001I call this meeting to order. Roll call, please. Mrs. Clark. Trusty Burlesen, excused. Trusty Black, here. Trustee D, here. Trustee Lucine, here. Trusty Moran, here. Trusty Neil here. Trusty Reinhardt here. Trusty Wilson here. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Welcome to the May 19th Boseman School District School Board meeting. Thank you for joining us. Public comment will be taken throughout the meeting on agenda and non-aggenda items. During public comment, no member of the public will be allowed to comment on contested cases, other adjudicative proceedings or personnel matters. The public portions of this board meeting are being recorded in accordance with district policy 1420 and section 2-3-214 MCA. By remaining in this meeting, all participants and attendees acknowledge they may appear on the recording which will be placed on the school district's website for a
002minimum of one year from today. Further instructions about participating will be provided throughout the meeting. Before we engage in the business of the board, I would like to share the core purpose of the Bosezeman School District, which can be found on the back of our name plates. It reads, "Boseman public schools exists to ensure high level learning for all students." We will now open with agenda item 2.1, student representative reports. Boseman, Gallatin, and Bridger, whomever would like to go first can go for it. I've got a kind of short one for you guys today. So, um, you know, we're wrapping up the school year. We have a lot of fun things happening in Bridger. So, in terms of hawk times, we're just doing a lot of stuff to celebrate the end of the school year.
003One of our next ones, we're doing karaoke with next year's StuCo representatives. They're kind of setting up the whole thing. Um, our next year's representatives are Rosie Casval and Sarah Stainish, and they're super excited about the karaoke. I know that much. Um, our last Bridger brunch will be the 30th of May. I'm super stoked about that one as well. It's going to be more collaborative between teachers and students and just kind of really wrap the year up in that aspect. And then our senior sendoff is going to be the 22nd of May. And we're going to take a drone photo of all of the BCA kids like to spell out BCA because or to put on the website as like the head photo cuz obviously we don't have our own building. So that'll be kind
004of a fun way to represent us with all the kids. And yeah, we're just going to have some other fun festivities sort of intertwined with that to wrap up the year and say goodbye to our relatively small senior class. But in terms of publicity, we've gotten a lot of really positive feedback regarding the website. We've had uh parents of our incoming freshmen reach out to teachers via the website and emails and people coming in to like just meet with our teachers and they really appreciate the sort of update in publicity. We have a new banner that came with a new logo. That's super exciting. And some new stickers and other swag and stuff like that. Um, in terms of teacher updates, our teachers are using feedback from students to set up Canvas in a sort
005of more streamlined way for next year. Um, which I know will be nice for both teachers and students. And then in terms of Bridger Graduation, we've been getting the ball really rolling on that. It's coming up super quick. We have the auditorium reserved for that Friday night, June 6th. We have our student speakers lined up. There's three of us that will be speaking. And then we're setting up a senior slideshow that has, of course, our senior photos. And then whatever silly baby pictures the parents want to send in, um, quotes, stuff like that. And we will have desserts catered by the former Sweet Pea Bakery, if any of you are familiar, which hopefully that's a bit of a draw. It's super yummy. But um yeah, we really hope to see um as many of you
006guys there as we can. It'll be a blast. And yeah, that's all from Bridger. Thanks, Nila. Nila, you're a senior. Yes. Could you share with us what you're doing next year? Yeah, I will be going to MSU to study conservation, biology, and ecology. Thank you for attending our meetings this year and for all the work you did for Bridger and being a great student rep. Thank you. Any questions for Nila? gentleman from Gallatin. Good afternoon everybody. Today I'm going to start off with sports at Gallatton High School. So track and fieldwise, boys placed third and girls play second at divisionals and we're we're looking strong going into state in Callispel. I know a lot of the kids on the team are very optimistic and hopeful that we will continue our success from previous years. Um
007softball, we won our playin series last Thursday and we are heading to state um which is in Great Falls. Our first game is at 400 p.m. Our softball team has never looked better and we're really excited as a school and as a community to see um a sport that has been kind of undervalued um across Gallatton's history really get the recognition it deserves and start to see the success that they've been building towards for years. Tennis wise, both girls and boys won divisionals and we're heading into state looking to continue our success from prior years. Raina Wilson, a freshman, took the first uh girls singles at divisionals. Mason McCarti, um a junior, took the first boys title for sing uh singles, which is the third year in a row he's done this. Um and we've
008had several other top finishes across the board. And going into state, we're looking at one and two seeds mostly for our placement within uh tennis. The Special Olympics had state last week uh Wednesday, Thursday, Friday in Billings for track, soccer, swimming, and and botchi. Um and that was a really big event for our students. We had a pretty successful sendoff trying to build um spirits and uh support for our students. And I think that um as a wider community at Gallatin, it was really impactful seeing our Special Olympic students super excited and looking to participate in state. Uh and it's always a good time. Music-wise, um our orchestra senior solo concert is the 28th and Comrada will have their final concert the 21st. Um if you guys are interested, please do come. It'll be a
009very good concert with many of our uh seniors being highlighted for their musical achievements um and their ability um in tandem with our high school orchestras and it will look to be a very good um concert and a very enjoyable experience. Bandwise, we had uh our final performance of the year on uh last Thursday, the 15th, and um we are now planning our end of year picnic for Friday, May 30th at the Boseman Pond. We'll have games, food, awards, and it'll be overall a great time. Um we're just trying to continue to have that spirit and that sort of community that uh we've built over the years as a as a band program. And then our final jazz band concert is June 3rd. Um and in addition to all of that, we are also hosting
010our annual Raptor Run fundraiser and participating in in the Memorial Day parade like usual. Um choir, our final concert is tomorrow and um it's it's the other senior sendoff concert for music. Our students are very excited and um I think that they are very much looking forward to this concert with um not only excitement but also you know nostalgia recap and finally a concert that will cap off their four years at Gallatton High School. Now transitioning over to senior stuff. So um or like of senior events. So we had our final class meeting last Friday um and Mishnet and our other administrators presented there and told us and provided us with key information regarding uh commencement and also just regarding the end of the year. So English 4 uh so our seniors uh presentations for
011English and their senior capstone project are next Thursday and Friday. Our sunset will be June 3rd. The last day of school is uh June 4th. And we have a senior breakfast uh in tandem with a farewell assembly and grad practice all on the 5th. And then we have a sort of bonvage bonanza to call it on the 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bosezeman Beach. Um and all of you are welcome to attend that as well because we want to have um that not only be an event for our seniors um and one that highlights and caps off the four years as a senior community but also one that brings in the wider Boseman community um of administrators, staff and teachers um and a celebration of just Boseman um and more importantly Gallatin. Oh,
012my bad. And then graduation is on the 7th at 10:00 a.m. So, that would be a good time. That'll be a good time. All righty. Thank you, Pro. Um, looking around, just other stuff happening in the school. We just had our student council elections. Those closed this afternoon at 3:30 and we did finalize um our election polls. So, we do have our newly elected officers and our individuals who will stand in as board representatives next year. So, excited for those guys to fill in for us and take over the reigns. um and to meet all of you. Um in addition to that, we have our spring pep assembly tomorrow. So, we'll be hanging out with student body. Um it's also together day, which is where we have um lots of activities around the grounds um
013just as a school doing stuff together. And so, we'll be celebrating um those elections results with the rest of the school um tomorrow at our spring assembly. In addition to that, Key Club has been volunteering a lot as along with several other organizations in our school um volunteering with Special Olympics just a few weeks ago. Um they also have a dunk tank fundraiser are selling those yard signs you probably see around town for seniors and are volunteering at highlight field days in a couple weeks here. Um along with Key Club HOSA and several other of our major clubs in the school are electing their new officers for next year. So just like StuCo, we're kind of refilling all those positions and getting everything set for the future of Gallatin High School with our graduating class
