think it is at nationals we cannot do that event again. Um but that was an awesome opportunity and then Mr. Coffin and um Leo's mom, Alyssa Minky, um have also

009uh provided us with support for our CTE pathways. Um we work on a lot of fundraising throughout the year. Cookie sales are a big one. We do concessions for games and last year for nationals. We uh had a garage sale um and over broke the citywide garage sales. um had um everyone who qualified brought over a bunch of stuff and we set up and had a garage sale and we that fundraiser or that campaign we raised $3,500 for our trip. Not at the yard sale. Not at the yard sale. Just overall overall. Yeah. [Music] [Laughter] Uh we like to improve our communication with everyone throughout the year. We use bulletin boards, social media, and our mind app. Um, we were also featured in local and state news. Um, for some different things that we've done,

010uh, one is when you guys supported us to go to nationals last year. Um, and then the other was our district uh, conference at Washurn, which Tyler put together. Um, we featured in 13 News for that. So, So, in the past, we've gotten silver chapter. This is a lot of outside work that our officers do, but this year we are proud to say that we're going to be gold seal. There's a lot of work that comes from me and getting all that organized. What's a couple of activities you do to earn that gold? What are ge name one activity you did this year for them? We had to create a come up with a service project which was international.net. Yep. Last month when he presented to you on CTE, that was another one. Um, we've

011written thank you cards. They're just every every quarter through the year they give the kids a list of like 10 activities and they're all worth different points. So they've earned enough points this year for gold which was a big goal of ours. Um and also the baas which we talked about uh earlier um they're just things that you can do within FBI to uh get points for that too which um I've completed the first two, Tyler's completed the first two and Leo has done the first one. So, we've talked about some of these things, but for community service, we do trunk or treat every year. We do a winter gear um international dot day with our elementary school. And we do a dodgeball tournament. That's our biggest service project that we do. And you raised

012$252. Yes. For the Alzheimer's Association. Yeah. $250 for the Alzheimer's dissertation with uh 84 students and staff members uh competed in that. And you can buzz through these. These are they heard the step before. That's the last one, right? Yep. Okay, perfect. So, they each slide that you saw, that's a a part of their rubric. They're given very detailed specific rubrics that they have to follow. And so, we um they sent this through a couple of different teachers that helped us edit things. And then, uh they just practice practice. They have lines that they read with each one that follow more of that rubric and hitting those points and did an excellent job with it. First place at that it's it's very competitive. You know, some sometimes uh you have competition, you're like, "Okay, first

013place, but like how many, right?" Like how like out of 30. Okay, am I impressed or not? Be impressed. These kids were competing against a lot of chapters. To make it to finals is a big deal. Um and then to take first is bigger. So, okay, great job. All right. you want to switch it to the um PSA is the other thing I'm going to show you this one too this he's going to show you the 30 second version but they have a seven minute presentation where they break down you can see those slides there they break down the topic they were given the learning objective for the PSA uh they have to really understand what the purpose of a PSA is and um they talk about the technical aspects of filming and the equipment

014and that's all part of their sentiment resation that was Gabe and Ree and Ethan um did that okay we have volume that has sound. Okay. [Laughter] I see that's on there muted. Okay. The information I gave you help? Yes. Yeah. It's included in our presentation. I look forward to seeing it in your presentation. Employers promote healthy habits in the workplace. It provides employees opportunities to improve their work life balance. This can be done by establishing sleep routines and setting goals, which provides a healthier mindset and increase productivity through better time management. As for nutrition, stay hydrated, eat healthy snacks, and take short exercise breaks to nourish both your body and mind. Finally, effectively communicate by asking questions, listening, and reducing distractions. Remember, healthy workplace habits make a difference beyond the office. Another cool thing about

015uh Advisors Excel helping us out was that the voice that you could that you heard over um or by with our video was actually one of their team members. Their team members offered to narrate for us which was awesome. Yeah, it was very cool. Something they shared with us. All right, we have any questions for the kids before I get to the money part? Take them down. Good job. Go ahead. Hey Reese, can you tell me what kind of materials you'll use to prepare for nationals? [Laughter] [Music] That's a good question. That's a good question. What does BAA's mean? I That is not my business achievement award. It's an achievement award. It's a business achievement award. Okay. All right. She's All right. So, I have this is two-sided. Hope you got one that's two-sided. Um,

016one side is for our students. We're taking nine, so they will room share. Um, we we're going with two rooms. Gabe will get to be in my room because, um, he's related to me. So, we're gonna It's major savings. It's what it is. Um, lucky I'm lucky for him, but it's it's good for us moneywise. Um, lights right now, I just checked um right before the meeting and they're still running like between 250 275 by the time we I mean that that always fluctuates. That fluctuates daily. But down at the bottom, you can see right now per kid we're at 1252 a kid. Um, that's our estimate for the trip. On the other side, these are for the advisor. So, one room um 2612 um for all the advisor expenses. What I would like to

017ask for it's California. It's more expensive than Florida was. Um next year it will be in San Antonio. I expect costs to reaper back down for next year. Uh but the the hotel really um is what drove it up this round. Um what and then the car rental is bigger, too. But we're also taking more kids. I took four kids last year and they were all boys. Um, so they shared a room too, but I last year in the last two years, you've paid us $500 for each student, cover advisor expenses. Um, I would like to ask for 600 a student this year. Um, and then advisor expenses covered as well. So happy to answer any questions. Yes. [Music] 41. Yeah. And actually that's different. I we had I had on the original one I

018think that you saw um I had six nights but there the um Connie and Don are going out until the Saturday. So I'm just going to first flight. Last year I bumped it back a day because last year we missed the same meeting because our flight was too late. So I'm just going to try to get the earlier flight and save us a night on hotel. So yes, five nights, not six. It just changed that today. [Music] 600 5,400 students closer to 12. So just over 8,000 double $8,12. We've been in my opinion, we've been supporting this for several years and it's done nothing but get better every year. Wonderful job everybody. And as much as we spend on athletics and activities and doing the same for our academic groups um and clubs, I think

019it's that's when you have all 58 kids qualifying for nationals. If you have all 58 kids qualifying for nationals, we should do that. We won't worry about every single one of them. I'll make a motion to approve to pay for $600 per student plus the advisor expenses. You have a motion. We'll second it. Have a second. Not going to get stranded at an airport or anything this time. Boy, I hope not. But if I could control that, the answer would be no for sure. All right. All in favor? Good luck everybody. Now, Julie, you're only requiring the kids to stay one hour. Yes. Yep. Two. Well, two. I thought I don't know how two maybe like Sorry, Gretchen. What were you saying? What? What were you saying? Nothing. She wanted to stay. Is it okay

020if we stay with FBLA? Yeah, I just guess we won't. Thank you. Uh, no, I'm sad to say mine is not as fancy as the high schools. Uhhuh. Thank you. Just to let you know, um I've been with FBA and the community high now for three years and um I always tell my students, you know, it's it's hard to get together in a short amount of time, maybe 20 minutes every week or whatever. Uh when you get to high school, you're going to blossom. It's a great program. So, hands off. I just applaud Julie and what she's done. Uh we're excited to announce that we're going to have eight students eligible. I think last year we took nine. Uh Mrs. Cole and I went down to Orlando, took nine kids, brought them all back safely.

021Uh had a great time and had a great time with them. I I it was it was wonderful bonding with them and some of those kids getting out of Kansas for the first time. Just wonderful. Um we had one student first place concepts. We have a third place digital. Can I say the kids' name? Yeah. I didn't know if I can. Emily Huffman took first place FBA concept and she's a returning national and she took first place last year so she's tickled. Carson Burnhard took third in digital citizenship. Uh Ellie Lacy took fourth in financial literature. Colton Anderson seventh grader took second in exploring computer science. Carly Deprad fourth place exploring business issues. Jacob Combmes took fourth place learning strategies. Uh Andy Laida was in fifth place, but since someone decided not to go, Andy

022Lida will also be a returning uh FBLA student with us for Yeah. National, he took fourth in digital citizenship and Daffhany Rooney uh with her speaking took fourth place. So we have eight kids going. Um, which I I tell the kids, junior high is just a a stepping stone for what an experience in. We tell the kids, if you didn't make it to nationals, stay with it. Keep working. High school's going to get here and you're really going to blossom. And they all worked u any fundraisers we had, they all um stayed did games. Uh we we concession stand. Yeah. And last year at nationals, we were introduced to these suckers that we I remember where they're out of Arkansas. We went with the suckers this year and um it was perfect. Perfect. Yeah, the

023kids love it. And kids always have money for food or sucker candies when they want. Other um fundraisers we do um last year we did the bake sale at the garage sales in Overbrook in front of K State Bank. Um we had Rob and I hosted um a few garage sals. So they gathered up all their stuff that they wanted to sell. We did too. And the the kids priced it. They brought it over to Lawrence. Some of them worked at some worked it there and they got the opportunity. We sold colossal cookies. Y and we actually paid for one dinner with Connie Lindell. She was with us. So we paid for dinner one night with him. Uh it was really it was really fun to get the kids out of these communities and let

024them see that and we took them to the ocean. We took them to the ocean. Took us an hour to get them out. Um, yeah, I did. They just got out because they were hungry and I reserved a place at the pizza. Absolutely. Uh, so our our costs are very similar to Julie's the the night lodging. Same hotel. It's the hotel Hyatt House in Anaheim. Um 364 a night. Um we're going to have four kids. They will share a room. Four girls, four boys. And then we're going to ask that both of us go again. It was very beneficial. uh four girls, four boys. We had some issues last year. Mrs. Coin did a great job handling it with the ladies and stuff and so I feel more comfortable having um my my co-pilot here.

