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e e e e e um two groups but I have a question on what I call the at will group or or um you know the individual contracts are we ready to and I am guessing I meet with
the negotiation committee kind of get some parameters and we go from there so not that we have to set a date now but I'll probably if that's the right way to do it I'll an email tomorrow and see if we can or we can afterwards or whatever um but I I guess I think we're ready to
at least keep going with what I'm going to say the last group even though they're individual um is that correct yeah I think the answer you know June June 30th is uh when they were up and let's let them ideally get them going and done as
fast as possible so we so we don't have to sit on them but uh yeah send it to the negotiations group and um part of the negotiations there's uh couple individuals on negotiations that are in the finance committee too okay so we'll proba probably Talk Amongst amongst both committees to come up with some parameters and perfect give you the
reins and go from there well yeah perfect perfect um and I guess the only other thing um I I have been reading through contracts and of course making notes and trying to learn because um there's all these um little caveats not only here every other District's the same way um but as far as um someone's
asked you you know you have specific goals set or anything yet and obviously I mean the the number one thing strategic plan jumps up there but as I I met with Lyn and kind of spoke a little bit got to get your feet wet a little bit you know I don't even know a we'll come up with a process of how we want to
update that and work through that but you got to learn a little bit and get your feet wet before you know you'd even know who to bring to the table and yeah you know so um that and along with other things you don't know what you don't know yet so my plan is to give it a month or so before we you know um
formally set things I'm also open to the board you know are there certain things you specifically want worked on which should be part of the Strategic plan but may not be as well so um first three I guess going on four days has been fine
and and that's where we're at right now so I'm always open to questions or like I say may have answers or may not but I can get answers if I don't so board members I think uh I guess I'll just
suggest that's it's it's via Lyn um via Lyn BR not via Linn um just if you have if you have a chance maybe try to coordinate some time and just come in and visit with Kevin a little bit and um so you can understand board each individual board member a little bit better he'll be meeting with the
separate committees but if you can on an individual basis I think that'll be helpful too so any other questions for a superintendent okay so we're going to move directly uh um rather than go into Comm committee reports um you know what
why don't we do let's just knock out the committee reports first and then we'll then we'll jump back to Diane okay however however you want y yeah if you have anything on committees go go ahead and I don't have other than the the negotiation group that we met we we met with and put a counter in other than that I have not met with any of the
other committees um Eric anything on U Finance or facilities that's come up since last meeting NOP okay no well then we'll get committee updates at the next meeting perfect so that being said um Diana if you want to come up uh we're going to slide you in the 4.1
1.2 we we'll call it and the we're just gonna I guess we'll call this preschool update Flor is yours there we go all right so um at the end of June probably around the 27th or 26th or something like that I met with
um Lynn and Lindsay and we talked about the future of community ed in in the direction that we'd like to see it Go and um and then on the 28th of June I got an email from the Department of Ed and that kind of changes a lot of things that we're doing in um preschool to some
extent because the the VPK funding is really seriously a big deal um and not only just that we're receiving some funding but they they approved us for 120 seats that means we can serve 120
preschool kids and get 60% funded which is out of the 120 68.2 it's it's it's a formula like everything else at the department of Ed um and they won't give out exact numbers yet even though I've asked and tried to
to bribe some people um but it it's it's a great funding stream that brings a lot of money into um to School Readiness and so um it's got some parameters to it um but one of the one of the nice things it does is it it offers
um us an opportunity to expand the program back to what it was before our budget cuts came in you know we budget cut a class back in um back in the spring and so um for us right now capacity for serving kids would be would
be 80 um because that's all that we have the space to serve um right now we do have um 79 kids enrolled um we were going to have to to call some and and come up with a a strategic plan to to serve those kids maybe on a Tuesday
Thursday but like um Mr Grover said um we get the most funding if we're serving them five days a week as opposed to two days a week so um at the at the next board meeting at at the end of July um I would like to put in a request to um to
