WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 You 00:30.000 --> 00:59.960 Good evening, it is six o'clock, I am calling to order the regular board meeting. 00:59.960 --> 01:04.960 Of Tuesday, August 18th, Mrs. Schope, may we have a roll call, please. 01:04.960 --> 01:06.960 Yes. 01:06.960 --> 01:08.960 Carol Fox. 01:08.960 --> 01:09.960 Here. 01:09.960 --> 01:11.960 Tom Hankins. 01:11.960 --> 01:13.960 Here. 01:13.960 --> 01:15.960 Bill Johnson. 01:15.960 --> 01:16.960 Here. 01:16.960 --> 01:19.960 Meghan Miller. 01:19.960 --> 01:21.960 Present. 01:21.960 --> 01:23.960 Joanne Ruhl. 01:23.960 --> 01:25.960 Here. 01:25.960 --> 01:26.960 Ann Schuch. 01:26.960 --> 01:27.960 Here. 01:27.960 --> 01:30.960 And Tia Johnson. 01:30.960 --> 01:31.960 Here. 01:31.960 --> 01:33.960 All members are present. 01:33.960 --> 01:35.960 Thank you. 01:35.960 --> 01:56.960 Can I get an approval of the agenda and I am requesting with this that we move item six K as in kayak to six A and move everything else just down. And the reason for that is this is we have a guest that is in person tonight and rather than keeping people waiting. 01:56.960 --> 02:01.960 People waiting, then we can have that person beat early on. 02:01.960 --> 02:02.960 Second. 02:02.960 --> 02:04.960 Is that emotional? 02:04.960 --> 02:05.960 I'll move that. 02:05.960 --> 02:06.960 Sure. 02:06.960 --> 02:07.960 I'll move. 02:07.960 --> 02:08.960 I'll second. 02:08.960 --> 02:12.960 Motion by Megan Miller, seconded by Tom Hankins. 02:12.960 --> 02:14.960 Mrs. Schope, did you get that? 02:14.960 --> 02:18.960 I just need to know where you were moving it to. 02:18.960 --> 02:23.960 We're moving it to the top of the board action discussion items. 02:24.960 --> 02:25.960 Okay. 02:25.960 --> 02:26.960 Should letter A. 02:26.960 --> 02:27.960 Okay. 02:27.960 --> 02:28.960 Thank you. 02:28.960 --> 02:30.960 Any other questions or comments? 02:30.960 --> 02:31.960 All in favor? 02:31.960 --> 02:32.960 Aye. 02:32.960 --> 02:33.960 Aye. 02:33.960 --> 02:34.960 Aye. 02:34.960 --> 02:35.960 Aye. 02:35.960 --> 02:36.960 Any opposed? 02:36.960 --> 02:38.960 Motion carries unanimously. 02:38.960 --> 02:44.960 Would anyone like to lead us tonight in the Pledge of Allegiance? 02:44.960 --> 02:47.960 Oh, Dan, please. 02:48.960 --> 02:50.960 Board Member Schoof. 02:50.960 --> 02:58.960 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for 02:58.960 --> 03:09.960 which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 03:09.960 --> 03:16.960 Thank you, Mr. Schoof. 03:17.960 --> 03:23.960 Good evening and thank you for joining us tonight and for your continued interest in 03:23.960 --> 03:26.960 and support of the school district of Bloy. 03:26.960 --> 03:31.960 Since our last regular board meeting on July 21st, the board and administration have been 03:31.960 --> 03:36.960 busy preparing for the rapidly approaching start of the school year. 03:36.960 --> 03:41.960 Board members continue to participate in district and community activities and remain 03:41.960 --> 03:45.960 engaged in planning for the future of our district. 03:46.960 --> 03:51.960 The board was invited to attend the graduation ceremony for the Bloy Memorial Summer School. 03:51.960 --> 03:56.960 This year, five students completed their requirements and graduated. 03:56.960 --> 04:01.960 It was wonderful to see their families and district staff come together to celebrate this 04:01.960 --> 04:03.960 important achievement. 04:03.960 --> 04:10.960 We congratulate these students and wish them every success as they take their next steps. 04:10.960 --> 04:16.960 Board members were also invited to attend the second Harvest Food Bank Roundtable held 04:16.960 --> 04:19.960 last Thursday at the Bloy Public Library. 04:19.960 --> 04:24.960 Vice President Fox and I attended the meeting where several local and regional food service 04:24.960 --> 04:31.960 organizations discussed ways to improve the process and efficiency of getting food from 04:31.960 --> 04:34.960 organizations to the people who need it. 04:34.960 --> 04:39.960 It is heartening to see so many individuals and organizations working together to support 04:39.960 --> 04:44.960 the health and well-being of our neighbors and especially our students. 04:44.960 --> 04:49.960 The school district of Bloy provides breakfast and lunch to all students. 04:49.960 --> 04:54.960 However, we recognize that some of our students and families may need additional support with 04:54.960 --> 05:00.960 food during weekends, holidays and other times when meals are not available. 05:00.960 --> 05:05.960 The Board of Education is grateful to the many community partners who are working to help 05:05.960 --> 05:12.960 meet this need and strengthen the support network available to our families. 05:12.960 --> 05:18.960 The Board also has been meeting every Monday primarily to discuss a potential referendum 05:18.960 --> 05:21.960 and long-range planning for the district. 05:21.960 --> 05:26.960 These conversations are important as we consider both our immediate financial challenges 05:26.960 --> 05:31.960 and the long-term sustainability of the school district of Bloy. 05:31.960 --> 05:37.960 Yesterday the governance committee met and discussed several items including the current 05:37.960 --> 05:44.960 Board meeting cadence, superintendent evaluation tools and the timeline for establishing district 05:44.960 --> 05:45.960 goals. 05:45.960 --> 05:52.960 The committee also discussed a proposal to add two positions to policy 143, official board 05:52.960 --> 05:53.960 representatives. 05:53.960 --> 06:00.960 The positions being a City of Bloy governmental representative and a Rock County government 06:00.960 --> 06:01.960 representative. 06:01.960 --> 06:07.960 The intent of these positions would be to help the Board stay informed about current issues 06:07.960 --> 06:12.960 and proposed actions that could affect the school district while also creating opportunities 06:12.960 --> 06:14.960 for collaboration and partnerships. 06:14.960 --> 06:20.960 These representatives would not serve on the City Council or the Rock County Board of Supervisors. 06:20.960 --> 06:26.960 Rather, they would serve as liaisons between the Board of Education and those governmental 06:26.960 --> 06:32.960 communities helping strengthen communication and coordination between our organizations. 06:32.960 --> 06:37.960 Finally, Board members are invited to attend the Wisconsin Association of School Boards 06:37.960 --> 06:39.960 Fall Regional Meeting. 06:39.960 --> 06:44.960 Our region, region 13, will meet on Tuesday, October 27th. 06:44.960 --> 06:51.960 There is also an optional pre-meeting workshop, Wisconsin's Open Meeting Laws, Understanding 06:51.960 --> 06:53.960 and Navigating Closed Session. 06:53.960 --> 06:58.960 This should be a valuable opportunity for Board members to strengthen our understanding 06:58.960 --> 07:03.960 and our responsibilities under Wisconsin's Open Meetings Laws. 07:03.960 --> 07:08.960 As we approach the start of another school year, I appreciate the continued work of our 07:08.960 --> 07:13.960 Board, our administrators, staff, families and community partners. 07:13.960 --> 07:19.960 Together, we are making steady progress and continuing to build momentum for our students 07:19.960 --> 07:21.960 and our community. 07:21.960 --> 07:23.960 That concludes my report. 07:23.960 --> 07:25.960 Thank you. 07:25.960 --> 07:31.960 Next, we have upcoming events and announcements, Board Clerk Miller. 07:31.960 --> 07:32.960 Thank you so much. 07:32.960 --> 07:33.960 Good evening. 07:33.960 --> 07:38.960 So these are the announcements for Tuesday, August 18th on August 21st. 07:38.960 --> 07:43.960 Jacobson Field will be officially renamed Jacobson Field at Heineke Stadium. 07:43.960 --> 07:47.960 This dedication is in honor of Bloitte Memorial High School's legendary head football coach, 07:47.960 --> 07:52.960 John Heineke, and will take place at halftime of Bloitte's non-conference season opener 07:52.960 --> 07:53.960 this Friday. 07:53.960 --> 07:59.960 There is also a back-to-school tailgate from 4 to 6 p.m., and kickoff is at 7 p.m. 07:59.960 --> 08:09.960 The 2026-2027 school year will begin on September 1st, 4 grades 4k, kindergarten, 6 and 9, 08:09.960 --> 08:12.960 and on September 2nd for all other grades. 08:12.960 --> 08:17.960 The reason for this is so the kids have a day to get acclimated, just FYI. 08:17.960 --> 08:20.960 All students must be registered before they start. 08:20.960 --> 08:24.960 Registration is now available through Skyward Family Access. 08:24.960 --> 08:30.960 Any parent needing assistance may contact the attending school or call the Central Enrollment Office 08:30.960 --> 08:37.960 at 608-361-4171. 08:37.960 --> 08:41.960 It says we are excited to announce that Bloitte Memorial High School 08:41.960 --> 08:45.960 and the Southern Lakes Conference will have partnered with Bound, 08:45.960 --> 08:49.960 a comprehensive athletic activities and facilities management platform 08:49.960 --> 08:54.960 that will serve as your one-stop resource for everything athletics. 08:54.960 --> 08:59.960 There is a hyperlinked thingy attached, which I believe is uploaded to board docs, 08:59.960 --> 09:02.960 so you can click on it, but I can't click on it while I'm talking. 09:02.960 --> 09:07.960 The district website serves as a resource for all other areas, so you can visit us at our website. 09:07.960 --> 09:12.960 The meetings that are coming up and being held here at the Colac Education Center include 09:12.960 --> 09:14.960 Monday, August 31st. 09:14.960 --> 09:18.960 There's a policy meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 1st. 09:18.960 --> 09:23.960 There is a Business Operations Finance and HR meeting at 5 p.m. 09:23.960 --> 09:28.960 And the Teaching Learning Equity and People Services Committee meeting is scheduled to start at 5.30 09:28.960 --> 09:32.960 or immediately following the 5 p.m. meeting, whichever is later. 09:32.960 --> 09:37.960 Lastly, Tuesday, September 15th will be our next regular board meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m., 09:37.960 --> 09:40.960 and this concludes the announcements for tonight. 09:40.960 --> 09:43.960 Thank you, Board Clerk Miller. 09:43.960 --> 09:45.960 Next, we have recognitions. 09:45.960 --> 09:52.960 Tonight, we are honored to have Community Action Incorporated here to receive a recognition. 09:52.960 --> 10:00.960 The purpose of recognitions are to recognize and honor staff, students, community members, 10:00.960 --> 10:04.960 and partners for their outstanding achievement goals or service. 10:04.960 --> 10:12.960 Tonight, we would like to thank Community Action for being a great partner in the annual Community Health Fair at Bloyant Memorial High School. 10:12.960 --> 10:19.960 This year, unfortunately, I was out of town, so I was not able to attend, so I'm going to turn this over to Superintendent Dr. Gordon 10:19.960 --> 10:25.960 to share with us her experience and the recognition. 10:29.960 --> 10:36.960 All right, tonight, we are proud to recognize Lexi Tintleman and the Community Action Group as a whole. 10:36.960 --> 10:42.960 They put on an amazing health fair for us this year in partnership with the School District of Bloyant. 10:42.960 --> 10:44.960 I think this was our fourth year, right? 10:44.960 --> 10:46.960 And I think it was the best year yet. 10:46.960 --> 10:53.960 It was so organized, well attended, even though it was pouring rain for the majority of the morning, people stood out in line. 10:53.960 --> 10:54.960 It was huge. 10:54.960 --> 10:57.960 So many fun activities for our families. 10:57.960 --> 11:00.960 Just, it was a great morning for everybody. 11:00.960 --> 11:03.960 We had, like, backpacks were amazing. 11:03.960 --> 11:06.960 Kids were waiting for the bounce house. 11:06.960 --> 11:07.960 Free haircuts. 11:07.960 --> 11:13.960 It was just, it was a truly amazing event, so I appreciate all of the work that you put into that. 11:13.960 --> 11:15.960 Our school board appreciates that. 11:15.960 --> 11:24.960 Our school district appreciates that, and it's just such a great partnership that we have with you, and we truly appreciate the collaborative effort in working with you and your organization. 11:24.960 --> 11:29.960 And we look forward to continuing that partnership with you, so thank you so much. 11:29.960 --> 11:39.960 Thank you very much. 11:39.960 --> 11:46.960 This gentleman, there's a microphone there if you would like to say anything. 11:46.960 --> 11:54.960 We'd love to hear from you as well. 11:54.960 --> 11:57.960 Thank you for attending. 11:57.960 --> 11:59.960 Good evening, everybody. 11:59.960 --> 12:01.960 Thank you so much for this recognition. 12:01.960 --> 12:04.960 I would like to highlight that I also have Andrew Gohner with me. 12:04.960 --> 12:11.960 He has been a rock star, ensuring that everything runs smoothly, so I deeply appreciate him and all of our committee members. 12:11.960 --> 12:19.960 On behalf of the entire Back to School Community Health Fair Committee, I just wanted to say my sincere thank you for this recognition tonight. 12:19.960 --> 12:26.960 It is truly an honor, and I'm grateful to accept on behalf of the organizations, volunteers, businesses, foundations, community members, 12:26.960 --> 12:29.960 and the partners who helped to make the event possible. 12:29.960 --> 12:33.960 This Back to School Community Health Fair was created with a simple goal. 12:33.960 --> 12:40.960 It's to ensure that families can begin the school year with their resources, support, and the confidence that they need to succeed. 12:40.960 --> 12:47.960 Thanks to the incredible community-wide effort, we were able to provide the event for completely free to the families in need. 12:48.960 --> 12:57.960 This year's event exceeded expectations, so we did distribute just under a thousand backpacks filled with school supplies to students preparing for the new school year. 12:57.960 --> 13:05.960 Nearly 30 vendors also joined us to share valuable education, health, and community resources to families. 13:05.960 --> 13:12.960 Local officials, including the Deloitte City Manager, State Senator Mark Spritzer, and State Representative Clinton Anderson, 13:12.960 --> 13:14.960 attended to show their support. 13:14.960 --> 13:20.960 In addition to the school supplies, we were proud to provide direct services to improve those barriers to children. 13:20.960 --> 13:26.960 We received more, we gave out more than 70 haircuts to children and families that day. 13:26.960 --> 13:31.960 We also provided important health services, including dental, vision, and mental health screenings. 13:31.960 --> 13:36.960 The day also featured food, games, and friendly activities with live performances. 13:37.960 --> 13:42.960 One of the most encouraging outcomes was seeing that families across all regions participated. 13:42.960 --> 13:46.960 So I did want to highlight while many attendees were from the school district of Beloitte. 13:46.960 --> 13:56.960 We also welcomed participants from Janesville, Whitewater, Clinton, South Beloitte, or Fredville, Rockford, Rockton, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Lincoln Academy, 13:56.960 --> 13:59.960 Rising Phoenix, and several other communities. 13:59.960 --> 14:03.960 So it's not just Beloitte-wide, we are helping several other communities within our region every year. 14:04.960 --> 14:10.960 And we've succeeded and grown so over the year we track this data, and we are excited to always share that we have more every year. 14:10.960 --> 14:17.960 This level of participation demonstrates both the need of these services and the power of the community collaboration that is shown each year. 14:17.960 --> 14:24.960 Events like these are important, and they all happen because of organizations willing to work together for a common goal. 14:24.960 --> 14:30.960 I guess at about 30 organizations we're in attendance this year, and I would just like to extend a special thank you to the school district 14:30.960 --> 14:34.960 for their continued partnership and support for every year. 14:34.960 --> 14:39.960 The commitment goes for way far beyond just the classroom and your willingness to collaborate with us, 14:39.960 --> 14:43.960 so making sure that we can strengthen the community efforts. 14:43.960 --> 14:51.960 With that being said, thank you again for this recognition partnership, and thank you for the wonderful time of being here tonight. 14:51.960 --> 14:52.960 Thank you. 14:53.960 --> 14:58.960 Thank you so much. 14:58.960 --> 15:05.960 We so appreciate working with the community action and all of the good things that they are doing. 15:05.960 --> 15:08.960 Apparently not just for us, but for people in Green Bay. 15:08.960 --> 15:10.960 That's awesome. 15:10.960 --> 15:11.960 Thank you. 15:15.960 --> 15:18.960 Next up we have public comment. 15:18.960 --> 15:21.960 Are there any public comments tonight? 15:22.960 --> 15:28.960 Okay, and do you know if we have any online public comments? 15:28.960 --> 15:30.960 There were no e-mails. 15:30.960 --> 15:31.960 Okay. 15:31.960 --> 15:33.960 Short, sweet. 15:33.960 --> 15:34.960 Good evening. 15:34.960 --> 15:35.960 Oh. 15:35.960 --> 15:36.960 Are you the public comment? 15:36.960 --> 15:37.960 I am. 15:37.960 --> 15:38.960 Oh, okay. 15:38.960 --> 15:39.960 I need to read this before you. 15:39.960 --> 15:40.960 Oh, okay. 15:40.960 --> 15:41.960 Just jump. 15:41.960 --> 15:45.960 Members of the public are welcome to attend all open meetings of the Board of Education. 15:46.960 --> 15:53.960 Individuals attending board meetings are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful and courteous manner that models appropriate behavior for our students. 15:53.960 --> 16:02.960 Individuals wishing to comment are expected to comply with the norms found on the back of your comment cards and in board policy 187 public participation at board meetings. 16:02.960 --> 16:13.960 We ask that each of you contribute to maintaining a respectful and orderly meeting and prevent discussing confidential matters in a public forum by following these norms for public comments during board meetings. 16:14.960 --> 16:16.960 Thank you for your participation and courtesy. 16:16.960 --> 16:17.960 Lisa? 16:17.960 --> 16:18.960 No. 16:18.960 --> 16:19.960 Sorry. 16:19.960 --> 16:20.960 Good evening. 16:20.960 --> 16:23.960 It's been a bit nice to see you all. 16:23.960 --> 16:34.960 One of the commitments that we made when we embarked on this journey to do this pilot project with you was that our team would try to assist in helping the community understand the work that was being done. 16:35.960 --> 16:46.960 So I'm here to share with you all and community members that might be watching my appreciation to the teams at Gaston and Converse for the work that they've been doing. 16:46.960 --> 16:51.960 To the principals at both schools, Benji Klet and Fonda Lewis. 16:51.960 --> 16:52.960 Thank you. 16:53.960 --> 17:06.960 Both leaders as well as their leadership teams have been working closely with Michael Sonbert throughout the summer to position themselves to implement the skyrocket model at the start of the school year. 17:06.960 --> 17:10.960 The work is behind the scenes and could go largely unnoticed. 17:10.960 --> 17:13.960 My goal tonight is to make sure that it doesn't. 17:14.960 --> 17:23.960 To the staff at both schools who spent last week, all of last week, working very hard a week of their summer immersed in skyrocket training. 17:23.960 --> 17:24.960 Thank you. 17:24.960 --> 17:29.960 Thank you for showing up for being open, vulnerable and courageous. 17:29.960 --> 17:34.960 Your willingness to lean in was nothing short of inspirational. 17:34.960 --> 17:35.960 My goal. 17:35.960 --> 17:41.960 I know there's a long road in front of us, but I ended last week very hopeful. 17:42.960 --> 17:46.960 To Dr. Gordon and Ryan Stengel, thank you for your leadership and your openness. 17:46.960 --> 17:50.960 We're building a strong partnership as the backbone of this work. 17:50.960 --> 17:56.960 We know how much you have on your plate, so truly appreciate you making room for this work as well. 17:56.960 --> 18:07.960 To the BEA, thank you for your willingness to meet with us both prior to and after the training last week in order to structure a proactive partnership. 18:07.960 --> 18:09.960 It matters. 18:10.960 --> 18:17.960 I clearly recognize this is a marathon, not a sprint, and we are just getting started, but to the community. 18:17.960 --> 18:23.960 I want you to know that there are teams in these schools working very hard to improve outcomes for kids. 18:23.960 --> 18:32.960 Please give them your support. 18:32.960 --> 18:35.960 Thank you. 18:35.960 --> 18:42.960 Next up is the superintendent report. 18:42.960 --> 18:43.960 All right. 18:43.960 --> 18:46.960 Good evening, board president and members of the board. 18:46.960 --> 18:56.960 As we prepare to begin another school year, I want to take a few moments tonight to share an update on the work taking place across the district and more importantly, the work that lies ahead. 18:56.960 --> 19:04.960 There is a great deal happening at once, but much of it is connected by one central focus preparing the school district of a light for a strong start to the school year. 19:04.960 --> 19:08.960 While also thoughtfully planning for a sustainable and successful future. 19:08.960 --> 19:13.960 One of the most important areas of focus continues to be on our long range planning. 19:13.960 --> 19:24.960 As we have discussed, the district is facing significant financial challenges, declining enrollment, and the need to right size our operations and facilities to better reflect the number of students we serve. 19:24.960 --> 19:31.960 At the same time, we have an opportunity to think intentionally about what we want the future of the school district to look like. 19:31.960 --> 19:39.960 Over the past several weeks, I have appreciated the opportunity to meet individually with board members to hear your perspectives and ideas. 19:39.960 --> 19:42.960 These conversations have been extremely valuable. 19:42.960 --> 19:57.960 Each board member brings a unique perspective, but there are also common themes emerging around the importance of creating a district that is financially sustainable, provides high quality learning environments and gives our students and families reasons to choose the school district of a light. 19:57.960 --> 20:05.960 The conversations have included thoughts about our facilities, programming, enrollment, and the possibilities surrounding a future referendum. 20:05.960 --> 20:12.960 We are beginning to take those individual ideas and identify areas of alignment that can help guide our long range planning. 20:12.960 --> 20:16.960 This work will not be easy, and there will be difficult decisions ahead. 20:16.960 --> 20:25.960 However, I believe it is important that we approach this work thoughtfully, transparently, and with a clear focus on what is best for students and the long term health of our district. 20:26.960 --> 20:30.960 Facilities and financial planning continue to be an important part of this work. 20:30.960 --> 20:38.960 We are awaiting the closing on the sale of right, and we will continue to monitor the financial impact and opportunities associated with the transition. 20:38.960 --> 20:45.960 In addition, Stephanie and I will be meeting with Mike Marquette to begin looking more closely at the financial numbers associated with Colac. 20:46.960 --> 20:58.960 And as we consider the future footprint of the district, we need to have a clear understanding of our assets, our costs, and the financial implications of maintaining, consolidating, selling, or repurposing facilities. 20:58.960 --> 21:01.960 These conversations are part of a much larger picture. 21:01.960 --> 21:09.960 We cannot separate our facilities decisions from our financial realities, our enrollment trends, or our educational vision. 21:09.960 --> 21:14.960 All of these pieces must come together as we develop our responsible long range plan. 21:14.960 --> 21:24.960 Our goal should be to create a district that is appropriately sized, financially sustainable, and capable of providing our students with the programs, opportunities, and learning environments they deserve. 21:24.960 --> 21:29.960 Last week, we also continued important work directly in our schools. 21:29.960 --> 21:33.960 Michael from Skyrockett spent time working with the staffs at Gaston and Converse. 21:33.960 --> 21:43.960 The focus of this work was on strengthening the foundational routines, procedures, systems, and expectations that are necessary to create consistent and sustainable learning environments. 21:43.960 --> 21:48.960 A major component of that work centered around identifying what must be non-negotiable. 21:48.960 --> 21:56.960 Strong schools are built on consistent expectations, not only for students, but also for the adults who serve them. 21:56.960 --> 21:59.960 The feedback from staff was very positive. 21:59.960 --> 22:08.960 Many shared that they were excited about the work and described it as an opportunity to go back to basics, while also raising expectations for both staff and students. 22:08.960 --> 22:15.960 I believe this work is important because before we can build upon excellence, we must first ensure that our foundation is strong. 