014leaving um and just making sure those clubs maintain their strong legacy they've had so far. National Honor Society has been really busy. um with their day of service coming up next Tuesday. We have six different locations planned. One being at Gallatin High School, and then that group's going to move over to Gallatton Rest Home. We have a group working with Parks and Wreck, a group working for Habitat for Humanity cleaning some trail heads. One group working with Heart of the Valley, a group working with the Gin Wershed cleaning the rivers, uh some going over to the Highlight Field Days as well, and then also a group going over to Metallark to help out with students and whatever the staff have there for us. So, they're really busy um with their uh service day coming up
015next week. Lots of testing going on around the school. We had AP exams these past two weeks with several hundred students participating and hopefully earning lots of good passing scores to help them in their college and uh career journeys. Um with makeups happening this week. So some students are over at Boseman High School um throughout the week doing their makeup test if they miss for sports or illness. We also have the seal by literacy recognition next Friday for those who have passed and earned that seal by literacy. So love to see you guys there and supporting those students who earned that uh very distinguished honor. And then finals are coming up for students. So, everyone's preparing for those uh end of classes, end of year uh tests just to show all of our knowledge and
016stuff we've gained throughout the year. We had several major scholarship uh events happening for a lot of our seniors. One of those being the Boseman School Foundation community memorial scholarship ceremony which occurred last Wednesday and then this Wednesday we have the worthy student banquet this um which will be at GHS. Love to see you guys all there. I saw many of you guys last week. It was awesome to see you support all of our seniors and their great work throughout the year. Several other big events. We have biomemed and their completion ceremony for biomemed 4 students as well as the biomemed helicopter um which will come and land in our school grounds and then biomemed students as well as auto students can go out and meet the crew, check it out, learn some things about
017the helicopter and its functions. And then we also have our psych fair coming up. Um like I mentioned, we have together day tomorrow as well as the special education respect rally and raffle which will be next Tuesday at GHS in the commons throughout the day. But that's all we got for you guys. Thank you. Thank you, Poncho and LLO. Could you guys please share what you're doing next year? I I actually know, but share with the rest of us, please. I will be attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill uh and studying public policy and history. I'll be attending Yale and I'll be double majoring in an interdep departmental major in computer science and mathematics and economics. That sounds easy. Well, thank you for your time and coming to all of our meetings
018this year. It's highly appreciated and your engagement did a great job. Uh questions for the gentleman from Gallatin. Okay. And Dand Truman from Bosezeman High. All right, guys. Um as you may have gathered in our time together, uh brevity is one of my strengths. So I'm going to keep this to the essentials. Um so yeah, around the school, we've had AP testing going on these past couple weeks. It's been pretty crazy. Um, which sadly means my friend Mason and I have not been able to do the announcements, but people have been making it through. Um, we had the 60s museum going on today, which is where our um, a push class, AP US, uh, history. They like get together. The 60s was a crazy era. So, they um, make a bunch of exhibits uh, on
019a bunch of different like sort of areas of culture and like political events, all that fun stuff that was going on. and they sort of just uh show off. It's really fun. It was going on today. Um I hope you guys had a chance to visit uh because it's super cool what these kids put together in a couple weeks. Um worthy student scholarships are going to be recognized this Wednesday. Um so that's 20 Boseman kids, 20 Gallatin kids. Um super cool. That'll be exciting. So everybody is invited to that. Um let's talk about StuCo. Dodgeball tournament happened. You know what? Uh, honesty is a virtue and it wasn't our best event. The teams were sparse but energetic. Um, and we're we're putting it in the books as a learning experience. You know, uh, it's going
020to be okay. We had a lot of other great events this year. Um, such as the blood drive, which was successful. Um, we got every single one of our time slots filled, which is amazing. I don't think we've ever done that at our blood drives before. Um, so good job, Barrett Boxwell. he is uh who ran that. Um like Gallatton, we had our elections decided. Um we also added new two new positions which is hard hat and spirit leader which are just like sort of student engagement positions during uh sports games. Uh but you guys will be in the hands of Taylorian and Jenna kiddo next year. They're amazing. They've been in StuCo for a couple years. Um so you guys are in good hands. Uh looking forward, we've got an end of year party
021coming up. pretty much our last Dooku event um where we're going to just sort of grill up in the parking lot. We got bouncy houses, we got dunk tanks. Uh it's going to be a good time. So, that'll be really fun and just sort of a way to end off the year. Uh as well as our senior party, uh which we're also having at Boseman Beach, uh from 5 to 9, so ours will be way more lit or something. Um there will be a lot of prizes. All right. Uh moving on to sports report. Sorry. I will try my best to emulate Griffin's just charm on this. Uh track, we had divisionals last week in Belgrade. We had lots of success. State uh was this weekend in Calp Spell. Kylie Neil is having a fantastic
022season. Uh for tennis, both guys and girls play second in divisionals last week. Uh two girls doubles teams qualified for state and one girl single player as well as one girl single player. One guy's single player and one guy's double also qualified. State is this Thursday and Friday at BHS. Uh, I don't know why that is so anonymous. Um, lacrosse and softball are also wrapping up their seasons and, uh, to finish it off, uh, we have our National Honor Society Service Day coming up next week. Um, so that's going to be exciting. Academic Olympics had a state tournament in Missoula. Got fifth place, pretty good overall. And, um, uh, Alex Hansen placed third in state and got a $2,000 scholarship for it. Super cool. Deca Nationals um went amazing. Uh and we will hear more
023about that I know uh pretty soon here, but we went to nationals. We even got some uh somebody up on stage which is really hard. Um so awesome. And speech and debate are gearing up for nationals and that is my final report. Great job. Thanks Truman. Thank you. And Truman, what are you doing next year? Um I am headed to New York. I'm going to study at Colombia. I'm going to do English. It's going to be super exciting. Excellent. Congratulations. Thanks for everything this year. We really appreciate it. And as usual, you're all welcome to stay or go. So, whatever works. And thanks again, everyone. Truman, what's the date and time? What's the date of your senior party? So, the day you get out of school. Okay. Okay, thanks. Up next, item 2.3.1, DECA State
024and International Career Development Conference Awardees and Officer Recognition who would like to present tonight. Yes, welcome. Have a seat right there if you don't mind and turn the mic on, Mr. Curry. And yes, yeah, thank you. Hit the green button there and the button on the right. Perfect. All right. Do you want students up here? I know. Uh, please bring your students up with you as well. Yeah. Uh, Doug, students from both schools. Come up here. Everybody come on up and don't be shy and kind of surround the whole area so all trustees can maybe see your faces, please. All right. Yeah. Thanks so much for having us this evening. Um, I'm going to speak on behalf of both high schools. I am the deck adviser for Bosezeman High, but Brad Mir, unfortunately, couldn't make
025it tonight, so I I have uh the information for both schools and uh I've been fortunate enough to to know a lot of the Gallatin students as well because I I do work at both schools. So, um, yeah, I I'll start back in February at our state conference which took place in Missoula at the very beginning of February. Um, and first of all, I'll say like here in Bosezeman, we have I think it has a lot to do with our community, but just also uh the strength of students we have at both schools. We have uh two of the strongest DECA chapters in the state. Um, from Bosezeman High, we brought 107 and I believe Gallatin High brought just shy of 100 at like I think 98. So, um, we were two of the biggest
026chapters there. And we also brought home some of the most, uh, banners. So, I'll kind of go over our success in Missoula and then we'll work our way up to uh, where we just returned from ICDC in Orlando. So um first of all from Bosezeman High um we had a great year. I it's was the most successful year of my six years as a DECA adviser. Um we had nine first place finishes, 12 second place finishes, seven third place finishes. We had a gold certified student store. 85 out of the 107 students we brought were finalists. Um which is a very good percentage. which I know Gallatin is is very similar as well. And then we uh qualified 41 students to take to Orlando. Um some highlights from that group were our nine state champions.
