001and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I've reviewed the agenda as presented. Is there any public comment from the previous recognition and reports? [Music] Um, so that's [Music] Let's turn. [Music] Daddy. [Music] See what you want. [Music] I'm dossio and I had the opportunity to go on this trip. >> And I'm the girl and I'm also and we got to see a lot of cool stuff. We went to Disney Park, got to see some things there. Uh we went to the beach one night and swam and went to gift shops. Saw a lot of cool stuff. >> Um we got to see this uh session. It was like the closing session where we saw like the people who did the fashion design and
002got to see them do a little rumbling. >> Um, oh, we went to Disney World without Nia. She couldn't come with us. >> That was awesome. >> Thank you guys. All right, that's all >> for you. >> Thank you, girls. >> The trustee reports. We have a Oh, can anybody go to ML October 15th through 17th? No, I cannot. Okay, I'll try to remember to visit with the others that aren't here. We need to come up with a float for homecoming is that's probably during your workday, Sam. >> Yes, but I can Okay, so I don't know what the best way without wasting a bunch of time here, but maybe everybody think of ideas. Have you seen the flyer? The flyer for >> We'll send it to you. Then you can brainstorm. >> How long
003do we have before? >> Uh two weeks. The week of the 20th. >> 22nd. So the 26 is I know that the advisor and student council their big emphasis is trying to get classes to do a good job on their floats. Not just have a float like raising the bar to be more decorative, not going back to the maybe the days of tissues in the chicken wire, but a little bit more than just the know that's out there. So >> maybe >> you have concessions on here. >> So um we have the the concessions signup sheet has been passed around and assigned to. Got some community groups, we've got um student groups, we've got teams, we've got all that um signed out on there. Uh and last year we did a couple times of concessions.
004So October 11th was the day that looked like the a good opportunity for the for the board and that is October 11th is uh Saturday and it is a volleyball game. I believe it's against >> Savage. Then we need to come up with a reading of the lights, too. So, be looking at that. >> I originally said I couldn't be there that day, but I can now. So, >> if you guys want to turn that tonight, probably >> what? >> September 18th. >> That's next Thursday. >> Yeah. >> Does anybody have any ideas? I don't believe I'll be here. But did we do sloppy joe's last year? >> I feel like sloppy jo messy for little like we have a lot of littles that were >> like last year we had all of our beef
005donated. So I can donate some hamburger if we do hamburgers. >> I have somebody to hit up for a hamburger also. >> Like do you remember how many pounds we did last time? >> A lot. The the only thing I will say is there's a there's a chance we might have just a few less we might have more kids, less parents because um the hospital >> board meeting is that night. >> Oh. >> So we may lose a few adults, but we didn't know that. >> What do you want to have with hamburgers? Macaroni salad. >> What did you say? >> Macaroni salad. >> Baked beans and chips. >> Um, I say I think a lot of people the kids are in here. Did you guys like the new macaroni salad that we had for
006the first day of school? Nobody remembers. Have any idea? Yeah. >> Spiral one instead of the elbow noodle one. >> Nobody any high schoolers in here. Wow. Good job. Remember the new macaroni salad? >> Sorry. >> There were like a spring one that was like a zestier macaroni salad and not a traditional. >> Maybe we just did hot dogs. >> Hot dogs. Hamburg. >> Hammer. Hot dogs. Chips. chips. >> I'll I'll ask the library. The library last year did dessert >> and so we'll see. >> Here, hot dogs, chips, and some kind that we'll figure out. Okay. Okay. We'll chitchat about that. Superintendent report. >> Um, all right. So, we have uh homecoming coming up on September 22nd through the 26th. uh a lot of uh fun activities and stuff planned that that week. Student
007council's been working hard on on that. Um Miss Kman is the student council adviser. Uh Nasia Okconor is the student council president and Portland is the Portland is the vice president. So they've been kind of orchestrating a lot of that good stuff and so exciting to see that. uh field trips. We have field trips coming up just so uh we have our field trip let's put what's coming up and uh we're evolving it every year. So this year our eighth graders are leading the presentations activities different stuff here for the kids from HIT and vice versa that HIT kids are actually leading the tour at Devil's Tower and and those things. So trying to get them to be more understanding our kids to understand their own the place we live in place know all the
008history here. And so they will spend a little bit of time at they'll spend about a couple hours out at the at Medicine Rocks and then they go to the museum. So, we're going to have them broke up into kind of a a mix of different so they're not all in the museum, but there'll be some at the museum, some at the old house, schoolhouse, some at the orchard there, and then some at the Veterans Memorial with kids kind of moving them through all of that. As long as this is next week, so we're pretty safe, but hopefully long as weather doesn't change on that. We're sending our littles. Our K12 are going to the apple orchard um by Willard. Um and they're they're kind of excited about headed that way. Uh we got reading
009other lights. They're the the again the student council uh we have a teachers committee. So the committees have been super hard at work. I'll hit on that. Got uh teachers and paras and whatnot all kind of organizing a lot of different stuff this year. So they've been working on that. the the book is Pencils on Strike and so we have lots of fun decorations and uh it should be should be a really good night there. Night at the museum just as a planning point is November 6th there. They have another author coming in and they will also have um we also have books to give away at that. That's one of those things that more more books we put in front of kids and especially the books we combine with the parents and grandparents reading
010the more it takes forever kids. So excited to keep keep working on that. This year uh we at the end of the day and we have some kiddos sitting here and they might even want to talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, but at the end of the day, the last uh about 14 minutes of the day, we do end of the day jobs that kids sign up for and they change at the quarter and they have kind of taken ownership of that. Teachers are teachers, paras, classified, all all staff is assigned a a group of kiddos. Some of us have one or two kiddos. I think Branson is the winner of this game. I think he has like six or seven because he's got he's he's got kids doing buses there cleaning out
011buses, washing windows, just all the little things that you just never have enough time to do. Got pride in our our school and community and the area around here. We got people working in I got a couple students working in the annex, cleaning the annex. Been in the annex in the last I don't know 30 years. um it's shifted and gotten better, but it's they are meticulously going through stuff. And so it's been it's been fun to see if you come into the school at 3:30, if you happen to be around and stop by at 3:30, you're going to see the kiddos just kind of just going. It's not a matter of the teachers harassing them or or barking at them. They kind of just go and they're grabbing stuff to clean windows and and
