001To the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Okay, first order of business. We have a supplemental budget hearing. Purpose of the supplemental budget hearing for 202526 is to discuss the budget with interested persons. The board will now hold a hearing on the 2025 2026 supplemental budget for the Dayton School District. I will invite members of the public who have signed up to provide comment. When your name is called, be seated at the desk and state your name, address with the district for the record. Direct your comments to the board. It would be appreciated if you would limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion
002and allow others an opportunity to speak. All comments must pertain to the Dayton School District supplemental budget. Speakers may be objective may offer objective criticism of district operations and programs, but Oregon law prohibits the board from hearing complaints concerning individual district personnel. Copies of the district complaint policy KL will be provided on request. Undo interruption or other inference with the orderly conduct of board business cannot be allowed. Defamatory or abusive remarks are always out of order. The board chair may terminate a speaker's privilege of address and I will if after being called to order, the speaker persists an in improper conduct of remarks. The hearing on the super supplemental budget of the school district is now open. Do we have any speakers? No. Okay. Are there any other present who would like to comment on
003the supplemental budget in the district? No. Seeing none, the hearing on the supplemental budget for of the Dayton School District is closed. >> Okay. The board will now hold a hearing on the 2026-27 budget for the Dayton School District. I will invite members of the public who have signed up to provide comment. When your name is called, be seated at the desk and state your name, address, and relationship with the district for the record. Direct your comments to the board. It would be appreciated if you would limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion and allow others an opportunity to speak. All comments must pertain to the building school district supplemental budget. Speakers may offer objective criticism um of district operations and programs, but Oregon
004law prohibits the board from hearing complaints concerning individual district personnel. Copies of the district complaint policy KL would be provided on request. Undue interruption or other interference with the orderly conduct of board business cannot be allowed. Defamatory or abusive remarks are always out of order. The board chair may terminate a speaker's privilege of address if after being called to order, the speaker persists in improper conduct or remarks. The hearing on the supplemental budget of the Dayton School District is now open. Nobody. Okay. I said it is 26 27. >> Oh, okay. I'm just reading what it says. >> Okay. Seeing none, the hearing on the budget of the Dayton School District is closed. Okay. Shame on you, Stephan. >> That was on public record. record. >> Okay. Brings us to uh the deletion or additions
005deletions amendment to the agenda and the option of the agenda agenda. There is a deletion. We're deleting the student services report. >> We'll present in July. >> So looking for a motion to adopt the agenda. >> I make a motion to adopt the agenda. >> Second. It's a motion by director Pacinger to adopt the present agenda as presented and seconded by Director Albbright. There's no discussion. All those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes 5 Z comments. I don't think there is any. That brings us to the consent agenda, the regular board meeting minutes, the budget committee minutes. Um from the 19th of budget committee minutes from the 26th and confirm enforcement if there's any employment. >> Mr. Chairman, I move we accept the consent agenda as presented. >> You have to sit by
006me now. >> Okay. There's a motion by Director Albbright to accept the consent agenda as presented and seconded by Director Palmer. There's no discussion. All those in favor, raise your right hand. >> Raise your hand. Motion passes at 6. >> Only because I trust Terry. I be >> okay. That brings us to reports, college and career update. >> It's okay. You got your fun stuff. Okay. everyone. Thank you. >> You're always welcome. >> Is that this one? Oh, there it is. The mic turned on. >> There we go. >> Good. So, um, we had, I don't know if you, uh, know this, but one of the things we did at the junior high high school is we looked at the StrengthFinder, the Clifton Strengthfinder. We did it a few years back, and this year, one
007of them, this isn't the one that was my top one, but it spoke to me the most, and it was Maximizer, and that's kind of what I felt I was doing a lot this year was maximizing the time that I have here to do as much as I possibly could. Um, it was definitely a year of learning. One thing that was very quickly evident is that, and I should have known this from teaching, but every single class is very different from the other one. So, you can't use the same tools with one that you did with the other one. It just doesn't work. So, um, but I, you know, that was learning and adapting throughout the year. Um the steps to success were keeping families and students informed of uh scholarship opportunities, connecting with students
008uh to outside resources and uh opening students boundaries and then supporting our current AVID and senior seminar uh with an extra focus on 8 through 12. I think last year the focus was a lot more on the seniors. That's what I spent most of my time on and this year there was a lot more A through 12 focus than than before. So one of the examples of connecting students to outside resources was working with our students who are uh very interested in the medical field. We have quite a few while we have some seniors as well that are graduating now but uh we also have a lot of uh sophomores and juniors who are really interested in the medical field. So um I connected them with OPACK Newberg Providence while I'm at Valley Medical Center.
