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. >> Okay, those of you are here, um, make sure you sign in. [Music] >> We will, uh, being recorded. >> Oh yeah, we are being recorded. [Music] >> Uh consent agenda. >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll second move and seconded. All in favor? >> I uh public comment. this the time for any of you guys. If you have something to say, um you can say it. If it's something that's on the agenda in the action items, you can wait and we will discuss it. Then be sure you don't talk about any personel matters at this time. Is there
002anybody that has anything? Okay. Um go on. >> All right. So, short report because it is summer and while it seems like there's not a lot going on, there is a ton going on. So, first of all, summer school is going very well. The kids are having a wonderful time and the teachers seem to be having fun, too. Uh they are studying the ocean and making all kinds of interesting things to eat and doing some fun art projects and learning a lot about uh critters. So, they're they're having a good time with that. The last day is August 7th and during that last week they will be having an end of summer barbecue. So end of summer school barbecue which is a fun thing and they do that every time. It's super fun to go.
003Parents come, kids are there. It's fun. It's family event. Um regarding other things that are happening. Yesterday I had two really productive meetings with two groups of staff members. So we worked on the schedule for the year, the daily schedule and we also worked on updating the school handbook, the staff handbook. So we spent three hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon. The people that helped us were the teams were the handbook, Mr. Connor, Mrs. Dong, Miss Hansen, and myself. And for the scheduling review, Mr. Brown, Mr. Connor, Mrs. Dong, Miss Hansen, Mrs. Matulovich, and myself. So we made great progress. I feel like we did really well, and I'm excited. I hope by next week that I will have all of that finalized and I'll be able to send it back
004to them for final review. Um the other thing that's going on that is going to take me a long time and it's not due till September is the title one audit. So another requirement from OPI to go through title one and all the things we've done since we had the last audit and make sure that I have everything in order and that we are following all the rules. So that is many many things to do. would probably take me 3540 hours to get it done. So, I'm working on that. So, while I said there's not a lot going on, there's always a lot going on. So, um but that's my my brief report for right now. >> Okay. Oh, you know what? I have one more thing to say. Sorry, I lied. Um so, employment,
005we are still looking for a library title one person. We had two interviews over the course of the last few days. One of those people turned out to be an amazing applicant for fifth grade. So, we are going to offer the position to her and we'll have to have a special board meeting to do that. So, she said she would accept based on board approval. She'll be really dynamic teacher. She has experience. She has really strong math skills. So, she she'll be excellent for fifth grade. So, um, we'll schedule a meeting and and hopefully have I've got two more applicants on the back burner for a possible title. So, uh, for library titles. So, hopefully we'll get it all together within the next week or so. >> Now, I'm finished. >> Thank you. >> Um,
006I don't have my reports in front of me. Sorry. I guess I'll just ask if anybody had any questions on the reports that were attached to the agenda. I think the only there was only a couple things probably of note. I'm going to open them up here. Uh, one was the PJ Club. If you notice, I had to move some expenditures right at the end of the year because that's a cash fund and it can't end in the negative. And I know everybody's like, "How did it all of a sudden go in the negative?" Part of that is that June is a really short month. So, we don't have very many days of PJ Club, right? Also, it's that we don't write the check out of the credit card clearing fund in the month of
007June. And this is just a reminder. We never do that because we have fees for the tuition express credit card processing account that hit in June, July, and August. And in July, we have no money coming in. So, if I write the check out of the clearing fund, then there's nothing to pay those fees with when they hit in July. So, I just leave any June money sitting in credit card clearing. So, if you noticed on the credit card clearing balancing, um I have to open it. Sorry. But it had a balance of like $2 and some dollars credit card account. Had a balance of $22857 sitting in there. So I could, you know, move some of it, but it I found that it just makes more sense to just leave it alone until we
008get into August and then I write a check. So that's why I had to adjust out some of those expenditures at the very end of the fiscal year so that we didn't end up what was it 200 200 bucks or something. 2857. >> Yeah. So, it was it was a small number. So, I'm unconcerned. I think we're still sitting in a good spot with that. I I don't know. >> It's pretend loss. >> What's that? >> It's a pretend loss. Yeah. We didn't actually lose. We're just kind of holding the funds to make sure that we don't go in the in the red through the summer with our fees. >> Does that make sense? >> Mhm. >> Okay. I don't think there's anything else of note. I highlighted on the balancing funds where we had
