one person to represent uh the group's views on through the board depending on the number of person present the school board chair reserves the right to set future time limitations to allow parti participation in lowed time the board
should not allow uh negative comments in a public session about individual employees students uh specific factual information or or recitation of existing policy may be furnished in response to
inquiries but the board should not deliberate or decide on any issue that it's not included on the agenda posted the notice of the meeting if there are more requests in time available PR will be given to persons residing in uh the
big for uh Grand rap school district and we have uh Garmin haniki welcome thank you uh hi my name is kman haniki and I am one of the committee
members for the Big Fork School advisory committee um so I'm providing a report from our last uh meeting uh we met on July 16th Mr Bros Mr deer Mr Schroeder and several of our regular committee members were in attendance our committee chair of
arranged for a volunteer facilitator to lead us through strategic planning and priority settings during this session we Revisited our mission and purpose of this committee reaffirming our commitment to enhance the overhaul educational experience and success of
our students from the big Fort area using a strategic planning framework committee members brainstormed ideas to shape priorities for future work and planning the priorities identified fell into six categories or strategies a strong K12 music program
improve educational experience for students transparent budget and adequate funding improve collaboration and Community Support establish creative educational Pathways and enhance extracurriculars Mr gross and Mr dter updated the committee on District
activities including the hiring of a K12 music teacher the committee has expressed a strong desire for rebuilding our music program by helping to coordinate with other music staff in the district and a Tas of Strings program supporting the organization of a music
boosters group and establishing a strong relationship with the edge Center and other community establishments the committee looks forward to working looks forward to working through our priorities as we approach the 2024 25 school year thank you any
[Music] questions how are you feeling about the process like how are you feeling I feel great I I I feel we have a very strong representative representation of parents community members teachers um we're very engaged
and um really really hopeful that um we can move forwards and and bring back some of the the things that the school is missing um music I'm very uh passionate about it I played in the itasa symphony orchestra
for 20 years um I have a degree in music from Concordia and my sister actually was a band director in Big Fork 20 years ago and for Mr gross in Deer River um so yeah music is very very important it's very important to the community it's
missed and we are uh committed to bringing back those missing Services thank you thanks um Matt and John district threat and Emergency Response Team
upate thank you uh this is the meeting or scheduled kind of scheduled meeting when we take take time just to go over where we're at with the different District work uh tonight specifically the district threat and Emergency Response Team and just rewinding a
little bit back to a year ago we we gave our fir I don't to say our first but really first after a reset so to speak of that team and what that team's priorities have been and uh Julie I don't know if we can share
this we go um so just some of this is a little bit of a re refresh um this work here and I've got I've asked Sean to come and kind of fill in some gaps uh the first thing I just wanted to make sure to do uh I think
it's important whenever we're talking about District work how does this align with our priorities how does it align with our directions and uh strategic Direction number six has to do with stewardship of resources that's how are we taking care of the things that have been entrusted to us that's easy to
think about that is money it certainly is part of it a big part of it but also part of stewardship of resources is how are we taking care of the the people and the places the facilities that are here and so one of our objectives number five there you can see improvements are made to school safety process and procedure
so that was part of the the initiation of the work last year and what led to us re kind of retooling and resetting our group is made up of District employees law enforcement
Community experts and Liaisons and some ad hoc people that we bring in uh I'd say predominantly our District staff show up all the principles representing their buildings are there uh we have representatives from other uh uh work groups too or work
units there that are regularly attending um and doing the line share the work because we're the ones closest to it but um like I said up here inviting others from the community in as we need to last year we developed this purpose uh first of all improving Safety and
Security uh creating eff effective systems providing leadership in these efforts one of the things that we're working towards in a lot of our areas is creating consistency and Clarity and then ensuring that we have what we need and that that our staff are
appropriately trained our structure I shared this with you last year but we have this District team that uh overseas that meets monthly and then within buildings there are two teams generally in Big Fork that looks a
little bit different because uh there's just fewer people so these teams kind of do double duty there or the team does double duty one of the teams that uh exists in a build is a threat assessment team that team is responsible for evaluating a a situation where a student
