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Call the meeting to order.

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We will pledge allegiance and have a moment of silence.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the

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Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.

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Okay, folks, you can be seated.

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Please note that tonight's school board meeting will be streamed live and recorded

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to the Halifax Area School District website as per school board policy 816.

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Can I have a roll call, please? Yes. Mr. Biehler?

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Here.

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Mr. Bowman?

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Here.

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Mr. Corcoran?

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Mr. Heil?

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Here.

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Mrs. Huffman?

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Mr. Reiner?

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Mr. Reynolds?

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Present.

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Mr. Rowe?

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Here.

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Mr. Wilbur? Here. Eight present, one absent.

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Executive session was held Tuesday, September 22nd,

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2026 from 6:30 till 7:30 for discussions of personnel

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matters and discussions on school security. Public comment.

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Provision for public comment by district residents, taxpayers, and employees,

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and students on matters of concern, official action, or deliberation which may be

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before the board in compliance with law and board policy 903 and district

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procedure. Per board policy, individuals shall wait to be recognized, and

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the presiding officer commenting

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must direct all comments to the board and must preface their comments with

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announcement of their name and group affiliation, if applicable.

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The public comment session at the beginning of the meeting shall be limited to no

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more than 30 minutes, and each statement made by a participant shall be limited to

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five minutes. Now, I see I have a couple people here.

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Timothy Wilbur,

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do you have a comment, or?

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Student representative.

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All right then.

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Kyle Raymond?

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Yes.

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You have a comment?

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I do.

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I'm Kyle Raymond. This is my wife, Nicole, my son, Kade.

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yesterday afternoon, I received a phone call from the athletic director that

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blindsided me. I was told that if I commit one more infraction, I'll be banned from

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attending my son's sporting events here at Halifax.

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When I asked what I had done wrong, I was given a list of four separate incidents

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stretching back over three years.

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Until yesterday, I'd never been informed that any of these incidents were

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considered issues, let alone official offenses.

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The athletic director mentioned these rules are in the district handbook.

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While I respect the need for policy, I was completely unaware that my actions had

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broken them because no one communicated a problem to me when they occurred.

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I'm here tonight not to be combative, but to seek clarity and figure out how we can

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move forward constructively. Nicole and I love this community.

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I'm a former leader of a youth church plant in our area, former teacher at

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Cumberland Area Voc-Tech, a former youth leader, and I currently run the Trail Life

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program in Millersville.

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I have an unblemished record. I have never once been asked to leave a sporting

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event. My life is dedicated to mentoring young people, teaching them hard work,

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integrity, and moral character. The timing of this warning is incredibly confusing.

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It comes right as I've applied to help coach the middle school basketball teams as

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an unpaid volunteer. Over the years, I've offered to volunteer to coach for both

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football and basketball because I love teaching character and working with these

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young men. My boys have even expressed how much they want me there to coach them.

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The athletic director explicitly told me that because of these infractions, I would

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not be considered for the open coaching position.

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Instead of open conversation about how I can serve, these past misunderstandings

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are suddenly being used as a permanent barrier to keep me away from these programs.

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To give you context on what happened.

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First, three years ago, when my oldest son, Kade, was in seventh grade,

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I didn't know the proper protocol for taking him home from a basketball game.

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His first one, in middle school when he was in seventh grade.

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So I was planning on leaving with him. I didn't know I needed to send an email.

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As soon as I was informed of that, I sent an email, and he went home with us.

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That was brought up to me yesterday by the athletic director as an infraction

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against me.

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Second, last year, I approached a coach before a basketball practice to discuss why

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my son didn't start a game. Normally, we'd have our son talk directly to his coach

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about personal concerns regarding playing time or almost anything else.

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However, in this case, I thought it was important that I talked to them because

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the team scheduled practice for a Sunday.

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That was the seventh consecutive day of practices.

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That's a violation of the IHAA rules. We can't have it, number one.

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I gave them the choice. If they wanted to go to practice or go to their scheduled

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youth group that happens at church on Sundays. They decided to go to youth group.

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Monday, the game came, and Kade did not start that game, the only game all year he

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didn't start. So I went in, I talked to the coach, very important conversation.

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He told me his philosophy on it, on how he won't start a kid.

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I don't understand how that's the case if it's not from practice, but that's what

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he told me. I disagreed with him. The whole conversation was probably five minutes,

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maybe less than 10. I shook his hand at the end. I left. No incident.

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We just discussed it.

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I was never told it was a handbook violation to speak with him, nor did the coach

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report it.