025Uh airfare, same thing. Nightly cost, uh it's broken down. Uh we're just doing four nights. We're going to go four nights. We're going to fly down the 28th. The 29th is Carly's first speech. She'll be giving that along with uh Daffany. The 29th we're off. And then the um first is when we actually start uh testing. Um we didn't stay last year for the awards ceremony. They usually don't announce the junior high. Connie got him back to us, but that's why we kind of skip out. Uh but we do go to the Kansas opening ceremonies of the hotel with Connie Lindell, but also the national opening. So we're only staying four nights, which is cutting down on cost. Uh we are going to ask for 62. I talked with Julie today. Compared to last year

026in Orlando, hotels are more expensive. The tax is also greater out there in California. So, um, any questions? So, two sponsors go. We did last year, too. Yes. I it helps out I think with the junior high kids that she dealt with some issues with the ladies and I sit you got eight kids we do so two rooms for the kids four and four we're going to put them in there and then we share a room and we're happy to say uh July 1st the kids will celebrate our wedding anniversary again with us 30 years 30 years last year was 29. Yeah. So this year I told them this year. How long is the high school staying? Five. Five. The reason that is because they stay extra night for the uh the awards and they

027don't announce they don't announce the junior high junior high chapter doesn't they don't do as much as it's more of their experience. But your your person expenses are more than hers. I noticed that too but I don't know why. We went off whatever we put on there last year as far as lunches and dinners, but the I think our air may be a little bit higher. We didn't do We aren't accurate on the air. It may be a little bit higher. She mentioned it was 275 when she looked at it too. Okay. And that's we won't know. And then we also last year in Orlando, we got a 15 passenger van. The kids help pay for that and it was beneficial. I mean to go to the ocean to do whatever we wanted at the

028last minute, go out for dinner and stuff and all the kids and the kids they pay for that. They help pay for that. So 600 would pay for the hotel and the registration of 195 per kid. Are you on the same flight as the high school? Like are you guys taking the same bus? Do you try to do that? We last year they they left after us. We got there in time to do the the the beginning of the open Kansas. Yeah, open. They were on the same day. We got on. Yeah. The kids were not, but they were so good. It was cheap. Yeah. And so we got there in time. We hope to. There is another option if we need to. Yeah. Um, also I'm going to ask of course we take kids

029out of state, but we last year we got to use the uh school 15 passenger van to take us to KCI MCI. We left it there and then we had transportation to bring the kids back cuz we left like at 1:00 in the morning. Yeah. And so I went over to the uh I don't know how we were going to do it before that. I don't remember. I think it was kind of up in the air and then we somehow we got the van. The school borrow one of the vans. We left at the airport and then we it was there when we came back that helped us to get the kids up there in our luggage. Julie used vans. No, my mom drove us because there were just five of us car together. I

030mean we I'm going to talk to the parents and figure it out. I I think the parents um this is something that the parents I told you're committing to this. It's a big deal for your kids and so I would expect that they would find like we'll work together to get everyone to the airport. Could you guys all do that together and be going on the same day? We are leaving on the same day but flights I mean we're I'm going to look at the flights and flight times and I think we're going to get that many together. We um we I remember working really long and hard to get the cheapest we flew spirit. We worked really hard to get the cheapest flights we could and that's why we left at 1:00 a.m. and

031things like that. It was a little bit it was it was just the cheapest we could find. So yeah, save the kids. But yeah, I mean I guess you could ask parents. Yeah, I just I didn't want to drive kids in my car for safety reason. Yeah. Yeah. No, we wouldn't have room in our questions. Is the discretionary the food and entertainment or what is that on top of food for us? Okay. It's just food. We pay for We pay for tickets and Yeah. Entertainment. Okay. I see that you guys are going to Universal Studios. We're looking at that. Is that Well, I'm just as far as I see that's more expensive than they're going to a g a ball game looks like. So that last year we went to Universal Studios Orlando. We want

032to go back and do roller coaster. Oh yeah, sure. I'm just I just see that maybe why theirs was a little bit more expensive, too. Well, they have one more kid. They're staying one less night and one more and a sponsor. So the sponsor is really the greatest expenditure. One less one less night. One less kid. One less night. One more kid. one last night. Um, but two sponsors. I think really the sponsorship trip is the most discrepancy between the two. Yeah. It was for the young ladies. It was nice to have I'll make a motion for both sponsors and 600 for student. Okay. Second. Anybody have any questions? All in favor? Good luck. Appreciate that. And we can update this if you need digitally. I think last some things were actually cheaper than I

033don't even think we spent up to the total dollar that we approved last year. I think when Rob and I turned on tickets that were cheaper so it ended up being cheaper and I don't think we and I don't think we used everything we turned in all of our receipts and I think it ended up being we just don't really know until we kind of tell the kids that too in on this and hopefully we ended up getting our tickets cheaper through the Yeah, the plane tickets were cheaper last year. The uh the conference had a kiosk set up where they were selling tickets for like almost half what we were going to do. So the kids were about that too. So things happened while we're there and that was exciting. Thank you. Have fun.

034Mr. Crowing, Mrs. Ice guys are up. I got to see this. All the cars were coming out. Oh, yeah. Well, I think we'll go ahead and start first just kind of uh talking about kind of what we have coming up. And we It's been a busy April. fans always busy during the annual time and a lot of things to celebrate too. We've got um solo and ensemble happened this last weekend. We have 10 or 11 kids. Yeah. Going to state. So um all got outstanding or superior ratings, ones and twos. And so uh they they just worked their butts off and it was pretty cool to see. So we'll take them down to Andover at the end of the month and uh they'll get a chance to compete at state there. So um just got

035done as you can see. I just wanted to address everyone here at the board meeting tonight. Uh but uh we just got done with with our all state um band day today too. That went very well as well. So a lot of compliments. Got to talk with some of the judges too. Definitely um picked the hardest slip that they that they had probably seen there that day too. So uh pushed the kids quite a bit and they they answered and holded that. So pretty excited about that. um also got invited um recently to by Washurn University, our jazz band was asked to go perform with theirs uh share a concert with them. So we'll perform at White uh Concert Hall on May 1st. Yep. So get an opportunity to share a concert with that. It's

036really really cool experience uh for the kids. I'm looking forward to that too. So uh I'm going to go ahead. We have our concert too on May 9th. May 9th. She's the date person. Yeah. At May 9th, that's 5 through 12 concert and uh invited you guys you like come out and some of you guys already be out there with your own kids too. We like to it's kind of a rip the band-aid, you know, going 5 through 12 at the same point that younger kids get to see and some of the parents get to see like this is where they start and it's the kind of music they can make in a very very short time. So, we have hot dogs and chips going on too. So, I'll have that that opportunity. What night

037of the week is that? If it's a Friday. Friday. Yeah. Yeah. And then uh I'm going to go ahead and let um McKenzie talk about the Nashville proposal here. Yes. So, we would like approval to travel out of state to Nashville next year for our van trip. We're looking at 4 days, three nights. And the cost that our company that we're using, it's the same company we've been using for years, gave us per kid, would be around $769. What we do though is we want to make sure through all of our fundraising that a kid can go without bringing any cash in their pocket. So we add about $150 to $175 on that so we can give them money for meals while we're out there. So this is looking about growth estimation $975. No planes

038this time and this is our smaller trip. So we'll be taking um charter buses out there and like the number of passengers that's all guesstimated when they brought up the proposal for us for monitoring and stuff. Insurance is covered when we go through this company. What company do you use? Group travel planners. based out of Minnesota. Yep. And then you can see some of the attractions we're considering doing. Like the itinerary is not finalized yet, but just a few. The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Grand Old Opry, um the Hermitage. Yeah. Looking at the go, the ghost tours. Looking at another ghost tour. Those are just a few of the things on there. being rude. Listen, people are being rude. We're good. That the nice thing on this trip, too, is that they send

039their own representative down and fly them down. So, like the nice thing is you get to be the band director and you just focus on the kids and that tour person has to put out all the fires for you. That's their job and they all the tickets, everything like that. So, um as you guys know, we've got a pretty good history of taking some some great sponsors other than than Lizzy over there, but she's worse than kids. So, we'll take care of her. But there'll be adequate sponsors that chaper owns on that trip and I'm a good sponsor. Who's going to take care of the uh sick ones this year? J. Okay. So, you're asking for permission to go out of state on the trip. Make a motion to approve the out of state travel

0402026. Did anybody have any questions about this? No. Kind of know what you're doing by now, don't you? I suppose what's that? You kind of know what you're doing on these trips by now, don't you? Oh, yeah. Many times you. Okay. So, we have a motion and I'll second and a second. Awesome. And then, uh, I was going to go ahead and take a moment, if you guys don't mind, to address the board. Um, so I wrote this down because I knew this was going to be tough. I I just spoke with the kids here a while back when before this meeting, but I basically thought it'd be best to write my thoughts down tonight. So, we're not here till 9:00. And if there's any grammatical errors, just refer to Allison Colder since she's the

041responsible party on everything. So, um, yeah. Good evening, Santa Fe Trail Board of Education administrators, colleagues, and friends. It's with a mix of gratitude and a heavy heart that I stand before you today and prepare to say goodbye to this profession. This has undoubtedly been one of the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make and it's not something I take lightly. However, I I want to take this time to opportunity to express my deep appreciation for all of you and for the incredible journey that I've had with this community over the past 18 years. To the board of education, thank you for your unwavering support and your leadership. Your commitment and educa to education and your dedication to the betterment of our district and our children have always been evident. I'm beyond grateful for

042the opportunities you've provided to our program and the guidance you've shown along the way. Your vision has helped shape the environment in which we as educators can do what we love, serve our students. I know your position can feel like a thankless job sometimes, but what you do truly matters, and I truly appreciate everything you've done. To past and present administrators, I cannot thank you enough for pushing me, for believing in me, and for guiding me to become an educator and a better person. You've been a constant source of inspiration, challenging me to grow and evolve in ways I never imagined possible. Your leadership has not only made me a better teacher, but shown me the importance of community, collaboration, and compassion in everything that we do. Sorry to the students that may be here

043watching. I was really hoping they wouldn't be here. Um, each of you guys have made an incredible mark on my heart. You're not just students to me. You're like my own children. Watching you grow and learn and navigate life has been the most rewarding part of my career. It's because of you that this decision is so incredibly hard. Thanks. Oh, thank God we're live streaming. Get your popcorn. Every day with you has reminded me of the immense privilege it is to be a part of your lives and I'll carry that forever. To my peers, man, we've had some fun times. You're more than just colleagues. You're part of my family. Our staff are some of the most selfless, dedicated people, and you know that. um that I've ever met. You give yourselves every single day

044to ensure our students succeed. The camaraderie we share, the bonds that we've built over the years have meant more to me than words can ever express. I've learned so much from each of you and I will truly miss working the joy of working alongside of you. Mackenzie, you're one of the hardest working and loyal people I've ever known. On a side note, if for Chris and Robbie, if you guys are watching this, take comfort in knowing that Mackenzie probably has her planner already filled out to 2027 and the bus request. bus request will probably hit your email at least seven months in advance. So, thanks again for being such an incredible friend and colleague and I'm so excited to watch this program. You make this your own. To the community that has shaped me in

