Are there any additions or relations to the agenda? There are not madam chairgi I guess. So I don't know if you have the sheet. Oh introdu introduce yourself. You have a Okay. And your address, I suppose.
East town a little bit, but I have some handouts. They're not all in perfect condition. So some years ago, I think I'm the only one that's met you. So can you tell all the other ones what your name is? Um my
name is David. Thank you. And some years ago there was some despair in the world. So I put together a calendar that well it goes further but I printed out a hundred
years in this calendar and there's there's room to write by the months to hopes and dreams I guess I would say. And I just kind of wish when I
think back to Montgomery days, we should have had something like this then, but now we have one. I guess that's about it. All right. Well, thank you. It just seemed like something
that might help kids in school today. Maybe even adults if if they're not as old as me. Well, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Consider the consent agenda. We have the minutes of the premiums
monthly board meeting, monthly cash flow, including investments, the monthly bills paid, and the monthly bills paid within the activities accounts. Uh there were no donations this month, and the personal summary sheet. Can I get a motion to accept the consent agenda as
presented? I'll make that motion. Second. All right. Any questions or comments? All those in favor? Opposed? Motion passes. Special board reports with possible action. We're going to start with an update on
graduation from Principal Savage, please. We plan on having graduation again this year. Big big decision. Yeah, we should have a record 90 graduates um this year. Um, I'm looking at what we got on the rolls
right now. All of them should should get across. Um, always, you know, nip and tuck till the end with a few of them. But, uh, am I the only one with it? Anybody else? Far as school board goes, uh, Sarah's going to represent the school board. Um, we're going to replace
one school board member with Matt Mowen because he's got a kid who wants to give his their diploma and I want to make sure we honor that. Um, we will have uh student speakers will be uh Chelsea Williams and and Justin Anderson representing the senior
class. Representing the faculty will be Mr. Ben Horn. Um, it's planned to be outside. That's always our preference is to have it outdoors. Um, it went very well indoors last year when we had to, you know, back up to that because of weather. Um, and expectation would be
the same this year. If we have inclement weather, we'll look at the forecast early in the week and try to make a decision for sure by Tuesday or so whether it be inside or outside. So everybody hoping for sunny, beautiful weather and we'll have a wonderful
graduation outside. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. I'm I'm very much looking forward to our praying at the same but not in school. All right. Introduction of David Reed, the new high school principal 2025
2026. Yeah, chair, members of the board, I'd like to David was here today. Mr. Reeves was here today uh spent the day with staff and Mr. Savage and uh just thought it'd be a good time for him to introduce himself to you guys and so you get to
see who he is. Welcome. Thanks. My name's David. I was looking at your book here and it says composed by David, printed by David, errors by David, and published by David. And I think I'm going to take credit for it. You didn't you didn't say your last
name. Some people go by only one name. Yeah. Like I'm David Reese. I'm currently serving as an assistant principal at Monol High School and and from that area. And um yeah, thankful for everything that I've been introduced
to up here. Um this has been a emotional move for our family. I consider it a family move just because this isn't uh just like me pursuing a job somewhere. It's like it's our whole family that's involved in this and my wife and I are so excited just initially just to get our kids into more of an outstate area,
smaller community, family centric community. So there's to a beautiful area. So many personal reasons I'm excited. But just as I was exploring the job, doing research on the district, reaching out to people who knew a lot about the district, there was just so many things that it just uh it just made
it very clear to me that this was a very neat opportunity and and I'm I'm leaving something that I'm really enjoying and and uh but it's it's because there's something special here that I'm I'm just very thankful for the opportunity. So, uh Jason, appreciate it. Uh Jason gave
me a whole day today where it was just a day to meet staff um on the hour every hour pretty much. Walk around, meet some students. Um everybody's just reached out to me with the hospitality to keep Jeepers people reaching out to my wife to about uh needs with our kids and all
that sort of stuff. So I'm just uh so very grateful, so very humbled and just uh so very excited to get started. So we're a whirlwind right now. We're a mess. We got four elementary age kids and uh we're getting our house for sale. I've been making the joke I've been picking off like shards of paint. You
know, I was painting last night to get our current house ready for sale and then we're then we're looking around. But yeah, so looking forward to the craziness dying down a bit and getting up here ready to roll. So, how old are your kids? What's that? How old are your kids? We have twin boys that are eight. We have a daughter who's seven and a
little Samuel will be three this June. So, yeah. Well, welcome to the not only the school but community. I appreciate it. Thank you. All right. Thanks a lot. Moving on to the curriculum meeting. Apparently, you held meeting. Oh, no.
