All right, at six o'clock, I am going to call the meeting to order. All board members are accounted for. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, Jeeoff, do you have any additions for the agenda? >> I do not. >> I'm just going to make one small little change and we're going to pull a round
the horn up from uh the very end and just put that right before our close session. >> So, with that small little change, I would look for a motion to approve the agenda. >> I'll make a motion. >> Speed on the motion. >> I'll second it. >> Join on the second. Any other
discussion? All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. Motion carries. All right. Scheduled presenters. Mr. Samson is going to go over the calendar survey results that we uh directed for
from last meeting. >> Yes. So, uh, the survey was open for around two weeks, I believe, and we sent a reminder about halfway through the survey timeline, and the survey results came back as 53 and a half%
uh, prefer the pre-LOR day start uh, which is two weeks early. And there was 361 responses to the survey. That's my presentation. pretty quickly respons.
>> Yeah, I thought 361 was pretty good, >> right? And I actually think we would have done that more. That's why I was going to make a note for the next time if we do do a survey like this. I had a couple people come up to me and say that they wanted to participate, but they didn't care either way. So, if we would
have had a spot that said, >> "I don't care." >> Yeah. Then that would have shown that there would have been possibly some more people. So I actually I found it >> did they did they choose not to participate then or did they >> because they didn't want to pick one way
or another because they said it didn't matter to them. So I don't know if there was other people like that but I would just say that there was two different people that actually did come up to me and say that. So >> that's pretty good. >> Yeah. So great for the presentation. All
right. Uh we will move on to public input. Uh, is there anyone here that would like to speak to the board? >> I would like to speak. Um, okay. I would just like to speak on coming from I have a daycare background. I did in home
daycare for six years and I taught preschool for four years prior to that, but I just wanted to give a little bit of like my thoughts on you guys starting this daycare and stuff in town. Um, I'm a little concerned they like the program we have is very
good that we have in place and I'm concerned. I understand there's a need for more daycare, but I don't know if what we're doing is going to fix that need or make it worse. I'm concerned us opening more child care is going to take
business away from inhome daycarees because they can only have so many children under the age of three. they kind of rely on preschool children to make money. Um, so already they are losing a lot of kids to our preschool
program because they're choosing to send kids here instead of like in home daycarees. And then um the in like the centers what they struggle with is staffing because they can't pay enough money to
keep like paras and and staff there. Um, so that's kind of why they can't take more younger kids in they can't afford to pay what it takes to hire people and keep them in those positions. Um, having done those jobs, it's extremely
demanding. It's a ton of work. The burnout is really high and so a lot of people leave and go work at Sam's Club because they get paid more and it's way less stress. So I'm just I'm concerned if the centers already can't find staff
like how are we going to find staff and how are we going to be able to staff that? Um so just some concerns I have. I'm also worried that our school is instead of being an elementary school is going to be more child care and I know a lot of staff are also concerned about
that. Just my two. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Anyone else? All right. We'll close uh public input. We will move on to schoolboard committee
reports. Does anyone have anything that they would like to share report? >> Oh, go ahead. Oh, I was just going to say I was at a staff development meeting this morning or this afternoon and it sounds like they're plugging away with all the requirements and updates and not
sure what more there is to add except they are on track. Um, I just wanted to give I had an Ed Foundation meeting earlier this week and I just wanted to give or last week. Um, I just want to give a shout out to
the Ed Foundation. They do amazing stuff and it's also a shout out to the community because um we have some good donors in our community and then the Ed Foundation is be able to give back. We'll see in the resolution of gifts what was um given in the meeting. So, I won't detail that out, but they're
moving forward with um a new playground behind our elementary school. And that's exciting stuff as um we do have a few kiddos down there that have um wheelchairs and the accessibility needs are changing amongst kids. And so, we're
looking at that and um they're helping with that large project. So, um that's exciting. So, I just want to give them a shout out and um let everyone know and give a shout out to the community as well because the donations coming in are what's fueling those projects and it's
fun to see the support for the school for sure. Um and then I've also had a few community ed meetings, but we'll go through that um on the agenda item later on. >> Anything else for anyone? I would just a little bit out of my lane here because I'm not on the committee,
but the PTO carnival uh a couple weeks ago was a good I don't think we've had a meeting since, but was a good turnout and I was blown away by the kind of to Ronnie's point, the amount of silent auction items that were there for people to bid on. And I don't know where the numbers fell for that group, but um good
participation. I think it's fun to get families together um even though we're all super busy uh doing other things, but it's good to get the community together. Yeah, we had our Wet Tech meeting last week, just organizational meeting, talked quite a bit about device
purchases. So, they've gone up coming this year, 45% increase due to the technology demand. So, Aaron, our director, has been very ahead of the game by buying ahead of time and they keep the inventory and then they'll deploy them to our schools as needed. So
it was quite a shock to hear and you buy a device we get and below open market so we're paying a discounted rate but to see that percentage increase was huge. So we'll save a quite a bit of change coming this year how the final numbers as we deploy our assets but
>> wild to see the impact of cost and devices going up. >> Yeah. >> All right. Anyone else? Okay. Okay, we'll move on to consideration to approve the finance report. Josh,
>> now get into a less exciting time in terms of the finance for the district. Now, we've gone through budget revision and audit and whatnot. So, this is really kind of the general operational ins and outs for the next couple months until we hit uh the end of May when we get more of the first half of the
property tax. So, uh what you see here is just kind of cash flow we're at right now, the checking account balance. The one thing I would just keep highlighted on there until we have the final check off on it would be the last payment for the secondary roof uh payment. It's just the retainage. Um we'll just keep pushing that down until we have it
finalized and then we'll make that payment. Um as part of that project too was some of that uh resurfacing the tennis court and we'll be in uh trying to get that lined up for this spring or summer as well to have that corrected. It was um not completed satisfactoryy
last spring. We still have some work to do on that, but that's all within that building construction fund still until we close that all out. Uh otherwise, it's just the normal ends and payroll, payroll liabilities. Uh ideas would be the payments coming to the district from the state of Minnesota. Um if any questions,
I can do my best to answer. >> On the tennis courts, we haven't paid anything, right? And then I know you said spring summer, we anticipate it'll be done for fall tennis. >> Yeah, that's the plan. And I know that Steve has been working with a couple vendors to make sure that when spring
comes, we have some solutions in place to take care of that. >> Sweet. Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions? >> If not, I would look for a motion to approve the finance report. >> I'll make a motion. I'll second it. >> On the motion, Joe win on the second.
Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> I oppose. Motion carries. Consent agenda. Items under the consent agenda are considered routine and will be enacted under one motion. In the event a board member wants to discuss
any items, they will be removed from the consent agenda for separate action. Uh Jeff, could you read the resolution of gifts, please? >> Yes. Uh before we do that because this is part of the consent agenda also. Uh one of the items on the consent agenda
also is a retirement from Sue Lean that I want to call attention to. Uh Sue has been in teaching uh completely for 37 years uh with 22 years uh just in Canon Falls here. So we want to thank Sue for her
>> time and energy not only uh in Canon Falls but also the field of education over those years. 37 years is a very good run. >> Yeah. impressive. >> Uh, congratulations to Sue. >> Congrats. >> Uh, for the resolution for gifts, uh,
Randy actually mentioned that earlier. There's quite a few on here from the Ed Foundation, but also from other contributing factors in the community. Um, the first one is for $1,000 from BTV. And I'm sorry, I'm drawing a blank
on BTV. >> Anybody? dance. >> Uh it's $1,000 for robotics. And so I apologize to BTD. Uh if I if I'm still drawing a blank on that, hopefully that comes to me later. Uh $4,000 from the Cannav Falls band
booster for the music department, $11.95 for CF housing initiative for the construction class, $100 from Create Sunshine for dance, $1,300 from the Ed Foundation for an author visit for preK
through five for Mrs. cop $1,820 from the Ed Foundation for a twins game college prep day 9 through 12 for Miss Schweight, $1,93752 from the Ed Foundation for a focused movement chairs uh in fifth grade for
Mr. Exac. So, thank you again to our generous donors this month. >> Yes, that's huge. >> All right, no one has anything further. I'd look for a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll make a motion. >> Jody on the motion.
