001I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. So first the approval of the minutes >> second Any questions or discussion on the minutes? Okay. If there is no questions or discussion, we'll vote. So, all those in favor? Oppose? Okay. Motion passed. Approval of claims. So second a question. >> Y >> the the Fishers lease agreement. >> Yes. Is that for you generally? >> Yep. Our copers. >> Thanks. >> It cheaper to um rent some of them than it was to purchase them. >> Yeah, I remember that. >> Yeah. Our ones at the elementary get such heavy use >> that it's cheaper to rent them and get new ones every other year. >>
002Yeah. >> Otherwise, they just be falling down. Yeah. >> Get good service. >> Oh, yeah. They're super good about the instant something's wrong. Come down and they're there quite often in response. >> $10,000 to I would >> tuition. >> Is that >> what >> uh would just be a family, right? >> No, more. >> We'll have more of this next year. Have we gotten a tuition check? >> We have not. I've sent them out. We haven't got any yet. >> They're supposed to hear them. >> They have until December to pay. So, we just went ahead and roof bandaid. >> That's our only tuition checks we got to write. >> Nope. We have a big one we'll have to write to. Um it's called Liberty Elementary. Um that's where all the um uh what's the
003colony? >> Sunny Brook. The colony that's by my house. The new one out there on the gooseville. >> That was Sunny Brook. >> That is Sunny Brook. Okay. There's Sunny Brook. And then some at um >> LMA >> and you wrote that check >> have not they have not been thrill yet and it'll be substantial. >> Yeah but we >> so when I did the math the tuition that we have coming in covers all the tuition we have going out. So it's basically a wall. So we didn't benefit from it and we didn't wasn't something that we had to levy for. So you have the option to levy permissively levy for it. Well, and then you have you can only permissive levy so much, but you have the option to have a voted levy for
004it, a tuition levy voted. And I felt like we already had a voted levy that we really wanted to pass. We want to add another one on, >> right? and where it wasn't hurting us, where it was a wash, we actually come out on top by like $4,000. So, I just felt like in the interest of voters >> to not run a voted levy for tuition. >> So, which school is it? They go to the LMA one. Where will those checks be? >> Elementary too. >> Nope. No, she's north of Chester. >> It's north of Chester. >> But what about the Lola one? Where that >> That's supposedly where they're all going. >> South of Lola out there someplace. They got to go. >> They do. So, there is a school a school south of
005Lulma. It is their own private charter school. So, they won't sometimes they will, sometimes they won't send tuition for that. >> But some of them have chosen to go to this other school. I don't know. It's very confusing. >> If we get that bill, we might be interested in waiting closer to the December deadline to write that check. >> Yeah. Well, so what you'll do, >> especially when we waiting to see something come in. >> Well, yeah, you'll what you'll do is you'll wait until you get your first state aid payment. So, you wouldn't want to pay it until Octoberish. And you have to remember all your tuition bills that you're paying are in a rears. So we're paying >> last year >> for last year. So you and you pay based on the number
006of days that student attended. >> So if you had a student that was part of the year here and part of the year there, you only pay for the days student attended out of district >> in the Liberty Elementary. That's a charter school or >> Nope. It's a called Liberty Elementary >> and it is a elementary school located. >> Think the address is Sunburst. >> It's Sunburst. >> That's northwest of Dester. >> Yeah. >> We looked it up. >> How does that work? >> That's in the Canadian border. >> Yep. This is >> But they reside in f in Fergus. I just was there yesterday. They reside in show. >> They were there within our school district. >> And they they go there five days a week >> or four days a week. >> Uh
007must be five because they go 182 days. >> Yeah. >> We only go 172 days. >> Do they provide documentation? >> Um >> I get that in the record. Yeah. >> And they're not required to. Um, this is all they're required to give you is this attendance agreement. Y >> and by the state law, their board of trustees signs it and we acknowledge it. >> You no longer have to approve them. You just have to acknowledge that you thought and you have a student coming out of district. There's really nothing you can it is but it's randomiz and I looked them up online um and they have pupil instruction days 187 days. That's a lot of instruction. >> Yeah. >> It is. >> Okay. Are there any more questions on claims? Sorry, >> you're good.
008Are we all good? >> Yeah, we're good. Thank you. >> Thank you, Madam Chair. >> Um, so we have a move to approve and seconded. So, all those in favor? >> Opposed? Public comment on non agenda items. Do not have anyone here. Um, communications to and from the board. We have received a thank you card from the Bayu family. >> I'll go ahead and pass that over. >> Um, chair report. I do not have anything for that. >> So, Paul, you're up for transformation. >> Evening everybody. Make this short and sweet. Hopefully. So, just got a few things to report on. Uh, got a call today about our new traveler. We're still about 3 to four weeks out on receiving that or them receiving it and finalizing it. So, um, and that's with getting the
009ramp installed down there and everything. So, we could see it probably five weeks. That's that's him being cautious on time frame. We could see it sooner, but he was just hanging out a little bit further. So, that's where we're at. We did receive our new route bus. We received it in July. Um, it's got AC in the back for the kids now. So, they should appreciate that. Uh, can I go over the hires now or do we go over that later? >> It's It's under >> Yeah, it's under hires. >> You can make the recommendations and then you'll hire them later. Um, I had two people come in and apply. The first one is Chad Hartell. He's a semi-retired individual. He's out working for boards, driving truck. Uh, he does want to come in and
010possibly help out with coaching at some point. So, he's got a double threat on that aspect, but he wants to come in and be extracurricular driver. And he's licensed. >> He has a CDL. He does not have a passenger in school bus. So, we have to get that for him. So, he does qualify for the lower uh sign on bonus. >> Okay. >> But he seems like a pretty good individual and I would recommend that we hire him. >> I agree. >> Uh the second one, do we have to divide these? >> No. Crystal is going for recommendation now. >> The second one is Ken Kirby. Uh if the name sounds familiar, he works here at the ambulance barn. He also works at the hospital in Big Sandy. Uh he expressed interest in doing uh
011extracurricular as well. He also works at the Loma Post Office. So anywhere he could fill in, he would like to help out. >> Nice to pick up those guys. >> Yeah, it is nice. >> Have you had any other communication with the gentleman? >> No, I haven't heard anything else from Okay. that gentleman. I'll try and call him tomorrow, but I'm not expecting. >> Is he he pulled out of the custodial position or maybe he'd still want to I don't know. >> Yeah, we'll see. >> Is Kirby licensed or is he >> No, he would need everything as well. >> Yeah, but he's very eager to start and get on. So, >> as soon as we get approval here and we get his background check and everything back, we'll get all and get him trained
012to get him licensed. So, >> it's nice to have a couple new options. >> It is. It helps out greatly. Um, but always always always looking for more. So, always spread the word. >> Let me know if that if you have to talk to that other guy. >> Yeah, >> if you don't mind. >> Yeah, we'll do. And then the last thing I have is we kind of have loosely talked about donating our uh old route bus to search and rescue. And I just wanted to double tap on that and make sure that we're still good to do that. Okay. So, we will need a motion to do that. >> That's a great idea >> because I mean we don't get nothing for trade in and they're going to utilize it as a command vehicle.
