001everyone ready I call this meeting to order roll call please Mrs Clark trusty Burleson here truste black here truste D here truste Lucine excused trusty Moran here truste Neil here truste Reinhardt here trusty Wilson here please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance i al to the flag of the United States of America to the stand indiv welcome to the February 24th B 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 23-24 MCA by remaining in this meeting all participants and attendees
002acknowledge they may 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 participating will be provided throughout the meeting before we engage in the business of the board I would like to share with all the core purpose of the Boseman 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 2.3 recognition and awards 2.3.1 Montana Association of Secondary School principles principal of the Year Dr King and principal schne welcome ericn was nominated for and won the Montana Association of secondary school principal of the Year award due to her exceptional leadership and attentiveness to her many responsibilities as
003a servant leader she prioritizes her students and staff Above All Else her Effectiveness as a high school principal stems from the career path she followed which led to in-depth understanding of Comprehensive High School operations she began as a respected social studies teacher where she developed deep pedagogical knowledge and genuine connection with students her time as dean of students honed her ability to balance discipline with empathy while her role as an assistant principal particularly her Mastery of complex Master scheduling gave her crucial insights into schoolwide systems these varied experiences didn't merely prepare Erica for principal ship they shaped her holistic understanding of Education from multiple perspectives allowing her to make decisions that consider impacts at every level what truly elevates Erica from Excellence to exceptional leadership are her remarkable character traits her profound caring for each
004student and staff member creates an environment where people feel valued her compassion enables her to respond to challenges with both firmness and understanding Erica's extraordinary work ethic demonstrating an unwavering commitment to Gallatin High School Success sets a standard throughout the building her deeply reflective nature means she continually continuously evaluates programs and approaches making very thoughtful adjustments rather than reactive changes perhaps most impressive iive is how she combines sharp intelligence with emotional awareness allowing her to navigate complex educational issues while maintaining genuine human connection Erica schne demonstrates remarkable steadiness and thoughtfulness when leading change initiatives with both determination and empathy she is skillfully managing the the challenging transition to a block schedule embedded teacher collaboration time intervention periods and a revamped special education model providing stability for students staff and families throughout there's so many things
005I wanted to say I had to write them all down so her commitment to all students is evident in her resource allocation for struggling Learners and her collaboration with staff to support multilingual students she ensures every student receives appropriate instruction and attention within the school Community most notably Eric a has built a truly welcoming and inclusive School environment where every student feels valued and represented she and her Education team have created a vibrant School culture from scratch during Gallatin High School's early years an impressive achievement that required Vision persistence and genuine care for the community I will never forget how the first graduates of gallon high school literally a handful of very special a very handful of students who were were graduating early do you remember this um they enjoyed the thoughtfulness of a very
006special graduation ceremony Allah principal schne and she spent like the night before rigging a balloon drop and there were Raptor colors and the whole everything and then fast forward to the graduation ceremony last year with students conveying so many Swifty bracelets to Erica that they covered both her arms through her deliberate and ongoing efforts to recognize diverse teams clubs and student achievements she has established traditions and practices that will Define Gallatin High School's identity for years to come the massp principal of the Year award is so well deserved congratulations Erica thank you that was really really nice I would agree very welld deserved trusty questions for principal schne Sandy well I know that you and you do you surround yourself with Incredible people that help you do the job that you do but you lead
007that um and so I am so proud to have all the incredible leaders that we have in our district and you are one of them from and I didn't know you when you were a teacher but the first time you came into my lens was the sticky notes across the back back of the boardroom as you plan for a year the opening of G and from then on I watch you complete that methodically thoughtfully with a lot of input and move on to opening a high school during the middle of Co and I will say that is challenging enough but to maintain and that was the one thing that I was just in awe of is how you maintained cult that you thought was so important that the kids were working on and you believed
