Wait. >> Um, wait. It's not adjourned. >> The meeting is not adjourned because we did not vote because when you adjourn a meeting, you don't we have to have conversation here. >> The meeting was abandoned. >> The meeting was abandoned.
>> According to the meeting, >> okay, you're out of here. I know you're in the meeting. So, you don't get to make this at the moment. Sit down or get out. >> You get out. Security, will you please remove this woman? Scott is an educator
in this district. There's nothing there. >> Is she allowed to remove people from a meeting that's no longer happen during a meeting? Yes. But you guys can yell and yell right now. That's fine. >> A meeting again just like last time.
>> You like to make your statement? Um, I would like to >> we have a statement to make. >> I would >> I would like to hear I'd like to hear the statement. I I assure you she's not going to be disruptive, >> folks. >> She's our employee. She's not going to
be disruptive. I promise. >> I do >> I do apologize for this. I I We have a few questions regarding fiduciary responsibility and the swearing in ceremony and would
appreciate courses at or at a later date per council's level of comfort. I will begin by stating that it is inappropriate and premature for the board president to appoint someone before the February 10th meeting adjourns which we never did. To start
the abandonment of the February 10th meeting and in full transparency the disregard for the request for the board to meet again prior to the appointment compromised board transparency with regard to following Robert's rules of order and proper adjournment. Thus, the meeting is still in session. My first
question is did we follow the process we adopted to fill the board vacancy when Anne O resigned? For example, have we met requirements that candidates include a resume, a cover letter, and one letter of recommendation? We selected seven interview questions, each
candidate was asked the same questions. Concerns about conflicts of interest were also shared multiple times and yes, dismissed prior to voting on February 10th. With these details shared, did we follow the process we adopted during our planning meeting and thereafter? Did we
meet the requirements of the statute which states that an appointment must be recorded in the minutes of meeting of a meeting which is according to col to Colorado revised statute 2231129. Question two, did we use the said process to assess and vote for the
candidates on February 10th? As we as a board discussed an open meeting and as required by law, it is clear that identifying new measurements such as the number of emails received in favor of a candidate is unfair. In response to the mention of these emails and letters of
support, it was clarified that they only represent a snapshot of our constituency. By no means do the letters of support represent the over 10,000 students and their families and therefore shouldn't be considered a measurement at all. A fair and transparent interview should
include the same questions for all candidates and be conducted by the same interview team during the candidate voting process. Other criteria were mentioned and although the topic was briefly discussed at the 11th hour as a potential criterion, we did not include any questions specific to parental
rights. It wasn't included in the first in the list of questions each candidate was asked. Therefore, it shouldn't have been discussed or used as a measure of the candidates's preparedness to serve on the school board. In addition, the reference to myself and director Emory as the
minority in this candidate selection procedure is both presumptuous and insulting. Per our oath of office and fiduciary duty, we are required to act in the best interest of the district and the community as a whole. with equal voting rights. Did we use this said
process to assess and vote for the candidates on February 10th? I need to take a drink of water. My third question was why was the appointment made without further discussion, a meeting or some rationale to provide the expected transparency of
the process. Regarding the appointment timeline, the statute states that we had 60 days to either vote for or appoint a new board member. The sentence in the statute is intended to provide a reasonable time frame. There's no penalty for extending the
selection beyond 60 days. Either way, we had extenduating circumstances and neglected duty to our community. A request to reconvene was sent to other board members without acknowledgement. And as stated in the statute, a vote or appointment should take place during a board meeting for transparency sake.
again CRS 2231129. Finally, um, and most recently, we perceived that there is a potential conflict of interest due to the alliance between the Miller Farmer Law Firm and Riverstone Academy and potentially the
impact on District 70. The conflict may um directly impact the well-being of District 70 both ideologically and financially. Since the last time this body met, the Miller Farmer Law Firm has filed a lawsuit. Um, is this and and our
question is, is this a risk or cost to our district? And if not, we just need clarification. Um, and with this said, um, we just wanted answers before making the appointment. So, thank you.
>> Thank you all for listening. I'D LIKE to give a brief statement also. I depend on my partner Michelle to be very verbose and very good. Mine will not be nearly as
eloquent. Good evening. I think I said this last time. I ran for this board seat. I got a phone call. Mr. Emory, they said, "Would you like to run for the board again?" I thought, "I don't know."
