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I have. Yes, I married.

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>> So, two weeks left.

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» What

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you doing this summer?

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We had a couple of vacations and then I

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leave for my mission at the end of July.

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>> Atlanta, Georgia.

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» That is awesome. I've only been in the

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airport

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so many people

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Hi Michaela.

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>> Hello.

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>> How's how's this winding down to

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graduation thing working out?

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>> A lot of laughs. You think it's the last

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time you do this last time last? That's

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what I'm doing. A lot of lasts.

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I didn't expect

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» What does that say? Do you know

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Michaela?

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Ready?

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>> Robert's ready.

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>> I'm not guess I'm not going to take that

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out of there. I don't. Do I need to?

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Welcome everyone. We we want to get

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started and we apologize for being a few

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minutes delayed. We have at the very

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first so I don't forget later, we have

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two board members who are not able to

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join us tonight. Um so we want to excuse

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Julie Taylor and Wade Hyde tonight. They

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had previous um engagements.

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welcome. And we are going to start with

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our first of our all our reverence by

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Brian Smith. Oh, we're going to start

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with the retiring employee recognitions.

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Mrs. Feice

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» All right. This is seriously one of the

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most exciting times of the year for our

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retirees. It's so fun to meet with the

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retirees and just

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and um meet with each of you and just

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thank you for all of your years of

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service in the district and it's so

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heart touching to see how hard it is for

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you to retire and how you have just put

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so much time and dedication into your

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positions here. Thank you for that. So,

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we're going to start with the Debbie

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Blazedale. And before I do read this, I

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want you to know that some of the

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writeups were really long and so it's

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included in your packet, but I just have

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a brief um write up for each of you. So

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Debbie, if you'll come up, come up,

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Debbie.

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after decades of shaping minds

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and hearts, Debbie is putting away the

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bigger bopper for the final time. She

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has been a constant pillar of the school

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known as much for her kind heart and

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wise words as for her ability to see

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potential in every student who walked

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through the doors. While our school will

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feel quieter without her familiar

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presence, her legacy lives on in the

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thousands of students she has inspired

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at work harder to work harder and dream

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bigger. Thank you, Debbie. [applause]

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think Karen is here.

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Karen was an incredible colleague and

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during the years I had the opportunity

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to work with her, she consistently

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demonstrated a deep dedication to her

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students. She always went out of her way

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to find creative strategies to help them

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learn. truly wanting her ESL students to

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grow and succeed, Karen was remarkably

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flexible, always collaborating with

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fellow teachers to meet their classroom

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needs and ensuring her students received

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the very best support. She was a true

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team player who worked seamlessly with

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everyone around her. Karen, you were

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such an essential part of our team and

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your absence is truly felt. We miss you

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every day. I wish you all the joy in the

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world as you start this new chapter. I

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wish you nothing but the best in this

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exciting new chapter. Happy travels.

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» Okay, Teresa Brown, if you'll come up

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Teresa Brown is amazing. She has been at

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Fielding for over 25 years now. She is

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able to love the students while teaching

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them. She is ambitious, kind,

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dependable, and very knowledgeable at

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her job. She is always willing to jump

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in and help others. The knowledge she

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has of literacy is unsurpassable. When

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you meet Teresa, you know you have met

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someone special just by saying hello.

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Fielding will not be the same without

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her. Knowledge, compassion, and ability

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to care for others. Thank you, Teresa,

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for every from everyone at Fielding

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Elementary and good luck in your future

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fund.

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Patty Brunty, we didn't hear back from

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you, so I don't I don't think Patty's

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here. Um, we want to celebrate the

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incredible career as Miss Brunty, who is

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retiring after 20 years of dedicated

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service at Three-Mile Creek Elementary

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School. For two decades, Mrs. Brunty has

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touched the lives of students, families,

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and colleagues with her kindness,

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patience, and unwavering commitment to

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education. Miss Brunty's classroom has

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been a place where children have felt

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safe, inspired, and empowered to learn.

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Her positive spirit and gentle

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encouragement have helped shape great

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students. Her legacy will live on in

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every child she taught and every lesson

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she shared and in every smile she

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brought to our hallways. Thank you,

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Patty.

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Okay, Tracy Burroughs, if you want to

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come up. There you are. Okay.

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After decades of unwavering dedication,

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Tracy is stepping away from the

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classroom to embark on a well-deserved

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retirement. She leaves behind a legacy,

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not just in curriculum knowledge, but in

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the countless young minds she nurtured

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with kindness, patience, and unwavering

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belief. Congratulations are in order for

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a career spent touching hearts and

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inspiring dreams. Thank you,

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Steve Carlson.

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career, he began in 1982 as a health

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science teacher, became the assistant

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principal at Bear Lake High School, and

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then the principal at North Summit High

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School. He became the superintendent of

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schools for the North Summit School

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District, then for the Carbon School

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District. He came to Boxelder School

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District as superintendent in 2017 and

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has served our district for nine years.

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Steve loves to play the guitar and sing.

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He has been a member of the band

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Superintendent of Rock which has evolved

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into Superintendent of Rocks Plus to

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include his son and grandson. Sometimes

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in the course of the conversation, a

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phrase will remind him of a song and he

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will start singing it. He has brought

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good humor to the high stress atm

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atmosphere of his job without detracting

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from the seriousness of situations. He

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is friendly and easy to approach and has

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shown his true concern for staff,

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students, and community. He will truly

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be missed.

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» Oh, now I lost my place.

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What did I do with Steve's? Okay. All

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right. Um, Greg Depo, I don't think he's

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Greg first took the will at the Boxelder

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School District in the spring of 2015,

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turning a student daily commute into a

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launchpad for adventure. Driven by a

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genuine excitement for life, Greg's

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mission has always been to inspire that

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same spark in the students constantly

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seeking out opportunities to uplift and

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support them, those who need it most. A

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lifelong devotey of science fiction, he

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famously brought the wonders of the

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galaxy onto the bus, blending

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imagination with the daily routes to

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make every ride feel like a journey

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through the stars. As he concludes his

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final route serving the Riverside area

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of Boxelder County, his legacy remains

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one of kindness, curiosity, and a

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reminder that there is always a new

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frontier to explore.

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Cindy Gibbs is also not present. After

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17 years of dedicated service, we

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celebrate the retirement of Cindy Gibbs,

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a cornerstone of the Box Elder School

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District transportation team since the

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fall of 2007. Throughout her tenure,

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Cindy's commitment went far beyond the

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driver's seat. She truly cared for every

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student who stepped onto her bus,

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ensuring they started and ended the

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school days with a friendly face and a

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safe ride. Her career took her across

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the district on a wide variety of routes

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from the sweet energy of preschool runs

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to the her final chapters navigating the

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roads of portage. Cindy's kindness and

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steady hand will be deeply missed by the

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colleagues and families she served so

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faithfully for nearly two decades.

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Jan Hawks.

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Jan Hawk has worked for BSD for over 30

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years. Most of them have been at

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Fielding Elementary where she has taught

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second grade. She is an amazing teacher

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and has changed the lives of many

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students. Her greatest attribute to the

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classroom besides her ability to teach

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is the kindness and love she has shown

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to her many students. She will be missed

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here at Fielding.

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>> Thank you.

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Show that to Jamie. She'll take a

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picture.

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Marcia Haney,

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» congratulations on your retirement.

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After so many years of dedication to

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help youth, this milestone is well

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earned. Marca, thank you.

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» Oh, Marsha, I think yours went on. Marca

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touched Okay, we're going to continue

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it. Marca, if you had more. That was

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just on that page. Marca touched so many

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lives and helped shape, inspire, and

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guide so many students along the way.

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Her patience, wisdom, and commitment

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have left a lasting mark on the students

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she worked with over the years. Whenever

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I run into a former student, they always

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speak with great gratitude of what she

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did for them.

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Julie, I didn't see where you sat. Julie

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there you are. Okay.

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Julie started her career at Bear River

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Middle School. She was always cheerful,

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helpful, and more than more than

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competent. She became the special

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education administrative assistant in

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2019. She keeps our department running

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smoothly by keeping everyone and

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everything organized and on track.

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Julie's calm demeanor and efficiency

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have been integral to our organization.

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She will be deeply missed.

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[applause]

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Uh Rebecca Hajj, I don't think she's

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here. Uh Becky started with BESD in 2002

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at Lake View Elementary. She became the

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financial secretary at Bear River High

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School in 2010. We are so thankful for

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the time and dedication she has given

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not only to our students and faculty at

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Bear River High School, but the coaches,

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booster parents, clubs, activities of

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all kinds, and every other community

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member of or outside organization that

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works with the school. She has been a

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key part of keeping the school running

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smoothly and efficiently. We wish her

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well in her retirement and hope she's

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she recognizes how Bear River Middle

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School appreciates her. Happy

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retirement, Becky.

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» [applause]

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» Lori Cor. And I didn't see Lori here

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either. Lori is the type of teacher who

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isn't afraid of a challenge and can roll

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with the punches. She is amazing at

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finding new solutions to challenges,

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adjusting her instruction to meet her

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learner's needs and finding the silver

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lining in every situation. Lori can find

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a way to laugh and enjoy any situation.

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And after many years as a highly

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effective fifth grade teacher, she has

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gradually worked her way down to first

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grade where she has been nothing short

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of remarkable. She took on a science of

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reading and became the master at

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teaching early childhood literacy and

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numeracy. We often tell her she needs to

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write down all the little tricks she's

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and strategies she does or that we need

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to record her doing them. And she often

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replies with something like, "I don't

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even think that was something special

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because it's just what I always do." She

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is simply naturally gifted educator who

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has impacted countless students lives

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over the years and she will be greatly

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missed. Congratulations Miss Cor.

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[applause]

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Okay. Ronald Mark Nelson. I don't

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believe he's present either. After over

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a decade of dedicated service, we honor

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Ronald Mark Nelson as he retires from

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Boxelder School District since January

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2014. Ron has brought up unparalleled

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level of expertise and genuine passion

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to the driver's seat, ensuring the

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well-being of countless students. Beyond

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his daily routes, he served as a vital

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mentor and trainer, using the patient

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nature to help new drivers find their

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confidence behind the wheel. Recognized

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by parents and students alike for his

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compassionate spirit, Mark didn't just

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transport children, he built a community

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of care on every bus he drove.

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[applause]

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Carrie Rollinsson, also not present.

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Since Carrie first joined the Boxiller

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School District in 2002, Carrie has been

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much more than a staff member. She has

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been a vital part of our speech

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department for 24 years. Car's impact on

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our students cannot be overstayed. She

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was a big part of our speech staff and

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possessed a rare gift for connecting

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with children. She never settled on just

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enough, consistently going above and

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beyond her formal duties to ensure every

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student felt seen, heard, and supported.

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[applause]

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Okay, Bonnie Robinson, I know you're

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here, right? Bonnie, you were here.

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Did she leave?

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Oh, yeah, she was here. Okay. Um, Bonnie

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A. Robinson began her teaching career 26

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years ago as a sub in the district.

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During her time as a sub, she taught

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many classes, including some long-term

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like math and chemistry. In 2015, Bonnie

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was officially hired as a teacher at

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BESD, where she spent her career

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teaching biology and zoology. From bird

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wings to flatworms, from sponges to

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sharks, her classroom was anything but

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ordinary. Students didn't just learn

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science, they experienced it with

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hands-on opportunities that brought the

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subject to life in unforgettable ways.

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As she begins the next chapter, we wish

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Bonnie all the joy that retirement

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brings, especially time spent with her

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grandchildren. Congratulations, Bonnie,

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and thank you for your years of

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dedication.

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All right, I don't see where you're at,

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but Kathy and Dwayne, do you want to

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come together or separate? Together.

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Okay. [laughter]

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Okay, I'm gonna read Kathy's first.

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Katherine Renion began in 1992.

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Katherine Renion taught secondary

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language arts from 2000 to 2014. Kathy

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served at Grouse Creek School teaching

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K5 and language arts for grades 6 to 10,

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co-heading the school since 2017. Kathy

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has been a secondary language arts

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teacher and reading intervention

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specialist for grades eight and nine,

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leading PLC's, designing ELA curriculum

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and writing instruction. Kathy has been

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a positive role model with influence on

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both students and colleagues throughout

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her career. She is patient, kind, and

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has shared countless talents with others

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over the years. She is a friend to

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everyone and will be missed. Happy

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retirement

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and just stay here. Let me have a hug.

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[applause]

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Um Dwayne, beginning in 1996, Dwayne

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Renan instructed swimming, water safety,

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and lifeguarding and managed the Bear

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River Nitorium. From 2000 to 2014,

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Dwayne served as co-head teacher at

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Grass Creek School, teaching grades 5

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through 10 with a focus on mathematics,

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science, and facts. Since 2014, Dwayne

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has taught math, engineering,

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technology, computer science, and

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robotics for grades eight and nine at

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Bar River Middle School. Dwayne is an

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incredible teacher who is always willing

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to share his vast knowledge with others.

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He is helpful, intelligent, and has the

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best Hawaiian shirt collection. He truly

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deserves to relax and enjoy his

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retirement. We will miss you. One one

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other note, Dwayne told me that he

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started wearing his Hawaiian shirts in

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April and has wore a different one every

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single day up until retirement.

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[laughter]

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Congratulations.

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[applause]

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Marlene Spin Love.

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Marlene began her career with BESD on

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April 24th, 1997, serving as the

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financial secretary at Boxelder High

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School. She dedicated 20 years to the

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high school before moving to the

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district office in February of 2017,

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where she took on the role of accounts

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payable clerk. Marlene has been an

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invaluable part of the district office

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and ever since. Her sharp attention to

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detail made her the go-to person for

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catching errors and preventing computer

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fraud. Beyond her outstanding work,

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Marlene's fun personality and contagious

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laugh brightened every day. We are

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deeply grateful for her 29 years of

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dedication in boxelder and wish her

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endless joy and adventure in her

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well-earned retirement. Happy

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retirement, Marlene.

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[applause]

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Eranda Stevens.

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Where? There you are. Okay.

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Yanda began her career with BESD in 1994

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in the office at the Boxelder School

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District. 10 years later in 2004, she

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became the principal administrative

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assistant at Adele Young Intermediate

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School. After 16 years at ACYI, Erlanda

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became the district facilities

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administrative assistant in 2020. Since

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that time, she has used her

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professionalism, expertise, and

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wonderful personality to help oversee

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the educational environment for the

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entire district. Her common sense

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approach to situations keeps things

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going smoothly and in the right

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direction. Erland has been an important

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asset to the Boxelder School District. A

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well-deserved, happy retirement to

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Erland Stevens.

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[applause]

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Karen Stevenson. I'm not sure if she's

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here.

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Okay. Karen has been such a champion for

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every kid who has walked through our

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doors over the years. She has helped

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them celebrate even their smallest

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success. Karen has taught countless

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individuals small group lessons. Karen

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has helped our students find their own

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voices and independence.

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And she has an amazing ability to set

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high expectations with kindness. Even on

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the toughest days, she has truly helped

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to make our classroom feel like a

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family. While we're going to miss your

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energy every day, we are so excited for

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you to finally kick back and relax.

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Enjoy every minute of this well-deserved

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retirement. You've certainly earned it.

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[applause]

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Corey Thompson. Let's see where you sat.

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There you

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Corey began his career over 30 years ago

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as a teacher in South Summit School

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District. In July 1998, he joined the

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Boxelder School District as an

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elementary teacher. Through continued

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education, Corey earned his

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administrative supervisory certificate

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which enabled him to serve as an

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assistant principal at three different

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schools within the district and in 2013

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as a school principal at Young

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Intermediate. Corey is ending his career

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with the Boxelder School District as the

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facilities director. While there are

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many flattering words to describe Corey,

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the ones that come to mind are those of

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supportive mentor who leads with

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integrity, empathy, and trust. Thank

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you, Cy.

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Uh Judy Thompson, I don't think she's

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pre present. Judy has been a valuable

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member of child nutrition since July

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1999, and her contributions over the

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years have made a lasting impact on our

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program. She has worked at multiple

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schools, consistently bringing

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knowledge, professionalism, and

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integrity to every site she has worked

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at. Judy has always been willing to ask

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questions, embrace new challenges, and

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continue learning. Qualities that have

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strengthened both her work and her teams

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around her. We sincerely appreciate all

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that Judy has done throughout her career

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and are grateful for her dedication. We

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wish her all the best in her retirement

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and the exciting adventures ahead.

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[applause]

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Kathy Williams was b born to be a

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teacher. Hundreds of students and

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families in the boxer school district

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have been touched by her kind, caring

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way. She has gone about her job over the

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course of her career. After working many

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years in early grades, Cappy recently

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transitioned to fourth grade. And though

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she has she was a little nervous at

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first, she soon found that the loving,

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nurturing skills she used for so many

549
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:40,000
years with the littles were just as

550
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
needed for the older students, too. No

551
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,760
matter what challenges she had faced,

552
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,520
Cathy has always brought a positive

553
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,520
attitude to her work and never misses a

554
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,599
chance to express gratitude to others.

555
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:51,520
She is always seeking a positive outlook

556
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,280
and strives for excellence in academics

557
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,359
with her students. She frequently goes

558
00:40:55,359 --> 00:40:57,119
out of her way on her own time to do

559
00:40:57,119 --> 00:40:58,640
nice things for her students, showing

560
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:00,720
them she cares. Students may not always

561
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:02,720
remember every phonics lesson or math

562
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,560
concept she taught them, but one thing

563
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,319
they will always remember is how she

564
00:41:06,319 --> 00:41:08,960
made them feel like they mattered and

565
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:10,880
were loved. Congratulations.

566
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,963
>> Congratulations, Kathy. [cheering]

567
00:41:13,963 --> 00:41:19,990
[applause]

568
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,920
Melanie Williams, since she's not here

569
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,240
tonight, Melanie Williams has roamed the

570
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:26,079
halls of Boxelder High School for most

571
00:41:26,079 --> 00:41:28,400
of her life. She is a Boxelder High

572
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:31,119
School graduate, but her real impact has

573
00:41:31,119 --> 00:41:32,960
been on students at Boxelder High School

574
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:35,520
for 28 years as an educator. Miss

575
00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,200
Williams has been given numerous awards

576
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,440
for her dedic for her dedication and

577
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,680
service to the students of Boxelder. In

578
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,599
2020, she was honored as the homecoming

579
00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:50,470
dedic.

580
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,160
That same year, she was also honored

581
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,160
with the Larry Finley Leadership Award,

582
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,000
an award given to someone who possesses

583
00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:57,680
the combination of personality and

584
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,359
skills that makes others want to follow

585
00:41:59,359 --> 00:42:01,599
her direction. Melanie was awarded the

586
00:42:01,599 --> 00:42:03,440
Starfish Award for being a faculty

587
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,119
member who made a difference in students

588
00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:07,599
lives. Melany's dedication has woven a

589
00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:09,760
legacy into the fabric of Boxhelder High

590
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:14,160
School, leaving an inedible in yeah

591
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,839
anedible mark with that will resonate in

592
00:42:17,839 --> 00:42:19,839
the halls for generations to come. She

593
00:42:19,839 --> 00:42:22,079
is loved by the faculty and has left a

594
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:23,839
huge imprint on the hearts of thousand

595
00:42:23,839 --> 00:42:27,324
of boxelder students.

596
00:42:27,324 --> 00:42:32,630
[applause]

597
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:40,230
Janet Wood.

598
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,720
Janet's career has been marked by her

599
00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:44,880
unwavering commitment to years in child

600
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,040
nutrition in maintaining a clean, safe,

601
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:48,880
and welcoming environment for everyone

602
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,119
at Boxelder Middle School as a

603
00:42:51,119 --> 00:42:53,680
custodian. Her meticulous attention to

604
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,920
detail with her warm, friendly demeanor

605
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:59,119
have made her

606
00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:01,599
an indispensable part of our school. She

607
00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:03,359
has not only kept our school clean, but

608
00:43:03,359 --> 00:43:04,880
has always brightened our days with her

609
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,880
cheerful spirit and infectious laugh.

610
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,040
Her work ethic and positive attitude

611
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,440
have set a high standard for all who

612
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,040
follow. We will certainly miss seeing

613
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,200
Janet at the school every day. We wish

614
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:16,800
her all the best as she begins her new

615
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,380
adventure. Congratulations, Janet.

616
00:43:20,380 --> 00:44:03,349
[applause]

617
00:44:03,359 --> 00:44:05,599
There we go. Would the retirees be

618
00:44:05,599 --> 00:44:07,119
willing to come up and shake our hands?

619
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:08,880
We'd love to congratulate you

620
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:15,390
personally.

621
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:26,630
[applause]

622
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:31,349
So happy for you. Congratulations.

623
00:44:31,359 --> 00:44:33,680
» You are amazing. Thanks for all the work

624
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:47,750
you've done for

625
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:52,870
your style. Congratulations

626
00:44:52,880 --> 00:45:04,870
for all the work.

627
00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:09,270
» I'm so happy for you.

628
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:14,710
» I don't know how the ship will

629
00:45:14,720 --> 00:45:16,319
» amazing.

630
00:45:16,319 --> 00:45:21,430
Thank you so much for all you've done.

631
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,831
I love you.

632
00:45:24,831 --> 00:45:28,230
[laughter]

633
00:45:28,240 --> 00:45:37,030
» Love you.

634
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:56,916
» Like I don't know if we're

635
00:45:56,926 --> 00:46:03,430
» [laughter]

636
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:04,720
» You're good.

637
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:08,079
You're good.

638
00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:10,240
>> All right. As those of you that would

639
00:46:10,240 --> 00:46:14,160
like to exit, um, we will get started

640
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:22,309
with the next section of our meeting.

641
00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:24,720
» But she's got too much stuff. It always

642
00:46:24,720 --> 00:46:27,680
takes her five minutes to get her stuff.

643
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:28,240
>> Who?

644
00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:28,720
>> Grace.

645
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:29,599
>> Oh, Grace.

646
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,400
>> I'm not hugging anybody.

647
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,000
>> I guess I tried to get too big of a hug.

648
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,960
Try to turn me around for a picture.

649
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,990
I

650
00:46:42,000 --> 00:47:22,710
just said she could leave without kiss.

651
00:47:22,720 --> 00:47:24,880
We're gonna get started tonight with a

652
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,440
reverence by board member Brian Smith

653
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:29,520
and then a flag salute um pledge of

654
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,760
allegiance by our business ad

655
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:33,920
administrators Neil Stevens. We will

656
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:36,319
then move on to our recognitions portion

657
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:39,440
of the meeting um led by Jamie Kent, our

658
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:51,829
public information officer.

659
00:47:51,839 --> 00:48:16,710
for

660
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:19,359
those

661
00:48:19,359 --> 00:48:25,109
freedom.

662
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:28,640
this nation for us to enjoy the freedoms

663
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,640
that we have.

664
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,520
We [snorts] pray this night that we will

665
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,200
um be guided to do what's best for our

666
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,240
communities and the students of school

667
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,400
district. And we say this in the name of

668
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:58,710
Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.

669
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,359
I'll rise.

670
00:49:01,359 --> 00:49:03,839
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

671
00:49:03,839 --> 00:49:06,880
United States of America and to each

672
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:10,240
republic for which it stands. Foration

673
00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:13,440
under God, for indivisible, liberty and

674
00:49:13,440 --> 00:50:11,430
justice for all.

675
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,240
right. Not long ago, uh, I was

676
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:17,280
presenting to the board and the findings

677
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,680
from the state of Utah that e was a

678
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,640
critical need in our school. And so, we

679
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,359
have been working on this with the

680
00:50:25,359 --> 00:50:27,119
support of our district leadership,

681
00:50:27,119 --> 00:50:29,760
especially Heidi Joe West. Uh, during

682
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:34,160
the last year, we hired three amazing e

683
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,480
teachers for this year. They are at

684
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,119
North Park in Lake View. Uh Lynette

685
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:42,720
Travort started this all on her own, but

686
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:45,440
after Jenny Cross had put in seven

687
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:48,880
years, six years previously

688
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,280
uh as the EL coach in the district,

689
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:53,040
laying the framework for what this would

690
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,839
become, but Lynette did a whole bunch of

691
00:50:55,839 --> 00:50:57,920
work and about halfway through this

692
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:01,440
year, we got approval to hire two more

693
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:04,640
uh Jenny Cross and Jen Penland um to

694
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,680
join us. But between those two schools,

695
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:11,440
last year they had five students exit um

696
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:15,040
the ELE program uh by showing

697
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:16,720
proficiency in reading, writing,

698
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:18,800
listening and speaking. And because of

699
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:22,559
the work that uh was done by them along

700
00:51:22,559 --> 00:51:26,400
with the paraprofessional before um

701
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:30,800
Jenny Cross at North Park uh Lupe um

702
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,280
between the four of them, they were able

703
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:37,200
to get 28 students to exit EEL from

704
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:46,470
those two schools. [applause]

705
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:48,640
So, we just want to thank them for being

706
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,200
a part of our vision and helping kids

707
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:55,860
learn at high levels every day.

708
00:51:55,870 --> 00:52:00,950
[applause]

709
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:02,800
» We're gonna have you guys come um shake

710
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,000
hands with the board and then we'll take

711
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:05,440
a picture of you standing in front of

712
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:09,109
them. So,

713
00:52:09,119 --> 00:52:21,270
Congratulations.

714
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:30,390
» Thank you.

715
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,790
» I don't know.

716
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:54,630
All

717
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:59,910
right.

718
00:52:59,920 --> 00:53:04,390
All

719
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:05,839
right. Next, we're gonna have Rhonda

720
00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:08,160
Pace come up and her science fair

721
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:19,109
participant students

722
00:53:19,119 --> 00:53:29,030
right here. Okay. [clears throat]

723
00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:31,502
Okay. So,

724
00:53:31,502 --> 00:53:35,349
[applause]

725
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:36,640
so these students were able to

726
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,400
participate in the Richie Science Fair

727
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,880
at Weaver State. Overall, they earned

728
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:44,960
3,260 in cash prizes, 4,700 in

729
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,839
scholarships, and five special awards.

730
00:53:47,839 --> 00:53:51,040
Um the placers were Relay Logan second

731
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:54,720
place environmental science. Ali Aaliyah

732
00:53:54,720 --> 00:53:57,920
Orrella first place zoolology

733
00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:01,440
at Alyn Reeves and Kylie Hatch. Kaye

734
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,319
Hatch first place social behavior. Sarah

735
00:54:04,319 --> 00:54:07,920
Pace first place botany. Avery Ba first

736
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:12,160
place physics. And Elena Burbank first

737
00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:15,599
place chemistry. And then from Harris,

738
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:19,680
we have Emiline Tolber Toberine and

739
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:22,559
Avery Jensen who placed third place in

740
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:25,760
chemistry in the junior division. So we

741
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,000
want to congratulate them and their um

742
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,680
teacher helpers who have spent a lot of

743
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:31,839
time working with them. Um, for those of

744
00:54:31,839 --> 00:54:33,440
you that don't know, the Richie Science

745
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:36,559
Fair is a highly competitive event um,

746
00:54:36,559 --> 00:54:38,640
where people who are in home school,

747
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:40,240
charter schools, private schools, and

748
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:42,400
public schools all compete for awards

749
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:44,480
and they're at very high levels. And so

750
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,640
we want to recognize them and all of

751
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,792
their hard work.

752
00:54:48,792 --> 00:54:58,069
[applause]

753
00:54:58,079 --> 00:55:32,230
Congratulations.

754
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:51,008
I'm down here.

755
00:55:51,018 --> 00:55:56,549
» [applause]

756
00:55:56,559 --> 00:55:58,400
» Okay, we're gonna have Brandy Johnson

757
00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:01,920
come up and then um Ashley is going to

758
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:03,680
present this to her since she is our

759
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:06,160
director over literacy and this is a

760
00:56:06,160 --> 00:56:11,829
reading award.

761
00:56:11,839 --> 00:56:13,520
All right, we'd like to recognize Brandy

762
00:56:13,520 --> 00:56:15,599
Johnson. She was awarded the science of

763
00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:17,520
reading award from the state office of

764
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,240
education. This award is such a big

765
00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:21,920
deal. There are very few people in the

766
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:24,079
state that have won this award. We only

767
00:56:24,079 --> 00:56:25,440
have one other teacher in our district

768
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:28,319
that has won this award. Um and it is a

769
00:56:28,319 --> 00:56:30,559
very intense process for this to go

770
00:56:30,559 --> 00:56:33,119
through. So Brandy was nominated as

771
00:56:33,119 --> 00:56:35,200
being an example of everything a reading

772
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,880
teacher should be. Everything that we've

773
00:56:36,880 --> 00:56:39,040
learned, best practice and research,

774
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:41,359
Brandy does it in her classroom. um the

775
00:56:41,359 --> 00:56:43,520
state gets the nominations and then they

776
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:46,480
come and observe her to make sure that

777
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:47,920
she really does live up to all those

778
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,720
things. She was observed twice um by the

779
00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:53,359
state office literacy team. Um the last

780
00:56:53,359 --> 00:56:56,480
time she was um observed, I got to come

781
00:56:56,480 --> 00:56:59,119
and watch with them and their jaws were

782
00:56:59,119 --> 00:57:01,040
on the floor the entire time. They just

783
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:02,559
kept saying, "Oh my gosh, can you see

784
00:57:02,559 --> 00:57:04,240
how she did that? She that she's

785
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:05,359
amazing. Look what she's doing with

786
00:57:05,359 --> 00:57:06,720
those kids. Look at how what what they

787
00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:09,040
can accomplish." They were so excited to

788
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:10,400
see the amazing things that were

789
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:12,400
happening in her classroom. We are so

790
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,000
lucky in our district to have Brandy

791
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Johnson, not only to teach the first

792
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:18,640
graders at Century, but she spreads her

793
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:21,119
knowledge um with everybody in our

794
00:57:21,119 --> 00:57:23,520
district. So, congratulations, Brandy.

795
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:25,994
It's very welld deserved.

796
00:57:25,994 --> 00:57:32,549
[applause]

797
00:57:32,559 --> 00:57:35,599
Hold it. Hold it. Randy, just a second.

798
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:38,000
I don't do this very often. Okay. Would

799
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,720
you please tell these folks and the

800
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:43,280
board the same story or the same that

801
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:45,119
you told us when we came out there that

802
00:57:45,119 --> 00:57:46,880
day? That was very profound to me what

803
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:48,799
you told us. Would you mind

804
00:57:48,799 --> 00:57:50,480
>> microphone? This is hotter.

805
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:51,599
>> Why don't you use that hot?

806
00:57:51,599 --> 00:57:53,040
>> Okay. This is what I said.

807
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:54,319
>> Is it loud?

808
00:57:54,319 --> 00:57:56,000
>> And if you don't know the history, the

809
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,000
history is that

810
00:57:58,000 --> 00:57:59,599
the universities whom I don't know who

811
00:57:59,599 --> 00:58:00,799
I'm talking to.

812
00:58:00,799 --> 00:58:02,160
>> I'm not used to this. I'm used to little

813
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:05,440
people. Sorry. Okay. um the the state

814
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,079
put teachers at a certain time through a

815
00:58:08,079 --> 00:58:09,839
new training. It turned out my my

816
00:58:09,839 --> 00:58:11,359
training at T State University didn't

817
00:58:11,359 --> 00:58:12,640
actually teach me how to teach kids how

818
00:58:12,640 --> 00:58:18,079
to read. So, um I was pretty upset. I

819
00:58:18,079 --> 00:58:19,599
went year and year and year and I

820
00:58:19,599 --> 00:58:21,359
couldn't get my kids reading. My scores

821
00:58:21,359 --> 00:58:22,880
didn't look good and I was going to

822
00:58:22,880 --> 00:58:24,799
quit. This is what I told these guys

823
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:26,319
when they gave me that award. I said I

824
00:58:26,319 --> 00:58:27,920
was actually going to quit. I was done.

825
00:58:27,920 --> 00:58:31,599
I felt like a failure. So I

826
00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:33,680
um it was 2020 COVID year, so it was

827
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:34,960
kind of a stressful year. We just come

828
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:37,040
off of that shutdown and all the things

829
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,440
and we had masks and all this stuff. And

830
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:41,359
the my literacy coach came in and she

831
00:58:41,359 --> 00:58:44,640
said, um, you're getting a new training

832
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:46,799
from the state and anytime we hear that

833
00:58:46,799 --> 00:58:49,119
we go, oh, because it's just another

834
00:58:49,119 --> 00:58:50,640
training and we've been to so many

835
00:58:50,640 --> 00:58:52,720
trainings and most of the time the

836
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:54,319
trainings don't help us or get us where

837
00:58:54,319 --> 00:58:56,160
we need to go. So I wasn't super

838
00:58:56,160 --> 00:58:58,400
excited. I started doing the training

839
00:58:58,400 --> 00:59:00,240
and I was telling these guys the first

840
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,640
video is of this teacher and she is

841
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:04,240
crying and she's talking about how this

842
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,400
program worked and I thought okay I

843
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:07,760
could feel the way she felt because I

844
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:09,119
had felt that way before. So that was

845
00:59:09,119 --> 00:59:10,799
kind of the start of it and I became

846
00:59:10,799 --> 00:59:12,720
obsessed with the training and then I

847
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:15,599
just dug in and since then we have

848
00:59:15,599 --> 00:59:16,960
tweaked and tweaked and tweaked to the

849
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,839
point where I can I we can do it. We can

850
00:59:19,839 --> 00:59:21,520
do it. So these things I keep telling

851
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:23,760
you you can do we actually can we can

852
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:25,760
get kids reading. So, it was just so

853
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:27,839
exciting that now you can't shut me up.

854
00:59:27,839 --> 00:59:29,040
I'll talk to you about it all day.

855
00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,200
Whoever wants to talk about it, it's so

856
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,040
exciting. So, anyway, so I was just

857
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,559
grateful for the training. Thank you for

858
00:59:34,559 --> 00:59:36,960
the training. So, now we can do our job

859
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:38,160
that we're supposed to do. I'm just

860
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,359
supposed to do my job and I couldn't do

861
00:59:39,359 --> 00:59:42,559
it. So, anyway, so that's what I said.

862
00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:51,670
>> Thanks, Brandy. [applause]

863
00:59:51,680 --> 01:00:03,270
Appreciate

864
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:24,801
everyone.

865
01:00:24,811 --> 01:00:27,829
» [applause]

866
01:00:27,839 --> 01:00:29,839
» Okay. So, now we're gonna move to our C

867
01:00:29,839 --> 01:00:33,119
awards. Um, so our I'm going to have

868
01:00:33,119 --> 01:00:34,559
them all come up and then I'll read

869
01:00:34,559 --> 01:00:37,920
about each one of them. So our um

870
01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:40,880
strengthening PLC's is going to Mallerie

871
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:42,400
Sedar

872
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,200
and then

873
01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,000
we have

874
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,079
expanding student connections to Chelsea

875
01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:52,319
Schneer

876
01:00:52,319 --> 01:00:54,640
and elevating employee appreciation to

877
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:59,517
Justice Servas.