I'm coming meeting on June 23rd. Ryan. Yeah. He's the one that gave us a whole bunch of papers. He did. No, because I hated um I did put a report together, some updates. We'll talk more at the June
23rd uh curriculum committee. Um spring testing, MCA testing is done. Fast testing is finishing up this week. So, fast food is our local assessment looking at math and literacy. Uh MCA, we have preliminary information. Um we'll
do some sharing at the we'll go into more detail at the curriculum committee. Uh summer school update. Uh we have 69 students currently registered for summer school. We have about 115 that are registered for summer camps. We
had that last year as well. We had 150 in summer school and probably upwards of over 200 have registered initially for summer. So, um, so we we are offering an all day option. We don't have the
transportation this year. Um, that was Esser dollars that paid for that. We did have a couple of families reach out and ask like, why don't you have transportation? What happened with that? Um, I did put together a little memo, summer school transportation. Uh, kind
of did that preemptively just if there were more people that were going to ask to send that out. Really haven't had anybody else ask at that point. Um so just to kind of give people the background of that summer uh summer school has paid through targeted service
um which has never had funding to do transportation for summer. So that was that for that. What were the numbers last year compared to this year? About 150 154 I think were were the numbers we
had last year for summer school. So, so a lot of the families that did the camps did the summer school. Absolutely. Yep. And that was one of the things. So, two years ago, I surveyed families between having the all day option,
transportation, which one is the most important people? The all day option was by far the the one that was responded to the most, but certainly transportation is an issue for people to continue to be nice. if you
because otherwise $10 a a week or whatever the camps are, seriously, it's way cheaper than daycare. So that's why they were sending them. It wasn't necessarily because they thought summer school was so important for their kids. Right. Right. It definitely was. They had all the options. Yes.
At least they were in the school for athletes in those days. We got more time. Make sure they were to the the third one I have there. I'm gonna keep moving. Professional development planning. Um, so we do have an an additional professional
development day on June 2nd. Um, I realized that was going to come out for those two things. So, I'm going to get those for you guys. I'll email them to you or I'll give you a paper copy as well. Uh, June 2nd is a PD day. Uh, we'll do wrap up and then we'll do some
closeup stuff for the year. um that was in replacement of the snow day that we had. And then the summer staff development, we've always offered out the source summit and we usually have a good 25 to 30 people that register for that. We have there's a number of things
that source well has offered. So we offered some variety and choice for people. Um so I'll hit Chicago that you can see that as well. Uh curriculum update early childhood. were purchasing uh Scholastic for early childhood. That um programming
piece, I put a little bit of information there, but I also gave you guys a print out of just a summary of what's in that programming. In terms of elementary literacy, we uh we wrapped up we're wrapping up by foundations this year. Um
we will continue that on moving forward into the next year. And then third and fourth grade will move into morphology. And so that's the next level past the swineic awareness and phonics building. Um we had three classrooms kind of pilot that this year. We did some leveling
within third and fourth grade to get started with it. We're excited to have everybody moving into that forward. I think were you able to come in and see you flying? Yeah, I came in and I observed two of the I was very impressed. Right. They do a nice job
with it. they do a very nice job with it and just how engaged all the students were. I was in the group setting. It was um and that's one of the things as we look at the comprehension curriculum that side of it is the same thing we're looking for is how do we make sure that
everybody is engaged in that that and we'll offer up more times for people to come in and see action or see that. Um, number five is an announcement. We we got awarded some feed seats. Uh, and
now everybody should say, "Oh, there's a month left of school." Yeah. Trying to figure it out. Um, so the state voluntary prek, we didn't get awarded in the fall for that. They um they then ask all districts, "If you're not using those seats, can we take those back?"