22:15.960 --> 22:21.960 Clear routines, consistent systems, and high expectations create the conditions that allow teaching and learning to thrive. 22:21.960 --> 22:27.960 I am appreciative of the staffs at Gaston and Converse for their engagement and willingness to embrace this work. 22:27.960 --> 22:33.960 This week, we are welcoming our new members of the School District of Delight family through our new staff orientation. 22:33.960 --> 22:43.960 This is always an exciting time because we have the opportunity to welcome new teachers and staff members who have chosen Delight as a place where they want to begin or to continue their professional journey. 22:43.960 --> 22:54.960 During orientation, our new staff will have the opportunity to meet key district leaders and staff, learn about district expectations, and begin building the relationships that will support them throughout the year. 22:54.960 --> 23:01.960 As we welcome new employees, it is also important that we remember the orientation is about more than providing information. 23:01.960 --> 23:08.960 It is our opportunity to communicate who we are, what we value, and what it means to serve the students and families of the School District of Delight. 23:08.960 --> 23:20.960 We want every new staff member to understand that they are joining a district that is committed to our students, committed to continuous improvement, and committed to working together to create the best possible outcomes for every child. 23:21.960 --> 23:28.960 This Friday will also be a special moment for our district and our community as we come together for the dedication honoring Coach Heineke. 23:28.960 --> 23:38.960 The dedication is an opportunity to recognize an individual whose contributions have made a lasting impact and celebrate an important part of the history and tradition of our School District. 23:38.960 --> 23:43.960 The evening will also mark the beginning of the 2026 Beloit Memorial High School season. 23:44.960 --> 23:47.960 Events like these remind us of the importance of schools beyond the classroom. 23:47.960 --> 23:52.960 Our schools bring together students, families, alumni, staff, and community members. 23:52.960 --> 23:56.960 They create traditions, memories, pride, and a sense of belonging. 23:56.960 --> 24:04.960 I look forward to seeing our Purple Night community come together on Friday evening to celebrate this dedication and to support our students as they begin our season. 24:04.960 --> 24:10.960 Finally, across the district, there is tremendous amount of work taking place to prepare for the opening of school. 24:11.960 --> 24:24.960 Our administrators, teachers, custodians, secretaries, support staff, and district departments are all working to ensure that our buildings are ready for classrooms, and our classrooms are prepared, and our staff members have what they need for a successful start. 24:24.960 --> 24:30.960 There are countless details involved in opening a school year, and much of that work happens behind the scenes. 24:30.960 --> 24:38.960 Buildings are being cleaned and prepared, classrooms are being organized, schedules are being finalized, staff members are participating in training and professional learning, 24:39.960 --> 24:41.960 systems and procedures are being reviewed. 24:41.960 --> 24:46.960 This work is a reminder that opening a school year is truly a district-wide effort. 24:46.960 --> 24:53.960 As we move closer to welcoming our students back, I want to thank everyone who has worked throughout the summer to prepare for their arrival. 24:53.960 --> 24:59.960 The start of a new school year brings energy, excitement, and a renewed sense of purpose. 24:59.960 --> 25:07.960 While we have significant work ahead of us related to our long-range future, our financial sustainability and the configuration of our district, 25:07.960 --> 25:12.960 we must also remain focused on the students who will walk through the doors in the coming days. 25:12.960 --> 25:19.960 They deserve our very best, not only as we plan for tomorrow, but every single day in the classrooms, schools, and programs we operate today. 25:19.960 --> 25:30.960 I'm looking forward to the year ahead and continuing the important work of building a stronger, more sustainable, and student-centered school district of LA. Thank you. 25:30.960 --> 25:36.960 Thank you, Dr. Gordon. Next, we have the Policy Committee report, Policy Chair Foxx. 25:36.960 --> 25:43.960 Thank you. The Policy Committee has been busy, and we're getting busier. 25:43.960 --> 25:50.960 We met on Monday, August 3rd, and we reviewed several policies. 25:50.960 --> 25:59.960 We spent the majority of our time discussing and revising the policy regarding student use of personal electronic devices. 25:59.960 --> 26:03.960 i.e. cell phones and other devices. 26:03.960 --> 26:10.960 That policy was approved to move to the full board for the first reading, and that is on the agenda for this evening, and will be discussed later. 26:10.960 --> 26:18.960 Two policies, one regarding the requests of funds directly from the board, and one about student-adult boundaries were discussed, 26:18.960 --> 26:23.960 but the committee requested that Ms. Elwood and Ms. Almonderes do some further work on these. 26:23.960 --> 26:31.960 Those came back to our next meeting, which was yesterday, Monday, August 17th at 3 o'clock. 26:31.960 --> 26:44.960 Ms. Almonderes presented her work on Policy 528, the Adult Student Boundaries, and she has worked on 528 and added a 528.1 rules to coordinate with that. 26:44.960 --> 26:51.960 That was passed from committee to a first reading of the full board, which will come up sometime in the future. 26:51.960 --> 27:00.960 Ms. Elwoode presented policies 623 as the best place to put the additional statement about requesting funds from the board, 27:00.960 --> 27:04.960 and she made a couple of other minor adjustments to that policy. 27:04.960 --> 27:08.960 We also approved that policy to come to a first reading to the board. 27:08.960 --> 27:12.960 Our next meeting will be on Monday, August 31st. 27:12.960 --> 27:19.960 It's a little adjustment of the calendar so that the policy meeting and the other board meetings are on the same week. 27:19.960 --> 27:23.960 So, thank you. 27:23.960 --> 27:25.960 Thank you, Policy Chair Foxx. 27:25.960 --> 27:30.960 Next, we have Business Operations, Finance, and Human Resources Committee Report. 27:30.960 --> 27:32.960 Chair Hinkins. 27:32.960 --> 27:34.960 Thank you so much. 27:34.960 --> 27:45.960 At that last meeting, I was on vacation and we had a little technological issue getting my Wi-Fi to coincide up here. 27:45.960 --> 27:51.960 So, I asked my Vice Chair, Dan Shuf, to handle the meeting, so I'll ask him to do the report tonight. 27:51.960 --> 27:52.960 Thank you. 27:52.960 --> 27:53.960 Yep. 27:53.960 --> 27:59.960 So, I chaired the Business Operations Finance HR meeting on August 4th. 27:59.960 --> 28:05.960 Stephanie's End of Year Finance Report was we will take that up next time. 28:05.960 --> 28:14.960 The end of the year closing in a normal way takes a couple more weeks, so at our next meeting we'll take up the monthly finances and the end of the year close out. 28:14.960 --> 28:21.960 Dr. Gordon, let us on a discussion of we're going to schedule some building walkthroughs. 28:21.960 --> 28:32.960 And once the semester gets underway, I get a chance to welcome and community members to our buildings, some sort of open house. 28:32.960 --> 28:36.960 Please stay tuned, we're working on that. 28:37.960 --> 28:45.960 We also got our first briefing on a phone system issue that's coming up, the VoIP phone system. 28:45.960 --> 29:02.960 We're going to hear more in upcoming meetings and Stephanie and her team are working hard to try to minimize that expensive possible, but at some point we need an operating phone system that's supported by the vendors for safety and normal use. 29:02.960 --> 29:05.960 So, we'll hear more of that in the future. 29:05.960 --> 29:12.960 We also move forward a purchase for our Blackboard communications platform that'll come up today. 29:12.960 --> 29:22.960 And we also, of course, reviewed the personnel recommendations exhibit A, which is on the calendar today for everyone to see. 29:22.960 --> 29:25.960 And that's my report. So, thank you. 29:25.960 --> 29:27.960 Thank you, Vice Chair Shuf. 29:27.960 --> 29:31.960 Next, we have Teaching Learning Equity and Pupil Services. 29:31.960 --> 29:32.960 Chair Roo. 29:32.960 --> 29:33.960 Yes, thank you. 29:33.960 --> 29:36.960 So, the Teaching Learning and Equity Committee met last Tuesday. 29:36.960 --> 29:43.960 We discussed several important areas related to student support and instructional practices. 29:43.960 --> 29:50.960 We discussed using grant funding to add positions that will directly support students and staff. 29:50.960 --> 29:58.960 Proposed positions include two positions to support staff in addressing appropriate school behaviors and student needs. 29:58.960 --> 30:08.960 Pair of professionals to provide additional support for early literacy and reestablishing the district's Teaching Intern Program, which was in place for many years. 30:08.960 --> 30:16.960 And the Teaching Intern Program is especially meaningful to me because I participated in it many years ago. 30:16.960 --> 30:24.960 I saw firsthand how it provided valuable classroom experience while helping Beloit develop, recruit, and retain talented instructors. 30:24.960 --> 30:30.960 Reestablishing this program would be a positive investment in both our future teachers and our district. 30:30.960 --> 30:43.960 As we continue to learn more about technology and how it affects our children, the district is taking a thoughtful, age-appropriate approach and setting clear limits on technology use in our classrooms. 30:43.960 --> 30:53.960 Students will continue to engage in hands-on developmentally appropriate learning, including reading physical books, practicing writing, using paper and pencils, 30:53.960 --> 30:59.960 and building mathematical understanding through the use of manipulatives and other hands-on activities. 30:59.960 --> 31:07.960 Technology will be used as a tool to enhance learning rather than replace these important foundational experiences. 31:08.960 --> 31:11.960 This looks like 4K having no devices at all. 31:11.960 --> 31:22.960 5K through second grade technology will be limited to foundational skills, including IXL, tutoring through open literacy and keyboarding practice beginning in second grade. 31:22.960 --> 31:26.960 Use will be limited to 30 minutes or less per day. 31:26.960 --> 31:33.960 Third through fifth grade students will continue these activities and begin using library databases for research, 31:33.960 --> 31:38.960 as well as technology for some formative and summative assessments. 31:38.960 --> 31:42.960 Use will be limited to 60 minutes per day or less. 31:42.960 --> 31:45.960 At the elementary level, there are no digital worksheets. 31:45.960 --> 31:51.960 For middle school students begin transitioning toward greater responsibility for their tech use. 31:51.960 --> 31:57.960 Devices may be used for up to 100 minutes across all curricular areas. 31:58.960 --> 32:04.960 In high school students will have greater access and responsibility with taking at their devices home. 32:04.960 --> 32:07.960 Devices will be sent home only in high school. 32:07.960 --> 32:14.960 Middle school and high school students will not have any access to non-educational platforms. 32:14.960 --> 32:22.960 So this approach allows us to use technology when it genuinely supports learning while preserving the importance of books, 32:22.960 --> 32:30.960 handwriting, hands-on mathematics, face-to-face instruction, and other developmentally appropriate learning experiences. 32:30.960 --> 32:34.960 The committee also received an update on the CLC grant. 32:34.960 --> 32:37.960 Unfortunately, we learned there will be budget reductions this year. 32:37.960 --> 32:45.960 We will need to continue monitoring the impact of these reductions and consider how they may affect programming and services moving forward. 32:45.960 --> 32:53.960 Overall, the committee continues to focus on thoughtful student-centered decisions that support learning, strengthen our staff, 32:53.960 --> 32:56.960 and use available resources responsibly. 32:56.960 --> 32:59.960 Our next meeting will be Tuesday, September 1st. 32:59.960 --> 33:02.960 Thank you, Chair Roo. 33:02.960 --> 33:06.960 Next, we've got the legislative update, legislative liaison, Shuf. 33:06.960 --> 33:08.960 Yeah, thank you. I have a quick update. 33:08.960 --> 33:14.960 So as you know, the August primaries are behind us, and both parties have picked their candidates for governor. 33:14.960 --> 33:19.960 Milwaukee County Executive David Crawley will face off against United States Congressman Tom Tiffany, 33:19.960 --> 33:24.960 and the general election, if you're counting, is 77 days away. 33:24.960 --> 33:31.960 We just urge all residents of the school district as you decide and get ready to vote in November 3rd, 33:31.960 --> 33:37.960 that we encourage everyone to listen and learn the different candidates' stance on public education. 33:37.960 --> 33:43.960 That funding formula that you'll hear a lot about is drives to great degree what we can do here in Deloitte. 33:43.960 --> 33:45.960 So pay attention to that. 33:45.960 --> 33:53.960 We'll also be watching what proposals come out of those candidates, legislative leaders, advocacy groups, the state superintendent's office. 33:53.960 --> 33:58.960 And then I just want to, back to my previous days, working for the state. 33:58.960 --> 34:04.960 This calendar is really fast. The elections in November, the governor transition literally begins the next day, 34:04.960 --> 34:12.960 and that governor, whichever governor is selected, has to present a budget the last Tuesday in January. 34:12.960 --> 34:18.960 So this happens really fast. It's likely to include education policy in there and funding formula reform. 34:18.960 --> 34:26.960 So it's a tight window, and we, as this district, others interested parties will stay engaged in this process 34:26.960 --> 34:33.960 as we work to have a more equitable system that can fund the school district of Deloitte. 34:33.960 --> 34:35.960 So thank you. 34:35.960 --> 34:38.960 Thank you, Mr. Shuf. 34:38.960 --> 34:43.960 Our first board action discussion item tonight is open literacy. 34:44.960 --> 34:55.960 The purpose of this is to approve the use of Title I funds for the purpose of purchasing 60 open literacy tutoring seats at the second elementary school. 34:55.960 --> 34:58.960 Dr. Gordon. 34:58.960 --> 35:00.960 Yeah, thank you. 35:00.960 --> 35:08.960 So we know that we have accepted the Hendricks Family Foundation grant for one elementary school, 35:08.960 --> 35:13.960 and we had two elementary schools that were kind of competing for that grant. 35:13.960 --> 35:19.960 Both of them were so interested. It was very hard for the foundation to decide which one. 35:19.960 --> 35:28.960 So they have gifted us the opportunity to have both schools participate in that opportunity. 35:28.960 --> 35:39.960 So that was a little redundant there. But anyway, we are being gifted skyrocket to the second school. 35:39.960 --> 35:53.960 That is a huge offering. And the caveat to that is that we would agree to pay for open literacy for the three years that skyrocket would be in the school. 35:54.960 --> 36:02.960 With that comes some incentives for teachers, a lot of training, which Lisa talked about when she was at the podium. 36:02.960 --> 36:08.960 Our staff was engaged in a whole week last week of skyrocket training, which was fantastic. 36:08.960 --> 36:13.960 But open literacy and skyrocket are two separate things. 36:13.960 --> 36:24.960 But they connect to each other because you have to have solid systems and structures to make solid learning happen. 36:24.960 --> 36:31.960 So open literacy is virtual literacy tutoring for students in grades one through three. 36:31.960 --> 36:35.960 Students are tutored 25 minutes, four times a week. 36:35.960 --> 36:42.960 And the literacy skills are very targeted for each child, differentiated for each child. 36:42.960 --> 36:47.960 The focus is on word reading, comprehension, fluency, and vocabulary. 36:47.960 --> 36:57.960 The tutors are certified teachers or retired teachers, so they are very well versed in working with the children. 36:57.960 --> 37:03.960 This opportunity is something that I was able to watch when I took a tour in Milwaukee. 37:03.960 --> 37:11.960 And it was just amazing watching kids interact with their tutor one-on-one through the Chromebook. 37:11.960 --> 37:17.960 The kids wear the headphones, they have a microphone on their computer, and they just work one-on-one with the tutor. 37:17.960 --> 37:24.960 They are building a relationship with their tutor, they have the same tutor every day for the whole year, so it's remarkable. 37:25.960 --> 37:38.960 And the tutoring sessions are fluid, meaning that once a student does not need the tutoring anymore, or if the student moves away, somebody else can take that tutoring spot. 37:38.960 --> 37:42.960 Again, it's 60 tutoring slots in the building. 37:42.960 --> 37:49.960 And the tutoring sessions do not have to be designated 21st grade, 21st second grade, 24th grade. 37:49.960 --> 38:02.960 The building is able to set up those tutoring sessions for where the greatest needs are, so they've been able to work on that designation over the summer to decide where the greatest benefit is going to be. 38:02.960 --> 38:17.960 A kid who kind of ended the year in that struggling area of reading, so it's being very well vetted out through the intervention staff, the literacy coach, as well as the classroom teachers and the building principals. 38:17.960 --> 38:22.960 So they have really put in a lot of time and effort in that. 38:22.960 --> 38:33.960 While Dr. Anderson was still here, we started working on this project with Lisa, and Michael and Sarah, Michael's from Skyracket, Sarah's from Open Literacy. 38:33.960 --> 38:46.960 And Dr. Anderson was very much for us going ahead with this and using some of our title funds to fund the Open Literacy portion of what we would need 38:46.960 --> 38:49.960 to make this work for the second school. 38:49.960 --> 39:01.960 So with that being said, we are looking to approve the cost of the Open Literacy tutoring for the second school in the district here. 39:01.960 --> 39:03.960 Thank you. 39:03.960 --> 39:04.960 Thank you. 39:04.960 --> 39:10.960 Did Ms. Forceth or Dr. Stingle want to add anything to what's already been shared? 39:10.960 --> 39:13.960 Okay. 39:13.960 --> 39:16.960 Do board members have any questions or comments? 39:16.960 --> 39:18.960 Megan Miller. 39:18.960 --> 39:20.960 Thank you so much. 39:20.960 --> 39:30.960 I wanted to just in the spirit of transparency, I asked Dr. Gordon earlier because I heard some feedback from community members when this was last brought up with the two schools. 39:30.960 --> 39:38.960 So I just wanted to address her answer, and the question was just, you know, is there an opportunity cost essentially to like, how would we have used these title funds? 39:38.960 --> 39:44.960 And I'm definitely assured of this based on the amazing work that Dr. Gordon and her team have been doing all summer with us. 39:44.960 --> 39:52.960 It's very much meets the prioritized use of what those title funds would be used for anyway, and which, again, not surprised to hear, but very happy to hear. 39:52.960 --> 39:57.960 And so certainly like, you know, a wise use of resources from the district and I'll just iterate again. 39:57.960 --> 40:06.960 I'm just so thrilled at everybody's flexibility and just like sustained focus from all parties and like best meeting the needs of our kids because that's really what this is for. 40:06.960 --> 40:15.960 And I know that's a ton of work and a ton of data analysis and expertise that goes into making sure that that's happening at our buildings and also in partnership with, you know, these organizations. 40:15.960 --> 40:19.960 So I just wanted to like kind of highlight that and just express my gratitude. 40:19.960 --> 40:21.960 So thank you. 40:21.960 --> 40:23.960 Vice President Fox. 40:23.960 --> 40:40.960 I certainly have no objections. I'm just kind of wondering why we're limiting it to Title 1, perhaps, because I would think maybe AGR allows for tutoring that AGR might be another opportunity or, you know, some other things. 40:40.960 --> 40:47.960 So I don't know that we need to actually limit it to whatever source the district feels is appropriate. 40:48.960 --> 40:51.960 It was simply because of the tutoring piece. 40:51.960 --> 40:54.960 Tutoring is allowed under AGR. That's correct. 40:54.960 --> 41:00.960 I mean, we can look at the other fun too, but this was the designation under Dr. Anderson's guidance. 41:00.960 --> 41:01.960 Yeah. 41:01.960 --> 41:04.960 And like I said, I have no absolutely no objection to it. 41:04.960 --> 41:08.960 I just don't want to tie your hands to one grant money. 41:08.960 --> 41:12.960 It might be more appropriate to use the other one. 41:12.960 --> 41:16.960 Any other board member questions or comments? 41:16.960 --> 41:26.960 Hearing none, I am seeking a motion to approve using Title 1 funds to support the Open Literacy Program at the second participating school. 41:26.960 --> 41:29.960 This will allow for the 60 tutoring seats. 41:29.960 --> 41:31.960 What did I say? 41:31.960 --> 41:34.960 Oh, Grant. 41:34.960 --> 41:35.960 I'm sorry. 41:35.960 --> 41:38.960 We're going to change that to grant. 41:38.960 --> 41:46.960 So move approval using grant funds to support the Open Literacy Program at the second participating school. 41:46.960 --> 41:50.960 This will allow for 60 tutoring seats in grades one through three. 41:50.960 --> 41:51.960 So moved. 41:51.960 --> 41:52.960 Second. 41:52.960 --> 41:55.960 Motion by, I'm sorry, I missed who made that motion. 41:55.960 --> 41:56.960 Dan Shuf. 41:56.960 --> 41:58.960 And who was the second? 41:58.960 --> 42:00.960 Meghan Miller. 42:00.960 --> 42:05.960 Any other questions or comments on the motion? 42:05.960 --> 42:07.960 Hearing none, all in favor? 42:07.960 --> 42:08.960 Aye. 42:08.960 --> 42:09.960 Aye. 42:09.960 --> 42:10.960 Aye. 42:10.960 --> 42:12.960 Any opposed? 42:12.960 --> 42:15.960 Motion carries unanimously. 42:15.960 --> 42:20.960 Again, thank you to the Hendricks Family Foundation for everything that they are doing. 42:20.960 --> 42:27.960 And thank you to our wonderful administrators and superintendent for making this happen. 42:28.960 --> 42:37.960 It is an opportunity that our students will have this year, but we will reap rewards for generations to come. 42:37.960 --> 42:45.960 Our next agenda item is the contract revision for the board consultant's contract. 42:45.960 --> 42:55.960 The purpose of this is to review revisions to the board consultant contract and take action on that. 42:56.960 --> 43:08.960 We met last night in a special board meeting to receive the final changes that were requested. 43:08.960 --> 43:18.960 The revisions of adding the different articles that had been accidentally missed during the copy and pasting of this. 43:18.960 --> 43:22.960 And I will take ownership of that oversight. 43:23.960 --> 43:28.960 Are there any board member comments or questions? 43:28.960 --> 43:29.960 Bill? 43:29.960 --> 43:31.960 Is your hand up? 43:31.960 --> 43:35.960 Oh, anyone else? 43:35.960 --> 43:43.960 I am seeking a motion then to approve the board consultant contract as presented. 43:43.960 --> 43:48.960 I move approval of the board consultant contract. 43:48.960 --> 43:50.960 I'll second. 43:50.960 --> 43:54.960 Motion by Carol Fox, seconded by Tom Hankins. 43:54.960 --> 43:56.960 Any discussion? 43:56.960 --> 43:57.960 Hearing none. 43:57.960 --> 43:59.960 All in favor? 43:59.960 --> 44:00.960 Aye. 44:00.960 --> 44:01.960 Aye. 44:01.960 --> 44:02.960 Aye. 44:02.960 --> 44:04.960 Any opposed? 44:04.960 --> 44:05.960 Nay. 44:05.960 --> 44:10.960 Motion carries with one nay. 44:10.960 --> 44:12.960 I don't know if you heard that. 44:12.960 --> 44:14.960 Ms. Schop. 44:14.960 --> 44:16.960 Meghan Miller. 44:17.960 --> 44:18.960 I did. 44:18.960 --> 44:19.960 Thank you. 44:19.960 --> 44:20.960 Okay. 44:20.960 --> 44:21.960 Thank you. 44:21.960 --> 44:27.960 Our next agenda item is the budget update. 44:27.960 --> 44:33.960 We have a budget update from executive director Stephanie Elwood. 44:46.960 --> 44:48.960 Thank you. 45:17.960 --> 45:20.960 I did just want to give a brief update. 45:20.960 --> 45:24.960 I do have some slides here which I'm just going to quickly go through. 45:24.960 --> 45:34.960 But for the budget for 2627, the board did work on approving some reductions. 45:34.960 --> 45:37.960 And those reductions were approved on June 23rd. 45:37.960 --> 45:45.960 And so our team and HR has been working through those reductions to get them to be to match in our system for Skyward. 45:46.960 --> 45:51.960 So there's a lot of behind the scenes work that has to happen to get the final numbers done for October. 45:51.960 --> 45:56.960 So we've been working through these reductions that were approved. 45:56.960 --> 46:03.960 We have not updated the numbers from the last update that we had given. 46:03.960 --> 46:05.960 I think it was in July. 46:05.960 --> 46:12.960 So we are still at the $408,000 deficit. 