School Board Meeting 08/13/25

001Are we going >> is so good next weekend at the kettle house but lass >> and we're going to go ahead and um stand for the pledge. Ice flags one nation under God indivisible with liberty and forever. >> All right. Before we begin, just a big welcome to Mrs. English, our new administrative. This is our first official board meeting with the town school. So, welcome. >> All right, let's get started. We have our consent agenda. Any question on minutes from the previous meeting, warrants, which are our expenses. Oh, and to the board members, you received two files for your birth packet. So, we are still in just the first file. My scanner couldn't handle the size. I'm having trouble. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. >> Okay. Did we purchase a pressure? >> Yeah, he's did. >>

002Is that the one he was using right out there? >> Yes. >> Like 10 minutes ago. Yeah. Okay. >> Is it wine grid? Yes, black. >> That's our new her. Okay. >> And I'm just excited to see if the gutter clean out helps at all with our moisture problem in the basement. It looks like it's sloped. Okay. Like the concrete that's there, it looks like it's sloped and mostly away. There's other issues, but it should be going away from the bed. and it's going away from the building and the gutters aren't overflowing then theoretically. >> Did you look up like right by here by the library door? That's what you're talking about? >> Yeah. Yeah. Between the ad and building >> we'll let our facility commission take care of that. >> Yeah, we'll look at

003it if we need to. But >> um we do have JV approvals. I just wanted to give Sharon a moment to explain them be because repetition and explanations get. So June, July and August there will be multiple um JVS and I put on your desk um exactly what they mean. So when you do your fiscal report, your trustes uh financial report at the end of the school year, you've got to do JB's journal vouchers, basically adjustments uh to make your financials match true to the district. Some examples are our scholarship fund is held outside of the treasur's office. It's held at Wish Credit Union. So, you have to do what's called a JV to show that yes, you have this money, but it's just held outside an account. You've got to do it for fixed

004assets. You've got to do it for protested taxes. Um, and all it is is just making a statement for your financials. And then it's some conversions and then some will reverse and then they'll go back to the way they are. But I wanted you to be aware of when you see all of these off-the-wall ones, that's basically your your year-end checklist just to get your financials in order. But there's a lot of them on top of what's normal. Um, you're also closing out certain line items that you have to be penny for penny. So, you've got to make sure that expenditure matches what that revenue is and so you can code a couple more supplies to them or something like that. So, usually we'll have maybe one every couple months, but in June, July, and

005August there'll be a lot. Oh, and then on the FP14s, so in the consent agenda, you have FP14 means out of district student attendance agreements. And the reason it's split into two separate parts. The top part that's in the consent agenda agenda are students that live in Thailand but go to a different school district and you have no control over that. So all you're doing is acknowledging it and on the line item it says acknowledge and you sign. So that's just consigned agenda. You approve it. On the action item part is FP14s out of district that people are asking to come to hire the school district and those are the ones that um you need to discuss and look at all the different factors. So that's why there's two separate areas. >> Do I have

006any questions on the consent agenda items? >> No. I get a motion to approve the consent agenda. I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda. Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Next is our guest comment section. Members of the public are encouraged to comment during this time regarding items not listed on the agenda. The chair will seek public comments on agenda items as they occur. By law, the board cannot take action on matters discussed during the public comment portion of the meeting, but may include a matter raised during this time on a future agenda. The board would like to remind everyone to avoid commenting on private personnel matters, private student matters, and pending legal matters. Do we have any guest comments? Thanks for being here. All right, we are on to

007our action items. Action item A is our strategic action plan amendment. You will have received an email today with our updated strategic action plan. Um so you have a strategic plan committee that met over the summer. Um the committee will continue to meet as needed because the strategic plan is kind of a ever growing evolving document to that we're going to use to kind of determine how we make decisions for the school. Um the reason the committee met is because the plan that was put before the board in November and Liz if you just want to go to the first page for me real quick. So see how it's in yellow? Yellow is going to indicate that that was something that we added. So, it was originally adopted by the board during our regularly scheduled

008November meeting. Um, the committee is asking the board to consider revisions on this date that city. Uh, anything you see in red is the committee asking the board to just remove from the plan. Just just words to strike out. Okay. So when the when the committee met, we we met because we realized in our original plan, we really hadn't done anything to consider students that were already enrolled at Kylo School. We got pretty focused on our numbers, but we didn't stop and go, we may have a student that's been in kindergarten and first grade, and the way this was written, when we come this year, if they're going to second grade, we might be asking them to leave the school. That was not our intent. The intent is once you are a part of the

009Kylo School family, we genuinely care about your education and we want you to do well here and not have to fear that you will not be attending the school. So that was not the intent of the committee. So we met to try to amend that. We're calling it the grandfather clause. Um, if you scroll down to the chart, so we I don't know if you can see, um, let's see, second to the last column. I think there's a red and then it says that we will accept out of district students, 18 students before capping new out of district enrollment. We're trying to add words to say if you previously attended Kyle School, we want you to continue to attend Kylo School. We're not in any way trying to pick you out. So, we just needed

010to clean up the wording a little bit. Um, at the bottom of the plan, we also added a statement saying that changes that we're making are for um, appendix A will go into effect for all new enroles of this coming school year. Again, we're just trying to think of verbiage to say if your child previously attended Kylo School and is already part of the Kylo School family, we want them to be able to continue their education. So that was a very um that was one major reason for the committee meeting. The second one >> could I just add? >> Yeah. >> Um but the intent then moving forward is that we'll be very explicit with our out of district students starting with their kindergarten families that that might be something that happens in the future

011um for out of districts that they will be considered every year. um that's not been appropriately communicated to families that are currently out of district but have been here for a long time. So the grandfather clause truly is in effect for this year moving forward as we progress. So next year will be first and kinder then second first kinder. Um so it won't be a forever the way it's rewritten. it would be a we take all of you that we've had um to that to consider as well. >> Does this include um siblings as well or just the child? So like say if there's a child that's here for kinder first that's out of district then we have a new kinder sibling coming. This is still written like you've had it um in number two

012then priority that okay >> they would give be given a tiered priority. Okay. >> But no they're not automatically in just because their sibling their their siblings are automatically in. >> Gotcha. >> But I it's easier to say no to someone who hasn't been here. >> Yes. than somebody who has invested themselves and parents understand having to wait in space and um >> perfect. Okay. And the other item the committee is asking the board to consider, it was brought up the first time that this was presented in November, is to give priority to staff is um and that's a big retention thing for us and also a big way to incentivize attracting um staff members. So those were kind of the two real big things that we were just hoping to get for clean. So

013where does where does children or staff members fall on board? >> So Liz, I'll let you take. So we're looking at the young. >> So we've actually just added them in. So we would have out of district staff children up to two above the Montana maximum. It's not a true maximum. The true maximum is always four students above what they say is the maximum. So, so let's say kindergarten. Um, so kindergarten, I'll just be really frank, too. So, if I have a kindergartener coming in and I'm out of district, this isn't the talking point or the reason this kindergarten is at a place where this isn't going to get my child in. Um, this is just what we believe is right for the school. So, I just wanted to blanket statement that in case it's

014in the back of your mind. But so Kinder has a 20 Montana maximum. However, we can have up to 24 students in that class before we have to split into two classes. However, for every additional kid above that 20, so 21, you need an hour and a half of additional support into that classroom. Um, and it's an hour and a half per. So the idea is, um, if you add four more kids, that would be six hours of parent support in that classroom. They don't want more than one full-time support person in that classroom. Nor could we house that in our prim three bathroom. So um the idea then in this new there used to be column D was the um ones with the red and then we've added sort of a column E. And

