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Okay, i think we're good now.

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Okay, Mrs. Johnson is not feeling well tonight, so she's going to be virtual, so i will be attempting to run the meeting if i can figure all this stuff out.

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Bear with me, please, so i'm going to call the meeting to order, and Donna, we need a roll call.

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Okay, now.

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All right, carol pox.

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I'm here.

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Tom hankins.

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Tia Johnson.

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Meghan Miller.

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Presence.

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The roll reflects that Joanne Roo is absent.

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Okay, i would need a motion for approval of the agenda.

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I would like the to be amended to remove.

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Six D the professional adult student boundaries first reading the lawyer just sent some updates on that and we need to review those before we bring it to the full board.

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Did you want to discuss something or do you want to remove seven D from consent agenda.

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But did you want to talk about it?

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Okay, then we'll move a little bit later.

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Yeah, we'll move that later.

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Okay, so what you had a motion and a second.

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Can you confirm who made and seconded that motion?

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Tia made the motion and Meghan and seconded it.

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Thank you so much.

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Okay, all in favor say aye please.

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Now we need to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance please.

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Okay, next is the board president report.

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Mrs. Johnson, do you have a report?

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I do.

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Thank you.

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Good evening.

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Thank you for joining us tonight.

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We appreciate your attention.

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In support of the school district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have Dr. Edward and has been moved in terms of for attendance with nearly three decades of experience of the district of Hawaii.

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Dr. Gordon understand, and it's ready to be the school district of Hawaii.

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Dr. Gordon has served as the district as an elementary teacher on this middle school district of principal covers elementary school and assistant.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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We are proud and grateful to have served as the district of Hawaii.

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The board of education is efficient to vote back and forth and head back to simple for their decision.

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we have received a report on the SSA IDK federal accountability

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identification that every student can see and the individuals

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with disability education act are new separate federal laws

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requiring the DPI to look down to the Department of Public

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Instruction to identify schools needing extra support

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for local departments to improve.

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State identifying struggling schools by tracking their test

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or the graduation rates and attendance categories

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class patients include DPI, comprehensive support

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and improvement, targeted support and increased

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DPI and additional targeted support and attainment

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DPI, schools that are identified as anyone

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in these categories must create improvements plans

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to help make changes that will lead to better student outcomes.

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The focus is created and received by identification.

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We are eager to work together involving all departments

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and staff members to help support the schools

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that are on the list.

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These identifications may be in part due to attendance.

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This and other deficiencies have been resolved

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by combined efforts to local partners and organizations.

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If you have any questions or would like to help assist

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one of these schools, please contact

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Superintendent Dr. Tengo for the specific building

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principal.

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We appreciate all help you get and even volunteers

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coming into a regional group or assistant classroom

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star appreciated.

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The Board also received a presentation

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on the report of the special education department

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to appreciate the department in order

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to help make this instrumental evaluation done.

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who took their time to make interviews.

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I want to let you know that your comments

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and concerns can be received and are being addressed

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to the administrative director of Pills and Services.

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And you see those and directors of special education

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here and here updated the board.

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We can overview of the response and proposed actions

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that will be used to help with systemic improvement.

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these issues will best be addressed with collective

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efforts and support from all departments, staff and schools.

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Board members and administrators continue to listen

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to staff, families and community members.

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We appreciate the support, understanding

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of patients needed to navigate this challenging climate.

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The Board met yesterday to discuss the district's financial needs

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and the potential referendum.

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We report the report from Dr. Gordon and her cabinet

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over the next few days.

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The recent financial challenges in the athletic department

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have brought the administration together

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to work on existence between the smarter allocation

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of its resources and oversight of the department.

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Yesterday, we heard different options

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that will help me allow me a doctor

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that will help align the department

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to get a lot of subjects.

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to get ideas to see that from staff members

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to help build stronger departments.

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boys and girls, families help for taking on these extra tasks.

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such efforts to help us be able to use resources

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for more health-related impacts that

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is improving our district to maximize our students' success.

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Together, we remain committed to the needs of the parents

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and districts, and to help folks for every student.

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My report, thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Next, we move to upcoming events and announcements.

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And our representative board member,

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Shuf, is going to Freud and Slip.

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Sorry, read the announcement.

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OK, 28 years ago.

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OK, so I'm reading this.

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Megan has joined us virtually, but I'll read this

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so some time in the room.

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Offcoming events, announcements, good evening.

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These are the announcements for Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

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A back-to-school community health fair

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will be held Saturday, August 1, starting at 10 a.m.

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in the Bullet Memorial High School Field House.

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Activities included free food, free haircuts,

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free medical services, free school supplies, community booth,

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live performances, games, and activity.

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Saturday, August 1, in the Field House.

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Community action in partnership with the City of Eloit

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will have neighborhood cleanup days designated

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to support residents in the Maryland Hackett neighborhoods.

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These are part of a broader community-driven effort

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to improve environmental conditions,

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reduce illegal dumping, foster neighborhood pride,

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and historically underserved areas.

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The Maryland Neighborhood Cleanup Day

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will take place on Saturday, August 8, from 9 to 12 p.m.,

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starting at Regina Duncan Park, formerly Summit Park.

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will follow on Saturday, August 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.,

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starting at the Bloitte Historical Society,

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formerly Lincoln, Jr. High, just for the history lessons

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and all of us.

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4K program enrollment is open for all children,

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four years old, or honor before September 1st.

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Again, 4K program enrollment is open for all children,

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four years old, honor before September 1st of this year.

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Visit the Colac Education Center to enroll,

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or enroll your student online at BloitteSchools.net.

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2627, school year registration is available

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through Skyward Family Access.

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All students must complete registration

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before the start of the new school year.

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Any parent needing assistance may contact the attending school

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or call the central enrollment office at 361-4171.

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Meetings upcoming and being held

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at the Colac Education Center include Monday, August 3rd,

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policy meeting starting at 3 p.m.,

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Tuesday, August 4th, business operations, finance, and HR,

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starting at 5 p.m., and the teaching, learning,

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equity, and people services committee meeting

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is at 5.30 or immediately following.

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I will say also Monday, August 3rd,

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a notice will be going out that the board will be meeting

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to continue discussions about referendum planning

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at upon completion of the policy meeting

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on Tuesday, August 3rd.

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This concludes the announcements for tonight.

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Thank you.

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All right, our next agenda item is recognitions,

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and we have recognitions of donations

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to the district four program moves.

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So tonight the Board of Education recognizes

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the generosity of Dan DeRouce, is that correct?

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Of Christofferson moving and storage,

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and Yaney Rodriguez Garcia, a parent

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for their donations of moving boxes

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to support the district's relocation efforts.

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After learning that several programs at Cunningham

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would be moving, Christofferson moving and storage

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donated 200 medium and 100 large boxes

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to assist with re-clocating high school classrooms,

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BLA staff, and moving programs to Merrill Elementary.

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that the even-start program needed boxes

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for its move to Merrill Elementary,

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she collected and donated as many boxes as she could to help.

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Their generosity eased the burden of these transitions

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and demonstrates the strength of our community.

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The district is grateful for partners

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like Christofferson moving and storage

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and supportive families like Ms. Rodriguez Garcia,

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whose kindness and willingness to help

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make a meaningful difference.

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Please join us in thanking them

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for their outstanding support.

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So thank you.

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You want to say something?

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Is that on?

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The Christofferson family has supported public

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and private education in the state line area

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for over 120 years.

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2026 is the Christofferson moving family,

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120th year in business in Belate.

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We always welcome the opportunity to give back

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when we can and we're glad we could help.

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Thank you.

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Again, thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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That's it.

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It means Ms. Rodriguez Garcia was not able to make it as planned

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but she said her well wishes and thanks us

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for her appreciation.

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Thank you.

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Next up we have public comment.

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Do we have public comment this evening?

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Yes, we do.

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There were no e-mails but there are several in the room.

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And if you're ready for the first one,

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we have Brad who will start us.

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I think I'm supposed to read this thing here, right?

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I hope this is the right one.

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It says norms for public comment during board meetings.

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Citizens are welcome to attend all open meetings of the Board

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of Education.

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Robert's Rules of Orders will be followed at all times.

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Persons attending board meetings are expected to conduct

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themselves in a respectful and courteous manner that models

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appropriate behavior for our students.

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Persons wishing to comment are expected to comply with the

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following norms in order to maintain a respectful and

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ordered meeting and to protect all persons including members of

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the public, district employee and district students from

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personal attacks or discussion of confidential matters in a

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Comments should be directed to the board members of the Board

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of Education and not district employees.

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Comments that attack any individual personally or professionally

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or our derogatory or mean others will not be tolerated.

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Personnel matters or concerns regarding specific district

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personnel are not appropriate topics to be addressed during an

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open meeting and should be handled in accordance with district

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policy and procedures.

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Concerns or questions regarding students will not be allowed.

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Comments regarding another individual membership in a legally

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protected class are strictly prohibited.

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Response from the Board will be limited to clarifying inaccurate

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information seeking additional information from the citizen

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or acknowledging that the citizen has been understood.

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The Board will not debate with the citizen and the Board may not

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take action on an item raised during public comment that is not

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on the meeting notice and agenda.

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The Chair will interrupt and roll a citizen who violates any of

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these norms out of order.

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If ruled out of order by the Chair the person's opportunity to

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address the Board will end immediately and the microphone will

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A citizen who violates these norms may be restricted from

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making public comments at future meetings.

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Thank you for your participation and your courtesy.

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Okay, first up we have Brad.

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There you go.

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All right.

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What's up?

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It's a red.

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What's up?

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All right, Brad.

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I am a former graduate of Blit Memorial and Born and Raised in

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Blit.

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I have a few concerns about as being the head football coach at

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the high school for the last five years of some of the cuts that

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we're trying to make on sports.

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Number one is for all of us is the safety of our students.

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By cutting coaches and cutting levels we are increasing or

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decreasing their safety.

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Okay, so if I have a bunch of kids with less coaches they're

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not getting as much attention from me so they're not going to be

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as prepared in the sport.

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Specific sports need a lot of different coaches.

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I'm not sure if some people are aware but as football it's not

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like I can just coach a whole team by myself.

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I need several guys that are coordinators, specialty coaches.

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I can't say a guy that you know you have to coach lineman but

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also have to coach receivers and you have no idea what you're

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doing.

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It's hard enough as being here since 2013 with all the outside

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directors working closely with them just trying to get coaches to

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coach here in the first place.

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We've had not big candidate pools, open positions and now if

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we're going to cut salaries too, who's going to want to coach

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here when you don't have enough assistance and you're not

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really getting paid that much.

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So we're really hurting the kids in that way because they're not

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going to be prepared and our kids don't have the lectures as of

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we play in the Southern Lakes Conference where they're getting

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private training and they're doing year round travel league and

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stuff like that.

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So they're really counting on us to have it locked in tight and

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having enough guys to coach them because they're behind the

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able.

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I mean I'm getting ninth graders that probably are playing at a

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middle school level against kids that are probably at a senior

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level and by the time they get to varsity those kids are ready to

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play college football and my kids are just learning high school

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football.

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So we're not doing ourselves any favor by cutting sports in

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that sense and I think it's a safety issue for our children

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which is the main thing.

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Not enough coaches, I know like soccer and volleyball, you're

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going to be cutting kids 30 to 40 kids that aren't going to play.

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Now if they don't get a play as a freshman are they going to

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come back at a sophomore?

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Probably not.

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And so we have to look into that as well.

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We might be saving 286,000 dollars but that's really only

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equivalent to about 13 kids.

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You know we get about 20,000 dollars per kid and I might be

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off on that.

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I might fluctuate between 15 to 22,000 per kid from federal and

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local funds but that's only 13 to 15 kids.

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You're going to lose hundreds of kids.

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We're going to lose millions of dollars.

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Plenty of parents I've talked to earlier talking about that have

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younger kids are looking to relocate their kids now because

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while I want to stay in a district where sports are important and

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my kids love sports and they're going to go somewhere else.

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They're going to go to Turner.

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They're going to go to TLA.

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They're going to go to Rockford.

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They're going to go anywhere else but here.

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And we're going to lose millions of dollars just by trying to

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cut 286,000 dollars off of a budget this year.

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I'm sorry that your two minutes are up.

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Oh.

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Three minutes are up.

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Sorry.

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All right.

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Well I appreciate your time.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Next we have Connor.

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Hello.

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My name is Connor McClelland.

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I'm a science teacher and a coach at BMHS.

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I'm going into my sixth year at the high school and I'm here to

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address and ask for reconsideration when it comes to the

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cutting of the strength and conditioning addendums in the

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proposed list of cuts.

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Those addendums are new as of this last year.

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That is something that Dan grads put into effect this past year.

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But me personally I've been acting as a strength and conditioning

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coach for the high school for the past five years.

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When I got to the high school in 20, it would be fall of 21.

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There really was no organized strength and conditioning in the

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high school whatsoever outside of just PE during the normal school

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day.

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And there definitely wasn't any organized athletic strength

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and conditioning for athletes.

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And I don't know.

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I don't have a perfect answer of how many addendums we need to

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keep, how many we need to cut.

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I'm just asking for reconsideration into having people

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available and paid for their efforts in strength and conditioning.

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I am the strength and conditioning coach that has been working

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with football track and throughout the athletic department.

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I'm the one that runs summer workouts at the high school

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through the summer.

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I run them all winter.

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I coach football in the fall and I coach track in the spring.

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But those addendums are incredibly important for myself to get

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paid for the work I'm doing.

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We're in the weight room after school from 3.45 to 5.30 every

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night in the winter in the weight room in the summer for at least an

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hour, hour and a half during the summer using that time to train

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our athletes.

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Strength and conditioning is incredibly important to high

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school athletics for multiple reasons.

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It helps us prepare athletes to compete their best on their

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chosen field of competition and also helps prepare our athletes

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that are looking to participate in college athletics for the

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college athletic world.

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And also just from a health and safety standpoint, it

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significantly reduces our risk of injuries in football alone.

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Training in a weight room for strength and conditioning can

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reduce concussions significantly.

