director Callahan is absent director Fletcher here director Olsen here director Powell here and director stand here okay let's stand for the pledge of allegiance i pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with all okay i move that the board approve the amended agenda for this April 7th
business meeting as presented order please uh second um I've asked that we append an executive session at the front end of the meeting because of some late developing um issues and I wanted to provide some legal advice i appreciate
the opportunity to have you out that thank you okay any further discussion on that no you seconded Mary yes okay okay can I get a roll call director Fletcher i director Olsen i director Powell i
director Waller i okay motion approved uh next up in executive session and I move that the board move into executive session under Colorado Revised Statute 24-6-424B conferences with an attorney for the purpose of receiving legal
advice um on specific legal questions regarding the charter school contract and negotiations with Independence Classical Academy can I get a second second and can I get a roll call
director Fletcher hi director Olsson I director Powell I director Waller I okay motion approved so I do want to say at this time we'll be back
so at this time 602 we're going to head back to executive session and we'll be back to continue maybe yes all right next up approval of minutes i move that the board approve the minutes from the board of education meetings on 20 March 24th 2025 and March
28th 2025 as presented second any discussion all right can I get a roll call please director Fletcher hi director Olsen hi director Powell i director Waller hi okay next up we have
communications and we have the patient Brett McClendon here to present on behalf of the high school just hold it down to turn it on Brett when you get up there hold the button for a minute to turn it on yes ma'am till you see numbers
i see numbers all right well yeah I see numbers got to make sure I got my reading glasses on well I can relate uh thank you for having me this evening uh just a few things this is uh
a really busy time at the high school uh as we're getting ready to wrap things up uh a lot going on that's pretty much what I wanted to kind of highlight for you tonight as we get ready to finish uh we did just finish registration
uh so we can start the staffing and scheduling conversation so I just got those numbers uh this afternoon at at about 5:00 and so we'll start that we'll start that process and I'll be putting things together uh a lot of things this week the art show uh in case you didn't
know started this uh this evening at the high school this is also Red Ribbon Week at the high school uh which culminates in a dodgeball tournament on Friday if any of you would like to participate get a team together good i used to love
dodgeball used to loved my passing it's free doesn't cost you anything or and it's free to come and watch so medical is not free medical is not free that's what valid yes yes uh we also have CMS testing uh this Friday uh we
begin that for our 11th graders in science uh right now I believe we're looking at uh without any additional optouts around 140 kids taking that i'm sure there will be additional optouts but uh a lot of kids which is which is great we really like to see that data
saturday night as you may know is the Stars banquet so we've got that you know that's just this week uh next week we've got the SAT and the PSAT on the 16th and 17th so we'll be uh doing more of our
state testing and um the week after that we've got just a few more things we've got our awards night on April 22nd at 6:00 all of you are welcome to come if you could um our big help day where the whole entire building gives back is
April 23rd which I believe is Wednesday and then we have prom on Friday April 25th so uh and then we have our jazz dessert concert on April 26th on that Saturday evening so a lot going on this
month the next few weeks a lot of great activities for our kids uh and for our community to to come out and participate just a few more things that that I'll highlight for you the auto building is coming along they are working on it periodically out there
which is great we're we're moving along there slowly but surely um we are we're getting a lot of student certification opportunities this spring with CNA with some of our Adobe Photoshop with our auto programs so uh looking forward to
hopefully being able to put a little bit of money in the coffers uh for next school year uh based on how our students do this spring they've been working really hard and um we we culminate and this is a formal uh invitation and I'm
sure Brooke will be extending more to you but we culminate the year on May 24th at 10:00 a.m with graduation hopefully in the stadium um weather permitting so would love to see all of you there great opportunity to celebrate
our seniors and and celebrate their accomplishments uh and as I finish I do have to say a big thank you to Lowe's and Jonathan Glasburn oh so exciting yeah uh just in the last three weeks we
have had four ovens four microwave ovens and a refrigerator donated uh to the high school for our culinary and special education programs and uh without Mr glass burn and Lowe's you know that building was built or opened in 2000 the
ovens and the vast majority of microwaves are in there are from the year 2000 and uh he is he's been wonderful helping us in that in that program and has expressed an interest to
help us with a few more things and I just can't say thank you enough to him and thank you to the board for allowing him to to put that in their building and and you know really benefit kids i was in there today the people who were at the art show uh this evening got to have cookies that were baked in those brand
new ovens so uh we're putting them to use already probably tasted even better oh I'm sure they did uh so really that's it we've got a lot a lot going on it's a very busy time uh but we're winding down what looks to be another successful
school year and I'm very excited to get ready for next year awesome cool what percent returning do you have for next year what's the percent returning for next year staff or for children uh it's probably hard to say you're just Yeah I I haven't looked at those numbers yet
