1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,359 We'll get going though. Ready? Welcome. This is September 16th, 2026. 2 00:00:05,359 --> 00:00:12,960 This is Park School District R3 Board of Education regular meeting. It is now 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:18,280 5:23. This meeting is called to order. Please 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,280 stand for the pledge of allegiance. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:27,199 I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the 6 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:33,800 republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and 7 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,800 justice for all. 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,280 » Chris, please conduct a board roll call. >> Director Fere, 9 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:46,480 » here. >> Director Roberts. Director Shocket. 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:52,480 Director Reurski >> here. Director Whis here. 11 00:00:50,239 --> 00:00:55,440 She's so sick. Move on to approval of agenda. Board members have an agenda 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:59,800 before you at this time. I'll take any comments or amendments to the current 13 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,800 agenda 14 00:01:00,239 --> 00:01:08,400 with it. Seeing none, is there a motion to approve the current agenda? 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:12,000 » I approve. >> I second. 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:16,439 » Perfecting. >> I approved it. 17 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,439 » That's okay. 18 00:01:16,479 --> 00:01:21,119 Do you want me to? >> Nope. We're good. Chris, please conduct 19 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:24,080 a board roll call. >> Director Fere I. 20 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,520 » Director Reurski. >> Hi. 21 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,280 » Director Wis. >> Hi. 22 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,560 » I carry the vote. Agenda is approved. Moving on to agenda item two, public 23 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:36,320 participation. We had no one signed up to speak this evening. Moving on to 24 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:43,240 agenda item three, spotlight of success, career and technical education. CT. TJ 25 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:43,240 and Steven. Students, please come up. 26 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:49,840 TJ, do you see the button on the bottom to activate it? It should be a green 27 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:54,479 light will come on right below your speaker. There you go. 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:59,200 » My name is TJ Appel. I'm the career and technical education automotive teacher 29 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:04,880 at Essis Park High School. Um, in our automotive program, uh, basically level 30 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:08,879 one, these kids are starting out basically with no knowledge of cars 31 00:02:06,479 --> 00:02:12,800 whatsoever. Um, we get them through the general knowledge of oil changes, 32 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:16,160 brakes, uh, stuff they should know on their vehicle. um that I think you 33 00:02:14,879 --> 00:02:21,040 should know on your vehicle before you own a vehicle. Um moving on further, 34 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:26,000 when I get the kids that really want to keep going down that pathway, they move 35 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:30,560 in auto 2 and um they basically run a fullervice shop out of that class. So 36 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:35,760 auto 2 and auto 3, they run full service shops for the district and their uh 37 00:02:32,959 --> 00:02:42,800 student families. Um last year, second semester, the kids did 185 hours of uh 38 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:48,000 labor on vehicles. Um, average labor rate right now is around $225 an hour. 39 00:02:45,599 --> 00:02:53,519 So, my students did around $35 to $37,000 worth of work for staff and 40 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:58,000 community members vehicles. Um, already this year, these two students in my 41 00:02:55,599 --> 00:03:02,879 sixth and seventh hour class, um, we're already at the 47hour mark this 42 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:07,440 semester, and I think we're at the month mark right around that time. So, these 43 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:11,680 are my most advanced students. At the end of this year, they will have their 44 00:03:08,959 --> 00:03:16,159 student level ASSE certification, and then that means they just need one more 45 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:20,959 year of shop experience um approved, and then they can have their full-on adult 46 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:25,040 ASE certification, which is basically your doctorate degree for working on 47 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:30,560 cars. So, I'll let those two students speak about what they're doing in class. 48 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:37,200 » My name is Noah Moore. Um right now in class, I'm working on my truck. I'm uh I 49 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:43,360 just did my valve cover gaskets and I'm right now I'm working on pulling my 50 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:48,239 turbo, fixing that. Um we just did um a wheel cylinder. We're doing a whole 51 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:53,120 bunch of things to that. And then last year, 52 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:57,760 the year before last, we pulled a motor out of um an Extera. That was really 53 00:03:55,599 --> 00:04:02,159 cool. That was a cool experience and it was cool to know and um just learning a 54 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:07,280 lot about motor vehicles and something I'm really interested in. 55 00:04:05,439 --> 00:04:08,720 » And then what what year are you? Are you a senior this year? 56 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:14,720 » Senior this year. >> Okay. So when when um your teacher said 57 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:18,720 that you just need one more course, where would you go to finish that? Would 58 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:22,639 So I'm thinking >> Yeah. So they could either go take it in 59 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:26,880 college and after they have a year of classroom in college [clears throat] 60 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:31,199 that can also be certified or right out of high school they can just go get a 61 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:35,199 job at a shop somewhere and then that can count for one year of experience. 62 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:39,600 You cannot take your ASSE test without having two years verified experience or 63 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,639 one year classroom one year shop experience. 64 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,759 » Gotcha. >> Yeah. So what I'm program counts as one 65 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:47,520 year. >> Gotcha. What I'm planning to do is I'm 66 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:51,280 planning to go work at a dealership down the valley somewhere and then I'll get 67 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:57,520 one year there and then I'll be able to take my ASSE. 68 00:04:53,120 --> 00:05:02,880 » Outstanding. That's great. Thank you. >> Hi, my name's uh Matthew Hanbach. Uh I'm 69 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:08,320 kind of done similar stuff to Noah. Mostly just working on stuff that I want 70 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:15,199 for my vehicle. Like recently I've put on a new exhaust. I ordered a Ypipe 71 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:20,320 recently and then before that I did a kind of a lift job. I lifted the front 72 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:26,880 end of my truck 2 in. And besides just working on that, um I just kind of try 73 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:32,639 to help out with my family like just any regular stuff that they need or 74 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:36,560 like anything else teachers need cuz like sometimes TJ will just be like, 75 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:40,400 "Matthew, do this break job." And I'm like, "Okay." And then then I get that 76 00:05:39,919 --> 00:05:43,919 done. >> It's one of those classes where like my 77 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,080 sixth and seventh hour class I feel like I don't even need to show up. Like they 78 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:52,800 just show up and they get right to work and they know what they need to do. It's 79 00:05:49,919 --> 00:05:55,520 incredible. Like it's unreal what goes on in class. 