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Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=Cm81iysWjv8
Video-2: youtube.com/watch?v=BrwvIu8pjzk

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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: Cm81iysWjv8):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Called to Order; Agenda and Consent Approved
- 00:01:05: Reviewing and Approving Payment of Existing Bills
- 00:02:14: Transportation Department Parking Lot Resurfacing Project
- 00:03:52: Superintendent's Report: Legislative and School Updates
- 00:06:49: Van Horn Library Program Award Presentation
- 09:50: Approval of Delegate for Missouri Securities Program
- 00:11:09: Adoption of Simbly Board Management Platform System
- 00:13:25: First Reading of Board Education Policy Changes
- 00:16:47: Approval of Jackson County Children's Services Funding
- 00:19:50: Approval of Unified Communication Platform Parent Square
- 00:23:19: Phase 2 Restoration of Chrysler Stadium Grandstand
- 00:24:32: Approval of Vendor Bids for District Supplies
- 00:25:43: Authorize Payments to Hollis and Miller Services
- 00:26:52: Discussion Regarding Creation of a Student Advisory Board
- 00:31:19: Motion to Adjourn to Closed Executive Session

Part 2 (Video ID: BrwvIu8pjzk):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Called to Order: MSIP and CIP Updates
- 00:00:39: MSIP 6.0 Overview: State's Accountability and Accreditation System
- 00:02:49: MSIP 6.0 Results: District Earns Perfect Score, 42/42
- 00:03:38: Cycle 1 vs Cycle 2: Establishing and Sustaining Systems
- 00:04:41: Continuous Improvement Plan Submission: Process and Requirements
- 00:06:03: Priorities for Continuous Improvement: Artifacts and Alignment
- 00:08:14: Showcasing District Achievements Beyond Standardized Test Scores
- 00:13:27: Comprehensive School Improvement Plan: Academic Achievement Updates
- 00:15:04: High-Quality Staff, Facilities, and Technology Updates
- 00:17:47: Parent and Community Involvement: Improved Communication and Feedback
- 00:18:35: Summary: Successful Year Building on Existing Foundations
- 00:19:12: Adjournment: Thank you, Questions, and Moving Forward


Part: 1

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--------- Good evening. My name is Anthony J. Mondane, Senior, and I'm proud to serve as board president for the Independence Missouri School District. I call this meeting to order. At this time, I will entertain a motion to approve our agenda this evening.

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>> So moved, second. >> Thank you. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Those who oppose say nay. Motion passes. Thank you. Our next item is the request of district citizens to

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speak. Uh and this evening we actually have no requests to address the board uh for this uh board meeting. I will now entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> So moved.

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>> Second. >> Thank you. All in favor say I. I. >> And I will abstain. Thank you. I should have called for discussion. I do apologize. At this time, we'll have discussion. >> Okay. We have bills totaling

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15,115,51143 cents. This is due to concrete work that has taken place at Messiah Lutheran and a few other schools. We had nutrition service purchases, plumbing work at Randall in Southern to name just a few. tuck pointing work at three trails which was approved by the board just a little

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bit ago um prior in a prior meeting. Um a payment to a math consultant. You heard with our comprehensive school improvement plan that math is a focus area that we've been working on. Um and Dr. Bright in her office has been working with a math consultant that will continue to work um with us throughout

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next year. Um payment to a staffing agency. could have used a staffing agency to assist with filling paras um as well as special education teachers. Um and then last payment for a middle school storage unit on the football field and utilities are up just a bit.

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We also have approval to let biz for partial concrete resurfacing at the transportation department parking lot. This is an item we have been working with with transportation and ITA and I didn't know Dr. Stout if there were a few things you would like to say on this. >> Sure. Thanks Dr. Green.

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We are very excited to talk about the improvements uh to our uh bus parking lot. Uh this has been a negotiation topic this year and we've also talked about it in previous years and tried different remedies but we're all on the same page about this. This needs to

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happen. So our goal is to do a third of the parking lot. Um this year we're still in negotiations. Uh we will come to you in June with all of our negotiation uh committee agreements for your approval. Uh this one's a little bit different because Greg McGee is

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working closely with our architects and also with city officials making sure that code is up to snuff and the subterrain will support the weight of the concrete which must support the weight of the heavy buses. So there's some there's some factors in there. We've explained that to our negotiation

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uh teammates and they certainly understand that. So, uh, I say all that because we are truly excited. And secondly, it's quite likely that we'll bring this back to the board of education in late June when you guys meet to approve the budget because we want to make sure we have the time in

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working with the city so we can get this done, this work done in July, if that makes sense. So, happy to answer any questions. >> If we're only doing a third of it, when will we look at doing the other two/3s then? Well, hopefully if we have the money, we can look to do that in the

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subsequent years of all. That would be I think we'd all like to see that happen. >> Thank you for your question, Director Bay and Dr. Stout. Thank you. Any other questions or discussion for Dr. Green or Dr. Stout?