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Instead, the athletic director said he uncovered this by reviewing camera footage.

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Third, a few weeks ago, during a morning football film session, when school was off

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for a holiday, I came in to pick up my sons.

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They came out to me and said, "Hey, there's an opportunity for a voluntary extra

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film session." And I said, "Okay, let me go in and talk to the coach about it and

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find out how long it's going to be." They let me in the building.

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I came in, I came to the health room, and when I got there, at the door, the coach

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said, "Hey, Dad, do you want to watch some film with us?" There was maybe six

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students in. I watched the film for about an hour.

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We got up, I talked to the coach for a few minutes, and we

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left. The coach didn't have an issue with this, but the athletic director

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says he discovered this incident also by reviewing camera footage,

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and now tells me that stepping into the building or participating when invited by a

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coach is a forbidden activity. Finally, during a recent football game, my youngest

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was injured and left loudly around with a young wound.

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He's never stayed down and has worked hard in his life.

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But he's like, "Just lay me." But he's still.

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My wife says, "You better go tell." So I come down out of the stands, I walk down

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there. He was about five yards on the field. I walk out to him.

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He got up, no incident. We walked over to the athletic trainer.

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I talked him through, found out what was going on with his knee.

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He told me he couldn't bend it at the time.

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I know now parents can stay on the field, and I actually went and talked to Ben

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Carroll, the football coach, the next day and apologized for that.

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I said I should have stayed on the sideline.

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I'm being told that that's another one of the four infractions against me.

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At another game, I saw a different parent come out to the sideline to be with his

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injured son, so I didn't realize these actions would be logged against me.

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When you consider what these four incidents actually represent, a father trying to

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coordinate a ride home, a father standing up for a rule boundary involving church

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attendance, a father accepting a coach's invitation to sit in a room, and a father

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rushing to check on his injured son, they represent everyday moments of parental

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care, not malicious defiance. At no point did I know these were rules, and I

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was trying to break them.

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When the athletic director contacted me and told me about these, I tried to explain

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the situation, but he explicitly told me he was not interested in what happened or

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why it happened. That throws up a major red flag for me.

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Nicole and I are left incredibly unsettled by this.

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What happens if I accidentally make a mistake tomorrow?

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What if the athletic director reviews more old security camera footage from the

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past to find out something else he doesn't like or searches for a reason to call

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something a broken rule? Are my sons going to be punished, or am I going to be

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banned from watching them play because of minor incidents that no one bothered to

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talk to me about?

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My sons desperately want me to be their coach, someone who models these specific

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qualities, so much so that they even talked about wanting to transfer to a

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different school so that I can coach them without scrutiny.

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Excuse me.

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Yes.

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Time's up. I actually gave you extra.

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That's fine.

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Can we have a copy of your-

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I can give you this copy. And I have two more paragraphs, and she's not going to be

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here for that.

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Yeah. Are you okay with that?

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Everybody else okay? Okay. Go ahead.

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We want to know how to move forward.

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My goal has always been to help boys grow into men of high character and integrity.

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If those are not the metrics the athletic department values, I genuinely want to

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understand what specific benchmarks and qualities the district looks for in its

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coaching volunteers. I'm speaking tonight not just for myself and my sons, but for

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any other parent in this district who might find themselves facing a similar

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situation. Obviously, you guys are all quite surprised by this.

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Who else is having these same things happen that haven't brought this public

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attention? I tried, and just so everyone here is clear, I tried for a very long

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time to work this out individually.

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It's been three years now that I've been trying to coach, and they won't even

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accept my application. So,

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we need a system where families and athletics have to interact with open

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communications and mutual respect.

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I ask the board tonight for transparency, clear communication, a fair path forward,

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where rules are addressed constructively in real time, rather than being stored

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away for years and used to threaten parents who are volunteering from serving the

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children of this community. And just one last note.

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I just want everyone here to know, I've been part of the community for a long time.

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Like I said, I'm an active member of my church. I lead a program called Trail Life.

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It's like a Christian Boy Scouts.

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I don't have these problems anywhere.

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I don't have problems getting along with people or working with people.

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So something's happening here, and somebody's not telling me what it is.

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But someone has something, holding something over me, and then is coming up with

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the smallest details they can to try to say I've done something wrong and withhold

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the ability to deal with it, to coach. And I just want to know why. That's it.

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Thank you for your time.

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Okay. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Richard.

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David Cooper?

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Also student representative.

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Okay. All right. I already called on you.

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That's okay. They're new.

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Jordan Shuman?

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That's our new rep.