>> Second. >> Moved on a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. >> Opposed. Car. Move on to administrative board reports. We will start off with Lily.
>> Do you want me to stand or am I good? your >> whatever makes you comfortable. >> I don't care. >> Um, yeah, I got a little bit of stuff about this week. Um, basically in the high school it's National FFA week. Um, we start National FFA week because last week, I think Friday, February the 19th,
was George Washington's birthday. So, we celebrate it the week afterwards. So, that's super fun. In the high school, I know the middle school during lunch this week had I think they're doing like rodeo and just stuff that's run by FFA. Um the blood drive is tomorrow. So
through MHS we're holding that up um on the PLC day which should be super good. I know a lot of the spots are already filled so it should be it should run really smoothly. Um I know last one went really well. Um and I think basically the whole school is just super excited for spring break. So we're really really
looking forward to that. Um academically we got midterms this week. Um I know a lot of teachers getting stressed for that because I mean it's their time to put those grades in. So, we got lots of big tests, lots of stuff like that. Um, I know Miss Hoffman keeps going around
to people asking us about our ACTs um for this for this spring. So, that's a big thing for the juniors. Um, otherwise for sports, um, I know winter sports and we got wrestling, we had four people go up to state for that. Um, weightlifting,
we have over 10 people going to state, which is hosted at home, which is wonderful if you guys would show up. And basketball on Thursday. So, that should be very good. Um, close to the winter sports. Um, for math league, I know they did not end up making it academically to
state, but they got an invitation. It's just the way that the math league works, so they'll be doing really well for that. Robotics, they had their first, it was like an open invitational this past weekend, and I mean, it didn't go as well as they had planned, but it worked out in their favor. Just trying
to get an eye for how this new season will go for them. Um the lantern I know Amy had gotten a um so they have the snow which is where all of their lantern articles go through and I know that she
got nominated for a really high article um through snow which was just really really well done for her. Um, SAD this week had put up posters which are a few weeks ago um throughout the school and those look really cool and I know lots of students are ready for our spring
sports getting ready for that sunshine and stuff like that. So yeah, that's what I got. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Uh, Mr. Charles, anything that you would want to add to your report? >> Just one of the comments I had on there was about the student teaching event
that I went to at Winona State last week and it went well. Um the vibe though at that event so I've been going for four or five years now twice a year once each semester and I remember the first time I went down uh there was a lot of candidates and it was packed and this
time the vibe was there was maybe half the amount and I talked with an elementary principal for Winona who I know and who was there as well and she was saying that um she serves on Winona State's College of Education board of something or other and she was saying that just in general the college ed
education is smaller now than it has been in decades as far as people going into the profession. So I think it's important that we keep trying to do things like go to that reach out to other people because I mean we it it's been successful for us having student teachers and then employing some of them
now but it's also just important I think to try to get people interested in working in education and working here because that it's very different from even four or five years ago with the amount of candidates that were there. So just something I wanted to throw out there. All right. Thank you. Uh Mr. Hodes,
anything you want to add? >> Uh yeah, I just want to stress next Tuesday we're hosting the future forward career college and job fair again. Um and I know several you have been to that. Uh that runs from 9:00 to noon. I
think I put the wrong times down in my report so it doesn't go till 1 um 9 to noon. So if you can come, it's kind of a neat thing. We we'll have over a thousand students from Southeast Minnesota here. I think they've got over 100 vendors coming again. >> It's a pretty cool showcasing of our
school. We're also uh we were also randomly chosen to give the uh NATE test to our eighth graders. So, uh that happens to be done exactly the same day. So, lucky us. Um, and so I don't know
how much I will be at the college and career fair because I am the point person for that year at this point. >> And can you explain what that test is? >> Yeah, it's the national assessment of educational performance I believe and it's given every two years. Um, I
believe it's given to fourth, 8th, and 11th graders I think. And it's a reading or math. Um, so we have uh they choose 50 students in any of the sites. So we have 50 of our eighth graders that are doing a combination of math and reading.
>> And that's a random 50 chosen. >> Yeah. Yeah. And random school that >> random school. Yes. Randomly. We get randomly chosen a lot. >> When I was the high school principal in Medford, we had random math eighth grade. >> Yeah. >> About every other year. >> Yeah. So we have not for a for quite a
few years. It's been I think one other time since I've been here with it. So, >> um one other thing, uh I will get names for you as soon as some of these students actually go in and fill out the application, but uh we were informed by the college board that we have eight
students that will receive some type of commendation for PSAT. So, wow. >> Uh I when I look back in my notes, the most I can see that we've had before is three. So, it's pretty remarkable. >> Awesome. Marty Pan seniors.
>> Yeah. >> All right. Thank you. Uh Reed, anything you >> just wanted to highlight three quick things. First of all, uh congratulate Bucky Lindo on being nominated for national coach of the year. A tremendous honor uh just to be nominated for that.
Uh that'll be figured out here in July. Uh, as Lily had mentioned, we did have four wrestlers advanced to division state tournament this weekend. New format this year. It is goes over three days, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. So, Garrett Williams, Owen Pierce, Griffin
Peterson, and Tristan Zingler and finalizing some details for state send off for Wednesday afternoon. Uh, and boys basketball does host PEM on Thursday at 7. We're at that time where it's section game, so no passes and
everything goes up a little bit. Adult tickets will be $10 and students will be five. So, just wanted to highlight those pieces. >> Reed, when they do the send off, is it during school hours or is it Yeah. Does
the whole school get to participate in some some sort of that the send off? >> Does the whole school get to part the whole Yes. Yeah, we do. So, we do the U with the band up here. >> Okay. And then we go down to the elementary or vice versa, whatever it is. And we play the rous. So the pan or
the band plays the rouser walking through the U of the that's middle school and high school hallway. And then we go down and uh we play the rouser over the phone and then they do the whole elementary. >> Cool. Awesome. >> Right. Thank you, Reed.
Mr. Johnson, anything that you'd like to add to your report? So radon tests that every five years, those came back. Everything looked great. Um, no need to further that any. So that's good news on the radon. Uh,
>> we are >> Should we clap? >> We uh we're winding down on inside stuff. So that's also good. We should clap for that, though. >> Um, so we'll get less busy in here. I say that, but I laugh too because uh it
also does rain here in Minnesota. So, we often our our outside stuff becomes inside stuff then and it's a scramble. So, it's almost more stressful knowing that, you know, they might be in here. >> Uh other than that, uh hopefully this weather holds out a little bit. I'm sick of it. Um we're over the snow here. Um
and all the nice icy snowy stuff. Um yeah, that's about all I got. Like Lily said, state weightliftings two weekends. Um gonna be a it's a good show here. I came to it last year and it's pretty impressive that we can host a state
event, right? >> Yeah. >> Um I think it's impressive like when schools host the section events, you know, coming from a wrestling background where we're all stuck at the civic center in Rochester. So for us to be able to hold a state event is it's a true honor like for me to be able to host a state event being the facilities
director here. Um, so I just feel like the community should back that, you know, quite a bit and, you know, come out and support these weightlifterss because it is that forgotten sport in the winter time I feel like. So, um, that's a really cool honor and, you know, we don't always get to do this. Um, so let's soak it in while we can.