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I'm not going to say a percentage because I don't know it off

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the top of my head.

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But having that opportunity helps tremendously increase our

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safety.

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Big example is what's called proprioception and

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stability to move your body through space and confidently.

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Training and strength and conditioning helps increase

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proprioception.

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It can reduce things like ACL tears, ankle rolls, things like that.

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So having quality strength and conditioning at the high school

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does increase the safety of our athletes on their chosen field

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of competition.

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So yeah, I lost my notes.

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My phone turned off.

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I'm usually somebody that kind of sits in the background.

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I'm not used to talking in a public space like this.

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So yes, I feel very strongly about the need of strength

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and conditioning at the high school in some way, shape or form

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outside of the school day because it helps keep kids involved

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in their sports, keeps kids prepared for success in their

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sports and helps most importantly keep them safe.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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So the strength and conditioning was struck out of the

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addendum matrix because it will no longer be under the addendum

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matrix.

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It is going to be time-carded and so it's a separate, totally

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separate budget item.

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So we appreciate all that you do.

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And we're certainly not going to have our kids not have someone

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there to supervise them.

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Sorry for the confusion.

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Okay.

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So next in the room, we have Ty.

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Yes, I'm Ty Earl.

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I'm a coach in the district.

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It's coach volleyball, coach soccer, girls basketball at the

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high school as well as girls and boys basketball at the middle

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school level.

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And I'm just here to talk about the students that I see in our

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community are often under-prepared versus the different

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districts that we face.

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And I don't think removing anything as far as sports for our

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community and for our kids is a good thing.

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I have spoken to several parents that have kind of asked

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questions about the middle school football, about high school

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sports.

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And the end results of the conversations are, well, I'm

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going to take my kid to this place or this district where we

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don't need to lose more kids.

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As a district, our population, our student population has already

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decreased.

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That decrease affects us teachers, coaches, teachers, teachers,

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teachers, because if we don't have kids to teach, if we don't

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have kids to coach, that takes away from our job security.

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Also, another major point with the freshmen teams is that it

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gives you a sense of purpose.

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Students are allowed to come to school.

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They know that to be in a sport, they have to be in class

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on time.

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They have to be in school.

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They have to get the grades.

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They are student leaders throughout the school.

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If you have students that are kind of leaving middle school,

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come to the high school, most of our kids are not going to be as

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prepared as 11th grader, 12th grader their freshman year.

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So my fear is that they will lose the edge that they have for the

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sport.

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Oh, I didn't make the team, so now I'm done playing.

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We don't need to lose any athletes.

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Especially for the girls basketball team.

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Last year, we were struggling with numbers.

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But with a lot of motivation going out in the community, going

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out into the classrooms, talking to different students, that

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number has almost tripled this summer alone.

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Just getting out, letting kids know how you don't have to be

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the best.

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We just want you to come.

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We want you to try.

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Put your best foot forward.

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It has built great community.

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Great connections throughout with our girls program.

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They have people that they now that they know that they can look

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up to when they come to the high school.

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We have our older girls kind of being mentors to some of the

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younger students.

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And like I said, it just feel like as a district, we should try to

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put more resources into our kids and make sure that they are

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prepared as other districts are.

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We don't have a lot of youth programs.

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We don't have a lot of youth programs around here.

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So me, in my opinion, taking away freshman sports is not a

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good idea.

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Thank you.

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Just to clarify, we're not taking away middle school

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sports either.

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Just the funding source has changed.

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So it would be fun to 80.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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Next we have Melissa.

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Good evening, Dr. Gordon and members of the Board of Education.

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My name is Melissa Barbek.

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I'm co-president of the Blight Education Association.

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I'm here this evening to speak about the proposed changes to

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the Addendum Matrix for coaches and activities.

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00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:35,280
While we understand the BEA is not privy to all conversations

530
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,280
regarding the budget and budget cuts, we can assure you we were

531
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,280
not the only one shocked to see the Addendum Matrix and drastic

532
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,280
changes to be made to be reviewed and voted on in a special board

533
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:48,280
meeting where there would be no public comment.

534
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,280
While we appreciate Board President Johnson's reconsideration

535
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,280
of action to be taken at the special board meeting as well as

536
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,280
adding it to the regular board meeting to have public comment

537
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,280
tonight.

538
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,280
Sorry, lost my spot.

539
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,280
We want to express our concern about the BEA having a seat at

540
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,280
the table when it comes to discussions regarding changes in

541
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,280
pay.

542
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,280
Many coaches are also BEA members.

543
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:12,280
The BEA has always been included any time a new salary

544
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:15,280
scheduler and a matrix has been created.

545
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,280
As a final thought on this subject, we would like to remind the

546
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,280
board that teachers and administrators have steps built

547
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,280
into their salary schedules based on the years of experience

548
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:29,280
and longevity pay to recognize commitment to the district.

549
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:34,280
This board just recently decided that this was important to

550
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,280
continue for longevity pay was to continue in the preliminary

551
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,280
budget that was just passed just a few weeks ago by using OPEB

552
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,280
funds.

553
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,280
How are our coaches different?

554
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,280
Just like teaching, they give countless hours to our students

555
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,280
before school, after school, evenings and weekends.

556
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,280
They should also be compensated for their years of experience

557
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,280
to our students not just receive the fixed rate amount.

558
00:33:56,280 --> 00:34:00,280
We want to attract and retrain, attain great coaching staff for

559
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,280
our students just as we want to attract, attract and retain

560
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,280
great teachers.

561
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,280
As far as the cuts to elementary addendums, we are concerned

562
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,280
about programs potentially being cut.

563
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,280
MEO, student council, and just say no as well as intramurals,

564
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,280
teacher student skills they can use for a lifetime.

565
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,280
These programs help students meet new friends, learn leaders to

566
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:23,280
skills and serve our community and schools in various ways.

567
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,280
Intramurals also give students the opportunity to try new sports,

568
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,280
as well as honan skills they have already practiced.

569
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:34,280
Finally, noon supervision addendums being cut, sorry, as we see

570
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,280
noon supervision addendums being cut at the elementary and middle

571
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,280
school levels, we are wondering who will do this.

572
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,280
We know elementary students that students must be supervised

573
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:43,280
during recess.

574
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,280
What is the plan?

575
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,280
Maybe there is one, however we just want to make sure everything

576
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,280
is thought out before the year starts in just a few short weeks.

577
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,280
While we know we are trying to balance the budget is a very

578
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:54,280
difficult task.

579
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,280
We are concerned for our students and the opportunities they will

580
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,280
be missing out on.

581
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,280
Thank you for your time.

582
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,280
Next we have John.

583
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,280
How's it going?

584
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,280
I'm John Klobuchar, I'm from Volo, Wisconsin.

585
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,280
My family has been here a long time.

586
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,280
I've been here a long time since before.

587
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,280
Well, I can't even remember when I was born.

588
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,280
I'm a financial planner.

589
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,280
I look at things as like a return on investment.

590
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,280
I did some research before coming today.

591
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,280
Just to kind of talk about the return on investment in

592
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,280
investing in athletics.

593
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:40,280
A 10-year study in the state of Missouri that included high

594
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:44,280
schools showed that the average grade point average for non-athletes

595
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,280
was 2.6.

596
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:50,280
And the average grade point average for athletes was 3.2.

597
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,280
In another study that's a worldwide study that was done

598
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:56,280
again over 10 years showed that the average passing rates for

599
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,280
athletes was 77.1%.

600
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:03,280
And non-athletes was 49.24%.

601
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,280
So I just think that making any cuts to athletics, just being a

602
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,280
coach and seeing our kids, you know, a couple different people

603
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,280
have talked about just how unprepared some of our kids are

604
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,280
in just investing in our youth.

605
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,280
We started at a foundation called the Beloit Youth Basketball

606
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,280
Association and just kind of going off of what Coach Ty said,

607
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:25,280
just showing some of the fruits of that labor and some positives

608
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,280
in that investment as we went from having eight girls at the

609
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,280
finish of our season last year.

610
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,280
Now we've got 25 to 27 girls participating consistently in

611
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:39,280
athletics and empowering a group of young ladies that felt like

612
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,280
potentially they didn't have the opportunity to do that.

613
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:47,280
And so I just want to show that even in our district where our

614
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:51,280
median income is 33% lower than any other district in our

615
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:56,280
conference, that if you invest in it, it does show results.

616
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,280
And I can just tell you that, you know, the people that I,

617
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,280
the people that I see at the high school and the kids that are

618
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:05,280
there, we have probably some of the most athletic kids in the state

619
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:09,280
of Wisconsin having competed at a collegiate level, a high school

620
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:13,280
level at a very high level in athletics, just knowing that the

621
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:17,280
city of Beloit, we have some kids that are the most raw but

622
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,280
powerful athletes in the state of Wisconsin.

623
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,280
I think if we put investment, both in a dollar amount and in

624
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,280
man hours, you know, just we've seen the fruits of that already

625
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,280
and the sky's the limit for the school district in Beloit when

626
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,280
it comes to kids in our athletics.

627
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:39,280
So I just don't think that there's any good reason to cut stuff

628
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,280
to that.

629
00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:42,280
I mean, and it's like small amounts too, you know,

630
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:46,280
addendums, we're talking, I made $2,400 bucks coach in last year

631
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:50,280
and I did 442 hours and that continues.

632
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:55,280
So I just don't know if that's necessarily, I made $4.4 an hour.

633
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,280
I don't know if that's necessarily where we need to be making cuts.

634
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:03,280
And I think there's a lot of people in the community that are willing to help

635
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:07,280
with that but I think you also have to make it so that people can get

636
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,280
paid for their help and paid for their service.

637
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,280
And again, I just can't emphasize enough how much natural talent

638
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:17,280
that we have in our community that isn't being taken advantage of right now.

639
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:26,280
Last but not least, we have Jane's.

640
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,280
Good evening, Dr. Gordon and members of the school board.

641
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,280
I come to speak to you tonight as co-president of the BEA,

642
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:46,280
but also as a teacher who's dedicated 23 years to this community

643
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:51,280
and a coach who's dedicated 18 years coaching boys golf and 16 years coaching boys hockey.

644
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:55,280
First, I'd like to thank board president Johnson for responding to our concerns

645
00:38:55,280 --> 00:39:00,280
about the proposed changes to the addendums by adding the proposal to the agenda tonight

646
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,280
so we could talk about it after public comment.

647
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:07,280
I believe the special board meeting last night allowed for many open conversations

648
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,280
about our athletic department, coaches and addendum pay.

649
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:13,280
I think it was a great opportunity to get clarification for a lot of people

650
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,280
on a lot of issues related to those topics.

651
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,280
And I think everyone walked away with a better understanding of athletics and coaching.

652
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,280
I believe there are two main issues with the original proposal that we talked through last night.

653
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:29,280
First, the proposal made the broad decision to combine all freshmen and JV teams.

654
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,280
As discussed last night, I would argue that the administration and the board

655
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,280
should take a more precise approach and look through the numbers.

656
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,280
There are only a handful of teams at Blake Memorial that can support a freshman-only team.

657
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:41,280
We don't want to cut those teams.

658
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:42,280
Why cut those teams?

659
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,280
You're going to deny an opportunity to those students.

660
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,280
Take a more precise approach, look through the numbers,

661
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:53,280
and see where those teams are not supported by players, then decide to make those cuts.

662
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:58,280
While doing so, it is important to include a process to add a team back if numbers grow,

663
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,280
like I'm sure we all hope they do.

664
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,280
Secondly, I disagree with the proposal to move away from the current coaching pay matrix

665
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:09,280
based on years of experience to a single payment amount that doesn't take experience into account.

666
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:13,280
The proposed plan penalizes coaches who've dedicated years to coaching.

667
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:18,280
At Blake Memorial, because coaches at the top of the pay scale would take a pay cut of at least 20%.

668
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:23,280
We should want to encourage coaches to stay with the district, to build stability,

669
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,280
consistently, and a culture in our athletic programs.

670
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:32,280
Instead, this only incentivizes coaches to leave and coach somewhere else or leave coaching altogether.

671
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:36,280
Years of experience are already recognized for teachers and administrators.

672
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,280
They should be for coaches as well.

673
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,280
Again, I believe there are a lot of good discussions in our agreements on these concerns last night.

674
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:50,280
I hope the board allows Dr. Gordon and Ms. Pells the opportunity to examine the athletic department budget and processes

675
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,280
and let them come up with solutions to help with any budgetary concerns.

676
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,280
Thank you.

677
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:09,280
Thank you very much. We appreciate all the comments.

678
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:13,280
And there were no email comments tonight.

679
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:18,280
All right. Next up, we have Superintendent's report. Dr. Gordon.

680
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:20,280
All right. Good evening.

681
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:23,280
As you can see, there's been a bit of a change in the superintendent's seat.

682
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:30,280
Dr. Anderson says that he's officially retired, so we will have to stay tuned for an update to see if that, in fact, holds true.

683
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:34,280
Something tells me that he will be doing work in some school districts somewhere,

684
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:38,280
and I look forward to checking in with him and learning about his travel adventures.

685
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:43,280
I want to thank the Board of Education for welcoming me to the interim superintendent position.

686
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:47,280
It has been a pleasure meeting with the board members during one-on-one discussions

687
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,280
and hearing their viewpoints on the district and school community.

688
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:55,280
Collectively, we have already been very busy with continued work on the budget and necessary reductions,

689
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:59,280
discussions about district needs and goals and future planning.

690
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:05,280
I'm excited to collaborate and keep moving forward, even though we are in tough times financially.

691
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:10,280
And we have a lot of work ahead of us. Each member of the team has so much to contribute.

692
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,280
I am hopeful as a collaborative group we will be able to right-size the district

693
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,280
and to be the best for our students, staff, and the community.

694
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,280
Additionally, I have been meeting with community leaders,

695
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:25,280
and I look forward to continuing to collaborate with more community leaders and grow our partnerships.

696
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,280
Last week, we welcomed Dr. Ryan Stengel to the administration team

697
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:33,280
as the interim assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.