And then they reallocate out. And so if you didn't get awarded as many, they offer some of that. If you didn't get awarded any, they it puts you kind of on the list and and they just keep working their way down. So we were we were allocated some seats today. Um that for
us, I think is a great thing. We get a chance to kind of work that into the system and then our hope is that may continue in the next round, which is after this budgeting section. And it's a fouryear lock in because that's I was going to ask so if we get 40 seats do we get to keep 40 seats? It's not
necessarily we're hoping that by accepting them accepting that we are we are saying we want them and we need them. How many seats how many kids can come? We were awarded 40 seats. But how many don't we have people to sign up and come? We have so we we certainly do and
in BPK you know in terms of access to BPK we have a we've created a system for going through that. So if for instance you qualify for free to use lunch you're automatically a BPK seat right and so we kind of go through those pieces based
off of this year and some other allocations. There's another funding source called pathway. Um we're actually we're going to end up using every one of those seats. How many seats are available just in prek if I want to still send my kid and pay on my own?
Yeah, there are so there are that's there are 80 seats total in that. So once 80 you can't take any more than that. Correct. Yeah, we can't go over 20 a room allow that and BK is the who's paying for that. That is the state
that's the state for those pay for those kids. And so that's what we're working through right now is how to put that in the system, how to make that go through the system because we've never done that before. They will come through as GED dollars. So we're uh school readiness
runs through community ed. It will be a gen ed fund that comes through with that um at 60% of the per pupil rate. So it it's quite a bit more than even what we get for just the tuition rates that we
charge. So excited to try it. We're excited to kind of get going with it. There is the potential Oh, go ahead. There is the potential to refund anybody that's paid in after January 1. It has to be in a new tax year, but anybody
who's paid into January 1st that we'll be able to refund them back those. So does the start and So you're saying the starts now funding? Yeah. So the seats they allocated it really is retroactive for the year. So do we get 40 for the fall too or is that another cycle?
That's a different all about this year. It's May. It is. And it's one of those like conversations. It's been think let's accept this so that we can hopefully get kept up on the list that
and show them that we have a need. Yes. One of the things we we were learned today is that as we do our reporting in Mars, even if we have students for instance that didn't get slotted as a DPK, MDE will start looking out and
saying, "Oh, you have a couple left. If we have more seats, we will reallocate." It's a long shot, but we're hoping that How many do we have right now? We have 40 seats allocated to us. I know we have 40 total. that actually attend. Yes.
Right. We have 80 possible slots. We don't have 80. So how many are So we have 80 possible spots. We have about 65. I think it's actually the reason I asked that question is because if we go back to
then if there was a family they come say well how come that family got refunded? I that's why I was asking that that's why we have to have our process for who gets allocated. And so once we have that process that it would be it will be delineated and then
it will be posted on our site and also on all of our documentation. You can't just it out evenly. They have to they have to apply through pathway and so they can portion they can get 100% of it. There's kind of a scale. So we won't
be giving them money they didn't pay correct if they were in pathway that was paid by something else. Can you explain? Can everybody hear that? Because I don't think everybody heard. Explain that differently. So there is a funding source called pathway pathway one and pathway two. Um if somebody got their
tuition paid for already through that, they won't get a refund of that. Right. Right. Because that was a state another state grant that had allocated it. One of the questions maybe they didn't have the whole thing paid for. Okay. Right.
So, so in summary, a little bit differently, not everybody's going to get money back because they don't get they don't deserve money back and it only starts for January 1st on. So, if they paid something in the fall, they don't get refunded for that up until January 1ount
because of the tax year. So people will get money back, but they won't get the whole thing back. And some will get more than others, and some won't get any. But we'll go through the process. People will know. We'll get them. The good news is people will get money back. Is this how it is every time?
Not if you qualify right away. You qualify for it right away. We don't even get to the part we said the next time it goes through, if we get seats, it'll be a four year. We just need We just need to make sure that as we're going through this process that it is very crisp.