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Karen,

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do you have a comment? No. Sorry. No?

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Nicole Linden?

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Not a comment.

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And Keith.

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No, I was just here to listen to my son.

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Pardon me?

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I was just here to listen to my son.

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Oh, okay.

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And support my son. Public comment review.

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that?

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Public comment's everybody.

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Yeah. Okay. All right. Let's move on.

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Okay. Student representative will report.

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Yep. So we have two new student representatives, David Cooper and

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Timothy Whitmer, TJ. So welcome. Thank you. Don't be nervous. Low-key.

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So I'll open it up and then I'll turn it over to you guys.

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Ready? Yeah.

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Hi, I'm David Cooper. I'm the 12th grade student representative for student

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council. Student council, my bad.

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And I'm Tim Whitmer. I'm the student representative for student council.

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We have a lot of new leadership roles right now in student council, a lot of new

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switches. We had, I think it was two seniors graduate from last year.

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So we have a new president, Maggie McGuire. Vice president is Elliot Snyder.

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Secretary is Yinyi Shin, she. Treasurer is Josh Ara.

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And then board representatives, and then our quartermaster for quarter one is

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Daniel Rank.

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A recap of last year that you guys may or may not have heard.

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With Mini-THON, it was a pretty good outlook. We actually had to raise our goal.

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Originally, it was, I think, about $10,000 we were aiming for, and we ended up

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raising $60,000. And we had a great outlook of about 66 people there, which was

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amazing because about halfway through our fundraiser, we weren't getting a lot of

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looks, and we only actually ended up having about 30 people registered to actually

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come to this event.

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So this year for homecoming, our theme is

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... A lot of people get a little weirded out by this, but trust me, the student's

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voted for this one. It's medieval. So I know that might sound weird.

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You might think, "Oh, they're going to come in chain mail suits and swords and

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shields." No.

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We're going for more Gen 4 or 5. It's going to be held in the media cafe in the

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courtyard.

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And then this year for carnival, we're going to be working with the varsity club,

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just like we did last year. I don't know if any of you were there.

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And we're going to be having games out there for kids to play.

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And I think it's going to be going right before the game all the way up till start

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time.

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And then just some upcoming events are obviously Homecoming and Carnival, and then

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we're going to start the Mini-THON fundraising, which we'll be discussing about

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next meeting. We'll talk to you guys if we have a theme yet or not.

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And then we're also going to be starting discussing our winter fun day.

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Thank you, guys.

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Thank you, guys. Thanks for participating.

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Appreciate it. Good job.

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Lisa.

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Okay, Lisa

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London.

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Nobody wants to be around us now?

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That's the demo.

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That's cool.

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Yeah.

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That was good.

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Okay. Hi.

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Welcome back.

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Thank you. Welcome back to you, too.

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We have been busy kicking off the year

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here at the high school in AP US Government and Politics to help celebrate

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Constitution Day on Thursday, September 17th.

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AP Government students participated in a constitutional convention escape room.

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Students had to move around the different stations that included information about

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the different parts of the Constitution, including each article and the Bill of

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Rights. They had to unscramble clues and piece together a phrase from those clues.

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The students had fun and enjoyed learning more about the Constitution and how it's

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one of the most important documents in the United States of America.

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In English 11, 12, and Film, English 11, we're currently reading "The Maze Runner"

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or "The Hunger Games" as part of our dystopian novel unit.

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Students are currently immersed into the world of Panem and the Glade.

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In English 12, we are currently reading "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," where

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students are understanding Charlie's journey through his first year of high school.

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In Origins of American Film, we're currently in our sci-fi unit, where we're

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finishing "Jurassic World." We have watched "The Matrix," "Jurassic Park," and

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we'll finish with "Interstellar."

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In Culinary, students learned how to make homemade refrigerator and microwave

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pickles using ingredients from the community garden.

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Students used zucchini from the community garden to make muffins, loaf breads, and

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biscuits. And there are some of the students' products.

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In high school STEM Lab and High Collaboratory,

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STEM one completed tool intro height hexagon design/fabrication

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projects and design process journal critiques.

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In high school entrepreneurship, they've been working away at writing business

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plans, developing logos, conducting local school market research, creating

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prototypes and marketing plans to get the word out about their soon to be for sale

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goods and services.

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In Environmental Solutions-

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There was a garden pot and rover sketch prototyping.

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STEM lab overhead pulley storage design project with a pirate aesthetic.

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Reclaimed wood furniture design.

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Nature plant and aquascaping in the community garden with MVF

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Nursery stock.