But I did for my third term. And my first two terms were wonderful. This one isn't as wonderful yet. The first thing I'd like to say is I apologize to our students of District 70, of which
Mrs. Ericson and I were teachers, both of us, for over 30 years, uh, parents of the kids in the district. You know, the list goes on and on. Uh, I I promise to make the education of my students my first priority, but I
will fight for our district. District 70 has been my home for 42 years. That's why I chose to run for a third term. I'd like to give you a timeline of this process. And I think a lot of you know,
but I I spelled this out so everyone knows. And what we're trying to do is provide full transparency. Now I need a drink and I'm the one who talks so much on 12726. We had a work session
and this is from the agenda. The p purpose of this work session is for the board of education to review and discuss applicants for the current board vacancy. The sessions are intended for discussion and information gathering only. No official appointment or vote
will occur today. On the 3rd of February, we had another work session. The purpose of this work session is conduct interviews. Were many of you here for those? It was a very educational experience and I want to congratulate
all our interviewees for taking the time to fill out their applications, get their references and do fine interviews. The purpose of the work session is conduct interviews with candidates for the position of school board director
too. The board of education will review and evaluate each candidate's qualifications, experience, and vision for advancing the district's mission. This session is intended to provide a fair, transparent, and consistent process.
These words are important, aren't they? To inform the board's decision regarding the appointment to district 2 vacancy. Then we had our interviews. February 10th, 2026 regular board meeting voting. These are this is
straight from the agenda. Voting for appointment to fill vacancy for director two consideration and appointment of qualified candidate. Let me scroll up so I don't have to. We had 10 rounds of voting. Were you
here for that? >> I'm sorry. I am so sorry to do that to you, but we feel it it was necessary. Jonathan Lewis, Terara Sten, Strawen Ruther, and Adolf Vill were all
nominated by Michelle and I several times. All were voted on, voted against by an and AJ, causing a tie vote, sorry, tie vote each time. The only a candidate that AJ and Anne would
vote for and vote yes was Susie KS. I moved to hold a second interview of Jonathan Lewis and Susie KS at a special board meeting. This was denied. AJ had to leave the meeting because of illness and I was very concerned about
him. We took a 10-minute recess. When we returned, we learned that Anne had left the meeting, breaking our quorum. The meeting was never adjourned. There was no contact from Miss Bennett for several days.
She was out of touch. On 21326, Michelle and I sent a letter and we we sent it by text and email. Email to make things completely transparent. It can be
searched with Kora. Uh but we sent it for text just to make sure we got it. She replied the next day stating she would be appointing the candidate for the open seat on 2:15. By the way,
appointing the candidate by herself with no contact, no discussion. She sent a letter appointing. All of her letters were very very well written almost in a le from a legal
standpoint. I wish I had that ability. As you can tell, I don't. I feel there's no interest of by my colleagues to work together to find a new board member.
Thank you for sitting through that. We appreciate you very very much and we want to apologize for the harm and the time we're taking out of your day. Thank you. >> So I I would like to say some things and I appreciate uh both of your statements,
but as a district, we are a business and we still have to conduct business whether we have uh board approval or not. And so uh there are some items on this agenda that absolutely have to move forward whether we have board approval or not, like February's payroll. And so I'm just stating for the record that we
are going to move forward with business and running our district with or without a full board. You do what you have to do on my end of that, but I'm going to ensure that we are taking care of business. And so we are going to move forward with the February payroll. We are going to move
forward with several items on that consent agenda items because we're a business and we have to. I'd also like to address um something that occurred last week because they deserved recognition today.
I would like to thank first student and Chris Labodnik and Lori Kilpatrick for their response to the tragic accident that occurred on I25 last week. When emergency operations center reached out, uh, we immediately requested
assistance and, uh, Daniel Lynn and Chelsea FCO, who are bus drivers from First Student, went above and beyond to transfer injured community members, to our hospitals, and to to drive to different pickup points that Chris was
making so that so that they could be reunited and taken care of in safe locations. That's what our district is about. It's about coming together. It's about coming together for our community, for serving our public.