009um where I've done the cash requests with OPI but haven't received the funds yet which is pretty typical but just so you guys can kind of see what that looks like. The big one's that title one of 62,000 or >> Yeah. And that grant goes until the end of September. So it crosses fiscal years anyway. So it's not a concern to be you can be in the hole in a specific grant in fund 15. We can't be cash in the hole in the fund, but we can be uh in the hole as far as that's concerned. We have the cash to support it. Let's put it that way. And then I just pulled up that cash report. So it was $263 of expenses. So if you think about it, you're talking about 40 bucks is
010what the Fijian club was off for a year. So and really we're not trying to make a money maker out of that. We're trying to give something to our, >> you know, to our parents to be able to have their kids here. So 40 bucks, we should all be pretty happy with that. That's pretty darn close. >> Cut the cut that about as close as we could possibly cut it. Okay, that's more than I usually talk. Do you guys have any questions? Okay, perfect. >> Okay. Um, we go on to the action agenda, uh, personnel issues. We have, uh, classified staff wage increase. Um, we kind of talked about it at the budget meeting where they came us with a proposal. We kind of kicked things around a little bit, changed their matrix a little
011bit on the classifides uh to make it make more sense and then offered them a 5% or gave them a 5% down. There's really no uh negotiations, but we gave them a 5% increase off the base and then moved people around. So, uh, I need a a motion to accept the, uh, classified wage increase and and new matrix. And Josh, you probably since you were there should give that initial. >> Um, yeah, I'll make the motion to approve the classified staff wage. Um, that the approval or the matrix or you matrix >> staff sent. Yeah, >> I'll second. That's been moved and seconded. Is there any questions about it or discussion? >> Um, I was just wondering why we're simplifying this matrix so far >> because it was >> if you if you ever saw
012the classified matrix, it was like >> five or six lines or seven lines. >> Well, I did attach it to the agenda. So, that's I studied it a little. >> Yeah, it was uh there was no real No rationale. Yeah, that's why the word too much room for subjectivity in my opinion. And I think that was one of the biggest things that we talked about was it's too subjective, right? It's very >> it's definitely removed now. >> Yeah, there's no there's no subjectivity now. It's very objective now. What's your position? This is where you fall in the matrix. I think before there was so much room for the individual to negotiate what they do and what they're what they bring to the table to kind of move them on a lane which is relatively inappropriate
013for a wage matrix. You should be able to move vertically based on experience but not necessarily horizontally if that makes sense. I think everybody that was there agreed with that across the board otherwise we wouldn't have looked at changing it but it was very confusing for all parties. Don't think it's confusing anymore. >> No, looks a lot better. >> It's nice and simple. And >> from here on out, everybody knows where they sit on the matrix. There's no guesses of where you're going to end up every year. [Music] And there's also not going to be any more Well, I really think I should be here because this is what I do. So you'll all be So I I I I like the way we set it up. So um any other discussion? If not, is
014moved and second and all in favor? >> I opposed. >> And it passes. >> Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. [Music] Um, so then I will need a motion to approve all the contracts that I just signed. >> I'll make a motion to approve the classified contracts as presented. >> I'll second. >> Moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Okay. Um the last one um savings spec um completed her master's uh degree over the last year and so she will be um moving over on her in her contract and so we need a motion to approve that new contract. >> I'll make a motion to approve aspect amended fiscal year 26 contract. I'll second. >> Moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I opposed. Thank you. Motion passes. >> Hey guys,
015if I have a contract question or request, is it too late since we didn't have a discussion on it? >> Oh, on your contract itself. >> Yeah. >> Is it just for you like or >> you you'd have to bring it back to a next board meeting like to appeal it? What if it wasn't asked about to have discussion though? We weren't asked. Is there a discussion? So, I didn't discuss it. >> What? What? Um, I just wanted to request consideration for a start date on uh Tuesday, August 12th that is actually flexible up to a certain amount of hours rather than a a fixed start date of Tuesday the 19th because there are some projects on Infinite Campus that Trish and I collaborate on. >> Oh, that start date stuff. That's that stuff that's
016between you and >> Okay. Awesome. The contract basically is a is your hourly wage. So >> okay, thank you. >> Yeah. So your your total days up to 199 days will not change. >> Okay. >> So if you need to start earlier, you can do that. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Okay. Policy amendments. Um >> we had a riveting policy meeting. I'm glad it was. >> It was It was easy this time and not so much. I mean, sometimes we have these really good progress. >> This was a pretty pretty quick meeting. >> Okay. So, um I guess just show me a little bit. I didn't my computer so I can't look. >> Yeah. Um >> what what did you change? Anything we really changed? [Music] I mean, there was some proposed changes, Lacy and Don,