698
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:37,280
Dr. Stengel joined the district in 2019 from Jamesville

699
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:42,280
and has led in both Assistant Principal and Principal Capacities at Converse and Frusin.

700
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:46,280
I am excited to have the opportunity to work with Dr. Stengel again

701
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:51,280
in his new leadership capacity, and I know he will bring great perspective and knowledge in his role.

702
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:56,280
You may have heard that some school districts are looking to limit technology for students.

703
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,280
We will be doing that here as well in the SDB.

704
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:04,280
The TLE team is working to solidify a plan to bring to the committee's next meeting.

705
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:08,280
As it stands, we will not be eliminating Chromebook use altogether,

706
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:12,280
but defining strict limitations for how and when technology should be used.

707
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,280
Students in grades K-8 will not be taking Chromebooks home,

708
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,280
and this should help keep some of our repair costs down as well.

709
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:22,280
Hiring has been ongoing this summer as per usual.

710
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,280
Today, we held interviews for the Frusin principal position.

711
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:29,280
The TLE team is preparing for the upcoming admin academy days,

712
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,280
as well as new hire orientation,

713
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:35,280
and the skyrocket and open literacy conversations have been going very well

714
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,280
between the Congress and guests and administrators,

715
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:41,280
and Michael from skyrocket and Sarah from open literacy.

716
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:45,280
Just last week, the district HR finance district administration

717
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,280
and BMHS leadership and interim athletic director,

718
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:53,280
so Emily and Emily, have started to meet weekly to discuss the budgets

719
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:56,280
for the athletics department and plan for the athletic season.

720
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,280
We continue to work through cabinet and the administration

721
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:02,280
with the board on potential budget considerations

722
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,280
as we prepare for the 2627 school year.

723
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,280
The new school year is quickly approaching,

724
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:09,280
and we have so much work ahead of us.

725
00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:12,280
The work is tough, and much of it takes deep thought

726
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:14,280
and some difficult conversations lie ahead.

727
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,280
As we continue to push forward,

728
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,280
it is important to remember that we are all here for kids.

729
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,280
Our district, our kids, staff and community

730
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:26,280
deserve to be talked about with positivity even when we are faced with challenges.

731
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,280
We do have great things that go on here,

732
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:31,280
and we have some pretty darn amazing staff,

733
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,280
some really fantastic kids and families,

734
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:36,280
and a lot of really fantastic community support.

735
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,280
Thank you.

736
00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,280
Thank you very much. We appreciate it.

737
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,280
So, next is policy report, and that's me.

738
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:52,280
So, the policy committee actually has met twice since the last full board meeting.

739
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,280
We met first on Monday, July 6th,

740
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,280
and we briefly reviewed the policies for field trips,

741
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:03,280
adding the specific timelines that was requested by the board at the first reading,

742
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:07,280
following the suggestions of administration.

743
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:11,280
This policy is on the consent agenda for final approval.

744
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,280
We reviewed the professional adult student boundaries policy,

745
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,280
and we did move it to first reading,

746
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:19,280
but that's the one that got removed because we got a whole bunch of stuff

747
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,280
from the lawyer about that one.

748
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,280
So, we're going to go back to that one.

749
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:28,280
We also made some changes to the policy about public participation at board meetings,

750
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,280
and the policy about fund balance,

751
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:33,280
and these two have been moved to a first reading tonight,

752
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,280
and these policies will be discussed later this evening.

753
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:41,280
Yesterday, Monday, July 20th, it was just yesterday.

754
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:47,280
We received an in-service from WASB regarding the best use of their policy resource guide,

755
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:51,280
and we will be discussing how to best use this material at future meetings.

756
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:56,280
We also heard from Principal Emily Pels about the cell phone policy,

757
00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:00,280
and some suggestions from her team about how to retain our policy

758
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,280
to support what is being done at the high school

759
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:06,280
to curtail the use of, quote, personal electronic devices

760
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:09,280
because we have to take out the word cell phone by students,

761
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:12,280
because it's all of the electronic devices.

762
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,280
The policy has to be much broader than just cell phones.

763
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:21,280
We will be finalizing any changes to the electronic device policy at the next meeting.

764
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:24,280
At both meetings, we spend some time discussing some of the other policies

765
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,280
that we feel need review.

766
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:30,280
We're looking at compulsory school attendance and promotion retention.

767
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,280
These will be discussed at future meetings,

768
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:37,280
and our next meeting is Monday, August 3rd at 3 p.m.

769
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:42,280
So the next committee is the business operations and finance

770
00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:46,280
and human resources committee, so that's you, Tom.

771
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:50,280
Thank you, Vice Chairman Foxx.

772
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,280
It's okay.

773
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,280
President, sorry.

774
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:57,280
My name is Tom Akins.

775
00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:01,280
I'm chair of the business operations and finance and human resources committee meeting.

776
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,280
We met July 7th at 5 p.m.

777
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:10,280
We had a full attendance of our members who are Bill Johnson and Dan Chu for myself.

778
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:15,280
We went over the 26 monthly financials with Stephanie Elwood.

779
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,280
We didn't have, it was a fruitful discussion,

780
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,280
we didn't have too much to add or delete to it.

781
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:24,280
I know she's bringing it, and we moved it to the full board,

782
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:27,280
and she'll be sending that to everyone tonight.

783
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:33,280
We had a talk about property liability workers,

784
00:47:33,280 --> 00:47:36,280
compensation and other business insurance renewals.

785
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,280
We also looked at that, asked our questions,

786
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:42,280
and that also is on the board tonight for approval.

787
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:48,280
There was a purchase approval from Skyward and extreme networks

788
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:54,280
to keep going using those things that we're currently using.

789
00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:58,280
Stephanie told us to spend, they've been extremely good to work with,

790
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,280
and so we're just going to move that forward to the full board tonight.

791
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:09,280
There was also a purchase approval for Chromebooks,

792
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:15,280
and it turned into a larger conversation on where this district really wants to go

793
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:19,280
with Chromebooks versus texts, and if we do need to,

794
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:23,280
I mean, if we're going to buy, let's figure out our strategy first

795
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,280
on what we're going to do to the future,

796
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:29,280
and not just put a Band-Aid on something,

797
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:32,280
and we don't have the money to spend on things we're not going to use for a while.

798
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:36,280
But anyways, it was on the consent agenda tonight,

799
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:40,280
and I'm going to ask the Board Vice President to remove that from consent

800
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:46,280
so we can discuss this, and I would hope that this goes into further discussion,

801
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:49,280
and so we can strategize the admin and the board

802
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:53,280
on what we really want to do with this technology.

803
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:57,280
It's a big subject, so it'll take some thought,

804
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,280
and that's my report for tonight.

805
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:03,280
And we meet also on August 3rd, no, August 4th.

806
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:08,280
Sorry. Right? Okay. Thank you.

807
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:12,280
Okay, the next report would be the Teaching Learning Equity

808
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,280
and Public Services Committee. Chairman Ruiznot,

809
00:49:15,280 --> 00:49:18,280
here this evening, is there anybody who was on the committee

810
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,280
who wants to make any comments about that meeting?

811
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:26,280
Or thanks, Vice President Box. I'd be happy to pop in if that's okay.

812
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:27,280
Can you hear me all right?

813
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:29,280
Yeah, I can hear you fine. Thank you.

814
00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:31,280
Beautiful. I will be very brief.

815
00:49:31,280 --> 00:49:34,280
I think Board President Johnson did a really nice job of alluding already

816
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,280
to what we discussed at the TLE Committee meeting last time,

817
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:42,280
which was the kind of the district-deployed continuous improvement piece,

818
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:46,280
and I really just wanted to thank Eric Weir and the CBVers

819
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:50,280
and their team for providing such a deeply comprehensive overview

820
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:53,280
of where we have been, where we are, and where we're going.

821
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,280
And, you know, certainly there's a lot more to come,

822
00:49:56,280 --> 00:49:58,280
but I would encourage folks to check out.

823
00:49:58,280 --> 00:50:01,280
It's like a 22-page slide.

824
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,280
And I'm trying to remember what date that was.

825
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,280
I think it was July 7th.

826
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:09,280
And so TLE Committee will also be meeting on August 4th next.

827
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,280
Thank you.

828
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:12,280
Thank you.

829
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:14,280
Board Member Miller, appreciate it.

830
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:15,280
Okay.

831
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:19,280
So we are to section six, board action and discussion items.

832
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:25,280
The first thing is the 2627 budget update with Ms. Elwood

833
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,280
is to provide an update to the school board and community

834
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:33,280
on our 2627 preliminary budget efforts to date.

835
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,280
So Ms. Elwood.

836
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:58,280
Good evening.

837
00:50:58,280 --> 00:50:59,280
Thank you.

838
00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:03,280
So I did want to just give the board a brief update of where we're at

839
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,280
with the current budget for 2627.

840
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,280
The administration had been working very hard to implement all

841
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:14,280
of the changes that were approved at the end of June's board,

842
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,280
or the board meeting at the end of June.

843
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:20,280
And then we also added a few additional adjustments that we did

844
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,280
to discretionary budgets.

845
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:25,280
We did some changes to budgets for the schools.

846
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:29,280
Some added in the additional revenue of the possible sale of

847
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:31,280
the right building.

848
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,280
Also adjusted a few soft revenues.

849
00:51:34,280 --> 00:51:38,280
I like to call them like interest and some of those.

850
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:39,280
School fees.

851
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,280
Some of the smaller ones.

852
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:45,280
And then we also did make some adjustments to facilities budget

853
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:50,280
to include the increase in utilities within the budget.

854
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:53,280
So not increasing the total overall budget,

855
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:57,280
which will have an effect on maintenance throughout the year.

856
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,280
Not being able to do all the,

857
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:04,280
possibly some of the things that break down and things will have

858
00:52:04,280 --> 00:52:08,280
to wait until we can do those repairs.

859
00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:12,280
And some of the other adjustments were we were able to do that

860
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:16,280
and some of the other adjustments were we were able to keep our

861
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:19,280
insurance rates lower this year.

862
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:22,280
Our insurance renewal, as you'll see later in the meeting,

863
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,280
did come in quite favorably.

864
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,280
After putting all of that together,

865
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,280
we are about, still about about $400,000 short.

866
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:34,280
And this however does not include any of the proposed adjustments

867
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:40,280
to addendums or to any other staffing adjustments that we had

868
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:46,280
talked about that were not voted on yet.

869
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:50,280
Did any board members have any questions about?

870
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,280
You have to call on people.

871
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,280
Oh, sorry.

872
00:52:54,280 --> 00:52:59,280
Do you have any things to look at?

873
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:00,280
Yeah.

874
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:01,280
Thank you, Stephanie.

875
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:05,280
One thing as a new person to this board,

876
00:53:05,280 --> 00:53:08,280
it was really interesting to learn the process you all went through

877
00:53:08,280 --> 00:53:14,280
last year and you authorized use of reserve funds,

878
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:18,280
but then through diligent budget management from the team,

879
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:21,280
we didn't need to use any of those during that year.

880
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:24,280
So I think that's something we should point out to the public again,

881
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:28,280
that the board made good decisions last year,

882
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:31,280
had a reserve fund and then we didn't need to use reserve funds.

883
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:33,280
So that's great.

884
00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:42,280
My specific question is, we voted to put on the market the Colac Education Center,

885
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,280
and of course we haven't put that on the market yet,

886
00:53:44,280 --> 00:53:47,280
but this wouldn't have any dollars.

887
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:52,280
Your current budget thing that we're looking at here doesn't assume any sale

888
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:55,280
of Colac at this point, right?

889
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:56,280
That is correct.

890
00:53:56,280 --> 00:54:01,280
I did not include any sales of any equipment or buildings like the Colac building

891
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:06,280
that were not more confident that they would have you during that fiscal areas.

892
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:07,280
Right.

893
00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:11,280
So of course, it's one time money and we understand what that means

894
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:12,280
and why we need to do it.

895
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:18,280
That's why the board had the consensus to do to market the Colac Center.

896
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:22,280
But if we were able to close that within this fiscal year,

897
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:27,280
we obviously would have a surplus which would help us in the decisions

898
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:28,280
we're going to need in the future.

899
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:35,280
Thank you.

900
00:54:35,280 --> 00:54:40,280
Ms. Johnson.

901
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:41,280
Thank you.

902
00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:42,280
Thank you.

903
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:47,280
I just wanted to say thank you to the executive director,

904
00:54:47,280 --> 00:54:51,280
who has been on the board for three months,

905
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,280
and I know it's a lot of partners,

906
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:55,280
but she's already talked on the front.

907
00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:59,280
And again, people like Daniel said,

908
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:06,280
but he's hired and the whole design of the public person has been phenomenal.

909
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:09,280
There are not many districts in the school.

910
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:14,280
They call districts that say that they actually are coming out aspect

911
00:55:14,280 --> 00:55:19,280
and I've not been growing up a farce for that.

912
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,280
And again, I would like to repeat myself earlier

913
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:27,280
when I did a shout out to the memorial principal,

914
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:34,280
for looking toward ways to save money within the athletic department,

915
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:37,280
sometimes adjusting how we spend money,

916
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:44,280
raising words, and spending how we can use horse horses elsewhere.

917
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:49,280
If we spend less money on fuel to the sports event,

918
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:54,280
that gives us more money to be able to have more coaches,

919
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:59,280
and that it is important and it's also important that we all understand

920
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:01,280
and tell us within this effort.

921
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:05,280
Thank you so much.

922
00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:09,280
Don't forget to put your hand down.

923
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:22,280
The attachments were attached in board docs for you to go through.

924
00:56:22,280 --> 00:56:25,280
I don't know that we need to go through them individually tonight,

925
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:29,280
but certainly if board members or public has questions about a line item

926
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:31,280
that's in one of the documents,

927
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:35,280
would you reach out to the administration that can answer those questions?

928
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:36,280
Okay.

929
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,280
I just was looking at the building level budgets,

930
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:46,280
and I'm just appalled at the smallness of those numbers.

931
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:53,280
It's like people need to look at that because you're looking at it a whole year,

932
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:57,280
and I think it was like $20,000 for some of these buildings.

