The meeting to order. Thank you all for being here and anyone watching online. Can we take hold, miss Padita? Yes. Missus Kutcher? Here. Mister Doc? Here. Mister Fisher? Yes. Missus Walsh? Here. Missus West? Here. So, mister Fisher is absent this evening. We need a motion to, excuse his absence for tonight. Can I get a motion to motion to excuse his absence? Mister Dock, is there a second? Second. Thank you. Missus Kutcher? Aye. Mister Dock? Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye. And let's all stand for the pledge.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Thank you. Alright. So, we'll move on to the consent agenda. I would would need a motion from someone on the board to approve the consent agenda as it as it we'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Miss Walsh, any second? Why not? I will second. Mister Dopp. Missus Kutcher? Hi.
Mister Docks? Hi. Missus Walsh? Hi. Missus West? Hi. And I forgot to mention what time it was and the date, but it is now 06:03 on 08/21/2025. So let's move on to, mister Hoffman. Did we receive or act on any correspondence? Yes, ma'am. You've received all of it. Okay. And I think Sam is up. Alright. Good evening. Couple, fun things to share tonight. Whitefield School District three has been recognized by the Colorado Department of Education, excuse me, for having promising partnership practices.
Discovery High School was recognized for increasing family and community engagement through six major engagement events throughout the year. And Connect with Whitefield, which is our family, school, and community partnership group, was recognized for their efforts to introduce district leadership to the group, was recognized for their efforts to introduce district leadership to the community and for hosting parent nights featuring community partners. So that is a big deal for us. We have those certificates, and we plan on putting them up in the boardroom, later on this month. The back to school, bash that we hosted on July 26 was a huge success. We were able to provide 940 students with backpacks full of school supplies.
The event featured over 90 free haircuts for kids, and that was thanks to local hairdressers and future hairdressers, from the hairdressing school. It was also made possible by over 30 volunteers as well as crucial help from Pat Patterson's summer grounds crew who helps, set up, take down, bring more backpacks out, and and just kinda help me run the event. So a big thanks to that crew for doing that. Special thanks goes to, Shay Thomas, Catalyst Campus, post thirty eight American Legion Riders, and Colorado Community Health Alliance for their generous donations to help us purchase those backpacks.
I also like to thank Whitefield Parks and Rec and the Security Public Library as well as the school district three Federal Credit Union for hosting the school supply drives for us as well. And coming up is our district parade that will be on October 4. It's a Saturday. Our theme this year is all in stronger together. The parade begins at 09:30 from the Big R parking lot and ends at CA Foster Stadium. So this year, and we started this last year, for families who who prefer a quieter, experience, we will have a sensory area at the start of the parade route.
So kinda where MOGLO espresso is on the fountain there, or Fontaine, excuse me, we're gonna have a a quiet section. So we ask just as the parade's coming out, we won't have the horns or the bands playing until they turn on to Security Boulevard K. So that those those children can enjoy, the parade in a quieter space. And then, of course, the football game is at 12:00 at CA Foster Stadium, following the parade that day. And last but not least, the district has announced its housing for educators partnership with Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity
and Careers in Construction Colorado. Together, we will be building homes in an area called Rising Moon, and that is located near Colorado Center just east of Mark Shuffle. The district is guaranteed 14 of 41 homes that will be built for the employees in that dis or in our district. There is an application process through Habitat for Humanity, and information sessions are taking place over the next couple of weeks. The next one is this Saturday, August 23, from four to five at the East Library, and then we will have one September 10 from six to 7PM at Whitefield Parks
And Recreation. And more information can be found on our website, which is wsd3.org. And that is our good news for tonight. Come on. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yes. Thank you. Alright. Let's move on to, the Board of Education reports. Mister Doff, do you wanna start? You're early. Also, I misread the agenda. That's next on mine. I mean, I said something. No? No? No? Yep. Every month, I get to meet with mister Dave Gish regarding operations and facilities and and a lot of good things that happen that many of us don't often see. I met with him on,
a week ago. It was August 14. We tried to meet a week before the board meeting. And we kinda went over some of the list of the many things that, that they did over the summer through facilities and some of the contract work. Always with, of course, limited budget, paying attention to dollars and cents, and I I trust those guys. I you know, you you just sometimes you you ask ask a question why this or not that. And there's reasons why they set priorities on what they do and but they did a lot of great stuff this this summer. I've got a whole list. I think nearly every school got something something visible that could help improve,
when when our family or when our kids came back for school. But, but it was great. A couple of things. Of course, we've talked about Mesa Ridge and the school zone with the speed limit signs and and the signage and the lights that went up for there. I think they got it down to 45 miles per hour per hour during the that forty five minutes or so right around the start and ending of school. Grand Mountain got, numerous school zone signs and walkway, crossway, flashing lights. And so, and we drove out there. Dave likes to drive me around once in a while, so we got to drive out and look at a couple of things.
I was really impressed with, the fact that all of our junior highs have, fans in this in the, gym. And so we walked into Grand Mountain's gym just for a minute, had they turned on the fans. And, these things from the ground, they they're not the big they look like little self contained like that sticking out of the ceiling. I mean, there's not much to them. And yet the movement of air was amazing. And each gym has two rows of four fans. There's eight fans in each of the junior high gyms, and it's really making an improvement,
I I would believe, compared to what we've had in the past. So, anyway, all of that's great stuff. And, as you all know, we mentioned a month or so ago, the upcoming, the BEST grant that's gonna involve heavily involve, North Preschool and other locations is is approved by BEST, but it's, bond bond contingent. So we need to see that bond pass so that we can, make improvements in with those buildings. And, of course, mister Gaetz has everything ready to roll as as much as he possibly can to once that bond passes.