017but I didn't write down the specific changes. I mean, they're all here. >> Uh, let's see. Non-resident, >> they were all amendments. Nothing was new. No new policies. All amendments to current policies. What did we have? Six policies that we amended. Joe probably has it handy. >> Seven or seven. >> Dang it. Um, let me see if I got anything else on what we actually adopted. They're all recommended changes. >> Nothing was required. They were all recommended. We read through them at length. >> So, they're they're changes that were recommended by MTSB. >> Correct. >> And then we go over them with fine tooth when they're recommended because we don't want to add anything that we don't like. >> Well, we didn't get to these yet. That's what I was looking to see which ones
018we actually went through. We've got some potentially meteor ones coming with the drug testing, the phone usage. >> We had to schedule a second meeting cuz you can only do policy for so many hours at a time. [Music] >> Human sexuality. But that was a recommended change we did not adopt. Okay. They they made a recommendation on changing what is it? health enhancement >> health enhancement >> to only human sexuality. We're like nope, we're not going there. Not even policy committee vetoed that. >> Thank you. Policy >> becomes so restrictive too like you can't teach anybody else. I mean that's so restrictive. >> Yeah. So and it and it creates >> our policy committee felt very strong. >> We have enough problems with parents the way it is. >> Well, plus we already have an
019opt out policy. We have an opt out policy in our handbook. If parents don't want their kids to participate in voting, they can opt out. >> You have to do it. >> Okay. >> I'm I'm >> I would say next month when we or whenever we bring the next one. So there's probably some that will happen. >> I wouldn't get in a hurry. >> Well, we can't. So, okay. Um, so somebody off the committee want to give a um a motion to >> Yeah. >> those amendments. >> Uh, I'll make a motion to approve the policy amendments as presented. >> I'll second that. >> Moved and seconded. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. I guess I should have asked for >> comments on that one, but um it seems pretty cut and dried and
020usually stuff like that. We just don't really have a choice anyway. Okay. Okay. Now, explain the next one. First grade. >> Did you all vote? I'm sorry. I Everybody voted in the >> All right. So, uh, since I've been working here, which has been 3 years now, every single year, we experience, I wouldn't say an abundance of first graders, but probably 20 25% of the first graders end up in the office regularly for four to five weeks crying. So they have some anxiety that uh when they come to school and some of it is they just don't want because summer was there and they they don't want to leave their parents and >> some of it is because first grade is different in kindergarten it's way different as far as um less play time. You
021have more structured learning time. So one of the things that I thought would be helpful because the kindergarten teachers have experience days where they have their kids come in. I thought it would be helpful to have the first graders also have that those experience days so they can meet with their teacher and also have one other child. So there be two children, two to three children in each group of kids and spend an hour just learning about their classroom, meeting their teacher, getting to be a little bit calmer about coming to school. And my hope is that we will alleviate some of that scariness that that kids are I don't know if it's scariness or like I said if they just don't want to be at school because they had a great summer or they
022don't want to leave their parents if they're apprehensive. I don't know what their reasons are for for being upset. But I want to try and alleviate that. So I thought that by trying this this year by piloting the first grade experience phase that maybe we can alleviate some of that stress on on the little guys and on their parents too. So um I did talk to Miss Martin about this uh and we would like to give it a shot. So it'll differ from kindergarten because the kindergarteners come and they are oneon-one with their teacher and the first graders will be two to three kids on one. So, I think it'll just be really helpful and get them excited about school. Help them to relax and help them to to be, oh, I get to start
023school in just a couple of days, you know? So, that's what we want. We don't want kids to be nervous. So, I would like to try that. I'd like to board like like for the board to approve that. >> How many days? >> Uh, so it'll be that Thursday, Friday. No, that Wednesday, Thursday. Sorry. Wednesday, Thursday. So, the 27th and 28th >> before school start >> and so right. So that will be so school starts on the 27th, >> okay, >> for everybody. And the first graders would come just for one hour on the 27th or the 28th depending on how they're scheduled and then they'll all come on the Friday. >> Okay. >> Um, and you have a plan for kind of structuring with the parents because it's kind of short notice for parents.
