001I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with Li and justice for all welcome to the March 31st Boseman school district school board meeting thank you for joining us public comment will be taken throughout the meeting on agenda and non-agenda 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 2-321 14 MCA by remaining in this meeting all participants and attendees acknowledge they may be appear on the recording which will be placed on the school district's website for a minimum of one year from today further instructions about
002participating 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 Boseman School District which can be found in 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 2.2 board education Mr Berg welcome welcome thanks for having me you're welcome and we could have you push the green button to or the right button to make the microphone green there it is thank you all right perfect thanks for having me good to be here this evening um anything yeah for you have any jokes do you have any jokes man yeah it's shared with you are you in it yep I've got a brief slide
003deck to walk through with the group tonight on all things disability related um within the Boseman School District um I hope to touch on um our um Section 504 um students who need accommodations um also hope to touch on students with um a need for specially designed instruction and IEPs um under the individuals with disabilities Education Act and walk through some Trends and current events do you need the whole thing all right went through perfect um Mike if you want to adance to that first or to that next slide that' be great um so again here to touch base on um disability services within the district looking specifically at Section 504 and idea um yes absolutely better all right yeah um so um looking at section 54 um the long title of that is Section
004504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 19 1973 um this was a civil rights law that was passed two years before um the first iteration of the individuals with disabilities Education Act um it was a door opener so to speak Section 504 was to afford individuals with disabilities the opportunity to get in the door to access Educational Services um idea when that passed in um served as an education law outlining how we would provide special education services within schools it also provided a funding mechanism to provide special education services um and that is a a funding mechanism that we'll look at towards the end of the slide deck um where Congress initially um proposed funding up to 40% of the extra special education costs um and that a a a Target they have yet to reach
005um but when idea passed it was intended as a way to implement Services above and beyond um what had been outlined in that civil rights law um under Section 504 um all of our students with IEPs also hold those civil rights protections under Section 504 so I like to say that um an IEP is another type of 504 plan that is really a more specific type of plan that outlines not only specific student accommodations but the specially designed instruction that a student is entitled to under that IE um at this point how we commonly describe disability supports and services is that a 504 plan provides for accommodations and access ability um where the IEP focuses on that plus specific specially designed instruction provided by certified special education staff 504s um 504 plans typically do not
006include that kind of specially designed instruction um and 504s also have no funding mechanism that comes with um them it is simply uh uh civil rights protection set of civil rights protections under federal law um in 2008 um the Americans with Disabilities Act was amended and that impacted Section 504 and we saw um significant increases in the students who qualified under Section 504 because the expressed intent of Congress was to broaden coverage for the Americans with this abilities act um at that time um we had veterans coming back from war and we had um veterans having difficulty accessing education accessing employment accessing housing and um there were a series of very restrictive previously restricted um Supreme Court cases that narrowed the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act so Congress broadened that and our implementation
007of that school district implementation of that throughout the country likewise broadened primarily to also include students who had significant Health Care needs um to also include those students under 504 plans go the next um I took a quick infographic off of the um office of civil rights page the US Department of Education um from their civil rights data collection data um I think it can be helpful to look at data kind of big picture globally where are things at at the federal level where are things at at the state level where things at at the local level um so this is a snapshot of federal data um showing that in the 2020 2021 the last reportable information that they had out out of the Civil Rights data collection for disability services approximately 14% of students
008Nationwide qualified under idea and and approximately 3% were served only under Section 504 that Federal data collection for 504 um in a non-technical term is rather squishy because there are not outside of the Civil Rights data collection there are not strong federal reporting requirements where districts have consistent Federal data reporting requirements to um share information around um eligibility Services the range of services the intensity of services like we have under idea so big asteris I think all of our idea data is stronger data that um is more reliable where that 504 data is relatively squishy next slide um at the state level um this is information that's publicly available off of opi's gems site um in the 2324 school year Montana supported 14858 students total and 2,832 of those students had IEPs had disabilities that