Correct. Yeah, we will we'll do that and everybody will get a letter and explain everything and what if everybody could pay then what happens? You just don't do this program. You can continue you can continue down the criteria and use all
of those seats. You can continue down the criteria and use all the seats. Okay. So for instance, one of the things we talked about is at the very end of the criteria, it's first one, first date or first in first served in terms of as the applications come in, they're going to be stamped,
right? As they come in, we'll we'll utilize the 40. So it's good news. So it is going to be exciting about it but it is a lot to try make this work. The retroactive is going to be interesting and there's going to
be a lot of questions. Absolutely. Y so we'll work with everybody back and forth answer questions. Um the LA or number six that I have on there is just some updates on CIS and PSA. We've been talking about that. Um Jamie PR put together a couple of
documents and so you have those in there. um just to help people understand in terms of the difference between PSO CIS and then as we partner with Alex Tech um you can see there's the online college in the schools programming that
they offer as well that's that center one or that OCS and then the other one is a flyer that was sent out to families and we'll be meeting with families kind of talking more about that transition over to uh Alex Tech. We will
have a combination this next year of working with CLC, working with Alex Tech as we start to figure out and the very max say something else about that. Uh Sue's had some meetings
with parents and kids and it's gone very well. All kids and parents are very understanding of the switch of the money that we're saving with Alex Tech and they've been very supportive of that and understanding of that which saves us money which means we can do other things with that money rather than ACL. So it's
gone very well with the I think Jamie would say that as well the parents and the the kids that we have met with obviously some will still need to go to to CLC because they got to finish their programs and stuff but it's gone very well with them. So I think they've been very very receptive to the switch and
honestly Alex Tech has very interesting. They really do and I will say the communication with Alex Tech has been really really good as well. Are we phasing out CLC then? Is that what I'm understanding? We are in terms of who we work with directly for CIS and
who we register for PSO but we have some kids that are in programming right now with CLC. We won't break that. No, but like Frank when Frank gets up there, he won't have the option. Not that Frank's going to CLC, but not he won't have that
option. He'll only have the stuff here. We offer students to have access to PSO. They can choose really where they want to go directly through us through the school though. We will work directly with Alex Tech. But Frank could say, "I want to go to CLC and he would have to
go there full-time." Ah, he wouldn't have to go full-time. He can still go part time. He can still do those things. The process is just a little bit different. But he'd have to take his classes there. Yes. Even if they're only two or three a day, right? I just I'm trying to understand.
I feel like you're adding more to your plate by having two colleges now that you work three with CIS. We actually have that many already. We have kids that go wherever they want to go, right? Because that's the law. That's the law. They can go wherever they go. But we're working on a contract with Alex Tech
which is much cheaper and much better communication and gives parents and kids better requirements to get in. The the big one being the cost difference is pretty dramatic between Alex and what CLC is
doing. CLC is trying to do some different things. Uh the other is the communications between the college and and the high school and Alex Tech is is showing a lot more communication and open communication. And then my last question then is with Alex Tech, are
these broadcasted classes so you still feel like they're in person like you can talk to the professor or are they still online classes? Online CLC. Yeah, just like CLC except for CIS will be our own instructors doing it. Okay. Right. So these Okay. So
all these Alex Texons are online. They're not an inerson hybrid version of some sort. They're all online just like CLC is as well. Most of them are online. Most of them CLC doesn't have inerson classes that you go to.
No, not in this building. Most of their online classes from CLC are asynchronous. So they're not they're not live. Okay. Most of the kids are taking them online. I don't know how they do it. Anyway, the only other thing on the back just
kind of to update um as we're making this transition to CIS, um we do have quite a bit of summer work that we are doing this summer. Teachers coming in working on those changeovers to classes. Um some people that are switching to an
Alex Tech class might be very similar to a class that they taught at CLC, but there's some changes to that. So, they're just learning some. And then the other is looking at our MCSS process and looking at intervention extension all
the pieces that we're starting process with that. So there'll be a lot going on this keep you all busy. We will be busy. Sounds super. Anybody have any other questions?