013So, they're going to retrofit some stuff on it. >> Yeah. So, move. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I oppose. All right. Oh, >> Russ, you're up. [Music] >> Um, we had a meeting um earlier and can go over that part. Um we did have some new projects and stuff like that that while we were doing pricing on um throughout the summer there's been or this last winter we were talking about different things and we finally got pricing on the elementary roof and a few things like that when we go through that at that point or right now. Um the project update, the junior high girls shower completed and L clean it today and should be ready to use. Um there's a few little things that I need to um we had trouble
014with one of the panels and uh to passen it back into the wall. Um power is complete. Liberty did a great job. Oh, let me go backwards here on thank you notes. Um and this is really really important. This this one's a top-notch. just ask right at the very top. Um Larry is retiring at the 29th and we all know that and and he is he lets me know every day. I'm telling you, he was carrying the bag with him and u he is done the 29th and and um he is uh he came back and helped us out and saved our district um and took care of the building like he normally does in a great fashion and spent the summer here again. So, when you do see him, thank him. I mean, he
015he's carrying his baggage. He's ready to go. Um and and we do have a new hire tonight um that he's training and this kid is he's already right above everything and ready to go. So um and Brooke and Danny and Cory and Katie been they've been painting and cleaning and doing everything and the buildings are all in great shape and look good. Um and a couple other ones. Northwest Energy Josh Anderson did a great job of getting this online. Uh the project got kind of styied there and and Mr. Hull knows about this and we got kind of a stying. We had to go mafia and um Josh came on and got a hold of his people and u we put it back on track and and um we didn't get the delay that they
016were hoping to. We we were later by a week than we wanted to be, but um we still were online and they got that project completed. Blances and uh they've been they've been really spot on. Um they got this shower thing done, got everything going and and working on a few other things around the school right now. So um the plans have been really good to us this summer. Um again, the junior high locker room is ready to go and I couldn't be any more excited because I always thought that that was just a terrible place to send any kind of visiting team when we have tournaments and stuff like that. And um with a little bit more sprucing up, it'll be ready to go. Um some paint or whatever. Um the plumbing is continuing
017at elementary. Um they're getting some new toilets put in and um I was telling the committee that the one half of the building from the from the library basically all the way around to the primary will be opening with that portion of the building. That was already pre-desated that we would not get to the upper end of the building from the library to the auditorium. And so, um, we're they'll they'll work on that as as they finish it up here. They'll start working on that portion, but we will be open on those with the toilets. And, um, primary is pretty much ready to go right now. Kitchen was all but one couple fittings on one out of the new dump box that they put in out of the dishwasher. So, everything is going there. Um,
018heaters have been removed. They're going to start working on the install. Um they hope to be here on the second week of September with the install and before that they'll go down to the crawl space and get everything plumbed in for the um zone and get all those dowels put in before they get through so that they can just put those in in a day or so. Gym floors are finished and done and we can go through this other side if you want. >> Either way, what do you want to do? >> Go ahead. you're on the role. >> Okay. >> Um, as we talked about at one of the meetings and and and Cali had a point on trying to find um outside doors on uh water softeners and we did and Blancets can
019do those two water softeners for $1,800 a piece and they will be specific to the area, the kitchen and the cafe. And it's going to be one of those things that the state is already, you know, and everything has to do with regulations. Um they they when the county comes around, Bob comes around, um he looks at the spots on the silverware and tells you you got to get more this and that. Well, that's our water, but we have no softeners that are operational right now, and that's going to be one of the things on our dishwashers that we need. So those expenses um I'm asking for recommendation to to uh allocate the 3600 to put those in by going they'll service them and if they're out of adjustment they can come and adjust them
020versus somebody in Great Falls. Um again in talking to Craig he said they've got quite a few of them around and they're working really well but if something happens they're right there to get it fixed and it's not going to be um calling somebody out of Great Falls. We did talk about getting the trees trimmed um sometime this summer and we did have a price from um Brock Miller at 6,900 and that's um I think five or six trees involved in that. One of them is the one over here at TI and it's a complete tear down. Um and it's going to fall down and then the price doubles like you said at night when we have to come out and the storm is going to double. So, we talked about the elementary roofing project
021that we uh had all looked at before. Um I talked to the people over here, Raptor Roofing out of Helen, Montana. This did the for motel and they came over and inspected our roof system down at the elementary to be um the kitchen, the very portion of the primary and the hallway of the primary. And we had a price of 53600 and that's using that last temperature that they use over there. and repairing some of the edges and stuff like that before they sprayed that on there. Um, that one turned out really well and I went over quite a few times and watched them do it and how they were doing it and and uh it turned out really well. So, that price was in there installing grease trough and new sewer line on Shoto
022Street out of the cafe down here. Um, we have two different individual plans. We have the wrist craft and plumbing and True Rivers Construction which is Dave and I don't know his last name. Um you had the Cely and the Twins. Um they graduated last year. Um 19200 is the total price on that and they would put in a whole new sewer line out of the kitchen and or cafe and go out Shoto Street. That includes all the the back build the the asphalt and everything to patch the hole. And then we just talked about um getting better guards and prices on stuff like that. So >> the we can just when we get to the committee report we can visit on this again after we get a budget report and everything because we haven't
023made it. We ran out of time so we haven't made don't have a recommendation for the board or anything on it. At that time we can hear how much money we have to work with to make a decision on what we can do. that work does a lot better job than I do. So, >> Thanks, Russ. >> Hey guys. Um, it's all going to start again here soon. So, this has been a busy month. Some of our coaches and myself, we were just at the coaching clinic. uh statewide coaching clinic in Great Falls. I went uh to some of the MHSA um in the athletic director conference and I went to some coaching and um it was a it's a great place to go and a lot of knowledge is there. Uh I've spent a
024lot of time, thank you to Russ and and to Corey. I spent a lot of time cleaning out storage and locker rooms and discovering this building now that I get to be up here. Um, Rory did a great job repainting the locker rooms and Larry's been cleaning them. So, like Brett said, they're going to be much nicer to put our people up in. Um, I've been going through all of the and cleaned all the trophy cases and redid all that. And hopefully it'll all just look real good here in a couple days when everybody comes back. >> By the way, that's never been done. >> Never been done. You did the first one to >> Well, I don't want to catch. >> It's It's in the middle. >> Thank you. They They've done bits and
025pieces, but nobody's taking them. >> We're working on it. Next next summer, we'll keep going. >> Um I'm really glad to see the rain gone because I'm tired of the We've got a um not as bad. I don't know. I don't know what happened, but I didn't quite clean up as much water in the wrestling mats at the end, but I was tired of cleaning those up. So, I'm glad that it's slowed down. Uh, practice starts this Friday for high school football, high school volleyball, high school cross country, cheer, and middle school football in order for them to have their appropriate number of practices needed. And then on following Monday, we'll start middle school volleyball, middle school cross country, and middle school tennis with their practices. Um, >> football is Mondays. >> Uh, football's Friday.
026>> Okay. >> Yeah. Otherwise, they don't have enough practices to play games. So, >> on on um MHSA has launched a new program that houses everything for us. And so it's um it's where I put all of our schedules and all of the referees and I put in all of our it's all of our staff and all of their eligibilities that they have to do and then all of our students. I'll create the rosters and all of their eligibilities and um it launched August 1st. So it's it's been busy. It's been trying. Um, but we're in the same boat as every other school. Uh, there's a big long list of mandatory requirements on my part. Um, some of them are working, some of them are not, but we're going to get there. So, uh, being
027we're no worse off than other schools, I I think they realize that they've just got to roll with us and roll with it here. But, we've been working on that. So, I spent the last couple of days of registration. Uh we're going back a little bit old school to I am keeping all of the data for the children on paper. Um we'd had a computer program in the past that MHSA used. This new one I think has the capabilities but nobody could really answer our questions yet. I didn't have answers. So most of us have decided to just keep and file everything and go through that and then we'll learn the system as it progresses. um talking before we started, we are moving to class B and so that'll be a little bit of a
028new adventure. Um I've been here long enough that I grew up playing coming here to play in class B. So it's a little bit like going home I guess, but it'll be exciting. I think we've got everything on the calendar that we have so far. Um a lot of pieces that I'm a lot of things places will change that we go, but the way things work are the same. I just wanted to see if you guys had any questions about the movement or anything. Okay. Um, and then to wrap it up, I just have a couple of hires to recommend. Um, I thought I'd done this one, but I had not, so I apologize. Middle school tennis. Miranda Lynch has run it in the past. Um Emily Enen left. So I would like to um
029recommend Miranda Lynch and the sister Diana Farwick to run the program and Marta Ferguson would like to volunteer to assist them as needed. >> Do we have a motion? >> So move second. Okay. >> Any discussion? All those in favor? All right. propose. Let's see. Uh we advertised the assistant high school wrestling as um Riley was about as asked to be put as volunteer and I would like to recommend uh a previous coach back to the physician Tyler Starman as the assistant as wrestling coach. >> So second everybody all >> I will recuse myself in this one. Okay. Um, okay. So, who may see? Yeah. >> Any questions? All those in favor? >> I um and we had advertised for an assistant high school track coach as Conor McKillip has plans to um move on
030to warmer weather. And so I am in talking to Mr. Gilbreth. He has great knowledge of throwing and he has expressed interest in moving from the middle school to the high school position. And so I would recommend hiring Damon Gilbreth as the assistant high school track coach. >> So second >> any discussion? All those in favor? opposed >> you to advertise the middle school position then later in the year >> I will yeah we I didn't rehire them yet >> the middle school ones. So yes, we'll we'll have to advertise and then that one's always kind of that how many kids are going to be there? How many people do we get or need? So >> we'll judge that a little bit. Yes. Um, I did have one resignation from uh a position I already
031asked you to hire that you did and that is Jenna Bots from Middle School Robotics. She feels the need that she needs to back out of that and so we will need to I just want you to know we will need to advertise for that position as well. >> Okay. >> Then we will still have we still have middle school wrestling coaches >> advertised. Um >> we just need one or two. two >> cuz Damon is not >> Yeah. Yeah. He's just going to be the winter host. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Um and then fall host is still advertised. And am I forgetting anything? I think that's what we have right now. Okay. >> So, if you know someone, some people are starting to run away from me, but I'm trying. Um and that's
032all I have unless you have any questions. All right. Thank you. >> Thanks, Jamie. >> Okay, we are ready. >> Fun to get old, isn't it? >> It's fun to get old. Yeah, >> it's going to be late because I hobble up here. Yeah, pickle ball. It can be a dangerous sport. I should come up with a better story eventually or something like that. Um, okay. Are you guys ready to saddle up for success to talk about the elementary school for the upcoming foyer or >> Okay, awesome. So, um, strike first. >> Should we strike first? Yeah. So, they can't stand up. You're actually going to have to wheel me back around over there. Um, >> so it's been great. We've been busy and back in the office working on getting dates planned for our
033back to school events, sending information out to parents, and registering new students. So far, we have between 8 to 10 new students and I think some more coming out of the woodwork. So, we'll have more official rumors for you during that September board meeting. Um, one thing I would love to call attention to is at the um end of last year, I had Emily Anderson approach me about reestablishing parent teams. And so, we've rebranded it. Um, she and her her group of parents that are willing to help out. They are called Little Porn Helpers now. but they've been doing a great job at supporting our school and getting ready to kick off the school year. Seems like they've got great positive energy um and really have a lot of enthusiasm in terms of supporting our
034teachers and our staff. So, they've planned a few events. Um we're going to do a playground cleanup day with the help of Russ making sure like we'll make them do the work but we just have to have the sand in the paint, right? I talk to you about this. Don't act like this right now. >> Okay. And so anyways, >> so we're going to do a playground cleanup day on August 19th and then we're going to host um on the 21st a community barbecue for our school and we'll piggy back off of we have our kindergarten roundup this year on the 21st. We'll have that at the elementary playground. We'll do that from 4:00 to 4:45 and then we'll have our barbecue. So we're excited for that. I went um and and I I feel
035like it's important to have um I've been attending the meeting so far and um just to make sure that there's some communication between the parent team and the school. Emily and I went out earlier this week and handed out donation letters to businesses um with some of the different projects they're doing. They're working on establishing medical kits for all of the different classrooms, which is super great because there's a lot of kids that are running, you know, no more blood on the carpet. Um, and then so they're al they're working on that. Um, and then working on a couple of other different projects as well. So awesome, super great energy. We're very thankful for that and hope to continue that throughout the year. We have our back to school nights at the elementary school set
036for August 26th um, and from 5 to 6:30 p.m. So that's always a great time for families to come in. kids can bring their school supplies and that was all sent out in that information in that s'more I sent you guys earlier. We're also working on finalizing some schedules. Um, as Jamie mentioned, Jenna Bots is taking a step back right now due to some family family happenings and so we're super duper going to miss her. She's great and we hope she comes back. So, we're revamping some schedules, making sure that we can continue to support kids in the same way we have and maybe being a little bit creative and about how we go about that. Um, we also have been our um, special education teacher Justin Cartwright has been working diligently with Jen Longfellow
037who she's hired as our speech path through CCJF, but she's got some great resources in terms of revitalizing um, special I don't and I don't know if you want to put this in the paper, Bethany, but like special education schedules so that each of our kiddos that are maybe more life skills kiddos that require a lot of extra support um, and an alternative approach to education, have customized schedules. We're rotating paras through working through those kids and have some more supports set up in place for that. So, I'm super duper excited about that because I think that that's one thing as our school moves, we're seeing a lot of heavy needs in our special education room. So excited for that. And um also I've been busy working on making sure that all of our students
038are rostered and ready to go for our beginning of the year assessments. We're also going to be starting with MAP and I'm excited about that. I haven't thrown my computer yet as I try to roster them and figure it all out, but I think that that will be a great a great program too once we get everything handled. Do you guys have any questions? >> Yeah, tell me more. I apologize, but there's a typo because you have the first day of school called the 25th. >> Oh, >> it's actually the 27th. Sorry. >> It actually is the 27th. >> Um, I just want to point out that the measure of academic progress or math, >> yeah, is assessment we're going to give this year in grades three through eight. >> The fact is is that
039we are in need in the district of collecting data uh that extends into the middle school and that can inform us about our instruction in the high school. And so with the way the masked testing, the state testing has gone, we still haven't got our results from last year. >> And whereas MAP will be almost instant data to us. It's great information. It's it comes with a price tag of course, but we we bought a a subscription uh yearly subscription this year that encompass we have enough kids from 3 to 8 to be able to >> assess those kids in math and in reading and language arts. and uh it'll it'll we need to move forward with collecting better data across the grade levels including like I said included. So it's a really good step
040forward and uh I add in my report but I'll say now I've asked Roxy to be the testing coordinator for the school district >> and so that the conversation we the the questions I get and whatever I'm filtering them through her and she's taking care of and God bless her for that uh organizing the the map testing that's going to start in the fall. We'll have three three sittings of the map testing this year. I think it'll be really good like um I think mast is great and um was really promoted by OPI as a similar test to math. So we we do see our results but the kids can't be retaught or retested on anything. It shows no growth. It's like the idea of a summitive test but it just happens three times a
041year instead of at the end of the year. So I think math will be really great. It's going to be a new way. We're so we're moving away then at our elementary school from Dibbles. It was kind of a huge shift and so but I but I think that Dibbles has a lot of focus on fluency and pace in reading whereas math is going to dig deeper in terms of comprehension and application of skills and then also will give us a picture in math. We have some other assessments as well that we can use but then can help our middle school teachers as well kind of as they transition. The thinking would be that >> uh cost dependent, but we'd be thinking about doing three through eight this year and possibly the following year three
042through nine. >> Yeah. >> And then we can decide from there. We collect that data and see how it's helping inform our teachers instruction and we can go from there. >> Yeah. >> But again, there's two acronyms on the table here. The state test is called MASS. >> Yeah. measure of academic standards through year >> and that should >> and what we're talking about introducing now is MAP measure of academic progress measure academic progress comes from the NWA but I think they're changing their name now because they got bought by somebody northwest education >> something association whatever anyway so map and mast are two separate things >> so >> and we'll make sure to get lots of information out to about this statement to our families for Sure, we'll continue with Dibbles K2. I'm still
043a little bit and maybe maybe third. I'm not sure because B phonics is still a pretty important piece of reading there, but um I'm excited about it and I think it'll drive great conversations and I think it'll improve the way we can intervene and support kids that maybe need just a little bit of some extra TLC. >> Um do you guys have any questions about that? >> Yeah. What's OPI? Is that what they're recommending? Yeah. >> So, OPI basically recommends MAST and that's it. But but but MAS is really like I said before, mast is like an updated ESPback. It just happens three times a year. So really in terms of that, it's completely sumitive and you can't really use it to form like inform instruction and then measure any more growth. So I think
044it's really important to make sure that you're measuring kids three times a year on growth to to you know to ensure that you're making progress. But for the accreditation process, we're also expected to have two different measures. >> Correct. Yeah. >> Well, they keep changing and keep >> they do keep changing it. And I was just going through today there like five different testing plans that I'm working on creating with the help of chap Jeep sheep. Yeah. Mind you, >> I'm not the only person in this room that sat the Iowa test of basic skills once upon a timely. But but the fact is is that >> the you're just jumping through the hoops at that point. You're just taking these tests that has no value to what we're actually doing in school. And that's
045what we hope that map will become. Yeah. >> So you can actually use the data. It's informs the teachers as to what things they can do to support our kids. It's it's a much better tool. And again, we get the information pretty fast. It's all electronic. They do it online. >> OPI's also rolling out a new alternative assessment. So for some of our life skills kiddos down there, it'll look a little bit different for that, too. So that entails more training and just making sure that we're in compliance with with that. >> Um, >> yeah. >> I had one other question. Yeah. Spec in special edged uh room for Jen and Justin have an aid. >> Yeah, they have four. >> Oh, >> or five. Yeah, we probably have three kiddos that require basically one-on-one
046attention. And so in order to four I would say actually and so we're utilizing where the aids rotate and and we're and I'm not sure and this is kind of going to be new this year where aids switch every 30 minutes to in terms of like switching with kiddos as well because working with with one child with um it can be super taxing in a long day. So we're trying to switch every 30 minutes. I met with them and so we're utilizing some of our MTSS or RTI programs as well. So like every kiddo now has a specialized program. So what you'll see from sped this year is every kid has a schedule. Our life skills kids have full day schedules and then we've mixed grade level groups as well. We've created learner profiles on
047all the kids and so we know kind of what their goals are, where they're weak and what we need to do and then we fit programs in to make sure that we're meeting their needs that way. So, super excited about that this year. I feel really good. Yeah, really good about that. And seriously, Jen and Justin have worked so hard at that. They've done amazing. Um Katie and Corey have been doing a great job painting. The school looks very bright and fresh, and the teachers classrooms already look amazing, so they're ready to rock and roll. Will be So, first day of school will be the 27th. No. Yeah. >> Yes. 27th. Perfect. Then 20 29th we will be having our annual back to school carnival. So we'll be doing that in the afternoon on Friday.
048And obviously with set up for success. It'll be a little bit of a western theme. So we have some dads that have volunteered to come in to do like to demonstrate to kids how to rope and then some parenting people are going to help out and do like a trail mix station. We'll have some stick horse races if I can get my hands on some more stick horses. Anybody have any? >> No. So, we're like thinking of like kind of like western themes. So, that should be a should be a good time. Always always fun. Um, and then yeah, it feels good. It's always exciting. It's like an exciting time of year to get started. >> Do you guys have any questions? >> Awesome. Yeah. Thank you. >> In craft country, >> we're ready. >>
049Are you Are you ready? >> I'm ready. I'll turn >> you know what it might not be running with them to start but I will >> start. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, you each have a high school and elementary school budget and we'll do the elementary school first if that works. >> Yep. >> So, on each page is a fund. Um, and you'll see our general fund there is the first page up and you'll see the adopted budget is your first line. And so the budget on in our general fund, which is the majority of our funding, we have a increase of just $5,000 this year. So not much of an increase because we do have decreasing enrollment down there in the elementary school. So that's kind of what drives
050that. And then you can go to the next page is transportation. Elementary school transportation is a smaller fund because we just we the bulk of the transportation is in our high school. And you'll see that that um our elementary school transportation basically supports our individual transportation contracts that we have for students that are you know their parents either drive them to the bus stop most of them. Um and then we make that transferred from our elementary school for high school and tuition fund fund 13 tuition. This is not tuition that you pay to other school districts. This fund is special ed. Um and this fund you do levy period. Um and it's very tricky and very complicated with the tuition funds. Um there's a whole worksheet and calculations and everything that goes into it. Um
051and typically for schools as a whole has not used this fund much. It comes out of our >> and our co-op. So that's why you don't see, you know, a huge dollar amount here. Um there's that one. Um the retirement fund, the budget will stay the same as it was last year on that one. Um we don't I don't anticipate any high dollar teachers retiring this year. That's where that really gets hit. When you have a long-term, you know, superintendent or long-term teachers retire, >> that's where that comes from. adult education. Same as last year. Um, we had a little bit left over in there. You can see there's that other line that will say unreserved fund balance reappropriated. That was the balance that I had in there. That's your cash balance at the end.
052So then you just pay you just have your budget and then you'll see district tax levy. That's the difference to make the total. Make sense? >> I guess I should have explained that earlier. But the adult education is easy to see that in because it's in and out. Technology fund, same thing. Um adopted budget in the top. That was our cash balance. You'll see the cash balance right there. And the unreserved um reappropriated plus um our new um our incoming dollars gets us to our total there. And then our flexibility funds. Um that's kind of our rainy day, you know, fund. Flex fund used to be a popular thing. Now they don't kind of let you save up in there. You use your inner local fund. So it's kind of a shift. So that money
053just This is where I've been paying the extra building stuff out of. So this will eventually probably get pretty up. >> How do you fund that again? >> The fund. >> You don't fund it anymore. >> That's right. >> You fund it into the interlocal now. >> Yeah. Okay, fund we've all been waiting for, building reserve. So, building reserve. So, the adopted budget there at the top gives us our total that we can spend for the year. But this is a little misleading because it doesn't have added in our interlocal loan. So, you can use the interlocal loan to get to your total. So, um I have to finalize that stuff up with um Louise Welch. So, because I'm going to we'll have two separate ones. We'll have a interlocal high school and an interlocal
054elementary school because our levy pass and they'll be based on the levy amounts. So, we can get the a loan for the full amount of our levies. And so, that will change that will add that dollar amount plus the total authorized at the bottom will be your total budget. So, I'm very proud of myself. Pat myself for that Snoop Dog there. Proud of me. So, on our last levy that we ran, we didn't actually go over and use all of the interest, right? Because we paid it as we went. So, we actually had money wasn't necessarily left over. We were just super fiscally responsible. And so, now we can use that towards our next project. And that's why the balance is so high in there is we were super diligent about how we executed our
055funds the first levy and didn't spend in interest but we thought we were going to kind of saved us there and that's where you see that little bit of different in funding that we you know as we got our levied money in we paid our loan so that we could reduce our overall interest as quickly as possible and we actually paid that loan off almost two years Good work. >> I know, right? So, and then you'll see in there the um the 53 that is the state major maintenance. So, that's where we permissively levy and the state matches us on that one. So, then I just need a vote to approve your elementary school budget. And it's elementary, so it's district one only. >> Uh, so move. >> Okay. Any questions or discussion? >> So
056the voted reserve authorities, that's the middle le right there that we ran right on the bottom. But so that's fairly I mean that's 82,300 a year or >> that's what we Yeah. >> No. Okay. So the the total is the authorized total is the total amount of the levy >> and the maximum levy is what we'll get each year for 10 years. >> Okay. >> So that's what you'll see come in every year. >> That's the elementary. Yep. So hopefully Yeah. You can keep your payments at that dollar amount so that you don't get overextended. That is the goal. So, as we go along, you know, you'll have to pay attention, you know, as we're doing these projects to make sure that we either can fund them out of there and not extend the loan
057to make sure our loan payment never goes above that. Otherwise, you have to dip into the general fund to make that loan payment, which is what we don't want to. So, any other questions? Okay. All those in favor? >> I oppose. We're good. Good. Okay. High school. Just a second that there. And our high school budget actually has a 70 um $75,000 increase over last year. Um, so we had some of those that big, you know, eighth grade class move up into our high school. So, uh, that number is up and don't expect I mean next year it'll crash. So, as we have a big class fragmentation, so we got to keep an eye on that. Um, so that's our general fund there. um transportation fund. You will see that the adopted budget is um
058we did not have much excess in there um with fuel costs, insurance costs, all those extra fun things and parts are expensive. So, it's the same as it was last year because we were I didn't feel like we needed to go higher because we were just right on track with how we ended the year in that fund. Bus appreciation. So bus depreciation the adopted budget um is based on the depreciation of your assets at the bottom. Um we use our max depreciation every year on those items. Um and our bust appreciation it does look the adopted budget does look lower there because we have um call it encumbering where I've already set money aside because remember our bus appreciation fund looked huge but we bought those two buses so it's encumbered so it comes off
059this so you're not seeing that incumbrances on your budget where you see them on um box So it looks a little odd there where you know you haven't spent it but you spent it you know because you've said to the side. So that's that budget there and then you know as those new buses pull into rotation it goes up because you you know they have a higher dollar amount on them and tuition funds. Same thing as the elementary school. It's not something that we heavily utilized, so it just stays whatever was remaining in there. Retirement fund, same thing. The budget is the same as it was last year. Adult education, um, same as well. Budget is the same as it was last year. Technology fund, also budget is the same as it was last year.
060Um, we did I did learn that you can you have to spend whatever you levy for in your technology funds every year. Um, that's a new thing. You used to be able to kind of save it up for expenditures, but whatever you let me for, you have to spend out of there. >> And now that we no longer have CO funds to help support our technology in our schools, we'll blow through this pretty easily every year. And it might be something that as tariffs and the price of computers and Chromebooks go up, we may have to look at voting for an increase because I can never levy more um than the what is um said there in the district mills um because of how technology levies work unless we go through the process and choose
061to change it because it is one of those permissive levies. So the state kind of dictates where you're at unless you take it back out to the voters and then it can go back as a permissive. So that's kind of a tricky one to ask. >> But 20,000 can be pretty tight eventually. >> Eventually. Yeah, I think so. >> In the next couple years, >> I think so. >> Pretty. >> Where's the income from uh insurance? >> Huh? >> Insurance. >> Yeah, the kids pay insurance. >> They do. And so we spend most of that out of there too for Chromebooks because I mean there every kid in our district which I think you guys should pat yourself on the back too because this doesn't happen in every district. Every student in our district has
062their own book. >> I mean first grade through seniors. >> Um lots of school districts it's only middle school high school six sometimes. Um but all of our students have access to one and we don't have computer lab. So, trying to keep all that up. >> Yeah. >> Be anchor by now. >> Um, actually, Carly rotates them through. There isn't a student that has a Chromebook that's more than four years old >> because they just don't last that long. >> Um, so when they like come up here, seventh graders, they're new. So, all seventh graders get brand new ones. They're not allowed to take them home. >> And then hopefully that Chromebook stays with them for a while. >> Yeah. Um, and then you'll see, you know, the juniors and seniors and their Chromebooks and
063they're like, "Oh boy, what have you done with that?" And they, you know, put sticker and Mrs. B lets them put stickers on them and and some of them it's like, "Man, looks like it's been through a war." They're like, "Oh, it's fine. It's fine. It's still a little tape on it, you know." Okay. Um, so we between the technology fund and the student uh Chromebook technology fee, we seem to get them all covered because remember we used our technology fund for our new phone system and the new cameras too and the new fobs. >> So that's what we sometimes use that for too with um >> really tightening this thing up there. Yeah, we're gonna in the next couple years it's going to you're going to have to really trim with that I think
064especially as enrollment decreases and you know wages and everything else goes up. Yeah. We're always creative. Where's make work? Um 29 is that flex fund. That's your interlocal fund there. Um so we've got a little bit in there. Um, we do use that, you know, or the last year used that to pay for some of these building repairs before the levy passed. So, that kind of took a hit. So, hopefully in the next couple years we can be fiscally responsible and build that back up. And now the high school building reserve um is obviously much smaller than the elementary school, but we haven't had a levy run in high school in a long time. I think it was like 2009. when the roof got fixed. >> So, it's been a while. So, um it does
065have the state major maintenance on there, the match from the state. Um and you can see there the reserve voted levy versus the permissive levy on there. It breaks it out. Um so, and then it gives you on the bottom again your total and what you'll get every year in your levy. So, any questions on that one? And then again, you'll add your interlocal loan funds to that too to increase your overall budget authority. So, and that's when we're doing these building projects, you can't because the building reserve is a budgeted fund, you can't ever exceed your adopted budget. So, that's where, you know, we see, you know, we have the levy and you have that total dollar amount. You can't budget for that whole dollar amount every year. So that's where you have to
066watch it unless the interlocal gives us the full amount, which it sounds like they're going to. So then we have that to kind of Oh, that's where the very first year I was a clerk. I got my hands left cuz I Yeah, Dave didn't Yeah. Dave didn't tell me and Yeah. But so I had to go to like OP. But anyway, that is that one. Any questions on high school? >> Looks good. >> Yep. So we need a motion for that one. >> So moved. >> Okay. Any other questions, discussion? It's like all good then. Um all those in favor >> I >> opposed. Okay. Okay. Then the next one, the um trustees report. I did not have the trustes report completed because I was waiting on final retirement gas 68 numbers from TRS and
067I have not gotten those yet. So when I get those numbers to fill that in and complete that, I should have that for me. for the county. Okay. Obsolete property. Um the last time last board meeting we came to you with obsolete property of a elliptical and a treadmill. No one has come forward saying they want those lovely machines. So I think we're just going to dispose of the machines. They neither one one of them function 100% properly. So, we now can just get rid of them. And then I have a director. >> Yep. >> Then I have one other obsolete property item. There's a small kiln down at the elementary school that no one uses. Um, it will come as is. Um, I'm not sure if it works or not. It's been unplugged for
068a while. I think it's just taking up space. So, >> you guys, >> Huh? >> It did work. It did work. We put new coils in that one. >> Is it Is that the only kil down there? >> No. We have the great great new. >> Okay. So, that's what the adult ed >> Yeah. They use the big one and not the little one. >> That one just sits. >> Yeah. Nobody's turned it on. Wanda who runs our adult ed and Amber said they never use it. Wanda said she hasn't plugged it in in like three or four years >> and they would like the space back. >> So, it's 220. So, And then um we do have lots of um it's not on my obsolete property list, but we have lots of um bookcases.
069If anybody wants a bookcase >> and all Jamie's cleaning, >> if anybody wants a bookcase, >> you know, we're going to give him away as Christmas gift. >> You want a bookcase? >> No. Getting rid of that white pickup team. >> Oh, the white pickup. >> Yeah, more on that side. >> Yep. So, I need a vote on the white pickup and the count to add them to off property. >> I move to add all that stuff to obset property. >> Do a minimum on what you think it is. 800,000 just to get what I not whatever somebody offers us though. >> Best offer offer. >> Yeah. >> Oo on both items. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Yeah, we had to clean it out, get it ready to go. >>
070That is all I have. Okay. >> Well, I had a question and maybe I missed it, but I thought we were uh like for projects that we started. Do you have a spreadsheet of like where we paid? >> I do. I haven't updated it because I just got the um we paid I paid lots of these invoices today. >> Um and so I haven't updated it so I didn't bring it, but I can email it out to all of you buildings. >> Yeah, that'd be great. Thank you, Bill. So yeah, between finishing the budget and school registration and >> yeah, and the bills came in late this month, I didn't get it all finalized. >> So yeah, I can email that out. >> Yep. >> Okay, we still have a motion on the table. So
071all those in favor, >> yeah, we're good. >> You're up. >> Okay. Uh I I'll send this out electronically tomorrow. There was a couple minor tweaks in the 2020 2526 calendar. You'll see the revised. It's just some some explanation at the bottom underneath a couple of months. So I'll send out the new version that's attached to this. Um parents just are getting an email today uh telling them that we had to adjust our bell calendar belt schedule here at the middle school high school. And uh it's hard to say what kind of cheering or grumbling there'll be amongst the students, but here there's there's two things about this. First about the the belt timing itself. We had to adjust the bell timing to account for the fact that we were very low on the number
072of hours were required to have. We were we were it was reported to Roxy Allen that we were actually below what we were supposed to. And uh the law is a little bit confusing, but we created a system where we increased our daily class period timing from 48 minutes to 49 minutes Monday through Thursday and from 40 to 42 minutes on Friday. And what that results in is uh same length of lunch period, but 5 minutes earlier start and 3 minutes later out is all it results in. >> Okay. And then on Fridays it's uh 7 minutes later out and a shorter lunch period but we're also starting at 8:00. So it by doing that to the timetable we didn't have to give up any other days. >> So we kept the time the calendar
073that you you approved it kept the integrity of that calendar together but so we just simply adjusted the daily time table to accommodate that. So we don't have to um we didn't have to lose any of the days. The other thing is, so that's the daily timetable. The other thing it did by adding this extra time is it let us build in one additional emergency um uh dismissal day. So the state allows us to in the event of an emergency like we had the water break. We we have two built in. The state gives us we just have to ask for the emergency the um uh not you we're not in school because of an emergency. we get two, but this would allow us to have one additional uh day. So really in the it's
074snow day, we have bad weather or whatever, we can take one of the one of those three days or all three of those days without having to make the day up. >> Mhm. >> And it's nice to have a little bit of a of a buffer. Better to not use them and, you know, have them and not use them and not have them and have to come to school on a Saturday. So in the end, we adjusted the timet just ever so slightly. Most of our high school middle school kids are here by 8 o'clock anyway. So the bell still, we have had a bell ringing at 7:55 already. There's a bell at 7:55, one at 8, one at 8:05. We used to start classes 8:05. So we're simply starting at 8:00. And like I
075said, the line share people are here. I I'll hear some grumbling on on the 27th, but um I'll give them hugs. They'll be fine. Um with that middle school high school course registration this week, it's not to be understated that the hands of many make for light work. Um, Callie's been helping. Conniey's been helping. Roxy's been helping. Patrice McDonald was in today and, uh, helping Amy and and Tiner. It's been extraordinary. Um, a lot of kids through the building last two days. It's been a lot of hustle and bustle. It certainly feels like school's about to start with all the people that have been in and out of our office. So, thank you to all those that have been helping, but so far it's been going really, really well. Um, I don't have it to
076show you tonight, but um, Roxy and I were able to save the school district a little over $2,000 because we've used an appraisal tool the last year where we paid a subscription that cost us $2,000 and we didn't feel like we were getting any a lot of value. I mean, we we were appraising our teachers using the tool that they provide, but we didn't feel like it was worth the expenditure. So, um, we abandoned that $2,000, uh, tool and I settled for one from Google for $35. So, we saved $2,000 and it's a tool that we're creating. We're generating it, creating it ourselves. It's not fancy, but it still allows us to decide the things we want to how we want to observe our teachers and the format in which we give them feedback. And
077that's what it's all about. that the actual device, whether it's on a paper, electronically, whatever, is inconsequential to the information, the conversation you have with a particular teacher. So, um I don't have that to show you tonight, but um we're still it's still kind of under construction as we kind of figure out how to to create the form and you can see it electronically or you can print a hard copy and we're still playing with the verbiage in it. So, because we get it's all generated by us. So, we get to generate it. I think that's one thing that is great about it is we can generate it to fit the needs of our staff and what we value in terms of instruction we want to see in our schools because our school is not
078the same as other schools better. >> Yeah. >> So yeah. >> So we're playing with some of that verbiage and whatever and I I'll be happy to share that with you at a time when we we feel like we have a kind of lockdown. Our intent is to roll it out to the teachers on the 25th so they have a chance to see before we start the school year. So I'll sort of bring that to the September board. Couple dates. Uh, new teacher orientation. I only have two new teachers, but that'll be Monday, August 25th. All of our staff returns in the afternoon that day. The new teachers are coming in the morning. Uh, all the other teachers return in the afternoon of the 25th. We'll have a bit of a kickoff rah here in
079the library uh with my favorite people, bingo. And then uh we're having all staff workday on the 26th. We're actually going to have a breakfast in the morning at the elementary school and I'm going to show a film, a motivational film in the elementary editorial. We're we're going to do that this year. It's kind of a fun little change to the plan. Um, you also heard about Roxy being the testing coordinator co coordinator. I mentioned that before. And note that the uh we are having a bit of a a challenge with the front door fob system. Carly's working on it, but they don't the other fobs are working, but for some reason the one in the front door is not and they're working on a solution. In case you hear that or somebody says something,
080the key still works, but you just we just have to be um aware that that's a under construction. We're working on a solution. Um you'll also see in this newsletter yeah uh so in calendar of things just to note that uh the booster club fall sports kickoff is on Monday the 25th and that um we have a grade seven parent student orient student parent orientation on the 26th and we're worked it out around the elementary school back to school night and um as Roxy mentioned our first day is the 27th and the energy is filling the air so that's pretty pulled. Any questions about those items? >> I must have missed it. Who's deleting Mrs. Hansen? >> So, um, they are just now, you might recall that she originally had submitted a letter of resignation.
081>> Yeah. >> And then submitted a letter to me asking for Grace that they would put their house up for sale. And once that happened, once their house sold, she'd give us 6 to8 weeks basically. >> And they just this week now are putting their house up for sale. Amen. So, we have not I've been fishing. We've talked to talked to several people, done a couple kind of casual interviews, followed up with a couple people, but once that house sells, we will advertise in earnest and look to hire that position. >> Okay. >> So, here it is now, the middle of October, middle of August. I would say by the beginning of October, we could be looking at somebody new in there. >> Yeah. >> Or middle of Octoberish, >> like that. Good question. >>
082Okay. Um you have before you we have some handbooks to um for your consideration. Uh the elementary school had some revisions made. Roxy, help me here. >> Yeah, Roxy Allen really to be honest with you, she went through and just updated um more just housekeeping items, changed names, and then there were some things on the back page that she updated to reflect the same in the high school faculty. So, >> we'll take a look. We'll have a second reading next month. Um is there anything in particular you want to highlight, Roxy? >> Um just like the compliance coordinators um was a section that was changed on page 20. Green were things that were stressed out and that's about it. The changes were super minimal. So the majority of the changes that you'll see are on
083pages 18 and 20 and then on page two. So >> that's it. to follow that theme of first readings. You have before you also three other handbooks for your consideration as a first reading. The school bus drivers handbook. Same uh as she mentioned the new things that have been added are in yellow. You have the school district uh uh route transportation handbook and then you have the classified staff handbook um for your consideration for first under first reading. Any questions about those? Give me about that light regime in the next couple weeks. Tonight then we're also looking at the second reading of the middle school high school handbook and I would uh ask for your adoption of that. >> We need a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. question. >> Any discussion? Any questions? >>
084No, I think we could all we handled all that discussion panel last >> meeting again the changes the updates have have been heard and um yellow indicates change red indicates something removed. They were all addressed best of my knowledge. >> Yep. So all those in favor >> I >> oppose also ask for your um acceptance of those for the second reading of the faculty handbook. >> We will need a motion for that one as well. Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> oppose. >> Okay. And I'm going to hand out again. This is a copy of the gymnasium and weight room community use agreement and the two items. There was discussion about this at the last meeting and um I would draw your attention to the back page, the two items uh listed
085in yellow. The recommendation that Jamie and I had put before you was that the yearly fee would run from July 1st until June 30th. And um looking down below, the second item was that upon request, the yearly FOB fee can be prrated from to $60 for six month FOB access, which would run from July 1st to December 30th 1st, excuse me, or July 1st, January 1st to June 30th, as it states. So that those were the adjustments made based upon um our discussion, input from the board, uh input from community members. Um, and it it's still my opinion and and I'll let Jamie speak if she'd like to that um again we want to there's not a lot of people that are using this but we still want to in my opinion we still want
086to it's not a lot of money. I think we need to minimize the the uh human capital it takes to manage this and that's why we adopt we proposed the six-month period of time um for the policy >> and then I was not here I apologize for not being here last time and so my question for you is did you have discussion on if you pass this am I proactively providing refund So, we began to make a motion to that effect, but because it was the first reading, we said we had to wait till this month to discuss that point. >> I just So, we would say that. >> Yep. >> Okay. Um well, yeah, last month I had started to make a motion and he tabled it to go ahead and accept the print
087or the policy um as listed, but um also added to that to refund the three families that have already paid um had already paid the full amount for last year even though they had been using it for less than six months. to go ahead and refund them half of the amount. >> And to repeat what Joelen said, it's there there were three. We did >> four. >> I looked back and there was one. >> Yeah, this should be four. There was one like January second or something. >> Okay. So offering them for they can choose not to accept it but we could offer them a a refund of $60. So that would be my motion. >> Would it could they prorrate the next year if they want to keep the fog? Isn't that what we
088>> Oh, it gets messy. >> Oh, okay. So it was just like go through the transaction start from scratch. >> Yeah. >> Okay. This is July 1st. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, do we need to approve this first and then >> you can do it all in one? I >> think you should separate on it because there might be a difference of opinion on the refunding. >> Okay, we can separate it. >> Um, so we're going to separate it out. Joelen, we'll first um vote on the policy as it's the for the second reading. >> So, move to the policy. Yes, please. >> Okay, >> I'll second. >> Yeah, I'll second. >> Okay, so we're just voting on the um agreement or policy. So, all those in favor? >> I opposed. No. So now we
089just move on to the next slide. Okay. So we'll need another motion correct for the refund. >> I'll make that motion. Do we offer refunds to for the four families who um Yeah. who didn't use it more than six months last year? I'll second. >> You have any discussion on that? >> Yes. I'm I'm probably the odd man out here, but I don't think we should do prorated for last year. We should start fresh this year and if we have somebody sign up this year, halfway through, we prorate that one. But going back in the past, what happens if somebody usual comes in goes well for this part? I think we might be open to a little bit of a worms. That's me. >> I don't think it's this policy is a year old yet
090though. >> This is just the we're within that first year of actual FOB use. >> This is the beginning of the second year. So yeah, I think our discussions were probably warranted because we didn't know what, you know, everything was going to look like. So, >> okay, we have a first and second. Okay. Anything else? Well, it's opposed to the whole refund side of which so >> do I guess I would like to make I think amend the motion to say that they could re uh donate it back. Do we need to have that in there or do >> the refund want to donate? >> Okay. Okay. We'll just leave it out there. I res Okay. So, we're good. We'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor? >> I oppose. So you want to
091invite you. Okay. Four was kale and I'm against Dan. But so what do we do? should put figure out. >> So either dies or you vote. I vote. >> I think so. >> I think you have to break. >> Look at you. >> So you wanted to be a board chair. >> I would vote in favor for the refund. Okay. >> Okay. Anything else? >> That's all I got. Thank you. Hey, committee reports. We'll start with the moving grounds. >> Okay. Well, we Russ said everything that we discussed at our meeting, our committee meeting. Um they didn't come out with a recommendation at all because we ran ran out of time. Um, so and if you're hearing our budget, I know we're tight, but there are things that we we do need to maintain and
092move forward with. I know Russ's priority would be the water softener and the tree trimming as number one. And number two, I for sure feel that tree trimming is pretty important. We've got to especially after this rain and everything, we get plug gutters and it's coming back in the buildings. We've got to do whatever we can to continue. I don't know what the rest of the committee thinks. And then water softeners kind of another thing that we kind of like boilers and everything else for we've got to have them. So little hanging fruit. >> Yeah. >> And due to the dollar amounts it does you don't have to have a boat. >> Okay. >> West $8,000. the rest of it. I didn't get a chance to ask you on the roof. What kind of timeline
