001Hey folks, it's 6 o'clock. If we could stand for the pledge of allegiance, please. >> I pledge allegiance 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 ally. and justice for all. >> Strong work, gentlemen. Okay. Has everybody had a chance to look at the agenda? >> I move that we approve this evening's agenda. >> And I second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right, we have an agenda. First up is a presentation of donation check from the Mount Mariah Lodge to the Student Family Resource Center. Those involved, please come on up. >> Yes. Hello. Thank you, uh, Superintendent and all the board members and all the families and students and faculty here today. My
002name is Daryl Tid and uh I'm uh proud to be here today. I'm actually a uh Mountain View Viking uh alumni and also a graduate of Shelton High School in 1984. So, gives me great pride to be able to represent the Grand Lodge of of Masons of Washington and Mount Mariah Lodge of Shelton uh this evening. Uh, Mount Mariah has been a member of the uh, community in Shelton since 1864. Yeah, I said that right. 1864. 162 years we have been participating in the community here in Shelton. And uh, it's uh, one of our bigger uh, events. Every year we participate in partnership with the Skookum Rotary at Oysterfest to derive funds to uh donate and support the uh Shelton Students Resource Center and programs that uh Crystal has put together. And it's been a
003partnership for I think about five or six years now. And uh we're uh we're glad to participate. We also have a uh bikes for books program that we donate bicycles over 20 bicycles to the Shelton school districts to help promote your uh your reading programs as an incentive. So uh and that being said we're we'd uh be happy to uh present this check. Uh this is uh worshful master Pete Lazareno. Behind him we have uh very worshipable brother Brian Bigalow and worshipful brother Jack Huggin who's very involved with all of our programs with the Shelton school district. So So we're happy to present today a check for $3,000 for your student uh family resource center. >> Thank you. [applause] >> [applause] >> If I could just add on, Mount Mariah has done an incredible job
004to team up with the Shelton School District. Many folks don't know that the state cut our funding for kids experiencing homeless and and are in foster care placements. These this $3,000 will go very far in helping support kids and families who do need some of the basics um including food that goes home um and some basic needs like jackets and and things that just to assist our families. He did also mention the bikes. bikes go for um not only for the books but also attendance especially for our summer program and those things really are incentives that students really love um and we really appreciate our partners. So thank you so much again for partnering with the Shelton school district. [applause] [applause] >> Thank you again gentlemen. Up next, again, my favorite part of all of
005these meetings. Now, uh we'd like to have a performance from the Mountain View Elementary Choir. >> Kindergarten. >> Oh, kindergarten. >> Kindergarten. all right. So before we start, um, kindergarteners got to perform at our we have a a Martin Luther King assembly that we also call people who make a difference. And so we spend part of our time talking about Martin Luther King and the impact he had on our nation and on the world. And then we also talk about um the different people we see in our community who make a huge difference. And we talk about what does that start with? And that starts with kindness um towards other people and thinking about other people first. So we have learned a song called the KD song, the kind song and these kindergarters performed it
006at our assembly and rocked it. So we wanted to perform it for you today and they are very very excited. So here we go. >> [music] >> I can I'm going to [music] give it up to everybody. [singing] [music] I'm going [music] to give it out to everybody. [singing] [music] You are my sister. You are my brother. We're all [music] love each other. in my [music and singing] head. I want to give it up [music] to everybody. I [music] can [singing] get out. [music] We [singing] are all different. Isn't that lovely? We [music] are all human. So [music] I [music] got to get out. Everybody [music] I'm going [music] to get out and [singing] [music] I am [music] I am worth Heat. Heat. [music and singing] [music] >> [applause] [cheering] [applause] >> This is still
007in your mind. Wow, that was uh that was outstanding. Short of Disneyland, I don't think I've ever seen so many smiles in a room. Um, thank you very much. Uh, awesome job, kindergarten. And wow, that was again my my favorite part of these meetings. So, thank you. Uh, oh, and now the superintendent report. Mr. Jesse, I dare you to top that. There you go. No, I can't top that. Um, thank you, board president Wheeler, other board directors, student representatives, many of our families and students in the crowd, uh, as well other community members and staff. Uh, great way to start the meeting. Um, receiving a check from Mount Mariah, uh, and then also our kindergarten choir here at Mountain View. Lots going on. I have three uh relatively quick uh recognitions. One uh NJ ROC
