I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Uh before we get too far into this, I
want to just take a quick minute to uh welcome our new board member, Riley Connor. I failed you last month and forgot to to introduce you, but we wanted to make sure we we give you a hearty welcome and um we know you're going to do great things here. So, welcome aboard, Riley.
>> Um at this time, I would entertain a motion to accept the agenda. >> I'd like to make a motion to add four I to the agenda. >> Thank you, Dr. Pennington. Do I have a second? Second. >> Thank you. All in favor?
It is unanimous. Thank you. Um, next up we have approval of the minutes. [snorts] I would entertain a motion to approve. >> So move. >> Thank you, Miss Justice. Second. >> Second. >> Thank you.
Any questions? All those in favor? Opposed? Thank you. Second. Um, under public comment, we have none this evening. So, we'll move on past that. Up first under program, we have a 2026
classified handbook. U Mr. McCormack. Uh yeah, I want to first thank >> [clears throat] >> um Mrs. Smith who's here with us this evening. She put a lot of time into this along with Tara Inert's guidance and feedback. And so really I would turn the
floor over to Mrs. Smith, Miss Inert to go over any highle changes. You you had the packet or had this document in your packet, too. So, if anyone has any specific questions, we can field those as well. >> Just a couple things I will point out is
Mrs. Smith went through and added policy numbers where they were applicable. So, that is now linked to our new policies for some of those things, which you'll see that. And then the biggest change that we I feel for this is we are changing up our sick and personal days
to align the way we did with the teachers where their sick and personal is given all together as personal dates to be used and then at the end of the year which for us would be June 30th all that time would then go into sick time
for them to use later which aligns to the way teachers do it. Any any questions other than other than that? Do you have any questions for us? >> Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to accept the classified handbook as presented.
>> So moved. >> Just a second. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments? All those in favor? >> It is unanimous. Thank you. Um, next up, revised school calendar for
the 2026 2027 year. Mr. McCormick. >> Oh, yeah. We were approved for three 1003 waiver days and we we had two built in, but we have now can add a third. And what what we've done is in February, I think the original calendar was February
17th. Well, with addition of this um our administrative team um had quite a bit of discussion on this. So, you'll see February 15th and 16th would be those two waiver days. The professional development for our staff, no school for
kids, that stretch from Christmas break to spring break is long and hard. And so this will be kind of a win-win, if you will, again for professional development, but also give our kiddos uh a break as well. So that's the only
change for this updated version for your um seeking your approval tonight. >> Thank you, Mr. McCormack. I would entertain a motion to accept the school calendar as presented. So there's >> just a second. >> Second.
>> Does anyone anybody have any questions? All those in favor is unanimous. Thank you. Uh moving on to agreements. Harmon Photography, Mr. McCormick. Uh you have in your packet uh services agreement
from Herman Photography and Bridget is here with us this evening. If you have any questions at all, uh we I'm sure she would be happy to answer any. But we do I um as I do with most any agreement that comes in and we review I sent this
out to our principles and said are we getting the service that um were promised thumbs up down feedback and uh wholeheartedly everyone appreciates what Bridget does the service and product
that she offers. She's always very attentive to our needs and organized. So that agreement is there u seeking your approval this evening for next year. >> Thank you Mr. McCormack. Would >> you like to add anything?
>> Very appreciate >> to be able to um to do what we do especially here locally >> where it all started >> and this will be through 2829 so to your Okay. Excellent. I would entertain a
motion to accept the agreement as presented to you guys in your packet. >> So, just a second. >> Second. [clears throat] >> Bennington. Any discussion? >> Has anything changed within the agreement from the previous one? >> No, it's just um the previous one like
had a lot of verbiage like repeated. So, I really I took time to like kind of just condense it down and try to make it a little bit more organized to follow. So, um, but nope, nothing. >> I read through. >> Yeah, >> I like that.
>> And then I would like to point out that, um, Hillary and I, we do have a date. So, if you haven't been for July 30th at my studio in in Peru, um, is like a staff day for I know like new staff. Um, or I highly encourage you as the board
to also come get a photo so we have it on file as well. Um, and then I can also use the utilize those photos to make a group photo um, for everything too. So that um, I'm sure that can be pushed out again with that. But July 30th from 9 to
1 I have set aside. So no appointment needed. Just come in. I'll be there from 9 till 1. Um, so principles like if you have any staff or if you want to stop in and get your picture taken so you don't have to do it when we're at the school, you're more than welcome to. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, Bridget. I would highly highly recommend everyone in here doing that because I from time to time I will get requests from organizations. Can you send us a picture of such and such board members or of your principles or I need
a picture from and so I you know my first contact is Brooke. Brooke do we have well I don't know let's call Bridget. you know, we'll email or call her and if she has it, she's always good about getting it to us, but sometimes
she doesn't. So, July 30th. Thank you. Anyone else? All those in favor? Unanimous. Thank you. On to business. We have the early literacy endorsements. Um, Mr.