80 00:05:53,919 --> 00:05:58,800 » That's excellent. Ma Matthew, what are your future plans after this? 81 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:03,199 » Uh pretty similar what Noah wants to do. I just want to get straight into the 82 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:07,360 workforce. Probably find a dealership. just get my one year in as soon as I can 83 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:11,199 so I could just start making the big bucks. 84 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:16,160 » Good for you. That's excellent. Well, thanks gentlemen for making the time to 85 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:19,280 share that and um I wish you the best as you uh wrap up this year. Keep up the 86 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,759 good work. >> Thank you. 87 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:26,360 » Oh, wait. >> I got one question. 88 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,360 » Yeah. 89 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:34,240 So the certification just for the kids to work on the electric cars, they have 90 00:06:32,639 --> 00:06:39,039 to basically get the same certification a lineman would get. Um so they get to 91 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:45,600 see them. We talk about them and stuff like that, but hands-on I don't want it. 92 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:50,080 Um I was our only EV certified at Subaru uh in Lmont. And there's only one 93 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:54,319 special tool for working on an electric car and it's a 30foot insulated hook to 94 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:58,880 pull the person away if they're getting electrocuted. 95 00:06:55,840 --> 00:07:02,800 So yeah, we we talk about electric cars and stuff like that, but we they I don't 96 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:06,639 have them handle them or anything like that. We do a lot. Uh we talk more about 97 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:11,280 hybrids, though. Hybrids are kind of the future. So 98 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:16,560 » TJ, can they work on hybrids then? >> Yes, hybrids are low voltage. Um every 99 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:22,960 kid in the class has spelt what an ignition coil is. Um it's 30,000 volts, 100 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,880 but it's low amperage. So the kids get to see what that feels like. So they're 101 00:07:24,479 --> 00:07:30,240 not terrified of working on it. And so they get to experience it. I don't make 102 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,840 them do it, but if they want to, they can feel what that ignition coil is. And 103 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:38,479 basically at that point, they know like you cannot get electrocuted working on 104 00:07:35,919 --> 00:07:42,720 those types of cars. EVs, yeah, that's a different story. So 105 00:07:40,479 --> 00:07:47,120 » then for your first year when you're working on vehicles and your book work, 106 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:49,440 how do they get certified? So they know when they go for their second year that 107 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:54,400 the >> so first year is like 90% classroom. 108 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:58,720 They are exclusively in the classroom learning terminology, learning all the 109 00:07:57,039 --> 00:08:02,879 different parts of the car. And then the last month of that class, all the kids 110 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:07,039 in a one get to rebuild Subaru engines that were donated to us by Super Repair 111 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:10,720 down in Boulder. So every kid tears down that engine completely down to every nut 112 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:14,000 and bolt. Then they put it all back together, make sure it functions. They 113 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:18,560 don't start them, but they make sure they they work properly and stuff like 114 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:23,919 that. Auto 2 is kind of that big flip. It goes into like 80% in the shop, 20% 115 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:28,319 in the classroom. So, just more hands-on work, but then uh for example, if we 116 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:33,039 have like a break job on a car, we may have a lesson the day before to kind of 117 00:08:30,639 --> 00:08:36,320 talk about that type of break job and then the day after they'll actually get 118 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:41,200 their hands on and do that break job so they can see like what they learned and 119 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:44,959 tie it into hands-on learning. And then auto3, that's kind of the same thing. 120 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:50,640 That's more so in the shop almost exclusively. And then ASSE auto tech, 121 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:53,839 that's kind of half the semester in the shop, half the semester in the 122 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,760 classroom. And that last half the semester is just prepping for that 123 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:01,440 certification. >> Wonderful. A great skill. Much needed. 124 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:05,360 » Thank you. >> Yeah, go for it. 125 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:09,279 » You do electrical chargers. >> Yep. 126 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:14,160 So, I had a student that actually just rewired 113 127 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:19,200 wires underneath the dash of a uh our transportation manager's vehicle uh just 128 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:25,040 to fix her turn signals. So, he literally rewired 100 I think it was 113 129 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:29,440 is what we counted individual wires that he reoldered, soldered them all back 130 00:09:27,519 --> 00:09:33,279 together, insulated them, and verified the repair. 131 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:37,279 » So, they can repair a car from electrical all the way. 132 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:42,000 » Yeah. Yeah. I with this group of kids, I mean, the my sixth and seventh hour 133 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:46,320 class, there's almost they can almost do anything. They're almost to that point. 134 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:50,160 There's some things that are super technical that we get into a little bit, 135 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:54,080 but it's one of those things where it's like as an auto mechanic, you use that 136 00:09:51,839 --> 00:09:59,720 knowledge maybe once a year. We kind of dive in on like the very important stuff 137 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,720 they need to know. 138 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:08,160 Well, again, thank you both for coming and sharing about that. Uh, I know we 139 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:11,920 don't have a as big a crowd as normal, but I'm going to tell people to get on 140 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:14,720 and check check out your work. So, keep it up. 141 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:18,279 » I can see what we got going on. >> Thank you, guys. 142 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:24,560 » Do we want the other student to present though? 