008uh competition was hosted at Shelton High School this last weekend and we had many cadetses competing in the competition with many of them placing first, second or third. So many I'm not going to announce all of them but they were here at our last meeting. Um you saw their performance. you can see their attention to detail and their aspirations for excellence and discipline and a sense of community. And so that was really nice and you can see those ingredients definitely lead to success. So it's really nice to um recognize our uh our cadetses and and JOTC. Uh a couple of sports announcements. It is that time where uh teams head off into the playoffs. Uh the boys district's uh swim team um has a competition this weekend, so we'll see who places for state. So
009hang hang tight for that announcement. Boys and girls basketball are headed on to the playoffs. Yes, both boys and girls. Um and the girls team uh has been ranked, so I know there's a lot of hope for them to go far. And then uh wrestling 14 girls, 10 boys are going to state from the Shelton school district. So that is amazing. Really proud of the girls and boys who went to state. Um we might even have a a state champion on our hands here in that too. Athletics are going really well in the Shelton school district. Again, thank you so much for your support. Uh speaking of thank yous, thank you all the folks who voted. really appreciate your time and attention to get your ballot in uh for this election period. So, with that,
010I'll turn it back to you. Thank you. All right. On to item number six, community comments. As part of the regular school board meeting, the board welcomes community members to make public comments in person and/or by phone as conditions allow. Please see the full script with call-in instructions and guidelines for community comments displayed on the screen above. And first up will be Maria Little. >> Right. >> All right. Hi. Um, I'm Maria Little. I have been chairing our um levy cycle this time around and I just wanted to take a quick minute um to say a couple of words about this experience and how honored I was to work so closely and make connections within our community and build really amazing lasting meaningful relationships. Um, Shelton is a unique place and um, we all know
011that and it's been really um, a neat process to see our community come together, our elders, our young people, all of our students that came out and volunteered their time and made themselves aware of the unique issues surrounding our levy here in Shelton. And I think at a time when um some of our school districts were hitting the panic button all across the state, um Shelton took a collective breath and we made a plan and asked a lot of questions and made ourselves more aware and um our administration and our teachers really did their due diligence to get the message out there and be actively ready to answer questions at any time. And I'm really sorry to anyone who feels like their questions weren't answered because I truly feel that um we had many opportunities.
012There was so much opportunity to ask those questions and get those answers. Um and I just I'm incredibly inspired. I feel like our community is is raising great kids. Our future is bright. Um, I think what we learned is that our trajectory is positively trending and that to see a plan through, you have to back a plan up and that takes time and it doesn't happen overnight. And I think that we have a lot of great programs that were highlighted throughout this that our our community wasn't necessarily aware of. And which is often the issue with programs and things in our communities is we have to get out there and it starts here, right? It starts with us. Like if we want to see something get better, then we need to get out there and
013find out about it and ask, "How can we help make it better?" And I've seen so much of that out here. I've seen teachers, our paras, I've seen people from outside of our community donate immense amounts of time and energy and people within our community that um maybe were fearful or or were just not sure how to get out there or didn't feel confident enough to put their face out there in front of their neighbors. But they they made these incredible post and they made these incredible advertisements and messages and Jeff Slaky and I I mean the endless amounts of people uh business owners within our town that reached out and um donated and did everything they could to to help us out. So whatever happens tonight, I just want everyone to know that we
014live in a beautiful community. We're from a beautiful place and that we are all incredibly proud of the kids in our community and we are excited to leave the future in your guys' hands. I want you guys to know that. Okay. So, thank you all for everything you guys did and giving me this time to say those things. >> Hi, Lori Chapel. Um, and helping Maria with this. She is a warrior parent. That's all I have to say. And I want to thank her first and foremost. She believes in this community, in our students, our staff, our administration, and um I I just lift my hands up to her. It's been an incredible experience. I also too want to say that I've worked for the district for 22 years and I've seen some great things.