012do the buses and do the commons. It's it's fun. Um, we're still working on the quality of say window cleaning. So, we're not going to hire ourselves out for a, you know, like streak free window yet, but but it's part of the process of of taking ownership of that. And last piece of that puzzle is um committees. teachers uh at the end of last year signed up for committees as far as what they what interested them and what what what they kind of had a little bit of like in. And so the committees have been work meeting over the first couple weeks from reading under the lights to uh our safety day coming up um that'll that'll potentially be in October. we'll get information out there um to Veterans Day to uh all those kind
013of things so that they um with with the staff as well as then having kids leave that charge as much as possible. Uh yeah, and the first month of school is just almost in the books and it's been uh rolling merrily along uh minus a lot of kids sick. So, um, write that as a note when we start talking about next year's calendar. Um, because it's it's it's absolutely worth considering coming out of fair week, how many kids we had sick and then how that just kind of has hung on a little bit just to kick off this year. >> Yeah, that's that's one. >> Carol, do you have anything to add to yours that you don't know? Do you need to talk about it or are you guys just >> Yep, we're appreciating it.
014Just wondering if you had anything to add. >> I don't know if I talked about putting them working with Alex. We're doing a hygiene day with grades 3 through 8 on October 6. Good job. >> Yes, that was about the only thing. I think I did not. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Oh, yeah. And I do have a flyer for that. I'm gonna try to do a class to teach parents about infinite campus so they can Thank you. Yeah. And so and that way I can hopefully get some parents signed up that don't have, you know what I mean, that don't have access. I had one today that was like, I don't know how you can get on here. So, okay. Thanks. Do you have anything extra to add, Branson? Okay. And we'll move along
015to Oh, is there any public comment on non-aggenda items? Going to old business policy 3510. [Applause] So, uh, we have visited about this policy over the last couple two, three months, um, as far as what does it look like for students outside of our county that do not reside in our county and we waited through a lot of of information on that. I I I feel like from my chair, I would I would make the recommendation that we adopt a policy as as written that follows the MHSA policy and limits. Um you must be a resident of our county with the with the caveat that we grandfather current students that have been part of our program and we grandfather them. That would be my organization >> that we grandfather them until >> Yeah. [Applause] >>
016discussion. So I looked up some information on the law and policy. So it is printed out. I think everyone has a copy. There's copies for those of you in the public as well. It is extracurricular activities. It's a user guide on how we report our A and B. And an extracurricular activity is defined as if you look at the second bullet, it lists um FFA as extracurricular. Um in the policy that we're talking about um is talking about extracurricular activities, this would be our current policy that you must be a resident in the county. So, just wanted to bring that to your attention. And then there's also the um Senate Bill 72 and these were adopted in 2021. >> And is the 72 just money? >> Yeah, it's about the funding. um in or could
017probably touch on that a little bit better, but that's what the um 72 is about. But in prior discussion, um we had talked about what falls under extracurricular activities and what this policy, you know, who it's applicable to or what programs it's applicable to. So, I just wanted to bring to your attention that FFA is considered an extracurricular activity. Britney, do you have anything to add with your understanding of please? >> Um, so I think it was in July when we talked about it. Um, I called OPI, South Public Instruction and talked to their reporting unit, just said, "Where do we stand? What does this look like?" Their guidance was, um, they didn't have anything that says they couldn't. The biggest thing was that we couldn't report them for the funding. So, Senate Bill 72
018talks about the funding allocated for homeschool students within your district to participate. You're required to report them as extracurricular activities and that is a 116th of your AMD funding. Um, when I talked to Nicole Fu, who's been with OPI for a number of years, she couldn't find anything that says we can't allow it. It has to be within your own policy itself because it's not an MH MHSA sanction. it's its own um SECLA, FFA, EPA, all those things. She said you just cannot report. You cannot say that they live there and get the funding for them. And so that was her biggest thing. The guidance that I was given on my side of it >> and I would I would throw in there that this whole process started with the MHSA allowing kids to participate
019in activities, basketball, football, track, those things. Um What year was that? >> Um, 2022 I believe I had >> I think it was before that was 21 but then it came in came in play fiscal year 22. So 2122 was the first year >> and so that specifically was addressing sports and so MHSA is the governing body of that. So I mean again we are truly based on all legal counsel in this kind of a gray area. um because this is an activity that is not governed by an agency. So that's where MHSA comes in. All this other pieces why we started on this policy path. Um so now we have this other piece of CCLA pay could potentially have other things down the road but right now those would be the two that directly
020fall. And so based on all those conversations we've had not like definitive guidance. So we're the good news is I guess I'll say I feel like the good news is it leaves us to do what we think is best. The bad news is there's not like this is what you have to do based on state law this I mean it's it's up to us to decide. So the way you understand this one is that this is only talking about A and B not >> Y aim reporting guide is only for what gets reported to the state for A and B. >> Okay. It doesn't have to do with whether you allow people or not. >> Okay. >> Is that how you see that? >> Yeah. After further clarification and doing some more research and reading
021the policy um that is applicable to A and B. >> Okay. Um my biggest point on that was in past meetings we had talked about FFA was considered intracurricular. Um that was the interpretation and maybe you guys can elaborate more on that definition but this specifically says it's extracurricular which we have a policy for. So that's where um to me it's pretty you know it's spelled out for us but I think they have clarification on why it potentially qualifies as intracurricular in our district. So thank you guys for >> so to be part of FFA you have to be we don't have a specific FFA class but you have to be you have to take a classes to be enrolled in FFA. So in that sense, that's where the line of intracurricular versus extracurricular changes.