008in throughout that time and came out on the other side have the school that when you walk in when I walk in gon high in all our schools really frankly but gon High the feeling is it's so kids centered it's the kids are first when when it comes to serving um them and I just I'm so proud to have you part of the team in umsd so thank you for everything you've doneen I was going to say something very similar to Sandy um you also came into my life during the high school transition committee and I was in awe of your energy and everything you were thinking about from chair color to uh just what would the feel be and after that transition committee you still reached out to me to make sure that the
009community forers of the community and I can tell that your whole heart was in it like Samy say you have an amazing team we're so lucky here with our admin and I know you build each other up and help each other a ton um but as your liaison being in the school there are 1500 kids in there and it seems like you have made a connection with all of them when we walk through the Halls together and that is really important and really cool because we want to keep the thank you for your dedication and I think this award was much deserved you well mostly I just want to say congratulations they both said some great things the transition commun was not the first time in met so might have been in high school so
010go back a little bit further so but this is very well deserving appreciate everything that you do congratulations congratulations Erica I'm I'm super happy for you um just real quick um in 1992 when the Hawks were playing in the state championship uh basketball tournament you wore the hawk mascot in the championship game and I wore the HW mascot in a semi-final game so you you and I will always have that we could break him out again on Thursday or Friday if you want um but I remember you talking in 2018 and 19 about you were excited to build culture at a new building and that sounded good I didn't really know what it meant um but it sounded and then when the building was there and one in two years in I I fully realized
011what it means to build culture and um and those index cards along the back of the boardroom each of those was a task that had to be completed in order for Gallatin High School to open successfully open and um you systematically took those index cards down and when you walk in to that building um that you you understand what it's like to to see a place that has culture that's built years and um you've done a great job well deserved really proud of you and happy for you so thanks for everything that you do for for this I don't want to repeat um all the wonderful things that I agree with that everyone is saying here I just want to add that I have so much gratitude for you for how hard you work and
012everything that you do for our community and for the kids at ghs so just Bott of my heart thanks so much so my first encounter with you was in I think 2015 on the wory we were on the worthy student committee together and I was so impressed with your organizational skills Your Enthusiasm and you follow the rules you there was a teacher who really wanted a kid to get a worthy student recipient and you were like no they they have too many absences they don't have the GPA and you you help ground impressed and and you knew all these kids you were so passionate about them and um and then the next couple of years you continued to be on that committee with us and showed us great leadership and the first year that you
013left the wordy student committee because you took over at gon high school we lost a big leader and um we had to reevaluate our process and it was a lot of fun to work with you you accepted the challenge at Gallatin High School and the culture that they have there is amazing love these students and the Taylor Swift bracelets at graduation last year was my first time attending a gallon high school graduation you said on that stage with so much pride and just embarked in bracelets and it was amazing and the relationship that you have with Mr Mills is fantastic as well so thank you continue to do what you're doing is my honor to move that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution whereas the M principal of the Year award recognizes secondary
014principles who have succeeded in providing high quality learning opportunities for students as well as demonstrating explanatory contributions to the profession an eligible candidate must have been an active principal for at least three consecutive years and whereas the recipient must have professional evidence of student performance through compiled data testing show a strong commitment to the principal ship through active members and professional associations be respected by students colleagues parents and the community at large assuming an active role in their Community distinguishing themsel as a leader in Civic religious or humanitarian activities show strong educational leadership by setting high expectations for school staff and students and maintain an orderly purposeful learning environment and whereas principal of gallon high school was nominated for and subsequently granted the MP principal of the Year award because she is an outstanding servant
015leader who has built a welcoming and inclusive School culture and puts her students and staff first and whereas the award ceremony was held on January 27th at the Sam principal conference in Helena therefore be it resolved that the Board of Trustees recognize Andor High Principal Erica sh for this award second motion made by trustee Moran seconded by truste D is there any public comment see none all in favor motion passes 7 to zero [Applause] congratulations thanks for coming Erica 2.3.2 presidential award for excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching Mr helck yes Mr HCK all right so it's my uh h privilege to introduce miles McGee here I know many of you have known and worked with or had students who have gone through his Science Program here so I'm going to tell a little story