015But what I saw in these last three months um has just made me feel so proud when I watched the teachers bring their students up here to present what we saw with these kindergarteners today. that vote was for them really. um to the staff um that just really showed out and showed what is happening in the schools and I still again this is my message I always say community come to our schools our doors are not locked we want you to come in we want you to see what's happening I I want you to see that kids are engaged in what they're doing it's really not a falsehood it's not a false narative it's really happening and when a kindergarter can you know do a hundred site words and read a book I'm just telling
016you guys you need to come in you need to come in um but the effort of the people in the from the district office to the principles to the staff to the paris the custodians everybody and to this community we highlighted who we are and people saw it I need you guys to know that people saw it in other parts of the state and reached out. I had someone this morning who does not live here, who I have not talked to in 30 years, that saw some post from us and said, "I prayed this morning that your lovey will pass. You guys are doing incredible things." And so, I just want to thank everybody. There's so many people. Um, but thank you for just believing us in us. And if you don't, we'd like you
017to we'd like you to talk to us and come in and visit us and um there is transparency and we will answer the hard questions. We are not perfect. We have to learn from our mistakes just like kids do and but we will keep moving forward and doing the best we can for these kids because they are our future and we have incredible kids here. I I have talked to a lot of you and you guys inspire me. So, thank you. >> Thank you. [applause] >> Okay. On to reports and recognition. Uh 7.01, our budget update with Mr. Sherman. There are no there's not an updated chart today because we're still reconciling January. Uh we'll have that at the next one as well as January's enrollment. Um we are making sure that we're watching our
018accounts payable spendables to make sure that we end that year with a $1.5 million fund balance. And I just wanted to reiterate that we are prioritizing um the our local vendors. We've been doing that since I got here and making some real headway. We meet um once a week, once every two weeks, and walk through and see where we're at and see where we can get caught up with those vendors. And that has we've had a lot of really great conversations because we're making those moves. Uh people are really have been very generous and gracious with us. Um and we just appreciate that. But we are moving forward quicker and quicker the more we can go. So what questions you have about the budget? Only other thing about around a budget is that we are
019starting to plan for next year's budget. There's a bunch of unknowns in the air, not just tonight's uh but also what's happening federally and legislative session is still uh in full force right now. So some things will shake out after that and then we'll be able to make some decisions and see where we need to go next. So I what questions do you have for me? Just to clarify, when you're saying, yeah, just >> I mean, I've been doing this for a little while and so if somebody hears, you know, how something might shake out, when you're saying that, are you saying that >> um at this point in time there may be some funds that we may not receive from the state or and federal? >> Yes. So, um basically every avenue of revenue
020that school districts receive are in question in a ton of districts across the state. Um the federal government had made some cuts last year. They're proposing some cuts this year. Um we don't know what that quite looks like yet. Legislative session is always a battle for in education space for sure. Um a couple of years ago uh when I went there their stance was that we we kind of already took care of you in mccclary not really understanding the impact of what mccclary had and how it really hurt districts in different ways. And so that's just a just an ongoing battle. And then all the local levies across the state right now. I mean, all those are the three main uh sources of revenue for they are the three main sources of revenue for a
021um a school district. And right now they're all in a little bit of flux. Um but once they start um solidifying, then we can make Well, what happens is we have a plan. We've had a plan since I got here. Wyth and I and the executive cabinet Tabitha, we all sat down, worked through it, got with our building principles. There's a there's a three-year plan to get from the negative fund balance we had to the positive fund balance we have have at the end of this year to 7 million in two years. That plan is contingent on things staying the same. And so if something falls out from under us, we'll have to make some moves, I guess. Hopefully that's was a lot of that's a lot of words I just said. So hopefully that
022was clear. >> Yeah. No, I and I appreciate the fact that there's a plan, but we know that there might be variables that can impact that um positively and negatively. So depending on what ends up happening, but it seems like there's more cuts >> in big ways, but also in small ways, like some small program that we're not even thinking of could get and we have to make a pivot and see how we can still serve those students. >> Yes. And I think that that's the part that even in a lot of the conversations I've had about the levy that still sometimes because school funding is complex. And I think it's not always understood that certain money that comes in is designated for specific things and can't just be used for whatever the need might
023be in the school. >> Yeah. My hope is in the next budget session we have our workshops. We'll dive a little bit more in detail around all the different categorical funding and kind of um outline some of those different areas to provide some clarity around that. >> Yeah. No, I would appreciate always appreciate your clarity around this. >> I don't have anything. Um it Yeah, I've been following everything you say for a while now. My recommendation to everybody in TV land is if you have a question about our budget, get a hold of Clinton. he actually enjoys this and uh we'll love to talk to you at length and make sure you understand it. >> So >> I have a whiteboard in my office and everything. We can go to work. It'd be great. >>