Um, before Morehead, I feel like they're the next ones on board to do this. So, uh, before they take it away from us, let's, uh, get some people in the stands and rock it out for the last weightlifting state meet here, um, for a while. Other than that, it's about all I got.
>> All right. Well, hats off to your crew. You guys have had lots of events here over the last month or so and uh nothing but good reviews and lots of people coming through our doors. So, >> yeah. Yep. >> I mean, between what go back to alumni tournament and then all the different
volleyball tournaments, basketball tournaments, and then we got career fair coming up and that's a lot of different things. So, >> yeah. Yeah, I'd add to that too, thanks to you and your crew on creating more parking space on the northwest side of the the building there. I think where we used to have the containers, I think it
opens up some more parking, I think that that >> was a pain point for some people and it allows people to >> when it's cold to park a little closer and get in there and >> um I think it just little things like that go a long way. So, thanks for doing that.
>> All right, soup report. >> Yeah. Um, other than the things I have listed there, I wanted to remind everybody the legislature is in session right now. It is a bonding year. Um, so I'm not expecting too much in the word in the realm of any additional dollars.
I'll be shocked actually if we if they add anything to the formula uh this time around. Um, I won't be shocked if they add any new policy language uh that usually comes out for unfunded mandates. And so we'll keep try to keep you a breast of that. Um, but I think the
biggest thing is that they're wrestling with right now is uh the craft subsidy piece and the compensatory piece as well. So there may be some hopefully they get something resolved with that but I not too hopeful.
That all >> that is all I got. Move on to action items. No old business. Let's move into new business. Item number one, consideration to approve the 2627, 2728, and 2829
calendars. >> So, uh, as you saw at the beginning of the meeting, the the survey results, uh, came in at 53 and a half% and the board, I believe, in their initial meeting talked about that 50% plus one uh, for approval on that. And so, I just wanted
to remind you of where that piece was. Um, also keep in mind that this is an application process to the state that we have to go through. Um, and so I will make an application to the state. Uh, so this process once you approve it isn't
completely 100% yet until the state gives their final blessing on that. Uh, we've met the criteria for holding the the public meetings. Uh, one of the things that, uh, I was remiss in was, uh, apparently the state is asking for three years
worth of calendars instead of two years. Um, I guess I've always assumed it was a two-year process, but it is three years. And so, I I do apologize for that, but the third calendar is the same as the first two calendars, just shifted by the day. >> So, it still has the two weekly start
and the spring break is the big pieces of it. So >> do you know what the typical turnaround time is for the state to approve? >> Uh they give you 45 days they tell you. So once I meet the application which should be either tomorrow or the next
day it would be 45day turnaround they give themselves a self-imposed deadline. >> So that's I know that's often nice of them. >> And would there be a reason why they wouldn't approve it? >> I I can't think. I mean, we would probably take I'm using some example
applications that other schools have used, >> okay, >> in that process. So, the terms down. >> All right. As Jeff stated at the last uh meeting, we said that uh we were going to approve it if it was over uh 50%.
Which it was. So, I would look for a motion to approve. I'll make a motion. >> Join on the motion. >> I'll second Luke on the second. Any other discussion? I just would add one
thing. Um because it was frustrating me with conversations when I was chatting with people and a lot of it was around spring break and what that looked like. And the comment to me over and over again was we don't want to be told by the district when we're going to go on vacation by having a spring break or and
it was it got to the point where I just want people to understand that the spring spring break is for students and teachers to have a break not for your personal family vacations necessarily. If you can go on vacation, that's fantastic. And >> we've always excused families when
>> And I'm happy that you can do that. But the thing is, most people don't go on breaks and they or don't go on vacations during that time and they just feel I don't need a break. And my conversations with administration have been it's a long stretch. And uh it's important to
give all students and all teachers a break, not just the ones that are lucky enough to go on vacation. Absolutely. >> Once I explained that to people, I think they understood, but it was frustrating at times. So, >> yeah. Well, that's where I mean, first semester, you have all those natural breaks with the different holidays and
whatever else, but like uh yeah, that stretch from from February basically on is a it's a long stretch. So, >> yeah, I mean, spring break is about the only day off in there for those three months. So I think yeah
>> president's day and >> it's a great it's a great break >> and we even said that students are really about uh looking forward to that. So I think that says a lot >> and we have some clubs and some sports that utilize that as well to take their trips. So
>> all right I have a motion and a second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I >> oppose. Motion carries. Item two, consideration to approve the 2526 spring coaching list.
>> Reed, anything you want to add to that? >> Uh, very little turnover. Uh, which is great. Uh, so consistency and continuity within those programs. Uh, and I recommend approval. Well, I just like to make comment that I'm just happy we're sitting here before
a season begins quite a few weeks and we have all the spots filled, right? Are we >> correct? >> So, I'm reading it right. >> Correct. There there may be some additions with >> I'm just saying your your pause made me start wondering. That's why I said there may be some additions with boys golf,
but u and maybe one or two talking with Jeff Kifmeer with Clay Target for some additional members, but as of as of now, we should be good. >> All right, that's great. Thank you to all those people for >> stepping up to the plate.
>> Yes. >> All right, look for a motion to approve the 2526 spring coaching list. >> I'll move to approve. >> I'll second. Luke on the motion, Pete on the second. Any other discussion? All in favor say I. I.
>> Oppose. Motion carries. Consideration to approve the resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teacher or the teaching contract of an out of out of field lensure and pro probationary teacher at the close of the 2526 school
year. So, these next six items relate to licensing and the process that we have to follow for um licensing rules in the state of Minnesota. And for people that are not only tier one but also out of field licenses, we do have to now renew
those teachers and then re um uh advertise their position to see if we can find licensed people. um there is still the possibility that these people will be back with us and so this is not anything to do with disciplinary or anything like that it's just part of the
process and so with each of those we'll take we'll have to take these one at a time and uh the first one on the list is Lauren Emerson >> I I have one question Jeff before we or maybe is that is this the right time to ask question >> um
>> so we go through this process right and then the application goes out or the posting goes out, are we are we if someone applies that is licensed in a field, are we can we not hire do we have to not
hire the person we've had in our building even if they're working towards >> uh that's getting too far in the for the principles have more information on that. It really depends on if if you have a person that isn't
licensed yet, I think it's open, right? Because even even though if they're in a program, there's no guarantee that they would finish that program if you would hire them. >> But if you do have somebody that is licensed, then it's my understanding you do have to hire them or is there a
process that you you have to go you have to do a lot of explaining if you don't hire them? >> Correct. We don't have to hire them. we have to interview them and and give a reason why. Uh because those people that have the out of field placements, we'd have to reapply for that out of field
placement. And that's a question on that application. >> Um if a if a teacher's in a program, then they wouldn't they wouldn't be on this list because they're they would have a different >> tier of lensure >> and we wouldn't have to go through this process, right? Okay.