024>> So the teacher would contact the contact the parents to let them know what's happening. Okay. >> So, it's the 27th. August 27th, not July. August 27th. >> Right. Well, but it's still short notice. I mean, anytime you try something new, it's >> I don't have a problem with it. I I >> So, Don, maybe I'm just not because I wasn't staring at a calendar. So, school starts the 27th. >> Yes. >> All kids come for their normal day. All kids come for their normal day, but the first graders would only come for one hour on that day depending on what time they're scheduled for. And the rest of them will come the next day for 1 hour depending on what time they're scheduled for. So they come in groups of two or three. And
025then on Friday, all the first graders would come to school for their first day of school as a class. And the kindergarteners do experience days also. So they won't be there on Wednesday either. All of them. >> Okay. Thank you. Trish, are you tired of babysitting first graders? [Music] >> You can say yes. >> I know. I I love them. >> Do we think it has anything to do with the transition of classrooms in the middle of the year? Maybe. >> No. No. It's been since I've been working here. Since I first started here, we've had kids crying at the office every day. >> I think it has to do with like Don said, >> all of a sudden it's very structured. You can't just >> They don't have nap time anymore. >> They don't
026have nap time. >> I want my mom to school, >> but just getting to to be with their teacher and to know their teacher a little bit and to know that their teacher is going to be kind to them. I I just think that that will just help them just to set them up for success and and we can try it and if it doesn't work then we don't have to do it next year. But I just would like to give it a try. >> Miss Martin scared me if I was a first grader. >> And a part of it is that they're little and they're coming to school and they're exhausted. I mean, that's a part of it, too. But it goes so long into the year when it goes five or six weeks
027into the year and kids are crying every day at the office. That's that's something. It's >> cuz they love to come to the office. Okay. >> Well, that's what it is. >> Yeah. >> Take a nap. You're all right. >> You're okay. You can do it that time. >> There's a screen. Just look at the screen. >> Computer. >> Do you think that one hour for one day before going to school full days is going to make >> I think it does make a difference. Like I said, in kindergarten, they do it that each kid has the teacher for one hour by themsel and then they're all excited about coming in. This way, the the first graders will come in, they will already know some of the kindergarteners that are there and they'll be with
028another child. I think it will make a difference. And like I said, we can try it. And if if we still have kids crying into the sixth week of school, we have a bigger problem. >> And then they can put their um school supplies away just >> and know where they're going to be. Yeah. it that calmness instead of everything it was. >> Well, as as far as I'm concerned, I mean, is this affecting any other the number of hours they're supposed to have? >> No, no, they get double the number of hours they're supposed to have. Well, almost only get 2/3. >> Okay. >> It mostly just needs board approval because it goes outside of the current calendar to change to the current calendar, but >> So, they're only required 720 hours a year
029and the fourth through 8th graders are required,080 hours per year. So >> if if Mrs. Martin is willing to do it down way, I see no problem. >> Yeah. I guess my only other thought back to Bob's question. I mean what? So these kids will come to school for an hour and parents will >> that's the only you know the parent thingare concern >> as a parent that would >> if they were going to set on school as a parent as a if I was a parent and I was having a kid going into first grade and I already had my schedule written down and say oh these are the days because some jobs make you do three months in advance how many days >> that's my only this is just I'm just being the