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All right, I will entertain a motion. All in favor say I. >> I. Thank you. This is now uh the superintendent's report. Dr. Grant, >> thank you. Well, the legislature has

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passed the budget and it is headed to the governor for signature. I will say uh in looking at that budget and what is proposed for public education. If you look at this year as well as next year, um we're looking at a shortfall of $362.7

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million for public education. Um, when you couple that with what's going on at Jackson County, there's a lot to continue to monitor and to be worried about. And so, we're going to be watching that and updating you accordingly. Um, continuing to monitor House Bill 2719. Again, the A throughF

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report card that is coming. It's just a matter of what it looks like. And it is on the Senate calendar to be debated at any time. It may have already been debated. I'm not sure. I haven't heard an update yet. Um, and then monitoring Joe Nicola's bill, Senate Bill 1352. It has been voted out of the

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Senate. This proposes legislation to reduce uh reduce ISD term limits to from six years to three years. Um, this has the potential to become an omnimous bill. We're just kind of waiting to see which bill will become the omnimous bill. Uh, a few items that could potentially be added to bills including

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not limited to um screen time provisions for K through five students, A throughF report card, optional driver's education, cursive handwriting, as well as the literacy bill that I've talked about prior. So, those are some of the updates there. We do have graduation May

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15th, this Friday for Van Horn at 6:30, Saturday, May 16th, 5:00 p.m. for William Chrisman and 6:30 for Truman. We will be monitoring the weather weather and communicating accordingly. This is our last star uh week of MAP testing which we're all grateful for. Um we do

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have two more weeks remaining of EOC testing and then related to Senate Bill 681, we're finishing up STAR testing for RSPs. Um just something to note um when you look at unfunded mandates by legislation and the impact on public schools. Uh in 2017 there were five

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mandates. Compared to 2025 there were approximately 42. And if you look at all of the years in between it just adds up. So that's a lot. Um and then we do have Project Shine. This is a great event each and every year. It's June 13th. Signups have been sent out.

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You can find those uh online. Volunteering is available. We will be at a sixth this year. So it's an exciting time and we'd love to see you all out there. So thank you. Hearing none, we will move on to new business. Our first item this evening is the

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presentation of exemplary school library program ESLP legislative resolutions. Dr. Grant All right, we do have a presentation uh from Lisa Scrogs for Van Horn Library Program Anderson. Like present to you,

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Lisa. >> Thank you, Dr. Grant. Uh my name is Lisa Scrogs. I'm director of secondary literacy from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. had a wonderful drive on I7 from Jeff City this evening and going to be heading back. Um, but it it's good to be here. I

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always like to be able to come to school districts and celebrate some of the great things that are happening uh with our educators. Established by legislation signed into law in 2018, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's exemplary school library program

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recognition is in its sixth year. The purpose of the initiative is to assist school libraries in Missouri in providing the best support possible for students, teachers, and communities. Scoring for ESLP is done by a team of eight experienced school librarians from

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throughout Missouri. Applicants must score at least 90% of points possible without receiving a score of zero on any of the 21 indicators. Applicants are evaluated on instruction, leadership, library environment, library management,

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and staffing. On behalf of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, I am pleased to announce that among this year's 14 Missouri school libraries being recognized is the library at Van Horn High School under the direction of librarian Tammy

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Anderson and book clerk Clark Ies. I would also like to extend extend appreciation to the independent school district's building and district leaders who recognize the importance of strong school library programs and work to support them. At this time, I would like

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to present to Tammy and Clark resolutions from Missouri Representative Will Job and Senator Joe Nicola along with a resolution from the Missouri State Board of Education. Please join me in congratulating Tammy and Clark on their outstanding program.

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Thank you so much. Congratulations. Sorry. Congratulations again. And there's some administration here from Vader High School. And hopefully you all can have a good time to have a picture together with that beautiful, beautiful award. Congratulations. And I personally had a chance to see that library myself.

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And oh my goodness, a thrilling opportunity. So thank you again and congratulations. >> Absolutely. Our second order of business this evening is the approval of delegate for MOSIP annual meeting. I will entertain a motion.