024Does anybody have anything? >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thanks. Next up will be the report from the student school board representatives and we will start on the far end with Abigail. >> Hello, I'm Abigail from Choice. The Pathway students had Kelly from Suscomish Education District to help them make Valentine's Day cards. The Pathway students are working in the community. Middle schools are making diaramas of of dinosaur habitats and of the organ trails. They're learning mathless 3D printers. Choice will be having a plant cell of indoor plants and outdoor plants either May Ninth and 10th grade are doing the SBAC testing and the WID testing. The seniors are planning on a field trip after they graduate. Open Doors led a group like thing with LNI. >> Thank you. Go ahead, Alan. >> Uh
025got a bit of stuff here today. Um, firstly I want to say that uh, yeah, thank you to all of those community members who voted for the levy. We really appreciate that, especially at a smaller school like Cedar. It really goes a long way to help us uh, give students the resources that they need. Uh, speaking of which, our ambassadors have started going out and recruit and recruiting students for Cedar. As you all may know, Cedar has its group called the Cedar Ambassadors, which are led by Suzy over here. And basically, she just teaches us how to sort of manage the school culture, how to make it, make sure that it stays positive throughout the school year. And we also go out to the different schools and we talk about Cedar and the unique benefits
026that we offer. And this this time this time around has really been a really great opportunity for the younger ambassadors to really learn how to get into their elements when it comes to presenting to all these of younger all these younger students. Today they went back to Pioneer to help out students with their applications. And I'm just really proud of the young of the young ambassadors for being able to learn how to uh how to help students in the same way that ambassadors may have helped them in the past. sort of passing it pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass pass passing it on in some way. Uh we're also planning on going to more schools. Uh it's pretty packed when it comes to visiting the different
027schools. We're going to be going to OBJH, Hud Canal, any others and Griffin. Our juniors today took a trip out to go to New Market to try to see if that's something they might be interested in. And it is one of the many different sort of experiences that are offered here in the Shelton school district which although I I haven't personally taken it, I my sister did go to New Market and she had a very good time there learning a lot of skills on how to uh how to cook fancy foods that she that she made for us. We've also had students uh sign up today to go to a scholarship night happening at SHS to try to just get to know what kind of scholarships are out there, what kind of free monies are
028out there for them. And there's and our seniors are nearly complete with their high school and beyond plans and I'd like to say they're very comprehensive. So yeah, a lot of good stuff going on. >> Thank you. and Sophia from Shelton High School. >> Hi. Um, for Shelton High School, our athletics have been thriving. Our girls and boys basketball teams have a playin game to potentially participate in the playoffs game on Monday. Our boys and girls wrestling teams uh travel down to Prairie High School this weekend to compete in districts. 14 girls and 10 boys made it to state. There will be a state sendoff for the teams Wednesday and the athletes will compete in the Tacoma Dome Thursday and Friday. We also had one girl bowler make it to state, Kaitlin Caitlyn Foreman. And
029lastly, there are boys swim districts this weekend. Uh we have also started registering classes for upcoming freshmen from Pioneer and Great View and we will be doing OBJ and Hood Canal. DECA was also featured in a newspaper as well as we have our talent show coming up February 27th. tool is also coming up March 7th which is planned by our cheer team to help fund raise and mark your calendars for multicultural night April 23rd. That is all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, on to the consent agenda. Has everybody had a chance to look at that? >> I motion to approve this evening's consent agenda. >> And I'll second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> Okay, on to discussion and action items. Uh, proposed revised policy number 6800, operations and
030maintenance of school property. Mr. Robert Herman Robert, I know uh this would be the second reading. >> I answered to lots of things, sir. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Chairman, Madame Chair, and all the esteemed members of the board and student reps, I come to you this evening for the second reading. And so, nothing new has changed. And so, I just respectfully request for you to consider approval. And I stand for any questions. >> Did anybody have any questions on this one? Okay. I would take a motion. >> I move that we approve proposed revised policy number 6800. the operations and maintenance of school property. >> I second the motion. >> All in favor? >> I >> Thank you, Robert. >> Thank you. >> Propo uh next up is the proposed proposed revised policy number
0316550 uh capitalization threshold for leases and subscriptionbased information technology arrangements. Uh Mr. Sherman, >> good evening. This is also a second reading and around um changing what just the threshold a dollar to a different dollar amount. Uh what questions do you have for me? >> It's pretty straightforward. So, >> all right. I move that we approve the proposed revised policy number 6550, capitalization threshold for leases and subscriptionbased information technology arrangements. >> I second. All in favor? >> I >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. And 9.03, the proposed 2026 27 school calendar. Daba, >> he's much taller than me. Good evening. Um, in front of you today is for consideration of approval is the 2627 school calendar. Um and for the past few years, this calendar is put together by a committee made up of
032key stakeholders across the district. And this year is very similar um or the next year's proposed calendar is very similar to this year's calendar with um the diff main difference being that the first day of school is the Wednesday prior to Labor Day, which was a lot of discussion um with the group. And we landed on that um really simply for the fact that if we start on the 9th of September, the last day of school won't be until June 21st. Uh which most people Yeah, your face. Yeah, that's that that was kind of the response. Most people um would prefer to start a little bit earlier in September and get a little out or a little bit earlier in June. Um other than that, it's very similar. Any questions? >> You answered my question.