46:12.960 --> 46:17.960 Knowing that we have cut quite a few positions in the district. 46:17.960 --> 46:21.960 And we have gone through almost all the budgets. 46:21.960 --> 46:26.960 Teaching and learning, people services, all the schools budgets got cut again by 10%. 46:26.960 --> 46:32.960 We're holding the athletics department to what their previous budgets had been. 46:32.960 --> 46:38.960 And we are looking still at other properties to sell and those types of things. 46:38.960 --> 46:43.960 There is not a whole lot of wiggle room anymore in this budget to be honest with you. 46:43.960 --> 46:48.960 We have cut quite a bit in the last three years that I have been here. 46:48.960 --> 46:55.960 And without having additional funding for students and with the decreasing enrollment, 46:55.960 --> 46:58.960 there's not a whole lot more that we can do for 2627. 46:58.960 --> 47:05.960 I would ask that the board allow us a little wiggle room with other post-employment benefits at this point. 47:05.960 --> 47:14.960 We do have still have, I just checked today and the balance right now is sitting at almost $4.7 million. 47:14.960 --> 47:19.960 I'm pretty confident that we're not going to have to use any of that for the 2526 school year. 47:19.960 --> 47:25.960 I still have some finishing entries to make for the previous school year. 47:25.960 --> 47:33.960 But we're getting pretty close now that we need to also start thinking of our timeline for getting the budget approved. 47:33.960 --> 47:38.960 Because we have to have the budget formally approved at the end of October. 47:38.960 --> 47:43.960 And moving back through the timeline, we have to do a preliminary hearing, 47:43.960 --> 47:52.960 some time, I'm sorry, annual budget hearing, some time towards the end of September beginning of October. 47:52.960 --> 47:58.960 And there has to be some public notice that happens and you have to formally approve a preliminary budget. 47:59.960 --> 48:01.960 So we have to do some things here. 48:05.960 --> 48:15.960 Just going back, attached in here also is the memo from July 18th with the details of the budget that we had put together. 48:15.960 --> 48:18.960 Do you have any questions at this point? 48:18.960 --> 48:19.960 I think. 48:19.960 --> 48:20.960 Thank you Director. 48:20.960 --> 48:21.960 Executive Director Elwood. 48:21.960 --> 48:23.960 Do any board members have any questions? 48:23.960 --> 48:24.960 Megan Miller. 48:24.960 --> 48:25.960 Thank you. 48:25.960 --> 48:28.960 And I'm not sure if it's like a board ducts glitch, but I'm so sorry Miss Elwood. 48:28.960 --> 48:30.960 I don't have that attachment on there. 48:30.960 --> 48:34.960 So I apologize for asking you to repeat what you very clearly explained and I just didn't write down. 48:34.960 --> 48:39.960 But could you remind me in case we need to make a motion, which is my second question? 48:39.960 --> 48:46.960 What is the, I guess, like the range of reasonable kind of like wiggle room that you're looking for? 48:46.960 --> 48:52.960 So right now we have with the budget, we're short about $408,000. 48:52.960 --> 48:53.960 Was that 408? 48:53.960 --> 48:54.960 408. 48:54.960 --> 48:55.960 108,000. 48:55.960 --> 49:00.960 However, there are some other things that have come up since the last budget. 49:00.960 --> 49:05.960 We talked about the phone systems, which may be anywhere from. 49:05.960 --> 49:11.960 So can three to $500,000 additional. 49:11.960 --> 49:12.960 Sure. 49:12.960 --> 49:18.960 So what would make you feel comfortable so that like as I know that there's nothing that's going to not make like this stressful. 49:19.960 --> 49:33.960 But if you knew you had like this, like XML that is going to make this workable where you feel like you could in good faith bring us like a budget that is reasonably going to meet the needs of the district while being, obviously, physically responsible in the spirit of what the board has directed us to do. 49:33.960 --> 49:36.960 What would that number or range be? 49:36.960 --> 49:42.960 So realistically, I would like to put another million dollars from open into the budget. 49:43.960 --> 49:55.960 As a caveat, if we do have to do an upgrade to the phone system, or if there are other unintended or unforeseen infrastructure things that need to happen this year. 49:55.960 --> 50:04.960 Because at this point, we're not going to refer on them for 2627, but we're still around and need some wiggle room for some of the things in the budget. 50:04.960 --> 50:27.960 And so my last question and then I'll yield the floor would be just, I'm wondering, would it feel, in your opinion, would it be wisest for us to make a motion to formally say like, you know, the board authorizes the administration to bring forward a preliminary budget with up to this amount from OPEB? 50:27.960 --> 50:28.960 Right. 50:28.960 --> 50:31.960 Or is this just something where you're just coming for an update? 50:31.960 --> 50:41.960 Ms. Miller, if you don't mind, I have requested that we have regular updates included in our agendas. 50:41.960 --> 50:44.960 And that's a wonderful question. 50:44.960 --> 50:55.960 I like the motion, but I would personally would prefer for it to be reserved until we have a board meeting specifically about budgets so we can see all of the details in front of us. 50:55.960 --> 50:59.960 Right now, this is just a snapshot of what's happened in the past month. 50:59.960 --> 51:05.960 No, I really appreciate that clarification. Fully agree. Sounds great. Thank you so much. 51:05.960 --> 51:14.960 And knowing that we have to sit down and make some finalization on the dates to set up for the next month or two. 51:14.960 --> 51:16.960 Bill Johnson. 51:16.960 --> 51:20.960 Yeah, if we do take a million out of the old bed. 51:20.960 --> 51:27.960 Any idea how much interest we lose at that point? 51:27.960 --> 51:30.960 I can get that number for you off the top of my head. I'm not sure. 51:30.960 --> 51:31.960 Yeah. 51:31.960 --> 51:41.960 But realizing to that putting the OPEB dollars into the budget doesn't automatically reduce the funds in the account. 51:41.960 --> 51:44.960 It is contingent about us of us. 51:44.960 --> 51:46.960 Uncing those funds as well. 51:46.960 --> 51:50.960 So if we don't spend the money, we wouldn't remove the money from the OPEB account. 51:50.960 --> 51:53.960 Thank you. 51:53.960 --> 51:55.960 Thank you, Director. 51:55.960 --> 52:00.960 Oh, Board Member Hinkins, Treasurer Hinkins. 52:00.960 --> 52:02.960 Thank you. 52:02.960 --> 52:06.960 And go back to what Tia said, so I won't belabor the subject because this is a preliminary look. 52:06.960 --> 52:13.960 I have many questions, but I know we're in this process and we have a timeline that we have to hone in on. 52:13.960 --> 52:17.960 So these numbers, I appreciate coming forward with these numbers. 52:17.960 --> 52:27.960 Knowing that I go back to my meeting with Leah and we had several options put up there for budget reductions. 52:27.960 --> 52:33.960 So we haven't exhausted some of those yet, so we're still in a preliminary mode, so I won't question. 52:33.960 --> 52:37.960 No, you and those until we go through this process. Thank you. 52:37.960 --> 52:38.960 Thank you. 52:38.960 --> 52:39.960 Thank you, Director Elwood. 52:39.960 --> 52:43.960 And thank you, Board Members, for your understanding. 52:43.960 --> 52:50.960 Again, these updates are just a snapshot of what's happened over the past month for us to be well-informed, 52:50.960 --> 52:56.960 but also for our public to be well-informed as well to know what's happening. 52:56.960 --> 53:02.960 Our next update comes from the special education update. 53:02.960 --> 53:08.960 And this is Melissa Beaver. 53:08.960 --> 53:18.960 Melissa Beaver is Executive Director of Pupil Services and Eric Weir, Director of Special Ed and Pupil Services. 53:22.960 --> 53:23.960 Good evening. 53:23.960 --> 53:27.960 Since you received the written update in advance, I'm not going to walk through the entire document tonight, 53:27.960 --> 53:33.960 but rather I will briefly highlight what we have done since the July 15th meeting. 53:33.960 --> 53:38.960 And more importantly, what the implementation of this work looks like moving forward as requested. 53:38.960 --> 53:44.960 As you all know, staff have not yet returned, so the work we have completed has focused on getting the people, 53:44.960 --> 53:52.960 expectations, structures, and professional learning in place so that we can begin implementation with the staff when they return. 53:52.960 --> 53:55.960 There are several things that have already occurred. 53:55.960 --> 54:03.960 First, we reviewed the findings from the evaluation alongside our continuous improvement plan and incorporated this work into that existing plan. 54:03.960 --> 54:11.960 Second, we have restructured the program manager role and are making changes to help Pupil Services Administration supports building administrators. 54:11.960 --> 54:19.960 We are shifting program managers from a primarily administrative support role to a capacity building role focused on implementation, 54:19.960 --> 54:23.960 coaching, collaboration, and consistency across schools. 54:23.960 --> 54:33.960 We rolled those changes out to all administrators during Admin Academy last week, and we have additional professional learning and technical assistance plan for program managers in the fall. 54:33.960 --> 54:39.960 Third, we are onboarding all new special education staff before they begin their work in our buildings. 54:39.960 --> 54:47.960 That onboarding will provide a common foundation around legal requirements, district policies and processes, behavior, 54:47.960 --> 54:55.960 discipline and safety, paperwork and compliance, the IEP process, rules and collaboration, and who to go to when they need support. 54:55.960 --> 55:02.960 This starts tomorrow with day two of new hire orientation and will continue as we hire new staff throughout the year. 55:02.960 --> 55:10.960 For all Pupil Services staff, special ed student services, health staff, our August professional learning is also planned. 55:10.960 --> 55:16.960 We will be level setting expectations around special education compliance and spending time on specially designed instruction. 55:16.960 --> 55:24.960 Least restrictive environment accommodations and modifications, LEA responsibilities, and the restructured program manager role. 55:24.960 --> 55:33.960 We have already begun meeting with our elementary principals to develop a scope and sequence for professional learning for elementary staff, regular ed and special ed. 55:33.960 --> 55:45.960 That work will focus on areas such as culture and climate, behavior, classroom management, student regulation, and creating stronger building level systems for supporting students with complex needs. 55:46.960 --> 55:56.960 We are also developing regular collaboration among our coaches, school psychologists, and program managers to strengthen our multi level system of supports and create greater consistency. 55:56.960 --> 56:02.960 And how we approach intervention, problem solving, and student support across our schools. 56:02.960 --> 56:05.960 And finally, staffing remains a significant part of this work. 56:05.960 --> 56:12.960 We are continuing to work closely with principals and the human resources department on recruitment and staffing alignment. 56:12.960 --> 56:22.040 At this point, we have approximately 17 vacant special education teaching positions and about 25 paraprofessional vacancies. 56:22.040 --> 56:31.720 We are working hard to fill these positions because we know staffing capacity directly affects our ability to consistently implement services and supports for our students. 56:31.720 --> 56:37.480 Some pieces of our plan are already complete and some begin with staff professional learning in a couple of weeks. 56:37.480 --> 56:41.960 Other pieces will continue throughout the year because they involve changes in practice and 56:41.960 --> 56:43.720 building capacity over time. 56:44.800 --> 56:54.560 We will be looking at staff feedback, implementation, consistency across schools and student outcomes to determine what is working and where we need to continue to make adjustments. 56:54.560 --> 56:56.720 So that is where the work stands today. 56:59.000 --> 57:02.640 Thank you, Executive Director Beavers. 57:02.640 --> 57:04.600 Are there any board member questions or comments? 57:08.840 --> 57:10.840 Vice President Pox? 57:10.840 --> 57:20.200 Just wondering the role of the program manager, did you change the job description or did you just, how did you do that? 57:21.200 --> 57:26.920 All job descriptions were updated as a result of positions being cut due to budget. 57:28.120 --> 57:28.480 Okay. 57:30.520 --> 57:31.120 So yes. 57:34.920 --> 57:35.520 Anyone else? 57:35.520 --> 57:46.240 In terms of the vacant special ed positions, and thank you for working with the HR department and 57:46.240 --> 57:58.760 the building principals to work to get those filled, is there anything that else that can be done to help expedite getting those positions filled? 57:59.760 --> 58:05.560 We would need applicants to apply. 58:05.560 --> 58:06.360 Okay. 58:06.360 --> 58:13.080 So I will say this to all listening bodies out there in the virtual world. 58:13.080 --> 58:18.200 If you are interested in a position in special ed and qualified at the school district, 58:18.200 --> 58:22.840 a boy, come on down board member room. 58:23.840 --> 58:27.840 Yeah, my question was similar. 58:27.840 --> 58:32.720 What are we doing to try to recruit more special ed teachers in Paris? 58:37.560 --> 58:45.400 I mean, from our departments, we have relationships with colleges and universities. 58:45.400 --> 58:48.520 So we're trying to create pipelines like that. 58:48.520 --> 58:56.120 A lot of you may remember the UW set program that I was heavily involved with with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 58:59.560 --> 59:01.480 There are jobs out there on we can. 59:01.480 --> 59:08.320 I would maybe defer to DD to add additional information on what human resources does. 59:08.320 --> 59:10.080 We also send blasts. 59:10.080 --> 59:14.840 We go into we can and search whoever has the appropriate licensure for 59:14.840 --> 59:23.840 the jobs that we are seeking and we send blast emails to anybody who has touched their application within the last six months. 59:23.840 --> 59:30.160 A lot of times we have our own staff coming in and saying, thanks for asking me to apply for a job in the district. 59:30.160 --> 59:36.040 Because so we know they're receiving them, but we're job fairs. 59:36.040 --> 59:40.920 Yep, we have gone to specific job fairs for speech, 59:40.920 --> 59:43.840 like, you know, to get those hard to fill positions. 59:43.840 --> 59:49.320 It's just really the special education teaching positions that we're really struggling to fill. 59:52.240 --> 59:53.840 Board Member Miller. 59:53.840 --> 59:54.360 Thank you. 59:54.360 --> 01:00:00.360 I think we're all on the same page tonight because I too wrote down a very similar question to what Board President Johnson and Mr. 01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:04.440 just asked, but I also as a follow up, I was going to ask this in the next update. 01:00:04.440 --> 01:00:06.000 So maybe this is a more appropriate place for that. 01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:07.400 Let me know. 01:00:07.400 --> 01:00:13.440 Is it within I guess like the scope and capacity of your department to do any like information collecting about like, 01:00:13.440 --> 01:00:19.200 you know, what, whether like in like both in a positive way, like, hey, like what caused you to choose us as your district? 01:00:19.200 --> 01:00:23.840 Just like to help inform us and whatever policies, processes that we need to look at. 01:00:23.840 --> 01:00:32.920 As well as like, maybe as people are leaving or I don't know if there's any other data like people talk about that might inform like any long term or strategic planning that we do. 01:00:32.920 --> 01:00:38.000 So we can help systemically remove some barriers or make adjustments or is that more kind of an HR. 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:40.080 I think that's an HR question. 01:00:40.080 --> 01:00:43.240 We we don't see that that information. 01:00:43.240 --> 01:00:43.600 Got it. 01:00:43.600 --> 01:00:45.240 Well, I will hold my question. 01:00:45.240 --> 01:00:47.920 Thank you so much. 01:00:47.920 --> 01:00:50.440 Thank you, Ms. Beavers and Mr. Weir. 01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:54.800 And that's a good place to transition to our HR update. 01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:10.920 Good evening. 01:01:18.920 --> 01:01:30.920 So today, excuse me, today we had a great honor of literally filling this room with new hires, professional educators, very, 01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:38.920 very positive environment, just they're ready to come in and effect some serious changes. 01:01:38.920 --> 01:01:42.920 So I'm very excited for those who participated today. 01:01:42.920 --> 01:01:49.920 And of course, new high orientation continues for the next couple of days as well. 01:01:49.920 --> 01:01:59.920 Our focus during the presentation that HR facilitated is on retention. 01:01:59.920 --> 01:02:04.920 It is great to have a room full of new fresh faces. 01:02:04.920 --> 01:02:15.920 I would love next year to have maybe the 10 positions that someone retired from be all that we have in that room. 01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:19.920 So a very lofty goal. 01:02:19.920 --> 01:02:28.920 But again, it's very refreshing to see the new faces and the new energy that is coming in. 01:02:28.920 --> 01:02:50.920 And again, just trying to work with them at the first sign of anything that we could be doing different or better for them to reach out to go through the chain of command to allow us the opportunity to make this transition into their new roles here at the district as successful as possible. 01:02:50.920 --> 01:02:59.920 Other than that, I did provide you with the latest and greatest ever changing vacancy list. 01:02:59.920 --> 01:03:07.920 And I say that because as I was sitting here, we got some new recommendations for hire, which brings down the count. 01:03:07.920 --> 01:03:12.920 So again, it's a very fluid count. 01:03:12.920 --> 01:03:20.920 The total that we have outstanding currently are 61. 01:03:20.920 --> 01:03:26.920 And the primary areas, of course, are the very difficult to fill. 01:03:26.920 --> 01:03:33.920 Not just for the school district of Beloit, but throughout the state of special education. 01:03:33.920 --> 01:03:43.920 So again, not a reflection in our district, certainly not a reflection in our hiring practices or people services department as much as it is. 01:03:43.920 --> 01:03:53.920 We simply do not have as many students going into the profession and then of those that are going into the teaching profession. 01:03:53.920 --> 01:03:58.920 Even fewer are going into special education. 01:03:58.920 --> 01:04:08.920 So aside from that, we're also shifting our special ed paraprofessionals between buildings and we do this every year. 01:04:08.920 --> 01:04:15.920 And the goal is to capture where the students are going, what school and grade level they're going to. 01:04:15.920 --> 01:04:27.920 And what the IP minutes are that they require to determine where our paraprofessionals need to be placed to follow the needs of each student. 01:04:27.920 --> 01:04:36.920 So we're almost complete with the process of moving the staff to the appropriate location. 01:04:36.920 --> 01:04:40.920 Again, to meet the needs of our students. 01:04:40.920 --> 01:04:44.920 Other than that, I don't have any other update. 01:04:44.920 --> 01:04:47.920 Thank you, Executive Director Almondoress. 01:04:47.920 --> 01:04:49.920 Are there any board member questions? 01:04:49.920 --> 01:04:50.920 Tom Hankins. 01:04:50.920 --> 01:04:52.920 Thank you so much. 01:04:52.920 --> 01:04:55.920 To clarify to me, perhaps. 01:04:56.920 --> 01:04:59.920 Did I hear you say that we still have 61 vacancies? 01:04:59.920 --> 01:05:00.920 Yes. 01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:01.920 Okay. 01:05:01.920 --> 01:05:02.920 Throughout the district. 01:05:02.920 --> 01:05:04.920 Throughout the district, yes, sir. 01:05:04.920 --> 01:05:12.920 And the ones that knew hires, so that's not including, that's okay, they're in. 01:05:12.920 --> 01:05:19.920 Okay, so my question is going back to last year, all the years we've carried over these positions we've never hired for. 01:05:19.920 --> 01:05:22.920 Those are not on this list, right? 01:05:22.920 --> 01:05:23.920 No. 01:05:23.920 --> 01:05:27.920 If we did that with our budget trim, we're not going to advertise for those. 01:05:27.920 --> 01:05:29.920 We just said, okay, we can't hire for those. 01:05:29.920 --> 01:05:30.920 So let's, okay. 01:05:30.920 --> 01:05:33.920 So the 61 is a true, true number for this year. 01:05:33.920 --> 01:05:34.920 Yes, sir. 01:05:34.920 --> 01:05:35.920 We still need to be filled. 01:05:35.920 --> 01:05:36.920 Absolutely. 01:05:36.920 --> 01:05:37.920 We're going to try it. 01:05:37.920 --> 01:05:38.920 No, I'm not. 01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:40.920 I'm just clarifying it for me. 01:05:40.920 --> 01:05:41.920 Right. 01:05:41.920 --> 01:05:42.920 That's 61. 01:05:42.920 --> 01:05:50.920 And hopefully not carry over into the spring that we still have 50 openings like we've done that for. 01:05:50.920 --> 01:05:52.920 Okay, because we've trimmed that on. 01:05:52.920 --> 01:05:53.920 Okay, sorry, sir. 01:05:53.920 --> 01:05:55.920 Stay here a little bit. 01:05:55.920 --> 01:05:56.920 Thank you. 01:05:56.920 --> 01:05:59.920 Thank you, Mr. Hankins, Vice President Fox. 01:05:59.920 --> 01:06:01.920 I have a couple of questions. 01:06:01.920 --> 01:06:04.920 Are we using the agency yet or? 01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:05.920 Yes. 01:06:05.920 --> 01:06:10.920 So those are already, and we've been using that and we still don't have these positions. 01:06:10.920 --> 01:06:15.920 I'm wondering, especially with special ed, it's, I know it's a statewide thing. 01:06:15.920 --> 01:06:20.920 Are there other districts doing creative things to solve their problem? 01:06:20.920 --> 01:06:27.920 Or are there things that we aren't doing that we should be doing that would help that situation at all? 01:06:27.920 --> 01:06:29.920 That is an excellent question. 01:06:29.920 --> 01:06:34.920 I think other districts are also experiencing the same shortage. 01:06:34.920 --> 01:06:44.920 I don't know of any creative approach that they may have, but I can certainly cast a wider net and try to get some insight. 01:06:44.920 --> 01:06:54.920 Well, I just wondered to, you know, one of the things that people talk about is salary and whether we need to be, you know, beefing up the special ed teacher's salaries or not. 01:06:54.920 --> 01:06:57.920 I don't know if other districts are doing that to be competitive. 01:06:57.920 --> 01:07:04.920 So that might be something we certainly needs to be looked into, but we need to discuss. 01:07:05.920 --> 01:07:12.920 I do get concerned about the number of special ed pairs that we have, and especially since it seems like most of them are one-on-one pairs. 01:07:12.920 --> 01:07:25.920 And I'm wondering if that dynamic could be looked at and changed as well in some ways, or if it's just absolutely necessary to have that many one-on-one aids for our students. 01:07:25.920 --> 01:07:32.920 So that's just not a, that I'm not saying anybody's doing anything wrong, or it's a bad thing. 01:07:32.920 --> 01:07:40.920 I just worry about it because we have so many, and now we have so many vacancies because then we have these kids that are just not covered. 01:07:40.920 --> 01:07:45.920 So, and I think I had something else, but I don't remember what it was. 01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:48.920 Well, if you remember, I'll come back to you. 01:07:48.920 --> 01:07:51.920 Board Clerk Miller. 01:07:52.920 --> 01:07:54.920 Thank you. 01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:57.920 Here, I'm going to lower my hand before I forget. 01:07:57.920 --> 01:07:58.920 All right. 01:07:58.920 --> 01:08:01.920 Thank you so much for the update and the presentation. 01:08:01.920 --> 01:08:03.920 I know it's a lot, right? 01:08:03.920 --> 01:08:06.920 I mean, it's very complicated. 01:08:06.920 --> 01:08:09.920 Employment field like to navigate, and there's all kinds of stuff. 01:08:09.920 --> 01:08:18.920 And so in the spirit of helping to inform the board so we can kind of partner in improving systems, just a couple of questions. 01:08:18.920 --> 01:08:34.920 One thing would be from your recent and I guess historic experience here, are there any policies or procedures that would have to be amended at the board level that are perhaps creating additional hoops or barriers, whether it's through communication for staff? 01:08:34.920 --> 01:08:44.920 And I'll just name one that I've heard people share with me in the past, which is like our drug testing policy because I know the school district of Janesville does not require employees to get drug tests. 