045ways that I could never imagine. Though I'm leaving, know that that part of my heart will always remain here in the classrooms, the hallways, and in the memories we've created together. I'll forever cherish the time I've spent with all of you. I love this place and this is where I continue to watch my children grow and learn from some of the best educators that are around. While I'm excited and looking forward to helping people in a different way as a firefighter, I will definitely miss teaching here at SOFT. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for such an remarkable and unforgivable or unforgettable experience. I wish you all continued success and look forward to seeing the great things this district will achieve in the future. Sure. Proud. Thank you. Everything we'll say. I

046think we need to say thank you. Such an inspiration to all of our kids. Yeah. What you've done with the program from the time you started somehow. It's just amazing. We don't have a big enough band room. Forever me. Well, there's a bond issue, right? Well, I hope you're not a stranger. I'm sure we'll see you around. Yeah, I know. Mentioned maybe the possibility of coming around and doing some subbing needed. So, they can't find a job getting cats out of trees. Yeah, I just saw it down. I don't know. Thank you guys. Thank you. Are you two leaving? Yes. Okay. Just making sure. Okay. That was tough. That will bring us to um 5.1 executive session personnel. You need any time to do how much time you need? Uh 20 minutes. 20 minutes. That's

047my standard now. You guys won't let me do 15. Okay. Well, yeah. We'll have to come back. Mr. President, I move you go into executive session discuss personnel for person at 7:03 with a motion. I'll second it. Second. All in favor? I need two minutes to go back. Let us be 17 minutes to 7:12. Give us 5 minutes 726, please. Second. I even brought my sunglasses. Dang it. All right. Everybody ready? Okay. Miss Lori, you have a recommendation for us? Uh, oh, yes. Are we taking that home? Yeah, we're vote on that right now. Oh, okay. Yes. Yes, I have a recommendation to um pay the remainder of the KDHE grant for our nursing department due to a effective immediate cut off of the funding and um that grant would have lasted through July. Due

048to that, I would like to adjust the salaries. It will be a total of $6,000 um for our nursing department for three nurses total. Total. Yeah. Total. So, you're just wanting to close the gap of what to close the gap of the grant. The grant's no longer going to fund. Okay. So, that's a recommendation. Do we have a motion? Make a motion. We have a motion. We have a second. Second. Second. All in favor? Opposed. All right. All right. Two. Motion passes. Um, deployment of personnel. So, do we have a motion as presented? Yeah. Okay. So, we have a motion to adjust as presented. We have a second. Second. Second. All in favor? Thank you. That brings us to 6.0 administrators. Who wants to go first? I got change my game. Uh, so talk about

049community involvement. Um, I will say that I haven't had to do a whole lot this year. I think the district has done a very clinical job about getting the community involved and their communication, their outreach. Uh, we're trying to continue those efforts at the high school and whether it be through social media platforms, uh, community events, uh, giving students the opportunity to meet community members or career track individuals through career fairs, things of that nature. We're trying to expand those. Um the the other one that kind of jumped out to me is something that could be potentially new and exciting is a homecoming next year. We just pull this off like what we want to do at the grand scale big community event. Um so I will I will definitely say the the level of

050communication and communicate with our our stakeholders has been very impressive. So I can't say that I've done a whole lot or been a part of anything much that's new. Uh so I I really can't add too much to that. Um obviously the high school it's uh spring sports time and everybody's doing something all the time. Uh also we've got activities wrapping up. Uh just today we had choir and band off doing the league competition. We were at Prairie View and we had a quite say quiet afternoon the building with the student body gone. But that just how many kids are involved in the thing. So that is also kind of supports everything that goes on with our students and allows them the opportunity to do those things. You know everything how it wraps up uh

051at the end of the school year. I do appreciate your involvement. I do appreciate the way you guys are sharing information with community. You're visible and being a part of it. So I very grateful for that aspect of your roles. Please continue as we write wrap things up. Uh hopefully we can have some great celebrations here at the end of the year. Graduations coming around real quick. Going to be bumped out pretty soon about the ceremony. Obviously expecting everybody to be on stage. Might be making some changes, bounced some ideas off some individuals. So might have a little bit different compared to last year. I don't necessarily want to have a stopwatch for our senior class that I want to make it a dignified and meaningful celebration for everybody. So, expect to see some information

052come from me directly to you about some potential changes graduation next month. So, charge of the month um thinking of individuals who are highly involved um our certified staff at the secondary level she happens to be with us here. So, Mary, I told her when I went in her room, I said, "It's probably like, it's about time I got this charger of the month thing." No, she didn't say that. I said that very deserving. Mary is highly involved. Uh she is a state of our our school community, so we commend her. She's very deserving of efforts. Uh the other our student charger of the month uh actually doesn't know or has not been formally uh awarded everything because he both in choir and band. So he was gone all day today and it's Justin Mcnite.

053So the other kid was all over. So do you want me to come back over and get on the PA system again or you want to do that? Well, that's yours. I can't pull it off like you do. We all know that. It's just scripted, that's all. But a lot to celebrate and and very excited how this this year has flown by for me. Um, and as we wrap things up, I don't think the pace is going to change. So, please buckle in. Enjoy your ride. You're one almost done. Yeah, they're super busy after spring. Prom. Yeah, everybody's gonna be there this weekend, right? Yeah, sure. I'm not getting from everybody after we'll be at the after. Well, that's what I mean. Are you going to be an after prom? Oh, no. I was told

054explicitly they don't win administration there. I disagree. No. Yeah, we'll we'll be having a good time. be a long night. I'll go. Thank you. Uh at Carbidale, we celebrated um our fourth through 8th grade charger of the month, student charger of the month, and it's Payton Craig. Um Payton is a really neat young lady. Um she is always the first that's willing to help others. Um she's willing to um stand up for what she knows is right. Um she's a very quiet leader but definitely models what we want every student to do. Um she's not afraid to help students and she helps teachers a lot. So um thank you for helping us to celebrate Kate. She's poor girl. I think I just terrified her. Oh yeah. I came and had to say all this stuff

055and she was just mortified for her. She's very very well. Yeah. They said some great things about her. What grade is she in? She's in eighth grader. Eighth grade. Yeah. Yeah. Uh she's Yeah. A shy girl, but man, really a neat one. So, she's good. Yeah. Um I do want to thank you all for supporting the FBLA students again. um that program kind of like the high school is is really pumping out a lot of kids with some very refined skills. So, I appreciate you supporting them and uh they will be the same students um that will be here next year as high school students probably um asking for funding to go to nationals. Um they're very high quality students and scholars. So, thank you for that. Um we uh some of the community connections

056at Carbondale that you may or may not be aware of. Um our eighth grade students um will be celebrated here early the first week of May. Their parents are putting together a class party. They'll host it on site. Most of you probably have already done this with your own kids. Um but that takes a lot of effort and a lot of collaboration. Um so we want to thank those parents for doing that for our students. And um Lisa Obergon is our eighth grade class sponsor this year and she's doing an exceptional job of communicating with the families and um uh she's very much appreciated. We'll get the gowns out before too much longer and get the kids ready to go across that stage. So, we are um looking forward to collaborating with Kyle at the

057next ADCAP meeting so we can make sure that our program um you know has some similarities but not nearly all the similarities as the high school program. So, we hope you have um eighth grade graduation on your calendars and will join us for that. Um our eighth grade students, thank you for approving them to travel to Worlds of Fun. um that's coming up also in May and that's very well supported with student or excuse me parent sponsors there as well. So some great community connections there. Um this year with Austin's uh leadership we hosted two scholars bowl meets. Those were very well supported not only with Santa Fe Trail staff um but also Santa Fe Trail spouses of staff and parent volunteers. So that is a great way to bring families into our school. Of

058course the band and the choir um and music. Lots of parent support that gym um most of you know is really full when we're hosting those events. And um let's see anything else that maybe I don't have on here. Um Facebook page is really well followed um because we do a nice job of making sure that we share our students there. And otherwise I think with the report that I submitted that pretty much it's all of it. So can I ask how's state testing been going? you know, um there have been a few little glitches, but um not on our side, not due to anything that our tech or students or staff has done. So, um for the most part, the kids we feel like have been um putting effort into it, which is wonderful.

059our teachers did um structure their testing differently this year. And so in prior years since I've been here, the ELA teacher administered um testing to all of the seventh grade ELA students throughout the day when they usually would just regularly come for ELA class. This year, the seventh grade ELA students are taking that assessment in the morning hours only with their, for the most part, their homework teachers. Um, so we're hoping that that tweaking of the schedule will give them all the opportunity to test when they're brighteyed and and ready to go. And I use seventh grade as an example, but all of our grade levels chose to do that this year. So, we're hopeful. Kids have had great attitudes about it and so has staff. Would you add anything to that, Carrie? It's been

060going very well. We're anxious to see this summer the state has asked for volunteers to come and basically norm the assessment. And so um they'll spend the month of June basically doing that and then July using those norms to look at the assessments and then we should get results in the fall. They'll create new cut scores. How often do they norm? Well, it's the new assess. So this is all new for um so they haven't done this in a while. Yeah. Are you on this volunteer committee? I did volunteer, but I have not heard if I got it yet. If I did, I'd have some opinions. Well, that's why we need you to volunteer. We'll see. Uh before I finish, I do want to make sure that you all know that Katie Dinus um has

061accepted or did accept the role of our building test coordinator. So, in previous years, Katie has really um tackled the Fastbridgeidge assessments for us, which are multiple times a year. This year, um she added onto her plate the state assessment coordination. That is a huge job. and Katie has done a really nice job with her organizational uh style that she brought to it as well as her communication has been very strong um and um inclusive with all staff and all information that teachers need in one location. So um we really appreciate Katie doing that for us. Right, we'll switch to Overbrook. Um you'll see in my report it just Community involvement and I said a strength at OIC. I feel as an elementary building. I think we all do a great job, but that's just