022So if it was extracurricular, you wouldn't have to be involved in any sort of a classes anyur intracurricular means you're in a one and two, you know those class, you're you're taking one of those classes. So with that being said, one of any of our CL students that we enrolled are out of district that's one of the pieces we start out is where are you getting that a class at? Where are you taking the class from us or are taking it? How are we going to ensure that? So, can you explain your view on it again that the the kids that are in it now can go ahead and be in it, but from now on? >> Correct. Because I what my biggest thing is is if I had a student that was in this
023involved in this and we could have that conversation with the student and or families and say hey just so you know um you are homeschooled or even if you're just in our school if you exit our school but you know you you won't be allowed to participate just like you're not going to participate in our basketball. This this situation is unique because the students were already part of FFA, already doing some of the fundraising, already doing part of the leadership, already doing all these pieces, sort of change the rules. Now, seems like >> yeah, >> it it just doesn't seem right. But if we change the rule moving forward, then the current students got any other student also as well as families. So, that's probably something they need to consider whether Why decisions? >> His
024recommenation was current students till the end of the year, end of the school year. >> Okay. >> Did you have thoughts on that? >> Yes. >> Is there any other board discussion? >> Um, Madam Chair, are you limiting what minutes are you going to do for comments? How many minutes? Three minutes. >> Would you like me to time for you? >> Sure. >> Is there any public comment? >> Yes. Um, both Angley and Wesley Weston Hob have been part of my chapter for since the beginning of last school year. >> We have to refrain from names. >> My apologies. Um, these these young people have been part of my chapter. They have worked very hard at not only competing but fundraising for us. Um, they are as much of a chapter as any one of
025these other kids sitting here. Now, they don't take classes from me. They take classes online. um which is an egg class. So they technically according to um Montana FFA, they are allowed to be in an egg class or be an FFA because they're taking online and they can choose the school of their choosing. I went to the FFA board of directors, which is a bunch of teachers from out throughout the state, uh to get their approval to make sure that they realize, hey, these kids are no longer living in our district. is it okay if they stay with our chapter? And none of them had a problem with it. They there was some questions I clarified for them and they said we don't see an issue with it. Um these kids were living on the
026south end of the county uh to start with at the beginning of last year and circumstances required them to move with their families to another county and move again. And they're they've tried to come back here but housing wasn't available and so um they're currently residing in Fallon County. uh but still wish to be part of this chapter where they've made their friends that they can't make friends elsewhere but um sometimes you just bond with each other and so um I've had a conversation with some of the students here and uh the students even think they're a great asset to our chapter. Uh one of them is an officer on my FFA team and I had eight applications turned in last spring. I had eight kids interview and I gave out or had a committee
027select eight officers to put eight offices to put those students into. Um they're great about coming to the meetings. They're great about making sure they fulfill their officer role. Um they've done the fundraising just like the rest in the chapter. And so I feel that it would be um important that we give these kids an opportunity to stay with our chapter. um when they compete in a contest, they um usually rank very high in that contest. Um in order for a district team to move on to state, they have to be in the top 50% of our district. There are 10 teams in our district and so they have to be in the top five. Those two individuals have pushed our kids uh to better themselves. by helping them study, uh, by encouraging them, you
028know, helping them with livestock reasons and that kind of stuff. Um, they were on five teams that went to state last year. Um, they, one of them won the horse judging contest at state level, right? Um, and so that excitement was seen on from her on the stage, but all the kids from Carter County were cheering for her. So, I just encourage you guys to I know it's a tough decision, but I really believe that they would be a great asset to keep in our chapter. >> Thank you, Z. >> Is there any other public comment? public comment. Is there any other board discussion or a motion? >> Would you like recommend it just this year or would you like them to think that they should be able to stay until they graduate with already?
