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I'd like to call the board. I'd like to call the meeting to order. This is a meeting of the board of education and public, not for the purpose of conducting the school district's business. And it's not to be considered a public community meeting. There is a time for public comment during the meeting as indicated in the agenda. Mr. West.

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Mr. Chambers, roll call.

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Yes, Mr. Nicholas. Here, Mr. Mark. Here.

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Mr. West.

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here. Mr. Printer here. Thank you. Mr. West has a special presentation, so Mr. West?

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I've never been up here before. Good evening everybody. As you can see I'm going to dress a little bit

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differently tonight and this is probably my third job type of job that I have. I've been a Boy Scout

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leader for the better part of 18 years serving the 9th City School students for all of that time.

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all the way from first graders all the way up to seniors in high school but tonight I would like to I have a special guest two special guests and I'm going to invite up and have them talk a little bit the one a little bit about his Eagle Scout project so I'd like to invite Robbie Wolna and Mr. Jeff Mylon our Scoutmaster up please.

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Hey, good evening, everyone. As Andy said, he and I together have been involved

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in scouting quite a long time. I like Andy. I've been leading these boys for the last

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18 years. My wife and I starting with cup scouts, I think we had 14 boys that transitioned

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over from wee blows into boy scouts. And, you know, from that, we started into another

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troop that we decided, you know, this just isn't enough fun. So we started our own unit

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about 10 years ago. So we are 10th anniversary. So Robbie is the 27th Eagle Scout since we started

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that true 10 years ago. And I can tell you that Robbie made a photo finish. I think we wrapped

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up his Eagle project literally with two days left to go. But to tell you a little bit about it,

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so the scouting program isn't just about advancement. So the boys can go as far as they want to go,

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as fast or slow as they want to go. But what it's really about is being involved in the community,

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learning about your country, learning about government, learning life skills, and navigating along

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the way. Learning how to solve problems as a team, basic leadership skills, how to survive,

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certainly outdoors is a big part of it, but that's really a small part of what we're after,

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particularly at the level of Eagle Scalm. So what Robbie's going to talk to you tonight about is his

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project. And the unique thing about the Eagle project, it's not the project itself, although

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that's a nice outcome. It's about the process. It's about the process of deciding who you

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want to serve, who's important to you, meeting with them to decide what needs do they have

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and how can I adapt my project to meet those needs, coming up with a budget and a proposal

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and a plan and keeping everything on track. And Robbie will share some of this with you tonight.

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but it's a dress rehearsal for real life.

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We find people don't necessarily move,

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it's a CV one or two, right?

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Sometimes we have to wait.

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An eagle project at a minimum takes six months.

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And I've seen them go much longer.

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So Robbie's going to share with you about his project.

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For those of you who don't know,

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the scouting organization provides about 160,000 hours

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of community service every year.

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The average eagle project is about 150 hours.

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I'll turn it over to the star of the show.

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Thanks.

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Congratulations.

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All right.

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So I named it Blake's Library because it was for my elementary school, HD Blake.

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I knew I wanted to do something for them because I really enjoyed going there.

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I remember when I went there that they had a recycling club.

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And there was garden boxes that were pretty beat up.

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So I went to her about that and she was really excited, but the recycling club was no longer

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a thing.

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So we kind of moved past that idea and she had an idea of something with like the little

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library and I thought that was really cool and neat since there's a couple around Medina.

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But there's no like really new ones.

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So I knew I wanted to do that.

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We got set on that, kind of drips my ideas, looked online for some inspiration and then together

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we kind of set on that for sure.

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So we went out, I know me and my parents went out, and we took measurements of some,

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and we met back with the principal, and once she signed off on it, and we made some adjustments

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to the idea, I met with Mr. Dexheimer, who signed off my proposal, and gave me the

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okay to go ahead and start building, and then, so looking for materials, me and Mr.

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We went out to Monards and picked up a lot of our materials there like the

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trex boards. We got plexiglass, all kinds of different screws nails and I was

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originally thinking of plywood but I didn't want it to rot away as fast so I

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knew I wanted something more heavy duty and my old trex was a lot more expensive

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and heavy to work with. I knew it would last a longer time and it'd give it a

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better look than just painting on plywood itself.

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So here's some pictures of us actually building in Mr. Malam's garage that we did plywood

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on the inside and then we surrounded it with tricks as you'll see later in the presentation

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but that's kind of like the beginning stage of us mapping it out and cutting out the plywood

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and getting that box formed and some more building so after we got all the sides together you'll

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see we added the shelf on the inside so you could put both top and bottom and

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then I stained the inside you see on the picture on the top towards the left

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there and then Mr. West also helped put the sides and everything together in the

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bottom there.

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So this one was a little tough putting the trexon because it was so

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thick and heavy duty that you can't just put regular screws through obviously so

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really tight on there.

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there and it helped get like a pop more with the brown and the stain on the inside.

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see there.

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We had some two by four boards go on the top to give it some more stability.

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and then Mr. West actually gave some of those shingles

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and we put those on the top there.

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I think it looked pretty nice with the color of the brown

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and that white trim really helped give it like a pop.

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And then this was another really difficult part.

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So thanks to Mr. Milo again for bringing out his post-told digger.

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We got the spot, started digging,

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and eventually we hit just straight gravel,

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which didn't really go as planned.

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Oops, I did not expect there to be just after a little bit of dirt, just straight gravel.

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So it was not fun digging that out.

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But eventually got through it, put the post in, got it cemented in.

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As you can see in the picture on the right, it was very dark out.

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I think it was what, maybe eight or nine o'clock at night.

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And yeah, we got it done that night with two days left to go, so a little photo finish, but it's very worth it and I had a lot of phone with it.

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I just wanted to add a couple thoughts and couple statistics. Just to give you a little hand, if you look out there and look, you started in first grade, right, with Cubs Cubs?

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Just give you a little bit of statistics of all the young men and now young ladies that

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start in the scouting program as first graders, less than 1 in 200 actually complete their

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Eagle Scout rank.

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So when you look at that, that's a half of 1% and then when you think about the number

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of kids, you know, there's not as many kids today as there used to be.

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So he's one of one in two hundred and it's really about I know we're in introducing the capstone project.

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This is really a capstone project for scouting.

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And the big thing is it has to be done for an organization or somewhere that is not scouting related.

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and we've had, like Mr. Miles said, 27 eagle scouts in our troop and it's been a varied project and it's up for them up to them to decide that.

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So I would encourage if any of the board members have any questions for Mr. Walnut that you answer or ask them.

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I can't wait to go by Blake and see your finished project.

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So thank you for congratulations on finishing your project but also thank you for giving back to the elementary school that you attended.

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That's fantastic. We appreciate that. You're welcome.

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Curious, did you have any woodworking experience before this?

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A little, yeah, because I've helped with other projects and then just doing other small projects and activities we've missed around.

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But I think this was definitely like the most like hands on because it was my project.

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to congratulate you and thank all the the guys in the back for coming to support you. It's really impressive. So thank you all. I would ask you to stay and enjoy the rest of the meeting and see government work, but you probably have other things to do, but congratulations.

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relations.

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Who will have the minutes of January 22nd? Do I have a motion to approve?

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Yeah, I'll put a motion to approve the minutes from the January 22nd meeting.

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Second.

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I'll second that.

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Okay, are there any additions or corrections to the minutes?

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Okay, so thank you Mr. Nichols and Mr. Smoyer.

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roll call.

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Mr. Nichols.

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Aye.

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Mr. Smarrer.

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Mr. Parker.

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Abstain as I was not at that meeting.

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And Mr. West.

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Mr. Parker.

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Aye.

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Thank you.

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Editions, removals, modifications to the agenda.

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Does anyone have any?

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Then can I have a motion to proceed with the consent agenda?

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I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

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Thank you, Mr. Parker.

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Second it second by mr. Well

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Thank you. Mo, call? Ms. Parks? Aye. Mr. West? Aye. Mr. Ruck szyb itным. Aye. Ms. Marr? Aye.

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Superintendents Communication. Mr. Sable. Good evening everyone. Nice to see a nice healthy

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grout tonight. First up, I'd like to invite Mr. Staco, our principal at Heritage Elementary School,

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and I know he's got a crew here to present on I believe English language arts over at Heritage.

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So first off thank you for this opportunity to share all the great things that are happening

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at Heritage. This year we had a camp theme as our school wide theme for the year and our

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little motto was explore learning grow and so we're going to share a little bit about how we've explored

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the board, learning, grown this year.

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The first thing that is going to be presented is first grade,

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or first grade teacher, Nicole Varney's going to talk about first grade.

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First grade in Heritage has been working on kind of the deeper learning

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with launch for our first trimester.

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So a lot of the launch is connecting to their interest

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and helping them kind of figure out their place in the world.

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be respectful, be responsible, be ready to learn, and then through our citizenship and

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community work and lessons, we brainstorm jobs in the community. Our students then were

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wondering how those three are, then translate to people in the community and how they use

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those in their everyday job. So we brainstormed a list of questions, and then we invited members

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from our community to come in, and the students worked on interviewing them using those questions

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that they crafted together to interview a lot of those members.

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And after that, they were inspired to then build their own community.

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So they chose a place in our community that they have either been to or love to visit.

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We did a community blueprint, so they mapped it all out.

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and services units, so we will then again bring community members back in and talk about

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goods and services through the interview process as well, and helping them kind of again connect

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to their place in our world.

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The next one we're working on currently is our Penguin Paloza.

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We brainstormed a bunch of questions, we said we're going to be learning about penguins.

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It's what questions do you have about that?

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And the kids came up with a bunch of questions.

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It allowed us to see their prior knowledge,

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what they're kind of bringing to the table

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so that we could create some fun activities for them.

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They've used books, they've done independent work.

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how to be partners and listen to each other.

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or sorry, they took the answers that they were learning

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through their research and we were putting that all together.

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We made sure we found important keywords

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that people would be, that would be important

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to make sure we understood like rookies

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and the incubation, all these things

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that kind of come up in their learning

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that they had questions about or wanted to explore.

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bit at the zoo. And then we went into a kind of a explore and show what you know. So they

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were able to create something and they presented it to their peers and their peers were able

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to give them feedback based off of the things that they had been learning. And we had a fun

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explore day where they did different stations of penguin launching, building nests and how

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they built those nests and protect the eggs. They did a slide and how penguin slide on

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and the ice, we gave them different services to explore

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if that impacts how they move.

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and spray it with water.

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keep them dry.

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is to learn about birds in Ohio.

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with adaptations to be able to live in Ohio.

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I'm Amy Young.

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I teach third grade at Heritage.

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In third grade, we have been piloting the new CKLA reading curriculum.

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and really just making it fun.

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It is a fun program but just adding more in and making it memorable,

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especially this being our last year at Heritage.

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So I want my students to come away with, you know, all the fun things that they did in my classroom.

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So here we are researching and drying out the wingspan of a bald eagle.

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This tied in with our animal classification unit specifically with what we did with birds.

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So they got to really see how big those wingspans are.

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And then we dove deeper into researching bird nests.

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Students use internet resources and books to learn about different birds and where they built their nests.

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And then we went to Makerspace and they chose materials to build their nests that they research.

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So this was an example of a hummingbird nest that students built in the classroom.

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build would be about this big and the nest is 1.5 inches long.

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So they also presented their findings in what they built in our Makerspace Station.

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I have friends who have to keep the baby's warm, and they're nice, and it's kind of different colors.

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So explain what you're built there.

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So we go to a tree with our nest here, and then this is the hummingbird.

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We also learned about the nest of the hummingbird.

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It's nectar, and then it's a tree.

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Very nice.

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We also tied in Mr. Blue who brought his reptiles at the end of our unit, that's always a fantastic way to learn.

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So lots of hands-on experiences with the reptiles and then we moved on from the animal classification to human body.

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We had Blake Skeleton join our classroom and he went through lots of labeling on all of his body parts there.

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And then we did text feature surgery to conclude our unit.

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Throughout all of the units there's a heavy emphasis on identifying different text structures,

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bold face words, glossaries, photos and captions.

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So the students took some old books and cut them apart to do surgery on those books

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and locate and find those different text features.

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And they had a lot of fun with that.

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And then we also had a physician come and speak to third grade about healthy living

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at the end of that unit.

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And then we moved on from there to ancient Rome,

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and we had a celebration at the end of that unit

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where students, we built Rome in a day.

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They say it can't be done, but we did it in third grade.

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And this was kind of a STEM research where we took

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the biodegradable packing peanuts,

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and they will stick together with water.

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So students were assigned different Roman structures

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to build, and they really enjoyed that.

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We built the Colosseum and aqueducts,

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And that's what we've been doing to extend our learning and third grade.

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Thank you.

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I'm Emily Dmitriata.

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I'm a school counselor at Heritage.

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Junior Hope Squad is in its first year at the elementary school.

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So I have two of our junior Hope Squad members here to talk to you a little bit about what that looks like at Heritage.

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I'm Amelia Hughes and I go to Heritage Elementary.

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And I'm here to talk about Hope Squad meetings.

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We have these meetings once a month.

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and in the meetings we talk about important subjects like kindness and empathy.

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We also have a guest teacher read a book about the subject and after we finish the book,

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we do activities like making kindness webs and guessing, say, for unsafe situations.