878
01:00:59,527 --> 01:01:05,829
[applause]

879
01:01:05,839 --> 01:01:07,760
I'm just going to share um why they were

880
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:11,280
nominated. So, Mallerie um is a fant

881
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:13,440
fantastic instructional coach at Golden

882
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:15,520
Spike Elementary. Um she's doing

883
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:17,359
everything she can in her coaching role

884
01:01:17,359 --> 01:01:20,559
to support teachers um which then helps

885
01:01:20,559 --> 01:01:23,200
support students. Um she helps complete

886
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:25,760
grade level data for teachers and she's

887
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:27,440
able to help them see their growth and

888
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:29,839
make adjustments um in areas where they

889
01:01:29,839 --> 01:01:33,520
need to make improvement. Um let's see.

890
01:01:33,520 --> 01:01:36,160
She is on top of that she completes

891
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:37,680
regular coaching cycles with the

892
01:01:37,680 --> 01:01:39,359
teachers and debriefs with them

893
01:01:39,359 --> 01:01:41,680
afterwards and helps set appropriate and

894
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:43,839
attainable goals. Mallerie is definitely

895
01:01:43,839 --> 01:01:45,920
doing what she can in her role as an

896
01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:48,000
instructional coach to strengthen PLC's

897
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:52,572
by strengthening teachers.

898
01:01:52,582 --> 01:01:56,549
» [applause]

899
01:01:56,559 --> 01:01:58,720
» All right, Chelsea is consistently

900
01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:00,720
designing meaning meaningful lessons and

901
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:02,640
assignments that go beyond the basics,

902
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:04,960
helping students build real life skills

903
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:07,200
around wellness, decision-making, and

904
01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:08,960
personal relationships and

905
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:11,200
responsibility. Her thoughtful planning

906
01:02:11,200 --> 01:02:14,160
requires that every acti activity has a

907
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:16,559
purpose and relevance. and she is really

908
01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:18,319
good at keeping students engaged and

909
01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:20,799
preparing them for healthy informed

910
01:02:20,799 --> 01:02:22,799
lives. So Chelsea is a health teacher at

911
01:02:22,799 --> 01:02:25,333
Boxeller High School

912
01:02:25,333 --> 01:02:30,309
[applause]

913
01:02:30,319 --> 01:02:32,240
and Justice Servas is a fourth grade

914
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:36,000
teacher at North Park and um this is her

915
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:38,960
first year. So one of her teammates had

916
01:02:38,960 --> 01:02:41,520
to go out for a while and Justice just

917
01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:43,520
being a firstear teacher stepped up,

918
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:45,200
shared her lesson plans and helped

919
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,559
mentor the sub um through this long-term

920
01:02:48,559 --> 01:02:51,359
leave. She also uh swapped in her class

921
01:02:51,359 --> 01:02:53,200
with the subs class to help ensure that

922
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:55,040
all the students were receiving high

923
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:57,440
instruction. Um her willingness shows

924
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,680
that she's a true team player and she's

925
01:02:59,680 --> 01:03:01,680
made significant improvement and growth

926
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:03,839
and she is deeply committed to

927
01:03:03,839 --> 01:03:05,680
supporting her fellow educators and the

928
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:08,563
success of all students.

929
01:03:08,563 --> 01:03:53,430
[applause]

930
01:03:53,440 --> 01:04:12,630
All

931
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:17,329
right.

932
01:04:17,339 --> 01:04:30,069
[applause]

933
01:04:30,079 --> 01:04:32,000
Thank you so much for all the work that

934
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,079
you do. We appreciate you. We're going

935
01:04:34,079 --> 01:04:36,319
to move on to our certificated employee

936
01:04:36,319 --> 01:04:38,559
and volunteer recognitions. These will

937
01:04:38,559 --> 01:04:41,200
be presented by Mr. Brandon Nelson and

938
01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:54,789
Mrs. Ashley Nelson.

939
01:04:54,799 --> 01:04:56,720
Okay, we are representing the Boxholder

940
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:59,039
Administrators Association. Every year

941
01:04:59,039 --> 01:05:01,520
we send out nominations um for

942
01:05:01,520 --> 01:05:03,440
outstanding employees. So we have

943
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:06,240
several different categories and these

944
01:05:06,240 --> 01:05:07,760
people have been nominated by their

945
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:12,470
peers to receive these awards.

946
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:14,079
» All right. Sorry, I'll wait till I'm at

947
01:05:14,079 --> 01:05:17,200
the mic. I've got the first one. Um, Box

948
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:18,960
Other School District outstanding

949
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:22,840
building administrator is Don Gittens.

950
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:34,710
[applause]

951
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:36,880
Don is taking on a lot of great

952
01:05:36,880 --> 01:05:38,799
projects. He has a set vision for

953
01:05:38,799 --> 01:05:41,200
Century and what he wants it to be and

954
01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:43,520
is working hard to reach those goals.

955
01:05:43,520 --> 01:05:45,680
The data for the schools keeps

956
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:47,359
improving, showing that students during

957
01:05:47,359 --> 01:05:49,520
his leadership are learning at higher

958
01:05:49,520 --> 01:05:51,920
levels compared to the state growth than

959
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:54,400
other students in the state. Don is

960
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,119
hardworking, dedicated, and caring. He

961
01:05:57,119 --> 01:05:59,039
is the type of administrator that truly

962
01:05:59,039 --> 01:06:03,450
makes change in the lives of students.

963
01:06:03,450 --> 01:06:22,710
[applause]

964
01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:25,359
Okay, our next nomination is again for

965
01:06:25,359 --> 01:06:27,039
outstanding build administrator for

966
01:06:27,039 --> 01:06:29,039
secondary and it actually is going to

967
01:06:29,039 --> 01:06:33,580
Brandon Nelson. He's feeling awkward.

968
01:06:33,580 --> 01:06:38,230
>> [applause]

969
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,079
» He was not a part of the selection. We

970
01:06:40,079 --> 01:06:42,240
chose it for him and I just told him to

971
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:45,200
go with it. So, he's fine. Um, Brandon

972
01:06:45,200 --> 01:06:46,720
is very supportive with teachers and

973
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,160
families and really cares about the

974
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:49,920
challenges we face. He is always willing

975
01:06:49,920 --> 01:06:51,680
to help in any way that he can.

976
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:54,541
Congratulations,

977
01:06:54,541 --> 01:07:11,270
[applause]

978
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:15,910
All right. Our next

979
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:18,000
boxelder school district outstand

980
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,870
outstanding district administrator.

981
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:25,280
So,

982
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:27,680
sorry, I just want to kind of like

983
01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:29,440
include the different levels. So, this

984
01:07:29,440 --> 01:07:33,599
is uh one of our directors. Um, it is my

985
01:07:33,599 --> 01:07:35,200
privilege to nominate Jeff Morris,

986
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:36,799
director at the district office for

987
01:07:36,799 --> 01:07:40,391
outstanding employee recognition

988
01:07:40,391 --> 01:07:48,630
[applause]

989
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:50,720
in overseeing dual language immersion,

990
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:52,480
English language learner programs, and

991
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:54,319
district assessment. Mr. Morris

992
01:07:54,319 --> 01:07:56,240
demonstrates exceptional leadership and

993
01:07:56,240 --> 01:07:58,319
strong and a strong commitment to

994
01:07:58,319 --> 01:08:00,240
student success. He has been a

995
01:08:00,240 --> 01:08:02,000
consistent advocate for world language

996
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,400
and DLI programs, ensuring their growth,

997
01:08:04,400 --> 01:08:07,200
quality, and visibility. His presence at

998
01:08:07,200 --> 01:08:09,599
key events such as DLI senior banquetss

999
01:08:09,599 --> 01:08:12,240
and Chinese New Year celebration

1000
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,319
celebrations reflects his genuine

1001
01:08:14,319 --> 01:08:16,080
support for students, teachers, and

1002
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,560
families. Strengthening both program

1003
01:08:18,560 --> 01:08:21,120
identity and community engagement. He

1004
01:08:21,120 --> 01:08:23,679
facilitates collaboration across school

1005
01:08:23,679 --> 01:08:25,600
and helps us work on textbook

1006
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,239
selections. In addition, Mr. Morris

1007
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:30,080
prioritizes teacher development by

1008
01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:31,759
providing opportunities for continued

1009
01:08:31,759 --> 01:08:34,159
learning and professional conferences.

1010
01:08:34,159 --> 01:08:35,920
He also maintains a thoughtful and

1011
01:08:35,920 --> 01:08:37,440
effective approach to assessment,

1012
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:39,120
ensuring data is used to support

1013
01:08:39,120 --> 01:08:41,359
instruction and student achievement.

1014
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:43,279
Through his leadership, visibility, and

1015
01:08:43,279 --> 01:08:46,000
dedication, Mr. Morris exemplifies

1016
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:48,480
excellence in education, and is highly

1017
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:51,787
deserving of this recognition.

1018
01:08:51,787 --> 01:09:10,870
[applause]

1019
01:09:10,880 --> 01:09:13,279
Okay. Our outstanding elementary teacher

1020
01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:15,040
from the north end of our district goes

1021
01:09:15,040 --> 01:09:17,332
to Jill Don.

1022
01:09:17,332 --> 01:09:21,908
[applause]

1023
01:09:21,918 --> 01:09:29,189
» [applause]

1024
01:09:29,199 --> 01:09:31,120
» I wholeheartedly believe Jill Don

1025
01:09:31,120 --> 01:09:33,279
deserves this award. It takes a truly

1026
01:09:33,279 --> 01:09:34,960
extraordinary teacher to successfully

1027
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:36,880
teach five different grade levels in a

1028
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:38,799
single classroom and still accomplish

1029
01:09:38,799 --> 01:09:40,719
everything she does in a day. Jill does

1030
01:09:40,719 --> 01:09:42,560
this with remarkable skill, patience,

1031
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:44,719
and dedication. She is an incredible

1032
01:09:44,719 --> 01:09:46,640
educator and the only teacher serving

1033
01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:49,279
the Grouse Creek community. I have

1034
01:09:49,279 --> 01:09:50,799
personally watched her in the classroom

1035
01:09:50,799 --> 01:09:52,880
and what stands out most is the genuine

1036
01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:54,960
love and care she has for her students.

1037
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:56,800
She treats everyone as if they were her

1038
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:58,598
own.

1039
01:09:58,598 --> 01:10:11,750
[applause]

1040
01:10:11,760 --> 01:10:16,320
So, our box elder school district

1041
01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:18,480
outstanding elementary teacher for the

1042
01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:22,178
south end is Randy Joe Call.

1043
01:10:22,178 --> 01:10:31,110
[applause]

1044
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:33,280
Randy Joe is such a kind person. She

1045
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:34,719
works hard for the students and is

1046
01:10:34,719 --> 01:10:36,239
always willing to try new things to

1047
01:10:36,239 --> 01:10:38,800
ensure student success. Randy Joe is a

1048
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,480
great team lead and works well with

1049
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:43,120
whomever she is asked to. She has grown

1050
01:10:43,120 --> 01:10:46,400
as a teacher each year and has so many

1051
01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:48,800
skills and strategies to provide quality

1052
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:51,654
instruction for students.

1053
01:10:51,654 --> 01:11:02,550
[applause]

1054
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:04,159
Okay, our Box Helder School District

1055
01:11:04,159 --> 01:11:06,320
outstanding secondary teacher from our

1056
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:09,339
north end is Jamie McKenna.

1057
01:11:09,339 --> 01:11:16,709
[applause]

1058
01:11:16,719 --> 01:11:18,560
Jaimeie is a stellar teacher and

1059
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:20,320
musician. She is committed to the

1060
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:21,920
success of her students and employs

1061
01:11:21,920 --> 01:11:24,480
great strategies from 6th to 12th grade

1062
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:25,760
so that her students are always

1063
01:11:25,760 --> 01:11:27,520
progressing and learning new things in

1064
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:29,679
an organized and methodical way. She

1065
01:11:29,679 --> 01:11:31,199
goes above and beyond to put together

1066
01:11:31,199 --> 01:11:32,880
the foundations concert so that her

1067
01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:34,640
students have opportunities to work with

1068
01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:36,719
amazing composers and conductors from

1069
01:11:36,719 --> 01:11:38,960
around the country. She is brilliant and

1070
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:40,560
thoughtful at coming up with solutions

1071
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:42,800
to any problems and is so fun and easy

1072
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:45,364
to work with.

1073
01:11:45,364 --> 01:11:58,550
[applause]

1074
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:00,640
Our out

1075
01:12:00,640 --> 01:12:03,360
our outstanding secondary teacher for

1076
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:06,324
this South End is Samantha Elliott.

1077
01:12:06,324 --> 01:12:17,590
[applause]

1078
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:19,280
Samantha is always working to help

1079
01:12:19,280 --> 01:12:20,960
others, not just students, but other

1080
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:22,880
staff members as well. She is selfless

1081
01:12:22,880 --> 01:12:24,320
in her pursuit to create a learning

1082
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:26,560
environment for students. She is helpful

1083
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:29,520
and even though has had things going on

1084
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:31,920
in her own life, finds the time to

1085
01:12:31,920 --> 01:12:34,640
commit to her students and her friends

1086
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:38,410
instead of herself.

1087
01:12:38,420 --> 01:12:50,950
» [applause]

1088
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:53,520
» Okay. Our outstanding related service

1089
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:55,360
employee for the north end of the

1090
01:12:55,360 --> 01:12:58,725
district is Amy Joe Summers.

1091
01:12:58,725 --> 01:13:07,270
[applause]

1092
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:09,360
All right. Amy Joe always goes above and

1093
01:13:09,360 --> 01:13:10,960
beyond for everyone in the building.

1094
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:12,640
She's constantly trying to find new ways

1095
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:14,719
to help students and teachers. She is

1096
01:13:14,719 --> 01:13:16,560
very understanding and supportive to all

1097
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:18,480
who she works with. She has helped turn

1098
01:13:18,480 --> 01:13:20,000
the school around and helped give

1099
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:22,000
everyone such a positive attitude about

1100
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:24,320
learning and hitting goals. I know I

1101
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:25,760
wouldn't be where I am today without

1102
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:27,520
her. She's always there to help us no

1103
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:29,280
matter how silly the question or the

1104
01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,360
need is. She is such a light and an

1105
01:13:31,360 --> 01:13:35,406
amazing example in the school.

1106
01:13:35,406 --> 01:13:46,630
[applause]

1107
01:13:46,640 --> 01:13:55,669
Our

1108
01:13:55,679 --> 01:13:57,920
outstanding related service employee for

1109
01:13:57,920 --> 01:14:00,080
the south end of the district is Angie

1110
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:02,261
Carter.

1111
01:14:02,261 --> 01:14:19,990
[applause]

1112
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:22,480
Angie is so passionate about her job.

1113
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:24,400
She works so hard and helps others in

1114
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:26,719
many areas. I believe she truly wants

1115
01:14:26,719 --> 01:14:28,480
the best for the child. That makes a

1116
01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:31,040
difference. Also, Angie goes above and

1117
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:32,480
beyond to help her students with their

1118
01:14:32,480 --> 01:14:34,640
speech and language goals. She is also a

1119
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:37,360
team player and is often checking in

1120
01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:39,920
with IEP team members to make sure we're

1121
01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:41,840
all feeling supported and that our

1122
01:14:41,840 --> 01:14:43,520
communication is clear. Thanks for all

1123
01:14:43,520 --> 01:14:45,491
you do.

1124
01:14:45,491 --> 01:14:56,950
[applause]

1125
01:14:56,960 --> 01:14:59,840
Okay, our outstanding volunteer goes to

1126
01:14:59,840 --> 01:15:02,521
Dion Anderson.

1127
01:15:02,521 --> 01:15:09,062
[applause]

1128
01:15:09,072 --> 01:15:10,239
» [applause]

1129
01:15:10,239 --> 01:15:12,800
>> Dion had several nominations

1130
01:15:12,800 --> 01:15:15,040
um but I'll just read one. I would like

1131
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:17,040
to nominate Dion Anderson in recognition

1132
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:18,960
of her outstanding dedication and

1133
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:20,560
positive impact at our elementary

1134
01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:22,640
school. She consistently goes above and

1135
01:15:22,640 --> 01:15:24,719
beyond to support our students, always

1136
01:15:24,719 --> 01:15:26,719
offering her time, energy, and care to

1137
01:15:26,719 --> 01:15:28,560
help them succeed. Whether she's

1138
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:30,239
assisting in the classroom, working

1139
01:15:30,239 --> 01:15:31,840
one-on-one with students, or helping

1140
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:33,760
with school activities, her presence

1141
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:35,440
makes a meaningful difference in the

1142
01:15:35,440 --> 01:15:38,547
lives of children.

1143
01:15:38,547 --> 01:15:47,910
[applause]

1144
01:15:47,920 --> 01:15:51,040
Our outstanding volunteer

1145
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:52,640
for the south end of the district is

1146
01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:55,577
Ernie Anderson.

1147
01:15:55,577 --> 01:16:08,229
[applause]

1148
01:16:08,239 --> 01:16:11,120
Ernie also has several nominations. I'm

1149
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:12,480
going to read one that kind of

1150
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:16,400
summarizes it all. Um Ernie is truly one

1151
01:16:16,400 --> 01:16:18,320
of the most exceptional volunteers I

1152
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:20,480
have had the privilege to work with. He

1153
01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:22,400
is consistently kind and welcoming,

1154
01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:24,640
greeting both students and staff with a

1155
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:26,560
genuine smile that sets a positive tone

1156
01:16:26,560 --> 01:16:28,800
in our school. Ernie is incredibly

1157
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:30,560
flexible and always willing to support

1158
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:32,800
wherever needed, working directly with

1159
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:34,400
students or assisting teachers in any

1160
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,400
way they request. He is highly

1161
01:16:36,400 --> 01:16:38,400
dependable and has dedicated multiple

1162
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:40,880
years to regularly reading with Golden

1163
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:43,040
Spike students, making a meaningful and

1164
01:16:43,040 --> 01:16:44,960
lasting impact on their learning and

1165
01:16:44,960 --> 01:16:47,440
confidence. His willingness to step in

1166
01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:49,920
wherever needed, even taking over

1167
01:16:49,920 --> 01:16:51,679
crosswalk duty when a staff member was

1168
01:16:51,679 --> 01:16:53,920
delayed, speaks volumes about his

1169
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:56,560
commitment and character. We are deeply

1170
01:16:56,560 --> 01:16:58,640
grateful for Ernie's continued service

1171
01:16:58,640 --> 01:17:00,480
and the care he shows to our school

1172
01:17:00,480 --> 01:17:03,120
community. He is an invaluable part of

1173
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:05,199
Golden Spike and we are truly fortunate

1174
01:17:05,199 --> 01:17:31,030
to have him. [applause]

1175
01:17:31,040 --> 01:17:32,518
Yeah, they want you to sit down.

1176
01:17:32,518 --> 01:17:41,023
[laughter]

1177
01:17:41,033 --> 01:18:00,870
» [applause]

1178
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:02,640
» Thank you.

1179
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:14,709
so much.

1180
01:18:14,719 --> 01:18:32,149
do anything.

1181
01:18:32,159 --> 01:18:45,910
Korean

1182
01:18:45,920 --> 01:18:50,480
What do you got in there? Dr. Pepper

1183
01:18:50,480 --> 01:19:03,270
accidentally dropped it.

1184
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:08,070
Yes.

1185
01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:10,400
» Oh, that'd be good. Thank you. Yeah,

1186
01:19:10,400 --> 01:19:29,189
that'd be great. Thanks,

1187
01:19:29,199 --> 01:19:33,040
test test.

1188
01:19:33,040 --> 01:19:34,719
Is it coming through?

1189
01:19:34,719 --> 01:19:46,310
>> I can't tell.

1190
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:55,430
I don't know.

1191
01:19:55,440 --> 01:20:10,790
» Joy, superintendent.

1192
01:20:10,800 --> 01:20:15,830
group.

1193
01:20:15,840 --> 01:20:17,760
» All right, let's get started. Thank you

1194
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:19,679
so much. If you can, if you're within my

1195
01:20:19,679 --> 01:20:22,239
voice, we are so grateful for the

1196
01:20:22,239 --> 01:20:24,800
commitment and just outstanding work

1197
01:20:24,800 --> 01:20:27,840
ethic of our employees. So appreciative.

1198
01:20:27,840 --> 01:20:30,560
We're going to move on now. And I need

1199
01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:33,840
an approval of this agenda.

1200
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:37,280
>> I move we approve the agenda. I second.

1201
01:20:37,280 --> 01:20:40,239
Okay, we have the motion by Brian Smith

1202
01:20:40,239 --> 01:20:43,440
and a second by Danielle.

1203
01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:45,360
Right. [laughter]

1204
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:47,600
All those in favor say I.

1205
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:50,000
>> I. Any opposed?

1206
01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:51,840
All right, let's get started with this

1207
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:53,520
agenda then. Thank you very much. We're

1208
01:20:53,520 --> 01:20:56,640
going to start with our public comment

1209
01:20:56,640 --> 01:20:58,880
and I have a little statement to read.

1210
01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:01,440
It feels like not very little, but here

1211
01:21:01,440 --> 01:21:03,520
we go.

1212
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:05,280
Actually, let's see.

1213
01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:06,080
public comments.

1214
01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:07,760
>> There are two different public comments.

1215
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:09,679
So, we're going to start with the

1216
01:21:09,679 --> 01:21:11,679
general public comment. No one actually

1217
01:21:11,679 --> 01:21:14,080
signed up for the K5 math curriculum

1218
01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:16,640
adoption. So, there will be no public

1219
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:20,080
comment on that. So, H does not need to

1220
01:21:20,080 --> 01:21:22,480
happen. We'll just stick with G. The

1221
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:24,000
floor is open at this time for any

1222
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:25,840
resident of Boxelder County or staff

1223
01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:27,199
members to address the board of

1224
01:21:27,199 --> 01:21:28,880
education on items pertaining to

1225
01:21:28,880 --> 01:21:31,199
education and/or the operation of the

1226
01:21:31,199 --> 01:21:33,199
school district. Participants will be

1227
01:21:33,199 --> 01:21:34,800
given the opportunity to address the

1228
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:36,800
board in order in the order in which

1229
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:38,960
they have signed up. Patrons must state

1230
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:41,199
their name prior to making comments.

1231
01:21:41,199 --> 01:21:42,960
Individual comments during the segment

1232
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:44,480
of the meeting are restricted to a

1233
01:21:44,480 --> 01:21:46,560
maximum of three minutes. Group

1234
01:21:46,560 --> 01:21:48,159
presentations are restricted to a

1235
01:21:48,159 --> 01:21:51,360
maximum of six. A majority of the group

1236
01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:53,199
must be present at the time of public

1237
01:21:53,199 --> 01:21:55,600
comment. Group members must be listed on

1238
01:21:55,600 --> 01:21:57,920
the public comment signup sheet and the

1239
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:00,080
opening at the and the opening of the

1240
01:22:00,080 --> 01:22:02,400
comment. Handouts may be used and

1241
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:03,760
distributed to board members. If

1242
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:05,600
handouts are distributed, all members of

1243
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:07,280
the board and district staff present

1244
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:09,280
should receive copies of all handouts.

1245
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:11,120
The board will not take final action or

1246
01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:13,040
have discussion on items presented

1247
01:22:13,040 --> 01:22:15,199
during public comments unless the item

1248
01:22:15,199 --> 01:22:17,840
is already on the meeting agenda. If

1249
01:22:17,840 --> 01:22:19,760
additional study is needed to respond

1250
01:22:19,760 --> 01:22:21,520
adequately to the questions or comments,

1251
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:23,760
the residents may receive a written

1252
01:22:23,760 --> 01:22:25,440
response. The written response may be

1253
01:22:25,440 --> 01:22:27,360
read publicly at the next regular

1254
01:22:27,360 --> 01:22:29,440
meeting of the board. Due to the rights

1255
01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:31,679
of privacy of employees of the district,

1256
01:22:31,679 --> 01:22:33,360
the board will educ the the board of

1257
01:22:33,360 --> 01:22:35,199
education will not allow public comments

1258
01:22:35,199 --> 01:22:37,520
on specific employee appointments,

1259
01:22:37,520 --> 01:22:40,159
employment or performance at this time.

1260
01:22:40,159 --> 01:22:41,760
Questions and complaints or charges

1261
01:22:41,760 --> 01:22:44,400
against a particular employee are to be

1262
01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:46,080
referred to the superintendent for

1263
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:48,239
action consistent with law andor

1264
01:22:48,239 --> 01:22:53,030
district policy.

1265
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:54,400
» Ben Sohold

1266
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:56,480
>> and talked to Ben talked to Stephanie

1267
01:22:56,480 --> 01:22:58,159
and he had to leave. She told me to

1268
01:22:58,159 --> 01:23:03,350
probably be back by 7:30.

1269
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:05,440
» Hopefully, if if Ben gets back before

1270
01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:07,120
we're ready to move on, we'll we'll get

1271
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:09,679
him in at the end. Our next participant

1272
01:23:09,679 --> 01:23:18,149
is DJbot.

1273
01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:19,760
I apologize, Miss Summers. I should have

1274
01:23:19,760 --> 01:23:21,120
checked individual instead of group

1275
01:23:21,120 --> 01:23:22,400
because I'm not the majority of the

1276
01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:24,480
staff that I'm representing from Brigham

1277
01:23:24,480 --> 01:23:27,120
City. Hey, I wanted I don't even think

1278
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:29,120
it's on. I can use my coach's voice.

1279
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:32,000
Keith has heard that on the field.

1280
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:33,920
Hey, I wanted to do this in a public

1281
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:35,040
meeting. It doesn't matter. There's not

1282
01:23:35,040 --> 01:23:36,400
a lot of public here, but I want on

1283
01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:39,199
public record how much I appreciate and

1284
01:23:39,199 --> 01:23:41,120
my directors at Brigham City. I can

1285
01:23:41,120 --> 01:23:43,120
speak for them. How much we appreciate

1286
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:45,040
our working relationship with Steve

1287
01:23:45,040 --> 01:23:46,719
Carlson over the last four or five

1288
01:23:46,719 --> 01:23:49,520
years. Uh we've cultured a a real good

1289
01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:51,920
friendship together. Uh speaking plainly

1290
01:23:51,920 --> 01:23:55,520
with each other a lot of times. Uh my

1291
01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:58,800
favorite uh saying that I try my best to

1292
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:01,520
live by is do what is right and let the

1293
01:24:01,520 --> 01:24:03,440
consequences follow. And I think Steve

1294
01:24:03,440 --> 01:24:05,679
is a kindered spirit to that and I

1295
01:24:05,679 --> 01:24:07,120
appreciated being able to have that

1296
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:11,280
working relationship with him in a

1297
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:14,080
consulting capacity. I want to again

1298
01:24:14,080 --> 01:24:17,120
reiterate that I'm duly elected

1299
01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:19,679
independently. You're duly elected

1300
01:24:19,679 --> 01:24:21,760
independently. The county commission is

1301
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:24,560
duly elected independently and to act

1302
01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:26,400
independent of each other. We can

1303
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:29,199
consult, we can advise, but we act

1304
01:24:29,199 --> 01:24:31,040
independently of each other and we honor

1305
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,600
that as well. At least Steve and I do.

1306
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:37,040
Um, we've got some swag for him that

1307
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:38,400
we'd like to present to him tonight.

1308
01:24:38,400 --> 01:24:39,679
There's a couple hats in here. So, when

1309
01:24:39,679 --> 01:24:42,159
he's on the golf course, uh, his

1310
01:24:42,159 --> 01:24:44,719
follically challenged chrome dome won't

1311
01:24:44,719 --> 01:24:47,679
be red. Um, there's also a lap quilt so

1312
01:24:47,679 --> 01:24:49,440
when he's watching real lives of Mormon

1313
01:24:49,440 --> 01:24:53,600
wives at home, he can stay he can stay

1314
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,520
warm

1315
01:24:55,520 --> 01:24:57,360
and a couple other things, but I really

1316
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:59,679
do appreciate him. Uh, the second part

1317
01:24:59,679 --> 01:25:02,320
of my comment is is for the board. You

1318
01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:05,760
know, my my favorite movie is uh 8

1319
01:25:05,760 --> 01:25:09,360
seconds and it's a good one because it's

1320
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:12,080
tough and there's a character named

1321
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:13,920
tough if you remember. But my favorite

1322
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:15,280
part of the whole movie, laying this

1323
01:25:15,280 --> 01:25:17,440
down on his luck. He's having a bad He's

1324
01:25:17,440 --> 01:25:19,600
in a bad place with his marriage. He's

1325
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,000
just got bucked off from a a bull and

1326
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:23,840
stepped on where nobody should ever be

1327
01:25:23,840 --> 01:25:26,239
stepped on. And he's in the tent

1328
01:25:26,239 --> 01:25:28,400
whining, complaining, and feeling bad

1329
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:30,800
for himself. And Tough Heedman looks at

1330
01:25:30,800 --> 01:25:33,760
him and says, "Cowboy up." Sometimes

1331
01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:35,199
when you do what's right, you have to

1332
01:25:35,199 --> 01:25:36,719
cowboy up because you may be standing

1333
01:25:36,719 --> 01:25:38,080
alone. I I want to express my

1334
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:39,360
appreciation as the mayor of Brigham

1335
01:25:39,360 --> 01:25:42,080
City for the for a lot of the board who

1336
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:54,310
has cowboyed up. Thank you very much.

1337
01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:56,320
Thank you, Mayor Bot. And I'm sure I'm

1338
01:25:56,320 --> 01:25:59,120
not sure he'll be watching the TV,

1339
01:25:59,120 --> 01:26:01,440
>> right?

1340
01:26:01,440 --> 01:26:04,320
>> Definitely BYU football games. We know

1341
01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:06,880
he'll be watching those. So, thank you.

1342
01:26:06,880 --> 01:26:09,840
All right. The next uh citizen on the

1343
01:26:09,840 --> 01:26:12,639
list is Sheena Hansen.

1344
01:26:12,639 --> 01:26:15,360
We'll just put him at the end. Yep.

1345
01:26:15,360 --> 01:26:24,709
>> No, you're good. No, you're good.

1346
01:26:24,719 --> 01:26:29,199
» My name is Gina Hans and I am a res.

1347
01:26:29,199 --> 01:26:32,080
>> Usually I'm pretty loud.

1348
01:26:32,080 --> 01:26:33,760
>> That's okay. I understand that. I don't

1349
01:26:33,760 --> 01:26:35,120
think I can hear that.

1350
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:36,560
My name is Sheena Hansen and I live in

1351
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:38,480
Garland, Utah. And I'm also making this

1352
01:26:38,480 --> 01:26:40,080
statement on behalf of my husband, Max

1353
01:26:40,080 --> 01:26:42,320
Hansen, who's working out of state um

1354
01:26:42,320 --> 01:26:45,040
this week. And we like all parents have

1355
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:46,480
children and grandchildren here within

1356
01:26:46,480 --> 01:26:47,840
this county. And and we want them to

1357
01:26:47,840 --> 01:26:49,920
receive a good education and and have

1358
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:53,840
safe school facilities here. But um we

1359
01:26:53,840 --> 01:26:55,199
are against the course of action that

1360
01:26:55,199 --> 01:26:56,639
you've consistently taken from the

1361
01:26:56,639 --> 01:26:58,880
attempted passage of the GO bond, the

1362
01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:00,320
attempt to implement a release revenue

1363
01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:02,000
bond, and now this attempted end run

1364
01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:04,239
around the school bond process. It is

1365
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:06,239
clear that we are not alone because 70%

1366
01:27:06,239 --> 01:27:08,880
of the voters of the of Moxeler County

1367
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:11,199
voted against the GO bond. Those voters

1368
01:27:11,199 --> 01:27:12,880
were not against providing quality

1369
01:27:12,880 --> 01:27:14,719
education or safe environments. They

1370
01:27:14,719 --> 01:27:16,480
wanted clarity and they wanted you to

1371
01:27:16,480 --> 01:27:18,080
better educate them on the project and

1372
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:20,239
to trim the cost. Some of those things

1373
01:27:20,239 --> 01:27:21,760
have been done, but not the most

1374
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:24,639
important is the cost. The flippantly

1375
01:27:24,639 --> 01:27:26,480
you flippantly ignored a petition of

1376
01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:28,400
over 8,000 valid signatures to take it

1377
01:27:28,400 --> 01:27:30,560
to a ballot. I helped with that petition

1378
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:32,400
and I can testify that those taxpayers

1379
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:34,080
that signed that petition knew exactly

1380
01:27:34,080 --> 01:27:35,920
what they were doing. In fact, that many

1381
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:37,440
of them sought out the various locations

1382
01:27:37,440 --> 01:27:39,040
that that petition was going to be so

1383
01:27:39,040 --> 01:27:41,440
they could sign it. Um the suggestion

1384
01:27:41,440 --> 01:27:43,679
that they were misled is to imply that

1385
01:27:43,679 --> 01:27:45,280
they weren't competent and I reject the

1386
01:27:45,280 --> 01:27:47,679
notion that they are those citizens are

1387
01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:50,239
able to think for themselves. Instead of

1388
01:27:50,239 --> 01:27:51,600
putting on the brakes and involving the

1389
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:53,760
public, you are now poised to enter into

1390
01:27:53,760 --> 01:27:55,280
a lease purchase agreement with Bank of

1391
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:58,560
America for $55 million to build out two

1392
01:27:58,560 --> 01:28:00,639
schools, build a school, and renovate

1393
01:28:00,639 --> 01:28:02,400
another one and subleasase those to the

1394
01:28:02,400 --> 01:28:05,040
district. This is essentially smoke and

1395
01:28:05,040 --> 01:28:06,800
mirrors to avoid the legalities of going

1396
01:28:06,800 --> 01:28:08,719
into debt. And that is precisely what

1397
01:28:08,719 --> 01:28:11,520
this is. We believe you ignored Utah

1398
01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:14,239
code section 53G4401

1399
01:28:14,239 --> 01:28:15,760
which provides that an elected member of

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01:28:15,760 --> 01:28:17,440
a local school board serves and

1401
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:19,120
represents the residents of the local

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01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:21,360
school board members district and that

1403
01:28:21,360 --> 01:28:23,120
service and representation may not be

1404
01:28:23,120 --> 01:28:25,199
restricted or impaired by the local

1405
01:28:25,199 --> 01:28:27,600
school board members membership on or

1406
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:29,040
the obligations to the local school

1407
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:31,679
board. Every one of you except board

1408
01:28:31,679 --> 01:28:33,920
member Cronin has essentially broken

1409
01:28:33,920 --> 01:28:36,159
that law. It requires you to serve and

1410
01:28:36,159 --> 01:28:37,440
represent the residents of your voting

1411
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:38,719
districts and not the school

1412
01:28:38,719 --> 01:28:40,400
administrators.