029>> I would like to see them be able to stay until they graduate. Ensley is currently at a junior level, right? and Weston Medina. >> So, he'll be done this year. She would be two years. And I would really like for them to be able to stay for that 2-year period if possible. I will accept them for a year if that's all you get. I think that it would be nice to have them till they're done, but as a board, I don't feel like that we can go against what our policies say cuz that's that's what we're held accountable to follow with me. It's not about these particular kids. It's not >> about you know who who else would you maybe wind up that isn't this quality or whatever and you would you kind of
030set a precedence of what would have to happen then >> where you set a pre precedence that you're not going to follow your policies. >> Can I ask is this policy in place currently? I mean, if you do the grandfather thing and put them in because I was under the assumption that this policy is being worked on, right? So, it's a new thing. You grandfathers these kids in and nobody else gets to come in after that. >> I don't go out and recruit for kids from out of district. >> This is since 23. Well, that was when I was revised. It was adopted in 2021. So it specifically talks about the extracurricular activities. Um and so that's where we were discussing the extracurricular and intracurricular >> and FFA is intracurricular >> not defined by the
031state law defined as extracurricular >> that's where it gets >> but yes the clarification was helpful with the egg courses and why it would be considered something else but yeah the state defines it as extracurricular I I I I'm going to go down the path again of saying as a board and as uh the superintendent and the class advisor, I think there was a huge disparity in in clar in clarity in this policy. And so, um, I again, I'm going to I will say it's like selling real estate to somebody and not being honest with them about it. So, when this conversation started a year ago, if we weren't aware of this, and granted, it's a very unique situation, but going in, if Joe or Sally or Fred came to us and said, "We're going
032to join the chapter." um were homeschooled or or whatnot, saying, "Okay, just understand that if if um if you exit our county, yes, we'd like to have you in our county. Um we want you to stay. We want a job or we want you here, but if you leave that you will no longer be part of our program. We I mean, for lack of a really bad example, there's a reason there's Miranda rights in place. You have to tell people what that they have a right to. And and I could not have answered that question. Nor do I think the board could have answered that question for these students to say just so you know. Yeah, you can go into if you leave, we're not sure, but we'll probably just not allow you. So, I
033think that clarity for us is a big deal. tech 30 for us allows us to not not set precedent in this case because we know that any other student walking into this Mr. Whitney is going to be very well aware of it. I'm going to be very well aware of it. um the board. >> So in our packet from August, MTSBA, they gave us information in regards to this and it talks about extracurricular activities whether it qualifies for A and B. So um keep that in mind. We talked about this just being A and B. maybe the user guide is, but this quote this applies regardless if you're getting A and B or not. Then on page two of that, um, it says it talks about if the objective is to deny participation, you're better
034off labeling the clubs as extracurricular, then the law is very clear. So that's just something to re review and that's just a little piece of what they said. So this is also assuming our minutes from the last meeting. Anybody would like to review that. I move that we adopt our adopt our policy. We grandfather our students in until that are in until they graduate because it was a gray area. It wasn't clear and FFA does most of their own fundraising. So our A and B is not that important for the FFA. Would you like to clarify your motion so I have it correctly >> to adopt the policy and grandfather our students in until they graduate? >> So you want to clear this? You want to add to the policy or you want to leave
035the policy as is and grandfather because the policy currently the policy is currently not changing unless you add that incurricular portion and define it separately. >> Can we just leave it as is? >> Yeah, that's what I'm asking. That's why I'm asking for clarification on what the change would be. So leave the policy as is. My grandfather to current FFA students until graduation. Is there a second slow motion? I don't know what happens. Is there any other discussion or a motion? >> I'd like to clarify if you look at Montana OPI's website, FFA is an intercurricular organization, not extracurricular. >> She's looking at kind of coitated which is stable >> stable >> um so um 20-7-306 is what she refer to oh sorry 20-9-311 not so to read it for everybody section 20-9-311 defines extracurricular
036activity as for the purposes of The section extracurric extracurricular activity means a sport or activity sanctioned by an organization having a jurisdiction over interquality activities, contests, and tournaments or an approved career and technical student organization pursuant to 20-76 or a school production that is what-31 means. So I would >> I was going to make a motion >> that I will not speak. >> Okay. I move um I make a motion that we add intracurricular activities with the same requirements to our current policy with an exception to grandfather any participants that are currently enrolled through the end of this year. Is there a second to a motion? >> I second that. >> Sam's made the motion to add intracurricular to policy 3510 to go right along with extracurricular activities. Um and grandfather are current FFA kids
037till the end of the school year. Is there any public comment? >> You want to come up? Uh while of course I would love to be able to finish out all of my school year here, I would very much appreciate this specific one as I am currently an officer on the team. And if I were to have to move chapters, I wouldn't have that opportunity. And having the office sets me up to have the opportunity to apply to be a state officer, which is one of my goals within FFA. >> Thank you. Thank you. Is there any other public comment comment? Yeah, I would like her to finish because you're leave if she was just a freshman but leaving her hanging her senior year with no chapter just seems pick your jerk in the right
038just Sam made the motion to add intracurricular to go right along with extracurricular activities and grandfather current FFA students for the till the end of the school year. All those in favor say I. >> I read a second motion. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. New business. Obvious title it with the title is extra incurricular. Correct. >> I believe that we had discussed previously. There's a sample. >> There's a whole section. Not the added section, right? That's the whole added section. >> It's all right. Before you >> um No, it it's exactly how I interpreted it. The extracurricular and >> y not the section at the end. We're changing section three to say section three and four. for section four participation district extracurricular and intracurricular >> correct >> y move to new business
039uh Mr. Whitney do you want to speak about other out of state travel? >> Yes. Uh we usually the FFA will travel to Indianapolis for national convention every two years. Um this is the year that we would travel. We would like to leave the 26th of October and return uh that next Saturday uh Saturday, November 1st. A lot of times we'll figure out a route on the way down that allows us to take in some agricultural tours. We toured say Sou Green Bins, Vermeier, um Baylor plant, um break factory. Uh one year we actually got to stop and see their um trenching facilities or trenching factory. And so gives kids a firsthand look into some of those um manufacturing processes. Um this year we're looking at maybe touring a cheese factory or a large dairy.