062such a pivotal part of what we do is to open our doors to our families to bring them in. We've had a set of traditions over the years that we've retained um regarding holiday lunches um and just different events at different, you know, parts of the year. And then also with our music program, we have that going on tomorrow for our second and third graders. So if you want to head up to the high school, you can watch them sing their little hearts out. Um and then as we can I we partner with Brookside when we can get up there and do those different things. We partner with Over Brook Parks and Wreck so that we can offer the summer program to our kids. I think that's really important that they have summer child care

063opportunities and a safe place to be. I think that's really important for our kiddos. Um we talked a lot last time about how we communicate. I think we communicate very well. Um, a lot of our teachers do a phenomenal job with that. But I mean, essentially, I feel like we're consistently open our opening our doors and inviting our community in. It's fun for us. The only new event that we added in this year occurred on Monday night. We did a third grade parent night state assessment kickoff um to we're still working on changing that culture of state assessments and getting our kids excited. Um, Stephanie got to be a part of that. Michelle's husband. Uh we essentially we did a lot of the same things that we do as teachers, but we made the parents

064do it with their kiddos. So it was a great bonding experience. We had our kids present on their test taking strategies that they've been learning. Um and then we played a lot of fun games to go along with that. And so we had a great time. Um we always look for ways to partner with the high school. um the SFT high school kids came over, the cheerleaders, and we did a pep assembly and they led that. And I think honestly out of all of our kids, if they chose what would be their favorites, it's what we partner with the high school and we're able to provide those opportunities for them. They really love and enjoy that. So, um we're always open doors. We always want everybody to come and visit. So, um our charger of

065the month was super exciting. Um she is a secondy year teacher, Melinda Davidson. She is our first um first grade teacher and a lot of what was talked about in her write up that Faith read to her was just also how much she loves the kids. There was a lot of her rapport with the kids, how much they can tell that they love and value the kids. Just all of those components and that was very evident when Faith and and Caitlyn and I went in today because the kids were clapping and cheering for her and running up to hug her. Um they wanted to be in the picture with her. I think she was probably told congratulations from them 500 times. Um, but she is, you would not know that she is a secondy year

066teacher. When I talk to her a lot and we reflect and things, I talk to her about the amount of growth that I've watched her made make over the course of these last two years and I don't know as if there's been anyone that can match that because she is there at about 6:00 a.m. every morning and she puts the work in and and you know she's out the door to support her kids and stuff. But when we talk about urgency to education and clarity of understanding, she does the work so that she can do those things and and she's a phenomenal educator. We appreciate her a lot for all her work. So, okay. I've got a couple things for my student is prek. We get prek. Sorry. Yeah. So, we had our first preschool

067student uh nominated because it's PK through three. So, they always get most of them because there's so many more kids there. uh Bennett Luxa and he's in Miss Julie's class and for being kind, a good friend, making good choices and loving learning. So, we went in and got to surprise him and got over the loudspeaker and probably embarrassed him, but we went and gave him a certificate. Julie filmed the whole thing, sent it to probably his family, but u we were happy to do that for Bennett today. And then Greg Sheets was our classified staff member. Um, Greg is working really hard right now. Spring is obviously, we know, busy for everybody, but I just want to talk a little bit about Greg. He's been in the district a really long time. He's kind of

068grown into different roles, been in different buildings, played some different um, support systems, and then a couple years ago, we made him kind of our project manager. So, he and I are partners on everything Capital Outlay and all of our facility needs and stuff. It's a it's a really big job. We do it together. Um, he's taught me a lot. I've taught him a lot about finance and school finance and how that all works and what we need to do and um compliance and provisions with bidding things like that, but the man knows a lot about buildings and he loves to get into that stuff where we're talking about plumbing or electrical or whatever it may be. Um he's he's always digging into stuff and and wanting to learn and um but also, you know,

069he's just he's just got some knowledge and um some skills that are are very valuable to us. Um he's also our custodian for this building and so um we normally have one and a half custodians here and we lost that position quite a while back. So he's been doing all the custodial stuff here. He comes in early. I mean there sometimes I see him clock in at like 4:58. Like he's here early to get things done because we don't have um the other custodian here to make sure all the classrooms are ready and the bathrooms, the trash and and everything. So he's been doing that by himself for a while now. Um he also runs all of our drills, our fire inspections, um uh reports to any any compliance needs we have for our facilities

070and um so I'm just I'm really proud of him. He's um he's grown a lot, come a long ways and and works really really hard. He cares about our kids. He greets all of our kids in the morning, gets all of our kids off the bus, um puts out our gates in the morning, does like our crosswalk stuff. I mean, anything you need him to do, he does. And the kids love him. They call him Mr. Greg and um and he loves the kids and our staff absolutely loves him here. So we call him Greggy. So he was our he was our classified charger of the month. Well deserved. Um community engagement for SACE. Some things we work on. Um I I kind of want to point out our screeners. We don't talk about this

071a lot, but we do screeners throughout the school year uh to engage uh our families that are going to come to preschool and our birth to three year olds. So they can come and get a free screening. they can get their eyes, their ears, um, and all that checked as well as, um, any cognitive things, speech, um, that need to be checked as just pre-screeners and any type of referrals we may need to be able to give, but also prepare them for, hey, what does preschool look like? Um, what does it look like for a three-year-old versus a four-year-old? You know, a lot of parents maybe aren't quite ready for three-year-olds to come to preschool, but what do we provide in a half day service for them? So, I think that's our beginning kickstart with

072families is to really um kind of sell what preschool is all about. And then um in our newsletters, we're always doing parent education um little tidbits about early childhood development. Um we are having our first music concert this month at the end of the month. So we're very excited to have a music concert with our preschoolers. And then um we partner a lot with Overbrook on kindergarten readiness um with kindergarten roundup transitions and things like that. So um we're definitely that that first foot in the door for for public education. So, um, I think we do a pretty good job of community engagement at the preschool level. So, that's that's that for good. Yep. That will bring us to one project. Okay. There's a lot of information here. I'm going to try to walk you

073through it the best I can and keep it simple as possible that you have questions um without making this sound like there's um complications with vendors or anything, just know that when bids come in, they're not always apples to apples in the formatting. They're not always apples to apples in um kind of the information that's provided um uh how thorough they are, how simplified they are. So, I know sometimes it can be a little bit confusing, but what we're asking for tonight is for us to uh vote on asphalt for the high school south parking lot, an area up to the concession stand, which will also need some concrete work due to some water issues we have and a valley that needs to be created based on that pitch of where the asphalt's going to

074meet that concession stand. Uh concrete work that we're going to need to fix a little bit there. And then um windows uh we bid windows in multiple in three facilities. The windows are at Carbondale Overbrook and our old frameworks district office building out there at the high school where we plan to have some some egg work out there. Um we'll talk about a couple of those. What I definitely want to bid on for Windows for sure is Carbondale, but I want to talk to you a little bit about Overbrook and that frameworks building as well. So, um, you have a a couple companies in front of you, uh, Bettis, Sunflower, and Killow for asphalt bids. Um, the total bid for Bettis came down to, uh, $298,000 400 or 495 $289,0004525. Sunflower $411,814.50 50 in kilo

075$327,000347 or $347. Um a couple of those came with um concrete bids and a couple other others did not bid concrete, but we have some concrete separate bids there for you. Um the quality construction bid is 29,500 for concrete. Sunflower was 43,312 and then Ben Shriner was a separate concrete bid that did not do asphalt at 52,000. That came in pretty high. My recommendation is to go with um Bettis for asphalt and uh quality construction. Then for the concrete work uh affordability, quality um um etc. So those are my two there. And then for the windows, do you want to start with asphalt concrete first, then we'll go to windows? Okay. So, those are my recommendations for those two if you have questions on that. Um, I did provide you an email today that kind

076of broke that down a little bit. Hopefully, um, gave you some clarification on a few discrepancies that you might have saw on the bids. Um is are we is the concrete going to be from where those gates open from that south parking lot to the concession stand or asphalt will go up there and then um up to where that concrete is right around the the concession stand there. So that will all be asphalt up to there and then we have to do some work on the concrete based on where that asphalt's going to meet the the concrete. Okay. There's some drainage issues and some water standing water issues that we're going to have to fix in that pitch where the asphalt meets the concrete. So, the concrete work is primarily things that will need to

077be redone or things like that. Okay. Nothing new per se. No, I think there'll be a few new pads there, too. Okay. Yeah, it's been a problem for a long time. Um, so this will just be an opportunity to fix it. Yeah, I'll I'll make the motion to approve Bettis for the asphalt and what was it? Quality built for the concrete. Correct. We have a motion. Second. Second. All in favor. Okay, perfect. And then for the windows, um, we have, um, Track Track, who we've used the last three years for all of our windows in Carbondale. Um, they are, uh, Girkin Windows. We would like to maintain that same window for consistency. And um Clay Tumi I know has a um he's a distributor of those windows out of Midway Wholesale. So uh our other

078window bids did not come in with that same brand that we want of windows. Um also his bid is lower. So, right now what I have for Carbondale for track, what I want you to vote on is um just the windows that are Let me grab my paper here. I want to do two units on the north edition, uh four units on the north wing west side, and then eight units on the west edition's north side. Um, I want to hold off on the fourth grade hallway due to possible changes with um reconfiguration in the future. I know we talked about some of the um models that HTK gave us or um to fix some of that fourth and fifth grade wing over there, what we'll need to do. So, I think I'm going to

079hold off on the windows on that part. So, that comes to uh $58,910.71 for track for the CAC windows. I want to do. And then for windows design, those same units are $71,297.76 cents. And it is also not the Girkin brand windows. Those windows were called I have it right here. Yes. Thank you. Yes. So, my recommendation is to stick with track. Those same windows we've used. Their price came in better anyway. Um for Carbondale. So, if you want to vote on Carbondale separately, can. And then we can talk about Overbrook and the um old frameworks building over there. That was just the KBY windows were just the ones we talked about at Carville. They weren't all the same as the track. In other words, there's a outline. It says outline inspection sheet. Yeah. So,

080we got a we got a digital file from them that this one. Are you looking at this one? Um, no. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry. Carbonale one. It says so it's says over brick tennis center but then it says proposal for carbon del tennis center windows. I need a carbonale one. It says full carbon but looks like it was sent. Oh that might have been the one that had the wrong address on it. Yeah it's too over. It says proposal for carbon del. And then when I look at this, it says removal hall existing units outline inspec sheet, installation of new windows, outline, inspe sheet. I mean, in other words, is it the same windows? No, the brand is the brand is not the same. I apologize. Is it the same the north edition two unit Northwest