030devil's advocate at this point in time I'm sorry But and they're like, "Hey, oh, they start on the 27th. This is great." But and if if you say, "Oh, they you need to be there for an hour." Then they have to go and find daycare for them >> and it's only one of the days, >> two of the days necessarily because then they might >> Well, I'm saying if they're if they they're only coming for an hour of those two days, >> then parents might have to miss work again. That's my only concern is >> so so it this doesn't have to be a I mean they can have that option to come or they can wait until they can wait to come in. >> Yeah. >> But but we if we know now we
031can send notification out to the parents and just say you will be contacted >> I guess >> by the teacher. >> Yeah. And if the if there's a lot of parents that say, "Hey, wait. We have, you know, when school starts, we this is our plan." Then we're going to have to figure out something to take care of a bunch of first graders for two days. >> Well, and I think it'll just be up to the parents. I mean, if you give them enough notice, the parents can decide if their kid is a whiny baby and they need to have pressure on. [Music] >> I got four kids. It's all good. I can be honest. >> Well, no, I think it's just it's >> kids that sometimes are whiny babies. >> Oh, for sure. But
032yeah, it's parents, you know, it's optional. You give them enough time, they get beside their kidneys. >> But we wouldn't take attendance until for the first graders until that that first day of school, which would be the 2nd of September is when we would take attendance. So, it's not like kids would be docked for attendance. >> Yeah, exactly. Um, but if I if this is approved, then I can send notification out to parents and just say this will be happening. Your teacher will be contacting you, >> right? >> Yeah. I guess the way Yeah. the way to to do it is to say we we've decided that school won't start until the the second for first graders, but we're offering >> experience days. You're doing it the 27th and 28th. Are they just not coming?
033They would come the 29th. No, they come the 29th school. I was Yeah, I was picturing the kindergarten schedule in my head. It's the 29th. Yes. Thanks, Judy. >> Yeah, they would start the 29th. >> Okay. >> When we do the experience dates for kindergarten, is that a 1 hour time slot or those longer? >> It's a 1 hour time slot. >> It's one hour with one kid and one Yeah. Instead of two or three kids. So if it's two or three kids, could the time slot be two hours? No one more. There are more than 20 kids in there. 25 kids. >> Okay. >> So it'll take two days to get through them, which is why they're doubling up. [Music] >> All right. >> So I just didn't want to just make by myself.
034I thought I would ask ask the board to >> I will make a motion to approve the first grade experience days. >> I'll second moved and seconded. We've already discussed. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Thank you. >> Uh seventh grade into literacy curriculum. >> All right. So Mrs. Dong and I have been looking at curriculum for well for the entire year going over various curriculum things for middle school. The current curriculum that they have for ELA is 25 years old and it is definitely behind the times and doesn't have uh materials and examples that are are pertinent to today's world. So uh the particular curriculum that Mrs. along would like to use is called into literacy and it it goes right along with our into reading. So we now have into reading for
035grades K through six and into literature would be the next one for seventh grade. So it would be aligned and then next year we'd be looking at getting the eighth grade curriculum because learning two curriculums in one year in the same subject is a lot. So uh this would be a six-year curriculum. And uh I looked it over and the the books have the books that the kids get have a lot of really um fun projectoriented things that they can do and there's an online component that's a big component of this also. >> That quote is for the full six years. >> Yes, that's for six years. >> So it's less than $1,000. >> Yes. >> That's for seventh grade. >> And then next year >> Next year we would look at Yes. And so
036one of the things that we have to do is uh make sure our curriculum is aligned and we are um our student scores are are coming up as far as reading and ELA because of this great curriculum program that we have and we want to keep building. [Music] >> That's all right. >> Can we find a whole bunch of other curriculums like that? Well, the counseling $30,000 for three years. >> It's only one grade on this one. >> Yeah. >> But it's 6 years. So that's just >> six years is I mean we're if we're setting six years that's I'm running on would you say 25 year old? >> Yes. >> Language. >> That's still totally in the times. >> Totally. tubular. >> You brought it back, Lacy. Way to go. [Music] >> So, I