009So as an example there it is. It's this is I don't know if you guys know of Opahek but it's something that we never been a part of it. It's been around for a really long time, but they come to rural schools and they do workshops for students. So, in this one in particular, they were showing students how to um I don't know what it's called exactly, but it's when you stitch skin together surgery. Yes, that's a one of It's a tough one. And then uh and then they were also showing them how to draw blood. That was another one. But we did quite a few of these and they come from Lebanon uh where they just drive all the way over here and spend a few hours with the students. we pull them out
010of class during um about for an hour or two hours depending on the workshop and then they just spend time with them. Um and it's a good way. I already had one student who's backed out of doing anything medical. They said this isn't their field and so of course it's good for them to do that. Yeah, we do have a our pathway but obviously you know it's still lacking a little bit. So um this is a really good supplemental to that. So, we went to Providence Medical Center uh earlier in the year and then we went to the Wama Valley Medical Center more recently and they even had like all their TVs with our name on it, you know, welcome day schools. Uh and then our kids were able to take pictures and it was
011they did a really good job. We just like last year had a whole lot of reps coming in. That's pretty normal. I would say repwise it was about the same as the year before. Um here's you know some of our kids with CHCA and um we visited CHCA a few different times just because they provide so many different opportunities. So whether it was like to their medical facility so that Wame Valley Medical Center they actually started by being the first students to go into their new uh nursing assistant program uh building. So our kids got to see that and they got to walk through and see uh the the current class working on you know the different labs and things like that. So that was pretty neat. Um, this is looking at more of the
012junior high uh kids. So this is when we went to UFO and it's it was a neat experience. They the junior high kids definitely make you work where you're done. I mean it is >> yeah I I when I would come home from those I was like okay that that was you know but it's still worth it. It's still worth it. I think they still get a lot from it. I wish if I wish I would have had those opportunities when I was a junior higher and I think they'll go a long way. Um we probably had less seniors this year go on some of our trips because they've been to some of these locations before which is really nice. So we're able to then bringing that down to lower and lower grades so that
013they can participate as well. Uh this is our bunch of our kids at OSU. Uh this was I think in definitely in the fall. I can't remember exactly. You can tell by the leaves but I can't remember exactly when that one was. And this is uh more recently our kids at Pacific. These are junior high kids playing chess at Pacific. And these are a good group of our kids at uh Western Oregon. Uh and this was in the spring and they they always do a really nice job at all of these campuses are providing us a good you know a good experience. So and then looking more at the career fair aspect of it. So, this is the the reg the fall career fair. And then one of the ones that we went to this
014year was the Oregon Women's Trades Career Fair, which was really neat. I had we hadn't been to that one. It was good to take some of the kids to that one. Um, actually, we're not going to show our top. >> They were super excited. It's actually compared to the uh regular career fair, there was so much more laughter and enjoyment and kids talking to each other. So, it was really neat to see to see that. So, yeah. But the kids had fun. Um we had slightly less kids apply to scholarships than we did last year. Uh but we still had some kids that did really really well. There's a a couple of kids up there uh just with the local scholarships. One of them got $14,000 and one of them got $10,000 of just the
015local scholarships. >> Um, and those were the two kids that were in my office the most and they got a ton of money. So, but a a lot of kids did really well. It's just um that was one of my learning experiences. So, I'm definitely going to switch things up a little bit as to how I communicate. I mean, we always do parents court and things like that, but I want to expand that a little bit more. Uh, do more of a newsletter or more of like a video perhaps. Um, so yeah. And I wanted to just show you just the month of May just so you had an idea of what it looks like. Um, so we went to Western on the 12th and then we always we have the uh the uh army
016recruiters, different you know military branches come over to our uh to our building and that's one thing that they comment on is it's actually really difficult just to get into a building if you don't have somebody to talk to. So they're really glad that there's somebody there because they can come in and they don't even have to talk to me anymore. they know to go straight over to, you know, the courthouse to our little courtyard. So that was that day. And then the 15th was that um the Oregon women's trades and then on the 18th we had open campus which is resources from uh UFO and chamea. Then we had job courts. On the 19th they came over to visit our kids who are uh in our alternative not well our what do we call