016um this is my sixth year at Boseman high and it was about the same time if you can rewind six years ago there was a lot going on um and over the course of time I've work of miles we were going into a transition to two schools um and it was right when I miles was elected or being recognized that bosan high has becoming the department leader a position he's held for the last several years and I think it's important to recognize that is um his colleagues felt very highly of him and he kind of took the Reigns as we're transitioning to two schools it was during this time when I when I noticed something about miles if you don't know Mr mcgean he might be one of the most dialed people I've ever met
017and I mean that as a term of endearment I'm also a science teacher and watching which is is truly phenomenal um the guy you know every year he takes kids to Costa Rica on field trips he's our AP science teacher biology teacher um but when it came time when we're uh they were collecting nominations for this award I remember I thinking to myself there's no one more deserving Than Miles McGee because I remember going up to his room and I hate to even talk about this time period but at one point during the pandemic it was a rough time for teachers students and families but we had like three different tracks going on in our schools we had the track a the track B and the track C and I remember walking into so this
018was a couple years into it um Mr mcan's room it was like it was like Command Center for Air Force One he had on like headsets and he's teaching kids at home on their computers and he's teaching kids simultaneously in the classroom and number thinking that's that's truly amazing um to persevere through all that and to watch him do it and hence why I thought he was worthy of a nomination and just so you know this award is something only 112 teachers in the whole United States get recognized for every year so that's saying something um and I think it's most importantly um Mr M has a reputation for being like a tough teacher in a good way but he cares about kids um first and foremost and I've worked on several um he can
019teach um kids from anywhere any place he can teach them science or anything in life lessons for that matter and so it's my honor to uh recognize miles McAn for the Presidential Award of Excellence in mathematics and science congratulations Mr M well deserved questions miles well congratulations um I know what a big honor this is and um what I'm curious about in this process like what was uh was there a favorite part of this process or was it just simply you were nominated did you have any other thing that you had to subm or do for this yes so Nom you have to capture a 30 minute video of your classroom and then write basic like a master's thesis on 30 minut experience answering really rigorous questions for the award and so when you first
020throw ideas in paper it's about 50 pages in length but then you have to edit it down to about 20 pages so I thought my master thesis was but the process is really great with respect to reflection on teaching practices and best practices both for pedagogy student leure relationships that's it's a fun challenge a very Rous well congratulations I'm really excited to to have somebody in the this award so pleased that that it's you so thank you very much um two questions the first one is there something that you would like the Board of Trustees to know you know you win an award like this you spend the time to put in the application and do all the work we want to give you a voice at least I want to give you a voice
021so I'd like to hear if there's anything that we as a board need to be aware of um from your seed and then secondly there's a lot of students in the room here do you have anything that you could give to them about um why you chose teaching as a profession and um either something they should consider or why they might not so first question I just feel fortunate to work here in the great community so I think it's like a three-legged school first and foremost we have amazing students supported by amazing parents so I've worked in many districts in different states and so for I think this is as some of my colleagues haveed like a h work this a really amazing Community coupled with great staff to work with and great Administration that
022provides us resources we can be ay will I know they can support us great ways so I'm just thankful to have that opportunity with respect to students in the room I've done my calling for teaching in two ways there was a TV show growing things and Michael becomes a teacher that deed and then I work as a summer camp counselor College really enjoyed working withes so I returned back to college aten State decided to add a second degree in secondary Science Education with my early passion a lot of hard work and congratulations miles on this award this is amazing great job I would just say that the only thing I would have is that unfortunately when my daughter had your class it was the co year so she didn't really get the full experience of
023your true AP biology CL I know that helped her move along and what she wanted to do long term and then also I know my my nephew as the goat so high pra from a couple people and he just got into medical school so shows me that know there's two people that I know of and I'm sure there was many more that we've set up and inspired and Le these fields in the science field appreciate you um I move that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution whereas the presidential awards were excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching in highest recognition that that kindergarten through 12th grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States and whereas a e MST program administered by the National Science found Science Foundation on
024behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology policy recognizes outstanding teachers for their contributions to the teaching and learning of science technology engineering and Mathematics and whereas award serve as models for their colleagues inspiration to their communities and leaders in the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Education and whereas B teacher miles received the presidential award for excellence in Mathematics and Science teaching based on his deep content knowledge and Exemplar pical skills that result in improved student learning therefore be a resolve Board of Trustees recognize and honor miles M for his commitment to his students inent area second motion made by truste Black seconded by truste Wilson is there any public comment seeing none all in favor Z [Applause] congratulations 23.3 Montana thesbian recoga Michael hi Lea welcome thanks for coming yeah have a
025seat if you don't mind and yes yes please bring your kids with you and and um if you could please hit the green button so that mic turns on and everyone come forward so we can see you all don't hide behind the columns you can come even a little for you like to we are good evening thank you for having us um these are the folks that I took to Festival this year um we did singing in the rain in our fall production and I think this is about half the crew um and a lot of the the really lovely core technical people as well um they had great success at Festival and um I just wanted to share that with Boseman and the community they were um awarded many many things but I think
026the best part of it was they got to go and um shine and learn FES avention is um a wonderful place they run workshops we see shows from around the state and there's a great sense of um art and craft and camaraderie with the whole and it's an amazing time these kids are um exceptional I'm very fortunate thank you very much questions for the Montan kids well congratulations to all of you um I'm wondering what was your favorite moment in the festival just e speak vice president e e e s long e e when I saw that all of you were going to be recognized tonight I um I got a cramp in my cheek again from smiling from remembering how much Singing in the Rain was just the most delightful thing I did all
027year um the the effort that you all put into that is just astounding and you do it every year I'm not I'm not taking away from previous years so um your organization is just doing amazing stuff you are so committed to these students and every time it's surprises me at the at the joy that it brings to the community so thank you all um and a couple of you did a little kick thing a dance move where you clicked your little feet up on the side could you still do that or is that something you can only do the week of a show because I'm still trying to figure out how you without falling on your butts that's not but thank you go go watch film when we get home thank you yes we we
028had trusty BR it's my honor to recomend the theowing resol montans an affiliate of the educ theater Association strives to positively impact the lives of our youth in Montana through theater education advocacy networking opportunities and community building resources and where ban and G schools participated in the Montana thesbian Festival January 23rd through January 25th of 2025 and took home several top Awards the hawk Theater Company best musical production singing in the ring Emily fatrick VHS Superior costume design and portfolio presentation Rowan Keith BHS outstanding vocal characterization Nei puffle BHS outstanding solo singing performance August pus ghs Superior stage management portfolio Ivy Tyne VHS Superior stage management portfolio and Sydney tou G outstanding dance Ensemble and stina Oliver was elected the new vice president of Montana's desan Society therefore be it resolved that the Board of
029Trustees recognize and honor these thesians for their success motion made by truste Bron seconded by trustee black is there any public comment seeing none all in favor passes s to Zer congratulations [Applause] thank thank you all for coming and thanks to the parents as well thank you very much and if you could all meet trusty Burleson in the hall for a picture that would be great thanks laa yeah your 20242 wrestling state champion and all state individuals Mr raer welcome good evening board members I will uh introduce to you first we'll have bman high coach Jason Brown come up and he'll talk about his state championship wrestler and then I'll have Nate lazovich of galon high come up and he'll introduce the gon High State placers come on up jasonn welcome thanks for coming thank
030you and I appreciate the Board of Trustees uh being able to have us here this evening to recognize Caitlyn Thorne it has been a pleasure to take over the bosan high school wrestling program and I was really blessed with a A Champion here great opportunity uh in the program but uh real briefly to be able to share my fun experience with her it didn't dawn on me until I saw it again in the newspaper a few days ago but at the state championship she had two fingers up she had two fingers up and I was like man she's making peace to the crowd up there and she's talking and saying the word peace well it didn't dawn on me until later that she was actually talking about her two state championships the one or sophomore
031year and the one or senior year but when I meditated upon it and stuff I says you know in reality there's some symbolism in that and it is actually the you think of the movie Forest Gump and with Lieutenant Dan out there and he saw that big storm out there and he jumped out in the ocean well we know that the year before that Caitlyn ended up taking second place and so she had to confront that storm this year and realize that there was a lot of pressure a lot of stress for her to be able to go out there like Lieutenant van and to confront those and as a result of confronting those she actually ended up winning the state championship this year and I think it was actually extremely sweet for her because