933
00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:01,280
It's just like, you know, you have three, four hundred students,

934
00:57:01,280 --> 00:57:04,280
and you get that pittance amount of money,

935
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:07,280
and I know we asked them to cut it a little bit more,

936
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:11,280
but that's, you know, it would be very difficult to try to run a building

937
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:15,280
with that kind of a budget outflow.

938
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:26,280
Okay, I see no other questions, so I guess we moved to the next agenda item,

939
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:31,280
which is the addendum discussion.

940
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:36,280
So let me just check here, see if I have anything I need to do.

941
00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:43,280
Okay, so the purpose is to present the 2627 addendum matrix for board approval.

942
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:50,280
We had some discussions last night, so that's going to impact on where we go tonight.

943
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:04,280
So Ms. Almondaris is going to be coming to the front to explain what she's got for the addendum matrix.

944
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:09,280
We did go through that last night, had productive conversation about what that would look like

945
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:16,280
with focus on the fall first, and maintaining what we could maintain,

946
00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:23,280
and really analyzing what our sports needs are and how many coaches are needed for each team,

947
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:28,280
and in collaborating in our now weekly meetings with the athletic department,

948
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:32,280
finance department, and administration, and the high school administration,

949
00:58:32,280 --> 00:58:38,280
I think we'll be able to streamline things and make much better sense of what we need to do with budget,

950
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:42,280
and I will turn it over to Ms. Almondaris, thank you.

951
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:44,280
Thank you, Dr. Gordon.

952
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:50,280
I want to start with that, which seems to have been misconstrued

953
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:55,280
in cost, angst unnecessarily, and the addendum matrix.

954
00:58:55,280 --> 00:59:00,280
There are notes next to the last entry for noon supervision that says

955
00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:07,280
we'll be paid hourly, separate budget from addendums, so it does not mean that nobody is going to supervise our kids

956
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:12,280
while they're at recess, et cetera, that would have been reckless,

957
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:16,280
and the same thing is true for strength and conditioning.

958
00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:21,280
This was the first year that we put that on the addendum and its budget,

959
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:30,280
but it was determined that it would be easier since it was split amongst a couple of individuals,

960
00:59:30,280 --> 00:59:39,280
depending on the season, that that would be a time-carded activity or function as well.

961
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:45,280
Although they're struck through, it's because we're moving them from the addendum matrix.

962
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:49,280
Not because those functions are no longer being met.

963
00:59:49,280 --> 01:00:01,280
The other thing that came up today that I wanted to point out is the student clubs,

964
01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:10,280
and upon reviewing last year the 2526 addendums that were issued at the building level,

965
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:17,280
these were the ones that were not issued to anyone for the majority of the schools.

966
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:20,280
That's why they're being recommended.

967
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:27,280
Certainly if these were thriving and fully interested clubs,

968
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:31,280
then we would not be recommending them.

969
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:36,280
So that's where this recommendation is coming from.

970
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:41,280
I do want to preface by saying that there's not a single one of us in this room

971
01:00:41,280 --> 01:00:47,280
or in this community that wants to see anything taken from our students.

972
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:55,280
However, this document was supposed to be the beginning of a much larger conversation,

973
01:00:55,280 --> 01:01:01,280
and I think that we've accomplished that.

974
01:01:01,280 --> 01:01:05,280
I'll wait, not in the order in which we would have desired it.

975
01:01:05,280 --> 01:01:11,280
The rush about this comes about because we do have false boards,

976
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:20,280
and we do have coaches and athletes that will be starting their training here in about another two weeks.

977
01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:26,280
And so it was important that we at least present the board with some recommended cuts

978
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:33,280
and start the conversation as to where what is the appetite of the board.

979
01:01:33,280 --> 01:01:39,280
Athletics has been one of the departments that has not been visited in the past couple of years

980
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:45,280
as we have looked at budgetary cuts, both in the classrooms, in the buildings,

981
01:01:45,280 --> 01:01:48,280
and administratively here at Keck.

982
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:54,280
And so back in March, I believe it was, we did have a preliminary discussion

983
01:01:54,280 --> 01:02:00,280
about some changes that we could be looking at making within the addendum matrix

984
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:05,280
and the athletics department budget.

985
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:15,280
We're also not proposing the reduction of freshmen access to athletics.

986
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:21,280
Unfortunately, one of the outcomes of removing a classification of team

987
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:28,280
is that you have that fewer students who can actively participate in that sport.

988
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:39,280
However, I want to dispel that it means that our ninth graders will not be able to participate in athletics at the high school.

989
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:44,280
That is not what this recommendation was designed to be.

990
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:54,280
We did have conversation last night about the freshmen or JV2 and the other JV team as well as the Varsity teams.

991
01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:59,280
And there are some that absolutely we had to revisit.

992
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:04,280
So you'll see some edits from what was originally uploaded for last night's meeting

993
01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:07,280
versus what's uploaded for tonight.

994
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:15,280
I did make the changes in the fall sports, and we looked at fall for soccer as well as volleyball

995
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:18,280
in making sure that we kept three teams.

996
01:03:18,280 --> 01:03:22,280
And so the freshmen and JV combination was removed from those.

997
01:03:22,280 --> 01:03:33,280
And then we also not reflected in the change, but for winter we'll also be disjoining the freshmen and JV

998
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:41,280
so that we can have freshmen separate for basketball, boys basketball in the winter.

999
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:44,280
Our goal is to continue working.

1000
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:53,280
I did set up a committee, not sure what we want to call it, but an interdepartmental team.

1001
01:03:53,280 --> 01:04:00,280
That includes Dr. Gordon and Dr. Stengel as well as Miss Elwood.

1002
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:12,280
Mrs. Emily Pels, our new athletic secretary Paula Hunt, to come together, and of course our interim AD, Miss Emily Fuentes,

1003
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:23,280
so that we can together try to work on a lot of different things that as interdepartmentally have come up in the past

1004
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:29,280
that we need to organizationally work and strive to do better.

1005
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:34,280
And again, we're only going to get as better as we put our heads together.

1006
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:39,280
And part of this discussion will include the addendums.

1007
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:47,280
We did get a lot of feedback from some of the coaches letting us know how enrollment driven.

1008
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:56,280
So we are getting the last two years of participation by our students in each sport, maybe instead of reducing the number of offerings,

1009
01:04:56,280 --> 01:05:01,280
removing an assistant coach with or less participants.

1010
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:11,280
So there's a lot of work to be done, but what I would like to see the board entertain tonight is a focus on the fall athletics.

1011
01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:23,280
So that whatever direction we go with winter or spring, that we at least can communicate to our coaches and our students what they're trying out for,

1012
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:28,280
who's getting an addendum, and what the value of that addendum will be for coaches,

1013
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:34,280
because they are starting rather quickly, and if that buys the board some additional time to entertain the winter and spring,

1014
01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:37,280
I would really appreciate that consideration.

1015
01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:51,280
Comments, questions?

1016
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:53,280
Again?

1017
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:56,280
Good evening.

1018
01:05:56,280 --> 01:05:59,280
I just wanted to thank Ms. Almondaris for her comments.

1019
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:04,280
And I just really appreciated the nature of how our special meeting went yesterday.

1020
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:06,280
I thought the input that was given was invaluable.

1021
01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:11,280
And I echo board President Johnson's gratitude for Ms. Pels and Ms. Luntase in their work.

1022
01:06:11,280 --> 01:06:19,280
I am excited to move forward with the recommendations that I just want to clarify that I understand them correctly.

1023
01:06:19,280 --> 01:06:27,280
It's my understanding that we would like to move forward with making the necessary changes to consolidate coaching positions

1024
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:34,280
while for the time being leaving the matrix and addendum pay intact before further discussion,

1025
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:39,280
you know, for further discussion at a later time, which is what I think I just heard Ms. Almondaris say,

1026
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:43,280
as well as maintaining, and again, thank you again to DD for seeing this,

1027
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:48,280
but just as well as maintaining girls, freshmen, volleyball, boys,

1028
01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:52,280
freshmen, basketball, and boys, freshmen, soccer teams.

1029
01:06:52,280 --> 01:06:53,280
Is that correct?

1030
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:01,280
That is my recollection from our meeting last night.

1031
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,280
Okay, that is perfect.

1032
01:07:06,280 --> 01:07:10,280
And again, just so much gratitude to everybody involved.

1033
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:14,280
So I don't want to make a motion because I'm sure other people have thoughts and comments.

1034
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:15,280
So I'll let that go.

1035
01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:16,280
Thank you so much.

1036
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:17,280
Ms. Baxter.

1037
01:07:17,280 --> 01:07:18,280
Acknowledging my comment.

1038
01:07:22,280 --> 01:07:29,280
Just to clarify, because I know we're saying a lot of things and I know it's straight in your mind,

1039
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:36,280
DD, but we talked a lot about fall sports and the need to get that going.

1040
01:07:36,280 --> 01:07:44,280
So we kind of pivoted and said, okay, let's just talk about fall sports so we can get that out and then talk about winter and spring.

1041
01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:53,280
So I don't know if you're looking for a motion to develop the whole thing and then go back and revisit spring and fall or spring and winter.

1042
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:58,280
Or do we just want to do fall?

1043
01:07:58,280 --> 01:08:00,280
I would love to thank you.

1044
01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:01,280
Go ahead.

1045
01:08:02,280 --> 01:08:12,280
My preference would be that the board approve the recommendation for fall sports and then make the exclusions at that point.

1046
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:27,280
So basically would be approving the fall sports with the combined coaching and keeping the matrix and not a fixed rate except for the volleyball and the soccer, which are the only ones that are fall.

1047
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:43,280
I think that's a wonderful motion, but I would like in that motion and direction from you and Dr. Gordon and staff Emily F and Emily P.

1048
01:08:43,280 --> 01:08:45,280
You know, when is that next?

1049
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:51,280
What's our strategy for when that would be to look at winter and spring?

1050
01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:56,280
We've already started the work of getting the rosters.

1051
01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:58,280
I am including it in the agenda.

1052
01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:09,280
We have a weekly meeting that I referenced before where we will make this a priority and just start gauging the decision making based on that.

1053
01:09:10,280 --> 01:09:19,280
What we can do is provide the board with an update, but with the goal of not going to two weeks before the winter, so it starts to bring it to you.

1054
01:09:19,280 --> 01:09:20,280
Yeah.

1055
01:09:20,280 --> 01:09:21,280
Yes.

1056
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:22,280
That's what I'm looking for.

1057
01:09:22,280 --> 01:09:23,280
Like a date.

1058
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:27,280
Someone like, I don't know, September or whatever.

1059
01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:31,280
Ideally, I don't because it's not just solely on my.

1060
01:09:31,280 --> 01:09:32,280
Right.

1061
01:09:33,280 --> 01:09:41,280
I will consult with the rest of the team and I can gladly update the board with when we could come back with a new proposal.

1062
01:09:41,280 --> 01:09:43,280
Okay, I'm very happy with that. Thank you.

1063
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:44,280
Thank you.

1064
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:49,280
Bill.

1065
01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:55,280
Yeah, looking at the girl's swimming.

1066
01:09:55,280 --> 01:10:01,280
She told us last night that she only has one assistant and they're still two here.

1067
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:06,280
We did not make all the edits last night.

1068
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:12,280
We only made the three two of which are fall and one of which is for winter, which is a boys basketball.

1069
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:20,280
So if we reduce, if we don't have a need for the additional coaches, we simply don't expense that money.

1070
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:27,280
But again, it was not what was if the board wants to make that recommendation, we can move with that.

1071
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:31,280
But those were not the three sports that I was tasked with updating. I apologize.

1072
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:33,280
Oh, thank you.

1073
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:37,280
Q just said that we had to have as many people. So thank you.

1074
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:42,280
I have a question.

1075
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:43,280
Okay, go ahead, Dan.

1076
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:45,280
So the.

1077
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:49,280
Can you repeat what we are doing tonight?

1078
01:10:49,280 --> 01:10:52,280
I know we're not doing the matrix changes.

1079
01:10:52,280 --> 01:11:00,280
So I understand that we're so that the addendums will be as they exist today for the fall and going forward.

1080
01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:03,280
That's the board. So we're not making changes to the pay.

1081
01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:06,280
That's I mean, we haven't done it yet, but that's a recommendation.

1082
01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:10,280
But tell me the three things we're doing, the sports we're doing.

1083
01:11:10,280 --> 01:11:19,280
So those would be the fall soccer and the fall volleyball.

1084
01:11:20,280 --> 01:11:24,280
And then the other one is a winter, which is the basketball, but we're not worried about that.

1085
01:11:24,280 --> 01:11:33,280
So it's just all of the fall, which is what is on the attachment. So all of the fall athletics as proposed.

1086
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:44,280
But just to be clear, the thing that came out suggested in soccer's case, they have they have a varsity JV1 and JV2.

1087
01:11:44,280 --> 01:11:52,280
We sometimes call JV2 freshmen, but it's made up mostly of ninth graders, but not all ninth graders.

1088
01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:57,280
We are not eliminating those are what you're saying.

1089
01:11:57,280 --> 01:12:03,280
The ones you just mentioned were not eliminating. So the other ones we are eliminating.

1090
01:12:03,280 --> 01:12:11,280
So can you go through the fall sports that we are eliminating the JV2 programs?

1091
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:20,280
Sure thing. So for fall, we have cross country varsity.

1092
01:12:20,280 --> 01:12:29,280
We're not eliminating anything there. So we're keeping the head coach and the assistant coach football.

1093
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:34,280
We are eliminating the freshmen.

1094
01:12:34,280 --> 01:12:40,280
Two sections, the varsity, the freshman and junior varsity.

1095
01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:50,280
The freshman and junior varsity head coach and the freshman and junior varsity assistant coach will be replacing the freshman head coach and freshman assistant coach.

1096
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:53,280
So those are getting combined.

1097
01:12:53,280 --> 01:13:00,280
Also in the fall, we have the golf varsity head coach for girls.

1098
01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:06,280
And we are eliminating the golf varsity assistant coach for girls.