might be a threat to themselves or others um and we have a particular protocol that we identified last year and have gone through training on now um called seag and uh comprehensive School
threat assessment guidelines that's what that stands for I wasn't sure if I would try to come up with that on the spot that is stands for and it's vetted research-based uh uh protocol for evaluating threats uh again the purpose of identifying that one is having a
program or a process that we could go through that would be the same so if Sean has a threat at West how we handle that or the tool we're using the process we're using to evaluate that threat is the same as the process and Tool we use at the high school um the outcome might be different but the questions we're
asking and the type of people that are there thinking around that are the same uh the second group that meets is the Emergency Response Team and this is the group that's responsible for thinking through what do fire drills look like here how do we respond in these
particular cases or situations um and to things that might be unique to our building Sean I don't know if you want to talk about any you know you brought up a really good example today based on you know choking and developmental age of kids and things like that what that
looks like um and handling threats that are more predominant maybe I think one of the one of the last slides that Matt has there's a line on there about practicing things that are more likely to happen so in one of the other hats I wear for the fire department it's even
there it's something that sometimes you can get caught up in the real flashy things but you forget to practice the things that are most likely to happen it doesn't mean that you don't practice it doesn't mean that you don't practice and prepare for kind of everything but spending time on things that you may encounter more you're more likely to
encounter so for for example West we'll have kindergarten first and second grade students we're much more likely to see a student choke while they eat so to go into a school year where we're merging staff making sure that the group that comes in there knows okay not only
whether you're um whether you're trained or not and things like the him lick it's like where do you find the deoking devices where do you what like what are our practices for that building um I had talked and I didn't mean it as joke I just meant as a as a staff that's getting older now to be aware of where
the aeds are so for example our building there's two very specific locations and when we start the year I'm not going to assume everybody knows where it is part of our training will be this is where it is this is what it looks like this is what you do and then before the end of the week please ensure that you've gone to look at it open the box make sure
that you know how it works but it is you don't you don't want to get caught up in what gets the media's attention or the social media attention it you yes you need to be prepared for it but you also need to be prepared for things that are much more likely to happen so um
thankfully the group responds well when I say hey just keep in mind I know this isn't a violent critical incident but have you talked about first aid response have you talked about aeds DET chokers where the nurse is how to get a hold of them so yeah good example
than our priorities for last year uh and we were real successful we got five of the six done last year and so um we're carrying over the bottom one but we did get that threat Assessment program finalized and consistent across districts we identified a reunification
process that we're going to be consistently using and so that's in place and I think Sean shared with you at one point that wield card of things um that's really what's behind that uh getting consistency around our crisis plans and how we're using nav 360 the
software into that getting training plan in place and executing that so like we did last year this year we have um uh two early outs dedicated to crisis training for our staff and we we took some feedback from
our staff about when those are we had one right at the beginning of the year last year like our very first early out we got some feedback from staff going you know we're not sure the first Wednesday of school is like it's not the Feelgood time to be you know doing that so we took some feedback there and
changed it up a little bit um addressing some of those urgent things as Sean mentioned but getting into the training uh in a a couple weeks in um but that radios and communication protocol piece we there are some equipment needs and uh
going through I mean the number of radios we have in the district is significant and we have a mix we have some 800 megahertz radios that we got through the county grant that are you know we can broadcast with buses and
kind of everywhere um but we also have some smaller handheld radios that we use at recess and uh that are lot less range and lot less powerful and a lot less expensive and so um but those every one of those kind of radios has a shelf life
and a useful life and so um we're in the process of evaluating where we're at with updating those for 2425 we met um I think it was last week or the week before I can't remember now the Summer's rolling here but uh we talked about
priorities there's a few more on here but and so I was originally concerned about how many of them but some of these are kind of uh one-time items that we'll be able to check off again having our training plan in place we uh our all of our building staff went through seag