>> Yeah. >> Good question. Are we allowed to post so many times for that role for like is it still >> so so depending on the area of lenture a teacher can have uh the shortest is a
minimum or there's a maximum of three out of field placements over their career. >> So it's open by the teacher. >> Yeah. So it's by the teacher it's not by the position. So we could have a interesting a position, you know, in an ongoing basis if it was a hard to fill
lenture area. >> Interesting. >> Um, >> it kind of depends because like career teched, you have to do these applications, but it's there there's no limit to the number of out of field placements somebody can get if they've got a if they're looking for a a CTE
license. I think special ed is another one where the limits don't apply because they changed the science lensure a few years ago. Science is another one where it doesn't apply. But if like you're an English teacher and you're on no that
one you can only get three year three times during your career and at that point you can no longer be granted out of field placement. So, it's something, you know, it's not good practice for us to hire people with out of field placements. We do it because we have to
fill positions obviously, but as a as an educator, you you've only got a limited number of those OFPS that you can apply for throughout your career. So, >> Okay. Thanks. >> Interesting. >> Yeah. >> It's just as clear as m >> Yeah.
>> Very well. Thank you for that. >> Yeah. Thanks for >> There's literally a flowchart. >> Yeah. Yeah, Tim was giving a class on that on Tuesday night. I was >> going to say >> All right. Well, I would look for a motion to approve.
>> I'll make a motion. Go ahead, Randy. >> Ronnie on the motion. >> I'll second >> Jody on the second. And this is a resolution. Please take her away. >> Read the underline. Look good. >> That's correct. Resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the
teaching contract of outof field lure and probationary teacher at the close of 2025 2026 school year and I need yes or no vote >> yes one answer >> okay Randy >> yes >> Jody >> yes >> yes
>> Clinton >> yes >> and myself is yes and yourself >> yes >> perfect >> ran out of names >> sorry I was looking right at you I was Okay, turn your name tag >> for the next one.
>> All right. Item four, consideration to approve the resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract of a tier one in probationary teacher at the close of the 2526 school year. >> Uh this is for Kathleen Ruana and I
recommend approval. name is for these or you don't really need it. >> No, I mean I announced the name for this need the resolution and what we have up here is the general letter that will go to the each of the staff. >> I will look for a motion to approve. >> I'll move to approve.
>> I'll second. >> Look on the motion Jolyn on the second and go ahead and take it away. Resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract of a tier one and probationary teacher at the close of a 202526
school year. >> Pete, a yes or no vote? >> Yes. >> Myself is a yes. >> Clinton, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Jody, >> yes. >> Yes. Item five, consideration to approve the resolution relating to the termination
and non-renewal of the teaching contract of an out of field lensure and probationary teacher at the close of 2526 school year. >> And this is for Jade Franson and I recommend approval. >> I'll make a motion.
>> Motion Luke on the second >> clerk. Resolution relating to the termination and nonrenewal of the teaching contract of an out offeed lure and probationary teacher at the close of the 2025 to 26 school year. Randy yes or
no vote >> uh before yes. >> Jody, >> yes. >> Clinton, >> yes. >> And myself is yes. >> Yes. >> Repeat. Item six, consideration to approve the resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract
of out of field lensure and probationary teacher at the close of the 2526 school year. >> Uh this is for Erica Cleaver and I recommend approval. Use a motion. >> A motion. >> I'll second on the motion. Pete on the
second clerk >> resolution relating to the termination and now renewal of the teaching contract of an out of field lure and probationary teacher at the close of the 25 26 school year. Need a yes or no vote. Pete >> yes. >> Myself is a yes. Clinton >> yes.
>> Lo, >> yes. >> Jody, yes. >> Randy, >> yes. >> Perfect. Item seven, consideration to approve the resolution relating to the termination of non-renewal of the teaching contract of a one-year long-term substitute and probationary teacher at the close of the 2526 school year.
>> This is for Amanda Burns, and I recommend uh approval. >> Move to approve. Luke on the motion. >> I'll second. >> Jody on a second. Court >> resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract
of a one-year long-term substitute and probationary teaching at the close of the 2526 school year. Pete, any yes or no vote? >> Yes. >> Myself is a yes. Clinton, >> yes. >> Luke, >> yes. >> Jody, yes. >> Randy, >> yes. Item consideration to approve the
resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract of a one-year long-term sub substitute in probationary teacher at the close of the 25 to 26 school year. >> This is for Madison Shanks and I recommend approval.
>> Look for a motion. >> I'll motion. >> I'll second. >> Pete on the motion. Randy on the second. Click >> resolution relating to the termination and non-renewal of the teaching contract of a one-year long-term substitute and
probationary teacher at the close of the 2526 school year. I need a yes or no vote. Randy, >> yes. >> Jody, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Pete, >> yes. >> And myself is yes. >> All right. Item number nine, consideration to approve the expansion
of school readiness in Bomber Care. Brie, you going to give a little presentation for us? >> Yep. I think Jeff started. >> Yeah, I'll start us here. Just to kind of give you some background real quick. A couple years ago, um, one of our board
members um, started bringing up concerns he was hearing in the community. I believe it was Luke. Um, and that really kind of kickstarted our process here. And this process got turned over to community ed uh because it seemed like
the best fit for that to gather information. And then um community ed uh had conversations with not only their uh committee members, but they also uh ended up developing a survey to send out
to uh the community as part of that process with engaging with the community to see where our needs were. And I believe you have um daycare providers that that sit in on that community advisory committee, Randy. >> Y as well. And so they were there's that
conversation piece and link there as well. Um and over that process a survey was done as most of us know because the board did approve that process and ultimately uh the community ed advisory committee at their last meeting made a
recommendation uh to the board to bring forward one plan which is going to be shared here tonight. I know we talked about having uh multiple plans, but between um administration doing their work and bringing that information to the community advisory, the community
advisory saying, well, this is the best plan that we want to bring forth as a recommendation to the board. Uh that's what's being presented here um today. And so, um, some of the stuff we've already
talked about just in that, but really there's been countless meetings these past two weeks since the last board meeting. Uh, we are all on a we are all on a united front with restructuring of preschool to allow for the expansion and um flexible options for people in the
community for school readiness and bomber care. uh school readiness um partnered with Bomber Care does align with our community needs assessment survey which is given out and showed I believe was it 75% of the community was asking for
something um and it also provides an opportunity for growth as the community develops and we talked a lot about the housing uh developments that are going into the community um and hopefully with that providing growth in the community this
will allow us a better option to grow along with those housing developments. And finally, this does fit in with the performance goal that we have here uh this year uh back in July. Uh the performance goal that was approved by the board was to develop a plan that
would monitor the needs of the community and allow the school district to expand in the area of early childhood learning and child care as Canon Falls continues to grow. Um it's very set up to grow right now.
Um, I do want to thank the community members who completed the community needs assessment survey. Their input was valuable um, in revising the structure of what we currently offer to be more efficient and it allows us the opportunity to expand and grow which we mentioned before. It
would be the two programs supporting each other with the um readiness and the bomber care pieces and it allows the support staff to lead the non non-academic components of the day.