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In Ms. Glenn's winter class, they were packing food boxes and delivering Meals on

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Wheels, and the van sign was made by Mrs. Tautcher's students.

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In Science nine, they're exploring mining, its financial and environmental impacts

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through our chocolate chip cookie lab.

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In the first unit, they looked at White Sands National Park.

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Mineral extraction can be challenging.

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Reclamation is an important part of the process.

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At the middle school,

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the middle school art class had a 2026 Gratz Fair display.

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In eighth grade ELA, students are moving through their Middle Ages unit.

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Most recently, students have been working on a project titled Walk In Their Shoes.

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In this project, student groupings were tasked with reading and annotating

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informational texts and primary sources to become experts on a specific social

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class of the Middle Ages. Students use this information to create a presentation

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that they will use to teach their peers about their assigned social class.

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Additionally, students are deep into their first novel study of the school year.

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Each student was assigned one of three novels set in the Middle Ages.

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They complete weekly assignments to practice finding text evidence and composing

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professional, academic, written responses to short answer questions.

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To bridge this unit into our upcoming Shakespeare unit, students will visit School

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Days at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Fair on September 30th.

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In eighth grade science, students shared their research findings related to

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branches of science and material sources derived from the natural world.

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In fifth grade social studies, they did an all about me color by number.

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Sixth grade social studies flex, they created a War of 1812 timeline.

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Fifth grade science, they did a lab, Is Air Really There, where they discovered

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that air is matter.

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Also in fifth grade science, they did several other labs.

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Candy compounds students used M&M's to represent elements and build different

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compounds. And melting matter, students explore what happens to the mass of matter

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when it changes state. They will weigh various substances in a solid form, record

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its mass, melt it, and record and graph the results.

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They did a lot of labs in fifth grade science. Another lab, sort and stuff.

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Students will be comparing and grouping materials based on their properties.

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In an activity, guess which, think headbands, students will guess mystery matter by

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using properties to describe them.

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And in eighth grade STEM, they did 3D-printed mazes. Here are some examples.

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At the elementary school, in elementary art,

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come check out all the wonderful artwork the students completed for the Gratz Fair.

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It's already over, but our elementary school did win first place for elementary, so

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that was pretty awesome.

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We are starting off the year learning about line, shape, and texture and making

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abstract art in the style of Mandrian, Picasso, Kusama, and

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Kandinsky. In kindergarten, we're currently studying the

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five senses in our CK-LA knowledge unit, and what better way to do that than to

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explore apples. This week, our classrooms will have a delicious smell as we're

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enjoying apple treats, as well as using our sense of taste to vote for our favorite

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type of apple. We hope you enjoy these pictures of us tasting, smelling, touching,

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seeing, and even hearing the crunch of apples.

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In first grade, we finished our first knowledge unit on folktales and fables with

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three fun culminating activities.

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Number one, the students built a pen to protect the sheep from the wolf since the

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boy in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" shouted "Wolf," and no one came to help him.

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Number two, students balanced a pail of milk, which was actually cotton balls, on

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their head as the main character did in the story, "The Maid and the Milk Pail."

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And three, students used tweezers to gather hay, which was actually noodles, for

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the ox, despite the mean dog who was sitting on the hay, like in the fable, "The

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Dog in the Manger."

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In fourth-grade math, students have been learning about place value, reading and

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writing numbers in different forms, comparing, rounding, and adding multi-digit

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numbers. Students have been applying what they learned in lessons one to three to

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help them with adding numbers. In lesson four, students have been using a standard

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algorithm to add whole numbers but were also shown how to use place value to add

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whole numbers. Students are using what they previously learned in lesson three on

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rounding to check if their sum is reasonable.

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In science, they recently finished a unit on ecosystems, and every student chose an

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animal and created a book about their animal using Book Creator.

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They did an amazing job. We're now in a unit called Molecules to Organisms, in

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which students were able to do hands-on stations to explore plants and animals.

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We discussed how internal and external structures help the plant or animal with

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growth, survival, and reproduction.

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In ELA writing class, we've been writing personal narratives.

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We're wrapping up the first unit with these concepts.

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The students have been able to choose one of their favorite memories to write a

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personal narrative about. Their stories are very interesting.

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We have topics including interesting vacations, memorable birthday parties,

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holidays with family, fun professional sports games, and more.

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In PE, K to one, students continued developing their loco-motor skills this week,

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practicing walking, running, hopping, jumping, skipping, galloping,

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shuffling, and leaping through an engaging game called Fishing Hole.

