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The time is 6 PM and it is Wednesday,

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September 23rd, 2026.

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And I am calling our regular board

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meeting to order. I'd like to make a

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couple of notes here. Um, first, HCTV is

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having some inter intermittent

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connectivity issues, so we are audio

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recording the meeting tonight in case

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they uh go down or have other issues.

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And then I'm going to just apologize. My

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computer crashed yesterday, so I am

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going old school with papers in front of

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me, so it might be a little rough. So,

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we will get moving here. Uh, clerk

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Milner, could you please um take

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attendance?

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>> Director Beer Meyer

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>> here.

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>> Director Michael Moulder

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>> here.

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>> Director Zuzac

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>> here.

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>> Vice Chair Dresley

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>> here.

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>> Chair Tate

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>> here.

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>> Director Bruns

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>> here.

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>> And director Milner here.

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>> Thank you. Also in attendance this

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evening, we have currently two of our

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student representatives sitting at the

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table. We will welcome our two new

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students later and we also have our

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superintendent or camp Herman.

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>> All right, if I could please ask

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everyone who is able to please stand and

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remove your headwear for the pledge of

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allegiance.

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>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation

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under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Thank you. Could I please get a motion

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to approve the agenda? Michael Moulder

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moves to approve the agenda.

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>> My second.

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>> Oh, Beer Myer seconds.

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>> Thank you. Any discussion?

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>> All right, seeing none, all those in

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favor of approving the agenda say I.

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All those opposed say nay. Motion

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passes unanimously to approve the

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agenda. And next, I am excited to invite

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our two new students uh student

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representatives up to the board table

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here. If you would please just take a a

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stand in front of the desk here for us.

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We have uh Leighton Morgan and Samantha

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Seaman joining us this evening. And I'm

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going to ask you to raise your right

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hand and repeat after me, please.

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I swear that I will support

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>> I swear that I will support

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>> the Constitution of the United States.

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>> and the Constitution of the State of

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Minnesota

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>> and the Constitution of the State of

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Minnesota

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>> and will faithfully discharge

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>> and faithfully discharge

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>> the duties of student school board

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representative

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>> the duties of student school board

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representative

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>> serving independent school district 200

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>> to the best of my judgment and ability.

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All right, welcome. Have a seat.

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>> Congratulations.

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» So, next month we will start restart

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with our student reports from the

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buildings. So, excited to have you girls

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And next up, we have um sorry uh I said

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it was going to be [clears throat] a

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little rough. Uh welcome to all of our

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visitors in the room and everyone who

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may be viewing online both now and in

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the future. We appreciate your

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engagement in Hastings Public Schools.

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Next up, we have our Raider Spotlight.

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>> So, I'd like to invite Principal Doranov

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to introduce our recipient.

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So, I'm lucky enough to have the actual

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track coach here to do those honors,

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Jason Cook.

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Um, so this is Austin Elias. Austin was

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awarded the state assistant track coach

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of the year for um class AAA. He is the

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3A representative. Um and this is his

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eighth year being in the district. We

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kind of had the COVID year where he

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didn't get to coach, but his seventh

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year coaching for us. He's made an

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unbelievable difference in our program.

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know, we had a lot of success on the

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track and in the state meet this past

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year and um he is a big reason for that.

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So a welldeserving um individual just

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puts a lot of heart and soul into just

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the track program and then this

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community as a whole. I mean he lives in

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the community. His he's a teacher here

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at the middle school and um just an

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unbelievable human being and a super big

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asset to our program and to our

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community.

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>> Would you like to say a few words?

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recognizing me tonight. Um, it's

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awesome. Um, just kind of a first little

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shout out and recognition of Coach Cook

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as well. Um, I think he should be next

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to me right now as this head coach of

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the year as well. Um, but um, just huge,

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we have a huge passion for track and

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field and in this community. I think we

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have um, kind of showed that through our

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success on the track. Um, and then shout

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out to our athletes as well. Um, we had

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a lot of success last year, um, setting

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state records, um, state titles, and

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then the boys and girls both getting

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third at the state meet, and that

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wouldn't be, um, that's due to the

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athletes that put the work in, uh,

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especially in the offseason. So, um,

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kudos to them as well.

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>> Well, thank you and congrats. Um, thank

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you for all the efforts that you put

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into making this program amazing. Like,

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it's really fun to watch.

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comments? Absolutely. Dr. Brunson,

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>> I know that it's not always about the result at the end. Sometimes it's

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about the time we spend with the folks

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in our programs. Can you speak a little

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bit to the work that Trent Hansen and

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the entirety of the coaching staff put

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into like that intentional connection

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and what we hope to really get out of

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athletics for our students?

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>> Oh, gosh. Yeah. [laughter]

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>> Yeah. You want to go for it?

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unbelievable job. Obviously he has been

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gotten some awards of his own but he has

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changed our athletic program um for the

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better and he has put in like our um

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coaching stuff that we do with making

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sure that you know it's all about making

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a difference for these kids as we move

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forward. Um obviously he says it like

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this. Our goal is to win, but our

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purpose is to to help these kids turn

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into, you know, awesome human beings,

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community members, things like that. And

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you can definitely see a difference with

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the initiatives that he's made and the

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things that we've done as like a

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coaching staff and then as our sports

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programs and just how those things

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affect the kids and making them or

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helping them be quality human beings.

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speak specifically about our track kids.

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on the podium and there were athletic

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directors from around the state that

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help with like state events and things

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like that and they made comments to

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Trent and myself just about how good our

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kids were and I think obviously um the

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work that he's put in is the big reason for it and then

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transferring that to each and every one

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of the different sports programs is has

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made a huge difference. So I think a lot

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of kids would also say that you know the initiatives and the things that

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we've done have made a huge difference

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in their lives and for our our school

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and our programs as well. So

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So, I made sorry I made this comment

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before, but I I work out at the YMCA and

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there's a ton of track guys that work

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out with me and I hear them talk about

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the two of you really often and I love

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hearing good motivating things come out

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of high school boys mouth. So, you're

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doing it right. [laughter]

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» I too want to thank you for your work

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and congratulations on this honor. Um,

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it's really important that we educate

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the whole child and the work that you do

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after school matters in that. And so I

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just really want to personally thank you

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and I have something from the district.

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» Just a small tool, but we really want

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>> to say thank you for all that.

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Congratulations. [applause]

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» Congratulations. [laughter]

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>> If you could shut that mic off, that'd

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be awesome. Thank you.

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>> All right. Uh, next would be public

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comment. Uh, but we didn't have anyone

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sign up for public comment this evening.

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superintendent report.

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» Okay. Thank you. Um, first of all, I

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would like to say we've had an awesome

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start to our school year. Um, we had a

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wonderful welcome back week for our

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teachers and all of our kids got in

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pretty well. You know, there's always

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some glitches with busing, but I think

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we worked through that pretty well. Um,

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I also am excited to announce that this

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week is homecoming week, so hoping to

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see everyone at all the activities. Um,

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we had the flag football opportunity for

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girls Monday night. We have obviously um

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home games for volleyball and soccer and

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so please take time to come out and see

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everyone and then of course the football

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game on Friday with the dance on

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Saturday. So just want to remind all of

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our alums too to come out and share in

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the wealth of celebrating our kids and

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what they do. I also want to say um

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September 15th was National IT

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Professional Day and I want to thank all

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of our IT staff. you know, those are the

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folks that are behind the scenes that

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you don't regularly see. And um but they

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work so hard and without them, we all

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know the importance of technology,

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especially when you don't have it. And

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so I want to thank them for all the work

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that they do because we generally have

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pretty smooth running uh technology use

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in our schools. And so I want to just

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say congratulations to them and a shout

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out um and to Tim Buchanan as the

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director. He's been with us now almost a

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year and he's really doing a great job

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in that leadership role. And then I

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would also like to say that uh the month

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of September is school board member

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appreciation month. And so um I just

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want to thank all the board members for

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their time that you put in to serve our

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school district and our community. Um, I

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appreciate the thoughtfulness that you

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put into our meetings and to asking good

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questions and to giving opportunities

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and ideas for improvement. Um, it's been

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really wonderful and I know that again

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it's a lot of hours. You certainly

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aren't getting paid what one might think

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for the amount of hours that you're

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putting in, but you do it anyway. And I

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just that is true service to our

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community. And so I appreciate that. And

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I want to thank the student members as

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well. and I'm excited to have you at our

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meetings for the full time this year.

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And so in thanks from us, I have

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certificates to hand out. So and I have the medallions

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and medallions or pins.

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Here's this. Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» [snorts]

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>> Thank you.

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» Yeah.

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>> I just want to say it's it's a joy

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working with Dr. Wamp Herman. Um,

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and I really think and I want to thank

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the staff, the administration. Um, I

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think this partnership is building and

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it's been uh pretty enjoyable. The last

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work session we had was was great and I

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think we're building on good things and

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thank you Dr. Workamp Herman.

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So again, I'd like to thank you and just

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know that um we all appreciate all the

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work and we do function as a team and

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that includes the board. And so you can

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see many of our team members are out

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here ready to present tonight and they

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work really hard for our kids and I

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really feel confident that everyone all

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of you really have the best interest of

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kids at heart and that's that's what

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matters. So thank you.

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>> Thank you.

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» So now I'm going to give an update on

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our data dashboard and vision card and

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I'm going to kind of talk through. So

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this is new for us and you want to show

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bring up um the vision card first. So as

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you know this we finally pulled together

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by the end of last year and then as with

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something new you have to figure out how

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to keep up with things and who's going

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to do what and when do you do it and so

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actually I apologize before we do that

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can we show the calendar? So, just based

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on um learning when data comes in and

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how to best time it for updating and

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who's going to do that work, we've put

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together this calendar and we're going

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to hope that it works. And so, um the

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data will be updated for the 2627 school

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year based on this information. So, in

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the month of October, we'll update we'll

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get information on staffing um from our

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human resources department and we'll

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have ongoing professional development

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data updated as well. As we have a

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professional development day, we'll then

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update that data. So, that could change

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from year to year if our calendar

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changes. Um we'll also be able to update

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and by the end of October, and this is

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all by the end of the month, the MCA

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data from the prior year because it's

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still embargoed to this day right now

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from last year. we don't have that fall

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fast bridge data consistent attendance

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um that's a two-year leg student

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conferences from the fall and then

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administrator teacher ratios etc. So you

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can see that and then in January we'll

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update data from December. We can't

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update financial information right now.

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The audit isn't complete. So you still

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have last year's audit. Once we get that

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secured, we'll update it. Then you know

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it's interesting about finance right

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now. Jen's living in three fiscal years.

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So [laughter]

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it's complicated, but we'll we have it

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on here to update based on once that

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audit is complete and presented to the

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board. And then we'll have the

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perception data. Um, we're going to plan

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to send that out if board approves and

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all of that. The the calendar would be

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November. So, by the time we get that

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data back, likely won't input in uh

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update or upload that to the vision card

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until January. Um, March, we'll talk

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about the winter data from FastBridge um

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along with student conferences that have

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taken place. Again, professional de

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development data as the dates occur. And

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then in June, we'll update the final

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from May and then all of the final data

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that we have from activity uh

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participation, spring testing data,

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support service data, and then

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communications data. So Carrie will be

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presenting later in the year um a whole

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communications plan. She's got

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You're going to love it. I'm just going

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to say that.

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>> I'm gonna leave it there.

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>> So now if you want to just I'll just

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bring this. We won't go through

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everything on the data dashboard, but

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we'll start with the vision card. You

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can see here that we have the data that

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we have is updated. The data that we're

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waiting on will be updated according to

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the calendar. Um, and so remember this

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is on our website for anyone to see. So

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the dashboard right here um if you want

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to pull that down is just a big summary

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of aggregate data and that you can look

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at from different uh trends around ACT,

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graduation, college and career

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readiness, other testing whether it be

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MCA, Fastbridge and then we have those

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highlighted survey data that tell us

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about equity and belonging. Now remember

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these are all aligned to our core

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pillars and so this is where you get

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safe and supportive engaging

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environments from the uh the survey

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data. Then along with empowerment and

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retention comes from HR and then the

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effectiveness of our operations meaning

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your finance as well as some HR data. So

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um I just wanted to show this to you. Um

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you can look at that data on your own.

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If you ever have questions feel free to

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you know reach out and ask. Um, you can

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see from the bottom of this, we do still

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have definitions listed. So, if as we

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know there's a lot of education speak

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that if you're not in the field of

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education, you may not know what these

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terms or acronyms mean. I think there's

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more acronyms in education than any

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other field. Somebody will argue with

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me, but there's a lot. And so, we have

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all of our um definitions there for

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anybody who may wonder. And then this

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data, this aggregate data is pulled up

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from the dashboard. And then the

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dashboard data gets into more of the

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disagregate data where you're going to

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be able to see trends by grades. Um more

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days the data around who's opting out,

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how many are opting out of MCAs. Um

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you're going to look at trend data

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across five years. So all of that data

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lives on the dashboard. And so you can

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peruse that at your will. Now remember

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some of this data we don't have yet. Um,

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again, MCA data, we don't get that until

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another couple weeks. So, actually, I

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think it's unembargoed next week, I

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think. So, yeah. So, any questions about

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that?

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I think it looks really great and I

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think it's a huge asset for the

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community to have a quick click through

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that they can they can see the data

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firsthand. So, thank you so much for

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putting that together.

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>> Yeah, I think I you know, and it's not

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only the community, right? We've never

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had anything like this before. So, it's

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fantastic for the board, for

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administrators, for for, you know,

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teachers, everybody to kind of see,

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okay, where where are we doing? Awesome.

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What do we need to keep doing? And where

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do we need to shore things up a bit?

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>> Yeah, it is.

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>> Is it on the agenda to um push it out

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with the with the uh communications to

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the community as well, just to make it

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to reinforce?

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>> No, that's a great input. We we can do

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that. Thank you. Yeah, perfect. Didn't

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think about that. That's good. We can

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even add that to the Raider update as

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well, periodically,

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>> like every time we make an update or

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something.

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>> Fantastic.

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>> Yeah, that's a great idea.

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, I just want to bring that to your

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attention. That's where we're at. And I

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want to thank Lindy and Andrew and Tim

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for doing a ton of work to put this

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together um behind the scenes and making

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sure the data is accurate. And Andrew's

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team um there, Bri and Ma, uh well,

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Mattiey's gone now, but she last spring

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would help pull together all that

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testing data. It's important. Um Kelsey

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will take that over now this year. And

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so I just want to thank them because

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that's a it's time that they're putting

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in to make sure that we're transparent

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with our information.

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>> Yeah. Thank you.

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>> Nice job.

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>> All right. Anything else? Good.

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>> All right. Uh next up we have a

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presentation about uh moving to a block

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schedule at the high school. Uh for full

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transparency, the board got this

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presentation at our work session. And I

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want to say we had a lot of questions

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and answers and great discussion. It was

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about an hour and a half, so this would

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be the abbreviated version here.

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>> Welcome.

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>> Sorry to interrupt. Is this something

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that the new members needed to sign?

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>> Okay.

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» [laughter]

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>> We want them to be official.

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There we go. Oh,

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Andrew is going to grab a new another

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mic here for us.

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So, uh, Chair Tate, members of the

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board, Dr. War Campamp Herman and school

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student school board reps. Uh thanks for

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having us again. We're here to have a

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conversation again repeat uh what we've

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talked about at work session a little

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bit of policy meeting but [snorts] again

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we're going to go through this fairly

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quickly and absolutely have questions

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for us at the end um or interrupt us in

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the middle that's fine too. So, um just

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a little bit of history,

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we had

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a um directive five, six years ago that

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said, "Hey, we need to look at secondary

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programming. Uh where can we do better?"

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Basically, um you know, we have

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declining enrollment. What are we doing

542
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to attract and maintain the student

543
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:54,400
enrollment that we have and really

544
00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,080
provide a better experience for our

545
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,320
kids? So, we we spent a few years

546
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,640
looking at multiple models. there's a

547
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,039
few of us that have had uh multiple

548
00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:05,440
years of experience in pathway work. So,

549
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,280
we went down that that road and have

550
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,280
really launched a really really nice set

551
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,520
of courses uh designing new courses. So,

552
00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,320
all of that work is in in progress. What

553
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:15,919
came out of that and continues to come

554
00:23:15,919 --> 00:23:19,039
out of that is how can we do that work

555
00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:20,640
better and more effectively and

556
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,480
efficiently with kids and we're finding

557
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,720
that we need more time per class. We

558
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:25,919
need to be able to get out of the

559
00:23:25,919 --> 00:23:27,840
classroom, break down those four walls,

560
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,000
and get out into the community. This is

561
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:32,000
a type of schedule that allows us to do

562
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,400
that. Um, again, we've had a number of

563
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:35,840
staff members in the building who have

564
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,760
come from districts on a block. I was an

565
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:39,919
administrator on a block schedule. It's

566
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:42,159
not perfect. Um, there are, you know,

567
00:23:42,159 --> 00:23:44,000
you can make any schedule work, but for

568
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,600
the work that we're doing with the, uh,

569
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,840
pathways, business connections, uh,

570
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,440
internship opportunities, things like

571
00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,320
that. It really allows us to, um, do

572
00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:57,430
more work with the time that we have.

573
00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:58,960
Again, these are the things that we're

574
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:00,480
working on within that pathway work.

575
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,159
I'll turn it over to Chris here to talk

576
00:24:02,159 --> 00:24:03,440
a little bit about the skills for

577
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,559
success that we're focusing on.

578
00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:08,000
>> Thank you. I'm Chris Moore, assistant

579
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,679
principal at the high school. And the

580
00:24:09,679 --> 00:24:11,200
pieces that we have really been working

581
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,960
on with our business partners are the

582
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,360
skills that the soft skills that kids

583
00:24:15,360 --> 00:24:18,159
need better.

584
00:24:18,159 --> 00:24:20,080
Okay. Uh the soft skills that the kids

585
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,919
need uh once they graduate from high

586
00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:23,679
school, making sure that they're ready

587
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,679
for employment. We can teach them the

588
00:24:25,679 --> 00:24:27,039
content and do all of that, but our

589
00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:28,480
business partners are saying we need to

590
00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:29,679
make sure that they're dependable

591
00:24:29,679 --> 00:24:31,520
people. They're on time. They're able to

592
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,360
communicate with their their managers.

593
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:34,480
They're able to communicate with the

594
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,320
public, vendors, clients, whoever it

595
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:42,159
might be. Um, and that they they're ready for the the job and that's

596
00:24:42,159 --> 00:24:43,440
the pieces that they've really been

597
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,679
pushing with us. So, the pathway

598
00:24:45,679 --> 00:24:48,799
development by us getting out and into

599
00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:50,720
the community with our students help us

600
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:53,360
build those soft skills with the kids.

601
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:56,000
also help us uh have that opportunity

602
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,600
for kids to do some job shadow

603
00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,600
experiences so that they can see what a

604
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,840
career as an electrician or a cook or um

605
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,919
engineer might be like to see is it

606
00:25:05,919 --> 00:25:06,799
something that they really want to

607
00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:08,720
pursue by the time they get into college

608
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:09,919
and go down [snorts] that path. So

609
00:25:09,919 --> 00:25:11,840
they're not spending two to three years

610
00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:13,840
realize they it's not the job they

611
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,440
thought it was and now they're shifting

612
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:16,880
and and have spent all that time and

613
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:18,960
money to to look at a different program.

614
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,640
So, that's the piece that we're really

615
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,720
excited about with the the schedule

616
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,520
change and the pathway development.

617
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,360
As we look at this, we know that there

618
00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,000
are courses that don't fit well on a

619
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:32,240
block schedule. For example, music. We

620
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,080
have a very strong music program in

621
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,559
Hastings. And we don't want to to to

622
00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:39,279
hurt that program. So, one way to do

623
00:25:39,279 --> 00:25:41,200
that is to really look at skinny

624
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,600
courses, breaking the a block into two

625
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,760
different components so that they can

626
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,360
have a course all year long and it's not

627
00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:51,840
uh giving up 25% of their schedule to do

628
00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:53,919
that under a traditional block uh

629
00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:55,760
schedule. So, we're able to do that and

630
00:25:55,760 --> 00:26:00,400
then working with our our staff and the students looking at what courses

631
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,880
also pair nicely with that that skinny.

632
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,159
It could be a world language course, it

633
00:26:04,159 --> 00:26:06,000
could be a math course, could be health

634
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,919
and PE. It's really looking at where

635
00:26:07,919 --> 00:26:10,000
does it fit best for those kids in those

636
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,159
classes to to skinny with that so that

637
00:26:12,159 --> 00:26:14,080
they're having a a nice cohesive

638
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,679
experience all the way through their

639
00:26:15,679 --> 00:26:17,913
time here. And then for those that don't

640
00:26:17,913 --> 00:26:18,640
[clears throat]

641
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:21,279
take uh music, they can take that full

642
00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:24,000
block schedule. So it's we're running uh

643
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,240
two schedules at times with the skinnies

644
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:27,760
and with a traditional block for those

645
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,279
kids to meet all the needs that we have

646
00:26:29,279 --> 00:26:32,400
for our students.

647
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,080
So this would be the example of the with

648
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,919
the skinny uh in music.

649
00:26:37,919 --> 00:26:39,840
So you can see the depending on the

650
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,919
music whether it's band, choir or

651
00:26:41,919 --> 00:26:43,679
orchestra, it would be the first block

652
00:26:43,679 --> 00:26:45,440
or second block within that and then the

653
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,360
other one would be an offset block. Uh

654
00:26:47,360 --> 00:26:50,159
the skinny also allows us to continue to

655
00:26:50,159 --> 00:26:51,679
have kids to take two music. So if they

656
00:26:51,679 --> 00:26:53,200
wanted to do band and choir, it also

657
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,520
allows them to do that without uh

658
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,840
without hurting the program.

659
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,360
>> And again, the ways to skinny those

660
00:26:59,360 --> 00:27:01,840
together as well. So this is another

661
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,320
view of what a block could look like and

662
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:06,240
the different electives or the different

663
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,559
uh components that way uh on a four

664
00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:10,240
period day with the skinny in 9th, 10th

665
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,799
and 11th and 12th grade. So breaks it

666
00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:14,159
down to more of those elective

667
00:27:14,159 --> 00:27:15,679
opportunities that the kids would have

668
00:27:15,679 --> 00:27:18,320
as they progress as well. So uh like Mr.

669
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,840
Dorne was saying as our kids expand into

670
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,760
those more intermediate and advanced

671
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:25,520
courses, the block schedule also opens

672
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,600
up those elective opportunities for them

673
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:29,279
to to [snorts] dive deeper into some of

674
00:27:29,279 --> 00:27:30,960
that content.

675
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,559
>> One of the benefits to I think we'll get

676
00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:36,480
to it in a little executive summary. um

677
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,720
not quite there yet is uh really the

678
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:43,120
ability to right now we well I'll get to

679
00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,720
in the executive summary just about our

680
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,240
staffing and our FTE and how how many

681
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:47,679
more courses we can teach during the

682
00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:49,360
school year but if you take a look at

683
00:27:49,360 --> 00:27:50,960
the the difference between a seven

684
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,039
period schedule where we've got six

685
00:27:53,039 --> 00:27:55,509
classes at 46 minutes again one at 50

686
00:27:55,509 --> 00:27:57,279
[sighs and gasps] uh 326 minutes of

687
00:27:57,279 --> 00:27:59,919
instruction per day and then uh 360

688
00:27:59,919 --> 00:28:02,240
minutes of instruction per day on a four

689
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,320
period block. Uh that's kind of how the

690
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,320
breaks down. It's a more time per

691
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,480
course. Uh we reduce a lot of those

692
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,399
transitions between classes. You know,

693
00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:12,399
three passing times instead of six that

694
00:28:12,399 --> 00:28:16,799
we have now. Uh it makes a difference.