009required specially designed instruction under an IEP um there's some additional um historical longitudinal data off to the side for state identification rates uh Montana has seen identification rates move from around 133% to around 15% um for identifying students with disabilities um then you know steadily increasing um that's also mirrored a national Trend in identification data um there's no data available on gems because it's not a reportable um area for Section 504 there's not a common data collection process for students who qualify with that lesser intensity type of disability um doing some digging with Damian our data Guru in the district um we were able to pull some numbers looking at a point in time in October for our students with disabilities um primarily under 504 and um you can see that we've demonstrated a pretty
010steady significant increase in qualifications for students with 504 levels of impairment um on the right side of the the screen um we have historical idea data counts going back to 2006 to present um where we also mirrored State and National Trends with some pretty significant steady slow and steady increases um as we were seeing growth in our community growth in District enrollment our identification rates for students with disabilities was outpacing that districtwide level of growth um and and so you can see we had a larger and larger percentage um tapping out at around a 12 and a half% identification rate um over the last several years as we've put more of a focus on um and particularly coming out of covid um during that time frame we were supporting students we were identifying students um
011we have the ability under idea to wave the three-year reevaluation requirements and so during Co that was pretty challenging to physically engage in re-evaluations um so we waved many re-evaluations during that time frame um we picked that back up we had some uh intensive intentional discussions around specially designed instruction what is the who are the students that um need that level of intensification um we we really tried to Anchor discussions around special education and idea in the context of the schoolwide system of supports that we were providing and because of that that prompted us to um engage in quite a few re-evaluations and as we engaged in those reevaluations we were able to exit a significant number of students and most of those students that we exited from IEPs still had some level of impairment
012still had some need for accommodations and so they made that shift from a full IEP with specially designed instruction to a 504 plan that focused solely on accommodations um you see that shift play out in our enrollment numbers where our numbers of students with IEPs dropped our numbers of students with 504 is increased um I also think our community does a really good job um whether that's um medical providers reaching out um encouraging families to share information with schools about a student's healthare needs whether that's um private counselors um private psychologists neuros psychologists neurologists pediatricians sharing information with families who then share information with us and we engage in that dialogue around what level of support is the appropriate level of support so if individuals have some level of impairment that doesn't rise to an
013idea level of impairment that requires specially designed instruction that fits under 504 and so we've we've seen that growth um for our student population next slide um is reflective this um is kind of a busy slide looking at identification under specific areas of Eligibility under idea these are all students with IEPs um as we were working through covid um our that blue dotted line represents our students with specific learning disabilities dyslexia Falls in this category um we had this also we can kind of look at some contextual factors around 20178 we are making the shift um implementing star assessment setting High benchmarks making the shift to the smarter balanced assessment again very high standards very high benchmarks um as we were raising the bar for what it means to be proficient in our district we
014were very concerned that we had students who weren't proficient that was leading to referrals that was leading to identification um so we saw slow and steady growth on on that um Blue Line reflective of students with learning disabilities and then when we re-engaged on that reeval process over the last several years that's where we see that curve bending and the number of students qualifying under idea dropping again those are students that are predominantly shifting into the 504 world can you briefly just run through the abbreviations I can yeah um LD is specific learning disability o would be other health impairment that's a sort of a catchall of students who have some level of Health impairment that adversely impacts their educational progress to the point of going beyond the need for accommodations and requiring specially designed
015instruction SL is speech and language impairment um MD is multiple disabilities um so we have some students who qualify on under multiple areas and then that gets pulled in as multiple disabilities Au is autism uh we have educational criteria adopted by the state and board of public education that we use it's a little bit different than medical criteria for autism but a medical diagnosis often prompts us to engage in an evaluation in a school setting to then validate or or um I want say invalidate because we have some students with autism who don't need the full IEP but may still need accommodations under 504 um CD is cognitive disbility um Ed is emotional um disturbance um I saw some pending legislation discussion around changing the name of um emotional disturbance to emotional disability I thought
016that was interesting to see that um working its way through the legislature at this time and DD is developmental delay and that's our only area of eligibility that has a sort of an age range to it um where um a child may only qualify under developmental delay between the ages of three and nine and it's an area of Eligibility that recognizes that um we may not have a clear picture of a child's disability related needs at that young of an age but we can see that they have some level of impairment that requires support and the age out by age nine really prompts us to take a deeper dive as the child is seven or eight years old when their disability related needs have become a clear picture um most of our areas of Eligibility