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The lesson also provided opportunities for students to connect physical education

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with learning beyond the gym. Students identified different types of fish found in

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local waterways, counted their catches, and sorted fish by species.

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This activity reinforced movement skills while incorporating science, math, and

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teamwork in a fun and meaningful way.

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And in second to fourth grade, as a lead-up activity to soccer, students continued

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developing their kicking and gameplay skills through kickball.

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Students focused on base running rules, decision-making, strategy, teamwork, and

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safe movement while participating in active game situations.

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These experiences help build the foundational skills, spatial awareness, and

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strategic thinking students will apply as we transition into soccer.

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I think that's covered, though. Third graders. I think that was the last one.

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All right. Third graders have been learning all about the monarch butterfly in

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science lab. This has included the life cycle, the 3,000-mile migration to

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Mexico, facts and details, sustainability, and environmental factors that support

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or harm the monarch. Students have even cared for monarchs in our classroom,

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egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly stages, and released them at our school.

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In music, K to two has been exploring steady beat, quarter notes, eighth notes, and

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rests. We have done simple songs, rhythm play-alongs, and movement activities.

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Students have used percussion instruments, scarves, and the parachute to experience

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the music. We have also played fun music games and established the music class

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routine. In third and fourth grade, they've been working on rhythm and solfège

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syllables, along with finding their singing voice.

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They've played percussion instruments and pitched boom whackers, along with games

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to experience and enjoy musical aspects.

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Fourth grade also had their choir meeting and learned about different band types

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and instruments. Band night is on September 20th

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at 5:00. Choir and band will both begin during homeroom in October.

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That's all. Thank you, Lisa.

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Okay, 108, committee of the whole. No more board members.

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Yes, sir. Committee of a whole,

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board policy number 246, which is student wellness.

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And that policy states that myself, superintendent, and also a board member need to

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be part of the wellness committee.

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The purpose of the wellness committee

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is again, to

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promote student health, proper nutrition within the school.

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They do a lot of activities and fundraisers within the school.

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Just to name a few, back-to-school, not back-to-school, in-service days.

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They do a lot of good. They do

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potluck breakfast. They also coordinate games for the staff and administration to

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play, just to open the day off with fun and just to make the

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beginning

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meaningful for everybody coming back. So again, this committee meets once a month.

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Again, we have a policy of 246, which is quite lengthy.

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I think it's wise that this committee that we look to, just to make sure this

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policy's in line with current standards and practices of what we are doing.

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So I just ask for a volunteer of the board, just so we're properly following the

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policy, right? And we're meeting and they do meet, it is via Zoom, once a month on

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Monday, I believe. I'll get you those details.

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But I do need a volunteer then from the board to represent.

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Anybody want to jump on that?

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Nope. I'll do it then.

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Okay, thank you, Sir.

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Okay, Michael.

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Motion to approve the consent agenda.

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Second.

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Anybody want anything pulled out or discussed?

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Yes. We need to pull out 4.01.

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4.01, okay.

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Do you want to discuss that right now?

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There's some questions we had with the revisions to policy 201 by

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Director 4 information we want to discuss it before we move forward.

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Let's send it back to committee. If that's okay, guys, let's do next month.

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Just to clarify those dates so everybody's on the same page.

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Let's send it back to that committee.

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So vote to table it to committee at this point.

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So we'll hold that one out-

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Yep

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... we'll hold everything else. We'll table that. Table that. Yes.

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Yeah. Then we can bring it back again next quarter. I agree.

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Yep, that's perfect.

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Yep. No, that's perfect.

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Okay.

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Thank you, guys.

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Summer, final vote?

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Yes. Mr. Reiner?

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Yes.

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Mr. Reynolds?

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Yes.

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Mr. Rowe?

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Yes.

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Mr. Wilbur?

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Yes.

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Mr. Beaver?

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Yes.

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Mr. Bowman?

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Yes.

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Mr. Forsman?

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Yes.

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Mrs. Huffman?

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Yes.

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Mr. Heil?

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Yes.

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Motion carries eight, zero.

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Motion to table 4.01.

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I'll second that.

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And for a minute, it's tabled and sent back to committee.

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Okay, final vote?

480
00:30:54,889 --> 00:30:55,639
Yes. Mrs. Huffman?

481
00:30:56,357 --> 00:30:56,808
Yes.

482
00:30:56,839 --> 00:30:58,758
Mr. Reiner? Mr. Reynolds?

483
00:30:58,968 --> 00:30:59,178
Yes.