017our program with Patty >> online the online. So that was a good population for them to come visit and you know give them some of those options that are a little bit more structured when it comes to work. And then the two CHMCA field trips, one was to uh to the medical, you know, the to the WMA Valley Medical Center and to the Chamea uh um uh nursing program. And then the one right after that was for different kids who went to the Salem campus to look at their apprenticeship program. Then the Pacific one. And so like that's sort of just what one month can kind of look like. And then of course the days that I'm here is like talking to the kids, you know, going talking to them about different things. and they'll
018come in. I go to visit them in their classes, but a lot of times I'll come into the office as well. So, um, not all months look like that one, but you know, I figured that was a good one to highlight just because it just happened very recently. I took a lot more pictures this time because I thought Amy might ask me to present. So, that's why we have so many more pictures. Um, room to grow. You know, I think uh we're definitely going to start looking at scholarships a lot earlier. A lot of the scholarships are the same. you know, the only thing that really changes is what's on the top. It'll say 2526 and next year it'll say 26 27, but the information is all the same. So, making sure that uh instead
019of having that crunch time of about a month and a half of scholarships to extend that throughout the year and have them continuously work on some of that, the essay is not going to change. They can work on those things. So, hopefully we get more uh submissions. I've already had a few of the juniors from this current class come and ask me about scholarships, which is the first. I've never had juniors come and ask me, so I'm really excited about that. Um, working within the district's financial situation, that's more about busing. Um, I am normally the bus driver, so I know that helps because I'm just taking the little bus, but I'm going to try to do more of that and then try to bring more resources into our school. Um, we do some of
020that already, but I'm going to push more of that instead of us having to drive anywhere. Um, and then increase our fast completion rates. We are above the uh state average of 38 or so. Uh we are at 41 point something. Last year we were at 41 point something as well. So it's the same as last year which is pretty good because it's a very different class. Um but I do want to work on increasing that to a little bit more. Develop themes and incentives around desired outcomes. Um that's part of that FASA thing. So maybe having a day uh a day like a couple days a month where it's specifically open the office is open for financial aid help and then communicating that to parents. And then the diverse modes of communications is more
021um you know like I was telling you guys doing more of a video newsletter or uh other things besides just posting on parent square things that are more um parents are so busy. I mean I have a lot there's a lot a few parents here of of kids who are graduating this year and I know how busy they are. So it's trying to figure out different ways that we can uh communicate with them where they maybe don't have to sit and read something. So, I want more of those spoken things that they could just play on the background and listen to. Um, things like that that are a little bit easier to consume. So, that's sort of where I'm at with what I want to do next year. Um, I feel like last year was
022I was basically observing myself, but just kind of flying, you know, with off however that saying goes. And then this year has been looking at it more deeply and trying to figure out how we can make it even more efficient for next year. Do you guys have any questions about the program or >> No, I just want to say how much I appreciate you because the the gentleman that spoke, you impacted his life. So you did. I told you after graduation, you kind of were in tears. You know, you said, "I don't come down here because I just start crying." You're of value to this school and I wouldn't trade you for anything. >> Yeah. >> I appreciate you. second >> your energy and the fact I mean you got a shout out at graduation
023or maybe several and yeah I you do a great job and back when my kids were in school I remember thinking man that guy has a lot of energy and he is always working for the kids so thanks for that >> thank you >> one thing I would like to say that I heard from someone that was getting the scholarship that um we need to for the kids to dress up a little bit more >> to to come to that awards um a little more professionally dressed just >> yeah and there's some other things with that one too uh including um thank you letters you know so I talked about that at the end because last year I don't think a lot of kids did that and so I had a comment about that as
024well like yeah >> so today was that um I don't know how much they gave last year and they didn't get the same one. >> Right. >> So, it's sort of teaching some of those manner things with the students as well. One thing that uh that I was really happy about with the award ceremony was uh Amy took pictures this year and so we usually will have people who ask for pictures and to be able to provide them with professional photos of their presenter and the students that got those awards is a big deal because they're giving our students thousands of dollars. So for us to just even just give them a photo is something that they can then put on their websites and in different uh publishing. So it was neat to have professional.