027We had um Elsa Austin and Tristan Clem uh in buying and merchandising team decision-making. We had Griffin Fosdall and Truman Dickerson in financial services team decision-making. Siri Bateson in financial consulting. Reagan Flinting Flenty who was a uh back-to-back state champ in professional selling. Mave Brian in restaurant food service management. Henry Davidson in principles of entrepreneurship. Aika Lannis and Elsa Austin were threetime champs. Um went for the three Pete in community awareness project. Uh Anukica Swandall, Danica Johnson, Hazel Nash in integrated marketing campaign product. Oliver Ward, Kieran Williams, Joshua Schwaren in franchise business plan. Uh back-to-back champs in that event. And then Mattie Kums, and Olivia Davis uh were gold certified for our student store. Uh so that's on the uh Boseman side for state. I'll move into Gallatin now for uh how they did in
028Missoula. They uh did take one more state championship than than Boseman and I did. So, nice job, Raptors. Um Mikey Anderson was a state champion in business growth plan. Freya Conson in business operations research. Ava Flor and Wrigley Lokes in business solutions project. Shelby Tyler and Maria Mendes and in the independent business plan. Lena Marie Ellis in the integrated marketing campaign services event. Jocelyn Jones in sports and operations research. Shelby Tyler in business finance services. Ezra Graham took home two state championships in food marketing and entrepreneurship and Kayla Lob and Rhea Low in marketing team decision-making. They also had u Gallatton also had a few other accolades. Bailey Kumlin was uh named member of the year and was also inducted as a state officer for next year. Um, and we had two state officers from
029Bosezeman this year. Um, one from Gallatin, Oliver Ward from Bosezeman, uh, and Kiara Kiara Michaelelsson. Um, they'll both be graduating and Bailey will be taking one of those spots. Um, moving into how we did in Orlando, as Truman kind of mentioned, it's very hard to get on stage in Orlando. This is just so you guys have an idea of the uh the level of participation in this event. There was 26,000 students there which was the biggest one ever. Uh and they're not just from the United States, they're from all over the world. This year several countries uh joined in the competition anywhere from China to Australia to Germany, Mexico, Canada, and of course the United States, several other countries. So it's a massive event. Uh and both schools had a lot of success at this.
030Um to continue from the Gallatin side, um very impressive finishes from Kayla Lob and Raya Low. Um they got top 10. I I believe you ended up fourth, right? Fourth in the world in marketing, management, team decision-m, which uh that's incredibly hard to do. So, uh, that that's something that we certainly at Bosezeman High are trying to replicate next year. Uh, that's it's very impressive what you guys did. Not only did, uh, Kayla and Rehea finish in top 10, but so did Lena Marie Ellis in integrated marketing campaign service, I believe, sixth place. Is that correct? So, in the world. Um, very, very impressive. And then um they also had a top roleplay score from Ezra Graham in food marketing. That means that Ezra out of uh his group of 20, he won the section
031had the highest uh roleplay score in his section and he made it up on stage. Um from the Boseman side, we didn't unfortunately have any top 10 finishes. We were very close. Um, our most impressive finish was Reagan Flenty, uh, who was top in her section. Similar to Ezra, she would had the highest score in her section, uh, in the restaurant food services management event. Um, one of the things that I'm most proud of from the Boseman High standpoint is that we did have 25 award of excellence recipients, which was the highest from any chapter in Montana. Uh so that that says a lot about our students who even though they weren't only one of them made it on stage, the vast majority of them did very very well at the competition. Uh and then
032finally, um I just want to say it's like it's a pleasure to work with these kids. It's a highlight of my job. Um, I know Brad would kind of say the same thing, but him and I, um, we're we're very fortunate to have a close relationship with each other where we we make each other better. Every time Gallatin does something good, my kids are wanting to to replicate it or or surpass it. And I think same thing for them. Uh, so we push each other to be better. Um, and it's just been fun to see these kids excel at the international level. Great job. Thank you so much, Mr. Curry. Are there any trustee questions for the DECA kids or Mr. Curry? Sandy, who are the seniors, could you just share with us what what
033you're going to be doing next year? Yeah, I will be studying business administration entrepreneurship at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Nice. We know. We know what he's doing. Thank you. Okay. That's all the seniors. Awesome. Thank you very much. That's also a good sign. The future is bright in DECA. Yeah. Yeah. Gary. Yeah. Well, congratulations to all of you and it's very exciting. I'm curious, what do you have to do when you're at these events to demonstrate your skills and your ability? Yeah, maybe I'll ask some a few of the kids to explain what they specifically do. There are 51 DECA events and they all look a little bit differently, but the two uh main categories are role-play events, which I I could probably explain best as it's speech and debate meets business, and they're
034giving a scenario when they show up for their event. They don't know what it is, and all they know is like the category of the event, but they don't know what the scenario is going to be. And if it's an individual event, they get 10 minutes to problem solve and present uh their findings and their recommendations to a judge. Um basically they're roleplaying a business meeting. And then the yellow main category is a a prepared written event or a prepared presentation where they have already gone through the process of writing an entire business plan or marketing plan. Um, and then the second part of that that that's graded in advance, the paper, and then the second part of that is to present it to a judge, which is a bit more like a a Shark
035Tank style scenario. So, I don't know if if any of the students want to speak specifically on maybe Oliver and Kieran, you guys are a great uh example of a written example. Yeah, of course. So, Kieran and I did a small business plan. So, basically what there was We wanted to have that market. presentation. Gary Ray, would you like to tell them about a role play since you're top four in the world? Absolutely. Scenario Excellent. Gary, one followup. Thank you very much. I'm curious based on what you've learned and your experience with DECA, what's your view of what is a key element if you were going to start a business today? The biggest thing that I learned, especially learning to fail that there's a lot that you're not going to go at all. And also
036I think collaboration is a great learn. Thanks, Oliver. Trusty Reinhardt, I have a question. How many of you um would say that you have a parent that is either in business or an entrepreneur? Wow. Okay. And how many of you want to be entrepreneurs? Okay. Some of you are still deciding. All right. Well, thank you. I'm I'm really pleased. This is this is crazy. Those are Tanner. Those are phenomenal numbers. I remember not it wasn't that long ago when the only DECA kids were in DECA because they wanted to go to Florida and it was a handful and we're like you're going to Florida and my goodness this is crazy impressive. So congratulations to all of you. I have the award tonight. Um I'm going to skip a couple lists um just because we already
037shared the names and the categories if that's okay. Sure. But um I move the board of trustees adopt the following recommendation. Whereas DECA and Association of Marketing Students is a student organization designed for students interested in careers or advanced education in the areas of marketing management and entrepreneurship. And whereas students from Bosezeman High and Gallatin High attended the state DECA conference on February 2nd through February 4th, 2025, which featured events in marketing, hospitality, finance, management, and business administration. And whereas the list of following Boseman High students received first place awards. Tanner, thank you for sharing those with us. Um, I'm going to go on. The Gallatin High kids are listed as well with their first place awards. Congratulations to all of you. And as whereas Gallatin High School, Bailey Kumline was named the 2025 member
038of the year and was also elected as a 2526 state officer. And whereas students from Bosezeman High and Gallatin High attended DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 26th through April 29th, 2025. And whereas this year's IDC hosted over 26,000 in attendance from around the world. And whereas Bosezeman High School DECA ICDC awardes were Reagan Flenty for restaurant food service management. And then award of excellence recipients. Elsa Austin, buying and merchandise team decision-making. Siri Bateson, financial consulting. Truman Dickerson, financial services team decisionmaking. Valentina Dval, inter entrepreneurship series. Arley Eper, marketing management team decisionmaking. Reagan Fante, restaurant food services management series. Griffin Fosdall, financial services team decisionmaking. Gracie Gaylord, travel and tourism team decisionmaking. William H. Hot, travel and tourism team decisionmaking. Giovana Jacobs, hospitality and tourism team decisionmaking. Danica Johnson, integrated marketing