1099
01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:10,280
Okay.

1100
01:13:10,280 --> 01:13:19,280
So just to get consensus, Carol, I'm not comfortable with eliminating the football positions as we talked about safety tonight.

1101
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:29,280
So when we get to that, or maybe others have the same concern, that would be something I'd want to not to do.

1102
01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:32,280
And maybe somebody can clarify that for me.

1103
01:13:32,280 --> 01:13:45,280
My understanding was that there really were only three sports that had enough kids to really do a quote unquote freshman sports.

1104
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:48,280
And football actually was not one of them.

1105
01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:52,280
So do they have, do they fill all those positions?

1106
01:13:52,280 --> 01:13:58,280
That was the other thing that was confusing is that just because the position is listed on the matrix doesn't mean it's filled.

1107
01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:01,280
So could you clarify that?

1108
01:14:01,280 --> 01:14:17,280
So we currently have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, different football, football, coaching positions across JV2, one, and varsity.

1109
01:14:17,280 --> 01:14:23,280
And so we're reducing that two by two.

1110
01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:34,280
And do you know, the last time I looked, there was about 54 students, so that that should be an efficient enough number to cover 54 students.

1111
01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:36,280
Yes?

1112
01:14:36,280 --> 01:14:40,280
I would assume so, yes.

1113
01:14:40,280 --> 01:14:46,280
I'm not comfortable assuming anything when it comes to the sport that you bang your heads against each other.

1114
01:14:46,280 --> 01:14:47,280
I'm sorry.

1115
01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:53,280
I want to take the advice of the football coach who was here and said safety was a concern.

1116
01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:55,280
So it's a couple grand.

1117
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:59,280
I don't know if we want to fight over it or figure it out.

1118
01:15:06,280 --> 01:15:07,280
Bill, go ahead.

1119
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:10,280
The 54 students is two teams, so correct?

1120
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:13,280
I don't know how they're spread out.

1121
01:15:13,280 --> 01:15:18,280
I don't have the roster for this year, so I don't know how those 54 students.

1122
01:15:18,280 --> 01:15:22,280
Emily, Ms. Pels, do you happen to know?

1123
01:15:28,280 --> 01:15:35,280
I just, I don't know how many students are typically on the JV team.

1124
01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:38,280
So I would have to, I would have to fight.

1125
01:15:38,280 --> 01:15:40,280
I don't have to look into that.

1126
01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:41,280
Yeah.

1127
01:15:41,280 --> 01:15:43,280
To determine how.

1128
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:54,280
Okay.

1129
01:15:54,280 --> 01:16:02,280
So there is no freshman team, and that's where the reduction is coming from.

1130
01:16:02,280 --> 01:16:07,280
I don't have the JV and the varsity teams, but they have nine coaches.

1131
01:16:14,280 --> 01:16:18,280
There's nine originally, and we're reducing two in this proposal.

1132
01:16:21,280 --> 01:16:24,280
And the JV plays games, correct?

1133
01:16:24,280 --> 01:16:31,280
They're not just there, so you're going to have four and three or five and two.

1134
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:33,280
And

1135
01:16:38,280 --> 01:16:42,280
It's an odd number currently, so I'm not really sure how we came up.

1136
01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:47,280
I believe we have three per team, three coaches per team.

1137
01:17:01,280 --> 01:17:04,280
Thank you.

1138
01:17:31,280 --> 01:17:38,280
And then you have a head coach beside that.

1139
01:17:38,280 --> 01:17:45,280
And then you have a head coach beside that.

1140
01:17:45,280 --> 01:17:56,280
Okay, my recommendation would be to leave the, you know, what we want to do is we want to not touch the salary money.

1141
01:17:56,280 --> 01:18:02,280
So we would leave the, you know, what we want to do is we want to not touch the salary matrix.

1142
01:18:02,280 --> 01:18:09,280
So we would leave that intact for the fall sports, for sure.

1143
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:18,280
And leave it up to the athletic department and these groups that are working to determine how many coaches are needed and where they're needed.

1144
01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:23,280
And their pay would come off of the matrix as it's designed.

1145
01:18:24,280 --> 01:18:26,280
That would be what I would think.

1146
01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:30,280
Tom?

1147
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:35,280
Well, listening to this, again, we're all kind of, because nobody's here.

1148
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:38,280
Well, I know Emily's here. Emily's here.

1149
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:43,280
You know, going through teams, defense, offense, head, that's four.

1150
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:45,280
So four times, two teams is eight.

1151
01:18:45,280 --> 01:18:51,280
So a compromise might be cut one, so we have two teams with four coaches per.

1152
01:18:53,280 --> 01:19:09,280
Well, we don't have that girls swimming and put that as a ninth one.

1153
01:19:09,280 --> 01:19:12,280
I mean, pay that code.

1154
01:19:12,280 --> 01:19:18,280
Megan, I saw a hand and now I don't.

1155
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:20,280
Did you have a further comment?

1156
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:24,280
Yeah, I guess. Yeah, I didn't want to.

1157
01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:28,280
I want to be at the conversation too much, but, you know, board vice president.

1158
01:19:28,280 --> 01:19:35,280
Fox, like, I agree with what you just said, like, I don't know how we would phrase that in the motion to leave.

1159
01:19:35,280 --> 01:19:38,280
Leave the decisions regarding like.

1160
01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:41,280
The safety and coaching positions.

1161
01:19:41,280 --> 01:19:46,280
Like, I don't think that the motion that they're asking is for is one where we can leave some gray area.

1162
01:19:47,280 --> 01:19:50,280
So I guess really my question is more for the board.

1163
01:19:50,280 --> 01:20:01,280
I agree with Mr. Shoeff and wanting to make sure that we have all staff needed to ensure safety for our students, especially with football, kind of type stuff.

1164
01:20:01,280 --> 01:20:06,280
I guess I'm kind of curious and my question again is to my colleagues, like.

1165
01:20:06,280 --> 01:20:15,280
What would that motion look like in a way that respects what we've kind of set forth with, you know, budget concerns, but also what we.

1166
01:20:15,280 --> 01:20:19,280
What we're looking for the administration to do so they have clarity from us.

1167
01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:27,280
That's a good question. I'm not sure we have an answer.

1168
01:20:27,280 --> 01:20:42,280
Well, and so I mean, could we like, could we make a motion to approve the recommendations of the administration, which, you know, which, again, to my understanding, include like those other freshmen teams being maintained.

1169
01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:46,280
The coaching reductions that we discussed being reduced.

1170
01:20:46,280 --> 01:20:50,280
Kind of that everybody seemed on the same page about last night.

1171
01:20:50,280 --> 01:21:02,280
With the understanding that if there needs to be additions or subtractions based on, you know, ongoing discussions with coaches, but they could bring those back to the board or is that too nebulous.

1172
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:07,280
Like, is that unhelpful to the administration if we make a motion like that is what I want to know.

1173
01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:14,280
I think the board needs to approve the matrix, right? That's what our charge was.

1174
01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:27,280
And again, whoever is on the matrix is up to the administration and the athletic department to decide because there's an awful lot of positions that were on the matrix that weren't filled to begin with, right?

1175
01:21:27,280 --> 01:21:33,280
And what you need to move forward is the matrix because you need to know what to pay these people.

1176
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:48,280
And you guys, and the athletic department, the administration should be the ones that are figuring out how many coaches that we can afford within the amount of money that we have and have to make it work.

1177
01:21:48,280 --> 01:21:50,280
That's your job.

1178
01:21:50,280 --> 01:21:52,280
Well, no, and I think that makes a lot of sense.

1179
01:21:52,280 --> 01:21:59,280
So I'd be happy to make a motion to approve the matrix and the recommendations of the administration as presented, but I don't want to do that.

1180
01:21:59,280 --> 01:22:06,280
And until I hear from Mr. Shoe for others, if that's truly in the spirit of what we want based on the discussion we just had.

1181
01:22:06,280 --> 01:22:09,280
Dan.

1182
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:12,280
One more clarifying question before we get to emotion.

1183
01:22:12,280 --> 01:22:18,280
On the elementary school.

1184
01:22:18,280 --> 01:22:26,280
I don't know if this is a question for Dr. Gordon or for others that know this for the student clubs.

1185
01:22:27,280 --> 01:22:31,280
You know, is DECA really not an active club anymore at Blue Memorial?

1186
01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:32,280
It's not?

1187
01:22:32,280 --> 01:22:33,280
No.

1188
01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:34,280
Okay.

1189
01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:40,280
And then, and then MEO is though, isn't it?

1190
01:22:40,280 --> 01:22:41,280
Okay.

1191
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:50,280
And so we're keeping it at middle school and, and BMAHS, but we're not, I know this doesn't eliminate the club.

1192
01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:59,280
We're talking about the addendum for staff that become the activity, whatever the right name for that is, advisor.

1193
01:22:59,280 --> 01:23:05,280
But is there really no MEO at our elementary schools that needs advisors?

1194
01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:11,280
So it's been very difficult to fill that as an elementary position.

1195
01:23:12,280 --> 01:23:21,280
So the elementary schools do have, I can't even see them on here, but I know they're there, to principal choice addendums.

1196
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:30,280
So if we were able to find somebody to do the MEO club, that's where we've got the money to pay for that was with the principal choice.

1197
01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:31,280
Yes.

1198
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:32,280
Okay.

1199
01:23:32,280 --> 01:23:33,280
Okay.

1200
01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:41,280
And in some cases, we had a kind of a combined student council MEO, like more of a student leadership type situation too.

1201
01:23:41,280 --> 01:23:46,280
It's just kind of how we were able to find the staffing to execute the club.

1202
01:23:46,280 --> 01:23:47,280
Yep.

1203
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:48,280
Okay.

1204
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:49,280
All right.

1205
01:23:49,280 --> 01:23:57,280
So then, Vice President Fox, you turned to me when Megan asked a question and now we've sort of lost the question.

1206
01:23:57,280 --> 01:23:59,280
I'll tell you where I'm comfortable.

1207
01:23:59,280 --> 01:24:05,280
I'm, you know that generally I do like to approve the administration recommendations.

1208
01:24:05,280 --> 01:24:11,280
I appreciate the conversation we've had last, we had last night tonight and that we're, you know, not going to change the matrix.

1209
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:16,280
We're going to keep the longevity parts of the matrix across the board.

1210
01:24:16,280 --> 01:24:19,280
I'm comfortable with adding back into things.

1211
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:32,280
I just think we should give the, give Dr. Pels and, and the interim AD and the football coach the ability to keep those two if they need them for safety.

1212
01:24:32,280 --> 01:24:36,280
So whatever we heard that tonight, so I don't want to ignore that.

1213
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:47,280
So if someone wants to come back at our next meeting and says, Oh, turns out this how many kids we have and we can, we don't need them, we can put it in, you know, we can delete it later or not use it.

1214
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:52,280
I just aren't, I'm not comfortable having a board motion that crosses those out tonight.

1215
01:24:52,280 --> 01:24:57,280
Do you?

1216
01:24:57,280 --> 01:25:00,280
Thanks, Vice President.

1217
01:25:00,280 --> 01:25:05,280
I am concerned with safety.

1218
01:25:05,280 --> 01:25:10,280
I'm concerned with the safety of each and every one of our students.

1219
01:25:11,280 --> 01:25:12,280
Absolutely.

1220
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:14,280
We are all concerned about safety.

1221
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:21,280
Because of the last year of the year before, when the agenda matrix came forward, it was a concern.

1222
01:25:21,280 --> 01:25:29,280
And I actually look into the statistics.

1223
01:25:29,280 --> 01:25:30,280
Tia.

1224
01:25:31,280 --> 01:25:32,280
Yeah.

1225
01:25:32,280 --> 01:25:33,280
You're putting up.

1226
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:34,280
It's very hard to.

1227
01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:52,280
We should actually be putting more coaches into soccer and football, but safety is actually a concern for the administration, but that the administrators do their job.

1228
01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:53,280
Okay.

1229
01:25:53,280 --> 01:25:56,280
So we want to let the administrators do their job.

1230
01:25:56,280 --> 01:25:57,280
Okay.

1231
01:25:57,280 --> 01:26:02,280
So we do need some sort of motion to move forward here.

1232
01:26:02,280 --> 01:26:08,280
I'll move that we move the, the, the.

1233
01:26:08,280 --> 01:26:10,280
Patrick forward.

1234
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:12,280
As presented by myself.

1235
01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:15,280
Elmond Harris and the admin team.

1236
01:26:15,280 --> 01:26:20,280
And that's my motion.

1237
01:26:21,280 --> 01:26:24,280
Is that duty?

1238
01:26:24,280 --> 01:26:27,280
Is that, does that cover everything then?

1239
01:26:27,280 --> 01:26:32,280
To clarify, are you moving to approve the entirety of the agenda matrix?

1240
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:34,280
Well, that's, I want to get back to you.

1241
01:26:34,280 --> 01:26:35,280
I don't want to start Nick.

1242
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:41,280
You know, do we just do the fall sports in the matrix?

1243
01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:49,280
If the board feels that they need additional time for us to do some additional research and make some additional recommendations or remove.

1244
01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:56,280
We don't mind revisiting and bringing back the winter and spring version.

1245
01:26:56,280 --> 01:26:58,280
My priority is fall.

1246
01:26:58,280 --> 01:27:04,280
I don't want the board to rush into a decision over the entire matrix unless you're ready to.

1247
01:27:04,280 --> 01:27:10,280
You know, and a concern of that is, you know, what our student enrollment is going to look like in the fall and the interest in these sports.

1248
01:27:10,280 --> 01:27:18,280
I mean, it's granted we'll have X amount of kids in it because there's always, but you know, when you, you'll know, you have a better headline enrollment in the fall.

1249
01:27:18,280 --> 01:27:22,280
For spring and winter.

1250
01:27:22,280 --> 01:27:26,280
Plus you'll be able to do your sharpen your pencil, whatever you want to do.

1251
01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:33,280
So yes, okay, the motion then would be to approve the matrix for all fall sports as presented tonight.