025>> So yes, thank you for everything you do. You know, as a parent of a couple of seniors, um you you definitely affected my boys and got kind of got them kickarted. So I really appreciate that. Um you know, our CTE is working. My my son graduated on Saturday and he has a fire department job. >> That's awesome. >> That's great. >> Um this week. So that's >> I'm really really grateful for for everything you've done for these kids. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. I've been told I get easily bored and so this is one of those perfect jobs for me because there is always something to do. >> Oh, I appreciate you guys and thank you for your continuous support. It it definitely means a lot. So, it's still one of my like one
026of my John's over there. So, it's still one of my favorite jobs, if not my favorite job that I've ever done in 22 years. >> When a frame knew we were making having to make cuts um to licensed staff, he said, you know, I'm willing to do whatever is needed for the district. And I said, nice try, Afra, >> you're not going anywhere. I have to know. >> I always am, though, for sure. >> Thank you, guys. Y All right, Frank, I'm gonna bring you up next. So, Dana's went the other room and I know you're tired. >> I wanted to do a spring recap and then uh just share a little more information about like day-to-day operations within the athletic department. Am I in charge of the clicker or are you Can you do
027it? >> Um, I wanted to kind of start off um with just some requirements. So, when our students want to participate in athletics, they have to register. Uh, Jess and I pull transcripts. We make sure we look at their academic standing. Uh, OSA's rule is they have to pass five classes out of the seven in the previous semester and they also have to be on track to graduate. we put uh a a second layer on top of that where our kids have to be passing all of their classes uh each week in order to participate. Uh so every Monday we run a grade report and if anybody is unsatisfactory we Jess and I bring them in and we give them some support. uh they have morning uh study help, they have after school study help
028a couple of days uh and if they have transportation issues, they get to go grab their lunch and have lunch with me and uh do their homework. And it's been a it's been an ongoing process of kind of fine-tuning it. Uh but we've had really the kids have really embraced they they when I walk into a room or Jess walks into a room or they get called in the office, they already know. They're like, "I already know." And then we have a plan and we have support in place to to support them. Uh and then just seeing the successes that we've had uh in our sports all year long and the spring was the it was amazing that we had so many positive things happen. We've got uh sending communication out uh to all the
029parents. So we have athletic registration coming up in August where we do the free physical night. Uh they do their concussion testing. Uh, and we have we already have four or five doctors that are coming donating their time to give those free physicals for our kids. And then just multiple streams of communication through parent square. And then I've got all the coaches now even hop uh well it's not hop but the basketball team on team reach so we can communicate out with parents uh in multiple uh avenues of um just what's going on. uh team updates. Uh I sent this communication out just after we were talking about the budget. Uh and uh I wanted it to be a positive communication to the families of what the school board and the district's committed to because
030we offer so much for our kids where they don't have to pay for uh participation fees uh and whatnot. And just talking about how we remain committed to supporting our student athletes. Um, and Johnny, you go to the next one. Uh, and then it just goes into our participation. Uh, we had fewer junior high participation this year. Uh, but we only offer track uh for through the school. Um, and we had more in high school. We had 23 junior high participate in junior high track and then 73 at the high school, 17 baseball, 12 softball. We started out with 44 uh track and field and I think we finished with 40. Uh one thing I wanted to just highlight is our attendance rate for our spring sport athletes. We averaged 96.2% in attendance rate and
031then it had a direct reflection in their overall grades with a solid B average. A lot of our students, they excel in the classroom. So I wanted to and I'll do that with each of the sports. Uh baseball's still rebuilding, but they had a better year this year than they had last year. Uh they they were six and eight in league, but they were literally in I believe it was six one-run ball games. uh and to see them be competitive and continuing to grow. Uh and they had a 95.9% overall attendance rate. And we had four uh first four all league kids, two firstteamers, Nate and Ryan. And then Owen, who's a freshman, uh was second team infielder and Harvey Walsh was also honorable mention. Softball, we had another really good year this year. We're