695
00:28:16,799 --> 00:28:18,080
>> And Chris was going to talk a little bit

696
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,360
about the comparisons here.

697
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:21,120
>> So, as we worked with our Pathways team

698
00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,760
last year, we started looking at missed

699
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,440
opportunities with kids, too. So, if you

700
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,039
take a look at the left side of the

701
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:29,440
screen, the number of kids taking study

702
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,480
hall, student aid, senior release times,

703
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:34,159
uh we're missing opportunities with kids

704
00:28:34,159 --> 00:28:36,399
to dive deeper into that that content

705
00:28:36,399 --> 00:28:38,320
and and take courses that may better

706
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,240
help them uh prepare for their future

707
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,840
and and explore some of those things

708
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,080
they may like. So the nice thing about

709
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:46,320
the block schedule is it gives them the

710
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,720
opportunity to take more electives, more

711
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,360
courses, dive deeper into that content

712
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,320
and not feel the the stress of having to

713
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:55,919
concentrate on seven courses. They're

714
00:28:55,919 --> 00:28:57,440
concentrating on four, maybe five

715
00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,840
courses at a time. So it it frees them

716
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,120
up a little bit to to reduce some of

717
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:04,880
that stress that they're experiencing uh

718
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,080
and some of the reasons that they're

719
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,760
looking for that study hall during the

720
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,159
school day. Um, and so we're we're able

721
00:29:10,159 --> 00:29:12,720
to capture more opportunities with kids

722
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,039
by switching to the block schedule. And

723
00:29:15,039 --> 00:29:18,640
also, if we look at the class time, the

724
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,360
bell-to-bell time, if we look at the

725
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,360
four period day, on average there are 90

726
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:27,120
minutes. So the there's 3,780 minutes

727
00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:30,399
per class per semester. Uh if we take a

728
00:29:30,399 --> 00:29:33,679
look at a seven period day, the uh

729
00:29:33,679 --> 00:29:36,159
comparison goes from 46 minute classes

730
00:29:36,159 --> 00:29:39,600
so 3864 minutes per class. So pretty

731
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:42,320
comparable. But when you break down the

732
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,919
actual instruction time and you get rid

733
00:29:43,919 --> 00:29:45,760
of those managerial skill things that

734
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,440
happen at the beginning, handing out the

735
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,360
uh the papers, taking attendance, making

736
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,279
some quick announcements, uh and you

737
00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:52,960
subtract those those five minutes of

738
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,320
administrative practices at the

739
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,960
beginning of each hour, uh the four

740
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,039
period or block schedule actually

741
00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:03,440
increases the minutes because you're gaining more time that way. So

742
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:06,240
when you reduce those managerial tasks,

743
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,320
the uh instructional time is roughly

744
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:12,399
3570 minutes compared to the 34 44

745
00:30:12,399 --> 00:30:13,679
minutes.

746
00:30:13,679 --> 00:30:15,600
>> And it might not seem like a big deal,

747
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,679
but that that's it's a lot of time.

748
00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:22,389
That's a really that's a big advantage.

749
00:30:22,399 --> 00:30:23,840
» So Lindy, if you can open up that

750
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,600
executive summary. So this is really

751
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,000
breaks it down. Um when we talk about

752
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,399
you know um finance and FTE and all of

753
00:30:30,399 --> 00:30:33,279
the the benefits right now with a 7

754
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:35,760
period day where our staff are working

755
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:38,799
71.4% of their day is with kids. So you

756
00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:41,039
think about that efficiency a block you

757
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:43,279
teach three out of four blocks per day

758
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:45,760
that would be 12 out of 16 per year uh

759
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,120
gets you at the 75% efficient level. So

760
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,039
really what that does it break if you

761
00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:52,720
break it down mathematically that allows

762
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,720
us to have 2.6 6 2.7 FTE

763
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,520
more efficient. So I want to be very

764
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,200
clear with the board I think we I was

765
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,120
last time as well that we're not looking

766
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,760
to utilize this scheduling as a staff

767
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,520
reduction and a cost savings. Again

768
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,200
we've talked many times about the

769
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,240
financial um stability of the district

770
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,399
when we're talking about moving to our

771
00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:16,159
really uh intermediate and advanced

772
00:31:16,159 --> 00:31:18,399
level courses in the pathways. Those are

773
00:31:18,399 --> 00:31:20,000
going to be a lot of ads. We're going to

774
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,440
be coming to the board with a lot of

775
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,640
requests for new course approval with

776
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,960
Andrew's help um development by the

777
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,880
teachers. Basically, we're able to move

778
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,640
from about 550 classes taught per year

779
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,080
to 660. So, an increase of 110 options

780
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:40,559
for kids in one year over the last. Um

781
00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:42,320
it does help again spreading out a

782
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,480
little bit of the class size um piece,

783
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,559
but it it's really the the main focus is

784
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:48,799
that we're able to offer more at the

785
00:31:48,799 --> 00:31:52,480
same staffing level.

786
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,320
And then with the efficiencies that this

787
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,159
does offer, we know that as we expand

788
00:31:56,159 --> 00:31:59,360
our programming, we may uh need to run

789
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,039
some classes at a smaller number. So

790
00:32:01,039 --> 00:32:03,200
that that class size is an average. uh

791
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,880
but with those efficiencies that we can

792
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,559
do, we may say in order to help this

793
00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:08,720
program grow, we may offer a course at

794
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,279
15 to 20 kids knowing that we have that

795
00:32:11,279 --> 00:32:13,200
opportunity to do that. So the class

796
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,880
size isn't average. It just helps us

797
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,559
with some of the efficiencies uh to be

798
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:19,120
able to offer more courses for kids. And

799
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,480
I know we've talked about this before,

800
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,080
but with the increase in college level

801
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,640
courses that we have, the class size

802
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:26,480
maximums that University of Minnesota

803
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:29,679
gives us soon to be uh Southwest State,

804
00:32:29,679 --> 00:32:31,120
they're going to have those course

805
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:34,080
limits that's able to be absorbed. Um

806
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,919
instead of raising another class to 39

807
00:32:35,919 --> 00:32:38,320
or 40 to get that 25 from the University

808
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,159
of Minnesota maximum, we're able to do

809
00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:41,760
that and still maintain healthy class

810
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:50,470
sizes.

811
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,080
Hi, I'm Mindy Tavern, assistant

812
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,000
principal at the high school as well.

813
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,200
I'm just going to talk a little bit

814
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,880
about um overall in general, what

815
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,039
potential student outcomes can come from

816
00:33:01,039 --> 00:33:03,120
this and our and staffing benefits as

817
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:04,799
well. So, we [snorts] talk a lot about

818
00:33:04,799 --> 00:33:07,200
our failures and we're hoping that the

819
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,880
more time in class they get help. So,

820
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,559
Mr. Moore talked about those study

821
00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:12,960
halls. We will be able to have time with

822
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,960
the specific teacher that can help them

823
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,600
with the content within that same day of

824
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,679
the content. So, it's not like we won't

825
00:33:19,679 --> 00:33:21,279
have the time for kids to work on their

826
00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:23,360
work. We would have it within the class

827
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,320
with that teacher. Also, discipline. We

828
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,399
talked a little bit um Mr. Dorne about

829
00:33:28,399 --> 00:33:30,480
the passing times. Less times in the

830
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,960
hallways, more times in class, hoping

831
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,679
for less discipline. [snorts] Um, one of

832
00:33:35,679 --> 00:33:37,279
our survey results was really of the

833
00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:38,559
importance of teacher student

834
00:33:38,559 --> 00:33:41,440
relationships. This provides more time

835
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,760
with students with their teachers, less

836
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,679
teachers. And on the flip side, I'll

837
00:33:45,679 --> 00:33:47,279
talk about in a minute, but teachers

838
00:33:47,279 --> 00:33:49,440
also have less students to build those

839
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,000
relationships with within that um

840
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,039
semester. Also, we talked about that we

841
00:33:55,039 --> 00:33:56,720
want to get out in the community. This

842
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,760
gives us that time to do that. um like

843
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,519
the 45minute class getting out in the

844
00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:03,200
community getting back it's you don't

845
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,559
have time while you're there. So this

846
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:07,600
provides that for us. Uh and increased

847
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:08,960
opportunities to take classes. We talked

848
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,800
about all the different types of classes

849
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,919
we can once you start to get um interest

850
00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:15,760
in a field. You can start to take more

851
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,320
of that in one year um just to test out

852
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,399
see if you want to do that. Uh the

853
00:34:20,399 --> 00:34:22,320
potential improved teacher retention we

854
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,079
talked about like in our strategic plan

855
00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:25,599
the pillars an important thing is to

856
00:34:25,599 --> 00:34:27,679
keep our teachers here. [snorts] Um,

857
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:29,280
this allows teachers to get to know

858
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,480
them, give more time, um, fewer classers

859
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:35,200
to plan, um, be more intentional with

860
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,359
the classes that they're teaching. Uh,

861
00:34:37,359 --> 00:34:39,359
and then the big thing here we've been

862
00:34:39,359 --> 00:34:40,399
talking about lately is the

863
00:34:40,399 --> 00:34:42,320
collaboration time within the school day

864
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,000
for our teachers. We have lots of

865
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,159
teachers that work with kids before

866
00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:48,079
school, clubs, activities, sports that

867
00:34:48,079 --> 00:34:49,760
it's really hard before and after school

868
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,919
to get together. This provides our time

869
00:34:51,919 --> 00:34:53,919
for our teachers to collaborate within

870
00:34:53,919 --> 00:34:56,079
the school day.

871
00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:57,920
One other additional benefit because I'm

872
00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,119
always thinking about the student

873
00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:00,960
experience as you think about managing

874
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:03,040
seven courses right now. You look around

875
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:04,320
the room with the schoolboard members

876
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,640
here, new and older. Um the course loads

877
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,280
that they take, managing seven courses

878
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:12,960
and then having, you know, an hour to

879
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,720
two hours of homework on every on top of

880
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,800
each one of those courses. Now, to break

881
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,480
that down to three to four, a senior

882
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,839
might be able to work in a study hall,

883
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:21,760
but basically four classes instead of

884
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,440
seven. And again, you're with the

885
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,920
teacher getting that help. the homework

886
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,720
assignments and quantity goes down on a

887
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:30,560
block as well. Behaviors go down,

888
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,880
homework goes down. Uh you do more in

889
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:37,349
class.

890
00:35:37,359 --> 00:35:39,440
Also, there's challenges with any

891
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,839
schedule that you have. Um so we've been

892
00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,560
thinking about that problem solving. Um

893
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,320
taking a lot of questions about how we

894
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,079
can get better with this too within the

895
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,240
schedule. Um a couple of the things up

896
00:35:50,240 --> 00:35:52,320
listed here, AP courses. we need to work

897
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,720
with our EP teachers and talk how we can

898
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,720
make that work, what's best for kids

899
00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,800
within the schedule. So an example, we

900
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:01,520
had said maybe they have three quarters

901
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,440
um within that class rather than just

902
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:06,960
the two. Uh again, the the gap if a

903
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:08,720
student has something first semester and

904
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:10,240
then doesn't have something second

905
00:36:10,240 --> 00:36:11,599
semester, what are we going to do to

906
00:36:11,599 --> 00:36:13,599
help support that? That's something that

907
00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:16,800
we need to problem solve. We do have um

908
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,800
in that same vein that if they take a

909
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,160
class and they're interested they can

910
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,200
take another one for example math you

911
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,200
can take one and keep going higher level

912
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,040
and get to more math if you're in that

913
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,760
interested in that. So um both sides of

914
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,920
that shared staff we need to think about

915
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,920
that we share a lot of staff between the

916
00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:36,000
high school and middle school. So being

917
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:37,520
creative within our scheduling we do

918
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:40,240
that already with this schedule. So um

919
00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:41,839
just another way to look at it with a

920
00:36:41,839 --> 00:36:44,240
block period in the middle school. Uh

921
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:46,240
again, this happens with any schedule,

922
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,480
any school, uh even within our own

923
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,079
district when kids move from

924
00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:52,000
elementaryaries. It it doesn't always

925
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,839
align perfectly when you move in. So, we

926
00:36:53,839 --> 00:36:56,000
will need to be aware of how to help

927
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000
support students when that um when they

928
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,079
move to our district. Another big

929
00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:02,000
barrier for us is that transportation.

930
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,480
We really find that this schedule will

931
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,320
allow for our students to get out and

932
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,560
experience more. The question is, how

933
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,560
can we get the transportation to do

934
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,079
that?

935
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:13,760
>> Yeah. wanting to eliminate the barriers

936
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,750
for all students.

937
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:24,720
So, when we talk about um kind of the board's work and we again we met in policy committee a month or so ago,

938
00:37:24,720 --> 00:37:27,920
really the there's a a few things within

939
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,359
policy that would need to be addressed

940
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:30,880
if the recommendation goes through to

941
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:33,119
move to a block. Working with the

942
00:37:33,119 --> 00:37:35,359
counselors, I know I've talked about the

943
00:37:35,359 --> 00:37:39,040
um 56 versus 58 credits. Those are

944
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:42,240
required out of the 64 block classes a

945
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,720
student can take. We we have two

946
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:47,040
examples here where districts are at

947
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,480
that 58. The recommendation that we most

948
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,320
likely will move forward with is that

949
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:56,240
56. Kids aren't necessarily taking every

950
00:37:56,240 --> 00:37:58,079
single course we're asking them to or we

951
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:00,160
have offered to them. But this provides

952
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,240
us with that room for those students who

953
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,720
might struggle, who might um have a life

954
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,839
event where it's just that hard, that

955
00:38:07,839 --> 00:38:10,000
much harder to overcome to reach that

956
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,800
total to graduate. Again, with this

957
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,680
number, we have not an infinite amount,

958
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,200
but the number of electives that

959
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,560
students are able to take is going to be

960
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,040
expanded so broadly that we feel very

961
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,839
confident that a 56 out of the 64 is

962
00:38:23,839 --> 00:38:27,839
definitely um attainable. 58 is on that

963
00:38:27,839 --> 00:38:30,400
border of uh for some students to be a

964
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,400
little a little trickier. Uh might might

965
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,440
impact graduation. So, we're uh just

966
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,440
moving forward more than likely 56 would

967
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,760
be the conversation. Um teacher

968
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,280
contract, again, won't get into it too

969
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:42,560
much here, but there are minimal

970
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,119
language pieces in there that um would

971
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:47,359
need to be addressed. Um and then the

972
00:38:47,359 --> 00:38:49,280
communication timelines. This is uh

973
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,320
pretty important for us moving forward.

974
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,119
You think about a six-year plan. So

975
00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:57,040
starting now, this is like the decision

976
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,119
year whether we're going to do this or

977
00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:01,760
not. Move forward. If we decide to, next

978
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,320
year would be a full year of staff PD.

979
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,560
You can't roll out a block and have

980
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,400
teachers assuming I can just cram two

981
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,079
lessons together and teach the same way

982
00:39:10,079 --> 00:39:12,640
I've always taught. Those experiences

983
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,640
get a little muddled and and kind of

984
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,960
faded out if you do it that way. So lots

985
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:18,880
of PD professional development for our

986
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:20,640
staff [gasps] on how to teach on a

987
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,480
block. It's just it's a different look.

988
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,160
it's more impactful for students and

989
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,000
that would be an entire year's worth of

990
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,280
RPD time and then rolling that the first

991
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,760
uh year of block would be the 28 29

992
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,839
school year so graduated a year and a

993
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:36,000
half and the year after you guys are

994
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,839
probably done right sorry um but the

995
00:39:39,839 --> 00:39:41,839
communication between now uh we're

996
00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:43,359
obviously meeting with the board again

997
00:39:43,359 --> 00:39:45,040
uh but our teachers having continued

998
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,359
conversations with them about how that

999
00:39:47,359 --> 00:39:48,800
would impact what they do in their

1000
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,960
course uh some of the uh skinny pieces

1001
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,640
we need to work out and then our

1002
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,480
students and community. We've had

1003
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,800
conversations, not in a formal way, but

1004
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,800
um gaining some traction. We just have

1005
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,200
to formalize that conversation and allow

1006
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,040
opportunity for our our parents, our

1007
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,200
students, community members to to weigh

1008
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:06,880
in on You look like you wanted to say

1009
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:07,520
something.

1010
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,440
>> Yeah. I just want to point one thing out

1011
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,040
with the graduation requirements. It

1012
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,240
would be phasing in over time. So, those

1013
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:16,720
students who are like sophomores now,

1014
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,320
right, because they'll be seniors then.

1015
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,320
Um it wouldn't be like, "All right, got

1016
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,079
a rough senior year ahead of you." Um

1017
00:40:22,079 --> 00:40:24,000
it's more about like phasing those in

1018
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:24,800
over time.

1019
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,240
>> That's the Yeah, sorry I didn't get to

1020
00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:28,640
that. That's the the last four years. So

1021
00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,520
the I think it's the class of 2032 would

1022
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:32,960
be the first class to have all four

1023
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,960
years of the block. And again, the

1024
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:36,880
credits would start at 44 like they are

1025
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,320
now, move to um 47, 50, 53, and then

1026
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,240
eventually 56. So each class would have

1027
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,880
a three uh credit increase over those

1028
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:51,349
four years. Yeah. Thank you.

1029
00:40:51,359 --> 00:40:53,839
We've talked a lot. What questions and

1030
00:40:53,839 --> 00:40:55,520
students as well, if that's okay, can I

1031
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,200
offer it up to them? Oh, thank you.

1032
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,920
Yeah. What can we help answer?

1033
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:01,119
>> Actually, I'd love to hear from our

1034
00:41:01,119 --> 00:41:02,720
students first. Yep. I want to hear your

1035
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:04,240
impressions. Good timing for you to be

1036
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:07,270
here.

1037
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:11,119
I um as a senior I was in like all seven

1038
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:13,280
classes and what four of them were

1039
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:15,839
college and it kind of like with

1040
00:41:15,839 --> 00:41:17,680
everything going on it got to be a lot.

1041
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:21,359
So I did take a study hall and I think

1042
00:41:21,359 --> 00:41:23,760
if we allowed students to only have four

1043
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,319
classes and they were longer with like

1044
00:41:26,319 --> 00:41:28,560
teacher help and then time for homework

1045
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,960
as well. I really like that idea because

1046
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,520
it takes a lot of stress off of students

1047
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,280
and allows them to do more outside of

1048
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,200
school and especially for those seniors

1049
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,200
that aren't going to be here ever again

1050
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:41,119
and they want to enjoy their senior year

1051
00:41:41,119 --> 00:41:43,440
but don't want to fall behind in school.

1052
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,280
I think this is just like a really good

1053
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,280
helpful way to just support students and

1054
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,040
also like the career readiness that

1055
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,440
comes along with it and especially like

1056
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,520
for colleges. I know a lot of colleges

1057
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,040
do scheduling like this. You don't have

1058
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:57,839
seven classes in one semester. So this

1059
00:41:57,839 --> 00:42:00,079
is just truly like a good way to prepare

1060
00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:02,480
students for the future.

1061
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,480
>> Thank you for that. One other comment is

1062
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,040
just I I neglected to mention last time

1063
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,960
as well. So you think about right now we

1064
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,200
have semesters that are 18 weeks long.

1065
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,359
You think about a student who struggles

1066
00:42:13,359 --> 00:42:15,599
18 weeks is you've you've hit the cliff

1067
00:42:15,599 --> 00:42:17,280
about week five and then it's just

1068
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,920
there's if you're not on a trajectory to

1069
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,160
really absorb that help and and build

1070
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,319
those skills and get to week 18, it can

1071
00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:27,920
be a a long haul. So nineweek courses,

1072
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,599
you're in, you're out, you've got a

1073
00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:31,359
really intense experience, and then

1074
00:42:31,359 --> 00:42:33,119
you're able to hit the reset button

1075
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:35,440
every nine weeks.

1076
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,200
>> Um, I really agree with what

1077
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,880
Representative or student representative

1078
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,920
Henson was saying. I think personally in

1079
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:44,560
my experience, junior junior year was my

1080
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:47,280
hardest just given the amount of rigor

1081
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,640
that was in the classes that I was

1082
00:42:48,640 --> 00:42:50,560
taking. I was taking all AP and college

1083
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:53,839
courses and having, you know, a couple

1084
00:42:53,839 --> 00:42:58,000
APs and five college courses that I'm

1085
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,520
taking got to be a lot of homework and a

1086
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,800
lot of time spent at home up late

1087
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,440
working on school work, you know, after

1088
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,280
extracurriculars. So, I think this would

1089
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,880
be a great time or a great thing for

1090
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:15,359
students to be able to work with their

1091
00:43:15,359 --> 00:43:17,280
teachers and not having to, you know,

1092
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:20,400
communicate over emails or spend late

1093
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:21,839
nights doing homework and then get up

1094
00:43:21,839 --> 00:43:23,599
early in the morning to go in before

1095
00:43:23,599 --> 00:43:25,359
school to be working with their teachers

1096
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:27,680
on topics they might be struggling with

1097
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,480
or, you know, asking for extensions with

1098
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:33,119
homework. So, I think this is just a

1099
00:43:33,119 --> 00:43:36,079
really great way of giving students the

1100
00:43:36,079 --> 00:43:38,160
opportunity to stay caught up with all

1101
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:44,630
of their schoolwork. So, thank you.

1102
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,280
» Um, I agree with everything. I think I

1103
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,040
must have missed it. When would this

1104
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,359
take place?

1105
00:43:51,359 --> 00:43:55,200
>> So, the fall of 2028 would be the first

1106
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,520
year that the school would be on an all

1107
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,760
grades would be on a block. The credits

1108
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:01,280
would be phased in. So if you're a

1109
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,720
senior that year, obviously you don't

1110
00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:04,640
have to earn, you know, you have to take

1111
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,359
11 courses at a time to catch up with

1112
00:44:07,359 --> 00:44:09,599
the credits. So we'll phase it in

1113
00:44:09,599 --> 00:44:11,359
creditwise over four years, but the

1114
00:44:11,359 --> 00:44:14,000
school would go to a block a year and a

1115
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,520
half from now.

1116
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:18,675
>> So we barely miss it.

1117
00:44:18,675 --> 00:44:18,880
[laughter]

1118
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:23,359
>> That's why I had to apologize to you.

1119
00:44:23,359 --> 00:44:25,359
>> Well, one thing too, we do um offer

1120
00:44:25,359 --> 00:44:26,960
these type of experience on a limited

1121
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,400
basis with our Raider Connect time that

1122
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:29,920
we do. Now, those classes are broken

1123
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,160
down into um fairly close to the

1124
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,920
schedule that we have here, 90-minute uh

1125
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:35,680
blocks over a two-day period. We do that

1126
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,599
six times a year. And what we're seeing

1127
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:39,440
is a number of teachers really starting

1128
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,520
to take advantage of those days, get

1129
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:42,800
their [snorts] kids out of the building,

1130
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:44,640
uh do some experiential pieces with

1131
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,520
culinary, hospitality, tourism, uh child

1132
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,640
care, uh opportunities, um trips to, um

1133
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,079
you know, engineering, manufacturing

1134
00:44:52,079 --> 00:44:53,839
places. So, we're seeing a lot of people

1135
00:44:53,839 --> 00:44:59,510
take advantage of the extra time.