reinstate the section that was cut so that we have four four four five day a week week four-year-old sections of preschool that we're offering in the fall you say that again three four day a week nope four
four five day a week preschool sections okay for the foury olds we're still our three-year-olds um they they're they're not included in VPK funding they will operate as usual um on a fee basis and
our Pathway to scholarship money will go towards that program um and that Revenue will go into that stream um but the the four-year-olds to maximize what we're what we're getting funding wise um and give as little bit back to the to the
Department of ited as we have as we can um that would be my request um that would mean that we would have to hire another um person um so I will make make the request now but
put it in formal um at the next board meeting um along with that um one of the things I talked about when I met with Lindsay and um Lynn was about adding a halftime Early Childhood coordinator
um back in the day when I was first hired that's what I was I was a halftime Early Childhood coordinator and a halftime ECFE person um and so to reinstate that position as well so that we hire one person but they get ECFE
back off the ground and running get that program rebooted um and then also help oversee then the School Readiness part of things so that I can as the community ed director return to being a community ed director and
work more diligently at getting after school programming for kids extra programming and um Adult Ed stuff back back on track um so that is is you know this extra funding comes comes in at a
great time to kind of boost that along the way so um that is what my request will be in writing and and hopefully by the next board meeting we'll be able to um pin down more a close closer number
to what exact would be but yeah it it is upwards of possibly $400,000 that we'll get um with this VPK funding so um we'll keep you in the loop as soon as we know more about that are you going to have um numbers not only for the funding but for
like the extra cost that the extra preschool would have hiring that halftime person all that yes yeah you'll have all the numbers yep all that and my question for you you had mentioned and I might have had it wrong here okay so you
say we have only have space for for 80 kids currently have 79 enrolled y That's the four-year-old program right correct and we potentially have fun or we have funding um or approved for up to 120 yes so how many how many are in that three-year-old
we have 34 kids in our three-year-old program would that ever be a recommendation to come come to us if you know yes you're supplementing that with with scholarship funds and things like that that's a that's a feeder for that foure year program but are you thinking outside lines doing anything with that
program to get more four- year olds yeah I I I know what you're saying um I would I would say at this time no um because we still have to serve those kids on IEPs that are three and so this gives us an opportunity to serve those kids in a
least restrictive environment um so I think we still would need to offer that one that one classroom of threeyear olds yep what are we going to do for the space then for the rest of the if our space capacity is
80 if we add more where are we gonna We have a space we've always had a space issue yeah I I don't see us adding that was the reason one of the reasons primary reasons we not adding another class back in when the first request came last last all or whenever last yeah
last last year at this time yeah yeah I I guess I don't I don't have an immediate answer for that I mean that that is a question I think for the board and and certainly superintendent Grover and I will take a look at it and see what we can come up with but yeah I mean
to to serve an extra 40 kids to get up to the 120 capacity we would need two more classrooms so um yeah in that right now we we can have it don't have it well we have a new superintendent that's creating relationships with the city leaders and things like that so wink
wink maybe that's well no it's it's a valid conversation you know as as any group grows you know no different than if you needed I'm just throwing it out another fifth grade class I mean it throws us in a tough spot and not that you want half a building empty or anything but it is it is on the docket
to to be looking and I know you've had people looking at different options and things so um yeah in our meeting too we had discussed um the like a plan for helping with the billing and and admin getting some admin involved as well did you have a chance to yes so so we're at
the district office um as you know Bobby has retired and um will be missed but then they're going to replace her and currently um when that shakes out that person will take on some responsibilities one of the one of the caveats of VPK money is that
when you are a VPK recipient um you we we can't charge those kids so there won't be any invoicing the only invoicing will be for the three-year-olds because um four-year-olds won't be invoiced because everyone will attend at no cost that's
how the funding is set up that's one of the things you agree to when you sign on to take the money um so yeah so that will be that has that problem has been solved sure yeah thanks for clearing that funding is that a one-year funding or is that no it's not I I I actually
called June at the department of Ed and just to make sure because I was um she said no once you're in you're in and that's the beauty of being awarded the 120 seats is that if we only use 80 this year we're going to give back 40 because we're going to but if we build capacity
down the road and next year we need 20 more we can ask for those 20 back and up to 120 so yeah that is legislative the addition if if anyone's up on they added more preschool seat the last legislative session so in March was the original
group which this the school didn't get and now the new allocation is ongoing and yeah it is true that um and I can just speak from history we weren't a VPK school but we got leftover money and that's like these 40 seats but that was a one time you know the next year there
wasn't leftover money as programs grow because my my gut and I could be wrong that once this goes and it's for the quote unquote a free program you probably will build you know get some people that maybe were going elsewhere maybe not but I mean if you either had
to pay here or pay at one of your competitors and now one is free you may draw a few more and so it is realistically with only one something we have to seriously look at um because like I said it's like when kindergarten started getting funding it'll it'll feed
it won't feed building a new school but it'll cover the costs of running yeah other questions board members I don't have the exact numbers from when we were talking last time don't even remember what meeting it was in anyways um but if it's only fronted
to 60% we have an idea of where we could are we pulling the other 40% the other 40% because I remember at one of the meetings that we had we talked about it and was almost an even with the new fee scale and all the grants and things but now how is that going to work well
when morning I'm sorry when you look at what we what we spent for Sr last year M it was roughly $570,000 roughly and that's four threes and fours together so if you pull the threes out of that you're probably
looking at that that it probably cost us 400,000 450 to offer four-year-old preschool and that's what we're getting in funding okay so it should be unless we add more students then then it won't but as you add more that'll go up it's
kind of like you know like you add more the funding goes up like on a high school kid you get 1.2 FTE okay yeah you know you get more because they say it costs more to you know I'm going to say it's extracurriculars or whatever to educate this they're just saying it used to be even kindergarten used to be
funded at a06 you know and so it's just that's what they feel will cover okay and so like I say yeah if you have 80 it's 6 of that the tough part is you know it's easy to take the General Ed form and say okay for 68 or whatever it was
here's what we'll get but it also affects your compensatory your basic skills all these add-ons that we don't know exactly you know how that's going to all pencil special ed for instance we gain more special ed money and so it's not an exact sign you know right off the
bat and of course MD doesn't give you here's exactly what you'll get you know but um I guess I'm very confident it will cover you know the majority of costs now can we get down to the exact electricity and the heat I mean we can
use some money for that a little bit but we we we're not that sophisticated to know each class spends X on electricity you know but well space is the bigger thing down the road to I mean the I'm like I say I'm confident no different than the other fundings it'll pay for
the teacher the benefits the transportation the you know things like that okay so as the board is there a need I mean there essentially is is a committee Led Led by um the board the board chair do anybody um it's it's
really been um Lynn and Lindsay have been having these conversations with Brian as he he was going off with with Diane and now now now with Kevin does anybody want to be on that or they're comfortable with that group bringing it back to the board I'm comfortable with that yeah
pluging away way you guys are then yeah yep they'll work with you and we'll set up something or L will work with you to set up something for the next next next meeting so yep excited to hear that hopefully we can get some get some funding now figure out where to put them yeah it was very exciting yeah thank
you so the sooner you can figure out where to put them better then you got to bring the facilities committee up I have all sorts of good ideas and Kevin however we can help with that too if you need us to to talk with Community leaders to okay Reach Out reach out to any one of us we can have
some contacts too so thank you thanks Dan appreciate it all right let's see we didn't have any committee reports so let's move right on to 5.0 the consent agenda does anybody want anything pulled election notice no that'll come at the next meeting okay yeah it's just
there as as as a it's just that it's coming we're g we have one that has to be in the paper coming up so you're probably going to see that before the next meeting I I just wanted to throw it out there so that well do you want us to add that though as a resolution we certainly could add it as a resolution and get it done
today you you you have to meet you you have long-term facilities that has to be done by the end of June so I mean that so I mean you have to have a meeting I mean I hate to say that um unless you were planning on not but somehow we got to get that approved and IC is working
with um Ron on that right as we speak so to okay all right anyone want anything off the consent pulled if not I'll entertain a motion to approve it I'll make a motion to approve call second all right questions or discussion
all those in favor approvement consent agenda as as uploaded into board book signify by stating I I ibody opposed motion carries 6.0 is opportunities for citizens to speak on items not on the agenda I had none Lyn told me she had
none Grover all right move right on to 7.0 U to approve the agenda as uploaded in the board book I'll make motion I'll second questions or discussion all those in favor of approving the agenda um as uploaded
signify by stating I I I I anybody opposed motion carries all right 8.0 is District business so the first one is uh resolution to hire short-term substitute teachers I'll let uh we do this every year but I'll let superintendent Grover kind of give us a quick synopsis on it it's a resolution so for the most part
you hire short-term substitutes on a daily basis or you know longterm I'm guessing typically come to the board you know if you have someone that's going to be out I'm going to say maternity leave or something but this is just a blanket statement allowing us to hire on a short-term basis and um some do this
some actually have it in policy so you don't have to do a resolution each year it's just and so um obviously recommend you do it so that we fill as many classrooms as we can on a daily and short-term basis I'll move I'll second questions or
discussion right hearing none Nan call roll please yes yes yes yes yes all right resolution carries 8.2 is the design ation of a hot lunch hearing officer um we just have to make
a we have to name superintendent Grover as a hearing official to hear appeals regarding eligibility for free and reduce so I'll make a motion all second questions or discussion and the same thing with both of these next to even though we have free lunch we still have to do this for
all um it's it's a technicality and so any other questions all those in favor signified by stating I I I I anybody opposed motion carries so again with 8.3 that's the hot hot lunch offer vers serve we have Tove I'll make a
motion all second questions or discussion all right all those in favor of uh with the offer serve hot lunch program for all students signifi by stating I I I I anybody opposed motion carries all right 9.0 we got to pay some
bills I'll move to approve the payment of K12 bills 27369 through 27419 and efts in the amount of 1,454 one19 all second questions or discussion on um
bills uploaded into boardbook all those in favor signify by stating I I I anybody opposed motion carries 10.0 we're already at board member comments so Eric we'll start with you um just welcome Mr Grover your first first
meeting and Mr adolfson as well um glad to have you in the district so otherwise nothing else yeah I'll just reiterate welcome to the new people Mr Grover thank you good first meeting like I said it's gonna be it's just the history and everything else
everything hasn't it's been like I said I can't say enough and not just here even Community wise getting things hooked up that's not everyone's been so help I got to get a haircut that's on my list to do here to so got a dentist lined up not that we need anything but it's all good ly no that's just welcome
and good to hear excited to to get started this yearand um yeah welcome to the both of you and then um for anyone who's interested start looking at the website there's information on there on how to run for the school board um it opens on July 30th and ends on August 13th don't
have a lot of time only two week time frames so start putting on your thinking caps or talking to people that's all I have none just uh W welcome to both of you and msba you can go on their web on mba's website as well and there's some um different items to allow people
to learn how to run for school board have a Peron video yeah with that being said uh 11.0 our next Board of Education meetings scheduled for July 22nd at 5:30 um however we'll wait till Lynn gets back we know that uh um Nancy July 30th
we have to have the ltfm resolution in and then um the new requirement for for for for the election so um I'm not going to have a bunch of discussion about that right now we'll just have ly reach out to everybody and that potentially could be an early morning meeting or whatever
it's not suppose it's going to depend on how much other board business is there but ibly that and that's her that's her shoes and her her decision so um 12.0 is to adjourn the regular meeting so I will entertain a motion so moved
want to Second it I'll second all right um anybody want to talk about it all those in favor of adjourning the meeting signify by stating I ibody POS watch care