1413
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:42,400
Last of all, we have not seen any action

1414
01:28:42,400 --> 01:28:44,400
to pursue any funding other funding

1415
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:46,960
avenues public or private. When asked

1416
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:48,639
about the when asked at the work session

1417
01:28:48,639 --> 01:28:50,639
last week if any funds were or grants

1418
01:28:50,639 --> 01:28:52,159
were available, one school administrator

1419
01:28:52,159 --> 01:28:53,679
bluntly responded, "There aren't any

1420
01:28:53,679 --> 01:28:55,840
funds available any grants available."

1421
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:57,840
How do we know that? You deem it

1422
01:28:57,840 --> 01:28:59,679
responsible to employ different

1423
01:28:59,679 --> 01:29:01,679
consultants and people in that expertise

1424
01:29:01,679 --> 01:29:03,440
to advise you. Why are we not

1425
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:06,719
contracting with a grant writer? Um, now

1426
01:29:06,719 --> 01:29:08,560
we're faced with more challenges in our

1427
01:29:08,560 --> 01:29:10,159
county due to the status project and you

1428
01:29:10,159 --> 01:29:11,679
have a golden opportunity to think

1429
01:29:11,679 --> 01:29:13,840
outside the box. Are you collaborating

1430
01:29:13,840 --> 01:29:15,760
with the county commissioners and their

1431
01:29:15,760 --> 01:29:17,760
legal counsel for assistance in that

1432
01:29:17,760 --> 01:29:20,800
regard? You need to trim some fat in the

1433
01:29:20,800 --> 01:29:22,719
general budget and the project plan. The

1434
01:29:22,719 --> 01:29:25,440
taxpayers are maxed out. Thank you. And

1435
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:31,110
I appreciate the chance to comment.

1436
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:34,800
» Sure. Yes. if you want to just hand them

1437
01:29:34,800 --> 01:29:36,880
down here and we'll just pass them this

1438
01:29:36,880 --> 01:29:40,400
direction. Thank you.

1439
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:43,280
All right, Mr.

1440
01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:49,030
Sohol.

1441
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:52,800
My name is Ben Sohol. Um, I came here

1442
01:29:52,800 --> 01:29:55,440
last month uh and I praised you for a

1443
01:29:55,440 --> 01:29:58,480
job well done. Um, and I I thanked you

1444
01:29:58,480 --> 01:30:00,960
for all that you had done. I'm here to

1445
01:30:00,960 --> 01:30:03,840
flip sides again and uh let you know a

1446
01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:07,440
couple of things. One, um the online uh

1447
01:30:07,440 --> 01:30:13,600
driver's ed uh registration was very confusing for a lot of people

1448
01:30:13,600 --> 01:30:15,920
because there was not really a timeline

1449
01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:18,480
given to them. Uh my wife was still

1450
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:20,480
under the impression that she could go

1451
01:30:20,480 --> 01:30:23,120
in uh because I guess one of the

1452
01:30:23,120 --> 01:30:25,520
counselors told her that she could go in

1453
01:30:25,520 --> 01:30:28,719
the day of in the morning and reserve a

1454
01:30:28,719 --> 01:30:31,760
particular teacher. Um and she went in

1455
01:30:31,760 --> 01:30:34,400
and they rejected her and uh she was

1456
01:30:34,400 --> 01:30:36,320
trying to understand and she was just

1457
01:30:36,320 --> 01:30:38,480
told to consistently go back to the

1458
01:30:38,480 --> 01:30:41,040
email. Well, the email said that we were

1459
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:42,719
supposed to register right now which was

1460
01:30:42,719 --> 01:30:45,199
the day before the registration. So, we

1461
01:30:45,199 --> 01:30:47,360
need to have better communication there.

1462
01:30:47,360 --> 01:30:51,360
Um, as far as uh being able to, uh, sign

1463
01:30:51,360 --> 01:30:54,159
up for driver's ed. Uh, the other thing

1464
01:30:54,159 --> 01:30:57,920
is, uh, I just like with the, uh, last

1465
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:01,679
speaker, um, I wholeheartedly,

1466
01:31:01,679 --> 01:31:04,639
uh, oppose, uh, the the direction it

1467
01:31:04,639 --> 01:31:06,000
looks like you're going to be taking

1468
01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:09,360
with a higher interest rate on a on a

1469
01:31:09,360 --> 01:31:12,159
loan that's going to last, uh, a long

1470
01:31:12,159 --> 01:31:15,679
time. Um, and I I I think it's it's

1471
01:31:15,679 --> 01:31:17,360
true. It's going around the voters

1472
01:31:17,360 --> 01:31:18,880
trying to get done what you want to get

1473
01:31:18,880 --> 01:31:20,960
done right now instead of doing the

1474
01:31:20,960 --> 01:31:23,440
right thing. The right thing to do is

1475
01:31:23,440 --> 01:31:25,679
something that has been suggested. I

1476
01:31:25,679 --> 01:31:28,000
will wholeheartedly support it and rally

1477
01:31:28,000 --> 01:31:30,639
behind it. That is to lower the taxes

1478
01:31:30,639 --> 01:31:33,520
back down. Keep the teacher raise if you

1479
01:31:33,520 --> 01:31:36,159
want. So keep that uh percentage that

1480
01:31:36,159 --> 01:31:38,080
you need for that, but take down the

1481
01:31:38,080 --> 01:31:42,480
rest of it and do a regular go bond to

1482
01:31:42,480 --> 01:31:44,320
for just the two schools that you're

1483
01:31:44,320 --> 01:31:46,560
looking at doing right now. That will

1484
01:31:46,560 --> 01:31:49,600
pass. Okay? I will rally behind that. I

1485
01:31:49,600 --> 01:31:52,400
will get people to vote for that if you

1486
01:31:52,400 --> 01:31:55,120
bring back the taxes and then we can

1487
01:31:55,120 --> 01:31:58,080
vote on that general obligation bond. Um

1488
01:31:58,080 --> 01:32:00,400
it is important that you listen to your

1489
01:32:00,400 --> 01:32:03,920
constituents. Um, not and I get it, you

1490
01:32:03,920 --> 01:32:06,000
know, for the kids. For the kids. I'm

1491
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:08,000
for the kids, too. But I want to do it

1492
01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:10,159
in a fiscally responsible way. The

1493
01:32:10,159 --> 01:32:12,480
fiscally responsible way is to cut back

1494
01:32:12,480 --> 01:32:16,080
the taxes and to allow the general

1495
01:32:16,080 --> 01:32:18,880
obligation bond to go forward. Again, I

1496
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:25,040
will champion that for you. Please, please take that route. State

1497
01:32:25,040 --> 01:32:28,560
legislators have suggested that. I know

1498
01:32:28,560 --> 01:32:32,000
uh Karen has uh suggested that that is

1499
01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:34,960
the way the people want you to go and I

1500
01:32:34,960 --> 01:32:37,760
will again champion that for you and you

1501
01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:40,239
know the voice that I have. I will

1502
01:32:40,239 --> 01:32:42,080
champion that for you. Please do that

1503
01:32:42,080 --> 01:32:46,870
route instead. Thank you.

1504
01:32:46,880 --> 01:32:49,040
» All right. Thank you for taking the time

1505
01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:50,560
to be here for public comment. We

1506
01:32:50,560 --> 01:32:52,719
appreciate that. We're going to move on

1507
01:32:52,719 --> 01:32:56,400
to the action items. Um,

1508
01:32:56,400 --> 01:32:59,920
number one, the approval of the 2026

1509
01:32:59,920 --> 01:33:02,239
2027 board meeting calendar.

1510
01:33:02,239 --> 01:33:06,950
Superintendent.

1511
01:33:06,960 --> 01:33:10,470
Um,

1512
01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:14,320
each year u by policy we have to um

1513
01:33:14,320 --> 01:33:18,080
approve a calendar for the year. Our

1514
01:33:18,080 --> 01:33:20,480
standard um is the second Wednesday of

1515
01:33:20,480 --> 01:33:22,800
every month and we were able to follow

1516
01:33:22,800 --> 01:33:25,040
that each year. There's been a few years

1517
01:33:25,040 --> 01:33:27,120
where we've changed the October board

1518
01:33:27,120 --> 01:33:29,040
meeting because of fall break, but this

1519
01:33:29,040 --> 01:33:30,960
year falls

1520
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:32,719
on the week earlier or the week later, I

1521
01:33:32,719 --> 01:33:34,800
don't remember of fall break. And so

1522
01:33:34,800 --> 01:33:36,880
right now that calendar is such that we

1523
01:33:36,880 --> 01:33:40,000
can stay consistent with every the

1524
01:33:40,000 --> 01:33:42,080
second Wednesday of every month. So with

1525
01:33:42,080 --> 01:33:45,040
that, I'd like to recommend that we pass

1526
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:49,030
that that calendar.

1527
01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:51,520
This motion would also include um not

1528
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:53,520
just the school calendar but the board

1529
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:58,239
meeting schedule. So any questions?

1530
01:33:58,239 --> 01:34:00,080
>> A question is this for school calendar

1531
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:02,080
or just the board calendar?

1532
01:34:02,080 --> 01:34:03,040
>> This is just

1533
01:34:03,040 --> 01:34:04,800
>> Oh, I have the board meeting schedule on

1534
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:12,149
mine if on board book

1535
01:34:12,159 --> 01:34:13,520
» right.

1536
01:34:13,520 --> 01:34:14,719
>> That's what

1537
01:34:14,719 --> 01:34:16,960
>> Okay. All right. Sorry.

1538
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:17,280
>> So,

1539
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:18,719
>> I was thinking it was both. Go ahead,

1540
01:34:18,719 --> 01:34:19,199
Karen.

1541
01:34:19,199 --> 01:34:21,120
>> So, with that, I will make a motion that

1542
01:34:21,120 --> 01:34:23,440
we approve the school board and

1543
01:34:23,440 --> 01:34:25,600
municipal building

1544
01:34:25,600 --> 01:34:28,800
authority meeting schedule for the 2627

1545
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:31,600
school year.

1546
01:34:31,600 --> 01:34:32,560
>> Do we have a second?

1547
01:34:32,560 --> 01:34:33,679
>> I'll second.

1548
01:34:33,679 --> 01:34:36,960
>> All right. All those in favor say I.

1549
01:34:36,960 --> 01:34:37,360
>> I.

1550
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:40,080
Any opposed?

1551
01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:42,080
Okay. Moving to number two. Approval of

1552
01:34:42,080 --> 01:34:46,480
Sunrise 2526 amended TSSA plan. Mr.

1553
01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:56,310
Mikum.

1554
01:34:56,320 --> 01:34:58,880
Thank you. Um Mr. Asmusson wasn't able

1555
01:34:58,880 --> 01:35:02,560
to be here today uh due to being unable

1556
01:35:02,560 --> 01:35:07,120
to hire a position uh that he's been

1557
01:35:07,120 --> 01:35:09,120
trying all year to do. he ended up

1558
01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:11,679
having to tweak some things to move some

1559
01:35:11,679 --> 01:35:14,080
money around. Uh he's still within the

1560
01:35:14,080 --> 01:35:16,560
same budget, but how that was going to

1561
01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:19,120
be spent needed to be adjusted uh to

1562
01:35:19,120 --> 01:35:22,800
avoid a hole in a certain particular uh

1563
01:35:22,800 --> 01:35:26,080
area. And so, as you can see, um we're

1564
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:28,960
asking for approval of the amendment of

1565
01:35:28,960 --> 01:35:31,600
this year's 2526

1566
01:35:31,600 --> 01:35:39,910
uh TSSA plan for Sunrise.

1567
01:35:39,920 --> 01:35:42,639
I move that uh board of education

1568
01:35:42,639 --> 01:35:44,880
approve Sunrise High School's revision

1569
01:35:44,880 --> 01:35:46,400
to their teacher and student success

1570
01:35:46,400 --> 01:35:55,110
plan for the 2025 2026 school year.

1571
01:35:55,120 --> 01:35:57,679
» Did you get that second Neil?

1572
01:35:57,679 --> 01:36:01,040
>> Okay, great. We have a first a motion

1573
01:36:01,040 --> 01:36:03,760
and a second. Any comments? Any

1574
01:36:03,760 --> 01:36:06,000
questions?

1575
01:36:06,000 --> 01:36:08,159
All those in favor say I.

1576
01:36:08,159 --> 01:36:11,440
>> I. Any opposed? All right, that motion

1577
01:36:11,440 --> 01:36:13,679
passes. Thank you. We now have the

1578
01:36:13,679 --> 01:36:15,760
approval of school land trust plans

1579
01:36:15,760 --> 01:36:17,920
presented by Keith Mikum and Heidi Joe

1580
01:36:17,920 --> 01:36:26,390
West, our assistant superintendent.

1581
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:28,560
» Would you like to start?

1582
01:36:28,560 --> 01:36:30,239
>> Okay.

1583
01:36:30,239 --> 01:36:33,920
>> So, this is our elementary and secondary

1584
01:36:33,920 --> 01:36:39,360
20 627 schooland trust plans. Uh the

1585
01:36:39,360 --> 01:36:41,760
plan has been being worked on all year

1586
01:36:41,760 --> 01:36:43,440
long with school community council

1587
01:36:43,440 --> 01:36:46,159
members that were voted into this

1588
01:36:46,159 --> 01:36:48,560
position. They've reviewed data. They've

1589
01:36:48,560 --> 01:36:50,960
set goals. Uh they've looked at

1590
01:36:50,960 --> 01:36:52,639
priorities which is our greatest

1591
01:36:52,639 --> 01:36:56,480
academic need at the various schools. Um

1592
01:36:56,480 --> 01:36:58,560
generally it's in the areas of math and

1593
01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:01,600
science and language arts, reading. Uh

1594
01:37:01,600 --> 01:37:03,280
secondary is specifically the high

1595
01:37:03,280 --> 01:37:05,440
schools. it can be towards uh improving

1596
01:37:05,440 --> 01:37:08,400
graduation rates. Um anyway, all the

1597
01:37:08,400 --> 01:37:10,400
plans have been approved by the school

1598
01:37:10,400 --> 01:37:12,400
community councils uh have been

1599
01:37:12,400 --> 01:37:15,920
submitted, have been reviewed. Um we are

1600
01:37:15,920 --> 01:37:18,480
seeking approval tonight from the school

1601
01:37:18,480 --> 01:37:21,119
board of these plans uh and then it will

1602
01:37:21,119 --> 01:37:26,239
go to uh the schooland trust

1603
01:37:26,239 --> 01:37:30,159
committee ZARS and they will review and

1604
01:37:30,159 --> 01:37:35,119
then um as that is approved then we can

1605
01:37:35,119 --> 01:37:44,390
uh start preparing for next year.

1606
01:37:44,400 --> 01:37:47,119
So, Heidi Joe, nothing to add to that.

1607
01:37:47,119 --> 01:37:49,520
All right, perfect. All right, I need a

1608
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:54,550
motion.

1609
01:37:54,560 --> 01:37:57,360
» Um, just a comment. I did re review mine

1610
01:37:57,360 --> 01:37:58,692
and didn't have any concerns.

1611
01:37:58,692 --> 01:38:00,320
[clears throat] I did have a couple of

1612
01:38:00,320 --> 01:38:03,520
questions. Um, because we got them

1613
01:38:03,520 --> 01:38:05,679
fairly late, I wonder if next year if we

1614
01:38:05,679 --> 01:38:07,679
could get them a little earlier so that

1615
01:38:07,679 --> 01:38:10,000
um, we can ask some questions. didn't

1616
01:38:10,000 --> 01:38:11,920
have any concerns. Uh, one of the

1617
01:38:11,920 --> 01:38:14,880
questions I had was for the review that

1618
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,760
I did, um, if I could remember which

1619
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:21,760
one, um, Park Valley maybe, one of the

1620
01:38:21,760 --> 01:38:24,480
north north schools. Uh, very small

1621
01:38:24,480 --> 01:38:27,760
amount, but, uh, we they said they were

1622
01:38:27,760 --> 01:38:31,280
going to hire a parah. Um, didn't seem

1623
01:38:31,280 --> 01:38:34,239
like the amount of money was sufficient

1624
01:38:34,239 --> 01:38:37,990
to hire the parah.

1625
01:38:38,000 --> 01:38:42,320
Um, first as far as the plan lateness,

1626
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:44,639
the state was revising their website and

1627
01:38:44,639 --> 01:38:46,239
then it got up and then it got pulled

1628
01:38:46,239 --> 01:38:47,920
down and then it got put back up. So,

1629
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:49,520
our timeline really got crunched for

1630
01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:52,159
administrators too and Keith and I um

1631
01:38:52,159 --> 01:38:54,320
gave them more of the time than we gave

1632
01:38:54,320 --> 01:38:56,080
ourselves or the board and we apologize

1633
01:38:56,080 --> 01:38:58,960
for that. Um, yeah, Park Valley because

1634
01:38:58,960 --> 01:39:00,639
they have such a low student enrollment

1635
01:39:00,639 --> 01:39:02,800
amount, they get a a low amount um

1636
01:39:02,800 --> 01:39:04,400
allocated to them each year. So what

1637
01:39:04,400 --> 01:39:06,000
they do is they take the money from this

1638
01:39:06,000 --> 01:39:08,239
and combine it with their TSSA funds and

1639
01:39:08,239 --> 01:39:09,440
some of the nest funds that are

1640
01:39:09,440 --> 01:39:11,119
available that the district provides to

1641
01:39:11,119 --> 01:39:13,600
them and they just try to put a parrot

1642
01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:15,600
together through all of those funds.

1643
01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:18,159
>> Okay. And then also I wondered if we

1644
01:39:18,159 --> 01:39:20,639
could get a report at the right

1645
01:39:20,639 --> 01:39:24,320
timeliness you decide on how they did

1646
01:39:24,320 --> 01:39:28,080
you know throughout to meet their goals.

1647
01:39:28,080 --> 01:39:30,080
Yeah, we usually uh yeah, the final

1648
01:39:30,080 --> 01:39:34,239
reports are due ironically next uh like

1649
01:39:34,239 --> 01:39:37,440
February and so just like we did this

1650
01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:39,440
last time, but we'll

1651
01:39:39,440 --> 01:39:41,760
>> it's an information item. If you would

1652
01:39:41,760 --> 01:39:44,159
um like us to maybe discuss that more,

1653
01:39:44,159 --> 01:39:46,000
but it's been usually submitted as an

1654
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:49,040
information item in February or March.

1655
01:39:49,040 --> 01:39:50,960
So, but we'll make sure that's more

1656
01:39:50,960 --> 01:39:52,880
aware and available for your review and

1657
01:39:52,880 --> 01:39:57,270
then you can ask questions.

1658
01:39:57,280 --> 01:40:00,639
I um read through several of them and um

1659
01:40:00,639 --> 01:40:03,600
I am very encouraged by every year they

1660
01:40:03,600 --> 01:40:06,320
just keep raising the bar and just

1661
01:40:06,320 --> 01:40:08,480
wanted to put that out there how much we

1662
01:40:08,480 --> 01:40:11,280
appreciate the teachers and the paras

1663
01:40:11,280 --> 01:40:13,840
and everybody um just continually trying

1664
01:40:13,840 --> 01:40:15,440
to help our students learn at high

1665
01:40:15,440 --> 01:40:18,400
levels.

1666
01:40:18,400 --> 01:40:21,440
>> Sure. Along with that, I totally agree,

1667
01:40:21,440 --> 01:40:24,239
Karen, and I'm always impressed with our

1668
01:40:24,239 --> 01:40:28,080
community councils because it's not easy

1669
01:40:28,080 --> 01:40:30,480
to pull together a community council. It

1670
01:40:30,480 --> 01:40:32,800
seems like increasingly our parents are

1671
01:40:32,800 --> 01:40:34,560
just more and more busy and it's hard to

1672
01:40:34,560 --> 01:40:37,679
get that committee together. Um, so I

1673
01:40:37,679 --> 01:40:40,159
really appreciate those parents um of

1674
01:40:40,159 --> 01:40:42,800
students who are engaged in this

1675
01:40:42,800 --> 01:40:45,360
process. It's it requires time. It

1676
01:40:45,360 --> 01:40:47,199
requires a commitment and calendaring

1677
01:40:47,199 --> 01:40:49,760
and anyway the whole process is it

1678
01:40:49,760 --> 01:40:51,040
you're right they raise seem to raise

1679
01:40:51,040 --> 01:40:53,520
the bar every year and and they do such

1680
01:40:53,520 --> 01:40:55,440
a good job.

1681
01:40:55,440 --> 01:40:57,040
Anything else on the schooland trust

1682
01:40:57,040 --> 01:40:59,760
plans?

1683
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:11,830
Do we have a motion?

1684
01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:14,000
» I need a second. Second.

1685
01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:15,440
>> All right. Danielle Wright has the

1686
01:41:15,440 --> 01:41:17,199
second.

1687
01:41:17,199 --> 01:41:19,199
We have a motion and a second. Um, all

1688
01:41:19,199 --> 01:41:21,040
those in favor say I.

1689
01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:24,639
>> I. Any opposed?

1690
01:41:24,639 --> 01:41:28,880
Thank you. We are going to move now to

1691
01:41:28,880 --> 01:41:31,520
I4, the approval of construction

1692
01:41:31,520 --> 01:41:34,400
contract for Discovery Elementary. Mr.

1693
01:41:34,400 --> 01:41:44,470
Stevens.

1694
01:41:44,480 --> 01:41:46,719
I'd invite Corey um to come up here and

1695
01:41:46,719 --> 01:41:48,159
talk to us about the building plans. I

1696
01:41:48,159 --> 01:41:49,440
know that many of the board members were

1697
01:41:49,440 --> 01:41:51,840
not part of the planning process and so

1698
01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:53,280
we'd like to present you know the

1699
01:41:53,280 --> 01:41:55,040
overall plan of the building footprint

1700
01:41:55,040 --> 01:41:56,960
changes we're going to make and that's

1701
01:41:56,960 --> 01:41:59,360
in your backup here. Um first I think

1702
01:41:59,360 --> 01:42:00,719
it's the third attachment for this. It

1703
01:42:00,719 --> 01:42:04,400
says a um Discovery Elementary edition

1704
01:42:04,400 --> 01:42:06,400
here.

1705
01:42:06,400 --> 01:42:09,440
>> Yes, that that's correct. Whoever's

1706
01:42:09,440 --> 01:42:12,400
running the screen, if they can go to

1707
01:42:12,400 --> 01:42:14,639
the that third one right there.

1708
01:42:14,639 --> 01:42:17,199
>> Yes, it it is the third one. Correct.

1709
01:42:17,199 --> 01:42:20,159
And the school board may want to turn

1710
01:42:20,159 --> 01:42:22,400
around. So, or you've you've got it on

1711
01:42:22,400 --> 01:42:24,960
there. Okay, good. Okay. So, the

1712
01:42:24,960 --> 01:42:27,440
discovery, we we've discussed this a

1713
01:42:27,440 --> 01:42:31,040
little bit in prior board meetings. Uh

1714
01:42:31,040 --> 01:42:36,239
when we when we acquired the Davis Park

1715
01:42:36,239 --> 01:42:39,600
that made it possible for us to have

1716
01:42:39,600 --> 01:42:42,239
more property on the discovery site. The

1717
01:42:42,239 --> 01:42:45,600
discovery site is approximately

1718
01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:48,080
6 and a half acres

1719
01:42:48,080 --> 01:42:52,239
by acquiring Davis Park and the small

1720
01:42:52,239 --> 01:42:55,360
building lot on the east side. That put

1721
01:42:55,360 --> 01:43:00,239
our acreage at just over 10 acres. Um,

1722
01:43:00,239 --> 01:43:03,040
in comparison, Golden Spike Elementary

1723
01:43:03,040 --> 01:43:08,080
is 8.5 acres and the property that we

1724
01:43:08,080 --> 01:43:10,320
have in Tremont that could have an

1725
01:43:10,320 --> 01:43:13,679
elementary on it is 11.74.

1726
01:43:13,679 --> 01:43:16,080
So, it does put it in a good size as far

1727
01:43:16,080 --> 01:43:18,400
as acreage.

1728
01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:22,639
The addition is there circled in purple.

1729
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:27,040
That would be 12 classrooms and we have

1730
01:43:27,040 --> 01:43:28,800
two portables there. So, we'd have a net

1731
01:43:28,800 --> 01:43:33,440
gain of of 10 classrooms.

1732
01:43:33,440 --> 01:43:35,840
Two of those classrooms,

1733
01:43:35,840 --> 01:43:38,320
one will be um functional skills and the

1734
01:43:38,320 --> 01:43:41,760
other one will be a preschool. That will

1735
01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:44,719
help alleviate some of the

1736
01:43:44,719 --> 01:43:48,320
impact on Golden Spike Elementary.

1737
01:43:48,320 --> 01:43:51,040
So, it will all and well, I'll get into

1738
01:43:51,040 --> 01:43:53,119
what it has in the later slides, but you

1739
01:43:53,119 --> 01:43:55,679
can see there that we have the bus. The

1740
01:43:55,679 --> 01:43:58,159
yellow arrow is the bus drive and

1741
01:43:58,159 --> 01:44:01,600
additional parking and on the right on

1742
01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:05,280
the left hand side is the car poolool

1743
01:44:05,280 --> 01:44:09,199
and additional parking. Um, this would

1744
01:44:09,199 --> 01:44:12,560
pull the cars off of the street and put

1745
01:44:12,560 --> 01:44:15,760
all of them on our on the campus.

1746
01:44:15,760 --> 01:44:19,119
Any questions on this slide? Just how

1747
01:44:19,119 --> 01:44:21,679
it's set up. Okay, if you can go to the

1748
01:44:21,679 --> 01:44:26,070
next slide, please.

1749
01:44:26,080 --> 01:44:30,000
So, we are doing some remodeling in the

1750
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:32,639
existing building.

1751
01:44:32,639 --> 01:44:36,400
So, in the blue circle, it's kind of

1752
01:44:36,400 --> 01:44:38,000
hard to see, but you see the main

1753
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:41,520
entrance. It's a dark line at the top.

1754
01:44:41,520 --> 01:44:42,239
>> Sorry,

1755
01:44:42,239 --> 01:44:44,639
>> that's okay. I took I took my drama. You

1756
01:44:44,639 --> 01:44:47,280
can do that all you want. Uh the you see

1757
01:44:47,280 --> 01:44:51,040
the the dark line at the top with the

1758
01:44:51,040 --> 01:44:53,119
double doors that creates a secure

1759
01:44:53,119 --> 01:44:55,840
entrance. We have a secure vestibule

1760
01:44:55,840 --> 01:44:59,119
right now, but it's a camera system and

1761
01:44:59,119 --> 01:45:01,119
it's a tiny vestibule if you've been

1762
01:45:01,119 --> 01:45:05,360
there. This will create a clear path

1763
01:45:05,360 --> 01:45:09,199
that forces people to the office.

1764
01:45:09,199 --> 01:45:11,280
we would still have a buzzin system at

1765
01:45:11,280 --> 01:45:13,360
the office door to create security

1766
01:45:13,360 --> 01:45:16,800
there, but it just creates a better um

1767
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:19,440
pathway into the office.

1768
01:45:19,440 --> 01:45:22,239
And then at the bottom of the circle is

1769
01:45:22,239 --> 01:45:25,119
a dark rectangle. That is the current

1770
01:45:25,119 --> 01:45:26,880
workroom

1771
01:45:26,880 --> 01:45:30,480
because we would anticipate having a

1772
01:45:30,480 --> 01:45:32,400
principal and assistant principal at

1773
01:45:32,400 --> 01:45:34,719
this building. That work room would

1774
01:45:34,719 --> 01:45:36,400
become the conference room and the

1775
01:45:36,400 --> 01:45:38,880
conference room that's there would

1776
01:45:38,880 --> 01:45:41,679
become an office for a second

1777
01:45:41,679 --> 01:45:44,159
administrator. Then across the hall on

1778
01:45:44,159 --> 01:45:47,520
the right hand that small classroom

1779
01:45:47,520 --> 01:45:49,360
would become

1780
01:45:49,360 --> 01:45:51,520
the new workroom. It's bigger than the

1781
01:45:51,520 --> 01:45:53,520
old workroom because we'll have more

1782
01:45:53,520 --> 01:45:56,560
staff and also an additional staff

1783
01:45:56,560 --> 01:45:58,560
restroom. Right now for that entire

1784
01:45:58,560 --> 01:46:01,679
building, we have two staff restrooms

1785
01:46:01,679 --> 01:46:05,679
plus the sick room. But that's really a

1786
01:46:05,679 --> 01:46:07,920
struggle when we have this amount of

1787
01:46:07,920 --> 01:46:10,639
staff members all trying to use two

1788
01:46:10,639 --> 01:46:12,639
restrooms.

1789
01:46:12,639 --> 01:46:16,960
It it's not enough. And so that would provide an additional

1790
01:46:16,960 --> 01:46:20,000
restroom by the office close to the to

1791
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:22,320
the current wing.

1792
01:46:22,320 --> 01:46:24,480
If you can zoom back out, make sure I

1793
01:46:24,480 --> 01:46:27,360
got everything in that blue rectangle.

1794
01:46:27,360 --> 01:46:29,040
All my bullet points. Did I get all

1795
01:46:29,040 --> 01:46:33,119
those? Um, I think I did. Okay. So, if

1796
01:46:33,119 --> 01:46:48,790
you can

1797
01:46:48,800 --> 01:46:50,400
You just go back to the board book and

1798
01:46:50,400 --> 01:46:55,830
open it again if you want.

1799
01:46:55,840 --> 01:46:58,080
» Oh, sorry. That was way back.

1800
01:46:58,080 --> 01:47:00,960
>> Yeah. Sorry. We'll get back here.

1801
01:47:00,960 --> 01:47:02,400
I shouldn't have been messing with the

1802
01:47:02,400 --> 01:47:11,510
zoom.

1803
01:47:11,520 --> 01:47:14,800
» So, I think we'd be on the third slide

1804
01:47:14,800 --> 01:47:17,760
that shows the new addition.

1805
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:23,109
One more down.

1806
01:47:23,119 --> 01:47:25,199
So the new addition right there that

1807
01:47:25,199 --> 01:47:29,199
comes so the bottom left of your screen

1808
01:47:29,199 --> 01:47:31,520
that's coming from

1809
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:35,360
the existing building

1810
01:47:35,360 --> 01:47:37,199
on the

1811
01:47:37,199 --> 01:47:38,960
left hand side of your as you're walking

1812
01:47:38,960 --> 01:47:40,400
through that hallway you would have the

1813
01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:42,000
functional skills and the preschool

1814
01:47:42,000 --> 01:47:46,400
rooms. On the right hand side, it would

1815
01:47:46,400 --> 01:47:48,800
be an additional conference room and

1816
01:47:48,800 --> 01:47:52,320
more itinerant offices for support

1817
01:47:52,320 --> 01:47:55,760
staff. Um, there are various needs that

1818
01:47:55,760 --> 01:47:58,159
we have that that would facilitate.

1819
01:47:58,159 --> 01:48:00,080
There's also an additional staff

1820
01:48:00,080 --> 01:48:03,600
restroom in that section. As you

1821
01:48:03,600 --> 01:48:07,600
continue through that uh hallway, there

1822
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:10,560
is a ramp down because of the elevation

1823
01:48:10,560 --> 01:48:14,480
change. It was a cost savings to do that

1824
01:48:14,480 --> 01:48:17,199
ramp down rather than bring in a lot of

1825
01:48:17,199 --> 01:48:19,760
fill to build the building at a higher

1826
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:21,360
elevation to match the existing

1827
01:48:21,360 --> 01:48:23,199
building. And then as you keep going

1828
01:48:23,199 --> 01:48:26,320
around the corner, we have this the

1829
01:48:26,320 --> 01:48:30,080
general population restrooms. There are,

1830
01:48:30,080 --> 01:48:31,760
as I mentioned, two staff restrooms

1831
01:48:31,760 --> 01:48:34,320
there. So, this project would give us

1832
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:37,760
six staff restrooms, which would be a

1833
01:48:37,760 --> 01:48:40,480
great improvement over what they have, a

1834
01:48:40,480 --> 01:48:43,520
real benefit for the for the staff. And

1835
01:48:43,520 --> 01:48:47,040
then we have uh 10 classrooms

1836
01:48:47,040 --> 01:48:50,159
around a common area, which this

1837
01:48:50,159 --> 01:48:52,400
building does not currently have a

1838
01:48:52,400 --> 01:48:55,600
common area where we can do some support

1839
01:48:55,600 --> 01:48:57,679
groups. And it would have two more

1840
01:48:57,679 --> 01:49:00,480
itinerant offices there. uh that could

1841
01:49:00,480 --> 01:49:03,600
be everything from counseling to speech

1842
01:49:03,600 --> 01:49:06,239
language pathology.

1843
01:49:06,239 --> 01:49:08,960
And then above that

1844
01:49:08,960 --> 01:49:12,159
um is the new gymnasium. The benefit of

1845
01:49:12,159 --> 01:49:16,080
a gym separate from the gym a cafeterium

1846
01:49:16,080 --> 01:49:18,880
at an elementary school is that we can

1847
01:49:18,880 --> 01:49:21,119
run PE

1848
01:49:21,119 --> 01:49:23,360
all day long. When we have a gym at

1849
01:49:23,360 --> 01:49:26,960
caftorium, which is what they have now,

1850
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:29,840
that PE is really restricted because of

1851
01:49:29,840 --> 01:49:31,760
the lunchtime activities that it's going

1852
01:49:31,760 --> 01:49:34,320
to take at least an hour and a half out

1853
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:37,520
of the day. So, it really provides that

1854
01:49:37,520 --> 01:49:42,960
opportunity for that prep time for those kiddos to to get some good PE

1855
01:49:42,960 --> 01:49:44,560
time. And if you can scroll down to the

1856
01:49:44,560 --> 01:49:48,229
last slide,

1857
01:49:48,239 --> 01:49:51,280
um this is the gymnasium.