like I said I just got them at about five so I don't know what our what our breakdowns are yet i know I know we're going to be a little bit down just because we're losing 164 seniors and at the middle school and I I'm not sure how
many are coming over from Legacy probably 20ish that's normal so we're going to be there's going to be about a 30 student 30 to 40 student what comes what leaves and what comes in that's what we're we're looking at I
think okay so cool all right awesome thank you all very much and uh have a wonderful evening thank you should I turn this off Jamie no it's fine we'll have someone using it shortly okay uh next up board reports
bless you god bless you that wasn't a good report it's a report of allergies the sneeze or the God bless you um well I'll I'll start if that's okay um just two quick things i we had um the
CAC meeting last week that I came to and it was very good and very productive again and we went over the um sick leave policy that you know everybody had input on and what we had talked about at our last meeting we kind of brought that to them uh got a couple of other ideas
that's now going to be um uh presented to TAC also and so then we'll we'll bring that back when it's time to bring it back when everybody is looked at appropriately that it was a productive meeting and then just the other thing is one more fundraiser for uh EF uh on uh
Wednesday April trying to read it through the bed april 16th is at Jack's Pizza so um this one will be kind of a little bit different and hopefully uh even better because you don't have to say anything they're just going to give a percentage i'm not sure how much
exactly of their day sales without you know you don't have to say this is free EF so it's just whatever their sales are that day they're getting pretty cool a a percentage of that so it's from 11:00 a.m to 8:00 p.m go and have some pizza on April 16th
great i haven't really had much happen since the last meeting so all right okay Dan you're up okay couple of updates just want to update folks on Frontier there's been a lot of chatter out there just want to present some facts um we
did have uh uh some concerns surface on our roof at Frontier um and so we have relocated some of our renters um at this time uh we did have um in investigating some leaks uh on our roof we did have a couple of roofers who indicated they're
concerned that the roof may need to be replaced um that there was some deterioration in the roof deck um out of an abundance of caution we went ahead and relocated our renters which is our Legacy Homeschool Academy um they are currently going to be using our modulars
at Elizabeth Middle School uh for the rest of the year um we are uh there was some concern at some of the spots that there could have been some potential mold um we did do some mold testing and there is no mold in that building so we
are able to reopen our um gym so the gym will reopen um effective tomorrow uh so there is no mold in that building so we're happy to report that um we are going to keep the building closed while we um have a few more people look at the roof and determine um exactly what the
extent of that repair uh might be um but again I know there are some people who have made statements like we put children in jeopardy and I can say by all means that's not the case um our roofs sometimes on our own homes have to
be replaced um we just felt like because there were leaks um especially when there was an indication of there could be mold starting to form where those leaks were we felt like it was in the best interest of those renters um to just not be in that building until we
checked that out and certainly to confirm yes we did have that inspected twice yeah actually it was inspected many of times we've had leaks uh fixed earlier in the year um and at that time roofers had not expressed any such concerns um the the current roofers
indicated um that the deterioration likely happened because of the snowfall we had that heavy snowfall in November and we've had snow sit for a period of time um on the roof um and that's where they suspect that the significant deterioration has happened so it was
inspected twice by insurance we actually had two different insurance companies inspect um the entire building this year it was inspected by the state building department in uh December to determine that the charter school was fine going into that building um and as I said
we've had it uh some roof repairs done on that building um throughout the school year so again um out of an abundance of caution when when we saw leaks occurring and again there was some expression of some potential mold starting to form at those leak spots we
felt like it was best um to close that down so uh when when the mold uh potential mold was seen Cara Gerinski our fire marshall felt like it was best because of the shared environmental um uh feature with the gym she felt like
it was best to close all of it until we had the mold testing done so the mold testing inside the building is actually no more than the mold outside the building there's actually more mold outside than there is inside buildings so I guess we should stay inside the buildings um Stars Banquet I think you
already mentioned Stars Banquet is probably my favorite event of the year um I think we recognize children for something that we don't do enough of and that's recognizing them for character so um I this is my third although this is only my second year it's my third STARS
event it was one of the first events I got to go to uh when I was selected as superintendent here and it is my favorite event so that is this Saturday at 5:30 at the high school and I certainly encourage any board member who's able to join us uh to come uh these are amazing kids um and to be a
stars alumni um that is a big deal and so all of our stars we're gonna recognize some on the on the EF board some there's a lot of stars people just on the EF board i want to just say real quickly I just noticed today thank you for submitting to the newspapers um the
Albert County News posted it on their Albert County News Facebook page today and I assume it'll come out in their print thing soon and then hopefully in the wrench and then news coming up too so fantastic so and that includes all the names so everybody's That's great so even more recognition for them this year
that's great and that's tomorrow at what time it's Saturday saturday at 5:30 in the in the cafeteria um and do let me know um if you're there because I definitely will want to recognize board members who are present so definitely see me see me if you're