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Hello, my name is Ireland Gillahan. I am a fifth grade student at Heritage Elementary

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and I will be talking about some activities we do in hope squads such as we're doing hope week

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and a kindness drive. During Hope Week we'll have different activities every

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day that will teach about kindness. Some of the activities will include hope

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floats and an assembly about kindness. And then the week before Hope Week we are

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having a personal care drive to show kindness in our community and students will

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be bringing in toothpaste, dental floss, shampoo, soap, all of that and more. So we're

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to give back to our peers, community, and all of our teachers.

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All right, buddy, thanks for having us.

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My name is Daniel Golobick.

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I'm an Interimage Specialist at Heritage

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and I'm a member of our PBIS team.

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So with the school closing next year,

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for a K-5 building, we wanted to really give the kids

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something memorable that they could take

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to their new schools with them.

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So with our PBIS committee, we form family groups.

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So each of our family group lessons follow once,

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one of the six parts of a B-consumancies.

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Family Group lessons provide students with positive engaging lessons that teach them

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the importance of being respectful and responsible citizens in today's society.

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The Family Group lessons allow students to form positive and trusting cross-aged relationships

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with peers and staff members.

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And then, again, since Heritage is closing, we grouped together students based on their

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science school for next year, so we had thanks kids together and then Blake kids together

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as well.

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Just so when they transition next year, they could maybe see some familiar faces that they

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And then there's power in developing cross-age relationships with our students in a safe

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and their training setting.

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Both older students and younger students benefit equally.

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The family grouping allows students to have an identity in a smaller group setting and

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develop positive relationship with another trusting adult.

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And then these are our first three lessons we did.

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The first one was based on resilient lifelong learner.

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Each one of these has a literature attached to it in activity.

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The literature for that one was ish.

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And then that to be was the kids made a family quilt with their group leader and then they

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made his self-port for to themselves.

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Lesson two was responsible decision maker.

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The literature was what you do with a problem.

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And the activity was understanding the event plus response equals an outcome.

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And the most recent one we did was respectful citizen literature for that was how it follows

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your bucket.

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We worked together and encouraged others to complete a task, and then we wrote thank you

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to community leaders and get compliments to other students to fill their buckets as well.

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The first two lessons is a lot more teacher guided, I would say, but then when lesson three

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came around, you could definitely see that the fourth and fifth graders taking the lead

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which is awesome to see. I had a kindergarten in my group, like, I mean, amazing. The future

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leader of America, she was awesome. So definitely great to see that and I think it's definitely

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been a really good thing in our school, so thank you.

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Hi,

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my name is Christine Leblanc, I'm the reading intervention teacher at Heritage Elementary.

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And Nicole Varney and I are the K kids leaders in our building.

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We have a group of 4th and 5th graders, and our mission is that all students have the

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opportunity to develop as caring, confident leaders who help others through service.

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And we have done many different service projects and building leaders in our building.

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At the beginning of the year, we had a canned food drive and each grade level brought in

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cans, and they were all a part of the, I think there's a whole Medina canned food

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drive that is done in October through, as a danger, Sherman.

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So through that organization, so we donated thousands of cans that went along and helped

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those in need.

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And along with the canned food drive, we, I'm sorry, I went the wrong way.

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We work with the PBIS team, with our dream teams, and we meet with our fourth and fifth

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graders to tell them to give them front load the lessons that they will be receiving from

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their dream team.

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So when they're sitting in with a kindergarten through fifth graders, they are like a

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peer model and that they can share and help the younger kids in that group.

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And as we do that during the last lesson, we made posters that were presented during

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opening and those posters shared what was discussed in our expectations in different

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areas around the building.

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And then another part of K kids is that we love to share the joy and we went Christmas

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this caroling in December before break and took the kids around the neighborhood and

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it was it's fun to see all of those that have been there for a while they look forward

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to seeing us and some hand out cany canes and they stand in their doorway listening to

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us do our caroling and is there a last one? All right, this coming week we are doing a change

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that we're going to have the kids donate change and have a competition and see what we can pull together.

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We also did a, in November, we had the kids, the kids were a part of, we had a veterans assembly

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where the students seated the veterans, spoke to the veterans, and they were a part of leading that assembly.

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Thank you and

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that's just some of the wonderful

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All things going on at Heritage and again, thanks for the opportunity to share.

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I think our heritage family for coming this evening and sharing all the great things that are occurring in that building with our staff and our students.

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It's sad to hear us talking about heritage transitioning to a preschool yet at the same time there's excitement there too. Because you hear these outstanding things that are happening in that building.

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building and the skill and excitement that our staff over at Heritage as well as our students are going to be bringing to more students in our district, and I think that's very exciting and hopeful for all of our students to be able to expand our resources across our district despite the fact that we're going through a difficult time right now in terms of having to reduce the amount of

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amount of our actual elementary buildings.

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And I really commend our Heritage staff today

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for your resilience and your light.

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The work that you're doing this year to honor heritage

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and what heritage has been while still looking forward

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for a bright future and preparing our students

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and send yourselves for beyond heritage is commendable,

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and I thank you.

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I know it's been a difficult year.

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Can I just ask one question?

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The first graders, the construction,

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any chance they could work on the roads in Medina to get around?

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I mean, if they could solve that problem,

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I would be all there for them.

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OK, thank you.

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Go ahead.

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Yes.

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That's especially this time of year right at the winter.

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Next discussion item I have is the March Board of Education Meeting.

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We had some pre-liminary discussion, Mr. West, myself, and Mr. Prichard, and Mr. Chambers regarding our upcoming meeting in March.

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March. Our board meetings got a little out of whack in terms of the dates due to some

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adjustments that we needed to make. I think some of it may have been surrounding the

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pre-caution report as well as needing to get approvals to place the 7.5 mill levy on

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the ballot. So I just wanted to open it up for discussion about if there's interest with the board

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in making any adjustments to the March meeting to spread things out. I think it comes up a little

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more quickly than the meetings normally do. I do want to point out another thing to be aware of is we

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note also the timing that of the election, which is March 19th, and Andrew and Gina,

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I don't know if you want to share anything else?

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No, Amy, I don't know yet something you wanted to say.

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Well, I know I'm going to be having surgery, so on March 6th, so it would probably be best

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is that it'd be later if possible for me to attend?

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Yeah, I just think it's like 14, 15 days between this meeting and the next.

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And if you look at the agenda, it's not that heavy, I guess this is the big meeting

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that we have to prove the precautionary thing.

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I would just like to move it back a week.

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I mean, I know it's election day, but I don't.

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I mean, it starts at 5.30, I don't think it's going to hurt anything.

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That would be my opinion.

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Joe, Andrew, Becky.

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I'm going to move it back a week, I think, like, on a Monday night, but does that get

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in?

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Huh?

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Yeah.

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We could do it on Wednesday.

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We could do it after the election.

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That's spring break.

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No, like the 20th.

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Oh, the next day?

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Can you make it on Wednesday?

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Yeah, she can't still make it. She has Tuesday and Tuesday and Friday.

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Yeah, I felt no one Friday. I have a conflict on Monday the 18th as well.

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Yeah, I mean, if we move it a week, I'm fine with it. My schedule is pretty flexible.

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So I'm okay with whatever works for the majority of everybody else.

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There's nothing that's going to cause issues for me.

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Go with election day.

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I'm fine with the 19th.

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I just, yeah, spring break is a long week.

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So the only one thing that I did want to throw out there

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is keeping it on the 12th gives us one more date

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to provide information about the upcoming levy.

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I'm not sure if that makes a difference,

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but I want to point that out.

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Yeah, I was thinking when we schedule this initially, there was a reason we did it because

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typically we don't do two weeks, it is usually three weeks, but I think that may have

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been part of the reason.

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Well, kids first is doing such a great job getting a hold of everyone.

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I think we still have two hours to convince people from 5.30 to 7.30 to vote on the 19th.

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Everybody agree to the 19th?

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Well, now I really think we should keep at the 12th before election.

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I guess it depends to you on how much the administration would have to present.

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There's nothing more than additional week for you to prepare for the meeting than we

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would just keep it as is.

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No, I would imagine it would be a shorter agenda with a shorter amount of time as Jean had

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mentioned.

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I mean, can you get the financials from February by then?

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Yeah, so that's the other thing.

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I most likely won't not be able to attend that meeting if it's on the 12th.

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Yeah.

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Everyone, the 19th?

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Okay, I guess the 19th.

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I'm going to jump up here.

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It sounds like we're the 19th.

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Yeah, 19th.

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Okay.

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At 5.30?

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5.30.

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Okay.

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We can go earlier.

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We can go 5 if that, I think that helps.

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for that one meeting per

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me. Okay, that's fine. 530 on March 19. Okay. And the last item I have for

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this evening is to provide levy updates. I just want to remind the board, not that you don't know,

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but we do have a living at the ballot on March 19th and absentee and early voting has begun.

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I do want the boards know as well as the community that Amy Busby and I have been working

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being close to try and make sure we are getting factual information out to our parents,

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staff and community.

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One of the things that has come to our attention, especially over the course of the last four

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weeks or so, is misinformation that is out and being shared.

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so I would ask the board or really any community members that if there are

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questions or there is a feeling of misinformation or something doesn't sound

454
00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:52,210
right I'd encourage you to reach out directly to myself or any of our

455
00:38:52,210 --> 00:38:59,190
building or central office administrators so that we can extend accurate

456
00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:07,770
information. We also on our website have a place where people can submit questions and we have been

457
00:39:07,770 --> 00:39:14,550
following up with those and people have been utilizing that and following up with people either

458
00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:22,570
through phone calls or through emails and that might be myself. It might be Mr. Chambers. It might

459
00:39:22,570 --> 00:39:27,510
be somebody else in the district just depending on what the question is and who would be most appropriate

460
00:39:27,510 --> 00:39:35,770
to answer those questions. In addition we've been working on doing I've been doing

461
00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:41,990
little videos on just the facts so I had several of those in the past few

462
00:39:41,990 --> 00:39:47,390
weeks. I do those when somebody does reach out to me and provide information

463
00:39:47,390 --> 00:39:52,590
hey I'm hearing this is this true or not so I try and provide the correct

464
00:39:52,590 --> 00:40:00,950
information and then Amy follows that up in some sort of a fact sheet or short news letter.

465
00:40:02,010 --> 00:40:14,230
In addition, she's also been collaborating with area newspapers and news articles to

466
00:40:14,850 --> 00:40:18,850
I know Montville press, I'm not sure what it's called, but

467
00:40:19,630 --> 00:40:24,230
Montville living is one of them that she's been working with as

468
00:40:24,230 --> 00:40:26,510
well to get that information out.

469
00:40:26,770 --> 00:40:30,530
So I think in terms of us getting the factual information out,

470
00:40:31,130 --> 00:40:35,430
it's really about us understanding what the questions

471
00:40:35,430 --> 00:40:41,050
are out in the community so that we can provide those accurate answers.

472
00:40:42,050 --> 00:40:47,750
one thing that's been very positive is I feel like people are trying to do

473
00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:56,930
the research and ask the questions and get the facts and it's very important

474
00:40:56,930 --> 00:41:03,330
for people to be informed. The other thing that I'm just going to touch upon

475
00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:07,970
here because we're going to talk about this in more detail in just a moment but

476
00:41:07,970 --> 00:41:15,150
But this evening we are presenting the State Mandated Precaution Report to the Board of Education.

477
00:41:16,390 --> 00:41:21,610
That report was put together in collaboration with the State.

478
00:41:22,470 --> 00:41:37,010
Dave Chambers and I met on pretty much a weekly basis for the past month or two with the Department of Educational Workforce to develop that report, which outlines specific reductions and develops a plan.

479
00:41:37,010 --> 00:41:48,410
moving forward to offset deficits within our five-year forecast. Within that

480
00:41:48,410 --> 00:41:54,910
report the levy isn't directly included in that because the state doesn't

481
00:41:54,910 --> 00:42:06,990
allow us to directly include it within the spreadsheets. However, it is

482
00:42:06,990 --> 00:42:12,630
important part of that plan in our working with the state moving forward.

483
00:42:13,010 --> 00:42:18,910
And we'll get into that in more detail in just a little bit here tonight when we present

484
00:42:18,910 --> 00:42:24,870
that to the board, but want to make sure that as that information rolls out, that again

485
00:42:24,870 --> 00:42:32,410
our staff or community, our parents don't hesitate to reach out with questions once that information

486
00:42:32,410 --> 00:42:39,650
becomes available tonight. I did provide a communication to our administrators and staff

487
00:42:39,650 --> 00:42:45,930
prior to tonight's board meeting regarding that report so that they would receive some

488
00:42:45,930 --> 00:42:51,990
of the information before tonight's communication and then there will be a communication going

489
00:42:51,990 --> 00:42:58,430
out to our community after tonight's board meeting. So unless there's any questions for me

490
00:42:58,430 --> 00:43:00,650
of the board. That's all I have tonight.

491
00:43:01,730 --> 00:43:04,710
Can Mr. Chambers, the Treasurer's Communication?

492
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:12,560
Yes. The District Bank balance decreased $2.7 million in January.

493
00:43:13,740 --> 00:43:20,140
This went down to $48.35 million. This is $6.3 million below last year at this time.