1858
01:49:51,280 --> 01:49:54,400
A as the design team met, we determined

1859
01:49:54,400 --> 01:49:56,000
that

1860
01:49:56,000 --> 01:49:59,360
the gym should be large enough to hold

1861
01:49:59,360 --> 01:50:02,080
the whole school as an assembly. And as

1862
01:50:02,080 --> 01:50:04,239
a default, that came out as having a

1863
01:50:04,239 --> 01:50:07,199
basketball court that is the same size

1864
01:50:07,199 --> 01:50:09,840
as a high school regulation court. And

1865
01:50:09,840 --> 01:50:12,080
so that would be lined out for

1866
01:50:12,080 --> 01:50:14,560
basketball, volleyball, and it would

1867
01:50:14,560 --> 01:50:16,960
have additional hoops on the side so

1868
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:19,920
that we could have six hoops there and

1869
01:50:19,920 --> 01:50:22,800
be a great advantage for the the PE

1870
01:50:22,800 --> 01:50:30,149
teacher. Okay. Yes. Is there

1871
01:50:30,159 --> 01:50:32,639
» that? That's

1872
01:50:32,639 --> 01:50:35,040
>> okay. So, she asked if it would be

1873
01:50:35,040 --> 01:50:38,560
possible to put pickle ball lines.

1874
01:50:38,560 --> 01:50:40,639
We've talked about a lot of different

1875
01:50:40,639 --> 01:50:42,880
court lines that we could put. Pickle

1876
01:50:42,880 --> 01:50:45,360
ball was one of those.

1877
01:50:45,360 --> 01:50:47,679
It would be an easy thing to add on

1878
01:50:47,679 --> 01:50:50,480
there later. The complication that we

1879
01:50:50,480 --> 01:50:55,600
try to avoid is the minutia of lines

1880
01:50:55,600 --> 01:50:59,840
um in in something like this.

1881
01:50:59,840 --> 01:51:01,679
>> It it does look small enough on the

1882
01:51:01,679 --> 01:51:03,280
picture to be pickle ball, but that is

1883
01:51:03,280 --> 01:51:05,280
volleyball.

1884
01:51:05,280 --> 01:51:07,760
>> Yeah, that that is volleyball. I I know

1885
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:09,840
that it it's it's rumored out there. I

1886
01:51:09,840 --> 01:51:11,840
don't know how close it is. Um Keith

1887
01:51:11,840 --> 01:51:13,840
might would know, but pickle ball

1888
01:51:13,840 --> 01:51:18,080
becoming a sanctioned UHSAA sport. So

1889
01:51:18,080 --> 01:51:21,679
there will be one more activity that

1890
01:51:21,679 --> 01:51:23,440
high school teams will be looking for a

1891
01:51:23,440 --> 01:51:26,560
venue. Yeah. So something like that

1892
01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:29,280
could be possible.

1893
01:51:29,280 --> 01:51:32,080
>> So sizewise is that comparable to this

1894
01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:33,520
room that we're in then?

1895
01:51:33,520 --> 01:51:35,280
>> This is

1896
01:51:35,280 --> 01:51:37,119
So

1897
01:51:37,119 --> 01:51:40,960
that size is 50 wide by what's a high

1898
01:51:40,960 --> 01:51:44,320
school court? 80 84.

1899
01:51:44,320 --> 01:51:46,400
So,

1900
01:51:46,400 --> 01:51:48,480
>> yeah, I'm gonna have to count this out.

1901
01:51:48,480 --> 01:51:51,360
This I don't This is not as long as a

1902
01:51:51,360 --> 01:51:53,119
basketball court. This is going to be

1903
01:51:53,119 --> 01:51:54,719
smaller than a high school court, I

1904
01:51:54,719 --> 01:51:56,800
believe. I haven't actually sized this

1905
01:51:56,800 --> 01:51:58,800
out. Shaking the head. So,

1906
01:51:58,800 --> 01:52:00,480
>> next door.

1907
01:52:00,480 --> 01:52:02,480
>> Yes, the gym next door would be that's

1908
01:52:02,480 --> 01:52:04,400
regulation, right, Keith? I haven't

1909
01:52:04,400 --> 01:52:05,920
measured that one out. So,

1910
01:52:05,920 --> 01:52:07,119
>> so bigger than this room.

1911
01:52:07,119 --> 01:52:11,990
>> Larger than this room. Correct.

1912
01:52:12,000 --> 01:52:28,550
» Questions on other slides?

1913
01:52:28,560 --> 01:52:41,189
How do you evaluate?

1914
01:52:41,199 --> 01:52:43,440
So there will be increased cost. There

1915
01:52:43,440 --> 01:52:48,239
is an increased size to the building. Um

1916
01:52:48,239 --> 01:52:52,480
this building is designed to be ICF

1917
01:52:52,480 --> 01:52:54,960
which is insulated concrete forms. It's

1918
01:52:54,960 --> 01:52:58,400
the same process that we used at

1919
01:52:58,400 --> 01:53:00,080
um

1920
01:53:00,080 --> 01:53:02,639
Sunrise High School. It's a very

1921
01:53:02,639 --> 01:53:05,199
insulated. It's a very tight building

1922
01:53:05,199 --> 01:53:09,599
that is very efficient on HVAC concerns.

1923
01:53:09,599 --> 01:53:12,000
When we were doing this, I haven't heard

1924
01:53:12,000 --> 01:53:14,719
the exact numbers, but when we were

1925
01:53:14,719 --> 01:53:17,360
doing the design on this,

1926
01:53:17,360 --> 01:53:20,560
ICF is a little bit more expensive

1927
01:53:20,560 --> 01:53:22,639
initially,

1928
01:53:22,639 --> 01:53:24,320
but

1929
01:53:24,320 --> 01:53:26,080
because of that, there was a time we

1930
01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:28,080
were contemplating, do we go back and

1931
01:53:28,080 --> 01:53:34,480
redesign this for just typical CMU, the same block that this building's made

1932
01:53:34,480 --> 01:53:40,480
out of? And at that time we were quite a bit along in the design.

1933
01:53:40,480 --> 01:53:42,560
And as the architects contemplated that

1934
01:53:42,560 --> 01:53:45,040
and talked with the engineers,

1935
01:53:45,040 --> 01:53:49,440
the mechanical engineer over HVAC said,

1936
01:53:49,440 --> 01:53:50,800
"Okay, but I'm going to have to go back

1937
01:53:50,800 --> 01:53:52,080
to the drawing board because I'm going

1938
01:53:52,080 --> 01:53:55,199
to have to upsize the units because this

1939
01:53:55,199 --> 01:53:58,320
CMU building is not as efficient as an

1940
01:53:58,320 --> 01:54:01,760
ICF building." Um, now that doesn't take

1941
01:54:01,760 --> 01:54:04,159
into account the existing building

1942
01:54:04,159 --> 01:54:07,679
that's CMU cinder block. The other

1943
01:54:07,679 --> 01:54:12,960
unknown here is that it was determined

1944
01:54:12,960 --> 01:54:15,599
we're going to put air conditioning in

1945
01:54:15,599 --> 01:54:18,239
the new addition. How can we put air

1946
01:54:18,239 --> 01:54:20,560
conditioning in the new addition and not

1947
01:54:20,560 --> 01:54:23,760
condition the existing building? So,

1948
01:54:23,760 --> 01:54:26,880
that's going to be an increase that I I

1949
01:54:26,880 --> 01:54:29,360
don't know what the numbers are on that.

1950
01:54:29,360 --> 01:54:32,719
Um, it's kind of a balance because we're

1951
01:54:32,719 --> 01:54:34,719
also creating educational environment.

1952
01:54:34,719 --> 01:54:39,199
We have to be fiscally responsible with

1953
01:54:39,199 --> 01:54:41,520
utility bills, but we also need to make

1954
01:54:41,520 --> 01:54:44,320
a a good environmental space. And that's

1955
01:54:44,320 --> 01:54:45,920
another

1956
01:54:45,920 --> 01:54:48,719
thing to to realize.

1957
01:54:48,719 --> 01:54:52,400
When we put this addition on, we have to

1958
01:54:52,400 --> 01:54:53,760
bring the rest of the building up to

1959
01:54:53,760 --> 01:54:56,239
code also, which means we have to bring

1960
01:54:56,239 --> 01:54:58,639
fire suppression into the remainder of

1961
01:54:58,639 --> 01:55:00,960
the building. We only have sprinkler

1962
01:55:00,960 --> 01:55:03,920
system in the stage area. It's not

1963
01:55:03,920 --> 01:55:05,280
throughout the building. So, we will

1964
01:55:05,280 --> 01:55:08,639
need to do that as part of this.

1965
01:55:08,639 --> 01:55:10,400
It's a good thing. It's a good thing.

1966
01:55:10,400 --> 01:55:13,199
It's it it's a cost, but it's a good

1967
01:55:13,199 --> 01:55:19,669
thing. It brings a higher safety.

1968
01:55:19,679 --> 01:55:24,239
» The gym floor or You mean the surfacing?

1969
01:55:24,239 --> 01:55:27,280
So, we're we're kind of playing with

1970
01:55:27,280 --> 01:55:30,800
that. My preference would be a rubber

1971
01:55:30,800 --> 01:55:33,520
floor. That's the same that we've done

1972
01:55:33,520 --> 01:55:38,719
at Willard, McKinley, and Grass Creek.

1973
01:55:38,719 --> 01:55:43,589
it. It's just a very

1974
01:55:43,599 --> 01:55:45,679
what do I say?

1975
01:55:45,679 --> 01:55:48,639
Um dur it's it's durable. It's

1976
01:55:48,639 --> 01:55:52,960
comfortable. It's easy to maintain. Um

1977
01:55:52,960 --> 01:55:58,159
it's it's easy on the knees. And so

1978
01:55:58,159 --> 01:56:00,159
that but that's more expensive. And so

1979
01:56:00,159 --> 01:56:03,679
taking cost into effect, the architects

1980
01:56:03,679 --> 01:56:06,400
are looking at they call it a pour in

1981
01:56:06,400 --> 01:56:14,960
place, but then it has a durable surface on top. So that's kind of out there in the works.

1982
01:56:14,960 --> 01:56:17,760
We did not consider hardwood floor

1983
01:56:17,760 --> 01:56:19,840
because of cost

1984
01:56:19,840 --> 01:56:21,760
and we don't have any hardwood floors in

1985
01:56:21,760 --> 01:56:24,239
any other elementarymentaries.

1986
01:56:24,239 --> 01:56:26,400
>> Hardwood floor better.

1987
01:56:26,400 --> 01:56:29,280
Hardwood floor

1988
01:56:29,280 --> 01:56:32,080
has its advantages. So does rubber

1989
01:56:32,080 --> 01:56:35,199
floor. So does some other floors. So

1990
01:56:35,199 --> 01:56:38,320
it's just what what you want to balance

1991
01:56:38,320 --> 01:56:41,199
out. Um,

1992
01:56:41,199 --> 01:56:43,040
some people would say every gym floor is

1993
01:56:43,040 --> 01:56:46,159
supposed to be hardwood, but for the

1994
01:56:46,159 --> 01:56:48,080
purpose that an elementary school uses

1995
01:56:48,080 --> 01:56:51,920
it, compared with the maintenance that a

1996
01:56:51,920 --> 01:56:56,400
hardwood floor takes to keep it looking

1997
01:56:56,400 --> 01:56:58,800
nice,

1998
01:56:58,800 --> 01:57:04,950
it it's it's considerable.

1999
01:57:04,960 --> 01:57:09,280
So you said that um probably have about

2000
01:57:09,280 --> 01:57:10,960
12 new classrooms,

2001
01:57:10,960 --> 01:57:11,360
>> correct?

2002
01:57:11,360 --> 01:57:13,760
>> Two of those would be taken out with the

2003
01:57:13,760 --> 01:57:16,159
portables, right? Discovery,

2004
01:57:16,159 --> 01:57:17,520
>> right? Right. The net gain

2005
01:57:17,520 --> 01:57:19,599
>> and then the two for uh functional

2006
01:57:19,599 --> 01:57:20,960
skills and preschool,

2007
01:57:20,960 --> 01:57:21,520
>> right?

2008
01:57:21,520 --> 01:57:24,400
>> So we have eight classrooms that we

2009
01:57:24,400 --> 01:57:27,040
could move students from Lake View up

2010
01:57:27,040 --> 01:57:30,639
there, I think, is the plan. So where

2011
01:57:30,639 --> 01:57:32,880
those students come from to go into this

2012
01:57:32,880 --> 01:57:35,360
addition is up to the school board.

2013
01:57:35,360 --> 01:57:37,679
That's going to be a something you

2014
01:57:37,679 --> 01:57:39,679
determine as far as boundary

2015
01:57:39,679 --> 01:57:41,920
realignments. But as far as

2016
01:57:41,920 --> 01:57:43,280
>> student enrollment,

2017
01:57:43,280 --> 01:57:45,280
>> my next question was so we're basically

2018
01:57:45,280 --> 01:57:48,400
at about 25 um students per classroom.

2019
01:57:48,400 --> 01:57:50,639
Just a rough estimate. We'll be able to

2020
01:57:50,639 --> 01:57:53,119
take about 200 more students there. It's

2021
01:57:53,119 --> 01:57:54,239
kind of where I was getting to.

2022
01:57:54,239 --> 01:57:55,920
>> Right. That that's where that's the

2023
01:57:55,920 --> 01:57:57,760
estimate. Yes. about 200 more students

2024
01:57:57,760 --> 01:57:59,199
to help take right

2025
01:57:59,199 --> 01:58:01,679
>> some pressure off other elementary

2026
01:58:01,679 --> 01:58:01,920
school.

2027
01:58:01,920 --> 01:58:05,440
>> Right. And and sizewise, this building

2028
01:58:05,440 --> 01:58:08,400
with the addition would be larger than

2029
01:58:08,400 --> 01:58:11,760
Garland and ThreeMile Creek. Um it would

2030
01:58:11,760 --> 01:58:15,119
have it currently has 22 build 22

2031
01:58:15,119 --> 01:58:17,920
classrooms, general classrooms. And so

2032
01:58:17,920 --> 01:58:20,239
this would put it at 34 general

2033
01:58:20,239 --> 01:58:23,920
classrooms, which puts it in line with

2034
01:58:23,920 --> 01:58:26,000
all of our other elementary schools as

2035
01:58:26,000 --> 01:58:32,070
far as size.

2036
01:58:32,080 --> 01:58:35,119
Number of students would be

2037
01:58:35,119 --> 01:58:45,430
>> 650.

2038
01:58:45,440 --> 01:58:48,719
Any other questions from my end?

2039
01:58:48,719 --> 01:58:49,920
>> Okay, thank you.

2040
01:58:49,920 --> 01:58:50,480
>> Thank you, Corey.

2041
01:58:50,480 --> 01:58:56,229
>> You want me to mute this mic? Robert,

2042
01:58:56,239 --> 01:58:58,800
» thanks, Corey. Um,

2043
01:58:58,800 --> 01:59:00,480
Neil, did you have anything to add to

2044
01:59:00,480 --> 01:59:06,870
that then? Or

2045
01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:09,760
» I did not. Um what we next need to

2046
01:59:09,760 --> 01:59:12,960
consider is so attached in the agenda is

2047
01:59:12,960 --> 01:59:15,520
the breakdown of the cost of this

2048
01:59:15,520 --> 01:59:19,360
building. So uh information wise we met

2049
01:59:19,360 --> 01:59:22,239
with our general contractor Hughes

2050
01:59:22,239 --> 01:59:26,080
Construction. Um they performed the RFPs

2051
01:59:26,080 --> 01:59:28,239
to get solicitations and bids for every

2052
01:59:28,239 --> 01:59:30,719
trade, every part of this building. Put

2053
01:59:30,719 --> 01:59:32,400
them together. Uh we attended a bid

2054
01:59:32,400 --> 01:59:34,320
opening. Cory and was virtually there. I

2055
01:59:34,320 --> 01:59:36,159
was there in person at their building.

2056
01:59:36,159 --> 01:59:38,080
opened all the bids in person, reviewed

2057
01:59:38,080 --> 01:59:40,719
the who submitted what, uh they did a

2058
01:59:40,719 --> 01:59:42,800
bid tabulation that's present there in

2059
01:59:42,800 --> 01:59:45,679
the documentation of what was bid,

2060
01:59:45,679 --> 01:59:47,599
whether it met all the requirements. We

2061
01:59:47,599 --> 01:59:49,599
had several addendums, specifications

2062
01:59:49,599 --> 01:59:51,679
they had to meet, and we came up with

2063
01:59:51,679 --> 01:59:54,239
the uh grand total listed on page one of

2064
01:59:54,239 --> 01:59:57,199
this of the uh cost proposal. So, it'll

2065
01:59:57,199 --> 02:00:00,159
be I want to say about $15.6 million.

2066
02:00:00,159 --> 02:00:01,840
That includes their fee for managing

2067
02:00:01,840 --> 02:00:03,440
this project. That includes

2068
02:00:03,440 --> 02:00:06,560
contingencies and conting also includes

2069
02:00:06,560 --> 02:00:09,679
several areas where uh there's potential

2070
02:00:09,679 --> 02:00:12,960
for not change orders but um the scope

2071
02:00:12,960 --> 02:00:14,960
of work wasn't detailed enough to make a

2072
02:00:14,960 --> 02:00:17,119
complete determination that the bids

2073
02:00:17,119 --> 02:00:18,320
were sufficient. So we added some

2074
02:00:18,320 --> 02:00:20,159
additional contingencies there in case

2075
02:00:20,159 --> 02:00:24,320
there's some changes in um materials

2076
02:00:24,320 --> 02:00:27,360
used or specifications.

2077
02:00:27,360 --> 02:00:28,960
Given all that that's what we're at.

2078
02:00:28,960 --> 02:00:31,840
We're about $15.6 million. I want to say

2079
02:00:31,840 --> 02:00:33,360
about 2 million of that is related to

2080
02:00:33,360 --> 02:00:36,639
air conditioning and probably 300400,000

2081
02:00:36,639 --> 02:00:39,599
is related to fire sprinklers. The rest

2082
02:00:39,599 --> 02:00:42,159
is the addition that you see here. Only

2083
02:00:42,159 --> 02:00:44,719
thing to call out here um not included

2084
02:00:44,719 --> 02:00:46,960
in this $15.6 million is the cost of

2085
02:00:46,960 --> 02:00:49,040
playgrounds. We have not designed those

2086
02:00:49,040 --> 02:00:50,880
yet. So, we need to work with the

2087
02:00:50,880 --> 02:00:54,159
elementary staff and um our assistant

2088
02:00:54,159 --> 02:00:56,800
superintendent IDJ West to determine the

2089
02:00:56,800 --> 02:00:59,199
needs for those playgrounds and then at

2090
02:00:59,199 --> 02:01:01,040
that time that those will be added at a

2091
02:01:01,040 --> 02:01:03,440
later date to the cost. We'll probably

2092
02:01:03,440 --> 02:01:04,960
have three playgrounds, two regular

2093
02:01:04,960 --> 02:01:07,440
playgrounds and one ADA playground that

2094
02:01:07,440 --> 02:01:10,719
will be placed at Davis Park.

2095
02:01:10,719 --> 02:01:12,239
So, I are there any questions on the

2096
02:01:12,239 --> 02:01:14,960
cost proposal or the the bids the

2097
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:20,629
process we went through?

2098
02:01:20,639 --> 02:01:23,760
Okay, I think it turned over to the

2099
02:01:23,760 --> 02:01:27,109
board.

2100
02:01:27,119 --> 02:01:32,149
» All right. So,

2101
02:01:32,159 --> 02:01:35,599
I need a motion.

2102
02:01:35,599 --> 02:01:38,320
I move make move that we approve the

2103
02:01:38,320 --> 02:01:42,239
Discovery Elementary final

2104
02:01:42,239 --> 02:01:44,480
construct GMP.

2105
02:01:44,480 --> 02:01:46,239
Is there a better word for construction

2106
02:01:46,239 --> 02:01:49,669
contract

2107
02:01:49,679 --> 02:01:52,560
um for the expansion of Discovery

2108
02:01:52,560 --> 02:01:58,149
Elementary in the amount of $15,567,895

2109
02:01:58,159 --> 02:02:02,080
with Hughes General Contra Contractors?

2110
02:02:02,080 --> 02:02:04,560
>> I second.

2111
02:02:04,560 --> 02:02:06,880
>> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any

2112
02:02:06,880 --> 02:02:10,239
discussion to the motion?

2113
02:02:10,239 --> 02:02:13,440
>> Um yeah, I've got some thoughts.

2114
02:02:13,440 --> 02:02:15,760
um in representing constituents and

2115
02:02:15,760 --> 02:02:17,920
taxpayers across the district regarding

2116
02:02:17,920 --> 02:02:20,159
the crowding at elementary schools in

2117
02:02:20,159 --> 02:02:23,119
the Tmont area and at Lake View, there

2118
02:02:23,119 --> 02:02:26,239
seems to be strong support for action.

2119
02:02:26,239 --> 02:02:28,400
While lowerc cost options on the south

2120
02:02:28,400 --> 02:02:30,400
end of the district, like opening

2121
02:02:30,400 --> 02:02:33,119
Foothill for a couple years until um

2122
02:02:33,119 --> 02:02:35,440
Lake View could be rebuilt, seems to be

2123
02:02:35,440 --> 02:02:38,239
preferred by taxpayers. It is recognized

2124
02:02:38,239 --> 02:02:40,800
that building onto Discovery Elementary

2125
02:02:40,800 --> 02:02:45,040
for approximately 16 $15.6 million might

2126
02:02:45,040 --> 02:02:48,320
be an alter alternate albeit expensive

2127
02:02:48,320 --> 02:02:52,159
solution to provide relief. However, I

2128
02:02:52,159 --> 02:02:54,159
speak for many taxpayers across the

2129
02:02:54,159 --> 02:02:56,400
district who are firmly opposed to

2130
02:02:56,400 --> 02:02:58,719
bypassing public input through a real

2131
02:02:58,719 --> 02:03:01,760
property lease to finance this. As was

2132
02:03:01,760 --> 02:03:04,320
pointed out to me in the financial

2133
02:03:04,320 --> 02:03:05,920
implications

2134
02:03:05,920 --> 02:03:10,480
implic implement implications portion of

2135
02:03:10,480 --> 02:03:12,560
the information provided from Neil the

2136
02:03:12,560 --> 02:03:15,440
business administrator for this action.

2137
02:03:15,440 --> 02:03:17,679
It states that the loan payments will be

2138
02:03:17,679 --> 02:03:20,639
made from existing funds. The person

2139
02:03:20,639 --> 02:03:22,320
went on to say that this seems kind of

2140
02:03:22,320 --> 02:03:24,880
like a contradiction in terms because if

2141
02:03:24,880 --> 02:03:27,199
there ex there are existing funds in the

2142
02:03:27,199 --> 02:03:30,000
capital outlay fund, why would this why

2143
02:03:30,000 --> 02:03:31,760
would the school district need to obtain

2144
02:03:31,760 --> 02:03:33,840
a loan?

2145
02:03:33,840 --> 02:03:36,719
We know that the only way that um a $4.4

2146
02:03:36,719 --> 02:03:39,520
$4 million estimated annual lease

2147
02:03:39,520 --> 02:03:41,599
payments for this project in combination

2148
02:03:41,599 --> 02:03:43,920
with the Tree Mountain Elementary

2149
02:03:43,920 --> 02:03:46,960
project um for a combined total of about

2150
02:03:46,960 --> 02:03:50,800
$55 million can only um be made from a

2151
02:03:50,800 --> 02:03:54,080
continuation of the 37% tax increase

2152
02:03:54,080 --> 02:03:57,199
increment funding for the next 20 years.

2153
02:03:57,199 --> 02:03:59,679
If this finance option is used, it will

2154
02:03:59,679 --> 02:04:01,760
obligate the taxpayers for up to the

2155
02:04:01,760 --> 02:04:04,239
next 20 years to pay for something the

2156
02:04:04,239 --> 02:04:06,320
school district went around them to

2157
02:04:06,320 --> 02:04:09,199
finance. This will most likely cause

2158
02:04:09,199 --> 02:04:11,599
increased distrust and frustration with

2159
02:04:11,599 --> 02:04:13,920
taxpayers during those 20 years, and it

2160
02:04:13,920 --> 02:04:15,840
will be very hard to get their trust and

2161
02:04:15,840 --> 02:04:18,560
vote to finance any other major capital

2162
02:04:18,560 --> 02:04:21,199
projects for years to come.

2163
02:04:21,199 --> 02:04:25,679
I strongly again advocate advocate for

2164
02:04:25,679 --> 02:04:28,159
and urge the board members to reconsider

2165
02:04:28,159 --> 02:04:31,040
over the next few weeks the option to

2166
02:04:31,040 --> 02:04:33,679
roll back the existing tax increase with

2167
02:04:33,679 --> 02:04:35,360
the exception of what is needed for the

2168
02:04:35,360 --> 02:04:38,880
salary the employee salary enhancement

2169
02:04:38,880 --> 02:04:40,800
and let the community know we

2170
02:04:40,800 --> 02:04:43,360
acknowledge their concerns and let the

2171
02:04:43,360 --> 02:04:46,560
taxpayers vote on a geo bond for this

2172
02:04:46,560 --> 02:04:49,760
project with a lower all overall amount

2173
02:04:49,760 --> 02:04:53,440
of impact. act to their family finances.

2174
02:04:53,440 --> 02:04:56,080
This community values education and

2175
02:04:56,080 --> 02:04:57,599
there is strong support for an

2176
02:04:57,599 --> 02:04:59,760
elementary school.

2177
02:04:59,760 --> 02:05:02,080
Working to build trust now allows for

2178
02:05:02,080 --> 02:05:04,000
better and more comprehensive capital

2179
02:05:04,000 --> 02:05:07,599
funding solutions in the future.

2180
02:05:07,599 --> 02:05:10,159
Um tonight I will vote to approve the

2181
02:05:10,159 --> 02:05:12,239
construction contract for Discovery

2182
02:05:12,239 --> 02:05:15,040
Elementary to get relief for some of our

2183
02:05:15,040 --> 02:05:18,080
other elementaryaries, mainly Lake View.

2184
02:05:18,080 --> 02:05:20,880
But my vote is based on the expectation

2185
02:05:20,880 --> 02:05:22,880
that we secure financing through a

2186
02:05:22,880 --> 02:05:26,560
public voted financing mechanism or use

2187
02:05:26,560 --> 02:05:29,760
existing unencumbered capital funds and

2188
02:05:29,760 --> 02:05:31,760
do not use a finance method that

2189
02:05:31,760 --> 02:05:38,229
bypasses the taxpayers.

2190
02:05:38,239 --> 02:05:41,040
» Any other comments or questions on the

2191
02:05:41,040 --> 02:05:41,520
motion?

2192
02:05:41,520 --> 02:05:42,800
>> Yeah, I would like to make a comment.

2193
02:05:42,800 --> 02:05:44,560
Um, [clears throat]

2194
02:05:44,560 --> 02:05:49,199
I'd like to to address um the discussion

2195
02:05:49,199 --> 02:05:51,760
about going around taxpayers and uh

2196
02:05:51,760 --> 02:05:54,719
trust. I've uh spoken with many

2197
02:05:54,719 --> 02:06:00,560
constituents um in our community. Um we

2198
02:06:00,560 --> 02:06:04,800
um when the the bond was opposed, we

2199
02:06:04,800 --> 02:06:06,320
went back to the community. We held

2200
02:06:06,320 --> 02:06:11,119
community meetings. Um we um sent out

2201
02:06:11,119 --> 02:06:13,679
surveys to understand what the the

2202
02:06:13,679 --> 02:06:16,320
community wanted. Uh I know there are

2203
02:06:16,320 --> 02:06:20,400
those that oppose um but um my sense

2204
02:06:20,400 --> 02:06:23,280
from surveys and community meetings that

2205
02:06:23,280 --> 02:06:26,480
we've held uh is that the majority of

2206
02:06:26,480 --> 02:06:29,280
our community supports uh what we're

2207
02:06:29,280 --> 02:06:32,239
doing. So I disagree with the uh trust

2208
02:06:32,239 --> 02:06:34,480
issue that there's a lack of trust or

2209
02:06:34,480 --> 02:06:36,400
that we're breaking any laws. That's not

2210
02:06:36,400 --> 02:06:39,199
true. Um,

2211
02:06:39,199 --> 02:06:42,960
and I I uh agree with the direction

2212
02:06:42,960 --> 02:06:46,480
they're going. It's um very much needed

2213
02:06:46,480 --> 02:06:49,760
uh in the district. Uh we have uh a lot

2214
02:06:49,760 --> 02:06:52,719
of portables. We have uh a lot of

2215
02:06:52,719 --> 02:06:54,320
overcrowding

2216
02:06:54,320 --> 02:06:59,679
and uh to go back for a bond or um I

2217
02:06:59,679 --> 02:07:02,000
think Neil, maybe you could address

2218
02:07:02,000 --> 02:07:05,440
Karen's comment on uh funding. My

2219
02:07:05,440 --> 02:07:08,079
understanding is that the funding is not

2220
02:07:08,079 --> 02:07:10,239
um more expensive the way that we're

2221
02:07:10,239 --> 02:07:14,800
funding this and um I think the

2222
02:07:14,800 --> 02:07:18,079
community uh is fully uh behind what

2223
02:07:18,079 --> 02:07:20,000
we're doing here. So that's those are my

2224
02:07:20,000 --> 02:07:22,639
comments. Maybe Neil you could address

2225
02:07:22,639 --> 02:07:27,199
some of the funding uh questions that uh

2226
02:07:27,199 --> 02:07:30,800
Karen has brought up.

2227
02:07:30,800 --> 02:07:31,840
>> Steal this mic because I don't think

2228
02:07:31,840 --> 02:07:32,800
we're going to need up there for a

2229
02:07:32,800 --> 02:07:36,560
minute. Um the funding issue is we have

2230
02:07:36,560 --> 02:07:40,159
about 30 million $28 million in a

2231
02:07:40,159 --> 02:07:45,040
capital fund right now 28 to be able to

2232
02:07:45,040 --> 02:07:47,119
build West Tremont we have to have a

2233
02:07:47,119 --> 02:07:49,760
borrowing mechanism of some sort that

2234
02:07:49,760 --> 02:07:52,400
will we don't have money to do that if

2235
02:07:52,400 --> 02:07:56,000
we were to take the cost of this build

2236
02:07:56,000 --> 02:07:58,000
$15 million

2237
02:07:58,000 --> 02:07:59,679
we would take deplete half of our

2238
02:07:59,679 --> 02:08:02,239
capital fund we would have not enough

2239
02:08:02,239 --> 02:08:03,599
funds to to do other projects such as

2240
02:08:03,599 --> 02:08:05,840
air conditioning, sewer investigations,

2241
02:08:05,840 --> 02:08:07,920
yearly maintenance. It would severely

2242
02:08:07,920 --> 02:08:10,639
diminish our ability to undertake other

2243
02:08:10,639 --> 02:08:13,760
projects. Um, also on this part of this

2244
02:08:13,760 --> 02:08:15,920
capital fund, we we buy vehicles for

2245
02:08:15,920 --> 02:08:17,520
district operations. We would buy school

2246
02:08:17,520 --> 02:08:20,560
buses, uh, we do emergency repairs, we

2247
02:08:20,560 --> 02:08:22,560
have other building projects going on

2248
02:08:22,560 --> 02:08:24,159
throughout the district, uh,

2249
02:08:24,159 --> 02:08:25,360
maintenance, capital maintenance

2250
02:08:25,360 --> 02:08:27,119
projects every year. it would severely

2251
02:08:27,119 --> 02:08:29,119
limit what we our flexibility to

2252
02:08:29,119 --> 02:08:31,440
undertake these projects if we were to

2253
02:08:31,440 --> 02:08:34,800
try and pay for all of um discovery out

2254
02:08:34,800 --> 02:08:36,960
of existing cash flow. So my statement

2255
02:08:36,960 --> 02:08:39,760
is that we're using existing funds is

2256
02:08:39,760 --> 02:08:43,119
based on the current tax rates. Um until

2257
02:08:43,119 --> 02:08:44,560
there's a vote of the board to reduce

2258
02:08:44,560 --> 02:08:47,040
the tax rate. Uh my budgeting is based

2259
02:08:47,040 --> 02:08:49,119
on the current tax rates. So that's

2260
02:08:49,119 --> 02:08:50,880
where the existing funding comes from

2261
02:08:50,880 --> 02:08:55,669
right now is from our current tax rates.

2262
02:08:55,679 --> 02:08:59,679
» And Neil, this is not

2263
02:08:59,679 --> 02:09:03,109
approving

2264
02:09:03,119 --> 02:09:05,440
the financing. This is just approving

2265
02:09:05,440 --> 02:09:07,840
the contract for the

2266
02:09:07,840 --> 02:09:08,239
>> correct

2267
02:09:08,239 --> 02:09:10,400
>> approving the contract. Um, should

2268
02:09:10,400 --> 02:09:12,719
financing not be approved in a future

2269
02:09:12,719 --> 02:09:15,840
board meeting, then we would be back to

2270
02:09:15,840 --> 02:09:17,679
the drawing board on or off capital plan

2271
02:09:17,679 --> 02:09:19,360
of how we would pay for this to begin

2272
02:09:19,360 --> 02:09:22,560
construction going forward.

2273
02:09:22,560 --> 02:09:24,800
Um,

2274
02:09:24,800 --> 02:09:26,480
I'm just going to follow up what Brian

2275
02:09:26,480 --> 02:09:29,119
said that I represent constituents as

2276
02:09:29,119 --> 02:09:30,800
well and I have had a lot of them reach

2277
02:09:30,800 --> 02:09:32,800
out to me and I have talked to many and

2278
02:09:32,800 --> 02:09:35,360
they support this and support the

2279
02:09:35,360 --> 02:09:38,639
board's decision to not continue wasting

2280
02:09:38,639 --> 02:09:42,960
money on portables and continue in to

2281
02:09:42,960 --> 02:09:44,880
the tune of millions of dollars over the

2282
02:09:44,880 --> 02:09:48,719
last few years and opening Foothill

2283
02:09:48,719 --> 02:09:51,679
could cost $5 million. That's a third of

2284
02:09:51,679 --> 02:09:53,520
the amount of this building that will be

2285
02:09:53,520 --> 02:09:56,239
permanent for 40 to 60 years. And I feel

2286
02:09:56,239 --> 02:09:58,079
like that is a much more responsible use

2287
02:09:58,079 --> 02:10:00,159
of taxpayer money than a temporary

2288
02:10:00,159 --> 02:10:02,079
solution of $5 million to reopen

2289
02:10:02,079 --> 02:10:03,679
Foothill.