1136
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,880
Where would advisory take place in this?

1137
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,640
>> Advisory would be absorbed into one of

1138
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,319
the classes in terms of announcements.

1139
00:45:06,319 --> 00:45:08,319
We would not have an everyday advisory.

1140
00:45:08,319 --> 00:45:10,160
We would have special events and some

1141
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:11,839
pepfest type schedules and things, but

1142
00:45:11,839 --> 00:45:15,440
it wouldn't be an everyday event.

1143
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,200
>> Good question.

1144
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,640
Um, I think so. It's this year's seventh

1145
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:22,400
graders who would have the full block

1146
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,160
their entire experience and this year's

1147
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,079
10th graders who would have their senior

1148
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:28,400
year, but they would have a block. Um, I

1149
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,640
just want to comment. So, one of my

1150
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:31,920
biggest concerns that we talked about at

1151
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,079
the work session was the like the math

1152
00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:36,560
and the and the the languages, right?

1153
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,000
And it sounds like you guys are kind of

1154
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:40,319
considering moving those to be skinnies.

1155
00:45:40,319 --> 00:45:43,119
um biggest concern is

1156
00:45:43,119 --> 00:45:45,839
with math especially and with languages

1157
00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:47,839
you lose it if you don't take it

1158
00:45:47,839 --> 00:45:49,680
sequentially and so we we had talked

1159
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:51,200
about before having those be part of

1160
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,520
blocks but missing things so it sounds

1161
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:54,560
like you're definitely considering

1162
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:56,319
moving those over into skinnies so it's

1163
00:45:56,319 --> 00:45:58,960
music math

1164
00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:00,880
PE it looked like health class

1165
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,359
>> yep sorry to interrupt but u one thing

1166
00:46:03,359 --> 00:46:04,640
we have to be careful of is not

1167
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,000
overkinning ourselves and then we turn

1168
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,920
into an eight period day however you're

1169
00:46:07,920 --> 00:46:10,000
absolutely correct that there are are

1170
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,160
conversations happening about what fits

1171
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,560
best and there are times of the year you

1172
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,800
can have a skinned uh Spanish and then

1173
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,200
you could also have a regular Spanish on

1174
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,680
a block as well. So and again like Mr.

1175
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,839
Tavanir said if you have a student who's

1176
00:46:23,839 --> 00:46:27,680
interested in math and engineering and that kind of a track physics you

1177
00:46:27,680 --> 00:46:29,200
don't have to wait until the next year

1178
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:31,280
to take that well I might you can't take

1179
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,280
physics until junior year. Oh, you are

1180
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:34,800
taking that second semester of that

1181
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,240
sophomore year and then your advanced

1182
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:38,640
level uh opportunities open up your the

1183
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:40,720
last couple years for you.

1184
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:43,119
>> Also, if a student doesn't pass a class,

1185
00:46:43,119 --> 00:46:45,040
they also can start it right away that

1186
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:46,560
next semester instead of waiting for the

1187
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,880
whole next year.

1188
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:51,119
>> So, the thing I'd like to remind the

1189
00:46:51,119 --> 00:46:55,040
board of on this is why why I'm drawn

1190
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,720
one of the reasons I'm drawn to this is

1191
00:46:56,720 --> 00:46:59,119
the the why we're doing this. We are not

1192
00:46:59,119 --> 00:47:01,280
doing this as a budget reduction because

1193
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:04,319
we're not we're we're maintaining our

1194
00:47:04,319 --> 00:47:07,760
same number of FTE. So that provides us

1195
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,160
flexibility. So if we go through this

1196
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,480
idea of block schedule for a few years

1197
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,720
and we find that this just isn't working

1198
00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:16,640
out what's best for Hastings, then we

1199
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,240
can do something different because we

1200
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:20,640
didn't do it because of money. We did it

1201
00:47:20,640 --> 00:47:22,000
because we think this is the best

1202
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,160
opportunity for our kids and to really

1203
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:26,240
grow our pathway work. [clears throat]

1204
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,800
really in a way to grow our pathway work

1205
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:30,720
without having to put so much additional

1206
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,960
resource into it. Whereas if we try to

1207
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,920
maintain our current schedule and add

1208
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,400
additional coursework that would add

1209
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,200
FTE. So I think the rationale behind

1210
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,040
this is good because it's flexibility.

1211
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,720
This isn't something that has to be

1212
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:47,359
forever. Nothing ever is. So I just want

1213
00:47:47,359 --> 00:47:48,480
to just [clears throat] keep reminding

1214
00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:53,270
the board of that.

1215
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,079
I'm a big time person and um the

1216
00:47:56,079 --> 00:47:59,359
efficiency of the time

1217
00:47:59,359 --> 00:48:01,359
to me is one of the exciting things

1218
00:48:01,359 --> 00:48:05,200
here. Um more time isn't always better,

1219
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:07,920
but what's being done in that time is to

1220
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:11,119
me. Um and I really think this this

1221
00:48:11,119 --> 00:48:13,920
lifts kids of all demographics and all

1222
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,640
learning levels. I really think this is

1223
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:19,839
I think it kind of brings kids

1224
00:48:19,839 --> 00:48:22,160
up. I think it's easier to bring the

1225
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:25,040
kids up who are having struggles. So I

1226
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,359
this is exciting to me. I'm just I think

1227
00:48:27,359 --> 00:48:29,440
this is going to be a great thing. So

1228
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,920
thank you very much and thank the staff.

1229
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:35,520
Everybody's done a great job.

1230
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:37,359
>> All right. Anything else? Question.

1231
00:48:37,359 --> 00:48:40,000
Director Bruns. I think I only have a

1232
00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,960
couple, but one of them on a slide it

1233
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:44,480
says with the graduation policy

1234
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:46,559
accepting 56 out of 64 credits as

1235
00:48:46,559 --> 00:48:49,200
opposed to 58 out of 64. Some folks

1236
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:50,960
without background or knowledge of where

1237
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:52,800
we currently are might say that that's

1238
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:55,520
choosing the lower standard, but can you

1239
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:57,680
speak to how this actually lifts the

1240
00:48:57,680 --> 00:48:58,880
standard that we're setting for our

1241
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:00,400
students right now?

1242
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:01,839
>> Yeah, I'll have the team correct me if

1243
00:49:01,839 --> 00:49:03,440
I'm wrong, but I think with our seventh

1244
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:08,559
period day where we're asking kids to uh

1245
00:49:08,559 --> 00:49:11,200
minimum to graduate would be 44 out of

1246
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:13,680
the 56 that we offer. I think what's 81%

1247
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:14,640
or no 70

1248
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:15,520
>> 78

1249
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,800
>> 78% is what we're is the ask. So we're

1250
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:21,839
basically allowing kids almost uh 25% of

1251
00:49:21,839 --> 00:49:23,520
the courses that we have to offer them.

1252
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,839
Ah we don't need those. We don't need to

1253
00:49:25,839 --> 00:49:28,800
grow in our academic, you know. So it's

1254
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,200
u the efficiency it's I mean it's it's

1255
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:38,309
pretty impressive. Yeah.

1256
00:49:38,319 --> 00:49:40,400
un unrelated because it's probably too

1257
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,079
early in the process, but thinking about

1258
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:43,839
collaboration with the special education

1259
00:49:43,839 --> 00:49:45,599
or special services department and some

1260
00:49:45,599 --> 00:49:47,920
of the unintended awesome positives that

1261
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,280
come with work-based learning and those

1262
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:50,720
experiences that can be done in support

1263
00:49:50,720 --> 00:49:53,599
with community partners. Uh but then the

1264
00:49:53,599 --> 00:49:56,559
complexity or dynamic ability to think

1265
00:49:56,559 --> 00:49:58,400
about service provision, but it might be

1266
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,720
so early in the process that we're not

1267
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:02,640
totally sure what that looks like.

1268
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:03,920
>> I would agree with you. We're not

1269
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:05,760
totally sure. However, the system that I

1270
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,000
came from, my last district, the we we

1271
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,000
also utilize the skinnies for our

1272
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,920
special needs uh students that had

1273
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:13,440
resource classrooms, [sighs and gasps]

1274
00:50:13,440 --> 00:50:15,920
90 minutes can be again a drag and

1275
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,000
that's, you know, that that's a long

1276
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:19,920
time. So, to be able to uh be creative

1277
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:21,359
with the schedule and break that up so

1278
00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:23,440
they're receiving multiple services in

1279
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:24,880
different formats, different rooms,

1280
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:26,960
transition breaks, movement breaks. Um

1281
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:28,640
it it can be built into the schedule as

1282
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:32,000
well. I was gonna just with that um it's

1283
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,119
also beneficial for our EL services. Um

1284
00:50:35,119 --> 00:50:37,359
our Bana Deetsz does an amazing job at

1285
00:50:37,359 --> 00:50:40,160
the high school. Um she has kids from

1286
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,200
9th grade to 12th grade ranging in

1287
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:45,920
newcomer to the country through like so

1288
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,760
close to like being um per how we rate

1289
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,000
it the proficient in in English and all

1290
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,800
the levels. And so she is balancing that

1291
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,200
right now on a seven period day where

1292
00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:00,480
she is bouncing around a whole lot to do

1293
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:01,920
it. And it's I'm not saying it's not

1294
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,920
good work cuz it is. But this could make

1295
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,680
it better because if you think of her

1296
00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:09,119
work in skinnies across five days where

1297
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:11,280
some kids right now at high school only

1298
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:13,200
need two days of service. They don't

1299
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:16,720
need five days of 25 to 45 minutes of

1300
00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:19,040
service. It allows more flexibility to

1301
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:22,079
do that where then they're not missing

1302
00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:24,160
an AP US history class they want to be

1303
00:51:24,160 --> 00:51:26,800
in or they're not missing um healthcare

1304
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,640
professions they want to be in because

1305
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,240
those classes are only offered here and

1306
00:51:30,240 --> 00:51:31,680
here you know so it allows us a little

1307
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:33,280
more flexibility with meeting needs like

1308
00:51:33,280 --> 00:51:36,790
that.

1309
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:39,839
» Um just I I want to affirm that that

1310
00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:42,400
from my experience I think that 56 out

1311
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,880
of 64 is really close to the sweet spot.

1312
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,640
You know, remember that for those

1313
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,400
high-flying students that want to get

1314
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:51,359
the most out of school,

1315
00:51:51,359 --> 00:51:53,440
that's the minimum standard. I mean, if

1316
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,280
you're taking 64 courses, you're fully

1317
00:51:55,280 --> 00:51:58,319
booked for the entire uh year year for

1318
00:51:58,319 --> 00:52:03,119
all four years. So, 56 out of 64 allows

1319
00:52:03,119 --> 00:52:05,040
an amount of grace that I think is

1320
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:08,079
critical. And then secondly, I just want

1321
00:52:08,079 --> 00:52:09,760
the board to understand and the

1322
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:11,920
community to understand that transitions

1323
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:15,040
like these are overwhelmingly complex. I

1324
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:19,200
just they're so,

1325
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:20,800
you know, there's a there's a lot of

1326
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,119
human decisions to be made, but there's

1327
00:52:23,119 --> 00:52:25,920
so many mathy things. Like just as as a

1328
00:52:25,920 --> 00:52:30,240
sidebar, if you take the 835 study halls

1329
00:52:30,240 --> 00:52:32,800
that kids are sitting in right now in

1330
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:37,040
any given year and you try to calculate

1331
00:52:37,040 --> 00:52:40,559
how many butts and seats that would be,

1332
00:52:40,559 --> 00:52:42,720
it would be 119

1333
00:52:42,720 --> 00:52:45,520
students in a semester course because is

1334
00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,440
that that a semester it would be a

1335
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,599
semester study hall. Correct.

1336
00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:50,079
>> Correct.

1337
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:53,839
>> Okay. So that that's still

1338
00:52:53,839 --> 00:52:56,720
60

1339
00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:01,119
ADMs or average daily memberships or FTE

1340
00:53:01,119 --> 00:53:03,440
uh full-time students. That that that

1341
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:05,119
would be that would equate to 60

1342
00:53:05,119 --> 00:53:06,880
full-time students. And I didn't do

1343
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:09,119
anything with student aids and I didn't

1344
00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:12,480
do anything with early release or late

1345
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:15,510
starts.

1346
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:19,040
At the same time, if you move to eight

1347
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:21,760
periods, you've got teachers teaching

1348
00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:28,079
six of eight periods. So, the the adult

1349
00:53:28,079 --> 00:53:30,559
in front of student portion of the day

1350
00:53:30,559 --> 00:53:33,599
increases considerably. Those numbers

1351
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:36,400
are it's it's going to be fun to watch

1352
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:42,480
it work out and it will work out. But I just want us to recognize how hard

1353
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,760
this is for the team to do this and the

1354
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,160
community to recognize how hard it is to

1355
00:53:48,160 --> 00:53:50,640
think like this. It's it's a great deal

1356
00:53:50,640 --> 00:53:54,319
of fun if you like that stuff. But um

1357
00:53:54,319 --> 00:53:56,000
but but I I just I appreciate what

1358
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,079
you're going into.

1359
00:53:58,079 --> 00:54:00,000
Mindy did get a a really cool new

1360
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:02,720
scheduling board to help out with this.

1361
00:54:02,720 --> 00:54:04,960
And I did tell her this this move

1362
00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:06,720
equates from doing like a year of

1363
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:09,680
scheduling at a time to like two years

1364
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,040
of scheduling at a time.

1365
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:11,520
>> That's right.

1366
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:13,440
>> So, she's super pumped.

1367
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:15,200
>> But but it's only it's really like doing

1368
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:17,359
two four period days instead of one

1369
00:54:17,359 --> 00:54:18,880
seven period day. So,

1370
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,319
>> and again, back to the basics. What

1371
00:54:20,319 --> 00:54:21,760
we're talking about is having you know,

1372
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:23,520
now we get a semester credit over those

1373
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:25,760
18 weeks. Now you get a still the same

1374
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,000
semester credit for nineweek because you

1375
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,280
there are twice as much time in the

1376
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:31,359
classroom. So every co quarter is a

1377
00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:33,200
semester's worth of that those 56

1378
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:34,480
credits.

1379
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:36,079
>> And I do want to quote student

1380
00:54:36,079 --> 00:54:38,240
representative Leightton over here. Uh I

1381
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:39,760
don't know if you all heard it. She said

1382
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:43,589
I wish we had that.

1383
00:54:43,599 --> 00:54:45,200
» I just want to say thank you. It's

1384
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:46,480
really awesome. It's a strategic

1385
00:54:46,480 --> 00:54:49,280
investment in our student outcomes. So I

1386
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:50,400
really appreciate that and I really

1387
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:51,680
appreciate all the work you guys did on

1388
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:53,760
this. Thank you.

1389
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:55,200
And I just want to highlight one thing.

1390
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:56,720
You you did mention it, but I just want

1391
00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:58,559
to really highlight it. This gives us

1392
00:54:58,559 --> 00:55:00,319
the opportunity to expand our pathways

1393
00:55:00,319 --> 00:55:02,079
programs with kids having opportunities

1394
00:55:02,079 --> 00:55:03,920
for internships because you think about

1395
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:05,920
it today, right? We've got 46-inute

1396
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,559
classes and there's no way for a student

1397
00:55:08,559 --> 00:55:10,640
to effectively get to a job site where

1398
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:11,920
they're going to do an internship and

1399
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:13,920
come back and get anything out of it

1400
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:17,440
really, right? And thinking about the shed that they built at Tilden, too.

1401
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:18,880
I mean, I can't imagine how difficult

1402
00:55:18,880 --> 00:55:22,559
that was even to accomplish that with the current kind of schedule.

1403
00:55:22,559 --> 00:55:25,200
So just really looking forward to the

1404
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:26,559
possibilities that our students are

1405
00:55:26,559 --> 00:55:27,599
going to have through this. So

1406
00:55:27,599 --> 00:55:28,800
appreciate the work and the effort.

1407
00:55:28,800 --> 00:55:31,359
Thank you.

1408
00:55:31,359 --> 00:55:32,319
>> Nicely done.

1409
00:55:32,319 --> 00:55:37,829
>> Thank you.

1410
00:55:37,839 --> 00:55:39,760
» Right. Next on our agenda, we have an

1411
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:43,520
ice arena discussion with Miss Suber.

1412
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:53,349
Welcome.

1413
00:55:53,359 --> 00:55:55,920
Thank you. Uh thank you, Chair Tate,

1414
00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:57,440
directors of the board, superintendent

1415
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,920
work camp Herman. Um tonight I am going

1416
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:02,720
to provide an update on the ice arena

1417
00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:04,799
discussion. So we've had this at a work

1418
00:56:04,799 --> 00:56:07,119
session and now we are just bringing it

1419
00:56:07,119 --> 00:56:09,520
forward here.

1420
00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,720
Okay. So, as we work with our joint

1421
00:56:12,720 --> 00:56:14,960
powers committee and the city of

1422
00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:17,119
Hastings, an additional contract has

1423
00:56:17,119 --> 00:56:19,119
been brought forward related to the

1424
00:56:19,119 --> 00:56:22,400
locker room at the ice arena. So, we

1425
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,559
currently have exclusive use of that

1426
00:56:24,559 --> 00:56:26,559
locker room. And there's an agreement

1427
00:56:26,559 --> 00:56:30,480
that goes back to 2001 that defines kind

1428
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:33,040
of the terms of it. It's all linked into

1429
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:34,720
this document. And I'm going to show

1430
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:38,000
some screenshots of the um relevant

1431
00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:40,480
information. There's also some

1432
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:42,960
supplementary emails and memos that go

1433
00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,520
back to about that same time period that

1434
00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:47,280
they're all linked in here if people are

1435
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,000
interested, but those are not like

1436
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:52,160
contracts or anything formal. They're

1437
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:55,200
just some additional emails and memos.

1438
00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:57,599
So, within that um locker room

1439
00:56:57,599 --> 00:57:00,559
agreement, the first kind of area that's

1440
00:57:00,559 --> 00:57:03,119
important to understand is the payment

1441
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:06,400
terms. So within that, it basically says

1442
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:08,319
that the school district is going to pay

1443
00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:10,720
$8.50

1444
00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:14,240
per hour that we rent the ice um for

1445
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:17,119
that locker room agreement. And then it

1446
00:57:17,119 --> 00:57:18,960
also states that there would be an

1447
00:57:18,960 --> 00:57:23,200
automatic increase each year of 2.5%.

1448
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:26,960
Um I have linked in here a rate history

1449
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:29,760
and while if you'll scroll down a little

1450
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:31,920
bit, Lindy, thank you. there hadn't

1451
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:35,200
always been those 2 and 12% increases.

1452
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,839
Um, however, we are now caught up to

1453
00:57:37,839 --> 00:57:40,799
what that rate would be had those 2 and

1454
00:57:40,799 --> 00:57:44,240
12% increases happened each year. So,

1455
00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:47,280
for 2526,

1456
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:50,720
um, we're at $15.76

1457
00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:56,319
an hour that we pay for the locker room.

1458
00:57:56,319 --> 00:57:58,799
Um the next piece in that agreement is

1459
00:57:58,799 --> 00:58:00,960
the city responsibilities.

1460
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,440
So in consideration for the hourly

1461
00:58:03,440 --> 00:58:05,680
payment, the city agrees to do the

1462
00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:07,440
following things and it's basically that

1463
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,520
they provide the weekly maintenance for

1464
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:11,119
those locker rooms including the

1465
00:58:11,119 --> 00:58:13,359
cleaning of them. Um heat and

1466
00:58:13,359 --> 00:58:15,440
electricity to those locker rooms and

1467
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:18,640
then cleaning supplies and equipment.

1468
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,240
As far as the school district

1469
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:23,280
responsibilities, um we kind of clean up

1470
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:25,440
the room after use. So, sweeping it,

1471
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,400
just keeping it orderly. Um, we secure

1472
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,280
it during our practices. And then if

1473
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,640
there were ever damage or repair needed

1474
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:37,280
associated with negligence or vandalism,

1475
00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:39,680
we would be responsible for that. And

1476
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:42,079
then we also provide insurance on the

1477
00:58:42,079 --> 00:58:44,559
property in there as well as workers

1478
00:58:44,559 --> 00:58:47,920
comp on our personnel.

1479
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,400
The kind of ending of that agreement

1480
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:53,119
talks about a donation. So the school

1481
00:58:53,119 --> 00:58:55,119
district acknowledges that it has no

1482
00:58:55,119 --> 00:58:56,960
ownership interest in the locker rooms

1483
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,359
at the Hastings Civic Arena and the

1484
00:58:59,359 --> 00:59:01,040
school district's only interest in these

1485
00:59:01,040 --> 00:59:03,200
locker rooms is the interest created by

1486
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:07,040
this agreement. So there were donations

1487
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:08,880
um kind of funneled through a booster

1488
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:12,480
club at the time that paid for these

1489
00:59:12,480 --> 00:59:15,280
locker rooms. But it's important to

1490
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:17,280
understand that we have no ownership

1491
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:21,920
interest in these locker rooms at all.

1492
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:24,880
So from there, um, we've been having

1493
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:26,799
discussions with the city about some

1494
00:59:26,799 --> 00:59:29,200
upcoming projects related to the civic

1495
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,480
arena. And these are kind of rough, um,

1496
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,720
timelines as well as dollar amounts. The

1497
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:36,559
dollar amounts, this is what they had

1498
00:59:36,559 --> 00:59:39,280
provided us at the time, but they are

1499
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:42,240
um, a year to two years old. So they're

1500
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,960
just intended to be ballpark amounts.

1501
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:47,520
But the varsity locker room area needs a

1502
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:50,640
new roof. Um the estimated cost that the

1503
00:59:50,640 --> 00:59:53,920
city was looking for the district to um

1504
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:55,839
participate or to provide is

1505
00:59:55,839 --> 00:59:59,040
approximately 215,000.

1506
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:03,280
And then for the HVAC is about 30,000.

1507
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:05,599
And then they also talked about a east

1508
01:00:05,599 --> 01:00:08,240
rink board replacement project that at

1509
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:11,599
this point we haven't seen a cost on.

1510
01:00:11,599 --> 01:00:13,839
And then just out of transparency, we're

1511
01:00:13,839 --> 01:00:16,880
sharing that back in 2022, the district

1512
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,160
did help contribute to a scoreboard. Um

1513
01:00:20,160 --> 01:00:23,200
the city provided a contribution, the

1514
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:24,960
booster club, the hockey booster club

1515
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:26,720
provided a contribution and then the

1516
01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:28,480
school district also provided a

1517
01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,040
contribution.

1518
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,119
So, we have been working with our legal

1519
01:00:33,119 --> 01:00:38,480
counsel on the um whether it's legally

1520
01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:42,480
advisable or allowed for us to

1521
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:44,319
provide funds to pay for these

1522
01:00:44,319 --> 01:00:45,839
improvements.