039campaign product. Lucas Cadillac, travel and tourism team decisionmaking. Tristan Clem, buying and merchandising team decisionmaking. Valentine Coons, business law and ethics team decisionmaking. Florentine Coons, business law and ethics team decisionmaking. Ellie, marketing management team decisionmaking. Gabrielle Laquzna, principles of finance. Hazel Nash, Integrated Marketing Campaign Product. Mave O'Brien, marketing management team decisionmaking. Asia Peterson, hospitality services team decisionmaking. Owen Sample, Automotive Services Marketing Series. Emily Stanley, school-based enterprise food operations. Anakah Swandall, Integrated Marketing Campaign Product. Scarlett Thorning, market management team decisionmaking. Ben Wheeler, travel and tourism decid team decisionmaking and whereas Galaton High School DECA ICDC awardees were Kayla Lob and Rio Lena Marie Ellis Ezra Graham and the award of excellent recipients Reese Denny sports and entertainment marketing team decisionmaking Lena Marie Ellis integrated marketing campaign service Ezra Graham food marketing services. Cooper Jones, business services
040marketing. Aiden Coun integrated marketing campaign product. Kayla Lob, marketing management team decisionmaking. Ria Lo, marketing management team decisionmaking. Abid Muhammud, professional selling. Sam Nasser, business law and ethics team decision-making. Lola Pizzado Smith, buying and merchandising team decision-making. Helen Raph, buying and merchandising team decisionmaking. Dylan Rosinswig, financial services team decisionmaking. WDE Stolman, automotive services marketing services. Kira Sikamoto, integrated marketing campaign service. Shelby Tyler, financial services team decisionmaking. Lydia Wodsworth, sports and entertainment marketing team decisionmaking. Miles Weber, business services marketing. Sophie Woodward, business law and ethics team decisionmaking. Therefore, be it resolved that the board of trustees recognize and honor the DECA award recipients of both schools. Second. Motion made by Trustee Reinhardt, seconded by Trustee Wilson. Couldn't tell where that came from. Is there any public comment? Seeing none, all in favor? Motion passes seven to
041zero. Congratulations. Thank you so much for coming. Thanks to your parents for those of you who are here tonight. And if we could request slashinvite you to u join trusty Reinhardt in the hall for a picture that would be fantastic. So thanks Mr. Curry. Thanks so much for having us. Appreciate it. Welcome. Up next, item 2.3.2, Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Award, Mr. Waterman. Good evening, trustees. is uh Britney is back there. I'm going to have her come on up to the table here to speak with you about this award. As she does, I need to tell you that um the kind of the landscape that we've been working with in school foods has been changing uh pretty significantly, especially in the last couple of years. Um we have um and we've done pretty well uh
042financially in the in the school food services budget uh for the last couple years, but a lot of that has to do with pandemic related revenues that are no longer being continued. And on top of that, we've got some pretty heavy school meal debt that we haven't had in the past to the point that our donations likely aren't going to be able to cover it this year. Um, so we'll probably have a a deficit for for the year. The overall budget for over long time and the reserves that we built up are still adequate, but um the um the the backdrop I guess has been changing and it's against that backdrop that um Britney's here and we have a national award to present to you. We're still focused on the on keeping the big things
043the big things. This award is a national award that she's receiving. Um it has to do with the reintroduction and um re-emphasis I guess of scratch cooking um since the pandemic and also using some locally sourced beef um with our uh with with our menu. So super proud of what Britney's been able to accomplish. Um it's it's an uphill road at this point just candidly in the in the food services department. So um we're we're working on some changes and and and hopefully get things righted again. But um couldn't be more proud of what Britney does and and her team down there. So um Britney Selvik, thank you for coming. Britney, you are now uh you can now give your speech. No, I'm I'm I'm kidding. I'm kidding. But could you please push the could
044you please push the button on the on the right? Are there any trustee questions for Britney? Sandy, so how long have you been with the district, Britney? This will be finishing my 11th year. Wow. I mean, I remember when when we you came on board. It's amazing that Oh, what you've done in 11 years. I was wondering what is what's your favorite part of this job? And then what's a challenge? You get one challenge. Time of year to ask that. No. Um, my favorite part would be honestly the people I get to work with. Um, we have a really good team and I mean that's at starts at the top. Our administration as you guys know is amazing. Um, but then all the trickle down to, you know, we really struggled with staffing there for
045several years and we're kind of back on solid ground. So I feel like we have a really solid team right now. Um, and we're all pretty close. the biggest challenges. Was that the next question? Um, that list could be pretty one. Oh, let me let me go grab my notes. Um, honestly, right now, our biggest challenge is funding and that is at a federal level. Um, the same thing that can trickle down to state. I believe there's 10 states now that have passed universal free meals. Montana has not, as you know. Um, but just in general as like the base layer, reimbursement for school meals has not kept up with everything else as is um the case with a lot of stuff. So, like Mike said, we're looking at that and figuring it out, being
046cautious. Yeah. um with how we spend while still trying to keep meals healthy um and things that kids will eat. So that's the biggest challenge right now that we look at every day. Well, congratulations and thank you for your service. Yeah. To the district and to kids. Thanks. How does the participation in school lunches right now compare to the past? It's we elementary we hold around 40 to 50%. Um high school and middle school are hard to gauge actual participation because elementary we kind of force a reimburseable meal where high school and middle school they get more freedom. So we have a lot of students coming through. They not they're not always getting a meal. um it's gone up slightly but as a whole and we also kind of stopped focusing on participation. Um for
047instance our elementary schools we can't we logistically can't feed more right now um due to due to space and time. Um so we're kind of at a sweet spot where we're feeding as many as we can. Basically, if participation went up, we'd be looking at major kitchen remodels. Thank you. Yeah, thanks Gary. Any further Gary? Yeah, thank you very much, Britney, for all your hard work on this. I'm just curious if you have had any information from students and parents regarding meals and have they given you any like vision of what might work best for them to for their kids to participate? No. Um, I think trying to think of how to answer that. No, we I don't hear a lot of feedback in general. Um, good or bad. So, I don't I don't know
048how to take that, I guess. Um but to feedback from them as far as increasing participation or what would get different kids that nor don't normally don't eat in the door. No. Um they it would be I mean I know what it would be and it would be like all local all scratchade but then at the same time kids don't eat that. That's what parents would want. So, it's all just a balancing act basically. Yeah, I'll add to that, Gary, a little bit. We obviously track every meal and participation against those meals, and I think this board's seen our slide a couple different times. The the the biggest seller meals that we have are exactly what my kids love, like chicken nuggets and um what is it? The the French toast or the the the
049pancake wrap. Pancake wrap. Those types of things. Um the things that sell well to parents and that the parents would like them to eat are the scratchcooked meals which are really they're really good um candidly but um we can't afford to serve them all the time because kids just don't eat them. Um so we're we're we're kind of trying to hold those things in balance and I think this award speaks to the idea that you know what the program's trying to do, what Britney and her staff are are trying to do as far as find new things that the kids will eat that also their parents are are going to be excited about. Um but it's about finding those balance at the high school level. It really comes down to a lot of alle cart
050things. Um there it's not necessarily a reimburseable meal that walks out the door but at the same time we don't have meal debt due to all of cart uh purchases. Those kids have to have the money in their accounts to buy what they're buying alle cart um anyway. So it's a it's a it's a transition. I think we're um a little bit of a turning point in the program and something we just need to take a step back when the school year settles down and take another look at. And one more thing on that is we're always looking and trying to find new things that we want to offer that we, you know, to to balance out like the French toast stick. Um, and so, yeah, for instance, this year we went into the year