And I appreciate everybody in this room tonight. I I'm sorry that we won't be able to do some of the presentations. It's frankly disgusting to me that this is where we're at. It's embarrassing to me. >> But the good news is we have a great
team. We have a great team of administrators. We have great leaders. We have great staff. And we are going to continue to serve our kids and take care of them the way we always have and always will, whether we have the vote or we don't. So, thank you for coming
tonight and we will continue. By the way, folks, I was interested in hearing your public comment. I see the blue sheets. Please return next time and do it. Please. Thank you so much. >> Well, will next time, Mark, will next
time be too late before decisions are final. >> Michelle and I are trying. >> I know. I understand. >> So, I can't answer. >> But I think as a group, this is a public so we can we can say we can continue on with this meeting with or without board
members being here. But if there's public comment, I I don't know why we can't Let's do it. Let's do it. >> Is that okay with you? >> The blue stacks here. If you guys want to start, >> I'll let Kimberly,
where's the blue stack? >> Do you want me to do it or you're the boss? >> I'm not the boss. >> I told them. >> So, I've also been told to be cut
>> and it's called and asked that you So >> so we we can we can cut the feed my boss. >> We can cut the feed but we can continue to record it without >> without live streaming it. So the first
>> so that we can >> This reminds me of when I was president four years ago. >> Jack Walker. >> Well, Jack Walker, >> I just ask that if when you are speaking
that you are respectful because degrading other people is not really going to help the situation. So I just ask that you are respectful please. >> Mr. Walker >> he probably left.
>> Okay. >> Ellen Macko. >> Hey. So, I came tonight, my name is Ella Mackeno, and I came tonight to speak in support of the collective bargaining agreement that my fellow colleagues were not allowed to
present because of things. So, I just wanted to say um I have been a social studies teacher for 18 years, all here in district 70. And I'm here tonight to explain why exactly the collective bargaining agreement, also known as the CBA, is vitally important to all
certified teachers of district 70. You didn't hear anything about the CBA, but I'm going to tell you six things that I think are super duper important. As any teacher will attest, planning time is critical for preparing instruction. Having planning time delineated in the CBA guarantees that educators are given time in their school day to complete
essential work like designing lesson plans, providing feedback for student work, collaborating with essential seer services and special support services, etc. Plan time is used by educators at all levels and is an essential part of an educator's day. and that's protected
in the CBA. Annual leave guidance is another critical component of the CBA. Article 7 specifies that teachers are allotted 12 days of leave to use at their discretion for personal needs. Teachers are professionals and human beings with rich individual lives and they should be able to make their own
choices about taking days off. And that's what Article 7 says. By providing a transparent salary schedule for teachers as well as a separate pay scale for coaches, financial compensation is not a mystery. It also clarifies um steps and lanes for advancement and
these are accessible for all current and future District 70 employees on the district website. Number four, monetary benefits such as insurance contributions fall into the fringe benefits category but are bargained by the bargaining team. These fringe benefits can help us
lure highly qualified educators to our district and also help us keep our highly skilled and qualified educators from leaving District 70. Number five, article 14 provides direct language on how administrators are to evaluate teachers and is an overall a tool for reflection, review, and personal growth
maintained by state law and honored by the CBA. And lastly, the reduction in force language found in article 13 is important, especially given that the funding formula for education in Colorado has been changed several times over the last few years and will most likely continue to evolve. As you all
heard in the budget meeting earlier, these fluctuations in funding have led to many districts losing educators. Article 13 describes how the district could downsize our educator workforce in a fair and equitable manner. These are six areas that help prevent teacher
burnout and allow district 70 to continue to stand out in the crowd of over 178 school districts in the state of Colorado. And I personally believe that the CBA is one of the major reasons why we are able to attract and maintain so many amazing fellow teachers.