1252
01:27:33,280 --> 01:27:35,280
Okay, I need a clarification.

1253
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:38,280
With the, with the matrix, not the fixed rate.

1254
01:27:38,280 --> 01:27:41,280
With the matrix, not the fixed rate.

1255
01:27:41,280 --> 01:27:42,280
Sorry.

1256
01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:43,280
Thank you.

1257
01:27:44,280 --> 01:27:49,280
Do we have a second?

1258
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:01,280
Okay, but we didn't get a second.

1259
01:28:01,280 --> 01:28:04,280
Somebody read that the motion.

1260
01:28:04,280 --> 01:28:07,280
So that I know what it is.

1261
01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:11,280
The motion would say your motion again, Tom.

1262
01:28:12,280 --> 01:28:15,280
Well, Donna, do you have it down?

1263
01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:30,280
What I captured was move approval of the addendum matrix for all fall sports on the 26, 27 school year.

1264
01:28:30,280 --> 01:28:34,280
Matrix as presented by the administrative team.

1265
01:28:35,280 --> 01:28:38,280
For the, the.

1266
01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:42,280
The matrix in its entirety and not only the fixed rate.

1267
01:28:42,280 --> 01:28:46,280
Correct.

1268
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:50,280
So there's a second.

1269
01:28:50,280 --> 01:28:52,280
Say again, Megan.

1270
01:28:52,280 --> 01:28:53,280
Sorry.

1271
01:28:53,280 --> 01:28:55,280
The timing on this is a little odd.

1272
01:28:55,280 --> 01:29:03,280
Before there's a second, I'm just wondering, Mr. Hankins, I agree with your motion to approve the fall position.

1273
01:29:03,280 --> 01:29:11,280
I know that there were many people who were very concerned about the freshman boys basketball position being maintained.

1274
01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:14,280
And I believe that falls into the category for winter.

1275
01:29:14,280 --> 01:29:20,280
Is that something that we'd like to roll into the motion since that's what we discussed yesterday?

1276
01:29:20,280 --> 01:29:23,280
The concern was more about football.

1277
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:24,280
Yeah.

1278
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:32,280
And if we start taking things out, it's going to be a long night and pinpoint different sports that not are in that are not in fall sports.

1279
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:34,280
According to this.

1280
01:29:34,280 --> 01:29:35,280
No, I understand.

1281
01:29:35,280 --> 01:29:40,280
I just want to say, like, what were the three positions that was girls.

1282
01:29:40,280 --> 01:29:44,280
Oh, I'm going to forget to tell us the girls, volleyball, the boys, soccer, and then the boys basketball.

1283
01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:47,280
So I just since those were the three ones together.

1284
01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:51,280
I just wanted to throw that in there before there was a second in case you wanted to consider making that part of the motion.

1285
01:29:51,280 --> 01:29:53,280
And if not, that's totally fine.

1286
01:29:53,280 --> 01:29:54,280
May I?

1287
01:29:54,280 --> 01:29:55,280
Yes.

1288
01:29:55,280 --> 01:29:56,280
Please.

1289
01:29:56,280 --> 01:30:07,280
So I already made that change board member Miller for the winter basketball boys to maintain the three teams.

1290
01:30:07,280 --> 01:30:13,280
And so that will be presented as is when we come back with the winter and spring.

1291
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:18,280
I don't know if that appeases and just keeping just a fall on the table for now.

1292
01:30:18,280 --> 01:30:20,280
I don't know if that's easier.

1293
01:30:21,280 --> 01:30:28,280
You know, that's totally fine. And I think we just want to also clarify before there's a second.

1294
01:30:28,280 --> 01:30:32,280
The difference between the salary matrix and that list of addendums.

1295
01:30:32,280 --> 01:30:41,280
So it sounds to me like this almond era is like it sounds to me like you have already done this great job revising these things.

1296
01:30:41,280 --> 01:30:46,280
And so maybe like we just want to reflect in the motion that we want to approve.

1297
01:30:46,280 --> 01:30:50,280
The fall for its matrix and list of addendums as presented.

1298
01:30:50,280 --> 01:30:52,280
Does that make sense.

1299
01:30:52,280 --> 01:30:57,280
As presented would have the fixed rate.

1300
01:30:57,280 --> 01:31:02,280
Then okay.

1301
01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:09,280
So should we make a motion then to approve the current matrix for the fall sports.

1302
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:12,280
And the list of addendums.

1303
01:31:13,280 --> 01:31:21,280
What like does that would does that encompass those changes or I guess I would love to hear from you and the administrative team.

1304
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:27,280
How you would like us to phrase that in a way that makes them based on what we discussed yesterday.

1305
01:31:27,280 --> 01:31:33,280
My recommendation would be to move approval of the fall athletic addendums.

1306
01:31:34,280 --> 01:31:39,280
Based on the tiered matrix and with the recommended reductions.

1307
01:31:51,280 --> 01:31:53,280
Okay, so that thank you so much.

1308
01:31:53,280 --> 01:32:00,280
I really appreciate that and I would be comfortable supporting that, but I just want to check back with Tom because it was his original motion.

1309
01:32:01,280 --> 01:32:06,280
Point of clarification when Bill has his hand up to.

1310
01:32:06,280 --> 01:32:11,280
So we will be reducing the football coaches from nine to seven.

1311
01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:15,280
Unless the motion excludes football.

1312
01:32:15,280 --> 01:32:18,280
Yes.

1313
01:32:18,280 --> 01:32:21,280
Point of clarification.

1314
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:28,280
What about the what about the stuff at the bottom all the clubs and chairs and activities.

1315
01:32:29,280 --> 01:32:31,280
We would.

1316
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:35,280
The board obviously wants to go to a.

1317
01:32:35,280 --> 01:32:39,280
Longevity matrix keep that in place.

1318
01:32:39,280 --> 01:32:41,280
We would approve all that as well.

1319
01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:43,280
I didn't hear.

1320
01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:49,280
Any big complaints about things are being crossed out.

1321
01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:51,280
Did I.

1322
01:32:51,280 --> 01:32:53,280
Did we.

1323
01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:55,280
No, I don't.

1324
01:32:56,280 --> 01:32:58,280
Again, I would.

1325
01:32:58,280 --> 01:33:01,280
And maybe maybe we need to toss this to Leah.

1326
01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:10,280
I would think we need to approve the addendum matrix with the positions that are on there, all of the positions that are on there.

1327
01:33:10,280 --> 01:33:21,280
And the administrative team would be the ones that are responsible for deciding which of these positions are filled within the constructs of the budget constraints.

1328
01:33:26,280 --> 01:33:27,280
Okay.

1329
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:28,280
So.

1330
01:33:28,280 --> 01:33:30,280
Can I make a motion?

1331
01:33:30,280 --> 01:33:32,280
I'm running the meeting.

1332
01:33:32,280 --> 01:33:34,280
Well, I think I have to withdraw my motion.

1333
01:33:34,280 --> 01:33:36,280
It was never seconded.

1334
01:33:36,280 --> 01:33:37,280
Right.

1335
01:33:37,280 --> 01:33:38,280
There's your motion.

1336
01:33:38,280 --> 01:33:39,280
I was never seconded.

1337
01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:42,280
So if you would like to make motion.

1338
01:33:42,280 --> 01:33:43,280
Okay.

1339
01:33:43,280 --> 01:33:47,280
So I would like to make a motion that the board approve the.

1340
01:33:47,280 --> 01:33:51,280
The matrix with the.

1341
01:33:51,280 --> 01:33:53,280
Salary differentiation.

1342
01:33:53,280 --> 01:33:55,280
I don't know how else to say it.

1343
01:33:55,280 --> 01:34:02,280
And for the entire matrix and the administration would be tasks with.

1344
01:34:02,280 --> 01:34:09,280
Providing the proper coaches and other positions within the budget constraints.

1345
01:34:10,280 --> 01:34:13,280
So that I understand when I take it back.

1346
01:34:13,280 --> 01:34:14,280
So the.

1347
01:34:14,280 --> 01:34:19,280
Addendum matrix as it existed for 2526 were keeping.

1348
01:34:19,280 --> 01:34:20,280
Correct.

1349
01:34:20,280 --> 01:34:21,280
No changes.

1350
01:34:21,280 --> 01:34:22,280
Okay.

1351
01:34:22,280 --> 01:34:23,280
That's easy.

1352
01:34:23,280 --> 01:34:24,280
Yeah.

1353
01:34:24,280 --> 01:34:26,280
But then you guys have to decide.

1354
01:34:26,280 --> 01:34:27,280
Okay.

1355
01:34:27,280 --> 01:34:28,280
Okay.

1356
01:34:28,280 --> 01:34:29,280
Okay.

1357
01:34:29,280 --> 01:34:30,280
That's easy.

1358
01:34:30,280 --> 01:34:31,280
Yeah.

1359
01:34:31,280 --> 01:34:33,280
But then you guys have to decide.

1360
01:34:33,280 --> 01:34:34,280
Okay.

1361
01:34:35,280 --> 01:34:36,280
Okay.

1362
01:34:36,280 --> 01:34:37,280
That's easy.

1363
01:34:37,280 --> 01:34:38,280
Yeah.

1364
01:34:38,280 --> 01:34:42,280
But then you guys have to decide which, which is appropriate within the budget constraints.

1365
01:34:42,280 --> 01:34:49,280
You have, you have an athletic budget and you don't dare go over.

1366
01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:58,280
But we haven't passed it yet either.

1367
01:34:59,280 --> 01:35:03,280
Vice President Fox, can you repeat the motion?

1368
01:35:03,280 --> 01:35:04,280
Can I?

1369
01:35:04,280 --> 01:35:08,280
I'm not sure I can.

1370
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:12,280
But with the board approved the.

1371
01:35:12,280 --> 01:35:16,280
The matrix as presented with the.

1372
01:35:16,280 --> 01:35:22,280
Now presented the matrix with the budget consideration, the yearly.

1373
01:35:22,280 --> 01:35:24,280
I don't know how to describe it.

1374
01:35:24,280 --> 01:35:26,280
The salary differentiation.

1375
01:35:26,280 --> 01:35:28,280
Thank you.

1376
01:35:28,280 --> 01:35:34,280
And we will leave it to the administration to decide which positions are necessary to fill.

1377
01:35:34,280 --> 01:35:42,280
And then they need to stay within their budget constraints.

1378
01:35:42,280 --> 01:35:44,280
So we're.

1379
01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:52,280
We're doing all sports and not just a fall.

1380
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:55,600
We have to trust our administration to do what we're asking them to do, which is to

1381
01:35:55,600 --> 01:36:03,680
stay within the budget that we gave them for the for the athletic department.

1382
01:36:03,680 --> 01:36:21,280
And we never talked about cutting any of these other positions ever.

1383
01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:23,280
Correct.

1384
01:36:23,280 --> 01:36:25,280
Our focus has been on sports.

1385
01:36:25,280 --> 01:36:26,280
Correct.

1386
01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:30,280
MEO was discussed briefly.

1387
01:36:30,280 --> 01:36:31,280
Yeah.

1388
01:36:31,280 --> 01:36:32,280
Okay.

1389
01:36:32,280 --> 01:36:36,280
Any, any further discussion?

1390
01:36:36,280 --> 01:36:39,280
All in favor say aye.

1391
01:36:39,280 --> 01:36:40,280
Aye.

1392
01:36:40,280 --> 01:36:41,280
Aye.

1393
01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:42,280
Aye.

1394
01:36:42,280 --> 01:36:43,280
Aye.

1395
01:36:43,280 --> 01:36:45,280
Motion carries.

1396
01:36:45,280 --> 01:36:46,280
Motion carries.

1397
01:36:46,280 --> 01:36:47,280
Yay.

1398
01:36:48,280 --> 01:36:50,280
Okay.

1399
01:36:50,280 --> 01:36:52,280
Back to you, Leah.

1400
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:54,280
We just bounced it back to you guys.

1401
01:36:54,280 --> 01:36:56,280
But you have a you have a matrix.

1402
01:36:56,280 --> 01:36:58,280
There we go.

1403
01:36:58,280 --> 01:36:59,280
Okay.

1404
01:36:59,280 --> 01:37:09,280
Next on the agenda is the policy 187 public participation at board meetings.

1405
01:37:09,280 --> 01:37:11,280
It's a first reading.

1406
01:37:11,280 --> 01:37:15,280
We did make a few changes.

1407
01:37:16,280 --> 01:37:28,280
To this policy, the main change is that we wanted to change the reading of all of the

1408
01:37:28,280 --> 01:37:33,280
emails that come on a particular topic.

1409
01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:35,280
And I'm trying to find that part.

1410
01:37:35,280 --> 01:37:44,280
But so basically we would keep that email open so that people can email through the public

1411
01:37:44,280 --> 01:37:45,280
comment.

1412
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:48,280
All of that would be forwarded to the board.

1413
01:37:48,280 --> 01:37:55,280
And the board secretary would summarize at the board meeting what emails were received,

1414
01:37:55,280 --> 01:37:58,280
what topics they were about.

1415
01:37:58,280 --> 01:38:05,280
And so and but all the board members would be able to read them and know what was said

1416
01:38:05,280 --> 01:38:06,280
in them.

1417
01:38:06,280 --> 01:38:08,280
And they would be received before the board meeting.

1418
01:38:08,280 --> 01:38:11,280
So that was the main change.

1419
01:38:12,280 --> 01:38:18,280
Any comments from my committee?

1420
01:38:18,280 --> 01:38:21,280
No, just thanks for the good discussion in the committee.

1421
01:38:21,280 --> 01:38:22,280
We talked about this.

1422
01:38:22,280 --> 01:38:29,280
And I think as a new board member, we've really been we really read those emails that come

1423
01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:30,280
in.

1424
01:38:30,280 --> 01:38:33,280
So that's the emails that come into the board and will come in through public comment or

1425
01:38:33,280 --> 01:38:34,280
come directly to us.

1426
01:38:34,280 --> 01:38:36,280
They do get read by board members.