051with three, I think, new scratch recipes that we do at our we do testing and everything at our central kitchen. Grow the recipe up so we can push out 3,000 servings. Um, and not all of those stuck. They were beautiful recipes, but maybe for like a 39year-old, a six-year-old didn't want the veggie soup, unfortunately. It was amazing. But so then, yeah, it's a money loss, so we have to pull that off the menu. So, does that make sense? Lauren, first of all, congratulations, Britney. And I love what you've done with the program. Um, and as somebody who has an elementary kiddo, yes, when we look at it, he's like, "All right, there's the pancakes, there's the Um, but he does also like anything with the local beef and everything." And as a parent, I love
052seeing that focus. I know it's not sustainable in Bosezeman to have everything locally sourced. Um, but all of I mean I know this award is mostly on the beef aspect, but everything from lentils, which are mostly grown in Montana, you're um bringing beets, bead hummus, like those different focuses. Um, I hope families are having conversations at home. I know we are. So, if that doesn't always trickle back to you, here it is in the public format that I know some people are talking about it and I really do appreciate your time. Oh, thank you. I appreciate hearing that. Beat hummus. Mhm. Yeah. Beet hummus. It's like fluorescent pink. It's so cool. Sounds good. I didn't know about beet hummus. Trusty black. Well, congratulations, Britney. Um, I will say as a parent of a high school
053student, I'm not sure what he's buying, but he seems to be buying a lot from in has transitioned from his freshman year of not using his account very much to needing refills multiple times a year. So, and I get that email reminder. So, Oh, good. Um, but but again, let's just preface that. I have no idea what he's buying. So, it might he might be buying his friends food. I have I have no idea. And the typical conversation goes something like, "Oh, what' you have for lunch?" "Yeah, good." Um, and then not a whole lot more. So, um, I can send you a report if you I don't think I want to check up that much on them. Appreciate it though. Um, so again, congratulations. Um, I will say that I I appreciate all of
054our awards that we present for our students as well, but I feel like and I don't know what the stat is, but I feel like we also have some really amazing awards that we get throughout our district for um many different positions um whether it's your department or um Mike's department, teachers, um administrators. So, um very grateful to always see these come through and be able to recognize those people that are doing such great work in our um in our school district. So, congratulations. Thanks. Um I move that the board of trustees adopt the following resolution. Whereas the US Department of Agricultural USDA food and nutrition service and action for kids or healthy kids created a healthy meals incentive recognition award to recognize and celebrate school food author authorities that have made operational changes to
055improve the nutrition quality of their school meals and that engage students and families in nutritional education and in in the planning and preparation for nutritional school meals. And whereas award recipients receive national and local recognition as well as awardee toolkit that it includes digital assets and travel stipens to attend the national healthy meals summit. And whereas the Boseman School District food service program was recently honored as a recipient of this prestigious award as a result of the district's effort to improve the nutritional quality of school meals through scratch cooking and local sourcing. Over the past year, the district developed and standardized three new scratchcooked recipes featuring Montana raised beef and USDA ingredients. These items were added to the regular menu rotation and staff received training to ensure consistent quality across all schools. All as part
056of the district's effort to rebuild our scratch cooking program post pandemic. Therefore, be it resolved that board of trustees recognize and honor, support service supervisor Britney Selvic and the entire Bosezeman School District food service staff for their efforts to serve nutritious, locally sourced meals to our students and for receiving this award and distinction. Second. Second. Motion made by Trustee Black, seconded by Trustee D. Is there any public comment? Seeing none, all in favor? Motion passes seven to zero. Congratulations, Britney. Take a picture. Take a picture with everybody. Um, how should we do this picture right here? Let's do it right here. So would would you would you come around and stand maybe in back of us and then Lori could take our picture and then would you like us to see? Well, um yeah, if
057we could have the trustees that are outside of the picture stand up and come a little bit closer, I guess, so we could all be in the picture. Casey, you don't need to. You could probably stay. Yep. All right. Um, so everybody just squeeze in. We have an empty odd chair. Somebody sit here. Yeah. Somebody said there you go. Let me take the opportunity. You're so tall. I am. Thanks, Britney. Thanks again, Britney. Yeah, you can't get out that way. Up next, item 2 AO, reorganization of the board of trustees. Mrs. Clark. Good evening, trustees. It is my pleasure to be able to walk with or walk you through um the election results of this year's election. Um and then after we walk through and canvas the votes, um the next step in the process
058is swearing in of the newly elected trustees. And then the final step in this process is the organization of the new board. So we'll start with a presentation. If I could get the hookups, maybe not. Sorry, I just All right. So, as we all know and are very well aware, uh May 6th, 2025 was our election um where we ran two trustee positions, a high school and elementary general fund election and then the building reserve in the elementary. Um so, as you can see, thankfully we always have had a supportive community and that did not falter this year. Um so, we were pleased to be able to say that all three of our levies passed and we had two trustee seats filled. The election results for trustees are as stated. Um the reason for this
059that there's so many undervotes for this section is although it says vote for two quite clearly at the top of the ballot a lot of times people only vote for one. So when it says it's an undervote, it just means people either filled in no bubbles or only one bubble when they should have filled in for two. Um, as we know, since we had two seats and we had two people running, it was um not necessary to run the election. However, with the timing between printing ballots, we have a lot of ballots that have to get printed and being able to physically cancel the election. It just logistically doesn't work for the um Gallatin County to take to remove the names from the ballot. So, Lauren and Sarah were both voted in as the new
060elementary trustees for the school district. Congratulations. In regards to our elementary levies and the election results that we have there, um you can see that we had more fours than against as always. Um that's a testament to the voters that we have. Um the margins here were larger than they were last year, and I'll get into that a little bit in a minute. Um but still a low voter turnout. I think we had 30% which I'll show you a graph here in a minute as well. for our high school here. Once again, um there's more votes in the high school because the high school district is a bigger district than the elementary district. So, keep that in mind as you're looking at those um election v results. Let's see. So, here is where we can
061see what the election voter turnout looked like. Um 2025 was the lowest since 2019 as far as the number of people actually casting votes within the district. Thankfully the majority of those were positive votes and we were able to pass all of the levies. And then here once again you can see um the blue line is the registered active voters and then the ballots cast are down below in red. voter turnout um you can see is right at that 30% mark. When you look at voter numbers, you can see the registered active voters um really maintained from last year, but we had roughly 3,000 less voters on this year's election. It was very interesting. Here's our um year-over-year overyear of elementary general fund approval rates. Um 59.7% said yes this year compared with 57% last
062year for our elementary general fund. Um for our elementary building reserve fund we passed with 56.7. Yes. The last time we passed a building reserve levy was six years ago and that was with a 57% approval rate. So a.3 difference um or 03. Um, you can see in 2023 we did pass another elementary building reserve that was the safety levy. So, that one is a permanent one. We won't see that one back on the ballot unless we decide to change those terms in any way. Um, otherwise, we'll likely see another elementary building reserve in six years when this one expires. And then here is the high school general fund approval rates. um 56.9 yes this year. Um besides last year um last year was 53.6%. Besides that, the lowest voter um approval rate was 2008.