494
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,260
The five-year forecast revenues were above January by 1.4 million.

495
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:35,460
The revenue for real property, personal property, state foundation, property tax allocation,

496
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,220
and other revenues account for this increase.

497
00:43:38,270 --> 00:43:44,220
The five-year forecasted expenditures were above last January by 248,000.

498
00:43:44,620 --> 00:43:50,280
Benefits, personal services, supplies, and materials, and other expenditures account for

499
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:50,900
this increase.

500
00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:56,580
The Stales Tax Fund Balance increased to $4.04 million.

501
00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:03,860
The district spent approximately 139,000 in January, with major expenditures on roof replacement

502
00:44:03,860 --> 00:44:05,740
and walking cooler freezer at Blake.

503
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:11,800
The district also received the last quarter of the 23 sales tax payment from the state

504
00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:13,180
of $1.1 million.

505
00:44:13,980 --> 00:44:24,860
The Rec Center Capital Fund Balance increased, I put it's increased to $525,000 below zero.

506
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:31,880
The district spent $19,0007 in January on the Natatorium Project and Fire Alarm Service.

507
00:44:32,260 --> 00:44:39,040
They received $26,000 from the city for both of those projects and we also had a transfer

508
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:43,800
of $130,000 in December for the REC Center.

509
00:44:44,980 --> 00:44:49,960
The district has received $50,700 in investment income for January.

510
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:58,680
This total is currently $364,000 above the amount collected at this time last fiscal year.

511
00:44:58,680 --> 00:44:59,900
In 5

512
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:19,300
Finally, the district has forecasted true days cash, estimated to be 108 days. This is down from December by 13.11 days and below last year by 45.86 days. I'd also like to mention that this is the lowest the true days cash balance has been since January of 2014.

513
00:45:21,650 --> 00:45:23,010
Questions on financials?

514
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:30,600
We also have supplemental. I got a look at these because I have them a friendly here.

515
00:45:31,860 --> 00:45:35,100
Supplementals, we have for uniform school supplies for Clagget.

516
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:40,100
This is money to complete POs for science, math, and ELA consumables for the year.

517
00:45:41,020 --> 00:45:42,800
You have Principles Fund at Clagget.

518
00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:48,120
This was a grant award for grade Rubik's Cube Exploration.

519
00:45:48,920 --> 00:45:53,840
You have Principles Fund at Root, which is a grant from the foundation.

520
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:59,680
And if you have King Kids at Garfield, this is money that was collected

521
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:06,340
from money wars they had. And finally you have huddle food which was additional

522
00:46:06,340 --> 00:46:11,420
monies that they collected as well. And finally you have a resolution accepting

523
00:46:11,420 --> 00:46:17,900
the amounts and the rates. This is an annual resolution. This is for the counting

524
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:25,600
itself to set the rates for tax year 24 collection year 25. This is the initial

525
00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:32,280
resolution if a change occurs during the year, I say this every year if a change occurs

526
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:40,320
during the year, then in November you will pass another acceptance of rates and amounts.

527
00:46:43,720 --> 00:46:44,340
Thank you.

528
00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:46,780
Anyone have any questions?

529
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:54,440
Board comments, Mrs. Smoyer?

530
00:46:59,790 --> 00:47:02,630
Appreciate it very much, everybody here.

531
00:47:02,630 --> 00:47:06,870
I did go to the Finance Committee.

532
00:47:07,150 --> 00:47:09,610
We finally had that this year and I'm on it.

533
00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:15,190
And it was great to meet the community members that are a part of that.

534
00:47:15,290 --> 00:47:22,050
That was nice to hear their input as well as the input that the board members have.

535
00:47:22,750 --> 00:47:29,330
And Mr. Chambers was very kind to explain a lot of things to everybody that was there.

536
00:47:31,150 --> 00:47:35,510
I also went to the sex torsion adult-only thing.

537
00:47:36,170 --> 00:47:38,610
It was very, very informative.

538
00:47:39,150 --> 00:47:41,550
It gave a lot of great talking points.

539
00:47:41,830 --> 00:47:47,110
I know I have a high schooler and it was eye-opening in all honesty.

540
00:47:47,650 --> 00:47:51,730
So, yes, we had some talk afterwards.

541
00:47:52,670 --> 00:47:56,250
And then the portrait of a B last week, wow,

542
00:47:56,250 --> 00:48:01,990
that was so cool to walk in. I know I was like five minutes late maybe when it

543
00:48:01,990 --> 00:48:10,210
started at six o'clock and it was full. The whole place was full so I was

544
00:48:10,210 --> 00:48:14,850
astounded. It was great seeing everybody in the hallways, all the parents, all

545
00:48:14,850 --> 00:48:18,930
of the community members, it wasn't just parents that were here which was great

546
00:48:18,930 --> 00:48:24,590
to see. And what I loved the most and I know some of the heritage teachers

547
00:48:24,590 --> 00:48:30,950
that were here, some of the things that they showed earlier today, I asked the kids to explain it

548
00:48:30,950 --> 00:48:37,630
and their eyes just lit up and they really did explain their project. So that was nice

549
00:48:38,330 --> 00:48:44,810
that they were just excited to show off what they've learned. So that was great. Thanks.

550
00:48:50,470 --> 00:49:00,690
Yeah, so I attended the facilities meeting at the beginning of the month, I'm just still

551
00:49:00,690 --> 00:49:09,930
kind of getting my feet under me there because it's my second month there, so I appreciate

552
00:49:09,930 --> 00:49:11,150
the patient's Ryan.

553
00:49:13,470 --> 00:49:17,130
And then also had a curriculum meeting.

554
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:22,840
Oh, went to the

555
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:30,120
portrait to practice, also just like Miss Moira had mentioned. It's, you know,

556
00:49:30,260 --> 00:49:36,480
we, we, we had a invite. I think it was to the Chamber of Commerce before

557
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:44,340
or November where we had about six tables of kids present, certain projects that they

558
00:49:44,340 --> 00:49:45,580
were doing within the classroom.

559
00:49:46,260 --> 00:49:49,200
And this was like that on steroids.

560
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:51,200
It was awesome.

561
00:49:51,700 --> 00:49:56,920
And after I went and saw it, you can ask my wife, I was like, people need to see this.

562
00:49:57,060 --> 00:50:00,880
Like this is cool, that there's like all these things.

563
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:05,160
And we actually went together and walked around and looked at everything.

564
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:09,840
It was actually kind of funny because I was I was sitting there and I'm like yeah

565
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:15,320
We never did anything that we could present when I was in school and my wife is five years younger than me

566
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:20,480
I'm like all right, well you have the jump on me did did you do this and she also went to wadsworth too

567
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,220
And she's like yeah, we weren't even close to this like

568
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:33,640
It's just awesome. I mean I know, you know, especially for for the younger kids. I'm old now and I get that I am old

569
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:45,400
But, you know, still being so close to my public schooling, it's an education just changing

570
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:46,080
completely.

571
00:50:46,380 --> 00:50:52,060
Just doing a 180 and kids are learning completely different ways and they're learning better

572
00:50:52,060 --> 00:50:53,900
and more efficiently.

573
00:50:55,660 --> 00:51:03,480
I don't think our students exactly understand how lucky they are to be learning in today's

574
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:10,720
day and age because of those type of things, and it's showing, and I really hope that

575
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:15,060
a lot of people in the community, not just parents, but people that don't even have kids

576
00:51:15,060 --> 00:51:21,180
at the school, made it out and were able to see what is happening in the schools, and

577
00:51:21,180 --> 00:51:25,360
that's one of the biggest questions that I get when I'm talking to people about the schools

578
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:31,820
just in public. They're like, well, okay, but what are they doing in the schools? I can explain

579
00:51:31,820 --> 00:51:38,460
it all day but that doesn't mean they believe me. Here's a perfect example of it so yeah it's just

580
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:46,900
so awesome like it's so cool to see that type of stuff and being put into a learning environment.

581
00:51:49,700 --> 00:51:55,560
Yeah I'll stop talking about the portrait to practice now. Thank you. Mr. West.

582
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:05,680
I want to appreciate the Board's administration's indulgence with my special guest earlier, but I thought that was important.

583
00:52:06,980 --> 00:52:17,640
But yeah, earlier this February, I actually attended the facilities meeting remotely because I was not in town, but Ryan was kind enough to set me up so I did that remotely.

584
00:52:18,700 --> 00:52:30,780
Now the facilities, some things you may or may not see, but they've got a new room in the gymnasium in the upper corner to house the new scoreboard equipment.

585
00:52:32,180 --> 00:52:34,280
So it's in a nice safe place.

586
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:41,520
I don't remember the score, but there was a new inclusive playground equipment that was put in.

587
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:43,520
What school was that?

588
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:51,380
I knew it was one. I just didn't want to say the wrong one. But new playground equipment was put in.

589
00:52:53,680 --> 00:53:00,620
Sadly, after it was put in, there was some damage done. It had to be repaired because somebody in the community went through a fence and walked over it.

590
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:01,820
But that's been since repaired.

591
00:53:04,540 --> 00:53:13,820
There was a couple of rooms ahead, new cars were put in at Ella Canavan, we may see the

592
00:53:13,820 --> 00:53:18,780
high school track at some point in the near in the future, it's coming to the end of

593
00:53:18,780 --> 00:53:19,540
its lifespan.

594
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:26,300
But the big thing I wanted to bring out, and I think this is important for the community

595
00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:35,540
to know is that we were in need of a couple of new motors and they were looking at a demo unit

596
00:53:35,540 --> 00:53:43,440
that was about $16,000, but Ryan's assistant Julie got on an auction website and found

597
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:51,840
two motors with about $500 on them for $5,500 a piece. Now $500 on a motor, it isn't even

598
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:57,440
broken in yet. So that was a huge savings. We got two almost brand new

599
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:03,420
mowers for less than the cost of a demo unit and we needed two. So it was a

600
00:54:03,420 --> 00:54:10,280
huge savings and did I get that all right around? So hand out to his

601
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,000
assistant Julie who found these. So I think that's very important that the

602
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:19,560
community knows that we're always looking for ways to save money and had new

603
00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:29,460
equipment and we wear them out and I have seen you know our service person I'll

604
00:54:29,460 --> 00:54:34,160
take really good care of our equipment and repair it on-site and save money

605
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:37,640
that way too so very important to know.

606
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:49,540
Then I attended my first Monana County

607
00:54:49,540 --> 00:54:52,820
I'm also was asked to be on the policy committee.

608
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,200
We had a policy committee out there.

609
00:54:56,060 --> 00:55:03,400
I imagine they had some changes and there were changes in the laws that maybe we've already captured or maybe we'll in the future.

610
00:55:03,660 --> 00:55:07,900
I don't know, but that's about it.

611
00:55:08,100 --> 00:55:08,420
Thank you.

612
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:09,140
Thank you.

613
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:10,260
Mrs. Parker's.

614
00:55:10,940 --> 00:55:11,660
Thank you.

615
00:55:12,260 --> 00:55:18,900
Going off what Mr. West says, I think it'd be interesting, Mr. O'Call, if there's any way you could provide us with

616
00:55:18,900 --> 00:55:26,580
the acreage that we have to take care of and maybe my square miles of

617
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:31,700
pavements I don't I wear a large district and I know I have no idea you're not

618
00:55:31,700 --> 00:55:38,320
leaving to that right now no no no no I'm gonna use some homework I will get

619
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:41,460
that for you thank you yeah he was just talking about that you know it is it when

620
00:55:41,460 --> 00:55:45,880
you have we're big district and we have a lot of grass to know and a lot of

621
00:55:45,880 --> 00:55:51,740
asphalt to repair and plow when it snows, and a lot of buildings to take care of, so

622
00:55:51,740 --> 00:55:52,760
that just would be interesting.

623
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:54,940
Went in your spare time, thank you.

624
00:55:55,660 --> 00:55:56,700
Some other items.

625
00:55:56,700 --> 00:56:01,240
We did have our policy committee met the first part of February.

626
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:06,260
Mrs. Moyer is new to the committee, so it was really kind of a get to know you committee

627
00:56:06,260 --> 00:56:11,180
meeting and get catcher up to speed on what the procedures are, so there's no policies

628
00:56:11,180 --> 00:56:13,300
at this time for us to bring to the board.

629
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:19,780
With Mr. Nichols, I attended the Board Curriculum Committee meeting earlier this month,

630
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:24,820
and Mrs. Jackson reviewed the Reading Improvement Plan with the committee.

631
00:56:25,100 --> 00:56:27,500
This is a written plan required by the state.

632
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:32,340
It's to ensure the systems are in place for all our students to be successful readers and writers.

633
00:56:33,260 --> 00:56:37,920
Additional measures were considered as the district is in the process or

634
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:41,320
We'll be adopting our new ELA curriculum

635
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,860
for elementary school starting in 2425.

636
00:56:44,140 --> 00:56:46,060
It was mentioned earlier by the Heritage Teachers.

637
00:56:46,060 --> 00:56:48,220
It is a pilot program out there.

638
00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,140
And that will need board approval.

639
00:56:51,420 --> 00:56:54,400
So I believe that might be on our agenda for next month

640
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,020
or the board just to keep that in mind.