015so what this says is we would in K2 have 22 students before we would cap to out of district enrollment of staff member. So that's at the top. I didn't need to be redundant moving down but anyone who is a staff member here we would accept up to 22. So 22 would be the enrollment and then they would leave. Um any questions on sort of the intent or the thinking with or how to know? >> So do we have the support personnel to put in assuming we go over in a kindergarten or second grade or >> Great question. Um we have five in our hiring pool for a para for what we had posted which is more than we have which is promising. >> Awesome. Um I think the other piece though the way there's

016some other I the other language pieces that you saw in here um give a little bit more uh administrative discretion to what's happening. So >> um yes we need to have the staff to be able to make these numbers work in order for this to be the plan. But in a perfect world, this would be the plan without tiny hand. >> Right? >> So the other thing that we talked about at the committee quite at well in my mind quite length, but um a number is a number. There are classes with 17 that feel like more than a class with 24. So it's it need I need to have some sort of administrative right. They're not just numbers on a piece of paper that we can all just follow. like these are individuals making up

017a culture and a class into a bigger grade band than a district. And the way it's currently written, I don't have the wiggles to do anything with that. Any public comment on the strategic plan? Any requests? >> I'd like a motion to approve the strategic package plan amendment for the 2526. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I just second. All in favor? I any opposed? >> So the next action item is consideration of the out of district students which obviously we put second because make sure we had >> just a little important. >> We were trying to correct the error before we considered added Mr. students at this time. So your board is given a list of um student number. We do not have names. We are not at all able to identify

018students. That's >> we are not given student specific information. Um just want to make sure everyone's aware of that. >> So as board members, you have a list that basically says student attendance agreements from a district and coming to Kyla is in your board. >> You got some on your desk there. Okay, the enrollment file of school enrollment sheet was um Sharon I'm assuming they've done that nicely summarizing where it lives or something did not >> and the way the law is written the board has to approve all out of district students that's why this is coming to the board So in kindergarten you have an in-class total of 15 with three on the weight list. Our max is 18. I have a question on that. Is the 15 and is the four the three

019incoming. Okay. Yeah. >> But only for kindergarten. >> So >> right >> 15 and kinder does not have any out of districts because you've never previously approved them at a board meeting. your other like first grade has some out of districts included in that 18. All right. >> But the one additional that's on the far right is on the weight list as a new out of district. >> Okay. >> Oh, I gotcha. >> Yeah. The enrolled current students OOD out of districts um are included in the class total. The waiting list is not. >> So first grade wasn't a great example then. But in second grade then three of the 21 are out of this and then there's one. So if you look at seventh grade we have nine out of district kiddos and zero

020waiting. So 93 are all out of district. >> I would have asked >> well in fourth grade. Holy cow. He's selling. >> So your kindergarten numbers um we can approve all weight listed students because we're still under our number. Everyone agree on that? >> Agreed. Yeah. Great. >> Are we expecting more in the district? I mean we don't know, right? That's the same thing every year. come the day of after the first week. >> We also don't know everyone in the in-class total is going to return. Sure. So, lots of kids might be waiting for other out of district enrollment approvals and >> Okay. >> So, right now moving targeted, >> right? >> That's what else we get. Sorry. >> That's the idea of amending the strategic plan too is for all of these classes

021that are so far away. Maybe we could have approved those families at our last meeting in June, right? And those families don't have to wait until a like this is a late time >> of anxiety and that's not a surprise to any of you except but um like having to wait all summer and like constantly refreshing the ender roster behind but sixth grade is very fine. So it's we can approve those early and then solidify those kids into our enrollment for A and B which ups our funds. So, and one thing what past practice has happened is we don't want to say okay you can come in and then the first day of school all of a sudden we get five kiddos enrolled sorry you can't come now it's devastating to the family um so

022whatever you decide tonight is >> and say we wouldn't do that would we >> what had we done in the past in those situations >> um that situation we told the family that that child couldn't come and but it was extenduating circumstances um because wasn't quite five yet, but we had said yes, she could come and it was difficult for the family. So um whatever you decide is what you stick with basically. >> So looking at first grade, it looks like we um so we have one new student that has not previously attended our school and we are at our 18. Mhm. So if they would not we would not and our as the admin our youth do you have any different? >> No. >> So and yeah in the first grade there's no siblings

023and they have not attended here. >> Okay. And then I mean second grade we already have an inclass total of 21 with the state max being 20. We currently have three out of district students, but they were previously enrolled. >> So based on the strategic action plan we just amended, they're in. We do have one >> And the one would be denied because we're already over the sea. >> And then based on the way it was written in the past, just so we are super all on the same page, those three kiddos would have been booted, >> right? >> That have been >> Now the grandfather didn't put the one on weight list. What? >> We'll have to wait. >> Yeah. >> So, let let me go back. The first the one in first grade.

024So, third grade's okay. The one in first grade, >> kindergarten is okay. >> Kindergarten's okay. First grade is a no. >> Okay. >> And second grade is a no. >> Yeah. >> Cuz we're little overstatements. So, >> I want to clarify. I'm sorry. I'm having it's been a long day. >> So, if we're two within the state max, we're denying them. But technically we can go four over the state max. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> But for every person, every additional kid, we have to add >> one and a half hours. That's just kinder >> every >> Okay. >> And that we don't have a lot of weight, right? >> Well, you have to do that. >> Yeah. >> Or we're getting a D. >> So our third grade in class total is 16. That

025includes the four previously enrolled includes one on the wait list. So that's a yes. >> It's a yes to that. Yeah, that's how I read it. >> Fourth grade, we have a class of 27 with six out of district students previously enrolled. Right. >> And then we have one on the wait list. So that would be a no. >> Good. >> Fifth grade, we have a class of 23 previously enrolled, none on the wait list. So we're clean on that. Sixth grade, we have 18 with four previously enrolled out of districts, two on the wait list. So that would be a yes. >> Yes. >> Seventh grade, we have 23, nine out of district, none on the wait list. So everything's good there. >> Eighth grade, we have 21 in class, five previously enrolled, two

026on the wait list that are a yes. It's a yes. >> Yes. All right. So I see I've got all these agreements on my head and I'll >> the nose out and then I'll have you sign those. >> Okay. So if I can get a board motion to approve as discussed um accepting all currently enrolled out of district students and the nos and yeses on the wait list as discussed. I'll make a motion to approve all the currently enrolled out of district students and the yeses and nos on the non-enrolled. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> Any votes? our students. >> We're at 205 right before we're like sweet spot 69. >> Everybody take a collective breath. >> I think we'll move on. >> All right. We have a trusty report which I

027am told goes from page 33 to page 73 of your >> Okay. >> So this is your this is your um fiscal year 2425. It's called trusty financial report and it's basically the financial report of the district. It includes your revenues, your expenditures. Um been a lot intense. Um, this is you have until December 10th, I believe. Um, if there's any errors in it, but I compared everything to the past years and it looks looks good. So, any questions on the school trustee report other than why is it so long? >> At the moment, what we're supposed to do is is review this, right? And then we as a board determine whether or not we want to we agree with it and if there are some changes that need to be made then we would

028discuss it and all this has to be done by December. >> Well, if the the trustee report has to be approved by um I think it's the third week in August. >> Correct. >> And then if there's any I don't even get this completed until the first week of A or about July the end of July. And then um if there's any if we go through we find any errors anything like that we have until December to amend fix it. >> Perfect. >> So every time you you put all this in you have to run what's called a consistency report validation and it came back with no errors. So >> good job. >> All right. All right. If I can get a motion to accept the 2425 house school trusted report. I will make a