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>> So moved. >> Second. >> At this time we will entertain discussion. >> All right. This is something that the board does annually. The district invests its funds and bond funds through the Missouri Securities Investment

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Program or MOSIP as it is in front of you. The majority of school districts across the state do this as well. Participants can participate in the June annual meeting at MSBA offices in Columbia or by proxy. We will seek the approval to grant the district's proxy to the MOSET board of directors to vote

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on the district's behalf just as we have done in the past. Thank you for your consideration. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Dr. Grant. Any questions or discussion? All in favor say I. I

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>> I >> I. Those who oppose say nay. >> Thank you. That motion passes. Our third item this evening is the approval of simly board management platform. I'll entertain a motion at this time.

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>> So motion. >> It has been motioned. I'm not sure who did it. >> Oh, okay. Thank you. Second. Thank you. At this time, we'll have discussion. Dr. Grant, thank you. >> All right. First of all, thank you to

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Miss Smith and all of her work on looking at what options were available to the district. Um, this is a board document management system. There are a few systems that were previewed and it was decided that simply would best meet the needs of the district. Miss Smith has worked with each of the listed

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vendors. Um, Zoom tutorial compared all of the options uh most userfriendly and best customer service assembly. um and she did confer with other districts and so thank you uh for your consideration. Um it is a $9,600 yearly fee as well as

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$1,000 setup fee. >> Is there anything you'd like to add? >> Good. Thank you so much for that work. Um I know I'm really excited to have more streamlined documentation and secure documents.

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Um, and this is something that many of us have advocated for. So, I am excited for it, too. It's been a it's been a long time coming. Um, it's going to be great, not just for us internally, but also for the public and ease and transparency, and we're going to be able to share things a lot more easily, and

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you'll be able to search and find what you need to find, and it's going to be wonderful. Thank you. >> Yeah, I remember my great uncle would say, "Work smarter, not harder." And I think this is one of those steps forward to working smarter and I'm just so

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thankful that we've uh we've made this step forward and hopefully we can get things approved this evening. So if that concludes discussion babe sorry >> I just want to say thank you for your work and the rubric that you've shared with us. So we appreciate it. Takes a

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lot of time. >> All right concludes our discussion. All in favor say I. >> I. Those who oppose say nay. That motion passes. Thank you. Our fourth item this evening is approval to board of education policy changes. Our

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first reading. I will entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Thank you. At this time we'll have discussion. Dr. Grant. >> Yes. And I will actually turn this over to Dr. Stout as he is the one who coordinates this effort.

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>> Thank you Dr. Grant. Um actually this evening I'm going to introduce our attorney who's also with EGS and uh he's going to talk us through these um policy changes. Um I work very closely with Meline Garrett. Meline could not be here this evening so by default we have

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Dwayne Martin but I'm glad Dwayne's here. So Dwayne it's yours. >> Thank you for that kind introduction Dr. Sh. Um, as you know, Maddie is normally with you, but it came down to either being with you or at a soccer game for her

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son. Uh, she chose the soccer game. It probably didn't hurt that the game is in Barcelona, Spain. >> Wow. >> But so, uh, but she'll be back with us in June. So, we'll be um, I do want to talk through just a couple of things just to identify them for the board. It

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is a first read, but I would like to just identify these three topics and uh certainly we can kind of work through anything that you want to uh any concerns that you have, we can kind of come back in June and talk about those at second read. But there are three policies as you know from your packet uh

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S100P, IP and F230P. Those are school admissions, academic calendar and emergency operation plans. With respect to the S100P, which is the um one regarding school admissions, we've had a

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change in the statute that relates to who can qualify for their student, their child uh to come to um independent school district or any other school district. uh if they are a regular employee or contractor and that's the

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additional language that really kind of has changed things as it's defined in the statute and what you have before you is a change to the policy that would also just echo the change that's taken place with respect to the statute with respect to I 100 that's the academic

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calendar and that one is really just to reflect that the total number of days uh in particular with the exception of the 4day school week. Again, just a a minor change there, but that is one that uh we have incorporated into the policies. And

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then the last one, which is F230P, is really just a change in nomenclature. Um you could argue that it's substantive, but uh mainly it's a change in in nomenclature from emergency preparedness to emergency operations plans, and that bill also reflects a

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change from the statute. So baring any questions Mr. President uh I will move on. Are there any questions or discussion? Thank you sir. >> All right. Thank you. >> All righty. Sounds like we are good to

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move forward. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Those who oppose say nay. That motion passes. Thank you. Our fifth item this evening is approval of a Approval of approval of the children's services fund CSF of Jackson County uh

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grant funding. >> So move second. >> Thank you. At this time we'll have discussion. Dr. Green. >> All right. I would like to bring to the podium Nicole Squera our director of family services who did a lot of work on this grant and she will share a little