032finished out her senior year in wrestling exactly as she wanted and it allows her to close that door like Lieutenant Dan did in for scum and allows her to close that door and for her to move forward to her next stage of wrestling in college and pursuing her her future there and so for me it's been an absolute pleasure to actually coach uh Caitlyn and it's been a fun year it's hard to believe two and a half months went by this fast but the experience just to be with someone such as Caitlyn as an IND individual as a captain as a as a team just seeing her perform in school was is just magic and so I appreciate all of the everybody uh recognizing her today and for this opportunity thank you very much coach
033Jason we've had Caitlyn here before so we know her story so rewarding to see that you achieved your goals this year your senior year after last year when you didn't where you wanted to for although second place is still brething good it's a pretty great path you had in high school so congratulations Kaitlyn I'm excited to see you back I was not able to go up to state but I did watch you at divisionals and I think I might have stated this last year I think it's almost as fun to watch your mom during your wrestling matches um her hands are up and I was kitty corner to her iing looking over at her um you did an amazing job I know you hit 100 wins end of January so do you know how many
034career wins did you end up having or High School wins by then to state do you know no I'm not really sure right a lot well I'm really impressed really proud of you um and will you also tell the board where your going to college next year just what your plans are yeah so next year and yeah excellent how was your process did you visit multiple schools or what what did that look like for you how many you that start start is Ottawa division no it's Excell Rusty black congratulations inst saw going back and forth between watching you and then watching the swim meet on on my computer so streaming so d double duty there not being able to play in the same spot but you've had a great career at Boseman um what sounds
035like you said exercise science or something like that was are there classes that you took in at Bosman high that kind of LED you down that path or created that interest no well n that me to exercise science was more just kind of focusing on physical therapy I mean this year definitely sparked it I got injured in at Nationals in July so I had like a long recovery from there and just kind of seeing like the process being able to help athletes out with that and just being able to like be in that field like kind of sparked interest in that well congratul ations we're honoring both schools so we're going to now bring up the um the Gallatin team so please don't go anywhere because we want to bring you back up for the
036actual reading of the award okay so thank you very much coach and congratulations Caitlyn coach LZ [Applause] thanks for having us um so I'm gonna talk about the sophomores first so this is Ryder Crawford um he is a sophomore um he's a really really good wrestler um he had a great sophomore year last year he was injured uh he would no doubt have been a state Placer last year as a freshman he had a season ending injury and um he's had multiple knee injuries knee surgeries and he's basically though like made a full recovery um and at at the state tournament he was in a really tough weight class um there was I mean I don't know you guys probably don't know the names so I'm not gonna throw them out there um but anyway
037there's a really good Flathead kid that uh it was like one of our most exciting matches of the tournament like one of the best wrestled matches and Ryder ended up beating this kid um to get into the semifinals then he lost to a to a kid that he had beat which was kind of heartbreaking and he beat a returning what multiple times St Placer um coming back and then he ended up in a in a barn burner with the kid that he beat to get into the semis um for third but they're two of the top kids in Montana um but anyway Ryder is like really fun to watch and an amazing competitor and just had a heck of a year and a state tournament so um we're excited we have him back for two
038years next is John Jackson um John is a sophomore as well and he he had the same situation last year he had a season ending injury um didn't get to compete uh actually like January on and um put a ton of time in and then uh this year was able to place state tournament which is pretty incredible um he was also at a really really tough weight he wrestled 144 pounds Ryder was at 132 pounds John was at 144 pounds um his weight was super deep in terms of how many kids were at the the weight class that were really tough um he also had like one of our best matches at the state tournament he was um wrestling a kid from Belgrade that this kid had been in in the finals at multiple tournaments
039throughout the year John had kind of gone back and forth with him but um he ended up beating the kid like 17 to three major decision to him um which was an amazing match like one of the coolest matches and just the fact that he was able to put a performance like that together in order to to play the state tournament that was the they call it the blood round some things in wrestling are like I don't know they need to call it the blood round but that's what they call it because it's like there could be blood for the win or whatever um but anyway John just had an awesome uh awesome season great state tournament um and John's also academic All State and um does a great job in the classroom and uh