063So still still low numbers when it comes to um approval rates and voter turnouts. And then this is the final slide um just to bring to your attention. These are the election results in the high school district by elementary district. So, these are all voting on the high school general fund levy. Um, and just kind of broken out by jurisdiction or district. Um, you can see that the Bosezeman Elementary District um continues to support 2400 um net yes votes. Anderson Elementary had a total of 21 yes votes. Mont or um difference of 21 yes. Montfortton, Lamont, and other elementary districts that didn't necessarily run an elementary um election, but still received our high school ballots are in that very last line. You can see that the Bosezeman Elementary voters are substantially um subsidizing the yes
064votes for the high school district. So, that's all I have as far as going over the voter um the election results. Does anybody have any questions for that? Thanks, Lacy. Yep. So, the next part of this process is to take a motion to um adopt the election result as presented. I move we adopt the election results as presented. Second. Motion made by Trustee Reinhardt, seconded by Trustee Moran. Is there any public comment? Seeing none, all in favor. Motion passes 7 to zero. Thank you. Up next, 2.2 AO, swearing in and oath of office to newly elected trustees. Um before I So, John Nielsen couldn't be here tonight. He typically does the swearing in. So, he's appointed me his design. Um and what that means is I will do the um oath of office for Lauren.
065And then at a later date um we have 15 days from when we received the election um certification from the county. So the 28th is when we'll swear um Sarah Wilson in. Um and before we do that, I'm going to pass this down. This is the canvas document. If each trustee that's in attendance could sign that um that would be much appreciated. Do you want to if we stand up? Do do you two want to maybe meet right here? In the middle. I'll let you do your thing then. Don't need my guidance. Will a motion be required after you swear a trusted DN? No. You get her whether signature on all three of these. These are all the same. Okay. Let's have you sing as a board chair person. You're excused. Thanks, Trusty Reinhardt. Congratulations.
066We'll see you soon. Thank you, Tanya. Thank you, Tanya. Which brings up item 2.3AO organization of new board. Okay. So with the reorganization of the new board, I will call for a chair nomination. After a nomination is made, I will call for any other nomination three times. If no other nomination is made, then I will um hand the meeting over to the elected chair. The elected chair will therefore call for a vice chair nomination. Once a nomination is made, they'll call for um any other nominations three times. Um once that concludes, we'll take a nomination for appointment of district clerk and that will be um completed with a motion and a second for clarification. One motion for all of that. One motion and a second for all of that. No, just a motion for the
067clerk at the end. Just a motion for the clerk. Yep. Thank you. So, I am open. I'm declaring the reorganizational meeting open and I will call for nominations for the chair of board of trustees. Sandy, I would like to nominate Kevin Black as chair. Any other nominations? Any other nominations? Nominations are now closed and Kevin Black is now the chair for the Bosezeman School District Board of Trustees. [Applause] [Laughter] Can I ask a question? Will there be a moment to just thank Greg for his service and everything? Okay. Okay. After it's all over or something? You certainly can. Yes. Perfect. Okay. [Music] Better get I better get organized. Not quite as organized as Greg yet. Be learning process here for all of us. Um all right. So next thing is vice chair would uh take
068a motion for vice chair nomination. I nominate Lauren D for vice chair. Any other nominations? Any other nominations? All right. Um, nominations are closed and Lauren D is now the vice chair of the Bosen School District Board of Trustees. All right. And now we have we I'd entertain a motion regarding um let's see, excuse me, this one. All right. A motion and a second to appoint appointment of the school district clerk. Gary, I move we appoint Lacy Clark as clerk. Second. Okay. So, we have a motion by trustee Lucine and a second by trust trustee Moran. Do we need public comment? Not at all. Is there any public? Okay. Any public comment? All right. Any other discussion? All those in favor? All those opposed? All right. Motion passes six to zero. This will close the
069recognation reorganization of the board and trustees can move forward with our the agenda. All right, we we can Sandy, we can take a little bit of time right here. Um, I would start by just saying, Greg, thank you for your many years in as a vice chair as well as a chair and the support of the board and and the community. Ultimately, what it becomes is um so your dedication to that and um led us in many different directions in some very challenging and very fun situations. Yes, that's what I how I'd put it. So, um I guess are there any other comments right now? Trusty Wilson. Well, I would really like to thank Greg also. um our time together as we co-chair during COVID was um was interesting and challenging and I was really
070glad to have someone like you right next to my had my back and I had yours and we I feel like we really co-chared that whole time together and I cannot thank you for your countless you were so solid and the countless hours that you gave. we were both brand new to our positions and we um we made it through. In addition to that, you've brought us out of COVID as chair and and moved us forward to where we are now, which I'm I'm so pleased and so happy. We are in such a great place for so many ways and your meetings are extremely wellrun, I'm just going to say. So, Greg, thank you very very much for what you've done uh not only for the school board and that leadership, but the kids and
071the teachers in our district. I'm just really really appreciate everything you've done. Thanks, Sandy. Yep, Gary. Yeah, I would echo what Sandy said. So, thank you very much for your leadership and dedication to our students and uh I appreciate the transition that our board has and the leadership and collaboration and u I'm very confident that's going to continue thanks to Sy's leadership, Greg's leadership, Casey's leadership, and uh so it's much appreciated. So, congratulations Kevin and Lauren. Um, Greg, thank you very much for your leadership. It was fun working with you on the Bosezeman Schools Foundation board and it's been fun working with you for the school board and I hope you do run next year. You said you will. I did say that. Thank you. Thanks, Melissa. Yeah, I can't call on Lori anymore. I
072also just want to say thank you Greg for your leadership and um just from the beginning your support um answering all the questions helping me navigate my first couple years um all the knowledge as I got into this and um once again it was you who twisted my ear twisted me my arm a little bit to get here um but I am so grateful for this experience up here and so thank you for introducing it to and then um just all your strong leadership in keeping us really um collaborative, strong board. I appreciate you. Can I ask him one more question? I'd really like to say no, but yes, go ahead. Oh boy, here we go. So, Greg, what what do you take away from this experience for the last five years, literally you've given
073the district? What is your biggest takeaway that you've either really enjoyed or you've been moved by or whatever? Oh my gosh, the last five years. Um, sitting on this school board has been a I'm not This might sound like an exit little speech, but it's not because I'm going to rerun as it as it is right now next year when my term is up. But it's a I've said this from the beginning since 2017. It's a a huge honor to sit on this school board. Um 72 7,300 kids, which is what we're tasked with educating. I' I've done a lot of community service in my life leading up to when I found myself on the school board. I never thought that I would I'd never been to a schoolboard meeting before 2017. I didn't know
074anything about school board. I had a little bit of involvement with the school district. My wife had way more. Um, and I was I was asked to consider um applying in a in for an appointment to the school board when when Bruce Grubs vacated a long time ago. And um a portion of you all chose me. And it's it's been rewarding. It's been life-changing. uh the the relationships um that I've I've developed with all of you and friendships and um learning about consensus which is what makes the world turn in in Bosezeman School District and sitting all on all the committees and and um you know interacting with with the public through through holding a public office. Um it's it's been a huge um element of selfdevelopment for me personally and um it it really
075has has become a little bit bit of a a piece of selfde definition how I define myself a little bit um is is a huge part of sitting on this school board for the last however many years it's been and um it it's it's just truly an honor to ser to serve 7,300 kids in the in the same school district that I grew up in. Uh, my mom was a teacher in the school district here. My brothers grew up in the in the school district. I I I have nieces and nephews that are in the school district. My my kids, my own kids, two are out, two are still in here for a couple years, sophomores. Um, and so my my heart is still very much in this and and so I I I plan
076to run again and and serve another three-year term after this current term is up next year. Um, so thank you all for your for your support these last five years when I was in leadership with Sandy, Tanya, and and Kevin. And I'm I'm really excited to uh now kind of groove into being a supported trustee. I have such a high appreciation um for our superintendent that we that we have and going through the process of of hiring our superintendent was a learning experience for me. um and and having a front row seat to watching our superintendent develop into the the best superintendent in the state and the region um has been an amazing thing to be a part of and and the friendship that we've that we've developed. I I have a high appreciation for
077that as well. Um so I'm I'm going to miss being in the board leadership room. Um, but I'm not going anywhere and and uh and I I I have a huge amount of confidence in in Kevin and Lauren um moving this forward and um continuing to to keep the Cadillac on the road. I'm handing them the keys to the Cadillac and told them not to run it off the road. And um and I I have a huge amount of confidence that they're that they're going to do that. And um and when when Kevin and I took took Lauren to to coffee last last August, we were leaving this room. We had a a meeting in this room and we were walking in the hall and I asked Lauren if she would join Kevin and I
078for coffee and the first thing that came out of her mouth was, "Can I just say no right now?" And uh and that as far as I was concerned, that was when she got the job. Um and I think it's pretty awesome that Lauren's mom is here supporting her as well. So, um, and and Trusty Black, I appreciate you being along with me this this last year and, um, that's a lot of talking that I just did, so I'll I'll stop, but thanks thanks for everything. I would just add, uh, Greg, you pointed out a trait that I think a lot of us have that serve on this board and, um, I believe it is that no, we don't really want to, we don't want the position, but we're more than happy to step up.
079Um, I think if at least from the last couple that I've spoken to, Greg and Sandy, um, it sounds like Lauren as well, um, myself, um, none of us had the idea that, hey, my goal is to be in this position at some point in time. Um, and I appreciate that. That is the, um, that is kind of how our board operates. Um, we have people that have the ability, but nobody has to be the person. So, um I think that what what helps us uh maintain um some consistency and stability. Um and hopefully that reflects to our administration and everyone else. So, um it's going to be a great year. Now, we got to go rid of Greg once I learn my once once I learn what I'm actually supposed to do. So, that's
080going to take a while. You have my permission to move this forward. Yes. Um All right. Now moving on to agenda item number three, action item for consent. Um, Greg, I request that we pull item 3.3.1 out of consent agenda and add it to the end of the agenda, please. And I think and all what we need is just that and then so we're good on that. So, uh, the remaining agenda uh, consent items would be um 3.2, 2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5. So if I have a motion for any of those items, Sandy, I move that we approve 3.2, 3.2.1, and 3 I'll just read that from here. 3.3 and 3.4 with the one removed. Second. Any public comment? Okay. So, we have a a motion to approve consent agenda items 3.2, 3.3, and
0813.4 um by Trusty Wilson and Trusty Moran and seconded, excuse me, by Trusty Moran. Um all those in favor? All those opposed? Same sign. All right. Motion passes six to zero. And then we have 3.5. I move that we approve um consent item 3.5. Second. Okay. We have motion to approve consent item 3.5 uh by Trusty Moran and seconded by Trusted D. Any public comment? All those in favor? Those opposed? Motion passes five to zero. All right. Now, um with those being complete, now we're moving on to um guess it would be action item now. New action item 3.1. Casey, would that be you? Sure. Yeah. Uh I think um if you if you listen the to the high school calendar for our student representatives, there's a lot going on. Um one of the pieces
082of the puzzle that caught my attention was um Truman Dickerson explaining that the Boseman High Senior Party was also at Bosezeman Beach and we we didn't have an agenda item for that. So um Dr. Mars King was able to connect with Mr. Mills. Um they will be doing their senior party at Bosezeman Beach as well on June 4th. Um and so I'm just looking for a modified my my recommendation is modified um to the reason it's on the agenda is we have board policy that says if we're going to do a school sponsored activity off of our campus, we need board approval to do that. And so having both um the modified recommendation would be to allow Bosezeman High and Gallatton High uh to pursue their senior parties um at Bosezeman Beach on June 4th
083at Bosezeman High and June Someone give me the date 6th as um as detailed in the agenda item. Thank you. Okay. Do we have a motion for that item, Gary? Um, I move that the board of trustees approve uh Bosezeman High having their senior party event at Bosezeman Beach on June 4th and Gallatin High having their senior event at Bosezeman Beach on June 6th. Second. Okay. Any discussion? Any public comment? All right. So, we have a motion on the floor from Trusty Lucine and a second from Trusty D. Um, all those in favor? All those opposed? Did you vote? I see. Oh, okay. Sorry. Motion passes six to zero. All right. Next one. 5.3. Um, Casey or Mike? Yeah. Uh trustees, we've been following very carefully House Bill 153, which is the makeup of the
084dennial study um in the interim now that the legislative session has closed. Um I just wanted to make sure you were aware that um Mr. Mike Waterman was recommended um for the formal dennial study commission and has accepted that offer on the House of Representatives side. So there are six representatives um from the house including our representative Matthews from Bosezeman um one business official Mike Waterman and one um rural school superintendent and uh they couldn't have if they if their goal was to select someone who understands the funding formula inside and out and the history of the funding formula they certainly picked the right person. I think uh Mr. Waterman also has a reputation and that I really appreciate for having hard asking hard questions and getting the right things in the room and and
085so I am certain that the dennial commission will be talking about um some of the more challenging topics such as uh why do we have 400 individual school districts in the state of Montana? Mike, congratulations. Thank Thank you for serving. It was I think it was kind of like Lauren D's conversation out in the hall. Thank you. All right. Any other items on that? Okay. Moving to agenda item six, public comment. Non-aggenda items. Welcome. I'm pretty sure you know the routine. So, you can just put your name and Yep, that'd be great. Right side button. Yep, there we go. Hi, my name is Patty Steinmiller and I'm here just speaking for myself. Uh this afternoon I attended the 60s uh museum at uh Bosezeman High School um under the direction uh well the direction of
086the students with uh uh Darstron um and I was very pleased and excited to go and talk uh talk to a lot of the students and I it's a wonderful event. I that's the first time I realized that this is an annual event. I don't know how long it's been going on, but it was great that the public is invited to come and uh there were a lot of people there and it was inside outside all these booths and everything. So, that's my comment on on that part. That's he's in charge of the AP um history. Uh and then a couple weeks ago I was invited to go to Gallatton High School uh uh on the invitation of Joe Kusk who is in charge of AP history for those students and in each school it's