01:08:44.920 --> 01:08:49.920 I think at some point there's some kind of like, it's also like a huge expense thing, things like that. 01:08:49.920 --> 01:08:52.920 You know, yeah, it's extremely expensive practice. 01:08:52.920 --> 01:08:57.920 In no way am I advocating that we just like, hey, come on, come on, whatever. 01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:03.920 I'm just, I just, if districts, neighboring districts seem to be doing well without some of those pieces. 01:09:03.920 --> 01:09:08.920 Is that something that maybe the board should be prioritizing and are there others? 01:09:08.920 --> 01:09:14.920 So I would say what takes the longest is in some instances background checks. 01:09:14.920 --> 01:09:27.920 So if you have individuals that have lived in multiple municipalities, states, then you have to wait for the information to come back from each of those reporting agencies. 01:09:27.920 --> 01:09:33.920 And some are a lot quicker than others with how they present their information. 01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:37.920 Like we literally have some municipalities that still have paper files. 01:09:37.920 --> 01:09:45.920 So with that being said, the biggest delay oftentimes is the background check. 01:09:45.920 --> 01:09:54.920 And are you aware is that something that like we should like, is that something that in the circle of HR school district professionals that I'm sure you're in communication with? 01:09:54.920 --> 01:10:04.920 Like, are there other like, you know, vendors or processors or even like timelines that like, again, like, I know the board sets some of these timelines based on like, when are we bringing things to agendas and things like that? 01:10:04.920 --> 01:10:12.920 Like, are there any adjustments we can make on our end that you would recommend that would help move that along more quickly for you? 01:10:12.920 --> 01:10:31.920 I think the board has been very generous in the past in allowing us to, for example, for new hire orientation since there are no students present to be able to include everyone that is being brought forth to the board so that they can participate and receive the same information. 01:10:31.920 --> 01:10:48.920 When school is in session, the board has also allowed us in the past and it's a practice that we've continued as long as they pass the background check, drug screening, all of the pre-employment required features were able to bring them into the school. 01:10:48.920 --> 01:10:55.920 For example, teacher as a sub in case the board does not approve their hire, that they get compensated at a sub rate. 01:10:55.920 --> 01:11:07.920 But that way it allows them to get into the classroom a lot sooner and allows the two weeks, sometimes three week gap, to not limit them from being in that classroom. 01:11:07.920 --> 01:11:11.920 So the board has already been amazing in allowing us to do that. 01:11:12.920 --> 01:11:18.920 We actually coincidentally looked at a vendor to do background checks. 01:11:18.920 --> 01:11:40.920 Currently, we put forth to Infomart to the DOJ and to another entity that is slipping my mind right now, but we have three different entities that we utilize to vet background checks and that's the same for our staff as it is for our volunteers. 01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:47.920 And we're doing it ourselves, which means we are following up and waiting for the results. 01:11:47.920 --> 01:11:57.920 So we looked into a vendor, it's a little pricier, so we will look at some other options outside of that and that will help us streamline the process. 01:11:57.920 --> 01:12:07.920 But until we take it for a test drive, I don't know if they're going to be quicker than what we've experienced doing it ourselves directly. 01:12:07.920 --> 01:12:08.920 So I appreciate that. 01:12:08.920 --> 01:12:14.920 And then my last kind of question here and then I'll yield the floor is just kind of along the same lines. 01:12:14.920 --> 01:12:23.920 Are there things that you would like in your perfect world, you would like to see that would help maybe streamline communication and other processes? 01:12:23.920 --> 01:12:31.920 Because I know there's always a buzz around, oh, well, so and so do you know, I didn't get a thing back until this day. 01:12:31.920 --> 01:12:33.920 And that's I'm sure very much the culture, right? 01:12:33.920 --> 01:12:40.920 So like ideally to make these processes as smooth as you would like them to be. 01:12:40.920 --> 01:12:47.920 I guess there are other things that we need to have on our radar as is, you know, we were looking at looking at a preliminary budget soon and things like that, right? 01:12:47.920 --> 01:12:49.920 So staffing is a big deal. 01:12:50.920 --> 01:13:01.920 In my perfect world, I would love to be able to have an HRIS that is more intuitive than the HR side of Skyward. 01:13:01.920 --> 01:13:04.920 So there's different modules to Skyward. 01:13:04.920 --> 01:13:13.920 And so I would love that because we it can service an ATS where you can send out interview invites. 01:13:13.920 --> 01:13:23.920 And there's no data entry when you press to hire someone, all of their information that's already entered slides into creating a record for them as an employee. 01:13:23.920 --> 01:13:30.920 So they're very intuitive programs out there that I've been able to utilize in the past. 01:13:30.920 --> 01:13:34.920 There is a cost associated with everything. 01:13:34.920 --> 01:13:43.920 So I would love to be able to calculate what the cost in manpower is because sometimes when we look at vendor pricing, 01:13:43.920 --> 01:13:54.920 we tend to forget that if we're spending one employee, you know, 50% of their day manually entering in different systems, 01:13:54.920 --> 01:14:00.920 the information, you may have very well paid the per employee per month fee. 01:14:00.920 --> 01:14:08.920 So I would love to be able to focus on that and bring that to the board if the board will be able to consider it. 01:14:08.920 --> 01:14:18.920 And I also want to bring in different stakeholders to make sure that our desire to do that does not impact their ability to do what they need to do on Skyward. 01:14:18.920 --> 01:14:24.920 So that's been a dream of mine since I started here and it may be a little cost prohibitive, but again, 01:14:24.920 --> 01:14:31.920 it may pay for itself just as with the background check going to a third party. 01:14:31.920 --> 01:14:34.920 Thank you so much. I appreciate it. 01:14:34.920 --> 01:14:37.920 Chair Roo? 01:14:37.920 --> 01:14:38.920 Yes. Thank you. 01:14:38.920 --> 01:14:40.920 Okay. So first question. 01:14:40.920 --> 01:14:47.920 So these positions are these positions being filled by the temp agency at this time at all? 01:14:47.920 --> 01:14:54.920 Or are there additional positions that are being filled by temp employees? 01:14:54.920 --> 01:15:01.920 So these are true vacancies that are not being filled by direct hire or third party employees. 01:15:01.920 --> 01:15:07.920 And so do you know the number of third party employees that we've hired for this? 01:15:07.920 --> 01:15:13.920 I can get that for you. I don't know off the top of my head, but it is a substantial number. 01:15:13.920 --> 01:15:22.920 If I had to guess, I would say it's probably close to similar to the number of vacancies if I had to guess. 01:15:22.920 --> 01:15:34.920 And of those is the ratio of special ed employees the same with this being over 40 of about 60. 01:15:34.920 --> 01:15:38.920 Do you think the special ed numbers look the same for that then? 01:15:38.920 --> 01:15:51.920 I would say yes, because we for allied health positions, we do rely heavily on the agency to provide us with the SLPs and Sykes, etc. 01:15:51.920 --> 01:16:07.920 And also for the special ed paras, there is a more immediate compensation benefit to them when they go through the agency than when they are hired directly. 01:16:07.920 --> 01:16:11.920 And so it's a matter of you want the money now, you want it later. 01:16:11.920 --> 01:16:20.920 So some of the perks that we have that we benefit from, they don't have, but then that helps to push their rate a little more than what we offer. 01:16:20.920 --> 01:16:24.920 So this is a crisis, right? 01:16:25.920 --> 01:16:36.920 That's over 100 people that, I mean, if we're looking at the temp ones as well, we're down over 100 employees. 01:16:36.920 --> 01:16:46.920 I think it makes sense to look at that skyward thing if that would help us to move the process along faster since that is one of our hurdles. 01:16:46.920 --> 01:16:51.920 So I would love to hear more about that and how much that would cost. 01:16:52.920 --> 01:17:03.920 I think this directly impacts our retention of staff too, especially when we don't have our special ed staffing the way it is here. 01:17:03.920 --> 01:17:15.920 I know my last year, part of the reason why I'm no longer a district employee that way is because my students, I didn't have the support I needed in my classroom. 01:17:16.920 --> 01:17:21.920 I don't think one-on-ones are used as much as one might think. 01:17:21.920 --> 01:17:26.920 A lot of times we have paras that are in charge of three or four students. 01:17:26.920 --> 01:17:35.920 We move them around the buildings now, we don't keep them with just one student, so I don't think one-on-ones is what people may think it is. 01:17:35.920 --> 01:17:42.920 I do know other districts in the area do pay their special ed paras more than their regular ed paras. 01:17:43.920 --> 01:17:50.920 Maybe that might be one way to look at it or offering paras options. 01:17:50.920 --> 01:18:09.920 I don't know if this is possible, but if they wanted to work less hours, like if they worked 8.30 to 2.30, then they wouldn't be a full-time employee and we wouldn't have to offer them benefits if they would prefer that and we could pay them a little bit more that way too. 01:18:10.920 --> 01:18:38.920 This makes me lose breath when I look at it and I think we need to, as much as our budget is a crisis, this is a crisis too, because this affects so many other things to our retention, our students, what they need, behaviors, academics, all of it is related to this as well. 01:18:38.920 --> 01:18:42.920 So I think we as a team really need to dig into this. 01:18:42.920 --> 01:18:43.920 Thank you. 01:18:43.920 --> 01:18:44.920 Thank you. 01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:45.920 Thank you. 01:18:45.920 --> 01:18:49.920 Any other board member questions or comments? 01:18:49.920 --> 01:18:58.920 Well, board member Miller, you and I must be thinking alike tonight because the two questions I had one was on the drug testing. 01:18:59.920 --> 01:19:20.920 We do live in a state that is bordering other states where recreational THC usage and medical THC use is legal and I think that's something that we do have to accept that reality. 01:19:21.920 --> 01:19:24.920 And so, but the other question I had was retirees. 01:19:24.920 --> 01:19:38.920 Do we reach out to retirees to see if any of them may be interested in coming back and helping part-time or whatever they can? 01:19:39.920 --> 01:19:40.920 So we do. 01:19:40.920 --> 01:19:45.920 We actually want to see about bringing them back as substitutes primarily. 01:19:45.920 --> 01:19:52.920 And we did that with a position last year, even part-time to help cover with a retiree. 01:19:52.920 --> 01:20:02.920 It's the WRS cap that impacts us because it can only work so many hours or risk not getting their retirement. 01:20:03.920 --> 01:20:12.920 But we do reach out to them to at least sub for us and those are opportunities to gauge their desire to continue working at all. 01:20:12.920 --> 01:20:15.920 We are successful in some cases, not all. 01:20:15.920 --> 01:20:18.920 Sometimes when people are done, they're just done. 01:20:18.920 --> 01:20:27.920 But we do keep a list of retirees so that after that honeymoon phase of being retired phases that we can reach out to them and see where they're at then. 01:20:27.920 --> 01:20:29.920 Thank you. 01:20:30.920 --> 01:20:58.920 So from the sounds of it, I will ask Chair Fox and Chair Hankins to work with you and putting on their future committee meetings issues of looking into drug testing, the third-party background check, the HRES, and salary rates and options to attract para educators. 01:20:59.920 --> 01:21:01.920 And the skyward thing. 01:21:01.920 --> 01:21:02.920 Yep. 01:21:02.920 --> 01:21:03.920 Yep. 01:21:03.920 --> 01:21:04.920 Yep. 01:21:04.920 --> 01:21:05.920 Okay. 01:21:05.920 --> 01:21:06.920 Thank you. 01:21:06.920 --> 01:21:07.920 Thank you. 01:21:07.920 --> 01:21:08.920 Executive Director Almond-Darras. 01:21:08.920 --> 01:21:09.920 Thank you. 01:21:09.920 --> 01:21:12.920 Next agenda item. 01:21:12.920 --> 01:21:17.920 We have review of board meeting cadence. 01:21:17.920 --> 01:21:27.920 The purpose of this is board members will discuss how the trial period for the board meeting cadence has been working and whether board members want to keep it this way or go back to the board meeting. 01:21:27.920 --> 01:21:33.920 This way or go back to the old way or try something new. 01:21:33.920 --> 01:21:35.920 Background information. 01:21:35.920 --> 01:21:38.920 We changed this this summer. 01:21:38.920 --> 01:21:45.920 Our meeting cadence at the beginning of the summer, we had a different expectation of what the summer would look like. 01:21:45.920 --> 01:21:55.920 And as it morphed, we changed our meetings and ended up having at least the last month. 01:21:55.920 --> 01:22:03.920 Special board meeting every Monday and one board meeting on the third Tuesday of the month. 01:22:03.920 --> 01:22:10.920 And we were at our three month point of what we originally agreed to try. 01:22:10.920 --> 01:22:20.920 Yesterday the governance committee discussed this item and the benefits and disadvantages of the current meeting schedules and the previous ones. 01:22:20.920 --> 01:22:27.920 The concern was shared that this current cadence has not been used during the school year calendar. 01:22:27.920 --> 01:22:38.920 It was the committee's recommendation to continue this cadence on a trial period through the end of the calendar year, December 31st. 01:22:38.920 --> 01:22:44.920 Which then would give us a sense of how it works for the school year. 01:22:44.920 --> 01:23:01.920 The chair is being able to make minor adjustments as needed and a recommendation to administration to have administrators do a prerecorded video of their presentations and be uploaded prior to the board meetings to give 01:23:01.920 --> 01:23:11.920 board members time to view their presentations and hear what they're saying as opposed to just a PowerPoint presentation. 01:23:12.920 --> 01:23:15.920 Are there any questions or comments at this time? 01:23:17.920 --> 01:23:18.920 Board member Shuf? 01:23:18.920 --> 01:23:19.920 Yeah, just briefly. 01:23:19.920 --> 01:23:24.920 I wasn't at the governance committee yesterday, so I appreciate the update. 01:23:24.920 --> 01:23:37.920 I particularly just want to comment as a new member have really liked the committee meeting day where we can and are encouraged to sit in. 01:23:37.920 --> 01:23:48.920 And all the chairs have been great about obviously you're calling on your committee members first, but seeing if other members want to comment, I've learned a lot from the other committees as well. 01:23:48.920 --> 01:23:58.920 So I've really thought that'd been helpful and I look forward to participating in the trial cadence through the semester. Thank you. 01:23:59.920 --> 01:24:01.920 Joanne Ru. 01:24:01.920 --> 01:24:13.920 One of the things I have appreciated about it is that it does make for our regular board meeting to be usually much shorter. 01:24:13.920 --> 01:24:23.920 I think tonight the three things that weren't part of a budget or a committee meeting are the three things that have taken up the chunk of the time. 01:24:23.920 --> 01:24:37.920 So I think that it just proves our case that doing the work at the committee level helps make this meeting more palatable. 01:24:42.920 --> 01:24:43.920 Megan Miller. 01:24:43.920 --> 01:24:45.920 Thank you so much. 01:24:45.920 --> 01:24:54.920 So I would agree with all the comments that have been shared and in terms of, so one question or I guess suggestion I would have. 01:24:54.920 --> 01:24:58.920 I like the recommendations, but it doesn't matter if I like them because I'm not the one that would have to do the work. 01:24:58.920 --> 01:25:04.920 So I just as long as I'm fully in support of all of that as long as our administration is like, yeah, that's palatable or we can do. 01:25:04.920 --> 01:25:09.920 So as long as we're being flexible and responsive to like whatever works for them, that works for me. 01:25:10.920 --> 01:25:15.920 Another thing I'd like to highlight as a positive is I really appreciate it like just the room configuration. 01:25:15.920 --> 01:25:21.920 Like as like, I'm spending the night kind of doing one of these and a movement material, you know, because it's, you know, I want to talk to you. 01:25:21.920 --> 01:25:30.920 And so, I mean, I don't know if there's like a way like technology wise to make that work here where there's, it would still preserve space for people or not. 01:25:30.920 --> 01:25:37.920 But I've loved that and I would encourage us to consider, you know, replicating. 01:25:37.920 --> 01:25:42.920 I guess that that configuration for our regular board business meetings, but yeah, I just want to echo everything that was said. 01:25:42.920 --> 01:25:49.920 And just to confirm like all of those meetings for the committees, they're like, they're not, I know they're not like live televised, but they're recorded. 01:25:49.920 --> 01:25:54.920 So there's not any accessibility concerns or anything or transparency issues or anything, right? 01:25:55.920 --> 01:26:04.920 The one of the ideas behind going to this would be have the Tuesday committee meetings recorded. 01:26:04.920 --> 01:26:07.920 There's been some hiccups and getting that done every time. 01:26:07.920 --> 01:26:18.920 So we are working on getting the Tuesday meetings recorded and all chairs have the ability to record through Google Meats. 01:26:18.920 --> 01:26:25.920 It may take some training and it's a little bit clunkier through Google Meats because of the audio. 01:26:25.920 --> 01:26:30.920 No, and that was, and I didn't even know that and certainly no criticism at all. 01:26:30.920 --> 01:26:35.920 I just know that that's anytime we've made any kind of alteration in any kind of meeting anything. 01:26:35.920 --> 01:26:39.920 There's usually some kind of public concern about like, is there transparency? 01:26:39.920 --> 01:26:42.920 Is it accessible, which are excellent and important questions? 01:26:42.920 --> 01:26:45.920 So I just wanted to raise those and yeah, I think that's fantastic. 01:26:45.920 --> 01:26:46.920 So thank you. 01:26:46.920 --> 01:26:49.920 Thank you for that comment, board member Miller. 01:26:49.920 --> 01:26:51.920 We are all about transparency. 01:26:51.920 --> 01:26:56.920 We are never trying to, you know, be less transparent. 01:26:56.920 --> 01:26:59.920 We are trying to be more transparent. 01:26:59.920 --> 01:27:04.920 There are costs though that are involved in having somebody here to record meetings. 01:27:04.920 --> 01:27:11.920 And so we have to balance the, are we being transparent versus the cost of what we can do? 01:27:11.920 --> 01:27:15.920 And all of our meetings are public meetings. 01:27:15.920 --> 01:27:20.920 So everybody is welcome to come on down, sit in and join us for a meeting. 01:27:20.920 --> 01:27:23.920 We would love to have you here. 01:27:23.920 --> 01:27:26.920 And, you know, those are just things that as we move forward, 01:27:26.920 --> 01:27:29.920 we're going to have to decide what are our priorities. 01:27:29.920 --> 01:27:33.920 No, I fully agree and thank you for saying, and that's just something that's one of those things 01:27:33.920 --> 01:27:38.920 I think we should just like keep saying because it takes a lot of communication to break through, 01:27:38.920 --> 01:27:41.920 you know, previous experiences and thinking and I would agree. 01:27:41.920 --> 01:27:44.920 I think we've done a great job with that and this is great. 01:27:44.920 --> 01:27:46.920 Thank you. 01:27:46.920 --> 01:27:48.920 Board Member Hinkins. 01:27:48.920 --> 01:27:49.920 Yes, thank you. 01:27:49.920 --> 01:27:52.920 And in saying that and you're absolutely correct. 01:27:52.920 --> 01:27:57.920 One of the goals I know is to try to get all the board members to, 01:27:57.920 --> 01:28:00.920 if they're in a committee or not to be present. 01:28:00.920 --> 01:28:09.920 And the clunkiness, it speaks to the, you know, if things being recorded. 01:28:09.920 --> 01:28:12.920 And I know we've had some clunkiness to that. 01:28:12.920 --> 01:28:16.920 Because if we all want to be, you know, the idea is to when we come to board meetings, 01:28:16.920 --> 01:28:23.920 we're all prepared to know what already was said in the, you know, not just rely on the board report 01:28:23.920 --> 01:28:27.920 by the committee chairs, but also have been present. 01:28:27.920 --> 01:28:28.920 That's the goal. 01:28:28.920 --> 01:28:30.920 But if they can't, to listen to it. 01:28:30.920 --> 01:28:36.920 So, yes, it is transparency, but it's also a good tool for board members who can't be present 01:28:36.920 --> 01:28:40.920 at a committee that they're not a part of but still want to be involved as we all do. 01:28:40.920 --> 01:28:48.920 So, yeah, I'm just saying we do need to iron that out so I can access if I can't make a policy committee. 01:28:48.920 --> 01:28:52.920 You know, so I know that you're saying that I'm just reiterating. 01:28:52.920 --> 01:28:55.920 It's not only for transparency, but it's for us. 01:28:55.920 --> 01:28:56.920 Thank you. 01:28:56.920 --> 01:28:58.920 Thank you. 01:28:58.920 --> 01:29:06.920 Is there a motion to continue with this current cadence through the end of the calendar year? 01:29:06.920 --> 01:29:07.920 So moved. 01:29:07.920 --> 01:29:08.920 Second. 01:29:09.920 --> 01:29:12.920 Motion by Carol Fox, seconded by Megan Miller. 01:29:12.920 --> 01:29:14.920 Any discussion? 01:29:14.920 --> 01:29:17.920 Hearing none, all in favor? 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:18.920 Aye. 01:29:18.920 --> 01:29:19.920 Aye. 01:29:19.920 --> 01:29:20.920 Aye. 01:29:20.920 --> 01:29:21.920 Any opposed? 01:29:21.920 --> 01:29:26.920 Motion carries unanimously. 01:29:26.920 --> 01:29:34.920 Our next agenda item is resolution for September submission to WASB. 01:29:35.920 --> 01:29:47.920 The purpose of this is board members will discuss submitting any resolutions to WASB by September 15th for the January Convention Delegate Assembly. 01:29:47.920 --> 01:29:54.920 Board Clerk Miller, I'm going to turn this over to you if you don't mind. 01:29:54.920 --> 01:29:55.920 No, thank you so much. 01:29:55.920 --> 01:29:58.920 Well, first I just want to thank everybody. 01:29:58.920 --> 01:30:04.920 I sent a really late night email like on Friday just to try to get prepared for this evening. 01:30:04.920 --> 01:30:11.920 And we've had some just kid related illnesses and things like that at home that prevented me from being able to have something to upload. 01:30:11.920 --> 01:30:18.920 So might want to first apologize for that, but I did would have just included the information more or less that I had sent anyway. 01:30:18.920 --> 01:30:20.920 So let me just kind of pull that email up quick. 01:30:20.920 --> 01:30:21.920 All right. 01:30:21.920 --> 01:30:24.920 So a couple of things in the past. 01:30:24.920 --> 01:30:43.920 We have submitted resolutions and I'm going to read through a little bit of that for both board for us for our benefit about how to move forward and also just to sort of, you know, highlight, we did submit a successfully adopted resolution within the last few years, which was, you know, it's something to be very proud of. 01:30:43.920 --> 01:30:47.920 So I wanted to congratulate our board for doing that. 01:30:47.920 --> 01:30:57.920 The issues that have been prevalent in our discussions have to do, of course, with funding and also, you know, there's been some environmental stewardship discussions as well. 01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:07.920 So I did take some time last week to read through the updated resolutions committee booklet, which is available to all of us and I included the link in the email as well. 01:31:07.920 --> 01:31:10.920 It was also in the email that President Johnson forwarded to us. 01:31:11.920 --> 01:31:16.920 In that spirit here, there already are current resolutions and the resolutions committee for WASB. 01:31:16.920 --> 01:31:20.920 They won't adopt a new resolution if there's already one that kind of covers that. 01:31:20.920 --> 01:31:23.920 So that's why I wanted to include that for context. 01:31:23.920 --> 01:31:39.920 And I'm not going to name all the numbers for everybody, but we already have in the WASB advocacy book, an item that advocates for some sufficient, not some certain because some certain is like certain to not be enough, but some sufficient funding for public education. 01:31:39.920 --> 01:31:50.920 Ensuring every child can access sound basic education, which is the language in the state constitution under Article 10, Section 3, which is conveniently on my little sticker here, which we should all get. 01:31:50.920 --> 01:31:55.920 Anyway, so pervents and verse void ruling from back in, I think it was like 2000. 