040has has a really great future as well um next up is Carson Shaw Carson is a junior um he had like a like a fantastic season um beat a lot of really good kids he won I think 30 matches or right around that um he he yeah he just had an amazing season um he ended up taking fifth place at state but that was kind of like it was a cool story um he broke his nose and so this match he broke his nose in his nose like literally like was over here and this trainer was awesome she just grabbed it and she as she was putting it in place she's like this is going to hurt and she moved it like it wasn't like 1 two three he just moved the nose back and
041Carson broke the nose so his dad had ordered him a mask so he had not worn it yet though so but the nose I mean I can't really do it justice how far over it was I would say like a good inch and a half to the right side of his face um but he like I mean totally toughed it out um put the mask on which kind of like screwed up his visibility and and ended up wrestling through um mult multiple more matches was not I don't think he's been comfortable since um but he he did wrestle a great state tournament ended up taking fifth place um and at a very tough weight with um significant injury so I I was like really really proud of of Carson um Carson's also an academic All
042State kid and like tremendous student and tremendous athlete so he's got a really bright future for next year um JD mcwalter he's our heavyweight um he wrestled uh to a third place finish at the state tournament which was awesome um at state for those of you who haven't been there there's like I don't know I think they lie about the numbers just trying to build it up but I think there are like around 8,000 people there usually and the heavy weights are always going at the end of the sessions so JD's wrestling this match and the ended so it's just he and this other guy and uh I think was the first one be yeah so so we're wrestling but but does a but chant the whole but crowd just chant they're like but but
043and everybody hates them and but it's it's kind of cool and we like it but they taunt you they yell at like not us but they yell at that our crowd and our crowd is like you know I would say pretty good um so JD's wrestling this kid he's he's down he's losing the match and but is chanting but and so like right at the end of the match JD throws this kid and pins him and and it was awesome I mean it was like the whole place went nuts and it's just those two which doesn't happen any other time in the tournament because like the finals are going on it's like aoua BC girls whatever so so that match happens then it's like the next session same thing he's wrl on the Sentinel kid
044Sentinel doesn't have a crowd but he's he's wrl on the Sentinel kid and it's like I would say more dramatic it's like the very end of the match he's got like 10 seconds left he's losing he's got to throw this kid and he he Chucks him and JD is a freak like he can do the splits he can do a backflip he can do all kinds of stuff um for a guy who weighs 260 pounds um but anyway he ends up um throwing this kid and pinning it and then the last kid which is crazy but it's to take third place it he's like just wanting the drama because he could have just thrown him way earlier but he like makes it dramatic and does kind of the same thing so the amount of people
045that were talking about JD was pretty crazy like just a lot of excitement a lot of fun um I think more than anyone else in the arena so it was it was pretty cool um so anyway he's he's going to be a senior and he and Carson are um we look forward to them being seniors next year they do they both do a great job um Bron Shaw is uh senior he um took sixth place at State he he's like 180 pounds soak and wet he wrestled 190 um kids there are huge he was not for that weight and was able to like to really fight hard and um do a great job um Braden is uh like great student um he's an academic All State kid I don't know he's got a four point
046something or other um takes all AP courses he's probably gonna go to Emy riddle Aeronautical University um Z probably um I don't know if that's solidified yet but um he as as far as wrestling is concerned he's like the perfect role model for a kid like super resilient does everything right works really hard in the room he's like a great role model um does everything right um outside of you know like in public he's just you know model Citizen and then um yeah I I can't say enough about him and how much he's meant to our program um over the last three years so he's he's gonna be truly missed um and then lastly I got Cooper McGovern he's a senior as well um he's a two-time state Placer he is um like really really
047tough mentally physically he's fought through a ton of injuries um done an outstanding job throughout his whole career um at gon High School um he he's basically though like you think about a kid that overachieves um he did it in football he did it in wrestling um and I I just think he's he's another role model he's somebody that we look at and just go man we if everybody was if everybody was like these two and just worked as hard as they did um we're as good of people as they are I mean we would be like just so pleased any parent would be proud um as a coach I couldn't be more proud of him um yeah just just so grateful to have had the opportunity to coach these guys so that's all I
048got great job coach L thank you questions for the kids Sandy I have two brother two brothers who were state wrestlers in Salt Lake City um and I've never asked him this question I have an idea of how they would answer but I would love to hear if you how do you get into wrestling like what what motivated you to get into this sport I Roger was like three when he started for those you guys who don't know coach Shaw back here is a biology teacher at the high school and he's one of my assistant coaches and phenomenal pickup from um El Grove California but these guys moved in three years ago and couldn't ask for a better family hi you guys congratulations um like I said to Caitlyn I was unable to be at