037am asking for your approval for this curriculum, please. Mrs. Dong and I are asking. >> I will make a motion to approve the seventh grade intro to literacy curriculum quote for six years. Second. Sorry, Joe. I'll let you have the rest. moved and seconded. Uh, is there any other discussion? If not, uh, all in favor? >> I opposed. >> Thank you. And Mrs. Dong, thanks to you, too, even though she's not here. >> She really cares. >> She does really care. She does. Okay. The next item on the agenda is the counseling curriculum. And Mrs. expect and myself reviewed I think four different curriculums this year and we started reviewing actually when Mrs. Moore was here at the end of her term and we looked at a bunch of them. We couldn't find anything that
038was great. So, one of the things that we want to do is really build on anti-bullying and make sure that all of our kids know what bullying is and make sure that they know how to prevent it, how to respond to it. Uh just using it that as a life skill. The other thing is is for our integrated strategic action plan that we have. A part of that is to make kids safe and secure here and providing anti-bullying resources. So, uh, Mrs. Spec and I found this program and it's free. >> It's free and it's called Overcoming Obstacles. >> Here it is right here. Overcoming Obstacles. And so it's divided for grades K through 2, 3 through 5, and 6 through 8, K through two with a focus on listening, fairness, and coping skills, for
0393 through 5 with a focus on empathy, perseverance, and conflict resolution. And for 6 through 8, uh, communication, decision, decision-m, and goal making, goal setting, plus they have more concepts at each grade level. Um, a lot of great lessons all the way from start to follow up within a lesson. So you have your your introduction, then you have your lesson, then you have some follow-up discussion and how does it actually pertain to what kids are doing now. I think it would be excellent to try it for a year and see if it works. It is free and if we like it, we can keep going with it. So kind of pilot it here in our school and then there's no cost for it. So if we do want to keep going, we can keep going.
040>> Approved. >> So I need a motion to approve the use of this curriculum, please. >> There you go, Joel. I'll make a motion to approve the counseling curriculum to overcoming obstacles. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? I >> All right. Thank you very >> Mr. Second over there. >> We need to find more free stuff. >> M and I thank you. >> Okay. Uh facilities discussion. Joey. >> Uh so we did have a facilities meeting. We sat down and had our master list and kind of reviewed everything and and you know reassigned years that were more appropriate. Um I feel like we got a very good list made and basically it's a priority list now for Jay to uh to go down and make the improvements on there. Um, I feel that
041the next step is to like get an estimate or get quotes on the bigger projects so we kind of know have a forecast if you will of what we need for facility needs over the next 5 years, >> right? Get the things we can do ourselves. Just put together, okay, this is the materials cost and stuff like that. cuz as far as painting and stuff, but that like that west um northeast northwest wall, >> the front wall >> it's going to take it's Yeah, but it's going to be a that's a project. >> You talking outside? >> Yeah. >> So, that guy was supposed to be here today to look at that for sighting. >> Okay. >> He's going to be here tomorrow. The guy, the roofing people were here last week. I haven't heard
042nothing back from. They looked at the gym and the in the portable to see what we could do to fix that stuff. So, >> well, you got loose screws and stuff. >> They wanted They're talking about putting bigger screws in the gym. >> Okay. >> And the screws have been tightened a number of times. >> Yeah. So, they're thinking maybe the bigger screws would help. And then the portable has uh doesn't run off, you know, that doesn't make big enough lip for the water to run off running down the side and get behind the boards. >> So I don't I haven't heard back from them. So I don't know what they found out. >> You can figure that out for a while during the summer, but when it starts freezing, it's going to start real.
