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well at 6:30 we'll call the meeting to order all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and
justice for all Miss Engle roll call please Kelly d Cruz is not here um Terry engle's here Amy KY here Aaron Phillips here Lauren shanrock here Pat Ty here and Rick
Schultz is gone too thank you we have an excuse me we have an agenda in front of us Mr MW are MW is there any additions or to the agenda nope everything is good I'll entertain a motion to accept the agenda
as presented I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as presented second to move by Miss Ty second by m Mr Phillips to approve the agenda as presented all those in favor say I I oppos nay
carried do we have any public comments this evening we do that thank you so the next item on the agenda then is a superintendent report I'll start here real quickly with the two handouts that I have placed in front of
you um start with the enrollment graph or chart and this is the same that I put into the newsletters but um the last one I should have had the March updates and I did it so I put that together real quick and you can see that um
maintaining with a reduction of one uh districtwide we had a reduction of two at the elementary school and an addition of one at the secondary school so our numbers remain at 7:42 uh for March and that's off 13 from
the beginning of the school year and then the second hand out I have in front of you or place in front of you is a it's um information only this is from uh there's a Ed Minnesota pension
reform group or Minnesota teachers pension reform group and uh they put together this illustration example of what it looks like with u with the the raise Rising age of Staff
members that don't have the tier one or the rule of 90 type of a retirement and the the more experience they get obviously the the the greater they increas in in salary in in total package and trying to compare it to a a
replacement or an incoming teacher now on this one again we could they've made it available or you can request access to this so we could plug our actual numbers in a $47,000 difference between the starting teacher and the highest end
teacher is not the situation that we have it might be 25,000 um so you know these numbers aren't necessarily A a uh spot on comparison but it does illustrate the same point
that uh you know no secret nothing that's new that experienced staff costs more than new staff so again the the purpose of sharing this with you is if you do hear different discussions or have questions on a pension reform it's
been around it's probably going to be around until something major happens they they lowered the um eligible retirement age from 66 to 65 last legisl leg legislative session
and the goal would be to move it all the way down to 60 with 30 years of experience so that's pretty drastic but that's the the end goal of this uh of this group and you know has
support from different education associations but it it's not gaining the support right now from TR and from legislature so just some information to share with you if there's no question on those two
things I'll introduce to you on here all right Jeff I'm just going to do an introduction with you quick um Jeff Horton is the superintendent DR Horton I believe
correct uh with Southwest Metro our um our district that we worked with and received special ed services from um DR Horton is a new superintendent he started the position here this July and he wanted to make his
rounds to all the the members were an associate member of the association and just introduce himself his face and then present some information on what the uh selfless Metro does for nrhg
schools so with that Jeff I'll pass it along to you well thank you uh good even members of the board uh superintendent and uh members of the community if you are there I apologize my intention was to be in person I am about 4 days out from the
surgical procedure so um I was not able to make the drive down tonight but thank you for for being accommodating and allowing me to speak to you in this capacity I do hope you get down there in person to connect with you in the future um so my name is Jeff for I the superintendent of South class Metro uh
just a little bit about my background uh I've been a superintendent in other districts I've been an assistant superintendent I've been a director of special education I've been a principal um I've worked in uh Urban Rural and Suburban districts as an administrator
so um part of what attracted me to this job was the idea of regional collaboration and I think I think I gathered a lot of that from my regional exper my uh rural experiences actually and that how can we work collaboratively to support students and give them that
great rural experience but also balance that giving them the opportunities our students deserve and so that really attracted me to this position and uh working in this entity is a little different for me um I didn't come up through these types of rankings I came more of the traditional uh route
education and superintendency so this has been exciting to me I'm excited to partner with you and I just like to share a little bit about what we've been doing and then get to the question what what the heck is an intermediate because that's something you probably talk about on a daily basis and very fair and okay
to ask any questions about that so uh what have I been doing for eight months uh what we've been doing to support you the first thing I did is I came in I just listen to folks I went around and met with over a thousand different F board members community members staff