1523
01:00:45,839 --> 01:00:48,160
And I provided the legal opinion here

1524
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:50,160
and I'll just kind of quickly summarize

1525
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:53,440
it. But the agreement is silent on which

1526
01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:55,599
party is responsible for replacement or

1527
01:00:55,599 --> 01:00:57,520
repair of structural parts of the

1528
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:00,640
property andor replacements

1529
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:02,799
um that are capital expenditures. So

1530
01:01:02,799 --> 01:01:05,119
like the roof. And then in the

1531
01:01:05,119 --> 01:01:06,960
agreement, the city is responsible for

1532
01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:08,559
heat and electricity to the locker

1533
01:01:08,559 --> 01:01:10,480
rooms. So there's an argument that that

1534
01:01:10,480 --> 01:01:13,599
would include a functioning HVAC system.

1535
01:01:13,599 --> 01:01:15,680
And then as far as the roof, um the

1536
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:17,760
agreement makes it clear that the city

1537
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,400
owns the locker rooms. So all rights and

1538
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:22,799
responsibilities of ownership are with

1539
01:01:22,799 --> 01:01:25,920
the city including costs associated with

1540
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:28,000
repair and replacement of components of

1541
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,960
the structure.

1542
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:34,079
So in addition to that um school

1543
01:01:34,079 --> 01:01:36,079
districts have have school districts

1544
01:01:36,079 --> 01:01:38,640
have to follow public purpose meaning

1545
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:40,960
that the funds that we receive from

1546
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:44,240
taxpayers need to benefit the public and

1547
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:47,359
with this facility the city owns it. Um

1548
01:01:47,359 --> 01:01:49,520
the district has no ownership interest

1549
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:52,880
or maintenance responsibility for it.

1550
01:01:52,880 --> 01:01:54,799
And essentially funding a roof

1551
01:01:54,799 --> 01:01:56,880
replacement would be improving another

1552
01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,520
entity's capital asset. So if we think

1553
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:01,760
about, you know, if by chance the ice

1554
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:03,680
arena were sold or something and we

1555
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:06,480
invested in it, there would really be be

1556
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:08,480
no way for the district to get any of

1557
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:11,839
those funds back. In addition, we re we

1558
01:02:11,839 --> 01:02:14,400
lease the ice time that we use just like

1559
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:18,319
any other um person that rents ice time

1560
01:02:18,319 --> 01:02:22,000
at the arena. So we're paying that.

1561
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:24,079
So looking at our current rate

1562
01:02:24,079 --> 01:02:27,040
structure, so these are the 25 26 rates.

1563
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:30,960
We don't have the 26 27 rates yet, but

1564
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:33,359
we would anticipate for the October

1565
01:02:33,359 --> 01:02:36,319
board meeting that we would have those.

1566
01:02:36,319 --> 01:02:38,799
So, the prime rate that the district is

1567
01:02:38,799 --> 01:02:43,040
charged is $270 per hour. Non-prime,

1568
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:45,119
which typically doesn't happen, but

1569
01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:48,559
that's $180 an hour. And then the

1570
01:02:48,559 --> 01:02:52,160
district is charged a premium of $55 per

1571
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:55,200
hour, which to our knowledge, we're the

1572
01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,200
only entity that is charged that

1573
01:02:57,200 --> 01:02:59,520
premium. It is specific just to the

1574
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:01,760
school district. And then the locker

1575
01:03:01,760 --> 01:03:03,680
room usage that we talked about kind of

1576
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:06,640
in the beginning, the $15.76

1577
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:09,920
per hour. And then for any games that

1578
01:03:09,920 --> 01:03:11,839
are hosted there, there's an additional

1579
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:15,839
fee of $225 per event. and that is for

1580
01:03:15,839 --> 01:03:18,640
providing cleaning and personnel. And

1581
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,039
you can kind of see all the additional

1582
01:03:21,039 --> 01:03:23,839
things that are included in that. So

1583
01:03:23,839 --> 01:03:26,640
then as we look at a few examples, the

1584
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:29,280
practice costs for like a boy's practice

1585
01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:32,960
that goes from 315 to 430. Um, by the

1586
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:35,440
time you do the prime plus the premium

1587
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:40,640
plus the locker room usage, it's $425.95

1588
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:42,623
for that block of time.

1589
01:03:42,623 --> 01:03:42,880
>> [snorts]

1590
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:46,319
>> Um, some of our practices r a little

1591
01:03:46,319 --> 01:03:48,880
different in time. So like a 440 to 550

1592
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:52,400
that's strictly in hours 396.

1593
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,280
And then a game by the time you do the

1594
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:58,319
prime, the premium, the locker room

1595
01:03:58,319 --> 01:04:04,160
usage plus the 225, you get to 99171.

1596
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:06,160
And then you can see the same example

1597
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:09,039
for the girls.

1598
01:04:09,039 --> 01:04:11,200
As we look at our annual costs over

1599
01:04:11,200 --> 01:04:14,720
time, um you know, 2122 we were at

1600
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,960
74,000.

1601
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,079
Um by the time you get to 2425, we were

1602
01:04:20,079 --> 01:04:22,000
at 82,000

1603
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:26,960
approximately. 2526 was 111,000.

1604
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:32,799
And for 2627, we're estimating 116,000.

1605
01:04:32,799 --> 01:04:35,599
That is using just a straight 5%

1606
01:04:35,599 --> 01:04:38,240
increase. Um, like I said, we don't know

1607
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:41,520
yet what those rates are for 2627, but

1608
01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:45,440
that's what we currently have estimated.

1609
01:04:45,440 --> 01:04:48,240
And then just to do some comparison, um,

1610
01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:51,119
we did look at other ranks just to see

1611
01:04:51,119 --> 01:04:52,880
what the rates are that they're

1612
01:04:52,880 --> 01:04:55,280
charging. So, TRIO was one that was

1613
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:58,480
readily available. Um, you can see those

1614
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,440
dates are November of 26 through 27, so

1615
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:03,520
a year after the rates we were looking

1616
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:08,960
at. And then the premium rate is 265

1617
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,599
an hour. So if you kind of think about

1618
01:05:11,599 --> 01:05:14,240
how that compares back to our prime of

1619
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:17,280
270, but then we have a premium on top

1620
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:19,440
of that and the locker room usage on top

1621
01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:23,359
of that. So that's one example. Um we

1622
01:05:23,359 --> 01:05:25,920
also provided some additional examples

1623
01:05:25,920 --> 01:05:31,520
in here. Um again, if this is 2026, if

1624
01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:34,079
we look at the 2027,

1625
01:05:34,079 --> 01:05:36,400
um you can see the the highest one on

1626
01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:40,160
there is Apple Valley at 295 and that

1627
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:44,880
again is for prime ice time.

1628
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:46,480
So, at this point, we can just open it

1629
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:50,720
up for discussion. Um, but all just kind

1630
01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:53,680
of in the anticipation of next month's

1631
01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:56,000
board meeting hopefully with the new

1632
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:58,640
rates in hand just so we're kind of

1633
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:01,520
aware of what's coming and if anybody

1634
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:05,589
wants to comment.

1635
01:06:05,599 --> 01:06:07,359
Um, one thing that was discussed during

1636
01:06:07,359 --> 01:06:09,200
the work session that I I would say

1637
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:11,119
would be valuable to bring up was we

1638
01:06:11,119 --> 01:06:14,240
discussed um

1639
01:06:14,240 --> 01:06:16,160
with Trent as well talking to the

1640
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:18,559
different families about how this this

1641
01:06:18,559 --> 01:06:21,839
situation might increase fees for hockey

1642
01:06:21,839 --> 01:06:24,880
players and how it would be super

1643
01:06:24,880 --> 01:06:27,760
valuable for him to get in front of that

1644
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:29,200
conversation. And part of that

1645
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:31,920
conversation was also recognizing that

1646
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:33,760
we want to be equitable to our sports

1647
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:35,839
and realizing we want the opportunities

1648
01:06:35,839 --> 01:06:37,200
there. But with these [clears throat]

1649
01:06:37,200 --> 01:06:40,880
outlier costs, um there's not much

1650
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:43,599
there. I mean, it warrants a a different

1651
01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:45,920
discussion about fees. I don't know if

1652
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:47,440
anybody else wants to comment on that,

1653
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:49,599
but I just [laughter] wanted to get that

1654
01:06:49,599 --> 01:06:52,880
before the public.

1655
01:06:52,880 --> 01:06:54,960
Yeah, I guess along with that if if we

1656
01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:59,119
were to increase uh student fees for

1657
01:06:59,119 --> 01:07:01,440
this when what is the timing on that?

1658
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:02,160
Like what

1659
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:04,160
>> I don't we wouldn't we'd likely have to

1660
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:04,960
do that for next year.

1661
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:07,039
>> For next year this year we would they've

1662
01:07:07,039 --> 01:07:07,280
already

1663
01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:09,039
>> they've already and collected.

1664
01:07:09,039 --> 01:07:10,720
>> Yeah. And also it's published

1665
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:11,599
everywhere.

1666
01:07:11,599 --> 01:07:13,280
>> Right. Right.

1667
01:07:13,280 --> 01:07:15,599
>> Okay. So, I mean, and honestly, you

1668
01:07:15,599 --> 01:07:17,760
you're estimating a 5% increase, but if

1669
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:21,200
they truly expect us to invest in

1670
01:07:21,200 --> 01:07:23,920
their roof through our fees, it'll

1671
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:25,920
probably be higher than that. So, we'll

1672
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:30,799
see it when we see it. Um, okay.

1673
01:07:30,799 --> 01:07:34,240
Any uh Director Beer Meer?

1674
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:36,720
>> I think at the work session, didn't you

1675
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,319
tabulate like the Could you go back to

1676
01:07:40,319 --> 01:07:42,319
the 21

1677
01:07:42,319 --> 01:07:43,839
right there?

1678
01:07:43,839 --> 01:07:46,400
Didn't you tabulate it was like 57%

1679
01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:50,640
increase since this whole

1680
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:53,359
series of years have come about? That's

1681
01:07:53,359 --> 01:07:58,079
a pretty big increase. Um

1682
01:07:58,079 --> 01:08:00,000
I've said it, this has been kind of a

1683
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,480
painful conversation because we're kind

1684
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,960
of at an impass with the city on it, but

1685
01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:07,920
I really feel we're

1686
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:10,480
we are doing everything contractually

1687
01:08:10,480 --> 01:08:15,760
that we're obligated to right now. and I just I think we're doing enough

1688
01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:18,640
now. I think this increase is going to

1689
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:21,359
be interesting and but we'll know soon

1690
01:08:21,359 --> 01:08:24,799
and um but I I don't think any more

1691
01:08:24,799 --> 01:08:27,679
monies should be put into this than what

1692
01:08:27,679 --> 01:08:29,440
we already

1693
01:08:29,440 --> 01:08:33,040
are obligated to do and and it has been

1694
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:35,199
a tough conversation. It has. We did

1695
01:08:35,199 --> 01:08:39,040
have a meeting with uh the men's uh

1696
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:41,759
varsity coach Dustin and then we did we

1697
01:08:41,759 --> 01:08:46,560
also talked to uh the uh the youth

1698
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,480
one of the youth directors from the from

1699
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:51,120
the youth programs. Um we would like to

1700
01:08:51,120 --> 01:08:53,120
talk to the girls program. Um haven't

1701
01:08:53,120 --> 01:08:54,880
heard back on that yet, but hopefully

1702
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:57,199
we'll hear something. Um they did get

1703
01:08:57,199 --> 01:08:59,759
the information. Um, so I don't know

1704
01:08:59,759 --> 01:09:02,159
what they've done with it. And I I did

1705
01:09:02,159 --> 01:09:04,239
put a request in, hey, do you want to

1706
01:09:04,239 --> 01:09:07,199
meet with us or not? He uh had TJ hasn't

1707
01:09:07,199 --> 01:09:10,239
responded yet. And uh like I said to

1708
01:09:10,239 --> 01:09:12,092
him, that's totally fine. But

1709
01:09:12,092 --> 01:09:13,839
[clears throat] uh we would kind of like

1710
01:09:13,839 --> 01:09:15,600
to have that conversation with them

1711
01:09:15,600 --> 01:09:18,080
also. But uh we're just trying to be

1712
01:09:18,080 --> 01:09:20,319
transparent here in in what's going on

1713
01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:24,400
and we are on the right side of this.

1714
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:26,400
>> Dr. Zusa,

1715
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:29,279
>> unfair question to ask. So I for the

1716
01:09:29,279 --> 01:09:32,080
time being I just want this to be um

1717
01:09:32,080 --> 01:09:35,199
theoretical and rhetorical and I don't

1718
01:09:35,199 --> 01:09:37,600
expect an answer but you know one of the

1719
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:40,000
hurdles that we have is that by law we

1720
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:41,600
can't spend money on something that we

1721
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:44,640
don't own. Um so that that's just the

1722
01:09:44,640 --> 01:09:48,560
way it is. And so it looks like the only

1723
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:51,440
way that they can get money out of us is

1724
01:09:51,440 --> 01:09:54,080
by increasing the lease rate or the

1725
01:09:54,080 --> 01:09:58,800
rental rate or some special fee rate and

1726
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:01,679
put it in that rate structure. And I

1727
01:10:01,679 --> 01:10:03,760
understand that at this time we have no

1728
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:05,840
owner interest,

1729
01:10:05,840 --> 01:10:08,239
but rhetorically

1730
01:10:08,239 --> 01:10:10,719
I just wonder if maybe we don't have an

1731
01:10:10,719 --> 01:10:13,520
interest in ownership

1732
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,239
of the locker room. If indeed the locker

1733
01:10:16,239 --> 01:10:18,640
room we're the only tenant that ever

1734
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,120
opens the door, ever walks into that

1735
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:24,320
room, is there a way that it makes sense

1736
01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:28,000
that we own the locker room? And it's

1737
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,679
rhetorical right now. I don't want the

1738
01:10:29,679 --> 01:10:32,960
answer. Sorry. I I think it's better if

1739
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:35,520
we wait.

1740
01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:36,400
>> I'll let the [clears throat] board

1741
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:37,840
ponder that and I want you to think

1742
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:41,679
about the joint maintenance facility.

1743
01:10:41,679 --> 01:10:42,800
>> Mhm.

1744
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:43,840
>> Situation

1745
01:10:43,840 --> 01:10:47,120
>> and it's just I I do believe this. Um

1746
01:10:47,120 --> 01:10:49,360
it's just how life goes. I think it's

1747
01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:52,000
challenging for two public entities to

1748
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:54,080
try to share an ownership of property. I

1749
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:55,440
just think it's really challenging

1750
01:10:55,440 --> 01:10:57,600
because you we don't we're not at

1751
01:10:57,600 --> 01:10:59,360
liberty to do things like the private

1752
01:10:59,360 --> 01:11:02,719
sector. Um the state is very clear what

1753
01:11:02,719 --> 01:11:05,199
we can and can't do with our funds and

1754
01:11:05,199 --> 01:11:07,920
it's not always the same requirements

1755
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:10,239
for public entities that meaning they're

1756
01:11:10,239 --> 01:11:12,480
not always equal in their ability to do

1757
01:11:12,480 --> 01:11:15,440
things. So I just really don't feel

1758
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:17,840
comfortable um well you don't want my

1759
01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:19,040
answer so I'll just let leave it at

1760
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,480
that. I can infer.

1761
01:11:22,480 --> 01:11:23,679
>> Okay, [laughter]

1762
01:11:23,679 --> 01:11:25,920
>> just just for context, uh the city and

1763
01:11:25,920 --> 01:11:28,400
the the district co-own a maintenance

1764
01:11:28,400 --> 01:11:30,480
facility here. We own 45%, city owns

1765
01:11:30,480 --> 01:11:32,719
55%. So there is a joint partnership

1766
01:11:32,719 --> 01:11:34,960
there. So for folks who aren't aware of

1767
01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:37,520
that, that's the reference. All right.

1768
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:40,239
Any other comments, questions, anything?

1769
01:11:40,239 --> 01:11:43,600
Director Bren also Oh. Oh, I was just

1770
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,600
going to say uh there, you know, there

1771
01:11:45,600 --> 01:11:48,000
was discussion we we will be charged

1772
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:52,000
this. Um so we did have discussion about

1773
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,080
what what would other opportunities and

1774
01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:56,800
options be and obviously they're they're

1775
01:11:56,800 --> 01:11:59,520
more easily ruled out because we have a

1776
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:01,199
beautiful arena that everybody loves

1777
01:12:01,199 --> 01:12:02,159
going to.

1778
01:12:02,159 --> 01:12:03,679
>> So this isn't to say that we're trying

1779
01:12:03,679 --> 01:12:04,960
to get rid of that. are just trying to

1780
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:08,560
find other options to still make the

1781
01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:10,800
payment that they're requiring for us to

1782
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:13,360
make.

1783
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:15,920
>> One second on that because that was

1784
01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:21,040
discussed and uh the varsity coach said

1785
01:12:21,040 --> 01:12:23,840
very adamantly that we're staying at

1786
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,080
they want to stay at the arena. So that

1787
01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:29,040
was discussed at uh our meeting with the

1788
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:32,950
hockey program.

1789
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:34,480
» And then in the work session, we kind of

1790
01:12:34,480 --> 01:12:37,760
highlighted some of the ability of the

1791
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:40,239
city to to maintain the facility on

1792
01:12:40,239 --> 01:12:41,600
their own. We think about the ability to

1793
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:43,760
raise taxes and treat it like a public

1794
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:49,280
parks resource that they truly own and maintain that at the same level that

1795
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:51,840
it would be CPA Adams Park or anything

1796
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:54,159
um of that nature. And given the

1797
01:12:54,159 --> 01:12:57,040
timeline that we're aware of for the

1798
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,440
roof replacement and some other pieces

1799
01:12:59,440 --> 01:13:02,239
that there were even opportunities maybe

1800
01:13:02,239 --> 01:13:06,159
to lobby uh for bonding monies from the

1801
01:13:06,159 --> 01:13:08,480
state through the um advocacy work of

1802
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:11,040
the house rep or state senator. So there

1803
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:14,000
are some levers that can be pulled and

1804
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:15,840
some of them aren't a guarantee. Bond

1805
01:13:15,840 --> 01:13:17,360
dollars are not anything that's going to

1806
01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:19,600
be prescribed to you um as a guarantee.

1807
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:21,280
But the power to raise tax is something

1808
01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:22,800
we don't have. So, we know that this is

1809
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:24,239
going to come from a pool that's

1810
01:13:24,239 --> 01:13:26,239
relatively fixed for us, and it just

1811
01:13:26,239 --> 01:13:29,280
squeezes it even tighter. Kind of makes

1812
01:13:29,280 --> 01:13:31,840
it a lot harder for us to manage that

1813
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:34,960
over time.

1814
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:37,120
>> All right. Anything else?

1815
01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:40,080
>> All right. Thank you. Uh, next up, we

1816
01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:41,440
have our building construction fund

1817
01:13:41,440 --> 01:13:43,520
update.

1818
01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,000
Okay. We continue to work to close out

1819
01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:48,480
these projects. So, we currently have

1820
01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:50,960
just two projects in process. It's the

1821
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:53,120
high school concession stand and the

1822
01:13:53,120 --> 01:13:55,040
district-wide security project for

1823
01:13:55,040 --> 01:13:58,560
exterior door hardware. Um we have

1824
01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:00,880
337,000

1825
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:03,360
approximately in this fund that at one

1826
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:06,239
point was approximately 49 million. Um

1827
01:14:06,239 --> 01:14:08,000
and we do know we have an arbitrage

1828
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:10,159
payment. So we'll be using some of those

1829
01:14:10,159 --> 01:14:13,199
funds for that. But no major updates

1830
01:14:13,199 --> 01:14:16,320
since last month as far as projects.

1831
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:18,000
>> Thank you.

1832
01:14:18,000 --> 01:14:21,120
Uh, next up we have the legal uh data

1833
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:22,880
request update.

1834
01:14:22,880 --> 01:14:24,560
>> All right, that one's me, too. So,

1835
01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:28,159
private citizens, uh, we had four new

1836
01:14:28,159 --> 01:14:30,159
requests since our last board meeting,

1837
01:14:30,159 --> 01:14:33,040
and we currently have six total open.

1838
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:35,520
And then from commercial and financial,

1839
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:38,159
uh, we had two new ones since our last

1840
01:14:38,159 --> 01:14:39,920
board meeting, and we currently have

1841
01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:42,960
four open. As far as legal bills, there

1842
01:14:42,960 --> 01:14:45,280
were no legal bills paid in this last

1843
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:48,320
month related to data requests.

1844
01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:50,239
>> Thank you.

1845
01:14:50,239 --> 01:14:53,360
Uh next up, we have our uh schoolboard

1846
01:14:53,360 --> 01:14:55,360
representative and committee updates.

1847
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:58,000
We'll start with ISD 917 with Director

1848
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:01,750
Zusk.

1849
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:07,920
» You'll see a bunch of hires. Uh this is not surprising. ISD 917 ran into

1850
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:09,600
the same dilemma that we ran into with

1851
01:15:09,600 --> 01:15:12,719
our uh we call ours paraprofessionals or

1852
01:15:12,719 --> 01:15:18,000
PSAs. They referred to them as ESPs. Um

1853
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,640
and and the same thing happened at the

1854
01:15:20,640 --> 01:15:21,840
end of the year. They knew that they

1855
01:15:21,840 --> 01:15:24,719
were going to have a number of people

1856
01:15:24,719 --> 01:15:27,440
leave and uh surprise us with their

1857
01:15:27,440 --> 01:15:30,480
departure. And so they they backfilled

1858
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:33,520
behind a lot of vacancies just as the

1859
01:15:33,520 --> 01:15:36,080
new school year starts. And th this is

1860
01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:38,480
kind of an interesting thing. As you

1861
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:40,640
know, we have students on a wait list

1862
01:15:40,640 --> 01:15:43,679
for 917. And that's problematic for

1863
01:15:43,679 --> 01:15:45,440
Hastings. It's problematic for any

1864
01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:48,480
school district that has um a number of

1865
01:15:48,480 --> 01:15:50,480
students on the case on on the wait

1866
01:15:50,480 --> 01:15:53,040
list. And so what's going to happen is

1867
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,120
throughout the year, they've got a model

1868
01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:58,239
in place where every month kids can be

1869
01:15:58,239 --> 01:16:01,679
joining at a faster rate. And that

1870
01:16:01,679 --> 01:16:03,280
requires hiring more pair of

1871
01:16:03,280 --> 01:16:05,280
professionals, hiring more teachers. I

1872
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:07,679
think the plan will work. Um it won't

1873
01:16:07,679 --> 01:16:09,679
work perfectly, but it will work better.

1874
01:16:09,679 --> 01:16:11,280
So I think that the weight list will be

1875
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:12,640
reduced. I'm real proud of what they're

1876
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:15,440
doing right now.

1877
01:16:15,440 --> 01:16:17,840
>> All right. Thank you. Uh next up, we got

1878
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:20,239
AMSD again with Director Zusk.

1879
01:16:20,239 --> 01:16:23,360
>> Yep. If uh Miss Humble, if you can

1880
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:24,960
please open up that first document, the

1881
01:16:24,960 --> 01:16:27,280
election guide. And there's just three

1882
01:16:27,280 --> 01:16:29,840
pages I want to point to. Um, you'll see

1883
01:16:29,840 --> 01:16:32,000
the pages come up as you as you uh

1884
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:41,750
scroll down, but please go to page 13.