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bit of information about it. >> Good evening. Um, thanks for having me here tonight to talk about this. So, funding for the Jackson County Children's Services Fund allows the ISD to provide some targeted comprehensive case management to students who might need additional support with social

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emotional um, learning and behavioral supports. At the secondary level, this translates into funding for seven additional family school liaison who work directly with students to help them build coping strategies, strengthen relationships, and develop social emotional skills. The interventions are

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designed to be proactive and preventative to help reduce the escalation of behaviors and hopefully reduce suspensions and the time spent out of school. The services can include weekly support groups, individual support or case management. In addition, the district-wide Spanish speak case

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manager ensures that Spanish speaking families have access to all services that all of our families do within the district. The role not only provides direct support to these families, it also partners with the building FSLs to improve communication, coordinate services, and also provides

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opportunities for family engagement. Together, these services strengthen the connections between the schools, the students, the families while delivering evidence-based supports to students that are facing some pretty significant challenges. The Children's

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Services Fund support makes this work possible by funding essential staffing, training, resources, and programming that expands the district's impact for students, families, and the broader community. So, thanks for considering the motion to approve the Children's Services Fund for the amount of

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1,352,835 over two years. And that was good for me to get those numbers out. I'm in social work. Numbers are not my thing, so I almost spelled it all out so I'd get it right. >> So, Are there any questions? >> I would just like to say thank you for your work on this. A lot goes into this

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and she spent hours and hours on this and so kudos to you for seeking out these services for our kids. So, thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Does this allow us to change our staffing for this next year? Like, are we able to add any positions? >> No, it's actually continuation of positions that we had. We've had this

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grant for a few years now. Um, we've been funded consecutive consistently since it's become been around. And is um is it the same amount every year or >> No, it's not. Um they have a limit to how much you can ask for and that's

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changed yeartoear. So it's been around the same amount the last last two asks. Thank you. Any additional questions or discussion? Great work. Thank you. Thanks. Absolutely. >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. I.

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>> Those who oppose say nay. Motion passes. Thank you. Our sixth item this evening is approval of parent square agreement. I will entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> At this time we'll have discussion. Dr.

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Grant. >> All right. Thank you. As you heard earlier in our work session, Dr. Broight shared with our family and community involvement um goal uh in our CIP um parent square was a part of that and we talked a little bit about it. It's a

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unified communication platform that the district uses to communicate with stakeholders. Uh it offers two-way translation o over 130 plus languages. It's classroom communication, mass notifications, and other options. So, thank you for your consideration of the

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three-year contract for 255,784. >> Thank you, Dr. Grant. Have any feedback, questions, discussion? Yes, actually as a parent I um have loved parent square um there are a few features I was um which we can figure

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this out later if we don't have answers to that but um I've noticed at the different schools there's different features and obviously that is great because they're all different and have different needs but um I was able to

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communicate more I think with staff members at Bridger than I am with Zingham and I don't always know everyone's names and I'm like I just want to send the secretary a message or ask about this event at school and I'm not sure who to contact you know. So

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that was where um I was just wondering if we have features we can add in that that where parents can communicate more. Um and a hurdle there too is I can't at the website and necessarily see all the

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employees and their positions. So if I don't know a name, it's a real struggle. >> So is it a feature or how it's utilized? >> Um from building to building >> from building to building I think. >> Okay. So a consistent >> right. Okay. >> And I'm not sure you know like that may

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not be immediate at the elementary level because it generally you know everybody you need to contact. Um so it's just as you get into the higher levels sometimes you want to reach out to somebody you don't know their name.

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>> I Yeah, I think that's a great call up for sure. I'd be interested in seeing what that looks like. So, >> but as richer, I was able to even like I could type in secretary and the secretary name would come up. >> So, you do know it is a possibility, but it just Okay, >> sweet. >> And and also like what if I don't, you

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know, if I type in the wrong word, you know, maybe that person, maybe it's the family school leaison, I don't know. So, um, a directory might be nice too on our website. >> Thank you, Director Printe. Any other discussions or questions for Dr. Grant

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at this time? All right. Thank you. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Those opposed say nay. Motion carries. And for the record, I I do apologize. I forget to vote sometimes. I apologize.

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Thank you. Thank you, Cammy, for getting me together. I appreciate you very much. Our seventh item this evening is approval to accept and sign proposal for phase 2 restoration of the grandstand at Chrysler Stadium. I'll entertain a motion. >> So moved.

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>> Second. >> This time we'll have discussion. Dr. Grant. >> All right. We are asking for the approval and the signature of the proposed uh proposal for phase 2 restoration of the grand stand at Chrysler Stadium for the amount of

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$227,444.92 cents to come from the capital improvement. >> Any questions or discussion? >> I think we discussed this before. Is it concrete still and will it be? >> Yes. Okay. A lot of summers on that concrete.

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>> All right, hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Those who oppose say nay. >> Thank you. That motion passes. On to our eighth item this evening. approval to accept the bids from vendors to purchase

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district chemicals, elimination, film, custodial equipment, and consumable supplies. I'll entertain a motion. >> So moved, second, >> at this time, we'll entertain discussion. Dr. Grant.

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>> All right. We are preparing for next school year, which it is hard to believe. We would ask that you accept approve and accept bids for the vendors to purchase district chemicals, lamination bill, custodial equipment, and consumable supplies. We ask the approval to accept these bids from

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vendors per to purchase um as they came from the Greater Suburban Kin City Joint Purchasing Cooperative. >> Any questions for discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say I. >> I. Those who oppose say nay.

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That motion passes. Thank you. Our ninth item this evening is approval to authorize payments to Hollis and Miller. I will entertain a motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion. Dr. Gray. >> Okay. We ask that you would approve the

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payment to Hollison Miller for professional services rendered in accordance with the agreement with the district for the amount of $463,75729. The work that supports the voter approved bond measures of meetings for planning purposes, renderings for um all

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of the projects that we have planned. >> Any questions for discussion? Um, I just want to say that I appreciate the transparency of this and it makes it really easy for one of our board members to abstain on this item and can still participate in other things. So, I think this is a smart way to handle it. Thank you.

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>> Absolutely. Any other comments for discussion or questions? Hearing none, I will ask all in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Those who oppose say nay. That motion passes

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>> and I'll abstain. >> Oh. All right. Do it twice. And that motion does pass. Thank you. Our 10th item this evening is discussion for student advisory board. I will

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entertain a motion. >> I move that we discuss a student advisory board. >> Second. >> Thank you. At this time, we will entertain discussion. I'm happy to lead out in discussion for this item as I ask that this be added to the agenda and my

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focus really with the student advisory board is to build collaboration and really helping um students be involved in shaping the future of their educational experience. Um I know that we do a good job in leveraging the voices of our students, but this is more

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of a um effective way, official way um to um exclusively work um in some ways with the board of education. And so building relationship with the students is something that I'd take very seriously. And so hopefully this is something we can look at implementing soon.

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Any additional questions or comments? >> Did you have an idea of how many students you wanted to serve? >> So in my mind I'm thinking really my hope is that we can encourage students to want to come back and serve and do things like we do in some ways. So I was

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thinking of a magic number like seven in a way. Uh but not not not stone cold on seven. I'm open to ideas there, but thinking just really shaping them up to be professional leaders. So >> starting at the high school level. >> Yes.

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>> Um what kind of selection process do we have? >> Great question. I'm thinking starting with student council would be a good idea. Not exclusively student council, but starting there would probably be a good idea. at least maybe that leader at

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the building level could facilitate that or cascade it through the building to find out who might be interested. Uh maybe there's someone who's not on student council that actually has a desire to learn about uh how boards work and um might be interested. So no one's excluded but maybe starting there with

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student council. >> Um Lee Summit actually has a pretty robust program so I'm sure we could learn from them. But they have an application process and then an interview process. So everyone isn't encouraged to apply and sometimes they will take some of those kids who may not be um the leaders within the school

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because they have very important voices as well that we can help elevate um and ensure that they've got a place to connect and learn and help us grow too. >> Absolutely. I have an appetite to really see this grow. I mean it could develop into something more than just this. I

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think this is a foundational starting place. Um, and so the students may be interested in having advisory committees that report to the board. You know, they're I'm open to seeing how this could be impactful and effective to the students. Um, I get a chance to like all of us to go shopping in the community

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and I get a chance to see some of the students and they're not shy, okay? they uh share their thoughts and ideas and opinions and u I think that this would be just a good prudent effort to show um that we we not only do we hear you were

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acting on hearing you and putting something in motion to leverage your voice in an effective way that really makes a difference for them. So any other questions for me or for the board? Any comments for discussion? I would support us looking further into

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it and coming up with a proposal to bring up to the board for approval. >> We probably just need consensus on that. Correct. >> It's really I ask for a for this to be a discussion so that you guys could be prepared and and aware of what I'm

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thinking. Um, so if if we have consensus, I think that we can go ahead and move and operate in seeing how we can formulate this and make it happen. Just wanted to share. Any other questions? >> Are you thinking you'd like to have this in place by fall?

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>> I would I would think so. I mean, the year is concluding, so this gives us some time to to really get things together and plan it out. Look at the summit, other neighboring districts or or even maybe hear from leadership at the administration level to see what their buyin could be or what their ideas could be. I'm sure I'm not the only

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person thinking of something like this. So, I would love to learn um how to move forward in that space. So, at this time really, I'm I'm only asking that we discuss it, share ideas, and look forward to making it happen for the coming uh school year. Thank you.

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If all hearts and minds are clear, whatever that means, I will entertain a motion to adjurnn this evening. I move to adjourn to close session pursuant to Missouri State statute for personnel issues 610.21,

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legal matters 610.021 and students 610.02 021 second. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Meeting adjourned. Thank you. Have a

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I am Anthony J. Von Dane, senior. I'm calling this meeting to order for the Board of Education of Independence, Missouri School District. This is our work session and I will entertain a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> Any discussion?

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>> All right. We are excited to have Dr. Pam vote right here to present to us um our MSIP as well as our CIP update. We did go through our evaluation process for MSIP 6 2.0. Uh we were in lucky enough to be in the first round. So we

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will go ahead with that and then we'll move into our comprehensive school improvement plan with our progress and how we've progressed this year. And I'll turn it over to Dr. Boight. All right. Good evening. Some of this may be a little bit of repeat, but I think it warrants going back and making sure that

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we all understand the process of MSIB so that when we're talking about the scores and how we got there and the work that goes into that, um it it it all makes sense. So, you need to wait for someone. Are we good? Okay. So, just a reminder

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that 6 um is the state's accountability system for accrediting districts. Um and we are in or were in the first round of MSIP cycle 2 round one. So two years ago

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they implemented MSIP 6 uh cycle one. We are now in the second cycle and so we had the pleasure of being in the first round which I kind of like because sometimes you can work out some of the tweaks um as you move through that. So

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this particular timeline just kind of helps us to understand how the process worked. So from August to December um this is when we had a chance to gather all of our artifacts um to look at those areas of that the MSIP required that we

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needed to provide and submit those artifacts, complete the reviews and the reflections for the narratives um while working closely with our area supervisors. And then by December, we submitted all of our documentation that

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was required for MUB6. And our area um review team and supervisor reviewed that prior to the final date just to make sure we had everything that we needed. and then the area review team which I also had the opportunity to be a part of which was um it was a lot of learning

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but I will tell you our district far outseed a lot of surrounding districts as far as what we do and I think it'll be evident in some of the comments that you'll see later on. So then in late February, first part of March then the score came back which is what I'm here

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to kind of um share with you all tonight. So, I think it's exciting to at least share that um we did receive 42 out of 42. Not that we expected anything less than that. Um but just so that you know, we earned 100% of the available points.

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Um what this does is it demonstrates that our district is in total compliance with our state standards for our strategic plan and operational fidelity. The evaluation highlights our district effectiveness and aligning professional development and leadership, monitoring its core academic goals. And this

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success is foundational to the district's APR as it confirms that governments and school climate are being managed according to evidence-based practices. So this may be a little bit hard to read, but I just wanted to kind of give you a little bit of an example of what

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was different in cycle one between cycle 2. So cycle one for all districts in the state of Missouri were about establishing structures and systems for continuous improvement. So there are or were a majority of districts in the

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state who did not have comprehensive school improvement plans which kind of surprised me um when we got into that system but the whole purpose of the first round was to get everyone on a level playing field and to have those things in place. So then round two was

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more about the sustainability of all of those systems and the monitoring process of those systems. So where you see the two arrows, those were new this year. And so we submitted our CIP and now it's about completing the fidelity rubric to

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see how are we doing in in meeting and maintaining the items that we identified in our CIP and then also addressing the continuous improvement as we move along. So you should have a copy of a document that looks like this, I believe. So if

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you want to get that out and um this is what I'm going to go through for the next just few minutes. So it's kind of broken down into the continuous improvement plan which is the submission of our updated CIP. So remember we're on a five-year cycle with our CIP. So we

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submitted our updated CIP that was worth um five points and we met that. Um then we also had to provide for our submission is a summary of what we completed in our previous CIP. So what's interesting about the submissions is we

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were providing new documentation for our new CIP but yet we were answering questions related to the old. So there was a little bit of a crossover. So our narratives address the previous CIP but our submission and how we're moving forward is addressing the new CIP. So

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these three sections um were worth a total of nine out of the 42 points. And then the other piece that was new this year as I showed you on the last slide is the fidelity of implementation rubric which is really just a self assessment on how we think we're doing as a

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district with um aligning the work that we're doing in the classroom at the district level with what we identified as our um goals for the year. So the second piece of this particular is the priorities for continuous

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improvement. So each of these priorities required the district to submit artifacts that support the continuous improvement. So priority one required us to submit two of the following minutes from a stakeholder meeting, agenda from a stakeholder meeting, a sign-in sheet

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from a stakeholder meeting, and or a presentation from a stakeholder meeting. and you can see um what the question is or standard that they're asking for and how that aligns to the state um MSIP standards. Um you'll see an L, a DB, an

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L, a TL, or an A. And I showed you kind of up here kind of what that stands for and how those align to that. Um priority two asked Priority 2 asked for um two of the following. a data dashboard, academic achievement report, PD goals

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including the training dates, the date or meeting of those agendas or reports and curriculum development revisions. So, we had to choose two of those to submit for the artifacts. For priority three, it asked for evidence that uh adopted the CIP strategies impacting the

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improvement with the district. So for evidence of those standards, we were required to submit two examples from our CSIP of evidence-based strategies that document progress towards those goals and include the data measurements by which we were um those resources were

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being measured. And then priority four um DESIE required the following documentation. a copy of the district budget messaging verifying funding support from the board of education and um any agendas and or agendas for the review of the CESIP by the board of

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education. And then in priority five um we had to provide the plans that were developed and or approved and or presented to the board throughout the year for our professional development plan, our assessment plan, facility

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safety literacy and title one. So that was just a you submitted them, you did it and you got the points for that. So um you can see the total number of points for that particular section and that we've achieved all of those. So then the last section is really where

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um we get a chance to kind of brag on what's happening in our district that is not captured in test scores. So, I've talked to you a little bit about the difference between so much more happens in our district than just the tests that the kids take at the end of the year, but yet that is a lot of how we're

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measured, which we understand, but what about all of the things that we can't measure using a a test score? So, this is the place that MSP6 has added to give districts an opportunity to just explore and to share all of the great things

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that can't necessarily be captured in the state assessment scores at the end of the year. And so, you can see um what types of questions that they were asking. So, this is where we presented a narrative over each of those. Um and so

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we uh stu underneath the student performance which would have been the uh second question the district we provided district improvement academic performance by continuously monitoring at CSIP and uh using the data to guide those instructions interventions

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professional development. We talked about the targeted literacy training and collaboration with teachers. We also talked about the screening tools and the MTSS process that we use to identify struggling students with academics, behavior and social emotional support and we also highlighted leadership

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development and initiatives like leader and me avid and themies for that particular question. Um on the one previous to that um so the educational agency fidelity um we provided the dis excuse me MP6 provided the district an

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opportunity to share um what we were doing in this particular response. We talked about the engagement of stakeholders in the development of the CSIP, who was involved, the surveys that we used, how we retrieved feedback um both um internally and externally, the

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six and 90day surveys for new hires and various family involvement through school activities um at the school level, and then the local education agency um conclusions. This one, the final response allowed us to reflect on current challenges or opportunities that

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we feel like we could um continue to address for growth. Uh we talked about the use of stakeholder feedback and MIP6 alignment to identify our key challenges, the opportunities across academic facilities engagement, staffing and technology. Uh we talked about

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academic improvements um to include a larger literacy, excuse me, literacy initiative and datadriven instruction. um to address gaps that still remain with some of our subgroup performance and discipline. We talked about facilities and technology and um showing

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progress with ongoing needs for sustainability and efficiency. We talked about family engagement and attendance remaining a challenge despite expanded outreach efforts and new communication strategies. And then staff retention um continues to be a priority with enhanced

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mentoring, onboarding and competitive compensation to attract and support high quality employees. So the culture climate survey which we are actually only required to give once every two years. We choose to give it

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annually so that districts can look at growth and how they're doing. That is also a part of their school improvement plan. And so we used that in the development of the CIP for the next five years. We looked at that culture climate data. We looked at trend data. Schools

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um disegregated that data and broke it down as well. Um and so this is kind of one of those you either give it or you don't. Um but there are recommendations by Desi as far as the types of questions that you should include. We've partnered with Missou. So we use a third party.

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The data is collected by that thirdparty agency and then the data is sent to us. So we don't touch the data. Um the only thing that we send out are the links to the actual surveys themselves. So it is a partnership that Missou has with um DESIE and then we just provide that

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information to our fam to our uh parents, staff and our students grades 3 through 12. And um the part that I like is I like getting back the comments um and just kind of the things that we're doing. These are just a few of the comments

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from the evaluation team who reviewed our submissions and they recognized that we have clear alignment between our CSIP, our school improvement plans, our PD and our classroom expectations. And so that was nice to hear um back from

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them. And there was a panel of I think there were nine of us on this particular panel um that reviewed all of the documents. We didn't get to score our own although I would have given us the same score. Um but um it was just nice to hear from the different um school

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districts who had representation there on how we're doing and what we're doing. So before I jump in just kind of how we're doing with our CIP on the on that side, any questions regarding this particular feedback.