students uh and everybody in between and I did a little exercise with them I did I call a 321 I asked them what are three positives about southw Metro what are two opportunities we have for growth and if I could wave my magic superintendent wand just like you wave your magic board wand and Brant everybody's wishes right
like what what would we do and so they they gave me that feedback and so I spent the first 100 days really doing that part of the work the second part of the work we moved into was comprehensive needs assessments and so using um evidence-based tools and practices we analyzed our teaching and learning
system we analyzed our communication we analyzed our business office and Human Resources we analyzed our safety and securities and our facilities um and then we asked our public to comment on that so we shared the research we said hey get engaged with us uh share your thoughts since we
got a lot of feedback and had over 38,000 different uh thoughts exchanged on that data which is exciting uh we then transition into what a port a portra graduate and what that means is uh if you graduate from Southwest Metro where the characteristics of a graduate and we've
taken all that data and we're kind of bringing that together now and with my board which is made up of 11 board members uh one from each member districts you are an associate member so you don't have a a board member at that table we're going through that process
and uh we're analyzing that data and we're trying to create that vision for the future by the way if you ever want an extra board meeting or something like that we do live stream so you know you're always welcome to do that or come attend their public meetings and everything and uh we definitely let you know where those are so that's where we
are um and we're just kind of figuring out what is it what is it that we want to be um and how can I help a line our resources to do that so um our associate members in terms of membership uh we have our members so there's 11 member districts and we have an associate
members and you along with jwp Anda and wh kind of form of your own kind of little grouping actually of associate members who we work with what is an intermediate um it's actually defined in statute and it's the
most simplest way I can explain it it's like a hybrid between a service Co-op which you might be more familiar with and a traditional District it's kind of a hybrid so we we do things on that of both of those components and and uh what
I'll just kind of say to that for I'll give you just kind of a quick overview some things we do and then talk more about what we do for you but we offer programs in Career and Technical education you know a lot of work in the trades and trying to help create Pathways for students to get into the trades and work within their communities
so that's a big piece of what we do that Career Technical education CP and working regionally to collaborate with that right uh all the things that we do about care and treatment is a big piece of what we do in Mental Health Services is um we do a lot of really Innovative creative things and professional
developments for the region uh we do a lot of things with special education services online school we have Alternative Learning Centers and a lot of different programs like that specifically for you our biggest Niche is really for uh special education
and so sometimes we have students whose needs can't be met in the general education classroom and so they go through a process to qualify for special education services and then in your home District you have a variety of settings and services that you provide to students to try to help them be
successful sometimes we find that in a Traditional School setting students can't be successful and we've tried everything that we can to help that child be successful we're just not able to do it and that's where we come in and so services that we provide for you is
when a student gets to that point um we come and say hey we have facilities we have staff we are training to work with students who have those higher needs and we partner with you and the family to make sure that they still have a great educational experience even if they're not being successful in their current
setting um and we do that by bringing your four districts together um and I work with other districts too to really do that in a cost effective way to help you give students the education they deserve while doing that in a at a price point that's more affordable than trying
to do that on your own and so we're always trying to find out ways of how we can do that um some of the programs we run autism disorder K12 so if you have a if you're a child who's been uh has a school label of autism and can't be successful that
would be a student gr of support um cognitive disabilities students who have very low cognitive abilities we have programs for them emotional behavioral disorder would be another one uh a treatment is not something that we generally do it could be a general
letter or a special ed student uh often times it can be more General we offer services but mostly special for you um and sometimes you get those staff that are saying hey you know what I've tried everything I can with this child I just can't I just don't know what more
to do this is kind of how we help you so so that's a little bit about who we are and what we do um and I just wanted to say hello and for name of the face um I am not my best S I am I a student kind guy like all day people joke and say that's why I wake up in the morning and
that's fine uh so this is most casually you will probably every catch meet and so that's a I guess that's the one thing remember uh what questions do you have for me is there anything that I can answer for you well I guess one of the questions I
would have is you've talked about working with it uh in the technical and trade area and that's something that our South Central service Co-op works with also do you work together with them or do you come as an individual entity and work uh
with school district and both of you work alongside each other or work independently that's a great question um and I don't have a great understanding of what GRE technical education looks like in your District so I would definitely refer to your superintendent
on that piece but uh I've worked a lot with C Central service Coop with both was a previous super intendent and and currently we have uh some common things we do together but also some things that we do different I think they're a great partner that you have down there for uh Innovative some Innovative programming
and grants that they can give you on some of the uh projects you looking do cpf I think that that's great um our our role in it is different what's different about us is we actually serve as students have programs with service students okay so like at some of our
buildings like we would actually like say hey here's a regional hub for which you can come and work on building that house or do that um do that c welding or whatever it is that we may be focused on Medical Careers we would be more on that side we do a little bit of what they do
too but the key difference with us I would say is that we actually have students that come to us or we build programs in districts so in some places and this includes special education we will actually do like a setting through program on behalf of the district and
we'll run that program in there looking for them so that's a key difference between us South Central service Coop yeah we we are similar but also have that student component too and I would not look at them competition they're they're a partner
we're all on team kids right good thank you good well thank you DR Horton I don't see any other questions here on this end I don't want to rush you if you have something no I just appreciate our partnership and your superintendent and amaz amazing to work with I've really
enjoyed the last eight months just to continue to develop our relationship and see how we can do things for your District so just appreciate your time and uh I see lots of great things happening in your District you both do great work thank you good thank you thank you thank you
everyone thanks Jeff I'm going to keep it on just in case Jake from site logic would join us so I'll uh communicate with him that we missed this opportunity here I would do before I introduce Jason
here one other thing that I want to add to my comments is you have the lavender pinkish sheet in front of you that's the self Central service Co-op board and as we remember that Lauren has uh
volunteered to uh run for a board position with self Central service Co so I believe the procedure is they'll fill those out Sue and then you'll collect them and send them in okay so at some time during the meeting or after you're going to take
care of that to make sure Sue gets some before we leave thank you with that let's head over to teaching and learning with Jason to Pence Mr Pence uh start off I haven't been to a board meeting in many months and so I share this picture
with you of uh the show I was in to explain away why here uh but now it is over it finished yesterday so I'm very tired um but uh just kind of give you uh couple couple updates that on requested
data and then uh some other things that we're doing the this is data from Fast bridge and it's basically uh where students are at on their on task level um from our fall screening and our
winter screening results and with the um exception of this big gap in kindergarten of a drop we are seeing a consistency or raise in those scores um don't have a good reason had we have those data meetings with the teachers um
it is a big the amount of information we expect kindergarteners to know switching from the fall to the winter is a bigger Gap than other grades are seeing so I will be looking back at previous years to see
if we saw that as well um that dip um but we are seeing increases throughout the RS and it also comes from We're measuring it a bunch of different ways K3 has a different measurement of what on task looks like than what 4 through six looks like so um just kind of have
to play with that idea the K three we're looking at through the lens of a tool we're taking the Fage data and running it through a tool that the state created and they're calling it their Minnesota competency scale and that is that's the
scale we're using for our K3 such a scale does not exist for four five and six so I just pull directly from B um for the next one there's some uh questions about the mentor program currently what we're doing uh we have
monthly uh checklists for them they got them at the beginning of the school year for the mentors and mentees to go through um make sure you're talking about these specific things some of those things might be at the beginning of the year talking about how do we request an day off how do we uh use copy machine things like that but then as
time goes on it's like hey um the end of the quarter is coming up how do we do grades or um we're going into second semester how do we reset our expectations for a classroom things like that um I am meeting monthly with the
new teachers um the mentors and mentees depending on the relationship are meeting all the time um it's like for instance now like with our music program with them being in two different buildings they're maybe not meeting as much as uh two teachers that
are right next to each other they're just constantly in communication with each other the future uh vision of what the mentor program looks like is we are part of the grant that the South Central service Co-op got um through um a lot of
partner on there and that is a program where there is turning the mentor program we have we kind of have a like a two-year rotation where it kind of tapers off in that second year um we're we're building a three-year rotation of that mentorship
where we are creating a manual we are um having a lot of things happen at South Central service call like this year the beginning of this school year one of our first back to school Workshop days for new teachers was led by the the
and we got good feedback from our mentors and M teachers uh for that program um they also have um a very specific observation process that happens uh with mentors and mentees um
that isn't part of their review process that happens with the administration it's a much less it's it's an instructional coaching sort of situation what do you you know hey we're going to I'm going to come watch you what things you want to look for it's a it's a much more collaborative process um and then
there's a set number of times so that is what that is what uh I actually have a meeting next week again where I'll go in and we're just we're working together we're kind of at that phase where we are going to be sitting down and kind of creating together with other districts what is your what is your plan looking like what is your plan so it's a lot of
work time happen in the next meeting that I have um later you can go to the next page uh redak checkin our three biggies are going to be training screening and curriculum uh we are well on track for
our um training system uh phase one training is in progress we have eight teachers that are already done with all of their training even though we don't need to be done till May U they changed the rules in May so that we have to add Joanie Olsen to the
phase one training so she'll be the only person unless we hired someone the K3 level um that has to take um the Ola training and then for screening and intervention uh our intervention our
interventionists and our teachers are are really enjoying fast bridge and the tools that it provides for them and the data that it gives for them and so that that has been a good change it was a little hesitation to switch away from Star but we have enough teachers that were here when we using passws the last
time that it was like it's okay um um for intervention wise part of the react they've been telling us for a year and a half that they're going to get us approved interventions that we have you know a list it was supposed to happen it was supposed to happen supposed to happen now they're pushing it off till next fall they're going to give us a
list of 15 and so the recommendation right now is just make sure you're using something that is evidence based and we are we're using for the most part we are using uh youly and Mar things like that those are two that we're using and so
fall well within those guidelines for curriculum uh we are having a meeting in two weeks to discuss uh a curriculum called Whit and wisdom it is one of the pro it is one of the curriculums that is approved for partial reimbursement um I know Albert Lee is
using it and I think Wasa is using it Sarah just told me today that two districts near us were using generally it is not has not been well received by the by the districts that
have chosen it but a lot of people are choosing it because it is one that is rers uh the one that is getting the biggest uh like this is great curriculum is called CK which brought on by amplifi it is it is approved by the state but
it's not on their list of reimbursable um and so that is the decision we need to come up with the next uh month as as elementary teachers as we look at wisdom and we look back at CA because we actually pulled in CA last
spring and they had a look at that so we'll kind of look at those again kind of look at what that budget looks like and see where we can go with that um so that we have something in teachers hands before they leave school so they start the sooner the better but definitely
before school ends and then as you will see in later budget things or in later items um I will not be here next school year um I will be looking for another position I'm moving with my family uh further away than I
willing to drive because an hour is already right at that c um I have created when I first got here I created this timeline list of each of the hats that I was big the big hats at least of what I do month to month and um Mike and
I have already been discussing looking at how does this transition happen and early enough in the year right now that March I have all the way till the end of June to make this transition beiing transition and um a little tweaking
especially with react rules but this just gives you a general idea of of what sorts of things are happening while so we can look at different people's responsibilities or rep things so that is in the works in in well started so I
started from scratch on a transition that's very appreciated thanks thanks Jason thank you and I apologize if you've shared this information with me before the cost difference between
partially funded okay program and no funded CA is a hard quote to read I got it and it was like 60 pages long so I will have to get a better idea for because they want to S you the whole like all the bells and missiles so I
will I will return that back next next to see where thank you and the and the state hasn't even officially told us what partially fed partially reim they haven't no what that mean no
because they have to see how many people do it before they can tell you how much they can do because they have a lot they have a whole sum number that they are going to disperse it depends on how many people use it yes is there a um
possibility of getting a copy of that slide this right here yeah I'll just I'll change that to a link so you can go yeah because it's yeah it's just a screenshot too small for I know I this was just to give you an idea but yes I can link I will change that to a link
for is there a chance that the state could approve the CK uh if they did it would be in a couple years because they they have said they're not going to re-review curriculum for a couple years because they're working on all this other stuff that they're falling
okay because all the ones they said no to all those Publishers are like yeah but look we're changing it and they're like okay yeah great we'll look at it eventually so not not in the time frame we legally does our does our early ad Our Community
Preschool uh kids have to be in on the react at all um no but if we like when we look at this program uh either one of them we will look at seeing what what curriculum that aligns with it just
because sure thank you okay thank you appreciate it thank you Mr kabety is next on board I wasn't sure Mr bir was going to goe or not hierarchy um just some some crazy crazy things happening here in the next couple
weeks um March 25 we got kindergarten registration and I just talked to Jean um and a little bit of am here and we are expecting around that 60 to 63 number which is better than
55 um so we're we're slowly getting some some other families matriculating into the into the district so that that's good that that number looks a little bit closer than what we kind of want to see hopefully that Trends um the following night is our required um with our Title
One Grand we're supposed to at least one family literacy night and that is happening March 26th um March 27th the end of the third quarter and then March 2nd um Kate Krueger if you remember from last year
decided to um do a science fair for the very first time well this is our second annual um fifth grade science fair and fourth grade inventor Fair putting a lot of work into that um just so you know we are still in need of two judges so if
there's somebody that wants to judge um if Jean hasn't called you she might that she'll keep pestering until she gets her away um and then April 3rd the very next day we will our MCA start and that goes through the the F the first
week of May so um ending with fifth grade science um it's it's kind of a a crazy thing it feels like the end of the school year is going to be like tomorrow but we still have two and a half months but we are already talking you know Staffing the budgets the orders um
hopefully we'll be coming with you uh coming to you for maybe some upgrading of furniture if that is in our if if that's any chance in the cards I'd like to see at least one of the wings um of the school upgraded with with some of
those getting rid of some of those 1950s chairs that are cracking about once a week so at least we're losing one chair at least once a week so um go next slide um and just kind of an overall I said it already this this year I think
is going really well um but it is going really fast um and that's I think that's kind of a good thing because one of my one of my goals heading into this year and I even talked to my wife about this one of my goals was to have more fun I tend to be fairly serious you know
Walking The Halls making sure things are covered and doing those things um I'm getting there you know coming from a a secondary from 25 years um I'm I'm slowly working my way to have a little more fun with kids I'm wearing green on St Patrick's Day that probably I would
have even thought about that years ago so so have patience with me I'm getting there um but my I think I think my biggest my biggest goal I guess for this year and I'm I'm just now starting to feel some of the some of the changes in
the building um my biggest biggest thing is I to build a positive place a place where people want to come into the building um feel good about it um and you know we talk about that fun maybe have a laugh or two in the hallways with staff and that's that's probably been my
biggest focus and I always want to focus on on kids that's our ultimate but I I I came into this role wanting to help teachers period that's my goal because if they're not feeling good they're not going to sit in front of 20 kids making
them feel good so um I'm I'm I I think I'm building that support I'm hopefully uh building some trust that necessarily wasn't there when I when I got here and I I you can tell me if I'm wrong or if you're hearing bad reports let me know and I'll work even harder to make sure
that we're building even more so um that's and I and I'm feeling some some good things happening so that's I'm kind of proud of that um but we're not done I won't rest until we got 100% well is that attainable I don't know but I'm going to try um so some of our successes
I think the student the student fund um and some of the activities with the panther Pride I think the student really like that we just started a a panther Pride pass or like a VIP for each kid in the class or each kid of grade they get to be first in line for lunch and they're wearing a lanyard that gives
them a pass and they're all proud so um we just had our next our second drawing this morning so every Monday we're going to do a drawing for that um uh next thing it you know I tend to focus on what what we need to do whether are
faults and I always come back to some of our success esses is I always Marvel one of my favorite things one of my favorite meetings is a sa team meeting um it seems like it's a student student assist team um and basically we have our social
worker our reading interventionists um we have Laura chickis myself Jason is part of it and teachers just recognize students that need additional support um and they're coming in there they're starting
interventions with them figuring how are we going to change this kid um what can we do with behaviors or where are we going to send them for interventions and the amount of work and time that our staff and teachers put into that team and it or each kid is is pretty
remarkable um that is my favorite part of this like there is there's not a student that gets away with much we will recognize that our our teachers do a an outstanding job recognizing what what kids need help and and we have the
resources to help them so I'm I love that piece um things that I want to keep striving for is classroom visits um I don't want to necessarily visit classrooms just for evals or behavior issues I want to go in there and watch
people at work and I just I don't have a lot of time to do that um so that's that continues to be a goal of mine and then obviously student attendance um we kind of started our own little policy that you know sending notes home after X amount and and things like that but um
that's always we want kids can't learn if they're not here so that's our that's our goal so you any questions concerns hate mail would you clarify for for me more than anyone the 63 students said in
kindergarten that this year's Bridges along with the it's enrollment it's incoming preschool and that would include any like nine I think we figured Bridges so it would be about 51 in
classroom and then nine or so in the bridges okay it's if you want to look at it's like our foury olds plus the nine in bridges now okay attending kindgarten next year okay thank
you but that include some of those um other strong possibilities of yeah of the four packets the seven packets that we sent out those numbers are included in that 63 that's kind of our best our best estimate that we have
right now good thank you seek in 65 yeah good thank you thank you all right thank you and Mr Bur you can tell I work the secretary I don't green for St Patrick didn't cross
my mind when I got up this morning progress progress um my my presentation last month was probably one of the shortest ones I had um it's a little bit different this month we uh we got a lot going on girls basketball obviously been sting
tournament um wonderful thing kind of throws chaos for a week but that's great um now we we're going to have a normal week this week until the for so we'll see what happens we started MCAS and we'll do those all the way up until May
and end of May um steal a little bit of Mr myaw Thunder with Chloe Stark making Nationals and deca and you know it's all about coaching and and they're taking the the uh the best Deca coach in the state he gets to go down to Orlando
after he goes back from Costa Rica so you're trying to get a Mr my good luck thanks for stealing my well I was listening to Craig talk like geez that's exactly what I was to different H um choir recently got their
second consecutive year of superior rating which if you remember just a few years ago I think we only had eight kids so U making major progress with the choir on Friday we had a crazy day here at the high school we got a blood drive that happened in the high school and we have um K and I talked about this last
board me a little bit um they come in and they they give a presentation they did six eth grade this time um just about how to recognize an abusive relationship how to get out of an abusive relationship how to help someone was in an abusive relationship and how to have a healthy relationship which I
don't think we focus on very much it's it's we're not Proactive or reactive in those situations so trying to be a little proactive here um this morning we had large group of instrumentals went to they go
USC yes um and I believe I heard Mr Shaker say we had one excellent rating um I didn't hear anything else so when I get more information I'll let you know Sophia Williams made the Concordia honor honor right okay um
which is a pretty big deal we haven't had a student do that for many years so that's a very nice recognition for her um the solo Ensemble concert will be said not concert competition will be Saturday at MSU um I talked a little bit about the Costa
Rica trip they take off probably not until Friday now with the snowstorm so kidding anybody listening I'm kidding um but they're they take off the 20th and get back to 29th um we got a music trip that's going to happen on the 25th to
31st um 8ighth grade mobile Health La will come in they came in last year they do a nice job just talking about all heal of things it's really interative interesting um the end of the quarter is the 27th we've got a work day the
28th and in the next few months here um we do have three extended field trips um we got the state FFA convention we've got a FFA competition in Brookings and then um Mr mwk and Chloe
and going with them down to Orlando for for D National so um and the next slide here talking a little bit about where we're at here in March um the year is going well it's going fast like I said I
basically whatever C said is what I was going to say um but it is going very fast it seems to be going very smooth um obviously there it's it's never a freshly pav Road there's all kinds of Pooles and and turns so we go with the flow um we went from the dog days of
winter to complete chaos now in about two weeks are very busy at school and will continue to be um the goals I have very similar to to when I started last year is there there's two things that are really important that your staff needs to know
that they are supported and the students need to know that they are supported um if your staff doesn't feel supported if you hang them out to dry if you're not able to help them get better um it's it's not good the culture will
change the the beliefs will change and it'll be a very rough situation and that's the same way with students it it really is you know you'd stand up here and say yep do this do this do this and I'll do it