>> Jenny Proffer. Good evening. I'm here to talk about the collective collective bargaining agreements and their necessity for our students. our teachers working conditions, our students learning conditions, and vice versa. Our public education system's
most valuable resource, its people, is being forced to do more and more with increasingly less. Collective bargaining is designed to bridge the expectations that stakeholders have and the reality of what school learning environments have for resources, including the
people. CBAs improve student learning conditions. CBAs can be used to reduce the amount of testing in schools, which directly improves the learning environment of students. Teachers can develop new ways to evaluate students learning that fit better with daily
instruction through collaborative efforts during planning times. CBA CBAs help protect planning time. CBAs can protect smaller class sizes, which means more quality attention given to students. Smaller class sizes equal more
time to address individual needs and have intervention for students who need more time to learn new concepts. This has to be accomplished by not just counting the number of students and deciding how many teachers that equals in a building. More than ever, students
need increased access to nurses and counselors. The social emotional well-being and behavioral needs of kids is higher than ever before in schools. Lack of social work for families outside of the school is impacting the learning environment of all students in
classrooms. Adding more specialized instructional support personnel, also known as non-classroom educators, to address students needs requires more positions, which means a need for money to work for this. This includes
counselors, school psychologist, school psychologists, and social workers. Right now, teachers are expected to fill the gap in most schools since not all schools have a counselor and school psychologists are spread thin to maybe one day per week at a school. The high
need of the student population is not a factor for staffing the number of teachers and support personnel in a building or district. This increases how many students who are struggling in a classroom that may already have more than 30 students back to that smaller
class size. By boosting teacher pay, improving working conditions in a school, including protected plant times, reduc reducing turnover, and increasing educators voices on the job. Students win. Higher teacher pay attracts or
retains higher quality teachers, which positively influences student outcomes. Low teacher retention ne negatively impacts student achievement for all students in schools. Our district is losing quality teachers. By addressing
issues that impact us and our student learning conditions and work sites, everyone wins. Collective bargaining benefits students and communities as a whole. I have a voice to support the collective bargaining agreement and
negotiations from the secretary and administrative support staff perspective. Also, CBAs are essential for school secretaries, assistants and clerical staff. CBA's establish job protections, leave leave policies, and health and safety regulations as a part
of their contracts. These agreements create and protect rights like seniority, grievance procedures, and fair treatment in the workplace. Negotiation negotiations often lead to better pay, improve safety, and better work life balance for support per
professionals. I already mentioned that students and families needs are more than just what is happening in the classroom. Secretaries and office staff are on the front line of kids in crisis and behavioral management. They fill that role until a counselor, psychologist, principal, or nurse can
get to a student or family. They communicate all that information to all those entities. CBAs can provide funding, time, and opportunities for professional development and training to help those office staff be prepared to intervene until another staff member can
get to the child or a parent arrives to pick them up. CBAs help office staff have a say in school policies that directly affect them, fostering better morale and retention and ensuring that administrative support staff have a
voice in the workplace policies. In summary, continuing the collective bargaining agreement system offers an organized and transparent system to improve student learning and the overall environment in public schools.
Gail Pcel, you got this. I don't Good evening. Thank you for your time. I'd like to take a few minutes to clarify the difference between private educator liability insurance and the
comprehensive coverage and support educators receive through PCEA membership and by extension membership in CA and NEA. These are sometimes discussed as though they provide the same protection. They do not. Private
liability policies such as PACE or similar providers are designated pri or designed primarily to provide legal defense if an educator is sued. That protection matters but it is limited to specific claims defined circumstances
and policy caps. It is reactive coverage. It begins after a legal claim has already been filed. Membership through CA and NEA provides liability coverage as well. But it does
not stop there. Educators have access to trained field representatives and attorneys who specialize specifically in public public education law. These professionals understand Colorado statutes, educator evaluation law,
lensure requirements, district policy and employment protections unique to school systems. Support is not limited to lawsuits. Members receive assistance during investigations, support in meetings that could impact employment, guidance
related to evaluations or discipline, help navigating contract language, and representation in grievance processes. Many concerns are resolved early because members are able to consult with someone before the situation escalates. that
proactive access matters. In addition, CA and NEA membership includes professional liability coverage, employment related legal support, and additional benefits such as job protection resources, professional
development access, and member advocacy infrastructure at the state and national levels. Private liability insurance on a nar sorry private liability insurance focuses on a narrow slice of risk
primarily civil lawsuits. CA and NEA membership provides layered protection legal defense employment advocacy professional guidance and systemic expertise within public education. The distinction is important
because educators often face challenges that never become lawsuits but still significantly affect their careers. Having experienced education specific representation available before, during, and after those moments creates stability for staff and ultimately for
schools. When educators understand the full scope of these protections, they are better equipped to focus on students and their classrooms. My goal this evening is simply clarity. Insurance provides legal defense after a claim.
Membership provides legal coverage, professional advocacy, and proactive support throughout an educator's career. We want PBLO County to remain stable and competitive in attracting and retaining highquality educators. It is simply,
excuse me, it is important to understand the full scope of what comprehensive representation provides. Thank you, >> Brian Kelson. I think he might have gone.
Michael McDow. After a medical emergency caused board member Wilson to exit the last D70 board meeting, the board president called a recess and skipped the meeting. But why?
The simple answer, to break a quorum and halt any further board activity, specifically selecting a new board member. The public would like to know why when there was still the business of selecting a nominee among four individuals, all of whom had excellent
credentials. Instead, we witness some political skull duggery that would lead one to believe there is an agenda afloat discreetly trying to manipulate the system. So, it is unfortunate that moving
forward the board will be viewed with ambiguity, unsure if votes are cast with a measure of critical thinking or loyalty to a political ambition. There is a consensus among many D70
residents that a connection exists between Brad Miller, Quinn Fryberg, and one or more members of the school board. Riverstone and PBlo C Classic Academy lend credibility to that assertion.