And is this where I jump off? last slide was already you jumped off but >> oh sorry you know just important that they're set up to one of their >> bomber care uh broken down to be 33 months which we currently don't offer that home for them during that school
day uh through the 5year-olds and must be potty trained uh care options through that day again it's that 8 to 3 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. portion where bomber care would exist. Uh we are not doing anything with changing canning kids
before school and after school. I know that that has come up. We are not making any changes there whatsoever. This provided flexible care options for the families as it had come in the survey. um uh our Canyon kids staff, the current
preschool paras would shift over to lead the bomber care and we continue to have those collaborative meetings here to to finalize those fine tuned details of what all bomber care would entail. Uh readiness will be three full-time
preschool teachers teaching uh morning and afternoon half day license instructional classes uh focusing on four-year-olds. I know specials is something that has continued to come up. We put an emphasis on uh trying to get those four-year-olds into specials which
are currently the art, music, and the media specials. And again, a collaborative approach with those preschool teachers to finalize those details as to what that readiness would look like. Whether that's going to be an emphasis on three year olds in the morning and four year olds in the
afternoon or it would be a mix all depending on uh what the group feels is going to be best. Uh Katie, you want to talk about schedule as far as those two?
>> Yep. So with the preschool schedule um you know referring to it as readiness in the future there' be these you know like we had said half day options and then there would be bomber care options and we talked a lot about how readiness in
itself just being half a day you know having that component complemented with bomber care is important so that way they can work together so if there's items that you know our readiness program is working on whether it's a certain concept, a social skill, a
letter, a color, whatever it is, that can be there can be activities that are carried over into bomber care. So, bomber care can still do some of those things to keep the learning going. You know, we've been on the same page as far as we don't want bomber care to be, you know, they're not just sitting around, they're not watching movies, they're not
just doing rest time. They're going to be doing more things that would complement the the schedule as well within readiness. So that's I think the biggest takeaway for me that is that I think these two programs can work well complementing each other um you know and working together in that regard.
>> So this is not like an extension of canon kids. This is this is this is an extension of we're looking at doing is the extension of readiness. >> Y and I know we like Reed said we've heard a lot from members of the board yourself and members from the community
advisory council about how specials is an important part. you know, it's a valuable thing to be um within our preschool, you know, in the future readiness program. So, that's something that we're going to try to make sure that we can keep for those teachers within that readiness time.
This that bottom part is just a potential mock schedule that uh Katie had put together of what of what that readiness uh block could look like. >> Sure. >> Um obviously I don't know like times and
everything, >> right? >> Um that's a general schedule of things that could happen in a sorry I want to say preschool in a readiness room. Um, so we
try to take all the biggest parts of our day and put them into what a half day can do. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's not going to be the same. It will be different next year. Um, we will do our best to fit everything into half day, but we won't get everything
into a half day. We do plan on if we do the schedule if Tammy is working in ready or in bomber care like I would talk to Tammy and say we're working on this letter this week this color this number whatever and then Tammy would also be working on that in her afternoon
time or morning time or whichever however it's flip-flop. So this is it. And just clarification, is this an addition to preschool or is this replacing preschool? >> The name the readiness.
That's kind of some of the questions I got. >> So is it still going to be preschool or is this in place of it? >> Readiness is just a name that we settled on so that when we were discussing different models that we knew what it is we were referencing.
So yes replacing >> and the term readiness will replace >> okay preschool. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> And preschool will still be offered five days a week. I had a question on uh so I saw in this
paras the current paras are going to own a portion of this or be the lead or the instructor whatever we're going to call them as um it's probably poor timing because Stephen just told us that the pipeline isn't there at one notice anymore but could there be a situation
where we have student teachers that could because I think some of the feedback I've gotten is there, you know, if the paras aren't licensed teachers, what have you. Is there an avenue where we could have some student teachers?
Say, say we don't have enough paras hired or whatever, there's a shortage. Is there a way that we could put a student teacher into that? >> Uh, usually the student teachers need to be working under the supervision or in cooperation. It's referred to as the cooperating teacher. So, you know, even
some of the teachers that are here, you know, they have elementary licenses K through six and then they also have like an early childhood lensure which might go like birth up through third grade. Um, they would be under the again the supervision and the cooperation of another teacher. So, leading their own
group, no, >> couldn't happen. Not >> not for student teachers. Okay. How does that maybe be a creative way to get >> someone that's in the field? There's a chance that I mean depending on how things fit within all the lensure and
who's all in those rooms you know if we were to have somebody licensed we could have somebody may working with them which then means that they can work with students for example we have a student teacher right now who's elementary ed and early childhood and somebody's going
to be she's with a first grade teacher right now and she's going to be with Katie Schroeder for four weeks is that right? Yeah. in in another month she's going to be with Katie for 4 weeks. So, >> sure. >> So, there's some of those where they could be working together but like doing their own thing though. >> Gotcha. >> Good.
>> Uh just to address one comment during a public employee, what I know we have uh one person in our community at advisory that is a daycare owner that was there other daycarees that were did we discuss with them have any uh gather any input?
Um, I know, uh, Stacy, remind me of her last name. Thanks. Um, owns ABC and she she had brought up that same concern about, um, finding staff, I think, you know, in reference to Stephen, too. I
mean, we're going to have problems finding staff maybe. Um, and then in turn they're having problems finding staff, but she did say that's not a reason that she would advise us not to do it just because the
town needs it and so she would love to collaborate and work together with us. Um, that would just be, you know, when asked about pain points and stuff that would be a pain point for sure, but also she said that's not enough to make them not stand behind this program.
I just add to because I did bring this up a couple years ago maybe um just because kind of things I heard in the community but then it does bring me back to a year ago when we went to the city and met with the stakeholders of the
community right the school was there the chamber the Rotary business owners and it was a you know what does the future look like and Laura Quali led it and did a great job of of here's representative of our town and and people that were in elected
positions and whatnot. And we all went to separate groups and we identified things that were needed in Canon Falls or were what we wanted for Canon Falls. And um so then she took all the results back together. And the number one uh which was pretty cool. The number one thing that everybody felt needed to be
done was passing a referendum, which went off the list, which was good. And then the second one was increasing child care. And so while it was something I brought up and it wasn't just one of my crazy ideas, which I have a few of them, but you know, I think that meeting kind
of backed it up too of let's in fact so so since that time there's actually less care in Canon Falls than there is than there was a year ago because of some home whatever. So I think so the public comment um I think is very valid, but I do think and then the survey is kind of
the third way to back this up that there is a need there. I hope we can work with our current care centers to make sure they're doing well too, right? And hopefully population solves all that, right? Where they need to keep, you
know, um care for kids. But, um that meeting at the city was an eye openener for me. It kind of solidified that we should step up and do something. And um you know, I I do think we got to get this right. Um, I think we got to trust the people that were in that committee
and putting forward the information and um, I appreciate all the work that has been done because I know it's been a lot. >> We go over the spacing. That was one one topic. Um, how that's going to look down there. Right now, we've got three
classrooms in the ceiling that Canon kids currently uses that we would be able to utilize uh to start bomber care. Uh we could start that today if we had to in regards to those staff. Obviously, we'd have to back field the preschool what that look like, but we could
utilize those three classrooms right now in that space with keeping our preschool in those four classrooms currently. I think that is one of the concerns that we've been hearing about too is just from displacing current staff. Is that so you're saying there's three open rooms that we'd be able to leverage?
>> We Stephen and I had talked before the last board meeting about uh the space of the sewing and the current preschool rooms. U we had miscommunication of he thought that he was going to be taking two of our current preschool readiness rooms. That that was not what we were
looking at. I think we could probably give up one of what that looked like with the three with the three preschool teachers, but I think our goal moving forward would get would love to be uh that we could have the entire sea wig for them can kids and barber care
depending on uh if we can figure out what those other programming spaces could look like that would help uh it help our community. First foremost, we're currently right now we are shutting down Canada kids for a week once school ends for the summer. so that
we could get classrooms packed up um and cleaned up so that we could get started. And we're doing the same on the back end right before uh teacher workshop. Sorry about that. Teacher workshop begins again as well.