029motion to accept the 2024 eyes. Is it 2425? >> Okay. 2425 fiscal year. 24. >> I don't Well, that's what I read it. I like it threw me off. No, you didn't. Okay. Is that all in favor? I. Any opposed? Now we are on to the 2526 budget revenue and expenditure. Revenues are on page 74 to 90. Expenditures are in your second packet page 1 through seven. >> So what this is is your next year's budget. >> Yeah. >> So and it's broken up into two categories. Do you have a budget committee that needs to actually do line item for line item um for your expenses? Every penny has to be accounted for and has to have a code to um the one that you see submitted report is your revenue and what you do

030is you'll take your ending cash balances. You'll take what state you're going to get. you're going to um there's like five different funds you know that you have to go through and and look and it's intense because this is where you are telling your taxpayers what their meals are going to be what you're going to levy against them. So this is the revenue part and then you have the expenditure part. Um again we did validation it came back clean. >> So but it's still it's when people say you know I'm sorry why are my taxes going up? I'm going to tell you right now, one of the things is what the legislative changed. If you look at your tuition, this is where they said out of districts are going to start paying other districts. >>

031Mhm. >> And so what we used to levy $16,000 um to pay another district for maybe a special needs child, something like that. Now we're paying Smith Valley, we're paying Marian, we're paying house fell for their kiddos to come here. And so that's why it went up. It's supposed to help in your general fund because it's one of those different money you pay out of your tuition, but the tuition we get goes into the general fund. >> So, it's it didn't balance out for most districts. That's legislative change, but >> and they thought it would. >> Oh, yeah. >> And the amount of paper incredible. >> Any questions on the budget, revenue, and expenditure? I can get a motion to accept the 2526 Iowa school budget revenue and expenditures. >> I will motion 2025 2026

032budget report. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> Any oppose? That's good because otherwise people get paid. >> Okay, we are in the second board packet just to make sure everybody's on the same page and we are on page eight of that second word packet and you are looking at your ending cash balance. >> So the ending cash balance helps with your next year's 3526 budget and I tried to write some stuff. Your budget balance is different than your cash balance. So your cash is what you actually have on hand. So there's five funds. We participate in three of them. And so you put in your cash balance. You're the state says you're only allowed to have 20% of next year's budget. Whatever is over that has to help fund that next year's budget.

033It's reappropriated. I tried to write down that we are at full reserves. Well, one, I think. Yeah, we're at uh general fund, we're allowed 10%, we're at 9.6. Transportation, retirement, we're at full reserves at 20%. So, it says we can have this in reserves. And anything over that again has to help budget or help has to help fund therefore lowering a little bit of taxes on taxpayers. >> Any questions about that? >> I'll take a motion to approve. >> Motion to approve >> ending cash balance. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? Anybody? All right, party people. This is the time we are doing committee. Committees are an opportunity for board members to be an integral part of what goes on here at school. You have Yep. a chart on your table. >> So in

034the packet, it's a different one than let's >> Yep. So I asked Sharon to get rid of safety and wellness because you were doing facility safety. >> Makes sense. >> So since we combined them, we deleted that. >> Redundancy. >> Let's go from the bottom because that top one is the heavy one. Um gifted and talented. So usually you can have one to two um board members. Um and then after the board committees are set, then it'll go to the staff. to see what staff members want to be on the committ but only two >> description of these. >> Yeah, I was just wondering that myself and get >> gifted and talented meets to discuss the school's plan for our gifted and talented students. We have met two or three times last year. We met

035and it was um trying to come up with procedures to identify get down to students and then ways to challenge them within the classroom setting. Not so much them out but the um maybe teachers to differentiate a lesson so that the GT students are challenged is the right way to say that. Um Brandy Vickery who is our seventh grade advisor. She um is spearheading it. >> Great. >> Are we comfortable having that be an administrative function and not a committee and reaching out touch base with Brandy? There was a reason they had to form a committee. They're overdoing things again like with title have to have a committee. But so that's not it's not a you just met twice because it was remembered at the end of the year we went monthly just >> okay

036>> and I think we were trying to make it a smaller event where maybe the committee would meet as more of an overseeing of like how are we doing procedurally are we meeting um the needs of students and then maybe just the admin and the GT adviser and maybe the teacher can just meet and keep things moving for the student faster. at a better pace. >> Yeah. >> So now we're looking for somebody on a board to volunteer to be part of this committee. >> Yeah. >> Do we want to go through all of them and see like if you have what every Yeah. Like what everyone wants to do and then we can >> roast straws. >> Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know if you wanted to do negotiations now being gone. >> Um I

037am willing to do it if somebody experienced on it with >> Okay, that's great. >> Yeah, it's usually helpful if someone on negotiations is also on budget. >> Yes, I did budget negotiation. Actually, we both we did. >> Yeah, she joined me when Conrad left. But it's the negotiations honestly was way never doing it before and it's another year to negotiations with the unions. >> Yeah. >> Yep. Then something do you and I want to take negotiations. Does that mean Yeah. that you'll >> So Christina and I will take negotiations and budget. >> What were you on last year? You were here, right? >> Yeah, I was here. >> I was on policy last year. I will tell you heads up policy will hit the ground running. We've got already a stack of policies that

038need to go through a lot of already have gone into effect as of July 1. So changes. So just um this you'll have a meeting a good meeting right off the bat and there may not be any more for the rest of the year. There may so just kind of step on. It's definitely a good one for newer board members to be involved in so you can kind of understand our school and what drives the decisions that we make. >> Yeah, I I'd be happy with all too. Okay. That's what I do all day. >> Yeah, you'll have I mean >> and negotiations will be done at policy meetings. Sharon's usually on policy meetings and they just kind of craft language to basically facilitate what we want to have happen or need need to have

039happen basically. Yeah. So that that one's in my wheelhouse. >> Okay. >> At least for a while. >> Spent years making policies. >> And so let's say it's like uh we're looking for any new curriculum, bringing curriculum into the school. >> Curriculum can like review it. You can review the new curricul curriculum that we're looking at bringing in >> make a recommendation on the board. >> Yeah, we're always looking for social studies and different things. Uh title program. Amy, would you mind explaining the title committee? >> So, we started the title committee just the end of last year because we are being we going to be monitored now with OPI for our grant. And so we started a title community because we have to make a plan of like what title is, the interventions we

040use, we meet with parents. Um, >> you want to explain what title does? >> So this so title we work with like our um I say tier two, tier three, but uh students. So we use our benchmarking and stuff like that. We just try to target where the gaps are with the students to help fill those gaps to get them back in the classroom as fast as we can and just and try to keep them in the classroom. But we're just filling gaps, catching them up as they have a skill they need to gaps, >> the learning gaps like reading for >> Yes, we do reading, math. Yeah, >> we try to do handwriting as well. Sometimes we even try to like one year we try to create a social studies thing as well to

041focus on the reading portion. So we work on everything that comes with everything that comes with math. >> It could be small group, it could be one-on-one pair of support just kind of depending on the needs of the student at the time. >> School calendar working on a committee for holidays >> end of school begins, >> right? And so like we had a few meetings at the end of the year for title just to try to kind of get a plan together that what OPI was looking for as we start moving forward. So when we made that at that committee we kind of did it like we did the GT like within the school we'll kind of do what we really need to do and let the committee kind of foresee it and help with

042input as >> Yeah. So the committee is just to help make sure that um we are meeting all the requirements. Correct. Got it. >> Yep. >> And so we'll probably meet I don't with the new admin. I'm not sure how but we're thinking two maybe three times a year. >> I I don't know if I GT and title I'm struggling to understand why those are committees. That sounds like an administrative function that I would report to the full board on what is happening in like a principal update. Um, I haven't dug into the title audit and so I don't not sure if that's required to have a committee. Like we are required to have a safety committee, >> but I I've never heard of a title or a GT committee. So, I'm not trying to