641
00:56:57,140 --> 00:56:58,700
The other exciting thing we talked about

642
00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:02,000
were the an update on the pilot capstone projects

643
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,820
that we have and the fifth grade, eighth grade

644
00:57:04,820 --> 00:57:07,200
and at the high school and the 12th grade.

645
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:14,220
So I know that the board will be seeing more updates about those coming up, but there's some exciting things going on with those as well.

646
00:57:16,140 --> 00:57:29,240
The only other thing I want to add that has not already been talked about is, and it kind of goes off of our portrait to practice expert, but we've been giving out lots of medals and awards to staff or innovation awards last few weeks.

647
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,860
And I got to attend a ceremony of the high school last week.

648
00:57:32,860 --> 00:57:36,900
And it is just phenomenal to see what our teachers are doing,

649
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,960
what our students are doing, which everyone hopefully attended

650
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:41,600
the Portrait to Practice and got to see that.

651
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,140
A lot of the teachers, the things are doing getting these

652
00:57:45,140 --> 00:57:48,640
innovation awards from we're at, we're at the expo.

653
00:57:48,860 --> 00:57:51,380
So there is a lot of great things going on in the district.

654
00:57:51,740 --> 00:57:55,320
I encourage all of us to share this.

655
00:57:55,540 --> 00:57:58,360
I know Mr. Nichols mentioned people are asking,

656
00:57:58,460 --> 00:58:00,340
well, we don't even know what's going on in the schools.

657
00:58:00,340 --> 00:58:04,560
And sometimes as parents, we don't even really know from our kids because we ask them what

658
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:09,940
they do and they're like, oh, I had lunch and I got to go outside and those are their

659
00:58:09,940 --> 00:58:10,460
favorite things.

660
00:58:10,740 --> 00:58:13,440
So sometimes it's hard to get that info out of our kids.

661
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:16,980
The teachers do a great job with newsletters sharing that and the principals.

662
00:58:17,540 --> 00:58:18,960
But those are for the parents.

663
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:23,540
So any way that we can get the community engaged, you know, share what's going on with your

664
00:58:23,540 --> 00:58:28,740
friends, your neighbors, and whenever we have opportunities like this, which I know there

665
00:58:28,740 --> 00:58:33,040
will be more. We have to get the word out and share that so we can get our community

666
00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:37,500
and to see all the great things that we're doing because it's a challenging time right

667
00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:41,760
now, but there's a lot of good stuff going on that we'd like to see continue. Thank

668
00:58:41,760 --> 00:58:49,240
you. Thank you. I have got one. I'm sorry. No, I wanted to mention. I did make it to the

669
00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:54,440
portrait to practice. I was late because my employer called me in late to fix something,

670
00:58:54,440 --> 00:59:01,340
but I didn't get very far because I walked in and started talking to the kids and the teachers

671
00:59:01,340 --> 00:59:08,040
that were there and got very enrolled with what they were going on. So I didn't really make it

672
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:14,600
very far, but it was really impressive to see the kids there and the teachers talking about the

673
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:19,320
various classes that they had. I just wish I would have had about three more hours. I could have made

674
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:23,820
all the way around. So thank you. And I did just want to mention that the

675
00:59:23,820 --> 00:59:29,800
portrait practice is an annual event. So that will be occurring again next year

676
00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:35,800
and into the future. Thank you. That's great. All right. I'm gonna basically talk

677
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:39,840
about kids because everything else has been talked about. I would like to

678
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:45,460
congratulate Hallie who's in second grade at weight and Brasen who's in fourth

679
00:59:45,460 --> 00:59:50,920
grade for designing the covers of the weight year book. The math teams play six

680
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:56,560
at Akronu and Joey Courtney was in the top 10. Ruth's seventh grader, Bailey

681
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:59,860
McCoy, organized a school-wise service project.

682
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:09,520
To stock the Medina Personal Care Pantry. I had a great time at Canavan. Mrs. Busby and I played

683
01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:18,060
jeopardy with a group of students, and we killed Mr. Sables' team. However, my team was very ruthless.

684
01:00:18,300 --> 01:00:23,740
They went right for the $500 category, and his team was only at $100, and I'm like, hey, you're

685
01:00:23,740 --> 01:00:27,540
not going to win that way. But anyways, we had a lot of fun, and then we got to see the fifth grade

686
01:00:27,540 --> 01:00:34,060
science fair. I would like to congratulate Tritany Trott, who was a January student of

687
01:00:34,060 --> 01:00:38,980
the month at the Career Center and she was an animal management at the high school for

688
01:00:38,980 --> 01:00:42,920
the month of February. I don't know if some of these in the Career Center is a month

689
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:48,780
behind. Nicholas Colasamo and Samantha Kermes were the students of the month.

690
01:00:49,300 --> 01:00:55,280
Caitlin Sulkis was the Medina Main Street volunteer of the year and she was only a sophomore.

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01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:55,460
More.

692
01:00:56,140 --> 01:01:01,960
The bait team first place at the Akron District Tournament, which qualified them for State National

693
01:01:01,960 --> 01:01:06,480
Honor Society donated their favorite books to Blake and they each wrote a little note

694
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:11,660
into the book so the fifth graders will have some connection.

695
01:01:12,340 --> 01:01:17,820
The Shakespeare group returned and I was lucky enough to be in Mr. Weatherby's class when

696
01:01:17,820 --> 01:01:19,880
they did the battle scene from Macbeth.

697
01:01:20,020 --> 01:01:24,340
They all, the kids did a great job and you know whenever you're giving them something that

698
01:01:24,340 --> 01:01:28,460
they can swing it one another, you're like, this is not good, but they were very good.

699
01:01:29,620 --> 01:01:34,680
Attended the orchestra concert last week, kids are just amazing and they have really

700
01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:42,040
some very good people in the orchestra and the conductors are, they're fun to watch

701
01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:45,860
because they have different styles, one's more dramatic and one's just like this, so they're

702
01:01:45,860 --> 01:01:47,400
fun to watch from the audience.

703
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:52,240
Am I attended a senior night for wrestlers and the wrestlers don't get a lot of credits,

704
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:53,880
So I'm just going to take a minute here.

705
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:58,280
Blaine Christmas, who's a senior, he was honored.

706
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:02,120
He's in criminal justice at the Career Center.

707
01:02:02,420 --> 01:02:04,380
And he won sectionals this weekend.

708
01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:06,800
Bryce Russell from the Career Center

709
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:08,220
is in business and marketing.

710
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,120
Evan Hancock is in teaching professions.

711
01:02:12,860 --> 01:02:15,140
And James Romano is here at the high school.

712
01:02:15,340 --> 01:02:16,860
So if there's any parent out there,

713
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,720
worried that if their child goes to the Career Center

714
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:26,680
and they cannot participate in activities at Medina, they can, and here are three gentlemen

715
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:28,280
to do that and do it very well.

716
01:02:28,860 --> 01:02:34,280
We had 14 artists selected to be part of the Scholastic Art Exhibition.

717
01:02:35,300 --> 01:02:40,740
The gymnastics team qualified for state and the girls basketball team starts the district

718
01:02:40,740 --> 01:02:48,080
semifinals tomorrow at 7.30 and then starting Friday for the whole month of March, we are

719
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:53,020
sponsoring the art show in the square and how many businesses, Mrs. Busby?

720
01:02:53,660 --> 01:02:54,260
25.

721
01:02:54,500 --> 01:02:58,820
25 different businesses so you can walk around and see what's happening.

722
01:02:59,060 --> 01:03:05,200
And also, just starting this Friday is the claggett play going on.

723
01:03:05,840 --> 01:03:11,280
And I went last year to Beauty and the Beast and those kids are really amazing.

724
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:16,100
So I would suggest people to come on out and it's Friday, two on Saturday,

725
01:03:16,100 --> 01:03:24,060
day, I think in one on Sunday. So as all I have, is this going to you know the resolution?

726
01:03:24,740 --> 01:03:25,380
Okay.

727
01:03:29,050 --> 01:03:34,190
So the first item up to present to the board this evening is a separate item.

728
01:03:34,590 --> 01:03:40,770
It's a resolution for pre-caution status report. It is recommended that the Medinacity School

729
01:03:40,770 --> 01:03:46,690
District Board of Education approve the fiscal year 24 written plan workbook and the pre-caution

730
01:03:46,690 --> 01:03:49,310
and report narrative as a demonstration

731
01:03:49,310 --> 01:03:52,510
to the Ohio Department of Education and workforce

732
01:03:52,510 --> 01:03:54,930
in the Madinac City school district community.

733
01:03:55,270 --> 01:03:58,090
The district plan is sufficient to eliminate

734
01:03:58,090 --> 01:04:00,510
the projected deficit from the third year

735
01:04:00,510 --> 01:04:02,170
of the current five year forecast.

736
01:04:08,500 --> 01:04:11,020
I'd like to make a motion to approve this action item.

737
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:12,420
Senator Second.

738
01:04:12,940 --> 01:04:13,760
I'll second that.

739
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:16,200
Okay, thank you, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Smoyer.

740
01:04:16,620 --> 01:04:17,200
Discussion?

741
01:04:18,380 --> 01:04:21,820
Yes, and Mr. Chambers and I are going to tag team

742
01:04:21,820 --> 01:04:27,860
a little bit on our presentation to the board this evening on the pre-caution plan.

743
01:04:29,420 --> 01:04:37,380
Before we dive into the plan itself, I did want to share a little bit of history, a

744
01:04:37,380 --> 01:04:44,440
common question that we receive is how did we get to where we are today in terms of being

745
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:48,700
in pre-caution status in our current financial situation.

746
01:04:50,620 --> 01:05:00,240
Approximately 12 to 15 years ago our district had faced a very difficult financial situation

747
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:13,660
where we had a very challenging period of trying to pass operating levies to support

748
01:05:13,660 --> 01:05:23,320
district operations. During that time period, the district was forced to undergo massive

749
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:31,980
reductions, much larger scale reductions than what we're discussing this evening.

750
01:05:32,980 --> 01:05:39,660
Those reductions at that time included things like going to the state minimum busing, which

751
01:05:39,660 --> 01:05:42,600
is a two mile radius and no busing at the high school.

752
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:55,580
The implementation of paid or participate fees up around approximately $600 in $60 per

753
01:05:55,580 --> 01:05:56,860
sport with no cap.

754
01:05:58,260 --> 01:06:05,560
And it also included the elimination of middle school teaming, which I know is something

755
01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:12,260
that has been talked about and brought up, and if you're not a middle school parent or

756
01:06:12,860 --> 01:06:18,400
not a high school parent who had a child who went through teaming, you may not really

757
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:24,980
totally understand what teaming is at the middle school, but essentially what it is is a school

758
01:06:24,980 --> 01:06:28,840
within the school for middle-level children.

759
01:06:28,840 --> 01:06:38,880
So it provides a transition period of time between the elementary years and the high school years

760
01:06:38,880 --> 01:06:51,440
during a time in a pre-teens life where they're going through a lot of physical, emotional, psychological changes.

761
01:06:52,960 --> 01:07:07,760
and our middle school teachers and staff really have a daunting task of working with those children in helping them progress through those stages while also helping them learn and grow into adults.

762
01:07:08,300 --> 01:07:17,300
So it allows, despite at a large school, with 800 plus students for our teachers to work together in collaborative teams

763
01:07:17,300 --> 01:07:24,220
to work with smaller groups of students that they really have an opportunity to get

764
01:07:24,220 --> 01:07:30,500
to know. Programming like that, though, requires a much higher level of staffing in order

765
01:07:30,500 --> 01:07:38,540
for it to exist. So that was programming at that time that was reduced. Other programming

766
01:07:38,540 --> 01:07:47,200
that was reduced was elective offerings in the district, particularly at the high school

767
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:56,920
level. There was decreased classes for high schoolers to take. I know even 8 years ago

768
01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:04,340
when I entered the district, we had fairly large amount of students that weren't coming

769
01:08:04,340 --> 01:08:08,060
to school at the high school for a full educational day.

770
01:08:09,060 --> 01:08:16,880
And what I mean by that is because there weren't a full gamut of courses being offered.

771
01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:23,620
Many students were able to report to school during the second period of the day or even

772
01:08:23,620 --> 01:08:30,620
leave before the last period of the day or both because they didn't have a full academic

773
01:08:30,620 --> 01:08:40,520
schedule so we were on minimal academic requirements per the state which is way

774
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:46,760
before below I know our expectations of our community or at least what people

775
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:52,720
have shared with me in the eight years that I have been in the district. In

776
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:59,840
addition to that we had a low level of counseling services available for our

777
01:08:59,840 --> 01:09:08,440
students that was especially the case at our middle as well as our elementary levels,

778
01:09:09,370 --> 01:09:21,400
as well as administrative support, especially at our middle schools, claggett, and then

779
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:27,080
with our curriculum and curriculum department and technology department in our district.

780
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:38,800
And I particularly bring those items up because we're in the business of educating students and providing an education to students.

781
01:09:38,800 --> 01:09:46,980
That's why we exist and that is fully driven through curriculum and the curriculum that we offer.