03226 and or 23 and six overall. We finished second in the league. Uh we had seven first team all league kids. Uh they had a phenomenal year. Uh we ended up getting beatuh to veil in the semifinals and I wouldn't wish that drive home uh on anyone cuz that was pretty that was pretty rough. And our girls, they excelled in the classroom. Uh they're they had 96.2% overall attendance. I have a list of track. It's probably gonna it it take me forever. So, I'm just going to give you some highlights. Uh we finished with 40 athletes that participated. Um we had 23 uh top 10 Dayton record holders, five school records broken. Uh Hadley Hughes uh won the state title in the javelin and the discus and then finished 12th in the shot put. Eric
033Chinchilla finished fourth and this is at the state level. Eric finished uh fourth in the 100 meter hurdles and second in the 300 hurdles. Alejandro was 10th in the jave. Hayden Bell was sixth in the javelin. Nora got sixth in the long jump and eighth in the triple jump. And then Emilo Wataski got 10th in the high jump. And Sitli Zurggoza got 13th uh in the 800. And one of the highlights as well, uh, Nancy Moody received the female track coach of the year, uh, for our league. Uh, and they they led the way with their attendance rate. They had 96.7% attendance rate. Um, I think if you ever have a chance to go to a track meet, uh, you got to be a little strategic cuz it's it gets pretty long. But I attended
034a couple this year. The the league meet was probably one of the most exciting. Uh there were so many good finishes. Um so that was really good. And all in all, our sports continue to excel. So um I'm going to th this is going to be part of our next uh school board meeting. Uh Alex has just been a valuable part. She's always available for our athletes and done a lot for us. But I have another presentation uh I think the next board meeting. Uh so all in all, we had a really good year. Uh I'm also working on uh a similar thing. I'd like to do a year-long uh look at our attendance and academic reports from the fall, winter, and spring. And then look at just some of the the correlations uh with
035it, how we continue to keep supporting our our student athletes. So, one of the big pieces I mentioned just the on track to graduate. Uh, some people they don't understand why we have the academic requirements, the level above the OSAA. But if we have a kid that fails a class or two is freshman year and then sophomore year and then even junior year, by the time they're going into their senior year, they're not even on track to graduate. And so by putting that second layer and making sure that they pass all of their classes all the way through there they're there's not going to be an issue come the end and all of a sudden they're whether they got to go to summer school or do some credit recovery. Uh so uh and my justification
036to everyone I say as an educator and as a father how do I justify saying that failing a class and being able to participate is okay. So, uh, and then no one really has a an argument to that. And then seeing our kids, uh, excel, uh, on the court or the field or the mat, it's what it's about. So, we've had a really good year. >> Awesome. I like that. >> Thanks. >> Um, I just want to say I love that when the kids are struggling week to week, it's not like come in here, you're punished. it's come in here, we will support you. Let's get you what you need to to gain it. And I think that's >> that was one of the things we did. We we started something last year and we
037just started to fine-tune it. And there's so many staff that are willing to help whether it's during their prep, during before school, lunchtime. Uh and it's basically just asking the kids, "What do you what do you need?" Cuz there's people here. If I can't help, I can find somebody that can help. We've literally had students go with other students to their classes and their study help or even home to help them study and get work done and don't >> Very cool. Thank you. >> Thanks. So Frank, before you before you go, >> so I mean I've seen it in action, but can you maybe speak to how many kids every year do you believe that athletics are really the thing that helps them get across the finish line? Oh, I would I know several that
038if they didn't have whether it's sports or uh connected to Charlie in the shop or FFA um they they we'd lose them. So, do I I don't I don't have an exact number. Uh I think going back and looking at the year as a whole, Molly's been great. Marie Gonzalez, uh, Jess, just helping dig through that data and putting stuff together so that we can look at some of the the underlying things. Uh, I want to dig more deeper in into that so I can have a better better number at that. But I know there's we have a lot of kids that if they didn't have the support of some of the staff and programs that we offer, we 100% would lose them. >> Thank you. Y >> yeah, I don't you're you can >>
039I know of a couple players that have personally, you know, from the sports they're in have told me if it wasn't for the Dayton athletics, they wouldn't be coming to school. So, right to the sports programs. >> Okay, Dana, great school report. >> Well, well, Dana's coming up. She's on to us. So, um There is cake over here that Stephanie, do you mind cutting some so that people can enjoy some while she's presenting? And we will have a little bit of a celebration, a few words, when she's done. I asked her to present on her entire career, not just successes at the grade school. So, >> so this is going to take a while. >> Well, I I I did not It's not flashy. It's it's um you know it's a busy part of the