So if we could get to that point where we had that space, we would only have to close on the days u that we needed to do our annual trainings, which Tammy is prepared to speak to a little bit about. Um uh and then obviously those holidays that we'd be closed as well, but we'd
minimize those days that we'd be closed for the community and it would also help facility staff out in regards to we're not they're not having to clean once and twice, you know, going into summer in the back end of summer and packing and unpacking those spaces and then uh you
know misagizing gazing kids as well. So I think and obviously we start small with those three spaces and as as you know we start to grow then we continue to discuss what that looks
like and and how we could create change. >> Okay. Thanks. So we feel we're on the right side of the staffing side. I mean it's a it's a legit concern I think across the board. Right now we have five uh contracts on that candidate kids and so we could go and take into those
spaces for sure and we would be able to maintain the the two to 20 in utilizing two of those rooms right now for sure. So staffing is good. >> Uh and we feel we feel like we traditionally and I I don't want to speak out of term but we traditionally
have better luck more success of of people interested in working during the preschool day the school day the school year only rather than the full year can of kids. So we would look to backfill those three positions into those three classrooms. >> Okay.
When you say, you know, starting small, um, I think that's very important to start small with a change like this. Do we have ideas in place that we would use for kind of monitoring as we go forward? Are we going to survey current parents
or survey the community again to see if, you know, or is there anything as a board that we can do to kind of make sure that the pro we're not going backwards? I know that's been a concern for a lot of people. >> Evaluations of some kind. >> Yeah. >> Yes.
>> You know, uh with Stephen and K of just talking about, you know, if the board is supportive of this schedule moving forward and now it's the fine detail planning really needs to begin because we we really need to launch our registrations uh in the
first week of March. We need to get going on that. and we talked about uh our collaborative approach with the preschool teachers of what those readiness rooms would look like. Then we also need to have that collaborative approach of what data do we want, what benchmarks are we going to put so that
we're all on the same page of what that data can look like so that we can track that. So here's what we're doing well, here's what we don't need to change, here's what we need to expand on. This is not working. We need to make those changes. >> Yeah. or or working with kindergarten teachers or something to make sure that
um you know we're not we're not losing subjects or anything like that >> um with program changes or anything like that. I think that would be important to >> probably >> go ahead sir. >> We we've got a good veteran preschool staff too and you know teachers throughout the year need to create their
their goals you know based on and preschool a lot of times correct me if I'm wrong but is it letters of the alphabet and letters of your name and so that that could be a data point that we could look at moving forward is how does this moving forward compared to years past? Is it the same? Is it better? Is
it worse? Like Reed said, a year from now, we can even less than a year from now, we can start continuously analyzing what works, what doesn't work, because there's going to be a lot of things that will work and there are going to be some hiccups, but we can analyze those things and we got some at least pieces of data that we can look to to see, you know,
other than just anecdotally what's working and not working, but we can actually have some data points based on that, too. >> Yeah, I think that was one of the biggest things. Um, we all said that in the beginning that we didn't want to take a step back educational wise. Um, and so just making sure that we're doing our best to be on top of that. There's obviously going to be growing pains.
There's going to be some ups or some downs. And I think, yeah, us evaluating it and working through these kinks. Um, and having really excellent communication between preschool teachers to the, you know, the bomber staff and stuff like that and going forward and and and making sure that the kids are getting what the kids need um to the
best of our abilities and stuff and evaluating that as we go along um to see if there needs to be adjustments. I think that's important. potentially. >> Are they looking at full day like Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Tuesday, Thursday for full days at some point down the line for
>> we talked about that maybe being uh an option for the four-year-old uh that I would say that it's settled uh in our last several meetings here of >> let's start small and get going. Uh but could certainly be something for consideration of offering maybe a
four-year-old full day next year of what that could look like. Okay. On the next slide, we have some examples of what some other schools are doing, and there's one other school that is going to be attempting that a so would be interesting to see how things go for them. >> Yeah. >> I think one one thing just because it
has been mentioned that I'd like to keep an eye on is probably uh behaviors, you know, as as they go from preschool to kindergarten and what that looks like. Is there a difference? Is there you know I think you know it just I think it's important cuz um I mean obviously
through co we saw behaviors become challenging I think and if this looks different or feels different I just want to make sure we're >> squashing it when we can and want to go to the financial tile just pulling that up you I mean for community ed you guys feel ready to take
it on I mean it's another another adder you guys played if you have the right amount of staff to help support that from maybe >> that's what the community wants. >> Yeah. >> And and and maybe I miss this, but do we have someone that's going to own this?
like is um you know from a day-to-day standpoint like you know I don't know if it's Katie like >> I I I recognize a problem here and then I'm going to bring it to Reed or or whatever it is like >> somebody down at that building presence
in Palmer care down there. Yes. >> Okay. And that will that be an additional position or added to or >> potentially we want we want a presence from readiness in bomber care but not a physical presence. So we want
>> we want kind of the letter is continue to be the common example of what that looks like and here's what some supporting activities of what bomber care could be doing in those placements. But yes, we would definitely have a presence to help with leading that out to those who staff are there. but also
helping deal with those behaviors. >> That'd be great. >> Yes. >> Maybe you'll get to this with registration, but will they register for two different events? Like what you say we got open registration so we can >> I think our goal as of right now. Our
intent as of right now is that it'll be two separate registrations. U maybe down the line in years whatever three four it becomes one registration. You know, I think the data and the growth of the programs will dictate what
that is, but very much right now it'll be two. >> Okay. One through school, one through. Got it. >> All right. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Josh, you want to walk us through slide? >> Yeah. So, is to put together some financial information on the current preschool model. Uh on the left hand
side, there would be the cost or the expense for the preschool program, the staffing, uh teacher and paras salary and benefits. Uh so this year is budgeted for $464,000. Uh the first section there on the right then would be preschool revenue. So it's
a tuition based program. Uh and it takes the daily attendance uh for those four classrooms uh the full and the halftime. Uh and you end up working out to an average daily revenue of about $2,272 a day. So you multiply that by the
contracted student days or the scheduled cont school days 174 estimated about $395,000 in revenue uh based on the current enrollment. Uh meaning that uh for this year about $70,000 loss in
preschool. Uh now where we make up for that difference is uh it's subsidized really by the general fund and by can of kids. uh benefits for health and dental are uh coded to general fund and then the remaining balance would be covered with you know can kids revenue out of
the community uh budget it's all within the community ed fund. Uh so then I kind of put in the next section there is uh given the current kind of method there's usually two slots left open in each classroom. So there's really 18 possible enrollments in a class. So, 72, if
they're all full-time uh enrollments, uh the average revenue would be about $450,000. Still would be operating at a loss under that model if it was at full capacity uh given leaving two classes open. Uh the last then would be if we
were to fully enroll 20 per class uh with the revenue at 500,000 and that's where uh the point where the preschool program or the current model would finally break even and make a little money. So that's just kind of the financial portion of the current model
of how it's uh staff and enrolled. Uh there are two other tabs there. The next one is kind of important, the ADM history. Um it goes back to 199091 because obviously that was a very great year. Um but it shows
shows also how long I've been out of high school. Uh the three lines there. The the red line is the uh ADM of the total district residents in our in Canifol school district. Uh the bottom line blue line is be the resident uh ADM
that attends the school district. Uh and the gray line in the middle is uh what the school was funded on ADMs. So uh in the mid 90s we're over 1,600 uh ADMs or average daily membership 1600 students uh in the district. Um whereas now we're
around,00 uh students ADM. Uh you also see where the red and the blue lines are getting further and further apart and that's really based on the number of options we now have for students whether it be online, whether it be open enrollment and postsecary those items. Uh so I think really when it kind of
goes back and ties all these things together whether it be survey or anecdotally you know how do we keep students in the district uh what are kind of options that we can do to help provide opportunities for families to maybe get their kiddos into school you know at that young age. Uh
historically if you were in uh the building in preschool kindergarten you're probably going to stay unless your families are moving for other situations. Um but it also shows at one point we did have 1 1600 bodies in in this district. uh and there's maybe some some room for for growth obviously as well and how do we keep those students
here now obviously we know too families aren't having as many kids and it's an aging community and all those things too that will kind of contribute to the number of kids but um I think it just kind of shows the historic historical kind of ADM of the district and maybe how we can maybe capture some more. The
last button really is only for really number geeks because it's just all the numbers that flow into that graph. So if you want to show it, it just shows where we're at the 1600 and how it slowly declines. Now we're under 1,000 or 1100 people EDMs. >> The graph is much prettier.