017have been relatively stable um but some of them U multiple disabilities and specific learning disability um are are two that have shown some some slower and steady growth um Mike has put together this next slide and different iterations of it um and we've got a link to Mike's other documents but what I alluded to earlier were funding sources for special education services um there are no funds that are earmarked or available for 504 Services Under idea the feds have um set targets and glide paths over the years to say we need to to fulfill the promise of full funding um there's been legislation introduced in Congress that's really never taken off um that has focused on full funding that 40% Mark um on this graph you can see that as our um students with disabilities
018um identification has increased over the years our spending to support students with disabilities has significantly increased over the years um the dark blue portion of the bar represents all state and local funds that cover the services for students with disabilities sorry all local um and general funds the light blue bar represents the state general fund special education block grant and then there's the red um that's Federal Ida um and so that that is not um if you're looking at math and proportions you can see pretty quickly that that red bar does not equate to 40% of the entire bar um and there is an imperceptibly small you have to trust us on this that it's their uh Pink part of the bar and that pink part of the bar represents the federal share of idea
019preschool funding um so we receive roughly $30,000 every year to provide services for three and four-year-old students um where where we're required to evaluate them on a running basis as they approach the age of three required to serve them and enroll them um currently there are no um there are no State funds we collect no A and B for our three and foury olds yet we're required to serve them and the small offset um come comes from our idea funds and then the last slide um I've included some links on this um to some different current events and Hot Topics that are happening in the world of special education um just walking through these as bullet points I'm not sure what kind of feedback you're getting from families I'm hearing some from families um and
020definitely um quite a bit from staff um and and just seeing within the field um concern around the dismantling of the Department of Education um I link in the specific executive order from March 20th around that um the executive order itself does not provide Clarity around what happens if the depart or as the Department of Education um is wound down um there have been assurances that title funding and idea funding will continue there's been discussion that management of that idea budget would shift from the Department of Education to the Department of Health and Human Services it's not really been put in writing anywhere with any kind of plan um one concern that I have around this is that we really all need that um accountability check and as a district we get audited by OPI
021for our special education practices every 5 years all district in all districts in Montana undergo that compliance monitoring process and likewise OPI goes through a compliance monitoring process by the US Department of Education Office of special education programs every time we go through a compliance monitoring process there are findings no district is perfect we welcome that feedback and it's an opportunity for us to get better um when OPI went through their recent audit through the Department of Education likewise there were findings there were findings in the areas of dispute resolution of fiscal monitoring and of disproportionality and how they manage um all of those areas um without a Department of Education there would not be that type of monitoring per se um so I know that in the world of Special Ed this is this
022is a Hot Topic people are keenly watching um you know get the routine call to action um around these kinds of topics um but we really don't have hard Clarity on on what this means for us I also put in a link um you may have heard um about a Section 504 lawsuit um this is a lawsuit that stems from Health and Human Services uh Texas versus Basera um there are 17 States Montana is one of them who have signed on to this lawsuit the law suit was originally related to a Health and Human Services rule that added gender dysphoria to the list of eligible impairments under the Americans with Disabilities Act in Section 504 and um even though there's a significant amount of chatter that section 504 As We Know know it in schools
023is not at risk the proposed remedy in the lawsuit signed on by the 17 States seeks to call 504 unconstitutional um so that's expressly in the lawsuit um the wheels of Justice take time there is no immediate risk to 504 being immediately overturned um but we do have families who are concerned that the supports that have been in a 504 plan the supports that are in IEPs may not have that weight of of of federal civil rights protection um we also have there's an active lawsuit in Montana um filed by disability rights Montana on T on behalf of several individuals that um seeks to expand the age of eligibility for students with IEPs um if you recall a couple sessions ago House Bill 233 expanded the age of eligibility for students with significant intellectual disabilities
024to access Educational Services through the age of 21 and to provide State funding for that and our board adopted a policy that carved out um enrollment and services for students under house bill 233 and um Boseman High currently houses a Pathways program to support students through the age of 21 um disability rights Montana um is is relying on a different court case out of Hawaii that pairs um access to adult ed as a free education for all adults um and equates that to creating a free appropriate public education requirement for any student through the age of 21 with an IEP not just those students with the most significant disabilities like our legislature had outlined um having worked in another state that had uh through the age of 21 for any student it really wasn't that