782
01:09:46,980 --> 01:10:10,660
And if we don't have a solid curriculum department that's fully supported, whether it's administratively or through teacher leaders, such as academic coaches, in a district our size, it's quite a challenge to ensure that we have the rollout, especially with the

783
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:18,020
extreme amount of state unfunded mandates that we have to deal with on a

784
01:10:18,020 --> 01:10:24,740
regular basis. So again approximately 12 or 15 years ago we were in a

785
01:10:24,740 --> 01:10:30,680
financial crisis where we were really at the bare minimal as a school

786
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:37,420
district. Fortunately at that time and this is before my time in the district our

787
01:10:37,420 --> 01:10:45,200
Our community did step up and demand more from our schools and they offered financial

788
01:10:45,200 --> 01:10:52,600
support in order to make that happen and there was the passage of an emergency levy.

789
01:10:53,470 --> 01:11:01,020
The passage of the emergency levy allowed for a lot of programming to be returned to

790
01:11:01,020 --> 01:11:01,540
the district.

791
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:05,260
I would say most of that was essential programming.

792
01:11:05,260 --> 01:11:14,680
So we're talking about things like going back to full busing beyond the state minimum.

793
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:31,600
Returning elective courses beyond the minimum in addition to that, being able to expand some of the counseling services across the district.

794
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:46,500
The district was very conservative during the early passage of that levy in terms of financial resources and for good reason.

795
01:11:47,300 --> 01:11:59,780
After going through such a challenging period, I believe the leadership at the time, both Board of Education, as well as administrative.

796
01:11:59,780 --> 01:12:04,820
felt it was essential to re-establish stability.

797
01:12:06,020 --> 01:12:11,440
So despite programming being re-established in the district,

798
01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:17,100
the kind of programming that once existed within Medina City Schools

799
01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:22,360
and our community had once been accustomed to really never returned

800
01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:24,880
to the same normal that it was once at.

801
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:34,600
8 years ago when I came into the district we did a strategic plan and we did a

802
01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:44,440
full review of our financial situation. At that time we were in a surplus of

803
01:12:44,440 --> 01:12:52,840
money due to the passage of that emergency levy as well as the extreme

804
01:12:52,840 --> 01:12:58,280
fiscal caution that was being utilized within the district.

805
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:06,300
However, it was very clear going through that initial strategic planning process that

806
01:13:06,300 --> 01:13:13,220
our community and our staff and our students who were all part of that process felt like

807
01:13:13,220 --> 01:13:22,780
we were not offering the level or expectation of academic services or even services beyond

808
01:13:22,780 --> 01:13:28,760
that extracurricular services to our students or our community as should be

809
01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:37,380
expected out of a district like ours. So we've spent the last eight years now

810
01:13:37,380 --> 01:13:42,700
going through our second strategic plan in those eight years looking at what our

811
01:13:42,700 --> 01:13:49,860
communities priorities are in terms of the expectations for our students. That

812
01:13:49,860 --> 01:13:55,160
That resulted in the development of our Portrait of a B, which is our guiding light for all

813
01:13:55,160 --> 01:14:02,040
we do within the district in terms of planning for students' education, as well as the

814
01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:09,200
development of our most recent district plan moving forward.

815
01:14:10,410 --> 01:14:19,340
We have worked on not only implementing programming beyond the initial initiatives with the

816
01:14:19,340 --> 01:14:25,560
passage of the emergency levy. But we've even gone beyond that. We now have

817
01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:31,340
implemented more AP courses in the district than we have ever offered as well

818
01:14:31,340 --> 01:14:37,540
as college credit plus coursework. We've expanded our offerings both at the

819
01:14:37,540 --> 01:14:43,660
high school and the middle school to include career and college tech, which we feel

820
01:14:43,660 --> 01:14:46,840
was a vital and very important part to what we're doing.

821
01:14:48,020 --> 01:14:52,180
Times are very different than when I was going through high school, when there was an

822
01:14:52,180 --> 01:14:56,500
expectation that everybody went through college, we have very different world that we're

823
01:14:56,500 --> 01:14:59,280
preparing our students for and

824
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,980
That's what we're trying to do right now, which means more extensive program offerings within our buildings. The other priority that our community asked for was all day kindergarten programming. That was something that the district never had. At the time, I believe we were the only district in Medina County that was not offering all day kindergarten for our students, which was not acceptable. And if you look at any of the research in the

825
01:15:29,980 --> 01:15:35,180
importance of early literacy and early mathematics.

826
01:15:35,860 --> 01:15:42,680
That time is so valuable with our students that it was

827
01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:46,660
extremely important to us to be able to have that free all day

828
01:15:46,660 --> 01:15:48,240
kindergarten for our students.

829
01:15:49,200 --> 01:15:53,760
The other piece is ensuring that all of our students had

830
01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:57,960
more of an opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities.

831
01:15:58,980 --> 01:16:09,880
So reducing paid or participate fees was also a major goal of our past board and that's something we did in my time.

832
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:25,080
We actually cut the paid or participate fees in half as well as place caps on those fees in order to allow more students to be able to participate in more activities

833
01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:36,020
and to provide more flexibility for families that have multiple students that are participating in extracurricular activities as well.

834
01:16:36,620 --> 01:16:45,560
We did approximately five or six years ago need to go on the ballot and that was for renewal.

835
01:16:45,560 --> 01:16:54,300
the original emergency levy that was approved by our community was a five-year

836
01:16:54,300 --> 01:17:01,580
emergency levy so we need to go back to the community and ask for that to be

837
01:17:01,580 --> 01:17:08,140
renewed and we were very fortunate that our community not only overwhelmingly

838
01:17:08,140 --> 01:17:16,920
we renewed that for us, but was also willing to transition that into a permanent levy,

839
01:17:17,620 --> 01:17:25,000
which was a big deal for us, because the permanent levy provides financial stability, which

840
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:30,180
allows us to do long-term planning and programming for our students.

841
01:17:31,540 --> 01:17:40,020
The last ten years, we have pretty much been in deficit spending during the last ten years.

842
01:17:41,020 --> 01:17:48,540
And the reason why is because we have been so fiscally responsible and we've been utilizing

843
01:17:48,540 --> 01:17:57,540
the surplus of money that we were able to initially create with the initial passage of that emergency

844
01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:04,920
with the transition of that emergency levy to a permanent levy,

845
01:18:05,080 --> 01:18:10,720
it allowed us to take our programming even beyond the implementation

846
01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:15,980
of returning some of the past programming, but even going beyond that,

847
01:18:16,140 --> 01:18:21,440
and putting middle school teaming back at our middle school

848
01:18:21,440 --> 01:18:33,000
and creating programming that's going to ensure the success of our students beyond the 21st century.

849
01:18:35,970 --> 01:18:44,090
What really is something I'm really proud about is the length of time that we were able to do that without asking for new money.

850
01:18:44,090 --> 01:18:56,790
So it's been 11-year period where us as a school district we've faced the same kind of inflation that everybody does, whether you're in a business or whether you're a homeowner,

851
01:18:57,390 --> 01:19:11,390
increase costs of gas and electric bills, we purchase fuel for our buses, costs of living and operating as a school district,

852
01:19:11,390 --> 01:19:13,730
while still increasing programming.

853
01:19:14,410 --> 01:19:22,430
A commitment that our past board made when that emergency levy was passed, and I believe

854
01:19:22,430 --> 01:19:28,190
it was even the superintendent before me, was that we would not go out to our community

855
01:19:28,190 --> 01:19:31,550
and ask for new money until we needed it.

856
01:19:32,510 --> 01:19:40,330
And that is a commitment that I carried forward, that Dave carried forward, and that as

857
01:19:40,330 --> 01:19:46,690
Since we had elected new board members, they continued to move forward.

858
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:53,810
So when we went on the ballot in November for new money, we needed new money in order

859
01:19:53,810 --> 01:20:00,290
to continue to maintain the programming that we had in place.

860
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:04,090
Districts don't often do that.

861
01:20:04,090 --> 01:20:09,770
But oftentimes they'll go out a year beforehand, maybe even two years beforehand.

862
01:20:10,190 --> 01:20:14,810
But we made that commitment that we would not go out and ask for new money until we

863
01:20:14,810 --> 01:20:15,830
really did need it.

864
01:20:16,550 --> 01:20:22,690
So that created the situation where when that levy did not pass, it placed us fairly

865
01:20:22,690 --> 01:20:28,510
quick, very quickly, as Dave's going to share into precaution status.

866
01:20:29,670 --> 01:20:38,990
in terms of where we're at today, we do have the 7.5 mil levy that's going on the ballot in March.

867
01:20:40,470 --> 01:20:48,370
We are looking at making reductions, approximately 8 to 10 million dollars in permanent reductions,

868
01:20:49,750 --> 01:20:52,690
even if the levy passes in March.

869
01:20:54,150 --> 01:21:02,210
And the reason why is because with the levy not passing in November, we've lost a full year of collection,

870
01:21:02,970 --> 01:21:08,970
because the way levy's work is they start collecting the following year.

871
01:21:09,330 --> 01:21:12,910
So how do we pass in November, we would have started collecting in January.

872
01:21:13,730 --> 01:21:15,610
Now we're into the next year.

873
01:21:16,290 --> 01:21:20,210
If it passes this year, we won't start collecting until next year.

874
01:21:21,030 --> 01:21:30,470
It would have been a pretty big ask to put a larger levy on the ballot and ask the community to make up that loss money.

875
01:21:31,110 --> 01:21:34,990
So the board had a lot of discussion about what is reasonable.

876
01:21:36,030 --> 01:21:43,950
We are tightening our belts as you're going to see when Dave goes through the information tonight.

877
01:21:45,770 --> 01:21:58,270
But with the amount that the board has elected to put on the ballot, we're going to be able to tighten our belts without buying a new pair of pants.

878
01:21:58,710 --> 01:21:59,910
That makes sense.

879
01:22:00,850 --> 01:22:05,490
And what I mean by that is we're going to make reductions.

880
01:22:06,870 --> 01:22:14,710
but if the levy passes will be able to maintain current levels of programming for students.

881
01:22:16,410 --> 01:22:24,350
It's always difficult in education when you're talking about reductions because we don't, as we say, produce widgets.

882
01:22:25,550 --> 01:22:30,350
So we can't just slow down the production line.

883
01:22:30,350 --> 01:22:39,170
We can't increase prices. Our product is our students and what we're teaching them we don't sell and profit off our students.

884
01:22:40,330 --> 01:22:49,430
So unfortunately when we talk about reductions in education much of that is often geared towards

885
01:22:49,430 --> 01:22:53,810
reductions of people and employees which is not easy.

886
01:22:55,760 --> 01:23:02,080
We are redistricting due to a decrease in enrollment at the elementary level.

887
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:12,300
We do believe due to the enrollment studies, two of them that we've had completed in the last four or

888
01:23:12,300 --> 01:23:17,820
five years that we are stable now, but we will see that decrease going up through the middle schools as

889
01:23:17,820 --> 01:23:20,400
well as the high school over the next five or six years.

890
01:23:20,400 --> 01:23:26,800
The elementaries have already experienced it, which is why we are repurposing two of our elementary buildings.

891
01:23:27,540 --> 01:23:38,860
However, it is the ability to repurpose those two buildings that is allowing us to make the reductions that you're going to see today.

892
01:23:40,180 --> 01:23:44,380
So the reductions that we're sharing today serve two purposes.

893
01:23:44,380 --> 01:23:50,460
is they meet the state's required report to balance year three of the five year forecast,

894
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:59,320
but they also meet what we need to do in terms of making the $8 to $10 million in reductions

895
01:24:00,100 --> 01:24:03,360
with the $7.5 mill-levy passing.

896
01:24:04,240 --> 01:24:12,620
If the $7.5 mill-levy does not pass, we will be in a much more dire situation,

897
01:24:12,620 --> 01:24:19,640
similar to what I had talked about 12-15 years ago and we'll have to make much

898
01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:25,440
more difficult decisions. In addition what I want to share before Dave goes

899
01:24:25,440 --> 01:24:35,440
through things is the reductions that Dave is sharing tonight are to date and

900
01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:43,680
And what I mean by that is the Department of Education required that we have a board

901
01:24:43,680 --> 01:24:45,580
approved plan by the end of this month.

902
01:24:46,580 --> 01:24:53,220
So we are continuing to assess our resources in the district as well as our personnel.

903
01:24:54,720 --> 01:25:02,080
And there is the potential for further reductions as we move through the spring.

904
01:25:02,080 --> 01:25:26,420
In addition, we do have negotiated agreements with our employees and we will diligently be following those as well as working with our associations as we work through these processes and these reductions as you'll see impact all levels of employees in the district.

905
01:25:33,110 --> 01:25:39,810
This board knows, back in November, we passed a five-year forecast.

906
01:25:41,170 --> 01:25:49,470
At that time, I pointed to fiscal year, I believe it was 25 and 26, and said, see this negative here.

907
01:25:50,190 --> 01:25:58,050
This negative is going to bring the Department of Education to us, and they'll probably get back to us within a month or so.

908
01:25:58,930 --> 01:26:01,170
Two weeks later, they gave us a letter.

909
01:26:02,050 --> 01:26:07,450
Letter basically said, in accordance with Ohio Revise Code, this letter serves as notification

910
01:26:07,450 --> 01:26:12,030
for the district and the order of state that this potential for deficit exists.

