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Sue's gonna do the chair tonight. She's in person.

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That's perfect. Let's roll it.

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Sorry, I couldn't hear you Sue.

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Oh, that's okay. You're

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Gonna have to speak up a little bit,

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but we gotta get the mic closer to you.

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Where is it? Oh, that's okay. I'll look that way.

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Alright, I'd like to call the meeting to to order.

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Are there any adjustments to the agenda guys?

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Oh, I've got one. Okay.

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And I think we can throw it in under Jamie's report.

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I just would like to revisit our discussion about,

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you had said that Washington

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and Orange had come to a full board meeting

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that expressed some interest in the SU

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and I've got myself very excited about that

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and I'd just like to kind of continue that discussion.

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Yep. Thank goodness for a second.

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I thought it was the stage, so, well that's

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Going in the back of my mind.

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I had a few of, it might be that too.

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I have not forgotten it.

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I'm just trying to get EEI to sit down with us again, but,

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Okay, perfect.

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I added it. Okay.

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Prove the minutes of Thursday, November 4th.

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Look at those. I'll entertain a motion.

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I'll make a motion. We got a second.

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All those in favor?

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Aye. Aye. Opposed? Go Public comments.

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I think we got Karen. We good Karen?

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We're good. Okay then celebration

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of learning, do we doing that online or what?

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Our librarian need a little bit more time.

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because we actually have a mascot to share with you

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for review and consideration tonight for Tum Bridge campus.

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So I wanna share a little bit of the process

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because the process, Chelsea's also going through,

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we just are a little bit ahead in the process I think

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and it, it was a, it's the tiger so it's a little bit,

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I think easier to work with right now.

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Yeah. So just real quick, we'll go to the next slide.

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We did not find any.

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He's done some work with one planet.

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He's done some murals in the area. He's local.

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and we had some children sit with us in that conversation

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and they were so excited to get Mr.

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that it was really a hands down, like no brainer

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to bring Matt to the conversation.

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visual logo reveal, like a lot of crazy ideas.

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which has been like a really big aha moment for us.

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and maybe be a little different with middle

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schoolers to refresh. Chelsea's little

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Coverage was tigers, weren't they?

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and came back miniature time.

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Baby tigers cute. Yeah, it's so cute.

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excited about the tiger part, right?

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it's a great day to be a tiger.

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the language in different ways, right?

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and it feels really good to have something beyond tie dye

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to do a motion on this, Jamie?

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mascot, the mascot's the same.

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Think it would be worthwhile for us to say we weren

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and approve these though because Okay.

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We can, I mean we can warn it for action

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to approve the logos is what I can say it is.

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that is if something came back that we didn't,

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that the board wasn't comfortable with, we'd want

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to take action in the other direction.

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Oh, I do too. I love the face of the guy on the left.

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Yeah. So we can just put it on that next meeting

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to final to finalize the logo.

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if you're biting at the bit,

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if the board doesn't object, go ahead

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and roll with it. I think,

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I mean here's the thing. We, we kind of, so I, I like

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to think 10 miles down the road, we did do a student

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and staff shirt year with the tiger paw

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because we needed it for the tage fair.

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of our letterhead and so forth.

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of runway to discuss this.

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So we are not pressing to do anything right now.

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We're okay. I'm a hundred percent, hundred percent.

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I love it. Okay, great.

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I'm a hundred percent also

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and I would say don't hold back from using it.

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We've been waiting this long, let's get it done.

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We certainly are gonna come back next

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month and be like, we hate it.

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Yeah. And Jackie was, Jackie was a quiet thumbs up.

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It would be a longer term introduction Yeah.

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For other people. And our hope is by using that

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behind the scenes was very minimal in cost.

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It was such a good deal. Yeah.

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That if we have nice process,

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the middle scrollers can adjust their process.

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that's gonna take a little bit more time.

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Awesome. Great job

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Reports going to number six reports to the board, Jamie,

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and we'll include the Washington Orange update.

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Yep. I can include that in my report.

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So I sent a letter out earlier today to the community to try

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to, to provide some more context around Act 73

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and the December one tax letter.

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And some folks were requesting that as they planned

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to attend the December 17th meeting, to be able to highlight

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some successes that we've had in the SU

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both academically but fiscally.

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I also provided you

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as board members just some different links to some articles.

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that brought together the legislature

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to receive some reports from different cabinet

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positions and it's, it's just worth reviewing in regards

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to giving some context to the December 1st tax letter.

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And then I also just wanted to remind you again,

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so I put in my reports the minimum class sizes

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that we're working toward getting to as

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provided within ACT 73.

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And your building based leadership teams are working

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to take steps forward to comply

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with those minimum class size numbers.

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I've met with Principal Rivers where the middle school had

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some work to do it, it,

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we've run the class size minimum averages and,

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and it's not, it's not too heavy of a lift,

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but they're gonna need to do some reconfiguring

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with their schedule to get into compliance.

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But Dan has a good, good idea with the staff around

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how they're gonna work to achieve that.

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And then I also just wanted to highlight

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before I turn to Echo Valley

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and take any questions is that I will be in Chelsea

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with the principals on Monday

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for the Chelsea community Senior meals

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at the senior meal in Chelsea to visit

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with community and folks.

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And then my plan is to be at the TUM rec meal

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both in January

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and February leading up to budget conversations

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In regards to Echo Valley, they did join the SU board.

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They indicated that they're interested in remaining within a

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supervisory union unit.

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I think it was a positive meeting with the SU board.

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I mean, they're not interested in any type

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of like consolidation among districts at this point.

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They wanna remain their own district is what I heard.

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But they're certainly interested in the idea possibly

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partnering within an SU umbrella.

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And so we encourage them to reach out

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and convey that on the record with the task force of which

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I'm not certain whether they did or not.

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Alan, I do have a meeting with some

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of my colleagues on Friday

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and I will add that down to connect

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with their superintendent

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to find out whether they actually officially

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submitted any type of document to the task force

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of their desire to remain in an SU structure.

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I know the other district in their SU indicated they would

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prefer to go to the north

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where it seemed like Echo Valley was much more interested in

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possibly staying to the south

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with a an su structure down our,

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If if by some chance

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this consolidation thing falls apart in the legislature.

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Do you think they have any interest in joining RSU if there

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wasn't any kind of forced thing going on?

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I thought the conversation was really positive.

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I I did not get a sense whether they were in a position

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and Kathy was there.

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I can't remember. Was any

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of the first branch board members there for

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that SU meeting or not?

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I don't think so. I didn't get the sense that they were

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in a position to unilaterally pull out of their current su

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to join ours, but that they were interested in willing

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to talk about further collaboration possibly

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as a larger organization.

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That's the sense I got.

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Right. And I, I think right now

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with the maps falling apart, everybody's kind

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of scrambling and figuring out what's gonna happen next.

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So I think we'll probably,

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I'm guessing we're gonna hear from them

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again in the near future, but that's, that's my hopeful hat.

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Well I mean I think we should do everything we can

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to welcome them if they're have any interest in

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any kind of collaboration.

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Yeah, I think the full board did a pretty good job

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of that at our meeting.

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We, we, everybody was pretty interested in welcoming them.

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I mean, I mean maybe, maybe we could invite them to one

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of our board meetings just to see

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how their closest neighbor operates and, and

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That could be a really good first next

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step. Kathy actually

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Yeah.

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Could reach out and invite them to come sit

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with us for a meeting.

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Which I can do that if you would like, Alan.

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I mean I don't, I don't see any harm in it. Right?

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Is there No, there's no downside or

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Nope.

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I I don't see any downsides to it at all. Me

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Either.

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I just keep thinking back

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to when the first year thing happened 25 years ago

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and we didn't pursue Right.

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That when we should have

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and could very well be part of our district instead of

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Riverdale right now if we really pursued that.

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I think you Yeah,

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I just wanna make sure we don't miss the boat on something

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that could be positive for us.

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Yeah, no, I'll, I'll reach out

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and see if they wanna come to a meeting.

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Yep. I I think that that in some ways would be,

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it just would be, I think you,

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you have everything in common.

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You meaning I just think it could be a real comforting

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meeting between the two of you.

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I mean their configuration is essentially the

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same as first branch.

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They have an elementary school that's unified

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and a middle school that's unified.