081Wings, but it did not include the fourth grade hall? No. No. Okay. And it did not include the the old DAC. No. No. And those are separate, too. On this one, those are those have an additional $17,000 on that track bid. Track bid. It was Yeah, I was just including the total. Yeah. I was just looking at total total and trying to find out. And Greg called to get some clarification on this the two bids on the same units. It turned out to be 58,000 on track and 71 on window design for the two units in the north edition, four units in the north wing west side and eight units in the west edition north side. So it's 12 14 windows there at Cartville. What will this leave us for? Our windows need still need

082to be done. Um, obviously the fourth grade hall, but is there still a lot more? Yeah, there's quite a few more windows that we'll still need to do. We'll just keep working through them until we finish them. Did we do the whole cell? It just feels like we've done a lot of We have We've done almost We've done almost 20 windows almost. So, there's a few more to do. I think this will put us at about 75%. Okay. After this is done. Yeah. Okay. And up in that and up in that fourth grade wing, it's those windows that sit right at the top of those stairs. You know what I'm talking about? That goes over the back part of that roof overhang. Um it's those it's just one big piece um slatted windows really obviously

083original. So none of the windows that we're looking at would have been in any of the proposals from ATK on additions or anything for reconfiguration. No. Well, I would say new construction. Yes, if that makes sense. new. I would say there's windows in there and the new construction that's on those. But but they're not adding on where we're putting windows. In other words, we're not going to knock. Yeah. Correct. Correct. Because you everything That's why I'm holding off on that fourth grade because I'm not sure what's going to go over there and what they're going to do over there. But everything they showed in the plans was to the west. Correct. From that wing. Yeah. From the new wing. It wasn't fourth grade. It was from the opposite on the other end over there. That

084was like, how does that even make sense? All right, that's all. I just want to make sure we tear these out here in a couple what you're saying would be more room for us. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. All right. All right. You need a motion. So that's for car that's for Carbondale. Do you want a motion separate or do you do you want us I think so because I just want to ask you first if you even want to do the other two. So yeah, I'll make a motion for the the 14 units at Carbondale through track. I'll second it. Second over here. All in favor? Okay. Then for Overbrook, um we did bid out quite a few for Overbrook as well. Um the ones I think are probably the top priority are the south side

085of the building. There's classrooms over there. There's obviously more that need it. Um but um they are the original windows. Uh what Tracy and Greg told me mostly is that there's some some wood rot um some old uh some leaks um some of the cranks that are breaking things like that. So, in my opinion, if we're going to replace some windows over there based on I know our future um possibilities um that we would take care of classrooms first versus um there were some bids on like the break room and uh another office area that's uh adults versus student rooms. So, student rooms would be my top priority. And um in my opinion, that would just be the ones on that south side of the building. But if you want to wait, we can wait.

086We can wait till next year. Maybe we'll know a little bit more. Uh we still got some other things we can do over there. So, um there's a a um You have the overbrook tracks inside of there. Yeah, there's two of them. There's a east wing and south wing. There's three actually. South side. Yeah. South side. Yeah. Two to five units and one to five. Yes. Yeah. So, there's five classrooms um on the south side of the building. Yeah. So, there's some third grade ones and then there's some What grade is that? Second grade that other one. Yeah, I thought it was two through five. I'm like 2 through five, but yeah, it's optional. Bless you. Okay. Thank you. So, it's two fixed windows, two windows, one fixed window. Not much different surprise. No, no,

087there's not. I guess my question is, do you do you want me to replace windows in there now? Do you want to wait a point of every time it rains it leaks in the building? I mean, like, are they still weathertight? No. Um, they're not. I wouldn't say that they're like leaking in the building. Um they one of the things is they are we can't super overly use them. A lot of times um sometimes if we try to open them you can't shut them. So we have like little signs on windows like do not open this one, do not open this one. Um which then does lead to some air leakage and some different components like that. But I think the biggest part um that Tracy was talking about is that rot that comes along.

088So, if something happens, say we open it, he goes out to try to fix it, we've seen where like in the kindergarten ring, I think, um, in Miss Mass's old room, like when he tried, it just like disintegrated on the outside. Um, so it's just a matter of right now. I mean, if we just keep them and don't use them and don't open them or, you know, those kind of pieces, then we could probably get by. Um, but they definitely that one rot on the outside is is pretty significant and and we could do it where we don't have to do all five. We could do they do open if we need them open for an emergency or something. Yeah. Yeah. You might not be able to get shut back in, but yeah. We can

089get out for an hour train. Um, we could keep it small and do a few each year. Um, you know, it's up to you guys what how you want to do it. I mean, I re here's the thing. As the, you know, school district considers the future, um, I still think the now is important. Kids are still in that building. Um, I still want to take care of things that, you know, are still ours and and our responsibility and we levy taxes for capital outlay projects to maintain these buildings and I hope that if, you know, even if these buildings are repurposed or something else in the future that they're in good shape to do that. um for the community or whoever. Um yeah, so and we don't have to do all of them. We

090could do a smaller amount if you want to vote on a a amount of units or classroom priorities, whatever. I kind of feel like we have a nice building and the taxpayers are paying us to maintain them. We should if it's completely rotted, what's what else is being affected on the inside of those windows? So, we should probably look at working towards keeping that fixed up. If we turn that over, whatever happens in the future, and it goes to the city who's also owned by the taxpayers, we're it's no harm, no fell, right? Sure. Have a nice building that's been maintained. So, I'm just one. That's my thought. Okay. I don't know. So, we could vote on um a couple things here. Then we could do um south side. We could do east and south.

091Um, so it's any lies being you feel like the south side is needing it worse than the east side. That's what I was told. Yes. Would you agree? Okay. And and we could start with that. Want the bronze tint for the extra 5%. Isn't that what they want to see directly in? Well, and so right now they have the uh Yeah. So, ours are the really old school ones that have the like the little shade on them on the inside it. Okay. Um, and so these new ones will not have that. So, they have the tent instead of turning the little dial to turn. So, we would pretty much need to add 5%. But but faith and I think on that one when I spoke with him and he came around with that tinting I

092think I mean I'm going to be real honest if they a lot of the teachers will put up curtains or some of those things when he when we talked about the bronze ting we did talk about that in specific more like to like my off like maybe or my office space or something. So, I don't know that the classrooms would necessarily need that, but for me, when I'm having personal conversations and the kids are peering in through the walls and some of those pieces, I think he put that on there for for for those confidential spaces, not necessarily the classrooms. I do believe this is the same um that went on yours. Yes, that went on ours. Yes, ours are also for utilities. something to keep the sun. Yeah, it sure helps with heat and

093all those things. If you put in all five with the two fixed windows and two awnings, it's right at 25. I do want you to know that bronzing at Carbondale was not sufficient to still use the projectors. Well, the projectors are not visible on the screen when that sun is streaming in those windows. So at Carbondale, our custodians had to buy additional film and put it over those windows. I mentioned that we could do that as well. Yeah. Something to think about. Okay. Well, if you don't feel like it's efficient, then it's I mean there's you guys are the ones that live there all day. So, right. I know our teachers I mean they were like this has to be a priority. Now, um, that's not to I mean, Laura Lee mentioned the curtains. That's

094a big thing in elementary buildings. It's not a big thing in our building. So, you know, if the teachers are already going to do curtains, I sure wouldn't worry about it if it was me. Um, but it is a concern. So, sorry, not really great information. Well, it helps for the people that live there every day, you know, all day. Yeah, he did bring up the putting over like the overlay, but that would be the cheaper options for the custodians to come in, which we did do in Carmen. So, and they put that up for us. So, or custodians, too. We wouldn't need bronze tent for even Laura. We just have we just do without. Yeah, I'm not gonna mine will be the last one. Oh, yeah. You're I got weird circles. Her office looks

095just like mine. They would have to do some changes and it would be expensive because I think there'll be additional updates outside of just windows that occur. Is there a preference on one fixed window or two fixed windows? Um, no. He was saying how it was like how they are measured like just having the one that would be in there with the they just want that divide down the middle. I don't like the more components you have the windows the more problems they are. I do the option two is what I do the two windows. I mean that's my price is almost the same. That's why I was curious. Yeah. Not much really. You can almost I mean do you not feel like there's more to a window [Music] just Okay. So you want the

096one that's what I was All right, I'll make a motion for option two through tracks to replace the south side five units at all. Option two with bronze or without bronze too administration. Okay, I'll second that motion. Second all in favor. I'll speak with him again and just the I didn't think about the projected you know some windows I mean some classrooms it doesn't matter whatever that's you don't have projectors you have yeah smart TVs so yeah you're going to have how do you think that's going to impact I mean you might have glares but they're even matte finish so it's not going to impact good point we got everybody still glare on our how you get your you're looking at. Okay. Yeah. Okay. That should be it for Capital Outlay this time. Um Oh,

097wait. No, sorry. The other building. Um so Oh, yeah. Uh Mr. Ellis and I have talked a lot about what we're doing with egg, where we're going with egg, uh what we want to do their year one. Um, Greg has recommended if we're going to do anything out there, we've got to get some new windows and um, he's he's getting some bids on some leaks, which we don't think is going to be something I have to bring to you. It'll be a lot cheaper than that um, on the roof. Um, but right now we're talking about one side being classroom, one side being partial shop. Whether that is we start off with an indoor greenhouse there before we look into a builder, a larger greenhouse outside. Um but uh Greg said we got to get

098those windows fixed. They're junk, falling out. Um so there is um there's a $17,000 in windows for track there. Um and then the other one that bid on that was Yes. Yeah. quite a bit difference as well. 26%. That's probably not the last of that building. I think so. That's what I was going to say. We're going to be using Well, we're think, you know, are we wanting to put a new teacher? I mean, there's been a lot of talk about it building. Okay. I didn't realize that. So, can we speak more to are we do we have any idea if we're going to put a in the basement or if we're going to actually use the building? I think we're going to utilize utilize both spaces. Um I we because she's brand new to

099the program, brand new teacher. Um we want to make sure she has some supports inside the building as well. We've also got that shop downstairs with lots of equipment down there. Um he's going to meet with Sierra and talk about year one. Um I think over time depending on reconfiguration as well, the future of that building, the future of the basement um because there will be some plans on both of those possibly um where that ends up going. But I do think because we've got some additional space, we could use both. And I think the greenhouse piece outside in that building and a classroom for half of that would be really really great for that. Um, so maybe part of the day some classes are out there and then some other ones might be in