040um like to give a kids opportunities to see something that is not just here um or not here they don't see every day and so with the board's approval we would really like to go to Indianapolis again this year um they have a trade show that is outstanding from college vendors um the shopping area whatever it's amazing and to see 40,000 blue and gold jackets in the same place is just something that is outstanding and I It's a great eye opener for our kids from Carter County. So, I would like to be approved to go. >> Thank you. >> Any board discussion? >> Is there any public comment? Public comment. Any board discussion or a motion? >> I move to approve FFA to attend Nationals in Indiana. I second. Yeah. >> Who wins? >> Reena
041>> BB made the motion to approve the FFA to attend nationals in Indiana. Reena second the motion. Is there any public comment? Public comment. Board discussion. BB made the motion to approve the FFA to attend nationals in Indiana. Reena second the motion. All those in favor say I. I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries policy updates. >> So yeah, you have a lot of updates in front of you that are all part of >> Oh, you guys have to stay for policy updates. Thank you. >> There's two. >> There's three. >> I wouldn't if I was. So uh those are the first piece of that is the policy notes from NTSBA about the legislative changes that the adjustments we have to make. So those adjustments are current. >> Yeah. >> What you got?
042>> Absolutely. So policy 3510 and looking at that under the number six incurricular activities >> get it. >> Okay. So number six, it's talking about grandfather students, but this is for students that would have already met the criteria, correct? >> Okay. >> Criteria of num on number four. >> No to number. So the other changes in here, the six was what you guys talking about earlier. >> Okay. So this isn't Thank you. I was really confused when I read this. I was like, no, I'm wondering why we're doing this item. No, >> it doesn't let me do two changes in their new policy. I'm sorry. >> That's okay. >> In their policy platform. When I go make a change, it'll just make one and not be able to change it again until I accept the
043changes. >> This is the one we talked about. >> We already made a motion. >> Sorry. Comments are the >> exact Oh, no. Okay. Um I don't think it had notes on anything else. Um except I do on identity instruction, sexuality instruction and identity. Is that state law that they're both in there? >> My understanding is that any change with this law? >> That's what I wanted. Okay then. Thank you for the clarification. >> Somewhere in here also on >> which one was that? >> Oh, um >> the it is 2335. >> Yes, 235. >> The human sexuality instruction and identity instruction. >> She's looking at that. I wanted you guys to know this that policy 1210 does allow your chairperson to make a motion now. >> Oh >> yes to participate in all board
044meetings and people to other trustees including the right to make and second motions. So that is a big change for us which we've watched policy 1210 that I missed that >> 1310. I think it's up to the board in our motion if you would if how many times we want to have a reading before it's final. Correct. >> So currently two >> currently for new policies it is two readings >> and we have typically done forms as one just because forms are usually very straightforward and already follow the policy but policies have always been two. So if you guys would like to stay with that I included all three options but I feel like that's been pretty good for us as well. I would say my preference is two. It gives the um taxpayers and
045community to have public comment as well >> after we look at something and then >> maybe a little more thought for us. >> Yep. And then a little more talk for the board and I mean if we had >> Yeah. And I think I mean you can amend policy so you could bring it back if needed. I would I would prefer to any other discussion. >> Is there any public comment? Public comment. Any other board discussion? Um just so we have the option to leave the policy as is or we need to adopt it. >> these are the required ways right? >> These are the required ones per legislation that are currently in place and our current policy that we're required to update. Okay. >> So there's nothing we can do about it really. Yeah,
046>> but you have to adopt that. >> But I appreciated this MTSBA policy notes. That was really helpful. >> Yeah, it was reading the policy and kind of knowing >> what changes. This one was a lot better. Some of them that come out are gibberish. [Music] Is there a motion? >> Motion. Oh, she's saying that's your ad because you're the policy. >> I'm the policy. Yeah, I had to find the policy. Okay. I move to approve the policy revisions as presented with the selection in policy 1310, the option two um to have a second reading. So, I'll second that. That was 13, right? >> Yeah. >> Sam made motion to adopt the policy revisions and go with option two in policy 1310 to do two readings. Do we second the motion on public comment? Public
047comment. Sam made the motion to adopt the policy changes. Um, choosing option two in policy 1310. Py second the motion. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. policy for treating captain. >> So couple big things a little bit about human sexuality instruction in there. Um basically again highlighting that we are responsible for making sure parents know that they can opt out of that. Um and then if there is any um formal making sure that they're they're aware of formal like if we have a presentation or account somebody coming in to do a presentation that they have >> this is opt in the optin >> right but I'm saying that that they don't have to we have to make them aware either way we're supposed to which
048I hate to say that seems like promise I'm saying like why wouldn't we make them aware the other piece of that policy is on um the other piece of that is looking at the nonvoted on levies. And so thinking about the nonvoted in levies kind of like the bond um that when we are adjusting any of those adult ed transportation tuition reserve flexibility we need to put that information um very transparently saying we are increasing it. This is the dollar. You have $100,000 just like we did with this is what it's going to cost taxpayers throughout the county. The best I mean similar to what happened this year by our best estimate. This is what the increase would be. This is what the decrease will be. Um so that people know that even though those
049are nonvoted on levies that they it's very clear that I think as all of you can appreciate a lot of school financing become very skewed. it can be very muddy and and it's hard to follow and so trying to make that there was a bill this this session to essentially do away with voted less which I'm very very happy that if we didn't do away with that because yeah we'd be in a bad we'd be in a cycle repeatedly of running elections and those kind of things. So this gives us a way, this is kind of the in between on that to make sure we're doing our job to let taxpayer know like have we increase this or we decrease this and then be able to answer why as well. >> And remember these are
050the estimations that go out in March. So this has always been required by law. The law has not changed to include the 100 200 300 600,000 houses before we talk about the number of mills and that has changed a big part of it. So another policies if people are calling it correctly if you don't put it out you cannot increase your mills in August. So if you forgot to run all your ads and notify your public you can still run your levies. You should not increase them. Is there any board discussion any public comment? Public comment motion. I move to approve the first reading of the policies as presented. I'll second that. Sam move to approve the first reading of the policies as presented. At least the second motion. Is there any public comment? Public
051comment. Board comment. Sam made the motion to approve the first reading of the policies. Lisa second for a motion. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Bus stop addition. >> So just a simple courtesy stop on the way out of town at children's. Not always, but there are times that they're the boys are dropped off at grandparent grandpa's house and so we have to have that stop designated to stop if they're going to stop there. So, so I recommend that we have this more discussion. >> Um, is that what is the limit? Is it six miles out of town >> to provide service? >> It's three miles. >> So, we currently have this would make the fourth courty stops >> because there's enough room. >> Yep.