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So I think they may see that there's a lot

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in common right down the road.

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Yeah. If nothing else, we can share ideas about

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how we're making things work.

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So I think that's a good, good step.

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Yeah. Jamie

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Did everybody, oh, go ahead.

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The letter you sent out today, there's a phrase in here

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that I may need some help responding

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to in the community once the letter goes out, it says,

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as an example, the residential tax rates in Grand Granville,

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Hancock, Walton, Sharon,

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and Stratford all decreased in FY 26.

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And then you give an example another one that list

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100 or percent increase

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0.01 increase.

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When our people read that, how does it, how,

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how should we respond to the fact that we didn't do

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that when other district,

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Well we, I will run the, have Tara run the data

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and get it to you in regards to your five year average.

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You'll come out underneath that 40% mark

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and I think you can respond that way.

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Meaning like your taxes haven't gone up 40% over the last

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five years, your residential tax rate.

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I just can't tell you what that percentage

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is until we run the numbers.

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Wonderful. Anybody else got anything for Jamie?

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If not, let's go on to the

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Principal's report.

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I wish I could have said your tax rate went down.

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I almost didn't do that

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but I just, I was trying to grab different examples

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but we're working hard on your budget this year to try

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to get it as best we can.

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Right. Jamie, did you wanna talk about the meeting in

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South Royalton that this,

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Well that's on for discussion item I think 7.1. Good.

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Yeah. Okay, cool. Yep. All right.

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I just wanna make sure we talk about

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It.

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Yep.

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Back onto the principles.

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Okay, so you have a report. Let's see some highlights.

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We had some professional development happening at Ambridge

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campus the 31st and Halloween.

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And it was really great. We had staff presenting an

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EBL L to other teachers.

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That was the program action based learning

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that the board heard about.

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And then we had some sponsorship come in

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and our kindergarten teachers

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and PE teacher were able to turnkey to take

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that action based learning further into classrooms with how

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to adjust for different learners and needs.

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So it's not just about the physical activity,

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it's also about the connection in the classroom.

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And the staff went through some

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of the action based learning stations.

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It was really nice for other staff that didn't get

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to experience that with kids to experience it

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and incorporate some new ideas for keeping kids on track.

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Especially with our new EL curriculum that's come in.

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Sometimes those, those blocks are long

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and they need a little brain break

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and making really meaningful connections

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with the action-based learning team.

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So that was great. We also had some ALMA training to work

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with our new report card system moving along

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also at TUM Bridge.

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We had a very successful book fair when

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Jess is here in January.

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I know she will speak to TUM Bridge's book fair

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and I know our library in here.

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Chelsea will speak to the book Fair it.

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The book fair is very big at first branch.

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It is definitely a community event.

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People come out, they get excited about it

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and it, it does bring in money for our librarians

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to buy other materials.

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Jess has been really great about securing these playaways.

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They are audio books without a screen

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and that's been a huge hit in the library

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and I think she's got some big ideas

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around adding more to those collections.

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In terms of other exciting events going on, we have

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a new site coordinator, Graham Leathers for one Planet.

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That was a position that was open.

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Haley Knight worked very hard to secure staff member

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and Graham has come in, the kids enjoy him.

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He has them outside as long as they can

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before it gets dark this time of year,

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which feels like it's happens really quickly.

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And there's other programs going on too this this month

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where we've got our craft afternoon coming up on Friday

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where kids get their books and mugs and art projects

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and they wrap gifts

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for all different holidays for family members.

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Basketball's underway, our concerts this week.

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So we are moving and grouping across the district is anyone

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have to talk about Chelsea?

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I can speak to our professional development.

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So Janet was working with

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action based learning type stuff

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and we were doing all the prep

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and so all almost a new student innovation system

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that taken on this year.

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And so we did a lot of prep work in terms

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of getting our grades in.

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And we have report cards that were out on Friday last week.

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And this system is unified across the SU now.

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Previously we were kind of doing our own thing over here in

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Chelsea there came report cards

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and the system was really streamlined.

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So I just wanna thank tech folks Parker Odds in particular

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helping our staff figure out this new system

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for reporting out grades and everything.

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I also wanna highlight life in the middle.

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We have this newsletter that goes out weekly

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and that's something that our, our teacher puts together.

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So she goes around to each individual classroom

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and checks in about what were you guys

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working on this past week?

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That's just been a really great way to showcase the,

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what our teachers are doing

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and students are doing in the classroom.

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It just creates more transparency,

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which I really appreciate in the community of, hey,

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this past week we've worked on this

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and this next week we're looking forward to this.

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I think that's just a great way to be sharing

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out some good work.

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We're doing other pieces.

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From November, we had a fundraiser for the Jamaican

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recovery efforts down there,

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that big hurricane come through.

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So Erica Baxter put together our new science teacher,

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she put together a movie night.

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So they watched Shrek over in the gym

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and they got to sell different things.

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Did a bake sale there and they raised over $650 for Jamaica.

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So it was really cool to see this kind of grassroots effort

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of different sixth grad are putting up signs across the

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building saying Hey, help raise money for Jamaica, come

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to the movie nights.

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And yeah, that was a big hit.

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I was really grateful for that efforts.

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Yeah, as Jan said, we got basketball going on,

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we had open gym.

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I always appreciate activities

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for our students do after school.

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'cause sometimes in this area we really could use that.

520
00:23:09,625 --> 00:23:11,805
And so a couple of parent volunteers ran that

521
00:23:11,865 --> 00:23:13,405
for us on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

522
00:23:14,625 --> 00:23:17,565
Mr. Groat, Mr. Weed, two eighth grade parents.

523
00:23:18,705 --> 00:23:21,445
And that was great to have kids from middle school really go

524
00:23:21,445 --> 00:23:23,005
over there and tubes for a couple hours.

525
00:23:23,425 --> 00:23:25,325
And basketball season's now officially begun.

526
00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:27,285
So kids are in practice now.

527
00:23:28,235 --> 00:23:30,925
That kind of wraps up all the I my big college,

528
00:23:30,945 --> 00:23:32,565
but open to questions or, yep.

529
00:23:32,685 --> 00:23:35,045
I got a question. So I went to the, I don't know

530
00:23:35,105 --> 00:23:37,725
who signs out the gym to organizations.

531
00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:40,045
I went to the Christmas Bizarre. Oh yeah.

532
00:23:40,335 --> 00:23:43,125
Which was everybody from the streets with their dirty shoes

533
00:23:43,185 --> 00:23:44,725
and the covering was

534
00:23:44,725 --> 00:23:45,845
Not on the floor again.

535
00:23:45,945 --> 00:23:48,045
Oh, okay. And so I don't know.

536
00:23:48,915 --> 00:23:51,005
That was a request from last year. We did.

537
00:23:51,065 --> 00:23:53,485
And so here's the first thing that was just tons of people

538
00:23:53,485 --> 00:23:54,685
with their boots and dirt

539
00:23:54,705 --> 00:23:58,085
and su Yeah, just walking on the gym floor again.

540
00:23:58,795 --> 00:24:00,045
Yeah, we talked about that last year.

541
00:24:00,045 --> 00:24:02,565
That was feedback gave where I had custodian.

542
00:24:02,685 --> 00:24:05,765
I think it's, it's important who signs out the gym That's,

543
00:24:05,825 --> 00:24:09,725
that's who should be, maybe that's one of the criteria

544
00:24:09,945 --> 00:24:11,845
to do it because it took a beating.

545
00:24:11,905 --> 00:24:13,525
It had to have taken a beating that day.

546
00:24:13,525 --> 00:24:16,855
Yeah, there was opening and closing. Yeah,

547
00:24:19,595 --> 00:24:20,595
There was.

548
00:24:20,595 --> 00:24:24,345
So I didn't see this.

549
00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:27,225
I did. It does feel pretty long ago.

550
00:24:27,225 --> 00:24:29,065
This report, I do just wanna honor Mr.

551
00:24:29,285 --> 00:24:33,105
Tim is our custodian over at TUM Bridge. He's a a veteran.

552
00:24:33,325 --> 00:24:36,465
So the kids did do a little clap out for him and cards.

553
00:24:36,565 --> 00:24:37,905
He looks forward to it every year.