143 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:30,000 » Yeah, just do a picture as the whole >> Yeah, let's do that. You guys have 144 00:10:27,519 --> 00:10:34,079 » We can leave like 10 minutes. >> You guys have to leave or 145 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:38,800 » Oh, what time is that? >> Six. 146 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:46,160 » Okay, hold on. >> So, I'm Steve Shaw. 147 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:51,519 Uh, longtime teched teacher. Jackson. >> My name is Jackson Gold. I've um taken 148 00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:56,800 multiple of the CTE classes here at the high school. I really enjoy the classes 149 00:10:54,079 --> 00:11:02,000 because they um with Mr. Shaw because they teach a lot of different individual 150 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:08,880 introductions to different parts um like civil engineering or like residential 151 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:12,560 wiring or programming or welding. Just a lot of getting an introduction and then 152 00:11:10,959 --> 00:11:16,399 giving the resources if that's something you're interested in to continue working 153 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:19,839 on your own. just to be able to get a lot a little bit of a lot of different 154 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:22,640 topics so you can see what you're interested, what you might want to 155 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:26,800 progress your knowledge on in the future. So, I've been really enjoying 156 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:30,880 learning many different things. And even if you don't want to pro progress as a 157 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:36,320 professional career, a lot of jobs like the um residential wiring could just be 158 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:39,320 helpful just owning a home in the future. 159 00:11:40,560 --> 00:11:46,640 » So, I wanted Jackson go first. It's about students more but I'm happy to 160 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:49,920 give the overview but you have question Jackson could come back and answer more 161 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:54,480 questions if I can give you the overview right now. 162 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:59,519 » So just to give you a little background um CTE is more than just what we so 163 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:03,120 that's career and technical education that's everything from business 164 00:12:00,959 --> 00:12:09,040 education to agriculture education technology education health sciences. 165 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:14,000 So it gets a little convoluted. They call us, we're just a part of CTE. We're 166 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:19,440 technology education. Used to be called industrial arts. So now it's engineering 167 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:24,480 and everything. So I do the other part where I teach engineering classes, 168 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:28,240 uh, which can include everything from precision measurement, drafting and 169 00:12:26,639 --> 00:12:33,519 design, computerated drafting and design, the 3D printing, all of that. 170 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:36,320 Um, so like Jackson said, I try to approach engineering as try to cover a 171 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:38,959 little bit of everything. I can do a little bit of civil engineering, a 172 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:44,560 little bit of electrical, a little bit of mechanical, manufacturing, design. 173 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:48,160 So, I also work with the construction trades program. 174 00:12:46,639 --> 00:12:51,680 So, what's kind of neat, and I've got pictures up there, too. But what's 175 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:56,240 innovative about we're doing in Estus on construction side is we're team teaching 176 00:12:54,480 --> 00:13:00,880 geometry and the technology education, the 177 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:05,120 construction facet. So, it's a give and a take, but I really think that's where 178 00:13:02,639 --> 00:13:08,959 education should go in secondary level. everything needs to be more relevant and 179 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:14,000 applied rather than theoretical like the universities have trained us. So, uh 180 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:19,519 that's kind of interesting, but that's growing. And then I teach the welding, 181 00:13:16,079 --> 00:13:25,519 fabrication, manufacturing as well. So, that's pretty a lot of hats to wear. And 182 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:30,240 um but that's what we're trying to do there. And I mean, I don't want to 183 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:33,519 ramble on, but if you guys have questions for us, Jackson's been 184 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:40,000 involved and you can see some of his photos. So, Jackson, you want to talk 185 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:45,040 about that one? What's that photo about? >> So, I was working on a a project with 186 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:50,160 the um observatory at the high school, and it was to build a radio telescope um 187 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:55,760 for the observatory. And what you see I'm working on there is 188 00:13:52,160 --> 00:14:01,680 the antenna that goes onto the um the radio telescope to receive signals. 189 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:07,199 » So, where did that canister come from, though? Um, I designed it on the 190 00:14:04,399 --> 00:14:09,920 computer and we 3D printed it. >> It's all custom and that's really what 191 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:14,160 we want to get to. And there he's soldering and you want to have the goal. 192 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:17,600 I always approach education like you need to have a project. You don't study 193 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:22,399 tools just for the sake of studying tools which I believe we get wrong a lot 194 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:25,600 in the core. Why are you doing that? Well, I'll just use the math later. 195 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:29,680 That's a poor reason. You need to have a project and application so you see where 196 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:34,079 the math and the tools and everything. They wouldn't just study wrenches. The 197 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,720 wrenches they'll learn as they get the project. That's the point. And I think 198 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:40,800 that's where I like to go with education. And that's where I try to 199 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:45,120 where Jackson and I align really well. I like to give him an objective and get 200 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:49,040 out of his way. I don't want me to hold them up and they I love to watch 201 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,920 students pass my skills up and that's really what we want. I mean, it's like 202 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:57,519 what Mr. Appel does with the automotive kids. So, we have that together. But so 203 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:00,720 he's done a lot of things and uh what you do in the residential he really 204 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:05,519 caught on to the residential wiring because I do a lot I do a lot in the 205 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:09,279 trades but so he we can really differentiate. It's really nice. You got 206 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:13,600 kids who are lower functioning and but I got a Jackson. What did you do with 207 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:18,000 wiring last year? um with our wiring unit. There were some um pictures that 208 00:15:15,199 --> 00:15:23,839 were shown of it, but we had these um be like in a sense pieces of walls that we 209 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:28,079 would um like install outlets or install like light fixtures and we would learn 210 00:15:25,519 --> 00:15:31,279 all the different wiring. And throughout the unit, we would have different 211 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:35,680 projects we would work on with the wiring, which would get more and more 212 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:40,560 complicated as we learn more. And it's just to kind of simulate actually 213 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:44,240 working on a house. But what Jackson's not saying, I'm a little proud of him. 214 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:48,399 Some of the other kids, it's it's inundating for one teacher. I say, 215 00:15:45,839 --> 00:15:52,160 Jackson, you're so cool. So now you have kids teaching other kids. That's next 216 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:56,880 level learning, you know, where they had just really and he does a phenomenal 217 00:15:54,000 --> 00:16:01,199 job. So we try to do that. Um, one little piece too that we're trying to do 218 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:04,800 is we're trying to get um so in in CTE you have career and technical student 219 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:09,279 organizations like agriculture education is the 220 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:15,279 