484
00:30:59,628 --> 00:31:00,198
Mr. Rowe?

485
00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:01,279
Yes.

486
00:31:01,758 --> 00:31:02,389
Mr. Wilbur?

487
00:31:02,808 --> 00:31:03,048
Yes.

488
00:31:03,438 --> 00:31:04,038
Mr. Beaver?

489
00:31:04,098 --> 00:31:04,308
Yes.

490
00:31:04,758 --> 00:31:05,358
Mr. Bowman?

491
00:31:05,419 --> 00:31:05,658
Yes.

492
00:31:05,988 --> 00:31:06,708
Mr. Forsman?

493
00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:07,068
Yes.

494
00:31:07,488 --> 00:31:07,938
Mr. Heil?

495
00:31:08,268 --> 00:31:08,688
Yes.

496
00:31:09,139 --> 00:31:10,248
Motion carries eight, zero.

497
00:31:12,018 --> 00:31:16,878
Jean, I'd like you to say on 111 the revised 249, which is

498
00:31:18,318 --> 00:31:21,708
our bullying and cyberbullying policy. Again, there's some new language in that.

499
00:31:22,038 --> 00:31:24,768
Also, some called beefed-up procedures.

500
00:31:25,248 --> 00:31:28,518
If there is an incident reported in the investigation process.

501
00:31:29,149 --> 00:31:32,928
But also to know that with that policy comes a little more

502
00:31:37,218 --> 00:31:41,868
work for administration. What we're going to do to follow the new law and kind of

503
00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:46,368
the old law is, we will be posting that bullying and cyberbullying policy in every

504
00:31:46,428 --> 00:31:49,308
classroom, which we will start work.

505
00:31:49,368 --> 00:31:53,149
Summer graciously is going to start working on that with one of our secretaries to

506
00:31:53,208 --> 00:31:57,408
laminate that. But the policy will be posted in each classroom as per the law

507
00:31:57,468 --> 00:32:00,018
states. And then also we will be sending out

508
00:32:01,458 --> 00:32:05,628
just a refresher on the policy and the revision via ThrillShare to the community,

509
00:32:05,718 --> 00:32:09,828
just so they're aware of, again, the policy in whole and then the changes of that

510
00:32:09,889 --> 00:32:10,428
policy.

511
00:32:11,598 --> 00:32:12,048
That's correct.

512
00:32:12,139 --> 00:32:12,978
Okay, thank you, sir.

513
00:32:13,218 --> 00:32:14,748
Can I just add a question?

514
00:32:14,808 --> 00:32:15,169
Yeah.

515
00:32:15,288 --> 00:32:20,628
We vote on 1.10 through 1.12, right?

516
00:32:21,108 --> 00:32:21,408
Yes.

517
00:32:23,328 --> 00:32:24,288
You got to do these.

518
00:32:24,378 --> 00:32:28,399
So I make a motion to act upon through 1.10-

519
00:32:28,698 --> 00:32:28,908
Yes

520
00:32:28,938 --> 00:32:32,268
... 1.11 or 1.1 and 1.12.

521
00:32:32,658 --> 00:32:35,899
And the only reason why they're not under consent was because they were a committee

522
00:32:35,928 --> 00:32:39,768
of the whole. They didn't go to any formal committee. So they need to be voted on.

523
00:32:39,828 --> 00:32:40,008
Yes.

524
00:32:40,339 --> 00:32:40,998
I'll second.

525
00:32:41,448 --> 00:32:43,848
Okay. I'm sorry. We got to back up here.

526
00:32:43,908 --> 00:32:45,348
Yeah. So you're going to do

527
00:32:46,728 --> 00:32:49,878
110, 111, and 112.

528
00:32:50,839 --> 00:32:51,108
Okay.

529
00:32:51,798 --> 00:32:52,458
Not yours.

530
00:32:52,578 --> 00:32:54,529
I withdraw.

531
00:32:54,589 --> 00:32:56,268
And who made the motion?

532
00:32:56,478 --> 00:32:57,169
Mr. Wilbur.

533
00:32:58,218 --> 00:33:00,018
And Mr. Reynolds, second.

534
00:33:00,858 --> 00:33:04,038
Got it. Thank you.

535
00:33:04,068 --> 00:33:06,678
And again, this is the second reading that they'll be voting upon.

536
00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:07,968
We did read these last month.

537
00:33:11,178 --> 00:33:13,908
Any questions on these policies? Okay.

538
00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:14,208
No.

539
00:33:14,238 --> 00:33:15,649
Thank you. Perfect.