040year right now and um I think anyone who's asked me about it has heard me say um the idea of stand sitting here and talking about myself for any length of time is really not my cup of tea. Um, so, um, I started in, um, 1993 in, um, I was three years out of high school and I got a job as an IIA and I started supporting library checkout. We had the, you know, like remember the um the Apple computers with the colored backs on them? Those of you who are old like me, we that's what we had in the library and I learned how to um function with those. And um I learned title one reading instruction. Uh Rose Melton, who's in um the uh cafeteria staff at the high school, um mentored me
041with that. And then I did student supervision, a lot of recess duty. Um, and as I was getting going through things at the, you know, right now because I'm got to clean some things out, you know, um, I found my book that was written to me when I was a student teacher. So was an IIA. um worked halftime, took a leave or um left to do my student teaching and ended up getting a student teaching placement here and student taught in a third and fourth grade bilingual classroom with Nancy Vasquez. And our current grade school secretary, Gloria, was in my class. And this is Gloria >> that year. um and uh what she wrote to me in my farewell book that we all >> pretty >> all make for um for our teach our student
042teachers. And then the next slide, this was my first class in uh 1996. I was hired by Kevin Purcell and um he uh gave me a choice if I wanted to teach third or fourth or fifth or fourth grade and I said fourth. Um probably the a smart decision. Um had 22 students and up in the top right corner is Gloria's husband Shawn. Um and so uh currently three kids out of this class have students attending our grade school today. Um stayed in the classroom and I taught grades um first, third, fourth, and fifth. I strategically avoided kindergarten. I taught in English and Spanish. And um this was the year I taught fifth grade. and two of those students have uh children in our school currently. >> Um in 2010 I branched out and became
043an English language development teacher. So I taught K through five. Um I went back to school because I thought that was going to be a good idea. um and got my master's in educational leadership and at the same time moved to the junior high in high school to teach English language development grades 6 through 12. Someone also thought it'd be a really good idea for me to teach literacy support classes and a credit recovery and math class. And everyone who knows me well knows that math class is not my forte. So, um may have had a little conversation um recently about failing a math class in high school. Um and then I moved back to the grade school in 2014 and I took on a TOSA role as a school improvement I don't know what
044probably was like specialist or something. Um but it really was just the beginning of um what you do when you start to lead and you just do everything you need to do. Um other duties as assigned is a real line in your job description >> primary line. Um and at that time I also took over the federal programs coordinator and coordinated all the federal programs for um title one uh instruction, title three EL instruction, title four um title two for um professional development. And so I learned a lot in how to how funding works in in a district, how certain pots of money can't be funded, can't be shuffled around to just pay for whatever you need. Um, >> try as you might, >> right? >> Unfortunately, um, in 2016, I became the assistant principal
045at the grade school. At that time we had 400 over 400 students and over 25 teachers and I didn't even add in the IAS um at at this time and um then in 2020 I was named the principal um I believe at well I remember at the time um Terry gave me a resounding um vote of confidence in the middle of a board meeting and Steve said, "Terry either just did the best thing for you or the worst thing for you." >> And so, um, I've spent the last five years, um, as principal, and unfortunately, we have less students now and a few less teachers, um, than we had then. So, over all this time, there are some things that haven't changed in 33 years. Um, Dayton still provides the best service we can for
046students. We are still providing title one um, reading instruction. We were just talking the other day that we always get really close and we start to add math in and then something happens and we have to move back and focus on reading again. Um, so, uh, we still perform the maple and, um, and our kids and families are still engaged in those activities. Um, we still want every kid to read at grade level and every staff member works hard to make that happen and they use up every available minute to to try to encourage that. We just had um a little one come. Well, not so little. She's a third grader, so don't tell her I said that. Um she came into the office today and um we're all doing bazillion different things getting ready