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Okay, moving forward. So, as I mentioned, we are in our new cycle of the first year of our new uh comprehensive school improvement plan. Remember, there are five areas. So, I'm going to talk to each of those areas a little bit. Um the first one is academic

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achievement um or the continuous improvement of academics. So, we have continued to update and maintain our curriculum website to ensure full alignment with state standards and our assessments as required by Senate Bill 681. We have also refined our school

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improvement plan process and provided buildings with data dashboards that offer more accurate and timely insights into student progress. Uh attendance remains a priority and our schools are actively working with families to support students in reaching that 90%

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attendance. In the area of literacy, we've strengthened our district plan in alignment with DESIE, adding more writing and better connection to literacy skills. We've also launched a K12 math focus lab group to support high quality math instruction across all

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grade levels. So we did a little bit of work this year that will um actually fully launch next year. At the elementary level, all buildings have implemented leader and me and are progressing towards full implementation. While at middle school, we continue to deepen the work with AVID as they work

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toward becoming showcase schools. And I think if you remember, we do have now one school that is a demonstration school, national demonstration school. So again, continuing to meet those goals that we set in the academic achievement area. Our second one is the highquality staff.

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Um this particular area, we've attended multiple career fairs for recruiting of these certified and classified staff. We've continued to survey our staff at multiple times during the school year to provide an opportunity for accurate honest and feedback. We've marketed the

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district openings and job opportunities through a university partnerships. We've updated resources to meet ADA requirements. We've partnered with Kelly Services to help with sub services. and we've continued to find ways to provide professional development for certified

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and classified staff throughout the year with facilities. Um we pass our successful bond um to support future needs. Uh we continue to provide ongoing maintenance and cleaning throughout the school year. We've imple implemented a routine cleaning schedule to ensure all

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facilities are maintained and conducted regularly regular inspections and identify and address maintenance needs properly. We've coordinated custodial staff uh maintenance staff to respond quickly to repairs. We're using a tracking system to help monitor completion of those tasks and ensure

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accountability. We've prioritized hightraic areas to maintain cleanliness, safety, and overall appearance and adjusting staff resources as needed to support those events to increase facility use throughout the school year. We've also ensured that district facilities are monitored for proper use

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through the utilization of facilitron, which is our internal system for usage. In the area of technology, we have uh we continue to maintain our elementary and middle school six-year Chromebook plan.

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Uh we just finished up year one. Elementary is going well, but I will mention that middle school may not make it to our six-year plan because I think they're going through them a little faster than we anticipated. Um we've maintained our four-year plan for high school chromes. again finished year one

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and um that um plan giving freshmen a new chrome and uh year two looks um very promising configuration of Arab Arabia maybe that's what it is central to manage wireless and switches and going

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well this is going on um yearly we're in phase one of that setup and configuration is finished we've decided to maintain our current phone system for as long as we can um we do have contingency of moving to Zoom phones when the time comes to move to the cloud

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and we have a new work order system complete and that project went very smoothly and were fully on the new work order system for frontline education. And then there we go. And then in parent and community involvement. Within the parent and community involvement area,

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we've transition transitioned the district, if you haven't noticed, to the new website uh to better serve our community and uniform the structure for visitors and to be ADA compliant with those requirements. We've provided buildings with professional learning on how to best showcase those amazing work that they're doing at the different

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buildings. We've transitioned all of our buildings to parent square as our primary communication platform and we've shared action steps to community feedback through the we heard you ISD and action website and we've hosted several parent feedback sessions with

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our um English language population to better understand how we can serve our non-English-speaking families with communication and resources. We had several of those meetings at the beginning of this year. So, just to kind of summarize, um, all in all, it's been a very successful and productive year

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for our staff, students, and families. We definitely look forward to what next year has to hold um as we continue to build upon the foundation that's already been laid with our comprehensive school improvement plan. And so, at the um conclusion of each year, we do reflect

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on kind of where we've been um and look at then what those priorities will be. And um with Dr. Merillo's leadership. We will do that once she arrives and we'll review what our focus will be for 2627. Any questions?

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>> Thank you, Dr. Broite. We have any questions, please know. Looks like we're good. All right. I will entertain a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. Second. >> Yes.

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>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Thank you.