classroom portion. And then you have FFA which is the youth organization like Boy 221 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:18,800 Scouts, Girl Scouts. So for Teched, we have Skills USA. So Mr. Appell and I 222 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:23,040 have a goal for that. We'd like to really get that chapter going. We have 223 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:27,920 some leadership capabilities with officers and things like that. So we'll 224 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:32,240 see. We we've taken students to contests and competing like you saw Cole 225 00:16:30,399 --> 00:16:37,519 finished. We were that close to going to nationals. We won at regionals and third 226 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:41,120 in state. So anyway, those are the things we're ever really recruiting like 227 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:45,279 Jackson to be our vice president, Amy Schwarz to be our president. So that's 228 00:16:42,959 --> 00:16:48,959 where the skills are. So just saw a little note there too for success. We're 229 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:52,240 trying to build work a lot with the community uh with the grants and 230 00:16:50,959 --> 00:16:56,320 everything. Got a brand new band saw working with Rotary. They come in and 231 00:16:54,240 --> 00:17:00,320 anyway, we do a lot of cool stuff. We can talk all day, but it's really 232 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:04,959 exciting. We really appreciate the support. I I just I've been at several 233 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:09,679 different districts in 37 years, both technical, post-secary and secondary. 234 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:14,799 And so Estus, you guys really do a great job supporting us. So I just really want 235 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:17,280 to appreciate say appreciate that. >> Keep it up. Thank you. 236 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:21,199 » Yeah. Well, thank you both for again investing time and energy and coming and 237 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:26,400 sharing and uh we're excited to see even more projects and yeah, appreciate what 238 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:30,240 you do and the the application is the key. So thank you. 239 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:33,679 » Yep. Thank you. Uh, do you have them solving problem? 240 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:38,240 Because I I'm at I've worked construction, so there's a lot of things 241 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:43,440 that you know you've learned, but you do you teach them how to or do you just 242 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:48,320 have them a project and let them figure out how to do it? 243 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:51,280 » Well, that's a good question. >> So, that's my area of expertise, too. I 244 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:56,160 used to build homes. I had my own contracting business, too, as well as 245 00:17:52,799 --> 00:17:59,600 teaching. Um but um that's the give and the take as we do this because there's 246 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:04,000 only two of us. So they're finding that balance between post-secary which he 247 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:08,000 really has a vocational program and what I'm doing is exploratory more so I mean 248 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:12,640 so we have to find that balance not right or wrong and pathways are coming 249 00:18:10,559 --> 00:18:17,792 but to answer your question so we do geometry construction class you give a 250 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:21,919 little bit on both arenas you're [clears throat] not going to have time 251 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:25,280 to do the intense geometry and conversely 252 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:29,120 normally my construction program we have a capstone project where we pre-sell a 253 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:33,039 shed we bring the customer in, bring the vendor in, the kids see the whole 254 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:37,280 process. We build a$8 to $10,000 building. So, it's not like we failed 255 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:41,280 your math test. You don't walk away from this. It's got to be done. It's really 256 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:46,480 cool. You know, I talk about real world learning. 257 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:51,520 So, I don't know if we'll be able to get there in a geometry construction format. 258 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:56,160 You almost need a construction two and three like much like what Mr. Appel 259 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:01,200 does. He has the ability to do auto 1 2 3 4. But me being only one, it's hard to 260 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:05,440 get to those higherend capstone projects, which you would like to trying 261 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:09,200 to figure that out. So, I hope I answered your question. So, but we are 262 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,320 doing we're doing the wiring and the mock walls and everything, but we've 263 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:15,600 added two new classes, too, which we're kind of excited about. We brought the 264 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:18,880 eighth grade in. We have intro to teched for eighth and ninth graders. Do a 265 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:21,760 little bit of everything. They love it. And then we have basic home and auto 266 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:25,600 care, which Mr. Pel's going to be teaching. That's a life skill class. 267 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:30,400 about a quarter of how to take care of basics of your car, how to finance it, 268 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:33,520 maintain it, and on the home side, too. So, I've taught those classes, Mr. Pel, 269 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:38,720 and I will get that going, and we're hoping that just takes off. So, 270 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:44,480 » thank you for the time. >> Thank you. Well done. 271 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:48,559 » Okay. Thank you. >> Does the student proof this, Chris? Is 272 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:51,880 that what it is? Yeah, cuz I didn't I know how to get 273 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:57,720 » trying to help you all out. >> Oh, no worries. 274 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:45,600 Moving on to agenda item four, discussion items. Agenda item 41, 275 00:20:44,159 --> 00:20:48,600 superintendent report. Superintendent Grebs. 276 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:56,480 All right. Well, thank you very much. I'm going to start with the facilities 277 00:20:52,720 --> 00:21:01,200 update. Uh the high school um has, as you heard, we needed to install cameras 278 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:05,039 per CHASSA rules in the event we host playoffs. Those are up and running and I 279 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:10,400 think the community has taken advantage of watching some games online. The 280 00:21:07,840 --> 00:21:14,960 elementary school uh we are much closer to solving the HVAC issues especially in 281 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:21,120 the office. Yes, thank you for your patience. Uh Miss Miller, um it turned 282 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:25,120 out to be a um programming issue is the latest culprit. So hopefully that's 283 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:30,000 taken care of. And then again continued maintenance um projects, painting and 284 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:35,440 fixing things. Uh, I want to give a special shout out. Brian Lund, Matt 285 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:40,400 Bird, and Nate Harger. Um, they have been working to restripe our parking 286 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:44,320 lots uh on campus. And on Labor Day, the three of them came in and not only 287 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:49,840 repainted some lines, but they reoriented the lines behind the middle 288 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:55,440 school and gained nine parking places. So, uh, it's just another example of 289 00:21:52,080 --> 00:22:00,320 people chipping in um, and using their resources and ideas for the betterment. 