025different than what we're currently doing um maybe a case here or a case there that was different um the case at disability rights Montana is referring to um is a long-standing case out of Hawaii also in the ninth circuit um where they ruled that because Hawaii had the publicly funded education Adult Ed program that that created an obligation to be more expansive with idea so there's a potential that this case could expand um sort of without legislative intent at the state level could expand our obligations for providing services at the state level a andb is still very specifically linked to students with significant intellectual disabilities who would be eligible for Adult Services then the last bullet point um House Bill 168 um is what I referred to earlier um that is looking at providing A
026and B funding for our three and fouryear old students who are identified as students with IEPs um that has been listed as on the bubble um and happy to report that it passed House Appropriations today that's special ed idea 504 um in a snapshot and be happy to field any questions thoughts comments thank you Chad any questions Gary yeah thanks Chad um I'm curious on the evaluations used to delineate between Ida and 504 those evaluations are pretty objective and give you good data on how those students are functioning and what category they fall into yes um we we have we call it our child find requirement if we have reason to suspect that a student has a disability that um would make them eligible under 504 or idea we work through a process where we
027review all existing data that we have um often times we're flush with data private avow reports our own um data collection systems over the years so we start with the data that we have we use that to determine what additional assessments we may need um we um then outline we seek permission to complete additional assessments um get permission from the family we have some structured timelines um initial evaluations need to be completed within 60 days from the point of referral and um some of the eligibility areas have very specific quantifiable um criteria specific measurable Norm referenced scales um other areas have more um the there's not a hard cut score we have to determine as a multidisciplinary team whether um uh a child's disability related needs significantly adversely impact that child's performance there's language within
028Section 504 that quantifies a disabil ility as being um outside of the norm of the general population and so we still use a mix of Norm referenced assessments and curriculum based classroom based assessments um Norm reference assessments tell us how different is this students performance compared to same age peers and we can quantify that the classroom based information really helps us identify that need for specially designed instruction thanks I I want to give some historical perspective on this can we go back to the slide that shows the how much the the red and the light blue yes so just to clarify the red is what the federal government is paying correct under Ida and by law they're supposed to be paying up to 40% yes okay so the the dark blue line above is what
029we have to correct money we have to fund so just some perspective when I was on the mtsba board of directors I think it was in 2018 each August our directors would go to Washington DC and we would meet with our Congressional Delegation and at that year one of the top topics we wanted to talk with all of them about was Ida funding is there any way to increase that funding the first meeting we had was with Senator tester so we brought up this topic and he said well I actually have a bill that I'm sponsoring that would provide a was a seven-year Progressive increase in the funding of Ida to get it up to the 40% and he said I need I'm looking for Republican sponsors to co-sponsor so we leave Senator Tess's office
030and we go to Senator danne's office and we bring up Ida funding and we've made a com somebody in the room made a comment about the bill Senator tester had and Senator Danes told us he knew nothing about the bill but he look into it so when we left that meeting I took it upon myself to uh connect with the people within Senator danne's office so I did that several times while we were still in DC the next day or two and then for about a week or two after that kept connected with him can we get information about what his position is on this funding and never got a response which left not only me but mtsba with the view that there's no way the Congress is going to increase the Ida funding like
031they're obligated to so that graph could change if the federal government if the red increased our blue would decrease so I just want to give people that perspective and um you know if you're concerned about this and we we need to contact our congressmen to at least encourage them to do something with this any further truste questions thanks Chad thank you up next recognition and awards 2.3.1 2025 Science Olympiad state competition Mr gutzman welcome you bringing all your kids up with you so who whomever is going to speak if you you could sit and turn the microphone on and speak into the microphone if you're GNA present your kids maybe you could start just hit the right but yep thank you we're good ah thanks thank you for having us today um we're just here
032to celebrate our team and our individual state champions today uh we we competed was March 6th uh at Montana State University for the day in our uh state uh Science Olympiad competition we had um four state champions Sabrina Helman I think she's working right now she's at her job um Shan Goodman AR daser yanov and Jack wedi um Shan and Jack won a state championship in chemistry lab um Ry and Jack won in micro Mission which I don't think was on our list and Sabrina and Ry won in um anatomy and physiology uh our team consists of 15 individuals um we placed fourth out this year out of 48 38 teams um we had a mix a big mix of newcomers and seniors um we studied really hard we did really well I'm super proud