2290
02:10:03,679 --> 02:10:05,199
Um,

2291
02:10:05,199 --> 02:10:07,840
I am not willing to

2292
02:10:07,840 --> 02:10:10,560
waste more time and more students

2293
02:10:10,560 --> 02:10:12,960
education

2294
02:10:12,960 --> 02:10:15,360
to wait for two more years when I've had

2295
02:10:15,360 --> 02:10:18,159
many people, many, many people tell me

2296
02:10:18,159 --> 02:10:20,480
that something has to happen now and

2297
02:10:20,480 --> 02:10:23,920
that they approve of the board

2298
02:10:23,920 --> 02:10:25,679
changing the plans just to elementary

2299
02:10:25,679 --> 02:10:27,920
schools and lowering it from $140

2300
02:10:27,920 --> 02:10:30,960
million to $55 million.

2301
02:10:30,960 --> 02:10:35,669
Sorry, losing my voice.

2302
02:10:35,679 --> 02:10:37,599
I just wanted to acknowledge that I know

2303
02:10:37,599 --> 02:10:39,119
that the vote tonight is just for the

2304
02:10:39,119 --> 02:10:40,560
contract. It's not for the funding

2305
02:10:40,560 --> 02:10:42,960
mechanism. That's why I but they kind of

2306
02:10:42,960 --> 02:10:44,560
go hand in hand. That's why I talked to

2307
02:10:44,560 --> 02:10:48,149
both of them.

2308
02:10:48,159 --> 02:10:51,440
I um I also have talked to several

2309
02:10:51,440 --> 02:10:53,599
people who have signed the petition and

2310
02:10:53,599 --> 02:10:56,320
they fully support in what we want to be

2311
02:10:56,320 --> 02:10:58,480
able to do to move forward because it's

2312
02:10:58,480 --> 02:11:02,239
um an opportunity to go quicker. the

2313
02:11:02,239 --> 02:11:03,920
longer we wait. I mean, even this

2314
02:11:03,920 --> 02:11:06,560
elementary school, uh, even in the Tmont

2315
02:11:06,560 --> 02:11:10,400
end, I know that, you know, even three

2316
02:11:10,400 --> 02:11:12,239
years ago, it was cheaper to build than

2317
02:11:12,239 --> 02:11:15,679
it is this year. The longer we wait, the

2318
02:11:15,679 --> 02:11:18,320
more it costs the taxpayers.

2319
02:11:18,320 --> 02:11:20,239
Um,

2320
02:11:20,239 --> 02:11:24,480
I feel like also with our Lake View and

2321
02:11:24,480 --> 02:11:28,159
even North Park, they're so overcrowded.

2322
02:11:28,159 --> 02:11:30,400
uh that I know that the portables

2323
02:11:30,400 --> 02:11:32,000
relieve a lot of that, but it doesn't

2324
02:11:32,000 --> 02:11:34,560
help with the with the restrooms and

2325
02:11:34,560 --> 02:11:36,800
being able to

2326
02:11:36,800 --> 02:11:38,400
uh

2327
02:11:38,400 --> 02:11:41,520
be responsible to the building. I feel

2328
02:11:41,520 --> 02:11:45,040
like um it's very

2329
02:11:45,040 --> 02:11:46,960
unrespon not responsible is

2330
02:11:46,960 --> 02:11:49,040
unresponsible a word. It's not

2331
02:11:49,040 --> 02:11:51,440
responsible to keep irresponsible. Thank

2332
02:11:51,440 --> 02:11:55,280
you. um to keep those numbers

2333
02:11:55,280 --> 02:11:58,880
consistently using the facility. I know

2334
02:11:58,880 --> 02:12:02,239
um when I go to especially North Park,

2335
02:12:02,239 --> 02:12:04,639
their lunchrooms are so crowded and

2336
02:12:04,639 --> 02:12:07,119
packed, it's just it's it's really hard

2337
02:12:07,119 --> 02:12:10,639
for um it to stay. I mean, when when

2338
02:12:10,639 --> 02:12:12,639
people are so cramped in the space, it

2339
02:12:12,639 --> 02:12:21,679
gets really chaotic. And I know it's hard for these elementary schools to um to keep behaviors um you

2340
02:12:21,679 --> 02:12:25,599
know within the lunchroom even. Um

2341
02:12:25,599 --> 02:12:30,239
I feel like we're doing a a a good thing

2342
02:12:30,239 --> 02:12:32,079
by relieving those things so that our

2343
02:12:32,079 --> 02:12:34,079
buildings can have a longer lifespan so

2344
02:12:34,079 --> 02:12:36,320
we aren't replacing them.

2345
02:12:36,320 --> 02:12:40,400
Um, I also want to say that I feel like

2346
02:12:40,400 --> 02:12:44,000
I am listening and

2347
02:12:44,000 --> 02:12:46,159
I

2348
02:12:46,159 --> 02:12:49,520
um I listen to the loud voices, but I

2349
02:12:49,520 --> 02:12:51,360
also listen to the quiet voices that

2350
02:12:51,360 --> 02:12:55,760
come in just a nice No, that's not what

2351
02:12:55,760 --> 02:12:57,840
I meant, but just that they're just

2352
02:12:57,840 --> 02:12:59,679
there as well. That they support a lot

2353
02:12:59,679 --> 02:13:00,960
of the things that we're trying to

2354
02:13:00,960 --> 02:13:04,320
accomplish. And

2355
02:13:04,320 --> 02:13:09,520
um I think that's everything I

2356
02:13:09,520 --> 02:13:16,709
want to say. Thanks.

2357
02:13:16,719 --> 02:13:20,639
Um just real quickly, I I I think we

2358
02:13:20,639 --> 02:13:22,960
would board members, we would make a

2359
02:13:22,960 --> 02:13:24,880
mistake to think that there aren't two

2360
02:13:24,880 --> 02:13:27,119
sides to this story or two sides to this

2361
02:13:27,119 --> 02:13:31,199
argument. And I appreciate public who

2362
02:13:31,199 --> 02:13:32,960
are willing to stand up here and show us

2363
02:13:32,960 --> 02:13:36,320
one side. I appreciate those who really

2364
02:13:36,320 --> 02:13:39,199
intently listen to both sides. Um the

2365
02:13:39,199 --> 02:13:41,222
problems in our communities, in our

2366
02:13:41,222 --> 02:13:42,960
[music] country, you might say, right

2367
02:13:42,960 --> 02:13:46,400
now are because of people unwilling to

2368
02:13:46,400 --> 02:13:48,400
listen to both sides and to learn from

2369
02:13:48,400 --> 02:13:52,079
both sides. Um I feel that this board of

2370
02:13:52,079 --> 02:13:54,480
education, all seven members, we're

2371
02:13:54,480 --> 02:13:57,920
missing two tonight. um listen listen

2372
02:13:57,920 --> 02:14:00,400
diligently and study diligently on both

2373
02:14:00,400 --> 02:14:03,760
sides of this issue. And so I just hope

2374
02:14:03,760 --> 02:14:06,239
moving forward as votes continue to

2375
02:14:06,239 --> 02:14:09,520
happen in the next forever, however

2376
02:14:09,520 --> 02:14:12,000
long, right, that we remember that that

2377
02:14:12,000 --> 02:14:13,840
this board of education does listen to

2378
02:14:13,840 --> 02:14:17,040
both sides, studies things out,

2379
02:14:17,040 --> 02:14:19,119
contemplates, takes everything very

2380
02:14:19,119 --> 02:14:22,880
seriously. And um and we're also hearing

2381
02:14:22,880 --> 02:14:26,000
from another side who who often isn't at

2382
02:14:26,000 --> 02:14:27,920
public comment. Sometimes it is

2383
02:14:27,920 --> 02:14:29,920
sometimes that side has shown up and it

2384
02:14:29,920 --> 02:14:32,639
is more quiet but but they reach out to

2385
02:14:32,639 --> 02:14:35,280
us as well. And so there are two sides

2386
02:14:35,280 --> 02:14:37,840
to this. Um

2387
02:14:37,840 --> 02:14:39,599
anyway, so thank you for all the

2388
02:14:39,599 --> 02:14:41,440
comments that happened tonight. We have

2389
02:14:41,440 --> 02:14:44,480
a motion and a second on this. We are on

2390
02:14:44,480 --> 02:14:46,400
I4

2391
02:14:46,400 --> 02:14:48,079
just to bring us back to what we're

2392
02:14:48,079 --> 02:14:50,159
voting on, right? Um, are there any

2393
02:14:50,159 --> 02:14:54,560
other comments or questions on this?

2394
02:14:54,560 --> 02:14:56,560
>> I appreciate your comment about two

2395
02:14:56,560 --> 02:14:59,440
sides and um, we've talked a couple of

2396
02:14:59,440 --> 02:15:01,360
times about, you know, people that talk

2397
02:15:01,360 --> 02:15:04,320
to us and we don't know what that is. I

2398
02:15:04,320 --> 02:15:07,119
think the only way to get the true

2399
02:15:07,119 --> 02:15:09,520
number of where the majority stand would

2400
02:15:09,520 --> 02:15:16,229
be to to take it out for a vote.

2401
02:15:16,239 --> 02:15:18,159
All right.

2402
02:15:18,159 --> 02:15:20,639
All those in favor say I.

2403
02:15:20,639 --> 02:15:23,760
>> I. Any opposed?

2404
02:15:23,760 --> 02:15:26,960
Okay, that motion passes.

2405
02:15:26,960 --> 02:15:29,440
>> Yes. I'd be remiss if I didn't say

2406
02:15:29,440 --> 02:15:31,119
something and I've got a backup in the

2407
02:15:31,119 --> 02:15:33,599
agenda and I apologize for not doing

2408
02:15:33,599 --> 02:15:35,760
this when the time was correct in the

2409
02:15:35,760 --> 02:15:38,639
public comment section for the math

2410
02:15:38,639 --> 02:15:42,000
curriculum that it's been in code now

2411
02:15:42,000 --> 02:15:44,719
that we have to have two public comment

2412
02:15:44,719 --> 02:15:48,320
for our math curriculum and our language

2413
02:15:48,320 --> 02:15:50,159
arts curriculum. Is that correct Mrs.

2414
02:15:50,159 --> 02:15:53,270
West?

2415
02:15:53,280 --> 02:15:57,440
We have to have so next next um month

2416
02:15:57,440 --> 02:15:59,599
we'll have to have this uh adoption

2417
02:15:59,599 --> 02:16:02,880
again just just to let you know of the

2418
02:16:02,880 --> 02:16:05,840
complexity of this uh Mrs. West she'd

2419
02:16:05,840 --> 02:16:08,000
have to say exactly but I think she had

2420
02:16:08,000 --> 02:16:09,840
a group of representatives from

2421
02:16:09,840 --> 02:16:11,599
throughout the school district

2422
02:16:11,599 --> 02:16:14,400
representing every grade level K5 and

2423
02:16:14,400 --> 02:16:16,400
they met at length talked about how they

2424
02:16:16,400 --> 02:16:18,000
were going to go about it. Then they had

2425
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:20,159
vendors bring in the curriculum and

2426
02:16:20,159 --> 02:16:23,040
spent at least one full day if was it

2427
02:16:23,040 --> 02:16:24,320
just one

2428
02:16:24,320 --> 02:16:26,719
>> and had the vendors present it. They

2429
02:16:26,719 --> 02:16:30,079
discussed it and it's really

2430
02:16:30,079 --> 02:16:33,120
a large deal. And so I just wanted to

2431
02:16:33,120 --> 02:16:36,000
point out that we used in the past

2432
02:16:36,000 --> 02:16:38,080
school districts have not had to have

2433
02:16:38,080 --> 02:16:40,559
public comment on curriculum like this,

2434
02:16:40,559 --> 02:16:42,880
but this is a new uh legislative action

2435
02:16:42,880 --> 02:16:45,359
in the last couple of years and and just

2436
02:16:45,359 --> 02:16:46,719
wanted to make sure the board is aware

2437
02:16:46,719 --> 02:16:48,319
of that. And we'll have this on the

2438
02:16:48,319 --> 02:16:50,319
agenda next month in case anybody wants

2439
02:16:50,319 --> 02:16:53,519
to come and and talk about the uh

2440
02:16:53,519 --> 02:16:58,000
curriculum. Mrs. West, what what vendor?

2441
02:16:58,000 --> 02:17:01,120
What's were parents on the the the

2442
02:17:01,120 --> 02:17:01,760
committee? Was it?

2443
02:17:01,760 --> 02:17:03,519
>> Yeah, we did have two parents that came

2444
02:17:03,519 --> 02:17:06,240
and review the materials and they're the

2445
02:17:06,240 --> 02:17:07,760
majority of their role is to make sure

2446
02:17:07,760 --> 02:17:10,319
that it's not objective or offensive to

2447
02:17:10,319 --> 02:17:12,479
parents. You know, with math, it's

2448
02:17:12,479 --> 02:17:17,040
pretty risky. So, um but yeah, we had a

2449
02:17:17,040 --> 02:17:18,880
huge majority of the teachers. We have a

2450
02:17:18,880 --> 02:17:20,719
grade level representative from every

2451
02:17:20,719 --> 02:17:22,240
grade level in every elementary school

2452
02:17:22,240 --> 02:17:24,479
and the majority of them participated. I

2453
02:17:24,479 --> 02:17:27,200
think we had like 50ish

2454
02:17:27,200 --> 02:17:30,559
people final votes and um reveal math

2455
02:17:30,559 --> 02:17:33,760
from McGraill was the winner in every

2456
02:17:33,760 --> 02:17:38,000
grade level at every school and overall

2457
02:17:38,000 --> 02:17:41,200
um it was about a 70%

2458
02:17:41,200 --> 02:17:43,200
support for that program being the first

2459
02:17:43,200 --> 02:17:45,040
choice and then a smattering of the

2460
02:17:45,040 --> 02:17:46,639
other programs but there was a pretty

2461
02:17:46,639 --> 02:17:48,800
big margin of win there that makes us

2462
02:17:48,800 --> 02:17:50,479
confident that the majority of our

2463
02:17:50,479 --> 02:17:51,840
teachers feel really good about that

2464
02:17:51,840 --> 02:17:54,000
adoption.

2465
02:17:54,000 --> 02:17:54,960
It's okay.

2466
02:17:54,960 --> 02:17:57,040
>> been an interesting adoption to do right

2467
02:17:57,040 --> 02:17:59,040
now while we have this law that's

2468
02:17:59,040 --> 02:18:01,120
passing next year that says that

2469
02:18:01,120 --> 02:18:03,120
instructional materials will not be

2470
02:18:03,120 --> 02:18:05,439
online or independent of the teacher

2471
02:18:05,439 --> 02:18:08,719
starting July 1st of 2027. So, as Jamie

2472
02:18:08,719 --> 02:18:10,319
Kent and I kind of navigate the

2473
02:18:10,319 --> 02:18:12,160
contracts and what materials you

2474
02:18:12,160 --> 02:18:17,359
purchase and provide at this time, it's really tricky to say, "Oh, well,

2475
02:18:17,359 --> 02:18:18,800
we're not going to do those online

2476
02:18:18,800 --> 02:18:20,160
materials." That would have saved us

2477
02:18:20,160 --> 02:18:22,479
quite a bit of money in the past to to

2478
02:18:22,479 --> 02:18:25,599
have them online because of the new law

2479
02:18:25,599 --> 02:18:28,319
that says that that's not possible to

2480
02:18:28,319 --> 02:18:30,000
just put a student on the computer and

2481
02:18:30,000 --> 02:18:32,319
allow computer adaptive technology to

2482
02:18:32,319 --> 02:18:34,000
respond to the intervention needs that

2483
02:18:34,000 --> 02:18:35,920
they have. So, we're kind of in an

2484
02:18:35,920 --> 02:18:37,679
interesting era to be doing a curriculum

2485
02:18:37,679 --> 02:18:39,760
adoption, but we're really excited about

2486
02:18:39,760 --> 02:18:41,359
the enthusiasm that the teachers have

2487
02:18:41,359 --> 02:18:45,509
shown for it.

2488
02:18:45,519 --> 02:18:49,200
» I was just wondering um how how much the

2489
02:18:49,200 --> 02:18:51,359
same how different is it from the

2490
02:18:51,359 --> 02:18:57,110
current current um curriculum.

2491
02:18:57,120 --> 02:18:58,800
I'm going to get myself in trouble here

2492
02:18:58,800 --> 02:19:02,319
by saying many of the main front runners

2493
02:19:02,319 --> 02:19:04,719
in publishing run their programs pretty

2494
02:19:04,719 --> 02:19:06,559
similarly and that's how they end up

2495
02:19:06,559 --> 02:19:10,080
getting approved for um national and

2496
02:19:10,080 --> 02:19:12,000
state recommended instructional

2497
02:19:12,000 --> 02:19:14,319
materials list. So there are enough

2498
02:19:14,319 --> 02:19:15,760
similarities I feel like that our

2499
02:19:15,760 --> 02:19:17,679
teachers will not be overwhelmed by the

2500
02:19:17,679 --> 02:19:19,359
differences. However, one of the things

2501
02:19:19,359 --> 02:19:21,120
that's considered is this year we're

2502
02:19:21,120 --> 02:19:22,960
using the national product and they are

2503
02:19:22,960 --> 02:19:25,519
releasing a Utah specific product next

2504
02:19:25,519 --> 02:19:27,040
year that will be just a little bit

2505
02:19:27,040 --> 02:19:30,000
different. But um the publishers assured

2506
02:19:30,000 --> 02:19:31,679
us today when we met with them that that

2507
02:19:31,679 --> 02:19:33,679
won't be such a significant change to

2508
02:19:33,679 --> 02:19:35,040
the teachers that they will feel like

2509
02:19:35,040 --> 02:19:36,319
they've gone through a complete

2510
02:19:36,319 --> 02:19:38,319
disruption. Again, one of the things

2511
02:19:38,319 --> 02:19:40,800
that's very different here is that the

2512
02:19:40,800 --> 02:19:44,240
program offers intervention materials

2513
02:19:44,240 --> 02:19:46,080
that align with the instructional

2514
02:19:46,080 --> 02:19:47,840
materials. So, we're purchasing that all

2515
02:19:47,840 --> 02:19:50,399
at one time to align our interventionist

2516
02:19:50,399 --> 02:19:53,200
materials for our coaches um for small

2517
02:19:53,200 --> 02:19:54,720
groupoup instruction as well as for our

2518
02:19:54,720 --> 02:19:56,399
special education department. And we're

2519
02:19:56,399 --> 02:19:58,000
really excited to have that alignment

2520
02:19:58,000 --> 02:19:59,359
because that's not been something we've

2521
02:19:59,359 --> 02:20:02,399
been able to do in the past.

2522
02:20:02,399 --> 02:20:05,359
>> You said uh

2523
02:20:05,359 --> 02:20:07,040
that it has to be not online but

2524
02:20:07,040 --> 02:20:08,640
independent of the teacher. Is that what

2525
02:20:08,640 --> 02:20:10,479
you just said? How does that how does

2526
02:20:10,479 --> 02:20:11,520
what does that mean?

2527
02:20:11,520 --> 02:20:13,760
>> So, you know what? We we could probably

2528
02:20:13,760 --> 02:20:15,760
do a little bit of a introduction to

2529
02:20:15,760 --> 02:20:18,479
that state bill in the future, but but

2530
02:20:18,479 --> 02:20:21,280
by July 1st of 2027,

2531
02:20:21,280 --> 02:20:24,800
teachers in the K3 grades are having the

2532
02:20:24,800 --> 02:20:26,960
ability to just put a student on a

2533
02:20:26,960 --> 02:20:29,200
device and have the device instruct them

2534
02:20:29,200 --> 02:20:31,600
be removed. However, a teacher from what

2535
02:20:31,600 --> 02:20:33,359
we understand from the bill right now,

2536
02:20:33,359 --> 02:20:35,200
they haven't created the model policy

2537
02:20:35,200 --> 02:20:36,960
completely in its entirety, but they've

2538
02:20:36,960 --> 02:20:38,319
revealed some of the things that we

2539
02:20:38,319 --> 02:20:39,840
would have to put in our own policy if

2540
02:20:39,840 --> 02:20:41,120
we went away from the state model

2541
02:20:41,120 --> 02:20:43,040
policy. Some of the things that are

2542
02:20:43,040 --> 02:20:46,479
included is just um the teacher can show

2543
02:20:46,479 --> 02:20:48,399
online materials, but it has to be the

2544
02:20:48,399 --> 02:20:49,920
teacher that's guiding that rather than

2545
02:20:49,920 --> 02:20:51,200
the student that's responding

2546
02:20:51,200 --> 02:20:54,160
individually. Um so we can use online

2547
02:20:54,160 --> 02:20:55,760
materials to prepare for state

2548
02:20:55,760 --> 02:20:59,520
assessments and um

2549
02:20:59,520 --> 02:21:01,920
and in upper grades, but we have to be

2550
02:21:01,920 --> 02:21:05,439
really cautious about K3. So in response

2551
02:21:05,439 --> 02:21:07,359
to that, we've been trying to prepare as

2552
02:21:07,359 --> 02:21:09,040
a district. We've increased our copy

2553
02:21:09,040 --> 02:21:11,040
budgets for schools. We're trying to

2554
02:21:11,040 --> 02:21:12,880
provide teachers with the manipulatives

2555
02:21:12,880 --> 02:21:14,560
that come with this program rather than

2556
02:21:14,560 --> 02:21:17,200
using online manipulatives. It's just

2557
02:21:17,200 --> 02:21:19,439
one of those things that is like an

2558
02:21:19,439 --> 02:21:21,200
unfunded change but kind of comes with

2559
02:21:21,200 --> 02:21:23,120
these unintended consequences that we

2560
02:21:23,120 --> 02:21:27,120
need to be really prepared for.

2561
02:21:27,120 --> 02:21:29,920
Thank you, Mrs. West. Uh, as Mrs. West

2562
02:21:29,920 --> 02:21:31,520
was talking, she mentioned the

2563
02:21:31,520 --> 02:21:34,080
collaboration with Mrs. Jamie Kent, and

2564
02:21:34,080 --> 02:21:35,680
the reason for that is not because she's

2565
02:21:35,680 --> 02:21:37,520
the public information officer, but

2566
02:21:37,520 --> 02:21:40,880
because one of Mrs. Kent Hats is our

2567
02:21:40,880 --> 02:21:42,720
math specialist and she attends all

2568
02:21:42,720 --> 02:21:45,040
state math meetings and our Northern

2569
02:21:45,040 --> 02:21:47,120
Utah curriculum consortium math meeting

2570
02:21:47,120 --> 02:21:48,640
and that's just one of her many hats and

2571
02:21:48,640 --> 02:21:50,720
I just wanted to clarify why she was

2572
02:21:50,720 --> 02:21:53,280
talking to her not as the PIO but the

2573
02:21:53,280 --> 02:21:56,080
math specialist.

2574
02:21:56,080 --> 02:21:57,760
>> Thank you. I'm glad you clarified that.

2575
02:21:57,760 --> 02:22:00,160
We know that Mrs. Kent

2576
02:22:00,160 --> 02:22:03,040
Jamie is does more than one thing. She

2577
02:22:03,040 --> 02:22:06,160
does many many things in this district.

2578
02:22:06,160 --> 02:22:09,359
Okay. So, any other questions for J1,

2579
02:22:09,359 --> 02:22:13,040
the review of um sorry,

2580
02:22:13,040 --> 02:22:14,640
yes,

2581
02:22:14,640 --> 02:22:16,800
we are moved. That was clear back in the

2582
02:22:16,800 --> 02:22:19,439
agenda, wasn't it? Our math adoption.

2583
02:22:19,439 --> 02:22:22,160
Now, we are on J1, the review of uh

2584
02:22:22,160 --> 02:22:24,560
positive behavior plans. And Megan

2585
02:22:24,560 --> 02:22:26,240
Bushnell, our student services director,

2586
02:22:26,240 --> 02:22:44,710
is going to present these to us.

2587
02:22:44,720 --> 02:22:48,880
Okay. So, um, in the past we've had this

2588
02:22:48,880 --> 02:22:52,240
as a action item, but um, we found out

2589
02:22:52,240 --> 02:22:54,479
this just information item. The positive

2590
02:22:54,479 --> 02:22:57,439
behavior plans, you've probably noticed

2591
02:22:57,439 --> 02:22:58,880
they've been tweaked over the years and

2592
02:22:58,880 --> 02:23:00,960
we're still continuing to tweak them,

2593
02:23:00,960 --> 02:23:03,280
but it's really, um, I asked them to do

2594
02:23:03,280 --> 02:23:05,760
three goals this year. um one on

2595
02:23:05,760 --> 02:23:08,000
behavior, one on attendance and one

2596
02:23:08,000 --> 02:23:10,399
surrounding like substance use uh

2597
02:23:10,399 --> 02:23:12,319
because that's part of the comprehensive

2598
02:23:12,319 --> 02:23:15,439
prevention plans. I also ask the um

2599
02:23:15,439 --> 02:23:18,319
schools to attach a suicide prevention

2600
02:23:18,319 --> 02:23:22,240
plan um and next year, like I said,

2601
02:23:22,240 --> 02:23:23,920
we'll get even better, but it's really

2602
02:23:23,920 --> 02:23:25,680
interesting to see how many met the

2603
02:23:25,680 --> 02:23:28,640
goals and then to see which ones we're

2604
02:23:28,640 --> 02:23:31,120
still struggling at. Um, but I do feel

2605
02:23:31,120 --> 02:23:33,200
like overall a lot of our schools have

2606
02:23:33,200 --> 02:23:35,200
made such great efforts to try to

2607
02:23:35,200 --> 02:23:38,399
improve on those things. Um, in

2608
02:23:38,399 --> 02:23:40,640
particular, attendance has been a big

2609
02:23:40,640 --> 02:23:42,319
thing that we've been trying to push.

2610
02:23:42,319 --> 02:23:46,399
And as of right now, our attendance, um,

2611
02:23:46,399 --> 02:23:48,720
our chronic absenteeism is down, which

2612
02:23:48,720 --> 02:23:51,680
is we want that to be lower. And, um, we

2613
02:23:51,680 --> 02:23:54,080
were part of an attendance cohort as a

2614
02:23:54,080 --> 02:23:56,800
district. And so I think just trying to

2615
02:23:56,800 --> 02:23:59,040
focus on those things that we can

2616
02:23:59,040 --> 02:24:01,280
control within attendance is probably

2617
02:24:01,280 --> 02:24:03,840
one of the biggest things. And then um

2618
02:24:03,840 --> 02:24:06,640
really this coming year working with Ben

2619
02:24:06,640 --> 02:24:08,880
in secondary with the counselors to try

2620
02:24:08,880 --> 02:24:11,200
to make sure our suicide prevention

2621
02:24:11,200 --> 02:24:15,840
plans and um this I'm calling them CPPs,

2622
02:24:15,840 --> 02:24:18,399
the comprehensive prevention plans are

2623
02:24:18,399 --> 02:24:20,800
um more effective and have really good

2624
02:24:20,800 --> 02:24:27,750
smart goals.

2625
02:24:27,760 --> 02:24:30,080
Thank you, Megan. Any questions for her

2626
02:24:30,080 --> 02:24:33,830
about these plans?

2627
02:24:33,840 --> 02:24:35,760
Thank you for providing them for us so

2628
02:24:35,760 --> 02:24:39,200
that we can look over them. Thank you.

2629
02:24:39,200 --> 02:24:41,120
All right, J2, our book battle

2630
02:24:41,120 --> 02:24:43,359
presentation. We're so excited,

2631
02:24:43,359 --> 02:24:44,880
Stephanie.

2632
02:24:44,880 --> 02:24:48,000
>> You can just stay here.

2633
02:24:48,000 --> 02:24:52,000
>> Okay. Well, Ashley, she's my helper. Uh,

2634
02:24:52,000 --> 02:24:55,200
so if I pass out, she'll come and save

2635
02:24:55,200 --> 02:24:57,359
the day. Okay, if you want to push on my

2636
02:24:57,359 --> 02:25:01,600
thing because I I did this so we can all

2637
02:25:01,600 --> 02:25:05,760
look at it. Okay. So, uh this year, uh

2638
02:25:05,760 --> 02:25:09,359
we were able to hold the first books

2639
02:25:09,359 --> 02:25:11,680
book battle blitz for Boxelder County

2640
02:25:11,680 --> 02:25:15,280
and or book boxelder school district.

2641
02:25:15,280 --> 02:25:18,080
And uh we had Garland Elementary and LC

2642
02:25:18,080 --> 02:25:20,240
Harris Intermediate as our pilot

2643
02:25:20,240 --> 02:25:23,120
schools. Um in Garland we had about 32

2644
02:25:23,120 --> 02:25:26,240
students and in LC Harris about 39. We

2645
02:25:26,240 --> 02:25:28,399
had anyway doesn't matter. So about 71

2646
02:25:28,399 --> 02:25:32,080
students total between the two schools.

2647
02:25:32,080 --> 02:25:34,479
Last year, our book lists included

2648
02:25:34,479 --> 02:25:36,240
these. The there was eight in the

2649
02:25:36,240 --> 02:25:40,479
elementary and then next year we we

2650
02:25:40,479 --> 02:25:45,040
moved it to 12 because um when when this

2651
02:25:45,040 --> 02:25:47,920
is actually uh it is a a national

2652
02:25:47,920 --> 02:25:52,880
program, but because I'm frugal, uh I

2653
02:25:52,880 --> 02:25:55,280
made my own. [laughter] So, we had to

2654
02:25:55,280 --> 02:25:56,640
read these books and then come up with

2655
02:25:56,640 --> 02:25:58,800
our own questions. And when you're

2656
02:25:58,800 --> 02:26:00,479
coming up with questions from eight

2657
02:26:00,479 --> 02:26:02,399
books, it's really hard to come up with

2658
02:26:02,399 --> 02:26:04,560
enough questions. So, moving to 12

2659
02:26:04,560 --> 02:26:07,680
books, it makes it a lot easier for me

2660
02:26:07,680 --> 02:26:11,439
to um put in get enough questions to

2661
02:26:11,439 --> 02:26:14,000
make the the battle um where we aren't

2662
02:26:14,000 --> 02:26:15,760
repeating the same questions over and

2663
02:26:15,760 --> 02:26:19,200
over throughout the year. Um you can see

2664
02:26:19,200 --> 02:26:23,680
that uh there's the dark uh the dark

2665
02:26:23,680 --> 02:26:25,920
titles and the light titles. If you

2666
02:26:25,920 --> 02:26:28,000
scroll down again, I should have been

2667
02:26:28,000 --> 02:26:30,560
better at doing this game, but you can

2668
02:26:30,560 --> 02:26:32,640
see that they are the same. The light

2669
02:26:32,640 --> 02:26:35,920
titles now go up again. Are the are the

2670
02:26:35,920 --> 02:26:38,399
same in both the intermediate and the

2671
02:26:38,399 --> 02:26:39,680
elementary. Will you scroll up just

2672
02:26:39,680 --> 02:26:42,080
halfway? Just halfway. Scroll up. There

2673
02:26:42,080 --> 02:26:43,520
we are. Right there. So, you see that

2674
02:26:43,520 --> 02:26:45,840
they're the same. I did that so that in

2675
02:26:45,840 --> 02:26:47,520
the elementary school and in the

2676
02:26:47,520 --> 02:26:49,439
intermediate school, families can be

2677
02:26:49,439 --> 02:26:51,439
reading the same books together. So that

2678
02:26:51,439 --> 02:26:53,439
we're we're creating an opportunity for

2679
02:26:53,439 --> 02:26:56,160
families to have have a bonding

2680
02:26:56,160 --> 02:26:57,920
experience while reading books because

2681
02:26:57,920 --> 02:27:01,359
we love literature. So um this year

2682
02:27:01,359 --> 02:27:06,880
again we have six books though that will overlap. I have reached out to um

2683
02:27:06,880 --> 02:27:09,520
the the libraries in the community and

2684
02:27:09,520 --> 02:27:12,399
the bookmobiles and they are going to

2685
02:27:12,399 --> 02:27:13,920
try to get as many of the books as they

2686
02:27:13,920 --> 02:27:15,920
can with so that throughout the summer

2687
02:27:15,920 --> 02:27:18,560
that they can read these books. Um all

2688
02:27:18,560 --> 02:27:20,080
of the elementary schools in our

2689
02:27:20,080 --> 02:27:22,479
district have uh committed to

2690
02:27:22,479 --> 02:27:26,720
participating along with um the Bear

2691
02:27:26,720 --> 02:27:30,160
River side of LSC Harris and the middle

2692
02:27:30,160 --> 02:27:33,200
school. So if uh there are parents that

2693
02:27:33,200 --> 02:27:34,479
feel like they would like to be more

2694
02:27:34,479 --> 02:27:36,399
involved with this, we just invite you

2695
02:27:36,399 --> 02:27:38,160
to reach out and actually I think that's

2696
02:27:38,160 --> 02:27:40,000
on another slide. I'll not reach not

2697
02:27:40,000 --> 02:27:43,520
tell you that yet. Okay. So the the

2698
02:27:43,520 --> 02:27:46,319
objective really is is to have a a

2699
02:27:46,319 --> 02:27:49,359
competition in academics. I know there's

2700
02:27:49,359 --> 02:27:51,760
a lot of sports in our area and we were

2701
02:27:51,760 --> 02:27:54,399
just hoping to en encourage more

2702
02:27:54,399 --> 02:27:56,479
academic, more reading, challenging

2703
02:27:56,479 --> 02:27:58,399
kids. I know that right now graphic

2704
02:27:58,399 --> 02:28:00,800
novels are the favorite of all students

2705
02:28:00,800 --> 02:28:03,359
in elementary anyway. And so it was fun

2706
02:28:03,359 --> 02:28:05,439
to bring in different book titles that

2707
02:28:05,439 --> 02:28:08,160
are longer to get them to um enjoy

2708
02:28:08,160 --> 02:28:10,319
different type of books. And so with the

2709
02:28:10,319 --> 02:28:12,880
competition we had Oh honey, you're

2710
02:28:12,880 --> 02:28:15,120
going too fast. Go up. That's okay.

2711
02:28:15,120 --> 02:28:17,520
So with a competition, a way to

2712
02:28:17,520 --> 02:28:19,200
encourage working as a team because the

2713
02:28:19,200 --> 02:28:23,600
students are in team form and then uh so

2714
02:28:23,600 --> 02:28:25,200
that they can get a a sense like with

2715
02:28:25,200 --> 02:28:27,760
the eight books you could have uh like

2716
02:28:27,760 --> 02:28:29,840
four kids in the team and then each one

2717
02:28:29,840 --> 02:28:32,399
of them would maybe read two books

2718
02:28:32,399 --> 02:28:33,840
throughout the year and then they can

2719
02:28:33,840 --> 02:28:35,760
work as a team to answer the questions.