554
00:24:37,905 --> 00:24:39,585
And our kids and staff really do.

555
00:24:40,425 --> 00:24:42,425
It's just a really nice way of honoring him.

556
00:24:43,005 --> 00:24:46,985
And we also had a district,

557
00:24:46,985 --> 00:24:48,105
well tum hosted it,

558
00:24:48,105 --> 00:24:51,345
but we had a swap this fall for people to come in

559
00:24:51,345 --> 00:24:53,145
and swap clothing that no longer fits.

560
00:24:53,245 --> 00:24:57,025
And it was a really nice, just impromptu opportunity

561
00:24:57,205 --> 00:24:59,585
and it was nice for us to connect with folks

562
00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:01,105
and also help with sizing.

563
00:25:01,325 --> 00:25:03,905
And kids didn't see it as like something like,

564
00:25:03,925 --> 00:25:05,105
oh I'm getting swap clothing.

565
00:25:05,105 --> 00:25:06,385
They really looked forward to getting

566
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,585
a few new things for free.

567
00:25:08,505 --> 00:25:10,505
Anything left over went to the listen thrift store

568
00:25:10,535 --> 00:25:11,625
over in West London.

569
00:25:11,845 --> 00:25:15,225
So it was a really nice event of people unloading, people,

570
00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:17,265
swapping and then sending it on to folks

571
00:25:17,265 --> 00:25:19,905
that could use some the great materials that were left.

572
00:25:23,025 --> 00:25:25,275
Perfect. Now Business center is,

573
00:25:26,455 --> 00:25:27,955
is she here today? Tara? Tara

574
00:25:27,975 --> 00:25:28,975
Is, yeah.

575
00:25:28,975 --> 00:25:30,835
She might be another meeting. Jamie,

576
00:25:30,835 --> 00:25:32,235
do you have a sense of Tara right now?

577
00:25:32,585 --> 00:25:33,675
Yeah, she's with Stratford

578
00:25:33,775 --> 00:25:36,555
and then I gotta go back there for, she's there,

579
00:25:36,685 --> 00:25:40,595
she's in your building but she's there virtually.

580
00:25:41,215 --> 00:25:45,075
So maybe we would just push her report off and then her

581
00:25:45,075 --> 00:25:47,075
and I are gonna flip at some point again.

582
00:25:47,975 --> 00:25:51,315
Did you wanna go down to 7.1 Act 73 updates?

583
00:25:52,465 --> 00:25:54,155
Well we got the policy committee.

584
00:25:54,855 --> 00:25:59,235
Oh, okay. So we have two policies.

585
00:25:59,455 --> 00:26:02,235
One is a KA interest supervisory union transfer

586
00:26:02,985 --> 00:26:07,675
that would allow for transfers to happen

587
00:26:08,655 --> 00:26:11,955
at the supervisory union prior to the high school level

588
00:26:13,435 --> 00:26:18,035
K eight based on what a district operates that would

589
00:26:18,825 --> 00:26:23,235
keep average daily membership with the home district.

590
00:26:23,735 --> 00:26:26,915
But allow a family to have a process to request a transfer

591
00:26:27,455 --> 00:26:29,755
if the fit within their current school's not working.

592
00:26:30,335 --> 00:26:34,115
And that that would be ca at five total annually,

593
00:26:34,115 --> 00:26:37,035
meaning there would never be more than five out

594
00:26:37,035 --> 00:26:38,395
or five into a school.

595
00:26:39,305 --> 00:26:40,875
It's modeled off of the

596
00:26:42,465 --> 00:26:44,845
statewide school choice public school choice

597
00:26:44,845 --> 00:26:47,525
that occurs at the nine through 12 levels.

598
00:26:48,725 --> 00:26:52,765
There's sometimes where a fit is just not good within a

599
00:26:53,005 --> 00:26:57,645
district and this would allow for a family to make a request

600
00:26:57,865 --> 00:26:59,005
to go to another school.

601
00:26:59,355 --> 00:27:01,605
That student could then go to that school.

602
00:27:01,605 --> 00:27:03,805
Transportation would be on them.

603
00:27:04,505 --> 00:27:07,885
But it would allow for the average daily membership to stay

604
00:27:07,885 --> 00:27:11,045
with the home district with the ID being

605
00:27:11,075 --> 00:27:13,845
that the receiving school wouldn't cost more to, to educate.

606
00:27:13,845 --> 00:27:15,405
And some folks who have said, well what happens if they're

607
00:27:15,405 --> 00:27:18,965
on an IEP or if they're on a 5 0 4, if they're on a 5 0 4

608
00:27:20,185 --> 00:27:22,725
as the LEA, they would still be responsible,

609
00:27:22,725 --> 00:27:26,045
the home district to provide any type of services

610
00:27:26,115 --> 00:27:27,805
that are needed via the 5 0 4.

611
00:27:28,075 --> 00:27:31,445
Same thing we do right now with any student that you have.

612
00:27:31,585 --> 00:27:33,365
Grades nine through 12 as an example.

613
00:27:34,825 --> 00:27:38,005
And also just a reminder that special ed services are

614
00:27:38,205 --> 00:27:39,285
provided at the SU level.

615
00:27:39,665 --> 00:27:40,765
So the service would come,

616
00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:43,605
but it wouldn't change your assessment at all either way

617
00:27:44,645 --> 00:27:47,405
because it's assessed out, it's not a direct go back.

618
00:27:52,185 --> 00:27:53,645
And Now the po,

619
00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:55,365
the policy committee Committee spent a lot

620
00:27:55,365 --> 00:27:58,365
of time on this making sure there were guardrails so

621
00:27:58,365 --> 00:28:01,085
that we wouldn't, there wouldn't be a lot of kids moving

622
00:28:01,085 --> 00:28:03,645
around at one time or we wouldn't be depleting classrooms

623
00:28:03,745 --> 00:28:05,765
or making classrooms too big.

624
00:28:06,625 --> 00:28:10,765
The superintendent is gonna be keep track of all that

625
00:28:10,765 --> 00:28:13,845
and he has, they have the ability to say no if it, you know,

626
00:28:13,915 --> 00:28:15,925
there's a certain, there's good limits

627
00:28:16,065 --> 00:28:18,045
and stuff that we made sure were in there.

628
00:28:19,945 --> 00:28:21,165
And I think this will help a lot

629
00:28:21,165 --> 00:28:24,385
of families or some families.

630
00:28:27,165 --> 00:28:31,945
One question as far as, I'm just thinking through,

631
00:28:31,995 --> 00:28:33,585
we're starting to,

632
00:28:33,585 --> 00:28:37,545
sounds like work really hard on meeting minimum classroom

633
00:28:37,955 --> 00:28:41,185
sizes in our building for to stay happy.

634
00:28:42,835 --> 00:28:46,145
Would we be allowed to let that have any factor,

635
00:28:47,975 --> 00:28:50,345
like if we were gonna end up with class

636
00:28:50,405 --> 00:28:52,585
and no longer that minimum class sizes

637
00:28:52,805 --> 00:28:54,785
by letting say two students from the

638
00:28:54,785 --> 00:28:55,905
same class leave the building?

639
00:28:56,575 --> 00:28:58,905
Yeah, that is captured in paragraph two, Alan.

640
00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:02,105
That's why we worded it that way to exactly make certain

641
00:29:02,135 --> 00:29:03,745
that we could take that into account.

642
00:29:06,225 --> 00:29:09,335
Super. So when does this come for

643
00:29:10,085 --> 00:29:11,415
Reading or Approval?

644
00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:14,735
What's the next step? Well, this, this is reading too,

645
00:29:14,835 --> 00:29:17,535
so we're kind of waiting to see if there's any feedback

646
00:29:17,535 --> 00:29:19,335
that needs to go back to committee sue.

647
00:29:19,955 --> 00:29:22,975
If boards are, seem to be supportive, which is thus far.

648
00:29:22,975 --> 00:29:25,775
They have been. It could be worn for approval

649
00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:27,015
as early as next month.

650
00:29:30,085 --> 00:29:33,495
Okay. Would it take effect

651
00:29:33,515 --> 00:29:35,215
for the next school year? Correct.

652
00:29:35,995 --> 00:29:37,775
Yep. We would start that process

653
00:29:38,995 --> 00:29:43,685
of getting information out in February around that timeline,

654
00:29:43,685 --> 00:29:46,125
you know, the timeline that's provided via the policy.