540
00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:17,538
Can I have a vote then?

541
00:33:17,628 --> 00:33:18,618
Yes. Mr. Forsman?

542
00:33:18,768 --> 00:33:19,488
Yes.

543
00:33:19,488 --> 00:33:20,178
Mrs. Huffman?

544
00:33:20,238 --> 00:33:20,538
Yes.

545
00:33:20,839 --> 00:33:22,669
Mr. Reiner? Mr. Reynolds?

546
00:33:22,818 --> 00:33:23,089
Yes.

547
00:33:23,748 --> 00:33:24,468
Mr. Rowe?

548
00:33:24,948 --> 00:33:25,068
Yes.

549
00:33:25,098 --> 00:33:25,788
Mr. Wilbur?

550
00:33:25,848 --> 00:33:26,268
Yes.

551
00:33:26,508 --> 00:33:27,018
Mr. Beaver?

552
00:33:27,048 --> 00:33:27,738
Yes.

553
00:33:27,798 --> 00:33:28,458
Mr. Bowman?

554
00:33:28,518 --> 00:33:28,878
Yes.

555
00:33:29,089 --> 00:33:29,598
Mr. Heil?

556
00:33:29,688 --> 00:33:30,139
Yes.

557
00:33:30,169 --> 00:33:31,548
Motion carries eight, zero.

558
00:33:33,048 --> 00:33:36,828
Okay, seven, unfinished business. The floor is open to the board.

559
00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:40,758
You need to do six.

560
00:33:44,478 --> 00:33:45,198
Section six.

561
00:33:50,208 --> 00:33:51,498
Not according to that one.

562
00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:51,649
I'm sorry.

563
00:33:51,768 --> 00:33:52,848
Oh, you're good. Yeah, they were on-

564
00:33:53,328 --> 00:33:53,839
Yeah, go ahead.

565
00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:54,258
Oh, you're right.

566
00:33:55,639 --> 00:33:56,178
Never mind.

567
00:33:56,298 --> 00:33:57,078
Yeah, because that's the-

568
00:33:57,618 --> 00:33:57,708
Yeah

569
00:33:57,768 --> 00:34:01,399
... I know the new layout is a little different.

570
00:34:01,458 --> 00:34:05,178
Which we revised the layout, Dean suggested, just to make it flow a little better.

571
00:34:05,417 --> 00:34:08,029
Yeah, so we have all the other stuff done.

572
00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:08,208
Yep.

573
00:34:08,327 --> 00:34:08,507
Okay.

574
00:34:10,158 --> 00:34:11,598
We're on eight.

575
00:34:11,628 --> 00:34:12,018
What's that?

576
00:34:12,288 --> 00:34:13,279
We're on eight.

577
00:34:13,339 --> 00:34:16,908
Right. That's right. Halifax Community Representative Report.

578
00:34:16,998 --> 00:34:21,888
Okay. I missed tonight's monthly board meeting, but I know that efforts are

579
00:34:21,888 --> 00:34:26,449
underway here for the annual pumpkin treat down at the park.

580
00:34:26,718 --> 00:34:26,928
Yep.

581
00:34:27,378 --> 00:34:32,868
Fedders Pond Park on the 29th, Thursday the 29th of October, 6:00 PM.

582
00:34:34,008 --> 00:34:36,169
And we'll see you all there.

583
00:34:38,598 --> 00:34:39,018
Okay.

584
00:34:40,638 --> 00:34:45,288
Halifax Wildcat Education Foundation Report? Uh, no report. All right.

585
00:34:45,858 --> 00:34:51,468
Capital Area Air Raid Unit? No report. No report. HAC Representative Report?

586
00:34:53,358 --> 00:34:53,779
No report.

587
00:34:53,779 --> 00:34:54,138
No report.

588
00:34:55,548 --> 00:34:56,958
Buffalo County HAC?

589
00:34:57,558 --> 00:34:58,398
No report.

590
00:35:00,888 --> 00:35:02,388
Tax Collection Committee report?

591
00:35:02,718 --> 00:35:03,228
No report.

592
00:35:03,858 --> 00:35:06,018
Anything else from any of the three reports before the board?

593
00:35:07,788 --> 00:35:12,108
Yeah, one thing I have. Under finance, which obviously was ready to approve, was

594
00:35:12,138 --> 00:35:16,638
the purchase of the golf cart. Very good feedback from that, from the

595
00:35:17,568 --> 00:35:21,618
athletic and the band competition, which we'll get onto that, that was held here

596
00:35:21,678 --> 00:35:26,958
Saturday. But the golf cart has been already a tremendous help for the

597
00:35:27,018 --> 00:35:29,538
handicapped, people that are having trouble walking.