911
01:26:12,690 --> 01:26:17,990
The department considers your district to be in a precautionary financial state, and

912
01:26:17,990 --> 01:26:23,730
the Ohio Administrative Code requires that the district submit a board of education-approved

913
01:26:23,730 --> 01:26:28,350
written plan to eliminate any current year deficit and avoid any flagged

914
01:26:28,350 --> 01:26:29,550
future deficits.

915
01:26:31,830 --> 01:26:37,490
So between December 4th and, as a matter of fact, last Friday,

916
01:26:38,110 --> 01:26:44,290
we met eight times with the Department of Education and Workforce. I want to

917
01:26:44,290 --> 01:26:48,650
refer to them as Department of Education, but it's education and workforce, so I'll

918
01:26:48,650 --> 01:26:51,610
I'll try and remember that as we go along here.

919
01:27:08,540 --> 01:27:09,320
The Excel program.

920
01:27:15,160 --> 01:27:16,000
There you go.

921
01:27:18,510 --> 01:27:21,170
So, when we first met with the Department of Education,

922
01:27:21,630 --> 01:27:23,850
they gave us this workbook.

923
01:27:24,250 --> 01:27:27,670
Basically, it showed that what you have to do

924
01:27:27,670 --> 01:27:30,290
is you have to complete the workbook,

925
01:27:30,530 --> 01:27:32,970
show your revenue, show your expenditures,

926
01:27:33,750 --> 01:27:36,730
and the workbook will go ahead

927
01:27:36,730 --> 01:27:39,350
and place these revenues and expenditures

928
01:27:39,350 --> 01:27:40,870
onto your five-year forecast,

929
01:27:40,870 --> 01:27:44,710
and then we got to submit the forecast, revised forecast.

930
01:27:45,490 --> 01:27:49,390
So those were the instructions here, and let me see if I can move this, Ryan.

931
01:27:49,930 --> 01:27:50,430
Can I move this?

932
01:27:51,050 --> 01:27:52,370
There you go. Thank you.

933
01:27:53,950 --> 01:27:59,570
Basically, these are all the instructions, the revenue enhancements, the expenditure enhancements.

934
01:27:59,950 --> 01:28:02,230
So I want to go to changes in assumption.

935
01:28:04,370 --> 01:28:08,210
So changes in assumption, we had to go through the five-year forecast.

936
01:28:08,210 --> 01:28:15,450
Yes, we had to go item by item with the member of Department of Education.

937
01:28:16,250 --> 01:28:22,030
They looked at our forecast, saw where there were significant changes year to year, and

938
01:28:22,030 --> 01:28:24,750
we had to explain why there were significant changes.

939
01:28:25,270 --> 01:28:28,810
Well, the one change we couldn't account for was this item here.

940
01:28:29,250 --> 01:28:30,050
Investment income.

941
01:28:31,190 --> 01:28:35,910
We had investment income based on the proposed lovey in November.

942
01:28:35,910 --> 01:28:40,770
and we took it out of the first year, but we forgot to take it out of the remaining year.

943
01:28:40,950 --> 01:28:48,290
So if you pull over here all the way over to a 26 fiscal year, 26, you'll see there's changes here.

944
01:28:48,710 --> 01:28:52,550
So we had to account for the changes every month for the investment income.

945
01:28:53,210 --> 01:29:00,710
And these were our assumptions that we would receive roughly, I believe it's $420,000 over the year.

946
01:29:00,710 --> 01:29:07,630
So we split the $420,000 because it varies from month to month but we had to account for it somehow.

947
01:29:08,150 --> 01:29:14,690
So we had to account for the 420 in fiscal year 2526, 2627, 2728.

948
01:29:15,570 --> 01:29:18,910
So that was the only change in the assumption we made.

949
01:29:19,330 --> 01:29:25,450
If you go to the updated forecast, you'll see that here's where the changes were made.

950
01:29:25,710 --> 01:29:28,630
This was the original forecast, here's where the changes were made.

951
01:29:28,630 --> 01:29:33,910
And if you go over a little bit, you'll see that it affected our forecast here.

952
01:29:34,630 --> 01:29:39,590
So we had total of $1.2 million and we had to account for it,

953
01:29:39,730 --> 01:29:45,570
it changed our forecast from, I believe it was 43 million to 45 million in the

954
01:29:45,570 --> 01:29:50,390
deficit in the last year. Now go to our revenue enhancements because

955
01:29:50,390 --> 01:29:55,010
the state says there's revenue enhancements. We don't have any revenue enhancements.

956
01:29:55,010 --> 01:29:59,810
We're a public school. We get donations, but we don't have donations that will go ahead.

957
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,200
And really affect a negative million to a negative $5 million forecast here. So, we went on to our

958
01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:18,480
expenditure reductions. This is where we have our major changes to our forecast. If you want to

959
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:22,500
make this a little bigger for people, you could see that I'm

960
01:30:26,280 --> 01:30:30,660
waiting outside here. You could see what

961
01:30:30,660 --> 01:30:31,920
enhancements we have here.

962
01:30:35,460 --> 01:30:40,160
So we have an HVAC coordinator that's retired. He retired

963
01:30:40,160 --> 01:30:46,200
here in December. We also have two custodians that resigned. They resigned in December also.

964
01:30:46,520 --> 01:30:51,720
So those affect fiscal year, 25th, 4th, which is the current fiscal year. We're looking

965
01:30:51,720 --> 01:30:58,320
at three administrative reductions in 25. We're also looking at a school counselor, seven

966
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:06,700
Teachers at the elementary, three teachers at the middle school and three teachers at the high school, all for 25.

967
01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:12,680
And finally, we have a central office secretary that's going to be reduced. She's retiring as well.

968
01:31:13,280 --> 01:31:26,880
So those are all 25. And then we have an administrator leaving in 2026. Now if you move over here, you will see we have our HVAC coordinator and go up a little bit please.

969
01:31:26,880 --> 01:31:34,760
HVAC coordinator and our custodians, so since they left in December, we could account for them for the rest of the fiscal year.

970
01:31:35,360 --> 01:31:43,060
What we had to do was we had to go back to our original forecast and see how they affected the remainder of the forecast.

971
01:31:43,980 --> 01:31:52,540
So we went out all the fiscal years of the forecast, 25, 26, 27, and 28, with their salaries and their benefits.

972
01:31:52,540 --> 01:31:56,720
But we did the same thing if you move over into fiscal year 25.

973
01:31:57,240 --> 01:32:01,160
We accounted for all the teachers, and we accounted for the administrators.

974
01:32:01,800 --> 01:32:08,940
Every month, based on we have bi-weekly pay, so we had to adjust for the bi-weekly pay.

975
01:32:09,300 --> 01:32:12,620
If there's three pays in the month, we had to adjust for the three pays in the month.

976
01:32:12,620 --> 01:32:23,300
We also had to account for if a administrator or teacher had for medical benefits or single

977
01:32:23,300 --> 01:32:27,300
medical benefits or single medical benefits.

978
01:32:27,920 --> 01:32:30,400
So we had to account for all those every year.

979
01:32:31,160 --> 01:32:39,720
And if you then go down to your projected forecast, you could see this is what the original forecast

980
01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:44,680
with the adjustments was, here's the adjustments that we made with our expenditures.

981
01:32:45,420 --> 01:32:49,080
And that's how we get to an adjusted forecast itself here.

982
01:32:49,940 --> 01:32:52,200
It's projected going through.

983
01:32:52,560 --> 01:32:54,660
If you pull up a little bit here,

984
01:32:57,410 --> 01:33:01,610
you'll see that we accounted for 2.89,

985
01:33:01,910 --> 01:33:05,090
2.7 million, 2.5 million, 1.6 million.

986
01:33:05,550 --> 01:33:10,610
And the HVAC coordinator in the custodians accounted for 70,000 in the first year.

987
01:33:10,610 --> 01:33:18,370
so pull up one more time and you'll keep going a little bit more. Thank you. Keep going.

988
01:33:19,650 --> 01:33:27,170
There you go. So you take all those, the cumulative total is $9.9 million. We were looking at

989
01:33:27,170 --> 01:33:35,610
anywhere between $8 and $10 million. So this is what we adjusted our forecast for. What happened was

990
01:33:35,610 --> 01:33:44,390
We had a deficit of 1.6 million dollars with the original adjustment with their projection.

991
01:33:44,830 --> 01:33:46,170
We're at 2.2 to the good.

992
01:33:46,910 --> 01:33:48,410
2.7 to the good, I'm sorry.

993
01:33:49,590 --> 01:33:53,810
And what it also says is, yes, we eliminated the deficit here in our third year.

994
01:33:54,270 --> 01:33:55,970
This is what the state is looking for.

995
01:33:56,170 --> 01:33:57,410
Did we eliminate the deficit?

996
01:33:57,990 --> 01:33:58,650
Yes, we did.

997
01:33:58,650 --> 01:34:05,810
However, we didn't eliminate the deficit for fiscal year 27 or fiscal year 28.

998
01:34:06,510 --> 01:34:08,610
State doesn't care about those years right now.

999
01:34:08,890 --> 01:34:10,810
The state's only looking at your first three years.

1000
01:34:11,910 --> 01:34:14,050
Also, deficit spending.

1001
01:34:14,850 --> 01:34:18,770
We have not eliminated the deficit spending throughout the entire forecast.

1002
01:34:19,450 --> 01:34:21,550
Well, we'll do that or what will get us close.

1003
01:34:22,350 --> 01:34:27,650
They allowed for with the forecast, they allowed us to have the possibility

1004
01:34:27,650 --> 01:34:43,530
possibility of the levy listed here. So the levy will bring in half a fiscal year, $7.1 million when it gets to the next fiscal year, we'll have a full fiscal year coming into the district, $14 million, $14 million, $14 million.

1005
01:34:43,530 --> 01:34:53,170
$10 million. If you look at the generation here, we'll have $7 million, $12 million in the deficit, we'll be closing that deficit gap.

1006
01:34:53,810 --> 01:35:09,550
We'll have $21 million, we'll be $14 million in deficit, we'll be over that deficit gap. So it will go ahead and allow us, that levy will allow us to decrease this deficit spending as we're going.

1007
01:35:09,550 --> 01:35:15,470
but the state is only looking for the first two years did we eliminate the deficit.

1008
01:35:16,390 --> 01:35:19,510
And that's what the $10 million in reductions have done.

1009
01:35:22,100 --> 01:35:22,980
Questions with that?

1010
01:35:29,400 --> 01:35:34,320
Yeah, you know I do. Okay. So this is a lot of work.

1011
01:35:34,960 --> 01:35:39,480
And I appreciate all that you guys have done to do all this.

1012
01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:41,720
And I know this is not easy work to do.

1013
01:35:41,720 --> 01:35:51,160
So the first thing I want to ask is let's say I hope the levy passes a march, but if

1014
01:35:51,160 --> 01:35:58,070
it were to not, and if it were to not in November, these deficits are not eliminated.

1015
01:35:58,910 --> 01:36:07,870
These are really large numbers to be able to close without a levy of any sort.

1016
01:36:07,870 --> 01:36:09,730
What does that mean?

1017
01:36:09,850 --> 01:36:12,910
What's worst case scenario in terms of the state?

1018
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:26,700
Worst case scenario is we would continue to roll onto pre-caution and even caution status year after year.

1019
01:36:27,120 --> 01:36:31,440
And the state would mandate us to continue to make reductions.

1020
01:36:32,020 --> 01:36:35,520
And this would be an annual presentation to the board.

1021
01:36:35,520 --> 01:36:43,300
And as those numbers and negatives increased, the reductions would increase as well.

1022
01:36:49,590 --> 01:36:56,230
I think this is important to show for the community as well that this paints a picture of what we've been talking about.

1023
01:36:57,790 --> 01:37:02,750
What Mr. Sable was talking about in terms of programs and what could happen.

1024
01:37:02,750 --> 01:37:05,610
This puts it in dollars and cents for everyone.

1025
01:37:08,160 --> 01:37:11,360
I was also a member of the board.

1026
01:37:11,360 --> 01:37:16,180
I've been here since Mr. Sable, actually before Mr. Sable was hired, I was on the team to hire him.

1027
01:37:17,260 --> 01:37:23,220
I was part of the original board that said we would not go out and ask the committee for more money until we needed it.

1028
01:37:24,180 --> 01:37:28,160
It is clearly evident that we need it, it has been.

1029
01:37:28,780 --> 01:37:30,800
It was in November, it is even more so now.

1030
01:37:40,940 --> 01:37:41,820
Any other questions?

1031
01:37:42,160 --> 01:37:44,520
Is this going to be presented to the public as well?

1032
01:37:44,520 --> 01:37:44,580
Well,

1033
01:37:48,830 --> 01:37:53,710
it's currently being presented to the public through or currently.

1034
01:37:56,630 --> 01:37:57,750
We are live streaming.

1035
01:37:59,530 --> 01:38:06,930
Yep, there's also a communication that's scheduled to go out at 8.30, following the board meeting.

1036
01:38:07,410 --> 01:38:17,410
And I have no doubt that Ms. Busby is going to be at my office tomorrow morning talking about how we can further get this information out.

1037
01:38:17,410 --> 01:38:21,750
So, and this report will be available on our website as well.