100the basement with some of that other equipment that's down in the basement. So we don't have to take all of that out there either if that's not where we're going to have all that. Um, if something like welding is part of our future, um, we'll have to get some things done to that building in order to do some things like that out there um to be up to code and safety and things like that. So, um, so for now, we'd like to create like a classroom on one side where we have the other one, um, more like hands-on space, shop type space. This is a typical situation with that. Ideally, I would like to have the program in that building for the space and the opportunities available that that space creates. Uh, because we could

101essentially a business that we need to run out of long term. However, I also know that with future planning and that is in flux and I don't want to spend a bunch of money on renovating that facility and it would build something different. Well, I'm worried I'm worried about putting in new windows and then next year we're thinking about putting overhead door because we're need to drive in or something, right? That is a component of what we have discussed about where we would want things to be located. So, yeah, I think we could address that. Yeah, we could wait. You think we're there? You think we're we've planned enough that that's not going to be that's not going to happen. We're okay. Okay. Wants to share his bus bar for the first year. Is that

102what I heard? I heard tire changes part. So, do you want to wait on the windows there? Um, do you want to I mean, will it be good for a year? Sorry. Yeah, that's my catch. Like, how soon How bad are they? Yeah. Yeah. How bad are they? I mean, if it got terrible, I could replace a window. I mean, I don't have to come to the board to replace one window. When did they move to Berling? This summer, last year. All year, right? So, I mean, I guess my thing is if it was fine for students seven months ago, eight months ago. Yeah, it was. Can Can we run it for Yes. at least the next six months, and then maybe decide? I mean, I'm not saying we'll have a concrete plan. I just

103feel like we're Yes. 20 30,000 that we could use that somewhere. Yeah, that's if that helps with foundation or entry or I just want to make sure you don't have long enough with water coming in or something bad. If that's the case, you could do it. Yeah, we would need to replace I'm not really a fan of tearing down a nice building or anything. So, my thoughts are keeping that. Yeah. And again, six months if you decide that might not be the right time to try to Sure. No action on windows for that one then. Okay. I don't I'm just Okay, we'll just hold on for now. Okay. We'll just prioritize making a classroom get a shop thing in there. Has to be fixed. Yeah. Okay. You're right. All right. Is that all I got?

104Yep. That's all I got. Okay, that brings us to food service talking. We've been waiting so shortly. I'm also going to talk a little about um the new consortium being formed in the county with the six other high schools. Um, I've been working on a grant, the Perkins grant for the CTE programs for Nardisine, West Franklin, US, Osage, London, and Berling. And I submitted the first portion of the grant April 1st. Um, pretty lengthy. had to go over a bunch of vocal needs assessments for all the districts and go over each of their CTE pathways and just compile a whole bunch of information and write aou between um all the schools. Oh, they do? Okay. Okay. You want to start with telling them why we have to do this? Do you understand the why? Let

105me tell why. I mean, you can go ahead. It's up to you. You want me to do it? I I'm I'm understanding that it's because Green Bush can no longer support all their districts as a consortium. So, they had to kind of break them out, which is also will allow us to still be able to use green bushes. So they kind of had a conflict of interest um brought to their attention that because you provide professional development and also manage the consortium which pays for professional development um they told Greenbush they can no longer do the um uh the consortium efforts for CTE. They can still provide the PD for it. So a lot of little districts that used Greenbush for many many years kind of scrambled to if you don't draw enough funds for

106Perkins uh you can't operate on your own. So, we had to have a minimum um number of of funds drawn down. And so, because we don't we don't do that enough on our own, we felt that the other districts or the other schools in our in our co-op, do not get this confused with Three Lakes. We're just calling it our co-op because they're our co-op schools. Um this is has nothing to do with Three Lakes. um that us coming together we can combine all our funds possibly share and utilize some of the the things we may purchase or the PD we do or any additional training we can do together. Um so we had to uh come up with that on our own put together anou and then now do all the application and some

107of the stuff ourselves that Greenbush used to do for us. So that's the why if that makes sense. Okay. Sorry. No, that's fine. Um so I finished the first portion. Um second part which is the budget is coming up May 1st and then we will know if we've been awarded by July 1st. So, I've been speaking with the other CT directors and some of the teachers, counselors, principles um to kind of sort all this out and hopefully get approved, awarded Perkins um food service. Uh we received an update from Oh, I don't know if that was a she reported on her participation. already saying before. Yeah, it should be in there. And it looks like participation is going up. I noticed some trends like how fluctuate through the year and I went clear back when

108we were receiving free meals. Um participation is really high at the beginning of the year and it drops off and then it bumps right back up to where we were at the beginning of the year. So her report looks really good because it kids like the meals that are offered I think it's kind of like a seasonal thing. We have our addendum coming up which I will present next month to stay with OPA and let you guys sub over and then community eligibility provision. was due April 1st. I submitted those numbers. We still only sit at like 26% because it only considers the direct certified kids. So, it really wouldn't be feasible, I don't think, for our district to elect free meals for all students. Then, our summer programs are getting ready to start. I'm

109in the middle of those applications. Um, the high school is the only building that qualified this year, but they extended the waiver to allow us to use all of our sites in our district. I I put in for the waiver to allow us to do non- congregate meals still at all the sites and hopefully we can approve for that which is also due May 1st. So there's a lot of things on my plate right now that I'm just kind of shoveling around. You guys doing a great job. Questions about food service or and I have worked with parks and wreck about the non congre congregate meals. We felt that that was a big reason having parks and w there last year. We were serving much smaller meals and say like what carbonale was serving because

110kids couldn't just come and get them and take them. Um and so I've partnered with and we have a plan for kind of where they will eat that's off campus and then if it's inclement weather and some other things she has that plan to work with parents on those days but we wanted to see if we could get our numbers to increase because they were I think that will be helpful I agree yeah I think so too I'm just so thankful we got the waiver because I was just worried about like this building we have kids just ride up on their bikes and get their food and that mean that is really important that We I was worried that only the high school was going to get it and that's such a difficult accessibility to

111kids out on the highway. No one unless you got parents that could take them. So, I'm really glad we got that extended. Do the kids have to be present? Like, can they take meals home to their siblings? Yes, they can take meals home to their siblings. I will put out um some information here pretty soon. You know, are you interested in our summer meals? If you are, do you need, you know, like one student from your household to pick them up, the parent pickup? Um, then I'll create forms and placards for them to have to on their phones to say, you know, I'm picking up for this many students in this family, this household. In the past, that has worked for the state. And as long as we keep real-time tracking so that all the

112schools can see which households are picking up, it's pretty successful. Thank you. Um, we do need action to uh accept theou as written and then um I think TA, do you just sign this where it says COC 434? Do you just sign that box? I actually don't have to sign it. Oh, it we just prove it. Yep. We just approve it. Okay. One of the board approved it. I think a couple have already approved it. Um, do you know who's I mean, it wouldn't impact our ability to be like two or three drop off or I don't Yeah, I told them all to go take them. So, I'm assuming they're all Yeah, I don't know. All right. I'll make a motion to approve the uhou motion forou. Go ahead. Second. here on favor. All right.

113Thanks, Tasha. Thanks, Tasha. Thank you. Okay, that brings us to 8.2 cardiac response. Thank you. So, this comes from um a KDH push that school districts are to adopt a comprehensive cardiac emergency response plan including policies and procedures. Um and you know who all is going to be a part of that. Um it's really no different than what we already have in our um emergency response um protocol. It's just putting it in their form that they want. Um we have more than enough people in each building to meet the requirements um for each team. It just has to be listed out. And the biggest thing that I will have to do um is the twice a year drills just like we do fire drills and all that stuff. just make sure that we as staff

114know where everything is and who is um responsible for what part of um the response of if we have a cardiac event. Um, so with those drills, I would want to do um like an in-person actual let's let's have a mock cardiac um cardiac arrest and go through the drill first thing to start the year and then um KDH states that the second drill can be what they call table time is just sitting and talking about it. Anybody have any questions? This legislation was passed last year. Um you guys um remember this? Yeah. And then we had a year to come up with a plan. So they pushed out KDH then pushed out a template we were supposed to use which is what she's got there. Um and just put our stuff in it. So

115that template was um uniform and a model across the state just like all of our policies are. So, um, all I'm asking of of Kim is to make sure that next year we have a plan at the beginning of the year, just as we do reviewing our crisis plans, that we add this into our crisis plan for approval for the summer. And then we talk to each building administrator on what their plans are when we do these drills that she's speaking of. And we have a plan in place in our calendar to have have those compliances in place, make sure everybody knows how to use them, where they're at, etc., etc. And right now based on um the building configurations, we have enough um AEDs per building that they are recommending. Um if when reconfiguration

116happens, we may need to shuffle some of those to make sure that the numbers meet, but right now we're fine. So there's four well there's five in the high school um because we have the two um that are in that travel. We have one at here in Scranton. We have one at Overbrook and we have three at Carbonale. So, that is um that is adequate for for the students and staff that we have in each building right now. And as I was up and heard, I've been talking about an AED rotation cycle on replacement. um that uh safe and secure schools grant we get every year is moving down to only provisions to replace AEDs and no longer some of those safety things that we used to uh be able to use that grant for

117like secured entrances, things like that. Um we are going to they're for AEDs now essentially. Um, so we we're going to put together kind of a a cyclical plan for replacement of anything that's, you know, we have right now. Um, I know we'll get through one more school year. We might be able to get through two just depending on if they're used or not, which I haven't used in my time here. So, and we do travel to sporting events with them. And then the other schools have have to have them, too. So, usually set up pretty good. You just need this plan approved. Yep. Has to change anything just I'll make a motion to approve or accept the cardiac emergency response plan. Okay. Motion second. Thank you, Kim. Thank you. Okay. Now we are 83

118non-resident robot capacity. Okay. In your book you will see the recommendations for seats available predicted capacity and number of sections per grade level. Um we are recommending for the 2526 school year the bottom table there of seats available on your form uh have current grade current student enrollment uh next year student enrollment which obviously can fluctuate. Uh some of these numbers are a little low based on um moveins and what we've got. Uh our kindergarten is going to be at three sections next year. So um we do not believe we have capacity to take any more with three um at this time especially if we have moveins because remember if people move into the district we have to take them. So this is just for people who are not living in our district. Um they

119then go through a process. We publish this on our website May 1st. Uh we already have open the online enrollment which we've actually had some uh submissions and applications already. Uh we then let them know that they will be notified this summer once we review um our seats available and then we will bring recommendations to you. They also have to be students in good standing follow that follow that policy we um we put in place. So but these are recommendations for next year. If you have any questions on that um let me know. My question is just on the bottom table you have so like the zero and then you have the colon three. So you're taking zero. There's no seats available. Three classes teachers. So we don't have any spots in the high school.