All right. Thank you very much. Activities. We did not meet but we got a meeting scheduled for Jul within that is going to go over. We have a couple action items. Staples is uh leaving this
co-op with Little Falls. So we have to approve the dissolution of the current swimming co-op of Little Falls. That needs to be an action item to dissolute the current co-op we have with um couple schools. So I will make the motion to
disol do the dissolution of swimming co-op with staples. Just staples or does it need to say staples? Yeah, it's fine. This needs today's dissolution of the current co-op. Okay. Is there a second? Any questions or
comments? All those in favor I s motion passes. Okay. Approve revised swimming co-op with little folks. So now we have to start a new co-op that doesn't include Staples. It's co-op with peers us and Littlef Falls. So now we
need to act and have a new co-op started with Little Falls. So I'll make that motion. I'll second it. Any questions or comments? But on the forums on the other
Yes, I think it says it on there, doesn't it? Was it Royaltton? Royaltton. I'm sorry. Little Falls. The new one. The one that we're pulling
staples. Little Falls. Piers is always part of their swimming program. But I get it. I get it. I'm with you. The paperwork doesn't match. It's all Piers is already in Little Falls in the in there. I think I'm just I got the
paper, you know, just paperwork I got from Little Falls is the one we're signing tonight. So, we're good. So, here's the Little Falls. No, it's Royalty. Royalty. Little Falls. This is This is You're looking at the old one. I don't have the new one on
there because I just got it yesterday. So, that did not get downloaded the way it is. Any other question? I have no I was just saying what he said. Let's do this. Okay. All those in favor? Opposed? Motion
passes. Facilities. Um, we did have I do have a meeting scheduled at Lakewood on May 27th for wait room discussion. Uh, fencing did get updated. We did fix the fencing issue out on the baseball field that got
extended. Uh, so that got done on Friday. Irrigation's turned on. Um, can I think the irrigation is not sufficient enough at this point. It's not watering long enough and the sprinklers need to
rotate to infield that is it is hard as concrete and people are having to water before games and during practices and it looks very rough. Anyway we can get water on it longer. The problem with it is that you might have water standing in
other places. So So you can't for whoever sent you that can come and talk to me because I don't know anything about what they're talking to. So, so I do know I watching the baseball game that infield which are we talking baseball the varsity baseball the infield is concrete. Okay. I mean it's
coming balls bouncing up over grand even it needs to be watered. You turn it on they're turned on at night and they run but you can turn one zone on for four hours versus
this one for two. Correct. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. The only problem might be by the time the zones run through, you don't get everything run through it throughout the whole night. So, I'll have to ask because our our pumps only set up so much to do so many zones at a time. You can't turn them all
on all night. We don't have enough pressure to go through that. I understand. So, I'll check and see if we can I think I think it's in my opinion it's twofold. It's number one we waited until last week if not this week to turn on the sprinkler system. That should not happen. That should be May 1st. May
first. Yep. I get it. But May 1, we should have that up and running, but we weren't ready for it and the weather got to us. I mean, that's Well, it got hot, but I mean, I'm not. It's just something that we should be looking at in the future is maybe the time. We tried to get Young Bar out here for weeks. You
know, it's like anybody else. You get them out here. When they get out, they get out here. But, but now we need to rectify the situation. Well, I'll see if we can do it. Thank you. Yep. And the other part of it is is that uh part of it is temperature at night. Just like the spring, like Sandra asked me about
the water fountain out there. Well, you don't want to turn them on when it's too cold at night cuz then you got a frozen pipe. So, some nights it got down into the 20s. So, Oh, yeah. It's going to freeze again next week. Yeah. So, I mean, it's going to freeze.