Just as board member Emory declared previously, it is not a good look and will continue to cast a dark shadow on the D70 family. I would urge the board to abandon his political ambitions and terminate its
contract with Miller and his law firm. stop dabbling in politics and adopt an a-olitical model when conducting board business. We will be watching, probing, and asking questions until the people of D70 have an authentic transparency with their
school board. Thank you, Rodney Potter. Adolf Vill board members, you mind if they're not turning from up here? >> If you do, you it doesn't record you and we are recording it whether it was live or not.
>> Try and speak up. >> Well, I'm uh I'm Adolf Fehill. I was one of the uh four candidates for this position. Uh are the other two here? Okay. Well, I'm not used to attending board member
uh meetings. Just probably the second third I've ever attended. I've always trusted the board members to do what's right for our community. by hearing things even before the interview was done. I'm alarmed as a resident, as a
grandparent, as a parent, as a sibling of We had 15 children, all went through county high school. My kids have all gone through county high school. Now I have my grandkids going through county high school. Never have I seen the potential for a
dysfunctional board group as we have today. And it's sad. So, uh, when I when I when I interviewed, one of the things I I I said was, I come here
without a personal agenda. I want a community agenda. After the interview process, I didn't hear anything. In my mind, even prior and after, I thought those two board members, no
matter what I said or what credentials or documents I brought to the table, I wasn't going to have their vote. Don't waste my time. Don't waste the other two candidates time either. If if
if the the agenda's there already, I think we've all experienced some of that in our lifetime. And it's a shame that that uh we went through that. It's a shame that this community is even talking about this now.
I also mentioned if there's any programs coming in, these programs need to be data driven. They have to be based on data or else why bring them in? We've got a broad curriculum in this district that is
working. Is it perfect? We can always do better. Always. Back to Mr. Emry. You mentioned transparency a couple times. That's all I want is transparency. I think that's all we all want. Nothing
hidden. So, my qu I had a couple questions just like you, Michelle. Uh, when uh Wilson left, there were three of you left. Is that a quorum? >> So, the person that decided to break the
quorum was our president. How was she appointed? Anybody know? >> Oh, who voted on her? Oh, the previous board. >> Okay, that's news to me.
>> Okay, thank you. We've got an an attorney that's representing this district now. He knows he's from out of town from what I hear. I'm just learning a lot more. Like I said, I have not been involved in the district
very much. Not enough. I don't know how we've become so uninformed that we allowed us to get to this point. You know, let's get some answers out. I don't know. How do we do that? But we're at a point where dysfunction is
festering. So my question to you, and it's rhetorical, I I don't expect answers. Why was the meeting not readjourned? You don't you don't have to answer me. I mean, we all should be asking that
question, right? >> Mr. Behill, we asked that question. >> You asked the question. Yeah. Well, I don't need to know the answer because I already I I'm pretty sure I know what it is. But anyway,
let's not step aside and just accept things as as they can be because what it can be may not be what we want. So, THANK YOU
Paul Huffman. Paul Huffman, >> Sheila Sloan, good evening staff, community, board members. Um, I am a parent
and a teacher in this district and I I'm speaking to you tonight because I was at the meeting two weeks ago and I want to share my concerns about the violation of board pro protocol and violation of the rule of law. I was at the last board meeting as I
just said and the school board explained in that meeting that they had designed rubrics to consistently consider each board candidate. They also had an interview process as has been mentioned by several people tonight. I was surprised in that meeting to learn that
the president of the school board announced for the first time publicly that night of the vote that she would be casting her vote based on the number of emails she received about certain candidates. This change bypassed
the procedure of using consistency of a rubric and the interview process as metrics for decision-making. Who were these emails from? Were they from people in district 70?