training one and that there were eight modules video I mean it wasn't like a 10minute thing and you're done it was a is school threat assessment what's the history of violence in schools and there's tons of misperceptions about
violence in schools and the relative safety of schools compared to the community at large schools in schools in general are much more safe than other areas of our community based on the data uh it's obviously terrible when things happen but um uh again looking at the
data for our how we feel about things is important that radio is one I mentioned taking that reunification process now and walking through okay what would happen if how would this play out it's one thing to have the box and talk through it it's another thing to get
together with um First Responders and School staff to go okay let's just have a a Sandbox session and see how this would roll out we um we're trying to get a lot of our materials out there digitally for staff as we have more and more content making it easier for people
to see uh and access resources so getting a site out there where people can go and find you know how do I get to Alice how do I get to nav 360 what are we doing are there some training videos there even if they're quick we could put one up about using the the you know the
de choking device that Sean mentioned just so to refresh um so that people can access that in real time or 247 um consistency and making sure our building plans there's a you know nav
360 is like a lot of software systems it has an incredible incredible amount of capabilities we're using it you know probably a couple inches deep and so wanting to make sure that we have established and you'll see this a little bit later down there too but establish
some baseline about what should be in there how we are using each site as a minimum and um and then building off of that and then that bottom one like Sean said training on those crisis items that are more likely to occur with respect to
buildings in Sean's building where those K2 kiddos are that choking things probably more important as the kids get older Naran is probably more important than choking so like which which one's more important for which age level so those are the priorities that we're looking at for the upcoming school
year uh that's uh that's kind of the update questions for Sean or myself did we get the weather radios from um dich
yes small they're like white but they they kind of broadcast emergency weather yep I know he was handing them out events yeah granted I'm feeding you really good question one question I would even think to ask would be you know is this work residing solely in
threat and safety and the answer is it's not it's interesting because we had was it kasset that power went out y so coass that the power was going out and whether there was a concern or not what was going to happen when I heard through through our radios that their power was
out because we had already gone through the process of making the reunification kits and what would we do if we had to reunify for example West inside off all these different scenarios that when it was looking likely that a class might have to go somewhere I already had
everything mapped out with the rooms I wouldn't have had to really do anything other than go hit print here are all the rooms that you're going to be in here are the bathrooms that you're going to use here's the schedule that you're going to fall into all the radios that we had in place so it most of this work if you took it if
you just looked at it in context you'd be like oh that's just for this no it it hits everywhere um even that the list of priority for this coming year with seeg it's like if we never if we never had to use it for the worst case scenario there's all these middle of the road and
okay like we were getting how people are being trained and what they're being exposed to even if they never use it it just applies everywhere the dechoker one because people probably look that up that's not the first level the first level is the heck still it's kind of a knock against that device is why don't
you do the him lick the dechoker is there for when it doesn't work and the best training I it's blunder for your face I know that's not how they Market it but it really is like if we had a child choking like on a hot dog and if you're a parent and you've been through that and him's not working yes you're
still calling 911 because you've been trained and you've gone through all this and everybody's calmed but to know where that D choker is and what it's for in that given setting so yeah I'm I look at this page and it's like it's extremely daunting but we've taken on over the last couple years or however many years
but there's so much we're doing behind the scenes that people don't even realize there's a lot of good going on I think Sean's Point too and just you know the the reunification piece like we think about it in terms of the most drastic time when we would need it but
um just in the past few years we've had power out probably three or four times we've had water go down at least two times we had a you know a issue with our with our ventilation
system that required us to evacuate our gems in 2020 um so I mean those are the kinds of things to Sean's point that are much more likely to happen and but what your required to do as a school district or school is the same like how do we safely
get kids back to their parents and having a good system in place brings the stress level of that whole situation down and so it's a useful process and like I said we're going to be doing some more practice in the event and we've