290 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:05,520 Um, safety, security-wise, uh, we made some upgrades on the top field fence. 291 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:09,919 Uh, I noticed a small gap, uh, when I first got here, asked Eric to look into 292 00:22:07,919 --> 00:22:14,080 it, and not only did he take care of the gate issue, but there was some fence 293 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:19,520 that was shorter than we wanted. And so, it's been replaced with 6T fencing. On 294 00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:25,520 the finance uh, departments, our preliminary assessed values are down 295 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:32,159 from uh, last year. Larur County is down 3.4% 4% and Boulder 1.4. So, it will be 296 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:37,120 a reduction in what we bring in, especially on paper. Mr. Lund has 297 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:42,720 assured me that counties have until December 10th to rectify any 298 00:22:39,679 --> 00:22:48,080 assessments. So, there is a possibility uh the hits won't be as big, but as of 299 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:52,080 right now, we are predicted to lose around quarter of a million with that 300 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:56,000 revenue. Family and community engagement. had a 301 00:22:54,159 --> 00:23:01,120 chance to go to my first elementary books for breakfast. As a former 302 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:06,559 elementary principal, I can say I was very impressed. We had 111 adults check 303 00:23:03,919 --> 00:23:12,080 in and out. I noticed uh with some it was some couples, but others a mom and 304 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:17,200 her mom came, so a kid got to read with mom and grandma. Uh it was just a great 305 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:21,919 event um to have that big of a group. And then those that chose got to stay 306 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:28,159 and listen to the presentation by Mrs. Miller and Dr. Santos along with their 307 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:34,960 PSCO um organization. So, it was a great way to get people involved. Uh in focus 308 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:39,360 areas as far as um assessments, we've got all of our fall benchmarks done and 309 00:23:37,039 --> 00:23:43,600 so teachers had a chance to work with admin this last Monday in their first um 310 00:23:41,919 --> 00:23:50,159 you know, professional development day. Set some good goals for progress. when 311 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:55,120 it comes to um our state report that accreditation number is out and at the 312 00:23:52,480 --> 00:24:00,480 next works uh session I'm going to give board members a chance to see some more 313 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:04,640 in-depth graphs and and how we did comparing our our own Bobcats from one 314 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:09,280 year to another in the area of wellness um which is part 315 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:15,440 of our strategic plan. We've currently got a staff wellness challenge going on 316 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:20,880 where staff log their minutes. Um, as someone who is kind of competitive, I've 317 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:26,559 stepped up my game. I, uh, have gone from about 40 45 minutes up to over an 318 00:24:23,279 --> 00:24:30,880 hour every day. So, um, I appreciate the health committee offering that 319 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:36,960 challenge. And then under our real world applications, high school freshmen had a 320 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:42,799 chance to do a climbing trip with KMAC. um middle school as a publications class 321 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:46,480 this year. They invited me as the new guy to come in and be interviewed for 322 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:51,200 their newspaper project. So, that was a fun real world thing. And then again, at 323 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:55,440 the elementary, fourth grade's already been to the Rocky Mount National Park 324 00:24:53,200 --> 00:25:02,000 and I think third grade is uh heading next week maybe. So, again, it's been a 325 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:05,000 great start. Any questions about my report? 326 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:11,200 No, thank you very much. >> Okay, 327 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:15,720 » moving on to agenda item 42, administrative report. Miss Miller, 328 00:25:12,559 --> 00:25:15,720 you're up. 329 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:26,167 Strange I don't have to. Sonia and I aren't going to argue about the height 330 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:30,080 of this. I get it all to myself today. [laughter] 331 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:33,600 Um, I just wanted to start out with some celebrations. The first I want to 332 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:38,320 continue sharing with you our Golden Globe award getting passed from staff to 333 00:25:35,919 --> 00:25:43,600 staff. Emily Jurgens presented it to Maggie Horack a couple weeks ago for her 334 00:25:41,279 --> 00:25:47,760 her perseverance and collaboration and support for our multilingual learners. 335 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:51,840 We're still celebrating that last year our 20 students who exited our ELD 336 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:55,840 program and looking forward to having those same numbers again this year. And 337 00:25:54,159 --> 00:26:01,679 then on Monday, it's not in my report, but on Monday, she passed it on to Katie 338 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:06,400 Rue Gabber, who um is has come back to our community and kindergartener is just 339 00:26:03,919 --> 00:26:12,640 doing an outstanding job with our smallest bobcat. So, um another shout 340 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:17,520 out to our PSCO for just an incredible our fourth annual fall barbecue. Really 341 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:22,799 well attended. We had to reschedule it because of rain and we had it. We loved 342 00:26:20,159 --> 00:26:27,039 having it on Friday night 5 to 7 and then families went down to the football 343 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:30,480 game afterward. And so we plan to continue I've already gotten great 344 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:35,200 feedback about that. Plan to continue that uh in future years. And just a huge 345 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:39,520 shout out to all of our volunteers from our um student council and their parents 346 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:44,080 and our PSO who came out to really support the success of the of the 347 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:50,640 barbecue. And then also just a huge kudos to our staff who are our our club 348 00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:55,840 sponsors. We are really lucky to have great club offerings for our students. 349 00:26:52,880 --> 00:27:00,640 Everything from gamers club to Bobcat Beats to the garden club to robotics. 350 00:26:58,559 --> 00:27:05,760 And it's all of our teachers who give their time and energy after school to do 351 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:08,880 that. And we're just so grateful for the commitment they make and their 352 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:14,320 creativity they bring to our students. And this year we have our highest club 353 00:27:11,679 --> 00:27:18,799 attendance rates we've ever had. So it's very exciting. um upcoming events. If 354 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:22,880 you'd like to join us at Books and Breakfast, October 2nd is our October 355 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:26,720 Books and Breakfast. And our special guest is Officer Paul. He likes to come 356 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:31,679 in the fall and talk about school safety and the parents role and how we can talk 357 00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:37,440 to young kids about about school safety in ways that help them. His mantra is be 358 00:27:34,799 --> 00:27:42,240 prepared, not be I'm I'm prepared, not scared. And he does a great job of 359 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:46,960 helping us have those conversations, really difficult conversations together. 