052Okay. Yep. Okay. Any public comment? Public comment. Board comment. I move to approve the courtesy stop as requested. >> I second. BB made the motion to approve the courtesy stop as requested for the Ridgeway bus route. Reena second motion. Is there any public comment? Public comment. The made the motion to approve the courtesy stop as requested for the Ridgeway bus route. Reena second motion. All those in favor say I. >> All those opposed, same sign. carries. >> I'm sorry. I've been eating again. I was typing too. >> Reena in the back of my head. >> You know that I've told you that for like five years before Reena told me that >> it could have only been a year. This is only my third. >> Okay. Way behind. [Music] Okay. >> Chaperon edition. Yeah. U
053just recommend adding Jessica. >> Any discussion? Public comment. Motion. I move to approve the chaperone edition as presented. >> I second it. >> Sam made the motion to approve the chaperon edition as presented. Do you second the motion? Is there any public comment? Any public comment? Board comment. Sam made the motion to approve the chaperon addition as presented. The second the motion. All those in favor say I. I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Classified hiring. >> I don't have that. >> Here you go. Let me here. I don't have either. I don't know what I did. >> Yeah, I don't have a table. >> You guys don't either. >> The classified higher. I wonder if the copier stopped and I didn't realize classify. >> I was going to ask you that yesterday
054when I was looking through this. >> It's on the agenda. >> It's on too. >> Can we click it and look at it on there? >> Absolutely. >> That's got it. Thanks. >> We have some audience. Is this what happens when I >> can that be moved back a little bit? >> Just push against the wall, baby. Push on this side. There you go. >> If he has it pull up on a second screen, drag drag your mouse over here, girl. I got you. If it's right or if it's left Oh gosh. >> There we go. So two two pieces to that puzzle. Part of our Montana reads grant we have um written into that was it is professional development and and part of that professional development is working with preschool. And so we need
055to have Amy niece essentially on our list so that she can be paid out of that grant fund. So her like anybody we have coming in, we're paying them an hourly wage on that. So she's currently not on our list and so we need to have her on that list so that we can actually pay her. She spent a couple days with us already and so um and she'll spend some more time with us throughout the next couple years working on that. That's part A. um we had the concession manager position open and so we had a couple um people uh apply for that and so it worked out that we feel like we have a a couple couple good candidates for that and and one being hired um as the um main concession manager
056and then the second one being our our sub um on those days. And remember those concession manager is not a contract, it's an hourly wage. And so if we have somebody in place subbing for it that then they just that they get that hourly rate on two people and that salary as well. So um recommending to to hire Mariah to be the concession manager in in Danny to be our substitute concession and >> before didn't we just have a flat rate? We paid them. >> We paid a stip. >> Okay. No, it's not until there. >> It is. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Is there any board discussion? Public comment. Motion. I move that we hire Ny and Mariah and Danny for the job safer pipel. I'll second that. Reena made the motion to approve
057to approve the classified hiring. Lisa second the motion. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Oh, public comment. Public comment. Oh, I'm skipping. Okay. Reena made the motion to approve classified hiring Lisa. Second the motion. All those in favor say I. I. >> I. All those same sign. Motion carries. I was trying to read the superintendent recommendation for >> accreditation plan. Okay. So, I'm going to start with a a random tidbit of information just just made aware to us today and I will know more about it after Wednesday with superintendent meeting. Um, OPI is uh it's on the work in progress and obvious when they have an election and you have a new superintendent, you have a lot of change. So all accreditation anybody including us is frozen till 2026 school year 2027
05820 26 27 um their original intent when they changed the accreditation plan a few years ago was that this was going to be year one and um I I can't speak to exactly why but I I think they overestimated and they can't um meet with all the schools. So the school will be broken into the state will be broken into thirds and they will essentially meet with every school um during that year. So if you're in the far east side of the state, that'll be a third. The middle section will be a third and then the far western side will be a third. And uh I I mean my my opinion on that is I don't think they have the staff to actually meet with all schools or law schools. So just keep that in
059mind as we look through this. Originally when we got our accreditation um we were under advice for our second year at the high school. A lot of that has to do with um some CTE components. Um but as you look through all of that, you can see the the fund just the the the actual um OPI site is the first part of that document, but the plan is the second. And so specifically looking at reviewers notes um working to build our plan off of that. And so one of the huge components which I don't think is a surprise based on our conversation um this summer as well but how important our graduate profile is and developing that and so really working to develop our our graduate profile. The good news about this is we're I
060mean I'm targeting a year, but we actually have a little bit longer to to actually have everything locked in, but I prefer to have everything locked in by the end of this this year. Graduate profile um proficiency based learning and review. So state is moving to profic proficiency based and elementary student elementary ele elementary ele elementary ele elementary ele elementary ele elementary classes are generally more easily I mean they're already most elementary teachers already live in a proficiency based world if you can read if you can you move on this problem um as we move into junior high and high school oftent times proficiency gets left by the wayside for um if you fail the test already passed the test and they've added this to your grade a grade versus proficiency if you actually know