049state but I sat through nine hours of a Visions um and you guys were all amazing you all had some really tough matches and some highlights I know I talked to Cooper after his last match um I was sitting with a dad who said why do people say stand up they're too exhausted they can't stand up and then we sat there looking at you and we were like he has to stand up or he's going to lose and you stood up and I just remember my heart like dropping I was like how did you uh how did you do that you guys all dig deep and um leave it all out there and I am really impressed with each of you and um just watching how you put it out on the mat but also
050like coach La said I know each of you are leaders in the school and really good Role Models um and so thank you for that I am glad to hear that your nose is fine I did wonder when I saw the picture with the mask what had happened and JD Ms say really liked you on Instagram um there were some but um I had a few parents tell me JD was a beast at state so um it was fun to hear those stories too um and then I just have a question for the two seniors um coach LZ kind of said um what you'll be doing um but um Bren but Cooper or both of you if you just want to reflect on what you think you'll be doing next year Weston's went down to
051Grand Canyon also isn't he awesome that'll be fun to have somebody know Wonderful well congratulations you guys we were a lot of fun to watch this season Kevin was mentioned that you wrestled 10 to 15 pounds heavier or lighter you lighter than what you were wrestling is that because you're coach as a bully and made you do that or what went into that decision all right well congratulations on all you guys' accomplish here could we bring Caitlyn back up and we will read the award thanks C plaz trusty D before I read this award I also want to thank the coaches um thank you coach Brown for taking over BHS and um helping with that program and lavs and to your coaching staff you guys do a phenomenal job I'm pretty sure by the end
052of all this you're going to have every single kid at Gallatin High wrestling you're good recruiters um it is my absolute honor to um present this award I move that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution whereas the Boseman high and Gallatin High wrestling teams competed in the AA State wrestling meet in Billings from February 13th through the 15th 2025 and whereas Boseman High's Caitlyn Thorne was an individual state champion and earned All State honors and whereas the following Gallatin High wrestlers named All State honors by placing in the top six at the state tournament Ryder Crawford fourth place John Jackson sixth place Cooper McGovern sixth place JD mcwalter third place Braden Shaw sixth place and Carson Shaw fifth place therefore be at result the Board of Trustees recognize and honor individual state champion
053and All State athlete Caitlyn Thorne and Gallatin High All State athletes Ryder Crawford John Jackson Cooper McGovern JD mcwalter Braden Shaw and Carson second motion made by truste D seconded by truste Moran is there any public comment JD anything back there you guys are really big and tall I can't see anything seeing none all in favor motion passes seven to zero congratulations thank you to everyone for coming thanks to the parents for coming out as well and if you guys could not leave quite yet yet and join trustee uh D in the hall for a picture that would be great thank you see you Ryan John I make a motion to approve uh agenda item 3.4.1 second motion made by trusty Black seconded by trusty Wilson is there any public comment seeing none all in
054favor motion passes six to zero I'd make a motion to approve Elementary District consent items 3.5.1 3.5.2 second motion made by trustee Black seconded by truste Reinhardt is there any public comment seeing none all in favor motion passes five to zero up next board discussion 5.2 is there any committee reports thanks chair Neil uh one quick commit report the district ongoing collaboration committee docc which is a um committee joint with the Bea um met on February 11th um three agenda items one was a legislative update and discussion um we had um our as you know our president of the Bea is in the legislative session and so um he wasn't able to be there but um the rest of his leadership team was there and we were able to walk through um the trustee legislative
055priorities um talk about the work that trustee Lucine is doing around parent advocacy the other agenda items were um an update on the staff well-being goal as as you recall we took the Panorama survey um for staff um climate and culture in the fall and then each of our individual School sites have been unpacking that all of that data is being collected and it'll it'll come together in the in a spring April consensus process uh when when we um Can unpack how to best support our educational staff feeling um overwhelmed uh the third one was just emerging Hot Topics U things Bubble Up and we collect that list and then do some work around those agenda items for future sessions thank you any further committee reports seeing none we will move on to 5.3 legislative
056update superintendent beram or Mr Waterman uh good evening trustees just uh two bills to update you on that we've um we've added to our spreadsheet that um that you're following the first is House Bill 507 a proposed Constitutional Amendment for a sales tax to fund K12 education um not a whole lot to add to this bill other than it's something that is very consistent with our goal area three um encourages exploration alternative tax and funding methods it requires a super majority vote of the legislature and then we go to the uh voters in November of 2025 I think is is the date for that one um the other one is House Bill 483 keep pull up that slide Mike um this is this is a law to um allow the 95 Mills to continue generating