there so I know that you're you're present um state budget uh again we're at $1.2 billion shortfall this year in the state budget um continuing to hear positive signs that the state is trying their very best not to impact the
implementation of the new finance bill it will slow it down but not stop it from implementing there are triggers within that new finance bill that we fought so hard for last year uh that would stop it from implementing there there is a lot of effort from Speaker
McCcluskey um to still implement it maybe cause another year to be added on to the full implementation plan um but we are currently looking at um uh those implementation plans and and and budgeting accordingly for next year uh
so we hope to at our next board meeting actually have a draft budget for you to start looking at and seeing uh where we expect to fare next year in the budget do want to announce some administrative changes i shared with the board um uh Mr
seaff Freed at Running Creek has announced his retirement so Michael Seaff Freed is retiring as our principal at Running Creek so we have begun the search i'm excited that posting on Friday we already have several applicants um that have reached out uh
Mrs sorg has been a a major source in and helping us recruit um she's a of course has been an amazing principal at Singing Hills um and has helped us in spreading the word to to her colleagues um from our neighboring districts who she's worked with um so we are excited
to have a a already a great pool of candidates and it's only been posted about four days um and then his wife uh Dr seaff freed our special ed director obviously is also retiring the one's not going to go without the other um and so we've also posted for a special ed
director and also al also have applicants so um one of the things that we've noticed um is that our applicant pool is much deeper um in the last two years so we're excited to be able to attract um some highquality candidates
um and then Rebecca Brooks our CFO um we have she has accepted a job in D49 which is great for her it's a bigger district um her last day will be uh Tuesday the 15th we are going to do a little reception for her on Monday the 14th for
anyone who would like to uh come and and uh wish her well um so that will be from 3 to 5 here in the boardroom so again um we wish her well on her new adventure um and so we currently have candidates that
we're screening uh for that position and um Mike Callahan as your treasurer is going to be involved in that interview process and we'll certainly keep the board aware of that process and then I did want to let people know people may wonder what's going on at at Singing
Hills we have brought in some asphalt through a partnership with the county um any parent at Singing Hills will know that traffic backs up quite a ways on Singing Hills Road um we have uh expanded the teacher parking lot there's
an area um uh off from the um well area that teachers have parked in we've expanded that with some crushed asphalt our hope is to clear the parking area in front of the school to allow some more
parent uh pickup uh particularly preschool in that area but also uh some potentially some other parents to pick up in that area which will hopefully uh shorten the line on Singing Hills Road right now that line is at times backing up all the way past the fire department
and blocking the fire department from getting out um and so that's been a concern so if you're wondering why did the school district do that that's been in partnership with the the county the county provided that crushed asphalt at no cost they had it in their yard and so
we were able to bring that over and spread to expand that parking lot for teachers so that they will have their parking lot and that front parking lot will be used for parents and hopefully will allow us to redesign that parent pickup in the afternoons so that
hopefully um we can shorten that um parent line in the afternoons at pickup so I think that's probably enough from me for tonight so thank you thank you public comment
yep just one okay all right michelle Gazinski i think uh Mike's on that new asphalt's great for the um food trucks that's right smashing success i keep seeing that truck over there yep
everyone's at 4:30 i am a mom at Singing Hills and I will say the scuttlebutt about what's going on here is different than what you guys are hearing um a lot of parents are scared to speak out and that's why I couldn't get
anybody here to come with me um they're scared they're scared of people being attacking them um and to say how they feel about about the school so I just want you guys to know that so sometimes when you don't hear voices other people
speak for their behalf and that's kind of why I'm here um I want you to know you could put the 19 books behind the counter in the library just put them behind the counter put them under lock and key if you have to that way they're still accessible that ends the lawsuit
but they're out of reach they're not going to fall into the wrong hands and that that ends the lawsuit that puts this to bed it's a simple solution dan has told me that the book
list this the sensitive book list is one click in the library portal for parents to choose that they want they don't want their kids to have access to those books these these could be the exact same that's what parents want they want
accessibility for the kids that they they want to have it for their kids and then it's not in the hands of of kids that their parents don't want it it's about parental control parents can pick and it's a simple solution and the lawsuit's done i appreciate the survey
you sent out about the cell phones i will say um but your continued discussions about it seem to be over complicating things you need to allow parents to decide if their kids can have their cell phones which is parental control keep a simple policy on the phones that can't be distracting during
classroom time and make the punishment just swift and severe punishment that involves the parents because a school board can't make policies faster than technology moves or faster than kids can find loopholes in rules i think we all agree with that one we don't need the school board to create micromanaging