061anything in that. Uh so this is going to give us a chance to work on those pieces and and work on building especially our I mean across the board our 712 through uh towards a proficiency based um uh assessment if you will which again goes hand in hand with our graduate profile assessment plan. What is our um currently uh and we're not we're not the only district by any means, but how do we Yeah, I guess I'd say that that when you look at that um second hand on there um how do we know a kid knows something? I mean, when they're graduating, how do we know what they know? When they're leaving eighth grade, how do we know what they know? When they're leaving fifth grade, how do we know what they know? And
062so working to develop what that what that data looks like and how we can see that data, put it up on board and be able to give our oursel a score on that is part of this process for us. um as well PD plan uh working and and we're in a good spot that go to uh part of that was they wanted the PD plan that's listed online but um getting more uh public involved in the in the in the professional development. So um jumping back to your graduate profile looking at like how those committees the graduate profile should not be developed by us. It shouldn't be developed by the school board and us. It shouldn't be developed by myself. It shouldn't be developed by myself the teachers and us. It should be developed by
063the community. And so um that that profile type space should guide our professional development um as we continue to to move and shift mentorship program. Um good news is we've already addressed that. I mean, um we we do not have a mentorship program according to the state in place, but we have that in place now as part of our collective bargaining. Um but the collective bargaining was not um that it was not finalized before we submitted our accreditation information. So, um that's good. School climate working on climate. Uh again, those pieces are those uh I I really appreciated some of as I work through that uh we can think about school climate and we can we've had some great conversations about that, but highlighting that working to create a school climate committee in the sense
064of like you've got staff on board with that. You got community on board, you got the board. Um the climate is not any one of our it's not in control of any one of us. It's in control of all of us. And so working to do that and some of those pieces that go along with that. Um obviously a mix of with the reading grant but bar on the other on the on the high school end of this coming downward is um a big big component of of a is but b the relationship and the climate piece on a side note that Miss Walker is our our bar coordinator as well as our main teacher in the high school and so she had the opportunity to meet her with bar. She has regularly she has
065every every week she meets with them on uh Tuesday in the afternoon and um prepping that plan, prepping where we're going, working through some of the the details. I drop in on those, but I'm not in on all of those. And uh that big kickoff is the 23rd and 24th. So just remember that we that's where we shifted the professional development days. So we have that full day we have Thursday but then we have a full day Friday on that. So the last and so this um our improvement plan has to um have gone in front of the board. Uh, and so the agenda was put in there, but then the board has to be aware of. [Music] >> We do have to make a motion. So identify responsible parties and deadlines for corrective action
066and that's superintendent and board chair. So what is my role in that? >> Where are you looking? >> The second page behind the agenda where you filled it out, I think. >> Yeah. [Music] So that's I mean that's this process right here like approving like making sure it's happening. It's my job to make sure it happened. It's your job to make sure it's our job to make sure that it's happen is what I'm saying. >> Okay. >> So we don't if we wouldn't then the first people that are coming to say hey what's going on? They're not. They're coming to you. >> Okay. Gotcha. >> That's why I put I should have put you. >> So, the letter in here from Susie, she's got some links. Is that where we would find the requirements? because
067these items like these topics we've talked about numerous times and I think as a trustee especially if we're being held accountable um I'd really like to know what is required of us to ensure it's being followed through. I >> those are all links to >> does that tell us what like where do we find I guess where do we find like that this was required and it didn't happen like how do we know what's required because they might add something that maybe we don't have that program like say a mentorship in our school and they add that like how do we keep up with that I guess is my question >> so those links have I mean similar to some of the things we've talked about today those links are the law that goes along
068with it Okay. >> Um, >> is there any place that actually has the like nine components? You know what I'm talking about where you have to go to all your uploads. Is there like these are the nine things that they're looking at from you? >> So, the biggest thing on that is there a rubric is you would want to see the rubric >> because that's going to the law is not going to help. >> No. Right. >> It's Yeah. >> The rubric they created behind it is more. So, is this something that we as a board want to review annually? >> Well, I mean, you know, now that we have a plan in place now, we have to keep up with it, which I understand, but my fear is that we're going to miss something
069>> like a new requirement or a new component um and to try to do it within the time frame establishes they're having to create a corrective action, I guess. So the the reason yes we absolutely should have um this is going to be provided they get it ongoing that it'll it is every you'll be reviewed every third year. So year one this is your year two year three you're back here. So that way they're rolling through the state for continuous improvement. Um it is something I mean we should be looking at I mean I do think that is something we should be looking at every year. >> Okay. >> Are they continue to require art uploads like the actual formal process? >> No they will require um well I'm going to say no but the
070rules might change. um that they require us. So like we were supposed to be up this year and so we we were heavy on this stuff. We would be going through this process. They would be looking at there was new documentation and looking for all that stuff. Then over the next two years we would be um keeping track of that information. I hate to say like keeping a folder of all that information, but keeping track of that information. And then year three we'd be putting it back in again, doing it all over again. Um, we were up for the first rotation, but the question is, will we be up for the first rotation when they bump at another 2026? That hasn't been decided unless unless I hear something different at superintendent, we can work out.