655
00:29:48,425 --> 00:29:53,405
Do you see this becoming a workload for you if people walk

656
00:29:53,405 --> 00:29:55,725
to it and you have 20 applicants from a school

657
00:29:55,785 --> 00:29:57,685
Or No, I appreciate that question.

658
00:29:57,845 --> 00:30:02,525
I mean my sense is just based off when we've had requests

659
00:30:02,525 --> 00:30:05,885
already that it, it's not gonna be

660
00:30:06,975 --> 00:30:08,875
an an an abundance of request.

661
00:30:09,055 --> 00:30:10,315
I'm not gathering that and I,

662
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:12,835
I think we're gonna be surprised that some, you know,

663
00:30:12,835 --> 00:30:14,315
I think there's a sense that requests will

664
00:30:14,315 --> 00:30:15,435
go one direction, not others.

665
00:30:16,175 --> 00:30:20,075
You know, example, I had a request recently from one

666
00:30:20,075 --> 00:30:22,995
of our larger elementary schools to go

667
00:30:23,055 --> 00:30:25,155
to the Stockbridge Elementary School

668
00:30:26,615 --> 00:30:27,715
and I think there's a lot of worry

669
00:30:27,715 --> 00:30:30,235
of like the smaller schools are gonna

670
00:30:30,235 --> 00:30:31,275
want to go to the larger schools.

671
00:30:31,295 --> 00:30:34,395
But I had a request based on a family situation to want

672
00:30:34,395 --> 00:30:37,035
to go toward one of our smaller ones.

673
00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:41,555
So my hope is not, I mean if it does Alan, then I think

674
00:30:41,555 --> 00:30:43,755
that's where I would come back to the policy committee

675
00:30:44,255 --> 00:30:46,715
and say we need to make some tweaks to it.

676
00:30:47,505 --> 00:30:47,795
Okay.

677
00:30:53,975 --> 00:30:56,435
And the other policy, this is required by statute.

678
00:30:57,815 --> 00:31:00,475
We have behavioral threat assessment teams in place now

679
00:31:00,475 --> 00:31:03,155
because statute required them to be in place

680
00:31:03,735 --> 00:31:05,035
for this coming school year.

681
00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:08,155
And the a OE provided a model policy

682
00:31:08,185 --> 00:31:09,595
that we worked with from this.

683
00:31:10,355 --> 00:31:13,035
So this policy that you have in front of you, C 36

684
00:31:14,015 --> 00:31:15,555
has been tweaked a little bit in

685
00:31:15,555 --> 00:31:16,755
regards to the policy committee.

686
00:31:16,815 --> 00:31:17,875
Did some wordsmithing

687
00:31:18,295 --> 00:31:20,835
and maybe cleaning up some grammatical things.

688
00:31:21,535 --> 00:31:25,275
But the intent of the policy has been

689
00:31:25,475 --> 00:31:27,435
provided to us from actually the agency of ed

690
00:31:28,195 --> 00:31:29,455
as as a model to use.

691
00:31:39,175 --> 00:31:41,435
So If you guys read through these

692
00:31:41,495 --> 00:31:44,955
and have any questions or concerns, please just email Kathy

693
00:31:45,095 --> 00:31:46,315
and I and Bill

694
00:31:47,375 --> 00:31:49,115
and we'll address 'em at the policy committee.

695
00:31:52,545 --> 00:31:56,715
Perfect. Let's jump back down to 7.1 again.

696
00:31:56,715 --> 00:31:58,355
The ACT 73 update.

697
00:32:01,135 --> 00:32:04,995
So we're gonna be hosting Senate ed on December 17th

698
00:32:07,015 --> 00:32:08,315
for a day long visit.

699
00:32:08,535 --> 00:32:13,515
And we have a student from First Branch, just

700
00:32:13,515 --> 00:32:16,995
so you know, that does attend Efford Academy joining us.

701
00:32:17,115 --> 00:32:20,315
I wanted to make certain, we had students from across the SU

702
00:32:20,625 --> 00:32:24,435
joining our student panel that chose

703
00:32:27,705 --> 00:32:29,075
like our high school as an example.

704
00:32:29,195 --> 00:32:31,795
There's actually a TUM student on the high school committee.

705
00:32:31,815 --> 00:32:33,395
The panel's only gonna have seven students,

706
00:32:33,935 --> 00:32:35,795
but there is a student from First Branch

707
00:32:35,795 --> 00:32:37,315
that has chosen White River Valley

708
00:32:37,695 --> 00:32:39,885
that's gonna represent the SU on the committee.

709
00:32:40,185 --> 00:32:41,805
And there's a student from First Branch

710
00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:43,125
that chose Stepford Academy

711
00:32:43,505 --> 00:32:44,885
that's gonna be on our student panel.

712
00:32:44,945 --> 00:32:47,925
And I think that's important for Senate ed to get a sense

713
00:32:47,925 --> 00:32:51,565
of why choice is important for our communities,

714
00:32:51,935 --> 00:32:54,525
given the fact that we closed four high schools

715
00:32:54,525 --> 00:32:55,805
within the SU already.

716
00:32:56,505 --> 00:33:00,565
And I think folks lose sight of that, that

717
00:33:01,155 --> 00:33:04,805
they're, we have several school choice districts,

718
00:33:05,345 --> 00:33:07,965
but they weren't necessarily school choice districts

719
00:33:07,975 --> 00:33:11,445
until we did a lot of work already under Act 46

720
00:33:12,105 --> 00:33:13,205
to close our high schools.

721
00:33:13,305 --> 00:33:16,165
And that did re result in some additional choice.

722
00:33:16,745 --> 00:33:19,485
But that why students choose the high schools they do

723
00:33:20,105 --> 00:33:21,365
is typically personal.

724
00:33:22,105 --> 00:33:25,485
And it's, it's, there's just notions that

725
00:33:26,355 --> 00:33:29,085
that choice just results in kids going all over the place.

726
00:33:29,115 --> 00:33:31,845
When really if you would look at your tuition, you know,

727
00:33:31,945 --> 00:33:34,045
we have districts that tend

728
00:33:34,045 --> 00:33:36,485
to go in certain areas based on travel patterns

729
00:33:37,545 --> 00:33:39,325
and just historically where kids go.

730
00:33:39,425 --> 00:33:41,805
So we're gonna try to convey that on December 17th

731
00:33:42,595 --> 00:33:44,245
there's going to be a teacher panel

732
00:33:45,305 --> 00:33:48,225
which you have a representative of as well.

733
00:33:48,445 --> 00:33:50,745
We have a principal panel, panel in the SU

734
00:33:51,245 --> 00:33:53,185
and then there's gonna be public comment from

735
00:33:53,305 --> 00:33:54,345
two 30 to four 30.

736
00:33:55,005 --> 00:33:56,905
And if, and the time's not great,

737
00:33:57,705 --> 00:33:59,905
but that is just when the senate's been doing 'em on,

738
00:34:00,365 --> 00:34:04,225
on every visit and they wanted to keep it consistent.

739
00:34:04,605 --> 00:34:08,545
And what I would say is, is that if people can attend that,

740
00:34:08,545 --> 00:34:11,265
they're also taken written comment, which I

741
00:34:11,505 --> 00:34:13,625
provided in my letter, how to do that today.

742
00:34:14,685 --> 00:34:18,145
And if, if board members can just encourage folks

743
00:34:19,125 --> 00:34:22,745
to reach out to Senate ed and

744
00:34:22,765 --> 00:34:25,065
or join us on the 17th and

745
00:34:25,085 --> 00:34:27,585
or even if that time doesn't work for 'em, start

746
00:34:27,585 --> 00:34:29,705
to write their local elected

747
00:34:29,945 --> 00:34:32,665
officials, that would be great.

748
00:34:32,765 --> 00:34:35,025
And so what you have right now is a rep,

749
00:34:35,045 --> 00:34:38,625
two representatives, representative

750
00:34:39,655 --> 00:34:44,585
O'Brien, and then I can't

751
00:34:45,385 --> 00:34:47,065
remember how to pronounce Joshua's last name.

752
00:34:48,555 --> 00:34:51,785
Debra de dvi. Thank you. Dvi. Yes.