047for kindergarten promotion and we hear this little voice say, "I passed six reading levels." And the entire office just erupts in whoops and hollers because we just try to find every way we can to to celebrate our kids. Um, and one of the things that I love the most about um, the opportunities we've had here in Dayton is when I started, Dayton was the only school district outside of Woodburn that offered bilingual classes and Spanish teachers at every grade level. And over time, that's changed. Um, but we still work really hard to celebrate that heritage and bring that into um into our celebrations and into our schools so that all of our students feel like um they're part of this big picture or Dayton. So, here's some um really fancy pictures of me. Um, I
048was made into a ice cream sundae for um because we met our goal for uh pirate walk. I believe I think it was also pirate walk that got me taped to a sign out in front of the school. Um the pirate costume was just maybe in exchange for not having to wear one of the blowup costumes and run through the hallway. Um although I've done that too. That's it. >> All right, Dan, before you leave the table, we do have an opportunity to recognize someone whose story is in many ways the story of Dayton itself. Dana has served this district as an instructional assistant, a teacher, an assistant principal, and ultimately as principal of Dayton grade school. Few people have had the opportunity to impact students from so many different roles, and even fewer have
049done so with the consistency, humility, and dedication that Dana has shown throughout her career. Her fingerprints are on the school, the community, and countless lives. Students who once sat in her classroom have grown up and entrusted their own children to Dayton schools. Staff members have learned from her leadership, and families have benefited from her steady presence and unwavering commitment to doing what's best for kids. Nancy, will you take the postits off that bench over there that's next to you? As Dana retires, we want to leave a lasting reminder of impact. The Dana Simons Legacy bench will be permanently installed at the grade school and will serve as a place for students to sit, talk, learn, reflect, and connect just as Dana has spent her career helping them do. There are very few people who spend
050an entire career serving one community. There are even fewer who leave that community better than they found it. Dana is one of those people. We're grateful for her service, proud of her legacy, and excited for the next chapter of her life uh life. The last um slide, I don't think she presented uh says, "Don't aspire to be the best on the team. Aspire to be the best for the team." and I can't think of a better quote uh that represents what my experience of her has been as a leader. So, I just want to thank you, Dana, and I'm going to miss you so much next year. >> Thank you. >> We got my son through third grade. >> They got my son through third grade. But I mean, you know, I look back over
051the years and we've had some tough ones where we had budget cuts and lay people off. I mean, we're just still a shining light and optimistic to get all of us. >> And we've had some great years where you've recruited great teachers and hired great people to keep this district moving and we've been so true. Thanks, Cena. Okay, that brings us to the discussion part of the agenda. Schedule of board events. Uh the next regular board meeting will be Tuesday, July 14th, 2026, beginning at 6 PM here in the district boardroom. And then the OSBA summer conference is coming up Friday, July 10th. It's a little different format. We always used to all go to Salem for a couple days. This is uh one day, Friday, July 10th in Redmond at Ridgeview High School. We're
052Thursday, July 16th in Eugene at Lane Community College, 9 to 3:30. If anybody wants to go, let Stephanie up. >> This is just a one day thing, right? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Uh next to review the annual calendar. It's going to be >> Are you approving it or just >> they need to have approve under business or No. Okay. >> discussion. >> No, just that there's discussion. >> Okay. >> Any discussion on it? Look good. >> Good. Um training already up that brings us to the business part of the agenda. Um we have to adopt the resolution 2526-1 says supplemental budget changes for 2526. And there is a motion. You guys you guys all have the motion? >> Yeah. So 2526. The first one is 2526. Yeah. Um I I hereby move that the
053board of directors of the Dayton School District number eight approve resolution 2526-1 to adopt this supplement and budget changes for the 2526 school year. >> Jan, should we say supplemental or just budget? >> Let me hesitate. >> Okay, >> I'll second that. There's been a motion by Director Pacinger to uh approve the um Dayton School District number eight resolution 2526-1 the adoption of the supplemental budget changes for 2526 and seconded by Director Albbright. There's no discussion. Everyone in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes 6. Okay. Okay. The adopt the resolution 2526-2 recognize unanticipated revenue and transfer appropriations. >> I make a motion or I hereby move that the board of directors of the Dayton School District number 8 approve resolution 2526-2 to adopt the 2526 budget revisions to increase appropriations for unanticipated revenues and