1885
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:46,000
This shows data from all of the areas of

1886
01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:51,280
the state by operations areas and it

1887
01:16:51,280 --> 01:16:54,480
talks about the teacher shortage.

1888
01:16:54,480 --> 01:16:57,199
The metro area somewhat

1889
01:16:57,199 --> 01:16:58,960
counterintuitively

1890
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:02,239
has less of a problem hiring teachers

1891
01:17:02,239 --> 01:17:05,360
right now than outstate. If you look at

1892
01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:08,640
the very bottom, that's the educational

1893
01:17:08,640 --> 01:17:12,480
district 8 in southwest Minnesota.

1894
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:14,800
They're 25%

1895
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:18,239
higher in the number of of hires that

1896
01:17:18,239 --> 01:17:21,040
they have as compared to the metro. that

1897
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:23,840
the challenge of them filling classrooms

1898
01:17:23,840 --> 01:17:27,440
with licensed teachers is overwhelmingly

1899
01:17:27,440 --> 01:17:29,360
hard and they've got more teachers

1900
01:17:29,360 --> 01:17:32,320
teaching out of out of placement

1901
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:37,360
lensures and on on um tier three tier 4

1902
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:40,159
licenses because of it. So then if

1903
01:17:40,159 --> 01:17:41,760
you'll jump to the next slide please.

1904
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:42,640
>> Can I ask a question?

1905
01:17:42,640 --> 01:17:44,560
>> Yeah.

1906
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:47,760
So, can we infer from that that um

1907
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:50,640
staffing and retention might be a

1908
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:54,080
Minnesota statewide problem?

1909
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:56,080
>> No, we should infer that it's a

1910
01:17:56,080 --> 01:17:56,960
nationwide problem.

1911
01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:57,600
>> Okay.

1912
01:17:57,600 --> 01:18:00,719
>> And and it it goes lure group by lure

1913
01:18:00,719 --> 01:18:02,719
group, meaning um on the next slide

1914
01:18:02,719 --> 01:18:04,560
we'll look at how challenging it is for

1915
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:07,920
ESL, but that that map really tells us

1916
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:10,480
that hiring teachers is hard. And right

1917
01:18:10,480 --> 01:18:12,880
now, like we've had a good hiring cycle

1918
01:18:12,880 --> 01:18:15,360
in Hastings. We filled early. We filled

1919
01:18:15,360 --> 01:18:18,880
smart. And thanks to the leadership team

1920
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:21,600
in HR. I mean, it it went very well. The

1921
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:24,400
principles in HR did a great job. But I

1922
01:18:24,400 --> 01:18:26,080
don't want people to think that there's

1923
01:18:26,080 --> 01:18:27,920
not a teacher shortage. There is still a

1924
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:35,040
teacher shortage. In particular, um high achieving math and science classes.

1925
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:37,520
Think physics, think calculus. Very hard

1926
01:18:37,520 --> 01:18:39,520
to hire a calculus teacher, a physics

1927
01:18:39,520 --> 01:18:42,960
teacher. It's very hard to hire um

1928
01:18:42,960 --> 01:18:44,800
teched teachers. It's very hard to hire

1929
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:48,800
fax teachers. Um special ed teachers or

1930
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:50,800
not just special ed teachers but uh

1931
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,880
occupational therapists, physical

1932
01:18:52,880 --> 01:18:55,920
therapists, uh speech language

1933
01:18:55,920 --> 01:19:00,960
therapists. Those are those are really challenging. So we it it is a

1934
01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:03,440
national problem teacher shortage and

1935
01:19:03,440 --> 01:19:06,000
it's it's a much more it's much more

1936
01:19:06,000 --> 01:19:08,320
exasperated out in outstate than it is

1937
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:09,840
in metro. Mhm. Thank you.

1938
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:13,040
>> Yeah. Thanks. Th this this is worth a

1939
01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:16,000
read. I I won't read it to you, but um

1940
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:19,120
look at page four uh 14 in this booklet.

1941
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:22,000
It talks about the the resources for

1942
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:25,199
English language learners and how really

1943
01:19:25,199 --> 01:19:29,280
it's uh it's very challenging right now

1944
01:19:29,280 --> 01:19:33,520
for um for our ESL students because we

1945
01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:35,920
can't find enough ESL teachers. And then

1946
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:38,000
just the last page I want you to to look

1947
01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:41,600
at is the next page. And this chart

1948
01:19:41,600 --> 01:19:43,440
specifically,

1949
01:19:43,440 --> 01:19:46,080
this chart shows the enrollment

1950
01:19:46,080 --> 01:19:49,415
throughout the state. And it talks about

1951
01:19:49,415 --> 01:19:53,669
[clears throat] the um

1952
01:19:53,679 --> 01:19:56,640
the different risk categories. So free

1953
01:19:56,640 --> 01:20:00,080
and reduced lunch students. uh what is

1954
01:20:00,080 --> 01:20:02,800
it throughout the state this year going

1955
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:07,440
into uh or pardon me last year 20 202526

1956
01:20:07,440 --> 01:20:09,920
the number for the state is if I'm

1957
01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:13,840
reading it correctly 39% and at in the

1958
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:17,520
7count metro area it's 52%. So we have

1959
01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:19,199
more than half of the students that

1960
01:20:19,199 --> 01:20:21,280
would qualify for free and reduced lunch

1961
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:22,800
although every student is getting free

1962
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:24,880
lunch right now.

1963
01:20:24,880 --> 01:20:27,520
English language learners, again a

1964
01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:30,560
discrepancy. When you look uh statewide,

1965
01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:32,719
it's 10%. If you look throughout the

1966
01:20:32,719 --> 01:20:35,920
metro area, it's 63%. Special ed, the

1967
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:37,440
discrepancy isn't quite as great, but

1968
01:20:37,440 --> 01:20:39,040
those numbers are still high. And

1969
01:20:39,040 --> 01:20:42,560
homelessness is is just a remarkable. Uh

1970
01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:44,880
it's a tale of it's a tale of two

1971
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,600
realities. If you look at it uh at

1972
01:20:47,600 --> 01:20:50,800
percent statewide 1.1% but if you look

1973
01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:54,320
at it for the 7count metro area the AMSD

1974
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:57,840
uh school systems 69.9%.

1975
01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:00,560
I mean that's a lot of homelessness.

1976
01:21:00,560 --> 01:21:03,440
>> Um 69.9%.

1977
01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:04,960
65. Pardon me. Couldn't see it from

1978
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:10,800
here. But so I just I we sometimes we

1979
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:12,320
because we're looking just at our

1980
01:21:12,320 --> 01:21:14,880
district, I think it's it's a good idea

1981
01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:17,440
to look a little broader.

1982
01:21:17,440 --> 01:21:18,960
>> I'd also like to comment that the free

1983
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:20,960
and reduced price lunch percentage is

1984
01:21:20,960 --> 01:21:23,199
likely low or lower than what it's

1985
01:21:23,199 --> 01:21:25,120
actually at because we truly never

1986
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:29,040
capture that in reality. So just keep

1987
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:32,000
that in mind, too.

1988
01:21:32,000 --> 01:21:34,320
Uh, Chair Tate sent out the next slide,

1989
01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:36,159
the next slideshow, please. Their slide

1990
01:21:36,159 --> 01:21:41,440
deck is um in that. Thanks. Uh, Chair

1991
01:21:41,440 --> 01:21:43,679
Tate talked about this in her note to

1992
01:21:43,679 --> 01:21:46,320
us. If anybody's available to go to this

1993
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:48,640
amplifying student voice, this is what

1994
01:21:48,640 --> 01:21:51,440
used to be the student schoolboard

1995
01:21:51,440 --> 01:21:54,320
representative forum in instead it's

1996
01:21:54,320 --> 01:21:55,920
about amplifying student voice. And the

1997
01:21:55,920 --> 01:21:57,600
reason that they did that is they found

1998
01:21:57,600 --> 01:21:58,960
out that there's a lot of school

1999
01:21:58,960 --> 01:22:01,360
districts that have different schemas

2000
01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:03,440
for amplifying student voice instead of

2001
01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:06,639
having uh student schoolboard reps. So I

2002
01:22:06,639 --> 01:22:08,719
hope that all four of our student reps

2003
01:22:08,719 --> 01:22:13,120
can go on October 28th. Um I I really do

2004
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:15,840
and um I I hope that we have board

2005
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:17,679
members that can go. If nobody else can,

2006
01:22:17,679 --> 01:22:21,040
I will. But um it's in Chaza if

2007
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:24,400
anybody's interested. Um, but so as we

2008
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:26,080
get closer, we'll figure out how to do

2009
01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:27,920
that. But what we would do for the

2010
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:29,840
students is we would have a van. We'd

2011
01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:31,440
leave from the middle school parking lot

2012
01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:33,199
where you guys parked over on that side

2013
01:22:33,199 --> 01:22:35,280
of the building and we'd drive up

2014
01:22:35,280 --> 01:22:36,960
together and we'd be back. And if you're

2015
01:22:36,960 --> 01:22:38,400
in an after school activity, you'd be

2016
01:22:38,400 --> 01:22:40,320
back almost in time because the

2017
01:22:40,320 --> 01:22:42,880
conference ends at 1:30 in Chaza. So

2018
01:22:42,880 --> 01:22:45,600
we'd be back 2:45ish.

2019
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:50,000
So Yep. Excellent. Excellent. Great.

2020
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:51,440
Bye.

2021
01:22:51,440 --> 01:22:56,080
All right. And then just the last one,

2022
01:22:56,080 --> 01:22:57,760
we're not even going to open it up in

2023
01:22:57,760 --> 01:23:00,000
the interest of time, but look at slides

2024
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:02,320
20

2025
01:23:02,320 --> 01:23:06,320
to 29. They're about school perceptions

2026
01:23:06,320 --> 01:23:09,760
and data about schools.

2027
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:13,520
And then if you

2028
01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:15,199
I was going to make a joke, so I'll make

2029
01:23:15,199 --> 01:23:17,600
the joke. But if you're into Kelshi and

2030
01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:20,400
you want to make a bet on the on who's

2031
01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:23,440
going to win what races statewide, the

2032
01:23:23,440 --> 01:23:26,560
last third of this is about what it

2033
01:23:26,560 --> 01:23:30,080
looks like as of last Friday or pardon

2034
01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:32,560
me, a week ago, Friday.

2035
01:23:32,560 --> 01:23:36,560
But anyhow, so what slide are you on

2036
01:23:36,560 --> 01:23:39,679
now, Miss Humble?

2037
01:23:39,679 --> 01:23:41,520
>> Oh, okay. Okay.

2038
01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:42,239
>> Number

2039
01:23:42,239 --> 01:23:49,199
>> Okay. Yeah. But but look at uh yeah when you get to this look look at slides

2040
01:23:49,199 --> 01:23:53,120
20 through slide 29 and it's all about

2041
01:23:53,120 --> 01:23:56,149
schools.

2042
01:23:56,159 --> 01:23:58,719
» Okay. Thank you.

2043
01:23:58,719 --> 01:24:02,080
>> Thank you. Any questions?

2044
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:04,239
All right. Thank you for that. Uh next

2045
01:24:04,239 --> 01:24:05,840
up we have community collaboration

2046
01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,199
committee update.

2047
01:24:07,199 --> 01:24:09,600
>> Yeah we actually did meet today before

2048
01:24:09,600 --> 01:24:12,000
this meeting. I'll prepare a summary for

2049
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:14,480
next meeting to include in the report.

2050
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:16,400
But uh just some highlights. We

2051
01:24:16,400 --> 01:24:19,040
determined that we'll plan an event

2052
01:24:19,040 --> 01:24:22,080
after uh we receive this perception

2053
01:24:22,080 --> 01:24:24,320
surveys back. Um I think that will get

2054
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:26,960
us a lot of ammo um for what we're

2055
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:28,800
looking to accomplish within the

2056
01:24:28,800 --> 01:24:31,723
community collaboration events. Um

2057
01:24:31,723 --> 01:24:32,880
[clears throat] we're hoping to gain

2058
01:24:32,880 --> 01:24:34,639
some clarity from the more focused

2059
01:24:34,639 --> 01:24:36,080
questions that we'll be offering this

2060
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:39,520
time around. Um and given the timing in

2061
01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:43,040
late later in November, um we're just

2062
01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,400
going to go ahead and move the event out

2063
01:24:44,400 --> 01:24:46,880
that we had talked about before. Um but

2064
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:49,840
as a followup to previous

2065
01:24:49,840 --> 01:24:51,360
uh feedback we received from the

2066
01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:53,840
community and um action items that we

2067
01:24:53,840 --> 01:24:56,239
discussed at our last meeting um that I

2068
01:24:56,239 --> 01:24:58,719
brought before the board. Um we it's our

2069
01:24:58,719 --> 01:25:03,440
intent to um continue to find times for

2070
01:25:03,440 --> 01:25:06,880
all of us to get into the schools. Um

2071
01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:10,000
and uh Lindy is assisting with that

2072
01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:13,440
calendar. Um, and then two, uh, we

2073
01:25:13,440 --> 01:25:15,199
talked with Carrie Gore about making

2074
01:25:15,199 --> 01:25:16,960
sure we get little Facebook briefings

2075
01:25:16,960 --> 01:25:19,440
out on, um, board topics and board

2076
01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:21,679
snippets of what we discussed, um, just

2077
01:25:21,679 --> 01:25:23,920
for for just for a little snippet for

2078
01:25:23,920 --> 01:25:26,320
the community to see, um, what we're

2079
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:29,199
talking about on top of, uh, the

2080
01:25:29,199 --> 01:25:32,320
published meeting minutes. Um, and then

2081
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:35,760
also we discussed the um, uh, putting

2082
01:25:35,760 --> 01:25:38,560
out emails to staff about board agendas

2083
01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:40,960
um, policies um, and just making sure

2084
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:43,120
that they're perpetually aware of what

2085
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:45,120
we're going to be discussing um,

2086
01:25:45,120 --> 01:25:46,719
policies that we're going to be working

2087
01:25:46,719 --> 01:25:49,040
through um, to give them ample time to

2088
01:25:49,040 --> 01:25:52,800
give feedback on those. Thank you.

2089
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:54,719
>> Thank you.

2090
01:25:54,719 --> 01:25:56,960
All right. Uh, next up, facility or

2091
01:25:56,960 --> 01:25:58,719
finance and facilities committee.

2092
01:25:58,719 --> 01:26:00,239
>> Yep. There was there's not been a

2093
01:26:00,239 --> 01:26:03,280
facilities meeting um in the last uh

2094
01:26:03,280 --> 01:26:05,120
since our last meeting and we don't have

2095
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:07,120
one on the books right now. We need to

2096
01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:09,280
get get one on the books now that I

2097
01:26:09,280 --> 01:26:11,920
think about it. But [snorts] uh the the

2098
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:13,440
finance report is going to be really

2099
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:16,239
brief because we will hear from Director

2100
01:26:16,239 --> 01:26:18,639
Subert later in this meeting about the

2101
01:26:18,639 --> 01:26:22,159
two things that um I that I've noted.

2102
01:26:22,159 --> 01:26:24,960
One [snorts] is a presentation about

2103
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:27,760
four uh three different vendors for the

2104
01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:31,920
perception survey and another one is um

2105
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,719
a way of investing money that the

2106
01:26:34,719 --> 01:26:36,960
district will be that we have a

2107
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:40,159
recommendation for you to consider.

2108
01:26:40,159 --> 01:26:43,120
>> Thank you. All right. Any uh any

2109
01:26:43,120 --> 01:26:45,760
questions? Okay. Next up, we've got

2110
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:48,320
Joint Powers Committee update. Director

2111
01:26:48,320 --> 01:26:50,159
Milner.

2112
01:26:50,159 --> 01:26:51,840
>> Yeah. So, I don't have a whole lot to

2113
01:26:51,840 --> 01:26:54,239
add other than Director Suber's

2114
01:26:54,239 --> 01:26:56,000
presentation we went through with the

2115
01:26:56,000 --> 01:26:59,120
Hastings hockey boosters and um I think

2116
01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:01,199
they were surprised at some of the

2117
01:27:01,199 --> 01:27:02,639
additional costs that we have been

2118
01:27:02,639 --> 01:27:05,040
paying. I don't think they realized that

2119
01:27:05,040 --> 01:27:08,880
we already are being charged that $55

2120
01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:13,040
premium on top of the rates. Um and so,

2121
01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:14,639
you know, just knowing that we probably

2122
01:27:14,639 --> 01:27:17,920
face another large jump was surprising

2123
01:27:17,920 --> 01:27:20,400
to them. But I like having the open

2124
01:27:20,400 --> 01:27:21,920
lines of communication. I think that

2125
01:27:21,920 --> 01:27:23,679
piece of it is really important so that

2126
01:27:23,679 --> 01:27:26,080
there's no surprises and if we do end up

2127
01:27:26,080 --> 01:27:28,639
having to increase fees for our hockey

2128
01:27:28,639 --> 01:27:30,719
families, um that that's going to be

2129
01:27:30,719 --> 01:27:33,679
communicated well and and why this is

2130
01:27:33,679 --> 01:27:35,679
happening. So if anybody's really

2131
01:27:35,679 --> 01:27:37,199
interested, our next meeting with the

2132
01:27:37,199 --> 01:27:40,080
city is next Wednesday morning at 7:30

2133
01:27:40,080 --> 01:27:42,719
in the morning at Tilden. Um and those

2134
01:27:42,719 --> 01:27:45,199
are open meetings. So, if anybody wants

2135
01:27:45,199 --> 01:27:47,199
to be there to see what the city's

2136
01:27:47,199 --> 01:27:49,280
decision is going to be for our

2137
01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:51,840
district, you know, and what what those

2138
01:27:51,840 --> 01:27:53,840
fees will be, they're already different

2139
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:56,880
than all of the other users that use

2140
01:27:56,880 --> 01:27:59,679
that civic arena. And uh it's going to

2141
01:27:59,679 --> 01:28:01,120
be interesting to see what the city

2142
01:28:01,120 --> 01:28:03,679
presents to us and what the discussion

2143
01:28:03,679 --> 01:28:05,840
will be. So, join us next Wednesday for

2144
01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:07,840
our next meeting if you'd like to.

2145
01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:10,320
That's it.

2146
01:28:10,320 --> 01:28:13,520
>> Any questions? All right. Next up, we

2147
01:28:13,520 --> 01:28:15,040
have NEPAC the NAPAC committee update

2148
01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:16,560
with director Bruns.

2149
01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:17,679
>> Yeah, the things I'll draw your

2150
01:28:17,679 --> 01:28:19,840
attention to u the intentional work

2151
01:28:19,840 --> 01:28:22,719
around reposting our language and

2152
01:28:22,719 --> 01:28:24,880
cultural positions. They they're

2153
01:28:24,880 --> 01:28:27,280
integral to achieving kind of the first

2154
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:29,199
vote of concurrence we've had in in a

2155
01:28:29,199 --> 01:28:31,120
really long time. And it's not for a

2156
01:28:31,120 --> 01:28:33,679
lack of trying. Um the positions are

2157
01:28:33,679 --> 01:28:35,679
posted all all the monies whether that

2158
01:28:35,679 --> 01:28:37,360
was coming from the grant which we got

2159
01:28:37,360 --> 01:28:39,199
so that's awesome or from the general

2160
01:28:39,199 --> 01:28:40,960
fund they were going to exist. So, it's

2161
01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:42,960
just about finding the people starting

2162
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:45,120
with one and hopefully two to be able to

2163
01:28:45,120 --> 01:28:46,639
fulfill those roles. So, there's also a

2164
01:28:46,639 --> 01:28:48,960
connection with John Johnson down um at

2165
01:28:48,960 --> 01:28:51,199
Prairie Island and try and leverage

2166
01:28:51,199 --> 01:28:54,709
contacts there.

2167
01:28:54,719 --> 01:28:56,639
» Put it out to his people. So, I I did

2168
01:28:56,639 --> 01:28:58,480
reach out. we've got. So, I'm hoping.

2169
01:28:58,480 --> 01:28:59,199
>> Excellent.

2170
01:28:59,199 --> 01:29:00,880
>> Hoping

2171
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:03,040
>> and and it's it's exciting to see what's

2172
01:29:03,040 --> 01:29:04,159
coming out of teaching and learning to

2173
01:29:04,159 --> 01:29:05,520
support learners because when director

2174
01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:07,199
Hajes brings that data, it is

2175
01:29:07,199 --> 01:29:09,360
disseminated by students identified as

2176
01:29:09,360 --> 01:29:10,960
Native American and we can see that

2177
01:29:10,960 --> 01:29:13,120
growth and we're finally seeing that and

2178
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:14,560
we see what it's doing for all learners.

2179
01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:18,639
The literacy work that's been done and then the commitment to math like we

2180
01:29:18,639 --> 01:29:20,000
are seeing students grow and in

2181
01:29:20,000 --> 01:29:21,600
particular those that are targeted for

2182
01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:23,520
interventions and they happen to be

2183
01:29:23,520 --> 01:29:26,960
Native American are excelling. Um the

2184
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:28,719
I'll draw your attention to to events

2185
01:29:28,719 --> 01:29:30,880
that are hosted by NAPAC that are

2186
01:29:30,880 --> 01:29:33,120
hopefully upcoming. They are open to

2187
01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:34,719
everyone. So it's not that you have to

2188
01:29:34,719 --> 01:29:37,440
be a member of anything. They are open

2189
01:29:37,440 --> 01:29:39,280
to the public. It's cultural education.

2190
01:29:39,280 --> 01:29:41,520
It's also participation because it's

2191
01:29:41,520 --> 01:29:44,320
super rad. And this impacts over 100

2192
01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:45,760
students in our district and it's a

2193
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:47,360
connection to them and also for them to

2194
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:50,000
connect to history and tradition. Uh but

2195
01:29:50,000 --> 01:29:52,320
moxin making October 3rd through the 4th

2196
01:29:52,320 --> 01:29:54,719
9 to 3 p.m. each day uh at the

2197
01:29:54,719 --> 01:29:56,480
curriculum center ribbon skirts and

2198
01:29:56,480 --> 01:29:58,159
ribbon shirts. What's cool about this is

2199
01:29:58,159 --> 01:29:59,920
that it can have that connection to what

2200
01:29:59,920 --> 01:30:01,840
students wear at the graduation ceremony

2201
01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:04,159
in May. So it'll be February 20th to the

2202
01:30:04,159 --> 01:30:06,960
21st again 9 to 3 p.m. each day at the

2203
01:30:06,960 --> 01:30:08,960
curriculum center. And then there's some

2204
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:10,239
work being done around professional

2205
01:30:10,239 --> 01:30:11,920
development and planning for Indigenous

2206
01:30:11,920 --> 01:30:15,760
People's Day uh in October.