1427
01:38:36,280 --> 01:38:40,280
And so I think it would be helpful if we were to help us formulate our opinion and listen

1428
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:41,280
to our constituents.

1429
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:42,280
So thank you and keep those coming.

1430
01:38:42,280 --> 01:38:45,280
They just won't be read out loud at the meeting.

1431
01:38:45,280 --> 01:38:47,280
Thank you.

1432
01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:50,280
If if this passes the board.

1433
01:38:50,280 --> 01:38:59,280
So yeah, my our understanding was that the emails being read was part of a COVID initiative

1434
01:38:59,280 --> 01:39:03,280
and that it's really no longer necessary.

1435
01:39:03,280 --> 01:39:05,280
So Tom, you had a question?

1436
01:39:06,280 --> 01:39:14,280
Just reading the three minute and yielding time in the when the original that person has

1437
01:39:14,280 --> 01:39:19,280
to be here and I don't know if that's clearly stated in the revised the green part.

1438
01:39:19,280 --> 01:39:26,280
If you're yielding tag from someone, I don't see that that the yielded person that presently

1439
01:39:26,280 --> 01:39:29,280
they have to be here to yield that time to it.

1440
01:39:29,280 --> 01:39:31,280
I don't know if that's captured.

1441
01:39:32,280 --> 01:39:35,280
And that's exactly why we do this first reading.

1442
01:39:35,280 --> 01:39:37,280
So yeah, thank you.

1443
01:39:37,280 --> 01:39:38,280
That's a good catch.

1444
01:39:43,280 --> 01:39:49,280
So you wanted to say that if they're yielding time, they need to be attending at the meeting?

1445
01:39:49,280 --> 01:39:55,280
Tom, the intent when we discussed this was that however each person must complete a public

1446
01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:56,280
comment card.

1447
01:39:56,280 --> 01:39:57,280
I see that.

1448
01:39:57,280 --> 01:39:58,280
And so that's really what that intent is.

1449
01:39:58,280 --> 01:40:04,280
But we can tighten that up when our committee to make it clear for a second reading.

1450
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:09,280
Any other comments?

1451
01:40:16,280 --> 01:40:17,280
Okay.

1452
01:40:17,280 --> 01:40:18,280
Help me with procedure.

1453
01:40:18,280 --> 01:40:24,280
Do we if it's a first reading, do we need a motion to move it to second reading or do we just move on?

1454
01:40:25,280 --> 01:40:30,280
My understanding is we do not need a motion and we take consideration.

1455
01:40:30,280 --> 01:40:33,280
It'll and it'll when it comes up next time.

1456
01:40:33,280 --> 01:40:36,280
Well, it'll go back to our committee and we can make a change.

1457
01:40:36,280 --> 01:40:37,280
You can go up for second reading.

1458
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:41,280
And then of course in people will be able to make their own public comments on it because

1459
01:40:41,280 --> 01:40:43,280
it would come up at a regular board meeting.

1460
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:44,280
Okay.

1461
01:40:45,280 --> 01:40:46,280
All right.

1462
01:40:46,280 --> 01:40:52,280
So then we move on to the next agenda item, which is the fund balance.

1463
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:55,280
I have to pull that one up.

1464
01:40:55,280 --> 01:40:58,280
We made some minor changes to that one as well.

1465
01:40:58,280 --> 01:41:01,280
Stephanie, would you mind?

1466
01:41:01,280 --> 01:41:21,280
Thank you.

1467
01:41:21,280 --> 01:41:24,280
So we did make some minor changes to the policy.

1468
01:41:24,280 --> 01:41:32,280
A few wording changes just to clarify what the actual definition of the fund balance should be.

1469
01:41:32,280 --> 01:41:39,280
And reducing the percentage required as recommended by our audit firm.

1470
01:41:43,280 --> 01:41:44,280
Right.

1471
01:41:44,280 --> 01:41:52,280
So we changed a range from 14 to 25 to 15.

1472
01:41:52,280 --> 01:41:56,280
And then we changed with a goal of at least 8%.

1473
01:41:56,280 --> 01:41:59,280
So those were the and then any amount.

1474
01:41:59,280 --> 01:42:05,280
There was a 14% any amount under 8% of the fund balance was another is another part.

1475
01:42:05,280 --> 01:42:07,280
We just sort of changed the percentages.

1476
01:42:07,280 --> 01:42:08,280
Yeah.

1477
01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:12,280
And the percentages don't have any effect on operations per se.

1478
01:42:12,280 --> 01:42:18,280
It does give the board a little bit more leeway in what kind of decisions you're going to make it year end.

1479
01:42:19,280 --> 01:42:24,280
And the goal of fund balance is to help prevent the need for short term borrowing.

1480
01:42:24,280 --> 01:42:31,280
No, the district does have a fairly low fund balance currently and has been doing some short term borrowing in the years that I've been here.

1481
01:42:31,280 --> 01:42:38,280
However, we have been reducing those short term borrowings as we've been going along as our percentage has been increasing slightly.

1482
01:42:38,280 --> 01:42:39,280
But we're right around that.

1483
01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:46,280
I think it's 9% right now, which has been pretty reasonable in my opinion.

1484
01:42:46,280 --> 01:42:52,280
And we are looking at getting a little bit better with our with our fund balance as our expenditures are going down.

1485
01:42:52,280 --> 01:42:57,280
That percentage will creep up because and we haven't made any changes to our fund balance.

1486
01:42:57,280 --> 01:43:01,280
We've made a slight change last year, but nothing says substantial.

1487
01:43:01,280 --> 01:43:04,280
Tom.

1488
01:43:04,280 --> 01:43:10,280
Yeah, I kind of push for this because I remember the last two years when the audit comes and.

1489
01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:17,280
I don't present her ding das or told us, you know, this is this is a policy or not keeping and she notices it.

1490
01:43:17,280 --> 01:43:22,280
So I thought it was prudent that we this is a quick, I mean, easy fix.

1491
01:43:22,280 --> 01:43:27,280
You know, it's just that 18% is almost unattainable at this point.

1492
01:43:27,280 --> 01:43:32,280
But so we get down to at least something that's attainable and reachable and we can stay there.

1493
01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:33,280
Thank you.

1494
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:38,280
And as long as did you check with our short term borrowings, if they're okay with that.

1495
01:43:38,280 --> 01:43:43,280
The fund or the policy itself by violating that policy.

1496
01:43:43,280 --> 01:43:44,280
Yeah.

1497
01:43:44,280 --> 01:43:45,280
You're right.

1498
01:43:45,280 --> 01:43:46,280
It does.

1499
01:43:46,280 --> 01:43:50,280
It looks negatively on us and we're violating the policy by not having our fund balance.

1500
01:43:50,280 --> 01:43:51,280
Correct.

1501
01:43:51,280 --> 01:43:52,280
That percentage.

1502
01:43:52,280 --> 01:43:55,280
So by lowering the policy that not we are would be meeting the policy.

1503
01:43:55,280 --> 01:43:57,280
It'll make us look a little better.

1504
01:43:57,280 --> 01:43:58,280
Okay.

1505
01:43:58,280 --> 01:43:59,280
Thank you.

1506
01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:00,280
Yes.

1507
01:44:00,280 --> 01:44:01,280
Okay.

1508
01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:07,280
So we can take that one to a second reading for the next.

1509
01:44:07,280 --> 01:44:08,280
Next time.

1510
01:44:08,280 --> 01:44:12,280
Up next is the consent agenda.

1511
01:44:12,280 --> 01:44:17,280
There's no separate discussion unless the board member requests an item to be removed.

1512
01:44:17,280 --> 01:44:22,280
Is there any items that need to be removed from the consent agenda before we proceed.

1513
01:44:22,280 --> 01:44:24,280
Tom.

1514
01:44:24,280 --> 01:44:25,280
Yes.

1515
01:44:25,280 --> 01:44:30,280
I would like to remove for discussion seven.

1516
01:44:30,280 --> 01:44:31,280
D.

1517
01:44:31,280 --> 01:44:33,280
D as in dog.

1518
01:44:33,280 --> 01:44:40,280
Any other items that need to be removed from the consent agenda?

1519
01:44:40,280 --> 01:44:41,280
Okay.

1520
01:44:41,280 --> 01:44:45,280
I need a motion for approval of the consent agenda.

1521
01:44:45,280 --> 01:44:46,280
So moved.

1522
01:44:46,280 --> 01:44:47,280
Second.

1523
01:44:47,280 --> 01:44:49,280
All in favor.

1524
01:44:49,280 --> 01:44:50,280
Aye.

1525
01:44:50,280 --> 01:44:51,280
Aye.

1526
01:44:51,280 --> 01:44:52,280
Aye.

1527
01:44:52,280 --> 01:44:53,280
Aye.

1528
01:44:53,280 --> 01:44:57,280
Any opposed?

1529
01:44:57,280 --> 01:44:59,280
Motion carries.

1530
01:44:59,280 --> 01:45:00,280
Motion carries.

1531
01:45:00,280 --> 01:45:01,280
Okay.

1532
01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:07,280
So then we move to item seven D purchase approval for Chromebooks and carts.

1533
01:45:07,280 --> 01:45:08,280
Tom.

1534
01:45:08,280 --> 01:45:10,280
Oh, yes.

1535
01:45:10,280 --> 01:45:17,200
You know, this discussion triggers a bigger discussion and before we get into buying Chromebooks

1536
01:45:17,200 --> 01:45:22,080
and we've we've all seen the report on how many Chromebooks are actually in the district.

1537
01:45:22,080 --> 01:45:29,240
And I know that our agreement with skyrocket is to have some and we I know we change policy

1538
01:45:29,240 --> 01:45:34,640
on taking some home before, you know, I think I just think it's a prelude into discussing

1539
01:45:34,640 --> 01:45:40,960
a longer discussion upon, you know, the use of, you know, screens versus reading a text.

1540
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:46,200
And I know it's a long discussion and everyone's, you hear it all over the country now.

1541
01:45:46,200 --> 01:45:51,880
It's, you know, getting away from the screens and I don't want to turn around and be negligent

1542
01:45:51,880 --> 01:45:57,280
of that and just say, okay, we're going to approve money that is very precious to us

1543
01:45:57,280 --> 01:45:59,440
and buy some of Chromebooks.

1544
01:45:59,440 --> 01:46:04,560
When the, you know, on the other hand, I know I administered an administration and Lee has

1545
01:46:04,560 --> 01:46:08,160
just said it, you know, about moving off of that.

1546
01:46:08,160 --> 01:46:13,560
So I just didn't, I just wanted to make a, I wanted to bring it to the board so it can

1547
01:46:13,560 --> 01:46:18,040
be a bigger discussion about it and that we could, you know, if we approve the purchase

1548
01:46:18,040 --> 01:46:25,280
of these Chromebooks with a caveat that, you know, we get a strategy involved on how to

1549
01:46:25,280 --> 01:46:29,760
proceed forward without buying more.

1550
01:46:29,760 --> 01:46:30,760
Thank you.

1551
01:46:30,760 --> 01:46:31,880
That's, you know, that's, that's my request.

1552
01:46:31,880 --> 01:46:36,280
I just wanted to bring it to the board and with, so there'd be much more discussion about

1553
01:46:36,280 --> 01:46:37,280
it.

1554
01:46:37,280 --> 01:46:41,280
Thank you.

1555
01:46:41,280 --> 01:46:43,280
Any other comments?

1556
01:46:43,280 --> 01:46:50,440
Just real quick, Tom, I appreciate you, you bring this up and I know you've been involved

1557
01:46:50,440 --> 01:46:54,400
in this conversation longer than Bill and I have been on the board.

1558
01:46:54,400 --> 01:46:59,600
So it's good to have context.

1559
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:04,840
And you know, I would love to hear Dr. Gordon's perspective on things and see where we can

1560
01:47:04,840 --> 01:47:05,840
be.

1561
01:47:05,840 --> 01:47:10,760
I do know that there's some, we heard at committee that there's some funding that could be used.

1562
01:47:10,760 --> 01:47:15,160
What's our, the federal funding that is sort of used to lose it, that we could use to

1563
01:47:15,160 --> 01:47:17,520
buy these windows echo away?

1564
01:47:17,520 --> 01:47:20,880
We definitely have that.

1565
01:47:20,880 --> 01:47:21,880
Sorry, Stephanie.

1566
01:47:21,880 --> 01:47:28,880
I should give you a microphone over there.

1567
01:47:28,880 --> 01:47:34,440
Yeah, we need to put a microphone over there.

1568
01:47:34,440 --> 01:47:40,760
So the funding is Title I funding and we haven't spent enough of our Title I funding

1569
01:47:40,760 --> 01:47:42,760
over the last couple of years.

1570
01:47:42,760 --> 01:47:49,720
And so the limit to spend those funds is September of 26th.

1571
01:47:49,720 --> 01:47:54,520
And at the college there's funding that we got that was like the dollars have to be

1572
01:47:54,520 --> 01:47:56,040
out the door.

1573
01:47:56,040 --> 01:48:02,120
I mean, so you have to have transferred the money to the vendor by, what was that that

1574
01:48:02,120 --> 01:48:03,120
you just gave up?

1575
01:48:03,120 --> 01:48:04,120
September 30th of 2020.

1576
01:48:04,120 --> 01:48:05,120
Okay.

1577
01:48:05,120 --> 01:48:13,760
So reasonably the board would have to, what's our real, real deadline on to buy these with

1578
01:48:13,760 --> 01:48:15,400
those funds, you think?

1579
01:48:15,400 --> 01:48:20,360
Well, the district went to RFP, so we did a request for proposals.

1580
01:48:20,360 --> 01:48:28,720
And I believe that the vendors are only keeping those quotes, yeah, open for 30 days.

1581
01:48:28,720 --> 01:48:35,000
So we're kind of stretching the limit here with when we can keep them accountable for

1582
01:48:35,000 --> 01:48:37,680
the dollar or for the prices that they've given us.

1583
01:48:37,680 --> 01:48:43,040
So as we're talking about the Chromebook purchases too, I want to remind the board that, yes,

1584
01:48:43,040 --> 01:48:47,040
the district has a little over 8,000 Chromebooks on hand.