033of our team they um not only are terrific students they're also terrific competitors and so you guys have been involved for three years years and two years each and they are multiple medal winners not just state champions so I am super proud of these guys they deserve a lot of credit they work really hard and couldn't be more proud of our team and our school very good thank you thank you any questions for the science lymphad kids Casey Mr gsman can you uh repeat the the piece that we missed and the so we can get it on record and this was probably my fault um no worries we just want to get right Jack wedi and uh Arty right uh one in micro Mission micro Mission micro Mission micro Mission yeah sorry that was Jack
034in our Dash yeah you got it okay S I think it's micro I wonder if you could um describe um the micro Mission or the you know the intent of that or what you had to study or create or whatever the three um challenges I don't know what to call them but Absol so you me the three separate events or just yes event yes that's so as far as micro Mission goes because me and already completed map uh it name kind of I feel like takes away a little bit from the intensity of it it's really a big microbiology test testing you on different kinds of microscopy anywhere from flues fluoresence microscopy the scanning electron microscopy elements of those uh those uh microscopes and what they're good for viewing and bad for viewing um microbial
035metabolisms um the domains of life it's very broad microbiology Concepts um and then as far as chemistry lab oh do a question no no as far as chemistry lab goes it's pretty comparable to an AP Chemistry curriculum so there's um stuff on electric chemistry equilibrium stochiometry Etc and then I will let Ry and Shan speak on um third which was I believe or speak on yeah it was just like a uh a test over three different body systems of the body I guess um yeah that's all right thank you how did you guys become involved in Science Olympiad um so I started my sophomore year when my friend Shelby invited me she's our chap our chapters president um so I was in Cross Country in HOSA with her and she said oh you're in HOSA
036Jack you probably really like Science Olympia joined up did cell biology and placed first in that sophomore year and so then I just like I don't know I just really enjoyed it and I kept going with different events each year uh I thought I was going out of state because my parents were pushing me really hard to get to a good uh out of state college um so I just decided to join as many uh science related clubs as I could to really uh buff up my uh application I was to G High School sophomore year and I did CR Shelby and she supp that also the and play Third and year I just enjoyed the club I enjoyed people I enjoyed the challenge Gary yeah well congratulations I'm curious how your experience in science
037olymp it influences your future plans for your life so I wanted toist and I didn't have any interest inistry thought I decid to and like the um the focus on like the measurements and just learning everything like do things I really enjoy the teacher and most of my friends are in that class and taking Kem lab and science spre uh I just knew it was going to be a good club to pair up with my uh uh medical or Premed degree I I've always wanted that since I was a freshman so I just had that going in mind um for me I kind of like started my interest off Mar like I said and that between that AP biology AP Physics AP Chemistry and my other clubs that I've done it helped me get a
038foot a foot in the door at MSU I'm working in a lab there and hoping to pursue a degree in Biochemistry there so it's kind of helped me get a foot in the door in way and get a little bit of like credibility in the field well congratulations thank you very much for being here tonight and representing your school trust e d hello um first of all thanks Mr gutzman and congratulations to each of you and thanks Shelby for being a a great recruiter um I feel like you answered all the questions I had and so um without further Ado I move that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution where where whereas Science Olympiad is one of the Premier science competitions in the nation providing standard-based challenges to nearly 8,000 teams in all
03950 states and whereas the Montana Science Olympiad took place on March 4th 2025 and whereas Jack wedi and Shan Goodman took first place in Ken chem lab and whereas Jack wedi and ardashir usmanov took first in microbe Mission and whereas Sabrina Helmer and rasher usmanov took first place in anatomy and physiology therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees recognize and honor sha Shan Goodman Sabrina Hillman ardashir usmanov and jack wedi for the science olympi their Science Olympiad Awards second motion made by truste D seconded by truste Wilson is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes s to zero congratulations congratulations thank thank you very much thanks to your parents for coming out tonight as well and if we could invite you to please meet truste D who's walking out
040in the in the hall for a picture that would be great thank you up next 2.3.2 20242 BHS boys basketball all state individual Mr ader good evening board members I'm going to introduce Troy Hostetler Bosman High uh head boys basketball coach and he'll discuss and with you cash Embry uh Bosman High All State boys basketball athlete cash on welcome gentlemen good evening thank you um please forgive me for reading this but I find the older I get the more I foret so um I don't want want to forget anything on this young man I want to give you a little uh back uh background on our season um we struggled a little bit at the beginning um we had a good four game winning streak there in the middle and I want to credit the
041players and especially this guy sitting next to me to you know for the the amount of effort and grind they put in during the season and and figuring out the process and and working through that um that's always one of the most uh rewarding things as a coach is you know matter what your season ends you know that your players put in the time and the effort and they and they find a way to to be successful um Let me give a background on this guy um one of my favorite players I've ever had um he's a three-year Varsity starter he's three-time academic All State he's a two-time state participant and he a two-time All State re recipient um he led the Eastern Conference in scoring at 16 and a half a game he was
042fourth in rebounding top 12 in steel second in field goals made second in free throw percentage um and average of the most free throws per game in conference um it's a credit to the player he is that he got all state recognition recognized by his fellow coaches in the Eastern doublea with the season we had um we finished sixth as a six seed um with a 8 and 11 overall record and 68 in conference that's hard to get that type of recognition when your when your team doesn't necessarily finish that high so credit to him um a little bit more background on him um that I've learned over the years uh he's a dedicated person who cares about the program cares about the people that are involved with his success he's a competitor that takes
043ownership of his performance and the performance of the teams he's involved with prioritizes his time to make sure he's taking care of his off- the court obligations as well as his time and importance to the team showed great leadership this year uh under trying circumstances at times he was our only Varsity returner from last year um and he took responsibility of leading both on and off the court and like I said he's one of my favorite kids I'll miss him um I went to school with his father so he's overcome a lot um credit credit to his mother so um and I look forward to following his journey um next year when he plays football for the cats thanks coach hos thanks any questions for Mr Embry Melissa um cash it was an honor to
044watch you play this past year I know the season didn't go as you wanted it to but thank you for being a leader on and off the field and I think the first time I saw you was third grade with Twi engling the twine and you knew you were special then so congratulations thank you Gary yeah just a comment and congratulations it's this is well deserved thank you and uh watching you guys this year it's uh it was very evident that you you definitely stepped up physically and mentally and uh I think was a good leader on the team and you performed well and consistent and it's much appreciated so this is a welld deserved honor thank you I appreciate it so cash are you is there any part of you that wishes you were
045playing basketball next year yeah uh basketball is my first love I'm going to miss it a lot and you know the season didn't go well the way we wanted it to but I got the opportunity to play this weekend too up at the hit tournament so that was fun but yeah I definitely miss basketball a lot do you know position you're playing at MSU yeah I'll play wide receiver oh excellent yeah it's been a joy watching you all these years I've been watching you since the sonics yeah and um took me a while to figure out you were not the age of the rest of those kids and then when I figured that out I knew you had a I already knew you had a bright future in uh as a student athlete um so
046congratulations on everything and and uh you're a great leader this year after you lost all your uh guys from last year and um won that football championship your junior year and so was great run so congratulations thank you appreciate it Kevin all right well first of all congratulations cash um exciting honor for you um I know you said not hard questions all day what I did at work was Googled like the 10 hardest questions so we might be here a little bit just for you um okay I actually just thought of that so I didn't hopefully they not very hard questions um you know appreciate being around you for many years um as most have mentioned I think Burke was showing me tingling the twine videos um which was a lot of great basketball so
047um so we do have a long relationship going back a few years ago also probably some flag football stuff here and there but um so you know out of I guess out of this year what experience would you value the most and take forward uh I would say building relationships with people that I've never really around as much so I've obviously played with people older than me my entire life and this year I got the opportunity to be able to hang out and grow with people that I've never really hung out with outside of sports or anything so I think that the the relationships I built this year were something that will definitely last a long time and then do you have any idea what you're studying up at MCU uh yeah I'll do engineering
048either civil or mechanical okay are those too tough for you yeah the two questions all right yeah all right again congratulations appreciate you appreciate you know what you've done the last four years but just being involved in in your life for quite a few years you you are a great kid appreciate everything that you do so congratulations um I moved that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution whereas the Boseman High boys basketball team finished the season with an 82 record and whereas Boseman High cash Ambry was selected first team All State therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees recognize and honor cashing Ambry for this accomplishment second motion made by trustee Black seconded by trustee Moran is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes 7 to zero
049congratulations cash and Coach hos you guys could meet trusty black out in the hall thank you thanks to the parents for coming Kade and Chelsea up next 2.3.3 20242 ghs girls basketball state championship team and all state individuals good evening once again I am going to ask that our head coach uh seconde head coach who's made two trips to state so far uh Taylor Cummings to please come up and bring your team up with you and I let her discuss our state championship team if you guys could all come forward and try to position yourself around those columns where all the trustees can see you it's kind of a challenge but do your best hello um thank you guys for having us here uh today this team uh here had a really really special season