043blackball you out of the process and could invite you to those meetings if you'd like. It seems very formal to assign a board member to something that are very clearly administrative functions. That's just my five cents. >> Yeah, I think at this time we'll assign a board member based on the fact that we think it's an absolute requirement. If you see otherwise since it says as needed, would you say they're not needed? >> I mean, those are things I would love to report out on, you know, quarterly or trimesterally and how we're doing. That's kind of the vision of the ready schools report. >> How about I just sign up for now and then if turns out we don't need me step back into the other committees. >> We all >> was that the title

044one? >> Yeah, it is. >> We have Nick and A on title and then Nick on curriculum. On title. Yep. Nick and A on title. Who on Nick on curriculum. And what about GT? >> How about calendar? That's an easy one. I have to do calendar. >> I'll do calendar. >> It means like once. >> I'll do that. >> And then Nick and Aaron, are you still good being on facility and safety? >> Yes. since you're part of >> sorry back strategic planning I'm happy to continue on that >> I think we're gonna we're going to move in good directions >> I can take it yeah if neither if not no worries All right. If I get a motion to accept the committee assignments. I will make a motion to accept the committee assignments. I'll

045second. >> All in favor? Any opposed? >> Next item on the agenda, consideration of hire a PAR educator. I think we um I briefly spoke on this before but we have put out for a per um and that would be 6 additional FTE from what we have in 2425 since one of our staff members went to 6. So um but it is over and above what we have. I would like um you to consider hiring Tana nicely because in the house um she blew out of the water for interview um will be a very loving and caring addicting to our staff. Um Sand is invested in other ways in our community. >> If I can get a motion to approve hiring Tana Nicely for our pair position. I will make a motion to approve as

046a position. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? >> Next. >> The next item on the agenda, we were hoping um to hire two. So um if I can just get a motion to strike. Oh, pause. >> He's biting. >> You want to hold on to that? >> I left the You'll hear later. >> I can get a motion to strike. >> I'll make a motion to strike for a second. Hire that. As she heard you, you're good. >> I'll second. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Okay. Consideration to hire Miss Barrett as our cheer coach. contract is in board package probably page 492 at that point. >> It's a big one. >> A big one, but it's a slick one. >> Yeah. We're we're doing and Miss Barrett has graciously

047accepted to do it alone because all hearts keep having babies and >> How many years have you done it now? >> This will be our fourth season. >> Right. Okay. >> And you've done it every year, right? Yes. We connect very well. >> So I just reached out to their new cheer coach because they just coach. >> Awesome. I will make a motion to approve their the page. I'd like to second that. >> All in favor? Any vote? >> All right. Next item. Uh Josh Den for our fifth grade through eighth grade basketball coach. >> Now that's two homes, right? >> That's two teams, >> right? Five, six, and seven. >> Yep. >> If we have enough players, >> so if we don't have enough players, that's going to get the stipen. >> We always

048have enough players with the boys. It's the girls that we tend to have. >> That's right. Okay. >> Get these things. >> So the motion is to hire this gentleman for the vets position. Yep. >> Yep. And he is our fifth grade teacher. >> Oh, >> great. >> You'll meet him when you'll meet him after school starts. >> Busy with babies. >> Yeah. >> Baby, these are um returning >> these two are >> so there was no hiring process. We offer to people who have done it in the past and if the successful seeds and then they want to then we just bring it to the board. So wonderful. >> Then I'd like to make a motion to hire Mr. >> Jinx. >> Jens as our basketball coach. >> I will second that. All in

049favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> All right. Consideration of Kayla Ping for fifth through 8th grade volleyball coach. And I will hand that over to Mish. Great. Um so athletic director Eli and I >> had a great showing of volleyball coach applicants. Um we interviewed four >> I think five >> five >> all would have done a fantastic job. >> Wow. >> Um so Kayla rose to the top. She has experience at Flathead as an assistant. She has experience um coaching a not a travel league. >> Yeah, travel. >> A competitive travel league down in Arizona um and is moving back up here. Wants to start coaching again. And um you know >> dominates. Yes. >> Not only our girls are super solid and now to add this coach on top. It's going to

050be like a basketball volleyball. >> Um How much athletic director Eli, would you like to add? >> Uh, just the conversations that we were able to have in our interview as well just made it the right choice as well. So, um, yeah, I'm excited for our so >> that's what we want to do. >> When will she be up here in the valley? >> Uh, next week. Yeah, around. >> Within the next Well, for sure the next couple of weeks. So, yeah. >> So, we're not delaying starting name for it. >> No. Awesome. >> If that's what we want to do, I will uh make a motion to approve Ping as the girls. >> Sorry. >> But she got married. So, what is her name? Last name. >> It's I I don't want to mispronounce

051it, but it starts with an L. >> Can I just say Kayla? >> Yes. Coach Kayla. >> Coach Kayla. >> Yes. So, I would like to make a motion to approve Coach Kayla >> for the uh 2526 girls volleyball >> and she's taking both teams. >> Awesome. I will second that. All in favor? >> Any oppose? >> Awesome that we have a >> because usually it's the other way around. >> We're getting Yes. >> Yes. >> Do you want me to delay signing until we get her current name? >> All right. consideration of the silo bid for the office building boys bathroom urinals. >> Yeah. So, um, Amanda and I talked about this a little bit before and I guess we have a question about it because we had a previous bid from Silo for

052other bathrooms. Um, and that bid was about $10,000 and it feels like there was eight or 10 fixtures pre-placed in that. This bid is $5,000 and I it appears that it's only two fixtures. So, is it >> two fixtures or two urinal? >> Two urinal. >> Okay. >> Yeah, two two urinal. Sorry, a sink or a urinal or a toilet is what I would call a fixture. >> Okay. >> Right. Um, so I guess Amanda is the one who brought this up to me saying that she felt it might be a little expensive. >> I was hoping it it was to include more things than just two urinals. We bowl as long as you get it done before it gets cold because the problem is the pipes are freezing on these on these things. You

053could table it and have um Silhou explain it next month. >> Great. >> I'm wondering did the last bid was it two trips as well? >> I don't know. The last bit was two restrooms. >> Two trips. >> Yes. But typically there's an additional charge if they have to come back a second time, right? >> So that might be part of it. >> It might be it. So that could be part of it because in in the description it looks like >> it says once we the school's contractor there the choosing uh fixes the existing >> the wall >> wall and stuff then they will return >> to continue their job >> but they >> but yeah I think an explanation would be >> yeah it just seems like it's a little more expensive than

054the last bid we got to >> how long ago wasn't the last year just that's it. >> Yeah, it was just a couple months ago. >> So, and and they're a local company and everything and all of that. It's just seems like this price doesn't seem like it's in line with the price that we ask for more expensive than what we're meant and what we're seeing. >> Well, yeah. It looks like he's removing them and then another contractor will come in, maybe our antivamp contractor that we have will come in, tear out the wall, reinstall it and redo the walls and then he comes back and installs the tuning fixtures, but that's not necessarily anymore. It seems like it's less involved than other sinks and toilets and from the scope of work for the plumber,

055it seems like it's less involved >> with less pictures. having >> well I would also like to add the additional texture so we get so we'll just probably would likely also include the textures in the girls bathroom >> I mean maybe maybe if he removes the ones from there then he just in the same day come and do the other work in another bathroom and it's a little less expensive >> so I know plumbers are expensive but >> these are on our long range facility plan So, if we can just bang a couple of them out. >> Yeah, it'd be nice. >> And the one bed at the table in anyways, that would be awesome. >> Yeah. >> So, if we're comfortable with that, I'll make a motion to table the bit for Silo um

056for the faculty men's bathroom. >> I will second that. All in favor? >> Any opposed? This next item in full disclosure is one that as a kind of school board we tend to ignore because I think we're just pretty small and we maybe we don't think our vote matters that much but most years we ignore it. MTSBA is our Montana schoolboard association. We lean on them heavily for new member training which everyone is highly encouraged to participate in. We lean on them for legal advice throughout the school year. Um then we paid them money for their guidance. Um and so they at this time they they sent out items to vote on. It's all electronic. They did not have enough present for their meeting to continue. They didn't have a point. So they are asking