Yeah, like you kind of touched on, um Luke and I went to um a breakout session when we were at MSBA up in the cities and um that was one of the big factors that the school that we listened to who they started this program in their school and they said that was one of the biggest things is that it helped get
butts and seats um because it opened up like you said a new avenue where a lot of times if a kid is here for preschool or kindergarten they tend to stick around right if a parent is working in Hastings but we don't have daycare option down here or something. So, they'll take a kid up to Hastings to go to daycare and next thing you know, now
they're like, "Well, now they've made friends up here. They might as well go to school up here. I might as well keep transporting them." Um, whereas if we can change that and we can turn that around, um, it'll help us in the long run. It'll help the community in the long run. And so the last half
you just want to talk about the other schools surrounding comparisons. >> So I contacted some of the surrounding schools. Um some of them are just information from online but it kind of shows you what they're offering. And if you look at most of this um of their
tabs, most of them do the school readiness with a child care either in the morning or afternoon. Um the only one Jolen had said that is trying the all day preschool and this would be for the 26 27 school year is Cass and
Manorville is the only one that's going to they're going to try one classroom limited space for just four year or four year olds um full day. And most of them are two and a half to three hours um
all all surrounding us. So I did all the way up to Farmington um Good Hugh Northfield. Redwing has two programs but um the one the second one the little wingers might be changing um to be doing a school readiness um starting next
year. Good Hugh Zambroda. So that's kind of what we were able to figure out and put into a chart for you guys. Redwing actually has a survey out right now and I think Stephen spoke to that a little bit because you're you're in that district and
>> yep they're so yeah they've got the kids junction is mainly child care and then they got the little wingers which they've got a variety of preschool type things but little wingers is their main price preschool component through the school and they're looking at similar to what we're doing is just sending out a
survey and then figuring out what does the community want and how can they make it work whether they can do something similar but have them work together better or whether they can offer more child care options or whether they can they're looking they even have a couple questions down there about transportation. So, they're just looking at trying to make it better just like we
are. And as for staff, sorry, as for staff who are running that, you have down here in this column, it just says DHS standards. Um, do you know by chance what kind of staff that they have that are like what kind of lure or what kind of >> So for the child care part of Bomber
Cannon Kids or Bomber Care, um, we have the state come out um, once a year and we get rellicensed. So, everybody that is in high school staff, college um kids, or the five full-time um myself, Reed, Jeff, we all have to um go through
a DHS background check and be fingerprinted every five years. And then we have certain trainings and we can increase trainings. Um we do have to have 10 hours, 8 to 10 hours of training every year. And our high schoolers and college college kids do this every
summer. Um that's part of the training where we're closed for a week um is to do all of this. We do child development, ha health and safety, mandating reporting, CPR, first aid, um head trauma. Um and we work I also work with
once a month with other child care programs and to see what new trainings they're doing or videos and stuff to add to ours as well. So we do in person. We have in the past used um our behavior specialists for deescalation for high
schools and college our staff basically to do so which we can always continue that but everybody has to go through the same trainings every year. So, and we usually get she's usually here once maybe twice the state is. So,
>> and that's for the child care part and the >> our preschool is underneath their child care too like so we all have to do the fingerprinting and all that too all that >> underneath their license
and that's how we get like our fourstar parent is underneath their licensing and that helps us use scholarships and get um different things that way. So for me I see that the way I feel is
that we have two options. You have one option of keeping everything the exact same and you ignore the survey from the community that
75% of people feel that we have a need. or you go through with what is proposed right here. And the reason why I feel that way is just adding the bomber care portion.
I don't feel that we have a good enough idea of how many people are going to sign up and that there will be enough money that comes in to support that. And I would have a very tough time talking
to any of our taxpayers and saying that they are supplementing child care. And now if we're providing something for the community and it's self-sufficient,
we don't need to make money because I think we've made it clear before on different community uh topics that we're not in the business to make money. But as long they need to be able to pay for themselves and so the option that's presented to us would
be what is presented to us. And uh I sat through three hours of meetings last week. Um first one was two hours that was with the administration and staff that created the plan. And then I
sat for an hour at the community ed advisory meeting the following day. And the one question I asked uh and I said it quite clear is that I'm not going to be supportive of this
unless absolutely everyone in the room is supportive of this. And if anyone has any doubts that they need to speak and and everyone needs to be in unison and everyone was. So that is
my piece. I'm just going to add on to it. I know the struggle is real for parents and I think it's needed. because I'm like I have a niece in another district and she struggles with daycare.
So, she's wasn't able to get to that point yet until they were a certain age. So, >> yeah. And and the and the one thing I guess if I was going to make a recommendation, I would I would do this
on uh that we look at doing a renewal uh process >> uh after a year. And then that would force us to to come back and then we're going to have data. >> Yep. >> And we're going to know, you know, what
works, what doesn't work. M >> um >> hopefully it doesn't come to this but was a complete dis disaster and we got to go a different way. That's what we have to do. >> Uh but if you're going to ask me what I would recommend is is coming back in
January of next year and looking at renewals or making changes. Obviously, as a board, we can come back at it any single time and we can change different things, but at least this forces something to be put on the agenda that has to be get brought up and that we can uh discuss it. And I'd like to do that
in January because I know that the goal is that we want to get registration out before conferences, which I believe uh >> no, >> well, I we could easily pull it up here, but it's sometime middle of uh February for
next year. And so uh that would that would give us enough time uh in administration uh to make proposed necessary changes if needed. >> And then I feel like even though yes this is this is a change uh let let's
take it slow and and by adding this one piece and uh see if we can make it work. So >> yeah, I like that idea of revisiting it a year. I also would hope that community would continue to, you know, meet on
this, right? Just to check in and make sure things are going smoothly as we go through that process. And I think, you know, we can iron out a lot of those things as we go here. And, you know, change is change is hard at times, you know, and and uh but, you know, we could
see the benefit here pretty clearly, too, for the community. And um you know I think I do like the idea of re forcing us to revisit it in in a year's time >> and and then I think we do want to we want to keep tabs on uh Cass and
Manville if they're going to a full day on the four uh year old just to see how that's going, what the challenges are of that. And so if we can potentially get to the back to the point where we could offer a full day and and
keep that full. Is that something that we could do? >> Yep. And I will say having been at those community ed meetings, um the representative that runs the Kassen program, she is usually in regular regular attendance of those meetings,
too. And so I think it's a good idea to check in with her and see how they're as they're, you know, heading up a starting a whole new section. It'd be interesting to see what those pain points are and maybe we could not experience those pain points if we
wanted to add those full day back in. >> Any other questions, comments? >> Well, I think um I like your point, Clinton. I think that um I agree. I'll echo that I sat through those same meetings. Everyone was on a united
front. Everyone agreed that this is needed. I don't think it's not going to come without pain points. And so I think a January revisit is needed. So I will make a motion to add school readiness and bomber care to our programming with
a January board revisit. If we can get that added to the January um agenda, I think that's a good idea. Okay. So, Randy with the motion with the January re revisit for uh we'll call it a renewal.