120Um, so with the high school, um, we we feel like with moveins, foreign exchange students, and other things, that it's probably valuable that we stay where we're at in population, especially with um, you know, future middle school coming up there, shared class spaces, um, um, condensing staff, things like that that um, we make sure we we keep our numbers about where they are. Kyle, do you have anything else you want to share on that? Okay. Are there any opportunities where we have room for a lot um and for teachers with natural attrition to um you mean for a lot more kids? Yeah. In other words, just speaking to it, if we're saying we can handle 19 and second grade, there's four classes. Is that because we got four teachers and and lower numbers? Yeah. We

121went from three groups of teachers in first grade. So now I'm opening that back up to four. So first grade only had three this year. Yeah. So there So then I'm adding in because I I had to switch originally. Go ahead. Go ahead. No. And I apologize. I guess I No, I get that. But I'm just saying if we have four teachers and we just hired a fourth grade teacher and we take on 19, should we have hired a fourth grade teacher is what I'm asking, I guess. Should we have one lesson or 12 in fifth grade? Are we at are we at that magic number where hey three classes make better make more sense. Meaning a second grade teacher I could have moved one of my people over to is that well yeah it's

122still a big number. We're going to have we're predicting 81 kids in fourth grade next year. Is first grade going from teachers and then next year there's going to be four second grade teachers. Right. It is a it is a numbers game every year. I wish I could. So originally, but that still only puts us at 17 kids per grade, right? The original plan would have been like I was would have had a second 13 would have had three second grade teachers. If you have 53 surprise, our kindergarten number two, so we have the second grade will have 53 number. Well, I'm just saying 52 / 4 is 18 kids per class. Unders. But if but let's say number n if we don't You're right. You're right. There's 14 kids in one class and 13

123in the other three. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And and that's because we did we didn't have any staffing turnover 17 in one. I mean that's the stuff that I'm looking at is is if we could have had 18 in one classroom and 17 two other or 18 and two and 17 in one. Yeah. Would that have been a better plan than Yeah. And we may need to do that. We made to look need to look at PK through five versus PK through three or sorry K3 and whatever. I mean elementary teaching is elementary teaching and do I need to move grade levels based on those types of things. I think it's hard right now to move buildings. I think part of that reconfiguration issue is too that not everybody's going to want to change buildings and

124and so we've got to discuss if that's something we're going to do. We probably need to make decision. I don't want to come out here and look at a and say, "Hey, we're going to have to cut one of you forward because if we have to make that decision, that's a lot harder to me than saying, "Hey, we have some attrition, so I need you to go to Carbon next year or I need you to go over next year." Yeah. May not be more than that, but I don't want to look at somebody and say, "Hey, we have to reduce 20 or four positions." And which one? And we have done that in our past where we've moved people to different buildings. I know when we um were in this back in 200 that's have

125different situation open enrollment though right right here we're just saying what space what we have space wouldn't be available depending on how many teachers yeah if we only had this chart I'm saying we change that for this chart would be different but I yeah I think that's the point I'm making some of them were filled and some of them were posted fill in Right. Mhm. Cuz I don't think we've filled everything and one of them has got 12. Yeah. For next year and you're looking at that's be honest. We're not going to get 19 second graders. No, I don't think that again it just it just brought it brought up the question is is would it be wiser as we're looking at it and looking at reconfiguration to to try to go down? I don't

126have a problem with what the numbers are now. I think it it meets the staff that we have here. Yeah. That's all. Yeah, I wanted. All right, I'll make a motion to accept the old direction non-resident report. Okay, we got a motion. I'll second it. Second. All in favor. Now we are on uh yes conversation about that. So, we've been talking a lot about the the need for us to engage the community more in our reconfiguration conversations and especially if you are going to end up running a bond. And I think it's probably important that we come up with a format on what we would like a steering committee to look like, how we're going to engage those people, how we're going to choose those people, what kind of people uh in a diverse um

127I guess concept u on how we're going to do that. So I had suggested to you guys in the past that um you want a big enough group, but you don't want too big. You get too many people and then it's not productive, but you don't want to not have enough people where it's not representative enough. So I suggested five people from each um of our communities from Carbondell, Scrretton and Overbrook as well as two to three staff members from each school and administrator from each school and then a board rep from each town. If the entire board wants to be on the steering committee, we can do that. We will just anytime we have a steering committee meeting need to call a board meeting every time or you can have representatives from the board

128come be on the steering committee and then they report back to the board. So, those are different formats. However you want to do it is fine with me. Um, those are just some recommendations. And then, do you want to have an interest form concept where we put out an interest form? Um, I could put that out to the public. People could sign up. I could get a list of names. We could also add some of our own names that you want. And then we then we break it down to representative groups based on business owners, um just community members, parents, uh however you want to whatever uh concept you want to go with. I feel like I feel like at the last special meeting, we already had some citizens that showed interest that cared enough

129to show up and to give her comments. So, I would reach out to them for one, I think. Sure. Yep. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And then put them on the list if they want to. If they don't have to, I would say that they should be invited because they already showed interest. Do we include anybody that joined virtually? What do we include those that would join virtually? I mean, I just say that because 5:00 was a tough time. It was tough. There were folks that made it and I think that would be my prioritization as well. But if there are folks that were able to get online, I think if we could somehow capture that audience as well. Do we know that this can you look can you see that Andy? Not the who. I

130can tell you about how many. Well, we they're probably listening right now. I mean, you know, if you're interested, please let us know, right? So, I could what I could do is that's what I'm saying, like an interest form. I could put out some communication and say, if you are interested in serving on a committee, here's kind of what we're looking for. We're looking for five people from each community. Um, we can do the same with staff, um, administration, um, and then get names and then we can go through and we can't have a thousand people. So, we we of course Yeah, we'll have to narrow it down. So, you guys tell me something. That's what I'm looking for is kind of some guidance on what you want your format to look like. Do you

131want f the recommended or do you want to do more? Um I think parents and community members the same group of people. You could have a group of each specifically parents with current kids and community members that don't aren't also parents. Sure. Like two different Sure. And I apologize. What the the the goal or the objective of the steering committee is to assist with guiding which plan? My recommendation would be that since your last board meeting, you guys really spoke about two campuses and one campuses that you take those two ideas to the steering committee and see where we're at. If you want to take more ideas than that to them. Um, but I think it is to uh really get an understanding of where the community's at with the representative group. Um, get that

132feedback, take that into play. Ultimately, at the end of the day, it's your guys's decision where you want to go and what direction you want to move towards. But I think if you're going to ask taxpayers um for a bond to vote on things, I think you need to go out and get their feedback and their opinions. I think that's valuable for them to understand what we're what we're looking for and why um and and gather that some of that feedback. And then our uh whoever we decide to go with for our partnerships um they then work with those steering committees as well um on a variety of things. So um they work through those processes if when we hire people to do that for us if we decide to move forward with the bond.

133So I think ultimately we need people that are in favor of doing the reconfiguration, right? because these are the people that are going to help put it out there and try to help us. But that's not seeing what the community supports. That's getting a select group of people that are behind something, right? That's why I asked what the purpose is. I don't think five people or parents we've done that community. We held some town halls, but they were kind of pie in the sky. And what do you think? There were I think if you were to take the post-it notes and go through just from I went to one and got notes. I went to excuse me Carbondale in high school and I I think K8 was the majority besides one campus right and we

134know the feasibility of that right so that's why I asked the purpose I'm not saying I'm against the steering committee but I I want to be clear of hey this is this is the gain this this is what the board wants and thinks is is two campus or one campus right whatever's decided or three or four or whatever we decide and what's how receptive are they to us saying a two-year or a two campus with a 20-year plan or whatever um is different than saying, "Hey, let's go find folks that are in favor of it." I thought that was the point of the steering committee. I thought that's what HTK was talking about. Get a steering committee of people who are going to help you. I mean, I feel like maybe as a board then

135we need to come up with options to present to the community and see what they think. I mean, yeah. And I think the steering committee could evolve into some different things. So I think at first you're going out to gather the feedback and whatnot and then I think we are steering towards are we doing two or one. So I think they did present it how Stephanie is saying 100% I agree. Yeah. But I think what we're talking about seems to be a little bit different as far as our goals right from what HTK was saying. It seems like what we're talking about is still almost like the town hall thing. Yeah. I feel like if we're bringing people in that are no, no, no, no, no. Like, what's the point? We're still at square one.

136Like, aren't we trying to move forward? We need people that are presenting to them. Well, we need people on board that are going to go I mean, haven't we decided we're going one or two campuses? But if we go, if we go out there and the community's like, "No, I'm not doing that or that." Then I thought, but I think their input's still valuable. Why is it one step at a time? Yeah, Sue, I think Sue is interested, but I guess I to Jamie's point, I think we probably need to decide sooner rather than later. What do we want? What is our And I don't think we're there. I don't think I feel like we've given the community. Do you want to wait till we then meet with Tell us, get our questions answered and

137they bring all that back to us because that's probably where I'm different. I I feel like HTK everything they do cost us money. Not that I'm against them, but I think we need to have more of a direction. So, we say this is what we want and this is where we want it and then we get them back involved. There's no sense in them coming in here. We have a special meeting for two hours, answer questions, and it nothing. We're still up in the air. We're still in the same spot we are today, right? I mean, we get a committee whether we have to make decisions or the committee gets answers. Now, we have something and if if it's because there's no sense in them drawing out two campus and what is it one campus

138and two whatever no sense in them working on both when we're going to go with one one of the options that makes sense and I sent them all that one of our some of our questions were that so I did send them what we need answered though is because we talked about longevity and how we're going to get there though too right so that was one of the points that we made was to bring them back in answer these amount of questions. I know it costs us money every time they come back in, but how are we going to know kind of longevity plan if we don't have X, Y, and Z answered, I guess, is my thought on it. I feel like we had some questions too that we is there even the space.