043The one thing we might think about on that portable because it's such a shallow is getting some heat tapes and running on the top of >> Oh, yeah. >> to keep it liquid on along the edges. >> I did run some culpine down the crack that was getting the water behind it. So hopefully that >> it's not leaking on the inside though. We actually put on the list possibility of a pitched roof on the portable just to you know see what it'll cost and that makes a lot of issues go away in >> right um something we can discuss later and we had concrete guys out for the sidewalk we need to the portable >> right I haven't heard back from them yet either so hopefully soon so your mower's running okay your mower's running
044okay now just fine Yeah. So far, it won't replace it till we have to. >> Haven't loaded up yet. >> And it hasn't stopped going up hills or anything. >> That's why I got it. The guy didn't He thought it was a transmission was going up. So, >> Oh, really? >> Never had a problem. >> Seems to work. >> The only thing I noticed was I was walking down today is we got some screws on that on those big steps that are starting to lift. >> Yeah. I need to get some larger diameter screws for that. Try to take a bunch of them out and replace them. Just hate to see somebody >> catch them. >> That's been an ongoing >> I'll check. >> They keep they keep coming up. >> They back out every
045year. >> Yeah. [Music] >> How old are those steps now? >> They replace them. >> Oh, they wasn't the original that [Music] >> Okay. I think that's really nothing we need to do on the facilities. So, um got a letter from the auditor. >> We do have a letter from our auditor because he is late on getting our audits to us. We've already gotten a nasty gram from OPI on our FY23 audit because our audits are due. Um typically by the July board meeting, we have the audit from the prior fiscal year. So, we're a year behind on having our audit. I should have my FY24 audit. I have had my audit. Like, my auditor has been on site, as my office folks can attest to, and I've given our auditor everything he needs to
046do the audit. >> He had a tour of the 300 buildings, too. >> He said, "Wow, this has good bones." >> That's what he said. >> Um, and he is working on them, but they are not done. So, he did write a letter. I have forwarded the letter to OPI. they have responded. Nothing's happening. We're not getting any kind of black marks or anything bad from anybody, but I just figured it was worth updating the board as to where we are. And um he told me he will have them both to me by the August board meeting. So, I'm hopeful that we will. >> So, is it just on him? >> Yeah. And I am I am not recommending changing auditors, >> right? This is the first time he's ever been late on our audit.
047And everybody has >> situations. So, I'm >> I'm not using one time as like this is oh no, we need to jump ship. >> No. >> And uh so I'm not recommending a change. I I just am alerting the board as to why you haven't seen it yet. >> Oh, I'm glad you sent a letter that >> and he's been super communicative. Like it wasn't just, oh, here's a letter. He's been talking to me all year about where he's at with with working on the audit. So, it's not as though we're not communicating. >> Okay, cool. >> I have one more thing that just came in the mail today for correspondence. It is a a thank you note. Um, dear Smith Valley Scholarship Committee, thank you so much for selecting me to receive the Smith
048Valley scholarship. It will be a great help as I moved on to the next chapter in my life studying to be a veterinarian. Thanks again, Emily Hall. >> Cool. Okay, special discussion. Somebody wants to have a word today. >> Yeah. So, we need And so Jay and I talked about this and getting the community involved. >> Jay talk. >> Getting getting the community involved. So, I'm excited. So, this this is my moment. Then he can talk. So getting the community involved and letting them help us lets us know that we want them to be involved with our school. We want them to be a part of our school. We want them to just, you know, make the school theirs, right? So we have some things that need to be done. Um, and when I was
049thinking of community workday, I was thinking of uh getting those benches in the gym sanded and painted because kids get splinters from them regularly. Doing the same thing for the outside benches. So, sand and paint all the benches. Um, getting some ground work done. Maybe do some paint work for trim inside. Uh, it can be we can have hot dogs and ice cream when it's all done with. Like if we do a morning, we could do hot dogs and ice cream. That would be fun just to make it a fun thing. We can play music. I mean, just get the community involved and just let them know. So, I figure like just a morning like three or four hours community work day and they can come when they want if they want. It would be