2207
01:30:15,760 --> 01:30:17,679
Next meeting is October 1st at the

2208
01:30:17,679 --> 01:30:21,199
curriculum center. Any questions about

2209
01:30:21,199 --> 01:30:23,520
Oh, I I should add that one thing that

2210
01:30:23,520 --> 01:30:25,760
they were we've been working on is h

2211
01:30:25,760 --> 01:30:27,920
just like the tribal nations flags are

2212
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:29,600
hanging in the commons area of the high

2213
01:30:29,600 --> 01:30:31,600
school, they have been purchased and are

2214
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:34,800
awaiting where they will be situated in

2215
01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:36,560
buildings across the district. So, they

2216
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:38,719
have been ordered. They are on campuses

2217
01:30:38,719 --> 01:30:42,880
and in a walkth through last spring, the guiding principles to have them in

2218
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:44,480
the cafeteria. that seems to make the

2219
01:30:44,480 --> 01:30:45,600
most sense in some of those other

2220
01:30:45,600 --> 01:30:49,360
spaces, but they are that process is

2221
01:30:49,360 --> 01:30:52,480
happening and the trying to develop how

2222
01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:56,880
to then honor that when those go.

2223
01:30:56,880 --> 01:30:59,440
>> All right, thank you.

2224
01:30:59,440 --> 01:31:00,560
Next [clears throat] up, uh, student

2225
01:31:00,560 --> 01:31:02,000
schoolboard committee update with again

2226
01:31:02,000 --> 01:31:04,000
director Bruns.

2227
01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:05,120
>> The only thing I was going to share, we

2228
01:31:05,120 --> 01:31:06,480
have not met, but was to share the

2229
01:31:06,480 --> 01:31:08,400
opportunity about student voice. So,

2230
01:31:08,400 --> 01:31:10,560
follow the link currently is busted, but

2231
01:31:10,560 --> 01:31:11,840
just let Lindy know and then we'll get

2232
01:31:11,840 --> 01:31:13,840
it all taken care of.

2233
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:16,560
All right, thank you. Uh, then we have

2234
01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:18,719
our school perception survey ad hoc

2235
01:31:18,719 --> 01:31:21,280
committee update from Director Zuzac.

2236
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:24,080
>> Yeah, much thanks to Chair Tate and

2237
01:31:24,080 --> 01:31:26,400
Director Beerm for for their good work

2238
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:29,600
on this. Um, we basically looked at all

2239
01:31:29,600 --> 01:31:32,080
three of the surveys, spent I more than

2240
01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:34,159
half the time on the staff survey, and

2241
01:31:34,159 --> 01:31:35,679
part of what happened was as we would

2242
01:31:35,679 --> 01:31:37,840
make changes on the staff survey,

2243
01:31:37,840 --> 01:31:40,400
similar uh changes would trickle down to

2244
01:31:40,400 --> 01:31:42,320
the parent survey and to the student

2245
01:31:42,320 --> 01:31:45,120
survey. So, it was it, you know, we

2246
01:31:45,120 --> 01:31:46,320
started with the one that we thought

2247
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:49,440
would be most challenging. Um and just

2248
01:31:49,440 --> 01:31:52,320
the the precepts that that went into it

2249
01:31:52,320 --> 01:31:54,960
um that are worth noting. One is that we

2250
01:31:54,960 --> 01:31:57,440
really wanted to get data that was

2251
01:31:57,440 --> 01:32:00,000
useful and so we looked at questions

2252
01:32:00,000 --> 01:32:03,280
that were providing useful data and if

2253
01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:05,679
it wasn't useful data then we were

2254
01:32:05,679 --> 01:32:09,280
trying to change some of the questions

2255
01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:11,520
uh in order to get the data to be

2256
01:32:11,520 --> 01:32:12,960
useful. I'll talk more about that in a

2257
01:32:12,960 --> 01:32:15,920
moment. The second thing is whenever

2258
01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:18,159
there's an open-ended question like when

2259
01:32:18,159 --> 01:32:20,080
we asked for comments, we talked about

2260
01:32:20,080 --> 01:32:22,480
how it's important that that they don't

2261
01:32:22,480 --> 01:32:24,639
target a person or a position, but

2262
01:32:24,639 --> 01:32:26,960
instead uh talk about processes

2263
01:32:26,960 --> 01:32:28,480
throughout the district so that we

2264
01:32:28,480 --> 01:32:30,480
really can change what needs to happen,

2265
01:32:30,480 --> 01:32:33,440
but people people aren't targeted. Um

2266
01:32:33,440 --> 01:32:35,760
because we we felt like like that that

2267
01:32:35,760 --> 01:32:38,880
was more fair and reasonable for staff.

2268
01:32:38,880 --> 01:32:40,719
And then

2269
01:32:40,719 --> 01:32:46,639
we we did a a a big aha came up and and

2270
01:32:46,639 --> 01:32:50,960
it's this one of the things is that many

2271
01:32:50,960 --> 01:32:53,520
of the questions made great sense but

2272
01:32:53,520 --> 01:32:55,679
weren't providing good data because we

2273
01:32:55,679 --> 01:32:59,440
didn't know why. And so what we said was

2274
01:32:59,440 --> 01:33:02,880
if you say disagree or strongly disagree

2275
01:33:02,880 --> 01:33:04,480
in your answer when you're filling it

2276
01:33:04,480 --> 01:33:06,239
out, whether you're a student or you're

2277
01:33:06,239 --> 01:33:09,360
a staff member or you're a a parent,

2278
01:33:09,360 --> 01:33:12,239
we're asking that you go then after that

2279
01:33:12,239 --> 01:33:14,880
category of questions. You know, there's

2280
01:33:14,880 --> 01:33:17,600
10 to 12 questions in a category. Then

2281
01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:20,480
you go down below and when it says, do

2282
01:33:20,480 --> 01:33:22,639
you have any comments? Please tell us

2283
01:33:22,639 --> 01:33:24,960
why you said disagree or why you said

2284
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:27,199
strongly disagree. just so that the data

2285
01:33:27,199 --> 01:33:29,199
is useful. That that's really the goal.

2286
01:33:29,199 --> 01:33:30,560
And basically, we got through the whole

2287
01:33:30,560 --> 01:33:32,400
thing in two meetings, which was

2288
01:33:32,400 --> 01:33:34,960
terrific. We sent the the data out to

2289
01:33:34,960 --> 01:33:36,560
Darren. We got more information back

2290
01:33:36,560 --> 01:33:39,120
today.

2291
01:33:39,120 --> 01:33:41,840
It's a little messy. Do you mind if I

2292
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:45,120
comment on it? The gist of it is this.

2293
01:33:45,120 --> 01:33:47,920
Um, if you have a student at Pinerest,

2294
01:33:47,920 --> 01:33:50,080
the middle school, and the high school,

2295
01:33:50,080 --> 01:33:52,800
and you complete the survey, and you've

2296
01:33:52,800 --> 01:33:54,080
said that you have a student at

2297
01:33:54,080 --> 01:33:55,679
Pinerest, at the middle school, and at

2298
01:33:55,679 --> 01:33:58,719
the high school, and you make a comment

2299
01:33:58,719 --> 01:34:01,199
that, well, maybe it's a very, very

2300
01:34:01,199 --> 01:34:04,320
affirming comment, or maybe it's a very

2301
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:06,639
delletterious comment.

2302
01:34:06,639 --> 01:34:09,040
How do we know which school you're

2303
01:34:09,040 --> 01:34:10,800
really proud of or which school you're

2304
01:34:10,800 --> 01:34:12,800
really struggling with? And so we asked

2305
01:34:12,800 --> 01:34:14,800
Darren if there's some way to clean up

2306
01:34:14,800 --> 01:34:16,960
that and it it doesn't seem like it's

2307
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:19,440
easy. So we have a little bit more

2308
01:34:19,440 --> 01:34:21,040
talking to do about it.

2309
01:34:21,040 --> 01:34:22,159
>> I'd like to add just a little bit of

2310
01:34:22,159 --> 01:34:24,719
context. Thank you so today and as a

2311
01:34:24,719 --> 01:34:27,120
parent with students in multiple schools

2312
01:34:27,120 --> 01:34:29,760
you go today it's framed that first you

2313
01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:31,920
go through every single question for say

2314
01:34:31,920 --> 01:34:34,320
example Pinerest and then you have to go

2315
01:34:34,320 --> 01:34:36,320
through all of the questions again for

2316
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:38,480
the middle school. So it seems like

2317
01:34:38,480 --> 01:34:39,920
you're answering the same qu you're

2318
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:42,560
reading the same question over and over

2319
01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:45,600
again. And so we had asked and and this

2320
01:34:45,600 --> 01:34:46,880
is where I think there there was a

2321
01:34:46,880 --> 01:34:48,400
disconnect between what was in my brain

2322
01:34:48,400 --> 01:34:50,639
and what we discussed at the table. But

2323
01:34:50,639 --> 01:34:52,080
we need to go back to Darren again

2324
01:34:52,080 --> 01:34:54,000
because I suggested or I'd like to

2325
01:34:54,000 --> 01:34:57,120
suggest that we say, "Okay, for example,

2326
01:34:57,120 --> 01:34:59,520
my child feels safe at school and then

2327
01:34:59,520 --> 01:35:02,159
have boxes set up for Pinerest and boxes

2328
01:35:02,159 --> 01:35:06,159
set up for the middle school so that you can you can say which school it's

2329
01:35:06,159 --> 01:35:08,480
in, but you're only reading the question

2330
01:35:08,480 --> 01:35:11,280
once and responding once instead of

2331
01:35:11,280 --> 01:35:14,159
reading twice, responding twice." Um, so

2332
01:35:14,159 --> 01:35:15,440
yeah, so we're seeing if we can just

2333
01:35:15,440 --> 01:35:17,600
change the structure of the survey to

2334
01:35:17,600 --> 01:35:18,960
make it quicker for parents with the

2335
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:22,080
hopes of it being faster. Um, and then I

2336
01:35:22,080 --> 01:35:23,840
had a I had an idea and I thought, you

2337
01:35:23,840 --> 01:35:26,080
know, we had 14% of parents respond this

2338
01:35:26,080 --> 01:35:31,360
time. What if we sent out a a first uh

2339
01:35:31,360 --> 01:35:33,920
survey and it says, I'm happy with

2340
01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:35,600
everything. I don't want to respond to a

2341
01:35:35,600 --> 01:35:38,000
survey. Yes. [laughter]

2342
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:40,000
Right. Like that would be helpful

2343
01:35:40,000 --> 01:35:41,920
information. or I just don't have time

2344
01:35:41,920 --> 01:35:43,679
to respond to us. I don't know

2345
01:35:43,679 --> 01:35:45,520
something. But uh yeah, we just we want

2346
01:35:45,520 --> 01:35:47,360
to get the parent responses up, right?

2347
01:35:47,360 --> 01:35:50,639
So do any I even suggested gift cards

2348
01:35:50,639 --> 01:35:52,931
for provided by board members,

2349
01:35:52,931 --> 01:35:53,920
[laughter]

2350
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:54,239
>> right?

2351
01:35:54,239 --> 01:35:55,679
>> Not the district.

2352
01:35:55,679 --> 01:35:57,679
>> Board member will chip in on gift cards.

2353
01:35:57,679 --> 01:35:59,120
But anyway, that was a good

2354
01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:00,880
conversation. We'll go more into the

2355
01:36:00,880 --> 01:36:03,280
questions and the survey proposal in our

2356
01:36:03,280 --> 01:36:04,480
October work session.

2357
01:36:04,480 --> 01:36:04,960
>> Thanks.

2358
01:36:04,960 --> 01:36:06,560
>> So, anything else you had to add?

2359
01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:07,040
>> I didn't.

2360
01:36:07,040 --> 01:36:07,360
>> Sorry.

2361
01:36:07,360 --> 01:36:07,840
>> No, thank you.

2362
01:36:07,840 --> 01:36:09,440
>> Kind of jumped on your jumped on you

2363
01:36:09,440 --> 01:36:10,800
there.

2364
01:36:10,800 --> 01:36:12,880
Um, all right. Next up, we have policy

2365
01:36:12,880 --> 01:36:14,400
or I should say, anybody else have

2366
01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:17,120
questions? Okay. Uh, next up we have

2367
01:36:17,120 --> 01:36:19,920
policy committee update.

2368
01:36:19,920 --> 01:36:23,600
So, this month we went over policy 506,

2369
01:36:23,600 --> 01:36:25,520
student discipline. This was an annual

2370
01:36:25,520 --> 01:36:27,920
review policy. So, the changes that you

2371
01:36:27,920 --> 01:36:29,679
that you'll see below, I'm not going to

2372
01:36:29,679 --> 01:36:30,960
read through every single section

2373
01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:33,679
change, but um they're all referenced in

2374
01:36:33,679 --> 01:36:35,840
statute or they're to provide clearer

2375
01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:37,679
language in the policy. Um, we're

2376
01:36:37,679 --> 01:36:38,960
recommending first reading for this

2377
01:36:38,960 --> 01:36:42,880
policy tonight. Okay. Policy 806, crisis

2378
01:36:42,880 --> 01:36:44,800
management, is also an annual review

2379
01:36:44,800 --> 01:36:47,199
policy. There are some changes that we

2380
01:36:47,199 --> 01:36:49,440
made to this one that were hasting

2381
01:36:49,440 --> 01:36:50,719
specific that weren't in the model

2382
01:36:50,719 --> 01:36:54,480
policy or statute um like that for

2383
01:36:54,480 --> 01:36:59,600
section 4A after dialing 911, they would

2384
01:36:59,600 --> 01:37:02,639
then um contact the superintendent for

2385
01:37:02,639 --> 01:37:05,280
our crisis response. So yeah, you call

2386
01:37:05,280 --> 01:37:06,639
the cops first and then you call the

2387
01:37:06,639 --> 01:37:08,239
superintendent, not the other way

2388
01:37:08,239 --> 01:37:10,000
around. So those those kind of language,

2389
01:37:10,000 --> 01:37:13,040
it's just mostly about our processes.

2390
01:37:13,040 --> 01:37:14,800
And then

2391
01:37:14,800 --> 01:37:16,560
um 806.1PR,

2392
01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:19,280
cardiac emergency response plan. That is

2393
01:37:19,280 --> 01:37:21,520
something that was dictated by statute

2394
01:37:21,520 --> 01:37:23,440
this year. Um establishing a new

2395
01:37:23,440 --> 01:37:24,880
requirement for school districts to

2396
01:37:24,880 --> 01:37:26,639
develop a cardiac emergency response

2397
01:37:26,639 --> 01:37:28,480
plan and have it in writing. This plan

2398
01:37:28,480 --> 01:37:30,719
does not have to be

2399
01:37:30,719 --> 01:37:32,639
adopted every year, but it does have to

2400
01:37:32,639 --> 01:37:34,560
be reviewed every year. So this review

2401
01:37:34,560 --> 01:37:36,960
will come through when we um do our

2402
01:37:36,960 --> 01:37:40,080
annual review of 806 and it'll just be

2403
01:37:40,080 --> 01:37:42,480
go through that just it'll go through

2404
01:37:42,480 --> 01:37:45,679
like that. This um 806.1 PR is a

2405
01:37:45,679 --> 01:37:47,280
administrative procedure so it does not

2406
01:37:47,280 --> 01:37:48,639
need to go through multiple meetings. It

2407
01:37:48,639 --> 01:37:50,080
can be adopted tonight in a single

2408
01:37:50,080 --> 01:37:52,639
meeting. Any questions about any of that

2409
01:37:52,639 --> 01:37:54,080
or did Christine did you want to say

2410
01:37:54,080 --> 01:37:56,080
anything about the emergency? Okay.

2411
01:37:56,080 --> 01:38:00,320
>> Okay. Yep. All right. Thank you.

2412
01:38:00,320 --> 01:38:04,639
>> All right. Any questions, comments?

2413
01:38:04,639 --> 01:38:05,040
Yep.

2414
01:38:05,040 --> 01:38:07,760
>> Our next meeting is October 1st and at

2415
01:38:07,760 --> 01:38:09,520
12 p.m. in the district office,

2416
01:38:09,520 --> 01:38:11,360
conference room A.

2417
01:38:11,360 --> 01:38:14,239
>> Thank you. Anyone is welcome to come and

2418
01:38:14,239 --> 01:38:17,600
enjoy policy fund with us. Um, all

2419
01:38:17,600 --> 01:38:18,960
right. Next up, we have our action

2420
01:38:18,960 --> 01:38:21,679
items. Could I please get a motion on

2421
01:38:21,679 --> 01:38:25,350
the consent agenda?

2422
01:38:25,360 --> 01:38:27,119
» Motion to approve the consent agenda.

2423
01:38:27,119 --> 01:38:27,840
Zuzac.

2424
01:38:27,840 --> 01:38:29,199
>> Michael Moulder seconds.

2425
01:38:29,199 --> 01:38:31,760
>> Any discussion? Right. Seeing none, all

2426
01:38:31,760 --> 01:38:33,199
those in favor of approving the consent

2427
01:38:33,199 --> 01:38:34,719
agenda say I.

2428
01:38:34,719 --> 01:38:36,639
>> I. All those oppos say nay. Motion

2429
01:38:36,639 --> 01:38:38,159
passes unanimously to approve the

2430
01:38:38,159 --> 01:38:40,719
consent agenda. Now we move into our

2431
01:38:40,719 --> 01:38:42,960
individual action items. And first up I

2432
01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:44,719
have a max levy limitation. Could I

2433
01:38:44,719 --> 01:38:53,669
please get a motion on this?

2434
01:38:53,679 --> 01:38:56,320
Michael Moulder moves to approve the max

2435
01:38:56,320 --> 01:39:00,159
levy limitation and wave the reading.

2436
01:39:00,159 --> 01:39:00,800
Is that

2437
01:39:00,800 --> 01:39:04,229
>> it's not a

2438
01:39:04,239 --> 01:39:07,679
» dressley seconds. Any discussion?

2439
01:39:07,679 --> 01:39:08,960
All right. All those in favor of

2440
01:39:08,960 --> 01:39:11,360
approving the max levy limitations say

2441
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:11,920
I.

2442
01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:12,719
>> I.

2443
01:39:12,719 --> 01:39:14,880
>> All those say oppose say nay. Motion

2444
01:39:14,880 --> 01:39:17,360
passes unanimously. All right. Next up

2445
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:20,320
we have our school perceptions survey

2446
01:39:20,320 --> 01:39:23,119
vote to administer the survey. So first

2447
01:39:23,119 --> 01:39:26,480
up we have a presentation I believe. No

2448
01:39:26,480 --> 01:39:27,199
>> no not for this.

2449
01:39:27,199 --> 01:39:27,840
>> Not for this one.

2450
01:39:27,840 --> 01:39:30,400
>> This is the next one. Michael Moulder

2451
01:39:30,400 --> 01:39:34,480
moves to approve to administer the

2452
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:36,239
school perception survey.

2453
01:39:36,239 --> 01:39:37,360
>> Zuzac seconds.

2454
01:39:37,360 --> 01:39:39,199
>> All right. Any discussion?

2455
01:39:39,199 --> 01:39:41,280
>> All right. Seeing none, all those uh in

2456
01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:43,840
favor of approving the administration of

2457
01:39:43,840 --> 01:39:46,000
the school perception survey say I.

2458
01:39:46,000 --> 01:39:46,560
>> I.

2459
01:39:46,560 --> 01:39:48,560
>> All those oppos say nay. Motion passes

2460
01:39:48,560 --> 01:39:51,280
unanimously to administer the survey.

2461
01:39:51,280 --> 01:39:52,719
All right. And then we have a

2462
01:39:52,719 --> 01:39:57,040
presentation uh regarding the

2463
01:39:57,040 --> 01:40:01,280
uh referendum survey consultant.

2464
01:40:01,280 --> 01:40:04,080
>> So I'm going to start this off here for

2465
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:07,040
us and I have Carrie and Jen with me um

2466
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:09,600
to answer questions as well. The three

2467
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:13,600
of us worked um at uh finding a

2468
01:40:13,600 --> 01:40:16,880
consultant uh to enter into this um idea

2469
01:40:16,880 --> 01:40:18,480
of surveying. So, this is what we're

2470
01:40:18,480 --> 01:40:20,560
talking about here is utilizing a survey

2471
01:40:20,560 --> 01:40:24,320
company to go out and ask our community

2472
01:40:24,320 --> 01:40:26,719
members what they think about if we were

2473
01:40:26,719 --> 01:40:29,760
to go out for a referendum to revoke and

2474
01:40:29,760 --> 01:40:33,280
replace our two current operating levies

2475
01:40:33,280 --> 01:40:36,239
into one and then potentially is there

2476
01:40:36,239 --> 01:40:38,639
support for increasing those? We are not

2477
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:41,280
currently at the max and we could

2478
01:40:41,280 --> 01:40:43,199
depending on tax tolerance of our

2479
01:40:43,199 --> 01:40:44,960
community members potentially go to the

2480
01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:47,920
max. So what we did is we talked with

2481
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,560
three companies. Morris Leatherman uh

2482
01:40:50,560 --> 01:40:53,360
well-known uh company across the that

2483
01:40:53,360 --> 01:40:55,600
works with uh Minnesota doing surveys

2484
01:40:55,600 --> 01:40:58,000
for AMSD one you just saw there. They

2485
01:40:58,000 --> 01:41:00,400
conducted it. Donovan Group also very

2486
01:41:00,400 --> 01:41:02,080
well known. They are contracted with

2487
01:41:02,080 --> 01:41:04,239
NASA to do communication survey uh

2488
01:41:04,239 --> 01:41:06,560
communication services uh for member

2489
01:41:06,560 --> 01:41:08,400
districts like us. If we were to need

2490
01:41:08,400 --> 01:41:09,760
their support, they can do that for us

2491
01:41:09,760 --> 01:41:11,679
for free. And then we have the school

2492
01:41:11,679 --> 01:41:13,520
perceptions company which we use right

2493
01:41:13,520 --> 01:41:15,280
now for that school perception survey.

2494
01:41:15,280 --> 01:41:17,119
So three companies that are well known

2495
01:41:17,119 --> 01:41:20,159
that we uh both uh we interviewed all of

2496
01:41:20,159 --> 01:41:22,400
them and then they also provided us

2497
01:41:22,400 --> 01:41:23,760
documentation. So we can go to the next

2498
01:41:23,760 --> 01:41:27,350
slide.

2499
01:41:27,360 --> 01:41:29,760
So just quickly our purpose is to

2500
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:31,600
understand the level of support from our

2501
01:41:31,600 --> 01:41:33,360
community if we were to go for

2502
01:41:33,360 --> 01:41:36,239
additional operational funding. Um our

2503
01:41:36,239 --> 01:41:38,239
goal is to get reliable feedback while

2504
01:41:38,239 --> 01:41:40,320
also helping residents understand what

2505
01:41:40,320 --> 01:41:42,000
our needs are. And so we wouldn't just

2506
01:41:42,000 --> 01:41:44,320
go out for a survey without telling them

2507
01:41:44,320 --> 01:41:46,480
what the money would be used for. And

2508
01:41:46,480 --> 01:41:49,360
then we would select the survey approach

2509
01:41:49,360 --> 01:41:50,960
tonight. The board is going to decide

2510
01:41:50,960 --> 01:41:53,199
whether you want to do this. Um and if

2511
01:41:53,199 --> 01:41:57,360
so, uh who would you choose to survey?