policies procedures or protocols the strongest planks of the Republican party used to be small government and fiscal responsibility what you guys are doing right now is neither you're creating profound government overreach and you're taking away parental control but let's
talk about fiscal responsibility if the board believes in the removal of these books so much why are you guys hitting the media circuit why is he out there doing it and Jeff the two highest paid Excuse me if you read our policies it says no name calling public defamation
of individuals don't Why are the two highest paid employees i'll just leave it at that on the media circuit instead of the elected board if you guys believe in it it's you guys should be doing it um parents don't want you to take
direction from outside influences and everyone who speaks in this room wants parental control what I'm here to do is tell you it's okay to change your votes if your motivation is to indoctrination and fear keep doing what you're doing if this is about safe kids and parental
control make the change okay thank you and I would like a point of order why was that executive session called when it wasn't on the agenda we approved an amended agenda but doesn't have to have to be posted before we can amend the agenda at the time of the meeting oh
okay all right good ask for legal advice i'm just asking okay next up we have consent items i move to approve consent items 9.1 through 9.4 is presented second
can I get a roll call director was going to say director sorry director Fletcher hi director Olsson hi director Pal i director Waller hi okay motion approved next up action items so um we have our third reading of
revised policy IHAM health education i move that the board approve the third and final reading of revised policy IHAM health education second and discussion no I think it's I think it's I think
it's dialed in now we kind of captured all of the changes so yeah okay can I get a roll call director Fletcher hi director Olsson hi director Powell i director Waller hi
okay motion approved next up we have our third reading of the revised regulation associated with IHAM which is IHAM-R Health Education i move that the board approve the third and final reading of revised regulation
IHAM-R Health Education we'll second that any discussion on that apparently got that dialed then too okay way to go we we uh amended little bits
and pieces of that looks good okay can I get a roll call director Fletcher hi director Olsen i director Pal hi director Waller hi okay next up a motion approved next up
we have our second reading of revised policy ensuring all students meet standards so first up I move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised policy Ike ensuring all students meet standards can I get a second second
who was the second john you can have it no I got it i got No I So so on this one we wanted to add math um and and while there's no research study that shows that that lack of proficiency in math
does doesn't lead to a student not being successful or not being or more likely to drop out we just added that that um and I will say I used AI for this so I will confess I used AI for this um I did like the way that it came out that
obviously promoting students without math proficiency does lead to um limited career profer opportunities reduced problem solving skills decreased confidence and certainly lower earning potential so I thought those were actually really key areas that that
capture um where that is so I think that was the main thing you sent me back to make sure that we weren't leaving out math so unless there's something more you wanted um does that did that capture it yeah okay okay that's good
but I I think the readings improving their reading will improve their absolutely there is correlation there clearly correlation and I think you know we heard with legacy removing removing technology from
that i think we'll help get to that some point agreed have to memorize the tables yeah and then I I did add You have to actually show your work i did add the word math to that last blue paragraph um so it's more than
a grade level below in the area of math or reading or math um because we'll look at both when we look at promotion for students okay got to get a roll call director Fletcher hi director Olen i
director Powell i director Waller hi okay motion approved next up second reading of revised policy ILBC early literacy and reading comprehension i move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised policy ILBC early literacy and
reading comprehension second and discussion think we through it yeah we've looked okay quit beating it to death okay can I get a roll call director
Fletcher i director Olsson i director Powell i director Waller hi okay motion approved and next up it's our second reading of revised regulation ILBC-R early literacy and reading
comprehension so ties with the last one i move that the board approve the second and final reading of revised regulation ILBC-R early literacy and reading comprehension can I get a second second and
discussion all right can I get a roll call director Fletcher i director Olsen i director Powell i director Waller hi and last action item it's our 2526 board
meeting schedule um so I move that the board approve the 2526 board meeting schedule i or second whatever I short circuiting this whole it's a draft but you know it looks
okay so Mary's got a second and an I okay any further discussion on that does it look good to y'all okay can I get a roll call director Fletcher hi director Olsen hi director Powell hi director Waller hi okay
so our next board meeting is going to be April 21st 2025 here in the boardroom district office at 6:00 pm does anybody have anything else they want to add for new business okay i will just say that we will be bringing a lot of finance policies to
you so one of the things that I have been doing with Rebecca there's a number of finance policies that are not in the CASBY that that are leftovers that for whatever reason this district has put a number of very odd finance policies on the books so we're we're going to be
repealing a number of policies so that there'll be many coming forward and Francesca will come because a lot of them are related to grants and they kind of all intertwine so she'll be coming to the meeting to explain any questions that'll be the next group of policies that will be coming and we'll try to get
them to you early so you can look at them so yeah we finished okay with that I have this meeting adjourned at 1:00 7:17 p.m