All right. Anyway, I have the question, but I will check on to see if we can run it more on the parsley fields. Thank you. Um, since we're on facilities, when you go meet with Lakewood in your conversation, um, the plans that we have set in place, um, how are they expecting you to
present solid plans? The reason I asked is I did talk to, um, a couple coaches, um, slashteers and they have some concerns about what we are doing. Um, obviously we always start big when we're planning something. you know, we we all throw in
what exactly we want and then we, you know, work it down. Um, there's a concern that the courtyard is pointless. Um, so for everybody consider the courtyard is pointless. If we could somehow just extend the whole weight room to cover that whole area and now we
have space for classes with doing workouts, more room for whatever. I I'm just relaying messages is all I'm really issue with that will be cost, right? You're going to ask another You're going to ask for another million dollars probably to
extend it into that courtyard. Well, are we concentrating at that courtyard anyway? No, I don't think it's all concrete. It's just I don't I don't know. We haven't even gotten into the plans yet. I I know it's just current right now is there's some turf in the middle so kids can run and work out on a
turf. I don't know about any other than that. We haven't gotten into the the details of what that all looks like. So, but the other issue was to extend it. What you always hear from teachers, you're going to affect those classrooms in those in that wing. They won't have
any natural light because every one of those windows will be covered then. So, you got eight classrooms that won't have natural light. Now, you can talk to teachers. They love natural light. So, if you extend it more, you're losing all those windows. We won't have any any
lights any of those classes. What about skylights? They leak. They're going to be fixing them all the time. If I remember correctly, we are getting to the point of our growth in there was some of that issue as well. We're going to be where we're at. But I
mean, we should look at it, but it's just something that was brought to my attention by, you know, I'm I am not the athlete in our family, okay? My kids are the ones, not me. and I talked to some of their coaches and they just brought the concerns to my attention and I said I would relay the concerns.
Anything else? Let's go through the pills department and let just the way these be. Anything else for facilities, right, no moving on to personnel updated enrollment sheet for May. We're very excited. You have that sheet in front of
you. Um you can see the change there. Um, I put the first three grades in blue just to kind of highlight them a little bit. Currently with kindergarten, we're at 88 with five sections. That puts you at 17, just a little over 17. So that's
at the low end of our policy, right? You're at 17 right now. That's still open. We'll gain some more kids. Usually do in kindergarten. Not too worried about it. First grade, we have 95, possibly 97. We had two people that filled out their paperwork but were kind
of questioning they're looking at other schools. So either way, if you have four sections of first grade, which we currently have, you're at 24.25. If you add a section in first grade, you drop that down to 19. So now you're at the low end of first grade. You're at the
low end of kindergarten, right? If you happen to add a section there, that's still open. So you might gain some kids there yet. Second grade, we're at 106. We currently have four sections. That would be 26.5, which puts you over the
recommendation of 25. If you add a section, you then go down to 21, which puts you kind of at the low end there as well. So, not as bad, but you're at low. So, let's say you added my recommendation right now as I talked to Sarah would be we posted it. We posted
an elementary position. I believe pretty confident that we could at least put it in second grade because you have 105 and you have two on the waiting list. So, I'm pretty sure you're going to end up at 105. Um, so we posted the position. So, my recommendation for you tonight is
to approve adding one of the elementary people back in the cut that we cut back two months ago because of our enrollment numbers and and moving forward. We've gained some kids. So, I would recommend adding that back. I wouldn't this time say that it's going to be in second
grade. It's just an element. I would just say an elementary position. See where the numbers come in because if you gain some kids in first grade and let's say you're at 100, you might be better off putting that in first grade and then you're low in first grade, you're low in kindergarten, maybe you ride that second
grade at 26 kids. I am before any questions I'm going to make a motion to accept the to add the elementary teacher or a section somewhere it says elementary section but to add back teacher so we
can add a section where needed I'll second it perfect now any discussion questions comments would that be um given to people that had been let go first n it would be everybody so everybody could apply people that let go
plus Yep. Yep. There's no guarantee that the people that were cut would get the job. Yeah. Um it's posted, reposted, they could apply, reinter, and and Josh would open it up and possibly because it's a different grade level, right? May not be what they want and or best fit or
there might not be available. Yeah. You never know. Just be prepared to talk about it next month. We'll be starting with this till August. Yeah. But I I do want to, you know, just my advice. I I think it's a good idea to