been fortunate so far that you know you get down to that final few minutes like okay if the power doesn't come back in on in the next 10 minutes we're going to have to call it or the water doesn't come back on soon we're going to have call it and fortunately we've been able to to get by but uh it's just it's good to know that we have those things in
place and and that kind of thing so it's been good I think of of uh some reunification that's happened outside of our
district and um for example where would the high school go or M the arena is where the high school would go first and then if they had to go somewhere besides the arena they could use the middle school too so they've got
a couple of those sites identified outside of their building is that what you mean yeah so yeah so every site has two places identified that this would be the primary site and then the secondary site where would bigport go I can't
remember if it's the hospital or where I know that we're we're a secondary were a a site for the hospital if they had to relocate their services and Facilities we we would serve as that for them and I think it's reciprocated okay let's let's
go around the the schools said we're we're T well the good news is I mean we could even ask you Ben and for not to like try to trick you but for the most part you'd be like well we'd probably be here and we'd either say yep that makes sense or we'd say no that doesn't make sense and
this is why and some sometimes it's because I would assume when we meet Thursday with the different um first responding agencies there will be some things that they'll tell us that was a great idea I'm glad you had it in place you need to change it and it'll be things like you forgot to take into
account where uh dispatches and where the train tracks are yeah so it's it's things that they're used to but yeah I mean a lot of it would make really complete sense um for my side I told Clayton said it's nothing against anybody else I feel completely comfortable when I'm there the nice
thing about the systems that we're putting in place is if I'm not there what would we do yeah because we don't want to depend on any one person any one situation but even when you bring up the hospital when we talk to the pillars it became the well absolutely you guys could come our way um but what you're
seeing now is rather than principles or staff putting things to paper they're actually going and doing it so Clayton and I on one of our off days we went to the pillars and we took a tour and what started as well we would go to the pillars turned into if that's not our first choice anymore and I could tell
you why but if we had to go there this is where every single grade level would go because they don't have a large space like we do and then when you talk about one of the neighboring schools we become their place to go like if we have to go or they have to come yeah it's
interesting because a lot of them make sense but then you like why didn't you pick that one oh I didn't think of that yeah and like a train M that that's completely right separate right because you can't sh Shuffle like the
high school I mean all of our sites present an interesting scenario that's why the work with especially law enforcement because a lot of our plans hinge on the support of others and then knowing what to do and even if they responded and didn't know what to do they at least know where to look like
they would come to the emergency and go okay I know we're supposed to see you for this and then in 10 minutes we're going to know what we're doing I forgot to mention I'm glad Sean in Thursday we're meeting with local First Responders to go over our plans too to kind of get a get their feedback
out too so okay said I'm assuming that was a good idea Sean but no okay but at least we had something in place and now we have more people peeling back the layers of how they would respond yeah
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agenda second um all favor say I I opposed motion carried highest student achievement is nothing safe and welcoming learning
environment nothing and effective and uh efficient systems Nathan Norton you're up oh that was me up there facilities thanks for getting me up there soon so Nathan Norton with IC
project manager uh thanks for having me I'll give a brief update on uh the high school project uh so we meet uh every week we have a construction meeting on site last Thursday we had a steering committee meeting um in this building with some of the board members here um
I'll start from the top down the fifth floor so we have the the air handle units are are set in place electric connections are occurring right now and um the uh duct work in that room is now being connected so on track maybe I
should start with one thing for for PC we are on budget and and on schedule just just started that uh fourth floor we have uh in the uh We've we decided to carpet that area so the carpet is 90% complete
there's one area we left out um there was a little bit of aestus left some of the flooring and the walls up there that has now been Abad so you'll be getting all the abatement out or all the esus out up there um on third floor some good news we're like a week and a half ahead
of schedule we are finished we are final cleaning third floor which is the bigger floor and maintenance staff not teaching staff but maintenance staff is able to move in uh start sing cooing your floors and starting to get stuff moved in so third floor is ahead of schedule uh first floor is also going to be ahead
because that's going to be starting to turn over to maintenance staff next week um second floor is the big one where the cafeteria is uh there's a lot of work to be in there but with the two floors finishing up early everybody's going to be focused in on the second floor wrapping up the nwork and connecting BS