057us to vote on whether we support or oppose their foundational elements as described in your board packet. I probably skipped one. Apologies. Number three was um whether we support or oppose the principles and guidelines. Then their foundational elements and their dues increase as described. and then the nomination of the MTSBA presidentele and vice president. >> See, there was quite a bit information of information they provided kind of describing each of those items. If everyone had time to read it or needs time, just let me know. I could use for what page is that this begins on page 20 of the second packet. >> Well, here on page 25. >> Yeah, sorry. your principles and guidelines begin on page 25 and the first vote is whether you support or oppose those. So then if we oppose

058one then we just put oppose meaning we we oppose the principles but if it's just like one word in one sentence in one principle >> you do have the option to say that the school district approves also opposes or abstains >> and they sent this originally in June when everyone's out of school and won't pay attention which is probably why >> I figured our voice counts too, so we should bow. Sure. Principle two, number one, um, this is something I actually really agree with. It's strongly embrace and advocate for the preservation of locally made decisions within our communities. There was a bill in the legislature this year to basically consolidate school districts >> so that schools like Smith Valley, Kyra, and Marian would be under SB5 and under all their policies and our board wouldn't

059exist, too. they so Tyler families would have to go to Callisel to discuss issues with all of that. So the the more local we can keep it and the better because we know what's better for our kids not >> that's good for them. It's not good for us. >> Yeah. It's it's good for them. Yeah. And and the other thing that that bill would have done is potentially close rural schools and bust kids into town, which a lot of families out here that I know personally would not like. >> That's the reason why we live out here. >> Yeah. Right. We live in these mountains. Just point that out. Amanda, looking at this, it looks like there's five things you'd have to agree on. show. Does it show when R2 NPS? >> Oh, we just

060had a budget meeting. Um, >> December. >> Yes. FY27. >> I was wondering. Yeah. So, are we good with their um principles and guidelines? >> Yes. >> I don't. >> Yes. >> All right. >> We get a motion for that. >> Oh, a motion. >> So, we pay for Jes, and for policy updates, we pay 1,500. The MQC, which is a um legislative lobbyist, through them, we pay 500. That's not >> 15 like last year when we had the public advice we you got to pay that in addition. >> Correct. Yeah. This isn't like a legal retainer or anything. >> You can um you are allowed one hour of advice on a particular topic and once you're over that then you have to sign that you will pay for the time you use. Right. How

061about the um foundational elements? So that's the page 30. >> Yeah. 34. Yep. 30 to 34. That >> good. >> Yes. >> And then please indicate whether your school district supports or opposes the fiscal year 27 dues revenue estimate. You are not voting on your district's dues, rather the estimate that is calculated pursuant to the member adopted MTSBA loss to keep it clean. And so please stop confusing at all. >> Yeah. And so that's on page 35. >> So it looks like >> 3.24% 24% increase. >> Well, the projected increase is 2.69. >> Oh, I got to 30, 318. >> Yep. >> So, at first I thought to us, I was like, yeah, >> that's what I was like, but then >> you're okay. >> I'm okay with that. >> I'm okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm

062good. >> All right. Please indicate whether we support electing Rick Hummings. And there's a little blip of the president-elect and vice president on page 36. >> Yeah. and approve >> yes. So basically the board um will be giving me permission to submit electronically that we approve the principles and guidelines approve the foundational elements. We approve the fiscal year 27 re dues revenue estimate that we are approving Rick Cummings as the MTSBA president and Jennifer Hoffman as the vice president. >> Yes. >> If I can get a motion. I will make a motion to approve all of that. >> Okay. >> Seconded. >> All in favor? >> Any oppos 182 miss? So legislative just shared some laws. We are currently in a multi-dist agreement. what's called the westside multi-d district agreement with Marian Smith Valley West

063Valley where we're able to take general fund year end monies and put it into this fund um for building for what was what we need before you had to use it or lose it. So when they allowed us to do this it was wonderful. The law just changed where you had to be in a group um of people and one person had to house the money. They had to be the fiscal agent. Well, the law changed that and said you can actually open your own fund 182 which is an interlocal agreement and keep the money inhouse with with your own district. Now, um actually when I had my last audit, the auditor, that's what he wanted to do, but the laws haven't changed yet. So opening fund 182 would allow us to keep our funds

064inhouse in our own treasurer where we wouldn't have to submit a claim to West Valley. They would have to write a check or we would try and get reimburse. We could actually write the check from our own district. The advantage is it's in our own house. We have total control over it. The disadvantage of your interest might not be as high because right now it's pulled with three other four other school districts. So, your interest is a little higher, but it's still kind of portioned out accordingly. So, um I think it would be amazing to be able to have control over your own money, right? Um they just said to do this, you still have to have an interlocal agreement with the other districts that you can at least in keep the money in. >>

065So, we would have a bank account. >> It would be with the treasur's office still. Um and it would it's its own fund. >> Yeah. So, it would have to be balanced every um every month like with the other funds. The only money that would go into it would be year-end general fund or interest. >> Are you going to transfer over the West Valley? >> Absolutely. >> Yeah, they will. And on your um desk >> is a balance sheet of where we are standing. That was at the end of June. Um because right now the the money's in her account so I've got to wait for her to balance things out before I can get the interest. >> That's her portion. >> That's part >> well at the end of as we are averaging probably

066about,500 a month in interest. >> Okay. >> So that's where it's been building up and then at the end of last school year we were able to put some year end money in there for some building projects and school. because that's the facilities committee to get it. >> Y >> go on and get it. >> If we do this, will it >> change anything with our agreement with the other school districts? >> So, that's the the next item. So, it's been amended >> to say um that they will no longer be the fiscal agent, but we still have to have an agreement with another agency. The law said it didn't actually didn't even have to be a school district. It could have been another county office if it had been another business, but you have

067to have an agreement with another district to do this. >> So, um that yeah, the next one with West Valley agreement has just been amended and I think it shows some strikeouts and and things like that, some of the verbiage change. Um and this went before all of the school districts and all of the school districts looked at it and said, "Yeah, I mean, we're just changing some verbiage and we think it looks great. We think it's an advantage for all of us." So >> it changes verbiage but it kind of seems like it deletes a little bit of bureaucracy that we go through extra steps who are going and maybe this may be if I don't like we're agency or >> said that we have to have somebody else like hold it or manage

068it or >> so how yeah it used to be is you had to have like a co-op you had to have school districts all come together you had to have one fiscal agent that housed all the money right >> and did all that. Well, the law changed and said you can now house your own money. You still have to have an agreement with this with other agencies, but you can now have your own fund. You can keep it you can keep your funds in house. West Valley doesn't have to hold it for five different schools. >> So, and it's less work on her, too. >> Yeah. >> You know, so >> and you can reconcile the balance. >> I can reconcile that interest that treasure report come out. Just >> so the big downside is

069just that we may not get as much interest acrewing on our portion of this because it's a a smaller >> correct. >> Do you see any other negatives to it? >> No. I know. I I think it gives more control to the board and I think you don't have to wait because every school district only writes checks once a month. So if you if you're one day after their board meeting, you need some money for a contractor, you've got to wait another month, >> unless they have a special meeting to your thing. >> Exactly. >> Which is Yeah. >> Wow. >> And the auditors um desperately wanted this and I would say it cost us money them trying to accomplish this. So I think it will save us audit them. >> Yeah. Great. >> We