1585
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:54,960
However, 7,217 of those Chromebooks were purchased in 2021.

1586
01:48:54,960 --> 01:49:00,880
And I don't know how long you guys keep your computers at home, but a Chromebook that's

1587
01:49:00,880 --> 01:49:03,880
six years old is six years old.

1588
01:49:03,880 --> 01:49:09,120
They're out of warranty and they are breaking down.

1589
01:49:09,120 --> 01:49:11,920
And how much was that we purchasing here again?

1590
01:49:11,920 --> 01:49:13,920
I believe it's 720.

1591
01:49:13,920 --> 01:49:18,600
All right, thank you.

1592
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:20,600
Any other discussion?

1593
01:49:20,600 --> 01:49:21,600
Yeah.

1594
01:49:21,600 --> 01:49:29,440
I would like administration's input into this balancing act we're doing with buying them

1595
01:49:29,440 --> 01:49:32,000
and then moving off of them.

1596
01:49:32,000 --> 01:49:34,320
720 sounds like a lot.

1597
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:38,880
And I hear what you're saying, Stephanie, and I appreciate the input.

1598
01:49:38,880 --> 01:49:42,880
Do you remember the cost, remember back we had it open and we were going to buy them

1599
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:47,000
when Wayne Dr. Anderson was here and we had, because they were prices were going up in

1600
01:49:47,000 --> 01:49:48,000
the window.

1601
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:49,520
Do you remember what the prices were at that time?

1602
01:49:49,520 --> 01:49:54,400
I don't have that in front of me, but I do want to make a comment about that because

1603
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:55,400
yep.

1604
01:49:55,400 --> 01:50:00,840
So we had looked at where we came in with the prices for this go around with the RFPs and

1605
01:50:00,840 --> 01:50:04,600
the prices I think are just a little bit higher than they were before.

1606
01:50:04,600 --> 01:50:08,720
However, the item that we're buying is of less quality.

1607
01:50:08,720 --> 01:50:14,080
It's a different manufacturer of the Chromebooks this time around too.

1608
01:50:14,080 --> 01:50:19,360
So every time you look at Chromebooks, you know, you've got many different manufacturers

1609
01:50:19,360 --> 01:50:20,360
of them.

1610
01:50:20,360 --> 01:50:27,560
So the make up of them is different, so the price is very quite a bit.

1611
01:50:27,560 --> 01:50:32,720
But the specs of these Chromebooks are very similar to the Chromebooks from before, but

1612
01:50:32,720 --> 01:50:38,080
they are different manufacturers, so they're a little bit more but not much.

1613
01:50:38,080 --> 01:50:43,400
Well just my comment as I've stated all along, I think it's a bigger discussion and I don't

1614
01:50:43,400 --> 01:50:44,400
know.

1615
01:50:44,400 --> 01:50:52,120
I mean I want to hear from Dr. Gordon and Ryan also, the input on this balancing act

1616
01:50:52,120 --> 01:50:58,400
we're trying to do and if we have a month and we could do it in August, can we use that

1617
01:50:58,400 --> 01:51:06,720
month to at least get a strategy, you know, you know, that doesn't have to be a specific

1618
01:51:06,720 --> 01:51:09,880
strategy like this is where we're going, blah, blah, blah.

1619
01:51:09,880 --> 01:51:18,200
But if we buy 750 Chromebooks, where are they going, and how are we going to ease into, and

1620
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:22,480
how are we going to ease into texts, I mean, what's the plan?

1621
01:51:22,480 --> 01:51:27,720
We're all saying it, but nobody has a game plan and before we go out and buy 750 times

1622
01:51:27,720 --> 01:51:33,440
probably close to 500 between 350 and 500, if I remember my numbers right before, I mean

1623
01:51:33,440 --> 01:51:39,360
that's a lot of dough and I just, you know, I'm not criticizing anything, I'm just thinking

1624
01:51:39,360 --> 01:51:46,920
it needs further discussion amongst admin and debauf team or, you know, the board and

1625
01:51:46,920 --> 01:51:51,880
we could bring it back in August in the committee and then move it forward in the middle of

1626
01:51:51,880 --> 01:51:55,640
August for purchase, if that's the way it's going to go.

1627
01:51:55,640 --> 01:51:58,320
That's my recommendation.

1628
01:51:58,320 --> 01:52:00,280
If I could just jump in here before that.

1629
01:52:00,280 --> 01:52:05,560
When I'm talking the timeline for the month, we started this process way back in June to

1630
01:52:05,560 --> 01:52:11,160
bring to the board in July so that we could have that month from June until the mid-July

1631
01:52:11,160 --> 01:52:15,160
board meeting to make those decisions.

1632
01:52:15,160 --> 01:52:18,920
I would hope that we'll have to go back to the manufacturers if we don't decide to purchase

1633
01:52:18,920 --> 01:52:23,320
these tonight and ask them to keep those prices.

1634
01:52:24,320 --> 01:52:32,720
Here's my, we actually kind of talked about that, the technology when we had the referendum

1635
01:52:32,720 --> 01:52:40,760
discussion last night and it's going to take some work and some challenges and some figuring

1636
01:52:40,760 --> 01:52:45,200
things out to move back to regular curriculum.

1637
01:52:45,200 --> 01:52:48,320
We're starting with the little kids but I don't know that these Chromebooks are really

1638
01:52:48,320 --> 01:52:55,520
intended much for the, you know, for the really little kids anyway and we need them.

1639
01:52:55,520 --> 01:52:58,120
We need them for the sky rocket which we approved.

1640
01:52:58,120 --> 01:53:04,920
We need them for assessments which the state mandates so, you know, whether we put it off

1641
01:53:04,920 --> 01:53:08,580
another month or not, we're going to need to buy them so I don't know why we wouldn't

1642
01:53:08,580 --> 01:53:16,240
just buy them now because we're not going to be able to wean totally off technology

1643
01:53:16,280 --> 01:53:21,920
probably ever but we do need to sit down and have a really strong conversation about

1644
01:53:21,920 --> 01:53:26,040
where we want to use the technology and how we want to use it and I know Dr. Gordon is

1645
01:53:26,040 --> 01:53:34,040
already working hard on trying to get us to that kind of discussion but that's also

1646
01:53:34,040 --> 01:53:40,360
going to take money to replace the things that, you know, we no longer have like curriculum

1647
01:53:40,360 --> 01:53:46,200
textbooks and things like that so until we can do that we still are going to need these

1648
01:53:46,200 --> 01:53:50,200
Chromebooks so I think we should move forward.

1649
01:53:50,200 --> 01:53:51,200
Bill?

1650
01:53:51,200 --> 01:54:00,840
It's eight o'clock, I guess we have to have a motion to extend the meeting, thanks Bill.

1651
01:54:00,840 --> 01:54:04,720
So I need a motion to extend the meeting.

1652
01:54:04,720 --> 01:54:09,760
I moved away to send the meeting by 30 minutes.

1653
01:54:09,760 --> 01:54:11,760
Hopefully we've done it.

1654
01:54:11,760 --> 01:54:12,760
Bill seconded.

1655
01:54:12,760 --> 01:54:13,760
Okay, and Bill seconded.

1656
01:54:13,760 --> 01:54:15,760
Okay, all in favor say aye.

1657
01:54:15,760 --> 01:54:16,760
Aye.

1658
01:54:16,760 --> 01:54:17,760
Aye.

1659
01:54:17,760 --> 01:54:18,760
Aye.

1660
01:54:18,760 --> 01:54:19,760
Aye.

1661
01:54:19,760 --> 01:54:20,760
Aye.

1662
01:54:20,760 --> 01:54:21,760
Aye.

1663
01:54:21,760 --> 01:54:22,760
Okay, go ahead.

1664
01:54:22,760 --> 01:54:28,120
Just to clarify my position, I am not.

1665
01:54:28,120 --> 01:54:32,820
I just wanted to have that discussion and that's when we talked about it in the beginning

1666
01:54:32,820 --> 01:54:33,820
of the month.

1667
01:54:33,820 --> 01:54:39,440
The caveat was that we'll go to further discussion, you know, whether we buy, you know, buying

1668
01:54:39,440 --> 01:54:45,200
the Chromebooks is one thing but with the caveat in there that we got to decide are

1669
01:54:45,200 --> 01:54:52,200
we going to lean ourselves off, how timelines, monies, how do we budget for that?

1670
01:54:52,200 --> 01:54:56,660
You know, I just, we need a strategy and this is, you know, it's kind of away from this

1671
01:54:56,660 --> 01:55:01,960
but to me this was my, the end to talk about it and make sure that we put ourselves on

1672
01:55:01,960 --> 01:55:08,040
a path, meaning admin with us if there's a strategy involved with it.

1673
01:55:08,040 --> 01:55:13,760
So thank you, I support it, so.

1674
01:55:14,120 --> 01:55:21,440
Okay, I need, I need a motion to, for the Chromebooks then, a motion to approve the purchase of

1675
01:55:21,440 --> 01:55:22,440
the Chromebooks.

1676
01:55:22,440 --> 01:55:23,440
So moved.

1677
01:55:23,440 --> 01:55:24,440
Second.

1678
01:55:24,440 --> 01:55:26,440
All in favor?

1679
01:55:26,440 --> 01:55:27,440
Aye.

1680
01:55:27,440 --> 01:55:28,440
Aye.

1681
01:55:28,440 --> 01:55:29,440
Aye.

1682
01:55:29,440 --> 01:55:30,440
Aye.

1683
01:55:30,440 --> 01:55:31,440
Aye.

1684
01:55:31,440 --> 01:55:32,440
Aye.

1685
01:55:32,440 --> 01:55:33,440
Aye.

1686
01:55:33,440 --> 01:55:34,440
Motion carried.

1687
01:55:34,440 --> 01:55:37,800
All right, so.

1688
01:55:37,800 --> 01:55:44,200
Now we're moving on to human resources, employment recommendations.

1689
01:55:44,200 --> 01:55:49,600
Motion may be made in a vote taken to move the Board of Education to closed session.

1690
01:55:49,600 --> 01:55:54,720
If there is a need for that, does anybody have any closed session questions on this?

1691
01:55:54,720 --> 01:55:57,560
Closed.

1692
01:55:57,560 --> 01:56:01,160
Does anybody have any open question sessions?

1693
01:56:01,160 --> 01:56:02,160
Questions?

1694
01:56:02,160 --> 01:56:03,160
Tom?

1695
01:56:03,160 --> 01:56:04,160
Yeah, I'm just wondering.

1696
01:56:04,160 --> 01:56:05,160
I mean, it's been a while since this has been posted.

1697
01:56:05,160 --> 01:56:07,960
We looked at this two weeks ago and I know it's prime time.

1698
01:56:07,960 --> 01:56:12,040
Are there any, many changes in this deletions to this one?

1699
01:56:12,040 --> 01:56:19,560
I mean, people, you thought you might get and then, I'm sorry, deed is right there.

1700
01:56:19,560 --> 01:56:26,880
I'm hoping everybody's, the addition stayed.

1701
01:56:26,880 --> 01:56:34,080
So with our new cadence, the only thing we've made as far as revisions or any errors in spelling

1702
01:56:34,080 --> 01:56:41,560
or position titles, but we're not throwing surprises your way without at least letting

1703
01:56:41,560 --> 01:56:42,560
you know.

1704
01:56:42,560 --> 01:56:48,680
So anyone that we have hired since we last presented is on the next exhibit for the committee

1705
01:56:48,680 --> 01:56:50,960
level meeting.

1706
01:56:50,960 --> 01:56:51,960
So no surprises.

1707
01:56:51,960 --> 01:56:58,800
Oh, I was just hoping that nobody backed out that's on the list of hires.

1708
01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:01,320
Oh, no, hopefully not.

1709
01:57:01,320 --> 01:57:02,800
That was my question.

1710
01:57:02,800 --> 01:57:03,800
Thank you.

1711
01:57:03,800 --> 01:57:04,800
Okay.

1712
01:57:04,800 --> 01:57:08,960
I need a motion to approve exhibit A.

1713
01:57:08,960 --> 01:57:10,120
So moved.

1714
01:57:10,120 --> 01:57:11,600
Second.

1715
01:57:11,600 --> 01:57:14,520
All in favor?

1716
01:57:14,520 --> 01:57:15,520
Aye.

1717
01:57:15,520 --> 01:57:16,520
Aye.

1718
01:57:16,520 --> 01:57:17,520
Aye.

1719
01:57:17,520 --> 01:57:18,520
Aye.

1720
01:57:18,520 --> 01:57:19,520
Okay.

1721
01:57:19,520 --> 01:57:25,800
Too bad we just went on just a little quicker.

1722
01:57:25,800 --> 01:57:30,160
I need a motion to adjourn.

1723
01:57:30,160 --> 01:57:31,160
So moved.

1724
01:57:31,160 --> 01:57:32,160
Second.

1725
01:57:33,160 --> 01:57:34,160
Second.

1726
01:57:34,160 --> 01:57:36,880
All in favor?

1727
01:57:36,880 --> 01:57:37,880
Aye.

1728
01:57:37,880 --> 01:57:38,880
Aye.

1729
01:57:38,880 --> 01:57:39,880
Aye.

1730
01:57:39,880 --> 01:57:40,880
All in favor?

1731
01:57:40,880 --> 01:57:41,880
Aye.

1732
01:57:41,880 --> 01:57:42,880
Aye.

1733
01:57:42,880 --> 01:57:43,880
Aye.

1734
01:57:43,880 --> 01:57:44,880
Well, we need to do it all through.

1735
01:57:44,880 --> 01:57:45,880
Thank you everybody.

1736
01:57:45,880 --> 01:57:46,880
The meeting is adjourned.

1737
01:57:46,880 --> 01:57:47,880
803.

1738
01:57:47,880 --> 01:57:48,880
Yay.

1739
01:57:48,880 --> 01:57:49,880
Thank you.

1740
01:57:49,880 --> 01:57:50,880
Great job.

1741
01:57:50,880 --> 01:57:50,920
Have a great night.