753
00:34:53,285 --> 00:34:56,345
And but you don't have currently in Chelsea

754
00:34:57,245 --> 00:35:00,465
in Tum Bridge a senator yet we await the appointment

755
00:35:00,465 --> 00:35:03,465
of a senator, which should be forthcoming.

756
00:35:05,445 --> 00:35:07,625
You know, prior to the session the governor has been

757
00:35:07,825 --> 00:35:09,145
starting to appoint folks.

758
00:35:09,295 --> 00:35:10,585
What the last I heard is

759
00:35:10,585 --> 00:35:13,025
that he was waiting on Orange County Republicans

760
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:17,345
to provide him three names for possible appointment

761
00:35:20,115 --> 00:35:21,585
where we are with Act 73.

762
00:35:21,585 --> 00:35:24,445
Just to remind the board task force

763
00:35:25,405 --> 00:35:29,845
provided essentially a map that is status quo in regards

764
00:35:29,865 --> 00:35:31,445
to SUS and sds,

765
00:35:32,105 --> 00:35:36,495
but encouraged a five regional map

766
00:35:37,275 --> 00:35:38,325
that is much like

767
00:35:38,325 --> 00:35:40,805
what the governor produced in regards to sds.

768
00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:42,845
But with the idea being that those would be

769
00:35:43,545 --> 00:35:45,765
around centralizing services, like

770
00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:48,675
providing more specialized programming

771
00:35:48,675 --> 00:35:52,355
for special ed regionally, possibly looking to go to,

772
00:35:53,495 --> 00:35:55,875
you know, transportation contracts

773
00:35:56,015 --> 00:35:59,995
or to find savings, contracting,

774
00:35:59,995 --> 00:36:01,875
professional development regionally

775
00:36:02,175 --> 00:36:04,475
to find savings, things like that.

776
00:36:05,215 --> 00:36:06,595
But that the local boards

777
00:36:06,595 --> 00:36:08,475
and governance would still remain local.

778
00:36:09,615 --> 00:36:12,315
And it's more about sharing ideas

779
00:36:12,375 --> 00:36:14,955
and thinking about how could we become more efficient

780
00:36:15,335 --> 00:36:17,395
around doing more regional partnerships.

781
00:36:18,015 --> 00:36:19,915
And you know, I, I bring up special ed a lot

782
00:36:20,075 --> 00:36:21,715
'cause I think that is an area in the state

783
00:36:21,965 --> 00:36:24,755
where if you look at costs year over year as a state,

784
00:36:25,785 --> 00:36:26,955
they're incredibly high.

785
00:36:27,975 --> 00:36:29,515
And we ought to be thinking about

786
00:36:29,515 --> 00:36:32,355
how we're gonna build better programming for kids

787
00:36:33,375 --> 00:36:37,155
and not rely always on independent

788
00:36:37,155 --> 00:36:38,315
or added dish replacements.

789
00:36:38,435 --> 00:36:42,075
I mean, you know, we built programming in watermen at the SU

790
00:36:42,075 --> 00:36:44,315
office this year to try to better do that as an su

791
00:36:44,615 --> 00:36:46,035
but I think about if we were to do

792
00:36:46,035 --> 00:36:47,555
that work across multiple SUS

793
00:36:47,555 --> 00:36:51,475
and sts, how much more efficient we could be even

794
00:36:51,815 --> 00:36:54,195
and how much better it would be for our kids.

795
00:36:54,775 --> 00:36:57,315
And so that is what that report highlighted.

796
00:36:58,975 --> 00:37:00,995
The governor is gonna introduce

797
00:37:01,575 --> 00:37:03,395
my sense a five district map.

798
00:37:03,405 --> 00:37:07,195
Again, you know, I don't have a good sense of

799
00:37:07,195 --> 00:37:11,995
how serious democratic leadership is, both at the House

800
00:37:12,015 --> 00:37:15,475
and Senate around really wanting

801
00:37:15,535 --> 00:37:17,235
to fulfill the drawing of maps.

802
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:19,435
But they certainly have said publicly

803
00:37:19,585 --> 00:37:20,755
that that's their desire.

804
00:37:21,985 --> 00:37:23,555
There's one thing to say it publicly.

805
00:37:23,555 --> 00:37:25,555
There's another thing whether it's gonna be carried forward

806
00:37:25,555 --> 00:37:26,635
through the whole session or not.

807
00:37:28,415 --> 00:37:32,395
My biggest fear is, is that there is a,

808
00:37:34,975 --> 00:37:36,115
the Vs.

809
00:37:36,115 --> 00:37:39,755
Meaning the V-S-A-V-P-A-V-S-B-A coalesce

810
00:37:39,755 --> 00:37:44,195
around these two to 4,000 student sds.

811
00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:46,435
Like what the house originally passed to the Senate

812
00:37:47,995 --> 00:37:51,955
and that the house tries to work with a branch

813
00:37:52,015 --> 00:37:55,995
of Senate Democrats to then coalesce behind

814
00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:57,955
that original house bill

815
00:37:57,955 --> 00:37:59,515
that we had a lot of concerns about.

816
00:38:01,035 --> 00:38:03,535
That's the worst case scenario I see for us

817
00:38:03,965 --> 00:38:07,135
because let's say if we're put into 4,000 student sd,

818
00:38:07,235 --> 00:38:10,855
that's one district board from exit two up to exit five.

819
00:38:11,095 --> 00:38:15,095
'cause we ran the numbers by R-S-U-O-S-S-D

820
00:38:15,715 --> 00:38:18,815
and CVSU and you're still just under 4,000 students

821
00:38:19,795 --> 00:38:23,495
and that would be only one board to make decision making.

822
00:38:23,595 --> 00:38:26,695
And that's when I get worried about that board starts

823
00:38:26,755 --> 00:38:31,095
to make some decisions around unilaterally closing schools.

824
00:38:31,415 --> 00:38:34,695
'cause a reminder if those new boards take effect,

825
00:38:35,665 --> 00:38:38,165
the articles of agreement are no longer in place

826
00:38:39,285 --> 00:38:40,585
for any of our districts.

827
00:38:42,435 --> 00:38:44,045
Meaning there's no vote towns

828
00:38:44,045 --> 00:38:45,565
to close schools, things of that nature.

829
00:38:46,375 --> 00:38:49,645
Right. So everybody come on the 17th.

830
00:38:49,835 --> 00:38:51,725
It's a good time to get your voice heard

831
00:38:55,945 --> 00:38:58,005
and they need to hear from us as much as possible.

832
00:38:59,835 --> 00:39:02,085
Kate, turn around when this all would start.

833
00:39:07,915 --> 00:39:09,405
What was the question, Alan? I'm sorry.

834
00:39:11,035 --> 00:39:14,325
Turn around what school year that sort of start

835
00:39:14,345 --> 00:39:16,045
to affect students if it has?

836
00:39:16,145 --> 00:39:19,125
Yep. So if the maps are approved this year,

837
00:39:21,185 --> 00:39:25,045
the, the new boards actually start electing in the fall,

838
00:39:25,475 --> 00:39:29,245
next fall, the fall of 26 in November.

839
00:39:29,545 --> 00:39:30,965
And so they'll get elected

840
00:39:31,985 --> 00:39:34,165
and then, you know, their work will be

841
00:39:34,165 --> 00:39:38,045
to hire a new superintendent the spring of 27.

842
00:39:39,105 --> 00:39:42,165
And then that new superintendent will work with them

843
00:39:42,265 --> 00:39:44,965
to create new budgets over that upcoming year

844
00:39:44,985 --> 00:39:46,885
and hire like their staff and things.

845
00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:52,325
So that new district takes over in July one

846
00:39:52,505 --> 00:39:53,845
of 28.

847
00:39:54,955 --> 00:39:59,735
And we would be handing things off in July one of 28.

848
00:40:01,115 --> 00:40:03,215
So two more years we would remain in in

849
00:40:03,215 --> 00:40:04,695
place after this year.

850
00:40:07,445 --> 00:40:09,095
They do away with school choice.

851
00:40:09,205 --> 00:40:11,775
That is also the date that the school choice would end.

852
00:40:14,885 --> 00:40:17,615
Yeah, I mean that's, that's what the law would say. Yep.