Uh, [clears throat] this is just a standard business item for this staff member. Um, a $1,000 stipen for their early literacy endorsement. We we appreciate Miss Wam um accomplishing that.
>> Thank you, Mr. McCormick. Um, do I hear a motion to accept the endorsement? >> So move. >> Thank you, M. Just a second. >> Second. >> And you Dr. Quinnington. Any discussion questions? >> Um, not really a question. I already
asked Tara a little bit ago. Um, but I've been being real picky about where our extras are going with all these cuts. This is in their contract. >> Correct. >> Is that a question?
>> No, not that I've already asked her. Yeah, >> just commenting so that others know. >> Excellent. Thank you, Miss Justice. Any others? All those in favor? >> It is unanimous. Thank you. [clears throat]
Up next, we have a renewal from Fortnite. Mr. McCormack, >> although I would uh love to give you the details of this, I am going to turn things over to Mr. Pers, do you want to get any highlights on this particular
renewal, Mr. PCL? >> Yeah, so this is the software um package that we have to have kind of on hand for our two firewalls, our 200 plus APs and then our our switches in all the the all
the buildings. So this is say a switch goes down, we can call them up and they can get a new one shipped to us um during business hours and we can keep things um moving forward. Next year I will file for this. So this renewal will be 15% of this total cost. Um so it'll
look a lot better next year. But that's really what it does. It keeps us protected and all that money we've invested in this hardware um supported and backed up. >> Thank you, Mr. Parcal. I might entertain a motion to accept the as presented.
>> So, >> second. >> Second. >> Dr. Ben. >> Um, does this is this update our system then? >> Yeah. And this allows you to perform firmware updates to your switches and APs and keep them, you know, latest and
greatest software on them. >> Excellent. Thank you. Any other questions? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. >> Uh moving on to the Apex
admin renewal. >> Thank you, Mr. May. Um um Mrs. Shurik, do you have any highlights you want to touch on with the Apex Adventum renewal? >> Um this is just the credit recovery software that we use when students need
to make up credits and don't have time in their schedule to do it in a class. and then the academy uses it as well as a credit recovery soft. >> Thank you, Miss Sher. I would entertain a motion to accept the renewal as presented.
>> So, >> just a second. Second, Mr. Fuller. Any questions or comments or discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Um, next up we have the the vote voice
IP phone system quote. Again, I'll turn the floor over to Mr. Pful to give any highlevel details on this. I a phone system's been a an issue for quite some time, probably measured in years versus months. And so with all of the things
we're doing with technology as well as construction across the district, it's just time now. So, Mr. Pel, >> yeah, so this has been a big project. When I came on, Ben kind of handed this off and said, "Hey, before the admin building moves over, you're going to have to get the Awatu replaced." Um,
which is an analog system that was put in uh 1985. I mean, it's worked really well to this point. However, frequently we are having to reboot it. Um, just recently you weren't able to call in and get a hold of, you know, the front office secretaries.
Nowadays, you have to move to VoIP. I feel like um this digital solution provides pinpoint 911. So, say a teacher called 911, it will alert the SRO's and the the principal is saying, "Hey, this classroom called 911 and then everyone can then merge onto that situation." There's just a ton of different things
you can do with this piece. Um, and when we looked at Tara and I have been talking about this for months. Um, but when we looked at the different costs and boiling it down, um, by removing some of the access points and the buses, we're able to save enough money to then
offset this whole monthly cost. U moving forward. So I I've reached up to 40 phones level 365 metronet today. Um and this in the long run is the best cost solution. It's solution I'm very familiar with. I've been using it for
seven years. Um so I highly recommend moving to this. >> Thank you Mr. Hal. >> Um I've been entertain a motion to accept the quote as presented. So moved. >> Second. >> Second.
>> Bennington. And same comment. This upgrades our system tremendously. >> Oh, tremendously. >> Um I did like the fact that the 911's alert more and you can actually pinpoint it because that seems like that probably should be. >> Yeah. Excellent.
>> Any other questions? >> All those in favor? >> It's unanimous. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. principal for that project. >> Um, next up we have the Renaissance Accelerated Reader Renewal. I'm going to turn the floor over to Mr.