And, I mean, within next day, they're gonna be hitting hitting the road hard. So we'll look forward to that. My next meeting with mister Gish is gonna be, September 15 for that to be out of town in in a couple of weeks. But, September 15 will be, probably early the week of the board meeting. Yeah. And we'll have more more details in. But I think everything's off to a good start over the summer. Okay. Thank you. Missus Walsh? So Security Public Library, I was not there to attend, but they sent me the notes. They were very busy this summer, so I'm gonna give them a shout out here.
Yes. So Betty Bookmobile was going strong all summer long. Grace has 17 different stops throughout the district to distribute books. 14 movies had 50 teens and 14 programs had 64 teens. They did three crafts per week. They had 1,500 excuse me. They had 1,550 crafters to hand out to different people. Four Parks and Make Craft Day had three 535 crafts made.
Tween Tuesday's program has 71 total teens. 16 story times in July reaching 773 kids. The August 2 ended the, sorry. It's right here. Ended August 2 sorry. I'm reading a bit. Ended where they do the book drive. Sorry. The book drive. That ended on August 2. And also Dungeons and Dragons, of course, played out through the summer, the Glowforge classes,
the cricket classes they did. A mailer for the library cards will be going out to residents who live in 80911 and the 80925 in the next few months so that they could sign up. K. K. Oh, and our next meeting is September 11. Awesome. Thank you. Mhmm. Missus Kutcher. Hi, everybody. I'm gonna, report about Widefield Park And Rec. Woo. So we we didn't get together most of the summer. But unlike the rest of the school district, Park And Rec just goes.
This is always going twelve months. And it's such a it's really a special place to be if you've never been there. Let me start before I forget. I wanna thank everybody that's out there that has come here tonight. I know you have to take time out of your busy day, so we always appreciate that. And we also appreciate everybody in TV Land. Although I don't think it's called that. I think it's called Stream Land. Mhmm. So I don't have to date myself there. So mister Tucci is our new director and he is off to a very busy
start. Our pools and the wonderful facilities that we do have for the children in the summers are just now wrapping up. But those of you that attend the pool like I do, they will be continuing with more offerings, for exercise. So we have deep water yoga, we have a shallow workout as well. Another thing they added over the summer is extra security cameras in different parts of the of the area so we can make sure it's extra safe for our community.
In addition, if you go into the park and rec website, we've added a place where it's almost at the very top that you can speak directly to the advisory council. So if you have something really wonderful to say and that and, guys, we could use a lot more wonderful posts. Right? Positive, nice. If you see something nice that you really like or a person you really like, please take the time to give them the props. But if you do have some recommendations, you can also press on that button at the top of the website,
and all of that information now will be in a spreadsheet and go straight to the advisory council. So with that, our next meeting will be September 11 at 06:00, and we'll see you then. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So, I, do the DAC committee. We didn't meet, obviously, over the summertime. Our next meeting will be September 3 at 6PM, at SA Wilson. Keep in mind, that's a Wednesday. Instead of a Thursday, we had some scheduling, things come up, so that needed to be changed. We will,
at that time, be, signing up people for our reconsideration committee. So if there are people who are interested in being on that, that is a committee that oversees and looks over any books that have been weeded or any challenges that we have to books that come along in the district. Again, that's gonna be, in September and, yeah, that's all I have for that. But I do wanna also bring up the fact that we we did add a, a board policy link now on our on our homepage. So if you are in need of, you know, researching any kind of policies the district has, there's now a link at the bottom of that page when you go onto the
website. It'll take you right to another link, within the within the website so that you can look for any policies you might, need to look into. Alright. So we're good guess we're good with that. Alright. Let's see. We don't have any anybody speaking tonight for public comment. We'll move on to, our administrative reports and action items. I guess that's Amy. Hello. In item five a, in accordance with the board resolution passed on June on the June 5 meeting, item four a lists personnel hired to fill licensed and non licensed positions between 06/20/2025
and 08/20/2025. It is recommended that the Board of Education ratify the employment of the attached named personnel. K. Do we have a motion to ratify that? Let's make a motion. Thank you. Do I have a second? I second. Thank you. Missus Kutcher? Aye. Mister Dawg? Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. Miss Donna, I think that's it. Do it. So I'd like to make a motion to ratify the IGA with the El Paso County Clerk in Records for the coordination election on 11/04/2025.
Okay. So do we have a motion to ratify the agreement? Oh, that's just Oh, that is the motion. I'm sorry. Second to the Second to that. Okay. And one of the Missus Crutcher? Aye. Mister Dock? Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye. Okay. Stephanie. Alright. In your board package, you have received the school accreditation contracts for 2025 and 2026 school year. It is recommended that the Board of Education approve the accreditation contracts for the school year. Okay. We'll do a motion. Okay. And a second? I second. Thank you. Mrs. Krutcher? Aye. Mister Doc?
Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye. Thank you. Okay. So I'd like to make a motion to appoint Mary Ellen O'Donnell to the Security Public Library of Trustees for a term ending August 2030. Is there a second? A second. Missus Kutcher? Aye. Mister Dawg? Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye. See how he rolls? Future meetings. Okay. The board of education has scheduled the following meetings. Our luncheon will be 09/16/2025 here in this room, and the board of education meeting will be September 18 here in this room.
1820 Main Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Would anyone like to motion to adjourn? I'll make a motion to adjourn. Thank you, miss Walsh. Anybody second? I second. Okay. Missus Kutcher? Aye. Mister Doc? Aye. Missus Walsh? Aye. Missus West? Aye.