853
00:40:19,065 --> 00:40:21,395
Whether or not those districts will allow

854
00:40:21,395 --> 00:40:22,595
to grandfather kids in

855
00:40:22,595 --> 00:40:24,755
or things that's actually not specified in the law.

856
00:40:33,615 --> 00:40:35,635
You know, and I was just with the high school staff today

857
00:40:35,635 --> 00:40:39,755
talking about why personally this is so important to me is

858
00:40:40,545 --> 00:40:41,995
that is when kids get lost,

859
00:40:44,835 --> 00:40:46,505
those districts ceases to exist.

860
00:40:46,525 --> 00:40:48,505
The new district comes on, they don't know the kids

861
00:40:48,965 --> 00:40:50,985
and kids no longer are individuals.

862
00:40:52,595 --> 00:40:53,765
They start to become numbers

863
00:40:53,945 --> 00:40:55,885
and they just fall through the cracks and get lost.

864
00:40:55,985 --> 00:40:58,765
And that, that is a major worry for me.

865
00:41:05,635 --> 00:41:07,205
Okay. Do we wanna move on?

866
00:41:07,235 --> 00:41:09,525
Back to Tara, are you done with this? Jamie,

867
00:41:10,505 --> 00:41:12,525
If you guys don't have any questions, I am, I need

868
00:41:12,525 --> 00:41:16,325
to go do a couple executive sessions in Stratford.

869
00:41:16,485 --> 00:41:17,765
I don't know how long those will take.

870
00:41:18,445 --> 00:41:19,605
I may be back or may not.

871
00:41:19,625 --> 00:41:23,005
But Tara is totally prepped even with your executive session

872
00:41:23,035 --> 00:41:26,485
with the data that you requested prior about PD funds

873
00:41:26,905 --> 00:41:28,365
and the event that I'm not back.

874
00:41:28,715 --> 00:41:30,085
Does anyone have any questions

875
00:41:30,145 --> 00:41:31,925
for me If in case I don't get back?

876
00:41:37,575 --> 00:41:39,205
Thank you Jamie. All right guys.

877
00:41:39,425 --> 00:41:41,045
If I don't see you, take care

878
00:41:41,045 --> 00:41:43,165
and I'll be up at four 30 to check the weather.

879
00:41:44,465 --> 00:41:45,865
'cause I guess we're gonna get some snow in.

880
00:41:46,535 --> 00:41:48,665
Yeah, it seems like they're gonna be all day events.

881
00:41:48,665 --> 00:41:50,865
Like they start in the morning and go, this

882
00:41:50,865 --> 00:41:51,865
Is the worst.

883
00:41:52,065 --> 00:41:53,065
I don't even like it.

884
00:41:55,575 --> 00:41:56,945
Yeah, because if you, if you go

885
00:41:56,945 --> 00:41:58,145
then you're stuck driving home in

886
00:41:58,145 --> 00:41:59,145
It.

887
00:41:59,145 --> 00:42:01,185
It's like a, you know, look into your magic eight ball.

888
00:42:07,285 --> 00:42:10,425
The good news is, and then I'll go that one of the things,

889
00:42:10,685 --> 00:42:12,145
you know, with different cuts

890
00:42:12,145 --> 00:42:15,105
and stuff, the National Weather Service does do a really

891
00:42:15,135 --> 00:42:17,425
nice call now with superintendents at four 30

892
00:42:17,915 --> 00:42:19,905
where we can ask specific questions and things.

893
00:42:19,975 --> 00:42:22,105
It's really nice. They give us too meteorologists.

894
00:42:22,535 --> 00:42:23,985
They show us predicted maps.

895
00:42:23,985 --> 00:42:27,265
It's, it's, so I do feel like I'm working off as best data

896
00:42:27,285 --> 00:42:29,385
as I can, but it's the weather, right?

897
00:42:30,135 --> 00:42:32,385
Yeah. All right, see you guys.

898
00:42:33,165 --> 00:42:33,705
See you later.

899
00:42:37,925 --> 00:42:39,575
Jump back up to the top Tara

900
00:42:39,715 --> 00:42:41,255
before the audit and the budget.

901
00:42:42,105 --> 00:42:44,855
We're all the same time. Do whatever you want.

902
00:42:45,035 --> 00:42:46,215
All the same time. Okay.

903
00:42:46,355 --> 00:42:47,535
So we have my report

904
00:42:47,835 --> 00:42:49,015
and outlines what we're doing in

905
00:42:49,015 --> 00:42:50,175
the business office during the

906
00:42:50,175 --> 00:42:53,855
Month of December in addition to building budgets for all

907
00:42:53,855 --> 00:42:55,615
of our districts in supervisory union.

908
00:42:56,075 --> 00:42:59,495
And then wrapping up all of our fiscal year 25 audits,

909
00:43:00,355 --> 00:43:01,615
if there's any questions there.

910
00:43:05,675 --> 00:43:07,735
So did you go over any

911
00:43:07,735 --> 00:43:09,015
of the budget at all or did you skip it?

912
00:43:09,525 --> 00:43:10,455
Skip together?

913
00:43:16,815 --> 00:43:20,395
So in this draft, the changes that I currently have

914
00:43:20,735 --> 00:43:23,355
as placeholders, as you can see in my notes on the side,

915
00:43:23,855 --> 00:43:27,235
we don't get announced tuition rates until January 15th.

916
00:43:27,575 --> 00:43:31,355
So I'm using a 6% placeholder as the increase

917
00:43:31,375 --> 00:43:32,555
for secondary tuition

918
00:43:33,055 --> 00:43:36,355
and using your enrollment as of who we had accounted for

919
00:43:36,935 --> 00:43:38,355
on November 25th.

920
00:43:38,655 --> 00:43:42,155
And so overall, right now that's a projected increase

921
00:43:42,375 --> 00:43:46,795
of 161,000 just in the secondary tuition line.

922
00:43:47,475 --> 00:43:51,915
I have the FY 27 preschool tuition rate.

923
00:43:51,935 --> 00:43:54,475
So that is the actual number based on

924
00:43:54,475 --> 00:43:56,155
what the tuition rate is going to be

925
00:43:56,575 --> 00:44:01,435
and what the pre-K enrollment projections are based on the

926
00:44:01,525 --> 00:44:05,275
first statistics that our preschool coordinator gets for us.

927
00:44:06,815 --> 00:44:09,715
The other assumption right now in this budget draft

928
00:44:10,335 --> 00:44:14,315
is the assessment for both the central office divisions

929
00:44:14,375 --> 00:44:15,875
as well as the special education.

930
00:44:16,785 --> 00:44:19,395
This is based on the budget that was presented

931
00:44:19,495 --> 00:44:22,435
to the full se board last month.

932
00:44:23,215 --> 00:44:25,235
And then that will be adjusted based on

933
00:44:25,235 --> 00:44:27,235
what the final actual budgets are

934
00:44:27,235 --> 00:44:28,675
and what the final assessments are.

935
00:44:28,885 --> 00:44:30,355
We're still missing several key

936
00:44:30,355 --> 00:44:31,485
Points To

937
00:44:31,485 --> 00:44:35,325
Have in order to even make as far as the assessment

938
00:44:35,425 --> 00:44:36,925
and calculations are concerned.

939
00:44:38,065 --> 00:44:40,245
And then other than that,

940
00:44:46,325 --> 00:44:51,185
The other line items that I do an adjustment on

941
00:44:51,725 --> 00:44:53,505
are basically your utilities.

942
00:44:53,645 --> 00:44:56,465
And what I know, based on what we've spent

943
00:44:56,765 --> 00:44:58,705
and vendors that have notified us

944
00:44:58,765 --> 00:45:00,905
of any rate increases at this point in time,

945
00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:03,945
I use those numbers in my adjustments as far

946
00:45:03,945 --> 00:45:05,505
as your operations and utility budget.

947
00:45:05,965 --> 00:45:09,225
We made some adjustments to the nursing supply lines

948
00:45:09,275 --> 00:45:11,985
after some feedback from nurses throughout the entire

949
00:45:12,345 --> 00:45:15,385
supervisory union that their cost of their supplies

950
00:45:15,525 --> 00:45:18,025
and their needs in their nurses' offices have gone up.