but the students need to know that they're heard and they're supported both from me and from from the teachers and that's very important and I'm huge on personal relationships I I've talked about that numerous times and if the students don't feel suppored or heard
we're going to have more behavior problems um which if you go from last year this year I would say just a a rough estimate um maybe one1 of the kids that I had last
year at the office are back I I mean in terms of office referrals I bet if I have if I had 100 last year I'd only have 10 this year I it's been a huge transition um that's not me that's my staff right theyve done a great job with
building relationships with kids helping understand behaviors helping to understand what kids need behaviors taking a more personal approach to things and that makes a big difference which also plays into get more students at honoral I told you last board meeting
we had 68% of our 62 population may be honorable and we're going to continue to do that we're going to continue to change the culture um it's it's not an overnight process but we are going to continue to get better we're continue to be better and we're going to produce
better people for it questions oops I missed someone here um talking about leadership I know there's a question there um Simon cnic and and ber Brown were two um huge uh leadership people that we studied uh at
my pres or principal program I still do that um um I I still watch videos on s i I still read B Brown I know Mr talk about the book just a little bit earlier um so that's a big influence on my
leadership skills is is from those two now questions something popped up in my mind here too and I I believe some of you or all of you aware that we lost uh Pam Krill as our career in tech
ed um Workhorse coordinator that uh she took a job outside of uh social work yeah yeah and so Pam would have been big on getting a big up and get that mobile
Health lab and then also our um sou Point fin there you go South Point Financial um that's already set up though thank goodness um she left us a lot of information with that so hopefully we can the one they bring in will hopefully be able to do a nice job p d do a nice
job for us um and also I know I sent the email to you that I sent out to all the parents and kids last week about the NCAA tournament and and the kids thing is great because they get to pick brackets and stuff but they don't really know why we're doing it okay we're doing it to build relationships and I told you that last year when I started it um and
that's why we do it but it's a fun way they don't even know it so most of my staff if not all will have their brackets hanging up um we reward the kids you know we get to go first to lunch and similar things like that um but again it's a talking point it's a
way to get into a conversation with a soon you don't normally do so that we uh opened up this morning so we'll see how that goes thank you very good thank you Mr Macy's has a another commitment that
there's a a screening or enrollment so she's not not able to be with us tonight but her note should be updated in the slide deck as well and that would conclude our uh item six are the superintendent
report and administrative report thank you and I'm assuming we don't have uh Mr B Jake Berg correct he actually text I didn't see what he said but uh he's with another school district
tonight so okay um I guess I would encourage you to we want to continue to hear from him so good schedule them absolutely for board meeting we appreciate that thank you next item on the agenda board member comments any member have comments they'd
like to share I went to the choir concert and I I I miss solo Ensemble because I was teaching ecfu but I ran over there after the fact and it's just it's really nice to see the kids perform so I think they did a excellent job
and it seems like the program's growing when the kids are I love to see how the community members yeah I was there too so I did see the solo Ensemble part and that was neat to be able to see your kids doing that see all the kids perform what
they're going to perform at contest here and so for parents that aren't able to make it to the actual competition it's nice to be able to see them do it and give them a chance to do a dry run and get the nerves out and all that so yeah I agree it's good to see that program
growing good anybody else next item we have on the agenda is our next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 22nd 2025 at the secondary school me the center at 6:30
p.m. next item on the agenda is a consent agenda Mr my please I'll read our regular disclaimer here that all school board members have been provided with background information for all items listed on the consent agenda these items will be acted upon with one vote
without discussion if a board member wants to discuss any of these items we can pull it from the consent agenda and we'll vote on it separately uh and as a note for not I'm sorry um before we go on with the consent agenda we would like to publicly recognize the
donations included in this section as well we have a $11,000 donation from Finley's wigs at work for the Elementary music xylophones we have a $2,500 donation from the New Richland
firemen's relief for Bandon choir robes and then we have two donations from the NR one for $347 for the conference meals and one for $1,127 for the elementary roller skating
unit so that brings a total of $466.25 18612 so with that appreciation and the disclaimer I'd ask the board to approve the consent agenda as it has been presented I'll entertain a motion to approve the
consent agenda motion to approve the consent agenda items second move by Miss KY second by Miss TAA Cruz to approve the consent agenda is presented all those in favor say I I