2512
01:41:57,360 --> 01:41:59,119
And so they would we design the survey,

2513
01:41:59,119 --> 01:42:00,880
we'd gather feedback, we'd review the

2514
01:42:00,880 --> 01:42:02,239
results, and we'd share the findings. So

2515
01:42:02,239 --> 01:42:03,920
once we go out for the survey, you get

2516
01:42:03,920 --> 01:42:05,199
the results, then we make the

2517
01:42:05,199 --> 01:42:06,960
determination, is this something we want

2518
01:42:06,960 --> 01:42:08,480
to do? Do we want to go out for a

2519
01:42:08,480 --> 01:42:11,920
referendum uh at the next November, not

2520
01:42:11,920 --> 01:42:15,280
this coming the following November.

2521
01:42:15,280 --> 01:42:17,199
So we looked at these three companies

2522
01:42:17,199 --> 01:42:19,040
and we looked at the approach, the

2523
01:42:19,040 --> 01:42:20,639
target audience, the strengths,

2524
01:42:20,639 --> 01:42:22,960
considerations, and then their fees. And

2525
01:42:22,960 --> 01:42:24,719
so you can see here that Morris

2526
01:42:24,719 --> 01:42:27,040
Leatherman does a random telephone

2527
01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:28,480
survey. They've been doing that for

2528
01:42:28,480 --> 01:42:30,239
years. They continue to do so. They have

2529
01:42:30,239 --> 01:42:32,239
400 randomly selected district

2530
01:42:32,239 --> 01:42:35,280
households. Um, which is statistically s

2531
01:42:35,280 --> 01:42:37,119
uh significant for the work that they

2532
01:42:37,119 --> 01:42:39,600
do. Um, just a consideration, it's a

2533
01:42:39,600 --> 01:42:40,880
smaller number of people that

2534
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:44,480
participate. Their fee is $25,000.

2535
01:42:44,480 --> 01:42:47,440
Um, the Donovan Group does an online

2536
01:42:47,440 --> 01:42:51,840
survey and that dependent who gets that

2537
01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:53,920
survey is going to require work from us

2538
01:42:53,920 --> 01:42:56,080
to find all of the community members to

2539
01:42:56,080 --> 01:42:57,679
get the email so that they can send out

2540
01:42:57,679 --> 01:42:59,199
the survey. to our parents would be

2541
01:42:59,199 --> 01:43:01,840
easy. We have those. Um but for other

2542
01:43:01,840 --> 01:43:03,199
community members that don't have kids

2543
01:43:03,199 --> 01:43:04,880
in school, we would have to do some leg

2544
01:43:04,880 --> 01:43:06,960
work. Um they have very strong

2545
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:09,760
communication support and their quick

2546
01:43:09,760 --> 01:43:12,639
turnaround time with reporting. The

2547
01:43:12,639 --> 01:43:14,560
success I guess would depend

2548
01:43:14,560 --> 01:43:16,480
consideration is do we get a broad mix

2549
01:43:16,480 --> 01:43:18,480
of residents? That would really depend.

2550
01:43:18,480 --> 01:43:20,639
For example, can you get the elderly? We

2551
01:43:20,639 --> 01:43:22,080
would probably go to the senior center

2552
01:43:22,080 --> 01:43:24,560
get you know that way. But how do we get

2553
01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:26,480
other constituents that don't attend

2554
01:43:26,480 --> 01:43:29,040
that for example? Their base fee is

2555
01:43:29,040 --> 01:43:31,520
10,000. So other uh services that they

2556
01:43:31,520 --> 01:43:33,440
would provide like communication support

2557
01:43:33,440 --> 01:43:36,000
etc would be at additional cost. And

2558
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:38,960
then school perceptions now they do it

2559
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:43,679
with they mail a a survey to every

2560
01:43:43,679 --> 01:43:46,480
resident in our district and on that so

2561
01:43:46,480 --> 01:43:48,719
you can either fill it out on paper or

2562
01:43:48,719 --> 01:43:50,880
there's a QR code so you can actually do

2563
01:43:50,880 --> 01:43:52,639
it on from your phone if you chose to as

2564
01:43:52,639 --> 01:43:54,239
well. So you have two options, but it

2565
01:43:54,239 --> 01:43:56,880
goes to every district household. So it

2566
01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:59,600
does have a very broad reach. Um, and it

2567
01:43:59,600 --> 01:44:01,440
has a really strong paper access, which

2568
01:44:01,440 --> 01:44:03,920
the other two don't. Um, however,

2569
01:44:03,920 --> 01:44:06,560
printing and postage increase the total

2570
01:44:06,560 --> 01:44:11,910
cost. So their base cost is $11,000.

2571
01:44:11,920 --> 01:44:14,400
Um, some things that stood out with

2572
01:44:14,400 --> 01:44:16,800
Morris Leatherman, um, they have a very

2573
01:44:16,800 --> 01:44:19,840
traditional scientific polling model. um

2574
01:44:19,840 --> 01:44:21,679
and they give us a final report, major

2575
01:44:21,679 --> 01:44:22,719
findings, and they've been doing this

2576
01:44:22,719 --> 01:44:25,119
for years. It's a strong reputation.

2577
01:44:25,119 --> 01:44:28,000
The next group, the Donovan group, um

2578
01:44:28,000 --> 01:44:30,560
they combine um an online survey with

2579
01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:32,320
communication material support. So,

2580
01:44:32,320 --> 01:44:33,920
they'd be willing to conduct focus

2581
01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:36,239
groups with you, that kind of thing. Um

2582
01:44:36,239 --> 01:44:38,320
their online survey, their introduction

2583
01:44:38,320 --> 01:44:41,199
letter, etc., social media, um is

2584
01:44:41,199 --> 01:44:44,800
included in that basic uh survey cost.

2585
01:44:44,800 --> 01:44:46,719
that original cost of I think was 10,000

2586
01:44:46,719 --> 01:44:49,679
or 11,000. Uh school perception every

2587
01:44:49,679 --> 01:44:51,360
district this is a little different is

2588
01:44:51,360 --> 01:44:53,440
every district household receives an

2589
01:44:53,440 --> 01:44:55,520
invitation to participate in the survey

2590
01:44:55,520 --> 01:44:57,520
and they have an opportunity to do it

2591
01:44:57,520 --> 01:45:01,280
both ways online or by paper. Um also

2592
01:45:01,280 --> 01:45:03,119
include strategy development. So they'll

2593
01:45:03,119 --> 01:45:05,520
help us formulate the conversation first

2594
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:07,679
like here's how you're going to uh to

2595
01:45:07,679 --> 01:45:09,520
start the survey out. If we were to

2596
01:45:09,520 --> 01:45:12,159
approve this uh agree with this we would

2597
01:45:12,159 --> 01:45:13,840
use the dollars for such and such. we

2598
01:45:13,840 --> 01:45:15,440
would give context and they would help

2599
01:45:15,440 --> 01:45:19,280
us in writing that context. Um, again,

2600
01:45:19,280 --> 01:45:21,520
there would be a unique access code. So,

2601
01:45:21,520 --> 01:45:23,520
when they do that QR code, you can only

2602
01:45:23,520 --> 01:45:25,440
use it once. So, you can't have multiple

2603
01:45:25,440 --> 01:45:27,760
people. You can't have one person using

2604
01:45:27,760 --> 01:45:32,080
that QR code seven times to give you, know what I mean? It's so that's

2605
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:35,840
nice. And then, um, they also can, um,

2606
01:45:35,840 --> 01:45:37,440
give us a virtual presentation. They

2607
01:45:37,440 --> 01:45:38,560
don't have to be on site if we don't

2608
01:45:38,560 --> 01:45:40,960
need them to be.

2609
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:45,360
Um when we added in the costs for with

2610
01:45:45,360 --> 01:45:47,760
the postage to the school perceptions it

2611
01:45:47,760 --> 01:45:50,239
does increase the overall cost to 20

2612
01:45:50,239 --> 01:45:54,639
anywhere between 20,300 to 23,700.

2613
01:45:54,639 --> 01:45:56,639
So you can see it's far more in line to

2614
01:45:56,639 --> 01:45:58,320
Morris Leatherman with Donovan Group

2615
01:45:58,320 --> 01:46:01,679
being the least costly.

2616
01:46:01,679 --> 01:46:03,040
Um, here's some [clears throat] of the

2617
01:46:03,040 --> 01:46:04,639
details of how it works with an

2618
01:46:04,639 --> 01:46:06,480
eight-page booklet versus a four-page

2619
01:46:06,480 --> 01:46:08,560
folded with envelope and just how the

2620
01:46:08,560 --> 01:46:10,719
costs work. And then it shows the

2621
01:46:10,719 --> 01:46:12,000
different organizations that we've

2622
01:46:12,000 --> 01:46:14,560
reached out to um that would could

2623
01:46:14,560 --> 01:46:16,639
support this and what their costs would

2624
01:46:16,639 --> 01:46:18,719
be. I just want to have you note graphic

2625
01:46:18,719 --> 01:46:21,920
design would be local.

2626
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:24,320
>> So here's some pros and cons. So Morris

2627
01:46:24,320 --> 01:46:26,560
Leman traditional scientific is a pro

2628
01:46:26,560 --> 01:46:28,880
clear independent polling methodology

2629
01:46:28,880 --> 01:46:31,440
written report. It is the highest base

2630
01:46:31,440 --> 01:46:36,080
cost is a con. Um only 400 households

2631
01:46:36,080 --> 01:46:39,199
participate. It's a phone only model. So

2632
01:46:39,199 --> 01:46:40,480
cons wonder wondering about other

2633
01:46:40,480 --> 01:46:42,239
audience members who probably aren't

2634
01:46:42,239 --> 01:46:45,119
going to pick up the phone maybe. Um we

2635
01:46:45,119 --> 01:46:47,360
don't also have we have less built-in

2636
01:46:47,360 --> 01:46:49,440
communication support. And then you look

2637
01:46:49,440 --> 01:46:52,080
at Donovan Group lowest base fee at

2638
01:46:52,080 --> 01:46:54,000
10,000 communication materials are

2639
01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:55,840
included and that's a a strength of

2640
01:46:55,840 --> 01:46:57,679
theirs. Weighted reporting by voter

2641
01:46:57,679 --> 01:46:59,600
group. Um, and then the cons,

2642
01:46:59,600 --> 01:47:01,520
participation depends on outreach.

2643
01:47:01,520 --> 01:47:03,360
District would need a strong, we would

2644
01:47:03,360 --> 01:47:04,880
have to figure out a way to really get

2645
01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:06,639
to the people that aren't just parents

2646
01:47:06,639 --> 01:47:09,840
with the emails we already have. And um,

2647
01:47:09,840 --> 01:47:11,920
if we were, they do have another full

2648
01:47:11,920 --> 01:47:14,080
engagement package you could purchase,

2649
01:47:14,080 --> 01:47:16,000
which would increase it. Um, that would

2650
01:47:16,000 --> 01:47:18,960
include um, a lot of different um,

2651
01:47:18,960 --> 01:47:20,560
communication services that includes

2652
01:47:20,560 --> 01:47:23,040
focus groups, all of that kind of thing.

2653
01:47:23,040 --> 01:47:26,000
Um the school perceptions pros every

2654
01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:27,920
household has an opportunity to

2655
01:47:27,920 --> 01:47:31,360
participate in the entire district. Um

2656
01:47:31,360 --> 01:47:33,360
best access for residents who prefer

2657
01:47:33,360 --> 01:47:37,040
paper and then um the unique access code

2658
01:47:37,040 --> 01:47:39,119
reduces that duplicate issue that you

2659
01:47:39,119 --> 01:47:41,440
might think could be a concern. And then

2660
01:47:41,440 --> 01:47:43,440
the cons, printing and postage add to

2661
01:47:43,440 --> 01:47:45,440
that overall cost putting it much closer

2662
01:47:45,440 --> 01:47:49,679
to the Morris Leman cost. Um and paper

2663
01:47:49,679 --> 01:47:52,159
entry comment analysis may add cost if

2664
01:47:52,159 --> 01:47:54,480
we were to ask them to do some you know

2665
01:47:54,480 --> 01:47:56,480
summaries of comments could potentially

2666
01:47:56,480 --> 01:47:59,119
add some costs and then um we just have

2667
01:47:59,119 --> 01:48:00,480
to do a little coordination with post

2668
01:48:00,480 --> 01:48:04,239
office on our part.

2669
01:48:04,239 --> 01:48:07,280
So um I leave it open to questions

2670
01:48:07,280 --> 01:48:08,400
discussion.

2671
01:48:08,400 --> 01:48:10,719
>> What's your recommendation?

2672
01:48:10,719 --> 01:48:12,880
Well, based on this, we've talked a

2673
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:15,840
great deal and we really like the idea

2674
01:48:15,840 --> 01:48:18,960
of every household having an opportunity

2675
01:48:18,960 --> 01:48:21,840
to participate and also hearing what

2676
01:48:21,840 --> 01:48:26,000
this means, the real truth. Um, and so

2677
01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:28,560
for example, they would know what

2678
01:48:28,560 --> 01:48:32,159
dollars are used for, um, potential

2679
01:48:32,159 --> 01:48:34,639
impact to their taxes because people

2680
01:48:34,639 --> 01:48:37,280
could make a lot of assumptions around

2681
01:48:37,280 --> 01:48:39,280
what this means, but we're actually

2682
01:48:39,280 --> 01:48:41,280
going to have different examples that

2683
01:48:41,280 --> 01:48:43,119
Ellers would provide us to show what it

2684
01:48:43,119 --> 01:48:45,040
would mean. And we can even look at

2685
01:48:45,040 --> 01:48:48,159
different levels of of asks and get

2686
01:48:48,159 --> 01:48:50,800
their perception on their feedback on

2687
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:52,639
different levels. So you could ask the

2688
01:48:52,639 --> 01:48:54,639
question of going to the max or or going

2689
01:48:54,639 --> 01:48:57,199
up by an additional 50%. Or you know we

2690
01:48:57,199 --> 01:48:59,119
can stagger that and get their responses

2691
01:48:59,119 --> 01:49:01,040
and then help us inform our decisions.

2692
01:49:01,040 --> 01:49:04,320
So I really do recommend school

2693
01:49:04,320 --> 01:49:07,360
perceptions I feel that even though that

2694
01:49:07,360 --> 01:49:10,239
cost is higher than Donovan I think by

2695
01:49:10,239 --> 01:49:12,400
ensuring that we've given the

2696
01:49:12,400 --> 01:49:14,320
opportunity to respond. We don't know

2697
01:49:14,320 --> 01:49:16,560
who all will of course but we've at

2698
01:49:16,560 --> 01:49:19,600
least provided the opportunity. I I feel

2699
01:49:19,600 --> 01:49:22,480
strongly about that as a as a positive

2700
01:49:22,480 --> 01:49:25,600
enough to make a school with them. M

2701
01:49:25,600 --> 01:49:27,679
>> that stood out to me as well and I'm in

2702
01:49:27,679 --> 01:49:30,719
agreement with that.

2703
01:49:30,719 --> 01:49:33,520
>> I I would comment that I I like school

2704
01:49:33,520 --> 01:49:37,360
perceptions and there's two reasons. one

2705
01:49:37,360 --> 01:49:43,360
is it it gets to every every home and

2706
01:49:43,360 --> 01:49:46,400
I think that we would have well over 400

2707
01:49:46,400 --> 01:49:48,800
households responding if you consider

2708
01:49:48,800 --> 01:49:51,360
that there's I think 14,000 homes just

2709
01:49:51,360 --> 01:49:55,119
in the community of Hastings. So

2710
01:49:55,119 --> 01:49:57,280
yeah. Yeah. So

2711
01:49:57,280 --> 01:49:59,600
>> hey, can you put that on?

2712
01:49:59,600 --> 01:50:01,520
>> And the benefit is to get out to the

2713
01:50:01,520 --> 01:50:02,639
townships as well.

2714
01:50:02,639 --> 01:50:04,800
>> Yep. And then the second thing which is

2715
01:50:04,800 --> 01:50:07,679
actually bigger in my mind is that if we

2716
01:50:07,679 --> 01:50:09,920
decide to move forward in the fall of

2717
01:50:09,920 --> 01:50:13,760
2027 with a levy referendum, it's

2718
01:50:13,760 --> 01:50:16,320
critical that we start educating the

2719
01:50:16,320 --> 01:50:19,840
public. And that educational piece, I'm

2720
01:50:19,840 --> 01:50:22,480
sure, is going to be very well done

2721
01:50:22,480 --> 01:50:24,480
because we'll be we'll have our eyes on

2722
01:50:24,480 --> 01:50:26,400
it and we'll we'll be approving it

2723
01:50:26,400 --> 01:50:29,600
before it goes out. So, I think that

2724
01:50:29,600 --> 01:50:33,600
that's a first big step to seeking

2725
01:50:33,600 --> 01:50:36,239
support is, you know, informing, right?

2726
01:50:36,239 --> 01:50:44,870
We got to get everybody to first base.

2727
01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:46,560
» And I'll just say I really like the idea

2728
01:50:46,560 --> 01:50:48,159
of getting it out to every household. I

2729
01:50:48,159 --> 01:50:50,480
know um when we did this last time that

2730
01:50:50,480 --> 01:50:52,080
was a really big concern because it only

2731
01:50:52,080 --> 01:50:56,800
went out to certain demographics of um

2732
01:50:56,800 --> 01:50:58,239
residents that didn't have students in

2733
01:50:58,239 --> 01:51:00,960
the school district and so it was like

2734
01:51:00,960 --> 01:51:03,199
why are we getting only feedback from

2735
01:51:03,199 --> 01:51:04,880
them? I mean that might not have been an

2736
01:51:04,880 --> 01:51:06,560
intent but that's what we got back for

2737
01:51:06,560 --> 01:51:08,080
people who were at home answering the

2738
01:51:08,080 --> 01:51:11,520
phones during the day. So,

2739
01:51:11,520 --> 01:51:13,280
>> yeah, I think I like school perceptions

2740
01:51:13,280 --> 01:51:15,440
and and yes, the cost is is higher, but

2741
01:51:15,440 --> 01:51:16,960
I think it's worthwhile because when

2742
01:51:16,960 --> 01:51:18,480
you're talking about actually having a

2743
01:51:18,480 --> 01:51:20,960
separate election, these the the

2744
01:51:20,960 --> 01:51:22,960
elections are expensive in themselves.

2745
01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:25,040
And so, I think it's worth doing the due

2746
01:51:25,040 --> 01:51:26,880
diligence and and spending the the money

2747
01:51:26,880 --> 01:51:29,040
up front to get the feedback to know

2748
01:51:29,040 --> 01:51:30,719
that we're confident in what we're going

2749
01:51:30,719 --> 01:51:32,320
after on the ballot to spend the money

2750
01:51:32,320 --> 01:51:39,990
on the election.

2751
01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:42,080
students have anything any thoughts on

2752
01:51:42,080 --> 01:51:44,400
this?

2753
01:51:44,400 --> 01:51:47,199
I like the idea of getting out to

2754
01:51:47,199 --> 01:51:49,040
everybody because I know in sociology we

2755
01:51:49,040 --> 01:51:52,239
talked a lot about like biases and like

2756
01:51:52,239 --> 01:51:54,159
if you don't get out to everyone it can

2757
01:51:54,159 --> 01:51:56,080
kind of create that thing like someone

2758
01:51:56,080 --> 01:51:59,040
said like only the people are answering

2759
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:00,400
like when they're at home and like

2760
01:52:00,400 --> 01:52:02,239
obviously they're like most of those

2761
01:52:02,239 --> 01:52:03,840
people aren't like they're usually

2762
01:52:03,840 --> 01:52:05,920
retired so

2763
01:52:05,920 --> 01:52:07,040
they're obviously going to have like

2764
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:08,960
certain biases towards stuff. So if we

2765
01:52:08,960 --> 01:52:10,800
get out to everybody and I think the

2766
01:52:10,800 --> 01:52:13,520
concept of being able to have like paper

2767
01:52:13,520 --> 01:52:15,840
and online allows more people to do it.

2768
01:52:15,840 --> 01:52:18,239
So like like the more elderly people who

2769
01:52:18,239 --> 01:52:21,440
don't have like the online stuff can do

2770
01:52:21,440 --> 01:52:23,360
the paper and then the people that just

2771
01:52:23,360 --> 01:52:25,360
don't feel like sending in a piece of

2772
01:52:25,360 --> 01:52:28,880
paper can do the um online stuff to do

2773
01:52:28,880 --> 01:52:31,199
that.

2774
01:52:31,199 --> 01:52:32,639
>> I really agree with student

2775
01:52:32,639 --> 01:52:35,920
representative Henson. I'm also in the

2776
01:52:35,920 --> 01:52:39,119
sociology class that we offer at HHS.

2777
01:52:39,119 --> 01:52:40,639
And one of the things that we talked

2778
01:52:40,639 --> 01:52:43,520
about in that class was a book. And

2779
01:52:43,520 --> 01:52:45,920
there was a sociologist who sent out a

2780
01:52:45,920 --> 01:52:48,719
survey to 14,000 people, but the survey

2781
01:52:48,719 --> 01:52:52,080
response was 2 to five pages and only

2782
01:52:52,080 --> 01:52:55,280
400 people responded because those were

2783
01:52:55,280 --> 01:52:57,040
the people that really had something to

2784
01:52:57,040 --> 01:53:00,000
say. So I think being able to make this

2785
01:53:00,000 --> 01:53:03,040
very easily accessible to more people

2786
01:53:03,040 --> 01:53:05,280
would be much more helpful to get a

2787
01:53:05,280 --> 01:53:10,149
larger sample response.

2788
01:53:10,159 --> 01:53:13,199
All right. Anything else?

2789
01:53:13,199 --> 01:53:16,480
Okay. Thank you. All right. Uh moving.

2790
01:53:16,480 --> 01:53:17,760
Did you guys have anything else you want

2791
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:19,440
to contribute? Okay. Sorry. Forgot to

2792
01:53:19,440 --> 01:53:21,679
look that direction. Um all right. With

2793
01:53:21,679 --> 01:53:22,960
that, could I please get a motion on

2794
01:53:22,960 --> 01:53:25,599
this item? Michael Moulder moves to

2795
01:53:25,599 --> 01:53:28,400
approve moving forward with the school

2796
01:53:28,400 --> 01:53:30,639
perceptions

2797
01:53:30,639 --> 01:53:35,350
survey.

2798
01:53:35,360 --> 01:53:37,040
I'm trying to think of the name.

2799
01:53:37,040 --> 01:53:39,920
>> Yeah, the for the levy referendum.

2800
01:53:39,920 --> 01:53:42,320
Dressley seconds. All right. Any

2801
01:53:42,320 --> 01:53:44,639
discussion? All right. All those in

2802
01:53:44,639 --> 01:53:46,480
favor of approving school perceptions

2803
01:53:46,480 --> 01:53:48,320
for the survey say I.

2804
01:53:48,320 --> 01:53:50,239
>> I. All those opposed say nay. Motion

2805
01:53:50,239 --> 01:53:51,920
passes unanimously to approve school

2806
01:53:51,920 --> 01:53:54,719
perceptions. All right. Next up, we have

2807
01:53:54,719 --> 01:53:56,639
a presentation regarding an investment

2808
01:53:56,639 --> 01:53:58,719
recommendation, Miss Subbert.