Matthews. Uh, this is seeking your approval for renewal quote from Renaissance for Blair Point's Accelerated Reader uh, renewal at a little under $3,500. Mr. Matthews, you want to give any notes? >> So, this is every every student at Blair
has a reading goal for the year. um 40 points 10 per nine weeks and that is through the accelerated reader program. So that is what gives them a quiz after they read a book to check comprehension um which is vital for our standardized testing that we do um throughout the
year. So um this is the one we've been using for several years. Teachers are comfortable with it. Um it works very well. I would like to add they gave us a major discount in order to keep us up. >> That's always good. >> Thank you guys. Um I would entertain a
motion to accept that renewal as presented. >> So there's just a second. >> Second. >> Dr. Bennington. Any other questions or comments? Um hearing none. All those in favor? It is unanimous.
Uh, curriculum associates I Ready reading renewal. Mr. McCormick. >> And I'll turn the floor back over again. Renewal approval quote from curriculum associates for Blair Point I Ready assessment reading just over $4,300.
>> That's our diagnostic piece. So we have as we move into wonders and we have one more year of I ready math as we uh look at new math curriculum the following year um for our state process they take a
reading and a math diagnostic beginning middle and end of year that determines who [snorts] it shows us grade level it determines who uh is going to be contacting parents for meetings um and such and Again, teachers are very familiar with the process. They
understand that this will probably be one more year and when new math curriculum is adopted, it would make sense at that point to be moving away and into a different test. >> Thank you, Mr. Matthews. And since we do have a new board member and for anyone in the audience, what can you tell us
what SAPE is? >> Student academic improvement plan. So we have uh a process where if a student is two or more grade levels below at the beginning of the year in either math and or reading it is required for teachers
to contact parent bring parent in have meeting with parent show them the data lay out the plan for how we're going to get that student um to show growth throughout the year and then they they meet again every six to eight weeks throughout the year. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you Mr. Matthews. Um, I would entertain a motion to accept the reading renewal as presented. >> Thank you, Mr. Justice. Second, >> second, Mr. Ellis. Any other comments or questions?
All those in favor and it is unanimous. Next up, we have the essential skills software renewal quote. Mr. McCormick. >> Uh, this is a three-year renewal um for your consideration. Mrs. Shurik or any of the principles
that want to weigh in on again giving a little some notes in in structure. >> I'll take this as so at Blair we use it for our third grade specifically with our I read students or students that have not passed the I read assessment
before or when they get into third grade. is a phonics based program that just benefits and hits those things that they're going to see on iid. And so it's a supplemental piece. It by no means replaces wonders, but it's just an extra piece that student core that teachers can use um when they're doing their
interventions. >> Thank you, Mr. Matthews. Um I would entertain a motion to accept the renewal quote as presented. >> M justice. Second. >> Second, >> Mr. Fuller. Thank you.
Um, any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor is unanimous. Thank you. On to donations. Uh, looks like we have $50 to the high school academic Super Bowl team for general use. Uh, from
Valerie Dow in memory of Wally Johnson. Um, we have Creo 8432 WDT white toner transfer printer to the junior senior high um for use in their classrooms from Bridget Evansson
and 500 to Elwood nursing department for general use from Kappa Cap Kappa and Prew Beta Iota chapter. Um, also we have $500 to the high school football for general use from the rediscover downtown u for the coal quarter festival setup. I
would entertain a motion to accept those donations as presented. >> So, Miss Second, >> Mr. Ellis, thank you. Any questions? All those in favor? It is unanimous.
Um, next up we have infrastru or instructure canvas LMS cloud renewal. >> Um, Mrs. Shurik, do you want to give any highle notes on this renewal for canvas? >> That would be more of a Mr. Personal. >> Okay. Yeah, [laughter]
>> she's the quarterback. Hand it off. >> Exactly. No, this is um for the LMS that pretty much everyone uses here at group and it's very successful. U something they really enjoy and use. I was able to work with some of the principles and we've reduced that number count um from
2260 students now down to 1535 and we did that by removing Elmwood students from there. Um we just feel like they don't quite utilize that LMS like the other ones do. Um with that there was a $6,331 savings. Um so we have worked with
Tanner on providing those numbers to uh instructure canvas to to get that renewal but yeah that renews uh this July. So >> thank you Mr. Pible. I entertain a motion to accept the as presented renewal. Justice second.