071I'll let the the meeting the minute the information we have was was going to be delayed and then they would figure out the location after that. Any other discussion? Thank you. >> I will tell you just I want the a the board to make sure you remember where it is. Accreditation is one of those dangerous things where um you can check the boxes. That's why the board you want the board, you want the staff involved. Um because if you you you can check the boxes and if they're not really following through, which Montana has not been created about, that's why they're shifting it. You can you can do what you need to do without ever being honest about. I mean, and and so if you're going to use it as a guide to actually really
072try to continuous improvement, >> then it's it's important to to look at it that way. Um to just just say because I I as I went through this process looking at it, having been on accreditation and other other schools around around the country, yeah, you can check the boxes, but that doesn't mean you're doing it. So, it's it's more important for us to get to that point. I'd rather be a two working on it than a four. You know, just checking. >> I move that we approve the corrective plan for preservation. >> Did you ask for a motion? >> No. Is there any public comment? Public comment. >> I thought you did already a long time ago. >> Is there any motion? Made >> motion. I'll second her motion. The made Reena made the motion
073to approve the accreditation plan as presented. The second the motion. Is there any public comment? Public comment. Reena made the motion to approve the correction corrective plan as presented. All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> All those opposed same sign. Motion carries. Find them all. >> Okay. So you have information in front of you. two pieces to the puzzle that we um a we budgeted for um a climb wall to go in the elementary gym. On top of that, we were applied and got a grant to $2,000 grant off the top of that. And so, um that climbing wall will be on the south side of the gym, um under the overhang. It'll go 10 ft up in the air and it'll go >> on the east side. >> South side. Sorry,
074I'm not >> south side, isn't it? >> So, >> yeah. >> East. Okay. So, then >> the side the door side, the east side, I guess. >> Yeah. Um and uh yeah, it'll be so 10 ft tall. So, it does not require um ropes. Anything over 10 ft requires ropes. And so it's called a traverse wall. And it's it's it's where you want to start from. And then um then as we have kids and adults and different things involved in it, we have the ability to build kind of a more technical piece where they could go up over, you know, overhang up over the the balcony. But we'll take one step at a time. Uh it's pretty exciting. of the wall that you're getting is also um magnetic and not magnetic or the holes are
075magnetic but the underllayment on the boards that go up are magnetic so that classes can use that and so things can be stuck to the wall like I mean there's just so many kids that come to mind like I could walk a kid through a math problem on the wall and they're climbing through the wall and you're sticking those things on the on the wall just magnetically stick so you have a way to use it in other Crosscurricular stuff is where as well as kids. The thin feet piece adds the component that allows us to have adults on it. When it's not in use, it hits kids up the mats. The mats are on the floor. So if somebody falls, they don't get hurt and the mats automatically go up against it. So when it's
076not in use, it's not during games and whatnot and it's covered and not not in use. Pretty exciting. Pretty cool thing. Um excited for our kids to have another uh climbing is just another one of those things that is a lifelong thing that kids can do their whole life if they if they get into >> question. Um, what did did insurance say that that would be they want to buy insurance company? Think about it. >> That might be good. And then um like for adults, I'm wondering trying to think about the forms that were completed for anybody that got the cards if maybe this would need to be an addition on there, you know, for liability. >> Just a little bit. Yeah. But I would be interested to just make sure that insurance is okay
077with it and what our options are. Sometimes they have specifics on what they'll cover and whatot [Music] any public comment. public comment. Is there a motion? I would move to table this until we get information on insurance and have a meeting like a special meeting if necessary. So held up till next month. When we talked about this, was there a timeline? >> No. So, you made the motion. >> I did make a motion. Repeat it. >> No, I think I got it. >> Okay. Do you want me to repeat it for Okay. >> Is there a second? >> Is there any discussion? >> I did. name >> and throw this out there. Is it something that we can approve pending insurance or do you want insurance to come back to you and then decide? >>
078I would prefer to know what they say because sometimes they have stipulations on like options like if you do this or you might have to have this safety requirement or I'd like to see what their specifications are. That would be what I would prefer. >> Okay. Is is the wall here? Is it >> has been okay? So, we're not holding anything up. >> No. >> Okay. >> It will come from Georgia. >> Any public comment? Public comment. >> Sam made the motion to the table and run it by interns and see what they have to say. Did you? That's so I was right. Um >> and also to see if anything needs to be added as far as our card users for the >> correct. >> Okay. We're going to second the motion. All those
079in favor say I. >> All those opposed same sign. >> Motion carries. >> I think technical problems. >> Oh. I forgot to tell you that Dave called in,