1038
01:38:22,890 --> 01:38:26,910
I just want to, I don't have any questions, so don't worry.

1039
01:38:27,910 --> 01:38:33,370
I just want to mention that I think this is crucial.

1040
01:38:33,810 --> 01:38:46,550
Anybody that has any conversations with literally anybody in the community should be pointed to this document that we have.

1041
01:38:47,290 --> 01:38:55,570
One of the things that I heard in November was that the district has like 40 million dollars

1042
01:38:55,570 --> 01:38:56,470
hidden somewhere.

1043
01:38:57,670 --> 01:39:06,030
If we do, I don't know about it, and we're lying to the state then, and those are big

1044
01:39:06,030 --> 01:39:06,670
no-nose.

1045
01:39:07,710 --> 01:39:09,390
Lots of people get in trouble for that.

1046
01:39:10,670 --> 01:39:14,730
These are the numbers, like Becky mentioned.

1047
01:39:14,730 --> 01:39:21,290
These are the facts. It comes down to the dollars and cents. Here it is. There's no hidden money.

1048
01:39:22,650 --> 01:39:28,930
You have three years in the green if everything goes perfect and then two massive red ones.

1049
01:39:36,240 --> 01:39:39,240
That's a simple question and this is really more for the

1050
01:39:40,500 --> 01:39:44,180
voting public. Your three were

1051
01:39:44,640 --> 01:39:47,780
2.7 and some change in the green

1052
01:39:47,780 --> 01:39:58,980
without new revenue year four were how much in the red is that the 14 and that

1053
01:39:58,980 --> 01:40:06,820
would be about the same amount for you well another 20 for year five is that

1054
01:40:06,820 --> 01:40:18,470
right about that yeah big big numbers thank you I just want to thank mr.

1055
01:40:18,470 --> 01:40:21,070
disabled and Mr. Chambers for all their hard work.

1056
01:40:21,490 --> 01:40:23,590
This is a massive undertaking.

1057
01:40:24,870 --> 01:40:26,530
And one, I wish we could have avoided,

1058
01:40:26,850 --> 01:40:33,030
but it is imperative that this levy pass, now I would much

1059
01:40:33,030 --> 01:40:35,410
have rather have it pass in March than have

1060
01:40:35,410 --> 01:40:36,750
to go back in November.

1061
01:40:37,770 --> 01:40:39,910
I'd like to thank everybody who's come out

1062
01:40:39,910 --> 01:40:41,670
and worked on the campaign.

1063
01:40:42,330 --> 01:40:43,550
They've been tireless.

1064
01:40:43,690 --> 01:40:47,730
Kids first has basically devoted their lives to it.

1065
01:40:47,730 --> 01:40:50,870
So, I thank them and I just hope the community understands.

1066
01:40:51,210 --> 01:40:54,750
Again, I see so many postings on Facebook.

1067
01:40:55,250 --> 01:40:57,470
Oh, you wish so much money, you're hiding it.

1068
01:40:57,950 --> 01:41:02,830
If you can find it, come to the torturers office

1069
01:41:03,330 --> 01:41:05,230
and go through everything and tell me

1070
01:41:05,230 --> 01:41:06,470
where you can find the money.

1071
01:41:07,270 --> 01:41:10,030
I mean, I have lived here my entire life

1072
01:41:10,030 --> 01:41:14,110
and I don't think there are two people that are more honest

1073
01:41:14,650 --> 01:41:16,710
and more diligent in their job

1074
01:41:16,710 --> 01:41:18,950
than these two gentlemen sitting next to me.

1075
01:41:19,350 --> 01:41:23,470
So early voting is started.

1076
01:41:23,930 --> 01:41:28,930
You can go and vote, you can do absentee, or you can wait till March 19th.

1077
01:41:29,210 --> 01:41:33,790
But please just go and vote and help our kids.

1078
01:41:34,250 --> 01:41:35,030
That's what I would say.

1079
01:41:36,230 --> 01:41:37,170
Any other questions?

1080
01:41:38,190 --> 01:41:39,950
Okay, then roll call.

1081
01:41:44,740 --> 01:41:45,220
Mr. Parker.

1082
01:41:45,500 --> 01:41:45,680
Aye.

1083
01:41:46,120 --> 01:41:46,580
Mr. Moore.

1084
01:41:46,860 --> 01:41:47,300
Aye.

1085
01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:48,140
Mr. Nichols.

1086
01:41:48,440 --> 01:41:48,580
Aye.

1087
01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:49,700
Mr. West.

1088
01:41:54,360 --> 01:41:59,580
Yes Mr. Chambers or action items please the board item number one it's

1089
01:41:59,580 --> 01:42:03,520
recommended the Board of Education approve the January 24th Treasurer's

1090
01:42:03,520 --> 01:42:09,360
fiscal report item number two it is recommended that Board of Education approve

1091
01:42:09,360 --> 01:42:14,280
the following supplemental to the 2324 primary appropriations these are the

1092
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:32,860
I spoke to about before, item number three, it's recommended that the Board of Education adopt the resolution accepting the amounts and the rates is determined by the budget commission and authorizing the necessary tax levies and certifying them to the county auditor for tax year 24 collection year 25.

1093
01:42:32,860 --> 01:42:46,480
I will make a motion to approve treasurer action items, number one, the Treasurer's financial report, number two, the supplemental to the permanent appropriations, and number three, the resolution accepting the amounts in rates.

1094
01:42:47,040 --> 01:42:48,700
Thank you, Mr. West, is there a second?

1095
01:42:49,220 --> 01:42:52,300
Thank you, Mr. Nichols, any discussion or questions?

1096
01:42:54,960 --> 01:42:55,640
Okay, roll call.

1097
01:42:56,180 --> 01:42:56,660
Mr. West?

1098
01:42:57,120 --> 01:42:58,440
Yes, Mr. Nichols.

1099
01:42:58,740 --> 01:42:59,700
Aye, Mr. Parker?

1100
01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:00,220
Aye.

1101
01:43:00,740 --> 01:43:01,300
Mr. Smarram.

1102
01:43:01,460 --> 01:43:01,680
Aye.

1103
01:43:02,080 --> 01:43:02,300
Mr. Parker.

1104
01:43:02,520 --> 01:43:02,740
Aye.

1105
01:43:03,060 --> 01:43:03,300
Thank you.

1106
01:43:04,100 --> 01:43:07,300
Mr. Sable, action items.

1107
01:43:07,860 --> 01:43:14,280
Action item number one is recommended that the Board of Education accept the following donations.

1108
01:43:14,980 --> 01:43:22,540
I do want to thank all of our various community members for all of their donations to our makerspaces.

1109
01:43:22,880 --> 01:43:26,540
There's quite a few on here, and it is consistently on our Board agenda.

1110
01:43:26,540 --> 01:43:33,760
When we talk about our portrait of the bee, and you heard about the portrait to practice

1111
01:43:34,780 --> 01:43:43,980
these spaces and the way our teachers utilize these in the buildings and in the classrooms are really an important piece to that puzzle.

1112
01:43:45,840 --> 01:43:55,000
And these donations are really vital in making those spaces vibrant and happen.

1113
01:43:55,000 --> 01:44:01,540
also want to thank Mr. West for his water donation. You know I wasn't gonna pass

1114
01:44:01,540 --> 01:44:07,080
that up. Number two is field trips. It's recommended that the Board of

1115
01:44:07,080 --> 01:44:10,380
Education approve the following overnight field trips and compliance with

1116
01:44:10,380 --> 01:44:18,140
policy 2340. So we have several field trips here for winter athletics as they

1117
01:44:18,140 --> 01:44:23,460
get into tournament season. In addition to that also as we're getting

1118
01:44:23,460 --> 01:44:29,580
right into transition to spring sports. Many of our spring sports, especially during spring

1119
01:44:29,580 --> 01:44:36,780
break time, will go off to camps. So those are on here as well. And it's also nice to see

1120
01:44:36,780 --> 01:44:44,140
on here our band and star dusters, Disney trip for Florida. I think the last one was scheduled

1121
01:44:44,140 --> 01:44:52,720
during COVID and they didn't get to do that. So it's, did they do 2021? Okay. But still nice to see

1122
01:44:52,720 --> 01:44:58,660
on here. Service agreement number three it is recommended that the Board of Education

1123
01:44:58,660 --> 01:44:59,700
accept the following.

1124
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:06,840
Service agreement, and this is for the Summer Stars and Stripes program, which is for qualifying

1125
01:45:06,840 --> 01:45:14,600
special education students. We've been doing the Stars and Stripes summer program for as long

1126
01:45:14,600 --> 01:45:20,340
as I've been here. And this year, I believe it's going to be housed at Northrop. Yeah, me

1127
01:45:20,340 --> 01:45:26,240
miss shaking her head, yes. And number four, I just recommended that the Board of Education

1128
01:45:32,820 --> 01:45:42,620
I just want to remind the board, we used to just do one resolution at the beginning of the year, and with change in state law, anytime one of these comes up, we present them to the board.

1129
01:45:43,820 --> 01:45:56,220
And then finally, we have personnel is recommended that the Board of Education approve the following personnel recommendations pending completion of all required paperwork to our director of the board.

1130
01:45:56,220 --> 01:45:57,960
of human resources.

1131
01:46:00,420 --> 01:46:04,540
I have a motion to accept the superintendents' action items.

1132
01:46:05,060 --> 01:46:10,120
Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve superintendents' action items.

1133
01:46:10,480 --> 01:46:11,660
Thank you, Mr. Nichol. Second.

1134
01:46:12,760 --> 01:46:13,660
I will second that.

1135
01:46:13,940 --> 01:46:17,400
Thank you, Mrs. Neuer. Any discussion? Comments?

1136
01:46:18,060 --> 01:46:23,060
Just a comment. You know, I, in the two years, I've been on the board.

1137
01:46:23,240 --> 01:46:24,780
I've seen an awful lot of donations.

1138
01:46:24,780 --> 01:46:33,520
We have all kinds of community members and groups that donate thousands of dollars

1139
01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:39,220
totaling to the kids in the school, to the makerspaces, which the kids absolutely love.

1140
01:46:40,260 --> 01:46:42,840
And I just think it's important.

1141
01:46:43,160 --> 01:46:47,520
So anything for the kids that I'm all for that.

1142
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:49,220
Thank you.

1143
01:46:49,720 --> 01:46:50,240
Thank you.

1144
01:46:50,680 --> 01:46:51,500
Anyone else?

1145
01:46:51,500 --> 01:46:56,520
I wanted to pay you back off of that as well and just thank our PTOs and I know for their

1146
01:46:56,520 --> 01:46:56,840
donations.

1147
01:46:57,020 --> 01:46:59,440
I think there were also some donations from the foundation.

1148
01:47:00,200 --> 01:47:04,320
And I was really actually excited to see the donations to our industrial tech classroom

1149
01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:08,540
with IH School from Home Depot and I believe from the Jensen family.

1150
01:47:10,160 --> 01:47:13,920
I think people in Sinhas forget that we have that program here at the IH School.

1151
01:47:14,100 --> 01:47:16,100
I think they just think about that being at the Career Center.

1152
01:47:16,740 --> 01:47:20,440
So it's a nice shout out to them and I know they will appreciate those donations.

1153
01:47:21,120 --> 01:47:27,700
Also, kudos to our high school student council for the donations that they made out to community organizations.

1154
01:47:29,120 --> 01:47:33,080
Quick question. The Disney trip? That's for $25.

1155
01:47:33,680 --> 01:47:34,080
Correct.

1156
01:47:34,440 --> 01:47:35,520
Okay. Just double check in.

1157
01:47:36,580 --> 01:47:40,920
Okay. I just wanted to make two comments on two retirees.

1158
01:47:41,320 --> 01:47:45,560
Phil Brewer, a social studies teacher at the high school.

1159
01:47:47,160 --> 01:47:53,580
My memory of Phil very first time I had him, I had him in school, was he was a very first

1160
01:47:53,580 --> 01:47:56,760
person I kicked off student council because he kept missing meetings.

1161
01:47:57,240 --> 01:47:59,560
I do not think Phil has ever missed another meeting.

1162
01:48:00,440 --> 01:48:03,100
So I'm glad I had that effect on him.

1163
01:48:04,060 --> 01:48:09,980
And the other one is Jill Miller who is retiring as a general secretary at maintenance department.

1164
01:48:10,200 --> 01:48:13,280
I remember the very first day she walked in to the high school.

1165
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:19,860
she was our financial secretary, did an amazing job and then she came down to athletics and

1166
01:48:19,860 --> 01:48:25,280
she followed a legend in Stephanie McCong and she just went above and beyond.

1167
01:48:27,200 --> 01:48:32,240
She'll be missed, really missed. So thank you for the years for service. Thank you.

1168
01:48:34,280 --> 01:48:38,480
One last thing, Mr. Sebel, maybe we'll add on to this. I believe it's the main meeting where we

1169
01:48:38,480 --> 01:48:44,260
recognize all of our retirees. That's correct. So we look forward to seeing them all here.

1170
01:48:47,180 --> 01:48:50,100
Okay, no other discussion, Mr. Chambers?

1171
01:48:51,600 --> 01:48:53,220
Mr. Reckos, aye.