2720
02:28:35,760 --> 02:28:37,920
Um it does expand their reading because

2721
02:28:37,920 --> 02:28:39,200
again they would read books that they

2722
02:28:39,200 --> 02:28:41,200
weren't necessarily normally reading.

2723
02:28:41,200 --> 02:28:43,680
And then the critical thinking is like

2724
02:28:43,680 --> 02:28:45,439
um when they read the book and they

2725
02:28:45,439 --> 02:28:46,800
wanted to pass it like they wanted to

2726
02:28:46,800 --> 02:28:48,479
come in and get a little prize for

2727
02:28:48,479 --> 02:28:50,640
reading that book uh they would be they

2728
02:28:50,640 --> 02:28:52,479
would have to tell us about the book and

2729
02:28:52,479 --> 02:28:54,240
therefore it makes them think about it

2730
02:28:54,240 --> 02:28:56,720
and process it into a critical way of

2731
02:28:56,720 --> 02:28:58,720
being able to let us know that they read

2732
02:28:58,720 --> 02:29:02,640
the book. Okay. Now scroll down.

2733
02:29:02,640 --> 02:29:05,439
Thank you. Um this is our timeline. In

2734
02:29:05,439 --> 02:29:07,760
September they would sign up in teams.

2735
02:29:07,760 --> 02:29:09,600
uh in October through February, we had

2736
02:29:09,600 --> 02:29:11,680
practice sessions. Once a month, they

2737
02:29:11,680 --> 02:29:13,840
meet and run through practice questions.

2738
02:29:13,840 --> 02:29:15,600
And working with different schools,

2739
02:29:15,600 --> 02:29:17,840
they're able to do more or less of that,

2740
02:29:17,840 --> 02:29:20,000
but if they're able to meet more often,

2741
02:29:20,000 --> 02:29:21,920
then they're able to do like a book club

2742
02:29:21,920 --> 02:29:24,160
idea that they can meet and talk about

2743
02:29:24,160 --> 02:29:26,399
the books and and having more of a

2744
02:29:26,399 --> 02:29:29,120
discussion, which is um really fun with

2745
02:29:29,120 --> 02:29:31,680
book clubs. Um and then the book battle

2746
02:29:31,680 --> 02:29:34,000
would mostly be most likely be within

2747
02:29:34,000 --> 02:29:35,600
March.

2748
02:29:35,600 --> 02:29:37,760
And in Alice Harris, we did a double

2749
02:29:37,760 --> 02:29:39,680
elimination round. And in Garland, we

2750
02:29:39,680 --> 02:29:41,520
just did three rounds and then we just

2751
02:29:41,520 --> 02:29:44,800
added up points and um the top two

2752
02:29:44,800 --> 02:29:46,399
battled against each other. Now, if you

2753
02:29:46,399 --> 02:29:49,200
scroll down one more time, can you click

2754
02:29:49,200 --> 02:29:51,040
on that and see if it'll let us watch

2755
02:29:51,040 --> 02:29:53,520
that?

2756
02:29:53,520 --> 02:29:55,680
Um so this is the last. This is the

2757
02:29:55,680 --> 02:29:56,960
Alice Harris.

2758
02:29:56,960 --> 02:30:01,600
>> You say names while going to school.

2759
02:30:01,600 --> 02:30:04,880
So they ask the question, the students

2760
02:30:04,880 --> 02:30:06,880
have to write down the title of the book

2761
02:30:06,880 --> 02:30:08,960
and the author and they get two points

2762
02:30:08,960 --> 02:30:10,720
for the title and one point for the

2763
02:30:10,720 --> 02:30:13,200
author. And it's not a race, but they

2764
02:30:13,200 --> 02:30:15,120
have to write down their answers on

2765
02:30:15,120 --> 02:30:18,800
these whiteboards. And then they um talk

2766
02:30:18,800 --> 02:30:22,790
about it and then they reveal

2767
02:30:22,800 --> 02:30:25,040
» virtually.

2768
02:30:25,040 --> 02:30:28,160
>> So you have um if if they get it or they

2769
02:30:28,160 --> 02:30:29,920
don't then they get the points and then

2770
02:30:29,920 --> 02:30:31,680
it goes on. if you'll just skip to the

2771
02:30:31,680 --> 02:30:33,920
very end because it it just it can keep

2772
02:30:33,920 --> 02:30:36,880
going more right about there. Okay. So

2773
02:30:36,880 --> 02:30:40,414
then hopefully Oh, here it is.

2774
02:30:40,414 --> 02:30:40,880
[screaming]

2775
02:30:40,880 --> 02:30:43,520
>> Another book battle

2776
02:30:43,520 --> 02:30:45,120
is

2777
02:30:45,120 --> 02:30:46,319
dragon. [gasps]

2778
02:30:46,319 --> 02:30:48,880
>> Yay.

2779
02:30:48,880 --> 02:30:50,720
You guys, it was just so much fun and it

2780
02:30:50,720 --> 02:30:52,640
was so fun to see these kids get so

2781
02:30:52,640 --> 02:30:53,840
excited about the books that they're

2782
02:30:53,840 --> 02:30:56,240
reading. It was it was energetic and it

2783
02:30:56,240 --> 02:30:59,600
was so fun. And it's hard to bring that

2784
02:30:59,600 --> 02:31:02,880
energy. This is the This is the uh

2785
02:31:02,880 --> 02:31:05,200
bracket that we used. It was It was

2786
02:31:05,200 --> 02:31:07,280
great. I totally messed up the bracket

2787
02:31:07,280 --> 02:31:11,200
and let's say that my stress levels rose

2788
02:31:11,200 --> 02:31:14,000
so high. But it [music] I lived anyway.

2789
02:31:14,000 --> 02:31:16,479
It was really fun. It was really great.

2790
02:31:16,479 --> 02:31:19,680
Um okay, go down or up whichever

2791
02:31:19,680 --> 02:31:22,640
direction that is. Um so yeah, these are

2792
02:31:22,640 --> 02:31:24,560
the schools participating. And again, if

2793
02:31:24,560 --> 02:31:25,680
you reach out to your school, if you

2794
02:31:25,680 --> 02:31:27,680
have students in the al in this school

2795
02:31:27,680 --> 02:31:29,600
or on the box other end middle in the

2796
02:31:29,600 --> 02:31:32,160
middle or the alys I'm sorry, this one,

2797
02:31:32,160 --> 02:31:34,240
the intermediate or the middle, um

2798
02:31:34,240 --> 02:31:36,240
there's still time to sign up. So, let

2799
02:31:36,240 --> 02:31:38,080
your schools know. The problem is is

2800
02:31:38,080 --> 02:31:39,600
that they don't want more work to be

2801
02:31:39,600 --> 02:31:42,160
done. Like it it does take effort. So,

2802
02:31:42,160 --> 02:31:43,840
if we have parents that are willing to

2803
02:31:43,840 --> 02:31:46,319
help and run it, then they're willing to

2804
02:31:46,319 --> 02:31:47,840
do it. Hence, I have a student in

2805
02:31:47,840 --> 02:31:49,600
intermediate and in the middle school.

2806
02:31:49,600 --> 02:31:51,840
Hence, they have parent volunteer help

2807
02:31:51,840 --> 02:31:53,040
and that's why they're doing it because

2808
02:31:53,040 --> 02:31:55,359
I made them. Um, okay. So, keep going

2809
02:31:55,359 --> 02:32:00,870
up.

2810
02:32:00,880 --> 02:32:01,439
» Sorry.

2811
02:32:01,439 --> 02:32:03,439
>> That's okay. Wake up. I'm not that

2812
02:32:03,439 --> 02:32:05,840
boring. So, again, you can reach out.

2813
02:32:05,840 --> 02:32:08,000
Uh, also, if you feel like you really

2814
02:32:08,000 --> 02:32:10,240
love this program, you can donate books

2815
02:32:10,240 --> 02:32:12,319
that are on the list to your elementary

2816
02:32:12,319 --> 02:32:15,040
or to your libraries. Um, donate your

2817
02:32:15,040 --> 02:32:16,720
time to help. And you can also reach out

2818
02:32:16,720 --> 02:32:20,800
to me if you want to be part of this

2819
02:32:20,800 --> 02:32:24,000
whole thing. Okay, go one more. Ah,

2820
02:32:24,000 --> 02:32:26,080
thank you. And Ashley, she's been such a

2821
02:32:26,080 --> 02:32:28,720
powerful um help in this. And then

2822
02:32:28,720 --> 02:32:30,240
Melanie Francis and Libby Christensen

2823
02:32:30,240 --> 02:32:32,240
were my librarians that helped. Do you

2824
02:32:32,240 --> 02:32:34,399
want to add anything?

2825
02:32:34,399 --> 02:32:36,240
>> I talk too much.

2826
02:32:36,240 --> 02:32:39,120
>> So great. And we presented this to

2827
02:32:39,120 --> 02:32:41,600
principal at our meeting last month and

2828
02:32:41,600 --> 02:32:44,560
every reached out to me. They're in

2829
02:32:44,560 --> 02:32:45,760
excited

2830
02:32:45,760 --> 02:32:49,680
It would be great to have more.

2831
02:32:49,680 --> 02:32:55,190
>> Thank you.

2832
02:32:55,200 --> 02:32:58,240
» Well done. I am excited for you because

2833
02:32:58,240 --> 02:33:00,560
I know this is something you so wanted

2834
02:33:00,560 --> 02:33:02,880
to tackle and I'm so impressed. I don't

2835
02:33:02,880 --> 02:33:06,319
know as a board. I'm sure we all just

2836
02:33:06,319 --> 02:33:09,600
Well done. We're going to move on to J3

2837
02:33:09,600 --> 02:33:11,520
unless somebody has any questions for

2838
02:33:11,520 --> 02:33:14,240
Stephanie.

2839
02:33:14,240 --> 02:33:18,800
All right. Yes, Karen. Do you

2840
02:33:18,800 --> 02:33:20,399
>> No questions. I never know if it's on or

2841
02:33:20,399 --> 02:33:22,319
off. No questions, but it sounds really

2842
02:33:22,319 --> 02:33:24,080
fun and just thank you for all your hard

2843
02:33:24,080 --> 02:33:26,399
work.

2844
02:33:26,399 --> 02:33:28,080
>> All right, let's go ahead and move to

2845
02:33:28,080 --> 02:33:30,319
J3, our monthly financial report from

2846
02:33:30,319 --> 02:33:31,920
our business administrator, Neil

2847
02:33:31,920 --> 02:33:45,990
Stevens.

2848
02:33:46,000 --> 02:33:47,120
sit back down. I don't have my

2849
02:33:47,120 --> 02:33:48,560
eyeglasses on today and I can't see that

2850
02:33:48,560 --> 02:33:50,560
screen. Looks like a bunch of black and

2851
02:33:50,560 --> 02:33:56,389
white. I'm not sure what it says.

2852
02:33:56,399 --> 02:33:58,800
So, we're are kind of in the the

2853
02:33:58,800 --> 02:34:01,680
doldrums of the financial year is where

2854
02:34:01,680 --> 02:34:03,840
we're finish up with school in a few

2855
02:34:03,840 --> 02:34:06,160
weeks here and we have a few months left

2856
02:34:06,160 --> 02:34:10,000
in the um fiscal year to complete all of

2857
02:34:10,000 --> 02:34:13,600
our um all of our work. Uh we're on

2858
02:34:13,600 --> 02:34:15,680
track. If you look um let's see what

2859
02:34:15,680 --> 02:34:18,319
line we're on here. Um line for uh 15,

2860
02:34:18,319 --> 02:34:21,600
the revenue. You see we're about $4

2861
02:34:21,600 --> 02:34:23,680
million up on last year in revenue,

2862
02:34:23,680 --> 02:34:26,240
which is where we expect to be. Overall,

2863
02:34:26,240 --> 02:34:28,399
there's about $15 million left in state

2864
02:34:28,399 --> 02:34:30,399
and federal revenue support to come in

2865
02:34:30,399 --> 02:34:32,560
still into our operation fund. So that

2866
02:34:32,560 --> 02:34:36,560
would put us right about $140,000

2867
02:34:36,560 --> 02:34:38,319
a million dollars rather for revenue

2868
02:34:38,319 --> 02:34:40,720
this year. We still have two months left

2869
02:34:40,720 --> 02:34:43,840
of property tax receipts to receive. uh

2870
02:34:43,840 --> 02:34:49,439
property personal property taxes come in the months of May and June and I

2871
02:34:49,439 --> 02:34:50,720
believe we have right around $6 and a

2872
02:34:50,720 --> 02:34:52,000
half million dollars still going to come

2873
02:34:52,000 --> 02:34:53,920
in. So our revenue versus our

2874
02:34:53,920 --> 02:34:56,160
expenditures, we're in a good spot. Um

2875
02:34:56,160 --> 02:34:59,280
there's no real um

2876
02:34:59,280 --> 02:35:00,640
we're on track for everything we

2877
02:35:00,640 --> 02:35:02,319
projected. There's no surprises in our

2878
02:35:02,319 --> 02:35:04,800
budget. There's no uh upcoming expenses

2879
02:35:04,800 --> 02:35:07,520
that are not already accounted for. So,

2880
02:35:07,520 --> 02:35:09,680
I would entertain any questions the

2881
02:35:09,680 --> 02:35:11,120
board has about our our financial

2882
02:35:11,120 --> 02:35:13,600
statements or our our financing

2883
02:35:13,600 --> 02:35:16,000
position. If not, that's my update for

2884
02:35:16,000 --> 02:35:21,990
this month.

2885
02:35:22,000 --> 02:35:27,359
» Yeah, I don't have a question about that, but um I know you're in lock

2886
02:35:27,359 --> 02:35:32,000
step with um a a lot of the um events

2887
02:35:32,000 --> 02:35:34,000
that have been going on the last few

2888
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:38,000
weeks. Um I assume that you're um

2889
02:35:38,000 --> 02:35:41,840
staying um in contact with the county

2890
02:35:41,840 --> 02:35:46,720
commissioners um and as you know as

2891
02:35:46,720 --> 02:35:50,080
things move forward that um you're

2892
02:35:50,080 --> 02:35:51,600
working with them understanding the

2893
02:35:51,600 --> 02:35:53,600
impacts to our school district and at

2894
02:35:53,600 --> 02:35:56,080
some point I don't know what the right

2895
02:35:56,080 --> 02:35:58,399
timing is but uh I'd like to have you

2896
02:35:58,399 --> 02:36:03,439
report on um what um what you're you're

2897
02:36:03,439 --> 02:36:07,040
learning as you um continue to to work

2898
02:36:07,040 --> 02:36:09,120
with them on what's happening.

2899
02:36:09,120 --> 02:36:10,880
>> Absolutely. Um I haven't met with them

2900
02:36:10,880 --> 02:36:12,560
personally, but I I've been part of the

2901
02:36:12,560 --> 02:36:13,760
meetings with Maida, the public

2902
02:36:13,760 --> 02:36:16,399
meetings, and I follow the events and I

2903
02:36:16,399 --> 02:36:17,920
um a lot of the documentation made

2904
02:36:17,920 --> 02:36:19,439
public via MIDI at the agreements I

2905
02:36:19,439 --> 02:36:21,280
have. I reviewed them. I provided the

2906
02:36:21,280 --> 02:36:23,439
board with an update via email a while

2907
02:36:23,439 --> 02:36:26,319
back about that. Uh essentially in the

2908
02:36:26,319 --> 02:36:28,800
future when this does go forward, when

2909
02:36:28,800 --> 02:36:30,080
it is approved, if there is a

2910
02:36:30,080 --> 02:36:32,800
referendum, um if that process plays

2911
02:36:32,800 --> 02:36:35,040
out, uh we will need to sit down with

2912
02:36:35,040 --> 02:36:37,280
the county commissioners to negotiate in

2913
02:36:37,280 --> 02:36:40,000
a local agreement of sharing of of tax

2914
02:36:40,000 --> 02:36:41,359
revenue. It won't be property tax

2915
02:36:41,359 --> 02:36:44,080
revenue. It will be energy tax revenue.

2916
02:36:44,080 --> 02:36:45,840
And my impression is the county will do

2917
02:36:45,840 --> 02:36:47,760
that with every tax entity in the

2918
02:36:47,760 --> 02:36:49,520
county. They have a share of that

2919
02:36:49,520 --> 02:36:52,560
revenue going forward. Uh but it's still

2920
02:36:52,560 --> 02:36:54,800
very preliminary to see what that will

2921
02:36:54,800 --> 02:36:57,680
look like.

2922
02:36:57,680 --> 02:37:00,960
>> Yeah, understand. Um I wrote the

2923
02:37:00,960 --> 02:37:03,040
governor express some concerns that I

2924
02:37:03,040 --> 02:37:07,280
have with the taxing issue and and

2925
02:37:07,280 --> 02:37:10,640
uh he did respond um not to me

2926
02:37:10,640 --> 02:37:12,720
personally, but you know sends out to

2927
02:37:12,720 --> 02:37:17,680
anyone that um that uh emails him. and

2928
02:37:17,680 --> 02:37:21,359
he says he's committed to um ensure that

2929
02:37:21,359 --> 02:37:26,240
we have a net positive uh from um from

2930
02:37:26,240 --> 02:37:28,319
th you know those things that are

2931
02:37:28,319 --> 02:37:30,800
happening just but just as a board I

2932
02:37:30,800 --> 02:37:33,040
think it would be good uh for you just

2933
02:37:33,040 --> 02:37:34,960
to keep us in the loop on what what

2934
02:37:34,960 --> 02:37:37,040
you're learning as as that progresses.

2935
02:37:37,040 --> 02:37:38,479
>> Definitely. I'll be attending the next

2936
02:37:38,479 --> 02:37:41,520
MIA meeting on the 19th of May at the

2937
02:37:41,520 --> 02:37:43,760
state capital and I'll um any

2938
02:37:43,760 --> 02:37:45,120
information I have I'll react to board

2939
02:37:45,120 --> 02:37:47,600
and report back.

2940
02:37:47,600 --> 02:37:49,600
>> So just in case I don't want to forget I

2941
02:37:49,600 --> 02:37:51,120
think it would be great if you would

2942
02:37:51,120 --> 02:37:53,439
just for our next board meeting let's

2943
02:37:53,439 --> 02:37:55,120
get that on the agenda just to report

2944
02:37:55,120 --> 02:37:57,439
from what you learned. Um it's good for

2945
02:37:57,439 --> 02:38:00,720
we I appreciate the emails and I I you

2946
02:38:00,720 --> 02:38:02,640
know appreciate that information. It's

2947
02:38:02,640 --> 02:38:04,560
also really good for in a public meeting

2948
02:38:04,560 --> 02:38:06,960
for anyone of the public who might be

2949
02:38:06,960 --> 02:38:09,439
interested in how that how this plays

2950
02:38:09,439 --> 02:38:10,000
out.

2951
02:38:10,000 --> 02:38:11,920
>> I can prepare a presentation for next time.

2952
02:38:11,920 --> 02:38:16,309
>> Thank you. Thanks.

2953
02:38:16,319 --> 02:38:18,640
» All right. Any other questions for Neil

2954
02:38:18,640 --> 02:38:21,120
from the board?

2955
02:38:21,120 --> 02:38:23,520
Okay, we're going to move on to the our

2956
02:38:23,520 --> 02:38:25,280
board committee reports. And since I've

2957
02:38:25,280 --> 02:38:26,880
just I'm holding the mic right now, I

2958
02:38:26,880 --> 02:38:29,439
want to just say what a And Megan is

2959
02:38:29,439 --> 02:38:31,920
here. Is she Did she leave? Oh, she

2960
02:38:31,920 --> 02:38:34,000
left. Darn it. She was here just a

2961
02:38:34,000 --> 02:38:39,110
minute ago. But um our

2962
02:38:39,120 --> 02:38:43,200
multicultural celebration that we had um

2963
02:38:43,200 --> 02:38:45,680
at Boxelder Middle School a couple of

2964
02:38:45,680 --> 02:38:48,960
weeks ago was just way beyond what I had

2965
02:38:48,960 --> 02:38:50,960
expected it to be. It was so much fun

2966
02:38:50,960 --> 02:38:53,359
and I was so impressed with our kids

2967
02:38:53,359 --> 02:38:56,000
that came um as from our Chinese dual

2968
02:38:56,000 --> 02:38:58,080
immersion, our Spanish dual immersion,

2969
02:38:58,080 --> 02:39:01,439
our um Latinos in action groups. There

2970
02:39:01,439 --> 02:39:03,680
were it was amazing and I would

2971
02:39:03,680 --> 02:39:06,319
encourage is that it just gets bigger

2972
02:39:06,319 --> 02:39:07,680
from what I've heard. It's big. It was

2973
02:39:07,680 --> 02:39:08,880
bigger this year than it was the year

2974
02:39:08,880 --> 02:39:10,800
before and plans to get bit bigger next

2975
02:39:10,800 --> 02:39:13,600
year and I would just encourage all of

2976
02:39:13,600 --> 02:39:15,920
board members to to attend that next

2977
02:39:15,920 --> 02:39:17,439
year. I was so impressed and Megan

2978
02:39:17,439 --> 02:39:19,359
worked so hard and her committee I wish

2979
02:39:19,359 --> 02:39:21,920
I had all their names, but I appreciate

2980
02:39:21,920 --> 02:39:23,520
her committee for working so hard on

2981
02:39:23,520 --> 02:39:25,520
that.

2982
02:39:25,520 --> 02:39:34,870
Any other board uh committee reports?

2983
02:39:34,880 --> 02:39:38,720
Um so we've got the Boys and Girls Club

2984
02:39:38,720 --> 02:39:40,640
um dinner and auction will be coming up

2985
02:39:40,640 --> 02:39:44,000
on June 12th. Um I've talked to Janelle.

2986
02:39:44,000 --> 02:39:46,399
you ask if I coordinate anybody from the

2987
02:39:46,399 --> 02:39:48,800
district that wants to go and then I can

2988
02:39:48,800 --> 02:39:50,800
let her know that and she can make

2989
02:39:50,800 --> 02:39:53,359
arrangements to have um a table for that

2990
02:39:53,359 --> 02:39:58,160
many. Um, and I also wanted to uh report

2991
02:39:58,160 --> 02:40:01,120
that the Boys and Girls Club uh have

2992
02:40:01,120 --> 02:40:03,439
been contacted again this year by Feed

2993
02:40:03,439 --> 02:40:05,760
America, which is a group that comes and

2994
02:40:05,760 --> 02:40:08,160
helps to donate a lot of food products

2995
02:40:08,160 --> 02:40:11,040
and works with the um different people

2996
02:40:11,040 --> 02:40:13,760
in our county to get food products. And

2997
02:40:13,760 --> 02:40:16,399
they usually don't go to the same place

2998
02:40:16,399 --> 02:40:19,359
um more than like every five years. Um

2999
02:40:19,359 --> 02:40:21,200
but they felt like that the need here

3000
02:40:21,200 --> 02:40:25,040
was um great last year and it was very

3001
02:40:25,040 --> 02:40:26,880
the the people that came and received

3002
02:40:26,880 --> 02:40:29,040
that were very humble and appreciative

3003
02:40:29,040 --> 02:40:30,399
and so this is the first time that

3004
02:40:30,399 --> 02:40:32,080
they're actually going to the same place

3005
02:40:32,080 --> 02:40:35,760
twice within a 5-year period. So that's

3006
02:40:35,760 --> 02:40:39,120
happening on May 21st there. And then I

3007
02:40:39,120 --> 02:40:41,520
wanted to report out the Bridgeland uh

3008
02:40:41,520 --> 02:40:43,680
will be having its graduation on June

3009
02:40:43,680 --> 02:40:48,160
12th and this year um that takes in the

3010
02:40:48,160 --> 02:40:50,240
students they graduated in December and

3011
02:40:50,240 --> 02:40:51,680
then the students that they will

3012
02:40:51,680 --> 02:40:54,000
graduate on June 12th. They will have

3013
02:40:54,000 --> 02:40:56,880
graduated over 80 of Boxelder School

3014
02:40:56,880 --> 02:40:58,720
District students through their program.

3015
02:40:58,720 --> 02:41:03,200
So appreciate them and appreciate the good work that our schools are doing

3016
02:41:03,200 --> 02:41:05,680
and helping the students to to get that

3017
02:41:05,680 --> 02:41:08,950
opportunity.

3018
02:41:08,960 --> 02:41:11,040
That is that's awesome. Those 80

3019
02:41:11,040 --> 02:41:13,120
students of ours that that benefit so

3020
02:41:13,120 --> 02:41:16,880
much from Bridgerland and I Mr. Wy thank

3021
02:41:16,880 --> 02:41:18,960
you for doing the work you do to keep

3022
02:41:18,960 --> 02:41:22,560
that cons that going for us right that

3023
02:41:22,560 --> 02:41:25,040
teamwork. Any other board committee

3024
02:41:25,040 --> 02:41:27,359
reports?

3025
02:41:27,359 --> 02:41:30,640
All right, Michaela,

3026
02:41:30,640 --> 02:41:32,640
it's your turn for a student board

3027
02:41:32,640 --> 02:41:35,040
member report. We'll let you go first

3028
02:41:35,040 --> 02:41:36,399
and then we have a little something for

3029
02:41:36,399 --> 02:41:37,439
you. Okay.

3030
02:41:37,439 --> 02:41:39,600
>> Okay. [clears throat]

3031
02:41:39,600 --> 02:41:42,319
>> Um there's not really much going on cuz

3032
02:41:42,319 --> 02:41:44,880
graduation's in like a week and a half,

3033
02:41:44,880 --> 02:41:46,960
but um

3034
02:41:46,960 --> 02:41:50,080
yeah, but um I know all of like the AP

3035
02:41:50,080 --> 02:41:51,680
tests are coming up, so we're just all

3036
02:41:51,680 --> 02:41:55,040
kind of studying and finals and grades

3037
02:41:55,040 --> 02:42:00,240
are going in. Um today was Boxelders

3038
02:42:00,240 --> 02:42:04,080
uh scholarship night. They just like

3039
02:42:04,080 --> 02:42:05,760
acknowledged everyone's scholarships

3040
02:42:05,760 --> 02:42:08,000
that they had gotten and then um handed

3041
02:42:08,000 --> 02:42:10,720
out cords for completed pathways. Bear

3042
02:42:10,720 --> 02:42:12,720
River had that during an assembly during

3043
02:42:12,720 --> 02:42:17,600
school a couple days ago. And then um

3044
02:42:17,600 --> 02:42:19,200
you know you guys already know but

3045
02:42:19,200 --> 02:42:22,080
Boxelders graduation is the 26th and

3046
02:42:22,080 --> 02:42:24,800
Bear Rivers is the 27th. And then Bur

3047
02:42:24,800 --> 02:42:28,240
River is having like a fun motorcade

3048
02:42:28,240 --> 02:42:30,399
thing for all of the seniors. It's like

3049
02:42:30,399 --> 02:42:33,200
a parade that they drive around um in

3050
02:42:33,200 --> 02:42:34,720
all of their cars and they just get

3051
02:42:34,720 --> 02:42:38,560
recognized. Um it sounds really fun, but

3052
02:42:38,560 --> 02:42:40,399
yeah, like there's not much going on

3053
02:42:40,399 --> 02:42:44,319
right now. So,

3054
02:42:44,319 --> 02:42:46,479
thanks Michaela and we so appreciate you

3055
02:42:46,479 --> 02:42:47,680
keeping us in touch with our high

3056
02:42:47,680 --> 02:42:50,640
schools and what's going on. and um you

3057
02:42:50,640 --> 02:42:52,080
you're an impressing an [music]

3058
02:42:52,080 --> 02:42:53,840
impressive and outstanding young woman

3059
02:42:53,840 --> 02:42:56,399
and we have all been really we

3060
02:42:56,399 --> 02:42:58,640
appreciate you and have been really I

3061
02:42:58,640 --> 02:43:01,280
think impressed with the way you've

3062
02:43:01,280 --> 02:43:03,120
reported to us each month the way that

3063
02:43:03,120 --> 02:43:05,840
you've kept um tabs on what's going on

3064
02:43:05,840 --> 02:43:07,600
in our high schools on both ends which

3065
02:43:07,600 --> 02:43:09,359
isn't an easy task for someone who's

3066
02:43:09,359 --> 02:43:12,160
really busy and so engaged in at

3067
02:43:12,160 --> 02:43:14,399
Boxelder High School. So thank you for

3068
02:43:14,399 --> 02:43:15,840
keeping in touch with Bear River High

3069
02:43:15,840 --> 02:43:18,240
School as well. Um, you're gonna do

3070
02:43:18,240 --> 02:43:20,560
great things. We know you are. Um,

3071
02:43:20,560 --> 02:43:25,200
you're headed the right direction and we just can we just give her a round

3072
02:43:25,200 --> 02:43:27,428
of applause.

3073
02:43:27,428 --> 02:43:32,870
[applause]

3074
02:43:32,880 --> 02:43:34,640
Tonight, before you leave, make sure you

3075
02:43:34,640 --> 02:43:37,040
get your name tab from the front of the

3076
02:43:37,040 --> 02:43:39,840
desk. You just take that name plate out

3077
02:43:39,840 --> 02:43:42,319
of the stand and take that with you. We

3078
02:43:42,319 --> 02:43:45,359
have a gift certificate and your own

3079
02:43:45,359 --> 02:43:47,840
plaque. Do you want to Why don't you go

3080
02:43:47,840 --> 02:43:50,000
ahead and take it down to her? Is that

3081
02:43:50,000 --> 02:43:54,240
all right? We also have this lay

3082
02:43:54,240 --> 02:43:56,880
ribbon lay for graduation. Don't I mean

3083
02:43:56,880 --> 02:43:58,640
that's if you wear it that night. That's

3084
02:43:58,640 --> 02:44:04,710
totally up to you. No pressure on that

3085
02:44:04,720 --> 02:44:06,080
» board. Can we gather in and get a

3086
02:44:06,080 --> 02:44:13,670
picture with Michaela?

3087
02:44:13,680 --> 02:44:45,910
Yeah. Why don't you

3088
02:44:45,920 --> 02:44:48,560
Michaela, I think if you recall, you

3089
02:44:48,560 --> 02:44:52,080
received a letter from Eastston Johnson

3090
02:44:52,080 --> 02:44:53,840
when you first started and he was our

3091
02:44:53,840 --> 02:44:56,080
former uh student board member. So, if

3092
02:44:56,080 --> 02:44:58,319
you would please, would you prepare that

3093
02:44:58,319 --> 02:45:00,479
letter and give that to my secretary

3094
02:45:00,479 --> 02:45:02,960
Marcy and that'll be sitting there ready

3095
02:45:02,960 --> 02:45:05,120
when we start probably with somebody in

3096
02:45:05,120 --> 02:45:07,920
September. And I'm not sure I don't know

3097
02:45:07,920 --> 02:45:10,319
if I've ever read that letter, but

3098
02:45:10,319 --> 02:45:12,800
whatever Eastston said, just tell them

3099
02:45:12,800 --> 02:45:14,880
about your experience and and and

3100
02:45:14,880 --> 02:45:17,120
prepare them for what they're about to

3101
02:45:17,120 --> 02:45:19,760
do. And then also, um, would you please

3102
02:45:19,760 --> 02:45:23,120
contact Marcy? Hey, and the iPad will be

3103
02:45:23,120 --> 02:45:25,120
transferred on to the next the next

3104
02:45:25,120 --> 02:45:28,319
student. So, and thank you. I, you know,

3105
02:45:28,319 --> 02:45:29,920
you get to know a student during the

3106
02:45:29,920 --> 02:45:31,840
year and it's always a ton of fun to get

3107
02:45:31,840 --> 02:45:34,720
to know you and watch you actually grow

3108
02:45:34,720 --> 02:45:36,399
in your position during the year and and

3109
02:45:36,399 --> 02:45:38,080
I think you're more confident now as you

3110
02:45:38,080 --> 02:45:40,399
talk in front of folks and and so it's

3111
02:45:40,399 --> 02:45:44,800
fun to watch that and we look forward I love to hear about our former board

3112
02:45:44,800 --> 02:45:46,720
members, student board members and what

3113
02:45:46,720 --> 02:45:49,040
they do and you know swing by once in a

3114
02:45:49,040 --> 02:45:51,040
while and say hi to to hi to folks. We

3115
02:45:51,040 --> 02:45:55,449
really appreciate it. Thank you.

3116
02:45:55,459 --> 02:46:01,110
» [applause]

3117
02:46:01,120 --> 02:46:03,600
» All right, if you all just notice the

3118
02:46:03,600 --> 02:46:06,319
April employee appreciation names and

3119
02:46:06,319 --> 02:46:09,200
from the the schools they're from. And

3120
02:46:09,200 --> 02:46:13,680
we will move on to K, item K, our policy

3121
02:46:13,680 --> 02:46:21,670
review. Um, so we need a motion on that.

3122
02:46:21,680 --> 02:46:27,910
Um, I have a question on K1B

3123
02:46:27,920 --> 02:46:31,279
which we as I read it, it it's not the

3124
02:46:31,279 --> 02:46:35,359
same as we talked about last week. Um,

3125
02:46:35,359 --> 02:46:38,240
and my question is that we've talked a

3126
02:46:38,240 --> 02:46:40,160
lot about the fact that when we go into

3127
02:46:40,160 --> 02:46:43,279
close session, we can't take a vote. So,

3128
02:46:43,279 --> 02:46:45,279
we can't approve a recommended

3129
02:46:45,279 --> 02:46:48,720
candidate. It was my um memory from last

3130
02:46:48,720 --> 02:46:50,800
week. We said that they would make us

3131
02:46:50,800 --> 02:46:53,200
aware of who they were putting out, but

3132
02:46:53,200 --> 02:46:56,399
we couldn't approve anything in a close

3133
02:46:56,399 --> 02:47:02,950
session.

3134
02:47:02,960 --> 02:47:06,880
It is 3,300. And I guess I don't see

3135
02:47:06,880 --> 02:47:08,319
where you're saying because you're

3136
02:47:08,319 --> 02:47:10,160
right. We went over that and fixed it so

3137
02:47:10,160 --> 02:47:11,920
that it didn't say that.

3138
02:47:11,920 --> 02:47:12,640
>> So I'm

3139
02:47:12,640 --> 02:47:14,960
>> all the red All the red part is on

3140
02:47:14,960 --> 02:47:16,960
>> I'm on page three of four.

3141
02:47:16,960 --> 02:47:18,960
>> Yes, I'm there. Okay. And it's not I

3142
02:47:18,960 --> 02:47:20,880
went back and looked at from last week

3143
02:47:20,880 --> 02:47:23,600
what we talked about and it's not the

3144
02:47:23,600 --> 02:47:28,000
same. But it and it also has in there

3145
02:47:28,000 --> 02:47:30,640
that be contingent upon the formal

3146
02:47:30,640 --> 02:47:33,040
approval by the board during a closed

3147
02:47:33,040 --> 02:47:43,429
work session.