087over 100 students and he asked me to come and speak on the suffrage timeline. um that's a voting history of of the US throughout and uh he want chose that date because it was about a week before the students took that AP national uh AP push um exam. So I was very pleased to go there. So I I thank you as a board for the support you've given to your uh teachers especially those teachers that I've had experience with and for all of those students. So, thank you very much. Thank you. All right. Any other public comment? Oh, yeah. No, you need to move over there for sure. I just want to say thank you to all of you. Um, I've been in the district since I was uh in kindergarten and we moved here
088when I was about 3 years old. So, Boseman is pretty much all I've ever known as far as education goes. Um, I've had the privilege of being very involved with you all and with the district on a number of levels, not just as a student, but also, um, representing my fellow students at Gallton High School. Um, my first board meeting was back in sixth grade when the Raptor had yet to be. Um, so it's been a it's been a long journey and I'm just really grateful for the opportunities you guys provided, the service you've uh, and the work you put in for our district. Um, I think a lot of times we take it for granted. And I I see that student side where especially as we get older, all we want to do is
089complain about things. Um, no matter how easy and uh built for us they are and how easily they are handed to us. Students like to complain, parents like to complain, but I have had that privilege of seeing you all um at a more personal level and the work our district does as a whole. And I just want to say thank you. Um, education is often seen as something we all have a right to, but it's not always granted to everyone and we don't always have the same access. So, I am incredibly grateful for Boseman School District for providing that education. Um, allowing me the ability to grow and access my future the way I have. So, thank you to all of you. Um, you're incredible people and I hope you continue to serve the way
090you have. Um, so thank you so much. Thank you, Leslie. Very kind of you. And it's also very fun for some of the students as we had last couple years stay for the whole meeting. I know it can be it's a lot. So it's apprec it's appreciated and noticed. So thank you. Uh next executive reports cabinet report. I think the the item of note um is we uh wrapped up certified bargaining um consensus negotiations last week, four four full days and then um some of our team and the BEA team were here on Friday as well building out um communication as trustees. You should have received communication from me over the weekend um kind of detailing um what we were able to um offer. Um very appreciative of Lauren and Melissa and um Lyanna for
091their participation in negotiations. Um and also very excited that um we operate in a consensus fashion. We operate in full transparency. I was telling we had a BEA meeting downstairs and when you think about negotiations um in general you're you're talking about two sides. um you're talking about um each side coming in with something they want and then you you meet and you end up with something in the middle and there's um potentially winners and losers in that in that process. Um very pleased that um through the stars act um through the passage of our operational levies through the already existence of um safety levy um technology levy building reserve levies uh we were able to leverage dollars for teachers. So, the district came in with their best foot forward uh with a checklist of
092items. Um those items including offering a compensation package that would be the largest by percent and dollar that any staff member had received in 10 years. Um that we would take advantage of the start uh the stars act and have the highest teacher starting salary in the state of Montana. Um that um and and the list sort of went on um th those types of compensation items. We accomplished all of that um uh through four days and very excited that um uh we will have starting teachers um making over $50,000 um next school year. We're able to offer a cost take advantage of the STARST cost of living adjustment in year two and provide um cost of living stipens to all staff members. We're going to be able to do that at no net increase
093tax uh increase uh which is exciting. Next year when we think about the road show next year it's going to be around the cost of living and um an uh a major offset. We've gone to the community before with offsets. It's never been 100% offset. Um so we're anticipating being able to offset 100% of the operational levy ask at elementary and high school. allow us to go above um maximum budget via the STARS Act and offer a $1,500 cost of living stipen annually to every employee in the district. So um all in all that it's it's a big win. Um it's a um 20 uh if you take into steps and lanes and all those pieces of the puzzle, our current firstear teachers will have a 20% increase over two years. Um and so we
094also know that um it's never going to keep up with the cost of living. Um, but there were uh I think we I'm very pleased that we have a continued trusting relationship with the BEA and such uh high-powered business officials that when they open the books and show all the details, it's met with um respect and trust and we move forward um from there. Also want to mention um this is Pat's last uh negotiation cycle as a um as an administrator in our district. We will certainly have him back as a um very costfriendly contractor um in the future uh to um to pursue those negotiations. But um if you've been in a consensus circle with Pat, uh there's storming that happens and there's norming that happens and Pat has an the ability to um
095guide and steer and ask the right questions and and move through tough issues. So, thanks for your service. With that, I'd take any questions on the um negotiations. Well, I want to thank the trustees who took part in that. I I've done it a couple of times and it's an amazing process. I remember I used to negotiate at a little rural school and the first time I walked into the room and I went HR is sitting next to the um BEA rep president. I I couldn't wrap my head around that. And yet over the years we have this incredible working relationship between them by use and also by using the consensus process. I'm just really proud of our district to put teachers uh really as a priority this year and we always have. We've always
096tried to do the best that we can, but we have the ability now to do that and it's it's so important. So, and Pat, we are going to miss you, but I'm really glad that you're going to come back cheaply. No, I know that. But I mean in that in that capacity. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. I've been in many things um where you facilitated consensus and it's incredible. So, thank you for your work on this. Also, any other comments, questions, any other reports? Nope. Okay. Uh next item, board of trustees. Any board of trustee reports? Okay. Uh, not really a report, but just to remind people the annual meeting is June 4th in Hela or by Zoom. So, I'm curious who all plans on attending that [Music] June 4th. What? By um, just just
097as a reminder, if you plan on attending, Lori can register us for that. So, and then I got an email today that the region 8, we're in region 8, maybe some of you got that, you got that email, too. So, that meeting is 8 o'clock on May 30th, Friday, May 30th, 8 in the morning by Zoom. So, if anybody can attend that, I'm not sure I will be able to. I may be traveling that day, but I'll see. So, just a reminder. So, thank you. any other reports? Um I would just remind everyone if you haven't, we have we still have quite a few different as mentioned by the students. We do have some other things um other items coming up for um to attend um potentially. So if you haven't signed up um or
098if you see something that's blank um you can reach out. Well, if you have a question, you can reach out to me or Lauren, but um yeah, be great if we could have people or a couple or a few trustees at each of many of these different events year in events. So, um just a reminder to take a look at that again. All right, with that being said, have to have a motion or just All right, close this meeting.