050for Gallatin uh coming off of a season we made their that trip to State last year didn't really finish where we wanted to and these individuals um they put in the work in the offseason they put in the work this season and um even with the devastating loss you know to west in the middle of the season um which ended up being our only loss this year we went into that championship game um with all the confidence in each other um as a team and you could tell that we wanted it and through the highs and lows um they stuck to what we've been working on all year as far as coming together as a team being able to make those big playss um and I'm just really really really proud of all of them
051um even we've got some our JV Squad here not all of them got a suit up for state but they practice with us all season I believe it's they make us better as a team and they're the future of this program and so they're up here tonight um but also our senior class who was here from you know the seasons with very few wins um to a season with only one loss and so I think their leadership and growth through this program was an was instrumental um to Our Success this season as well so um I appreciate everything these guys have done and they're they're pretty awesome group of young women so pretty awesome is Right are there trustee questions for the Raptor girls Sandy so the seniors who who are they yeah um could
052you share with us what you're going to do what your plans are going forward um after this year if you have them you may not have them yet not [Music] excellent well congratulations to you guys that was really exciting uh coach Cummings also congratulations to you I think I just saw you got coach of the year I yeah I think so yeah yeah so well deserved thanks um are they going to do the All State players now as well do I introduce them as now as well that'd be great you could introduce the All State players and you could introduce everybody you'd like to do it is fine okay perfect I'll I'll start I'll introduce everyone and then I'll I'll go our All State players here last um we have ailia Hunter she's a sophomore
053for our program Lydia Stewart a freshman Ava flamming a freshman Isa odard another freshman uh Taylor thigpin another freshman JD May one of our seniors Anna litsen a sophomore Cali wisman a senior Emma Hardman a senior a odard a junior Jada Davis a junior STI Perry a sophomore Laura Li Hogan a junior Taylor Coleman a freshman Michaela Coleman a junior and then Alyssa Armstrong our last senior um so we see we return a lot of players um for next season which is exciting and then our All State uh selections Jada Davis um Jada you know has been an instrumental part of this program for three years now this year I believe she finished second in the league in scoring um was tournament MVP made some really really critical plays for us but just has also
054um Steeps up on both sides of the court at all times um and as a leader this year she was really big for us and so um we're excited to see what she does with her senior season as well and then a odard um a Workhorse uh if you guys watch a play you know she is all over the place all the time um rebounds uh but she also um played a really balanced game this year for us um and so yeah we're they're both Juniors and so we're excited to have them both both back next season so lot championship game was fun there were a lot of really special story lines out of your season this year and uh that championship game felt like you were going to let it slip away for a
055second and then you didn't we didn't yeah so that was pretty awesome it was late past my bedtime um kind of seemed like there was some refereeing issues maybe some possession arrow issues did verify they did give Wes the ball twice in a row so yeah and I'm no expert but I saw that with my own eyes but you guys you guys overcame that yep so congratulations again and I'm really glad you got it done this year because I think you'll have a chance to play loose and repeat so go get them and and uh Kevin well congratulations to all of you it was a exciting season and um a good ending to the year as well the championship game um like Greg said it did end up being a late night but probably well
056worth it for all you guys um I guess for you guys returning I mean obviously the goal would be but what do you guys think it takes next year to be back here I think something that we really Pride oursel on as a program is staying humble and hungry and so I mean it feels great to win a state championship but I also think we know that like the work's not done and the preparation for next year starts right now and so I think just coming into next season with the mindset that you know we have to really want it again and it's not just going to be handed to us and so we have to be working hard in the off seon now so that way when we hit the floor together in November
057we're ready to go as a team and ready to go individually so that way we can go and hopefully repeat our success next season I say teamwork though too I feel like we had a lot of um special bonds this year that we was able to carry over to championship games being able just kind of carry those over to next year and trust each other to be able to get done again next year so yeah teamwork was a big part of the success this year I'd say Gary well it's my pleasure to do this motion so just to give you a little history my professional life in sports medison stuff was I worked with Olympic athletes bam colleges uh High School Middle School Club teams so I developed kind of this um sense of how
058to assess a team and you guys are a team so that was really good kind of related to this um we have kind of a connection to Jada we live in the same neighborhood I've lived next door to her great-grandmother to her grandmother and to her mother um so it's been fun to watch that develop and uh watch J grow so um and the final thing is 20 years ago 2005 my daughter was a starting guard on the hawk girls basketball team we played Billings West in the state tournament in Billings and we lost so that has been a heavy load on my wife and I shoulders for years and watching you guys win that game lifted all that up so thank you very much it was great you you did a great job great