360 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:51,679 And then our fall conferences are coming up so soon [laughter] and so October 5th 361 00:27:50,159 --> 00:27:56,720 through 7th. I'm really hoping that we'll get all of our parents out to 362 00:27:53,279 --> 00:28:00,320 attend. And academic in academic achievement and growth like Dave shared, 363 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:03,760 we finished up all of our beginning of the year benchmarks except kindergarten 364 00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:07,840 because they have a longer benchmark window in beginning of the year. They 365 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:11,520 have 60 days. So they'll be benchmarking the end of this month. Um but some 366 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:16,320 highlights that I just was excited to share with you. You know, traditionally 367 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:19,440 we've seen really high second grade MAP scores and then they go down a little 368 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:25,440 bit when they start third grade and we did not see that trend this year. We 369 00:28:21,919 --> 00:28:30,240 they stayed high and our third grade scores only 9% of that grade is below 370 00:28:28,399 --> 00:28:36,080 the 20th percentile which is the smallest in the well below benchmark 371 00:28:32,159 --> 00:28:40,799 we've ever had. And they have 49% of the grade above the 60th percentile. So just 372 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:44,799 a big shift in achievement coming up from our primary students. And this is 373 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:50,799 also the first year when we look at achievement, every grade level is above 374 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:55,679 the 44th percentile. And so a bigger shift in our achievement percentiles. 375 00:28:53,360 --> 00:29:00,240 Our PLC's have been really digging in on Monday and in their PLC's each week. Uh 376 00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:04,000 looking at what are the strengths and assets their student their new students 377 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:07,840 are bringing in and what are some of the challenges that they can really work on 378 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:12,000 in their instruction this fall semester. and setting goals, creating plans for 379 00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:15,120 individual students and groups of students, and they've been doing just 380 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:20,720 great work planning for out their instruction based on based on their new 381 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:23,760 students. So, it's been great to see. Um, our collective goals in the 382 00:29:22,399 --> 00:29:29,200 elementary school are going to continue to be around our English language 383 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:33,520 learners and ELA and getting our achievement and growth up for both ELA 384 00:29:31,679 --> 00:29:38,159 across the board, second year of our new curriculum, and our English language 385 00:29:36,159 --> 00:29:43,120 learners. and we're excited to continue to see that growth. Um, one of our 386 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:47,520 strategic plan action steps this year that's really important to us is our 387 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:52,159 programming for our high uh potential learners and our gifted and talented 388 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:56,559 learners. Uh, last month, Rachel Graham came to our leadership team meeting to 389 00:29:54,320 --> 00:30:01,200 really talk about specific plans for our students who are scoring in those bands 390 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:04,960 uh, and making plans and commitments as PLC's for over the next month. and we're 391 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:08,960 coming back together and working on those. Along those same lines, we've 392 00:30:07,279 --> 00:30:14,559 also working, you know, the middle school um has their gifted acceleration 393 00:30:12,559 --> 00:30:18,080 program in math. And so we've been working with her of looking at what are 394 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:22,000 options for doing math acceleration in the elementary school to make sure we're 395 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,600 meeting all of our learners needs. And so our team has really been coming up 396 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:30,559 with ideas. We're going to pilot some things this fall, look at data, get 397 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:35,440 stakeholder feedback, and figure out what would be best to align so that we 398 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:40,320 can have a math acceleration plan that's more aligned and consistent 399 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:44,559 elementary, middle, high. Um, you know, we have more accelerated options with 400 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:50,640 flooding in the elementary school, but we don't have a a system systematic plan 401 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:54,000 for acceleration in math right now. So, I'm I personally am very excited about 402 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:59,360 the work and the impact that this is going to have on our students. 403 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:04,159 Um, and then on our September 14th PD day, we also got back together with our 404 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:08,480 Otis representatives. I know that Dave shared out we started working with Otis 405 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:13,039 this year with they worked with Bridges and they turned Yeah. they turned our 406 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:17,360 assessments online and then it has an online portal for viewing student 407 00:31:15,279 --> 00:31:23,520 scores, how they're progressing on each standard. And so everyone you did an 408 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:27,520 assessment before uh our September 14th PD day and then we were able to work 409 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:32,399 with them on what does it look like to analyze the data in the programming how 410 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:36,399 can it help us how can it uh be more sustainable for teachers having the 411 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:40,480 digital grade book and so that was a really great training that we had on 412 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:44,399 Monday and then in real world learning we've started our national park field 413 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:49,360 trips kickoff this week and excited for those to continue and then next week uh 414 00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:54,240 we begin our annual partnership with the Estus Valley Parks and Recck District. 415 00:31:51,519 --> 00:31:58,720 And so our our water safety classes this year we've reversed and we're doing our 416 00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:04,080 older kids to younger kids first so that our younger kids have more time to get 417 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:08,640 roars, behaviors, all those things. Um and so everyone's pretty excited about 418 00:32:06,159 --> 00:32:13,360 that schedule uh for our water safety classes starting next week. And then in 419 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:18,159 the area of wellness, our MTSS team is already off and running. We did not 420 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:24,080 waste any time. their first mission. Um, Dr. Santos is leading MTSS this year and 421 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:28,399 you know, our first goal was getting our youngest students speech screenings that 422 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:31,600 might need it. And we know the impact that early intervention can have on 423 00:32:29,919 --> 00:32:34,960 speech and our youngest kids and our youngest readers and the way that that 424 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:38,880 can impact their phonics and reading instruction. So, they're working on 425 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:43,360 getting all of our new students who need speech screenings being screened within 426 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:47,200 30 days and being able to make plans for those students and their families very 427 00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:52,000 quickly. And so just huge shout out to the team and Sundy Peach and our new SLP 428 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:55,840 Nikki Shad for their hard work and making that happen for our students. And 429 00:32:54,399 --> 00:33:01,440 then lastly, I wanted to shout out Lisa Mechum and Stacy Schoenburgger. Uh they 430 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:05,600 rocked uh vision and hearing screening the past two days. They they you know, 431 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:08,480 we were apprehensive because we like to get them done during the meet and greet 432 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:13,840 appointments and we didn't want it to take from instruction, but man, they had 433 00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:18,080 classes in and out in 15 minutes and did such a great job. And so just a huge 434 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:20,480 shout out to them for that. >> Yeah. 435 00:33:19,919 --> 00:33:21,840 » Questions? >> I have a question. 