get ahead of it already. I think it's and I think the thing that you got to keep in mind is if you you know, adding the one bat right now is is is fine. If you add them both back, depending on where your numbers fall at kindergarten, if your numbers don't increase, you're low there. If you add if you you know,
you you just remember the big picture down the road. We were looking at $700,000 cuts three or four years from now. So adding them all back in, you might not be helping your cause. Doesn't mean you can't. I'm just saying something to think about. Something to
think about and just see where you are with your numbers. You know, by July or August, you might be at 22 kids in kindergarten or 21 kids and now you've paid for that people. So when you look at the low numbers, the reason I say that is because if if you have 17 kids
in kindergarten versus 21, well that's four kids times 8 grand is 32,000 a classroom times four. You're making 150 grand versus riding them at you've lost that 150 grand at 17 kids. So it it
helps you knowing we got these numbers back, but keep in mind where our numbers are for all those classes, you know, doesn't mean you can't, but and you are high in third and fourth, you know, which helps bubble those little numbers in K1 and two. So it just kind of keep
an eye on and see where you're at. Do we know third grade is is this a a fluke all these additions coming in because of the Randall school situation? So, like, can we expect this next year? Like, are are our numbers, I don't know if
consistently is the right word, growing at those lower levels every year? This is only my first year. So, I'm wondering like do you guys find yourselves voting every year to increase class sizes, increase our cap? We did back in the
day. That was a constant thing. I remember hiring a teacher the day school started. But um in the last I'd say five, six years, it's been pretty consistent. It's been Yeah. Everybody has We pretty much know especially
kindergarten wise where our numbers it's been pretty consistent. We talk about this every year. every year numbers like ideally we we want to keep the class numbers as low as possible while still
while still being friendly right juggling and if you gain some in that kindergarten that helps pay for some of those first grade kids you know so it kind of is a you got to look at it as a big picture so that and then you said sometimes you or you've seen it where we
hire on the first day so you're saying like let's say out of nowhere we get five more kids at a certain grade level. Like that that tips the bucket and now we've got five sections. In my former district, sometimes I couldn't hire till after the school started. Well, that's lovely because they were the the theory
there was whites of their eyes. Yeah. We aren't hiring till we see the whites of their eyes here, right? But I feel comfortable with that. Like I told Sarah, we got two on the waiting list. So even if some of those kids don't come, you know, we're gonna and and maybe we lose five kids in second grade,
but then we decide, you know what, let's put it at first grade because, you know, there 24 in first grade at these numbers. There will be a class that will be very happy to have a split if something else and there'll be a class that maybe isn't so happy. Yes. you
know, so it's kind of see where the numbers fall, but I think adding the one back in is the right thing to do now and and I can justify it with the gains that we've had. Any other questions? All those in favor? Opposed? Motion passed.
Oh, that's me. That's me. All right. It's not a lot. It really isn't. It was like 20 minutes. It's all just like stuff that they've already done for us. Um like we don't have a choice. Welcome to policy. Yeah, thank you. Easy
job. All right. Um this is the first reading of uh policy 413. And what it does is it updates the definition of disability to reflect amended Minnesota law. So basically they made the law, we have to accept it. Get over it, folks.
All right. Uh can I move on? Okay. 425 um clarifies whether the board or school admin appoints staff staff development committee members. Um so this is apparently our policy read that the board appoints these people but
we're just going to let the administration do it. Um and there is checks and balances. I did ask about that just to make sure that we are you know being fair if you will. So that's policy
425. 512 removes language potentially at odds with Minnesota statute 121A.80. Um if you do want to read it, it just was super wordy and it just takes out the super wordy and puts it just
basics. Um let's see here. 530. 5:30. I thought we weren't discussing yet. Yeah, you're right. That shouldn't be on there. That's a mistake. 5:30 is coming. Is a heads up. It's a heads up. 5:30 is coming. So, we'll
change that. 70 Oh, yeah. I forgot 704. Sorry. Oh, yeah. That's why because 5:30 is Okay, got it. 704 updates GASB guidance on asset capitalization. So there's a certain number now the if something is of a
certain value we have to track that inventory of that asset. So track inventory of assets of a certain value. Um it went from with a capitalization level that equals or exceeds 5,000 group purchases for technology furniture or other
equipment that is purchased as a per quantity that otherwise may be below the total threshold is now 25,000 instead of 5,000. So is that your job? It's not our job. That's all I know. Sounds like a super fun guy over there.