>> Second Mr. Fuller. Thank you. Any discussion? All those in favor [clears throat] unanimous. Thank you. Next up, under operations and technology facility use request,
uh you'll see uh two facility use request items on the agenda. One for Tiger Arena for a a threeon-ree basketball tournament, and that email request um is in your packet. And then there's a junior senior high parking
lot. Um, Lutheran emergency services uh would like to use the our parking lot for driver training on July 11th. >> Thank you, Mr. McCormack. I would entertain a motion to accept those requests as submitted.
>> Motion to accept one and two. >> Thank you, Britney. Second. >> Second, >> Mr. Ellis. Thank you. Any discussion? Question for uh Bridget. That mean parade day. Will that will that affect your turnout? >> Uh I mean I'm hopeful that won't because
we're kind of pointing backing on if you'll remember like the Circus City 3 on three tournament that they used to have. >> Um so I've been trying to like get that out there and we have it starting at noon. >> Okay. >> So which should be towards the tail end
or like the parade should be over and there'll be three different divisions. So, um, middle school, high school, and adult. So, you guys can, um, dust off your gym shoes and get get a team together. Um, so, and it just, you know, DJ does
his, um, fundraiser for helping hands. So, he's gliding that with his love for basketball and making this like his fundraiser that he would do for the year. >> I hope it's successful. I just I was just uh curious me and pray day at the uh, participation level. >> Yeah. Um, we kind of went back and forth
on that too. And we also thought, you know, that's when a lot of people come home, like that moved away, like they come home that weekend. So hopefully, you know, um, everybody reach out to your classmates [laughter] that that, you know, do come home. Um, and
hopefully we'll have a really good turnout for that. And then we'll just kind of see how it goes. And, um, Mr. Misillo and Mr. weeks are helping DJ um with everything, the rules and all that. But if you need a signup sheet, I
brought some of those. >> Thank you. [laughter] >> Do we have any other questions? We have a motion in a second. Um hearing no other questions, all those in favor and it is unanimous. Thank you.
Um, under personnel, I [clears throat] would entertain a motion to accept 1 through eight, unless someone would have someone that would like to extract. >> Motion to accept 1 through eight. >> We have a motion to accept 1 through eight. Do we have a second? >> Second.
>> Thank you. Any questions, discussions? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. Uh recommendation for classified position. Same thing. I will entertain a motion to accept the only one we have.
So move. >> Thank you, Mr. Justice. Second. >> Second. >> Dr. Bington. Any questions? All those in favor? Unanimous. >> Oh, I'm sorry.
>> I'm sorry. I didn't see you. Got a new rhythm. Uh, next up for extracurricular positions, I would entertain a motion to accept one through four unless someone would like to extract one. >> Motion to accept one through four.
>> Thank you, Miss Justice. Second. >> Second. >> Pennington. Thank you. Any discussion or questions? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you guys.
um administrator contract renewal. Mr. McCormick, >> these are just standard type renewals. Um the decision before us was to just give them a one-year renewal, which would put them on
track with all the other administrators. I wanted to to show a little more um appreciation, if you will, and uh offer them a two-year u de and f uh all doing
a good job. So, that's they'll still be off cycle, if you will, but um welld deserved two-year renewals. >> Thank you, Mr. McCormick. Um I still would like to do them separately. We'll do we'll entertain a motion to accept
D1. >> So, Miss Justice second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Dr. Pennington. Any questions or discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor?
Opposed? I abstain. 61. Next up for E. I would entertain a motion to accept E as presented. So moved. >> Who's that? >> Thank you, Dr. Pennington. >> Second. >> Thank you, Miss Justice. Questions.
>> All those in favor? Opposed? Abstain. Two. 402. Motion passes. And for F, uh, director contract renewal, I would entertain a motion to accept that as presented.
>> So moved. Bington second. >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Fuller. Questions or comments, discussion? >> Um, I have a comment. I don't want anybody to think this has anything to do with the person. This is just the position that I'll be voting
against. Um, our departments have directors. those directors have a superintendent and the salary is coming out of an already overbudget operations fund but again nothing to do with the person in the position I am just voting
against the position >> thank you miss justice anyone else hearing none all those in favor two three four five opposed abstain
Yeah, >> motion passes. Okay, moving on to G. We're going to entertain a motion to accept G, the nursing salary renewal. >> Do I hear a motion? >> So move. >> Thank you, Mr. F. Second.