139Do we actually make sure we have the space for a two campus where we're going to add on? Is it really in that spot that we visualized or is that have to be because I feel like we still are going to need those questions answered before we can present anything. And I thought that was kind of that was my take-home point from our special meeting was that we were going to have them come back in with those questions that listed out and so they could give us a more detailed better answer. But again, that's just that was my takehome on it. I don't because I feel like we're just going to keep spinning our wheels otherwise it is most likely I feel like until we know those answers I'm not willing to I mean I

140don't even know what to tell the public because even if we want a one campus but we don't have but we don't have it doesn't matter because if we're talking longevity how's the steps that we're exactly we may want it but it's not possible right so if they come in and open answer the questions like how long does it take them to do like I guess to scale well I've given them all these things they will be prepared with everything I've asked of them and I sent them and more that we wanted um they gave me some dates that they are available for a special meeting um I recommend also bringing in our tax guys that are going to talk to us about those implications so you guys I think that will help you decide

141guide also to or want to narrow that down. Um I know that um we've got some preliminary things but they will also talk about you know what are some strategies on an election how do you they also will talk about um the campaigning um how that all looks with your steering committee. So, um it's up to you how I mean my recommendation is that we bring those two in together. We have two hours set aside to talk with them um in May sometime. Yeah. I don't know how else we move forward. I don't I don't either. And then you'll know also too if we want to move forward with with with them as well. I mean, make sure they've satisfied you with the things you want from them and they know that. I was very

142transparent that I don't feel like we've gotten what we want. They want more. Um, you know, is this within the scope of what we've already requested of you? Um, those types of things. And I and I do think they want to build trust with you. I think they want to have a partnership. So, um, so we just off on the steering committee then until we meet with them. I mean, I could still be doing the the back end of the steering committee, like putting out an interest form and seeing who's interested in like we're going to start doing this maybe once school's out. It'd be a good good time to start a steering committee. Once school's out, I think the summer time maybe we could okay with that. Um, I don't know what then explain

143to me who who is going to be on this steering committee like what is that is up to you. Um, to me a steering committee steers your like the steering is the is the piece of that. that steers you towards um your end goal. So I do believe absolutely supporters need to be on this. Um but I also think if you want some people that are just going to have considerations and perspectives that we may not have certain business owners on the people people who are landowners people have fixed incomes parents non-parents I do think that can be part of a steering committee as well. And the more people learn about what this is and how it works, um I think the less um confusion we have then when we go to the ballot and

144vote for something like you get you educate people through this steering committee as well. And then you do have people on the fence that might be in support and others that may not. And sometimes maybe the ones that aren't, you just say, you know, you may not support us, but you know, don't go out there and start a no campaign against us, you know, things like that. I think you're trying to really work the community into an effort to understand your vision and where you want to go and why. Um I think that if we over if we undercommunicate it and undereducate about it, I think that's when we get ourselves in trouble and then you get apathetic voters, no voters, and people that don't understand what we're trying to do. Right. Yeah. Everyone needs

145to understand for sure. So, but at the end of the day, this is your guys's decision. However process you want to use, I support whatever you want to do. Um that's just uh I think you I still feel that you guys are not satisfied with the information you want from our architects and I think it's important that they come back and finish that piece of the project for you. I agree. Yeah, I think too many things. Okay. verification and I'm fine with starting the steering committee. Yeah, that geared more towards what Stephanie was talking about. Yeah. So, behind the scenes, I can also start doing uh interest forms, putting out some communication. Um, see if people will uh tell me they're interested or I and I can reach out obviously the people that were all

146here. and get names and contact information and see if any of them would be interested as well. And then get a big laundry list of people for you. Um try to allocate them to towns. So see if we've got some good representation. Maybe what kind of groups they would uh fall under would be put them under a parent category. Maybe a government official local government or um whatever doesn't matter. Maybe they're part of an organization like Rotary or Lions Club, something like that, you know. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, we need a date then for a special meeting. Um, here's the dates from HTK. If you want to write them down real quick. April 21 and 30, May 5th, 12th. I don't want to say 14th because that's our regular meeting. I don't think that's enough

147time. 19. I also won't be here. 5 12 19 22 26 and 27. You can have state track and softball and stuff there in the May. Have you looked at dates up? I have not. I haven't looked at anything. I've got them. Is that the dates that they're available or the dates they gave me available? The week of 19th. No, the week of the 19th is regionals. Twice. No. 29th and 30th. Oh, I'm in two. One of those days somewhere in there would be out. I would Memorial Day Monday, right? So, the Great Lakes need to fall. May 12. I can't cover that. Oh, it would be in the evening. No, I can't. Oh, 421 is a no school day. I don't the 30th. Yes, it's a PD day. No, the April 23rd 6 a.m.

148on that day. Yes. You're bringing chips and Oh, we could have Cinco de Mayo. I feed you Cinco de Mayo. I'm going to feed you. I'm good. I could do my I could make food. Well, that's great. Really good food. Can you bring margaritas? Non-alcoholic of course [Music] decisions, right? Yes. Everything about No, they take that. No, there's nothing there's nothing. JV uh JV boys golf, JB baseball, JB girls softball. On the 5th, you said junior high track league here hosting golf. That's not on the 5th, right? Yeah. On the 5th we have junior high track league JV meet at Santa Trail on May 5th. Yes. Yeah. That's out. And then JB softball at Carbondale. JB baseball at Overbrook. I saw I show May 8th junior high league track at SMT. Kyle, can you confirm?

149I don't have that. I have JB boys golf, JB baseball on May 5th, junior high league track. Is that Osawa? May 5th or May 8th? There are two. There is a there usually is a JV Jars. Yes, that's why there's two. So junior high JB track regional or league sorry league just got a text from Mr. Henry said you should just post the regional dates for everything and it'll get the calendar updated tomorrow but this is junior high what calendar do you have access to it is special. She's got the juice and we got I don't know. Maybe this is old. I don't know why this is on my phone. It's pulling from I do, but this is what's linking to the interactive calendar, but maybe I need to go in the room. Okay. So,

150you don't have track. Interactive calendar. That's what I was Yeah. Okay. I don't know why it's on my phone. And that's good. That's good to know. Maybe it's wrong. I don't know why my phone's pulling that is or isn't on the night better for anyone. No, that might be a softball region. Ask Mr. Henry real quick. It's It is a projected date, but they give you four. Yeah, they give you all we'll play one or two days for me. The fifth unless it rains. Good for me. And then you might have to get I can do the first games. I cannot do anymore. because of Yes. May 8th we do have track May 8th but not May 5th. No, not May 5th. Thank you. May 8th I think May 5th seems to be where you

151have a majority. Wait, where's our burgers? May sixth. 6 to 8. It's two hour meeting, right? Yeah. Or we can start earlier if you want. I think six. I don't 6 to 8. I don't want to make it too early for people to get here afterward. Sure. How about I speed you at 5? I think I'll feed you at 5 or 5:30. You don't need to feed me. You don't want me to feed you? I'll eat it, but I don't. All right, we'll do a we'll do a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. All right. May 5th, 6 p.m. 6 to 8. It's a special meeting. It's a special meeting. 5525. Yes, notice. It's been a while. Motion for a special meeting on May 5th at 6 p.m. I'll second. Second. All in favor? All right. Okay.

152And I'm going to invite HTK and Piper Sandler to the meeting. Okay. You'll be here on 55 25. Uh, okay. I have one more question. I'm sorry. So, you're going to send out stuff to try to get steering committee. When will we expect this list of people by? Well, I mean, as soon as I get things in. So, um, I'm just I'm gonna That's kind of a guessing game. So, we'll see what the interest level of participation. I'd like to set a goal that we know by the end of school year. Hopefully a good list of people that I could present to you by the June meeting and then we start steering committees after that. Does that sound like a good goal? Are you putting like an application on the district? Yeah, I'll probably put

153like a form out and then I could put Andy and I could talk about where to put it on the website. That would be an interest and then I I could maybe just keep pushing it out maybe every week in a newsletter and reminder put on Facebook, put it on the community pages. Um, uh, do you have other formats you prefer that I do for connecting other talking about like I mean I could put in the paper. I could put it in the paper if you want me to put it. Or else how do you get the nonschool? No, I put it on what's up Carbondale. Don't overbrook's great and pride. Yeah, I could put I think start there. I could put it in the paper. There's people that read the paper still. Um, spread.

154A lot of people go way. Yeah, that sound good. Okay. All right. All righty. Okay. 10.1 negotiations. How much time do you need? Um, not long. 15 minutes. So long. Do we need we need uh you there? Do you need anybody else on? Yeah, just me. Just you. How long does she need? 15. She said 15. Everybody it's just an update on where we're at with our letter exchange. Yes. Stick around. Go ahead. But if not good. All right. 15. I'm going to add two for individual next to me here. Mr. President, I move we go into executive session negotiations pursuant to the exception for employer employee negotiations. The open meeting will resume the boardroom at 9:17 with a president. Uh, Kayleie Boy would like me to tell you also that she can make a

155t leche cake for Cinco Say thanks She's going Oh, I stole your Oh, you just toss it. I don't even know why my [Music] under there. Well, because she doesn't send anything to my new email. What do you mean? I have a USD4. She sent the tiny email. Thank you. You're on the BOE group. I didn't know that. I was the first one that got it when apparently I had it like Did you go through like two years ago or something too made and never told me? He's the one that told me. I didn't. If anybody else wants an email account, he did tell you. Hit me up. How often do I have to change my password? Oh, I knew you were going to say that. Justin's not going to want to change his password.

156Less than once a year. Yeah. More than once a year. That's not bad. I'll put it in Friday now because you guys can let me know if you want to do it. What? Can you just make it somehow so that you can change it if you need to change the password? Yeah. Or get me or something? Yeah. The first thing in cyber security, they say don't tell TS the password. I wrote all mine down this week because I was locked out of my phone didn't work and I was locked out of I wrote them all down. I don't care at this point. I'm willing lose all my pictures on my Google account. So that's incredible as the last item. Oh well, three links is Monday. So three legs Monday. Oh yeah. Yeah. Why don't we

157because the Monday because Monday or uh the first was on our day. Got