01:31:55.920 --> 01:32:05.920 There's also already a resolution that we submitted that was adopted that the state adopt all of the recommendations from the bipartisan blue ribbon commission. 01:32:05.920 --> 01:32:14.920 There is one that advocates for, again, some sufficient special education funding at a minimum of 90% reimbursement rate, which is what private schools get already. 01:32:14.920 --> 01:32:22.920 There is a resolution that advocates for class size reduction funding to return, which many of us who are teachers or have been teachers remember. 01:32:22.920 --> 01:32:30.920 There's one already that advocates for a high poverty categorical aid category, essentially, which we don't have. 01:32:30.920 --> 01:32:39.920 For one of like two or three states, don't quote me on that, I don't remember, but there's just very, very few states that don't have that built into their funding formula already. 01:32:39.920 --> 01:32:54.920 So there's also one that already advocates for public dollars to solely fund public schools, as well as supports a requirement for tax bills to show how many local dollars fund voucher and charter schools, which is a really popular kind of trend right now. 01:32:54.920 --> 01:33:04.920 Green Bay just recently did this, and it's something we should incidentally probably look to work out with the city of Deloitte, but not necessarily something we would have to put in a WASB piece here. 01:33:04.920 --> 01:33:14.920 So lastly, there's one already that advocates for districts to be able to use all legally available funding sources for renewable energy and energy conservation projects. 01:33:14.920 --> 01:33:26.920 And there's also an entire section devoted to a very long list of things to reform the equalization aid formula to decrease the burden on property taxpayers, which thereby would also like reduce the need for districts to even go to referendum for operational purposes. 01:33:26.920 --> 01:33:37.920 So that's the background. And again, the purpose of these WASB resolutions are so that WASB can advocate on the behalf of not just us, but all public school districts to improve, you know, the state funding and we have a budget coming up, right? 01:33:37.920 --> 01:33:42.920 2729 budget is upon us very soon, as Mr. Shoeve mentioned. So possible next steps. 01:33:42.920 --> 01:33:51.920 I do think that it would be good to have some kind of meeting, maybe at our next committee meeting, that is a meeting of like a convened, like a legislative focus. 01:33:51.920 --> 01:34:06.920 Mr. Shoeve certainly, you know, can facilitate that if he is willing to, or however you guys want to do that, not only to kind of finalize a potential resolution or resolutions, but also to kind of delineate what should our budget priorities be for our own school district advocacy 01:34:06.920 --> 01:34:14.920 for the upcoming 2729 state budget. So I did want to throw that out there for discussion or consideration. 01:34:14.920 --> 01:34:24.920 The two resolutions having read through these a few times and thought about it that I think we should consider drafting, and if there's consensus, I'd be happy to put these drafts together. 01:34:24.920 --> 01:34:35.920 One would be writing resolution advocating that in addition to prioritizing all these existing resolutions, we would like a hold harmless for districts that lose 10% or more of their students to open enrollment. 01:34:35.920 --> 01:34:43.920 And including to a charter school or private school to have some sort of like hold harmless in the funding formula. 01:34:43.920 --> 01:34:52.920 So that would not only help, of course, the school district, but you know, I was just talking to somebody today, like school district of white water already loses a ton of their students to open enrollment in general. 01:34:52.920 --> 01:35:02.920 And it would be really helpful, I think as well, to like our rural school districts and things like that are already like struggling with a variety of lack of access to resources, preserve funding. 01:35:02.920 --> 01:35:12.920 It would also help the state streamline its funding and balance things into like funding a school system versus funding to parallel ones, which is exhausting our state resources, 01:35:12.920 --> 01:35:17.920 which is why there is a lawsuit against the state right now for doing so. So that would be one thing to consider. 01:35:17.920 --> 01:35:28.920 Another thing to consider might be for charter schools that are within traditional district boundaries not to be able to receive a per pupil rate that is higher than the public school district. So, for example, 01:35:28.920 --> 01:35:37.920 you know, we get X amount per pupil for students in school to exploit, but you know, other like charter and voucher schools around here, some of them get a higher per pupil. 01:35:37.920 --> 01:35:45.920 So when we lose students to those schools, we're not just losing our per pupil. We're actually paying additional funds because the state sets those rates, right? 01:35:45.920 --> 01:35:52.920 Like we don't have any agency over that at all. So that would be another thing to consider. And then lastly, I mean, there's already some energy around this from DPI. 01:35:52.920 --> 01:36:04.920 I shared a link with Board President Johnson earlier to create asking the state to create either grant funding or some kind of funding opportunities for districts to upgrade energy efficient and renewable energy infrastructure. 01:36:04.920 --> 01:36:14.920 Not only so that we can be long term good stewards of our tax dollars and exhibit good environmental stewardship, but also as like, you know, there's like climate change related like weather stuff. 01:36:14.920 --> 01:36:23.920 It could potentially be like an insurance savings if we're able to put in facilities that help anticipate and be proactive right against like major weather events and things like that. 01:36:23.920 --> 01:36:39.920 So those are some things. And I guess I know I've talked a lot. So thank you all so much for listening. I guess I would look, I'm looking for some direction from the board or some feedback about the extent to which we would like to draft all or any of these or any additional resolutions to submit for consideration. 01:36:40.920 --> 01:36:52.920 Thank you, Board Clerk Miller. Are there any board members that have any questions, comments or suggestions for potential resolutions for this year's WSB? 01:36:53.920 --> 01:37:21.920 Well, Ms. Miller, I can get behind all of these as we have discussed offline that, you know, I always have an interest in the energy efficiency and the long term effects that that can have on a community and looking at other school districts. 01:37:21.920 --> 01:37:29.920 What they've done and where they're actually receiving funds from their solar fields that they have. 01:37:29.920 --> 01:37:37.920 And I think that would be something that we should probably look into. 01:37:37.920 --> 01:37:43.920 Would you like assistance in writing any of these? 01:37:43.920 --> 01:37:57.920 What I would say is, of course, and it might be something, if we want to post something we could, I'm willing to set aside a data time that works for other people to just come here with my computer and knock these out. 01:37:57.920 --> 01:38:09.920 I'm free Friday afternoon or I guess the timeline, I'll defer to you in terms of when you would want us to meet to actually formally approve it and then maybe we could backwards plan a date or some dates from there. 01:38:09.920 --> 01:38:15.920 But otherwise, I'm more than happy to just do it to and just send a draft out for people to kind of give feedback on whatever. 01:38:15.920 --> 01:38:21.920 Okay, because of the timeline, this will have to be on one of our special Monday meetings. 01:38:21.920 --> 01:38:31.920 But I'm okay with that as long as you are, I mean, right now it doesn't look like we're scheduled to have another regular board meeting for the 15th. 01:38:31.920 --> 01:38:33.920 So either way, it would be a special meeting. 01:38:33.920 --> 01:38:40.920 Well, I'll tell you what, I'll just throw out an open invitation. Anybody who wants to hang with me here, or this call I opened here on Friday. 01:38:40.920 --> 01:38:48.920 Cool, I'm going to hang in the library. I'm going to hang in the lobby here at like, I don't know, 1.32 o'clock on Friday and draft some of these. 01:38:48.920 --> 01:38:52.920 And if nobody shows up, that's totally cool. And I'll just send out a draft. 01:38:52.920 --> 01:38:55.920 We just can't make edits because otherwise it counts as a meeting. 01:38:55.920 --> 01:38:57.920 So I'm not going to send out like an editable document. 01:38:57.920 --> 01:39:03.920 But if then if you have feedback, if you just give it directly to me, then I can make those changes and send revised drafts out to the board. 01:39:03.920 --> 01:39:11.920 Wonderful, thank you. We greatly appreciate your work on that and taking the lead with that. I really appreciate that. 01:39:11.920 --> 01:39:12.920 Thank you. 01:39:12.920 --> 01:39:22.920 Our next agenda item is policy 443.5 student use of mobile phone. 01:39:22.920 --> 01:39:31.920 The purpose of this is to review the proposal from the high school team that presented in May and was asked to bring back a proposal for the committee. 01:39:31.920 --> 01:39:34.920 Committee Chair Fox. 01:39:34.920 --> 01:39:51.920 So the committee did take some of the recommendations from the high school and we actually have a policy here that we are looking for the board to look at and approve for the first reading. 01:39:51.920 --> 01:39:55.920 It's not that difficult. 01:39:55.920 --> 01:40:04.920 We changed mobile phones to personal electronic devices because there's many iterations of what an electronic device would be. 01:40:04.920 --> 01:40:16.920 We added a definition actually of what electronic devices include and also includes headsets and earbuds and some of those kinds of things. 01:40:17.920 --> 01:40:30.920 We also put in a definition of instructional time so that the entirety of the class period is an instructional time, which the devices are prohibited during any instructional time. 01:40:30.920 --> 01:40:38.920 There are other designated time student meetings, student assemblies, field trips, those kinds of things were added to that definition. 01:40:39.920 --> 01:40:48.920 I think some of these limited exceptions were included somewhere, but they've been sort of rearranged and rewritten. 01:40:48.920 --> 01:41:01.920 So there are, of course, needs for some people to have certain devices, students with disability, if they're using it for a specific class, a health need, and those kinds of things. 01:41:02.920 --> 01:41:07.920 We are allowing a limited mobile phone usage. 01:41:07.920 --> 01:41:13.920 Students can use mobile phones before and after school. 01:41:13.920 --> 01:41:16.920 And pretty much for most of the kids, that's it. 01:41:16.920 --> 01:41:23.920 And then at the high school that they can use their mobile phones during the lunch period and during passing periods. 01:41:24.920 --> 01:41:35.920 That also says that the schools may issue specific directives about enforcement and storage and possession and usage. 01:41:35.920 --> 01:41:46.920 That meets the high school's need for, they have a system they're using for, kids are supposed to bring their phones in and they store them in a certain spot in everybody's classroom. 01:41:47.920 --> 01:41:52.920 So there are still some prohibitions. 01:41:52.920 --> 01:41:54.920 Those were in the original. 01:41:54.920 --> 01:41:58.920 They're just narrowed down to two. 01:41:58.920 --> 01:42:03.920 And those numbers would be gone if you're looking at that. 01:42:03.920 --> 01:42:15.920 So it's the prohibition, the green, the use of personal electronic advice, and it goes over to where it would be number three, but that's going to come out to take photographs or to receive on and up. 01:42:16.920 --> 01:42:21.920 So anything that's illegal, of course. 01:42:21.920 --> 01:42:44.920 This, the one that was on the board ducts, is not correct in that second paragraph there under the bullet point, the race color, national origin, sexual orientation, that phrase that you can't use any device for the purpose of harassing based on those things. 01:42:44.920 --> 01:42:48.920 And that phrase got taken out and it was supposed to be put back in. 01:42:48.920 --> 01:42:52.920 So we will make sure that that gets put back in. 01:42:52.920 --> 01:43:13.920 And then we do want to have a parent notification, a parent student notification so they understand completely the policy and particularly the cell phone piece that basically only cell phones are allowed only at certain times and they can't use headphones or earbuds or any of those kinds of things when they're using them. 01:43:13.920 --> 01:43:18.920 And then, of course, the consequences would be subject to disciplinary action. 01:43:18.920 --> 01:43:23.920 So that's the new cell phone pals. 01:43:23.920 --> 01:43:24.920 Thank you, Chair Foxx. 01:43:24.920 --> 01:43:30.920 Are there any board member questions or comments? 01:43:30.920 --> 01:43:40.920 I will entertain a motion to move to recommend to the full board of education the revisions of policy 443.5. 01:43:41.920 --> 01:43:44.920 Well, I'm sorry, this must be. 01:43:44.920 --> 01:43:48.920 It said. 01:43:48.920 --> 01:43:55.920 Yeah, but it says move to to the full board, the revisions for first reading. 01:43:55.920 --> 01:43:58.920 It should just be move approval. 01:43:58.920 --> 01:43:59.920 Okay. 01:43:59.920 --> 01:44:08.920 Take out the recommended to should just be move approval to of the revisions of the policy for first reading. 01:44:09.920 --> 01:44:13.920 I tried to update it, but it probably didn't carry over during the meeting. 01:44:13.920 --> 01:44:19.920 Okay, this is first reading approval. 01:44:19.920 --> 01:44:23.920 Okay, so recommendation to move approval. 01:44:23.920 --> 01:44:36.920 The revisions of policy for for 3.5 student use of mobile phone with the new name student use of personal electronics devices for first reading. 01:44:37.920 --> 01:44:39.920 So moved. 01:44:39.920 --> 01:44:41.920 Second. 01:44:41.920 --> 01:44:45.920 And I'll add that phrase back in by second reading. 01:44:45.920 --> 01:44:46.920 Okay, thank you. 01:44:46.920 --> 01:44:49.920 So the motion was by Joanne Ru seconded by Carol Fox. 01:44:49.920 --> 01:44:51.920 If there are no quick. 01:44:51.920 --> 01:44:53.920 Tom Hankins. 01:44:53.920 --> 01:44:55.920 Just discussion. 01:44:55.920 --> 01:45:00.920 It's first reading school starting when we're going to do the second reading. 01:45:00.920 --> 01:45:03.920 And if we can wave it and do the second reading. 01:45:04.920 --> 01:45:08.920 So the students all have this policy in hand by the time they get to school. 01:45:08.920 --> 01:45:13.920 Just a question. 01:45:13.920 --> 01:45:14.920 We. 01:45:14.920 --> 01:45:15.920 We. 01:45:15.920 --> 01:45:16.920 Yes. 01:45:16.920 --> 01:45:20.920 Yeah, that's correct. 01:45:20.920 --> 01:45:22.920 And various. 01:45:22.920 --> 01:45:24.920 We do have a motion and a second. 01:45:24.920 --> 01:45:27.920 So we would have to vote on it and vote it down. 01:45:28.920 --> 01:45:30.920 And. 01:45:30.920 --> 01:45:31.920 But. 01:45:31.920 --> 01:45:35.920 Oh, yeah, we could we can't amend it. 01:45:35.920 --> 01:45:40.920 Let me before we do though, I'd like to ask Dr. Gordon. 01:45:40.920 --> 01:45:45.920 Would you prefer to have this done now? 01:45:45.920 --> 01:45:48.920 I think that would be a good idea since the restarting school. 01:45:48.920 --> 01:45:51.920 It's hard to take things away once we give them. 01:45:51.920 --> 01:45:52.920 Yeah. 01:45:52.920 --> 01:45:53.920 Okay. 01:45:53.920 --> 01:45:56.920 Is there an amendment? 01:45:56.920 --> 01:45:59.920 So can I amend it since it was my motion? 01:45:59.920 --> 01:46:05.920 So we're going to have this be the final reading rather than first reading. 01:46:05.920 --> 01:46:07.920 With the suggested changes. 01:46:07.920 --> 01:46:08.920 Yes. 01:46:08.920 --> 01:46:13.920 That was that was part of the original motion, though. 01:46:13.920 --> 01:46:14.920 I will second it. 01:46:14.920 --> 01:46:15.920 Okay. 01:46:15.920 --> 01:46:18.920 So we again have for the amendment. 01:46:18.920 --> 01:46:21.920 Changing it from first reading to final reading. 01:46:21.920 --> 01:46:25.920 Motion by Joanne Ru and a second by Carol Fox. 01:46:25.920 --> 01:46:30.920 We are voting on the amendment to change first reading to final reading. 01:46:30.920 --> 01:46:32.920 Any questions? 01:46:32.920 --> 01:46:33.920 All in favor. 01:46:33.920 --> 01:46:34.920 Aye. 01:46:34.920 --> 01:46:35.920 Aye. 01:46:35.920 --> 01:46:36.920 Aye. 01:46:36.920 --> 01:46:38.920 Any opposed? 01:46:38.920 --> 01:46:41.920 The amendment carries unanimously. 01:46:41.920 --> 01:46:46.920 Now we are voting on the motion to move approval. 01:46:46.920 --> 01:46:49.920 Any questions or comments? 01:46:49.920 --> 01:46:50.920 All in favor. 01:46:50.920 --> 01:46:51.920 Aye. 01:46:51.920 --> 01:46:52.920 Aye. 01:46:52.920 --> 01:46:53.920 Aye. 01:46:53.920 --> 01:46:54.920 Aye. 01:46:54.920 --> 01:46:56.920 Motion carries unanimously. 01:46:56.920 --> 01:46:57.920 Thank you. 01:46:57.920 --> 01:47:03.920 Chair Fox. 01:47:03.920 --> 01:47:08.920 Our next item tonight is grant funded positions. 01:47:08.920 --> 01:47:15.920 The purpose of this is to present recommend recommended positions for approval. 01:47:15.920 --> 01:47:17.920 Dr. Gordon. 01:47:17.920 --> 01:47:18.920 Yeah. 01:47:18.920 --> 01:47:19.920 Thank you. 01:47:19.920 --> 01:47:25.920 We had brought to committees two different categories of positions. 01:47:25.920 --> 01:47:33.920 One with one would be for behaviors and one would be for foundational literacy support. 01:47:33.920 --> 01:47:40.920 So we are looking to of course support our early learners in their literacy. 01:47:40.920 --> 01:47:48.920 The paraprofessional would be to provide targeted targeted instruction to elementary students to strengthen literacy skills. 01:47:48.920 --> 01:47:56.920 So that the parapro would work with the literacy coach and the interventionist to help work with the students. 01:47:56.920 --> 01:48:04.920 And our behavior interventionist would work under the direction of the special education and student services team. 01:48:04.920 --> 01:48:12.920 So I'm going to turn it over to Dr. Stengel to talk about the paraprofessional position first and then I will turn it over to student services. 01:48:19.920 --> 01:48:24.920 Yeah, good evening everybody. 01:48:24.920 --> 01:48:32.920 So you have the attachment for the early reading paraprofessional position. 01:48:32.920 --> 01:48:39.920 So this would be funded through Title 1. 01:48:40.920 --> 01:48:56.920 The position would provide a short targeted individual small group reading interventions for our young students identified through ACT 20 and other literacy data that is listed here. 01:48:56.920 --> 01:49:03.920 Also classroom performance foundational skills assessments and progress monitoring results. 01:49:03.920 --> 01:49:13.920 Support would focus on foundational reading skills including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. 01:49:13.920 --> 01:49:25.920 So a licensed reading specialist would identify students, plan or approve the lessons, select materials, monitor implementation and review student progress. 01:49:25.920 --> 01:49:30.920 Then the paraprofessional would deliver and document the assigned interventions. 01:49:31.920 --> 01:49:39.920 The services would supplement, not replace classroom instruction, reading specialist or special education services. 01:49:39.920 --> 01:49:49.920 Effectiveness would be measured through student growth, intervention attendance and frequency, instructional fidelity, accurate documentation and regular progress monitoring. 01:49:49.920 --> 01:49:57.920 Student groups and interventions would be adjusted based on data with the overall goal of providing early support. 01:49:57.920 --> 01:50:02.920 Before reading difficulties become more persistent. 01:50:02.920 --> 01:50:19.920 Additionally, this would be four positions for FTEs looking at Merrill, Hackett, Robinson and Todd. 01:50:20.920 --> 01:50:32.920 They would be funded through Title 1 and will ensure consistent, dedicated support for our youngest learners at the point where early intervention has the greatest long term impact. 01:50:32.920 --> 01:50:42.920 This position will have a significant amount of professional learning on reading foundational skills and meetings regarding student data. 01:50:42.920 --> 01:50:46.920 Included in your documents is a corresponding job description. 01:50:46.920 --> 01:50:55.920 The position will be on a 192 day calendar, seven and a half hours per day with compensation based on the classified staff compensation matrix. 01:50:55.920 --> 01:51:01.920 Column C02 with a start starting our early range of $16.78. 01:51:05.920 --> 01:51:08.920 Thank you so much. This is a lovely presentation. 01:51:08.920 --> 01:51:13.920 I am just calling attention to like the weather situation and so I have no disrespect intended. 01:51:13.920 --> 01:51:15.920 You're doing a wonderful job. 01:51:15.920 --> 01:51:18.920 I am just wondering because I don't know what people's commute situations are. 01:51:18.920 --> 01:51:21.920 Would it be wise for us to maybe like go virtual so people have a chance to. 01:51:21.920 --> 01:51:24.920 I don't carry their way. I just wanted to. 01:51:24.920 --> 01:51:26.920 It's a little scary out there right now. 01:51:26.920 --> 01:51:38.920 If board members need to leave board member because I know different we all have different family situations at home board members are free to leave. 01:51:39.920 --> 01:51:45.920 I would prefer that we have four here so that we at least have a quorum to keep the meeting going. 01:51:45.920 --> 01:51:47.920 I will be staying. 01:51:48.920 --> 01:51:49.920 Bill Johnson. 01:51:55.920 --> 01:51:56.920 Okay. 01:51:56.920 --> 01:51:58.920 I apologize for the interruption. Thank you so much. 01:51:59.920 --> 01:52:10.920 If board members need to go you're free to go. 01:52:10.920 --> 01:52:20.920 But like I said I know some of us have different family situations and if you can join virtually I would encourage that. 01:52:21.920 --> 01:52:22.920 Okay. 01:52:22.920 --> 01:52:23.920 Okay. 01:52:23.920 --> 01:52:24.920 Okay. 01:52:24.920 --> 01:52:33.920 So board members are going to. 01:52:33.920 --> 01:52:41.920 It looks like board member Hankins will be leaving and if you can join us virtually that would be wonderful. 01:52:41.920 --> 01:52:48.920 Mrs. Shope if you could send Mr. Hankins the phone number so he can call in. 01:52:48.920 --> 01:52:49.920 Yes I can do that. 01:52:49.920 --> 01:52:50.920 Thank you. 01:52:50.920 --> 01:52:51.920 Thank you. 01:52:51.920 --> 01:52:53.920 I'm sorry about the interruption Dr. Stingle. 01:52:53.920 --> 01:52:57.920 That's that's unusual but appropriate right now. 01:52:57.920 --> 01:53:05.920 Not a problem. 01:53:05.920 --> 01:53:12.920 So Gaston and Converse are not included in this because they are getting the open literacy. 01:53:13.920 --> 01:53:16.920 Sky rocket program correct. 01:53:16.920 --> 01:53:21.920 That that's a part of the reasoning behind it. Yes. 01:53:25.920 --> 01:53:29.920 Are there any other board member questions or comments for Dr. Stingle. 01:53:29.920 --> 01:53:32.920 Dr. Gordon. 01:53:32.920 --> 01:53:38.920 Did you did you want to add anything or continue. 01:53:39.920 --> 01:53:40.920 I'm sorry. 01:53:40.920 --> 01:53:41.920 No. 01:53:41.920 --> 01:53:42.920 No. 01:53:42.920 --> 01:53:51.920 I would like to move approval of the paraprofessional literacy positions as described second. 01:53:51.920 --> 01:53:52.920 Okay. 01:53:52.920 --> 01:54:07.920 So we have a motion by Carol Fox and a second by Dan Shoeff to approve the paraprofessional foundational literacy support positions as presented. 01:54:08.920 --> 01:54:09.920 All in favor. 01:54:09.920 --> 01:54:10.920 Aye. 01:54:10.920 --> 01:54:11.920 Aye. 01:54:11.920 --> 01:54:14.920 Motion carries unanimously. 01:54:14.920 --> 01:54:18.920 Can I clarify with that Carol and Dan. 01:54:18.920 --> 01:54:19.920 Correct. 01:54:19.920 --> 01:54:20.920 Okay. 01:54:20.920 --> 01:54:21.920 Thank you. 01:54:21.920 --> 01:54:30.920 Is there a motion for approval of restarting the WIP teacher intern program. 01:54:30.920 --> 01:54:33.920 So moved. 01:54:33.920 --> 01:54:34.920 Second. 01:54:34.920 --> 01:54:36.920 Motion by Megan Miller. 01:54:36.920 --> 01:54:38.920 Seconded by Carol Fox. 01:54:38.920 --> 01:54:40.920 Any discussion. 01:54:40.920 --> 01:54:41.920 Hearing none. 01:54:41.920 --> 01:54:43.920 All in favor. 01:54:43.920 --> 01:54:44.920 Aye. 01:54:44.920 --> 01:54:45.920 Aye. 01:54:45.920 --> 01:54:47.920 Motion carries unanimously. 01:54:47.920 --> 01:54:51.920 Is there a motion to approve. 01:54:51.920 --> 01:54:52.920 No. 01:54:52.920 --> 01:54:58.920 I want to hear the presentation for that one. 01:54:58.920 --> 01:54:59.920 Thank you. 01:54:59.920 --> 01:55:05.920 Thank you. 01:55:05.920 --> 01:55:07.920 Director Weir. 01:55:07.920 --> 01:55:08.920 All right. 01:55:08.920 --> 01:55:21.920 The other proposal that we have is to again use some of our title funding to try something different and unique in our district to support some of the behavioral needs. 