070have the option of um putting it in like a high yield savings. In order to do something like that, you're going outside of the treasur's office. It's an audit issue. All of our money right now is at the treasurer's office. We have no outside bank accounts except for our scholarship one. >> Yeah. >> Which is so if you go into any other thing, you're that's something I know nothing about. >> Just that I guess. Yeah. So, what this does is allows us just to open fund 182 um to transfer the money into. >> I will make a motion to find one. >> I like this. I second. >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> Any oppose? >> Amending the move by district agreement. >> So, because of the legislation changes, um there is a new

071agreement between the school districts. Um, so the new one is on the front, the old one is in from the back. Um, along with I think I also put like a loss or I didn't mean to. But um, yeah. So the the old one's in there, the new one's in there. And this says she's going to give up the money. >> They're all we usually >> Oh, yeah. Uh, us and Mary, I think, have the most. >> Awesome. Um but we're still as much interest. >> Yeah. Yeah. They won't get as much interest. >> We need a motion to approve this new agreement with the Westside. >> Correct. >> Multi-dist. >> It's a three-year agreement. >> Yes. >> Motion to be approved. >> Motion. Motion to approve this. >> I will second it. All >>

072in favor? >> I was feeling. >> The next item is board consideration of extra pay compensation for work above. >> Um I guess this is a little multiaceted. Mrs. English, we the board approved >> 80 hours of additional work to be performed. However, when we have staff turnover, that immediately requires additional work to be performed over the summer by not only our administrator but our entire hiring committee. Um, I did ask Mrs. English to please keep track of time spent, tasks performed, and she went significantly over the 80 hours because there were just things that I think were pretty important that needed to be done. Do you know where you're at currently? >> Well, I crafted it at August. I felt like this contract contract I say contractual hours would start in August, but um

073but in July was 102 >> additional total. So >> my actual contract every year wouldn't start till August. >> Yeah. So in July, >> but I didn't know if it was 102 over the 80 additional. So, we approved 80 and I would just um just asking the board to please consider approving the um additional 22. >> Oh, yeah. Absolutely. >> Absolutely. >> The code's already in >> um I the other point to consider and Sharon brought this to my attention because I get a little single-minded sometimes is um we also had asked staff members to come in during the summer to do hiring. I don't know if Mrs. had any thoughts on that? >> We do need to have a big plan. I'd like to do that. We can retropay. Um, but I think it

074needs to be more of a comprehensive plan that probably would need to go to the KTA to get um to approve something like that. We could do it for classified pretty easily, but I would like it to just be one big package. But I will be coming with that for these odds and ends. Once your contract starts, you're a salaried employee. And we all understand we're expected to work additional hours, but these fall outside of our regular scope. Um, and everybody did it with a smile this summer, which is, I mean, super appreciated. And in this hiring season, like interviewees should be interviewing you just as much. So having positive, peppy people here on a gorgeous Wednesday and >> um >> it's it's a it's a perk that we have with our awesome staff here.

075So I think we need to acknowledge that monetarily, but it's part of a bigger >> So you're not asking for anything today. You're just advising us that this is going to be something that's coming. >> It's going to be coming and then we can still retro pay >> for work done this July. Is that solely just related to hiring or only my only concern um is I know we've had requests from teachers to be paid for coming in and doing some work, moving the library, doing whatever. Yeah. >> Um and we denied that. Do we need to >> worry about I think this needs to go to the KTA and then I'll bring back like an MOA for you to consider that would spell that out. Okay. Um if so for example if I have

076told you that you're moving your classroom different than you electing a new space that might become open that's your choice that's your like when you bring me that and I say yes that's part of what you're burdening them was talked about verse you might not want to and I'm forcing you to move over >> um those hiring committees I could do it by myself with the board member that doesn't feel very collaborative. So it is an admin ask is kind of the idea I'm going to draft this MOA with like if you're asked or told I'm told um compensation would be and at this rate um if it's your choice you also understand that you're volunteering your time to do this. >> Yeah. >> And you have to be real careful with anything that does

077with wages with unions. Yeah, that's what I was >> Everything has to be anou or I mean you have to be real careful, >> right? >> So mostly just I guess at this time seeking a motion to approve the additional 22 hours of work that was best for a motion to approve the additional second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you for all the work that's been. It's been really fun and I'm being sarcastic. I really really >> We understand that it was going to take a little extra time for you to get your feet under you and so we could start a physical year and you know successful >> all ready to go and hit send and then the day after or the day before it somebody chose a different job which triggered a

078hiring committee which then triggered um things you'll find in the principal reports and it just snowballed. So I think originally 80 hours would have been sufficient >> but things happen. >> Yeah. >> Very grateful. >> We're going to move on to information items. Um we keep follow-up discussion as a reminder to all of us that if there were items that we um were we had previously discussed that we need to come back and discuss that we should do that. There were none this time listed. So information is there's no followup discussion and then again another MTSBA thing um they are they ask every two years that if a district wants them to tackle a legislative item that we put together we fill out their form and basically indicate you know what we're asking them to

079do why we're asking them to do it how it benefits students etc etc I just wanted the board to be aware ware that that is out there. Um I know that we're a small district, but we we do have a lot of poll when it comes to things like that. We just have never individually put forth a resolution before the Montana School Board Association. If it's something that anyone's feeling like compelled to bring forth an issue, we could always approve it at the next board meeting. We just want to get that out in front of you that we do have that ability. Right. >> Um, and maybe not delete my email every time. >> So, just to keep me accountable also. >> Yes, ma'am. >> I would love to have a work session on that

080topic and legislative offerings that maybe you guys could consider them to put in. Um, a really easy one would be like sixth grade not being funded at a seventh eighth level. So, they're funded like a K5 student. That does not make any sense in any school. We all moved 20 years ago to having 25 years ago to having sixth grade in a middle school setting, even some fifth. So, not funding us appropriately. The other piece is no longer funding us based on A and B and having a whole different formula. um that they need to come up with, but just expressing how unhappy we are with how it is now. Um getting funding for 18 students in kindergarten and still expecting one FTE teacher versus the 30 students we get funded for at a higher

081rate in an eighth grade class with one FTE teacher that might be paid less than this teacher makes zero sense at all. Well, if that needs to be a work session or something, we all can then understand the legislative offerings that might be coming up. Um, I would love to host that. I have very strong opinions I didn't get to express in my lateral HR that were very like school centered and um I would love to chat with you about them. >> Fees and for fees sharing once those obliterated done away with Yes. Yeah. I think >> we have Well, I think it's a pretty tight September deadline. >> I think it's September 18th, but I does not have in front of me. >> Says September 18th. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. So if you do

082you want to expedite a workshop this year >> for our next meeting September 10, right? >> Yeah. >> So um right is that what we have? >> So if even if we just did a 30 minute dash force right before the regular board meeting, it could be a separate work session or optional stay after. big wolf. >> So that uh that information starts on page 44 of your second board packet if you want to review that verify of your second. So Liz had given you um a big 2025 legislative um session updates. Um there's a few that when I went to my conference that I really wanted to to share that affect us. One is House Bill 168. It allows funding for preschool children with disabilities enrolled in a co-op that are under five. Before

083we couldn't count um students for our AMD that were in the co-op that were under five receiving special services. now we can count them as if they're half FTE or full FTE. So that's something that is coming up. Um House Bill 567 is the multi-disiplinary agreement that we talked about. Um there's one more. Oh, House Bill 602. So in the past a non-tenure teacher if they were not not nonrenewed, you did not have to give a reason. Now, if it's due to financial budget cuts, you do have to give reason saying our finances do not support the salary. So, um that's something that went into a law, too. And it also allows for public comment on this. Um and so that's if you want to look it up that the House Bill 602 is in