057more and more revenue and then the additional Revenue it would generate um would be directed back towards Equalization funds and this is just just a reminder this is a Camp's priority Bill mtsba priority bill um Equalization is a is a and we've talked about this many times in this board Boseman Gallatin Valley our area doesn't benefit um as much as other school districts from from guaranteed tax base or Equalization efforts this is just a quick graph we put together um showing how much State subsidy comes in per every dollar of Base levied in uh just a handful of school districts for 2425 you see the BOS ele District receives 43 cents for of State money for every dollar we um every dollar we Levy and then uh Big Sky to the left doesn't receive any
058money from for any dollars they Levy so no State subsidy there and then all the way up if you look down the I90 Corridor uh Belgrade Three Forks Manhattan increasing up to 225 and then you get to districts like be with the other doua uh $5.90 per every local dollar Levy so I guess the take away you don't need to know those numbers you just need to know that um our district does receive benefit benefit from Equalization but not nearly as much as other schools do so this is would be another example of money leaving Gallatin County and and moving to other areas of the state um not bad but there's just U more efficient ways for us locally to to be dealing with those issues so wanted to just bring that information to your
059attention super B that was all I had did you wanted to speak to thank you is there any public comment on non-agenda items welcome please turn the microphone on and write down your name on the clipboard and your address please hi good evening I'm Abigail Brewer and I live at 502 North 11th Avenue I appreciate the work of this District I'm a school's booster which is why it is so strange that I also wear this other hat living on North 11th has become scary and unpleasant this isn't just a little off I see halfhazard and close interactions between students and cars far too often look around at any other K through2 entrance you won't see vehicle eress or cars turning in so many directions right where car kids are dropped off or crossing the street
060unlike the rest of the BHS campus no part from the North 11th entrance down to Duron has ever undergone third party review the violations might not have seemed like as big an issue in the Bosman of 2010 they sure sure do today in addition to a plan to make at least management changes before someone is hurt because when it happens it will be by Design not accident I have sent you my and neighbors request for small fixes that would make our lives more pleasant and bearable I wish I were here asking for something new fangled and Visionary instead these are Basics parking lots are screened as a matter of course so lights don't enter homes as our IND garbage cans and deliveries it's essential courtesy next time you're at a grocery store or a k
061through tra of school Brick breeding or any mall take a look where cars can turn where pedestrians enter and how dumpsters and deliveries are screened like me once you gain the eyes to see you won't unsee it because I've raised funds for plantings on three District campuses I know we can fix screening on North 11th these days re research shows even looking at trees improves test scores while dumpsters in plain view leads to public dumping or vandalism please understand that when I leave this meeting I go home to these issues please read what I've sent you and let me know how we can fix North 11th thank you thank you up next item 7.1 executive cabinet reports no 7.2 Board of Trustees reports Sandy well Gary um or trusty Lucine asked me to um share
062some things with you tonight that are happening next Wednesday um the bosan school foundations has gotten involved in in the Grassroots movement okay thank you I don't need to read it then out loud um but I have it in an email form if you uh at all want to send it to parents that you know that would be really interested in coming coming to this um nonpartisan informational meeting about pending legislation that may positively or negatively affect public education so um I'm pretty excited about this Jen Lamers is all over this she's really really been a great partner when it comes to this so he just wanted to make sure that I um brought that up and I also attended um another guiding Coalition with BHS and ghs coming together um this spring to look
063at how things are going identifying things that they uh need to work on and moving forward with ideas of what it's going to look like next year with goals and I continue I just cannot tell you how incredible it is to have the two leaders facilitating these incredible educational leaders in this room that are it's hard work change is hard work and they're tackling some they're tackling some things that they need to solve right but they're determined and it's the other thing that I'm always struck by is it's an incredibly safe place to say things you know or to throw something out that may not rece do as popular but but everyone's willing to listen to it and consider it so I don't know I just I'm really proud of both those high schools as
064they move through that the leadership at the administration level and then the teachers that are leading it and the teachers who are on the ground in our high schools uh doing the work so anyway that's my two cents thank you Morning Star School brunching is tomorrow morning at 99 as a reminder we will have five trustees there three of us will not be there any further trustee comments reports seeing none we will adjourn