so far everything's right on track um phase one uh let us capture most of the surprises that you get during construction from last year so we knew a lot going into phase two so that
helped any questions yes I'm just gonna ask it again uh schools just thrown a corner are we gonna make it we're gonna make it yeah okay I think staff will be glad to hear that Les anxiety for him so appreciate that great switch gear I mean our
electric is here uh there's no lead time issues on your particular project so that's a not to be said across the state right now with some other we call them summer slams and we try to squeeze them in before kids the kids show up and there's a lot of a lot of delays
everywhere but you guys are in good shape Mr chair one other question um last week at the facilities meeting we talked about possibly uh changing out some lights in the stairwells did we identify how many lights there are there was uh
I think 31 we talked about uh we we walked through and took a look at them um they were not the ones that we had in stock but they are a cheap one they were not the ones that were salvaged from a previous project so we couldn't Salvage them but they were an in stock item but
you're right they're very old lights that are going to have to be replaced at with the new code going to effect so they did just start working on those lights okay so they're are going to get switched to open or yes okay good thank you thanks anything else thank
you approve the minutes for the uh 7222 24 uh school board meeting so second second um all those in favor to say I I I opposed same sign motion
carry uh number uh C donations uh the resolution for accepting donations I'm going to refer to Minnesota statute 123 b02 subdivision 6 and also Minnesota statute
465.16 we do this quarterly so refer to those two specific statutes on accepting donations we have donations in the amount of $814 3 for April 2024
for May 2024 we have donations in the amount of $1,378 187 cents and for June 2024 we have a donations in the amount of $ 31,5 so thank you to all of those who
have put forth donations and I'm looking for uh motion to approve the resolution so second second Mindy it's a race all those in favor say
I I oppos same sign motion Carri uh to the S agenda casy good evening Bo tonight we have Victoria close girls soccer coach replacement hire Wyatt dri Big Fork
assistant football coach replacement hire Debbie fala PP retirement de has served in the district for 26 years Amanda Nima Big Fork head volleyball Coach replacement hire wison eighth grade volleyball Coach
replacement hire Jackie awe teacher resignation Benjamin panten parttime ESL ELO teacher replacement H Alissa pittson Big Fork junior high
volleyball coach resignation GRE Powell Big Fork assistant football coach resignation Connie southernland ESP retirement Connie has served for 30 years and jenica Weber special education
teacher replacement H I'm recommending approval of the consent agenda so Mo uh second second all those in favor say I I I opposed same sign carried
uh approve the resolution relating to the election of school board members and calling out the uh the school district general election on uh November 5th car evening um this is a very
straightforward um resolution required by State Statute um it basically lays out um that we're calling for an election November 5th for three school board members um state law changed so we need to have it approved 84 days prior
to the election um we don't have names yet so it just has an example of the ballot for the district so I'm asking you to approve this resolution uh second second all those in favor to say I I
oppos same sign testt um resolution relating to the tally of elections this resolution also um relates to the election that will be coming up in the past we've had to count
right in votes um and I was stunned at how many Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck votes we get um we with this resolution we will no longer have to report those um unless they are greater than the
lowest actual person on the ballots vote so if someone ballot got 100 votes and Donald doc got 101 we would have to report Donald do so this will um prevent us from having to report
every right angel that we get so moved second second uh Mr chair yes Cara just for the community's sake we're having the county run the election for us correct as we've
done the past we just make the report of it the results yes of the election we make the report to the Secretary of State yes okay thank you uh uh resolution approved
um vote now hi same sign approved uh milk and uh bread products primary Food Service in accordance with State Statute we have
to go up for bids for our food service um providers um samrm was selected for our Dairy provider hanold was selected for our bread provider and upper Lakes for our primary food provider they were each the only bidder in those categories
and we're recommending that the board approve these bids can I have a motion to approve so second second second okay um all in favor say I I opposed same
sign approved Matt um second reading and approv policy 302 superintendent with revised organizational chart thank you uh at our last meeting I shared the updated organizational chart that
reflected the changes uh that were predominantly from the um changes in Staffing that we've had from reductions as well as the uh taking on of Duties from IAS and nashwa Katon and um I would
recommend approval so second second okay um motion to approve uh all those in favor say I I oppos same sign motion
Carri and uh accept the second reading or approved policy 5 7.5 school resource officers Matt this uh this policy was reviewed by the policy Review Committee it's consistent with law and and our as well as the job