050nice to know if they're coming so we know how many hot dogs and how much ice cream to buy. But if we have extra, we can feed the staff hot dogs and ice cream. Yay staff. Um so so I'm excited about getting them involved and just letting them know, hey, we want you to to love our school. We want it to be great for you and if you would like to help us, we would love to have you help us. >> How would you get that out there? >> So we so we can send out a constant contact. We can put on the reader board. We can put it on Facebook on our school Facebook just to get the word out. Yeah. Jay, what do you think? >> I think just what you said is
051good. >> J sounds like you need a lot of screen, >> but especially when we sent home the climate survey. Um people we got a three across the board from students and parents and community members about liking their school on a scale of one to five about liking their school building. So having them help us improve our facilities I think it's great great way to get them involved >> we're not around to let them get involved the bar. So that's just uh you know that's work that they can do without without us uh putting anybody in danger or at risk. And >> the the splinters are to keep the kids from moving around too much on the vent. >> So um yeah. So that's that's what I was was thinking and hoping for. So we
052would need to set a date for that. Of course it would all be volunteer and if people can come they can come. >> I think just pick a Saturday. I mean it's They like to come see Kelsey to get the splinters out because Kelsey is our splinter remover. [Music] >> We need another >> tell everybody that one is not public. >> So we could either go um if if we went I am actually taking the first week of August off. I'm taking a vacation. >> Good for you. >> So yay. You see that? That's pretty exciting. So, if we went the 16th of August, that would be fair. That's fair. >> That's fair week. >> Okay. >> You can't do the 16th or the uh whatever nth. >> Ninth. Nth and 16th. >> So, actually,
053yeah, I can't be I mean, you guys could do it. I couldn't be here on the 9th. >> You can't do the 9th either. >> That's the first day of 16th. So, you can do it August 23rd. >> 23rd. I can't be here, but I don't that's not that big a deal. >> The 23rd will be like right before school starts, so everybody will be kind of have their school hat on Sunday. We can plan if we would like to. >> I'll be useful again. >> Does it have to be a Saturday? >> Yeah. Could we do it? Doesn't have to be a Saturday. >> Could we do it even? >> Well, if Yeah, you could do it in on a weekday evening. You could do a couple of days. I don't It doesn't really
054matter. I mean, >> we could do like an afternoon like 4:00 or 5:00 and then it'll start cooling down like 5 to 8 or something and have hot dogs in the middle of the work session. [Music] >> Yeah, people's weekends are pretty important to this time of year. >> Yes, summer school ends the 7th. So if we did it the following week, >> that's fair. That's like fair. That's your very It really needs to be after the 19th, I think, >> or before the 9th if we thought that that's enough time to advertise. >> Yeah, that very people thinking that way. >> I mean, >> I like the idea of doing it close to school starting because >> I mean on some level sometimes shorter notice is better. >> Yeah. gives them you don't forget.
055>> Right. >> So if we did because today is the 15th. If we did like the 29th or the 31st in the evening like 4 to 8 >> I think really I mean this isn't something we have to decide. I think you and Jay sit down figure out your day um along with your crew that that is going to and just >> start advertising. I just don't think >> so. It's going to be an adlib crew. Like I don't have any crew in mind. Whoever wants to show up, >> but uh >> All right. So, I'll I'll ask Kelsey if you can help post it on Facebook. That would be great. So, I'll contact you like tomorrow after I have a chance to talk to Jay. >> Okay. That work? >> Yep. >> I can
056put it on the reader board. >> Yeah. >> That's as soon as you tell me. >> So, the last thing is just for you guys uh information, the grievance is over. um as far as we know and so and that's as far as we're going to talk about it. So, >> all right. Anybody have anything else? >> Yes. I am excited for this year. I just feel like like we just have great I'm sorry you guys are I feel like we just have have great people working here and a great team and I'm excited. >> We have some really good new teachers coming in. I do I will say that I think Joe would agree. Well, those who we've hired so far are pretty exciting to to think about becoming. >> Can I say something
057real quick? >> Yes, ma'am. >> My grandsons had the guy that we hired for music at Rankin and when they found out that he was hired here, they were over the top jealous of Daily. >> Well, they could come to school here. >> Well, we're working on that. But they were they were very excited for Daily because they said he is super cool. >> So awesome. >> Yeah. >> Cool. >> All right. So everyone, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Enjoy your summer.