01:55:21.920 --> 01:55:29.920 The request is to bring on board to the district one BCBA. 01:55:29.920 --> 01:55:32.920 So. 01:55:32.920 --> 01:55:34.920 And then one behavior intervention. 01:55:34.920 --> 01:55:37.920 So BCBSR board certified behavior analysis. 01:55:37.920 --> 01:55:50.920 And then one behavior interventionist to support in our elementary buildings when reviewing the data last year, this last school year, we had 18. 01:55:50.920 --> 01:55:57.920 743 incidents involving 2,202 unique students. 01:55:57.920 --> 01:56:04.920 It's a 17.1% increase in behavior incidences compared to the same period in 2425. 01:56:04.920 --> 01:56:13.920 And only 876 of those in each of the buildings resulted in some form of intervention being provided. 01:56:13.920 --> 01:56:19.920 The majority of those resulted in just exclusionary discipline being provided. 01:56:19.920 --> 01:56:28.920 So out of school suspensions in school suspensions, et cetera. 01:56:28.920 --> 01:56:36.920 When we review our current supports and think about aligning to a similar structure like we have for academics in the district. 01:56:36.920 --> 01:56:42.920 We have a very strong foundation for tier one universal. 01:56:42.920 --> 01:56:48.920 We have good high quality social emotional learning resources that our buildings use. 01:56:48.920 --> 01:56:53.920 Character strong personal people at the elementary levels seven mindsets at the middle school and high school levels. 01:56:53.920 --> 01:57:02.920 But where we've noticed a critical gap in terms of some behavior supports is in that tier two area, which is the targeted intervention. 01:57:02.920 --> 01:57:08.920 So right now currently the majority of that workload falls on student services staff. 01:57:08.920 --> 01:57:16.920 And while they are most certainly in the buildings to support, that is not their primary role and responsibility. 01:57:16.920 --> 01:57:29.920 And so if we're able to pilot this approach, we're having a board certified behavior and that analysis providing some like assessment 01:57:29.920 --> 01:57:40.920 and collaboration with teachers and building a plan and a behavior interventionist then doing the actual individual skill based intervention with students that could alleviate. 01:57:40.920 --> 01:57:52.920 Some of the student services time to focus more on tier three, which is that intensive support, which is really where our school counselor, social workers and sites are supposed to be spending the majority of their time. 01:57:53.920 --> 01:58:03.920 And right now our primary source is to outsource to community supports if those are available and families are able to gain access to those. 01:58:04.920 --> 01:58:27.920 The other thing, so when we think about how we use title, so one of the areas in the plan that we submit to the state specifically asks how we will use title funds to support the efforts to reduce the overuse of discipline practices that remove students from the classroom. 01:58:27.920 --> 01:58:35.920 So again, those exclusionary discipline practices. And so we did right into that narrative looking at this approach. 01:58:35.920 --> 01:58:53.920 It is not the BCBA portion of it is not something that a lot of districts in Wisconsin have, but it is something that we're starting to see other districts explore as behavior is a hot topic across the state in our schools. 01:58:53.920 --> 01:59:13.920 And in one of the most recent work groups that DPI had put out in regards to looking at a state licensure BCBA adding that as a Wisconsin DPI license is something that they're currently going to be looking into right now that department is or that license comes out of the department of health. 01:59:14.920 --> 01:59:23.920 So tell me again, you're looking for one BCPA and one behavior interventionist. Yes. 01:59:23.920 --> 01:59:28.920 And where, how is that going to work and where is this pilot going to be? 01:59:28.920 --> 01:59:38.920 So my recommendation is that they work with Hackett and Todd, and that's just based off of looking at the data of behavior referrals that were logged. 01:59:38.920 --> 01:59:46.920 Those two buildings have the most consistent data and they have the highest number of incidences that have been recorded. 01:59:46.920 --> 01:59:52.920 Has this been discussed with the staff and the principals of these two buildings? 01:59:52.920 --> 01:59:59.920 And there's something that they are looking have or are looking for having. 02:00:00.920 --> 02:00:02.920 It's been discussed with building administration. 02:00:02.920 --> 02:00:04.920 Yes, it was presented to them. 02:00:04.920 --> 02:00:08.920 Do you remember Dr. Gordon? 02:00:08.920 --> 02:00:13.920 It was like maybe a May principal meeting. 02:00:13.920 --> 02:00:15.920 Dr. Anderson was still here at the time. 02:00:15.920 --> 02:00:18.920 Yeah, I think it was May. 02:00:18.920 --> 02:00:19.920 Yeah. 02:00:19.920 --> 02:00:21.920 Mid May. 02:00:22.920 --> 02:00:32.920 Those are two brand new principals and I'm a little concerned about some of that, putting brand new things and pilots in that kind of a situation. 02:00:32.920 --> 02:00:40.920 I also wonder, especially in some of these buildings that I've been looking at is where these people would hang out. 02:00:40.920 --> 02:00:46.920 Because there's just not a lot of space in some of these buildings for people. 02:00:46.920 --> 02:00:48.920 So has that been addressed or discussed? 02:00:49.920 --> 02:00:56.920 I haven't done a lot of work in terms of details around office spaces, locations, anything like that. 02:00:56.920 --> 02:01:01.920 Obviously, the BCBA is a much more fluid position. 02:01:01.920 --> 02:01:08.920 They would be in and out of classrooms doing observations, supporting staff, collecting data on the students that they're looking at. 02:01:08.920 --> 02:01:16.920 We would have to do some work around identifying locations for the behavior interventionists to provide the actual interventions. 02:01:16.920 --> 02:01:28.920 But I would be shocked if student services staff or other staff that have space wouldn't be willing to give up for a period of time throughout the day to allow some of those interventions to occur. 02:01:30.920 --> 02:01:33.920 I'm going to interrupt. We are at eight o'clock. 02:01:33.920 --> 02:01:39.920 Can I get a motion to extend the meeting and in the interest of time? 02:01:39.920 --> 02:01:47.920 Rather than half an hour extension, can we extend it for an hour and try to get through the rest of this agenda quickly? 02:01:47.920 --> 02:01:49.920 So moved. 02:01:49.920 --> 02:01:55.920 Moved by Carol Fox, seconded by Bill Johnson. Any discussion? All in favor? 02:01:55.920 --> 02:01:56.920 Aye. 02:01:56.920 --> 02:01:57.920 Aye. 02:01:57.920 --> 02:02:00.920 Motion carries unanimously. 02:02:00.920 --> 02:02:01.920 Go ahead. 02:02:01.920 --> 02:02:02.920 Are you done? 02:02:02.920 --> 02:02:03.920 Okay. 02:02:03.920 --> 02:02:05.920 Megan Miller. 02:02:06.920 --> 02:02:11.920 Thank you. And thank you, Ms. Fox. Those are really good questions. I appreciate that you raised those. 02:02:11.920 --> 02:02:18.920 I just wanted to comment on, this is a very innovative thing that you're proposing that we do. 02:02:18.920 --> 02:02:21.920 And I just think that's something important to highlight. 02:02:21.920 --> 02:02:22.920 And I really appreciate that. 02:02:22.920 --> 02:02:28.920 We have to be proactive and forward thinking about rapidly changing needs and the landscape of education right now. 02:02:28.920 --> 02:02:30.920 So that's awesome. Thank you for doing that. 02:02:30.920 --> 02:02:38.920 I also wanted to highlight that since we've had to make some budget reductions, you know, and things like health services and things like, you know, of that nature. 02:02:38.920 --> 02:02:49.920 I wanted to put forward, I think, did Rock County, I feel like Rock County declared that like suicide prevention was like a very, it was, it was like a high priority health initiative. 02:02:49.920 --> 02:02:53.920 I don't remember what the language was, but I know we all had to get trained the last couple of years. 02:02:54.920 --> 02:02:58.920 So I feel like it's also to me a matter of safety. 02:02:58.920 --> 02:03:01.920 And so I really am very much in favor of this. 02:03:01.920 --> 02:03:10.920 I have kids who have worked with the student services specialist at Todd and it's important, powerful work that they do. 02:03:10.920 --> 02:03:15.920 And I absolutely want to see their time and resources used for the kids who demonstrate those needs. 02:03:15.920 --> 02:03:19.920 So for those reasons, I'm very much in favor of this. 02:03:20.920 --> 02:03:28.920 I think it increases our capacity and not only just to support the academic, you know, we're about to get a presentation about like how important behaviors are. 02:03:28.920 --> 02:03:34.920 So, you know, to the academic performance piece, I feel like it's also like a student health and safety piece as well. 02:03:34.920 --> 02:03:36.920 So I am in favor of that. 02:03:36.920 --> 02:03:38.920 I don't know if I asked a question or not. 02:03:38.920 --> 02:03:40.920 Those were just things that popped into my head. 02:03:40.920 --> 02:03:43.920 But if you have anything else to share on either of those, that would be great. 02:03:43.920 --> 02:03:44.920 Otherwise I'm good. 02:03:44.920 --> 02:03:45.920 Thanks. 02:03:50.920 --> 02:03:55.920 Yeah, I just for my own personal experience. 02:03:55.920 --> 02:04:06.920 My I've experienced two times now in districts where the classroom needed more support with behavioral needs. 02:04:06.920 --> 02:04:10.920 And I'll say again, Carrie Oscar, she came in. 02:04:10.920 --> 02:04:12.920 She helped me so much. 02:04:12.920 --> 02:04:16.920 I was so thankful for her her expertise. 02:04:17.920 --> 02:04:24.920 I also have been part of a district where a student needed a behavior intervention plan. 02:04:24.920 --> 02:04:30.920 And it never happened because, and that wasn't in Beloit. 02:04:30.920 --> 02:04:34.920 And it never happened because there was nobody to collect the data. 02:04:34.920 --> 02:04:38.920 And so these positions are so important for those reasons. 02:04:39.920 --> 02:04:46.920 And I think having two new principles along with all of these open positions, especially in special ed. 02:04:46.920 --> 02:04:51.920 I think having additional support is a fantastic idea. 02:04:55.920 --> 02:04:56.920 Any other questions or comments? 02:04:57.920 --> 02:05:03.920 Is there a motion to move approval of the board certified behavior, 02:05:03.920 --> 02:05:08.920 behavior analyst and the behavior interventionist positions? 02:05:08.920 --> 02:05:09.920 So moved. 02:05:09.920 --> 02:05:10.920 Second. 02:05:11.920 --> 02:05:13.920 Motion by Joanne Roo. 02:05:13.920 --> 02:05:15.920 Second by Megan Miller. 02:05:15.920 --> 02:05:19.920 Any discussion hearing none? 02:05:19.920 --> 02:05:20.920 All in favor? 02:05:20.920 --> 02:05:21.920 Aye. 02:05:21.920 --> 02:05:22.920 Aye. 02:05:22.920 --> 02:05:23.920 Aye. 02:05:24.920 --> 02:05:28.920 Motion carries unanimously. 02:05:28.920 --> 02:05:35.920 And before we move on to the next one, I just want to make certain. 02:05:35.920 --> 02:05:39.920 Did we get the early reading paraprofessional positions in there too? 02:05:39.920 --> 02:05:40.920 Okay. 02:05:40.920 --> 02:05:41.920 Thank you. 02:05:41.920 --> 02:05:42.920 Okay. 02:05:42.920 --> 02:05:43.920 Wonderful. 02:05:43.920 --> 02:05:44.920 It's team effort. 02:05:44.920 --> 02:05:46.920 That is what this is. 02:05:46.920 --> 02:05:49.920 Our next item is the. 02:05:50.920 --> 02:05:55.920 Yes, as long as you're fine. Can I clarify what that motion would have been? 02:05:55.920 --> 02:06:00.920 I had that the motion for the paraprofessionals was. 02:06:00.920 --> 02:06:02.920 I have to get back to it quick here. 02:06:02.920 --> 02:06:09.920 I had that it was to move approval of four paraprofessional foundational literacy support positions. 02:06:09.920 --> 02:06:13.920 But were there also early reading paraprofessional positions? 02:06:16.920 --> 02:06:17.920 Yes. 02:06:17.920 --> 02:06:18.920 Yes. 02:06:18.920 --> 02:06:23.920 There's how many positions? 02:06:23.920 --> 02:06:25.920 Four. 02:06:25.920 --> 02:06:28.920 Four of each? 02:06:28.920 --> 02:06:30.920 Four of literacy. 02:06:30.920 --> 02:06:34.920 Yeah, I was just four paraprofessional literacy support. 02:06:34.920 --> 02:06:36.920 And then we. 02:06:36.920 --> 02:06:40.920 Two for behavior. 02:06:40.920 --> 02:06:41.920 Two for behavior. 02:06:41.920 --> 02:06:45.920 And then we restarted the WIP intern program. 02:06:46.920 --> 02:06:47.920 That I got. 02:06:47.920 --> 02:06:51.920 So it's just for paraprofessional foundational literacy support positions. 02:06:51.920 --> 02:06:52.920 Correct. 02:06:52.920 --> 02:06:57.920 Early reading paraprofessional positions because I thought I read that in the proposal. 02:06:57.920 --> 02:06:59.920 But I could very well be wrong. 02:06:59.920 --> 02:07:00.920 No, I'm sorry, Michelle. 02:07:00.920 --> 02:07:04.920 There were two early reading paraprofessional positions. 02:07:04.920 --> 02:07:05.920 Four. 02:07:05.920 --> 02:07:06.920 Okay. 02:07:06.920 --> 02:07:08.920 In addition to the board. 02:07:08.920 --> 02:07:18.920 Looking at the board agenda item, it says move approval of the blank paraprofessional foundational literacy support positions. 02:07:18.920 --> 02:07:24.920 And then and blank early reading paraprofessional positions. 02:07:24.920 --> 02:07:25.920 Right. 02:07:25.920 --> 02:07:26.920 Are they the same? 02:07:26.920 --> 02:07:29.920 I didn't know how many there were of each. 02:07:29.920 --> 02:07:32.920 Are these all the same? 02:07:32.920 --> 02:07:34.920 Four paraprofessionals. 02:07:34.920 --> 02:07:36.920 So this is confusing. 02:07:36.920 --> 02:07:37.920 Okay. 02:07:37.920 --> 02:07:38.920 Yep. 02:07:38.920 --> 02:07:43.920 Move approval of four paraprofessional foundational literacy positions. 02:07:43.920 --> 02:07:44.920 So it's one. 02:07:44.920 --> 02:07:45.920 This is just one. 02:07:45.920 --> 02:07:46.920 Okay. 02:07:46.920 --> 02:07:47.920 So this is. 02:07:47.920 --> 02:07:48.920 Okay. 02:07:48.920 --> 02:07:49.920 Okay. 02:07:49.920 --> 02:07:50.920 Okay. 02:07:50.920 --> 02:07:51.920 Thank you. 02:07:51.920 --> 02:07:52.920 Okay. 02:07:52.920 --> 02:07:53.920 So it's. 02:07:53.920 --> 02:07:54.920 You are correct. 02:07:54.920 --> 02:07:55.920 Yep. 02:07:55.920 --> 02:07:58.920 Just four foundational literacy support para educators. 02:07:58.920 --> 02:08:00.920 Thank you. 02:08:01.920 --> 02:08:06.920 The next item is the sale of the right building. 02:08:06.920 --> 02:08:12.920 And the purpose of this is to move forward with the sale of the right school. 02:08:12.920 --> 02:08:16.920 Dr. Gordon, would you like to say anything? 02:08:16.920 --> 02:08:17.920 Sure. 02:08:17.920 --> 02:08:20.920 We would like to move ahead with the sale of right school. 02:08:20.920 --> 02:08:23.920 We have a purchase price offer. 02:08:23.920 --> 02:08:27.920 Full price offer for $325,000. 02:08:28.920 --> 02:08:31.920 The earnest money has already been deposited. 02:08:31.920 --> 02:08:38.920 And we are looking to close on that building in September, September 18th. 02:08:38.920 --> 02:08:41.920 Is there a motion? 02:08:41.920 --> 02:08:46.920 So moved. 02:08:46.920 --> 02:08:47.920 Second. 02:08:47.920 --> 02:08:48.920 Second. 02:08:48.920 --> 02:08:51.920 Motion by Megan Miller, seconded by Dan Shuf. 02:08:51.920 --> 02:08:56.920 Any questions or comments? 02:08:57.920 --> 02:09:01.920 I am excited about this sale. 02:09:01.920 --> 02:09:06.920 And I think it will bring good things to the community in many ways. 02:09:06.920 --> 02:09:08.920 All in favor? 02:09:08.920 --> 02:09:09.920 Aye. 02:09:09.920 --> 02:09:10.920 Aye. 02:09:10.920 --> 02:09:12.920 Aye. 02:09:12.920 --> 02:09:18.920 Motion carries unanimously. 02:09:18.920 --> 02:09:25.920 Our next agenda item is school resource officer program. 02:09:26.920 --> 02:09:36.920 The purpose of this is for the Board of Education to move approval of the school district resource officer SRO program agreement for the 26-27 school year. 02:09:36.920 --> 02:09:43.920 Providing dedicated coverage for the two middle schools and Bloitte Memorial High School. 02:09:43.920 --> 02:09:46.920 Dr. Gordon. 02:09:46.920 --> 02:09:47.920 Yeah. 02:09:47.920 --> 02:09:54.920 So we are looking to move approval of the contract for two SROs. 02:09:54.920 --> 02:09:59.920 One would be split between the two middle schools and one would be for the high school. 02:09:59.920 --> 02:10:03.920 In the past, we have asked for three SROs. 02:10:03.920 --> 02:10:08.920 We do not have three SROs on. 02:10:08.920 --> 02:10:09.920 Sorry. 02:10:09.920 --> 02:10:12.920 We do not have three SROs on for this year. 02:10:12.920 --> 02:10:20.920 If you've heard anything about our police force, we are definitely in a shortage there as well as, you know, it's like teachers here. 02:10:21.920 --> 02:10:29.920 So when we had our meeting with the city and the police department, we kind of talked through these things. 02:10:29.920 --> 02:10:34.920 They're they're discussing or that we were discussing the flexibility of two to three. 02:10:34.920 --> 02:10:40.920 It was that was during a multi year contract when they prepared the final draft. 02:10:40.920 --> 02:10:44.920 They made it a one year agreement and this was for a couple of reasons. 02:10:44.920 --> 02:10:48.920 One was because staffing last year was very difficult. 02:10:48.920 --> 02:10:52.920 We really didn't have three to fill the positions last year. 02:10:52.920 --> 02:10:54.920 So we were kind of left hanging. 02:10:54.920 --> 02:10:57.920 There were some staffing issues there. 02:10:57.920 --> 02:11:04.920 So they're they're taking measures to improve their staff recruitment and retention as well, just like we are. 02:11:04.920 --> 02:11:08.920 And they're hoping to have a staffing rebound as well. 02:11:08.920 --> 02:11:13.920 So and they know that we're facing a fiscal problem as well here. 02:11:14.920 --> 02:11:20.920 So given these concerns, they thought it would be better to offer a one year agreement and revisit it next year. 02:11:20.920 --> 02:11:23.920 And hopefully things will have improved on both ends. 02:11:23.920 --> 02:11:26.920 Thank you, Dan. 02:11:26.920 --> 02:11:33.920 So we had a chance to discuss our cadence for the board meetings. 02:11:33.920 --> 02:11:36.920 I was caught off guard by this. 02:11:37.920 --> 02:11:42.920 So just I don't need to know everything going on in the district as one board member. 02:11:42.920 --> 02:11:48.920 But I was surprised because it feels when I read the materials, which I didn't get to until today. 02:11:48.920 --> 02:11:52.920 It feels like we made this decision at the district based on budget. 02:11:52.920 --> 02:11:58.920 You know, it feels like this was a we were trying to meet a very tight budget. 02:11:58.920 --> 02:12:00.920 So we're we did that. 02:12:00.920 --> 02:12:02.920 Dr. Gordon, it sounds like it's more of a. 02:12:03.920 --> 02:12:14.920 Was a collaborative discussion and even if we were contracted for three last year, we didn't really have three because obviously sworn officers get pulled away from the building. 02:12:14.920 --> 02:12:22.920 If they're needed for high priority issues in the city, I would be much more comfortable. 02:12:22.920 --> 02:12:27.920 Setting, you know, happy to prove things that are in front of us. 02:12:28.920 --> 02:12:30.920 I get it and we don't need to micromanage. 02:12:30.920 --> 02:12:51.920 But I would would like to give the district more of a board direction that we would prefer to have a school resource officer at the junior high or middle school and high school level as soon as possible and give you that flexibility rather than, you know, it feels like this 02:12:52.920 --> 02:13:04.920 came from looks like this letter came from a deputy city manager Kruger kind of all baked up in based on what you guys had discussed. 02:13:04.920 --> 02:13:14.920 So I really would prefer to have the goal of being having a school resource officer at every middle school or high school. 02:13:15.920 --> 02:13:22.920 And so I guess I don't know how to approach that, Dr. Gordon, where we're at and look for you and your team suggestion. 02:13:22.920 --> 02:13:30.920 If that's something that's possible, something to strive for as a board policy goal here. 02:13:30.920 --> 02:13:34.920 Well, it's definitely something to to work for. 02:13:35.920 --> 02:13:43.920 But I do have communications between our district and the city about, you know, discussing between two and three. 02:13:43.920 --> 02:13:50.920 And, you know, it is in here that they're having trouble with staffing and recruitment as well. 02:13:50.920 --> 02:14:03.920 So, but there are, you know, other avenues that we could pursue, you know, very informally, we have talked about those avenues for which we could possibly pursue getting another person. 02:14:04.920 --> 02:14:11.920 You know, but what guaranteeing that is going to be tricky as well because of that staffing issue. 02:14:11.920 --> 02:14:19.920 And, you know, hopefully things will turn around in the boy police department because we would certainly like to employ our own. 02:14:19.920 --> 02:14:29.920 And, you know, it is such a nice thing to have here in our school district, those officers because we really rely on them. 02:14:30.920 --> 02:14:35.920 And just we're hoping that they will be able to get more staff, just like we are. 02:14:39.920 --> 02:14:40.920 Megan Miller. 02:14:40.920 --> 02:14:45.920 Thank you so much. I actually thank you so much for putting this together. 02:14:45.920 --> 02:14:51.920 I really just want to commend like that sounds like some really excellent partnership that's happening between the district and the city. 02:14:51.920 --> 02:14:54.920 And I'm really grateful to you and staff for doing so. 02:14:55.920 --> 02:15:03.920 I know this issue has been, you know, this contract has gone through many iterations and I think that each time we've done it, the process has gotten better and better. 02:15:03.920 --> 02:15:12.920 And it's, at least since I've been on the board, it's been very much driven through like, you know, administration, which I think is important and not driven by the board because we're not the staff and we don't know. 02:15:12.920 --> 02:15:14.920 So, thank you for bringing this. 02:15:14.920 --> 02:15:22.920 From the board level, however, in this isn't directly related, I'm just going to float this as a larger topic as we're engaging in long-range planning. 02:15:22.920 --> 02:15:35.920 It might be a good idea for us at some point to have like a board, city council, touch base, like large view meeting, just to kind of like look at, sorry, look at all of these issues under larger like strategic planning, long-range planning umbrella. 02:15:35.920 --> 02:15:44.920 But I think this is like actually a really good example of how, of the things that we have that are working well, like that they are working quite well in terms of that collaboration. 02:15:44.920 --> 02:15:50.920 So, thank you. And I just wanted to float that kind of city council board kind of idea as well. 02:15:50.920 --> 02:16:00.920 Absolutely. I think that's a great goal. I cannot take credit for the work that was done here. This would be Ryan Turner and Missy's department. So, they've been doing all the work on that. 02:16:00.920 --> 02:16:04.920 So, I just inherited this. So, kudos to them. 02:16:04.920 --> 02:16:14.920 But again, if you have questions and maybe Ryan would be better person to answer some of those, but we would like to have the three officers just saying, but this is where we are right now. 02:16:15.920 --> 02:16:28.920 Okay. So, what does this look like for? I've got a few questions. So, what is, what will this look like for sporting events then? 02:16:33.920 --> 02:16:35.920 It's not related. 02:16:35.920 --> 02:16:38.920 So, this Friday is the first home football game. 02:16:39.920 --> 02:16:49.920 We, I work with the high school team athletics and so on and ask comedy for each sport that they want us to request for the police department to post for overtime. 02:16:49.920 --> 02:16:59.920 So, the SROs, we like them to work, but it's not part of the SRO program. So, hopefully we, like for this Friday, we asked for four. Hopefully we get four. We shall see. 02:17:00.920 --> 02:17:01.920 Be a completely separate. 02:17:01.920 --> 02:17:19.920 Okay. Thank you. If, if it is related to the police force and they're, they're staffing shortage too. Is it possible for us to look at security and like hiring a security person that's not a police officer? 02:17:20.920 --> 02:17:24.920 We already do. The high school, we have six FTE. 02:17:24.920 --> 02:17:32.920 Oh, yeah, we do. Yeah. Okay. So, do we have any at the middle school level security officers to, or I don't know what you call them. 02:17:32.920 --> 02:17:39.920 Yeah, one each. Okay. Well, then if we don't have three police officers or SROs. 02:17:41.920 --> 02:17:46.920 I don't know. Does it make sense to increase the number of security that we have instead? 02:17:47.920 --> 02:17:51.920 Dr. Gordon. 02:17:51.920 --> 02:17:55.920 I'm thinking we have how many security there? 