2809
01:53:58,719 --> 01:54:00,719
>> All right. Thank you. So, this had

2810
01:54:00,719 --> 01:54:03,199
previously gone to the finance committee

2811
01:54:03,199 --> 01:54:04,880
um and we worked through some questions

2812
01:54:04,880 --> 01:54:06,400
and discussion there and now we're

2813
01:54:06,400 --> 01:54:08,719
bringing it to the full board. Um so,

2814
01:54:08,719 --> 01:54:09,840
I'm going to share a little bit of

2815
01:54:09,840 --> 01:54:11,840
information about our current investment

2816
01:54:11,840 --> 01:54:14,239
strategy. So, we invest our funds

2817
01:54:14,239 --> 01:54:16,239
through Mislaf, which is the Minnesota

2818
01:54:16,239 --> 01:54:18,960
School District Liquid Asset Fund. So,

2819
01:54:18,960 --> 01:54:21,599
it's a a banking structure that's

2820
01:54:21,599 --> 01:54:24,000
available just to school districts. Um,

2821
01:54:24,000 --> 01:54:26,800
and right now we have our funds in three

2822
01:54:26,800 --> 01:54:28,800
different categories. So, we have the

2823
01:54:28,800 --> 01:54:32,960
liquid class and the uh interest rate as

2824
01:54:32,960 --> 01:54:35,440
of oc or I'm sorry, as of August 31st

2825
01:54:35,440 --> 01:54:38,080
was 3.54%

2826
01:54:38,080 --> 01:54:40,560
and then we have the max class which

2827
01:54:40,560 --> 01:54:44,560
requires a 14-day investment period. Um,

2828
01:54:44,560 --> 01:54:46,320
so that has a little bit higher interest

2829
01:54:46,320 --> 01:54:49,040
rate of a 3.64%. 64%

2830
01:54:49,040 --> 01:54:51,280
and then we also utilize the term

2831
01:54:51,280 --> 01:54:54,239
program um and I've listed the weighted

2832
01:54:54,239 --> 01:54:57,760
average yield there which is a 3.81%

2833
01:54:57,760 --> 01:55:00,000
and then we strategically have those

2834
01:55:00,000 --> 01:55:02,639
maturity rates uh kind of laded from

2835
01:55:02,639 --> 01:55:07,119
October 2026 through March of 2027

2836
01:55:07,119 --> 01:55:09,440
um with individual rates ranging from

2837
01:55:09,440 --> 01:55:14,390
3.62 to 3.93%.

2838
01:55:14,400 --> 01:55:18,000
Um, a longer term opportunity that we

2839
01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:20,000
want to talk about tonight is doing a

2840
01:55:20,000 --> 01:55:22,800
proposed investment of $5 million that

2841
01:55:22,800 --> 01:55:25,520
we would designate um to put into

2842
01:55:25,520 --> 01:55:29,360
Mislaf's certificate of deposit program.

2843
01:55:29,360 --> 01:55:31,760
And you can see on there the current

2844
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:33,360
730day

2845
01:55:33,360 --> 01:55:37,280
certificate of deposit rate is 4.25.

2846
01:55:37,280 --> 01:55:40,560
Um, again, that was as of August 31st.

2847
01:55:40,560 --> 01:55:43,199
So that's the yield. And then one

2848
01:55:43,199 --> 01:55:45,360
important thing is just making sure that

2849
01:55:45,360 --> 01:55:48,000
we are in compliance with the FDIC

2850
01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:50,800
insurance. So that would require that we

2851
01:55:50,800 --> 01:55:54,560
only purchase each bank in quantities of

2852
01:55:54,560 --> 01:55:56,239
$250,000

2853
01:55:56,239 --> 01:55:58,080
so that we're sure we still have that

2854
01:55:58,080 --> 01:56:01,520
insurance available to us. So, as we

2855
01:56:01,520 --> 01:56:04,560
kind of look at the rate uncertainty,

2856
01:56:04,560 --> 01:56:07,280
um, because nobody knows in two years

2857
01:56:07,280 --> 01:56:09,199
from now what interest rates are going

2858
01:56:09,199 --> 01:56:11,520
to be, um, if the interest rates

2859
01:56:11,520 --> 01:56:15,199
decrease, locking in at the 4.25%

2860
01:56:15,199 --> 01:56:18,480
will benefit the district. Um, and if

2861
01:56:18,480 --> 01:56:20,960
interest rates increase, we will have

2862
01:56:20,960 --> 01:56:24,719
given up some potential earnings. Um but

2863
01:56:24,719 --> 01:56:26,960
the idea would be that you know like

2864
01:56:26,960 --> 01:56:29,599
just staggering this out over time would

2865
01:56:29,599 --> 01:56:31,920
give us another uh investment

2866
01:56:31,920 --> 01:56:34,080
opportunity.

2867
01:56:34,080 --> 01:56:36,560
So the recommendation is that we

2868
01:56:36,560 --> 01:56:38,880
designate up to $5 million for

2869
01:56:38,880 --> 01:56:41,440
longerterm investment. They would the

2870
01:56:41,440 --> 01:56:43,360
funds would be invested in certificates

2871
01:56:43,360 --> 01:56:46,639
of deposit available through mislaf with

2872
01:56:46,639 --> 01:56:49,040
maturities of up to two years.

2873
01:56:49,040 --> 01:56:51,520
investments would be generally staggered

2874
01:56:51,520 --> 01:56:53,599
at approximately six-month intervals.

2875
01:56:53,599 --> 01:56:54,960
So, we would look to see what's

2876
01:56:54,960 --> 01:56:57,679
available every six months. And then

2877
01:56:57,679 --> 01:56:59,840
this would also allow the district to

2878
01:56:59,840 --> 01:57:02,159
respond to changing interest rates uh

2879
01:57:02,159 --> 01:57:04,800
diver diversify the maturity rates and

2880
01:57:04,800 --> 01:57:07,679
maintain periodic access to the invested

2881
01:57:07,679 --> 01:57:11,920
funds. And then we would continue to

2882
01:57:11,920 --> 01:57:14,320
consider safety or the preservation of

2883
01:57:14,320 --> 01:57:17,360
the the principal liquidity and the rate

2884
01:57:17,360 --> 01:57:19,840
of return.

2885
01:57:19,840 --> 01:57:21,840
So I would just open it up to questions

2886
01:57:21,840 --> 01:57:27,669
and discussion.

2887
01:57:27,679 --> 01:57:29,440
» Sounds great. I was just going to say I

2888
01:57:29,440 --> 01:57:30,639
love that you're always looking forward

2889
01:57:30,639 --> 01:57:32,719
for looking out forward for us in our

2890
01:57:32,719 --> 01:57:34,719
financing and it it's great. I love it.

2891
01:57:34,719 --> 01:57:36,400
Thank you. Well, this one was brought by

2892
01:57:36,400 --> 01:57:38,560
Director Zuzi through another district,

2893
01:57:38,560 --> 01:57:40,719
but it's a good opportunity. So, yes, we

2894
01:57:40,719 --> 01:57:43,119
want to look at it also.

2895
01:57:43,119 --> 01:57:46,400
>> Yeah. Uh, Director Subert mentioned

2896
01:57:46,400 --> 01:57:49,599
yield and liquidity and security.

2897
01:57:49,599 --> 01:57:51,679
is number one. Whatever we do

2898
01:57:51,679 --> 01:57:54,960
has to have security uh statutoily has

2899
01:57:54,960 --> 01:57:57,679
to have a high security rate. And so

2900
01:57:57,679 --> 01:57:59,840
we're not losing anything in security

2901
01:57:59,840 --> 01:58:02,639
because at the moment that you buy a CD,

2902
01:58:02,639 --> 01:58:04,400
you know what the maturation rate is

2903
01:58:04,400 --> 01:58:06,560
going to be. So there's not a risk

2904
01:58:06,560 --> 01:58:09,760
involved in that. If the markets turn

2905
01:58:09,760 --> 01:58:14,159
and the interest rates over a long long

2906
01:58:14,159 --> 01:58:17,360
interval like two years goes down, we

2907
01:58:17,360 --> 01:58:19,360
just don't have to buy at the time. If

2908
01:58:19,360 --> 01:58:20,960
the markets are such that it's not

2909
01:58:20,960 --> 01:58:22,239
appropriate to buy it, we wouldn't buy

2910
01:58:22,239 --> 01:58:26,159
it. But buying this in that laddered way

2911
01:58:26,159 --> 01:58:28,400
also gets us the liquidity that we mean.

2912
01:58:28,400 --> 01:58:30,560
Liquidity means that the money is

2913
01:58:30,560 --> 01:58:32,960
available when we need it. And every six

2914
01:58:32,960 --> 01:58:35,599
months, given this concept, every six

2915
01:58:35,599 --> 01:58:37,280
months some of the money is is

2916
01:58:37,280 --> 01:58:40,560
available. And then the the last one is

2917
01:58:40,560 --> 01:58:42,880
yield. And you can see that the yield is

2918
01:58:42,880 --> 01:58:45,040
considerably higher. uh for the public

2919
01:58:45,040 --> 01:58:47,119
to know and for our students to know,

2920
01:58:47,119 --> 01:58:50,080
this comes from, there's a there's a

2921
01:58:50,080 --> 01:58:52,239
part of the district's budget that is

2922
01:58:52,239 --> 01:58:54,080
called a fund reserve. And it's the

2923
01:58:54,080 --> 01:58:57,679
money that we have in the bank to uh

2924
01:58:57,679 --> 01:59:01,760
safeguard for a rainy day. And it is

2925
01:59:01,760 --> 01:59:04,159
that fund balance that we'd be portions

2926
01:59:04,159 --> 01:59:05,679
of that fund balance that would be

2927
01:59:05,679 --> 01:59:09,520
invested in this structure.

2928
01:59:09,520 --> 01:59:11,760
>> And to be clear, this is a percentage of

2929
01:59:11,760 --> 01:59:13,360
the fund balance. This is not the

2930
01:59:13,360 --> 01:59:13,840
entirety.

2931
01:59:13,840 --> 01:59:15,040
>> No.

2932
01:59:15,040 --> 01:59:16,000
>> Yeah. No.

2933
01:59:16,000 --> 01:59:18,800
>> All right. Anything else?

2934
01:59:18,800 --> 01:59:21,679
All right. Thank you. Uh, next I'm

2935
01:59:21,679 --> 01:59:24,159
looking for a motion on this item.

2936
01:59:24,159 --> 01:59:26,080
>> Zuzac makes a motion to move forward

2937
01:59:26,080 --> 01:59:28,320
with this proposal.

2938
01:59:28,320 --> 01:59:29,679
>> Mike Moulder seconds.

2939
01:59:29,679 --> 01:59:32,000
>> Any discussion? All right. All those in

2940
01:59:32,000 --> 01:59:34,480
favor of moving forward with the

2941
01:59:34,480 --> 01:59:36,480
investment proposal say I.

2942
01:59:36,480 --> 01:59:38,239
>> I. All those opposed say nay. Motion

2943
01:59:38,239 --> 01:59:40,159
passes unanimously.

2944
01:59:40,159 --> 01:59:42,480
Next up, we have a field trip approval

2945
01:59:42,480 --> 01:59:44,639
for every eighth graders's favorite,

2946
01:59:44,639 --> 01:59:46,639
Eagle Bluff. Could I please get a motion

2947
01:59:46,639 --> 01:59:48,239
on this item?

2948
01:59:48,239 --> 01:59:50,560
>> Milner moves to approve the field trip

2949
01:59:50,560 --> 01:59:51,679
to Eagle Bluff.

2950
01:59:51,679 --> 01:59:52,880
>> Michael Moulder second.

2951
01:59:52,880 --> 01:59:54,880
>> All right, any discussion?

2952
01:59:54,880 --> 01:59:56,800
>> All right, seeing none, uh, all those in

2953
01:59:56,800 --> 01:59:58,560
favor of approving the Eagle Bluff field

2954
01:59:58,560 --> 01:59:59,920
trip say I.

2955
01:59:59,920 --> 02:00:00,320
>> I.

2956
02:00:00,320 --> 02:00:02,480
>> All those opposed say nay. Motion passes

2957
02:00:02,480 --> 02:00:04,080
unanimously.

2958
02:00:04,080 --> 02:00:05,520
All right. Next up, we have another

2959
02:00:05,520 --> 02:00:08,000
field trip approval for the high school

2960
02:00:08,000 --> 02:00:10,480
band jazz festival in Appleton,

2961
02:00:10,480 --> 02:00:12,000
Wisconsin. Could I please get a motion

2962
02:00:12,000 --> 02:00:13,280
on this?

2963
02:00:13,280 --> 02:00:15,920
>> Michael Moulder approves or moves to

2964
02:00:15,920 --> 02:00:18,080
approve the field trip for the high

2965
02:00:18,080 --> 02:00:20,239
Hastings High School band to the Jazz

2966
02:00:20,239 --> 02:00:23,199
Festival in Appleton, Wisconsin.

2967
02:00:23,199 --> 02:00:24,320
>> Milner seconds.

2968
02:00:24,320 --> 02:00:26,560
>> Any discussion? All right. All those in

2969
02:00:26,560 --> 02:00:28,960
favor of the Appleton, Wisconsin Jazz

2970
02:00:28,960 --> 02:00:32,639
Festival trip, say I. All those oppos

2971
02:00:32,639 --> 02:00:35,599
say nay. Motion passes unanimously.

2972
02:00:35,599 --> 02:00:37,280
All right. And then finally this evening

2973
02:00:37,280 --> 02:00:39,360
we have a donations acceptance

2974
02:00:39,360 --> 02:00:41,199
resolution. Could I get a motion on this

2975
02:00:41,199 --> 02:00:44,719
item, please? Michael Moulder moves to

2976
02:00:44,719 --> 02:00:47,280
receive the donations

2977
02:00:47,280 --> 02:00:50,480
and wave the resolution. Wave the

2978
02:00:50,480 --> 02:00:55,030
reading of the resolution.

2979
02:00:55,040 --> 02:00:56,239
» Dressley second.

2980
02:00:56,239 --> 02:00:58,560
>> All right. Any discussion? All right.

2981
02:00:58,560 --> 02:01:00,159
Once again, I just want to thank our

2982
02:01:00,159 --> 02:01:02,480
community for their generosity uh as

2983
02:01:02,480 --> 02:01:03,920
every month we do this and it just

2984
02:01:03,920 --> 02:01:06,639
astounds me how much uh we take in from

2985
02:01:06,639 --> 02:01:08,320
donations from our community. So, thank

2986
02:01:08,320 --> 02:01:09,840
you again. [gasps]

2987
02:01:09,840 --> 02:01:11,679
All right, with that uh could we please

2988
02:01:11,679 --> 02:01:15,119
do a roll call vote on this resolution,

2989
02:01:15,119 --> 02:01:17,199
>> Director Beer?

2990
02:01:17,199 --> 02:01:18,960
>> I.

2991
02:01:18,960 --> 02:01:20,239
>> Director Michael Moulder,

2992
02:01:20,239 --> 02:01:20,800
>> I.

2993
02:01:20,800 --> 02:01:22,080
>> Director Zuzac,

2994
02:01:22,080 --> 02:01:22,639
>> I.

2995
02:01:22,639 --> 02:01:23,840
>> Vice Chair Dresley,

2996
02:01:23,840 --> 02:01:24,239
>> I.

2997
02:01:24,239 --> 02:01:25,119
>> Chair Tate,

2998
02:01:25,119 --> 02:01:25,599
>> I.

2999
02:01:25,599 --> 02:01:26,560
>> Director Bruns,

3000
02:01:26,560 --> 02:01:29,199
>> I. Director Milner, I

3001
02:01:29,199 --> 02:01:32,560
>> thank you. All right. Uh, next up, our

3002
02:01:32,560 --> 02:01:35,520
future meetings. We have a, as was

3003
02:01:35,520 --> 02:01:36,800
mentioned earlier this evening, we have

3004
02:01:36,800 --> 02:01:39,119
a joint powers committee meeting at 7:30

3005
02:01:39,119 --> 02:01:42,960
a.m. in Tilden in the Tilden Building.

3006
02:01:42,960 --> 02:01:45,199
October 1st, as was also mentioned, we

3007
02:01:45,199 --> 02:01:47,440
have a noon meeting, noon policy meeting

3008
02:01:47,440 --> 02:01:49,920
at the district office conference room.

3009
02:01:49,920 --> 02:01:52,080
October 7th, we have a work session at 6

3010
02:01:52,080 --> 02:01:53,840
PM right here in the middle school media

3011
02:01:53,840 --> 02:01:56,159
center. And at that meeting ten, this is

3012
02:01:56,159 --> 02:01:58,320
the tenative agenda. We'll be discussing

3013
02:01:58,320 --> 02:02:00,880
the black heritage trail request. Uh we

3014
02:02:00,880 --> 02:02:02,480
have an outside presenter coming in to

3015
02:02:02,480 --> 02:02:04,719
give that presentation. We have the

3016
02:02:04,719 --> 02:02:06,400
principal reports that we get on roughly

3017
02:02:06,400 --> 02:02:08,800
a quarterly basis. We have the Minnesota

3018
02:02:08,800 --> 02:02:11,599
State High School discussion. Um this

3019
02:02:11,599 --> 02:02:14,159
has to do with possibly making a change

3020
02:02:14,159 --> 02:02:15,520
to the Minnesota State High School

3021
02:02:15,520 --> 02:02:18,239
League uh rules. Uh more to come on

3022
02:02:18,239 --> 02:02:19,440
that. We're kind of I think we're

3023
02:02:19,440 --> 02:02:20,639
waiting for information from the

3024
02:02:20,639 --> 02:02:21,920
Minnesota State High School League on

3025
02:02:21,920 --> 02:02:24,320
that. And then we will be as mentioned

3026
02:02:24,320 --> 02:02:27,119
already also the discussing the school

3027
02:02:27,119 --> 02:02:29,840
perceptions survey uh questions

3028
02:02:29,840 --> 02:02:32,800
specifically. All right. And then moving

3029
02:02:32,800 --> 02:02:35,599
on to the regular board meeting will be

3030
02:02:35,599 --> 02:02:37,920
October 21st at 6 p.m. again right here

3031
02:02:37,920 --> 02:02:40,639
in the middle school media center. And

3032
02:02:40,639 --> 02:02:42,639
on that agenda tentatively at this point

3033
02:02:42,639 --> 02:02:45,920
we have the a pathways update from Chris

3034
02:02:45,920 --> 02:02:48,159
Moore and Scott Dorne. We have the

3035
02:02:48,159 --> 02:02:50,080
impact teacher feature. This is going to

3036
02:02:50,080 --> 02:02:51,520
be a new thing that we've added to our

3037
02:02:51,520 --> 02:02:52,960
board meetings this year where we have

3038
02:02:52,960 --> 02:02:54,639
teachers come in and tell us about all

3039
02:02:54,639 --> 02:02:55,840
the cool things that they have going on

3040
02:02:55,840 --> 02:02:58,480
in their classrooms. Uh and then we'll

3041
02:02:58,480 --> 02:02:59,760
be talking hopefully we'll have the

3042
02:02:59,760 --> 02:03:01,920
ITime rental agreement as was discussed

3043
02:03:01,920 --> 02:03:05,040
earlier and reviewing or possibly

3044
02:03:05,040 --> 02:03:07,040
approving the Black Heritage Trail

3045
02:03:07,040 --> 02:03:09,760
approval um that we'll be getting again

3046
02:03:09,760 --> 02:03:11,920
the presentation on at the work session

3047
02:03:11,920 --> 02:03:13,760
approving those survey questions and

3048
02:03:13,760 --> 02:03:17,760
then um looking at a referendum survey

3049
02:03:17,760 --> 02:03:21,040
vote. So, uh, that is what we have going

3050
02:03:21,040 --> 02:03:22,159
on for the next month.

3051
02:03:22,159 --> 02:03:22,960
>> Quick question.

3052
02:03:22,960 --> 02:03:24,639
>> Yes.

3053
02:03:24,639 --> 02:03:26,639
>> So, we were going to talk about the 2026

3054
02:03:26,639 --> 02:03:28,880
state of the county if people are going

3055
02:03:28,880 --> 02:03:30,960
for Dakota County if anybody is

3056
02:03:30,960 --> 02:03:32,159
available to go. I know all board

3057
02:03:32,159 --> 02:03:34,480
members got that invitation, but I

3058
02:03:34,480 --> 02:03:36,000
>> I didn't know if anybody's available to

3059
02:03:36,000 --> 02:03:36,400
go.

3060
02:03:36,400 --> 02:03:38,000
>> Do you have the date and time in front

3061
02:03:38,000 --> 02:03:38,400
of you?

3062
02:03:38,400 --> 02:03:42,159
>> It is September 29th at 7 or Wait,

3063
02:03:42,159 --> 02:03:43,040
>> 2:30.

3064
02:03:43,040 --> 02:03:44,000
Yep.

3065
02:03:44,000 --> 02:03:44,960
>> Yeah.

3066
02:03:44,960 --> 02:03:45,679
>> 29th.

3067
02:03:45,679 --> 02:03:47,599
>> Yep. There's a tour of the Vikings

3068
02:03:47,599 --> 02:03:48,639
facility after it.

3069
02:03:48,639 --> 02:03:49,760
>> Y,

3070
02:03:49,760 --> 02:03:53,040
>> but you have to RSVP by the 25th. So,

3071
02:03:53,040 --> 02:03:54,560
>> thank you for bringing us up.

3072
02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:56,239
>> All right. Do we have board members who

3073
02:03:56,239 --> 02:03:59,199
are available and willing to attend?

3074
02:03:59,199 --> 02:04:00,719
>> I intend to go.

3075
02:04:00,719 --> 02:04:02,480
>> Okay. Thank you.

3076
02:04:02,480 --> 02:04:03,440
>> Excellent. Excellent.

3077
02:04:03,440 --> 02:04:04,719
>> All right. We have three board members.

3078
02:04:04,719 --> 02:04:06,000
I think that's good. We don't need to

3079
02:04:06,000 --> 02:04:06,719
send a quorum.

3080
02:04:06,719 --> 02:04:07,199
>> No.

3081
02:04:07,199 --> 02:04:08,960
>> All right. So, we have directors beer,

3082
02:04:08,960 --> 02:04:12,480
Meer, Zuzi, and Dresley. Thank you.

3083
02:04:12,480 --> 02:04:14,239
Okay. Anything else before we adjourn

3084
02:04:14,239 --> 02:04:16,239
here?

3085
02:04:16,239 --> 02:04:18,480
>> Okay. Uh, thank you student school board

3086
02:04:18,480 --> 02:04:21,040
reps for coming back and for joining us.

3087
02:04:21,040 --> 02:04:23,280
I hope I hope this is enlightening and a

3088
02:04:23,280 --> 02:04:25,679
whole lot of fun for you. Um, [laughter]

3089
02:04:25,679 --> 02:04:27,119
look looking forward to getting your

3090
02:04:27,119 --> 02:04:29,360
reports again next month. All right,

3091
02:04:29,360 --> 02:04:30,480
with that, could I get a motion to

3092
02:04:30,480 --> 02:04:31,920
adjurnn, please?

3093
02:04:31,920 --> 02:04:33,199
>> Motion to adjurnn.

3094
02:04:33,199 --> 02:04:36,800
>> Michael Moulder seconds.

3095
02:04:36,800 --> 02:04:39,280
>> Any discussion? Seeing none, all those

3096
02:04:39,280 --> 02:04:40,880
in favor of adjournment say I.

3097
02:04:40,880 --> 02:04:44,800
>> I. I. All those opposed say nay.