description for the uh school resource officer that we have in place so I recommend approv motion to accept moved second second all favor say I I I opposed motion
carried um what have you been doing lately yeah what's that start with oh we start with me okay well um just a couple of things one facilities which we had an update on Ben and I attended that last
week and things are moving along at the high school on track and on budget which is a good thing and then uh attended the msba training uh yesterday Sunday night yesterday and I got to say that this one day training is probably one of the from my perspective one of the best one-day
trainings that msba had put on and it was all focused around student achievement and every decision that we make at the board should have student achievement at the front of it and I think we do that but I don't think we talk about it enough on the why on what we're doing in relation to student achievement we add on down to our
policies in that um so number of the trainings that were there all Senator on that in different facets and functions but I did attend one where they had a school board Academy um you know like a police academy and and uh the City Grand Rapids just did a City Academy and
Rochester was the presenters on it it was interesting and their te on doing it is they're doing their own election season with the hope of educating potential candidates on what the school board actually does and then talked
about maybe bring that out to doing it annually uh for General members of public and Mark and I were talking about it on the way back from the training yesterday about you know I think there's another Avenue for us to educate our public on what the school is actually
all about from finances to policies to the operation of it uh the question is is who's going to take it on internally to do it right um but I'd like to have some f future discussions on it and see if something maybe we can put together and thinking what might be on the
horizon for us on way it might be a something to think about with it um and I just you know I'm also to mention the donations and I can't thank the public and enough from the private individuals to the organizations to the businesses that we partner up with for all the
activities that people donate to to the district to help us function going forward so just thank you uh to those groups and organizations that continue to donate to us and then hats off to Debbie and Connie that's uh 56 six years of experience leaving the district and
and again I just don't think you replace that so congratulations to those two and wish you all in our return so that's all I [Music] have I don't have any um I wasn't able to attend the ESP meeting that happened this past week I
was gone for another training um but David did send me a note and said that Anna will be taking over as the chairperson for this committee and we'll be moving to quarters meetings they were monthly so made lots of progress lots of relationships have been built so that's
that's good movement on that side um I ask we had an I ask meeting right before this meeting tonight and just want to invite folks if you're planning there's an invest early celebration kind of as we enter the 20th year of invest early and it's the final
year of invest early as as it currently is is delivered but that will be at cooh house at 3: to 5: tomorrow so if you can join us come join us for a celebration because this is about what we learned and and how we'll be delivering it in
the future so um invite folks to do to come to that uh as well as I ask is in the middle of doing lots of works right we start now child's we start the childhood screening and all of those kinds of things so it's a busy time uh
as we're gearing up for for the littles to to come back back into the system so that's it for me okay and I had nothing so superintendent you uh thank you we had got through some more Staffing we've got
most of our positions filled I think there'll be a handful as on our next meeting and that should pretty much wrap it up uh you know we hate to push things off as far but there's just Dominos that fall and so we're we're kind of reacting
to that um had a call last week on the uh Big Fork solar project with uh someone from the University of Minnesota and CS which is the organization that oversees the and provides guidance to grante e applications and that kind of
thing and so they were pretty optimistic and excited about what we're working on there um speaking of Grants as I think I previously mentioned we did receive a safe routs to school grant for the work at our gems and the drop off and so we
have kind of in the final stages of that plan about what that will look like and that will eventually come to you uh for approval and it essentially like happens at our West and East um
schools separates and Cohasset separates our bus traffic from our parent traffic much much better than it does now and so working through that that would be scheduled for going out to bid uh this
winter for next Summer's work so working through that um David I don't know if he has a question about one of those two items yes uh thank you Matt I wonder if you might say just a bit more about the uh solar project uh in Big
Fork sure um so the application kind of like a pre I don't know pre-application but a notification that we're applying was due on July 31st so that's been submitted um there that's you know kind of gets our name into a Queue at the
state they review the applications that they've gotten and then those that are deemed to be kind of meet criteria would be invited to going to go to the second round um and that application is due in November I believe November 2nd maybe um