084your packet. um House Bill 527 is an election um bill. They're going to be changing um some of the dates for uh election deadlines like when like in December when trustees had to put in um for their candidate nomination forms some of the uh notices and stuff. I mean there's just going to be so some things will be different than they were before. N >> that's all right. Yeah. >> All right. Um if you are not going to be on the policies committee, so I run accept Linda. Um, I would love before those policies come to the full board for you to maybe review some House bills that have passed and I can send you the links to these, but these will likely be the hotter topic um for the discussion piece in here. So,

085that would be House Bill 471. Um that's an update on opt out versus opt in for um sexual education in schools and the timelines for when we need to inform parents. Um let's see, House Bill 745 is actually I think a super one. It's what we already do for background checks. Um but anyone who hasn't had a fingerprint background check cannot be alone with our students. that is not with a staff member with a background check that how we have operated in the past four years ago how we operated I I'll catch myself up on the last two but that's very much in line >> understanding of how we should be with our students and um not just the name search and like a online screener like a fully alone I want to see your

086background um let's The the other one is House Bill 400. Um, and this has to do with um misgendering and um disciplining students for not using um given >> a bird. Yeah. So any of those that they like how what they want to be called. um this gets very specific details and that will probably go um to a a legal battle. Um so that one is some one to keep up on, but it will be in the MTSBA recommended policy changes that it would be good if you guys looked at. Um and the last one I had was House Bill 602. Like Sharon had just said, it's really crappy to have a financial cut and sit in a meeting with a non-tenure teacher and not be able to give them a reason. So, it also

087um for them to get another position if they choose to not resign. It doesn't look like they're, you know, a teacher that can't hack it or was fired for whatever reason, but um it gives a reason that still holds their, you know, credibility intact in a public setting um that go in public. So, those are kind of the hot topics. I'll send this um hot sheet. So this is from school administrators of Montana which is another SAM acronym like MTSBA. Um so SAM advocates for legislature and then um MTSBA writes our policy um that puts that into action. These are going to be the hot topics for Linda and the chapter. >> Did you say you were going to send us? Yeah, I'll send you this full sheet of all of them and then just

088highlight the stickier ones. >> Thank you. >> Moving on to the principal's report. We'll just do this. Oh, sorry. All right. So, it is um it will be brief to go to Michael class, but all right. The first thing that we had to tackle in my July time was just how are we going about hiring people. So, we've started implementing the screening matrix. It's pretty small here, but um this is actual recordkeeping then of why we're making the decisions we're making. So we have something to fall back on if anyone ever came and questioned our hiring process. Um after the screening matrix is reviewed, our top candidates are interviewed, the committee deliberates, we bring a recommendation to you for so these were the documentation pieces um through my HR new experience that we were likely

089missing in our practices here that we have put in place in our last two uh hirings. Um there's some bumps, but um yeah, I'll just go over those here. So, summer hiring, we did have the point4 kinder and 6 middle school that we smooshed into the 1.0 and we're hoping for our K8 certified unicorn to come. We did find someone who would have been a wonderful fit and unfortunately they chose they had another offer at Only Bissell and they would have one classroom and they opted to have that. Um and so our our other options were not certified to do what we needed them to do. And uh instead then we pivoted and uh Mr. Conover has taken on all of the middle school math and Miss Iverson has taken on Kinder and we were

090able to smush all of what she had for title into our morning when Dana or Miss Jinx is here. Um, and then Miss Iverson is taking on the afternoon. So, I had heard some concern about having multiple staff members, you know, with our really important bookend. Um, I had a chat with Amy and um, student taught in kindergarten. It will be a nice transition and what's best for our students and our school. So, thank you Amy for graciously taking that on. even though you were super pumped for a title, you still get to do it. And um but our kinders are pretty lucky to have such wonderful staff in that classroom. So um at one point we were maybe going to have four different people have to do that throughout the day and so we

091are down to two which is ideal and quality staff that we have experience with and so do our students. So then we did have a pair of professional. Um, you've just hired Miss Tana. You'll have to decide what you want them to call you so I don't keep flip-flopping between Miss Nicely and Miss Tanner or Miss T. >> I have no idea that. >> So by September 2nd, you have >> that's an assignment. >> It's an assignment. My first one. >> Um, so did have quite the pool like I had shared. And so what we were potentially going to do is actually bring two recommendations today to the board to consider out of that pool. Um only one came to fruition. The others would not have been a good fit or um didn't show up

092and said they would, etc. Um so we did reopen that pool. That will be something we might consider if we need to after the full schedule's created, but at this point I don't have a second. I don't also I'm not totally convinced we would need that. We are stretched about as thin as possible with certified staff. And so once I get a good feel of our students and have a chat with um Christian, our special education teacher, and really deep dive into the case load, um we might need some support pushing that out and that meant B2B. We might also look at hiring a second pair of professional um at a totally different schedule. So that might need to be like a 10 to six schedule um to accommodate some other things that may or

093may not be happening in another program. And I'll keep you informed as we go on that. Um but I'm not sure where that one will land, but it's likely that you'll see another recommendation for a pair professional. Just remembering that we did um save a 1.0 FTE based on our hiring through the summer of a certified staff member. So, we will still be under budget. Uh, and I also just don't want to burn our staff out. So, we'll see where we're at. We're also not going to hire to just hire and fill a space or, you know, not burn staff out with an FTE because FTE that shouldn't be here actually burn us out faster than >> Yeah, this app. >> Um, that's where we're at for our summer hiring. And let's see, summer camp.

094Miss Tika hosted our summer camp. It was in two SATA two weeks. And we had 21 total students. Some of them were the same, so not differing students, but 21 access points to that. It was a lot of outdoor activities and just keeping people active and um arts and craftsy things. The kids were having a great time every time that I was here and I'm pretty excited about that program. So, I hope we get to continue offering that for our families. And we did more than break even in our summer. >> Okay. >> Yeah. And the the um >> So, as long as we have staff that want to keep offering it, we're not, you know, the district or the general fund's not taking a hit for that. It is selfunding itself. There there was

095a question on whether or not we were going to have it this year because we didn't have a lot. So, I'm glad to hear that the burnt out. >> Yeah, because one was over, one was under, but when you added the two, it was budget wise it was fine. >> So, we do have our back to school events on the 28th from 3:30 to 5:30. I'm hoping you can all make an appearance for that. um most of you are invested for other reasons, but it would be nice to have a full board presence at that. So, our regular meet your teacher supply drop off, we're going to bring back the passport so um people like Christian or the kitchen staff or Tara don't get passed over because it's not your regular ed classroom. Um you

096know, Miss Tika or Miss Ogden. So each each classroom that your kid might go through in their schedule will have a passport and then there's ice cream bars in the office or maybe outside if it's nice. Who knows where they'll be? It'll be on the passport. But um so if you fill your passport, you have it as extra treat, but we just want to make sure it's a full experience rather than one room and you're out. Uh the PTA will also have snow cones and a signup sheet. So spread the word that we could use a boost in our PTA themes after talking with Miss Jody. Um we have a strong presence at the beginning of the year and then it gets quite thin by the end. So just a continued sign up for that

097if anyone's asking what they could do that would be a great opportunity for them. Um Athletics will have some signups for any kids that don't or didn't speak out like we have in the past. It could just be a clipboard because Missy Eli does need to be in other places and all the things. >> It I had it outside my room last year on that black cart and it was kind of nice because then I could answer any questions if anybody had anything. >> So, it chats real fast. >> Yes. >> Um and then Mr. Con is going to have two eighth grade meetings during that window to hopefully catch parents at the beginning and end. And we are switching our title parent meeting. It was going to be in September and Miss Amy just

098said, "Why don't we put it during our back to school event?" Made a lot of sense. People already here. Um, so that will also be and take place. That's part of our audit that we do need to have that parent meeting for a title. But other than that, just a fun time for kids to get back to seeing each other and then they don't have to bring four backpacks on the first day of school and can just have a regular. anything I missed on the back to school event stop. Okay. Uh facility update. I am so excited. This is one of our major focal points on the next slide. Um but lots of pretty important things have been ticked off this check the checklist maybe a better way to say that. Um this summer and