>> I have a second. >> I'll second. >> Jody on the second. Any other discussion? >> I'll just say thank you to everyone involved uh with this. I know that there
was many hours of meetings on that. Uh >> so thank you for everyone putting the time into this and uh and I know that there's going to be a lot more time coming up on this uh as everything gets finalized. So uh thank you to everyone
involved on that. So we have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. >> Motion carries. Good discussion everyone. >> Item number 10, consideration to approve
the Goody County American Dairy Association scholarship of $1,000. >> Uh this is a new scholarship given by the Goody County American Dairy Association that I want to joke on here for $1,000. Uh, >> you need some milk.
>> What? >> I don't know what's going on with you, but um, we are looking for board approval on this that we can get this ready for the seniors. >> And we do think that county American Dairy Association for offerings.
>> Is this a >> I didn't see this part of it. Is this a ongoing deal or one year? Do we know? >> Are they going to continue it for multiple years? Doesn't matter really. I'm more curious than anything.
>> What does it say? >> We'll take it for one year and go from there. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> We have to have a motion. >> So on the second. Any other discussion?
All in favor say I. >> I. opposed motion. Here it is. All right. Uh before we go into a close session, I just want to do uh we'll do a quick around the horn. Let's keep it to a minute or less. Please uh share any
good news or anything that you would like to share. Reed, we're going to start off with you. >> Uh good luck to Bombers and postseason. >> All right, Mr. Hodgees. >> Lots of great things coming from our students. Like uh Lily said, Amy Fick is nationally recognized uh for her
article. Uh we've got the six students that are being commended by uh the College Board. We've got kids going to state. We're doing all kind of great things. >> Exciting stuff. >> Thank you, Mr. Strauss. >> Uh just two quick shout outs. Uh two
people both actually in this room. One to Stephen Johnson. Randy had mentioned that, you know, a foundation is looking at potentially making a donation and PTO has already donated a little bit of money for uh playground improvements, renovations in the back. Um Stephen has done the vast majority of that work behind the scenes. Um so I want to thank
him for that and also let you all know that the work that he's been doing on that because it's been a lot. Um, and the second one is to Katie Quinnland sitting behind me. All the meetings that she's been through with this along with still maintaining all of her teaching and preparing and coordinating for uh our current preschool programming. She's
been awesome throughout all this. >> It's one foot, too. >> I couldn't do it on Tuesday. >> Just you wait till tomorrow. >> Uh, Stephen Johnson, it's getting nicer out. So, say
That's a little bit better thing. Um, yeah. I don't know. The district's awesome. The the teachers that are outside with the blistering cold every day with our elementary kids walking them up and from there. And I I pride myself on walking down there in the morning and in the night time. Um, and
it it does suck. It it it's horrible. So, for those teachers to go out there, and I know it's not willingly all the time, right? Uh, but for them to do that every day and, you know, just help those kids get up that hill really, you know, and get on the buses and, you know, better themselves for the morning or the
afternoon is that's that's really great about our district and I love that. Um, I love high-fiving those kids every day, you know, no matter if we're cold or not, it's happening. So, >> yeah, there's one. >> All right. Thanks, Josh. >> I think it's going to go pretty well. I'd like to invite everybody out. Come
uh to the game on Thursday, 7 o'clock. We host PM for boys basketball. Uh live stream is nice, but way better to be inside the gym. Student session was awesome on Friday. Be nice to fill it again on Thursday. >> Tammy, you want to add anything?
>> Um, I got to be in preschool last week, so that was kind of fun to go down and hang out with the little kids since I'm up here a lot with the big kids. So, it was kind of fun. Refreshing. >> Lily, anything you want? It's only a
half a day of school tomorrow. >> You can stay longer. >> You can come hang out with me in the afternoon if you want. >> Superintendent for a day is what I heard. >> Pete, uh, fun and exciting to hear all the fun and positive things that are
going on in the district. Um, the work coming up here. I'm looking forward to spring as well. Um, I unfortunately have a full day of work tomorrow, so but uh, yeah, the carnival was a blast. Luke, you had touched on it a little bit earlier. It was got a lot of rave reviews and well attended, a lot of fun
activities. So, nice job for the team that put that on. >> Thank you. >> Um, like people mentioned, we have conferences coming up. So, great great appreciation to the teachers that stick around and do their dinner time uh, with everybody for conferences
>> because teachers do not have a half a day. They do not. Um, and a huge a huge shout out um to those uh PTO uh folks and those parents that support them um to provide meals for those teachers to feed them dinner uh during conferences when they are there for a very lengthy
day. So, this week and next week. >> Thank you, Jeff. >> Huge thank yous to Reed, Stephen, Katie, Josh, and Tammy for getting all this information prepared in a very short amount of time for the readiness of bomber care. also for Tim and Stephen
Johnson for their uh work in getting that uh career fair ready. I hope all you guys can make it out there and see that. It's a wonderful event every year. >> Um and then I think that is it.
>> I'll just say for me I survived alumni. I think that was year 22. So I'm proud of myself. Don't hurt your Don't hurt your arm. >> Yeah, >> I just add uh again, it's already been
said, but I love seeing our facilities being used and full of students, whether it's a basketball game or weekend CFY stuff. I think it's a great way to showcase what we have. You know, I I do a lot of coaching in the youth and a lot of going to watch volleyball games and
stuff at other facilities. And uh including this weekend, I was at a facility that was about an hour away that just doesn't hold a candle to what we can not only offer, but what it looks like, what it feels like when you're here. Um and I just it's makes me so proud when when uh we can host those
things. It's just so well done. Um and a lot of it is the groups, you know, CFYs of the world that are that have a welloiled machine going, but the school opens the doors to those folks. And I think that's important uh as this community goes forward.
Jody. >> Um, I probably should should have said this sooner, but um, we haven't had this too long. So, um, I was at a staff development meeting and I just want to praise the teachers and staff for all they do. They do way more than I ever
imagined they do when it comes to the prep or the readiness and prepping of everything that they have to do for licenses and stuff. Robbie, >> I'm gonna say although I'm very proud to be a bomber, very proud of Cannon Falls,
I'm also proud of the USA. I can't believe no one talked about the Olympics and the gold medals that we've been receiving and the cool stories. If you have watched the Olympics or if you haven't, I would encourage you to do some things because there's some fun
stuff going on for the USA. >> All right, be short. >> We're efficient. >> Yeah. Well, uh, thank you for everyone coming here. We are going to go into a close session right now. Uh, after we're done
with our discussion item, once we come back in, we are just going to go right to adjournment. So, uh, thank you for everyone coming. I will kindly ask you to leave.