continuing to work with energy and again every every step along the way they continue to prove that uh that was a good choice um they've done a lot of these projects through this program one of the things that I wasn't aware of until
recently is that the program that we're applying for um the the the earlier rounds of the solar for schools program uh only allowed up to and I I'll probably get these numbers not quite right but 5 kilowatt hours I think no 50 kilowatt
hours as far as production um which isn't a huge solar array uh the new round that we're in or the newer ones allow for up to 500 so that's where ours is right around that 500
Mark um and so if you want to you know comparison a little bit I guess Proctor was a early they got in one of the earlier rounds they have two arrays uh one at each of two elementary schools you can go on their website if
you Google Proctor schools solar you can eventually get to the public facing software that shows what those panels are doing in real time and you can see how much they're producing and I asked ideal if you know is it scalable to just
multiply what they're getting by 10 and he said yeah it's just how many panels you have and he and then he actually said also that ours will be better because their panels are roof mounted ours are ground mounted and roof R mounted panels have to be at a 10 degree
angle and ground on and once can be at a 20 I think those are the right numbers and that angle better for where we live but they can't go that high on a roof of an angle because of wind and so our production will actually be better than
the ones in proor um and so I I asked some questions I got some feedback from some you know our partners at IC like make sure you're asking these kinds of questions about panels and so actually I asked the individual from CS about that rather than you know ideal and got some
really good information from them about the type and quality of panels that we should make sure end up there so that we're not dealing with hail problems and other things to make sure and include in that that are included in the perspectus and they have been and so um we also had
a a brief conversation you know there is a solar panel uh company uh on the Range they produce solar panels and so I ask some questions about that and what kind of panels they produce and if that's a good fit for our project and so at least exploring that option
um um that also again would be something we'd be looking at for next summer um the panels you know during the winter uh they're producing electricity still you know the sun is melting the panels clears the panels off but the
production is way less in the summer is when the panels are actually over producing consumption and so that's when the district uh generates revenue and there are a couple ways that payback can come on through these solar programs one
of them is that the uh the electricity can be purchased back another is that you get a credit for the electricity on your future bill which actually ends up being better um in terms of the the the value of that and that's the way that
the program that we're working on would be set up so that we would get a credit on a an electric bill so that also has an advantage to us um so yeah we uh um Carmen was here tonight we we shared this information with Big Fork School
advisory committee and they were really excited about it I checked with uh three teachers there that I expected to be involved in the curricular side of it because that's part of the program as well they're very excited about it um renewable energy is
part of the fifth grade science standards and so um Mrs caran up there is pretty excited only at wolson is excited it's gonna be right out his window and I knew he'd be this would be right up his alley so uh he was pretty excited about it as well so I think it's
a great opportunity um I said the second kind of application round comes in November and we're in a little bit of a wait and see game now I did get a confirmation from the state that our application was submitted and received so now let's just waitting g waitting
game thank you I'm very proud of us for being uh on the front end of this and being leaders in this area um yeah so CS let me see I think I can probably tell you it is a um it's like a division of the University of Minnesota
that is responsible for Rural um rural energy or renewable energy um trying to find this acronym here but they are essentially contracted with as part of this program to assist
in the uh assist in assist in the process answer questions um yeah certs is what is the is the acronym and mat this is a fully granted program it's not any expense to the district
that's right yep it's uh it would be entirely paid for by clean clean energy resource team there we go okay um it's entirely covered by the Grant and the reduction electricity cost would be no cost to the school district a
pocket thank you Matt um announcements um are on the uh Schoolboard posting site or ISD 318 Educational Center site um other business uh here Mr CH I just
want to alert the board and and Matt this had a call from a parent last night concerned about the cell phone policy of some of the wording on it and I asked her to put her concerns in an email and send it to that and CC the board so everybody's in the loop on it um I
advise her that it's a going to be a working progress as we move forward at the start of the school year there's probably going to be some changes in Implement implementation uh of some different things going forward so if you get that email that's what it's about so and just for folks knowledge the
policy Review Committee has been cancelled fores okay uh any one for public input no there's no one just that signed up this meeting is just for folks [Music]