436 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:26,080 » Yeah. >> Um for our English language learners 437 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:28,799 that we graduated because quite a big group. 438 00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:33,039 » How do we continue to support them, monitor them, make sure they don't need 439 00:33:30,559 --> 00:33:36,080 extra support as they continue their journey? 440 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:40,720 » Yeah. Anytime we exit someone from ELD programming, they're in first year 441 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:44,720 monitoring. And we our ELD teachers continue to meet with their teachers and 442 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:48,399 monitor their progress and making sure that that was the right decision and 443 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,880 that they don't need any supports and offering any supports if they are 444 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,000 needed. >> Yeah. 445 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:56,880 » And thanks for doing the math coordination acceleration. That's 446 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,559 exciting news. >> It is 447 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,320 » because it'll help challenge those kids that need that. 448 00:33:59,519 --> 00:34:06,243 » Yeah. So, >> Yep. Yeah. Absolutely. 449 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:08,560 » I have a question [laughter] 450 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:12,399 » from above. Sorry. 451 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,520 Um, thank you for everything that you're 452 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:21,280 doing. You know, we appreciate it so much and it is great all the offerings 453 00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:25,200 that we have for students in the clubs. I'm wondering about robotics. 454 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:28,639 Previously, the amount of the number of students that could participate was 455 00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:33,679 limited. And I'm wondering if that limitation is still there. And if so, 456 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:39,520 have we looked at how we might be able to address that so that all kids who 457 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:44,079 want to participate in that program can? That's a great question, Brenda. Um, you 458 00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:48,159 know, we always we have to limit it based on the amount of equipment we have 459 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:53,839 and then our supervisors. Those are that's our big limitation. Um, and I 460 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:58,720 don't know, Paulie and Nick do such a great job. They just got started last 461 00:34:55,599 --> 00:35:02,480 week and I don't know how many if any kids weren't able to be in it, but I 462 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:05,839 will find out for you and I can email you Brenda because that's an excellent I 463 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:10,640 I've known in previous years, but I don't know that number right now. 464 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:13,680 » Okay. Thank you. And it's not so much about the number as it is about, you 465 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:18,000 know, just making sure that we're providing access to all of our students 466 00:35:15,839 --> 00:35:22,000 for things that they're excited in. And you know, I understand the equipment 467 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:27,119 restraints and things and supervision, but um yeah, I'd like to explore how we 468 00:35:25,359 --> 00:35:30,480 can open that up to as many kids who want to participate as possible because 469 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:34,800 I hate to see kids left out of something they're excited about. 470 00:35:31,839 --> 00:35:40,280 » Absolutely. All right. 471 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,280 All right. Thank you guys. 472 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:45,520 Miss Greenway is not able to join us tonight. She's at homecoming events. So, 473 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:49,920 Mr. Grebs is going to do her report along a summary. That report's also 474 00:35:47,839 --> 00:35:56,000 posted for everyone's reading along with the athletic report. 475 00:35:53,520 --> 00:36:00,960 » Awesome. All right. Well, u from the secondary schools, some things that Miss 476 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:06,480 Greenway highlighted. Obviously, this week is homecoming week, so there's a 477 00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:11,599 lot of uh enthusiasm I saw at the middle school today. Um it was uh kids dressed 478 00:36:09,839 --> 00:36:16,560 like teachers and teachers dress like kids. So, that was quite entertaining. I 479 00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:20,640 did enjoy that. Um they've hired a couple new staff members at the 480 00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:26,079 secondary level. Um so we had a special ed PAR position that's now full as well 481 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:32,240 as uh the program the RISE program which supervises kids that um are are serving 482 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:37,520 in school uh detention. So we're all full there. Also Brie Vega from the 483 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:42,079 local library has been able to reschedu some things and they are excited to have 484 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:46,480 her back at the secondary level. academic achievement and growth. Both of 485 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:51,680 the buildings, middle and high school, uh met their expectations for growth um 486 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:57,040 and exceeded expectations when it came to uh growth in reading and writing on 487 00:36:54,400 --> 00:37:02,640 the PSAT. So, they're they're excited about that. During the PD planning day, 488 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:08,640 they did some vertical alignment, not just um within that building, but even K 489 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:12,960 through 12. they were able to have uh folks like PE teachers talk about that 490 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:17,280 continual improvement throughout the Bobcats experience. Uh I really 491 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:22,720 appreciated that as well as the implementation of teaching Greek and 492 00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:27,280 Latin root words to improve vocabulary and I actually got those emails. So like 493 00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:32,000 from the automotive department there was a list of words and where the Greek and 494 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:39,200 Latin roots came from to increase understanding. Thought it was fabulous 495 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:45,119 in real world learning. Um we've had uh major 13 performed at the community mind 496 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:50,560 concert center. Uh the chamber choir will attend a leadership seminar. A 497 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:55,839 local um writer civil gardener came to visit an English class. So we've got 498 00:37:52,560 --> 00:38:00,640 like actual realworld use of um those skills. 499 00:37:57,599 --> 00:38:05,680 Uh when it came to um again pach program, this is a program where kids 500 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:10,079 can learn how to become a teacher. We had another student that achieved uh 501 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:17,119 lifeguard certification. So, a lot of realworld great opportunities. The first 502 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:20,880 bobcat go day is actually on Friday. I think it's the only day that it's on a 503 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:25,760 Friday instead of Wednesdays. And that is to accommodate the homecoming parade. 