1172
01:48:53,620 --> 01:48:53,980
Mr. Mayor.

1173
01:48:54,720 --> 01:48:55,280
Aye.

1174
01:48:55,600 --> 01:48:56,120
Mr. Parker.

1175
01:48:56,420 --> 01:48:56,940
Aye.

1176
01:48:57,220 --> 01:48:57,680
Mr. Rest.

1177
01:48:58,060 --> 01:48:58,220
Yes.

1178
01:48:58,480 --> 01:48:58,880
Mr. President.

1179
01:48:59,500 --> 01:48:59,720
Aye.

1180
01:49:00,220 --> 01:49:00,560
Thank you.

1181
01:49:01,220 --> 01:49:01,780
Okay.

1182
01:49:02,040 --> 01:49:02,480
Action.

1183
01:49:02,640 --> 01:49:05,360
Item Mr. Chambers.

1184
01:49:07,420 --> 01:49:07,980
Yes.

1185
01:49:08,120 --> 01:49:13,340
If it plays the board, it is recommended that Board of Education file an original complaint

1186
01:49:13,340 --> 01:49:23,440
with the county auditor challenging the determination of the total valuation of property located at 3275, 3277 Medina Road, Medina.

1187
01:49:24,000 --> 01:49:34,180
Parcel number 026, 06D, as in David, 34119, and recorded owner summit laser wash LLC.

1188
01:49:38,100 --> 01:49:39,380
Motion to-

1189
01:49:39,380 --> 01:49:41,020
I'll make a motion to approve the resolution.

1190
01:49:41,560 --> 01:49:42,460
Thank you, Mrs. Parker.

1191
01:49:42,720 --> 01:49:42,900
Second.

1192
01:49:42,900 --> 01:49:43,380
Second.

1193
01:49:43,800 --> 01:49:44,740
Thank you, Mr. Nichols.

1194
01:49:45,000 --> 01:49:45,560
Any discussion?

1195
01:49:46,620 --> 01:49:47,140
Questions?

1196
01:49:50,020 --> 01:49:51,360
I'll give you a history on this.

1197
01:49:51,460 --> 01:50:02,600
This is the state demanded that school districts have to notify the property owners of any time they're going to challenge the property valuation.

1198
01:50:03,820 --> 01:50:15,100
and I believe it has to be $500,000 over the otter's assessed value or 10% over the otter's assessed value.

1199
01:50:15,580 --> 01:50:23,600
So this meets that guideline, and we now have to account for this on a yearly basis.

1200
01:50:31,510 --> 01:50:32,230
I have a roll call.

1201
01:50:32,950 --> 01:50:33,550
Mr. Polkerson.

1202
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:34,770
Hi.

1203
01:50:35,860 --> 01:50:36,550
Mr. Nichols.

1204
01:50:37,010 --> 01:50:37,130
Hi.

1205
01:50:37,870 --> 01:50:38,350
Mr. Smorner.

1206
01:50:38,630 --> 01:50:38,850
Hi.

1207
01:50:38,850 --> 01:50:41,390
Mr. Worst? Yes, Mr. Pritchard.

1208
01:50:41,870 --> 01:50:42,030
Aye.

1209
01:50:42,330 --> 01:50:43,050
Thank you.

1210
01:50:43,450 --> 01:50:45,310
Okay, public comment.

1211
01:50:45,610 --> 01:50:46,930
We have a couple of people.

1212
01:50:47,670 --> 01:50:54,150
So, Mrs. Varn Dell, if you'd come up while I read this.

1213
01:50:55,010 --> 01:50:59,730
Community members wishing to address a board or ask to abide by the following guidelines.

1214
01:51:00,150 --> 01:51:06,010
Attendee shall register their intention to comment in the public portion of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting.

1215
01:51:06,010 --> 01:51:09,870
After those that have registered have spoken, if time allows, a board

1216
01:51:09,870 --> 01:51:12,690
president will ask for public comment from all other attendees.

1217
01:51:13,250 --> 01:51:17,710
Please state your name, address, and affiliation. Please keep your comments to

1218
01:51:17,710 --> 01:51:21,890
three minutes. No participant may speak more than once on the same topic

1219
01:51:21,890 --> 01:51:25,430
unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.

1220
01:51:25,970 --> 01:51:29,970
In all statements, shall be directed to the presiding officer. No person may address

1221
01:51:29,970 --> 01:51:32,490
or question board members individually.

1222
01:51:35,640 --> 01:51:41,460
Thank you all of you for letting me speak this evening.

1223
01:51:42,140 --> 01:51:43,400
My name is Sandy Warndell.

1224
01:51:43,620 --> 01:51:46,220
I live at 1014 smoke rise drive in Medina.

1225
01:51:46,960 --> 01:51:51,020
My husband and I are homeowners in Medina since our 25 years.

1226
01:51:51,680 --> 01:51:53,940
Both of our children graduated from Medina High School.

1227
01:51:54,200 --> 01:51:55,080
They were heritage kids.

1228
01:51:55,800 --> 01:51:59,780
If there's anyone here left, graduated in 2012, 2016.

1229
01:52:00,920 --> 01:52:03,980
And they are both members of the LGBTQ community.

1230
01:52:03,980 --> 01:52:08,400
I am the founder and president of OutSupport and Medina-Based LGBTQ.

1231
01:52:10,340 --> 01:52:14,000
Support information and advocacy group, and I've had the honor of working with hundreds

1232
01:52:14,000 --> 01:52:18,700
of families of LGBTQ people of all ages, including youth who identify as non-binary.

1233
01:52:19,720 --> 01:52:25,120
I'm here today to bring up the topic of the death of the Oklahoma non-binary teen next

1234
01:52:25,120 --> 01:52:25,680
Benedict.

1235
01:52:26,080 --> 01:52:30,960
I bring this flag representing non-binary individuals like next in their honor.

1236
01:52:30,960 --> 01:52:38,160
The 16-year-old student who used they-them pronouns died the day after horrific beating in the restroom at the school that they attended.

1237
01:52:38,800 --> 01:52:41,840
The teen had been the victim of over a year at the high school.

1238
01:52:42,400 --> 01:52:46,440
The victim for over a year at the high school they attended by bullies in the school.

1239
01:52:46,620 --> 01:52:49,720
They were bullied because of their agenda or identity.

1240
01:52:50,460 --> 01:52:55,160
I fear that similar situations are surely going to happen and maybe happening already.

1241
01:52:55,540 --> 01:53:00,940
Not only at Medina High School but schools around the country where LGBTQ support and

1242
01:53:00,940 --> 01:53:04,520
and information is lacking, accurate information is lacking.

1243
01:53:07,080 --> 01:53:17,480
Oklahoma recently passed a bathroom bill similar to the bill that is making its way through the Ohio legislature, as well as anti-trans bills related to the health and wellness of transgender and non-binary youth.

1244
01:53:17,980 --> 01:53:27,360
The Ohio legislature recently passed similar legislation regardless of expert testimony of those physicians and mental health professionals who testify against such bills.

1245
01:53:27,360 --> 01:53:35,280
When bills like these are passed, LGBTQ youth can become the target of hate and often are with the apparent blessing of the state that they live in.

1246
01:53:35,740 --> 01:53:37,700
Nexus death is proof positive of this.

1247
01:53:40,580 --> 01:53:48,880
Since Nexus death, calls to LGBTQ crisis lines have jumped 500% according to the Rainbow Youth Project, which runs a crisis line for youth.

1248
01:53:48,880 --> 01:53:55,200
While trends in non-binary youth already have one of the highest rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts of all populations,

1249
01:53:55,840 --> 01:53:59,340
news of Nexus's death have increased these unthinkable statistics.

1250
01:53:59,820 --> 01:54:01,960
Why should this matter to Medina City Board of Education?

1251
01:54:02,420 --> 01:54:07,300
Why should it matter that a teen who lives in a far away state have anything to do with the matters here in Medina?

1252
01:54:07,740 --> 01:54:08,800
And I'll tell you why it matters.

1253
01:54:09,080 --> 01:54:16,600
Medina City Schools, as you are aware, has over 6,000 students with over 2,000 students in the high school.

1254
01:54:16,600 --> 01:54:23,140
A 2021 CDC study has found that 26% of all youth identify the LGBTQ.

1255
01:54:24,140 --> 01:54:31,160
Of these LGBTQ students, the Trevor Project found that 26% identify as non-binary and

1256
01:54:31,160 --> 01:54:37,960
20% are questioning their gender identity, combined that comes to 46% of LGBTQ youth age

1257
01:54:37,960 --> 01:54:40,560
13 to 17, who are kids like next.

1258
01:54:41,280 --> 01:54:46,260
The term non-binary refers to people whose gender does not fit within the traditional binary

1259
01:54:46,260 --> 01:54:48,200
construction of mail and female.

1260
01:54:50,240 --> 01:54:56,080
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you.

1261
01:54:59,460 --> 01:55:00,640
Mrs. Drulley.

1262
01:55:14,020 --> 01:55:19,620
Hi, my name is Victoria Drulley. I live at 896 Laurel Glenn's Drive as a Modina.

1263
01:55:20,340 --> 01:55:31,020
I'm here tonight on behalf of Kids First Modina and I'd like to start by saying thank you to all of our

1264
01:55:31,020 --> 01:55:38,860
fast. Unfortunately, the asks are never going to stop from me because I need things all

1265
01:55:38,860 --> 01:55:42,460
the way up until election day. I've been saying from the beginning that the two things

1266
01:55:42,460 --> 01:55:47,920
we need to pass this levy are money and bodies and we've got plenty of money now thanks

1267
01:55:47,920 --> 01:55:50,360
to an amazing fundraiser we had.

1268
01:55:53,100 --> 01:55:55,220
Excuse me, I'm sorry, I've sounded like this for two weeks.

1269
01:55:56,440 --> 01:56:02,840
But now we need the bodies and we have two really big components of the campaign that

1270
01:56:02,840 --> 01:56:06,000
everyone is invited to help with, everyone in the community.

1271
01:56:06,520 --> 01:56:12,060
This is dropping literature at doors and making phone calls to reach people because we know

1272
01:56:12,060 --> 01:56:14,040
that that's what it's going to take to get this levee past.

1273
01:56:14,740 --> 01:56:20,080
So everyone, everyone who cares about our kids, everyone who cares about what they heard

1274
01:56:20,080 --> 01:56:24,780
about tonight, we saw the juxtaposition was amazing.

1275
01:56:24,780 --> 01:56:30,160
We saw the portrait to practice and everything that our kids have going on and all the wonderful things in the district

1276
01:56:30,160 --> 01:56:37,300
And then we saw all the finances that are really hanging in the balance to make sure that we can continue to offer those great programs

1277
01:56:37,300 --> 01:56:40,840
So everyone who cares about this if you want to reach out to kids first

1278
01:56:41,420 --> 01:56:46,740
You can find us on Facebook kids first Medina you can email me at kids first Medina at gmail.com

1279
01:56:46,740 --> 01:56:51,680
And I'm around places. I give out my personal number probably more than I should

1280
01:56:52,720 --> 01:56:54,160
I'm willing to give

1281
01:56:54,780 --> 01:57:01,920
At least 50% if someone else will give me the other 50 so we've got 22 days to get this done. Thank you

1282
01:57:02,740 --> 01:57:08,060
Thank you very much and thanks for all your hard work with your committee any other comments

1283
01:57:10,100 --> 01:57:11,620
Okay, thank you

1284
01:57:12,460 --> 01:57:13,000
Mr.

1285
01:57:14,200 --> 01:57:16,640
Sable is there any need for a second session

1286
01:57:19,740 --> 01:57:22,860
anybody need an executive session

1287
01:57:24,800 --> 01:57:26,160
Okay, all right

1288
01:57:26,160 --> 01:57:55,640
I'm making a read on this, okay, okay, we are going to we're not there's not going to be any action taken after this, but we are going to executive session to consider appointment employment dismissal discipline compensation of public employee or official to consider the investigation of charges or complaints against the public employee or official licensee or regulated individual discussion with the board's legal counsel of disputes involving the board that are

1289
01:57:55,640 --> 01:57:59,260
for the subject of pending or imminent court action.

1290
01:57:59,620 --> 01:58:01,720
Do I have a motion to go in the executive session?

1291
01:58:03,910 --> 01:58:05,530
I'll give you a motion for that.

1292
01:58:05,890 --> 01:58:06,190
Thanks.

1293
01:58:06,630 --> 01:58:06,950
I'll second.

1294
01:58:07,310 --> 01:58:10,710
Second, thank you, Mr. Nichols, Mr. West, Mr. Chambers.

1295
01:58:12,010 --> 01:58:19,390
Yes, Mr. Nichols, I, Mr. West, I, Mr. West, I, Mr. Chair, I, Mr. Chair, I, Mr.

1296
01:58:19,390 --> 01:58:20,710
Chair, I, Mr. Chair, I, Mr. Chair, I, Mr.

1297
01:58:20,710 --> 01:58:20,870
Chair, I, thank you.

1298
01:58:20,990 --> 01:58:22,050
Thank you all for coming.

1299
01:58:23,190 --> 01:58:29,830
will be March 19th at 5.30 just a reminder and again no action will be taken.

1300
01:58:30,170 --> 01:58:30,670
Thank you.