059job with the coaches congratulations to the parents for all the support and uh next year will be a different year but you're pretty young group good good gathers so it should go well so with that I make the following motion uh recommends the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution whereas the gallon High girls basketball team competed in a daa state basketball tournament in Boseman March 13th through 15 2025 and whereas the Gallatin High girls team finished as state champions team members include Alyssa Armstrong Michaela Coleman Taylor Coleman Jada Davis Ava flamming Emma Hardman Hardman Laura Lee Hogan Emily Hunter Anna litsen Jada May Kate nansel Ava odard Isa odard Satie Perry Lydia Stewart Taylor Thigpen and Cali wisman and whereas Galla High student athletes Jada Davis and Ava odard earned First Team all state
060honors therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees recognize in honor the 2024 2025 Gallatin High state championship basketball team and all state individuals Jada Davis and Ava odard second motion made by trusty Lucine seconded by trusty Wilson is there any public comment before we vote it's a y guard so we're clear all in favor motion passes 7 to zero congratulations thank you very much to you all for coming thanks to the parents that are here tonight as well and before you all leave if we could invite you to please join trusty Lucine in the hall for a picture that'd be appreciated thank you Mr Ms is he back there somewhere my two favorite High School principles yes I'd make a motion to approve item 3.3.1 on the consent agenda second motion made by
061truste Black seconded by truste Moran is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes six to zero Cher Neil I'm sorry but just to clarify was that just for 3.3.1 or was that for also 3.4.1 just 3.3.1 he just wants this meeting go longer yes I want somebody else to make a motion I'd make another motion to approve 3.4.1 second motion made by trusty Black seconded by truste D is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes six to zero I'd make a motion to approve item 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 second motion made by trusty Black seconded by truste D is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes 5 to zero up next is 5.3 under board discussion legislative update uh couple quick items uh not
062there he is um thank you to um trusty Lucine uh who testified earlier in the week on the house bill 153 the denial study um describing the interim commission um that was well received um in Senate education um a couple ones that we're watching carefully is house Bell 339 which is the sixth grade funding bill that um is on on hold in House Appropriations the hearing was back in February 26 I believe and nothing has happened since then I'm not sure um I believe there's a variety of politics going on um in the session and that one's on hold um the Stars act um had a hearing in Senate Ed on um 37 and that one is also um kind of on hold and we're hopeful that that one moves forward quickly as we approach
063uh negotiations um it's critical that we're um understanding what our financial Outlook looks like with the house bill 15 on inflation and House Bill 252 on the Stars act we are um proceeding as if they are going to pass um good news house bow 15 did make it to the governor's desk and U that's the inflationary increases um that that's all I have for a legislative update thank you Gary yeah I may have missed this but um did you mention the amendments to 153 that were put out today no okay just I have a copy of those but um they were done by I've been wondering why this has been held up in Senate head but um Senator Emer made some recommendations that at least my read it makes it more specific in a good
064way of what they should do with the funding formula um but I would suggest you know if you want to follow that read that um and I'll I'll watch the meeting tomorrow and see what happen happens with uh that hearing but it seems to be keeping be keeping having amendments that seem to be moving in a good direction thank you uh Wednesday Thursday this week we convene staff well-being um consensus group um thanks to Pat Strauss for facilitating uh where also any chance we have to do consensus Pat is training others um and Emma Emma yeah Emma toline from a teacher at highlight will be co-facilitating um with Pat we have about 50 staff members um or 50 people that'll be in this room uh all day Wednesday Wednesday Thursday we're looking to increase the
065classified um participation before then and um thank you to Sandy and Tanya for your participation any further P all right are there any Board of Trustees reports Lauren um I just wanted to say as many of you know I went down to Orlando with the 8th grade Chief Joseph Middle School um Orchestra and band um there were 90 students and 30 chapons teachers admin from the district and um I thought they represented us very well and I'm grateful we come from a community that supports the Arts and those opportunities for our students and I had the opport uh the opportunity to talk to one of the gentleman who helps run the music program and he was just very impressed with the kids coming out of Boseman How They Carried themselves and the respect and everything
066else and I just like those Feelgood stories and I think it's important as a community we hear um how our middle schoolers are representing us when they're out in the world thank you Sandy um I just wanted to mention to uh remind the um board to check the in particular the events that are coming up for the bosan school foundations um we've got a couple of um we have a couple of um scholarship assembly type things that are coming up that it's great to have board members come and see these kids and I I participated in um a morning of inviting oh Melissa you were so right like I just it's so amazing to to because these kids have no idea why they're being called to the principal's office and um just the heartwarming stories
067and the looks on their faces the great work that the school Foundation is doing it's just it's wonderful so it's in the uh board what is it well I think the worthy student one is the 21st at 6 at ghs and three of our student council reps yeah received a worthy student scholarship MH the trustee calendar trusty calendar that's what I'm looking for yeah any your further Board of trustey reports all right I will adjourn the meeting thank you