3148
02:47:43,439 --> 02:47:46,000
» That is not the right copy that we went

3149
02:47:46,000 --> 02:47:47,920
over in our work session. So, we'll have

3150
02:47:47,920 --> 02:47:49,760
to put the other one. Thank you. I

3151
02:47:49,760 --> 02:47:50,960
didn't know that was the one on the

3152
02:47:50,960 --> 02:47:52,319
board thing. [music]

3153
02:47:52,319 --> 02:47:54,160
Yeah. So, we'll bring it next month.

3154
02:47:54,160 --> 02:47:59,349
Okay.

3155
02:47:59,359 --> 02:48:00,960
» I didn't look at what one was on the

3156
02:48:00,960 --> 02:48:03,200
policy because review because we'd gone

3157
02:48:03,200 --> 02:48:05,279
over it so carefully

3158
02:48:05,279 --> 02:48:08,560
prior. So, Karen, I'm so glad you caught

3159
02:48:08,560 --> 02:48:10,399
that. Any other?

3160
02:48:10,399 --> 02:48:13,040
>> So with that, I would make a motion that

3161
02:48:13,040 --> 02:48:14,880
we approve

3162
02:48:14,880 --> 02:48:18,000
um on first reading the orderly school

3163
02:48:18,000 --> 02:48:21,439
termination for employees and then the

3164
02:48:21,439 --> 02:48:25,680
second reading policies and then u table

3165
02:48:25,680 --> 02:48:27,840
the policy on administrative personnel

3166
02:48:27,840 --> 02:48:31,510
section

3167
02:48:31,520 --> 02:48:34,479
» Neil. So the first is Karen Cronin the

3168
02:48:34,479 --> 02:48:37,920
motion sorry and the second is Stephanie

3169
02:48:37,920 --> 02:48:40,080
to Phillips. We have a motion and a

3170
02:48:40,080 --> 02:48:43,600
second. Any other questions?

3171
02:48:43,600 --> 02:48:45,200
Discussion. All right. All those in

3172
02:48:45,200 --> 02:48:46,720
favor say I.

3173
02:48:46,720 --> 02:48:47,359
>> I.

3174
02:48:47,359 --> 02:48:49,840
>> Any opposed?

3175
02:48:49,840 --> 02:48:52,800
Okay. That motion passes.

3176
02:48:52,800 --> 02:48:54,479
All right. We are moving to L. Board

3177
02:48:54,479 --> 02:48:58,080
discussion items. Um,

3178
02:48:58,080 --> 02:49:00,319
the review of the tenative fiscal year

3179
02:49:00,319 --> 02:49:11,910
27 budget.

3180
02:49:11,920 --> 02:49:14,960
So, I prepared a document here for that

3181
02:49:14,960 --> 02:49:17,840
lists um where we're at compared to last

3182
02:49:17,840 --> 02:49:20,000
year for budgets for this from the

3183
02:49:20,000 --> 02:49:21,760
state.

3184
02:49:21,760 --> 02:49:23,760
Um I'll I'll note I'll start off by

3185
02:49:23,760 --> 02:49:26,640
noting that the local tax revenue that

3186
02:49:26,640 --> 02:49:29,520
we expect to receive it works on a

3187
02:49:29,520 --> 02:49:31,200
revenue basis where we're guaranteed the

3188
02:49:31,200 --> 02:49:33,200
same revenues the prior year and then

3189
02:49:33,200 --> 02:49:35,680
the rate is adjusted uh consistent with

3190
02:49:35,680 --> 02:49:38,319
the valuations of property both

3191
02:49:38,319 --> 02:49:39,920
essentially assessed personal property

3192
02:49:39,920 --> 02:49:42,080
and real property from the county. So

3193
02:49:42,080 --> 02:49:43,680
the county assessor has that

3194
02:49:43,680 --> 02:49:45,439
responsibility to assess the property

3195
02:49:45,439 --> 02:49:48,319
value. County auditor has responsibility

3196
02:49:48,319 --> 02:49:50,240
to determine the rate to ensure we see

3197
02:49:50,240 --> 02:49:53,040
re we see the same revenue as before.

3198
02:49:53,040 --> 02:49:55,200
Those that information is not available

3199
02:49:55,200 --> 02:49:59,600
to us until June 8th. So it's difficult

3200
02:49:59,600 --> 02:50:01,359
to make an estimate of where our revenue

3201
02:50:01,359 --> 02:50:05,040
will be as an increase for growth until

3202
02:50:05,040 --> 02:50:07,920
that time. And so what is presented here

3203
02:50:07,920 --> 02:50:10,000
today is just based on the increase that

3204
02:50:10,000 --> 02:50:13,760
we know of the state revenue here.

3205
02:50:13,760 --> 02:50:16,240
So, our biggest pot of money that we use

3206
02:50:16,240 --> 02:50:18,160
in operations

3207
02:50:18,160 --> 02:50:20,399
comes from the kindergarten through 12th

3208
02:50:20,399 --> 02:50:25,120
grade uh line item. That line item is

3209
02:50:25,120 --> 02:50:28,160
estimated to grow by $1.2 million.

3210
02:50:28,160 --> 02:50:30,560
The this is a interesting line item

3211
02:50:30,560 --> 02:50:32,479
because it has a combination of state

3212
02:50:32,479 --> 02:50:36,160
and local uh tax dollars. So, how this

3213
02:50:36,160 --> 02:50:38,880
works is that the legislator sets the

3214
02:50:38,880 --> 02:50:41,600
basic rate every year and they don't set

3215
02:50:41,600 --> 02:50:44,800
a rate, they set a a revenue target and

3216
02:50:44,800 --> 02:50:49,279
based on the number of students we have, a an amount we're required to

3217
02:50:49,279 --> 02:50:52,399
raise or tax locally in order to receive

3218
02:50:52,399 --> 02:50:54,640
the state support. If we don't meet the

3219
02:50:54,640 --> 02:50:56,080
minimum requirements of the basic rate,

3220
02:50:56,080 --> 02:50:58,560
we don't receive the state dollars. Only

3221
02:50:58,560 --> 02:51:00,000
one school district in the state of Utah

3222
02:51:00,000 --> 02:51:01,279
does not receive state dollars and that

3223
02:51:01,279 --> 02:51:03,840
is Park City because Park City has an

3224
02:51:03,840 --> 02:51:07,040
excess. They actually have to send money

3225
02:51:07,040 --> 02:51:09,359
to the state board every year as part of

3226
02:51:09,359 --> 02:51:10,720
their funding agreement because they

3227
02:51:10,720 --> 02:51:13,520
have so much excess tax dollars.

3228
02:51:13,520 --> 02:51:16,399
So, as you can see here, Grades K12 has

3229
02:51:16,399 --> 02:51:20,080
a $1.2 million potential increase. Now I

3230
02:51:20,080 --> 02:51:22,560
say potential because every year they

3231
02:51:22,560 --> 02:51:25,520
evaluate this and every year we have a

3232
02:51:25,520 --> 02:51:28,160
change at this time of year because they

3233
02:51:28,160 --> 02:51:30,560
pot they call the county auditor and say

3234
02:51:30,560 --> 02:51:33,359
how much funds did you give box school

3235
02:51:33,359 --> 02:51:35,279
district and then they break it down

3236
02:51:35,279 --> 02:51:37,200
according to our rates between our bode

3237
02:51:37,200 --> 02:51:39,040
our board our voted and our local

3238
02:51:39,040 --> 02:51:41,920
dollars geo bond capital charter school

3239
02:51:41,920 --> 02:51:45,040
dollars as well those ones we don't see

3240
02:51:45,040 --> 02:51:46,960
and then they figure out how much of

3241
02:51:46,960 --> 02:51:49,439
that is proportionate to the basic levy

3242
02:51:49,439 --> 02:51:51,200
and they adjust that up or down each

3243
02:51:51,200 --> 02:51:53,520
year, usually down because usually their

3244
02:51:53,520 --> 02:51:55,359
estimates are lower than we actually

3245
02:51:55,359 --> 02:51:57,120
receive.

3246
02:51:57,120 --> 02:52:00,720
So, we're banking on a $1.2 million

3247
02:52:00,720 --> 02:52:02,319
increase. It will probably be slightly

3248
02:52:02,319 --> 02:52:05,760
less. Um, that's the biggest change in

3249
02:52:05,760 --> 02:52:09,600
our total um revenue that we can use in

3250
02:52:09,600 --> 02:52:11,760
operations. A lot of the other parts of

3251
02:52:11,760 --> 02:52:13,760
these revenue estimates are restricted

3252
02:52:13,760 --> 02:52:16,479
in nature. So they for example special

3253
02:52:16,479 --> 02:52:23,040
ed or CTE or um at risk funding has a

3254
02:52:23,040 --> 02:52:25,200
very specific funding use and we can't

3255
02:52:25,200 --> 02:52:27,439
use it to fund all teachers or all

3256
02:52:27,439 --> 02:52:30,800
positions or all salaries or uh supplies

3257
02:52:30,800 --> 02:52:34,000
in different areas. So, as we go through

3258
02:52:34,000 --> 02:52:35,840
here, and I don't know if the board's

3259
02:52:35,840 --> 02:52:37,840
had time to look through these different

3260
02:52:37,840 --> 02:52:40,560
amounts here, but if we scroll down to

3261
02:52:40,560 --> 02:52:42,479
the very bottom here, it shows the

3262
02:52:42,479 --> 02:52:47,760
increase that we're expected to see. Um,

3263
02:52:47,760 --> 02:52:51,359
we're about 5.4 million on the vote of

3264
02:52:51,359 --> 02:52:54,800
the board levy there. Our total increase

3265
02:52:54,800 --> 02:52:58,800
um is about we're going to be about 105

3266
02:52:58,800 --> 02:53:00,080
million dollars this year. We're going

3267
02:53:00,080 --> 02:53:03,680
to increase about $5 million overall.

3268
02:53:03,680 --> 02:53:05,200
That's the what we're looking at for

3269
02:53:05,200 --> 02:53:08,080
state support increase. Uh very meager

3270
02:53:08,080 --> 02:53:09,760
this year from the state legislature. Uh

3271
02:53:09,760 --> 02:53:11,920
they did a lot of realignments and

3272
02:53:11,920 --> 02:53:15,120
programs. We lost money and um digital

3273
02:53:15,120 --> 02:53:17,200
teaching and learning. We lost funds for

3274
02:53:17,200 --> 02:53:21,120
our K3 literacy licenses. Uh we also uh

3275
02:53:21,120 --> 02:53:23,439
lost some CTE funds based on estimates

3276
02:53:23,439 --> 02:53:26,880
for enrollments. So, as far as program

3277
02:53:26,880 --> 02:53:30,640
losses, we're losing $625,000 in funding

3278
02:53:30,640 --> 02:53:33,120
this year that we need to use local

3279
02:53:33,120 --> 02:53:35,279
dollars to replace.

3280
02:53:35,279 --> 02:53:37,120
Um, do we have any questions about

3281
02:53:37,120 --> 02:53:40,640
specific line items in this uh state

3282
02:53:40,640 --> 02:53:44,080
estimate displayed here?

3283
02:53:44,080 --> 02:53:51,190
About $625,000.

3284
02:53:51,200 --> 02:53:54,160
» The red is the reduction. So, we're

3285
02:53:54,160 --> 02:53:56,800
estimating the voted is going to be

3286
02:53:56,800 --> 02:53:59,359
reduced by $891,000

3287
02:53:59,359 --> 02:54:02,319
from the prior year.

3288
02:54:02,319 --> 02:54:04,399
And these are all estimates. The vote of

3289
02:54:04,399 --> 02:54:06,479
the board state support calculations are

3290
02:54:06,479 --> 02:54:10,479
very complex. Um, it did take in account

3291
02:54:10,479 --> 02:54:14,399
estimates on total county valuations,

3292
02:54:14,399 --> 02:54:15,680
uh, estimates of how much you receive

3293
02:54:15,680 --> 02:54:17,920
based your tax rates. Does not take in

3294
02:54:17,920 --> 02:54:21,120
account any, uh, growth here. And so

3295
02:54:21,120 --> 02:54:23,520
this was usually there's two revisions,

3296
02:54:23,520 --> 02:54:26,160
one midy year, one end of year. We had

3297
02:54:26,160 --> 02:54:28,640
one this year as well at uh we were

3298
02:54:28,640 --> 02:54:31,439
estimated to receive about $7.9 million

3299
02:54:31,439 --> 02:54:33,439
beginning of the year was revised down

3300
02:54:33,439 --> 02:54:36,240
to $5.8 million the midy year and then

3301
02:54:36,240 --> 02:54:38,080
revised back up when they had the final

3302
02:54:38,080 --> 02:54:41,680
actual revenue dollars calculation back

3303
02:54:41,680 --> 02:54:43,840
up to 6.7. So it kind of goes ups and

3304
02:54:43,840 --> 02:54:46,080
flows. For budgeting purposes, I like to

3305
02:54:46,080 --> 02:54:48,560
budget about 80% of what they estimate

3306
02:54:48,560 --> 02:54:59,750
to allow for those es and flows.

3307
02:54:59,760 --> 02:55:04,469
» Any questions for Neil?

3308
02:55:04,479 --> 02:55:05,840
» All right. Thank you.

3309
02:55:05,840 --> 02:55:08,560
>> I I prepared another document wasn't

3310
02:55:08,560 --> 02:55:10,479
ready for board and I have it. It's in

3311
02:55:10,479 --> 02:55:12,479
your emails if you would like to um go

3312
02:55:12,479 --> 02:55:14,240
to that.

3313
02:55:14,240 --> 02:55:16,800
And I'm wondering,

3314
02:55:16,800 --> 02:55:18,880
>> do you want to speak to it now?

3315
02:55:18,880 --> 02:55:19,840
>> Yes.

3316
02:55:19,840 --> 02:55:22,160
>> Uh let me So it's in everybody's email.

3317
02:55:22,160 --> 02:55:24,720
I don't know if you can see that. I'm

3318
02:55:24,720 --> 02:55:26,319
thinking about I'm going to borrow

3319
02:55:26,319 --> 02:55:28,399
Keith's court here and display my

3320
02:55:28,399 --> 02:56:02,070
computer.

3321
02:56:02,080 --> 02:56:04,560
This it's the fiscal year 27 estimated

3322
02:56:04,560 --> 02:56:05,760
operational budget. it.

3323
02:56:05,760 --> 02:56:06,160
>> Yes.

3324
02:56:06,160 --> 02:56:07,279
>> Okay.

3325
02:56:07,279 --> 02:56:09,279
>> Yes, that's it.

3326
02:56:09,279 --> 02:56:12,800
So, these are um estimates that we have

3327
02:56:12,800 --> 02:56:14,399
here.

3328
02:56:14,399 --> 02:56:15,760
I'm going to zoom in and see if this is

3329
02:56:15,760 --> 02:56:17,760
helpful.

3330
02:56:17,760 --> 02:56:20,399
So, our local revenue, we're estimating

3331
02:56:20,399 --> 02:56:22,640
it and we I have some growth numbers on

3332
02:56:22,640 --> 02:56:24,560
our essentially assessed numbers because

3333
02:56:24,560 --> 02:56:26,560
the state tax commission assesses

3334
02:56:26,560 --> 02:56:29,200
essentially assessed dollars. Um so,

3335
02:56:29,200 --> 02:56:31,680
that's basically any assets that cross

3336
02:56:31,680 --> 02:56:35,040
across counting lines or tax lines. So I

3337
02:56:35,040 --> 02:56:37,600
think railroads um not telecommunication

3338
02:56:37,600 --> 02:56:41,840
they took that a few years ago. Um

3339
02:56:41,840 --> 02:56:45,200
mostly railroads, pipelines,

3340
02:56:45,200 --> 02:56:48,080
other large assets that may be on the

3341
02:56:48,080 --> 02:56:50,000
borders of county lines or are state

3342
02:56:50,000 --> 02:56:52,080
part of stateood projects. They assess

3343
02:56:52,080 --> 02:56:55,040
those. And so I know we have about

3344
02:56:55,040 --> 02:56:57,279
$600,000 in growth on the locally

3345
02:56:57,279 --> 02:56:59,920
assessed. I won't know the amount on the

3346
02:56:59,920 --> 02:57:02,720
real or personal property until in June.

3347
02:57:02,720 --> 02:57:04,800
So, we have about $600,000 in growth

3348
02:57:04,800 --> 02:57:07,520
from the prior year in local revenue.

3349
02:57:07,520 --> 02:57:10,399
State revenue is about $104,000.

3350
02:57:10,399 --> 02:57:13,600
Uh we'll end this year about $101,000.

3351
02:57:13,600 --> 02:57:16,240
So, there's about a $3 million increase

3352
02:57:16,240 --> 02:57:18,399
there. We always get more in the end

3353
02:57:18,399 --> 02:57:20,720
because there's there's state grants and

3354
02:57:20,720 --> 02:57:22,880
state programs that we can apply for and

3355
02:57:22,880 --> 02:57:24,960
get funding for, but we don't know what

3356
02:57:24,960 --> 02:57:26,240
those amounts are going to be at this

3357
02:57:26,240 --> 02:57:27,840
point.

3358
02:57:27,840 --> 02:57:29,600
Then we go into our federal revenue.

3359
02:57:29,600 --> 02:57:31,520
That's our title one revenue, title two

3360
02:57:31,520 --> 02:57:34,399
revenue, special ed, IDA, preschool and

3361
02:57:34,399 --> 02:57:37,040
school age revenue and Medicaid revenue

3362
02:57:37,040 --> 02:57:39,520
as well and Perkins. So we're looking

3363
02:57:39,520 --> 02:57:41,840
about $6 million in and federal revenue

3364
02:57:41,840 --> 02:57:44,000
as well. So our total estimated revenue

3365
02:57:44,000 --> 02:57:47,200
should be right about $150,000.

3366
02:57:47,200 --> 02:57:50,160
Sorry, million dollars. Thank you. Um if

3367
02:57:50,160 --> 02:57:52,399
we get into our salaries here,

3368
02:57:52,399 --> 02:57:53,920
estimating total salaries to be right

3369
02:57:53,920 --> 02:57:56,800
around $91 million. Uh that's for all

3370
02:57:56,800 --> 02:57:59,040
different uh everyone who works in the

3371
02:57:59,040 --> 02:58:02,000
district, teachers, mechanics, uh school

3372
02:58:02,000 --> 02:58:05,279
lunch, um our pair professionals, our

3373
02:58:05,279 --> 02:58:07,439
coaches. Most of our coaches are not

3374
02:58:07,439 --> 02:58:08,960
paid on a salary schedule. They're paid

3375
02:58:08,960 --> 02:58:12,160
on a stipen for their work, a flat rate.

3376
02:58:12,160 --> 02:58:13,680
So take account all those things, I'm

3377
02:58:13,680 --> 02:58:16,479
estimating about $91 million.

3378
02:58:16,479 --> 02:58:18,720
Our benefits, which include payroll

3379
02:58:18,720 --> 02:58:22,319
taxes, include our contribution to URS,

3380
02:58:22,319 --> 02:58:25,200
includes the 401k matching at 1.5%.

3381
02:58:25,200 --> 02:58:28,240
We're estimating about $24 million.

3382
02:58:28,240 --> 02:58:31,359
And then uh in these other areas, we we

3383
02:58:31,359 --> 02:58:32,880
have a little bit of growth built in for

3384
02:58:32,880 --> 02:58:36,080
inflation for the remaining areas. So

3385
02:58:36,080 --> 02:58:38,720
we're looking about um $8 million in

3386
02:58:38,720 --> 02:58:41,200
supplies. And that supplies

3387
02:58:41,200 --> 02:58:43,840
is um actually this label wrong. The

3388
02:58:43,840 --> 02:58:45,840
first supply should say professional

3389
02:58:45,840 --> 02:58:49,520
services. So these are uh consultants,

3390
02:58:49,520 --> 02:58:51,680
trainers that come in and do training

3391
02:58:51,680 --> 02:58:56,560
for us. They may um provide uh safety

3392
02:58:56,560 --> 02:59:00,479
training. They may provide uh various

3393
02:59:00,479 --> 02:59:03,040
different consulting services.

3394
02:59:03,040 --> 02:59:05,920
This is where this this comes from. That

3395
02:59:05,920 --> 02:59:08,160
includes things like we have software

3396
02:59:08,160 --> 02:59:10,720
agreements. It get that goes in here. Uh

3397
02:59:10,720 --> 02:59:12,800
panorama is one of those things that we

3398
02:59:12,800 --> 02:59:16,880
gets paid here out of here. Then uh

3399
02:59:16,880 --> 02:59:19,760
purchase services which are more

3400
02:59:19,760 --> 02:59:21,840
detailed more technical in nature about

3401
02:59:21,840 --> 02:59:23,600
$900,000.

3402
02:59:23,600 --> 02:59:28,880
Technical services such as um

3403
02:59:28,880 --> 02:59:30,560
utilities

3404
02:59:30,560 --> 02:59:33,200
um those things of that nature about

3405
02:59:33,200 --> 02:59:36,080
$2.2 million supply budget which

3406
02:59:36,080 --> 02:59:37,359
includes a lot of things including

3407
02:59:37,359 --> 02:59:39,200
computers. Computers are considered to

3408
02:59:39,200 --> 02:59:40,720
be good supply because of the of the

3409
02:59:40,720 --> 02:59:43,200
cost uh the low cost of them. We're

3410
02:59:43,200 --> 02:59:45,439
estimating about $15.6 million in

3411
02:59:45,439 --> 02:59:47,600
supplies.

3412
02:59:47,600 --> 02:59:50,160
Uh equipment about $2.1 million. So

3413
02:59:50,160 --> 02:59:51,600
equipment is defined as something that

3414
02:59:51,600 --> 02:59:54,000
costs more than $5,000 for a single

3415
02:59:54,000 --> 02:59:56,960
item. So that's not computers. That's

3416
02:59:56,960 --> 02:59:58,880
large. Uh a lot of our kitchen

3417
02:59:58,880 --> 03:00:01,359
equipment, it falls in that realm. Our

3418
03:00:01,359 --> 03:00:03,920
data centers, our servers, things of

3419
03:00:03,920 --> 03:00:05,600
that nature fall into the equipment

3420
03:00:05,600 --> 03:00:07,279
realm.

3421
03:00:07,279 --> 03:00:09,760
And then we have dues indirect costs

3422
03:00:09,760 --> 03:00:12,640
about $2.7 billion. So indirect costs

3423
03:00:12,640 --> 03:00:15,040
are the portion of district operations

3424
03:00:15,040 --> 03:00:19,279
that we can take from uh programs to

3425
03:00:19,279 --> 03:00:21,920
fund the cost of operations. Think for

3426
03:00:21,920 --> 03:00:24,240
example payroll. So we're not direct

3427
03:00:24,240 --> 03:00:26,800
charging payroll to the CTE program or

3428
03:00:26,800 --> 03:00:28,960
special ed program or title program. We

3429
03:00:28,960 --> 03:00:31,359
get a a indirect cost percentage where

3430
03:00:31,359 --> 03:00:32,880
we get a portion of the funding to

3431
03:00:32,880 --> 03:00:35,200
support the central operations of the

3432
03:00:35,200 --> 03:00:38,560
office. That's about $2.7 million that

3433
03:00:38,560 --> 03:00:40,880
flows back into to support our

3434
03:00:40,880 --> 03:00:43,520
administrative functions. So total

3435
03:00:43,520 --> 03:00:47,279
expenses about $147.8 million. That

3436
03:00:47,279 --> 03:00:50,720
leaves a a cushion about $2.4 million,

3437
03:00:50,720 --> 03:00:52,720
which is uh probably about average what

3438
03:00:52,720 --> 03:00:53,840
we see at this time of year. There's

3439
03:00:53,840 --> 03:00:55,840
always going to be unforeseen expenses.

3440
03:00:55,840 --> 03:00:57,359
Um there may be revenue that doesn't

3441
03:00:57,359 --> 03:00:58,800
materialize, especially on the local

3442
03:00:58,800 --> 03:01:01,760
side. And so that feels like a probably

3443
03:01:01,760 --> 03:01:03,200
a minimum cushion we'd have for a

3444
03:01:03,200 --> 03:01:05,600
preliminary bal uh um estimates at this

3445
03:01:05,600 --> 03:01:07,840
time of year. As we go throughout the

3446
03:01:07,840 --> 03:01:10,240
year, we'll I'll always mean keep an eye

3447
03:01:10,240 --> 03:01:12,399
on this and make sure there's no um

3448
03:01:12,399 --> 03:01:14,960
concerns. Uh I past couple years I've

3449
03:01:14,960 --> 03:01:16,240
been looking at our our history. We

3450
03:01:16,240 --> 03:01:18,800
haven't had a a deficit in our

3451
03:01:18,800 --> 03:01:20,560
operations fund and we hope to maintain

3452
03:01:20,560 --> 03:01:24,080
that way going forward.

3453
03:01:24,080 --> 03:01:28,469
>> Any questions?

3454
03:01:28,479 --> 03:01:30,080
Will you just specify there's two

3455
03:01:30,080 --> 03:01:32,240
supplies? I know you gave examples from

3456
03:01:32,240 --> 03:01:34,640
both. There's just there's two supplies

3457
03:01:34,640 --> 03:01:35,520
budgets.

3458
03:01:35,520 --> 03:01:35,920
>> Yeah.

3459
03:01:35,920 --> 03:01:37,359
>> Top one is

3460
03:01:37,359 --> 03:01:39,279
>> is should be professional services. I

3461
03:01:39,279 --> 03:01:40,000
apologize.

3462
03:01:40,000 --> 03:01:41,600
>> And the second one was for like

3463
03:01:41,600 --> 03:01:43,520
computers and Yeah. Okay. All right.

3464
03:01:43,520 --> 03:01:44,880
Thank you. I couldn't remember what that

3465
03:01:44,880 --> 03:01:46,319
first one

3466
03:01:46,319 --> 03:01:50,000
>> was for. Any questions for Neil or

3467
03:01:50,000 --> 03:01:53,190
comments?

3468
03:01:53,200 --> 03:01:55,520
» I'd just like make one comment, Neil. I

3469
03:01:55,520 --> 03:02:00,479
know um as we've worked as you presented

3470
03:02:00,479 --> 03:02:04,216
various um budgets and items,

3471
03:02:04,216 --> 03:02:06,560
[clears throat] I I know that there are

3472
03:02:06,560 --> 03:02:11,680
items that you've reported. Uh we can

3473
03:02:11,680 --> 03:02:13,359
um stop using this service that we

3474
03:02:13,359 --> 03:02:15,359
purchased maybe five or 10 years ago

3475
03:02:15,359 --> 03:02:17,120
that's no longer needed and those types

3476
03:02:17,120 --> 03:02:19,760
of things. Uh Karen made a comment, I

3477
03:02:19,760 --> 03:02:20,960
don't remember if it was a work session

3478
03:02:20,960 --> 03:02:25,279
or board meeting about um cost savings.

3479
03:02:25,279 --> 03:02:27,439
I I wonder if you'd be willing to lead

3480
03:02:27,439 --> 03:02:30,319
an effort throughout the district to

3481
03:02:30,319 --> 03:02:32,640
expand on what you're already doing, you

3482
03:02:32,640 --> 03:02:36,240
know, engage uh the the entire district,

3483
03:02:36,240 --> 03:02:38,960
you know, down to teachers and everyone

3484
03:02:38,960 --> 03:02:41,760
to as we move forward with the projects

3485
03:02:41,760 --> 03:02:44,640
that we need to do, utilizing the the

3486
03:02:44,640 --> 03:02:47,680
budget, the uh money the best we can and

3487
03:02:47,680 --> 03:02:50,240
just lead an effort to have everyone

3488
03:02:50,240 --> 03:02:52,319
look for ways that we can, you know, if

3489
03:02:52,319 --> 03:02:54,960
there are additional services that we

3490
03:02:54,960 --> 03:02:56,800
purchased the word needed 10 years ago,

3491
03:02:56,800 --> 03:02:58,479
now we don't need them. You know,

3492
03:02:58,479 --> 03:03:01,040
anything like that. Um, if you could

3493
03:03:01,040 --> 03:03:03,279
kind of lead that effort and and report

3494
03:03:03,279 --> 03:03:06,399
as as you uh present the budget each

3495
03:03:06,399 --> 03:03:08,399
month and on how that's going.

3496
03:03:08,399 --> 03:03:09,840
>> Definitely, I can definitely do that.

3497
03:03:09,840 --> 03:03:12,319
Um, I I would I would comment that most

3498
03:03:12,319 --> 03:03:14,160
of our contracts max is about five

3499
03:03:14,160 --> 03:03:16,560
years. Um, then we have to renew them.

3500
03:03:16,560 --> 03:03:19,040
If contracts are or services exceed

3501
03:03:19,040 --> 03:03:20,640
$50,000, we have to do a public

3502
03:03:20,640 --> 03:03:22,640
solicitation either through our

3503
03:03:22,640 --> 03:03:24,560
advertising our own website or through

3504
03:03:24,560 --> 03:03:26,560
the state and purchasing through a state

3505
03:03:26,560 --> 03:03:28,399
approved vendor that's already gone

3506
03:03:28,399 --> 03:03:30,880
through that solicitation process and

3507
03:03:30,880 --> 03:03:32,399
been vetted and had a competitive

3508
03:03:32,399 --> 03:03:34,240
process to arrive at a certain price

3509
03:03:34,240 --> 03:03:36,080
point. So, we're always looking at that,

3510
03:03:36,080 --> 03:03:38,319
but we can definitely be looking and

3511
03:03:38,319 --> 03:03:40,800
analyzing uh outside our salaries and

3512
03:03:40,800 --> 03:03:43,200
benefits where services we're consuming

3513
03:03:43,200 --> 03:03:49,590
maybe have cost savings.

3514
03:03:49,600 --> 03:03:51,680
All right, we're going to move on to our

3515
03:03:51,680 --> 03:03:58,309
consent items.

3516
03:03:58,319 --> 03:04:01,600
Um, I have a couple of questions

3517
03:04:01,600 --> 03:04:06,160
um on the one probably correction on the

3518
03:04:06,160 --> 03:04:10,479
49 board meeting minutes. Um I was not

3519
03:04:10,479 --> 03:04:13,279
there but

3520
03:04:13,279 --> 03:04:15,200
um down on the approval of new

3521
03:04:15,200 --> 03:04:18,479
superintendent and contract it was

3522
03:04:18,479 --> 03:04:20,720
motioned that Keith Carlson was approved

3523
03:04:20,720 --> 03:04:22,880
as the superintendent.

3524
03:04:22,880 --> 03:04:28,469
So we might want to change that.

3525
03:04:28,479 --> 03:04:33,030
» Kind of a mixture of the two.

3526
03:04:33,040 --> 03:04:38,080
And then I have a question um on the

3527
03:04:38,080 --> 03:04:40,560
boys basketball

3528
03:04:40,560 --> 03:04:45,040
150 mile trip. It's for June. So I'm I'm

3529
03:04:45,040 --> 03:04:47,840
wondering do we have a boys basketball

3530
03:04:47,840 --> 03:04:50,080
team in June? I thought that once the

3531
03:04:50,080 --> 03:04:53,200
basketball team was over, basketball

3532
03:04:53,200 --> 03:04:57,520
season was over, then the team um

3533
03:04:57,520 --> 03:05:00,640
disbands and then they ret try out the

3534
03:05:00,640 --> 03:05:02,319
next year.

3535
03:05:02,319 --> 03:05:04,720
Every summer we have boys basketball go

3536
03:05:04,720 --> 03:05:06,080
to different summer camps and this is

3537
03:05:06,080 --> 03:05:07,760
just pretty much common place. Keith,

3538
03:05:07,760 --> 03:05:11,830
would you concur with that?

3539
03:05:11,840 --> 03:05:14,319
» Yes. Uh it is open to people that would

3540
03:05:14,319 --> 03:05:17,120
like to participate in that. It's not a

3541
03:05:17,120 --> 03:05:19,600
uh requirement. And it's not a

3542
03:05:19,600 --> 03:05:22,080
determination of you are on the team. I

3543
03:05:22,080 --> 03:05:23,520
don't know exactly how we would list

3544
03:05:23,520 --> 03:05:26,640
that, but it certainly is not a

3545
03:05:26,640 --> 03:05:29,279
uh the team because to your point the

3546
03:05:29,279 --> 03:05:32,160
team has not been created. So it is open

3547
03:05:32,160 --> 03:05:36,319
to uh um student athletes.

3548
03:05:36,319 --> 03:05:39,359
>> So with that that it's not for the team

3549
03:05:39,359 --> 03:05:42,880
members so to speak, does the district

3550
03:05:42,880 --> 03:05:44,800
cover any costs if somebody wants to go

3551
03:05:44,800 --> 03:05:47,200
but can't afford it?

3552
03:05:47,200 --> 03:05:49,520
that that would be my concern. I

3553
03:05:49,520 --> 03:05:50,000
wouldn't

3554
03:05:50,000 --> 03:05:52,560
>> So all uh all fees that are school

3555
03:05:52,560 --> 03:05:55,920
sponsored are fee waverable.

3556
03:05:55,920 --> 03:06:03,750
>> So I guess I have um concern with that.

3557
03:06:03,760 --> 03:06:06,800
There are many camps um many parents

3558
03:06:06,800 --> 03:06:08,479
send their kids to a lot of different

3559
03:06:08,479 --> 03:06:10,479
camps. I don't know why we would just

3560
03:06:10,479 --> 03:06:13,120
pick um a few camps like the basketball

3561
03:06:13,120 --> 03:06:15,680
camp to say that the the district is

3562
03:06:15,680 --> 03:06:17,359
going to sponsor

3563
03:06:17,359 --> 03:06:20,240
and have those fees be fee waver fee

3564
03:06:20,240 --> 03:06:21,840
waverable.

3565
03:06:21,840 --> 03:06:26,070
That's a word.

3566
03:06:26,080 --> 03:06:28,000
» My understanding is they're all fe

3567
03:06:28,000 --> 03:06:30,560
they're all all the camps are the same.

3568
03:06:30,560 --> 03:06:32,319
This one's on here because it's a it's

3569
03:06:32,319 --> 03:06:33,600
of the mileage,

3570
03:06:33,600 --> 03:06:36,319
>> right? But not all sports have camps

3571
03:06:36,319 --> 03:06:39,840
during the summer. Um,

3572
03:06:39,840 --> 03:06:42,080
parents send their their kids to other

3573
03:06:42,080 --> 03:06:44,319
camps that aren't necessarily ran

3574
03:06:44,319 --> 03:06:47,040
through the the district in trying to

3575
03:06:47,040 --> 03:06:49,439
keep their children competitive to be

3576
03:06:49,439 --> 03:06:52,960
able to make teams for the next uh

3577
03:06:52,960 --> 03:06:56,399
sports season. What specific can do you

3578
03:06:56,399 --> 03:06:58,880
have specifics of what like what are you

3579
03:06:58,880 --> 03:07:00,800
>> um I was told that there are parents

3580
03:07:00,800 --> 03:07:03,680
that um send their kids to soccer camps

3581
03:07:03,680 --> 03:07:06,800
that aren't necessarily affiliated with

3582
03:07:06,800 --> 03:07:08,720
the district, but they're doing it to

3583
03:07:08,720 --> 03:07:11,200
try and make sure that their children

3584
03:07:11,200 --> 03:07:14,640
are competitive for the next year's um

3585
03:07:14,640 --> 03:07:17,600
uh teams. So, they're sending them to a

3586
03:07:17,600 --> 03:07:19,120
private camp,

3587
03:07:19,120 --> 03:07:20,720
>> but for the same reason and trying to

3588
03:07:20,720 --> 03:07:22,399
keep their kids competitive,

3589
03:07:22,399 --> 03:07:24,399
>> but that's their choice, right?

3590
03:07:24,399 --> 03:07:28,160
>> But is there um those kind of camps

3591
03:07:28,160 --> 03:07:31,359
offered for every sport?

3592
03:07:31,359 --> 03:07:34,880
>> So, I can just speak to just my 20 years

3593
03:07:34,880 --> 03:07:36,880
as the head basketball coach being part

3594
03:07:36,880 --> 03:07:39,120
of that program or 16 I should say and

3595
03:07:39,120 --> 03:07:42,640
20 overall. Um there are individual

3596
03:07:42,640 --> 03:07:45,120
camps that exist at different

3597
03:07:45,120 --> 03:07:48,560
universities throughout um the state and

3598
03:07:48,560 --> 03:07:52,080
outside the state. However, team camps

3599
03:07:52,080 --> 03:07:55,359
uh where you can uh get all of the

3600
03:07:55,359 --> 03:07:57,200
people in your school that are

3601
03:07:57,200 --> 03:07:59,760
interested in playing together. That's

3602
03:07:59,760 --> 03:08:03,680
been happening since 1993. It happens in

3603
03:08:03,680 --> 03:08:05,760
football. It happens in basketball. It

3604
03:08:05,760 --> 03:08:08,080
happens in volleyball. It happens in

3605
03:08:08,080 --> 03:08:11,359
wrestling. Um, it happens in soccer, it

3606
03:08:11,359 --> 03:08:14,399
happens in baseball, softball. A variety

3607
03:08:14,399 --> 03:08:17,760
of teams do this. Sometimes it is not

3608
03:08:17,760 --> 03:08:19,760
down to St. George, sometimes it's to

3609
03:08:19,760 --> 03:08:22,319
Provo, sometimes it's to Utah State.

3610
03:08:22,319 --> 03:08:26,000
They go a variety of places. And um, the

3611
03:08:26,000 --> 03:08:29,359
fact that it is going over 150 miles is

3612
03:08:29,359 --> 03:08:30,800
why I think it was brought to you,

3613
03:08:30,800 --> 03:08:32,319
right, Superintendent?

3614
03:08:32,319 --> 03:08:40,070
>> Correct.

3615
03:08:40,080 --> 03:08:44,710
How did you

3616
03:08:44,720 --> 03:08:46,399
do all of them have camps that are

3617
03:08:46,399 --> 03:08:47,840
options to do over the summer?

3618
03:08:47,840 --> 03:08:49,439
>> Well, there's there is a variety of team

3619
03:08:49,439 --> 03:08:51,920
camps and in every district I've been in

3620
03:08:51,920 --> 03:08:54,800
and when I was a coach 35 years ago, we

3621
03:08:54,800 --> 03:09:00,479
just would select a camp to go to and that was prior to school fee

3622
03:09:00,479 --> 03:09:02,800
waiverss and some of it was in Idaho,

3623
03:09:02,800 --> 03:09:05,439
I'll be honest. But we would get a team

3624
03:09:05,439 --> 03:09:08,000
together and and uh for football. I've

3625
03:09:08,000 --> 03:09:10,319
been there for basketball camps clear

3626
03:09:10,319 --> 03:09:12,640
back in the 19

3627
03:09:12,640 --> 03:09:15,760
90s and and so this has been going on I

3628
03:09:15,760 --> 03:09:18,000
think since there was team sports.

3629
03:09:18,000 --> 03:09:20,319
>> So is it the coach that has to be

3630
03:09:20,319 --> 03:09:21,680
willing to do it with them?

3631
03:09:21,680 --> 03:09:22,160
>> Correct.

3632
03:09:22,160 --> 03:09:23,680
>> There's not a soccer coach that wants to

3633
03:09:23,680 --> 03:09:26,000
go. Then there isn't a soccer option to

3634
03:09:26,000 --> 03:09:26,399
go.

3635
03:09:26,399 --> 03:09:26,880
>> Correct.

3636
03:09:26,880 --> 03:09:28,479
>> It's not that we're not supporting the

3637
03:09:28,479 --> 03:09:29,840
soccer option. It's just that there's

3638
03:09:29,840 --> 03:09:32,479
not a co coach that's doing it. And

3639
03:09:32,479 --> 03:09:34,880
there's a possibility the camp that that

3640
03:09:34,880 --> 03:09:37,279
uh Karen's referring to is what Mr.

3641
03:09:37,279 --> 03:09:38,880
Minkham said. There's a lot of skills

3642
03:09:38,880 --> 03:09:41,600
camps that universities put on that kids

3643
03:09:41,600 --> 03:09:44,240
go to to improve their skills to be more

3644
03:09:44,240 --> 03:09:45,840
uh competitive when they have a chance

3645
03:09:45,840 --> 03:09:49,279
to try out or even compete. However,

3646
03:09:49,279 --> 03:09:50,960
there are team camps and there's two

3647
03:09:50,960 --> 03:09:52,080
different kinds, you know, individual

3648
03:09:52,080 --> 03:09:54,319
skills camp, team camps. There's also

3649
03:09:54,319 --> 03:09:56,240
Utah State University puts on a heck of

3650
03:09:56,240 --> 03:10:00,399
a basketball um camp every every summer.

3651
03:10:00,399 --> 03:10:02,720
And sometimes the coach, [clears throat]

3652
03:10:02,720 --> 03:10:05,359
if you play year round like you have to

3653
03:10:05,359 --> 03:10:07,840
anymore to be competitive, you end up

3654
03:10:07,840 --> 03:10:10,560
playing the same people time and time

3655
03:10:10,560 --> 03:10:12,800
again during the season in the playoffs.

3656
03:10:12,800 --> 03:10:15,600
And so in order to get further away and

3657
03:10:15,600 --> 03:10:18,160
play different competition, uh that's

3658
03:10:18,160 --> 03:10:20,479
why sometimes they choose to to to go

3659
03:10:20,479 --> 03:10:23,120
past that 150 mile mark. And it's to

3660
03:10:23,120 --> 03:10:26,160
help them stay competitive and and keep

3661
03:10:26,160 --> 03:10:28,399
interest in in in their sport with their

3662
03:10:28,399 --> 03:10:36,870
students and their parents.

3663
03:10:36,880 --> 03:10:39,680
» Two questions. I don't know what Karen

3664
03:10:39,680 --> 03:10:43,269
was that good.

3665
03:10:43,279 --> 03:10:45,040
» I mean I just can I ask my next

3666
03:10:45,040 --> 03:10:45,680
questions?

3667
03:10:45,680 --> 03:10:48,319
>> Um I I still have the the concerns. So

3668
03:10:48,319 --> 03:10:49,840
I've just voiced my concerns.

3669
03:10:49,840 --> 03:10:51,279
>> Oh, okay.

3670
03:10:51,279 --> 03:10:55,520
Um, so I just had a question on the M9.

3671
03:10:55,520 --> 03:10:57,040
This

3672
03:10:57,040 --> 03:11:00,319
do you say link ERP contract? It just

3673
03:11:00,319 --> 03:11:02,160
says that we're extending it for a year.

3674
03:11:02,160 --> 03:11:04,319
Is this something that we do every five

3675
03:11:04,319 --> 03:11:08,800
years? And what what do they provide?

3676
03:11:08,800 --> 03:11:09,680
>> Neil can speak.

3677
03:11:09,680 --> 03:11:12,560
>> Yeah, the link is our provider for our

3678
03:11:12,560 --> 03:11:16,160
HR portal or module, our payroll module,

3679
03:11:16,160 --> 03:11:18,640
and our accounting modules. They also

3680
03:11:18,640 --> 03:11:20,640
provide a separate module for child

3681
03:11:20,640 --> 03:11:23,760
nutrition management. And so prior to my

3682
03:11:23,760 --> 03:11:26,240
arrival, there was a contract signed in

3683
03:11:26,240 --> 03:11:29,680
2023 for a three-year agreement. That

3684
03:11:29,680 --> 03:11:32,720
contract is up and now we are looking

3685
03:11:32,720 --> 03:11:34,319
for another two-year agreement with the

3686
03:11:34,319 --> 03:11:36,800
same company. Um, frankly, we don't have

3687
03:11:36,800 --> 03:11:39,359
the ability to

3688
03:11:39,359 --> 03:11:42,800
go out and conduct a new RFP for a new

3689
03:11:42,800 --> 03:11:46,160
system. That's a very that's a 18-month

3690
03:11:46,160 --> 03:11:48,800
undertaking to get get to there. So, we

3691
03:11:48,800 --> 03:11:50,399
are recommending we continue with the

3692
03:11:50,399 --> 03:11:52,319
current contract. There's about a $5,000

3693
03:11:52,319 --> 03:11:55,200
increase in in price for the next two

3694
03:11:55,200 --> 03:11:56,399
years. And we will continue to

3695
03:11:56,399 --> 03:11:59,200
reevaluate this every time it comes up.

3696
03:11:59,200 --> 03:12:01,439
Most most school districts, most

3697
03:12:01,439 --> 03:12:04,880
companies try to keep some stability

3698
03:12:04,880 --> 03:12:08,319
with your enterprise resource management

3699
03:12:08,319 --> 03:12:11,520
uh system such as this because the cost

3700
03:12:11,520 --> 03:12:13,120
to transition is so great and so

3701
03:12:13,120 --> 03:12:14,640
timeconuming.

3702
03:12:14,640 --> 03:12:17,520
>> Okay. So, usually we have a long-term

3703
03:12:17,520 --> 03:12:18,960
contract, but because we don't have

3704
03:12:18,960 --> 03:12:22,960
enough time to find a better

3705
03:12:22,960 --> 03:12:25,279
uh comp system to work with, then we're

3706
03:12:25,279 --> 03:12:26,800
just extending this for a year so that

3707
03:12:26,800 --> 03:12:29,359
we give ourselves time to get a better

3708
03:12:29,359 --> 03:12:30,080
system.

3709
03:12:30,080 --> 03:12:32,399
>> Well, no, let me let me rephrase this.

3710
03:12:32,399 --> 03:12:32,800
>> Okay,

3711
03:12:32,800 --> 03:12:35,520
>> I'm not recommending us to go out to get

3712
03:12:35,520 --> 03:12:38,000
a new system because the cost of

3713
03:12:38,000 --> 03:12:40,640
transitioning to a different system is a

3714
03:12:40,640 --> 03:12:43,120
18month implementation period plus the

3715
03:12:43,120 --> 03:12:44,880
cost of training our staff. I'm

3716
03:12:44,880 --> 03:12:46,479
recommending that we continue with the

3717
03:12:46,479 --> 03:12:49,279
current system going forward. And this

3718
03:12:49,279 --> 03:12:52,080
is asking permission to engage in a two

3719
03:12:52,080 --> 03:12:53,359
new two-year contract.

3720
03:12:53,359 --> 03:12:55,120
>> Well, why don't we just go longer if we

3721
03:12:55,120 --> 03:12:56,800
like it?

3722
03:12:56,800 --> 03:12:58,640
>> Uh, this is what they presented us with.

3723
03:12:58,640 --> 03:13:00,000
First, they wanted the one-year option.

3724
03:13:00,000 --> 03:13:01,359
I asked for a two-year option, so they

3725
03:13:01,359 --> 03:13:02,479
gave us a two-year option.

3726
03:13:02,479 --> 03:13:05,040
>> Okay, thank you. Sorry, that was

3727
03:13:05,040 --> 03:13:07,760
confusing for me. Um, and then the other

3728
03:13:07,760 --> 03:13:09,680
I just with the approval of the school

3729
03:13:09,680 --> 03:13:11,760
resource officer contract, I just was

3730
03:13:11,760 --> 03:13:14,720
curious if is that like a stipened or is

3731
03:13:14,720 --> 03:13:17,600
that an hourly

3732
03:13:17,600 --> 03:13:18,000
thing?

3733
03:13:18,000 --> 03:13:21,439
>> We pay 50% of their wages. So

3734
03:13:21,439 --> 03:13:24,399
>> like if they're if their s their wages

3735
03:13:24,399 --> 03:13:27,439
are x does that mean it's uh it changes

3736
03:13:27,439 --> 03:13:29,279
from year to year from what that amount

3737
03:13:29,279 --> 03:13:30,319
would be?

3738
03:13:30,319 --> 03:13:33,040
>> Yes, it can. So they are employees of

3739
03:13:33,040 --> 03:13:35,439
the city first and foremost. We

3740
03:13:35,439 --> 03:13:37,359
reimburse the city for those wages at

3741
03:13:37,359 --> 03:13:39,439
50% of their actual rate including

3742
03:13:39,439 --> 03:13:41,920
wages, benefits, and we have some

3743
03:13:41,920 --> 03:13:43,760
uniform and equipment cost in there as

3744
03:13:43,760 --> 03:13:44,560
well.

3745
03:13:44,560 --> 03:13:46,080
>> Okay. Thank you.

3746
03:13:46,080 --> 03:13:48,800
>> And I will add that even though we pay

3747
03:13:48,800 --> 03:13:51,439
50% of their salary, they work for us

3748
03:13:51,439 --> 03:13:54,080
for 75% of the year and then during the

3749
03:13:54,080 --> 03:13:57,760
summer they are back in the the PDS of

3750
03:13:57,760 --> 03:13:59,359
either Brigham City or Tmont and

3751
03:13:59,359 --> 03:14:01,200
Garland. Neil, is that correct?

3752
03:14:01,200 --> 03:14:03,200
>> That is correct. I'd also add that this

3753
03:14:03,200 --> 03:14:05,279
is one of the better deals that that

3754
03:14:05,279 --> 03:14:08,319
most districts see. Some districts are

3755
03:14:08,319 --> 03:14:11,279
paying 100% of the salary of these

3756
03:14:11,279 --> 03:14:13,359
officers even though they only work for

3757
03:14:13,359 --> 03:14:16,560
the district 75% of the time.

3758
03:14:16,560 --> 03:14:18,640
We have great partners in our cities to

3759
03:14:18,640 --> 03:14:24,469
work with and um make this happen.

3760
03:14:24,479 --> 03:14:26,800
» Thank you. on M13

3761
03:14:26,800 --> 03:14:30,000
um target sports.

3762
03:14:30,000 --> 03:14:32,560
Um is that

3763
03:14:32,560 --> 03:14:36,080
tell us about that process and

3764
03:14:36,080 --> 03:14:37,680
that's a different name than I've heard

3765
03:14:37,680 --> 03:14:38,399
before.

3766
03:14:38,399 --> 03:14:40,800
>> Target sports is the parent company name

3767
03:14:40,800 --> 03:14:44,239
of uh field turf. So field turf has a

3768
03:14:44,239 --> 03:14:45,760
the target sports has a statewide

3769
03:14:45,760 --> 03:14:47,359
contract. They went through a bidding

3770
03:14:47,359 --> 03:14:50,479
process. So state conducts RFPs on

3771
03:14:50,479 --> 03:14:52,319
behalf of all state entities like we

3772
03:14:52,319 --> 03:14:53,920
would do for ourselves and they have a

3773
03:14:53,920 --> 03:14:56,160
list of approved vendors with contracts

3774
03:14:56,160 --> 03:14:57,600
that we can select from with presence

3775
03:14:57,600 --> 03:15:00,000
already been pre-negotiated. This is one

3776
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:02,000
of those contracts and that we're going

3777
03:15:02,000 --> 03:15:04,000
to we have elected to utilize that

3778
03:15:04,000 --> 03:15:06,080
process rather than reinventing the

3779
03:15:06,080 --> 03:15:08,080
wheel to select a vendor for this

3780
03:15:08,080 --> 03:15:10,479
project.

3781
03:15:10,479 --> 03:15:12,319
>> Thank you.

3782
03:15:12,319 --> 03:15:16,319
All right. Any other concerns, questions

3783
03:15:16,319 --> 03:15:19,600
on the consent agenda?

3784
03:15:19,600 --> 03:15:22,720
>> Um, I just will note, uh, as previously

3785
03:15:22,720 --> 03:15:24,880
stated, the concern about the Bear River

3786
03:15:24,880 --> 03:15:27,520
High School baseball field, uh, turf

3787
03:15:27,520 --> 03:15:30,239
matches, turf match.

3788
03:15:30,239 --> 03:15:31,680
>> This isn't the match. This is

3789
03:15:31,680 --> 03:15:34,160
specifically for the baseball, the

3790
03:15:34,160 --> 03:15:36,640
$500,000 that was right.

3791
03:15:36,640 --> 03:15:43,030
>> It kind of goes together. So, okay.

3792
03:15:43,040 --> 03:15:46,080
Anything else? All right, we need a

3793
03:15:46,080 --> 03:15:49,110
motion.

3794
03:15:49,120 --> 03:15:54,080
» I move that we approve consent items.

3795
03:15:54,080 --> 03:15:55,600
>> So, we have a motion from Danielle

3796
03:15:55,600 --> 03:15:58,640
Wright and a second by Brian Smith. All

3797
03:15:58,640 --> 03:16:00,800
those in favor say I.

3798
03:16:00,800 --> 03:16:04,080
>> I. Any opposed?

3799
03:16:04,080 --> 03:16:07,279
Okay, we have

3800
03:16:07,279 --> 03:16:08,960
four

3801
03:16:08,960 --> 03:16:14,479
yes and one no. That motion passes.

3802
03:16:14,479 --> 03:16:16,160
All right, suggestions for future board

3803
03:16:16,160 --> 03:16:19,279
meetings. We have the suggestion that

3804
03:16:19,279 --> 03:16:21,760
Brian brought up. Um, please keep us

3805
03:16:21,760 --> 03:16:23,520
posted as you attend those meetings with

3806
03:16:23,520 --> 03:16:26,720
the county commissioners. Um,

3807
03:16:26,720 --> 03:16:28,399
I

3808
03:16:28,399 --> 03:16:30,399
and if we can figure out how to get

3809
03:16:30,399 --> 03:16:32,960
those bullet points from those meetings

3810
03:16:32,960 --> 03:16:35,040
out on social media so our community

3811
03:16:35,040 --> 03:16:37,279
understands that we are indeed working

3812
03:16:37,279 --> 03:16:39,279
with the commissioners from the very

3813
03:16:39,279 --> 03:16:44,160
beginning to see what our tax

3814
03:16:44,160 --> 03:16:46,160
what those implications are for the

3815
03:16:46,160 --> 03:16:48,640
school district. Any other suggestions

3816
03:16:48,640 --> 03:16:55,030
for future board meetings?

3817
03:16:55,040 --> 03:17:00,309
All right. Oh,

3818
03:17:00,319 --> 03:17:02,960
» just I need to do some checking on

3819
03:17:02,960 --> 03:17:05,520
legalities, but I'm going to make the

3820
03:17:05,520 --> 03:17:07,040
recommendation if I can find out and

3821
03:17:07,040 --> 03:17:09,680
we'll talk in board agenda about the

3822
03:17:09,680 --> 03:17:14,479
possibility of if Mr. Minkum was

3823
03:17:14,479 --> 03:17:17,920
approved and sworn in in the next board

3824
03:17:17,920 --> 03:17:21,120
meeting for July 1st, if that makes

3825
03:17:21,120 --> 03:17:22,479
sense. because that's going to be June

3826
03:17:22,479 --> 03:17:26,640
10th. Uh my reasoning behind that is I

3827
03:17:26,640 --> 03:17:30,160
have 17 days of vacation and shortly

3828
03:17:30,160 --> 03:17:32,880
after the the the board meeting I'm

3829
03:17:32,880 --> 03:17:34,960
going to have my office cleaned out and

3830
03:17:34,960 --> 03:17:36,640
for all intents and purposes I'm not

3831
03:17:36,640 --> 03:17:37,760
sure how much I'm going to be doing the

3832
03:17:37,760 --> 03:17:39,680
last two weeks. I will say this, the

3833
03:17:39,680 --> 03:17:42,640
week after the board meeting is Junth on

3834
03:17:42,640 --> 03:17:45,279
Monday and starting Tuesday is the

3835
03:17:45,279 --> 03:17:47,920
superintendent's um summer conference

3836
03:17:47,920 --> 03:17:49,359
that both Keith and I will be attending

3837
03:17:49,359 --> 03:17:50,720
the rest of that week. So there's one

3838
03:17:50,720 --> 03:17:54,080
whole week gone. And he starts his

3839
03:17:54,080 --> 03:17:56,479
contract July 1st, but I've never

3840
03:17:56,479 --> 03:17:58,560
understood that he's not officially

3841
03:17:58,560 --> 03:18:00,560
appointed till June 10th. So it's never

3842
03:18:00,560 --> 03:18:03,279
made sense. July 10th. Thank Thank you.

3843
03:18:03,279 --> 03:18:07,359
And so I'm going to check into that and I will still do my job until the

3844
03:18:07,359 --> 03:18:09,520
end. I'll come in the office and, you

3845
03:18:09,520 --> 03:18:11,359
know, be here and there. Uh, but I I

3846
03:18:11,359 --> 03:18:14,640
just think in the transition I just

3847
03:18:14,640 --> 03:18:16,160
wanted to make you aware that I'm going

3848
03:18:16,160 --> 03:18:18,479
to find out legalities and what that all

3849
03:18:18,479 --> 03:18:22,000
means if that's okay with y you board

3850
03:18:22,000 --> 03:18:23,520
members. I was going to I was going to

3851
03:18:23,520 --> 03:18:27,200
be southern gang and go y'all. Sorry.

3852
03:18:27,200 --> 03:18:29,600
>> So, you'll keep answering my texts.

3853
03:18:29,600 --> 03:18:30,560
>> Okay.

3854
03:18:30,560 --> 03:18:32,560
>> Do you have a minute for a phone call?

3855
03:18:32,560 --> 03:18:37,680
Thank you. I appreciate it. Okay. Any

3856
03:18:37,680 --> 03:18:41,359
moving forward? Um Danielle has our just

3857
03:18:41,359 --> 03:18:43,040
quick minute on our board education

3858
03:18:43,040 --> 03:18:47,269
handbook.

3859
03:18:47,279 --> 03:18:50,239
Okay, I'll lean. Um picking up where

3860
03:18:50,239 --> 03:18:54,399
Tiffany left off a couple months ago on

3861
03:18:54,399 --> 03:18:56,640
schoolboard decisionmaking

3862
03:18:56,640 --> 03:18:58,800
and

3863
03:18:58,800 --> 03:19:01,120
it says although the board makes many

3864
03:19:01,120 --> 03:19:02,399
different decisions, all of those

3865
03:19:02,399 --> 03:19:04,239
decisions can be put into four general

3866
03:19:04,239 --> 03:19:07,279
cate categories. policy decisions,

3867
03:19:07,279 --> 03:19:09,600
problem solving decisions, managerial

3868
03:19:09,600 --> 03:19:13,200
decisions, and personnel decisions.

3869
03:19:13,200 --> 03:19:15,439
Um,

3870
03:19:15,439 --> 03:19:16,800
policy decisions are pretty

3871
03:19:16,800 --> 03:19:20,319
straightforward. Um, and if the board

3872
03:19:20,319 --> 03:19:23,680
sets good policies, it kind of solves a

3873
03:19:23,680 --> 03:19:25,840
lot of the other problems and eliminates

3874
03:19:25,840 --> 03:19:28,720
other major decisions um, and

3875
03:19:28,720 --> 03:19:30,319
problem-solving decisions from needing

3876
03:19:30,319 --> 03:19:32,720
to come up.

3877
03:19:32,720 --> 03:19:36,720
Um, a problem-solving decision is

3878
03:19:36,720 --> 03:19:38,640
usually it says in response to a crisis

3879
03:19:38,640 --> 03:19:40,960
or an opportunity that cannot be

3880
03:19:40,960 --> 03:19:43,200
resolved by the superintendent or is not

3881
03:19:43,200 --> 03:19:44,960
fully addressed in existing board

3882
03:19:44,960 --> 03:19:48,560
policy. For example, the um like closing

3883
03:19:48,560 --> 03:19:53,279
a school due to declining enrollment or

3884
03:19:53,279 --> 03:19:56,080
an example that this board did would be

3885
03:19:56,080 --> 03:19:58,560
changing school start times because of

3886
03:19:58,560 --> 03:20:01,040
lack of bus drivers several years ago.

3887
03:20:01,040 --> 03:20:04,000
That was a problem-solving decision.

3888
03:20:04,000 --> 03:20:07,760
Um, next, managerial decisions

3889
03:20:07,760 --> 03:20:11,200
um are required of each local school

3890
03:20:11,200 --> 03:20:15,279
board are set forth in statutes. Um, a

3891
03:20:15,279 --> 03:20:17,439
school board is required to implement

3892
03:20:17,439 --> 03:20:19,520
the core curriculum, administer tests,

3893
03:20:19,520 --> 03:20:21,120
implement training programs, enroll

3894
03:20:21,120 --> 03:20:23,279
children in school, establish school

3895
03:20:23,279 --> 03:20:25,359
libraries, and establish school safety

3896
03:20:25,359 --> 03:20:26,800
traffic committees, [music]

3897
03:20:26,800 --> 03:20:28,399
and ensure that community councils

3898
03:20:28,399 --> 03:20:30,239
receive the required annual training and

3899
03:20:30,239 --> 03:20:32,160
review

3900
03:20:32,160 --> 03:20:34,080
and approve the school implement plans

3901
03:20:34,080 --> 03:20:35,200
developed by the school community

3902
03:20:35,200 --> 03:20:38,880
councils like we did tonight.

3903
03:20:38,880 --> 03:20:41,600
um with few exceptions, managerial

3904
03:20:41,600 --> 03:20:42,800
duties are delegated to the

3905
03:20:42,800 --> 03:20:46,319
superintendent and

3906
03:20:46,319 --> 03:20:49,760
that is in state statute. So and the

3907
03:20:49,760 --> 03:20:51,600
last one, personnel decisions represent

3908
03:20:51,600 --> 03:20:53,600
a special category of managerial

3909
03:20:53,600 --> 03:20:55,359
decisions. Most school boards delegate

3910
03:20:55,359 --> 03:20:57,359
personnel matters to the superintendent

3911
03:20:57,359 --> 03:20:59,200
and use policies to express their

3912
03:20:59,200 --> 03:21:00,640
desired standards for hiring,

3913
03:21:00,640 --> 03:21:02,960
evaluation, compensation, discipline,

3914
03:21:02,960 --> 03:21:05,840
and dismissal. This approach avoids the

3915
03:21:05,840 --> 03:21:07,760
quagmire of wrestling directly with

3916
03:21:07,760 --> 03:21:09,840
hiring or disciplining employees other

3917
03:21:09,840 --> 03:21:11,279
than the superintendent and the business

3918
03:21:11,279 --> 03:21:15,279
administrator. And that is also in

3919
03:21:15,279 --> 03:21:17,040
I think in stat I can't remember what

3920
03:21:17,040 --> 03:21:19,439
one, but it's in state statute that the

3921
03:21:19,439 --> 03:21:23,680
board only has the power to appoint and

3922
03:21:23,680 --> 03:21:25,279
hire the superintendent and the business

3923
03:21:25,279 --> 03:21:28,630
administrator.

3924
03:21:28,640 --> 03:21:31,359
And yeah,

3925
03:21:31,359 --> 03:21:35,040
that's all I have on that one.

3926
03:21:35,040 --> 03:21:37,920
Thank you. Good reminders for all of us.

3927
03:21:37,920 --> 03:21:45,349
All right, we need a motion to

3928
03:21:45,359 --> 03:21:47,439
» the graduations

3929
03:21:47,439 --> 03:21:49,760
probably.

3930
03:21:49,760 --> 03:21:52,640
>> Does everyone I hope we can all be

3931
03:21:52,640 --> 03:21:54,640
there, right? I think we've mentioned

3932
03:21:54,640 --> 03:21:57,760
them lots of times, but yes. Uh once

3933
03:21:57,760 --> 03:21:59,520
again, I'll have transportation ready

3934
03:21:59,520 --> 03:22:01,279
and we'll come down when we get a little

3935
03:22:01,279 --> 03:22:03,680
closer to the actual time of departure

3936
03:22:03,680 --> 03:22:06,560
from the district office to go to

3937
03:22:06,560 --> 03:22:10,000
Boxelder High, excuse me, go to the dee

3938
03:22:10,000 --> 03:22:13,520
event center on the be boxelder high

3939
03:22:13,520 --> 03:22:15,279
school graduation and then we'll also

3940
03:22:15,279 --> 03:22:18,000
have transportation from the district

3941
03:22:18,000 --> 03:22:19,439
office to the Bear River High School

3942
03:22:19,439 --> 03:22:21,840
graduation the next night. So I'll I'll

3943
03:22:21,840 --> 03:22:25,200
be a little uh closer. What's that? May

3944
03:22:25,200 --> 03:22:28,720
on May 26th and May 27th. So, I'll send

3945
03:22:28,720 --> 03:22:30,560
out an email of the time we need to

3946
03:22:30,560 --> 03:22:33,359
leave to get those get there together

3947
03:22:33,359 --> 03:22:50,550
for all that want to go.

3948
03:22:50,560 --> 03:22:53,200
The

3949
03:22:53,200 --> 03:22:56,720
>> hello. The ILSC um is going to have

3950
03:22:56,720 --> 03:23:01,040
their graduation on May 28th at 9:30 at

3951
03:23:01,040 --> 03:23:03,920
the ILSC building. So, I will send you

3952
03:23:03,920 --> 03:23:06,319
an invite for that if anybody's able to

3953
03:23:06,319 --> 03:23:24,150
attend. That would be really nice.

3954
03:23:24,160 --> 03:23:26,000
I know it's getting late, but I need to

3955
03:23:26,000 --> 03:23:29,439
share this. Um, last Friday night, uh,

3956
03:23:29,439 --> 03:23:31,359
one of the members of the Superintendent

3957
03:23:31,359 --> 03:23:33,359
of Rock Plus group is Superintendent

3958
03:23:33,359 --> 03:23:35,520
Anthony Godfrey from Jordan School

3959
03:23:35,520 --> 03:23:38,720
District, and we were able to go to

3960
03:23:38,720 --> 03:23:41,279
South Valley School, which is uh, Jordan

3961
03:23:41,279 --> 03:23:43,359
School District's version of the

3962
03:23:43,359 --> 03:23:46,319
Independent Life Skills Center, and we

3963
03:23:46,319 --> 03:23:50,319
played uh, we've all decided in the I

3964
03:23:50,319 --> 03:23:52,160
don't know 40 or 50 gigs we've done in

3965
03:23:52,160 --> 03:23:54,640
the last 10 years that that was the very

3966
03:23:54,640 --> 03:23:57,120
most fun that we had playing at the

3967
03:23:57,120 --> 03:23:59,520
South Valley School for the 18 to 22

3968
03:23:59,520 --> 03:24:01,760
year olds. It was only their seniors,

3969
03:24:01,760 --> 03:24:04,160
but Jordan's

3970
03:24:04,160 --> 03:24:05,840
four or five times bigger than us, so

3971
03:24:05,840 --> 03:24:08,000
they had quite a crew. Their parents, it

3972
03:24:08,000 --> 03:24:10,479
was a Hawaiian theme. And I will say

3973
03:24:10,479 --> 03:24:12,160
it's pretty special when you attend

3974
03:24:12,160 --> 03:24:14,000
things like that. And I'm I'm really

3975
03:24:14,000 --> 03:24:15,600
looking forward. I think this is really

3976
03:24:15,600 --> 03:24:17,200
the first time I think I've been invited

3977
03:24:17,200 --> 03:24:20,479
to the graduation, but I'm really Have

3978
03:24:20,479 --> 03:24:23,200
they always done this or been less

3979
03:24:23,200 --> 03:24:25,840
>> been less invitey about it or whatever

3980
03:24:25,840 --> 03:24:28,080
the word might be? So, I'm I'm excited

3981
03:24:28,080 --> 03:24:30,319
to go because uh I will I will tell you

3982
03:24:30,319 --> 03:24:42,389
it's a true joy to see those kids joy in those types of things.

3983
03:24:42,399 --> 03:24:44,000
All right, we need a motion to move into

3984
03:24:44,000 --> 03:24:44,800
close session.

3985
03:24:44,800 --> 03:24:46,399
>> I move that we go into close session,

3986
03:24:46,399 --> 03:24:48,399
discuss the character and professional

3987
03:24:48,399 --> 03:24:51,600
competence of an individual.

3988
03:24:51,600 --> 03:24:52,800
Do we do do all of them?

3989
03:24:52,800 --> 03:24:53,359
>> Yes.

3990
03:24:53,359 --> 03:24:56,080
>> Collective bargaining and uh lease of

3991
03:24:56,080 --> 03:24:57,760
real property. Sale or lease of real

3992
03:24:57,760 --> 03:25:00,479
property.

3993
03:25:00,479 --> 03:25:02,399
>> I have a motion. Do I have a second?

3994
03:25:02,399 --> 03:25:05,120
>> I'll second.

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03:25:05,120 --> 03:25:07,040
>> Karen Cronin is our second.

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03:25:07,040 --> 03:25:08,800
>> Okay.

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03:25:08,800 --> 03:25:10,800
All those in favor say I. And we will do

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03:25:10,800 --> 03:25:14,239
a roll call vote. Tiffany.

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03:25:14,239 --> 03:25:15,520
>> Tiffany Summers. Yes.

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03:25:15,520 --> 03:25:16,479
>> Daniel Wright. Yes.

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03:25:16,479 --> 03:25:20,389
>> Brian Smith. Yes.

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03:25:20,399 --> 03:25:23,120
» Thank you. And

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>> we will adjourn from that meeting.