504 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:30,960 So, that way it's not interrupting your typical learning because that is a big 505 00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:36,960 deal. Kids are excited about that. um sixth graders had a chance to uh or are 506 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:42,480 planning um a public works field trip and learning about not only town hall 507 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:49,040 but the power plants and possibly the water treatment center. Um you already 508 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:53,040 heard from career technical ed folks uh did a marvelous job under wellness. 509 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:58,000 They're going to make sure they're reviewing their safety plans on how to 510 00:38:55,119 --> 00:39:03,760 evacuate and head down to the event center. Um, RORS is up and going in the 511 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:09,599 middle school and um, the the new one this year is the PI day. PI stands for 512 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:14,160 positive interactions for educators. And so once a month Sonia's going to bring 513 00:39:11,839 --> 00:39:18,640 in PI and they're going to celebrate the the cool things that staff are doing 514 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:26,359 while they have a little treat. So those are some of the highlights from the 515 00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:26,359 secondary schools. Any questions? 516 00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:30,240 » Brenda, do you have any questions? 517 00:39:30,640 --> 00:39:34,720 I do not. Thank you. >> Thank you. 518 00:39:34,079 --> 00:39:37,440 » You're welcome. >> When do sports? 519 00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:43,760 » I'm trying to see if Oh, here it is. Yeah. Uh in the world of sports, boys 520 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:48,800 golf, we uh I would like to say there there are three golfers who have a 521 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:54,240 chance to compete at the state level. The way they uh do that in high school 522 00:39:50,880 --> 00:40:02,160 golf is the states top 84 golfers qualify. Currently, um Drake Kernney is 523 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:09,839 ranked 15th. Noah Webster 71st and Maddox uh Naji is 111th. So, got some 524 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:13,680 golfers there. Uh Cheer obviously working hard for homecoming, getting 525 00:40:11,839 --> 00:40:19,040 ready for the big game to show off what they've been doing. Uh team is led by 526 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:25,359 senior Macy Powell and junior Haley Downey. Cross country's been doing well. 527 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:31,440 Um they competed in the uh Liberty Bell at Christ at Heritage Christian and um 528 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:36,560 head to Lions for the St. Brain Invitational. That team is led by junior 529 00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:41,760 Caleb Estanol and a freshman Lena Schmidt. In 530 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:47,520 football, uh I don't know if you got a chance to see um last Friday night's 531 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:56,480 game was big win for him. Um, the team is led by seniors Leo Bal Baldi, East G. 532 00:40:53,839 --> 00:41:03,200 Wow, I'm gonna butcher your your name, Eastston, but uh, 533 00:40:59,599 --> 00:41:09,599 what's your best attempt there? Gabiten. Uh, Chris Lmer, Gabe Oberg, Colobby 534 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:15,040 O'Brien, and Hadley Rasmusen. I need to learn Eastston's name because um, he had 535 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:19,040 a heck of a game on Friday night. So, if you haven't seen them, come on out and 536 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:23,680 cheer them on this Friday at homecoming. Volleyball. Um, they're kind of 537 00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:28,800 rebuilding because of how many seniors they had last year. Um, but they've 538 00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:36,160 they've had some good wins and they're showing improvement. So, seniors this 539 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:41,680 year, Ava Caruso, uh, Genevie Thomas, Abby Wartley, and then they have junior 540 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:46,640 Kylie McNau. So, I've seen seen some some good stuff from the volleyball 541 00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:53,119 team. In middle school, boys soccer is underway. Cross country football also 542 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:59,359 doing fantastic. Um they had a a big win over Clear Creek and Haxton. And so um I 543 00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:03,520 think they take on their rival Lions is coming up. So that'll be a big one. 544 00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:08,960 Swimming and diving uh has been pretty successful as well. Volleyball earns has 545 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:14,400 had a couple big wins and then they are going to host the Ascent Classic on 546 00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:20,079 Friday as part of homecoming. So, it's it's been a good fall. Um, I think Nolan 547 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:24,880 has been um, you know, most pleased with how people chip in and when we've got a 548 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:28,480 game, it takes a lot of folks and I I heard teachers announcing names at the 549 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:34,880 soccer game. They did a much better job than me. So, uh, those names throw me 550 00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:41,200 off. But yeah, so far um, Bobcat sports are on the up and up. 551 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:44,400 » Thank you. Any questions? Brenda? Brenda, questions? 552 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:49,280 » No, thank you. >> All right, moving on to agenda item 43, 553 00:42:47,359 --> 00:42:53,520 board reports. I have nothing to report this week. Franco, what about you? Okay, 554 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:57,200 Brenda, do you have anything? >> Nothing to report. 555 00:42:55,280 --> 00:43:00,560 » All right, moving on to agenda item five, consent 556 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:05,520 agenda. There are four items on the consent agenda this evening. 51, board 557 00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:13,200 meeting minutes from August 4th, 2026 and August 19th, 2026. 52, super 558 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:18,800 September personnel list. 53 2026 2027 District Advisory and Accountability 559 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:22,240 Charges. 54 2026 2027 District Advisory and Accountability Committee membership. 560 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:25,440 Are there any items a board member would like to pull from the consent agenda for 561 00:43:24,079 --> 00:43:29,760 discussion prior to approval of the consent agenda? 562 00:43:27,359 --> 00:43:38,000 No. Seeing none, is there a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda? 563 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:41,240 » I approve theess assessment agenda. >> I second. 564 00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:47,280 We have a motion and second. Chris, please conduct a board roll call. 565 00:43:46,319 --> 00:43:49,440 » Director Fere, >> I. 566 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:51,200 » Director Reurski, >> I. 567 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:54,880 » Director Wis >> I. 568 00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:58,640 » The I vote. Consent agenda is approved. Moving on to agenda item six, action 569 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:05,359 items. There are no action items this evening. Moving on to agenda item seven, 570 00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:11,119 upcoming meetings. Uh our board the next work session is October 6, 2026 at 3:30 571 00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:14,640 p.m. at the admin building. Moving on to agenda item 8, adjournment. Is there a 572 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:17,839 board member would like to make a motion to adjurnn? 573 00:44:15,839 --> 00:44:19,599 » I have a motion to adjurnn. >> Is there a second? 574 00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:22,160 » Second. >> All right, we're adjourned, everyone. 575 00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:26,160 Thank you. >> Thank you. 576 00:44:24,319 --> 00:44:30,079 » Hope you get feeling better, Brenda. >> Thank you. And they're