02:17:55.920 --> 02:18:12.920 So, one at Aldrich, one at Frozen, six for the high school plus the BLA FTE transferred over. So, seven in that building for 26, 27. 02:18:12.920 --> 02:18:23.920 Do we need, do we need to hire another security guard, an additional security guard since we will be short one SRO? 02:18:23.920 --> 02:18:29.920 So, a couple of things. One first for bringing this up. 02:18:29.920 --> 02:18:39.920 If our goal, we, we want the three SROs. In fact, when we brought this four years ago, we were looking to add a fourth and so on and so forth. 02:18:40.920 --> 02:18:44.920 I'm always for more security. Don't get around here. You're never going to hear me say no. 02:18:44.920 --> 02:18:58.920 But if we get to a point in the 27, 28 school year, or we can get three or more SROs, then what will the discussion be about this potentially excess want FTE of security. 02:18:58.920 --> 02:19:07.920 So, we can always use security in the district. We can float them around elementary. There's a lot of things we can do, but that's just a consideration that if things improve on the police department side. 02:19:07.920 --> 02:19:12.920 Now we created a position to supplement that is it still needed. 02:19:12.920 --> 02:19:20.920 The other thing is with primarily one SRO will be at the high school. That's a given. 02:19:20.920 --> 02:19:24.920 The other SRO will float between the two buildings, two middle schools. 02:19:24.920 --> 02:19:36.920 It would be interesting to see how we take that extra FTE to support both of those buildings because it's really easy to say Monday, Wednesday, Friday of one week. 02:19:36.920 --> 02:19:45.920 The SRO is at one middle school, Tuesday, Thursday at the other, and then it flips the next week, but their calls require them to go back and forth. 02:19:45.920 --> 02:19:53.920 So, there's no clean way to do that. And if we, again, it would be interesting to see how we make that equal between the buildings. 02:19:53.920 --> 02:19:59.920 Because if we send the SRO from Frues into Aldrich, I can't just tell the security officer to go there. 02:19:59.920 --> 02:20:05.920 And so, again, I'm all for extra security. We can absolutely get our money's worth with those positions. 02:20:05.920 --> 02:20:27.920 Thank you, Mr. Turner. I don't think any of us disagree with wanting more security, especially in today's world, even just recently hearing about the fights at the state fair, which, you know, things just seem to get crazier and crazier every day. 02:20:28.920 --> 02:20:32.920 So, a couple of things that I'd like to say is to remind everybody who's listening. 02:20:32.920 --> 02:20:40.920 Student behavior, yeah, from the first bell to the closing bell is our responsibility. 02:20:40.920 --> 02:20:46.920 All of those other hours, it's the communities and the family's responsibilities. 02:20:46.920 --> 02:20:52.920 Please work with us and teach your students right from wrong and appropriate behavior. 02:20:53.920 --> 02:21:03.920 We continue to encourage all staff members and board members and anyone associated with the school district to model good behavior and respect. 02:21:03.920 --> 02:21:10.920 The other thing that I'd like to say in response to that, I hear you. 02:21:10.920 --> 02:21:15.920 I understand it makes, yeah, what you're saying makes sense. 02:21:15.920 --> 02:21:37.920 However, as we move forward, if this is what the board approves, I want for Dr. Gordon and you to realize if there are concerns and you need another position, please let us know sooner rather than later so we can be working with you to support you in what your needs are. 02:21:38.920 --> 02:21:47.920 And then the last thing I want to remind people is even if buildings don't have SROs, if there is an incident, the police department is called. 02:21:47.920 --> 02:21:54.920 They are called and will respond as soon as they possibly can. 02:21:54.920 --> 02:21:57.920 Any other, Mr. Shuf? 02:21:57.920 --> 02:22:04.920 Mr. Turner, I don't think we've had a chance to meet. 02:22:04.920 --> 02:22:05.920 Nice to see you. 02:22:05.920 --> 02:22:10.920 Question for you and for Dr. Gordon and for TIA, it's kind of collectively. 02:22:10.920 --> 02:22:20.920 What about an idea of having kind of a modified approval where we say that because it hasn't been signed yet, right? 02:22:20.920 --> 02:22:22.920 This is a draft. 02:22:23.920 --> 02:22:27.920 Correct. They have us sign up first and then they take it to City Council. 02:22:27.920 --> 02:22:36.920 So this would be a change that I'm assuming you could get through something along the lines of the school board approves it. 02:22:36.920 --> 02:22:51.920 And we ask that the goal be to have three SROs and then collectively we're given budget authority for three SROs, but we know that, or that we ask that to be made true as soon as possible. 02:22:51.920 --> 02:22:58.920 And we know that they have staffing issues and so on, but just be clear that the board gives budget approval for three. 02:22:58.920 --> 02:23:13.920 We give flexibility for you and we ask you and Deputy Manager Kruger, whoever is negotiating this to make clear that we understand the situation we're in now, but our collective goal is to get back to one in building. 02:23:13.920 --> 02:23:20.920 We all know that the building number of buildings might change in the future, but that's for a different discussion. 02:23:20.920 --> 02:23:29.920 If I may, Missy's trying to find the language, but I have mentioned when you're here four years ago that the intent was to grow the program. 02:23:29.920 --> 02:23:40.920 Three was the baseline hoping to add more. So there was language built into it that allowed us to add that forth without going through multiple levels of approvals and stuff like that. So. 02:23:40.920 --> 02:23:52.920 I think that's what I'm hearing you hoping to incorporate, but like I said, Missy's trying to find the language. So there is precedent that we've done that before. 02:23:52.920 --> 02:23:55.920 Thank you. So while she's looking for that. 02:23:55.920 --> 02:24:02.920 Bill Johnson. 02:24:03.920 --> 02:24:08.920 I believe that there are different jurisdictions along that same lines. 02:24:08.920 --> 02:24:19.920 I believe I read it correctly. The Floyd City Council approved a contract with the sheriff's department to provide extra patrols for the city. 02:24:19.920 --> 02:24:31.920 If that's something we want to look at, we can. I'm just pigging backing off of looking at other jurisdictions, but the any law enforcement agency that we have. 02:24:31.920 --> 02:24:35.920 I think that there are a lot of other things that we want to look at. 02:24:35.920 --> 02:24:56.920 I think that there are a lot of other things that we want to look at within the jurisdiction and it would be the city of Beloit police department, the sheriff's department of the state patrol. Obviously, one makes more sense than the other, but that's just where we are. 02:24:57.920 --> 02:25:09.920 And Dr. Gordon want three or more, but that's just not feasible right now. 02:25:09.920 --> 02:25:13.920 I have a comment here for me. 02:25:13.920 --> 02:25:22.920 That is a case by case thing. I can't speak for them. They, I will say about halfway through the school year. 02:25:23.920 --> 02:25:37.920 Last year, they had some like military relief stuff like that, and they did what they could to pull patrol officers to come and cover the buildings when they could, but their priorities are going to be to the streets. 02:25:37.920 --> 02:25:48.920 So they do what they can do. I wholeheartedly believe that's, but you had just two is what they advise that they could could provide us. 02:25:48.920 --> 02:25:51.920 Tom. 02:25:51.920 --> 02:26:11.920 Thank you. I just want to go back to what Mr. Schup is bringing up. And I think it's, to me, it's like we leave a slide open to pay for this person as we have done for many positions in the district that somehow don't get filled. 02:26:12.920 --> 02:26:22.920 I think what I'm hearing from Dan is, yeah, we want to keep that option open and maybe that's the way it's written. I don't have it in front of me, but just so we keep that slide open in our budget. 02:26:22.920 --> 02:26:31.920 So if we can't add the third person or for it, at least we have budget of the money to do that. Thank you. 02:26:31.920 --> 02:26:34.920 Thank you. Can I make a motion? 02:26:34.920 --> 02:26:37.920 Are you not ready for that? Megan, did you have your hand up? 02:26:37.920 --> 02:26:42.920 I just want to let you know that Bill had his hand up, but yes, please make a motion. 02:26:42.920 --> 02:26:47.920 We did find that language in the old MOU if anybody's interested in hearing that. 02:26:47.920 --> 02:26:55.920 There is a resolution, so we either need to waive moving the resolution or it will need to be read. 02:26:55.920 --> 02:27:00.920 I'd move that we waive reading the resolution. 02:27:01.920 --> 02:27:02.920 Okay. 02:27:02.920 --> 02:27:15.920 There is a motion to waive the reading of the resolution by Megan Miller, seconded by Bill Johnson, all in favor of waiving reading the resolution. 02:27:15.920 --> 02:27:18.920 Aye. Aye. Aye. 02:27:18.920 --> 02:27:29.920 You can give us this language if this doesn't work. 02:27:29.920 --> 02:27:37.920 Aye. Move approval of the updated program agreement and the MOU for the school resource officer program at the two middle schools in high school, 02:27:37.920 --> 02:27:44.920 with approval to move to three SROs if positions become available. 02:27:44.920 --> 02:27:51.920 I'll, okay. I'll second. 02:27:51.920 --> 02:27:56.920 We have a motion by Carol Fox and a second by Megan Miller. 02:27:56.920 --> 02:27:58.920 Oh, yeah, I have a discussion point once you. 02:27:58.920 --> 02:27:59.920 Yep. 02:27:59.920 --> 02:28:07.920 Okay. Missy, Mr. Turner, what are your thoughts? Do we have it right or do we need any modifications to make it better? 02:28:07.920 --> 02:28:13.920 So I'm going to read the language that we found from the last MOU from four years ago. 02:28:13.920 --> 02:28:18.920 The city shall employ three SROs during the initial term in any renewal terms of this agreement. 02:28:18.920 --> 02:28:24.920 If the parties agree that an additional SRO was needed, a written amendment to this agreement shall be made. 02:28:25.920 --> 02:28:33.920 And this reminder, this is it for a one year. It's one year. It's not like it was before. 02:28:33.920 --> 02:28:39.920 I think you have the motion, right? I do for what experience I have in these types of things. 02:28:39.920 --> 02:28:46.920 Just remember this also then needs to go to city council and so there's that dynamic as well. 02:28:47.920 --> 02:28:52.920 So just on the discussion point, I think we have it right. We're we're not approving a very specific one. 02:28:52.920 --> 02:29:03.920 We're approving all the rest of the specifics with with administrations goal to go convince our friends at the city that this is what we all want. 02:29:03.920 --> 02:29:11.920 And I, you know, I think we'll be successful at that. So I think Dr. Gordon, does that seem to be okay where we're at on this? 02:29:11.920 --> 02:29:15.920 In your opinion? Yeah, it should be okay. All right. Thank you. 02:29:16.920 --> 02:29:19.920 Any other board member? Mr. Johnson. 02:29:27.920 --> 02:29:35.920 Part time or police. They, the city of boy police department does not currently have part time police officers. 02:29:38.920 --> 02:29:40.920 Like security wise. 02:29:41.920 --> 02:29:43.920 Those those those might get a lot. 02:29:43.920 --> 02:29:45.920 Your mic's not on apparently. Okay. 02:29:49.920 --> 02:29:52.920 So we're talking part time security. 02:29:54.920 --> 02:30:02.920 It's my thought would be we would have to have FTE approved for me to be able to have sub coverage to go into that. 02:30:02.920 --> 02:30:06.920 Otherwise, it's a fiasco trying to figure out account numbers and then it becomes. 02:30:07.920 --> 02:30:11.920 There's no on it. There's no. Yeah. 02:30:11.920 --> 02:30:13.920 Coming down. Yeah. All right. Thanks. 02:30:15.920 --> 02:30:18.920 Yeah, I have one more question for Ryan. Please go ahead. 02:30:20.920 --> 02:30:26.920 Ryan, what, what does that look like? You talked about the one sharing between frozen and Aldrich. 02:30:27.920 --> 02:30:35.920 And I know you're trying to work this out, but what does that actually look like? You talked about, you know, Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Thursday. 02:30:36.920 --> 02:30:41.920 Hours, just curious, how does it, or have you not decided that whole thing yet? Thank you. 02:30:42.920 --> 02:30:51.920 So in the past, the way they, they try to do a schedule and it's just like I, I described now that's the previous administration. 02:30:52.920 --> 02:30:59.920 What that looks like for this. I'm sure I would imagine it would be something similar. There's only so many days in the week. 02:31:00.920 --> 02:31:07.920 But they can never stick to that schedule. If, if on the day that they're assigned to frozen, something comes up at Aldrich, they, they have to go. 02:31:08.920 --> 02:31:16.920 A supervisor could pull the an SRO from the high school to go there, but that's, they have that control, not us. 02:31:17.920 --> 02:31:25.920 When we had four intermediate schools, the SROs were split between those buildings. They had two buildings each and it was the same thing. 02:31:26.920 --> 02:31:38.920 They were put on a schedule and they tried to stick to it as best they could. Sometimes they figured out they would do half days and half days. It just kind of depended on what was going on on those particular days. 02:31:40.920 --> 02:31:41.920 Okay. Thank you. 02:31:43.920 --> 02:31:45.920 Thank you. Any other questions or comments? 02:31:46.920 --> 02:31:55.920 Well, I just have one and I will put a plug in for the Beloit Police Department, just as we are looking for people for our special ed staff. 02:31:56.920 --> 02:32:04.920 Hey, folks, Beloit is a beautiful city. We're on the banks of the beautiful Rock River. We've got lots of wonderful things going on here. 02:32:05.920 --> 02:32:10.920 So if you are interested in serving on the Beloit Police Department, come on down. 02:32:11.920 --> 02:32:17.920 There is a motion and a second by Carol Fox and Megan, seconded by Megan Miller. All in favor? 02:32:18.920 --> 02:32:19.920 Aye. 02:32:20.920 --> 02:32:21.920 Aye. 02:32:22.920 --> 02:32:24.920 Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously. 02:32:25.920 --> 02:32:28.920 Just a quick question. Since we waive the reading of the resolution, we don't need a roll call vote, right? 02:32:29.920 --> 02:32:31.920 That is my understanding. 02:32:32.920 --> 02:32:33.920 Okay. Thanks. 02:32:34.920 --> 02:32:37.920 And if I'm wrong, I apologize in advance. 02:32:38.920 --> 02:32:49.920 Our next item is the final report from the Adhoc Student Success Support Committee. 02:32:50.920 --> 02:32:56.920 Dr. Kim Erhart, Chair of Adhoc Student Success Support and Support Committee. 02:32:57.920 --> 02:33:06.920 The purpose is to share the results of the spring site-based visits to each of the school buildings relative to the implementation of the six steps 02:33:06.920 --> 02:33:09.920 of the Adhoc Plan. Dr. Erhart? 02:33:10.920 --> 02:33:16.920 Good evening, everyone. It's good to be here. I'm going to be clairvoyant because I can already hear this in your heads. 02:33:16.920 --> 02:33:23.920 Can you streamline this presentation? So I'll do that. I'm going to be assisted by Vanna Almonderes. 02:33:24.920 --> 02:33:29.920 She's bringing up the presentation here. So that'll be forthcoming. 02:33:29.920 --> 02:33:32.920 I'll just start to kind of introduce and talk again. 02:33:32.920 --> 02:33:38.920 Again, the Adhoc Committee for Student Success and Support really had come out of. 02:33:39.920 --> 02:33:47.920 Juan Romero was a board member who had written this very extensive document and was really trying to focus attention on the board 02:33:47.920 --> 02:33:52.920 for concerns and challenges with student behavior and student achievement. 02:33:53.920 --> 02:33:57.920 So that's kind of the genesis of our work. I was pleasant to have. 02:33:58.920 --> 02:34:06.920 Joanne Rue was the board member that worked with me and we started going through all the data and we really landed on as we looked at it 02:34:07.920 --> 02:34:17.920 with the whole notion that you will not improve student achievement until you move forward with behavior and the whole student conduct can 02:34:18.920 --> 02:34:23.920 behavior. So that became the focus of all our work and all our plans and all of those sorts of things. 02:34:23.920 --> 02:34:29.920 And we worked on that all year. I've already reported in the fall those particular findings. 02:34:29.920 --> 02:34:38.920 There's a lot of information in the board packet that has the whole presentation and the memo and hopefully that has given you a lot of information. 02:34:38.920 --> 02:34:48.920 So if it's okay, I will move to the conclusions, recommendations, bottom line, the end of the report. 02:34:48.920 --> 02:34:50.920 Is that all right? 02:34:50.920 --> 02:34:51.920 Works for us. 02:34:51.920 --> 02:34:53.920 Okay. Very good. 02:34:53.920 --> 02:34:58.920 Just to let you know that I was able to meet with Dr. Gordon, Dr. Stangel. 02:34:58.920 --> 02:35:06.920 We reviewed all of these because we want to make sure that we're all in alignment with where the district is moving because the Adhoc Committee had 02:35:06.920 --> 02:35:10.920 representatives from the community, the district and the staff. 02:35:10.920 --> 02:35:16.920 So if, all right, well, the first conclusion was we made progress. 02:35:16.920 --> 02:35:25.920 We made progress in our particular effort to improve a universal approach to student conduct and behavior. 02:35:25.920 --> 02:35:34.920 What we discovered early on is that we have certain schools had bits and pieces of things and one of our first decision points was to create a universal plan 02:35:34.920 --> 02:35:36.920 for conduct and behavior. 02:35:36.920 --> 02:35:40.920 And that was the work of our committee in the summer. 02:35:40.920 --> 02:35:47.920 And then that became the work of, throughout the school year, working on that. 02:35:47.920 --> 02:35:54.920 And so in particular, we found, yeah, let's move. 02:35:54.920 --> 02:35:57.920 Keep going. 02:35:57.920 --> 02:36:00.920 There's really good stuff and it will maybe come back on it. 02:36:00.920 --> 02:36:01.920 There we go. 02:36:01.920 --> 02:36:04.920 So again, what we found, all our data, we did pulse checks. 02:36:04.920 --> 02:36:07.920 We did three of those to kind of validate all of our work. 02:36:07.920 --> 02:36:14.920 And we found we had really positive growth with communication of our message and our plan. 02:36:14.920 --> 02:36:18.920 Consistency showed growth over the year. 02:36:18.920 --> 02:36:23.920 School climate also showed some positive results. 02:36:23.920 --> 02:36:29.920 And yeah, those are the areas that really showed the most amount of growth. 02:36:29.920 --> 02:36:31.920 The middle schools did the best. 02:36:31.920 --> 02:36:36.920 When you looked at all the survey data, they had the highest rankings and all of which in particular. 02:36:36.920 --> 02:36:43.920 So Mr. Joe, Principal Joe, we'll get a big award from us for all of that sort of things. 02:36:43.920 --> 02:36:52.920 But in the recommendations, and we also looked at that we would use the work from the middle schools to help instruct others. 02:36:52.920 --> 02:37:11.920 The area in the surveys that we discovered perhaps needs more growth and more development is the perception of the staff relative to the board's support for this initiative and the central office. 02:37:11.920 --> 02:37:21.920 So those are areas that we need to figure out ways so that the staff understands that the central office staff and the board is very interested. 02:37:21.920 --> 02:37:29.920 And as forthright in advancing the goals of this, the data came out the lowest and you can see that in there. 02:37:29.920 --> 02:37:33.920 So that's an area that we'll have to have some continued attention on. 02:37:33.920 --> 02:37:39.920 There are certain schools that didn't do as well as others according to the survey. 02:37:39.920 --> 02:37:49.920 So we talked with district administration about doing some work with them to have some intervention plans and improvement plans so that the perception of the staff 02:37:49.920 --> 02:37:53.920 and the data is positive that way. 02:37:53.920 --> 02:38:06.920 Of course, in our whole study, we saw the whole issue with the human resources part with vacancies and substitutes and all of those kinds of things that we discussed earlier in the meeting. 02:38:06.920 --> 02:38:16.920 Our challenges that are also connected to creating some issues in consistency with our efforts. 02:38:16.920 --> 02:38:22.920 Recommendations, committee is recommending that we continue to study this. 02:38:22.920 --> 02:38:33.920 We continue to do the surveys throughout the school year and continue to keep this as a priority item and even recommending that this is some way, shape, or form a district goal. 02:38:33.920 --> 02:38:43.920 So we continue to look at student conduct and behavior in its supportive student achievement as a particular goal for the upcoming school year. 02:38:43.920 --> 02:38:49.920 Again, we recognized the good work of Aldridge Middle School and they had been working on this before we got going. 02:38:49.920 --> 02:38:55.920 So the principal there has had a strong focus on that for several years. 02:38:55.920 --> 02:39:03.920 So they were able to bring what we worked on the ad hoc and what they were doing ahead of time to move forward with that too. 02:39:03.920 --> 02:39:19.920 The concern that we talked about staff had been requesting a district professional development opportunity or a class for a particular new teachers coming into the system for classroom management. 02:39:20.920 --> 02:39:37.920 Always the biggest struggle of new teachers and so having some sort of option available for them to help deal with that and learn more skills and build their success in that area, strategies and practices. 02:39:37.920 --> 02:39:41.920 So talked with both of the district administrators about doing that. 02:39:41.920 --> 02:39:45.920 Our highest priority is the elementary school. 02:39:45.920 --> 02:39:49.920 The data shows all our school visits. 02:39:49.920 --> 02:39:57.920 Board Member Fox was able to visit all the schools with me in the spring and the elementary as the area of biggest need. 02:39:57.920 --> 02:40:08.920 And most of that kind of shows up with kids with some really unique and challenging behavior and they're outside the regular kind of realm of what I would consider school. 02:40:08.920 --> 02:40:11.920 So some of very unique sort of situations. 02:40:11.920 --> 02:40:20.920 So some of the information I heard tonight about behavioral specialists and the efforts to focus that way should be supportive of that. 02:40:20.920 --> 02:40:32.920 And then I know the district Dr. Anderson was looking at some sort of alternative educational program at the elementary level. 02:40:33.920 --> 02:40:37.920 And that proposal was approved by the board. 02:40:37.920 --> 02:40:45.920 And the planning information now will be coming back to a TL meeting soon as I understand it. 02:40:45.920 --> 02:40:48.920 So we'll be able to hear more of that so that can be part of the plan. 02:40:48.920 --> 02:40:56.920 So we had our committee really supported that whole move and wanting to move that forward. 02:40:56.920 --> 02:41:05.920 Bottom line, get to that. 02:41:05.920 --> 02:41:13.920 So what we discovered in this whole effort looking at student conduct and behavior to raise and enhance student achievement is the effort, 02:41:13.920 --> 02:41:20.920 to develop this universal plan and stay focused on it and attend to it throughout the school year showed credible improvement. 02:41:20.920 --> 02:41:28.920 So we had growth again in communication of the plan, consistent the plan and then raising classroom climate. 02:41:28.920 --> 02:41:30.920 However, there is certainly work to do. 02:41:30.920 --> 02:41:34.920 And if you look inside the report, you can see that there needs to be more attention. 02:41:34.920 --> 02:41:39.920 And one of the things that we found from the ad hoc committee, people are saying, 02:41:39.920 --> 02:41:45.920 and especially from our school principals as we visited those sites, you have to stay on it. 02:41:45.920 --> 02:41:46.920 You have to stay on it. 02:41:46.920 --> 02:41:50.920 It's not something you do in September and forget about BIACS. 02:41:50.920 --> 02:41:56.920 And particularly the middle schools that are most effective, you know, they don't give any direction. 02:41:56.920 --> 02:42:02.920 They don't hardly say anything out without some sort of connection to how you're going to conduct and behave yourself. 02:42:02.920 --> 02:42:05.920 So it's very embedded in all their messaging. 02:42:05.920 --> 02:42:13.920 So a piece of success is to embed and continue to support that particular message. 02:42:13.920 --> 02:42:20.920 The pulse trucks are valuable again for helping us keep track and stay focused on our energy. 02:42:21.920 --> 02:42:22.920 And... 02:42:27.920 --> 02:42:32.920 Appreciations, again, Joanne Ruhl helped and assist with this. 02:42:32.920 --> 02:42:34.920 We appreciate that. 02:42:34.920 --> 02:42:38.920 Tia Johnson helped first semester do all the school visits. 