054the transfer of appropriation authority. There a second. I'll second that. Okay. Been a motion by director Pacinger to approve resolution 2526-2, the adoption of the 25 202526 budget revision to increase appropriations for unanticipated revenues and the transfer of appropriation authority and seconded by director Albbright. There is no discussion. All those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes six. Okay. Okay. Then adopt budget for 2026 27. Make appropriations for 2627 and pose and categorize taxes for 2026 27. >> You got this one correct. >> All right. So, I hereby move that the board of directors of Dayton School District number 8 approves resolution 2526-3 to adopt the budget for 2026 2027 in the sum of 23 million uh $91,000. That the board of directors makes appropriate appropriations for the purposes identified. and that the board
055of directors imposes taxes provided for in the adopted budget at the permanent rate of 5,000 or $5, sorry, $5 um 0 or 0.0892 0892 per thousand of assessed value for operations and in the amount of 1,889,600 for debt service on general obligation bonds and that these taxes are imposed and categorized for tax year 202627 upon the assessed value of all taxable property within the in the district. >> A second. >> See why I passed on this. smart. >> Okay. There's been a motion by Director Albbright and seconded by Director Pacinger that the board of directors of Dayton School District number eight approves resolution 2526-3 to adopt the budget for 2026 20227 in the sum of 23 mill 23,91,000. that the board of directors makes appropriations for the purposes identified and that the board of directors
056imposes the taxes provided for in the adopted budget at the permanent rate of 5.0892 per thousand of assessed value for operations and in the amount of 1,889,600 for debt service on general obligation bonds. that these taxes are imposed and categorized for tax year 2026 27 upon the assessed value of all taxable property within the district. There's no discussion. All those in favor raise your right hand. Motion passes 6. And then we have a RFP for the landscaping contract for 26 2026 through 2029. I believe CN was the one. >> Yeah. Do we need a motion for that? >> Yeah. >> Okay. I move that we approve the RFP for landscaping for the year 2026 through 2029. >> Okay. Hey, there's been a motion to approve the RFP for landscaping for 2026 through 29 by Director
057Sweeney and seconded by Director Coleman. There's no discussion. All those in favor, raise your right hand. Motion passes 6. Okay. Nick Stef reflection. Dan, do you have anything? Veronica >> back to graduation party, but congratulations again, Larry. >> Thank you. >> The group effort. >> So, I guess once again, I'll just talk about uh I love what we're doing in CTE. >> Yes. >> Um I love to see the kids we got across um across the finish line. Um, I I recognized a few of those faces that I know that that was not an easy task. So, thank you for everyone for for all you did to do for each one of those kids. That's all I have. >> Um, >> oh, Piper. No, go ahead. >> You're up. >> Well, I I just I
058enjoyed graduation so much. the kids giving the speeches were just I just kind of restored your faith in um in our seniors and um just really proud of our school and when a teacher comes in to present or retiring uh principal comes in to talk about their service I just it makes me very proud to be a part of this district and I feel um much more just encouraged that we're going in all the right directions and it's based on the people and how much they care about our kids. So, it's just been an inspiring week uh for me and really year. This year has been good. >> They'll be missed. >> Kendra, anything to say? >> I'm very glad that I was part of the school district. Mhm. >> Um, I transferred here my
059third grade year when you were vice principal >> and I left my sixth grade year when you turned >> president. >> So, Kendra, can we expect you're going to be running for a board seat uh sometime in the future? I just figure out how. >> Here we go. >> I want to thank Otto. I know you're underst staffed, but the school's still looking good. I know you work long, hard hours. I hear it from a lot of people in the building. I appreciate you. And a friend, once again, my three daughters didn't have anybody like you to help them. I had to do it all. So, because when we went to people and this, they had no clue what to do. So these these kids are in good hands. So >> but I will have
060to say you are equally as enthusiastic as you were when you started. So I don't know I don't but you have that energy. >> You you're saying 22 years but I thought you started when I >> freshman. That would have been almost 20. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> It's about when you were a freshman. Sh. >> I know. I do know. All right, with that I'm going to close the meeting at 6:52. >> For that, John waited an hour.