033I was wondering if you guys had a wrestle between because the calendar is kind of wonky this year with Labor Day. appreciate that work and all that consideration taking into account late ending. So, thank you. >> Yeah. >> Take a motion. >> I motion to approve proposed 2627 school calendar. >> I'll second that. >> All in favor? >> I >> Okay, we got a calendar. >> Thank you. Next up to answer a whole bunch of questions, Miss Gilmore with our legislative update. >> It is week five of the 2026 legislative session and the official halfway point of session is today. Uh to recap since my last update in week three uh which was packed with hearings on consequential bills many of which are aimed at school district financial solveny as leg legislators race towards the
034February 4th house of origin policy committee cutoff. A number of bills did not progress out of their initial policy committee this year. Uh earlier last week, the millionaire tax proposal was introduced which aims to levy an income tax on individuals earning more than 1 million annually. This tax assumes to generate approximately 3.5 billion in annual revenue. On February 5th, state superintendent Chris Redell held a press conference proposing the middle class prosperity plan, which pairs tax relief for homeowners with significant new investments in education. The proposal would increase state funding for several K12 priorities, including special education, student transportation, school meals, materials, and operating costs, and additional teacher substitute days. The goal is to reduce resiliency on local levy dollars and further meet the state's basic education obligations. The plan also proposes covering dual credit instructional
035fees and providing two years of free college tuition to improve student access and workforce readiness. The proposal would be funded through broader tax policy changes that include reducing state property taxes for homeowners. This remains a policy proposal and will be something we continue to monitor as it develops. Uh yesterday, February 9th, marked the fiscal cutoff. Budget committees met for long public hearings and executive sessions last week through yesterday, most of which were not education related. Both chambers are shifting into rolling floor actions to pass bills out of their respective chambers before the next significant date, the House of Origin cutoff on February 17th. House Bill 2257 introduced and passed in last year's session was amended to contain a full exemption for K12 schools, school districts, and educational service districts and referred to the rules committee.
036This bill expanded sales tax to services commonly used by schools such as temporary staffing, IT, and maintenance, and created significant unplanned costs for districts. Uh, this bill will sit in the rules committee until and if it is pulled from that committee to be debated and voted on the House floor where it must pass before February 17th to progress forward. So, looking at the uh two key bills we were tracking last time, uh Senate Bill 5918 providing funding for schools, materials, supplies, and operating costs, uh MSOC for short, and South Bill Senate Bill 5858 providing pupil transportation safety net funding for special passengers uh for special education and student transportation. Uh these were both referred to the Ways and Means Committee. Um without any movement forward, I could see tracking them online. Um they didn't move
037forward to the rules. Uh with fiscal cut off on Monday, it doesn't look like they made it through fiscal committee. So they are unlikely to move forward. Um but I will hopefully have more before the next meeting. There just weren't any updates. Uh so to stay positive uh this session is seeing a lot of funding of bills that are um focusing towards revenue. We're just moving away from that to revenue. Uh one of the many versions of the ongoing income tax bills such as the millionaire's tax could cover some of these costs. So, um, basically what I'm trying to say is even though it doesn't look like much moved forward, there's a lot of revenue and ideas being thrown around on how to generate funding. And basically, at this point, we're hoping that some of
038these education things will get tossed into those and get funding towards the end of session. So, and if anybody has any questions, uh, feel free to ask. It's a weird session this year. >> Thank you. Okay, on to board member comments and we'll start on the end with Mr. Wilford. Hey, I'm always uh I just want to say thank you again to Mount Mariah Lodge for their continued support to the Shelton School District. I remember seeing you in the years past and uh it's uh very commendable your unw unwavering support for the district here. Thank you again. Uh I want to extend a good luck to our wrestlers going to state. So uh go kick butt. >> And uh speaking of sports, little league baseball signups are now. Let's get them started young so when
039they get to high school, they're ready to rock. Let's build those skills uh when they're young and they'll be the best they can be when they get to high school. Thanks, >> Director Dale. >> We might have a theme here. I want to thank Mount Mariah Lodge as well. appreciate you guys. I know they're they're home, but what they do and that $3,000 is precious in this season. Um, thank you Mountain View Elementary and and um I believe Lauren Hayes is the one that directed that and played the guitar and that takes work. It takes a lot to wrangle those kindergarteners. Appreciate all the work and it's such a great sample of what is happening in our local schools. So, appreciate that a ton. um you couldn't go too far in the last few weeks