02:42:38.920 --> 02:42:43.920 Carol Fox assisted second semester in doing all those things. 02:42:43.920 --> 02:42:46.920 I don't know if you have anything you'd like to add to. 02:42:46.920 --> 02:42:52.920 Please do this very quickly, but I think the written documentation in there is more eloquent perhaps. 02:42:55.920 --> 02:42:57.920 Thank you, Dr. Earhart. 02:42:57.920 --> 02:43:00.920 Are there any board member questions at this time? 02:43:00.920 --> 02:43:01.920 Megan Miller. 02:43:04.920 --> 02:43:05.920 Thank you. 02:43:05.920 --> 02:43:08.920 Yeah, thanks to everybody who participated in the ad hoc for sure. 02:43:08.920 --> 02:43:13.920 I want to go back to just a couple of things from your conclusions and recommendations. 02:43:14.920 --> 02:43:19.920 First, I love that we were able to identify kind of that communication gap. 02:43:19.920 --> 02:43:26.920 I mean, I think that's something that we've seen it kind of text back to Ms. Almonderes's board report from earlier, right, 02:43:26.920 --> 02:43:32.920 about just kind of continuing to like identify and close gaps to help with retention and recruitment. 02:43:32.920 --> 02:43:34.920 And so I think that was really valuable. 02:43:34.920 --> 02:43:42.920 Back in the fall, when you did kind of that breakdown for us, I had asked if there was anything that was recommended 02:43:42.920 --> 02:43:45.920 or weren't kind of like currently doing in terms of programming. 02:43:45.920 --> 02:43:51.920 And it sounded to me and I'd certainly happy to go back and revisit notes in the meeting itself. 02:43:51.920 --> 02:43:54.920 We already have a lot of the programming in place. 02:43:54.920 --> 02:43:58.920 And so I was a little surprised to see the comment about programming for elementary schools. 02:43:58.920 --> 02:44:07.920 So I guess one thing I'd like to clarify since we do have pretty outstanding systems and programming in place already is 02:44:07.920 --> 02:44:16.920 do you feel like there's more of a focus that we need to put on staffing versus programming would be one part of that question? 02:44:16.920 --> 02:44:20.920 For example, just like getting the additional pair of support of the elementary schools. 02:44:20.920 --> 02:44:22.920 I did hear quite a bit from folks about elementary. 02:44:22.920 --> 02:44:24.920 I understand where you're at with that. 02:44:24.920 --> 02:44:26.920 So that's one piece. 02:44:26.920 --> 02:44:34.920 And then another piece that I'd like to put forward for consideration, I love the focus on new staff support for classroom 02:44:34.920 --> 02:44:36.920 management and PD. 02:44:36.920 --> 02:44:42.920 But I know that, and we're not alone in this, a lot of districts struggle with like mentor programs being effective. 02:44:42.920 --> 02:44:46.920 And I, you know, it's like constant topic, like CSAs always do the stuff. 02:44:46.920 --> 02:44:51.920 Do we need to consider maybe mentor stipends or reshaping that mentor program? 02:44:51.920 --> 02:44:57.920 Anything at the board level that we might want to consider to like have somebody to like more actively support new staff is my second thing. 02:44:57.920 --> 02:45:05.920 And my third piece would be I know Ms. Beavers has some really fantastic needs based data about, you know, like student needs. 02:45:05.920 --> 02:45:17.920 And like to what extent are we engaging, I guess, in root cause analysis as part of your report and your takeaways just to make sure that we're really precise and how we use the scarce resources that we have. 02:45:18.920 --> 02:45:20.920 Lots of good questions there. 02:45:20.920 --> 02:45:31.920 Yeah, I think everyone would support as resources and personnel would be available to focus attention in this area as much as we can possibly do. 02:45:31.920 --> 02:45:34.920 But the resources are scarce, I think. 02:45:34.920 --> 02:45:37.920 And sometimes again, finding the people in those areas. 02:45:37.920 --> 02:45:41.920 But yes, the more support you can to deal with. 02:45:42.920 --> 02:45:58.920 And what really seems to be happening at the elementary schools is schools are dealing with, you know, student profile very aberrant kind of behavior plans that are behavior situations that are just beyond typically what schools are dealing with. 02:45:58.920 --> 02:46:06.920 And, you know, what we've heard is, you know, students coming in with pretty significant mental health issues, which is our come to play. 02:46:07.920 --> 02:46:20.920 And so again, that's what that alternative focus at the elementary level was trying to do a therapeutic classroom, that sort of approach so that we can have responsibility to educate all students. 02:46:20.920 --> 02:46:28.920 But when you have those really pretty significant needs, you do need someone with the specialization in the programming to get to that. 02:46:29.920 --> 02:46:38.920 So staffing and then with your the PDPs, I guess I'm just curious, like, was there a discussion or do you see, like, as part of that recommendation? 02:46:38.920 --> 02:46:41.920 Is that is that a takeaway? 02:46:41.920 --> 02:46:49.920 Am I correct in understanding what you're saying to say that I would want my colleagues to consider looking maybe at the mentor program? 02:46:49.920 --> 02:46:57.920 And if there is any kind of like financial support that we should consider, maybe not this year, but in future years in terms of making that mentor program or robust. 02:46:58.920 --> 02:47:01.920 Because we all know, like, once the school year starts, like, PD isn't made. 02:47:01.920 --> 02:47:03.920 And I know this is like, I'm going to be the unpopular kid. 02:47:03.920 --> 02:47:04.920 I enjoy professional development. 02:47:04.920 --> 02:47:05.920 I find. 02:47:05.920 --> 02:47:06.920 I do too. 02:47:06.920 --> 02:47:14.920 All that just being said, once the kids come in the door, a lot of it, you're like kind of in crisis mode all year. 02:47:14.920 --> 02:47:20.920 Like, I love my job, but you're also like, you're, it's hard to be like, let me have like a mindful reflection about my day every single day. 02:47:20.920 --> 02:47:24.920 So it's really important to have that collegial, you know, like, support and things like that. 02:47:24.920 --> 02:47:29.920 Is that, am I correct in maybe adding that on as a takeaway? 02:47:29.920 --> 02:47:30.920 Oh, yes. 02:47:30.920 --> 02:47:31.920 Yes. 02:47:31.920 --> 02:47:38.920 But what we do is when we get to the recommendation part, that I think is something that could be included in the recommendation. 02:47:38.920 --> 02:47:51.920 As we look to continue focus and attention in this area, how can we best use the resources that we can find and the budget that we have to best serve, you know, staff and students in the district. 02:47:51.920 --> 02:47:55.920 So all of those, yes, as they're all available and possible. 02:47:55.920 --> 02:47:56.920 Yes. 02:47:56.920 --> 02:48:00.920 As long as the board would approve, you know, continue to focus and attention on this. 02:48:00.920 --> 02:48:02.920 And I think the next slide has. 02:48:02.920 --> 02:48:03.920 Thank you. 02:48:03.920 --> 02:48:07.920 This is, I'm sorry. 02:48:07.920 --> 02:48:12.920 I know we passed the addendum matrix recently. 02:48:12.920 --> 02:48:15.920 Mentors still get paid for their time. 02:48:15.920 --> 02:48:17.920 They get an addendum pay. 02:48:18.920 --> 02:48:41.920 So I like where Megan's going with this, but I think the direction should actually not be towards giving mentors more stipends, but giving the teacher that needs the support, giving them time, giving them paid hours to sit in trainings and get the trainings they need. 02:48:42.920 --> 02:48:50.920 And I'm telling you this from personal experience, because when I, yeah, I'll come into a mentoring and meet with a mentor. 02:48:50.920 --> 02:48:56.920 But if I'm told, okay, on your free time this weekend, here's eight hours of video to watch. 02:48:56.920 --> 02:48:59.920 There is no way that's going to happen. 02:48:59.920 --> 02:49:03.920 And I think I've heard from the BEA, like they were looking for more time. 02:49:03.920 --> 02:49:08.920 So for both like the new teachers and for the mentors to sit and actually do some of that coaching. 02:49:08.920 --> 02:49:10.920 So fully support that. 02:49:11.920 --> 02:49:15.920 And I think the best form of professional development is job embedded. 02:49:15.920 --> 02:49:21.920 So it's right inside the actual situation that you're dealing with. 02:49:21.920 --> 02:49:24.920 It makes more sense rather than on Saturday morning or something. 02:49:24.920 --> 02:49:33.920 But again, any kind of continuum of help and support for teachers, that would be very important. 02:49:33.920 --> 02:49:42.920 Because this, all the national literature, again, this shows up as a big deterrent and why people leave the profession as they get overwhelmed with that. 02:49:42.920 --> 02:49:51.920 So anything that we can do to help support that and stabilize that and minimize the disruption. 02:49:51.920 --> 02:49:54.920 Joanne Ru. 02:49:54.920 --> 02:49:57.920 Yes, okay, just a couple of points. 02:49:57.920 --> 02:50:06.920 One, this spring I was very concerned seeing the teachers lack of confidence in our board. 02:50:06.920 --> 02:50:15.920 And I think we need to do some self reflection and really think about what we can do to build that confidence back up. 02:50:15.920 --> 02:50:18.920 It goes back to staff retention again. 02:50:19.920 --> 02:50:24.920 Also, Missy Beavers taught me, Brene Brown says, clear is kind. 02:50:24.920 --> 02:50:36.920 And Eric brought this beautiful Google Drive full of very clear resources that we could use. 02:50:36.920 --> 02:50:47.920 And since our district is so transient, I think it would really be a good idea for our leadership to take a look at some of those documents 02:50:47.920 --> 02:50:57.920 and find ones that we feel would be good common documents to have visuals in all of our buildings that look the same. 02:50:57.920 --> 02:51:05.920 We did that for a long time as a district and it really helped us feel like we were all in this together. 02:51:05.920 --> 02:51:12.920 We used to have, well, lots of different things, but that's, I just think we need to go back, look at Eric's documents 02:51:12.920 --> 02:51:17.920 and figure out which ones are going to be posted in every building. 02:51:17.920 --> 02:51:21.920 Thank you, Carol Prox. 02:51:21.920 --> 02:51:25.920 Yeah, I think the work that's been done is excellent. 02:51:25.920 --> 02:51:31.920 And we just need to continue to focus on that and continue to down that road. 02:51:31.920 --> 02:51:39.920 I guess one of my, because I guess my biggest comment is sustaining it and sustaining the effort 02:51:39.920 --> 02:51:46.920 and sustaining the procedures and things that people do throughout the year, I think that was when we visited in the spring. 02:51:46.920 --> 02:51:58.920 I mean, you could see that the procedures have been in place, but somehow, you know, and people get tired and things kind of, you kind of, up in there, done that, it gets a little lax. 02:51:58.920 --> 02:52:08.920 And so the hard part is, you know, you start out with this great intent with the initiative, but to keep the focus on the initiative and keep it going. 02:52:08.920 --> 02:52:22.920 And I think as we work with Skyrocket and some of those, maybe they'll have some ideas about how we might continue to do that, because I think that's one of the things that they've been working on really hard is the sustaining thing over us. 02:52:22.920 --> 02:52:36.920 The saying that how, over time, so that, you know, when you've got a behavior expectation in September, you have that same behavior expectation in February, and that really makes it work for kids. 02:52:36.920 --> 02:52:45.920 So I think that's one of the things that, for any initiative that we do in a school district is the hardest thing, is to keep it sustained. 02:52:45.920 --> 02:52:55.920 And I think the more the board keeps wanting to revisit some of these, maybe that'll help with their perception that we're interested in what's going on. 02:52:56.920 --> 02:52:58.920 Yeah, sometimes we just lose that love and feeling, don't we? 02:52:58.920 --> 02:53:00.920 And then it kind of goes, yeah. 02:53:00.920 --> 02:53:07.920 One of the things that we also discussed, too, you know, coming up this year is the principal meetings. 02:53:07.920 --> 02:53:14.920 And again, having the, if the board approves moving forward with this, this would be a standing item on principles meetings. 02:53:14.920 --> 02:53:22.920 So again, it starts from your building leadership continuing to revisit and revise and focus attention on it. 02:53:22.920 --> 02:53:28.920 And again, that will help to keep that energy flowing in this direction for the whole system. 02:53:28.920 --> 02:53:30.920 Thank you. 02:53:30.920 --> 02:53:33.920 Dr. Gordon, I have one last question. 02:53:33.920 --> 02:53:44.920 So in terms of the professional development, I know we've got staff coming back next week, is it next week already? 02:53:45.920 --> 02:54:04.920 What is on the roster for professional development to get them all aligned with consistency, classroom climate, perceived academic impact, so on and so on, to do all of this good stuff? 02:54:04.920 --> 02:54:11.920 Well, next week is a lot of kind of onboarding with the curriculum, like curriculum boosters. 02:54:11.920 --> 02:54:23.920 So, reamping the math and literacy curriculum and all the things that go with it and Missy kind of talked about what they're going to be doing in the special ed world next week. 02:54:23.920 --> 02:54:31.920 So this, the PD around classroom management and behavior and such is going to have to be embedded. 02:54:31.920 --> 02:54:46.920 And I will work with Rochelle and Dr. Stengel on getting some new teacher behavior strategy management stuff going for the new teachers during the mentor sessions. 02:54:46.920 --> 02:54:49.920 Thank you. 02:54:49.920 --> 02:54:54.920 Any other word questions or comments? 02:54:54.920 --> 02:54:56.920 Thank you so much, Dr. Earhart. 02:54:56.920 --> 02:55:07.920 We really appreciate your time and commitment to leading the ad hoc student success and support committee and giving us this report and feedback. 02:55:07.920 --> 02:55:15.920 And there's action to with the next slide, I think. 02:55:15.920 --> 02:55:26.920 There's the next slide, there's one more, one more, there. 02:55:26.920 --> 02:55:48.920 Is there a motion to accept this ad hoc student success and support committee report and approve the recommendations presented to be acted upon in the upcoming 2627 school year through the leadership of Dr. Earhart? 02:55:48.920 --> 02:55:49.920 So moved. 02:55:49.920 --> 02:55:54.920 Motion by Bill Johnson, is there a second? 02:55:54.920 --> 02:55:55.920 I'll second that. 02:55:55.920 --> 02:55:58.920 Carol Fox as a second. 02:55:58.920 --> 02:56:01.920 Any discussion? 02:56:01.920 --> 02:56:08.920 Can you can you pull up the slide that had all of the recommendations then please. 02:56:25.920 --> 02:56:48.920 I think we still need to add in. 02:56:48.920 --> 02:57:03.920 I mean, this doesn't say anything about how the board, the before it was, they were linked together when it was the district and the board. 02:57:03.920 --> 02:57:09.920 And then it was separated out and the board score was the lowest score. 02:57:09.920 --> 02:57:15.920 I think we need to do some more digging into that as well. 02:57:15.920 --> 02:57:17.920 I think that should be a recommendation. 02:57:17.920 --> 02:57:46.920 And then I, I'm hearing from staff that, I mean, this is a lot of high level stuff, but we need some of the nuts and bolts stuff like the Eric's, Eric's clear visuals supports. We need that as part of this as well. 02:57:46.920 --> 02:58:01.920 That's in the conclusion part of it. So if you, again, if you accept the report, then it does say the board needs to work on that. So I included it in different areas. But. 02:58:01.920 --> 02:58:03.920 Dan Shuf. 02:58:03.920 --> 02:58:08.920 Yeah, I read these materials in advance. I didn't realize this was an action item. 02:58:09.920 --> 02:58:18.920 So I guess I don't know, maybe a question for Dr. Gordon and, or, or Tia, how this stuff all interacts. 02:58:18.920 --> 02:58:28.920 It does a bunch of things and I don't really understand where it sits. I totally get accepting a report. I totally get, you know, thanking people for service. 02:58:28.920 --> 02:58:36.920 I don't understand saying that we're, you know, this is a bunch of things we're going to do that are in various places. 02:58:36.920 --> 02:58:43.920 I don't understand how that interacts with the work of Dr. Gordon and Dr. Stingle. So maybe someone can help me out. 02:58:43.920 --> 02:58:47.920 Dr. Gordon, but before I turn it over. 02:58:47.920 --> 02:59:01.920 So the ad hoc typically for school boards when ad hoc committees wrap up their charge, they come with a report findings and recommendations. 02:59:01.920 --> 02:59:17.920 The reason we have ad hoc committees is to help, you know, many hands. It makes, makes a lighter load for, for all of us because we can't all be everywhere, all the time. 02:59:17.920 --> 02:59:28.920 Unfortunately, sometimes we have ad hoc committees and we don't do anything with their recommendations. 02:59:28.920 --> 02:59:47.920 And that then in turn has the unfortunate result of leading to the poor feedback on boards because we're not listening to the ad hoc committees who are our staff, our community, our administrators. 02:59:47.920 --> 02:59:54.920 So that's the idea why there's a motion with this report. 02:59:54.920 --> 02:59:57.920 Dr. Gordon. 02:59:57.920 --> 03:00:07.920 Sure. I would like to say this is mirroring what Tia said, but adding in that you're hiring a board consultant. 03:00:07.920 --> 03:00:19.920 So when you're taking a look at the work of the ad hoc committee, using what Tia said, the board scored very low in the ratings. 03:00:19.920 --> 03:00:34.920 And so using the information gathered there to help improve the board score and help, you know, you're wanting to improve the overall culture and climate of the district, not just the individual buildings. 03:00:34.920 --> 03:00:46.920 And getting the community of the school district to feel like the board is supporting them more, having a more mutual trust and respect between the two. 03:00:46.920 --> 03:00:57.920 So that there's that feeling of more support. So how can, how can you leverage the two together? 03:00:57.920 --> 03:01:05.920 Joanne, so am I able to propose an amendment to the motion? Okay. So, all right. 03:01:05.920 --> 03:01:12.920 I really like the paragraph and conclusions about district and board support is the dominant unresolved concern. 03:01:12.920 --> 03:01:17.920 We should put that up into the recommendations area. 03:01:17.920 --> 03:01:31.920 And then because we have staffing vacancies, substitute, fill rates, class and all of that stuff, because we have all of those things along with our transient population. 03:01:31.920 --> 03:01:46.920 I think we also need a recommendation to have clear and consistent visual supports, district wide, and they're already created. 03:01:46.920 --> 03:01:53.920 They were shared with the ad hoc last fall, I believe, right? Are they shared last fall? 03:01:53.920 --> 03:01:54.920 Do you remember? 03:01:54.920 --> 03:01:59.920 I remember Eric just bringing it and it was like, it's beautiful. But I think we need to add those two in. 03:01:59.920 --> 03:02:02.920 I think that's important. Can you repeat the second one? 03:02:02.920 --> 03:02:17.920 The second one was that because we have so many staffing vacancies, have a hard time with filling our substitutes, we have a high transient population, a lot of new teachers. 03:02:17.920 --> 03:02:28.920 We need clear and consistent visual supports that are universal in our district. 03:02:28.920 --> 03:02:37.920 So that it doesn't matter what school, a student, a substitute, or a new staff member is in, everybody's messaging is the same. 03:02:37.920 --> 03:02:46.920 And it makes it easier for us to be unified as a district when it comes to discipline. 03:02:46.920 --> 03:02:51.920 So you're just adding to the recommendations, you're not changing the motion? 03:02:51.920 --> 03:02:52.920 No. 03:02:52.920 --> 03:02:53.920 Got it. 03:02:54.920 --> 03:03:15.920 So you want to underscore the recommendation to address and improve the board rating and to address in light of the staffing vacancies, 03:03:16.920 --> 03:03:28.920 beef up the clear and consistent visual universal supports to strive for consistent messaging and unity throughout the district? 03:03:28.920 --> 03:03:34.920 Yes, but the district and board one wasn't in recommendations, it was in conclusion. 03:03:34.920 --> 03:03:41.920 So I'd like it to be part of the recommendations, which Dr. Erhart is nodding his head. He's good with that. 03:03:42.920 --> 03:03:44.920 Okay. 03:03:44.920 --> 03:03:55.920 So your amendment to the motion is what? 03:03:55.920 --> 03:04:03.920 To revise the recommendations to have those two things in them. 03:04:03.920 --> 03:04:07.920 Like just clearly in there. 03:04:08.920 --> 03:04:10.920 We also have to move to extend the meeting. 03:04:10.920 --> 03:04:12.920 But I'm happy to second the amendment. 03:04:12.920 --> 03:04:13.920 Okay. 03:04:13.920 --> 03:04:14.920 Okay. 03:04:14.920 --> 03:04:18.920 So can I get a motion to extend the meeting by 30 minutes? 03:04:18.920 --> 03:04:19.920 So moved. 03:04:19.920 --> 03:04:21.920 To second. 03:04:21.920 --> 03:04:25.920 Motion by Joanne Ru seconded by Carol Fox. All in favor? 03:04:25.920 --> 03:04:26.920 Aye. 03:04:26.920 --> 03:04:27.920 Aye. 03:04:27.920 --> 03:04:28.920 Aye. 03:04:28.920 --> 03:04:32.920 Motion carries unanimously. 03:04:33.920 --> 03:04:42.920 Okay, so we have a motion, an amendment motion by Joanne Ru with a second by Megan Miller. 03:04:42.920 --> 03:04:44.920 Any further discussion? 03:04:44.920 --> 03:04:47.920 We're voting on the amendment. 03:04:47.920 --> 03:04:48.920 All in favor? 03:04:48.920 --> 03:04:49.920 Aye. 03:04:49.920 --> 03:04:50.920 Aye. 03:04:50.920 --> 03:04:51.920 Aye. 03:04:51.920 --> 03:04:52.920 Any opposed? 03:04:52.920 --> 03:04:53.920 Aye. 03:04:53.920 --> 03:05:00.920 The amendment passes unanimously. Now we are voting on the original motion 03:05:00.920 --> 03:05:06.920 by Bill Johnson, seconded by Carol Fox. Oh, I'm sorry, that was the other way around. 03:05:06.920 --> 03:05:11.920 Carol Fox and seconded by Bill Johnson. All in favor? 03:05:11.920 --> 03:05:12.920 Aye. 03:05:12.920 --> 03:05:13.920 Aye. 03:05:13.920 --> 03:05:16.920 Any opposed? 03:05:16.920 --> 03:05:21.920 Motion carries unanimously. Thank you, Dr. Earhart. 03:05:21.920 --> 03:05:24.920 We are now at the consent agenda. 03:05:25.920 --> 03:05:38.920 Typically there is no separate discussion of the items unless a board member so requests in which event the item or items will be removed from the general order of business and considered in their normal sequence on the agenda. 03:05:38.920 --> 03:05:44.920 Are there any consent agenda items a board member would like removed? 03:05:44.920 --> 03:05:51.920 Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda as is? 03:05:51.920 --> 03:05:52.920 So moved. 03:05:52.920 --> 03:05:53.920 Second. 03:05:53.920 --> 03:06:00.920 Motion by Joanne Ru, seconded by Carol Fox. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor? 03:06:00.920 --> 03:06:01.920 Aye. 03:06:01.920 --> 03:06:02.920 Aye. 03:06:02.920 --> 03:06:03.920 Aye. 03:06:03.920 --> 03:06:04.920 Aye. 03:06:04.920 --> 03:06:09.920 Motion carries unanimously. 03:06:10.920 --> 03:06:27.920 We are at human resources, employee recommendations. Are there any open session questions for the exhibit A? 03:06:27.920 --> 03:06:31.920 Are there any closed session questions for exhibit A? 03:06:31.920 --> 03:06:36.920 I have just a comment, an open session comment. I was slowing. 03:06:36.920 --> 03:06:41.920 Just Dr. Gordon and your team, lots of great people on this list. 03:06:41.920 --> 03:06:51.920 So I know it's late and we don't have time for extra words, but just want to celebrate that there's some great staff and leaders being hired on this list tonight. 03:06:51.920 --> 03:06:56.920 And thanks for all the work that you guys all do to get them in there to do the good work of the year. 03:06:56.920 --> 03:07:00.920 So thank you. 03:07:01.920 --> 03:07:02.920 Thank you. 03:07:02.920 --> 03:07:12.920 Mr. Schuf, we appreciate your comment and helping us remember to celebrate the good things and blessings that we have. 03:07:12.920 --> 03:07:16.920 Is there a motion to approve exhibit A? 03:07:16.920 --> 03:07:17.920 So moved. 03:07:17.920 --> 03:07:18.920 Second. 03:07:18.920 --> 03:07:23.920 Motion by Carol Fox, seconded by Megan Miller. All in favor? 03:07:23.920 --> 03:07:24.920 Aye. 03:07:24.920 --> 03:07:25.920 Aye. 03:07:25.920 --> 03:07:26.920 Aye. 03:07:26.920 --> 03:07:27.920 Aye. 03:07:27.920 --> 03:07:28.920 Motion carries unanimously. 03:07:29.920 --> 03:07:31.920 Is there a motion to adjourn? 03:07:31.920 --> 03:07:32.920 So moved. 03:07:32.920 --> 03:07:33.920 Second. 03:07:33.920 --> 03:07:38.920 Motion by Carol Fox, seconded by Megan Miller. All in favor? 03:07:38.920 --> 03:07:39.920 Aye. 03:07:39.920 --> 03:07:40.920 Aye. 03:07:40.920 --> 03:07:47.920 Motion carries unanimously at 906. We are adjourned. Everyone have a good night and thank you for a good meeting.