598
00:35:29,779 --> 00:35:32,988
And with the rear seats and the front seats, it's a lot easier to get into.

599
00:35:33,288 --> 00:35:36,888
So really good feedback on that from the public, so I think that was a really good

600
00:35:36,949 --> 00:35:37,518
purchase.

601
00:35:38,088 --> 00:35:39,558
All right. Well, thank you.

602
00:35:40,398 --> 00:35:40,398
Mm-hmm.

603
00:35:40,428 --> 00:35:41,808
All right. Is there a 10 minutes?

604
00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,918
Nope. Sir, pension board?

605
00:35:46,038 --> 00:35:51,618
Okay, so one item here. This past Saturday, our band director in the band

606
00:35:51,648 --> 00:35:57,468
department and various parents and students, and I think probably a touch of

607
00:35:57,558 --> 00:36:00,678
every walk of life was at this band competition.

608
00:36:00,738 --> 00:36:06,408
But historically, this band competition has caused some trouble, say, and

609
00:36:07,038 --> 00:36:09,228
been turbulent, right? It's a big undertaking.

610
00:36:09,768 --> 00:36:15,138
Just for example, there were 11 schools from Halifax all the way to Camp Dale,

611
00:36:15,228 --> 00:36:19,008
Central Dolphins, some big schools, some smaller schools our size, Lebanon

612
00:36:20,238 --> 00:36:22,938
Valley College. So it's a huge, huge undertaking.

613
00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:26,779
The campus is completely packed, as you know. The buses are at the elementary.

614
00:36:28,188 --> 00:36:30,738
I just want to say that this year was probably the best yet.

615
00:36:31,428 --> 00:36:35,718
The feedback received that it was very, very well organized this time.

616
00:36:35,779 --> 00:36:40,518
And again, kudos, I want to give to David Eagleson, our band director and also

617
00:36:40,578 --> 00:36:44,718
teacher. Summer, who's a band parent, obviously helped organize.

618
00:36:45,798 --> 00:36:49,308
And all the other parents that had a hand in this.

619
00:36:50,118 --> 00:36:53,478
They did a really nice job and we did receive really good feedback.

620
00:36:53,748 --> 00:36:57,199
Just to put it in perspective, 8 to 900 spectators were here.

621
00:36:58,398 --> 00:37:00,798
How many hours all day, bud? 10 hours?

622
00:37:01,008 --> 00:37:01,788
8:00 to 8:30.

623
00:37:01,878 --> 00:37:02,898
Yeah, so there you go.

624
00:37:03,078 --> 00:37:04,098
And 8:00 AM to PM.

625
00:37:05,088 --> 00:37:09,918
Yeah. So just a big undertaking. Custodial staff, they were here to help.

626
00:37:10,908 --> 00:37:12,588
Drivers for the golf carts, the

627
00:37:13,908 --> 00:37:16,998
gator, and just many compliments this time.

628
00:37:17,268 --> 00:37:22,638
Again, it was always a nice event and it always was successful, but usually Monday

629
00:37:22,728 --> 00:37:24,228
I've had a lot of complaints. Right?

630
00:37:24,408 --> 00:37:28,548
All saying, "Oh, this, that, this, that." And this time there was actually no

631
00:37:28,608 --> 00:37:32,358
goodness received. And probably summer has a little bit to do with that.

632
00:37:32,449 --> 00:37:33,708
So kudos to her.

633
00:37:34,128 --> 00:37:34,788
And lots of others.

634
00:37:34,848 --> 00:37:37,279
Yeah, and absolutely, lots of others. You're not the only parent.

635
00:37:37,368 --> 00:37:42,199
So again, just a shout-out for that undertaking. It's a tremendous undertaking.

636
00:37:42,258 --> 00:37:46,428
And obviously good for us, right? It's good publicity and representation of us and

637
00:37:46,488 --> 00:37:50,029
our band department, which they do a really nice job. So that's all I have.

638
00:37:50,088 --> 00:37:50,538
Thank you.

639
00:37:50,598 --> 00:37:51,078
Thank you, sir.

640
00:37:51,168 --> 00:37:54,558
Okay. Are you done?

641
00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:54,918
Okay.

642
00:37:55,248 --> 00:37:56,058
Showdown.

643
00:37:57,438 --> 00:37:58,038
What do you say?

644
00:38:08,988 --> 00:38:09,078
Yeah.