040without seeing people out there um encouraging others to vote and I appreciate all of that effort. Appreciate the um times superintendent, you have been on Jeff Slakeley show 10,000 times in the last little bit and doing a great job representing. Appreciate that. Everybody from the district, it's a lot of effort and I'm looking forward to seeing what the voters have turned in tonight around 8:05. Um, thank you for that report. That detail and that information is really valuable. Appreciate that as well. And congratulations to all of the people doing sports, basketball, wrestling, swimmers, our bowler. There's a lot of great things happening. Thanks. I've already talked a lot, so to keep it short, I'm really grateful and appreciative to everybody in the community recently um since starting the year and all the hard effort of
041the lovey has been visible everywhere and everybody's really come together and families and community, the donations, the time, the highlighting of school sports. I've heard so many student voices this year that I just um I'm really excited and no matter what, we still have that strength within us and our community to to push forward. >> Director Davidson >> have to wait for the official. Um I too want to thank Mount Mariah Lodge. They have done that uh I think every year. And for the $3,000 for the bikes that are incentives, those are really big deals to kids. I have stood in the Mountain View gym when people are winning a bike for getting certain reading counts and it's it's definitely a highlight. So, we really appreciate their unwavering support and um just people like that
042that come together in our community is so important. and Maria who stood up here tonight. I it honestly makes me feel like I want to it brings tears to my eyes what she was talking about and I know how much effort that she has been as a community person um putting into the support of our schools and trying to raise awareness and answer questions around this levy. And uh it's just amazing what she's done and she's been so well spoken. My daughters and I had a chance to stand with a huge crowd of teachers, community members, administrators, um students, the high school band. It was really fun actually. And it is stuff like that where you realize we can come together as a community and build something positive and it feels really good. And it
043was so um just wonderful to show students that we care a lot about your futures. And just like the kindergarteners that sang here tonight, I mean, that really is who you're supporting is all these kids that are going to be going through the school system. So, just really appreciate everybody's work and effort that they've put into um the levy. And I'm excited. I think, you know, with the Seahawks win, we've got a lot of positive momentum going on out there tonight. We can wait for these levy results to come in and then everybody can take a well-deserved break over the President's Day weekend. Um, enjoy Valentine's Day, things like that. Um, I think that that'll be really it'll be a nice break. Um, whatever anybody gets a chance to do. And seriously, congratulations to all
044the athletes. I know you're our our athlete representative here with wrestling. It's amazing to watch what you do. It's amazing to hear about all of the students that are out there just doing amazing things, whether it's the NJOTC, DECA, all of the athletes. I mean, it's just that's what this money goes for. Um, I've had people ask that like, you know, schools should focus on the basics and I think they forget that the basics don't include clubs and sports. Um, and they don't. So, as a community, we I I want to continue supporting that. And we've had that support for many years. And like we heard at the last school board meeting directly from so many athletes about what that meant to them. So, I feel positive. I think we've seen a lot of really,
045really wonderful um just people coming together and supporting this. So, I'm looking forward to tonight and what we find out. Well, um it's pretty much all been said, but again, I want to say thank you to everybody in the community, the students, the staff, uh at every level, um of the school district that have gone out and and helped push this thing over the finish line. Um, one of the things that I was asked about was why we don't spend more time on the trades. and we've got CTE, Skills USA, New Market, Deca, Welding, FFA, and the list goes on and on. We are pushing for the trades. We really are. And we're not just pushing the trades, we're winning awards with it. Um, we are doing amazing things with this school district. And, um,
046I I there aren't words to thank the people involved in this, um, really enough. Uh, I'm going to leave it there. Uh, I don't have anything to say that hasn't been said other than thank you. Um, and the the kindergarteners, you know, singing about kindness with a ukulele. I mean, you're not going to beat that. Anyways, so with that, uh, we don't have an executive session or anything else going on. So, I'd take a a motion to adjurnn. >> I motion we adjourn. Second. All in favor? [snorts] >> I. >> And we're adjourned at 6:43.