I oppose n carried next item I have is reports Mr M do we have any reports this evening no additional reports other than DR Horton and let's just recap that I'll work with
Mr Berg to get lined up for Jake from site logic good thank you almost and uh and so that would be it as far as any reports from me unless you have anything else to report on okay the next item I have on the agenda
is Staff reductions due to enrollment and I would introduce the following motion and move its adoption the resolution proposing the reduction of one fourth grade section full-time equivalent reduction of 1.0 due to the reduction in student
enrollment the motion for the adoption of the forgoing resolution was duly seconded by member I will entertain a second second seconded by Miss U tyer and we will have a roll call vote Miss
Engle please Kelly De La Cruz yes Terry Engle yes Amy KY yes Aon Phillips yes Lauren Shane Rock yes Pat TI yes and Rick Schultz is
absent the resolution is adopted by a 6 to Zer uh vote next item on the agenda have as non renewal of probationary teachers Mr mywk please if you don't mind I would like to
go back to some the the fourth grade reduction again there was some conversation with the board members as well that being that our third grade section is now a two section obviously that's the grade level that is moving along into fourth grade the numbers remain the same as they did a year ago
or at the start of the school year and so um third grade again will for one more year remain at the two sections at currently sits the and then with the move to fourth grade that is a reduction um as a side note that part of the um
discussion and reductions that we made last year is that our numbers in sixth grade are bounce back up that was a oneyear la here and then um so this this reduction of a Fourth Grade section the
words I used was um staff neutral as far as any loss of employment that we would add back the sixth grade section to put that back to three sections and again Mr Berg and Mr capet would work with their
staff members on finding the the best and most appropriate fit for that U teacher to move into a sixth grade classroom okay good thank you yes so now the the non-renewal of a probationary
teacher we're excited to uh um report that we do not have any reductions of of probationary non-renewals based on performance so um which is good it's a nice thing to have that
situation here that our teachers through the mentor program and through the leadership and guidance of our building administrators are fulfilling their duties and doing a nice job so U more so this is about to to make that public
statement and have it on record that we don't have any reductions based on performance of probationary teachers I will entertain a motion that NRH does not have any pro probationary non-renewal teachers for
the 25 26 school year so move second moov by Miss tyer seconded by Miss Engle to uh recognize that we do not have any probationary non-renewal
teachers for the 25 26 school year all those in favor say I I oppose name carried recognition of 10year status and probationary list Mr mop and this goes hand in hand with the the last motion
and the recognition of the non-renewal or no non renewals that uh every year we provide a list to you of our probationary teachers that uh completed their first year and then we'll slide into the the second year of their Pro
probationary um uh career or or status and then the second year teachers obviously moving into the third year and then the third year teachers after the successful completion would be recognized as 10year staff so uh that list has been presented to you and we're
excited and and uh proud of the staff members for this accomplishment to become a 10 years staff members so I'd ask for your approval of the list as presented for our 10year status and probationary list make a motion to approve the
recommendation for 10e status and probationary list second move by Miss Engel seconded by Miss tyer to approve the uh recommendation for 10year status and probation are list as presented is there any more discussion if not all those in favor say
I hi oppos name Carri I I I'm going to mention something else here again that U you will see a couple jobs being posted this spring for uh teachers that are on out of field placement uh Miss um
Chartrand and the fa department is out of field placement and Mr rut in industrial Arts continues to be out of field placement so Mr Mr Berg will place those positions or post those positions
and uh kind of just see where things roll out and how they play out and make the appropriate hires it's our responsibility to post those every year it's our responsibility to find a licensed appropriately licensed teacher
that is also a a proper fit for a district as well and then maybe a Kudos here to Mr Nelson who's on that list Zach Nelson is in his third year of teaching he was an elementary licensed teacher that we hired out of field
placement as a specialed teacher now his position doesn't have to be posted as an autof field because he's currently in a program to achieve the proper license and there's one or two others at the high school they're done they are done
that's right that's right tell me that every time oh Zach is now completed too huh okay so that autofield placement that no longer exists but um stepping into that role and and jumping right back into college or college classes to get that additional LIC here is a big
deal so appreciation for Mr Nelson in doing so so good that brings me to item 13 I will entertain a motion to adjourn so
mov second moved by Miss Engle seconded by Miss D La Cruz to adjourn all those in favor say I I i oppos n motion carried we are adjourned thank you everyone