Were they a wide representation of our community or from a narrow group? Why wasn't the public alerted to this metric prior to this moment? This lack of due process was concerning
as due process is the cornerstone of state law and of our constitution and Robert's rules of order which the board follows. Speaking of Robert's rules of order, later in the same meeting two weeks ago on February 10th, an egregious violation
of Robert's rules of order occurred. The quorum was present following the unexpected health emergency of a board member. The president called for a 10-minute recess. You can see from the recording that far more than 10 minutes
elapsed. Suddenly, it became clear that the board president was not present in the building. Board member Erikson and Dr. Martinez went to look for the board president, Anne Bennett. It soon became clear that President Bennett had
abandoned the meeting. And that language is important because it's in Robert's rules of order. Why had she abandoned the meeting? Was it because there was a quorum and she did not want to continue the voting process? When her candidate
would not win? This is a mystery. But one thing is clear. When we needed our board president the most, she disappeared and abandoned the meeting. But according to Robert's rules of order, when a meeting is abandoned
without adjournment, the business of the meeting must be resumed at the next meeting. Unfortunately, despite the requests of board pres member Erikson and Emory to reconvene the discussion uh later in the week prior to the medical emergency and prior to Bennett's
disappearance, the request meant un went unmet as has been mentioned tonight and the 60-day time was ticking to decide on a board president and that time ran out over the weekend. This is where another violation of due
process occurred. According to Colorado law, the appointment must be recorded in meeting minutes. The failure to do follow due process according to state law and Robert's rules of order is a violation that cannot stand. The rule of law is
critical to our district, our state, and our nation. These violations of law must be cured. Thank you. And I believe this is the last one. Crystal Terrell. Uh good evening. My name is Crystal and
for the past 14 years I have been a custodian for district 70. Nine of those years I have been head custodian for elementary. Um, for me being a custodian in the union, having a collective bargaining agreement feels like progress
and protection at the same time. It shows that our voices were actually heard at the bargaining table and that the long hours, hard work, and dedication we put into keeping our buildings clean and safe are being taken seriously. It gives me a chance to see
exactly what's being excuse me proposed. whether it's better pay, improved benefits, clearer job duties, or stronger safety protections, and decides if it truly supports me and my family. Instead of wondering what's
going to happen with my job or my paycheck, a collective bargaining agreement gives me some peace of mind and a say in the final decision. It reminds me that I'm not standing alone, that I'm a part of a union that's fighting for fairness and respect for
the work that I do. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. UH, I sure hope you join us again in two weeks. >> Next week. >> Next week. >> Next week. >> Thank you folks.
>> Hey, can we can we should we recognize the people that that came tonight to be recognized by the union? I think we should do that since they're here. >> Thank you, Jamie. >> Might as well make some positives, TOO.
>> We do have um some great staff in this district. I've been fortunate to be among all of you in different buildings. Um, the first person I'm going to recognize actually is another one from before I was even a teacher. She taught
alongside my mom at Cedar Ridge when it opened. So, um, again, our PCA spotlight are nominated by other fellow staff. Uh, and then we recognize them. So, our first one tonight, we are proud to recognize Tracy Scogland. Currently, she
is working at Sky View Middle School. And side note, she got Did you get both of my boys? >> Jim and Robert. >> No, you did get Robert. She also got Jim, who loves science, so it was great. Um, Tracy consistently demonstrates
outstanding dedication to her work, her colleagues, and her students. She's highly intentional in her planning, and regularly collaborates with her team to ensure instruction is thoughtful, rigorous, and aligned. She works diligently to vertically align
curriculum and expectations so that students transition seamlessly to the next grade level fully prepared for success. Her commitment to teamwork and student achievement achievement strengthens not only her classroom but our entire school community. The best
thing about Tracy is how much she cares about her students. She t she takes the time to build strong positive relationships and makes sure each student feels supported and capable. Her steady encouragement and thoughtful approach create a classroom where
students can grow both academically and personally. She is truly has the heart of a teacher. The next one, this is Adrian. She's No. Okay, never mind. I'm still going. Um,
so our other spotlight is for an ESP. Tonight, we're proud to recognize Dell Funk, our district locksmith, for his exceptional dedication and service to our schools. Dell consistently goes above and beyond to help everyone. While
his title is locksmith, he truly wears the hat of many trades. From Hback, HVAC to plumbing to electrical and everything in between. Dale steps in wherever he is needed. He has never said no and is
always willing to lend his expertise to support staff and students across the district. When the district had no one available to maintain the pool, Dale stepped up and ensured it continued to operate safely and effectively. He is
the person colleagues turn to colleagues turn to because of his deep institutional knowledge and years of experience. His ability to problem solve, adapt, and take initiative makes him an invaluable asset to our schools.
THANK YOU. WE appreciate you. >> Thank you >> again. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Um, thank you for hearing us out. It was wonderful to hear all of the good news. And, um, of course, we'll see
you next Tuesday. and uh we'll be ready. So, >> thank you folks.