>> Second, >> Dr. Pennington. Any discussion? All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. Um, do we have any board member committee
reports? >> None from legislative. >> Okay, >> Mr. Fuller. >> None from Hartland. >> Thank you, Mr. Ellis. >> Nothing from parks board. >> Excellent. M. Justice. >> Um, let's see. We met on the 28th. We
revised and adopted the a new version of the bylaws. The vote was unanimously approved. Um the only thing that was changed in that was what the members of the AAP where they're from. Um superintendent will
always stay on there. One board member will always stay on there, but some of the others were a little more specific and we haven't had outreach from those places in a while. So, we kind of just made it a little more generic. >> Okay. >> Um,
the mission statement has been reviewed and updating that is also in discussion, but it was mentioned that we would wait until this board reviews the board policy before we make any changes to that mission statement. Um, and the
account representatives with the bank have all been straightened out. Um, for the summer, Connie Cutler, Dennis Wyart, and Mike Applegate will all be on call for requests for viewings. Um,
as for the junior high project, the old junior high project, um, Connie Cutler requested a footprint of new space at the old junior high building. Once we have that down to an
exact footage, um then she'll be able to go to a architect um to come up with an exact dollar amount. Um, we had five pieces donated and Deb
Swehart presented those and Kennedy donated a book and the pay officers were elected. Connie Cutler is the president, Stan Hall, vice president, Deb Sweart, treasurer, Becky, I'm sorry if I butchered this, Ron Eller
is the secretary. All unanimously approved and our next meeting will not be until September 15th at 10 am. >> Thank you, Miss Justice. >> Uh moving on to budget. Miss in your the floor is yours for claims. >> You have a copy of the claims in front
of you at this time. Are there any questions regarding [clears throat] >> motion to accept the presented? >> All right. Thank you, Miss Justice. Second. Second >> Bington. Thank you. [cough] [clears throat]
Any other discussion? All those in favor? >> It is unanimous. Thank you. Uh fund monitoring report. >> And our fund monitoring report uh for our ED fund, we have collected just over 43% of our 2026 budget in the ED fund.
42% of that has been expended, keeping it mainly in salaries and benefits per the the state requirements. Our debt service, you will not see anything I can do this month for May, but you will start seeing that in June. [clears throat] Operations fund, we have
collected 35% of our 26 budget. Property taxes again will be coming in this month to give that an influx of money. Salaries and utilities are the largest expenses and we have expended about 35% of our budget. So, we're coming out
pretty close on what's in and out right now. rainy day fund. The payment that was approved at the last board meeting was paid out, but that's the only activity there. [clears throat] In our 24 bond, we are waiting on final bills
to come in. So, that's reason why there's still a slight uh budget there. Our 25 bond is split between BNY and Crossroads. There's been no activity in the BNY, but our crossroads, we are paying out on the board approved
projects as that comes in. You will start seeing a lot more activity on that in the fall as we start our projects. Then our food service, we ended the year in a positive balance that allowed us to
purchase the new coffee oven. And our just a plug here, our summer program has started serving non- congregate meals. That means you can come at Blair Point Mondays and Fridays and pick up so many number of meals every week between 10:30
and 12:30. We had just over 150 on Friday and we had over 265 today that was picked up and that's >> students are meals. student. >> So, >> so yeah, doing really well there. Are
there any questions regarding the fund monitoring report? >> I would entertain a motion to accept the fund monitoring report. >> So, >> just a second. >> Second, >> Mr. Ellis. Any other discussion?
>> All those in favor? It is unanimous. Thank you. Um board member comments hearing none. We'll move on to the superintendent comments. A few thank yous. Mr. Batty, I want to thank Mr. Persole for his leadership in his short
time here. Um done a really nice job meeting with the IT staff you starting to formulate some long-term plans and uh Mr. first fits in really well just his leadership style, his personality and we appreciate
everything that you're doing. I want to thank um these three gals and Miss Inert um Boyce Cloud went live this last week
>> continuing into this week and that is a heavy heavy lift to shift your whole district your whole corporation to a new financial platform. It's massive and they have done not just last week. I mean, this has been months leading up to
today. Lots of meetings and there'll always be kinks to work out, but they're really doing a nice job. So, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Cross, Miss Inert, thank you for everything you're doing. That is a that is a load. So, thank you.
Thank you to the roughly 30 board members and uh Peru Community School staff who attended the June 1st financial meeting by Steveville public finance at our high school library. That was very informative. Uh hopefully that was helpful to all.
I want to thank our principles and directors who are here which I think we have all of them even though it's summer break. for some of them, they still show up and turn out for the
district and the kids. Just really a great leadership team that I know I'm thankful to work with. Reminder uh that our July board meeting has been moved back a couple days to July 22nd. That's all I have.
>> Thank you, Mr. McCormick. I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved.