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Okay, it's 6:00 now. I would

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like to declare

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the meeting open.

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All council members are

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present. Please

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stand to

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recite the Pledge of

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Allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of

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America and the republic for

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which it

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represents, one

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nation under God,

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indivisible, with

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liberty and

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justice for

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all.

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I have no additions to the

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agenda. Jeff, do

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you have anything?

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No.

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I would like to make a

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motion to

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approve the

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agenda.

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I'll make a suggestion.

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I will support.

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Pete is for the offer,

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Joel is for it. Are there any further

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discussions? All for—"

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for". Against?

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The offer is accepted.

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We'll start with an

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announcement. You... You...

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Yes, it's

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School Board Member Appreciation Month, and on

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behalf of the district, we'd

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like to

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thank you for

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your service to the district, and

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... Jolene has a

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certificate for

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you to take

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home and hang on your

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refrigerator. At

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this time, we

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would like to express our

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gratitude to you for the

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recognition you have received

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.

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Thank you.

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for this.

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Yes, and I've attached a

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letter here that

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goes into more detail about the

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School

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Board Association's recognition month. Fine.

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OK. Thank you all

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for your time, contributions, and

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service on the school

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board. Yes.

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Let's move on to

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public discussion. Does

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anyone want to

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address the

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council? We are closing the

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public discussion.

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School Council Committee Reports. Who

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wants to share?

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Were there any

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meetings?

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We had a meeting with the

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Education Foundation. The

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most important thing that

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was noted was that the

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playground was

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open. It

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opened on the first

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day of school,

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I think. And that's

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great. I said

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that all the kids were

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having fun and we

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got good

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feedback. And last

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Saturday was poker

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night, one of our

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biggest

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fundraising events

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, and I haven't

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received the

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confirmed amounts yet,

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but I know the

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attendance was

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record-breaking. This is

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cool.

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It was a fun

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event. Always a

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fun event.

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And we had a lot of

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community members come to us,

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despite the

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rainy, cloudy

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day, and, as always, there

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were good reviews. So.

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Maybe sometimes

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it really does

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help.

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I was just thinking about this. Yes.

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Nobody else

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does anything, so

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why not? Yes. But

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no. It was good.

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reviews. So

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thanks to everyone in the

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community who

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supported this. It

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was fun.

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I had a GCED meeting

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at the end of August. And

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I think one of the most

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important topics

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we discussed was

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our 5R program and what

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it will

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look like in the future.

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We want to make sure

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that it still

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benefits

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us all, and that there are still pros

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and cons. So it's still a

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matter of

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discussion. That's all

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I wanted to say.

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Certainly. I mean,

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knowing the situation with the

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objects, we have

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another one in a couple of weeks,

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so we will prepare a

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report for the next

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meeting. Anything

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else from you? Okay,

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let's move on to the

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next question.

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Consideration of the issue of

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approval of the

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financial report.

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Josh. Yeah,

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you know what, I need to

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get this on screen.

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Josh remembered it.

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Yes, quite good. I'll be

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happy

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to check everything. We had a

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balance in the bank

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account and, as we have already

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said, we are confident

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in the soundness of

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investments that

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provide the best

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return on

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investment. And, as we've

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said many times, the remaining

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funds in the

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district are not just the

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general fund, they're all the

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funds: food,

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public

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education, the

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debt trust fund,

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all of that.

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Thus, most of

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these funds in the

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account are funds

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other than the general

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fund. Although the

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general fund,

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while not

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achieving the desired

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balance of 8-12%,

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is moving in a

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positive

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direction during the fiscal year audit process, this is

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good for the district.

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Some of the

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highlights of the

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report: We will receive

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funds for

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snow taxes,

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specifically the second

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half of the annual

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property tax, in

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late October/early

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November. These figures

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are still

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approximate.

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Usually the exact amount

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is sent out a day or two

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before the transfer of funds.

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Once we receive these

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funds for a short

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period, until the

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debts are paid off at

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the end of January, we will

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be able to contribute

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a little more money

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to this account,

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including for

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mental

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health funding. Many of the

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major projects

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we discussed

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in the summer have already been completed,

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so most of the

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payments have already

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been made. All

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that remains is to pay the

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remaining funds on the

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Scoreboard account, and this is

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done from this

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account. This money

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was received from

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advertisers.

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Then,

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bleachers were installed

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in the gymnasium

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to allow for

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scheduling and

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minimize disruption

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to classes,

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students, and the

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community. The first

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part of the work was

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completed in the summer. The

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old stands were

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moved to the south

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wall. New stands

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will be installed

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during the MEA. And so far everything is

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going according to schedule. The

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only

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downside for

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the volleyball players now is

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that they will have to

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sit on the other

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side, but that's a

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pretty

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minor

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inconvenience at the

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moment considering the

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end result. There will be

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no need to

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bring portable

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stands into the sports

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hall. There will be no need to

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bring a

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large truck there as

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before. We can

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work

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on this a little bit, and there may

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be a little bit of

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uncertainty, but

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LCFM funds.

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Again, it is not the

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general fund funds that are

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used to

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pay for these expenses.

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Or at least

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non-earmarked

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general fund funds. In general, there are

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no other important points,

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except for one

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overdue

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payment on a debt from

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2015. This is a payment in

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December, you see, at

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the end of the month. That's

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only

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$230,000. At the

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moment, the cash

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flow in the district is

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good. More detailed

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information will be available

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at the end of October, and in

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November we will present the

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audit results for the

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2016 financial year. But,

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apparently, at the

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preliminary

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stage we are moving in the

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right

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direction.

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I'll tell you more about this

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later. We have a

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financial meeting scheduled

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for the first week of

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November. So when

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we have that meeting

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, we'll discuss in detail

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how the

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2016

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fiscal year budget ended, what the

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preliminary

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projections for 2017 look like, and

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what the

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audit results are, taking into account

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the projections for the fall.

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If you have any

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questions, I will be

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happy to

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answer them. Do

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you have any questions for Josh?

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I have

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.

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Thanks for

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the explanation, Josh.

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Yes, thank you.

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No questions. I

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will consider the

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motion to

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approve the

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financial report. I

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will make a motion for

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approval. Who

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will make the proposal?

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Second. Randy is the second.

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Are there any other

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issues to

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discuss?

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Everyone is in favor, say yes.

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For.

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Against? The offer is

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accepted. An agenda that

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does not require

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discussion. Items

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included in the

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agenda that do not

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require discussion

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are considered routine

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and will be adopted by one

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decision.

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If a board member

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wishes to

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discuss any

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item, it will be

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removed from the

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non-

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discussion agenda for

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separate

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consideration. Jeff,

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could you

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read out the acceptance of

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gifts, please? Yes.

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This month we

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received a $1,000 donation

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from Dave and

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Deb Davison to the

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boys basketball program. We would

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like to

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thank the

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Davison family for their

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donation.

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Thank you. Thank you.

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Fine. Could you

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introduce, or

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rather read out the

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list of our new

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employees? Yes.

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We have four new

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employees for this

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period. Elizabeth Holt

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is a teacher's assistant in the

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middle and high

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school. Katie Keefer is in

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food service. Julie

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Johnson is a

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teacher's assistant. Cynthia

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Prinzing is a

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teaching assistant. We

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welcome them to the

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Bombers family and

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hope they are doing

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well.

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If no one wants to

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postpone anything, I would

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propose that we approve the

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agenda without

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discussion.

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I'll make a suggestion.

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Jody for the

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suggestion.

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Second.

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Luke is for it. Are there any further

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discussions? All for—"

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Yes."

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For.

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Anyone against?

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Fine. Uh, let's move on

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to the reports of the

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administrative

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council. Lilly is

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n't here, so Joel volunteered

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to read her report.

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So, Joel, could you

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read it for

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me?

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Not as good as

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Lilly, but she seemed to

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do well. Today

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was photo day at school

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.

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Today is the midterm

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, so

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students are approaching the

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midterm.

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Alumni Reunion Day will take place next week. The

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coronation and school

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festival will be

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important events

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during the week.

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Excitement is building around the Alumni Reunion events. The

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Student Council

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continues to work

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on some

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activities and

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school events

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to make this

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week exciting.

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Some

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organizations,

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such as Lantern,

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continue to work

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on articles and

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content. The FCA is just

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starting its work

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this year. The Prom Committee

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begins

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organizing and

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planning the

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prom in the spring.

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MHS events are also

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starting up

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and are being organized for

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this year. So everyone

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here is starting to

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prepare for autumn.

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When it comes to

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sports news, the

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weather creates

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problems, she says

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. Teams were

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forced

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to adjust their

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schedules or

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adapt to the

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weather. Football:

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Friday's

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game against KW.

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Volleyball: The season

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continues with games

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and tournaments throughout the

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week. Tennis: The

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team has four matches this week,

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making it very

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tense.

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CrossFit:

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They have a competition tomorrow and

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they are preparing for the

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upcoming races. The

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boys and girls soccer team

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recently faced some

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tough

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competition. Even

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despite difficult

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games and very

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aggressive

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opponents, both

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teams continued

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to compete and

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improve.

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Well, that's what she has.

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Amazing. Fine.

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Thank you, Lily, for

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taking the time to do this.

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Mr. Charles, is there

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anything else from you?

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What should be added for

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elementary school?

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Yeah, I don't think my

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...And again, I'll just

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say something quickly. By the

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time the conferences were held,

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we

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had more than

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97% of the students and

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parents who were

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supposed to come.

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So it's been a

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busy few days, and it's

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good that the teachers

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have been able to have these

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conversations and

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get to know the

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families and the kids a little bit and

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do things

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like that.

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CBM Fast

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Bridge testing was successful,

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several days

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00:11:27,863 --> 00:11:29,791
went well.

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Teacher observations begin this week. Teachers

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without a permanent

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contract will be

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observed three times

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by an administrator, while

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teachers with a permanent

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contract will

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undergo rotation:

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they will be observed either by

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an administrator as

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part of a

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peer

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observation, or by a

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colleague observer who

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has been trained as an

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expert observer. I look forward to

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these

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observations. I

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enjoyed

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observing the

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staff because it was a

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good

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way to see what was

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going on in the classroom

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beyond just

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dropping in for a few

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minutes. So I

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really value the pre-

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and post-session conversations with the

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staff, and I think I

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get

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a lot of benefit from them, and I

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hope they do too. The

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new

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playground went

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well. Everything is

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00:12:02,928 --> 00:12:04,062
fine there. Our first

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lockdown

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00:12:05,176 --> 00:12:05,832
and fire drills have already

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taken place and overall

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00:12:06,946 --> 00:12:07,989
everything went well.

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Our first

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fire

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drill was supposed to

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take place on Friday,

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but it was cancelled due to rain

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. Therefore, the first

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fire

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drills will take place

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tomorrow.

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The first

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lockdown exercises

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00:12:17,019 --> 00:12:18,000
went well. The first

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fire

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drill is tomorrow. Our

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first day of working with the

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professional

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community went

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well. There were

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excellent discussions

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between the teams on

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standards issues.

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There are several more

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00:12:25,767 --> 00:12:26,967
important events.

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Walk to School Day is

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October 7th. Council members

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, you are all invited

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to take part in it

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if you wish. The

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kindergarten field trip to the

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apple orchard is

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October 9th, and this

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Thursday I'm heading to

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Winona State University for the

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teaching

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00:12:38,771 --> 00:12:39,688
internship event

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I attend every semester

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to bring

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00:12:41,571 --> 00:12:42,030
student

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interns here. I

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always look forward to

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this

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00:12:44,052 --> 00:12:44,777
event, and with the

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exception of

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00:12:45,282 --> 00:12:46,051
this one in

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the spring, I

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think we've had

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at least one

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student intern participate almost every semester

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. So everything is fine and

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some of them

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work at the elementary

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school where I work.

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So for us it

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was a success.

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Great. Do

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you have any questions for

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00:13:00,083 --> 00:13:03,112
Mr. Jones?

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00:13:03,112 --> 00:13:04,781
Fine. Tim,

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00:13:04,812 --> 00:13:05,845
middle and high

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00:13:05,845 --> 00:13:07,041
school and technology teacher. I don't

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00:13:07,041 --> 00:13:08,042
think I have anything to

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00:13:08,042 --> 00:13:09,199
add to what has

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00:13:09,199 --> 00:13:10,301
already been said. One

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00:13:10,301 --> 00:13:11,661
note: I would like to

616
00:13:11,661 --> 00:13:12,987
congratulate Clarence

617
00:13:12,987 --> 00:13:14,138
Espinosa, who

618
00:13:14,138 --> 00:13:15,358
was in his senior

619
00:13:15,358 --> 00:13:18,062
year. He received

620
00:13:18,062 --> 00:13:18,782
praise for his

621
00:13:18,782 --> 00:13:19,717
SAT results,

622
00:13:19,717 --> 00:13:20,833
which he took

623
00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:22,874
last year. So

624
00:13:22,874 --> 00:13:24,237
congratulations to him. He is an

625
00:13:24,237 --> 00:13:25,590
excellent student.

626
00:13:25,590 --> 00:13:32,473
Thanks, Tim. I'll just

627
00:13:32,473 --> 00:13:33,623
add this to the report,

628
00:13:33,623 --> 00:13:34,680
but for anyone who didn't

629
00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:35,675
see it, the 9/11 memorial

630
00:13:35,675 --> 00:13:36,421
was

631
00:13:36,421 --> 00:13:37,633
really cool

632
00:13:37,633 --> 00:13:38,505
. I just wanted to

633
00:13:38,505 --> 00:13:39,401
say that.

634
00:13:39,401 --> 00:13:40,081
Thank you.

635
00:13:40,081 --> 00:13:41,154
Adding that in there

636
00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,294
is great. I know

637
00:13:42,294 --> 00:13:43,390
some guys were

638
00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:44,233
happy to

639
00:13:44,233 --> 00:13:44,812
help.

640
00:13:44,812 --> 00:13:45,827
It was great

641
00:13:45,827 --> 00:13:46,727
to help out on Friday

642
00:13:46,727 --> 00:13:48,830
night. Several people came to us

643
00:13:48,858 --> 00:13:49,518
to help

644
00:13:49,518 --> 00:13:50,553
dismantle it. It

645
00:13:50,553 --> 00:13:51,833
was really windy and

646
00:13:51,833 --> 00:13:55,208
everything, so yeah. The

647
00:13:55,208 --> 00:13:56,489
Barsness family.

648
00:13:56,489 --> 00:13:57,210
Oh, yes.

649
00:13:57,210 --> 00:13:58,372
Across the street, both of their

650
00:13:58,372 --> 00:13:59,441
children graduated from

651
00:13:59,441 --> 00:14:00,478
school here, and they

652
00:14:00,478 --> 00:14:01,679
came to help, too.

653
00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:02,211
Cool.

654
00:14:02,211 --> 00:14:02,576
A.

655
00:14:02,576 --> 00:14:03,378
We had a former

656
00:14:03,378 --> 00:14:04,207
alumnus, Ryan

657
00:14:04,207 --> 00:14:05,705
Christensen. I think he

658
00:14:05,705 --> 00:14:07,477
graduated in 2011

659
00:14:07,477 --> 00:14:08,994
or 2012. He was

660
00:14:08,994 --> 00:14:09,857
one of our

661
00:14:09,857 --> 00:14:10,975
ALC graduates. He

662
00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:12,188
also came and helped.

663
00:14:12,188 --> 00:14:12,760
So, of

664
00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:13,402
course.

665
00:14:13,402 --> 00:14:14,394
It was really great to

666
00:14:14,394 --> 00:14:15,649
see him. These

667
00:14:15,649 --> 00:14:16,990
conversations. Thanks to them

668
00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,413
for all this help.

669
00:14:18,413 --> 00:14:19,675
I'm just glad it's

670
00:14:19,675 --> 00:14:21,500
continuing. I appreciate

671
00:14:21,500 --> 00:14:24,860
it.

672
00:14:24,860 --> 00:14:26,696
Fine. Reed is

673
00:14:26,696 --> 00:14:27,900
not here. You have his

674
00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:31,150
report there. Starting

675
00:14:31,150 --> 00:14:32,169
next month,

676
00:14:32,169 --> 00:14:32,947
we will have a report from

677
00:14:32,947 --> 00:14:33,966
the head of the

678
00:14:33,966 --> 00:14:34,637
technical

679
00:14:34,637 --> 00:14:35,408
service department. Yes.

680
00:14:35,408 --> 00:14:37,604
After October 12th,

681
00:14:37,604 --> 00:14:39,974
so hopefully

682
00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:40,706
he will have

683
00:14:40,706 --> 00:14:43,439
enough items by the council meeting.

684
00:14:43,439 --> 00:14:44,028
Fine.

685
00:14:44,028 --> 00:14:45,133
We'll see how long

686
00:14:45,133 --> 00:14:46,180
we can push them too

687
00:14:46,180 --> 00:14:48,026
hard, but we

688
00:14:48,026 --> 00:14:51,719
expect results. Yes. It's

689
00:14:53,627 --> 00:14:55,954
difficult with substitute teachers.

690
00:14:55,954 --> 00:14:57,250
Let's take a look. We

691
00:14:57,250 --> 00:14:59,756
had a

692
00:14:59,790 --> 00:15:00,908
school board recognition event, a

693
00:15:00,908 --> 00:15:02,059
summer

694
00:15:02,059 --> 00:15:03,177
meals program, and I think we'll

695
00:15:03,177 --> 00:15:04,159
talk about that

696
00:15:04,159 --> 00:15:05,311
next on the

697
00:15:05,311 --> 00:15:07,922
agenda. But so far the

698
00:15:07,922 --> 00:15:09,126
start of the school

699
00:15:09,126 --> 00:15:11,981
year has been great. So there's a

700
00:15:11,981 --> 00:15:12,845
lot of

701
00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:15,830
energy here. All classes,

702
00:15:15,830 --> 00:15:17,148
both in primary and

703
00:15:17,148 --> 00:15:18,137
secondary school, are

704
00:15:18,137 --> 00:15:19,392
going well.

705
00:15:19,392 --> 00:15:20,616
Autumn events

706
00:15:20,616 --> 00:15:23,331
are off to a great start. So

707
00:15:23,331 --> 00:15:28,568
everything is great.

708
00:15:28,568 --> 00:15:30,795
Fine.

709
00:15:30,795 --> 00:15:32,446
Now let's move on to the

710
00:15:32,475 --> 00:15:38,214
action plan points. This is

711
00:15:38,214 --> 00:15:39,483
certainly not an

712
00:15:39,483 --> 00:15:41,030
action plan item, but we

713
00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:42,418
will talk about the

714
00:15:42,418 --> 00:15:43,727
2026 summer business, the

715
00:15:43,727 --> 00:15:45,076
summer

716
00:15:45,076 --> 00:15:46,266
food program, or its

717
00:15:46,266 --> 00:15:46,984
results. Yes.

718
00:15:46,984 --> 00:15:50,051
A big thank you to the

719
00:15:50,085 --> 00:15:51,247
Summer Food Service staff and,

720
00:15:51,247 --> 00:15:52,546
of course, to Lori and her

721
00:15:52,546 --> 00:15:53,913
team for the breakfasts and

722
00:15:53,913 --> 00:15:55,076
lunches they

723
00:15:55,076 --> 00:15:56,304
prepared all summer.

724
00:15:56,304 --> 00:15:57,132
Laurie, I don't know

725
00:15:57,132 --> 00:15:57,872
if you can

726
00:15:57,872 --> 00:15:58,908
mention any

727
00:15:58,908 --> 00:15:59,956
highlights.

728
00:15:59,956 --> 00:16:00,914
No, we were able to

729
00:16:00,914 --> 00:16:01,670
do it again

730
00:16:01,670 --> 00:16:02,222
thanks to

731
00:16:02,222 --> 00:16:03,571
funding. We

732
00:16:03,571 --> 00:16:04,549
can always

733
00:16:04,549 --> 00:16:05,526
do this, but we are not

734
00:16:05,526 --> 00:16:06,724
ready to do it at

735
00:16:06,724 --> 00:16:07,954
our own expense, because

736
00:16:07,954 --> 00:16:10,782
it is expensive. So

737
00:16:10,782 --> 00:16:11,572
this time, we

738
00:16:11,572 --> 00:16:12,457
had two

739
00:16:12,457 --> 00:16:14,197
interns from

740
00:16:14,228 --> 00:16:15,208
Mankato State University

741
00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,410
working with us for the entire

742
00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:18,848
school year.

743
00:16:18,848 --> 00:16:20,082
It was a great experience for them

744
00:16:20,082 --> 00:16:22,146
. So one is

745
00:16:22,146 --> 00:16:23,488
finishing up now and the

746
00:16:23,488 --> 00:16:24,724
other is going to

747
00:16:24,724 --> 00:16:27,065
Duluth. I spoke with

748
00:16:27,065 --> 00:16:28,079
the professor and she

749
00:16:28,079 --> 00:16:29,034
wants to continue

750
00:16:29,034 --> 00:16:29,959
sending students to us

751
00:16:29,959 --> 00:16:30,626
.

752
00:16:30,626 --> 00:16:31,639
This is cool. We

753
00:16:31,639 --> 00:16:32,596
agree.

754
00:16:32,596 --> 00:16:34,007
Yes, we must.

755
00:16:34,007 --> 00:16:34,815
Exactly.

756
00:16:34,815 --> 00:16:35,815
So, the interns

757
00:16:35,815 --> 00:16:37,082
did, I don't know, a

758
00:16:37,082 --> 00:16:37,783
random

759
00:16:37,783 --> 00:16:38,850
study or a

760
00:16:38,850 --> 00:16:39,883
survey of students

761
00:16:39,883 --> 00:16:41,117
to find out what they

762
00:16:41,117 --> 00:16:45,916
liked about different

763
00:16:45,916 --> 00:16:47,318
types of food throughout

764
00:16:47,318 --> 00:16:49,182
the spring, I think that's right? And

765
00:16:49,182 --> 00:16:50,318
I think it was interesting to

766
00:16:50,318 --> 00:16:51,341
watch the kids

767
00:16:51,341 --> 00:16:52,477
try different foods

768
00:16:52,477 --> 00:16:53,187
to see if

769
00:16:53,187 --> 00:16:54,124
they liked them

770
00:16:54,124 --> 00:16:55,203
or not, and I do

771
00:16:55,203 --> 00:16:56,084
n't know what they

772
00:16:56,084 --> 00:16:56,724
learned.

773
00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:57,711
I wanted to ask

774
00:16:57,711 --> 00:16:58,612
what our

775
00:16:58,612 --> 00:16:59,556
results were? It

776
00:16:59,556 --> 00:17:00,445
was interesting to

777
00:17:00,445 --> 00:17:01,462
have a "fish

778
00:17:01,462 --> 00:17:02,574
day" because the

779
00:17:02,574 --> 00:17:03,337
classes had

780
00:17:03,337 --> 00:17:04,290
stickers of different

781
00:17:04,290 --> 00:17:05,211
colors, and they didn't

782
00:17:05,211 --> 00:17:06,419
quite understand what they were

783
00:17:06,419 --> 00:17:07,690
, but then we

784
00:17:07,690 --> 00:17:08,865
saw that in the fifth

785
00:17:08,865 --> 00:17:09,850
grade, fish was a

786
00:17:09,850 --> 00:17:11,058
normal dish, but

787
00:17:11,058 --> 00:17:12,637
in the second grade, not so much.

788
00:17:12,637 --> 00:17:14,711
Interesting. In

789
00:17:14,711 --> 00:17:15,853
high school, there was a

790
00:17:15,853 --> 00:17:17,100
vegan option—

791
00:17:17,100 --> 00:17:18,450
Italian sausage—

792
00:17:18,450 --> 00:17:19,420
and it was served with

793
00:17:19,420 --> 00:17:21,110
fried ravioli.

794
00:17:21,110 --> 00:17:22,328
So they were able to

795
00:17:22,328 --> 00:17:23,612
dip it in and they really

796
00:17:23,612 --> 00:17:24,551
enjoyed it.

797
00:17:24,551 --> 00:17:25,838
I liked it too.

798
00:17:25,838 --> 00:17:27,260
Yeah, Jeff didn't know what

799
00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:30,359
was in it. So that

800
00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,319
was cool. Yes.

801
00:17:31,319 --> 00:17:32,406
Just like the

802
00:17:32,406 --> 00:17:33,413
zucchini pie

803
00:17:33,413 --> 00:17:34,419
I once

804
00:17:34,419 --> 00:17:35,286
baked. Yes.

805
00:17:35,884 --> 00:17:37,285
And they both ate it.

806
00:17:37,285 --> 00:17:38,469
They both ate everything to the

807
00:17:38,469 --> 00:17:39,477
end. And then they

808
00:17:39,477 --> 00:17:40,561
were told it was a

809
00:17:40,561 --> 00:17:40,984
pie.

810
00:17:40,984 --> 00:17:41,906
We ask a lot of

811
00:17:41,906 --> 00:17:43,115
questions when Lori

812
00:17:43,115 --> 00:17:44,196
brings us food to the

813
00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,102
district office.

814
00:17:46,102 --> 00:17:47,889
It's quite funny.

815
00:17:47,889 --> 00:17:49,215
things. I

816
00:17:49,215 --> 00:17:50,877
like it.

817
00:17:50,877 --> 00:17:51,904
Just a question. I

818
00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,191
saw this

819
00:17:53,191 --> 00:17:54,704
on the news by chance. This

820
00:17:54,704 --> 00:17:55,304
program

821
00:17:55,304 --> 00:17:56,566
is underfunded at the

822
00:17:56,566 --> 00:17:57,802
state level, right?

823
00:17:57,802 --> 00:17:58,713
Yeah.

824
00:17:58,713 --> 00:17:59,886
And do we think this

825
00:17:59,886 --> 00:18:01,026
will end or will they

826
00:18:01,026 --> 00:18:03,845
just continue...

827
00:18:03,845 --> 00:18:05,069
Well, I think the best way to

828
00:18:05,069 --> 00:18:06,370
put it is: there are

829
00:18:06,370 --> 00:18:09,963
elections coming up, and this

830
00:18:09,963 --> 00:18:10,965
could determine

831
00:18:10,965 --> 00:18:12,124
the fate of... well, during the

832
00:18:12,124 --> 00:18:12,782
next

833
00:18:12,782 --> 00:18:14,004
election cycle

834
00:18:14,004 --> 00:18:16,334
. It is obvious that...Is

835
00:18:17,798 --> 00:18:20,071
this program really 50% underfunded...

836
00:18:20,071 --> 00:18:22,606
Yes, I think so. Um,

837
00:18:22,606 --> 00:18:24,180
we were approved for 5 years,

838
00:18:24,180 --> 00:18:26,645
and this was the second year.

839
00:18:26,645 --> 00:18:27,566
But every year I'm

840
00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:28,689
told not to

841
00:18:28,689 --> 00:18:29,523
expect it

842
00:18:29,523 --> 00:18:30,430
next year.

843
00:18:30,430 --> 00:18:31,183
Certainly.

844
00:18:31,183 --> 00:18:32,335
And they cope,

845
00:18:32,335 --> 00:18:33,215
or something else

846
00:18:33,215 --> 00:18:34,164
happens, and at

847
00:18:34,164 --> 00:18:35,519
zero moment we all get it together

848
00:18:35,519 --> 00:18:36,196
.

849
00:18:36,196 --> 00:18:37,416
Yes, good.

850
00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:38,111
And we

851
00:18:38,111 --> 00:18:38,870
built it.

852
00:18:38,870 --> 00:18:39,726
But you're talking about

853
00:18:39,726 --> 00:18:40,839
summer meals, but you're

854
00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:41,896
talking about regular

855
00:18:41,896 --> 00:18:44,107
free lunches.

856
00:18:44,107 --> 00:18:45,496
Yes, yes. So that's the

857
00:18:45,596 --> 00:18:46,869
spot rate,

858
00:18:46,869 --> 00:18:47,329
right?

859
00:18:47,329 --> 00:18:49,557
Yes, it is negative.

860
00:18:49,557 --> 00:18:50,996
I don't know. I can't

861
00:18:50,996 --> 00:18:52,154
remember the exact

862
00:18:52,154 --> 00:18:53,566
numbers off the top of my head, but I'm

863
00:18:53,566 --> 00:18:54,689
guessing there

864
00:18:54,689 --> 00:18:55,666
will be some

865
00:18:55,666 --> 00:18:56,889
changes, right?

866
00:18:56,889 --> 00:18:58,013
Either

867
00:18:58,013 --> 00:18:59,166
the program needs to be cut or

868
00:18:59,166 --> 00:19:00,117
revenue needs to be increased

869
00:19:00,117 --> 00:19:00,866
to create the

870
00:19:00,866 --> 00:19:01,933
necessary balance,

871
00:19:01,933 --> 00:19:04,143
so I think

872
00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,405
they didn't want to make

873
00:19:05,405 --> 00:19:06,634
any changes before the

874
00:19:06,634 --> 00:19:08,244
election.

875
00:19:08,244 --> 00:19:09,915
Certainly.

876
00:19:09,915 --> 00:19:10,635
I'm sure there will

877
00:19:10,635 --> 00:19:11,471
likely be

878
00:19:11,471 --> 00:19:12,163
changes in the

879
00:19:12,163 --> 00:19:12,825
upcoming

880
00:19:12,825 --> 00:19:13,719
legislative

881
00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:15,182
session. One way or another,

882
00:19:15,182 --> 00:19:17,656
I think.

883
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:18,905
Laurie, thank you for

884
00:19:18,905 --> 00:19:19,986
all your work and

885
00:19:19,986 --> 00:19:21,033
your team for

886
00:19:21,033 --> 00:19:22,654
organizing and

887
00:19:22,688 --> 00:19:23,769
running this so smoothly

888
00:19:23,769 --> 00:19:26,648
. So, 10,767

889
00:19:26,648 --> 00:19:28,866
lunches. Great.

890
00:19:28,866 --> 00:19:30,577
This is cool. Did

891
00:19:30,606 --> 00:19:31,712
Mankato State University contact us

892
00:19:31,712 --> 00:19:32,773
or did we contact them?

893
00:19:32,773 --> 00:19:33,495
Or how we...

894
00:19:33,495 --> 00:19:34,582
They contacted me

895
00:19:34,582 --> 00:19:36,092
. Fine. Yes. And

896
00:19:36,092 --> 00:19:36,803
they asked if

897
00:19:36,803 --> 00:19:38,009
we would be interested in

898
00:19:38,009 --> 00:19:39,121
becoming mentors

899
00:19:39,121 --> 00:19:40,644
for their students.

900
00:19:40,644 --> 00:19:41,814
Fine. Yes, it's a

901
00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,506
good relationship. Yes.

902
00:19:44,466 --> 00:19:45,449
Is this Mankato or

903
00:19:45,449 --> 00:19:46,676
Winona? Thank you.

904
00:19:46,676 --> 00:19:51,673
Mankato. Yeah. One other thing

905
00:19:51,673 --> 00:19:52,691
I forgot

906
00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:53,776
to mention in my

907
00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:54,761
report: We

908
00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:55,747
will be holding the Southeast Minnesota Legislative Forum

909
00:19:55,747 --> 00:19:56,733
here again, in a

910
00:19:56,733 --> 00:19:57,259
meeting-with-

911
00:19:57,259 --> 00:19:59,099
constituents format, just like we did

912
00:20:00,348 --> 00:20:01,563
two

913
00:20:01,563 --> 00:20:02,681
years ago, every

914
00:20:02,681 --> 00:20:04,881
two years. So I will

915
00:20:04,881 --> 00:20:05,823
let you know the dates as soon as

916
00:20:05,823 --> 00:20:06,546
you

917
00:20:06,546 --> 00:20:07,817
decide on them. We'll be

918
00:20:07,817 --> 00:20:08,783
asked to host the

919
00:20:08,783 --> 00:20:09,664
event again

920
00:20:09,664 --> 00:20:10,431
because they

921
00:20:10,431 --> 00:20:11,340
thought we did a

922
00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:12,306
good job

923
00:20:12,306 --> 00:20:13,145
last night.

924
00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:13,945
You will do well too

925
00:20:13,945 --> 00:20:14,864
if you do it

926
00:20:14,864 --> 00:20:16,061
again.

927
00:20:16,061 --> 00:20:17,281
I think he needs it

928
00:20:17,281 --> 00:20:18,309
so we can

929
00:20:18,309 --> 00:20:18,956
show it.

930
00:20:18,956 --> 00:20:19,423
Yeah.

931
00:20:19,423 --> 00:20:20,537
So that's good.

932
00:20:20,537 --> 00:20:21,152
Yeah.

933
00:20:21,152 --> 00:20:22,131
Unless it's

934
00:20:22,131 --> 00:20:26,194
political garbage.

935
00:20:26,194 --> 00:20:27,621
I hope all the politicians

936
00:20:27,621 --> 00:20:28,394
come.

937
00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:33,446
Yes, seriously.

938
00:20:33,446 --> 00:20:34,527
Okay, let's move on to

939
00:20:34,527 --> 00:20:38,534
new things. And one more thing

940
00:20:38,534 --> 00:20:39,744
I forgot to

941
00:20:39,744 --> 00:20:40,953
tell you, Laurie,

942
00:20:40,953 --> 00:20:42,300
is that we learned

943
00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:43,683
that we have postponed this first item

944
00:20:43,683 --> 00:20:44,823
, and we

945
00:20:44,823 --> 00:20:45,652
need to make a

946
00:20:45,652 --> 00:20:46,792
motion to

947
00:20:46,792 --> 00:20:48,102
remove it from the

948
00:20:48,102 --> 00:20:49,058
agenda

949
00:20:49,058 --> 00:20:49,833
or reconsider it

950
00:20:49,833 --> 00:20:50,871
. This is

951
00:20:50,871 --> 00:20:51,930
right? Remove from the

952
00:20:51,930 --> 00:20:52,832
agenda.

953
00:20:52,832 --> 00:20:53,953
I don't remember. So

954
00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:54,919
it depends on what

955
00:20:54,919 --> 00:20:55,725
you're doing.

956
00:20:55,725 --> 00:20:56,597
Clinton and I were

957
00:20:56,597 --> 00:20:57,349
at the same

958
00:20:57,349 --> 00:20:58,407
council meeting. It

959
00:20:58,407 --> 00:20:59,343
was last

960
00:20:59,343 --> 00:21:00,383
week or the week before, and

961
00:21:00,383 --> 00:21:01,397
they put the item down, and

962
00:21:01,397 --> 00:21:02,256
then they had to

963
00:21:02,256 --> 00:21:03,270
make a motion to

964
00:21:03,270 --> 00:21:04,310
take it off the

965
00:21:04,310 --> 00:21:05,149
agenda, essentially. And I

966
00:21:05,149 --> 00:21:05,870
looked at

967
00:21:05,870 --> 00:21:06,508
Clinton, and he

968
00:21:06,508 --> 00:21:07,618
looked at me, and I

969
00:21:07,618 --> 00:21:08,561
thought, "What am I going to

970
00:21:08,561 --> 00:21:09,078
do?"

971
00:21:09,078 --> 00:21:10,101
Look at them in this

972
00:21:10,101 --> 00:21:11,279
order. We

973
00:21:11,279 --> 00:21:12,656
do everything right. Yes.

974
00:21:14,462 --> 00:21:15,063
So

975
00:21:15,063 --> 00:21:16,198
yes, you are right. We

976
00:21:16,198 --> 00:21:16,912
put this

977
00:21:16,912 --> 00:21:17,836
last point off.

978
00:21:17,836 --> 00:21:18,994
So let's call it "

979
00:21:18,994 --> 00:21:20,212
deferred". I am looking for a

980
00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:21,147
proposal to

981
00:21:21,147 --> 00:21:22,678
defer the

982
00:21:22,678 --> 00:21:24,835
approval of the

983
00:21:24,835 --> 00:21:25,986
2016-2017 goals.

984
00:21:25,986 --> 00:21:26,988
I will make a motion

985
00:21:26,988 --> 00:21:27,692
for deferred

986
00:21:27,692 --> 00:21:28,416
approval.

987
00:21:28,416 --> 00:21:29,285
You need to make a

988
00:21:29,285 --> 00:21:30,030
proposal.

989
00:21:30,030 --> 00:21:31,336
I will support.

990
00:21:31,336 --> 00:21:32,195
Ronnie? Yes.

991
00:21:32,295 --> 00:21:33,463
Fine. Ronnie, I

992
00:21:33,463 --> 00:21:35,018
agree too. Any further

993
00:21:35,043 --> 00:21:36,142
discussions? Everyone is in favor,

994
00:21:36,142 --> 00:21:37,518
say yes. For.

995
00:21:37,518 --> 00:21:38,858
Against? The offer is

996
00:21:38,858 --> 00:21:41,541
accepted. Fine.

997
00:21:41,541 --> 00:21:42,798
Now let's move on to

998
00:21:42,798 --> 00:21:44,093
point number one,

999
00:21:44,093 --> 00:21:45,617
considering the issue of

1000
00:21:45,617 --> 00:21:47,102
approving goals

1001
00:21:47,102 --> 00:21:49,807
for 2016-2017.

1002
00:21:49,807 --> 00:21:50,440
Here

1003
00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:51,516
four

1004
00:21:51,516 --> 00:21:52,560
goals have been compiled with some

1005
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:53,605
points that

1006
00:21:53,605 --> 00:21:54,839
need to be achieved

1007
00:21:54,839 --> 00:21:57,280
. This is obviously a

1008
00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:00,520
draft. If you

1009
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,824
want to make changes to them

1010
00:22:01,824 --> 00:22:04,078
, the thing to

1011
00:22:04,078 --> 00:22:05,220
note here is that

1012
00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:07,247
goal number two is an

1013
00:22:07,276 --> 00:22:10,786
ongoing goal, and the

1014
00:22:10,786 --> 00:22:11,907
highlighted part of

1015
00:22:11,907 --> 00:22:12,853
goal number two is

1016
00:22:12,853 --> 00:22:14,220
from last

1017
00:22:14,220 --> 00:22:15,062
year, and then

1018
00:22:15,062 --> 00:22:16,323
items 26-27 are listed

1019
00:22:16,323 --> 00:22:17,410
, but the rest of the

1020
00:22:17,410 --> 00:22:18,461
items are

1021
00:22:18,461 --> 00:22:19,828
specific actions that

1022
00:22:19,828 --> 00:22:21,230
we can

1023
00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:22,457
work on throughout the

1024
00:22:22,457 --> 00:22:25,714
year. We have already

1025
00:22:25,714 --> 00:22:26,596
discussed this at the

1026
00:22:26,596 --> 00:22:27,535
administrative

1027
00:22:27,535 --> 00:22:33,585
level. And we think it's

1028
00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:34,732
doable, it's

1029
00:22:34,732 --> 00:22:36,082
important, and it fits into the

1030
00:22:36,082 --> 00:22:37,432
overall strategic

1031
00:22:37,432 --> 00:22:38,783
plan for the district

1032
00:22:38,783 --> 00:22:39,525
that was

1033
00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:40,808
developed, I think,

1034
00:22:40,808 --> 00:22:41,955
three years ago by Sue

1035
00:22:41,955 --> 00:22:43,272
Peterson and her group

1036
00:22:43,272 --> 00:22:47,357
. One of the changes

1037
00:22:47,357 --> 00:22:48,494
we plan to

1038
00:22:48,494 --> 00:22:49,193
make is

1039
00:22:49,193 --> 00:22:50,184
updating the district's list of

1040
00:22:50,184 --> 00:22:51,029
strategic

1041
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:52,108
priorities, which is

1042
00:22:52,108 --> 00:22:53,215
goal number three, and

1043
00:22:53,215 --> 00:22:56,259
it's attached above.

1044
00:22:56,259 --> 00:22:57,261
It sets out

1045
00:22:57,261 --> 00:22:58,521
specific actions,

1046
00:22:58,521 --> 00:22:59,717
deadlines and

1047
00:22:59,717 --> 00:23:01,010
goals, and we will update you

1048
00:23:01,010 --> 00:23:02,141
on this list as soon as

1049
00:23:02,141 --> 00:23:03,079
it is

1050
00:23:03,079 --> 00:23:04,339
updated and tell you

1051
00:23:04,339 --> 00:23:05,600
how we are progressing

1052
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,667
towards achieving these

1053
00:23:06,667 --> 00:23:07,604
goals over the

1054
00:23:07,604 --> 00:23:12,713
next two years.

1055
00:23:12,713 --> 00:23:13,826
So, do you have

1056
00:23:13,826 --> 00:23:14,972
any questions

1057
00:23:14,972 --> 00:23:16,119
or comments

1058
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:17,167
about the goals as they

1059
00:23:17,167 --> 00:23:20,054
currently stand?

1060
00:23:20,054 --> 00:23:21,156
Should I just

1061
00:23:21,156 --> 00:23:22,498
read them all?

1062
00:23:22,498 --> 00:23:23,983
Certainly.

1063
00:23:23,983 --> 00:23:25,323
I'm not volunteering, but I

1064
00:23:25,323 --> 00:23:26,804
think I will.

1065
00:23:26,804 --> 00:23:28,143
Fine. The

1066
00:23:28,143 --> 00:23:28,839
first goal is

1067
00:23:28,839 --> 00:23:29,883
to focus on

1068
00:23:29,883 --> 00:23:30,970
school culture.

1069
00:23:30,970 --> 00:23:31,881
Demonstrate

1070
00:23:31,881 --> 00:23:32,968
visible leadership and

1071
00:23:32,968 --> 00:23:34,085
school spirit throughout the

1072
00:23:34,085 --> 00:23:35,103
district. To enhance

1073
00:23:35,103 --> 00:23:35,948
opportunities for

1074
00:23:35,948 --> 00:23:36,624
staff,

1075
00:23:36,624 --> 00:23:37,526
students, families, and

1076
00:23:37,526 --> 00:23:38,484
community members

1077
00:23:38,484 --> 00:23:39,554
to feel a strong sense of

1078
00:23:39,554 --> 00:23:40,456
belonging and

1079
00:23:40,456 --> 00:23:41,329
connection with

1080
00:23:41,329 --> 00:23:42,444
Canandaigua Area Schools.

1081
00:23:42,444 --> 00:23:43,128
Maintain

1082
00:23:43,128 --> 00:23:43,620
open,

1083
00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:44,442
timely, and

1084
00:23:44,442 --> 00:23:45,016
transparent

1085
00:23:45,016 --> 00:23:45,783
communication with

1086
00:23:45,783 --> 00:23:46,385
staff,

1087
00:23:46,385 --> 00:23:48,109
students, families, and

1088
00:23:48,137 --> 00:23:49,184
community partners.

1089
00:23:49,184 --> 00:23:49,870
To promote and

1090
00:23:49,870 --> 00:23:50,900
create a school

1091
00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:51,929
culture in which

1092
00:23:51,929 --> 00:23:52,645
all people are

1093
00:23:52,645 --> 00:23:53,274
treated with

1094
00:23:53,274 --> 00:23:53,846
respect,

1095
00:23:53,846 --> 00:23:54,818
fairness and

1096
00:23:54,818 --> 00:23:56,686
dignity. Be

1097
00:23:56,717 --> 00:23:57,717
present and

1098
00:23:57,717 --> 00:23:58,530
participate in

1099
00:23:58,530 --> 00:23:59,061
school

1100
00:23:59,061 --> 00:23:59,873
activities,

1101
00:23:59,873 --> 00:24:01,123
events and school

1102
00:24:01,123 --> 00:24:02,029
life in

1103
00:24:02,029 --> 00:24:04,184
district buildings on a regular basis. Strengthen

1104
00:24:04,184 --> 00:24:04,669
trust and

1105
00:24:04,669 --> 00:24:06,365
collaboration between

1106
00:24:07,335 --> 00:24:08,297
District staff and stakeholders.

1107
00:24:08,297 --> 00:24:09,277
Demonstrate and

1108
00:24:09,277 --> 00:24:10,315
reinforce

1109
00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:11,180
the District's core values

1110
00:24:11,180 --> 00:24:12,333
through

1111
00:24:12,333 --> 00:24:12,852
decision-making and

1112
00:24:12,852 --> 00:24:13,515
daily

1113
00:24:13,515 --> 00:24:16,444
interactions. The

1114
00:24:16,444 --> 00:24:17,090
second goal is

1115
00:24:17,090 --> 00:24:17,980
to develop a plan

1116
00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:18,681
that will

1117
00:24:18,681 --> 00:24:19,894
address the

1118
00:24:19,921 --> 00:24:20,568
community's needs for

1119
00:24:20,568 --> 00:24:21,646
expanding the school

1120
00:24:21,646 --> 00:24:22,482
district's

1121
00:24:22,482 --> 00:24:23,426
early learning and

1122
00:24:23,426 --> 00:24:24,342
child care services

1123
00:24:24,342 --> 00:24:25,178
as Camas

1124
00:24:25,178 --> 00:24:27,144
Falls grows. Plans for

1125
00:24:27,144 --> 00:24:28,055
2025-2026 include

1126
00:24:28,055 --> 00:24:30,571
conducting a

1127
00:24:30,614 --> 00:24:32,349
community needs assessment and

1128
00:24:32,349 --> 00:24:34,349
child care assessment in December.

1129
00:24:34,349 --> 00:24:35,365
Developing an

1130
00:24:35,365 --> 00:24:36,477
action plan based on the

1131
00:24:36,477 --> 00:24:37,609
assessment results. Submit

1132
00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:38,801
recommendations to the

1133
00:24:38,801 --> 00:24:40,056
School Readiness and

1134
00:24:40,056 --> 00:24:41,067
Child Care Council.

1135
00:24:41,067 --> 00:24:42,276
Share our

1136
00:24:42,276 --> 00:24:43,299
story and

1137
00:24:43,299 --> 00:24:44,237
needs with EDA.

1138
00:24:44,237 --> 00:24:44,916
Monitor and

1139
00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:46,328
adjust

1140
00:24:46,355 --> 00:24:47,218
staffing needs in new

1141
00:24:47,218 --> 00:24:48,159
early

1142
00:24:48,159 --> 00:24:49,186
learning programs. Now,

1143
00:24:49,186 --> 00:24:50,179
paragraphs 26 and 27 will

1144
00:24:50,179 --> 00:24:50,831
address

1145
00:24:50,831 --> 00:24:51,824
the following issues:

1146
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:52,959
assessing the effectiveness of

1147
00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,066
new and existing

1148
00:24:54,066 --> 00:24:54,974
early

1149
00:24:54,974 --> 00:24:55,995
learning and

1150
00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:56,789
child care programs and

1151
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:57,272
making

1152
00:24:57,272 --> 00:24:58,889
adjustments to meet

1153
00:24:58,917 --> 00:25:00,307
changing

1154
00:25:00,336 --> 00:25:01,442
community needs; exploring

1155
00:25:01,442 --> 00:25:02,152
opportunities

1156
00:25:02,152 --> 00:25:03,201
for grants and

1157
00:25:03,201 --> 00:25:04,138
resources that

1158
00:25:04,138 --> 00:25:05,187
could support

1159
00:25:05,187 --> 00:25:06,038
sustainable growth of

1160
00:25:06,038 --> 00:25:06,946
early

1161
00:25:06,946 --> 00:25:07,968
learning and

1162
00:25:07,968 --> 00:25:08,961
child care programs; developing

1163
00:25:08,961 --> 00:25:09,869
recommendations to the

1164
00:25:09,869 --> 00:25:10,776
school board

1165
00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:11,911
regarding future

1166
00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:13,046
early

1167
00:25:13,046 --> 00:25:14,067
learning and

1168
00:25:14,067 --> 00:25:15,146
child care opportunities as

1169
00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:18,033
Cannon Falls grows. The third

1170
00:25:18,033 --> 00:25:18,987
goal is to update

1171
00:25:18,987 --> 00:25:19,375
the list of

1172
00:25:19,375 --> 00:25:20,240
strategic

1173
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,000
priorities of the district.

1174
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:23,199
Organizing the process

1175
00:25:23,199 --> 00:25:23,919
for reviewing and

1176
00:25:23,919 --> 00:25:25,449
updating the

1177
00:25:25,479 --> 00:25:26,589
Cannon Falls County Strategic Plan

1178
00:25:26,589 --> 00:25:27,614
. Involve the

1179
00:25:27,614 --> 00:25:28,469
executive

1180
00:25:28,469 --> 00:25:29,479
team and several

1181
00:25:29,479 --> 00:25:30,230
board members in

1182
00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:31,007
creating a new

1183
00:25:31,007 --> 00:25:31,344
list of

1184
00:25:31,344 --> 00:25:32,095
strategic

1185
00:25:32,095 --> 00:25:32,791
priorities.

1186
00:25:32,791 --> 00:25:33,982
Identifying the district's strengths

1187
00:25:33,982 --> 00:25:34,922
, challenges,

1188
00:25:34,922 --> 00:25:35,800
opportunities and

1189
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:36,929
priorities

1190
00:25:36,929 --> 00:25:38,192
for the coming years.

1191
00:25:38,192 --> 00:25:39,470
Establishing clear

1192
00:25:39,470 --> 00:25:40,781
goals, action steps

1193
00:25:40,781 --> 00:25:41,387
, timelines and

1194
00:25:41,387 --> 00:25:42,598
success indicators

1195
00:25:42,598 --> 00:25:43,338
for each

1196
00:25:43,338 --> 00:25:44,380
strategic

1197
00:25:44,380 --> 00:25:45,513
priority.

1198
00:25:45,513 --> 00:25:46,259
Aligning

1199
00:25:46,259 --> 00:25:47,184
district resources,

1200
00:25:47,184 --> 00:25:48,288
programs, and

1201
00:25:48,288 --> 00:25:48,825
decision making with the

1202
00:25:48,825 --> 00:25:49,512
updated

1203
00:25:49,512 --> 00:25:50,377
strategic

1204
00:25:50,377 --> 00:25:51,627
plan. Clearly

1205
00:25:51,627 --> 00:25:53,516
communicate the

1206
00:25:54,288 --> 00:25:54,947
updated

1207
00:25:54,947 --> 00:25:56,091
strategic plan

1208
00:25:56,091 --> 00:25:57,056
and priorities to staff, families, and the community.

1209
00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:58,118
Establish a process to

1210
00:25:58,118 --> 00:25:58,837
regularly

1211
00:25:58,837 --> 00:25:59,556
monitor

1212
00:25:59,556 --> 00:26:00,869
progress toward

1213
00:26:00,901 --> 00:26:02,151
strategic goals

1214
00:26:02,151 --> 00:26:02,995
and report

1215
00:26:02,995 --> 00:26:05,027
results to the

1216
00:26:05,058 --> 00:26:05,902
Cannon Falls School Board and the

1217
00:26:05,902 --> 00:26:10,634
community.

1218
00:26:10,667 --> 00:26:11,955
Academic Plan Goal 4

1219
00:26:11,955 --> 00:26:13,243
: Survey students and

1220
00:26:13,243 --> 00:26:14,002
staff

1221
00:26:14,002 --> 00:26:14,828
regarding

1222
00:26:14,828 --> 00:26:15,918
the feasibility

1223
00:26:15,918 --> 00:26:16,875
of offering

1224
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:17,932
college-in-

1225
00:26:17,932 --> 00:26:19,055
school courses and possibly

1226
00:26:19,055 --> 00:26:20,111
adding new

1227
00:26:20,111 --> 00:26:22,417
courses. Survey

1228
00:26:22,417 --> 00:26:23,036
students and

1229
00:26:23,036 --> 00:26:23,748
staff

1230
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:24,522
regarding

1231
00:26:24,522 --> 00:26:25,760
interest in and

1232
00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:26,782
feasibility of

1233
00:26:26,782 --> 00:26:27,432
expanding

1234
00:26:27,432 --> 00:26:28,237
"

1235
00:26:28,237 --> 00:26:30,016
college-in-school" opportunities.

1236
00:26:30,016 --> 00:26:31,041
Analyze

1237
00:26:31,041 --> 00:26:32,190
survey results and

1238
00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:33,215
identify courses

1239
00:26:33,215 --> 00:26:34,302
that may be

1240
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:35,265
suitable for "

1241
00:26:35,265 --> 00:26:36,476
college within a school" or

1242
00:26:36,476 --> 00:26:37,657
other

1243
00:26:37,657 --> 00:26:38,495
concurrent

1244
00:26:38,495 --> 00:26:40,180
study opportunities. Explore

1245
00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:42,251
course requirements,

1246
00:26:42,284 --> 00:26:43,435
staffing needs,

1247
00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,342
student participation, costs, and

1248
00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:46,164
partnership opportunities

1249
00:26:46,164 --> 00:26:46,888
associated with

1250
00:26:46,888 --> 00:26:48,894
adding courses.

1251
00:26:48,894 --> 00:26:49,484
Meet with

1252
00:26:49,484 --> 00:26:51,141
higher education partners

1253
00:26:51,163 --> 00:26:51,754
to explore

1254
00:26:51,754 --> 00:26:52,276
opportunities to

1255
00:26:52,276 --> 00:26:53,297
expand

1256
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:54,977
college credit opportunities

1257
00:26:54,977 --> 00:26:55,817
for Cannon

1258
00:26:55,817 --> 00:26:56,769
Falls students. Develop

1259
00:26:56,769 --> 00:26:57,424
recommendations

1260
00:26:57,424 --> 00:26:58,080
for

1261
00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,076
potential new

1262
00:26:59,076 --> 00:26:59,705
"

1263
00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:01,487
college within a school" offerings based on

1264
00:27:01,513 --> 00:27:01,985
student interests,

1265
00:27:01,985 --> 00:27:02,692
academic

1266
00:27:02,692 --> 00:27:03,374
needs,

1267
00:27:03,374 --> 00:27:04,343
staffing resources, and

1268
00:27:04,343 --> 00:27:04,894
financial

1269
00:27:04,894 --> 00:27:05,859
feasibility.

1270
00:27:05,859 --> 00:27:06,202
Explore

1271
00:27:06,202 --> 00:27:06,865
additional

1272
00:27:06,865 --> 00:27:07,392
opportunities to

1273
00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:08,399
expand

1274
00:27:09,314 --> 00:27:10,710
college preparation and college

1275
00:27:10,733 --> 00:27:11,580
credit opportunities

1276
00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:12,472
in the

1277
00:27:12,472 --> 00:27:14,048
District. Present

1278
00:27:14,048 --> 00:27:14,750
findings and

1279
00:27:14,750 --> 00:27:15,482
recommendations to

1280
00:27:15,482 --> 00:27:16,505
the school board as

1281
00:27:16,505 --> 00:27:18,202
part of the

1282
00:27:18,231 --> 00:27:19,832
district's academic planning process.

1283
00:27:19,832 --> 00:27:20,831
And before I

1284
00:27:20,831 --> 00:27:21,860
read this, I had to

1285
00:27:21,860 --> 00:27:22,738
make it

1286
00:27:22,738 --> 00:27:27,829
much bigger.

1287
00:27:27,829 --> 00:27:29,010
Okay, does anyone have any

1288
00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:30,131
comments

1289
00:27:30,131 --> 00:27:31,151
on this?

1290
00:27:31,151 --> 00:27:32,042
Just a question about the

1291
00:27:32,042 --> 00:27:32,991
fourth goal of the

1292
00:27:32,991 --> 00:27:34,141
academic plan

1293
00:27:34,141 --> 00:27:35,291
in the area of ​​colleges and

1294
00:27:35,291 --> 00:27:36,159
schools. I'm just

1295
00:27:36,159 --> 00:27:37,024
curious what it

1296
00:27:37,024 --> 00:27:37,864
will look like in the

1297
00:27:37,864 --> 00:27:38,501
long

1298
00:27:38,501 --> 00:27:39,861
run. Do

1299
00:27:39,861 --> 00:27:40,746
we expect

1300
00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:41,894
to achieve the goal in

1301
00:27:41,894 --> 00:27:43,817
three months? Here's our

1302
00:27:43,817 --> 00:27:44,981
plan, and here's how we'll get there

1303
00:27:44,981 --> 00:27:48,381
. Or

1304
00:27:48,381 --> 00:27:49,337
maybe it would be better to

1305
00:27:49,337 --> 00:27:50,454
understand this.

1306
00:27:50,454 --> 00:27:51,376
Of course,

1307
00:27:51,376 --> 00:27:52,486
there is a certain

1308
00:27:52,486 --> 00:27:53,662
process involved in preparing

1309
00:27:53,662 --> 00:27:54,870
courses for next

1310
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:55,850
year, and I don't want to

1311
00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:57,157
jump the gun while

1312
00:27:57,157 --> 00:27:58,365
Tim is sitting in the room,

1313
00:27:58,365 --> 00:27:59,280
but registration

1314
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,554
starts in February,

1315
00:28:00,554 --> 00:28:02,007
or

1316
00:28:02,007 --> 00:28:02,947
more likely late

1317
00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:03,888
January/early

1318
00:28:03,888 --> 00:28:05,576
February.

1319
00:28:05,576 --> 00:28:06,515
So we need to

1320
00:28:06,515 --> 00:28:07,484
start working on

1321
00:28:07,484 --> 00:28:08,423
this almost

1322
00:28:08,423 --> 00:28:09,333
immediately and do

1323
00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:09,891
some

1324
00:28:09,891 --> 00:28:12,766
research. If we

1325
00:28:12,766 --> 00:28:13,852
get to a point

1326
00:28:13,852 --> 00:28:15,098
where registration for

1327
00:28:15,098 --> 00:28:16,503
next year does

1328
00:28:16,535 --> 00:28:17,621
n't seem practical,

1329
00:28:17,621 --> 00:28:18,452
we'll probably

1330
00:28:18,452 --> 00:28:18,995
have to

1331
00:28:18,995 --> 00:28:20,113
organize it for the

1332
00:28:20,113 --> 00:28:21,977
year after that. So

1333
00:28:21,977 --> 00:28:23,093
that could be a

1334
00:28:23,093 --> 00:28:24,210
two-year goal, and

1335
00:28:24,210 --> 00:28:25,264
we'll actually have to

1336
00:28:25,264 --> 00:28:26,288
find a

1337
00:28:26,288 --> 00:28:27,467
place so that if we

1338
00:28:27,467 --> 00:28:28,583
do something

1339
00:28:28,583 --> 00:28:29,793
in-house, we

1340
00:28:29,793 --> 00:28:30,879
might have to

1341
00:28:30,879 --> 00:28:31,809
develop and

1342
00:28:31,809 --> 00:28:33,403
hire people.

1343
00:28:33,403 --> 00:28:34,335
Yes, that's right.

1344
00:28:34,335 --> 00:28:35,554
Depends on

1345
00:28:35,554 --> 00:28:36,793
what kind of courses they are. Um,

1346
00:28:36,793 --> 00:28:37,790
if we consider

1347
00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:38,445
the possibility of

1348
00:28:38,445 --> 00:28:39,271
providing

1349
00:28:39,271 --> 00:28:40,068
education through

1350
00:28:40,068 --> 00:28:41,007
colleges in an online

1351
00:28:41,007 --> 00:28:42,061
format, but still

1352
00:28:42,061 --> 00:28:43,143
keeping the kids here,

1353
00:28:43,143 --> 00:28:43,940
that's a completely

1354
00:28:43,940 --> 00:28:45,110
different matter. So

1355
00:28:45,110 --> 00:28:47,033
I think that's what we're going to have to

1356
00:28:47,062 --> 00:28:48,458
talk about.

1357
00:28:48,458 --> 00:28:49,091
Your goal is

1358
00:28:49,091 --> 00:28:50,169
to try to resolve

1359
00:28:50,169 --> 00:28:51,437
this issue as

1360
00:28:51,437 --> 00:28:52,261
quickly as possible, and if it

1361
00:28:52,261 --> 00:28:53,529
takes time, we will

1362
00:28:53,529 --> 00:28:54,549
give it time.

1363
00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:55,661
Yes, we will contact

1364
00:28:55,661 --> 00:28:57,357
colleges. It

1365
00:28:57,357 --> 00:28:58,647
depends on

1366
00:28:58,647 --> 00:28:59,971
what kind of courses they are and what they are

1367
00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:01,579
.

1368
00:29:01,579 --> 00:29:02,968
Thank you for this. This is

1369
00:29:02,968 --> 00:29:03,866
important to me.

1370
00:29:03,866 --> 00:29:04,532
Certainly.

1371
00:29:04,532 --> 00:29:05,003
Yeah. So.

1372
00:29:05,003 --> 00:29:07,134
Yeah, I would

1373
00:29:07,134 --> 00:29:08,577
say we're going to need

1374
00:29:08,577 --> 00:29:09,946
something clear,

1375
00:29:09,946 --> 00:29:11,167
at least by the

1376
00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:14,384
end of the summer, I think.

1377
00:29:14,384 --> 00:29:15,670
You know, it's worth

1378
00:29:15,670 --> 00:29:16,685
preparing for

1379
00:29:16,685 --> 00:29:18,005
registration in January

1380
00:29:18,005 --> 00:29:19,268
and February. Yes.

1381
00:29:19,268 --> 00:29:20,264
If we

1382
00:29:20,264 --> 00:29:21,304
do this, will there be

1383
00:29:21,304 --> 00:29:22,006
any

1384
00:29:22,006 --> 00:29:22,624
changes to the

1385
00:29:22,624 --> 00:29:23,467
program that will cause

1386
00:29:23,467 --> 00:29:24,506
us to lose

1387
00:29:24,506 --> 00:29:25,674
current offerings?

1388
00:29:25,674 --> 00:29:26,925
Or do we not know yet?

1389
00:29:26,925 --> 00:29:27,973
It depends on what the

1390
00:29:27,973 --> 00:29:28,738
children want to

1391
00:29:28,738 --> 00:29:29,320
receive.

1392
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:30,434
Either we afford

1393
00:29:30,434 --> 00:29:31,638
it, or we make it make

1394
00:29:31,638 --> 00:29:32,843
sense

1395
00:29:32,843 --> 00:29:33,505
for us, for the

1396
00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:34,679
students, and for the school

1397
00:29:34,679 --> 00:29:35,556
. Yes.

1398
00:29:35,586 --> 00:29:36,573
There are

1399
00:29:36,573 --> 00:29:37,158
several

1400
00:29:37,158 --> 00:29:38,530
components to this puzzle. One of

1401
00:29:38,530 --> 00:29:40,410
them is having staff in the school who are

1402
00:29:40,443 --> 00:29:41,136
qualified

1403
00:29:41,136 --> 00:29:41,993
to teach at the

1404
00:29:41,993 --> 00:29:43,214
college level, and right now

1405
00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:45,662
we

1406
00:29:45,662 --> 00:29:47,680
only have one person in the high school who

1407
00:29:47,712 --> 00:29:48,384
has the

1408
00:29:48,384 --> 00:29:49,121
necessary

1409
00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:50,146
education to do

1410
00:29:50,146 --> 00:29:55,019
that. And, you know, we

1411
00:29:55,019 --> 00:29:55,820
need to weigh the

1412
00:29:55,820 --> 00:29:56,535
benefits of

1413
00:29:56,535 --> 00:29:57,336
teaching

1414
00:29:57,336 --> 00:29:58,366
college in school

1415
00:29:58,366 --> 00:29:59,368
versus our

1416
00:29:59,368 --> 00:30:00,741
current

1417
00:30:00,770 --> 00:30:01,857
AP program offerings,

1418
00:30:01,857 --> 00:30:02,687
because we've

1419
00:30:02,687 --> 00:30:04,432
invested quite heavily in AP. So. Yes.

1420
00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:07,910
Fine. I assume

1421
00:30:07,910 --> 00:30:08,880
that these teachers

1422
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:10,038
will be involved in

1423
00:30:10,038 --> 00:30:10,852
discussions at

1424
00:30:10,852 --> 00:30:11,884
administrative

1425
00:30:11,884 --> 00:30:12,854
meetings and the

1426
00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:13,487
like. Yes. Yes.

1427
00:30:13,487 --> 00:30:15,754
He is right about

1428
00:30:15,754 --> 00:30:16,706
licensing, and

1429
00:30:16,706 --> 00:30:17,714
perhaps it is

1430
00:30:17,714 --> 00:30:18,834
not just about colleges

1431
00:30:18,834 --> 00:30:19,757
and schools when we

1432
00:30:19,757 --> 00:30:21,129
look at

1433
00:30:21,157 --> 00:30:21,801
offering

1434
00:30:21,801 --> 00:30:22,781
different courses in

1435
00:30:22,781 --> 00:30:23,780
general. It is necessary

1436
00:30:23,780 --> 00:30:24,089
to have an

1437
00:30:24,089 --> 00:30:24,962
appropriate

1438
00:30:24,962 --> 00:30:26,785
license.

1439
00:30:26,785 --> 00:30:28,476
Flexibility in licensing needs to be found

1440
00:30:28,504 --> 00:30:29,322
so they can

1441
00:30:29,322 --> 00:30:30,055
teach in

1442
00:30:30,055 --> 00:30:32,479
multiple areas.

1443
00:30:32,479 --> 00:30:33,326
I'm interested

1444
00:30:33,326 --> 00:30:34,565
to hear what

1445
00:30:34,565 --> 00:30:41,883
students want. Do you understand?

1446
00:30:41,883 --> 00:30:43,928
Absolutely.

1447
00:30:43,928 --> 00:30:44,589
Any other

1448
00:30:44,589 --> 00:30:45,663
comments on this

1449
00:30:45,663 --> 00:30:46,122
?

1450
00:30:46,122 --> 00:30:46,969
I think that to

1451
00:30:46,969 --> 00:30:48,021
achieve high

1452
00:30:48,021 --> 00:30:49,160
results, which we

1453
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,264
talked about a little,

1454
00:30:51,293 --> 00:30:52,503
school culture comes first. I

1455
00:30:52,503 --> 00:30:53,397
think these are the

1456
00:30:53,397 --> 00:30:54,455
right things. The

1457
00:30:54,455 --> 00:30:55,595
only question is how do you

1458
00:30:55,595 --> 00:30:56,565
make sure they're

1459
00:30:56,565 --> 00:30:57,620
measurable, or how do you

1460
00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:58,476
feel

1461
00:30:58,476 --> 00:30:59,588
confident enough,

1462
00:30:59,588 --> 00:31:00,994
right? How to

1463
00:31:01,022 --> 00:31:02,216
quantify school spirit?

1464
00:31:02,216 --> 00:31:03,038
There is a visual

1465
00:31:03,038 --> 00:31:04,107
indicator, but I also

1466
00:31:04,107 --> 00:31:05,122
ask you to do

1467
00:31:05,122 --> 00:31:06,081
more surveys or

1468
00:31:06,081 --> 00:31:07,068
similar work, but

1469
00:31:07,068 --> 00:31:08,056
I want to make sure that

1470
00:31:08,056 --> 00:31:09,043
the goals are something that

1471
00:31:09,043 --> 00:31:09,783
we can be

1472
00:31:09,783 --> 00:31:10,880
accountable for ourselves

1473
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:11,647
and that

1474
00:31:11,647 --> 00:31:12,742
you can be accountable for. If we

1475
00:31:12,742 --> 00:31:13,330
are going to

1476
00:31:13,330 --> 00:31:14,225
publish these

1477
00:31:14,225 --> 00:31:15,120
goals and

1478
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,099
ultimately strive for

1479
00:31:16,099 --> 00:31:16,966
them, how can we

1480
00:31:16,966 --> 00:31:17,945
ensure that we have

1481
00:31:17,945 --> 00:31:18,980
success rates in doing

1482
00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:19,460
so?

1483
00:31:19,460 --> 00:31:20,793
I think it can be

1484
00:31:20,793 --> 00:31:21,892
measured through

1485
00:31:21,892 --> 00:31:23,092
surveys, but a sense of

1486
00:31:23,092 --> 00:31:24,474
belonging.

1487
00:31:24,474 --> 00:31:26,256
Certainly.

1488
00:31:26,256 --> 00:31:27,479
And in fact, this is

1489
00:31:27,479 --> 00:31:28,667
more than just

1490
00:31:28,667 --> 00:31:31,240
propaganda. The question is, are

1491
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:32,649
we sure that this

1492
00:31:32,649 --> 00:31:33,953
environment is comfortable for

1493
00:31:33,953 --> 00:31:38,971
all children? Yes, this

1494
00:31:38,971 --> 00:31:39,867
could probably be

1495
00:31:39,867 --> 00:31:40,887
assessed through a

1496
00:31:40,887 --> 00:31:41,389
survey.

1497
00:31:41,389 --> 00:31:42,471
Yes, I ask again,

1498
00:31:42,471 --> 00:31:43,499
is this what you want to

1499
00:31:43,499 --> 00:31:44,522
do? Right? I

1500
00:31:44,522 --> 00:31:45,343
think it's mostly just how

1501
00:31:45,343 --> 00:31:45,995
we

1502
00:31:45,995 --> 00:31:46,816
think about the situation,

1503
00:31:46,816 --> 00:31:47,899
right? What do we see?

1504
00:31:47,899 --> 00:31:48,694
What are we hearing from the

1505
00:31:48,694 --> 00:31:49,352
community?

1506
00:31:49,352 --> 00:31:50,154
Well yes, you can

1507
00:31:50,154 --> 00:31:51,140
see the culture.

1508
00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:51,617
Right.

1509
00:31:51,617 --> 00:31:52,011
I think in

1510
00:31:52,011 --> 00:31:52,845
most cases

1511
00:31:52,845 --> 00:31:53,503
it is possible, but

1512
00:31:53,503 --> 00:31:54,271
sometimes it is not possible

1513
00:31:54,271 --> 00:31:54,929
because you don't

1514
00:31:54,929 --> 00:31:55,763
know whether the

1515
00:31:55,763 --> 00:31:56,443
children feel part of the

1516
00:31:56,443 --> 00:31:57,311
community or not.

1517
00:31:57,311 --> 00:31:58,477
That's right, yes. Yes.

1518
00:31:58,577 --> 00:31:59,760
So I agree with

1519
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:00,783
you, I think that

1520
00:32:00,783 --> 00:32:01,903
through sports and

1521
00:32:01,903 --> 00:32:02,670
our other

1522
00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:05,069
programs, we do a good job of

1523
00:32:05,101 --> 00:32:06,252
creating an atmosphere of

1524
00:32:06,252 --> 00:32:07,598
enthusiasm. That is,

1525
00:32:07,598 --> 00:32:08,657
you see that there is

1526
00:32:08,657 --> 00:32:09,693
participation.

1527
00:32:09,693 --> 00:32:10,609
Yes, that's right.

1528
00:32:10,609 --> 00:32:11,863
For example, the number of

1529
00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:12,893
children, but the sense of

1530
00:32:12,893 --> 00:32:14,189
belonging.

1531
00:32:14,189 --> 00:32:15,403
Yes, everyday life in the

1532
00:32:15,403 --> 00:32:17,735
corridors. This is

1533
00:32:17,735 --> 00:32:19,160
what interests me.

1534
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,441
Yes, sure. And not

1535
00:32:20,441 --> 00:32:21,688
only students, but also

1536
00:32:21,688 --> 00:32:22,982
employees, right? I mean

1537
00:32:22,982 --> 00:32:23,656
, we

1538
00:32:23,656 --> 00:32:25,054
definitely want there to

1539
00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:26,276
be a

1540
00:32:26,276 --> 00:32:27,100
culture among employees. Yes.

1541
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:28,414
Um, someone who would be

1542
00:32:28,414 --> 00:32:30,564
welcoming, and

1543
00:32:30,564 --> 00:32:31,952
maybe a little

1544
00:32:31,952 --> 00:32:32,784
enthusiastic,

1545
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,009
you know? We want

1546
00:32:35,009 --> 00:32:35,943
this for these

1547
00:32:35,943 --> 00:32:37,581
guys too. Yes.

1548
00:32:37,681 --> 00:32:40,626
I agree. Are there

1549
00:32:40,626 --> 00:32:41,342
any

1550
00:32:41,342 --> 00:32:42,179
suggestions from

1551
00:32:42,179 --> 00:32:43,135
the administration

1552
00:32:43,135 --> 00:32:44,897
regarding goals? Or

1553
00:32:44,897 --> 00:32:45,595
any

1554
00:32:45,595 --> 00:32:46,996
comments?

1555
00:32:46,996 --> 00:32:48,003
We discussed this with

1556
00:32:48,003 --> 00:32:49,011
the administration

1557
00:32:49,011 --> 00:32:50,590
last week. And I

1558
00:32:50,590 --> 00:32:51,480
think this is the

1559
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:52,148
right

1560
00:32:52,148 --> 00:32:58,574
direction.

1561
00:32:58,574 --> 00:32:59,758
If there are no further

1562
00:32:59,758 --> 00:33:00,737
questions or

1563
00:33:00,737 --> 00:33:02,126
comments, I would

1564
00:33:02,126 --> 00:33:03,677
propose that we approve the

1565
00:33:03,677 --> 00:33:05,614
targets for 2026-2027.

1566
00:33:05,614 --> 00:33:06,306
I propose

1567
00:33:06,306 --> 00:33:07,450
to approve.

1568
00:33:07,450 --> 00:33:09,396
Luke—for the suggestion.

1569
00:33:09,396 --> 00:33:10,999
I support.

1570
00:33:10,999 --> 00:33:12,588
Jody is for second.

1571
00:33:12,588 --> 00:33:13,616
Are there any further

1572
00:33:13,616 --> 00:33:15,707
discussions? Everyone is in favor

1573
00:33:15,707 --> 00:33:18,828
, say yes.

1574
00:33:18,828 --> 00:33:21,383
The offer is accepted.

1575
00:33:21,383 --> 00:33:22,262
Item number two:

1576
00:33:22,262 --> 00:33:23,434
consideration of

1577
00:33:23,434 --> 00:33:24,255
approval for

1578
00:33:24,255 --> 00:33:24,694
the purchase of a

1579
00:33:24,694 --> 00:33:25,603
telescopic

1580
00:33:25,603 --> 00:33:26,892
boom for

1581
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:29,586
maintenance purposes.

1582
00:33:29,586 --> 00:33:30,621
Recently this summer

1583
00:33:30,621 --> 00:33:31,330
we had to do

1584
00:33:31,330 --> 00:33:32,454
some

1585
00:33:32,454 --> 00:33:33,548
work in the

1586
00:33:33,548 --> 00:33:37,688
gym. Josh

1587
00:33:37,688 --> 00:33:38,819
can probably elaborate on

1588
00:33:38,819 --> 00:33:39,834
this, but

1589
00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:40,820
I think when we

1590
00:33:40,820 --> 00:33:41,603
got the bill it

1591
00:33:41,603 --> 00:33:42,589
turned out we

1592
00:33:42,589 --> 00:33:43,691
had to rent a

1593
00:33:43,691 --> 00:33:44,648
boom lift

1594
00:33:44,648 --> 00:33:45,663
to get to the

1595
00:33:45,663 --> 00:33:47,129
spots we needed to go to. The rent

1596
00:33:47,129 --> 00:33:48,214
was about

1597
00:33:48,214 --> 00:33:49,270
$3,000, just

1598
00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:50,414
to get an idea of ​​what we

1599
00:33:50,414 --> 00:33:51,177
needed to do

1600
00:33:51,177 --> 00:33:51,793
upstairs, not

1601
00:33:51,793 --> 00:33:52,673
necessarily

1602
00:33:52,673 --> 00:33:53,213
renovations.

1603
00:33:53,213 --> 00:33:54,451
Yeah, so ever since

1604
00:33:54,451 --> 00:33:55,461
you built the

1605
00:33:55,461 --> 00:33:56,634
gym, our

1606
00:33:56,634 --> 00:33:57,416
lift hasn't

1607
00:33:57,416 --> 00:33:58,165
gone

1608
00:33:58,165 --> 00:33:59,305
high enough

1609
00:33:59,305 --> 00:34:00,446
to get to the

1610
00:34:00,446 --> 00:34:02,405
places we need to go. So

1611
00:34:02,405 --> 00:34:03,610
when we need to

1612
00:34:03,610 --> 00:34:04,781
do something, be it

1613
00:34:04,781 --> 00:34:05,919
electrical, cleaning,

1614
00:34:05,919 --> 00:34:07,224
lighting or other

1615
00:34:07,224 --> 00:34:08,295
small things, we need a

1616
00:34:08,295 --> 00:34:09,332
telescopic

1617
00:34:09,332 --> 00:34:11,796
boom. Usually such

1618
00:34:11,796 --> 00:34:12,992
things are put off

1619
00:34:12,992 --> 00:34:14,087
for too

1620
00:34:14,087 --> 00:34:15,382
long and it is not possible to get to

1621
00:34:15,382 --> 00:34:16,756
them.

1622
00:34:16,756 --> 00:34:17,653
The rent costs

1623
00:34:17,653 --> 00:34:21,086
approximately $3,000.

1624
00:34:21,086 --> 00:34:22,392
This telescopic

1625
00:34:22,392 --> 00:34:23,698
boom is a used

1626
00:34:23,698 --> 00:34:24,867
model, but you know,

1627
00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:25,898
it was on sale for

1628
00:34:25,898 --> 00:34:26,999
quite a long time and

1629
00:34:26,999 --> 00:34:28,371
cost $30,000.

1630
00:34:28,371 --> 00:34:29,037
So in 10

1631
00:34:29,037 --> 00:34:30,158
uses you would have

1632
00:34:30,158 --> 00:34:31,440
recouped its cost.

1633
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,246
This equipment is for

1634
00:34:32,246 --> 00:34:33,010
both

1635
00:34:33,010 --> 00:34:33,734
indoor and

1636
00:34:33,734 --> 00:34:34,416
outdoor use,

1637
00:34:34,416 --> 00:34:35,098
so it can be

1638
00:34:35,098 --> 00:34:35,676
used in the

1639
00:34:35,676 --> 00:34:36,379
gym as well as

1640
00:34:36,379 --> 00:34:36,958
outdoors,

1641
00:34:36,958 --> 00:34:37,474
such as on a

1642
00:34:37,474 --> 00:34:38,308
lamp post. In

1643
00:34:38,308 --> 00:34:39,961
that case, we would have to

1644
00:34:39,985 --> 00:34:40,933
call someone else again,

1645
00:34:40,933 --> 00:34:41,662
or even if it was

1646
00:34:41,662 --> 00:34:42,561
necessary to trim

1647
00:34:42,561 --> 00:34:43,217
trees and things

1648
00:34:43,217 --> 00:34:44,297
like that. It's very

1649
00:34:44,297 --> 00:34:44,833
useful

1650
00:34:44,833 --> 00:34:46,029
equipment, but it

1651
00:34:46,029 --> 00:34:47,572
doesn't create any

1652
00:34:47,604 --> 00:34:48,863
maintenance issues as

1653
00:34:48,863 --> 00:34:50,091
we have to wait

1654
00:34:50,091 --> 00:34:51,130
until summer to get everything

1655
00:34:51,130 --> 00:34:52,835
done on the field. I would

1656
00:34:52,835 --> 00:34:54,003
only need to

1657
00:34:54,003 --> 00:34:55,109
clear the field, or

1658
00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:56,408
finish all the work.

1659
00:34:56,408 --> 00:34:57,358
We have a

1660
00:34:57,358 --> 00:34:58,875
lamp stuck up there.

1661
00:34:58,875 --> 00:34:59,762
Now half of the

1662
00:34:59,762 --> 00:35:00,946
field fans

1663
00:35:00,946 --> 00:35:02,283
there are not working. We

1664
00:35:02,283 --> 00:35:03,487
can't just go and

1665
00:35:03,487 --> 00:35:04,754
check if there's something

1666
00:35:04,754 --> 00:35:05,736
wrong, like a

1667
00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:06,908
broken wire,

1668
00:35:06,908 --> 00:35:07,700
because of the high

1669
00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:08,824
cost. The commander

1670
00:35:08,824 --> 00:35:09,818
must make sure that

1671
00:35:09,818 --> 00:35:10,788
we all plan at the

1672
00:35:10,788 --> 00:35:11,919
same time. So

1673
00:35:11,919 --> 00:35:13,116
I think it would be

1674
00:35:13,116 --> 00:35:14,156
very beneficial for the

1675
00:35:14,156 --> 00:35:14,818
area.

1676
00:35:14,818 --> 00:35:15,860
We're

1677
00:35:15,860 --> 00:35:16,496
in a

1678
00:35:16,496 --> 00:35:17,653
bit of a unique

1679
00:35:17,653 --> 00:35:18,810
position with funding because

1680
00:35:18,810 --> 00:35:19,910
we took out a

1681
00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:21,067
capital loan

1682
00:35:21,067 --> 00:35:22,166
for the roof and tennis

1683
00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:23,236
court. We have

1684
00:35:23,236 --> 00:35:23,924
certain

1685
00:35:23,924 --> 00:35:24,832
tools that are

1686
00:35:24,832 --> 00:35:25,905
included in this package

1687
00:35:25,905 --> 00:35:26,684
. This will allow us

1688
00:35:26,684 --> 00:35:27,771
to cover all expenses

1689
00:35:27,771 --> 00:35:28,876
within these funds.

1690
00:35:28,876 --> 00:35:29,931
Therefore, it will not be

1691
00:35:29,952 --> 00:35:31,136
funded from the

1692
00:35:31,653 --> 00:35:32,450
maintenance budget or from the

1693
00:35:32,450 --> 00:35:33,182
general

1694
00:35:33,182 --> 00:35:35,767
fund. This will

1695
00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:36,574
actually

1696
00:35:36,574 --> 00:35:37,471
benefit

1697
00:35:37,471 --> 00:35:38,547
the district and will not

1698
00:35:38,547 --> 00:35:39,743
hurt the operating

1699
00:35:39,743 --> 00:35:41,115
budget. I don't know if

1700
00:35:41,115 --> 00:35:42,342
you understand what you mean

1701
00:35:42,342 --> 00:35:43,560
. If

1702
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:44,672
you have any questions, I would be

1703
00:35:44,672 --> 00:35:45,812
happy to help

1704
00:35:45,812 --> 00:35:47,464
. What

1705
00:35:47,464 --> 00:35:48,365
about a

1706
00:35:48,365 --> 00:35:49,112
stadium scoreboard for

1707
00:35:49,112 --> 00:35:51,031
advertising?

1708
00:35:51,031 --> 00:35:51,469
Can

1709
00:35:51,469 --> 00:35:52,539
it be used for

1710
00:35:52,539 --> 00:35:52,941
this?

1711
00:35:52,941 --> 00:35:53,912
Certainly. Yes.

1712
00:35:54,881 --> 00:35:56,047
I think that

1713
00:35:56,047 --> 00:35:57,317
package includes the work of a

1714
00:35:57,317 --> 00:35:58,312
group that

1715
00:35:58,312 --> 00:36:00,402
comes in and does that

1716
00:36:00,402 --> 00:36:02,013
for us. For the

1717
00:36:02,013 --> 00:36:03,016
first time, but for the

1718
00:36:03,016 --> 00:36:04,248
first time. Any

1719
00:36:04,248 --> 00:36:05,373
subsequent replacement

1720
00:36:05,373 --> 00:36:06,669
will be at our expense.

1721
00:36:06,669 --> 00:36:07,863
Of course they could

1722
00:36:07,863 --> 00:36:09,057
use it for

1723
00:36:09,057 --> 00:36:10,404
such purposes. Flagpole

1724
00:36:10,404 --> 00:36:11,749
, if you see the flag

1725
00:36:11,749 --> 00:36:12,543
there is in bad

1726
00:36:12,543 --> 00:36:13,854
condition, it can be

1727
00:36:13,854 --> 00:36:15,143
painted. At least

1728
00:36:15,143 --> 00:36:15,916
until we

1729
00:36:15,916 --> 00:36:16,957
install something

1730
00:36:16,957 --> 00:36:17,813
else. Uh, that

1731
00:36:17,813 --> 00:36:18,809
could definitely

1732
00:36:18,809 --> 00:36:19,570
be a useful

1733
00:36:19,570 --> 00:36:20,935
application. Uh, like

1734
00:36:20,935 --> 00:36:21,874
I said, we're

1735
00:36:21,874 --> 00:36:23,169
really going to

1736
00:36:23,169 --> 00:36:23,945
limit their

1737
00:36:23,945 --> 00:36:25,208
options if

1738
00:36:25,208 --> 00:36:26,341
somebody else comes in and

1739
00:36:26,341 --> 00:36:27,571
pays for that

1740
00:36:27,571 --> 00:36:29,543
service or pays for the rent.

1741
00:36:29,543 --> 00:36:30,657
Will we sell

1742
00:36:30,657 --> 00:36:31,844
our other lift?

1743
00:36:31,844 --> 00:36:32,833
No, because

1744
00:36:32,833 --> 00:36:33,902
we won’t be able to carry this one

1745
00:36:33,902 --> 00:36:34,992
through the corridors of the area.

1746
00:36:34,992 --> 00:36:35,434
Therefore, our

1747
00:36:35,434 --> 00:36:35,817
lift

1748
00:36:35,817 --> 00:36:36,461
is designed for

1749
00:36:36,461 --> 00:36:37,266
indoor use

1750
00:36:37,266 --> 00:36:38,099
. That is, the

1751
00:36:38,099 --> 00:36:38,544
atrium

1752
00:36:38,544 --> 00:36:39,152
lights in the

1753
00:36:39,152 --> 00:36:39,971
gym, which

1754
00:36:39,971 --> 00:36:40,510
go up

1755
00:36:40,510 --> 00:36:41,328
quite high,

1756
00:36:41,328 --> 00:36:42,030
have multiple

1757
00:36:42,030 --> 00:36:42,803
openings at their

1758
00:36:42,803 --> 00:36:43,598
highest point, which

1759
00:36:43,598 --> 00:36:44,417
is almost 40

1760
00:36:44,417 --> 00:36:45,158
feet. Yes.

1761
00:36:45,158 --> 00:36:46,004
While in

1762
00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:46,939
the gym the height is

1763
00:36:46,939 --> 00:36:47,974
only up to 25 feet.

1764
00:36:47,974 --> 00:36:48,352
Is

1765
00:36:48,352 --> 00:36:49,037
additional

1766
00:36:49,037 --> 00:36:50,655
training required for this?

1767
00:36:50,655 --> 00:36:51,727
will require. There is

1768
00:36:51,727 --> 00:36:52,754
safety training

1769
00:36:52,754 --> 00:36:53,670
where you

1770
00:36:53,670 --> 00:36:54,725
have to make sure

1771
00:36:54,725 --> 00:36:55,863
people are wearing seat belts.

1772
00:36:55,863 --> 00:36:56,779
Yes, this one is a little

1773
00:36:56,779 --> 00:36:57,635
bigger than our

1774
00:36:57,635 --> 00:36:58,735
current scissor

1775
00:36:58,735 --> 00:36:59,723
lift. Yes.

1776
00:36:59,988 --> 00:37:01,093
And I assume there is a

1777
00:37:01,093 --> 00:37:01,984
place to

1778
00:37:01,984 --> 00:37:03,053
store it

1779
00:37:03,053 --> 00:37:03,862
indoors?

1780
00:37:03,862 --> 00:37:05,050
These models

1781
00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:06,073
are actually stored

1782
00:37:06,073 --> 00:37:06,889
outside. When

1783
00:37:06,889 --> 00:37:07,852
you drive past the

1784
00:37:07,852 --> 00:37:08,847
rental shop in

1785
00:37:08,847 --> 00:37:09,741
Burnsville.

1786
00:37:09,741 --> 00:37:10,212
Yeah.

1787
00:37:10,212 --> 00:37:11,166
Right outside.

1788
00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:12,246
The place where you can

1789
00:37:12,246 --> 00:37:12,743
find it,

1790
00:37:12,743 --> 00:37:13,688
you know where to

1791
00:37:13,688 --> 00:37:14,324
put it.

1792
00:37:14,324 --> 00:37:15,053
Um, the one we're

1793
00:37:15,053 --> 00:37:15,653
looking for is the one

1794
00:37:15,653 --> 00:37:15,975
that

1795
00:37:15,975 --> 00:37:16,554
was used

1796
00:37:16,554 --> 00:37:17,261
by Canales North

1797
00:37:17,261 --> 00:37:18,098
this summer when they were

1798
00:37:18,098 --> 00:37:18,505
doing

1799
00:37:18,505 --> 00:37:19,213
electrical

1800
00:37:19,213 --> 00:37:19,770
work inside the

1801
00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:20,747
gym. So

1802
00:37:20,747 --> 00:37:21,725
we know it's working

1803
00:37:21,725 --> 00:37:22,622
properly and is

1804
00:37:22,622 --> 00:37:23,569
working well. Do

1805
00:37:23,569 --> 00:37:24,569
we still have that

1806
00:37:24,569 --> 00:37:25,570
canopy that goes

1807
00:37:25,570 --> 00:37:26,488
between those two

1808
00:37:26,488 --> 00:37:27,210
containers

1809
00:37:27,210 --> 00:37:28,322
that could be

1810
00:37:28,322 --> 00:37:29,507
used underneath?

1811
00:37:29,507 --> 00:37:30,825
You know, I also don’t know

1812
00:37:30,825 --> 00:37:31,501
when it was

1813
00:37:31,501 --> 00:37:32,752
dismantled or where it was

1814
00:37:32,752 --> 00:37:33,731
placed.

1815
00:37:33,731 --> 00:37:35,907
Certainly.

1816
00:37:35,907 --> 00:37:36,933
The problem is that

1817
00:37:36,933 --> 00:37:38,077
we need to pray, and

1818
00:37:38,077 --> 00:37:38,928
we can always

1819
00:37:38,928 --> 00:37:39,984
just store it,

1820
00:37:39,984 --> 00:37:40,982
but that requires

1821
00:37:40,982 --> 00:37:41,744
two storage

1822
00:37:41,744 --> 00:37:42,754
containers. Yes.

1823
00:37:42,854 --> 00:37:43,639
Um, it's not that

1824
00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:44,496
unrealistic, we might be able to

1825
00:37:44,496 --> 00:37:45,115
find things

1826
00:37:45,115 --> 00:37:45,734
that can

1827
00:37:45,734 --> 00:37:46,376
fit into two

1828
00:37:46,376 --> 00:37:47,405
storage containers

1829
00:37:47,405 --> 00:37:47,465
.

1830
00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:51,526
Right. Right. And then

1831
00:37:51,526 --> 00:37:52,912
in one, and I'm for it. I

1832
00:37:52,912 --> 00:37:54,216
think it's a smart move,

1833
00:37:54,216 --> 00:37:55,384
but the only thing

1834
00:37:55,384 --> 00:37:56,276
I would like to

1835
00:37:56,276 --> 00:37:57,512
ask is whether we should

1836
00:37:57,512 --> 00:37:58,748
wait until we

1837
00:37:58,748 --> 00:37:59,847
have a Minister

1838
00:37:59,847 --> 00:38:02,686
Director to

1839
00:38:02,686 --> 00:38:03,909
get his opinion on

1840
00:38:03,909 --> 00:38:05,101
this, or do you

1841
00:38:05,101 --> 00:38:06,131
think this is a

1842
00:38:06,131 --> 00:38:07,291
good model, or

1843
00:38:07,291 --> 00:38:09,987
something like that.

1844
00:38:09,987 --> 00:38:11,149
And it's certainly not a

1845
00:38:11,149 --> 00:38:12,567
question of qualifications,

1846
00:38:12,567 --> 00:38:13,947
but the one thing

1847
00:38:13,947 --> 00:38:15,401
I know is that

1848
00:38:15,401 --> 00:38:16,818
I saw my father for 40

1849
00:38:16,818 --> 00:38:18,235
years, and, you know, being

1850
00:38:18,235 --> 00:38:19,689
half his father,

1851
00:38:19,689 --> 00:38:21,070
I understand that here,

1852
00:38:21,070 --> 00:38:22,487
everyone has something of

1853
00:38:22,487 --> 00:38:23,309
that.

1854
00:38:23,309 --> 00:38:23,656
Yes,

1855
00:38:23,656 --> 00:38:24,782
I know that if I

1856
00:38:24,782 --> 00:38:25,999
were in that position, it would be

1857
00:38:25,999 --> 00:38:27,187
very helpful

1858
00:38:27,187 --> 00:38:27,856
, especially

1859
00:38:27,856 --> 00:38:28,861
financially,

1860
00:38:28,861 --> 00:38:30,048
to not have to

1861
00:38:30,048 --> 00:38:31,144
call someone else

1862
00:38:31,144 --> 00:38:32,118
to answer those

1863
00:38:32,118 --> 00:38:34,673
questions.

1864
00:38:34,673 --> 00:38:35,727
I think Mike and I

1865
00:38:35,727 --> 00:38:36,974
feel the same way

1866
00:38:36,974 --> 00:38:38,274
.

1867
00:38:38,274 --> 00:38:39,524
I just want to know if there

1868
00:38:39,524 --> 00:38:40,605
was a situation

1869
00:38:40,605 --> 00:38:41,686
where he came in and

1870
00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:42,936
said, "That would be

1871
00:38:42,936 --> 00:38:44,119
really great, but

1872
00:38:44,119 --> 00:38:45,436
there's something else in my budget

1873
00:38:45,436 --> 00:38:46,686
that I'd like to

1874
00:38:46,686 --> 00:38:47,555
have."

1875
00:38:47,555 --> 00:38:48,918
Yes, and then I think

1876
00:38:48,918 --> 00:38:50,205
that will be another

1877
00:38:50,205 --> 00:38:51,464
part. I mean,

1878
00:38:51,464 --> 00:38:52,504
you can keep

1879
00:38:52,504 --> 00:38:53,693
it because

1880
00:38:53,693 --> 00:38:55,994
we have

1881
00:38:55,994 --> 00:38:57,390
construction bonds. This

1882
00:38:57,390 --> 00:38:58,266
amount must be

1883
00:38:58,266 --> 00:38:58,849
allocated from the

1884
00:38:58,849 --> 00:38:59,566
operating

1885
00:38:59,566 --> 00:39:00,636
budget. This amount

1886
00:39:00,636 --> 00:39:01,459
will not be allocated from

1887
00:39:01,459 --> 00:39:02,518
these funds. So

1888
00:39:02,518 --> 00:39:03,360
it won't affect things that

1889
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:03,938
are

1890
00:39:03,938 --> 00:39:04,709
operational for

1891
00:39:04,709 --> 00:39:05,315
the district, or,

1892
00:39:05,315 --> 00:39:05,970
of course,

1893
00:39:05,970 --> 00:39:06,810
day-to-day

1894
00:39:06,810 --> 00:39:08,154
operations, or, you know,

1895
00:39:08,154 --> 00:39:09,296
salaries, benefits, and things

1896
00:39:09,296 --> 00:39:10,270
like that.

1897
00:39:10,270 --> 00:39:11,081
And someone might

1898
00:39:11,081 --> 00:39:11,956
want to get a

1899
00:39:11,956 --> 00:39:13,142
big

1900
00:39:13,142 --> 00:39:14,079
City Data front loader,

1901
00:39:14,079 --> 00:39:15,140
which is probably

1902
00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:16,264
similar to what they

1903
00:39:16,264 --> 00:39:17,513
use for the same

1904
00:39:17,513 --> 00:39:21,379
purposes we do here.

1905
00:39:21,379 --> 00:39:22,710
I looked at the prices. I

1906
00:39:22,710 --> 00:39:23,975
looked at the models. I

1907
00:39:23,975 --> 00:39:24,862
think it's a

1908
00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:26,023
pretty reasonable

1909
00:39:26,023 --> 00:39:28,102
price for what it is.

1910
00:39:28,102 --> 00:39:29,474
Personally, I think it's an

1911
00:39:29,474 --> 00:39:30,640
obvious solution

1912
00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:31,635
for what we

1913
00:39:31,635 --> 00:39:32,181
do.

1914
00:39:32,181 --> 00:39:33,123
I think this is an

1915
00:39:33,123 --> 00:39:34,799
obvious solution. So.

1916
00:39:34,899 --> 00:39:36,158
Yes, I agree.

1917
00:39:36,158 --> 00:39:36,832
So, with that

1918
00:39:36,832 --> 00:39:37,687
said, I would

1919
00:39:37,687 --> 00:39:38,439
like to make a

1920
00:39:38,439 --> 00:39:39,165
motion for

1921
00:39:39,165 --> 00:39:39,862
approval.

1922
00:39:39,862 --> 00:39:41,164
I'll make a suggestion.

1923
00:39:41,164 --> 00:39:42,386
Joe is for it.

1924
00:39:42,386 --> 00:39:43,350
Supported.

1925
00:39:43,350 --> 00:39:45,275
Luke is for it. Any further

1926
00:39:45,307 --> 00:39:46,585
discussions? Everyone is in favor,

1927
00:39:46,585 --> 00:39:48,079
say yes. For.

1928
00:39:48,079 --> 00:39:49,417
Against? The offer is

1929
00:39:49,417 --> 00:39:49,979
accepted.

1930
00:39:49,979 --> 00:39:51,181
Consideration of the issue

1931
00:39:51,181 --> 00:39:52,022
of approving an

1932
00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:53,164
updated list of

1933
00:39:53,164 --> 00:39:53,946
scholarships for

1934
00:39:53,946 --> 00:39:55,058
coaches for the

1935
00:39:55,058 --> 00:39:56,120
2026-2027 fall season. There

1936
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:57,189
seems to have been one

1937
00:39:57,189 --> 00:39:58,422
addition.

1938
00:39:58,422 --> 00:39:59,563
Yes, it was a

1939
00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:00,878
volunteer football coach

1940
00:40:00,878 --> 00:40:04,309
for boys. And this

1941
00:40:04,309 --> 00:40:05,777
seems to be the last one.

1942
00:40:05,777 --> 00:40:08,477
Wait, Harrison?

1943
00:40:08,477 --> 00:40:10,200
Yeah.

1944
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,445
No questions, I will look for a

1945
00:40:11,445 --> 00:40:12,339
proposal for

1946
00:40:12,339 --> 00:40:13,174
approval.

1947
00:40:13,174 --> 00:40:14,516
I'll make a suggestion.

1948
00:40:14,516 --> 00:40:15,265
Supported.

1949
00:40:15,265 --> 00:40:18,000
Ronnie is for it, Pete is for it.

1950
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,172
Any further

1951
00:40:19,172 --> 00:40:20,489
discussions? Everyone is in favor,

1952
00:40:20,489 --> 00:40:21,575
say yes.

1953
00:40:21,575 --> 00:40:22,022
For.

1954
00:40:22,022 --> 00:40:23,497
Against? The offer is

1955
00:40:23,497 --> 00:40:24,079
accepted.

1956
00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:25,233
Consideration of the

1957
00:40:25,233 --> 00:40:26,676
approval of

1958
00:40:27,831 --> 00:40:28,870
equality law enforcement.

1959
00:40:28,870 --> 00:40:29,811
These are annual

1960
00:40:29,811 --> 00:40:30,934
questions that the

1961
00:40:30,934 --> 00:40:35,088
board must take

1962
00:40:35,088 --> 00:40:36,327
to ensure

1963
00:40:36,327 --> 00:40:37,012
compliance with the

1964
00:40:37,012 --> 00:40:38,969
federal laws

1965
00:40:39,001 --> 00:40:39,882
listed there and the

1966
00:40:39,882 --> 00:40:41,447
state laws

1967
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:53,888
listed there.

1968
00:40:53,888 --> 00:40:55,113
Any questions about this

1969
00:40:55,113 --> 00:40:59,514
? If not, I would

1970
00:40:59,514 --> 00:41:00,448
like a

1971
00:41:00,448 --> 00:41:01,557
motion to

1972
00:41:01,557 --> 00:41:02,659
approve it.

1973
00:41:02,659 --> 00:41:04,005
I'll make a suggestion.

1974
00:41:04,005 --> 00:41:05,032
I will support him.

1975
00:41:05,032 --> 00:41:05,791
Sheridan for the

1976
00:41:05,791 --> 00:41:07,775
proposal. Swain is

1977
00:41:07,775 --> 00:41:09,292
for it. Are there any further

1978
00:41:09,292 --> 00:41:10,673
discussions? Everyone is in favor

1979
00:41:10,673 --> 00:41:12,583
, say yes. For.

1980
00:41:12,583 --> 00:41:14,298
Against? The offer is

1981
00:41:14,298 --> 00:41:14,874
accepted.

1982
00:41:14,874 --> 00:41:16,155
Consideration of the

1983
00:41:16,155 --> 00:41:17,053
approval of the

1984
00:41:17,053 --> 00:41:18,335
proposed tax

1985
00:41:18,335 --> 00:41:19,653
for fiscal year 2017.

1986
00:41:19,653 --> 00:41:20,703
This is also an annual

1987
00:41:20,703 --> 00:41:21,526
issue that is

1988
00:41:21,526 --> 00:41:22,492
considered in

1989
00:41:22,492 --> 00:41:23,641
September. I

1990
00:41:23,641 --> 00:41:24,691
recommend that the council

1991
00:41:24,691 --> 00:41:25,339
set a

1992
00:41:25,339 --> 00:41:27,746
maximum tax.

1993
00:41:27,746 --> 00:41:28,486
We will set the

1994
00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:29,658
final amount

1995
00:41:29,658 --> 00:41:31,979
in December. If you

1996
00:41:31,979 --> 00:41:33,001
set an amount

1997
00:41:33,001 --> 00:41:34,247
now, you won't be able to

1998
00:41:34,247 --> 00:41:35,109
exceed it in

1999
00:41:35,109 --> 00:41:36,280
December.

2000
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:37,090
So if you

2001
00:41:37,090 --> 00:41:37,656
set a

2002
00:41:37,656 --> 00:41:38,655
maximum tax,

2003
00:41:38,655 --> 00:41:39,194
which

2004
00:41:39,194 --> 00:41:40,220
most counties

2005
00:41:40,220 --> 00:41:40,867
and cities do, they are

2006
00:41:40,867 --> 00:41:41,947
allowed to set

2007
00:41:41,947 --> 00:41:42,918
their final

2008
00:41:42,918 --> 00:41:43,993
amount in December. And I'm

2009
00:41:43,993 --> 00:41:45,183
finishing now.

2010
00:41:45,183 --> 00:41:46,196
Yes, anything for

2011
00:41:46,196 --> 00:41:49,711
the public?

2012
00:41:49,711 --> 00:41:50,813
This is preliminary

2013
00:41:50,813 --> 00:41:51,840
information. There's

2014
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:53,049
a lot of data that goes into this,

2015
00:41:53,049 --> 00:41:53,876
and it's, I think, a

2016
00:41:53,876 --> 00:41:54,926
document

2017
00:41:54,926 --> 00:41:56,039
actually over 40

2018
00:41:56,039 --> 00:41:56,867
pages long, but it's

2019
00:41:56,867 --> 00:41:57,980
summarized on this

2020
00:41:57,980 --> 00:41:58,935
page where you

2021
00:41:58,935 --> 00:41:59,825
can see a

2022
00:41:59,825 --> 00:42:01,003
comparison with last

2023
00:42:01,003 --> 00:42:02,079
year. The amount of tax

2024
00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:02,913
for last year

2025
00:42:02,913 --> 00:42:03,827
compared to the amount of

2026
00:42:03,827 --> 00:42:05,001
tax for this year.

2027
00:42:05,001 --> 00:42:06,220
Last year at this

2028
00:42:06,220 --> 00:42:07,221
time there was a

2029
00:42:07,221 --> 00:42:08,471
referendum, so by

2030
00:42:08,471 --> 00:42:10,190
December that figure

2031
00:42:10,222 --> 00:42:11,441
had changed significantly, and that's

2032
00:42:11,441 --> 00:42:12,379
another reason why

2033
00:42:12,379 --> 00:42:14,473
you should

2034
00:42:14,504 --> 00:42:15,098
approve the

2035
00:42:15,098 --> 00:42:16,255
maximum amount at this meeting,

2036
00:42:16,255 --> 00:42:16,974
because there will be some changes between

2037
00:42:16,974 --> 00:42:18,099
now

2038
00:42:18,099 --> 00:42:19,099
and December, when

2039
00:42:19,099 --> 00:42:19,787
the figures are

2040
00:42:19,787 --> 00:42:20,568
finally

2041
00:42:20,568 --> 00:42:22,475
approved

2042
00:42:22,507 --> 00:42:24,262
. In

2043
00:42:24,262 --> 00:42:25,696
terms of increase

2044
00:42:25,696 --> 00:42:26,715
compared to the

2045
00:42:26,715 --> 00:42:28,149
previous year, the

2046
00:42:28,149 --> 00:42:28,904
total fund

2047
00:42:28,904 --> 00:42:30,925
is about 4%.

2048
00:42:30,925 --> 00:42:34,235
Just to note, the

2049
00:42:36,374 --> 00:42:37,788
Michigan Department of Education is projecting

2050
00:42:37,788 --> 00:42:38,912
that the formula for

2051
00:42:38,912 --> 00:42:40,109
per

2052
00:42:40,109 --> 00:42:41,559
pupil allowance will increase, and

2053
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:42,284
they are currently

2054
00:42:42,284 --> 00:42:44,423
projecting 2.7% under the

2055
00:42:44,460 --> 00:42:47,743
law. There is an

2056
00:42:47,743 --> 00:42:48,826
inflation

2057
00:42:48,826 --> 00:42:50,560
component

2058
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,034
to the pupil allowance,

2059
00:42:52,034 --> 00:42:53,724
capped at 3%, and they

2060
00:42:53,724 --> 00:42:55,285
know inflation is

2061
00:42:55,285 --> 00:42:56,802
higher now, but they

2062
00:42:56,802 --> 00:42:59,735
just add 2.7%.

2063
00:42:59,735 --> 00:43:00,770
So that alone

2064
00:43:00,770 --> 00:43:01,927
will change

2065
00:43:01,927 --> 00:43:05,073
that figure by December.

2066
00:43:05,073 --> 00:43:07,891
Community service,

2067
00:43:07,891 --> 00:43:09,867
about 6.6%. There is a much

2068
00:43:09,867 --> 00:43:10,633
lower tax rate there,

2069
00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:11,257
so it doesn't take much to make a

2070
00:43:11,257 --> 00:43:12,023
significant

2071
00:43:12,023 --> 00:43:14,122
change

2072
00:43:14,151 --> 00:43:15,280
. As far as

2073
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:16,325
overall

2074
00:43:16,325 --> 00:43:17,342
debt servicing goes, it's going down a little bit

2075
00:43:17,342 --> 00:43:18,360
, and if you

2076
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:19,433
look at the top of

2077
00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:20,038
this

2078
00:43:20,038 --> 00:43:20,780
document, there are

2079
00:43:20,780 --> 00:43:21,715
some

2080
00:43:21,715 --> 00:43:22,788
tax adjustments listed there

2081
00:43:22,788 --> 00:43:24,417
. We do

2082
00:43:24,417 --> 00:43:25,484
our

2083
00:43:25,484 --> 00:43:26,550
job quite well and

2084
00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:28,040
collect taxes. The tax

2085
00:43:28,067 --> 00:43:29,045
is always set at

2086
00:43:29,045 --> 00:43:29,968
105% of the debt,

2087
00:43:29,968 --> 00:43:30,999
assuming there are

2088
00:43:30,999 --> 00:43:31,678
overdue

2089
00:43:31,678 --> 00:43:32,601
payments, so that you

2090
00:43:32,601 --> 00:43:33,443
receive at least

2091
00:43:33,443 --> 00:43:34,393
the amount needed

2092
00:43:34,393 --> 00:43:35,262
to service the

2093
00:43:35,262 --> 00:43:36,098
debt. When you

2094
00:43:36,098 --> 00:43:36,661
accumulate

2095
00:43:36,661 --> 00:43:37,390
excess

2096
00:43:37,390 --> 00:43:38,161
debt service,

2097
00:43:38,161 --> 00:43:38,891
some of that money

2098
00:43:38,891 --> 00:43:39,662
is taken back

2099
00:43:39,662 --> 00:43:40,287
to reduce the

2100
00:43:40,287 --> 00:43:41,037
tax burden

2101
00:43:41,037 --> 00:43:41,850
on the taxpayer

2102
00:43:41,850 --> 00:43:43,100
, and that is what is called a

2103
00:43:43,121 --> 00:43:44,496
negative

2104
00:43:45,142 --> 00:43:46,357
debt service tax adjustment. So, it's actually

2105
00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:47,571
worth

2106
00:43:47,571 --> 00:43:48,850
paying attention to the

2107
00:43:48,850 --> 00:43:50,162
number many

2108
00:43:50,162 --> 00:43:51,475
counties and cities are seeing

2109
00:43:51,475 --> 00:43:52,754
in their

2110
00:43:52,754 --> 00:43:53,640
tax increases: an overall

2111
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:54,919
tax increase of

2112
00:43:54,919 --> 00:43:55,969
2.41% over the

2113
00:43:55,969 --> 00:43:57,281
previous year, which is

2114
00:43:57,281 --> 00:43:58,495
quite reasonable

2115
00:43:58,495 --> 00:43:59,216
compared to

2116
00:43:59,216 --> 00:44:00,397
some other

2117
00:44:00,397 --> 00:44:03,265
metrics.

2118
00:44:03,294 --> 00:44:04,202
There are certainly answers to these questions. More

2119
00:44:04,202 --> 00:44:04,821
detailed information

2120
00:44:04,821 --> 00:44:05,424
will be provided

2121
00:44:05,424 --> 00:44:06,383
when we conduct a

2122
00:44:06,817 --> 00:44:07,420
tax information verification

2123
00:44:07,420 --> 00:44:08,377
. There will be a presentation

2124
00:44:08,377 --> 00:44:08,810
where

2125
00:44:08,810 --> 00:44:09,579
all

2126
00:44:09,579 --> 00:44:10,426
the figures will be presented. This is again

2127
00:44:10,426 --> 00:44:11,257
preliminary

2128
00:44:11,257 --> 00:44:12,129
information. As

2129
00:44:12,129 --> 00:44:13,173
Jeff said, you would

2130
00:44:13,173 --> 00:44:13,977
recommend

2131
00:44:13,977 --> 00:44:14,544
approving the

2132
00:44:14,544 --> 00:44:15,617
maximum amount

2133
00:44:15,617 --> 00:44:20,087
at this stage. Yes.

2134
00:44:21,958 --> 00:44:22,829
Any other

2135
00:44:22,829 --> 00:44:23,797
comments or

2136
00:44:23,797 --> 00:44:27,547
questions? I would also

2137
00:44:27,547 --> 00:44:28,496
like a

2138
00:44:28,496 --> 00:44:29,624
motion to

2139
00:44:29,624 --> 00:44:30,456
approve the

2140
00:44:30,456 --> 00:44:31,643
proposed tax

2141
00:44:31,643 --> 00:44:32,771
for fiscal year 2017

2142
00:44:32,771 --> 00:44:33,810
at its maximum

2143
00:44:33,810 --> 00:44:34,631
amount.

2144
00:44:34,631 --> 00:44:36,314
I'll make a suggestion.

2145
00:44:36,314 --> 00:44:37,376
Rhonda, do you have a

2146
00:44:37,376 --> 00:44:38,464
suggestion?

2147
00:44:38,464 --> 00:44:39,292
I will support.

2148
00:44:39,292 --> 00:44:39,909
Jody, you are

2149
00:44:39,909 --> 00:44:41,765
supportive.

2150
00:44:41,765 --> 00:44:42,652
Any further

2151
00:44:42,652 --> 00:44:43,985
discussions? Everyone is in favor,

2152
00:44:43,985 --> 00:44:45,721
say yes. For.

2153
00:44:45,721 --> 00:44:48,109
Against? The offer is

2154
00:44:48,109 --> 00:44:50,220
accepted. The next

2155
00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:50,895
point will be

2156
00:44:50,895 --> 00:44:53,225
discussed. We're

2157
00:44:53,225 --> 00:44:54,483
just going to talk about

2158
00:44:54,483 --> 00:44:56,581
all the fundraising events

2159
00:44:56,613 --> 00:44:57,807
that are going on,

2160
00:44:57,807 --> 00:44:59,033
whether it's within our

2161
00:44:59,033 --> 00:45:00,001
school or something

2162
00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:01,066
related to our

2163
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:02,292
school, and I don't know where to

2164
00:45:02,292 --> 00:45:09,798
start.

2165
00:45:09,798 --> 00:45:11,058
I think there is, and I've

2166
00:45:11,058 --> 00:45:12,052
heard this in

2167
00:45:12,052 --> 00:45:14,108
general, not just in the

2168
00:45:14,141 --> 00:45:15,434
Cannon Falls School District, but in

2169
00:45:15,434 --> 00:45:16,728
other districts where I've

2170
00:45:16,728 --> 00:45:17,988
worked,

2171
00:45:17,988 --> 00:45:19,911
that schools tend to

2172
00:45:19,944 --> 00:45:21,237
raise their own funds for

2173
00:45:21,237 --> 00:45:22,398
charitable

2174
00:45:22,398 --> 00:45:28,910
events. And when

2175
00:45:28,910 --> 00:45:29,679
it comes to

2176
00:45:29,679 --> 00:45:30,416
extracurricular

2177
00:45:30,416 --> 00:45:32,883
activities,

2178
00:45:32,916 --> 00:45:34,165
volleyball stands out in particular because,

2179
00:45:34,165 --> 00:45:35,127
let's take

2180
00:45:35,127 --> 00:45:36,312
volleyball as an

2181
00:45:36,312 --> 00:45:40,360
example: the team

2182
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,336
raises funds

2183
00:45:41,336 --> 00:45:45,460
for its program.

2184
00:45:45,460 --> 00:45:46,677
This is the school side of

2185
00:45:46,677 --> 00:45:52,656
fundraising. We

2186
00:45:52,656 --> 00:45:53,921
also have

2187
00:45:53,921 --> 00:45:54,765
support programs for

2188
00:45:54,765 --> 00:45:55,738
some

2189
00:45:55,738 --> 00:45:56,679
sports, and these are not

2190
00:45:56,679 --> 00:45:57,750
school projects,

2191
00:45:57,750 --> 00:46:04,015
right? They are completely

2192
00:46:04,015 --> 00:46:05,086
independent, although they

2193
00:46:05,086 --> 00:46:06,251
are under our

2194
00:46:06,251 --> 00:46:07,510
control, because

2195
00:46:07,510 --> 00:46:08,550
the school board is not

2196
00:46:08,550 --> 00:46:09,778
obliged to accept these

2197
00:46:09,778 --> 00:46:10,943
donations if

2198
00:46:10,943 --> 00:46:11,887
it thinks they are

2199
00:46:11,887 --> 00:46:12,895
collecting too

2200
00:46:12,895 --> 00:46:16,104
much. This is one

2201
00:46:16,104 --> 00:46:16,597
way

2202
00:46:16,597 --> 00:46:17,612
to control them,

2203
00:46:17,612 --> 00:46:18,743
because if they have

2204
00:46:18,743 --> 00:46:19,525
no reason to

2205
00:46:19,525 --> 00:46:20,656
sacrifice or

2206
00:46:20,656 --> 00:46:21,787
nothing to sacrifice for,

2207
00:46:21,787 --> 00:46:22,657
they have no reason to

2208
00:46:22,657 --> 00:46:26,039
exist. And their

2209
00:46:26,071 --> 00:46:26,999
non-profit status

2210
00:46:26,999 --> 00:46:28,247
will disappear

2211
00:46:28,247 --> 00:46:31,855
. So if we

2212
00:46:31,855 --> 00:46:33,045
invite groups and

2213
00:46:33,045 --> 00:46:34,167
ask, "How much

2214
00:46:34,167 --> 00:46:35,493
money are you raising

2215
00:46:35,493 --> 00:46:36,581
in the community and for

2216
00:46:36,581 --> 00:46:38,025
what purposes?" You know,

2217
00:46:38,025 --> 00:46:38,679
we could

2218
00:46:38,679 --> 00:46:39,924
set some

2219
00:46:39,924 --> 00:46:40,889
parameters in that

2220
00:46:40,889 --> 00:46:43,876
regard, but there's

2221
00:46:43,876 --> 00:46:45,036
another, probably

2222
00:46:45,036 --> 00:46:45,699
even

2223
00:46:45,699 --> 00:46:46,860
larger and more general

2224
00:46:46,860 --> 00:46:47,987
area, like

2225
00:46:47,987 --> 00:46:49,048
groups like the

2226
00:46:49,048 --> 00:46:50,341
Education Fund

2227
00:46:50,341 --> 00:46:51,236
, the

2228
00:46:51,236 --> 00:46:52,430
PTA, or others

2229
00:46:52,430 --> 00:46:53,491
that raise

2230
00:46:53,491 --> 00:46:54,585
funds for more

2231
00:46:54,585 --> 00:46:55,414
general needs and

2232
00:46:55,414 --> 00:46:56,508
distribute them in

2233
00:46:56,508 --> 00:46:57,536
different areas,

2234
00:46:57,536 --> 00:46:58,989
right? We all

2235
00:46:58,989 --> 00:47:00,226
have all these groups, and

2236
00:47:00,226 --> 00:47:01,185
I think there's

2237
00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:02,423
some concern, and

2238
00:47:02,423 --> 00:47:03,598
I've heard it here in

2239
00:47:03,598 --> 00:47:04,557
Cannon Falls and in

2240
00:47:04,557 --> 00:47:05,701
other communities

2241
00:47:05,701 --> 00:47:06,660
I've been to: If

2242
00:47:06,660 --> 00:47:07,588
the school is constantly

2243
00:47:07,588 --> 00:47:08,825
asking for money, why are

2244
00:47:08,825 --> 00:47:09,846
we asking for, you know,

2245
00:47:09,846 --> 00:47:10,991
to make decisions about

2246
00:47:10,991 --> 00:47:11,888
collecting taxes and

2247
00:47:11,888 --> 00:47:14,846
issuing bonds? Right

2248
00:47:14,846 --> 00:47:17,278
? The money we

2249
00:47:17,278 --> 00:47:18,455
raise

2250
00:47:18,455 --> 00:47:19,403
for sports, clubs,

2251
00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:20,547
events, and the

2252
00:47:20,547 --> 00:47:21,462
like is

2253
00:47:21,462 --> 00:47:22,769
peanuts compared to

2254
00:47:22,769 --> 00:47:23,848
what we sometimes

2255
00:47:23,848 --> 00:47:25,057
ask the community for in

2256
00:47:25,057 --> 00:47:26,299
bonds and

2257
00:47:26,299 --> 00:47:28,097
tax collections, because that's what

2258
00:47:28,130 --> 00:47:29,241
keeps us

2259
00:47:29,241 --> 00:47:30,417
running and

2260
00:47:30,417 --> 00:47:31,692
puts a roof

2261
00:47:31,692 --> 00:47:35,897
over our students' heads, right?

2262
00:47:35,897 --> 00:47:36,919
So we have to

2263
00:47:36,919 --> 00:47:38,158
try to explain to

2264
00:47:38,158 --> 00:47:39,088
people why we are

2265
00:47:39,088 --> 00:47:42,985
raising funds? And is

2266
00:47:42,985 --> 00:47:44,234
this based on desires or

2267
00:47:44,234 --> 00:47:45,355
needs in any of

2268
00:47:45,355 --> 00:47:48,084
these aspects? And is it

2269
00:47:48,084 --> 00:47:48,755
important for us

2270
00:47:48,755 --> 00:47:49,746
to raise

2271
00:47:49,746 --> 00:47:51,209
funds? As

2272
00:47:51,209 --> 00:47:52,594
for the new uniforms,

2273
00:47:52,594 --> 00:47:53,944
buses, well,

2274
00:47:53,944 --> 00:47:54,845
whatever you

2275
00:47:54,845 --> 00:47:55,849
call it, we

2276
00:47:55,849 --> 00:47:57,026
sometimes have to

2277
00:47:57,026 --> 00:47:58,169
ask ourselves these

2278
00:47:58,169 --> 00:48:00,343
questions. About what we

2279
00:48:00,343 --> 00:48:01,174
do with these

2280
00:48:01,174 --> 00:48:01,821
collected

2281
00:48:01,821 --> 00:48:02,972
funds. I think it's

2282
00:48:02,972 --> 00:48:03,970
important to ask about

2283
00:48:03,970 --> 00:48:04,779
this because the

2284
00:48:04,779 --> 00:48:05,669
community

2285
00:48:05,669 --> 00:48:06,424
cares and many

2286
00:48:06,424 --> 00:48:07,125
businesses and

2287
00:48:07,125 --> 00:48:08,069
individuals often

2288
00:48:08,069 --> 00:48:08,959
receive help from

2289
00:48:08,959 --> 00:48:10,065
this community. They are

2290
00:48:10,065 --> 00:48:10,856
very generous, don't

2291
00:48:10,856 --> 00:48:11,534
get me

2292
00:48:11,534 --> 00:48:12,622
wrong. But it

2293
00:48:12,622 --> 00:48:13,298
puts pressure on them,

2294
00:48:13,298 --> 00:48:14,283
especially in difficult

2295
00:48:14,283 --> 00:48:15,044
economic

2296
00:48:15,044 --> 00:48:15,868
times. Yes.

2297
00:48:16,617 --> 00:48:17,720
And I don't know if

2298
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:18,794
you've heard anything about

2299
00:48:18,794 --> 00:48:19,170
it.

2300
00:48:19,170 --> 00:48:19,982
Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes.

2301
00:48:20,897 --> 00:48:22,203
Yeah, I mean, that's

2302
00:48:22,203 --> 00:48:23,228
absolutely right.

2303
00:48:23,228 --> 00:48:24,199
We hear about it, we

2304
00:48:24,199 --> 00:48:24,864
do it, we

2305
00:48:24,864 --> 00:48:25,785
help; and, you know,

2306
00:48:25,785 --> 00:48:26,680
it's just a tough

2307
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:27,448
question for me

2308
00:48:27,448 --> 00:48:28,368
because I think

2309
00:48:28,368 --> 00:48:29,187
there are a lot of people

2310
00:48:29,187 --> 00:48:30,005
who love

2311
00:48:30,005 --> 00:48:30,798
booster clubs,

2312
00:48:30,798 --> 00:48:31,796
who want to do

2313
00:48:31,796 --> 00:48:32,793
good things for kids

2314
00:48:32,793 --> 00:48:33,612
, and they do

2315
00:48:33,612 --> 00:48:34,481
amazing

2316
00:48:34,481 --> 00:48:35,531
things for kids. But, you know, I've

2317
00:48:35,531 --> 00:48:36,719
just heard from

2318
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:37,375
several

2319
00:48:37,375 --> 00:48:38,188
businesses, "

2320
00:48:38,188 --> 00:48:39,032
How many more are you

2321
00:48:39,032 --> 00:48:39,751
going to keep

2322
00:48:39,751 --> 00:48:44,411
coming?" And don't

2323
00:48:44,443 --> 00:48:45,657
the community and the business understand

2324
00:48:45,657 --> 00:48:46,710
that these individual

2325
00:48:46,710 --> 00:48:47,732
groups are not a school,

2326
00:48:47,732 --> 00:48:48,530
so we're not

2327
00:48:48,530 --> 00:48:49,552
necessarily even

2328
00:48:49,552 --> 00:48:50,733
participating in what

2329
00:48:50,733 --> 00:48:51,947
these sponsors are doing,

2330
00:48:51,947 --> 00:48:57,237
but they just think it's a

2331
00:48:57,237 --> 00:48:58,635
school, right?

2332
00:48:58,635 --> 00:48:59,769
And in a way

2333
00:48:59,769 --> 00:49:00,935
it is, I think, and I

2334
00:49:00,935 --> 00:49:01,908
think, I don't know if

2335
00:49:01,908 --> 00:49:03,204
it's just

2336
00:49:03,204 --> 00:49:04,241
economic

2337
00:49:04,241 --> 00:49:05,472
conditions or what

2338
00:49:05,472 --> 00:49:06,639
, but for me it's

2339
00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:07,838
difficult because I

2340
00:49:07,838 --> 00:49:09,102
don't want to limit

2341
00:49:09,102 --> 00:49:10,366
people, right? Because

2342
00:49:10,366 --> 00:49:11,526
I think they

2343
00:49:11,526 --> 00:49:12,749
do good things,

2344
00:49:12,749 --> 00:49:14,005
but if it can be

2345
00:49:14,005 --> 00:49:15,133
limited in any way, I don't

2346
00:49:15,133 --> 00:49:16,195
know if it can be

2347
00:49:16,195 --> 00:49:17,433
done. Yes, I think that would be

2348
00:49:17,433 --> 00:49:18,649
more

2349
00:49:18,649 --> 00:49:19,092
important.

2350
00:49:19,092 --> 00:49:20,163
There is this aspect,

2351
00:49:20,163 --> 00:49:21,435
the frequency and rhythm of our

2352
00:49:21,435 --> 00:49:22,453
work. So,

2353
00:49:22,453 --> 00:49:23,675
first one or two

2354
00:49:23,675 --> 00:49:24,832
sponsors, then three

2355
00:49:24,832 --> 00:49:25,958
or four, and then

2356
00:49:25,958 --> 00:49:27,147
fundraising for this and

2357
00:49:27,147 --> 00:49:28,444
that.

2358
00:49:28,444 --> 00:49:29,772
I have heard such reviews too. Just:

2359
00:49:29,772 --> 00:49:30,819
"Hey, there's..." There's

2360
00:49:30,819 --> 00:49:31,517
a lot

2361
00:49:31,517 --> 00:49:32,943
going on here. We are happy and

2362
00:49:32,943 --> 00:49:34,315
they are very generous. It's

2363
00:49:34,315 --> 00:49:35,074
just that we

2364
00:49:35,074 --> 00:49:35,865
might not have a

2365
00:49:35,865 --> 00:49:37,036
schedule, and maybe

2366
00:49:37,036 --> 00:49:37,922
they want to

2367
00:49:37,922 --> 00:49:39,093
donate to

2368
00:49:39,093 --> 00:49:40,328
something but they miss it

2369
00:49:40,328 --> 00:49:42,068
or don't get

2370
00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:43,856
the information in a timely manner. So

2371
00:49:43,856 --> 00:49:44,850
something

2372
00:49:44,850 --> 00:49:46,475
new appears. And these groups in

2373
00:49:46,475 --> 00:49:47,675
the community think, “Oh

2374
00:49:47,675 --> 00:49:48,290
, I need to

2375
00:49:48,290 --> 00:49:49,028
reach out to the

2376
00:49:49,028 --> 00:49:49,766
community and

2377
00:49:49,766 --> 00:49:51,267
ask for this.” Is

2378
00:49:51,267 --> 00:49:52,549
there anything within

2379
00:49:52,549 --> 00:49:53,864
the school that we can do to

2380
00:49:53,864 --> 00:49:56,199
help them? Right. Yes, or

2381
00:49:56,199 --> 00:49:57,420
are there any funds

2382
00:49:57,420 --> 00:49:58,478
here? I'm not saying

2383
00:49:58,478 --> 00:49:59,539
that we should, you know,

2384
00:49:59,539 --> 00:50:00,442
pay them out, but is there

2385
00:50:00,442 --> 00:50:01,477
something within the

2386
00:50:01,477 --> 00:50:02,380
school that will help

2387
00:50:02,380 --> 00:50:03,256
organize this,

2388
00:50:03,256 --> 00:50:04,079
like, "Hey, we

2389
00:50:04,079 --> 00:50:05,008
talked about this,

2390
00:50:05,008 --> 00:50:05,724
we had a list of

2391
00:50:05,724 --> 00:50:06,760
fundraising events

2392
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:07,662
, we read

2393
00:50:07,662 --> 00:50:07,922
it

2394
00:50:07,922 --> 00:50:09,321
two months ago?"

2395
00:50:09,321 --> 00:50:10,040
And can we

2396
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:11,210
release it to the

2397
00:50:11,210 --> 00:50:12,349
community and say, "

2398
00:50:12,349 --> 00:50:13,464
Hey, this is what's going to happen.

2399
00:50:13,464 --> 00:50:14,598
You have an event

2400
00:50:14,598 --> 00:50:15,732
you like,

2401
00:50:15,732 --> 00:50:16,554
here's the schedule

2402
00:50:16,554 --> 00:50:17,122
we're

2403
00:50:17,122 --> 00:50:18,227
going to put together

2404
00:50:18,227 --> 00:50:18,413
."

2405
00:50:18,413 --> 00:50:19,076
But this list is about

2406
00:50:19,076 --> 00:50:20,036
fundraising events

2407
00:50:20,036 --> 00:50:20,968
, right? These are

2408
00:50:20,968 --> 00:50:21,689
just school

2409
00:50:21,689 --> 00:50:22,626
fundraising events

2410
00:50:22,626 --> 00:50:23,714
, right? These are not

2411
00:50:23,714 --> 00:50:24,588
support clubs,

2412
00:50:24,588 --> 00:50:25,858
which I do

2413
00:50:25,958 --> 00:50:26,594
n't think we want

2414
00:50:26,594 --> 00:50:27,744
to use the money

2415
00:50:27,744 --> 00:50:28,683
from these clubs, but

2416
00:50:28,683 --> 00:50:30,622
simply approve the

2417
00:50:30,652 --> 00:50:31,833
money that comes from them, which gives them an

2418
00:50:31,833 --> 00:50:32,802
excuse to do

2419
00:50:32,802 --> 00:50:34,636
fundraising.

2420
00:50:34,636 --> 00:50:35,987
And this...can the school

2421
00:50:35,987 --> 00:50:37,095
regulate

2422
00:50:37,095 --> 00:50:38,169
any of this? We

2423
00:50:38,169 --> 00:50:39,609
could.

2424
00:50:39,609 --> 00:50:40,750
ask

2425
00:50:40,750 --> 00:50:41,801
them, and we did ask the

2426
00:50:41,801 --> 00:50:42,940
support clubs. We

2427
00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:43,521
asked the

2428
00:50:43,521 --> 00:50:44,627
parent committee of the

2429
00:50:44,627 --> 00:50:45,540
educational

2430
00:50:45,540 --> 00:50:46,592
foundation, and here it is...What

2431
00:50:46,592 --> 00:50:47,786
was it? Last year

2432
00:50:47,786 --> 00:50:49,648
or the year before?

2433
00:50:49,677 --> 00:50:50,646
Some groups came to us

2434
00:50:50,646 --> 00:50:51,644
to present

2435
00:50:51,644 --> 00:50:52,525
their financial

2436
00:50:52,525 --> 00:50:53,800
reports. They have to...

2437
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:55,232
What? Once a year?

2438
00:50:55,232 --> 00:50:56,823
Yes, we should. We don't...I would

2439
00:50:56,823 --> 00:50:57,901
say that we could

2440
00:50:57,901 --> 00:50:58,687
...There is

2441
00:50:58,687 --> 00:50:59,561
room for

2442
00:50:59,561 --> 00:51:00,215
improvement here.

2443
00:51:00,215 --> 00:51:04,361
Certainly.

2444
00:51:04,361 --> 00:51:05,517
This is to invite these

2445
00:51:05,517 --> 00:51:06,267
groups, but we

2446
00:51:06,267 --> 00:51:07,267
only involved the

2447
00:51:07,267 --> 00:51:08,486
parent committee

2448
00:51:08,486 --> 00:51:09,517
, the educational

2449
00:51:09,517 --> 00:51:12,350
foundation. We did not

2450
00:51:12,350 --> 00:51:15,002
involve, for example,

2451
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:16,347
baseball, football,

2452
00:51:16,347 --> 00:51:17,462
volleyball, etc. support clubs.

2453
00:51:17,462 --> 00:51:18,653
Some of them are

2454
00:51:18,653 --> 00:51:19,883
very young, and

2455
00:51:19,883 --> 00:51:21,036
some of them are very

2456
00:51:21,036 --> 00:51:22,835
strong,

2457
00:51:22,835 --> 00:51:24,308
they collect a lot of money,

2458
00:51:24,308 --> 00:51:26,435
right?

2459
00:51:26,435 --> 00:51:27,506
And so if we

2460
00:51:27,506 --> 00:51:28,415
have these

2461
00:51:28,415 --> 00:51:29,486
conversations with the leaders of

2462
00:51:29,486 --> 00:51:30,752
these groups, like,

2463
00:51:30,752 --> 00:51:31,985
"Here are our concerns and the

2464
00:51:31,985 --> 00:51:33,219
concerns we're

2465
00:51:33,219 --> 00:51:34,452
hearing from the community,

2466
00:51:34,452 --> 00:51:35,491
" maybe that's a

2467
00:51:35,491 --> 00:51:36,400
good way to

2468
00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:37,439
start; but still,

2469
00:51:37,439 --> 00:51:38,510
you need to train them to

2470
00:51:38,510 --> 00:51:39,224
come and

2471
00:51:39,224 --> 00:51:40,198
talk to the

2472
00:51:40,198 --> 00:51:41,269
board, and make them

2473
00:51:41,269 --> 00:51:42,243
understand that if

2474
00:51:42,243 --> 00:51:43,314
the school board doesn't

2475
00:51:43,314 --> 00:51:44,028
accept your

2476
00:51:44,028 --> 00:51:45,262
donations, you have

2477
00:51:45,262 --> 00:51:45,911
no reason to

2478
00:51:45,911 --> 00:51:47,919
exist. Yes. Yes.

2479
00:51:47,919 --> 00:51:50,673
And I know that

2480
00:51:50,673 --> 00:51:51,964
I personally participated and

2481
00:51:51,964 --> 00:51:53,017
tried myself in

2482
00:51:53,017 --> 00:51:55,367
many of these groups.

2483
00:51:55,367 --> 00:51:56,569
But I know a lot

2484
00:51:56,569 --> 00:51:57,613
of them have a

2485
00:51:57,613 --> 00:51:58,784
hard time finding an

2486
00:51:58,784 --> 00:51:59,543
opportunity to be

2487
00:51:59,543 --> 00:52:00,714
like, "Okay, I

2488
00:52:00,714 --> 00:52:01,885
know this group is going to be

2489
00:52:01,885 --> 00:52:02,708
asking for

2490
00:52:02,708 --> 00:52:03,878
donations at this

2491
00:52:03,878 --> 00:52:04,669
time, or they're

2492
00:52:04,669 --> 00:52:05,492
having their

2493
00:52:05,492 --> 00:52:06,726
event, so

2494
00:52:06,726 --> 00:52:07,865
let's not

2495
00:52:07,865 --> 00:52:09,068
disturb them, and we don't

2496
00:52:09,068 --> 00:52:09,701
want that," and

2497
00:52:09,701 --> 00:52:10,460
reach out to the

2498
00:52:10,460 --> 00:52:11,620
community. I know

2499
00:52:11,620 --> 00:52:12,623
a lot of groups are

2500
00:52:12,623 --> 00:52:13,597
very shy about how

2501
00:52:13,597 --> 00:52:14,539
often the

2502
00:52:14,539 --> 00:52:15,269
community and

2503
00:52:15,269 --> 00:52:16,060
businesses,

2504
00:52:16,060 --> 00:52:17,063
especially local ones,

2505
00:52:17,063 --> 00:52:18,432
are approached for

2506
00:52:18,462 --> 00:52:19,375
donations

2507
00:52:19,375 --> 00:52:20,469
because I think

2508
00:52:20,469 --> 00:52:21,625
a lot of these groups are

2509
00:52:21,625 --> 00:52:22,811
very aware of, "

2510
00:52:22,811 --> 00:52:24,605
Wow, we were just

2511
00:52:24,636 --> 00:52:25,579
talking to

2512
00:52:25,579 --> 00:52:26,795
these guys about this a few months ago

2513
00:52:26,795 --> 00:52:27,952
." Or this group

2514
00:52:27,952 --> 00:52:28,996
literally spoke to

2515
00:52:28,996 --> 00:52:29,826
them a couple of weeks

2516
00:52:29,826 --> 00:52:30,710
ago, and now we're

2517
00:52:30,710 --> 00:52:31,272
going to

2518
00:52:31,272 --> 00:52:32,102
reach out to them

2519
00:52:32,102 --> 00:52:35,283
again. So I

2520
00:52:35,283 --> 00:52:36,335
think it

2521
00:52:36,335 --> 00:52:37,266
might be

2522
00:52:37,266 --> 00:52:38,287
helpful for these groups to have

2523
00:52:38,287 --> 00:52:39,008
some sort of

2524
00:52:39,008 --> 00:52:39,879
organized

2525
00:52:39,879 --> 00:52:40,841
list or something

2526
00:52:40,841 --> 00:52:41,862
like that so that they don't

2527
00:52:41,862 --> 00:52:43,064
disturb others because

2528
00:52:43,064 --> 00:52:43,965
they don't

2529
00:52:43,965 --> 00:52:47,873
want to.

2530
00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:48,852
And even make a

2531
00:52:48,852 --> 00:52:49,862
schedule, for example,

2532
00:52:49,862 --> 00:52:51,031
if you play

2533
00:52:51,031 --> 00:52:52,010
any kind of

2534
00:52:52,010 --> 00:52:52,894
ball sport,

2535
00:52:52,894 --> 00:52:54,158
try to hold a

2536
00:52:54,158 --> 00:52:55,295
fundraiser in the summer,

2537
00:52:55,295 --> 00:52:57,504
before the start of the season.

2538
00:52:57,504 --> 00:52:58,378
I understand that you can't

2539
00:52:58,378 --> 00:52:59,300
do it

2540
00:52:59,300 --> 00:53:00,004
during the season

2541
00:53:00,004 --> 00:53:00,927
because you need

2542
00:53:00,927 --> 00:53:01,825
those funds

2543
00:53:01,825 --> 00:53:02,602
for that season, but,

2544
00:53:02,602 --> 00:53:03,452
you know, maybe you

2545
00:53:03,452 --> 00:53:04,399
should think about

2546
00:53:04,399 --> 00:53:05,297
not

2547
00:53:05,297 --> 00:53:05,977
fundraising

2548
00:53:05,977 --> 00:53:06,851
all year round or something like that

2549
00:53:06,851 --> 00:53:07,768
. Don't

2550
00:53:07,768 --> 00:53:10,137
know. There

2551
00:53:10,137 --> 00:53:10,753
are also

2552
00:53:10,753 --> 00:53:11,597
thoughts about

2553
00:53:11,597 --> 00:53:12,311
passive and

2554
00:53:12,311 --> 00:53:13,415
aggressive

2555
00:53:13,415 --> 00:53:15,452
fundraising.

2556
00:53:15,452 --> 00:53:16,392
Yeah.

2557
00:53:16,392 --> 00:53:17,486
When you talk about

2558
00:53:17,486 --> 00:53:18,612
sending letters to all the

2559
00:53:18,612 --> 00:53:20,435
businesses in the city. Yes.

2560
00:53:20,535 --> 00:53:21,543
Or about going door-to-door to

2561
00:53:21,543 --> 00:53:22,178
all

2562
00:53:22,178 --> 00:53:23,071
businesses, this is a

2563
00:53:23,071 --> 00:53:24,123
more aggressive

2564
00:53:24,123 --> 00:53:25,596
approach. Yes. But if

2565
00:53:25,596 --> 00:53:26,727
you have a passive approach,

2566
00:53:26,727 --> 00:53:27,773
like, "Hey, we're here and we're

2567
00:53:27,773 --> 00:53:28,366
going to

2568
00:53:28,366 --> 00:53:29,428
offer a service.

2569
00:53:29,428 --> 00:53:30,147
If you want to

2570
00:53:30,147 --> 00:53:30,866
get

2571
00:53:30,866 --> 00:53:31,419
involved,

2572
00:53:31,419 --> 00:53:31,874
yeah,

2573
00:53:31,874 --> 00:53:32,591
maybe we

2574
00:53:32,591 --> 00:53:33,581
just need to rethink

2575
00:53:33,581 --> 00:53:34,372
some of our

2576
00:53:34,372 --> 00:53:35,116
fundraising methods.

2577
00:53:35,116 --> 00:53:35,773
I really

2578
00:53:35,773 --> 00:53:36,613
like this. Yes.

2579
00:53:36,713 --> 00:53:37,591
I think football

2580
00:53:37,591 --> 00:53:38,783
does good things,

2581
00:53:38,783 --> 00:53:39,881
you know, with boxes and

2582
00:53:39,881 --> 00:53:41,168
burgers. That is what

2583
00:53:41,168 --> 00:53:42,125
people need. Do

2584
00:53:42,125 --> 00:53:43,235
you understand? Yes.

2585
00:53:43,335 --> 00:53:44,279
But they don't knock on

2586
00:53:44,279 --> 00:53:45,054
people's doors.

2587
00:53:45,054 --> 00:53:45,549
Right.

2588
00:53:45,549 --> 00:53:46,671
Well, there's something to be

2589
00:53:46,671 --> 00:53:47,710
said about

2590
00:53:47,710 --> 00:53:48,721
whether people need it

2591
00:53:48,721 --> 00:53:49,675
or whether people

2592
00:53:49,675 --> 00:53:50,846
will buy it anyway. And

2593
00:53:50,846 --> 00:53:52,029
that's why they will

2594
00:53:52,029 --> 00:53:52,632
buy it.

2595
00:53:52,632 --> 00:53:53,645
I've always enjoyed

2596
00:53:53,645 --> 00:53:54,439
raising money for

2597
00:53:54,439 --> 00:53:55,251
rock salt. Yes.

2598
00:53:55,251 --> 00:53:56,303
Me too.

2599
00:53:56,303 --> 00:53:57,176
This is what came to my

2600
00:53:57,176 --> 00:53:57,584
mind.

2601
00:53:57,584 --> 00:53:58,235
You take bags of

2602
00:53:58,235 --> 00:53:58,887
salt from the basement and

2603
00:53:58,887 --> 00:53:59,254
you can

2604
00:53:59,254 --> 00:53:59,864
use it. Yes.

2605
00:53:59,864 --> 00:54:01,097
Yeah. This teaches

2606
00:54:01,097 --> 00:54:01,919
children that

2607
00:54:01,919 --> 00:54:02,621
they will

2608
00:54:02,621 --> 00:54:03,189
buy it anyway.

2609
00:54:03,189 --> 00:54:04,325
Fundraising. And

2610
00:54:04,325 --> 00:54:04,831
you know, there was one

2611
00:54:04,831 --> 00:54:05,438
such case when a

2612
00:54:05,438 --> 00:54:05,944
wrestling club

2613
00:54:05,944 --> 00:54:06,618
held something similar.

2614
00:54:06,618 --> 00:54:07,020
I

2615
00:54:07,020 --> 00:54:07,912
just wanted to say,

2616
00:54:07,912 --> 00:54:08,920
raking leaves. Yes.

2617
00:54:09,020 --> 00:54:09,936
Cleaning leaves.

2618
00:54:09,936 --> 00:54:10,805
So I think we

2619
00:54:10,805 --> 00:54:11,724
can help with that,

2620
00:54:11,724 --> 00:54:12,569
or maybe we

2621
00:54:12,569 --> 00:54:13,488
can just start

2622
00:54:13,488 --> 00:54:14,432
saying, "Look,

2623
00:54:14,432 --> 00:54:15,603
we have a lot of work to do. What is the

2624
00:54:15,603 --> 00:54:17,348
schedule? Should we

2625
00:54:17,348 --> 00:54:18,469
just get everyone in

2626
00:54:18,469 --> 00:54:19,477
one room and

2627
00:54:19,477 --> 00:54:20,110
talk it out?

2628
00:54:20,110 --> 00:54:20,983
Yes, I think that by

2629
00:54:20,983 --> 00:54:22,068
getting everyone in one

2630
00:54:22,068 --> 00:54:23,183
room, regardless

2631
00:54:23,183 --> 00:54:24,057
of what that

2632
00:54:24,057 --> 00:54:25,142
looks like outside of school,

2633
00:54:25,142 --> 00:54:26,137
we can certainly

2634
00:54:26,137 --> 00:54:27,282
regulate what the

2635
00:54:27,282 --> 00:54:28,186
school does, but it's

2636
00:54:28,186 --> 00:54:29,030
important to involve

2637
00:54:29,030 --> 00:54:29,971
other groups. Take a

2638
00:54:29,971 --> 00:54:31,202
different perspective

2639
00:54:31,202 --> 00:54:32,086
on

2640
00:54:32,086 --> 00:54:33,317
community needs, especially

2641
00:54:33,317 --> 00:54:33,886
during difficult

2642
00:54:33,886 --> 00:54:35,026
economic

2643
00:54:35,026 --> 00:54:35,644
times.

2644
00:54:35,644 --> 00:54:36,639
Good idea. Yes.

2645
00:54:36,639 --> 00:54:38,052
Or even in general,

2646
00:54:38,052 --> 00:54:39,124
even if not, it is a

2647
00:54:39,124 --> 00:54:40,359
question of needs

2648
00:54:40,359 --> 00:54:41,675
and desires. You don't want to get

2649
00:54:41,675 --> 00:54:42,937
too involved in

2650
00:54:42,937 --> 00:54:43,946
fundraising, and

2651
00:54:43,946 --> 00:54:44,988
soon you'll find yourself

2652
00:54:44,988 --> 00:54:46,124
donating

2653
00:54:46,124 --> 00:54:46,913
money for these

2654
00:54:46,913 --> 00:54:47,581
luxury

2655
00:54:47,581 --> 00:54:49,148
items. Good idea.

2656
00:54:49,148 --> 00:54:50,370
Um, anything,

2657
00:54:50,370 --> 00:54:51,095
you know, a

2658
00:54:51,095 --> 00:54:52,547
first-class uniform

2659
00:54:52,547 --> 00:54:54,615
or something. Yes. Yes. Yes.

2660
00:54:55,117 --> 00:54:56,195
I mean, so that makes

2661
00:54:56,195 --> 00:54:57,551
sense

2662
00:54:57,551 --> 00:54:57,686
.

2663
00:54:57,686 --> 00:54:58,865
For some of these

2664
00:54:58,865 --> 00:54:59,779
support groups,

2665
00:54:59,779 --> 00:55:00,928
could this be something

2666
00:55:00,928 --> 00:55:01,724
like a

2667
00:55:01,724 --> 00:55:02,815
fundraiser that happens more than just every two

2668
00:55:02,815 --> 00:55:04,067
years? Does

2669
00:55:04,067 --> 00:55:04,807
this have to be

2670
00:55:04,807 --> 00:55:05,744
every year? I mean

2671
00:55:05,744 --> 00:55:06,441
, I think it would be

2672
00:55:06,441 --> 00:55:07,138
different

2673
00:55:07,138 --> 00:55:07,900
if it was, like, a

2674
00:55:07,900 --> 00:55:08,771
baseball group and

2675
00:55:08,771 --> 00:55:09,490
they wanted to raise

2676
00:55:09,490 --> 00:55:10,165
funds for their

2677
00:55:10,165 --> 00:55:11,028
trip to Florida.

2678
00:55:11,028 --> 00:55:11,668
Apparently this

2679
00:55:11,668 --> 00:55:12,539
happens every

2680
00:55:12,539 --> 00:55:13,460
year. That's probably a

2681
00:55:13,460 --> 00:55:14,399
different category, but

2682
00:55:14,399 --> 00:55:15,361
for some other

2683
00:55:15,361 --> 00:55:16,225
groups, could it

2684
00:55:16,225 --> 00:55:17,190
be every two years?

2685
00:55:17,190 --> 00:55:18,379
You know, I mean, do

2686
00:55:18,379 --> 00:55:19,415
we need new

2687
00:55:19,415 --> 00:55:20,461
jerseys every year?

2688
00:55:20,461 --> 00:55:21,840
Do you know what I mean?

2689
00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:22,979
Something like this,

2690
00:55:22,979 --> 00:55:24,755
right?

2691
00:55:24,755 --> 00:55:25,699
Yes, I think it's an

2692
00:55:25,699 --> 00:55:26,981
analysis of needs

2693
00:55:26,981 --> 00:55:28,230
and wants, and I think it would be a good

2694
00:55:28,230 --> 00:55:29,849
idea to

2695
00:55:29,883 --> 00:55:30,625
narrow it down a little bit and

2696
00:55:30,625 --> 00:55:31,570
present it to the board

2697
00:55:31,570 --> 00:55:32,818
and

2698
00:55:32,818 --> 00:55:34,033
explain what

2699
00:55:34,033 --> 00:55:35,315
exactly the

2700
00:55:35,315 --> 00:55:36,730
fundraising is for.

2701
00:55:36,730 --> 00:55:37,203
Yeah.

2702
00:55:37,203 --> 00:55:38,344
What are we doing? Are we

2703
00:55:38,344 --> 00:55:39,268
simply raising

2704
00:55:39,268 --> 00:55:40,408
funds for the sake of raising

2705
00:55:40,408 --> 00:55:41,394
funds, or do we

2706
00:55:41,394 --> 00:55:42,442
have a specific

2707
00:55:42,442 --> 00:55:43,397
goal and purpose

2708
00:55:43,397 --> 00:55:44,353
that we will

2709
00:55:44,353 --> 00:55:45,216
use these

2710
00:55:45,216 --> 00:55:45,908
funds for?

2711
00:55:45,908 --> 00:55:47,495
Yeah, I think we were at

2712
00:55:47,495 --> 00:55:48,205
MREA when we were

2713
00:55:48,205 --> 00:55:51,078
looking at

2714
00:55:51,078 --> 00:55:51,913
the presentation about

2715
00:55:51,913 --> 00:55:52,845
the four-day

2716
00:55:52,845 --> 00:55:53,938
school week, and

2717
00:55:53,938 --> 00:55:55,159
they were talking about their

2718
00:55:55,159 --> 00:55:56,348
fundraising, and they

2719
00:55:56,348 --> 00:55:56,991
started to

2720
00:55:56,991 --> 00:55:57,923
limit it, and they

2721
00:55:57,923 --> 00:55:59,176
only did one thing, which was have a

2722
00:55:59,176 --> 00:56:00,140
color

2723
00:56:00,140 --> 00:56:00,594
run.

2724
00:56:00,594 --> 00:56:01,417
Yes, they did

2725
00:56:01,417 --> 00:56:02,506
four of these runs across

2726
00:56:02,506 --> 00:56:03,682
all the events

2727
00:56:03,682 --> 00:56:04,771
and they went all over the

2728
00:56:04,771 --> 00:56:06,307
school. There was another one

2729
00:56:06,307 --> 00:56:07,546
and they described it as a

2730
00:56:07,546 --> 00:56:08,086
great

2731
00:56:08,086 --> 00:56:08,881
social

2732
00:56:08,881 --> 00:56:11,762
event. People

2733
00:56:11,762 --> 00:56:12,824
had fun and it

2734
00:56:12,824 --> 00:56:13,820
raised

2735
00:56:13,820 --> 00:56:14,882
more money than

2736
00:56:14,882 --> 00:56:16,110
any other group had

2737
00:56:16,110 --> 00:56:17,371
ever raised,

2738
00:56:17,371 --> 00:56:18,399
and they raised that

2739
00:56:18,399 --> 00:56:19,362
money and asked

2740
00:56:19,362 --> 00:56:20,457
the coaches to come and

2741
00:56:20,457 --> 00:56:22,563
spend it.

2742
00:56:22,563 --> 00:56:23,582
They ended up having

2743
00:56:23,582 --> 00:56:24,492
too much money,

2744
00:56:24,492 --> 00:56:25,186
and all the other

2745
00:56:25,186 --> 00:56:26,096
students, because

2746
00:56:26,096 --> 00:56:27,030
the community thought,

2747
00:56:27,030 --> 00:56:27,964
"Oh, only four times

2748
00:56:27,964 --> 00:56:29,137
a year? "They won't

2749
00:56:29,137 --> 00:56:31,271
ask

2750
00:56:31,271 --> 00:56:32,514
Joel for cookies or

2751
00:56:32,514 --> 00:56:33,811
anything else later, will they?" You know,

2752
00:56:33,811 --> 00:56:34,746
there are these four

2753
00:56:34,746 --> 00:56:35,826
events. They are

2754
00:56:35,826 --> 00:56:36,825
public. They

2755
00:56:36,825 --> 00:56:38,185
happen every year

2756
00:56:38,185 --> 00:56:39,911
and groups have to

2757
00:56:39,911 --> 00:56:41,161
submit petitions, they

2758
00:56:41,161 --> 00:56:42,346
need a certain

2759
00:56:42,346 --> 00:56:43,631
amount of money, okay?

2760
00:56:43,631 --> 00:56:44,855
This is a great idea.

2761
00:56:44,855 --> 00:56:47,323
This is the schedule. Yes,

2762
00:56:47,323 --> 00:56:48,343
it was a slightly

2763
00:56:48,343 --> 00:56:49,363
different situation

2764
00:56:49,363 --> 00:56:50,580
because they had a

2765
00:56:50,580 --> 00:56:51,831
huge area in terms

2766
00:56:51,831 --> 00:56:52,489
of

2767
00:56:52,489 --> 00:56:54,575
territory. It was not a

2768
00:56:54,575 --> 00:56:55,691
big school, but it had

2769
00:56:55,691 --> 00:56:56,769
a lot of students,

2770
00:56:56,769 --> 00:56:58,220
so they gathered

2771
00:56:58,220 --> 00:56:59,634
everyone in one place 400

2772
00:56:59,634 --> 00:57:01,011
times a year, and it was

2773
00:57:01,011 --> 00:57:02,222
successful for them.

2774
00:57:02,222 --> 00:57:04,127
Well, there is something to be said about

2775
00:57:04,158 --> 00:57:05,189
bringing everyone together in a

2776
00:57:05,189 --> 00:57:05,945
community.

2777
00:57:05,945 --> 00:57:08,094
Absolutely right. So what

2778
00:57:08,094 --> 00:57:09,058
you're

2779
00:57:09,058 --> 00:57:10,387
talking about was just an

2780
00:57:10,387 --> 00:57:11,350
internal school

2781
00:57:11,350 --> 00:57:13,472
fundraiser. So

2782
00:57:13,472 --> 00:57:14,581
, like, there

2783
00:57:14,581 --> 00:57:15,067
were

2784
00:57:15,067 --> 00:57:16,141
no sponsors,

2785
00:57:16,141 --> 00:57:16,579
right? There were

2786
00:57:16,579 --> 00:57:17,588
n't any at school.

2787
00:57:17,588 --> 00:57:18,098
So, there

2788
00:57:18,098 --> 00:57:18,933
were no sponsors

2789
00:57:18,933 --> 00:57:19,728
because... Well,

2790
00:57:19,728 --> 00:57:20,453
they simply do

2791
00:57:20,453 --> 00:57:21,328
n't have sponsors.

2792
00:57:21,328 --> 00:57:22,169
Yes, sports

2793
00:57:22,169 --> 00:57:23,361
teams unite

2794
00:57:23,361 --> 00:57:24,725
them all into one group,

2795
00:57:24,725 --> 00:57:25,030
where there are

2796
00:57:25,030 --> 00:57:26,113
no sponsors, there is

2797
00:57:26,113 --> 00:57:27,266
only one group,

2798
00:57:27,266 --> 00:57:28,582
we will share, we

2799
00:57:28,582 --> 00:57:29,763
will...You understand?

2800
00:57:29,763 --> 00:57:30,774
And some schools

2801
00:57:30,774 --> 00:57:31,600
have only one

2802
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:32,100
sponsor.

2803
00:57:32,100 --> 00:57:32,606
Right. Yes.

2804
00:57:32,606 --> 00:57:33,894
that's right.

2805
00:57:33,894 --> 00:57:34,964
And then different groups

2806
00:57:34,964 --> 00:57:36,009
have to apply

2807
00:57:36,009 --> 00:57:37,138
to this group. It's the

2808
00:57:37,138 --> 00:57:38,140
same principle. Yes.

2809
00:57:38,387 --> 00:57:39,752
Money, you see.

2810
00:57:39,752 --> 00:57:40,997
It's just interesting

2811
00:57:40,997 --> 00:57:41,776
because you

2812
00:57:41,776 --> 00:57:42,710
run into the

2813
00:57:42,710 --> 00:57:43,955
problem of who does

2814
00:57:43,955 --> 00:57:45,108
more work and who

2815
00:57:45,108 --> 00:57:46,742
doesn't. Yes, a group

2816
00:57:46,742 --> 00:57:48,143
project. There is

2817
00:57:48,143 --> 00:57:49,382
something good about this. Well,

2818
00:57:49,382 --> 00:57:50,391
this year they are giving

2819
00:57:50,391 --> 00:57:51,104
more money

2820
00:57:51,104 --> 00:57:51,905
to volleyball than to

2821
00:57:51,905 --> 00:57:52,451
football. Yes.

2822
00:57:52,451 --> 00:57:53,843
good.

2823
00:57:53,843 --> 00:57:54,840
Yes, that brings

2824
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:55,867
its own

2825
00:57:55,867 --> 00:57:56,632
problem, but

2826
00:57:56,632 --> 00:57:57,759
you know, some

2827
00:57:57,759 --> 00:57:58,798
sports just

2828
00:57:58,798 --> 00:57:59,747
require more

2829
00:57:59,747 --> 00:58:00,500
money.

2830
00:58:00,500 --> 00:58:01,164
I think

2831
00:58:01,164 --> 00:58:02,251
basketball is pretty

2832
00:58:02,251 --> 00:58:03,187
easy to maintain,

2833
00:58:03,187 --> 00:58:04,356
right? It doesn't

2834
00:58:04,356 --> 00:58:05,606
take much to do this,

2835
00:58:05,606 --> 00:58:06,823
while volleyball and

2836
00:58:06,823 --> 00:58:07,848
football are probably

2837
00:58:07,848 --> 00:58:09,131
different. It

2838
00:58:09,131 --> 00:58:09,925
will all depend on

2839
00:58:09,925 --> 00:58:10,454
how you

2840
00:58:10,454 --> 00:58:10,959
manage

2841
00:58:10,959 --> 00:58:11,565
the program.

2842
00:58:11,565 --> 00:58:12,624
Yeah, I could

2843
00:58:12,624 --> 00:58:13,711
spend $20,000 pretty quickly

2844
00:58:13,711 --> 00:58:14,285
.

2845
00:58:14,285 --> 00:58:15,535
Yes, I heard about it.

2846
00:58:15,535 --> 00:58:15,980
This is how it

2847
00:58:15,980 --> 00:58:16,693
should be.

2848
00:58:16,693 --> 00:58:17,766
Yes, yes, that's right.

2849
00:58:17,766 --> 00:58:18,432
You see, on the other

2850
00:58:18,432 --> 00:58:19,155
hand, I think it's

2851
00:58:19,155 --> 00:58:19,898
probably about

2852
00:58:19,898 --> 00:58:20,526
how you manage

2853
00:58:20,526 --> 00:58:21,154
your program,

2854
00:58:21,154 --> 00:58:21,817
right? For example,

2855
00:58:21,817 --> 00:58:22,742
it can be

2856
00:58:22,761 --> 00:58:23,432
reused, right?

2857
00:58:23,432 --> 00:58:24,183
Can we

2858
00:58:24,183 --> 00:58:24,880
minimize this? Do

2859
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:25,718
we really

2860
00:58:25,718 --> 00:58:26,652
need a bus? I mean

2861
00:58:26,652 --> 00:58:27,569
, it's about how

2862
00:58:27,569 --> 00:58:28,417
we manage our

2863
00:58:28,417 --> 00:58:29,416
programs, right? I

2864
00:58:29,416 --> 00:58:30,489
mean, sport

2865
00:58:30,489 --> 00:58:31,742
is sport. Maybe

2866
00:58:31,742 --> 00:58:32,609
sometimes we need to

2867
00:58:32,609 --> 00:58:33,448
remember that this is a

2868
00:58:33,448 --> 00:58:35,273
school sport.

2869
00:58:35,273 --> 00:58:36,580
You know, it's school

2870
00:58:36,580 --> 00:58:37,423
sports, not

2871
00:58:37,423 --> 00:58:38,984
university sports, but that's how it is

2872
00:58:38,984 --> 00:58:40,064
.

2873
00:58:40,064 --> 00:58:40,910
I have one

2874
00:58:40,910 --> 00:58:42,038
wish that if

2875
00:58:42,038 --> 00:58:43,103
everything lasts

2876
00:58:43,103 --> 00:58:44,294
long enough, then

2877
00:58:44,294 --> 00:58:45,600
everything will become cyclical.

2878
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:46,302
We had a lot of

2879
00:58:46,302 --> 00:58:47,292
wishes at one

2880
00:58:47,292 --> 00:58:48,021
point, and then

2881
00:58:48,021 --> 00:58:49,010
some of the

2882
00:58:49,010 --> 00:58:49,791
things that you

2883
00:58:49,791 --> 00:58:50,572
mentioned happened because of the

2884
00:58:50,572 --> 00:58:51,613
unfairness or

2885
00:58:51,613 --> 00:58:52,498
inequality in

2886
00:58:52,498 --> 00:58:53,487
where the funds were going and

2887
00:58:53,487 --> 00:58:54,499
who was requesting them.

2888
00:58:54,499 --> 00:58:56,434
Certainly. And then there's the

2889
00:58:56,434 --> 00:58:57,517
board of directors

2890
00:58:57,517 --> 00:58:58,534
who dictate whether

2891
00:58:58,534 --> 00:58:59,748
they really

2892
00:58:59,748 --> 00:59:01,692
need it or not.

2893
00:59:01,692 --> 00:59:02,327
Eventually the group

2894
00:59:02,327 --> 00:59:03,385
starts to split

2895
00:59:03,385 --> 00:59:04,020
into separate

2896
00:59:04,020 --> 00:59:05,026
units, and this

2897
00:59:05,026 --> 00:59:05,872
becomes very

2898
00:59:05,872 --> 00:59:06,772
difficult because there

2899
00:59:06,772 --> 00:59:07,830
are many

2900
00:59:07,830 --> 00:59:08,889
groups asking

2901
00:59:08,889 --> 00:59:10,925
for funding. I

2902
00:59:10,925 --> 00:59:12,166
also saw what

2903
00:59:12,166 --> 00:59:13,004
many of us

2904
00:59:13,004 --> 00:59:15,581
spend our money on. Most of the

2905
00:59:15,581 --> 00:59:16,815
funds go towards an

2906
00:59:16,815 --> 00:59:17,772
additional

2907
00:59:17,772 --> 00:59:18,945
coach and technology

2908
00:59:18,945 --> 00:59:20,026
that helps both

2909
00:59:20,026 --> 00:59:21,014
children and coaches

2910
00:59:21,014 --> 00:59:22,217
do their

2911
00:59:22,217 --> 00:59:23,728
jobs. I wouldn't

2912
00:59:23,728 --> 00:59:24,814
say that these are

2913
00:59:24,814 --> 00:59:25,394
some

2914
00:59:25,394 --> 00:59:26,807
extravagant things

2915
00:59:26,807 --> 00:59:27,749
, you know, we don't

2916
00:59:27,749 --> 00:59:29,017
choose a uniform or

2917
00:59:29,017 --> 00:59:30,322
pink gloves, I

2918
00:59:30,322 --> 00:59:31,517
don't spend $6,000 on this

2919
00:59:31,517 --> 00:59:32,894
when I can

2920
00:59:32,894 --> 00:59:34,053
get by with what I

2921
00:59:34,053 --> 00:59:35,939
have. So I would

2922
00:59:35,939 --> 00:59:37,131
say that the

2923
00:59:37,131 --> 00:59:37,947
majority of the funds

2924
00:59:37,947 --> 00:59:39,171
go towards good

2925
00:59:39,171 --> 00:59:39,862
intentions and

2926
00:59:39,862 --> 00:59:41,054
supporting the children, that's the

2927
00:59:41,054 --> 00:59:42,310
number one priority,

2928
00:59:42,310 --> 00:59:43,502
supporting the children in their

2929
00:59:43,502 --> 00:59:45,155
program.

2930
00:59:45,155 --> 00:59:46,579
Yes, I agree. I

2931
00:59:46,579 --> 00:59:47,796
think bands

2932
00:59:47,796 --> 00:59:49,498
are fantastic. And it's

2933
00:59:49,498 --> 00:59:50,419
hard for me

2934
00:59:50,419 --> 00:59:51,555
because I don't want to

2935
00:59:51,555 --> 00:59:52,783
lose what we

2936
00:59:52,783 --> 00:59:53,581
had, which was a

2937
00:59:53,581 --> 00:59:54,410
really

2938
00:59:54,410 --> 00:59:56,570
good thing. But

2939
00:59:56,570 --> 00:59:57,246
some in the

2940
00:59:57,246 --> 00:59:58,290
community find it difficult to

2941
00:59:58,290 --> 01:00:00,175
access. Yes.

2942
01:00:00,316 --> 01:00:01,482
Well, maybe we'll

2943
01:00:01,482 --> 01:00:02,538
just start with the

2944
01:00:02,538 --> 01:00:03,743
assessment, right? From

2945
01:00:03,743 --> 01:00:04,346
the list.

2946
01:00:04,346 --> 01:00:05,675
Let's start with the list.

2947
01:00:05,675 --> 01:00:06,836
Yes, could we start with a

2948
01:00:06,836 --> 01:00:08,030
list of all the groups and

2949
01:00:08,030 --> 01:00:10,120
all the fundraising events

2950
01:00:10,153 --> 01:00:11,148
that are actively

2951
01:00:11,148 --> 01:00:12,094
running? Yeah

2952
01:00:12,094 --> 01:00:12,977
, yeah.

2953
01:00:12,977 --> 01:00:14,475
Yes, and when, right?

2954
01:00:14,475 --> 01:00:15,221
Because when the

2955
01:00:15,221 --> 01:00:16,089
school

2956
01:00:16,089 --> 01:00:16,980
year starts after summer, there are a

2957
01:00:16,980 --> 01:00:17,919
lot of fundraising events

2958
01:00:17,919 --> 01:00:18,642
, and

2959
01:00:18,642 --> 01:00:19,365
then

2960
01:00:19,365 --> 01:00:19,923
Christmas comes around. A

2961
01:00:19,923 --> 01:00:21,015
timeline and perhaps a

2962
01:00:21,015 --> 01:00:22,013
rough estimate of what

2963
01:00:22,013 --> 01:00:22,856
you

2964
01:00:22,856 --> 01:00:24,104
plan to spend

2965
01:00:24,104 --> 01:00:25,574
the funds on? So you're

2966
01:00:25,574 --> 01:00:26,597
running a

2967
01:00:26,597 --> 01:00:27,474
fundraiser X to

2968
01:00:27,474 --> 01:00:28,644
reach your

2969
01:00:28,644 --> 01:00:29,647
goal.

2970
01:00:29,647 --> 01:00:30,163
Right.

2971
01:00:30,163 --> 01:00:31,321
Yes, we'll see.

2972
01:00:31,321 --> 01:00:32,276
This is fair.

2973
01:00:32,276 --> 01:00:32,912
And we try to

2974
01:00:32,912 --> 01:00:33,384
work with

2975
01:00:33,384 --> 01:00:34,209
some of these

2976
01:00:34,209 --> 01:00:35,129
fundraising events

2977
01:00:35,129 --> 01:00:36,025
, especially the

2978
01:00:36,025 --> 01:00:36,850
school side,

2979
01:00:36,850 --> 01:00:37,746
to make sure

2980
01:00:37,746 --> 01:00:38,312
they get the

2981
01:00:38,312 --> 01:00:39,208
most bang

2982
01:00:39,208 --> 01:00:40,484
for their buck. Yes.

2983
01:00:40,484 --> 01:00:41,910
and do not give 50% of their

2984
01:00:41,910 --> 01:00:43,132
profits back to the

2985
01:00:43,132 --> 01:00:43,950
company.

2986
01:00:43,950 --> 01:00:44,758
Yes, yes.

2987
01:00:44,758 --> 01:00:45,310
Exactly.

2988
01:00:45,310 --> 01:00:46,317
And that's why it's

2989
01:00:46,317 --> 01:00:47,770
true. We try to

2990
01:00:47,770 --> 01:00:48,866
make sure that

2991
01:00:48,866 --> 01:00:49,646
we make the most of

2992
01:00:49,646 --> 01:00:54,967
their budget. Yes. Yes. Yes.

2993
01:00:57,415 --> 01:00:58,471
So what do we

2994
01:00:58,471 --> 01:00:59,835
do next?

2995
01:00:59,835 --> 01:01:00,822
Make a

2996
01:01:00,822 --> 01:01:01,324
guest list?

2997
01:01:01,324 --> 01:01:03,165
Yes, request a list. Yes.

2998
01:01:03,828 --> 01:01:04,671
I ask everyone...

2999
01:01:04,671 --> 01:01:05,820
Excuse me, who

3000
01:01:05,820 --> 01:01:06,388
does this?

3001
01:01:06,388 --> 01:01:07,490
Yes, it should be

3002
01:01:07,490 --> 01:01:08,624
something like "maybe

3003
01:01:08,624 --> 01:01:09,765
you".

3004
01:01:09,765 --> 01:01:10,858
I'm just saying it's

3005
01:01:10,858 --> 01:01:11,597
beyond my

3006
01:01:11,597 --> 01:01:12,259
understanding.

3007
01:01:12,259 --> 01:01:13,014
I don't know.

3008
01:01:13,014 --> 01:01:13,742
I try not to

3009
01:01:13,742 --> 01:01:14,646
look at Laura

3010
01:01:14,646 --> 01:01:15,350
now.

3011
01:01:15,350 --> 01:01:16,810
I just know that I,

3012
01:01:16,810 --> 01:01:17,424
you know,

3013
01:01:17,424 --> 01:01:18,533
I'd like to go back

3014
01:01:18,533 --> 01:01:19,512
and read it. Yes.

3015
01:01:19,612 --> 01:01:20,743
that's fair.

3016
01:01:20,743 --> 01:01:21,695
Not here, but

3017
01:01:21,695 --> 01:01:22,476
you need to read it

3018
01:01:22,476 --> 01:01:23,019
because at

3019
01:01:23,019 --> 01:01:23,779
the meeting you can

3020
01:01:23,779 --> 01:01:24,322
assign

3021
01:01:24,322 --> 01:01:25,212
responsibilities. Yes.

3022
01:01:25,312 --> 01:01:26,017
Exactly.

3023
01:01:26,017 --> 01:01:27,404
And it won't be...He

3024
01:01:27,404 --> 01:01:28,584
has all the contacts,

3025
01:01:28,584 --> 01:01:29,066
right?

3026
01:01:29,066 --> 01:01:30,905
Yes, Yes. Yes. He

3027
01:01:30,905 --> 01:01:31,850
probably knows

3028
01:01:31,850 --> 01:01:32,544
which

3029
01:01:32,544 --> 01:01:33,521
support clubs are responsible for what

3030
01:01:33,521 --> 01:01:34,687
, and then he

3031
01:01:34,687 --> 01:01:35,854
can call or

3032
01:01:35,854 --> 01:01:36,894
forward you this

3033
01:01:36,894 --> 01:01:37,404
information. Yes.

3034
01:01:37,404 --> 01:01:38,546
And move

3035
01:01:38,546 --> 01:01:39,015
on.

3036
01:01:39,015 --> 01:01:39,960
I think it's about

3037
01:01:39,960 --> 01:01:41,081
getting a list of

3038
01:01:41,081 --> 01:01:42,177
people. Who has the

3039
01:01:42,177 --> 01:01:43,231
actual

3040
01:01:43,231 --> 01:01:44,341
list of people

3041
01:01:44,341 --> 01:01:45,423
we need to invite

3042
01:01:45,423 --> 01:01:46,439
to the meeting? Yes.

3043
01:01:46,876 --> 01:01:48,147
Invite them to the table

3044
01:01:48,147 --> 01:01:49,321
, invite one

3045
01:01:49,321 --> 01:01:50,266
or two

3046
01:01:50,266 --> 01:01:51,277
board members to this

3047
01:01:51,277 --> 01:01:51,932
meeting.

3048
01:01:51,932 --> 01:01:52,388
Yeah.

3049
01:01:52,388 --> 01:01:53,205
Whether it's a

3050
01:01:53,205 --> 01:01:54,172
finance committee meeting

3051
01:01:54,172 --> 01:01:55,114
, or the finance people, or

3052
01:01:55,114 --> 01:01:56,006
whoever else you

3053
01:01:56,006 --> 01:01:56,973
need to tell that you

3054
01:01:56,973 --> 01:01:57,915
want to come to that

3055
01:01:57,915 --> 01:01:58,795
meeting. Let's

3056
01:01:58,795 --> 01:01:59,440
discuss

3057
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:00,324
the situation with them, as we

3058
01:02:00,324 --> 01:02:01,041
did

3059
01:02:01,041 --> 01:02:01,972
the night before, saying, "Here's

3060
01:02:01,972 --> 01:02:03,201
what's bothering us." Yes. Yes.

3061
01:02:05,183 --> 01:02:06,472
And you know, you want to, and

3062
01:02:06,472 --> 01:02:07,794
we don't want to dictate

3063
01:02:07,794 --> 01:02:08,885
what exactly you

3064
01:02:08,885 --> 01:02:09,843
do in your

3065
01:02:09,843 --> 01:02:11,133
companies or

3066
01:02:11,133 --> 01:02:11,959
support clubs, but

3067
01:02:11,959 --> 01:02:13,116
think ahead, are

3068
01:02:13,116 --> 01:02:14,207
you using

3069
01:02:14,207 --> 01:02:15,198
aggressive or

3070
01:02:15,198 --> 01:02:17,815
passive marketing?

3071
01:02:17,815 --> 01:02:18,449
Yeah.

3072
01:02:18,449 --> 01:02:19,785
Well, something like that,

3073
01:02:19,785 --> 01:02:21,054
and see

3074
01:02:21,054 --> 01:02:22,356
if we can change anyone's

3075
01:02:22,356 --> 01:02:24,204
mind. Are

3076
01:02:24,204 --> 01:02:25,015
you raising funds for the

3077
01:02:25,015 --> 01:02:26,309
right things? For

3078
01:02:26,309 --> 01:02:27,534
protective equipment,

3079
01:02:27,534 --> 01:02:28,319
such as for

3080
01:02:28,319 --> 01:02:29,425
soccer balls?

3081
01:02:29,425 --> 01:02:31,088
Seriously? Or... well,

3082
01:02:31,088 --> 01:02:32,145
I don't know, things

3083
01:02:32,145 --> 01:02:33,618
that are needed every

3084
01:02:33,618 --> 01:02:34,713
year, and not just

3085
01:02:34,713 --> 01:02:38,121
nice to have? So

3086
01:02:38,121 --> 01:02:38,989
have these

3087
01:02:38,989 --> 01:02:40,125
discussions within

3088
01:02:40,125 --> 01:02:41,361
your organizations and

3089
01:02:41,361 --> 01:02:42,497
see where

3090
01:02:42,497 --> 01:02:44,615
it leads.

3091
01:02:44,615 --> 01:02:45,776
They might hear

3092
01:02:45,776 --> 01:02:46,705
about it from

3093
01:02:46,705 --> 01:02:47,604
support clubs or

3094
01:02:47,604 --> 01:02:48,766
individual farmers and

3095
01:02:48,766 --> 01:02:49,898
say, 'I just

3096
01:02:49,898 --> 01:02:51,956
donated.' This is

3097
01:02:51,956 --> 01:02:53,071
not only for

3098
01:02:53,071 --> 01:02:53,740
us and the entire

3099
01:02:53,740 --> 01:02:54,855
community, but they

3100
01:02:54,855 --> 01:02:56,001
may also need a

3101
01:02:56,001 --> 01:02:56,575
forum for

3102
01:02:56,575 --> 01:02:57,371
collective

3103
01:02:57,371 --> 01:02:59,055
organizing.

3104
01:02:59,055 --> 01:03:00,015
Yes, because I don't

3105
01:03:00,015 --> 01:03:01,060
think they want to

3106
01:03:01,060 --> 01:03:02,093
harm anyone.

3107
01:03:02,093 --> 01:03:02,883
They don't want to

3108
01:03:02,883 --> 01:03:03,498
upset anyone in the

3109
01:03:03,498 --> 01:03:04,367
community. I

3110
01:03:04,367 --> 01:03:05,085
mean, everyone wants to

3111
01:03:05,085 --> 01:03:05,638
be on good

3112
01:03:05,638 --> 01:03:06,315
terms with each

3113
01:03:06,315 --> 01:03:07,114
other so that this whole thing

3114
01:03:07,114 --> 01:03:07,789
goes well.

3115
01:03:07,789 --> 01:03:09,001
So I'm sure

3116
01:03:09,001 --> 01:03:10,183
they're more than willing to

3117
01:03:10,183 --> 01:03:12,442
work together.

3118
01:03:12,442 --> 01:03:13,486
But these people

3119
01:03:13,486 --> 01:03:14,843
work hard too, right

3120
01:03:14,843 --> 01:03:16,523
? So they might

3121
01:03:16,523 --> 01:03:18,675
be upset.

3122
01:03:18,675 --> 01:03:19,711
The school says, "

3123
01:03:19,711 --> 01:03:21,142
Wait, wait,

3124
01:03:21,142 --> 01:03:22,286
we're doing this as

3125
01:03:22,286 --> 01:03:23,287
volunteers, and we're

3126
01:03:23,287 --> 01:03:24,880
doing it for the kids.

3127
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:26,443
What is your problem? Yes.

3128
01:03:26,543 --> 01:03:27,709
They might say something

3129
01:03:27,709 --> 01:03:28,985
like this. And...I

3130
01:03:28,985 --> 01:03:30,919
...it's hard to convince them. Yes.

3131
01:03:30,919 --> 01:03:32,441
I think they just

3132
01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:33,584
need to hear what

3133
01:03:33,584 --> 01:03:34,895
some

3134
01:03:34,895 --> 01:03:36,104
of us hear. Yes. Yes.

3135
01:03:36,204 --> 01:03:37,795
I think that's all. Yes. Yes.

3136
01:03:37,795 --> 01:03:39,008
And let them just

3137
01:03:39,008 --> 01:03:40,034
be aware. Much

3138
01:03:40,034 --> 01:03:40,528
depends on

3139
01:03:40,528 --> 01:03:41,393
awareness.

3140
01:03:41,393 --> 01:03:43,934
Right.

3141
01:03:43,934 --> 01:03:45,321
Oh, I think that's

3142
01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:46,759
very important. Just

3143
01:03:46,759 --> 01:03:47,786
stay informed. It's

3144
01:03:47,786 --> 01:03:48,621
important

3145
01:03:48,621 --> 01:03:49,488
to bring this to

3146
01:03:49,488 --> 01:03:50,451
everyone's attention and

3147
01:03:50,451 --> 01:03:51,350
then if it

3148
01:03:51,350 --> 01:03:52,121
becomes a

3149
01:03:52,121 --> 01:03:53,341
bigger problem

3150
01:03:53,341 --> 01:03:54,433
or if it

3151
01:03:54,433 --> 01:03:55,653
continues, then

3152
01:03:55,653 --> 01:03:56,585
maybe it's worth

3153
01:03:56,585 --> 01:03:57,773
thinking about taking

3154
01:03:57,773 --> 01:03:58,971
some action. Yes.

3155
01:04:00,510 --> 01:04:01,552
I think we'll say, "

3156
01:04:01,552 --> 01:04:02,721
Okay, people, now is the

3157
01:04:02,721 --> 01:04:03,580
time."

3158
01:04:03,580 --> 01:04:04,370
Yeah, because I

3159
01:04:04,370 --> 01:04:06,321
think you're going to get a lot of

3160
01:04:06,347 --> 01:04:07,375
resistance if

3161
01:04:07,375 --> 01:04:08,376
you think, "Hey, we're

3162
01:04:08,376 --> 01:04:09,378
just going to put it all in

3163
01:04:09,378 --> 01:04:10,248
one pool and

3164
01:04:10,248 --> 01:04:11,276
then set up

3165
01:04:11,276 --> 01:04:12,040
some committee

3166
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:12,725
that

3167
01:04:12,725 --> 01:04:13,700
votes on it

3168
01:04:13,700 --> 01:04:18,596
." Yes.

3169
01:04:18,596 --> 01:04:23,712
This will be a shock. This...

3170
01:04:23,712 --> 01:04:24,163
No.

3171
01:04:24,163 --> 01:04:25,907
Who knows when the

3172
01:04:25,940 --> 01:04:27,122
last one bloomed? Yes.

3173
01:04:27,411 --> 01:04:28,556
Sure. So I don't

3174
01:04:28,556 --> 01:04:29,686
think it went

3175
01:04:29,686 --> 01:04:30,980
very well. I think

3176
01:04:30,980 --> 01:04:31,994
some of these

3177
01:04:31,994 --> 01:04:33,192
meetings were quite

3178
01:04:33,192 --> 01:04:34,310
colorful. Yes. Yes.

3179
01:04:35,155 --> 01:04:35,827
you couldn't be

3180
01:04:35,827 --> 01:04:36,673
present at the

3181
01:04:36,673 --> 01:04:37,669
court hearing to

3182
01:04:37,669 --> 01:04:38,540
say you

3183
01:04:38,540 --> 01:04:39,483
did it. You were supposed to

3184
01:04:39,483 --> 01:04:40,318
present to the

3185
01:04:40,318 --> 01:04:41,361
group what you have

3186
01:04:41,361 --> 01:04:42,170
in your

3187
01:04:42,170 --> 01:04:43,213
district budget, what you have

3188
01:04:43,213 --> 01:04:43,813
in your

3189
01:04:43,813 --> 01:04:44,413
extracurricular

3190
01:04:44,413 --> 01:04:45,274
activities budget, and

3191
01:04:45,274 --> 01:04:46,234
what it is needed for. So

3192
01:04:46,234 --> 01:04:47,014
you felt a

3193
01:04:47,014 --> 01:04:47,704
little bit on

3194
01:04:47,704 --> 01:04:48,417
trial every time,

3195
01:04:48,417 --> 01:04:48,951
just to

3196
01:04:48,951 --> 01:04:49,753
get something for

3197
01:04:49,753 --> 01:04:50,343
your kids.

3198
01:04:50,343 --> 01:04:51,089
Yes, I don't want to

3199
01:04:51,089 --> 01:04:52,357
complicate things.

3200
01:04:52,357 --> 01:04:53,961
Yes, you know, that's not true.

3201
01:04:53,961 --> 01:04:54,965
And I don't want them to

3202
01:04:54,965 --> 01:04:55,970
feel like they're on

3203
01:04:55,970 --> 01:04:57,184
trial. As Luke said,

3204
01:04:57,184 --> 01:04:57,984
many of these

3205
01:04:57,984 --> 01:04:58,666
organizations

3206
01:04:58,666 --> 01:04:59,931
are run by

3207
01:04:59,931 --> 01:05:01,073
parents and just

3208
01:05:01,073 --> 01:05:02,308
people from the community

3209
01:05:02,308 --> 01:05:03,420
who donate 100% of

3210
01:05:03,420 --> 01:05:05,149
their time and

3211
01:05:05,180 --> 01:05:06,076
work very hard to

3212
01:05:06,076 --> 01:05:07,187
provide

3213
01:05:07,187 --> 01:05:07,998
opportunities for children.

3214
01:05:07,998 --> 01:05:08,531
Right.

3215
01:05:08,531 --> 01:05:10,068
And so, yeah, I don't

3216
01:05:10,068 --> 01:05:10,964
want to,

3217
01:05:10,964 --> 01:05:12,228
I think we can

3218
01:05:12,228 --> 01:05:13,558
discuss some of this,

3219
01:05:13,558 --> 01:05:14,756
you know, we get a

3220
01:05:14,756 --> 01:05:15,720
list of players

3221
01:05:15,720 --> 01:05:17,051
that are involved, but it wouldn't

3222
01:05:17,051 --> 01:05:18,182
hurt for him to

3223
01:05:18,182 --> 01:05:20,518
also meet with the

3224
01:05:20,518 --> 01:05:21,442
head coach

3225
01:05:21,442 --> 01:05:22,421
because the coaches

3226
01:05:22,421 --> 01:05:23,400
dictate to the sponsors

3227
01:05:23,400 --> 01:05:24,492
what I want for my

3228
01:05:24,492 --> 01:05:25,422
program. Yes.

3229
01:05:25,522 --> 01:05:26,366
And it will

3230
01:05:26,366 --> 01:05:28,585
avoid a lot of

3231
01:05:28,585 --> 01:05:29,345
problems from the

3232
01:05:29,345 --> 01:05:30,081
start, if it's

3233
01:05:30,081 --> 01:05:31,063
helpful to them

3234
01:05:31,063 --> 01:05:31,823
or two of them,

3235
01:05:31,823 --> 01:05:32,486
hopefully it will also

3236
01:05:32,486 --> 01:05:32,854
raise

3237
01:05:32,854 --> 01:05:33,928
awareness. My

3238
01:05:33,928 --> 01:05:34,662
program isn't the

3239
01:05:34,662 --> 01:05:35,456
only one out there

3240
01:05:35,456 --> 01:05:36,586
,

3241
01:05:36,586 --> 01:05:38,441
right? Um, but there are

3242
01:05:38,441 --> 01:05:39,351
many others.

3243
01:05:39,351 --> 01:05:44,685
Mmm. Yes.

3244
01:05:44,685 --> 01:05:45,857
Fine.

3245
01:05:45,857 --> 01:05:47,077
All agree?

3246
01:05:47,077 --> 01:05:48,008
Yeah.

3247
01:05:48,008 --> 01:05:48,963
I don't have any specific

3248
01:05:48,963 --> 01:05:50,099
plans of action, so

3249
01:05:50,199 --> 01:05:51,319
no. But I think everything

3250
01:05:51,319 --> 01:05:52,051
will be fine.

3251
01:05:52,051 --> 01:05:52,777
Well, we'll

3252
01:05:52,777 --> 01:05:53,737
work on it. Yes.

3253
01:05:53,837 --> 01:05:55,046
And at some point...

3254
01:05:55,046 --> 01:05:56,410
Yes.

3255
01:05:56,410 --> 01:05:57,497
Perhaps a couple of

3256
01:05:57,497 --> 01:05:58,312
board members will be

3257
01:05:58,312 --> 01:05:59,237
present at

3258
01:05:59,237 --> 01:06:00,297
this meeting along

3259
01:06:00,297 --> 01:06:02,841
with the sponsors. Just so they have their own

3260
01:06:02,869 --> 01:06:04,553
interest.

3261
01:06:04,553 --> 01:06:07,528
Support this.

3262
01:06:07,528 --> 01:06:08,129
Fine. Will

3263
01:06:08,129 --> 01:06:09,236
you be disqualified

3264
01:06:09,236 --> 01:06:10,122
from this meeting

3265
01:06:10,122 --> 01:06:11,063
if you are a member of

3266
01:06:11,063 --> 01:06:11,866
any

3267
01:06:11,866 --> 01:06:13,242
sponsor group?

3268
01:06:13,242 --> 01:06:14,339
Uh, if we just

3269
01:06:14,339 --> 01:06:15,308
invite the head of the

3270
01:06:15,308 --> 01:06:17,087
sponsor group...

3271
01:06:17,087 --> 01:06:17,852
How many of you

3272
01:06:17,852 --> 01:06:18,732
are in the

3273
01:06:18,732 --> 01:06:19,668
sponsor group?

3274
01:06:19,668 --> 01:06:22,565
Maybe.

3275
01:06:22,565 --> 01:06:23,675
What does it mean that

3276
01:06:23,675 --> 01:06:24,537
you will be expelled?

3277
01:06:24,537 --> 01:06:25,379
I'm in a couple,

3278
01:06:25,379 --> 01:06:26,541
so that's why... I

3279
01:06:26,541 --> 01:06:27,703
would probably say I

3280
01:06:27,703 --> 01:06:28,691
just don't want to

3281
01:06:28,691 --> 01:06:29,823
be at that meeting

3282
01:06:29,823 --> 01:06:29,953
.

3283
01:06:29,953 --> 01:06:31,139
That's what I meant

3284
01:06:31,139 --> 01:06:32,768
.

3285
01:06:32,768 --> 01:06:34,975
Fine. Good,

3286
01:06:34,975 --> 01:06:36,476
great. Well, that's all for now

3287
01:06:36,476 --> 01:06:39,599
. Besides,

3288
01:06:39,599 --> 01:06:40,997
let's... God, Laurie, I

3289
01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:42,361
told you

3290
01:06:42,361 --> 01:06:43,724
we'd be done in about an

3291
01:06:43,724 --> 01:06:45,088
hour, so we... we

3292
01:06:45,088 --> 01:06:46,346
'll keep it a

3293
01:06:46,346 --> 01:06:47,714
secret. Okay, 30

3294
01:06:47,714 --> 01:06:49,419
seconds or less, we're

3295
01:06:49,419 --> 01:06:50,808
on the line. Tim, do you have

3296
01:06:50,808 --> 01:06:51,766
anything to

3297
01:06:51,766 --> 01:06:52,863
add? Good

3298
01:06:52,863 --> 01:06:54,732
news. The

3299
01:06:54,757 --> 01:06:55,429
council will also have an

3300
01:06:55,429 --> 01:06:56,476
alumni meeting next week. This

3301
01:06:56,476 --> 01:06:57,621
should be fun.

3302
01:06:57,621 --> 01:06:58,721
Fine. Let's

3303
01:06:58,721 --> 01:06:59,456
listen. The

3304
01:06:59,456 --> 01:07:00,154
first month of the

3305
01:07:00,154 --> 01:07:01,289
school year went

3306
01:07:01,289 --> 01:07:03,045
great. There is a good atmosphere in the building

3307
01:07:03,074 --> 01:07:04,104
. There is a

3308
01:07:04,104 --> 01:07:04,944
cheerful team of

3309
01:07:04,944 --> 01:07:06,059
guys around. Very happy with how

3310
01:07:06,059 --> 01:07:07,001
everything is going.

3311
01:07:07,001 --> 01:07:08,023
Excellent staff.

3312
01:07:08,023 --> 01:07:09,240
Great kids. This is

3313
01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:09,816
cool.

3314
01:07:09,816 --> 01:07:12,259
Thank you. Josh.

3315
01:07:12,259 --> 01:07:13,195
Glad Mike

3316
01:07:13,195 --> 01:07:14,755
will be joining us on

3317
01:07:14,755 --> 01:07:19,312
October 12th. It's you.

3318
01:07:19,312 --> 01:07:19,847
Lori.

3319
01:07:19,847 --> 01:07:23,289
Everything is fine.

3320
01:07:23,289 --> 01:07:24,369
I wanted to say,

3321
01:07:24,369 --> 01:07:28,318
great.

3322
01:07:28,318 --> 01:07:28,954
Pete.

3323
01:07:28,954 --> 01:07:29,966
I would like to note that the

3324
01:07:29,966 --> 01:07:30,800
poker evening was a great

3325
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:31,728
success. And

3326
01:07:31,728 --> 01:07:32,679
special thanks to the

3327
01:07:32,679 --> 01:07:33,602
primary school and

3328
01:07:33,602 --> 01:07:34,703
groups. I have a lot of

3329
01:07:34,703 --> 01:07:35,690
feedback about the

3330
01:07:35,690 --> 01:07:36,676
wind programs that are

3331
01:07:36,676 --> 01:07:37,651
conducted there. There were many

3332
01:07:37,651 --> 01:07:38,650
highlights, and both

3333
01:07:38,650 --> 01:07:39,587
parents and children

3334
01:07:39,587 --> 01:07:40,461
said their

3335
01:07:40,461 --> 01:07:41,335
students really

3336
01:07:41,335 --> 01:07:42,728
enjoyed it. So,

3337
01:07:42,728 --> 01:07:43,408
thank you.

3338
01:07:43,408 --> 01:07:44,036
Jolene. Yes.

3339
01:07:44,036 --> 01:07:46,426
Another testimonial for the

3340
01:07:46,456 --> 01:07:47,474
Can Falls Educational Foundation. We would

3341
01:07:47,474 --> 01:07:48,476
simply be lost without

3342
01:07:48,476 --> 01:07:49,700
them. And they did

3343
01:07:49,700 --> 01:07:50,384
amazing

3344
01:07:50,384 --> 01:07:51,427
charity

3345
01:07:51,427 --> 01:07:52,822
events. Speaking of

3346
01:07:52,822 --> 01:07:54,226
them. This is

3347
01:07:54,226 --> 01:07:55,606
fun. This is fun.

3348
01:07:55,606 --> 01:07:56,409
I want to go and

3349
01:07:56,409 --> 01:07:57,378
support all these

3350
01:07:57,378 --> 01:07:58,116
events.

3351
01:07:58,116 --> 01:07:59,016
Charity

3352
01:07:59,016 --> 01:08:00,818
events. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. A

3353
01:08:02,325 --> 01:08:04,639
special thank you to

3354
01:08:04,639 --> 01:08:05,817
our Director of

3355
01:08:05,817 --> 01:08:06,804
Nutrition and

3356
01:08:06,804 --> 01:08:08,045
Summer Nutrition Services for

3357
01:08:08,045 --> 01:08:09,223
continuing to

3358
01:08:09,223 --> 01:08:11,449
innovate. I

3359
01:08:11,449 --> 01:08:13,792
know we had

3360
01:08:13,827 --> 01:08:14,756
carnitas last week?

3361
01:08:14,756 --> 01:08:15,718
Oh, great.

3362
01:08:15,718 --> 01:08:16,827
You cooked them with

3363
01:08:16,827 --> 01:08:17,803
fresh vegetables.

3364
01:08:17,803 --> 01:08:18,346
The kids

3365
01:08:18,346 --> 01:08:19,675
liked them. Well, they

3366
01:08:19,675 --> 01:08:20,928
brought us tortillas.

3367
01:08:20,928 --> 01:08:22,112
Then in high school

3368
01:08:22,112 --> 01:08:23,059
they brought in burrito

3369
01:08:23,059 --> 01:08:23,783
bowls. Yes.

3370
01:08:23,883 --> 01:08:24,607
I think they

3371
01:08:24,607 --> 01:08:25,692
liked it. Yes.

3372
01:08:25,792 --> 01:08:26,973
They received rice

3373
01:08:26,973 --> 01:08:27,707
bowls. Yes.

3374
01:08:27,807 --> 01:08:28,711
I also have to

3375
01:08:28,711 --> 01:08:29,749
say thank you to the

3376
01:08:29,749 --> 01:08:31,088
food service director,

3377
01:08:31,088 --> 01:08:31,992
a couple of cooks, and

3378
01:08:31,992 --> 01:08:33,231
the cleaners for

3379
01:08:33,231 --> 01:08:34,369
moving

3380
01:08:34,369 --> 01:08:35,809
food around during the

3381
01:08:35,842 --> 01:08:36,914
power outages.

3382
01:08:36,914 --> 01:08:38,676
Yes, it was hard. And

3383
01:08:38,676 --> 01:08:39,846
it was fun. We

3384
01:08:39,846 --> 01:08:40,906
only gave them one

3385
01:08:40,906 --> 01:08:41,967
car, which we

3386
01:08:41,967 --> 01:08:44,232
had to insure.

3387
01:08:44,232 --> 01:08:45,005
This should be

3388
01:08:45,005 --> 01:08:45,959
good news.

3389
01:08:45,959 --> 01:08:47,099
And that's one of the things

3390
01:08:47,099 --> 01:08:48,006
I wanted to

3391
01:08:48,006 --> 01:08:49,016
say. Special

3392
01:08:49,016 --> 01:08:49,388
thanks to

3393
01:08:49,388 --> 01:08:50,108
the power

3394
01:08:50,108 --> 01:08:50,977
company for

3395
01:08:50,977 --> 01:08:51,597
not providing

3396
01:08:51,597 --> 01:08:52,392
electricity

3397
01:08:52,392 --> 01:08:53,882
last week.

3398
01:08:53,882 --> 01:08:54,826
in

3399
01:08:54,826 --> 01:08:56,197
September we didn't have to

3400
01:08:56,228 --> 01:08:57,203
take advantage of

3401
01:08:57,203 --> 01:08:58,461
another snow day.

3402
01:08:58,461 --> 01:08:59,632
One minute at a time. Have

3403
01:08:59,632 --> 01:09:00,803
you seen how they

3404
01:09:00,803 --> 01:09:01,945
act like

3405
01:09:01,945 --> 01:09:02,707
Mickey Mouse there by the lake? Oh

3406
01:09:02,707 --> 01:09:03,437
no.

3407
01:09:03,437 --> 01:09:04,426
I heard about it, but I didn't

3408
01:09:04,426 --> 01:09:04,911
know. Yes.

3409
01:09:04,911 --> 01:09:05,896
For example, if

3410
01:09:05,896 --> 01:09:06,442
the wind blows

3411
01:09:06,442 --> 01:09:07,383
wrong or what?

3412
01:09:07,383 --> 01:09:08,144
Oh my god.

3413
01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:08,988
Oh, man. Do

3414
01:09:08,988 --> 01:09:10,299
n't know.

3415
01:09:10,299 --> 01:09:10,949
That's right.

3416
01:09:10,949 --> 01:09:12,442
Certainly.

3417
01:09:12,442 --> 01:09:13,799
Fine. And also, there is

3418
01:09:13,799 --> 01:09:14,970
no snow yet, so

3419
01:09:14,970 --> 01:09:16,001
everything is fine with us.

3420
01:09:16,001 --> 01:09:17,137
Yes, I'm watching.

3421
01:09:17,137 --> 01:09:18,602
Just to keep all the

3422
01:09:18,627 --> 01:09:19,436
outdoor activities

3423
01:09:19,436 --> 01:09:20,290
going.

3424
01:09:20,290 --> 01:09:21,271
Last week I was able to

3425
01:09:21,271 --> 01:09:22,206
watch tennis.

3426
01:09:22,206 --> 01:09:23,115
I thought the

3427
01:09:23,115 --> 01:09:23,822
courts looked

3428
01:09:23,822 --> 01:09:24,763
great. There's a slight

3429
01:09:24,763 --> 01:09:25,664
delay but it's out of

3430
01:09:25,664 --> 01:09:26,540
our control but

3431
01:09:26,540 --> 01:09:27,124
they look

3432
01:09:27,124 --> 01:09:28,073
really good

3433
01:09:28,073 --> 01:09:28,877
. There was a football game going on at the stadium

3434
01:09:28,877 --> 01:09:30,051
at the same time

3435
01:09:30,051 --> 01:09:31,101
, so I

3436
01:09:31,101 --> 01:09:32,120
went there and it was

3437
01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:33,263
amazing. Well, it

3438
01:09:33,263 --> 01:09:36,223
looks amazing.

3439
01:09:37,095 --> 01:09:38,063
The kids'

3440
01:09:38,063 --> 01:09:39,315
soccer season started last Saturday or two ago. I

3441
01:09:39,315 --> 01:09:40,639
was there. The children really

3442
01:09:40,639 --> 01:09:41,741
liked that there

3443
01:09:41,741 --> 01:09:42,728
was grass on the field.

3444
01:09:42,728 --> 01:09:45,132
I thought it was cool.

3445
01:09:45,132 --> 01:09:46,359
And then this Saturday,

3446
01:09:46,359 --> 01:09:47,493
because of the rain, the children's

3447
01:09:47,493 --> 01:09:48,437
football had to be

3448
01:09:48,437 --> 01:09:49,193
moved behind the

3449
01:09:49,193 --> 01:09:50,389
elementary school, which

3450
01:09:50,389 --> 01:09:51,882
was also great.

3451
01:09:51,882 --> 01:09:52,749
It was a good

3452
01:09:52,749 --> 01:09:53,915
example of how our

3453
01:09:53,915 --> 01:09:55,111
team and school can

3454
01:09:55,111 --> 01:09:56,008
work well

3455
01:09:56,008 --> 01:09:57,055
together and move

3456
01:09:57,055 --> 01:09:58,251
forward without it being such a

3457
01:09:58,251 --> 01:10:00,768
big deal.

3458
01:10:00,768 --> 01:10:02,112
And then at John

3459
01:10:02,112 --> 01:10:04,250
Birch High we have

3460
01:10:04,285 --> 01:10:05,319
field-level restrooms, which is

3461
01:10:05,319 --> 01:10:06,664
cool now, new restrooms,

3462
01:10:06,664 --> 01:10:07,664
and also... concrete

3463
01:10:07,664 --> 01:10:09,816
bleachers...

3464
01:10:09,816 --> 01:10:10,656
They're full. Like this

3465
01:10:10,656 --> 01:10:11,242
.

3466
01:10:11,242 --> 01:10:12,483
Yeah, they're really

3467
01:10:12,483 --> 01:10:13,632
full and I think

3468
01:10:13,632 --> 01:10:14,687
it's one of the best

3469
01:10:14,687 --> 01:10:15,836
views of football, so it

3470
01:10:15,836 --> 01:10:17,016
was great to

3471
01:10:17,016 --> 01:10:17,582
see that.

3472
01:10:17,582 --> 01:10:18,530
Come buy a

3473
01:10:18,530 --> 01:10:19,226
burger from me.

3474
01:10:19,226 --> 01:10:20,748
Yeah, sure. We can

3475
01:10:20,748 --> 01:10:23,049
sell there too.

3476
01:10:23,049 --> 01:10:23,967
The best seat in the

3477
01:10:23,967 --> 01:10:25,222
stadium. At the

3478
01:10:25,222 --> 01:10:26,493
snack kiosk.

3479
01:10:26,493 --> 01:10:27,560
I have to grumble a little about

3480
01:10:27,560 --> 01:10:28,593
where I

3481
01:10:28,593 --> 01:10:29,765
am, Rowland,

3482
01:10:29,765 --> 01:10:30,485
this map.

3483
01:10:30,485 --> 01:10:31,836
Yes, I know.

3484
01:10:31,836 --> 01:10:33,234
But, you know, we'll leave

3485
01:10:33,234 --> 01:10:37,254
that for another time.

3486
01:10:37,254 --> 01:10:39,829
Jody. I have

3487
01:10:39,829 --> 01:10:41,252
nothing but a question

3488
01:10:41,252 --> 01:10:44,431
. And I just hope

3489
01:10:44,431 --> 01:10:46,176
that we can get the

3490
01:10:46,209 --> 01:10:47,328
polling form out so that

3491
01:10:47,328 --> 01:10:48,381
people know

3492
01:10:48,381 --> 01:10:49,698
whether to click yes or not, rather than

3493
01:10:49,698 --> 01:10:50,619
leaving it

3494
01:10:50,619 --> 01:10:54,456
blank or no. Yes. Yes.

3495
01:10:56,529 --> 01:10:57,964
Knowing the answer to this question is

3496
01:10:58,483 --> 01:10:59,050
important. Yes.

3497
01:10:59,050 --> 01:11:00,103
Well, knowing how to

3498
01:11:00,103 --> 01:11:00,820
click or

3499
01:11:00,820 --> 01:11:01,468
leave a field

3500
01:11:01,468 --> 01:11:01,896
blank.

3501
01:11:01,896 --> 01:11:02,598
Choice of answer.

3502
01:11:02,598 --> 01:11:03,553
Leaving the field blank

3503
01:11:03,553 --> 01:11:04,181
is a "no".

3504
01:11:04,181 --> 01:11:04,966
Yes, empty field

3505
01:11:04,966 --> 01:11:06,070
means no. This is

3506
01:11:06,070 --> 01:11:06,705
not good.

3507
01:11:06,705 --> 01:11:08,409
Yeah, and it's not...You know,

3508
01:11:08,409 --> 01:11:09,498
we have to treat

3509
01:11:09,498 --> 01:11:10,169
it like an

3510
01:11:10,169 --> 01:11:11,462
operating fee.

3511
01:11:11,462 --> 01:11:13,472
Here are the facts. You can

3512
01:11:13,472 --> 01:11:14,602
vote yes

3513
01:11:14,602 --> 01:11:15,795
for this option or

3514
01:11:15,795 --> 01:11:16,617
no for this one.

3515
01:11:16,617 --> 01:11:17,801
But I know

3516
01:11:17,801 --> 01:11:19,263
you can create a yes

3517
01:11:19,291 --> 01:11:20,275
vote committee in

3518
01:11:20,275 --> 01:11:20,950
some

3519
01:11:20,950 --> 01:11:22,019
community, but the school

3520
01:11:22,019 --> 01:11:23,003
cannot be associated with it

3521
01:11:23,003 --> 01:11:24,007
. So we

3522
01:11:24,007 --> 01:11:24,899
have to be a little

3523
01:11:24,899 --> 01:11:25,791
careful in how

3524
01:11:25,791 --> 01:11:26,683
we present this

3525
01:11:26,683 --> 01:11:27,455
information, but we

3526
01:11:27,455 --> 01:11:28,420
can disseminate

3527
01:11:28,420 --> 01:11:28,878
some

3528
01:11:28,878 --> 01:11:29,432
factual

3529
01:11:29,432 --> 01:11:30,180
information from MREA

3530
01:11:30,180 --> 01:11:30,662
through our

3531
01:11:30,662 --> 01:11:31,458
social media and

3532
01:11:31,458 --> 01:11:31,872
through...

3533
01:11:31,872 --> 01:11:32,688
Yes. Yes,

3534
01:11:32,688 --> 01:11:33,590
we talked about this

3535
01:11:33,590 --> 01:11:34,568
at the last meeting.

3536
01:11:34,568 --> 01:11:35,900
Do it then.

3537
01:11:35,900 --> 01:11:37,282
Time is important, isn't it

3538
01:11:37,282 --> 01:11:38,371
? So, good

3539
01:11:38,371 --> 01:11:38,884
job. All

3540
01:11:38,884 --> 01:11:40,474
I know is that

3541
01:11:40,502 --> 01:11:41,599
absentee ballots

3542
01:11:41,599 --> 01:11:42,669
are starting to go out

3543
01:11:42,669 --> 01:11:45,388
, so that's for sure.

3544
01:11:45,388 --> 01:11:46,977
Thanks, Randy.

3545
01:11:46,977 --> 01:11:47,898
I'll just repeat my

3546
01:11:47,898 --> 01:11:49,028
thanks to

3547
01:11:49,028 --> 01:11:49,534
everyone who made the switch

3548
01:11:49,534 --> 01:11:51,169
due to the

3549
01:11:51,199 --> 01:11:52,162
power outage.

3550
01:11:52,162 --> 01:11:53,215
Nobody obviously

3551
01:11:53,215 --> 01:11:55,132
expected this, and I know there was

3552
01:11:55,159 --> 01:11:56,050
a lot of work done behind

3553
01:11:56,050 --> 01:11:56,941
the scenes that the

3554
01:11:56,941 --> 01:11:58,021
community may

3555
01:11:58,021 --> 01:11:58,869
not realize. But,

3556
01:11:58,869 --> 01:12:00,068
you know, when

3557
01:12:00,093 --> 01:12:01,216
the power goes out,

3558
01:12:01,241 --> 01:12:02,262
the refrigerators break, and

3559
01:12:02,262 --> 01:12:03,027
something has to be done behind the

3560
01:12:03,027 --> 01:12:04,685
scenes; Therefore,

3561
01:12:05,451 --> 01:12:06,190
I

3562
01:12:06,190 --> 01:12:06,803
express my

3563
01:12:06,803 --> 01:12:07,592
gratitude to all the employees who took care of this. Yes. A

3564
01:12:07,592 --> 01:12:08,888
special thanks to

3565
01:12:08,888 --> 01:12:09,870
Tim for his prompt

3566
01:12:09,870 --> 01:12:10,906
response,

3567
01:12:10,906 --> 01:12:11,889
as we had a new

3568
01:12:11,889 --> 01:12:12,872
alert system

3569
01:12:12,872 --> 01:12:13,536
that we

3570
01:12:13,536 --> 01:12:14,147
were planning to

3571
01:12:14,147 --> 01:12:15,103
train

3572
01:12:15,103 --> 01:12:16,052
on that week. We

3573
01:12:16,052 --> 01:12:16,500
had to

3574
01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:17,292
use it

3575
01:12:17,292 --> 01:12:17,819
suddenly on a

3576
01:12:17,819 --> 01:12:18,848
Sunday evening

3577
01:12:18,848 --> 01:12:19,001
and

3578
01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:20,206
I did the training. Yes.

3579
01:12:20,206 --> 01:12:21,419
I quickly completed

3580
01:12:21,419 --> 01:12:22,236
the training and became a

3581
01:12:22,236 --> 01:12:23,363
chief specialist that

3582
01:12:23,363 --> 01:12:24,377
same Sunday

3583
01:12:24,377 --> 01:12:25,496
evening. That's all.

3584
01:12:25,496 --> 01:12:29,483
This is true. And

3585
01:12:29,483 --> 01:12:30,151
finally, the

3586
01:12:30,151 --> 01:12:31,422
permanent school

3587
01:12:31,422 --> 01:12:33,836
fund. Isn't that what's

3588
01:12:33,836 --> 01:12:35,515
coming soon?

3589
01:12:35,515 --> 01:12:36,340
So that's what you were

3590
01:12:36,340 --> 01:12:38,966
talking about?

3591
01:12:38,966 --> 01:12:40,002
Okay, I...

3592
01:12:40,002 --> 01:12:40,952
Don't leave me in the

3593
01:12:40,952 --> 01:12:41,527
dark.

3594
01:12:41,527 --> 01:12:42,550
Great job,

3595
01:12:42,550 --> 01:12:43,146
buddy.

3596
01:12:43,146 --> 01:12:44,153
I didn't say that.

3597
01:12:44,153 --> 01:12:45,095
I'll get you.

3598
01:12:45,095 --> 01:12:46,086
I didn't say that.

3599
01:12:46,086 --> 01:12:47,024
Welcome to the

3600
01:12:47,024 --> 01:12:48,069
meeting. No, I didn't

3601
01:12:48,069 --> 01:12:48,791
.

3602
01:12:48,791 --> 01:12:50,318
I asked a question,

3603
01:12:50,318 --> 01:12:51,463
I thought you were talking about

3604
01:12:51,463 --> 01:12:52,638
your vote for

3605
01:12:52,638 --> 01:12:59,562
school board. This is

3606
01:12:59,562 --> 01:13:02,689
my campaign.

3607
01:13:02,689 --> 01:13:03,455
Who is responsible for the

3608
01:13:03,455 --> 01:13:04,458
permanent school

3609
01:13:04,458 --> 01:13:05,277
fund and who did you

3610
01:13:05,277 --> 01:13:06,276
vote for? Yes.

3611
01:13:06,276 --> 01:13:08,773
How dare you

3612
01:13:08,773 --> 01:13:09,799
do this to me,

3613
01:13:09,799 --> 01:13:16,006
James? Good

3614
01:13:16,006 --> 01:13:18,765
night.

3615
01:13:18,765 --> 01:13:20,239
Okay, the next

3616
01:13:20,239 --> 01:13:21,937
school

3617
01:13:21,937 --> 01:13:23,501
board meeting is

3618
01:13:23,501 --> 01:13:25,110
October 26th at 6:00 PM, right

3619
01:13:25,110 --> 01:13:26,182
here in the

3620
01:13:26,182 --> 01:13:28,160
boardroom. You can

3621
01:13:28,160 --> 01:13:28,912
see below

3622
01:13:28,912 --> 01:13:30,008
some of the items

3623
01:13:30,008 --> 01:13:31,698
that will be there. With that

3624
01:13:31,698 --> 01:13:32,816
said, I would like to

3625
01:13:32,816 --> 01:13:33,669
make a

3626
01:13:33,669 --> 01:13:34,434
motion to

3627
01:13:34,434 --> 01:13:35,594
adjourn the meeting.

3628
01:13:35,594 --> 01:13:36,892
I'll make a suggestion.

3629
01:13:36,892 --> 01:13:37,515
Jolene is

3630
01:13:37,515 --> 01:13:38,163
the second.

3631
01:13:38,163 --> 01:13:40,420
Luke is the second. Are there any further

3632
01:13:40,450 --> 01:13:41,733
discussions? All in favor,

3633
01:13:41,733 --> 01:13:42,771
say "I".

3634
01:13:42,771 --> 01:13:43,234
Me.

3635
01:13:43,234 --> 01:13:45,860
Against? Thank you all.