951
00:45:18,685 --> 00:45:21,905
So we have made an adjustment in those individual

952
00:45:22,005 --> 00:45:23,065
supply lines as well.

953
00:45:38,615 --> 00:45:43,065
With all that said, right now we're looking at a potential

954
00:45:43,425 --> 00:45:47,865
increase of $517,556,

955
00:45:48,355 --> 00:45:52,065
which equates to a 5.66% increase on the

956
00:45:52,065 --> 00:45:53,305
expenditure side of things.

957
00:45:53,595 --> 00:45:55,825
Again, this doesn't take into account any work

958
00:45:55,825 --> 00:45:57,145
that we do on the revenue side

959
00:45:57,165 --> 00:45:58,865
or any work that we do on the tax sheet,

960
00:45:59,505 --> 00:46:00,505
which could potentially

961
00:46:00,925 --> 00:46:04,985
and a 9 cents increase using the FY 26

962
00:46:05,295 --> 00:46:07,465
because again, I don't have the numbers that I need

963
00:46:08,045 --> 00:46:09,265
27 at this point.

964
00:46:17,735 --> 00:46:21,865
It's not horrible That the Blue Cross

965
00:46:21,895 --> 00:46:23,345
Blue Shield definitely help you.

966
00:46:23,645 --> 00:46:24,645
Yes.

967
00:46:25,055 --> 00:46:29,785
Yeah, I think that's also part of the narrative

968
00:46:29,785 --> 00:46:31,865
that when we're listening to all the articles,

969
00:46:32,935 --> 00:46:35,185
this is a place where schools can make a lot of choices.

970
00:46:35,485 --> 00:46:37,545
And I think this board has done a nice

971
00:46:37,565 --> 00:46:38,745
job in supporting needs.

972
00:46:38,745 --> 00:46:40,905
We've had, we've built these kind

973
00:46:40,905 --> 00:46:43,425
of insurance policies along the way with student support,

974
00:46:44,615 --> 00:46:47,505
math intervention, reading intervention, so that when we get

975
00:46:47,505 --> 00:46:48,745
to a year like this Yep.

976
00:46:49,075 --> 00:46:50,185
We've had these in place.

977
00:46:50,365 --> 00:46:53,785
So I just, I wanna say thank you for that because Right.

978
00:46:53,785 --> 00:46:56,145
We're not adding 'em this year. Yeah, we did it in the past.

979
00:46:56,175 --> 00:46:58,385
Yeah. Right. And it's working preschool,

980
00:46:58,455 --> 00:47:02,905
like we've done the hard ones of like, can, can this work?

981
00:47:03,005 --> 00:47:05,865
And now we're sitting here and we've got Visa place

982
00:47:05,965 --> 00:47:10,425
and the VCAP score scores were looking better last,

983
00:47:10,535 --> 00:47:11,905
like we're making the right steps.

984
00:47:12,445 --> 00:47:13,905
In fact, my progress is happening now

985
00:47:13,925 --> 00:47:14,945
to review data for kids.

986
00:47:15,725 --> 00:47:17,345
So I, I feel grateful

987
00:47:17,345 --> 00:47:19,665
because you're gonna look, see 'em around the state.

988
00:47:19,665 --> 00:47:20,985
People are gonna propose these numbers.

989
00:47:21,445 --> 00:47:23,625
That's exactly what the governor's talking about is

990
00:47:23,685 --> 00:47:25,225
the unchecked spending.

991
00:47:25,845 --> 00:47:28,105
And I think Tara's done a nice job reminding

992
00:47:28,105 --> 00:47:29,145
us as principal sometimes.

993
00:47:29,465 --> 00:47:30,925
And Jamie's done a nice job

994
00:47:30,925 --> 00:47:32,325
and welcome a nice job at thinking

995
00:47:36,145 --> 00:47:37,165
As long as you have those,

996
00:47:38,145 --> 00:47:39,845
We don't ruin the revenue part yet.

997
00:47:39,855 --> 00:47:41,085
We're, we're doing pretty good.

998
00:47:41,345 --> 00:47:43,205
So I mean, just tonight people are commenting like,

999
00:47:43,205 --> 00:47:45,125
these were the surplus tables

1000
00:47:45,125 --> 00:47:46,565
that we purchased two years ago.

1001
00:47:47,235 --> 00:47:49,605
They're in good shape, we're taking care of the equipment.

1002
00:47:49,605 --> 00:47:50,605
They're gonna last for a long time.

1003
00:47:50,615 --> 00:47:52,325
We're not looking to buy furniture right now.

1004
00:47:52,745 --> 00:47:54,845
And an economy where furniture is kind of off the table.

1005
00:47:55,475 --> 00:48:00,405
True. S everything. Yeah. So board has invested.

1006
00:48:00,405 --> 00:48:04,305
Well the first one is pretty good.

1007
00:48:04,305 --> 00:48:05,585
Me, Sarah, you nailed to,

1008
00:48:06,005 --> 00:48:09,625
You know, it's out of our spectrum entirely now,

1009
00:48:09,685 --> 00:48:10,945
but does the,

1010
00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:15,625
does the contract dictate insurance carrier state

1011
00:48:16,605 --> 00:48:19,145
or is that up to the state board?

1012
00:48:19,525 --> 00:48:21,745
All help is negotiated at the state bill.

1013
00:48:22,125 --> 00:48:24,465
Yep. We don't get to have anything to say with that

1014
00:48:25,805 --> 00:48:26,805
Is behi.

1015
00:48:26,805 --> 00:48:28,185
Yes. But, but does the state have a,

1016
00:48:28,735 --> 00:48:30,945
does the state have a discretion of whether they

1017
00:48:31,455 --> 00:48:34,105
provide Blue Cross or MVP per se?

1018
00:48:34,285 --> 00:48:36,105
Yes. We, our plans approved behi,

1019
00:48:36,395 --> 00:48:39,985
which is our Vermont Education Health commiss, that's to all

1020
00:48:39,985 --> 00:48:41,385
of the state health plans provide

1021
00:48:42,085 --> 00:48:43,225
and they're underwriting company.

1022
00:48:45,235 --> 00:48:48,295
So, but like, like I know, I'm just thinking out loud,

1023
00:48:48,295 --> 00:48:51,735
like I know at our work we, we have an option of Blue Cross

1024
00:48:51,735 --> 00:48:53,775
or MVP and we're

1025
00:48:53,775 --> 00:48:54,775
Not.

1026
00:48:54,935 --> 00:48:57,615
I know, I guess I'll just think like MVPs plans

1027
00:48:57,615 --> 00:48:58,815
went up about 1% this year.

1028
00:48:58,845 --> 00:49:03,495
Blue Cross went up 6%. Why isn't the state you a carrier?

1029
00:49:03,715 --> 00:49:06,295
We are self-insured. So we have self-insured.

1030
00:49:13,355 --> 00:49:15,575
I'm just like curious why the state might not be

1031
00:49:15,575 --> 00:49:16,815
underwriting the

1032
00:49:20,965 --> 00:49:24,335
Determine what plan we have to base our 80% on.

1033
00:49:24,355 --> 00:49:26,015
That's all negotiated at the state level.

1034
00:49:26,325 --> 00:49:29,575
Okay. So that's why like the goal, HP plan is the plan

1035
00:49:29,575 --> 00:49:33,295
that we have to, for the silver CP plan for support staff

1036
00:49:33,295 --> 00:49:34,495
that can choose either one of them.

1037
00:49:34,715 --> 00:49:36,415
And that's what we have to base our 80 20.

1038
00:49:37,875 --> 00:49:39,775
That's all part of the state negotiated.

1039
00:49:40,885 --> 00:49:44,375
Yeah. And Alan, a few of us have tried from our SU

1040
00:49:44,375 --> 00:49:47,815
to get on that committee to be part of that negotiation.

1041
00:49:47,835 --> 00:49:50,095
And we have never got picked.

1042
00:49:50,735 --> 00:49:53,655
I think the big, I think the big city Burlington

1043
00:49:53,825 --> 00:49:54,935
towns get picked for that.

1044
00:49:56,655 --> 00:49:57,695
I and I, I know

1045
00:49:57,695 --> 00:50:00,095
that health insurance is totally out of our control.