As if he doesn't know what um the back table. Yeah, that's it. All right. Anything else from policy? No, but we do have a meeting scheduled in June, too. Perfect. Budget. Budget. We did not meet. We meet in June. Okay.
And Misty probably has a manager report. I did. So, everyone has a sheet. Um, so Stacy and I attended the annual MAS school conference. So that's the school business official conference that they have every year. Um, which is well
attended by everyone around the state. So there was some very good sessions that we attended. So we look forward to bringing that information back. Um, special ed, our fiscal monitoring that we're under still no update since last board meeting. So we're still waiting on
that. Uh, current budget spent. So we're in month 11 of 12 and we have currently spent 76 oh 76% of the budget uh stage state legislature. So again just reminder that that's still hanging out there. We're are supposed to settle on
May 19th but we'll see if that happens. Uh BPK I know Ryan touched on this already. So uh with those seats that comes the funding for our school readiness kiddos for this current year. So we're working on our end also to correct the data for
those kiddos that will be eligible for the BPK seats because once that funding well once the kiddos are coded correctly then we send a file to the state and that's how we generate the funding back to our district. So we are working on getting that done so we'll get the
funding sooner. Any questions for Thank you very much. Anything else from budget? No. All right. Moving on to other DT meeting scheduled for May 19th, 3:30.
That is that Monday or Tuesday? That's Monday. Monday. What is that? District leadership team. Anybody in the board can come, but we have a couple reps that Sarah and Sarah do represent. But it's the rep. But yeah,
well, you do all you do. It's not coffee usually, but treats. Usually a treat. And then move October 13th board meeting. We have to move it to October 20th because
it's a state statute. It's Indigenous People's Day. So we can't meet on the second day of October, second week. We have to move it to October 20th because you can never be on a holiday on certain ones like certain ones you
can't have public. So no. So I would make a motion to move the October 13th board meeting to October 20th. Is there a second? Second that. Now is there any other questions or comments?
All those in favor? I oppose. Passes. Superintendent report. Madam chair, members of the board, I just want to couple items. I want to congratulate the art teachers. They had a really successful art show that was
held in the CTC center. Had almost 300 people attend. So well attended. Kindergarten graduation is on May 29th at 1:00. They're very happy with their new I I wanted to surprise you, Miss Stego. So,
I'm sorry that they told you. Oh, yeah. They got new robes and caps and gowns. Caps and gowns because they were 30 years old. I was going to say I we probably graduated in those. We did. They were They've been here for 35 years. That's great. Yay.
Caps and gowns. Food service wellness committee meeting. Uh Sarah attends that as a board rep and a parent. That's how next Monday, May 19th, we have to have two of those. It's where we talk about things with students and families about food service and things we can do
differently and lots of good things came out of the first one. So, uh, we'll have that meeting again. Yeah, this Sarah, that's Sarah Smith. She's all confused. Commencement is on Friday, May 23rd at
7. We have track and field day. Uh, grades K through two is on this Wednesday. Grades three and four are on Thursday. They move that one up from Friday to Wednesday because of the rain
possibly. Uh, scholarship night is on Wednesday, May 21st at 5:30 in the CTC center and that's followed by Baloria. And the last thing I have is the radio senior spotlight. is on
Wednesday, May 14th, uh from 6 to 8 on 95.9 FM. You'll have Drew, Kaden, Gracie, Chelsea, Aiden, and Cooper are all seniors that are going to be speaking on the radio. So, if you want to That is on Wednesday, May 14th.
This Wednesday. This Wednesday, couple days. That's all I got. All right. Any questions for Miss Cober? I know. All right. And I would entertain a motion to adjourn. I'll make a motion. A second. A second. All play questions or comments?
All those in favor? I oppos you to sign board members.