093are they looking at? Was that something they're going to do this >> all the or? >> Yes. >> And if we put it you you will push for it. >> And if we put it off, it's going to going to increase. >> Yes. >> I Well, one thing we could do is is see where we come out on interval. We have a little extra. You never know, >> right? Well, and I'd like to see this spreadsheet >> to see where we're at. >> Pulled off on the like I feel like the roof is something we need to do and as soon as we get the final numbers from Milk River, then you'll know. >> Yeah. >> So, once Milk River is finished and given us their final um bill, I think then you make the
094vote at that time. >> All right. Because then you'll know >> okay >> where I mean you'll really know where you sit once you get that final bill from Milk River because we know what the heaters cost. >> Yeah. >> I mean that that they've been pretty consistent there >> and there's not a lot of change orders. But once you get that final bill from Milk River then you'll know I mean really where you sit. >> But you feel like we can make the uh water softener and the tree trimming we can we can cover that without any hardship any problem. Yeah, I mean the small beans to compare that. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Go ahead. >> No, go ahead. >> Well, we that and the sewer line going from this building over to the
095>> Right. That would be another one. >> That's another bigger ticket item, >> right? Two separate budgets though. >> I know that's true. So I think once you get you get that final bill for Northwestern Energy and you get that or Northwestern Energy and Liberty Electric and we get that final bill from Milk River, we'll know exactly where we're at. >> So and then some final numbers from FICO because those keep rolling in. >> Um and then Gary's bill too. >> Then you'll know where you sit. We can vote on those other ones I would think pretty rapidly. So Russ can go ahead without a vote on the tree trimming and the >> under the >> Yep. It's under Yeah, because it's under >> I guess Pat can sign off on that because it's under
096the policies authority. >> So anything under 8,000. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Then we'll wait on the others until we get the final budget about. I'd like to see some numbers. >> Yeah, I think that would be wise and then you can kind of see where you're at and then we can go from there. Sounds good. >> Thank you. That's the end of my report. That was >> your turn. >> So, we had a pretty big stack of policies and we didn't actually get through them all due to time. Um, we did get through the first 15. So, I'm going to with two that we're going to get some clarifications on. So, I'm going to recommend that we proceed with the first reading on 13 of these policies. Um, the two two that we
097had questions on, I believe Pat is going to do some research on and get back to us. So, next meeting we'll have the should have the rest of the policies going to for a first reading. >> Do you want me to email out those 13 with the recommended options so you don't have to read them all? Yeah, that would be great. There there's there's quite a list there. And like I said, we're we're only I don't think we're halfway through the stack that we have. So, >> unless you want to read them out. >> No, that'll be I don't know if that >> I don't think Dusty's voice can handle that right now. >> Um but that's pretty much what I've got is we got 13 over. So, do you want to schedule another policy
098meeting though to rever the meeting last week prior to the next board meeting? >> Um, no, not the next board meeting. I won't be here for the next board meeting. So, if we can set it up for a different day before the board meeting, that would be great. You want to work that date, Adam? Um, you know, we can >> Well, you're looking at that date. I have one other thing um just in the policy committee. This is um we just wanted to bring your attention to it. This is the and you guys all the copy. This is has to do with the stars act and the teachers union um because we were eligible and the union and myself came to an agreement of how we were going to comply and we just wanted all
099of you to be aware of it and see it how we um compromise and were able to comply with the stars act this year to get our teachers a little bit more money and our teachers uh union will renegotiate this year in February. So you'll see all of that revised in February. I think you know just the teacher union I think would love some support from our teachers. I think so >> whatful you said earlier you're proud of me. You should be proud of me. Yeah. I mean, >> we need to do it >> like a week before. >> Yeah, if we can do like the second somewhere in the >> first through the Yeah, the second would work for me. >> Second. >> I mean, I've got options that week. >> Well, would the
100second work for you? >> Just so you know, there is a volleyball game here. >> Yep. >> It's not. Oh, it is. >> There's a volleyball game. while I'm moving that. >> Yeah, sorry. >> We might have to move it. >> Wednesday the third. >> Third. Yeah. >> What about the third? Joelen, >> um, it's not a great night for me. What time of day? >> Thursday. Would Thursday the 4th be better, Joan? I I do anything that week just as long as it's after 6 or 6 or 6 or 6 to 7 or 7. >> Thursday the 4th. >> Yeah. >> And after six. >> Yep. >> Well, I do like 6:00 to 7 or or whatnot. But I'll be here I'll be here like right after 600. I got sign up. Coach soccer.
101>> So 6 o'clock. >> Okay. >> You have what? Six o signing up to coach soccer. >> Sounds good. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Are there other committees who need to schedule on that? Personnel include personnel. I know you're ready, right? >> Mhm. >> Yep. So we need a personnel committee meeting. >> I do that for the board. >> Gina. So I think that's Hila myself Will >> Jenny and Joan and Kyla. Jo Ellen, we're also looking at a personnel meeting but before the >> um or before the board meeting on whatever that day >> on the 9th. >> Is that for you? >> Sure. >> Y 36 o' What time we need >> 6:15? >> Yeah. I mean, the different >> Okay. 6:15 before the board meeting. >> I'll let Kyla know. Okay. Guys
102need another buildings and grounds. >> I don't think so. We don't need anything. No, not for now. No, we're good. >> I'll just email and refer to it. >> Perfect. >> Okay. So, I think we'll go there. We'll move on to personnel. There's >> Yeah. So, I regret to inform you that we've had two resignations. We can pass those around. uh one for uh Jackie Aragon was a parah here at the middle school high school and Jenna Boss was a parah at the elementary school. So we've accepted he received those u when at the July board meeting I was anticipating Jackie's resignation came later that week that's why he didn't have it then we received both of those resignations. Um so tonight I I have to before you to recommend the hiring of Samantha Dennison
103as the resource aid. Uh we're pending the waiting on the background check, but she would replace Jackie Aragon as a high school middle school parah in the resource room. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Okay. Her husband Jordan, uh my apolog. uh he was we offered him the position to replace Larry and it was kind of imperative because Larry could have gave us as as Russ mentioned the 29th and we really need to get somebody in there and so with the board meeting tonight I allowed him to be in work last night and so tonight was his second night of work still pending background check but um we have he's working out really well so far so I would kindly ask for your u permission to hire
104him as our high school custodian so moved Okay. All those in favor? I >> Okay. And then finally, as Paul mentioned before, the hiring of two uh extracurricular and driver sub for the transportation department, Chad Hartzell and Kellen Kirby. >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor? I >> got >> so the only thing I have is future second readings. >> Yep. Second meeting policy meeting, personnel meeting. Yep. Um so motion to move. So move second. >> Okay. All those in favor. Thank you for that.