099so the office stairway is looking awesome. They're going to do a second coat and paint the sides and then we have a new railing coming. >> I was going to ask I just saw that there wasn't railing. >> I had a feeling you might be a walk through on your way over. Um >> that's great. >> Yeah. So that will all be done before the start of school. Um there's the heaters are planned to be installed on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Wednesday, Thursday of next week in the gym and replacing those. They're about 20 years old. the sound system might get pushed off if those take if the heaters take longer. It's the same company installing those. Um, however, I strongly encourage them to have it done by our back to school assembly, so it

100will be done before the start of school. Um, >> awesome. >> Then the kinder third bathrooms are getting their face lift, and it will be nice to have faucets that do turn off in those bathrooms. There's been some playground maintenance that's done. Our tsunami got fixed and then there is going to be a bolt audit through the jungle gym. So, I'm just making sure they're all there and present by the time school starts and then our regular annual cleaning um by Mr. James or Mr. Francis that we have. So, that's that's kind of what's been done this summer. >> Pause for a second >> on the bathrooms. Did we get the back walls taken care of before installing new >> the fiberglass reinforced? I I don't know. >> He is just now starting to work

101on those. He was in today. He was going to start the demolition, but James had just waxed the force. So, he's going to come, >> but we have a plan to fix that. >> I don't think so. >> When I know you missed the meeting, it was probably >> and I sent an email in to Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we we talked we talked about it at that meeting and we talked about the fiberglass reinforced plastic and if I remember correctly, James knows how to install that. Is that >> I think James it out. So, >> was it going to do it? >> Yeah. I Someone said yes, that's going to happen. >> It is. >> Yes. Yes. Yeah. >> It just doesn't make sense for us to put in all new urinals with urine

102stained. >> Exactly. >> Yeah. And I just actually emailed Mihan today to contact Silo so that they can coordinate stuff. >> Perfect. Great. >> Yeah. >> I'm glad you asked about that though because I had not even heard of >> Yeah. You weren't you weren't here yet and that was >> Yes. And it holds an odor you can't get rid of. So it's very inexpensive to fix >> as long as we have all the fixtures on. >> Yeah. >> And it was recommended when we got the quote. FRP board is like 25 bucks a sheet for a 4x8 sheet and it's just it's like a fiber glass plastic. Just put it up these little ends and it's super simple. >> We install those new fixtures then we can't do it. >> You can you can

103it's just not nearly as good. >> Yeah. >> It's not ideal. >> Correct. Well, if that can't get done before the start of school, there will be Mary volunteer opportunities being sent out. So, I do hear maybe my first thought that I mean at $25 might be coming >> pretty inexpensive >> and I've installed it in my daycare's bathroom for the exact same reason that we need to fix. So, >> and now I have reference. >> Um, but again, it is difficult for a school when administration I mean lot there's lots of these kinds of backsplash things that get dropped and um unfortunately that's where we're at. But I do um think the people that we have in place to put these things in place have done some very high quality work that I've seen

104so far and I don't see it not getting done and you needing to be contacted. >> All right. As I have sent you guys an email back in July, um one of the things that I am really good at is focusing on too many things. Um so I have learned that I need to and probably most people would do better if we just focus on a couple things. So um these are what I have selected as my focal points for 2526. I would love to hear your feedback on these. This is my last bit of my principles report um just for time purposes but um these are the things that I see as the highest priority. other things are important, but we can't do all the projects you want to do year one um and

105do them well. So, I would love to actually have some attention time. I actually was only going to have three. It was going to be the first three. Um we are obviously very lucky to have Mrs. Eli and even luckier to have her in her admin program, but she does need some project admin projects to do. So um we have collaborated and having her take on some curricular mapping is a very adminy thing. So we are able to get that one added to this list. But my focus my main focus is our long range facility plan. So for too many years now and this includes when I was here before I am speaking of myself. We have acted on when things break we fix it. And the idea that um A and Nick have signed

106themselves up for is we need to map it out. We need to start getting some preventative maintenance on the books. Um and just like you can't focus on all the things all the years like we need to just start checking things off of our list. So I have collected a list with Mi and Mr. James and we'll be bringing that to our first meeting so we can do it whenever I'm ready to rock. Um it does not have dollar amounts or the time it would take but I know someone who may have experience and shed some light on those. Mi is giving us a lot of bid. Um but just start making a plan for using our funds in our in our local agreement that's now going to be local. Uh and start doing some

107of those in the summer. So um safety and security we all have had experience. We don't but many have experienced that that your security upgrades long plan. You can't just drop you know 75k on a new security system. If it's not in the long range plan then something else gets funded and then your plan's no longer a plan. It's just a piece of paper. So having all of those integrated into one, I'm pretty excited about that you guys were on board with that without me having to say too much. Um, next one is just really deep diving into our profile of a learner. So in the past we had CIA and then it's turned into the three pods in our profile that's in our strategic plan. Um, this year I would really like to focus

108on actually hammering out what those things mean. Is that what our parents want to represent their kids when we pass them off to Flathead or whatever other school they go to? Is that truly what's going to prepare them for life and what our parents want them to leave with? Um, and then we also need to know what do those mean and start having some I can statements attached to those and moving forward. So hopefully by the end of the school year, everybody will be able to tell you what that profile of a learner says rather than just some check mark we did for OPI. Um does it truly represent us? And do we all know what it is? Like can you all tell me what all the fingers on all three of those pods means

109right now? If not, then we're not doing our job with the intent of that at its core. And so I think that's where we were already kind of going ahead of the curve with the CIA. it could have been done better and in a different way and been more inclusive of our community, but it's already kind of where the staff is headed and we just need to align that with what our community wants. Um, and then culture building, one of my favorite things. So, um, I was very good at creating events in the past and then having people jump on board with that. I'd actually like to flop that. I had always talked about flopping it, but now with a fresh start, um I Miss Counts and I have already talked about the student leadership

110team running all of our assemblies. I would just be like a guest speaker, um not the highlight leader. So, what do our kids want to see? Part of culture building for me is also going to be a problems group. So they need to come up with the problems that are going on at our school and have some solutions and I would like them to present on that monthly at the board meeting. So we'll have students representation at each board meeting giving you a highlight of what's going on rather than staff doing that. So, um, that's kind of super broad strokes on the main focal points, but I do think if we could focus on those things, we can pretty much do anything with this staff and families and students at this school. So, >> if

111you'd like to see anything different, it's not even I haven't even filled out my whiteboard yet. Waiting for this and to get some feedback from you. So, um, otherwise you can green light and I'm going to be off making plans. So, >> I see culture building being students and our staff. I think repairing our culture and our staff this year is going to be huge. >> I hear you. Um I from what I know about our staff and the time I've spent with the staff I haven't directly worked with I think if we can focus on our students again it's going to happen >> like all of our staff is here for kids or they wouldn't still be here and I don't need to >> I went to this really great HR workshop and it

112was something about how bath bombs are not going to fix burnout so any amount of like ice breakers trust falls isn't going to do that It's refocusing on kids and making our kids their parents and families happy and then therefore teachers have a better experience also. >> Right. I think inherently they get along and >> yeah, >> we'll have some tough conversations with those that are which I've got. >> I do care. and presentation report. >> Yeah, >> go for your question. Thanks. >> Best principles report. >> All right, our um September meeting. >> Just don't know the date, but thank you. got a lot of flack at Northwest Mass right before it's coming in for getting to be that happy just know all the other superintendents are very jealous for him September 10th rep

113if I could get a motion to agend second >> all in favor I >> any oppos