1046
00:50:00,155 --> 00:50:02,575
It just seems like if the states were like looking

1047
00:50:02,595 --> 00:50:03,975
to close schools to save money,

1048
00:50:04,605 --> 00:50:06,655
switching an insurance carrier could

1049
00:50:06,655 --> 00:50:07,975
save millions of dollars.

1050
00:50:08,725 --> 00:50:10,935
Well that's what Governor Scott promised is

1051
00:50:10,935 --> 00:50:13,895
that it was gonna save us millions of dollars if we went

1052
00:50:14,395 --> 00:50:17,215
to the negotiating iur insurance altogether.

1053
00:50:17,475 --> 00:50:20,615
And we never saw the savings. We just saw the increases.

1054
00:50:21,595 --> 00:50:25,685
Okay. Super. I try get that Mom poetry. That's a great

1055
00:50:27,085 --> 00:50:28,165
Conversation about that.

1056
00:50:28,445 --> 00:50:29,605
Actually, Stacy Dion called it,

1057
00:50:30,285 --> 00:50:31,485
I remember one day I was driving home.

1058
00:50:31,565 --> 00:50:32,405
I was like, I know that voice.

1059
00:50:33,245 --> 00:50:34,205
I know that voice really well.

1060
00:50:39,865 --> 00:50:41,835
When will you get the road segment? Until January.

1061
00:50:41,905 --> 00:50:44,115
Next time. Next time. As long as I get all the numbers.

1062
00:50:44,305 --> 00:50:46,475
Yeah, I don't have your mom turn. I did average.

1063
00:50:47,635 --> 00:50:49,675
I just got the, you know, the first draft of the yield.

1064
00:50:49,795 --> 00:50:51,995
I don't have CLOs yet. Yeah, okay.

1065
00:50:52,415 --> 00:50:55,475
But yeah, revenue will be January. Yeah. Okay.

1066
00:50:56,325 --> 00:51:00,275
Great. All right.

1067
00:51:00,535 --> 00:51:04,915
Any other questions on budget? No. All right. FY 25 audits.

1068
00:51:04,915 --> 00:51:06,395
So you all have the draft audit

1069
00:51:06,395 --> 00:51:07,395
that was shared in your packet.

1070
00:51:07,445 --> 00:51:09,115
Sorry, I don't print them because they're too thick.

1071
00:51:09,865 --> 00:51:11,275
Just putting that disclaimer out there.

1072
00:51:11,275 --> 00:51:13,635
If anybody wants to come meet with me, go page by page.

1073
00:51:13,695 --> 00:51:15,435
I'm happy to do that. Otherwise,

1074
00:51:15,755 --> 00:51:18,555
I just provide the highlights in my memo,

1075
00:51:19,005 --> 00:51:20,675
which outlines usually

1076
00:51:20,675 --> 00:51:24,555
what everyone's interested in knowing it's gonna find it here.

1077
00:51:24,555 --> 00:51:25,115
But I did.

1078
00:51:41,495 --> 00:51:44,235
So page 13 is your balance sheet

1079
00:51:44,295 --> 00:51:48,155
and that shows the, as where we ended as far

1080
00:51:48,155 --> 00:51:49,795
as fund balances are concerned.

1081
00:51:49,855 --> 00:51:52,155
So at the end of fiscal year 25,

1082
00:51:52,175 --> 00:51:56,915
we had an unassigned fund balance of $80,258,

1083
00:51:56,965 --> 00:51:59,515
which as a reminder, those the funds we have available

1084
00:51:59,535 --> 00:52:01,275
to use as offsetting revenue

1085
00:52:03,295 --> 00:52:06,515
To Request the voters to transfer them into reserve

1086
00:52:06,515 --> 00:52:07,915
funds in our annual warning.

1087
00:52:08,745 --> 00:52:11,675
Page 15 is the statement of revenues, expenditures,

1088
00:52:11,695 --> 00:52:12,955
and the change in fund balance.

1089
00:52:13,335 --> 00:52:15,435
So that actually shows you the overall performance

1090
00:52:15,455 --> 00:52:17,795
of the general fund in fiscal year 25.

1091
00:52:18,535 --> 00:52:22,235
And then page 52 of the audit is your actual side

1092
00:52:22,235 --> 00:52:23,955
by side comparison of the budget

1093
00:52:24,055 --> 00:52:25,755
to actual expenditures spent.

1094
00:52:26,695 --> 00:52:30,675
And I'm happy to report that we had a successful year

1095
00:52:30,705 --> 00:52:32,435
with no findings in our office.

1096
00:52:33,145 --> 00:52:34,475
Good. Great. Good job, Tara.

1097
00:52:35,335 --> 00:52:37,275
Yay. Thanks.

1098
00:52:37,335 --> 00:52:39,475
My whole team, we work hard to make sure

1099
00:52:40,615 --> 00:52:42,395
our financials are where they need to be.

1100
00:52:47,455 --> 00:52:49,235
You need us only

1101
00:52:49,235 --> 00:52:50,235
Audit.

1102
00:52:50,235 --> 00:52:51,155
Yep. So your action item will be

1103
00:52:51,155 --> 00:52:53,555
to accept your fiscal 25 audit.

1104
00:52:58,655 --> 00:52:59,515
So the actual

1105
00:53:00,465 --> 00:53:02,875
Revenue versus Had a deficit

1106
00:53:03,015 --> 00:53:04,075
Of 29,000.

1107
00:53:04,075 --> 00:53:06,475
So you'll overspent your budget by 29,000.

1108
00:53:07,015 --> 00:53:08,915
We had the prior year fund balance that

1109
00:53:08,915 --> 00:53:09,915
Helped offset that.

1110
00:53:09,935 --> 00:53:14,035
So I'll be more careful next

1111
00:53:14,035 --> 00:53:15,315
year in May.

1112
00:53:16,505 --> 00:53:18,155
Alright. Am I good?

1113
00:53:18,175 --> 00:53:20,475
Can I have a motion to accept the audit?

1114
00:53:21,855 --> 00:53:26,665
So moved. I'll second that. All those in favor say aye.

1115
00:53:27,525 --> 00:53:29,485
Aye. Opposed?

1116
00:53:32,235 --> 00:53:33,405
Okay. Public comments.

1117
00:53:34,485 --> 00:53:37,805
I don't think we have any unless Karen changed your mind,

1118
00:53:38,025 --> 00:53:42,045
but now we're good resignations in

1119
00:53:42,045 --> 00:53:46,805
new, we don't have any.

1120
00:53:47,045 --> 00:53:50,565
I don't have any. That is really,

1121
00:53:51,085 --> 00:53:52,965
I think we just need to pause and celebrate that

1122
00:53:52,965 --> 00:53:55,045
because yes, we've had in the fall

1123
00:53:55,045 --> 00:53:57,005
where people have said thank you, but no thank you.

1124
00:53:57,225 --> 00:54:00,165
And I think it shows like the mentoring current

1125
00:54:00,165 --> 00:54:02,645
of the SU level is hitting needs.

1126
00:54:03,045 --> 00:54:07,325
I think having principals in each location is hitting needs.

1127
00:54:07,465 --> 00:54:09,605
People are able to get to us probably a little sooner,

1128
00:54:10,495 --> 00:54:11,765
check in meetings and so forth.

1129
00:54:11,785 --> 00:54:13,685
So I think the board should see that

1130
00:54:13,685 --> 00:54:15,165
as a really positive step

1131
00:54:15,705 --> 00:54:17,805
and us also being able to recruit and retain.

1132
00:54:18,105 --> 00:54:22,485
So kudos to staff too. That Okay, great. Good to hear. Yeah.

1133
00:54:23,275 --> 00:54:27,245
Yeah. Future agenda items.

1134
00:54:28,105 --> 00:54:30,565
Did you have anything else that be the Tum tire?

1135
00:54:31,065 --> 00:54:33,765
The tum tire? Yes. I like it.

1136
00:54:39,055 --> 00:54:41,045
James, if you could do that, Tara? Yep.

1137
00:54:44,455 --> 00:54:46,925
Kathy, I dunno what to do now. How do we get to there?

1138
00:54:47,865 --> 00:54:50,245
Mom? We need to make a motion to go into executive session

1139
00:54:52,865 --> 00:54:53,685
Second regarding.