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Okay. Okay. Good evening. Welcome to the October 19th meeting of the SCOTAC Board of Education. It's

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sick so warm. Call the meeting for order. Please join me in the slide to leave it for you.

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Let's not. Let's not.

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See the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for

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to stand on location under that,

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and in the middle of the road, you can judge us as the crowd.

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We're pretty walking out.

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Well, exciting start to a schoolwork meeting this year.

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Appreciate that. Thank you.

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Quick. Okay.

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With that, just quickly want to take

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knowledge that we had received a resignation this week from

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Mr. Grandinetti and want to thank him for his service to

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the Board of Education.

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At this point, could I get a motion to approve the present agenda?

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I'm on a favor. I, anyone opposed? Okay, and we have two minutes to accept. Can I get

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a motion to approve the minutes from the August 10th and the September 14th meeting?

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Okay, which one is it, the one where it is,

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the meeting opening, okay, I have to look

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back and see if

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there's anybody else has next to that night.

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Do you want to table them then?

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So we're going to have to table out just a minute.

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So we'll find those things before we introduce ourselves.

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That would be good.

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I have a minute Mary Curt.

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Mary Curt.

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All in favor of that.

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So right now we have that.

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Okay.

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So we've got a motion of second and all in favor.

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So Mary motion.

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Mary and second.

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Third.

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Second.

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Second.

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and then,

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okay, thank you.

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Next is a recommendation,

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I'll let you say yes.

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So I have a small statement that,

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right through it, it's also posted on more docs

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so I'm going to be following it and create it.

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But tonight on the half of our entire school community,

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here to express our deepest appreciation

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and admiration for the incredible work.

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You do in service to our community

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in its educational institutions. As we celebrate the Board of Education Appreciation Month,

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it's only fitting that we take moments to acknowledge and applaud your unwavering commitment

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to our schools and the leadership we provide. Your dedication to the betterment of our schools

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is truly commendable. Each one of you has invested countless hours, effort and passion into ensuring

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the success and well-being of our students. Through your thoughtful decision-making, you'll continually

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we elevated the quality of education in our district,

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enhancing the learning experiences of our children.

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Moreover, your commitment to our community

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is evident and selfless hours you devote

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to listening to the concerns of our parents, teachers,

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and community at large.

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You know, the fact that as advocates for our schools,

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ensuring that they remain a quarter of stone

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of our community's growth and prosperity.

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As the superintendent, I want to express my gratitude

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to your partnership and collaboration.

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Together, we have achieved remarkable milestones,

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and I have no doubt that with your continued support guidance,

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we will continue to break you ground

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as we strive for excellence.

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During this Board of Education Appreciation Month,

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I hope that you take a moment to reflect

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on the profound impact you have made

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and continue to make on the lives of all of our students

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and our schools and our community.

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Your dedication is a service of inspiration for us all,

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and they're deeply thankful for your service.

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So thank you once again for your outstanding commitment to our schools and

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community. It is an honor to work alongside you,

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and I look forward to the great strides. We will take together in the future.

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Please help yourself to the snacks that have set up your honor tonight.

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And as Shelley mentioned, receiving the resignation from the board from

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than earlier, I would like to just take an opportunity to thank him for his and here's

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a service for a school district, wish him all the best, he's a veteran diverse.

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So happy board of appreciation, but thank you for the work of it.

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Anyone needs to be there now before we'll move on then to reports and we have two tonight,

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the first is the independent audit report.

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Yeah, so welcome. Welcome up. We'd like to welcome Hayley Fittsick, a manager from the Bonneville Group,

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and Hayley was our lead auditor. So she spent lots of time here in Skodak and working in

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business office with Ryan and his crew. So welcome, Hayley. We appreciate having you.

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Thank you. Thank you, everyone, my name and

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recently completed the audit. They went over all of our

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is your green button on. Yeah.

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First, I'd like to say Brian Jell and the dentist office of

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many of your classes.

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There are three deliverables that were provided to you. The first is your

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client's green financial statement, the whole district's annual audit.

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Timyan, I'm a financial

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statement and he is given a modified

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report that is homophobic in your basic financial

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system. This report requires us to gain another standing on your page.

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You notice that there

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that report

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is your compliance with laws, regulations, and grant contracts that non-compliance

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could lead to a material financial statement impact. And we're pleased to say that we noted

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no material non-compliance for those requirements. Next, you are limited to attaining 4% of the

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school budget and unreserved unappropriated fund balance. And as of June 30th, 2023, the

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district is under that limit at 3.9. As

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far as an overview of your financial statements,

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there are two stats, the government wide, and then the fund level financial statements,

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they both present two entirely different pictures. The government wide statements, which you'll see

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and the reports are on the full accrual basis,

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and then the fund level statements are modified accrual.

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Next, move on to the independent audit report

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on compliance with requirements

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to each major program and internal control

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over compliance in regards to uniform guidance.

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So this is the federal audit for the federal awards.

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We issued an unmodified opinion.

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Again, highest level assurance that we as auditors can give you.

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We do not identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the internal

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controls over the federal programs that we tested.

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The overall major federal program that we tested, which you'll see in the report, was

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the COVID-19 education stabilization fund monies.

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Next, the extra-fast-room funds financial statements.

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We issued the annual audit of those, and that is also an unmodified opinion on those financial

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statements.

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So that's a very high level overview of the audit results for SCODAQ School of Stricts.

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Again, thank you to the business office, Brian, Jill, and everyone else involved for

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all of their help.

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They sure do help to make sure this audit goes as smoothly as possible.

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And I'm open to any questions that any of you may have.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to just take a moment to thank Kylie and the Bonne de O'Gourke.

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Thank you for your continued partnership and a great work that you do.

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I also want to take an opportunity, this is like the business office's report card every

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year.

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So, Dr. Carey sitting to my left here deserves a great deal of credit as well as all

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the folks that we have working in the business office, Jill and Megan, Lisa, Michelle, we've

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got a great team of folks in the business office that really do a great job and just want

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to take a moment and recognize your leadership

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and the great work that our business office does.

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So, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Our business office is nothing without our team.

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It's the people every day that push and prod

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and get the things that they get to the place

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before we can get this done.

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So, thank you again for your team as well.

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Thank you, everyone.

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Have a good evening.

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Thank you.

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Wait,

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our second rep is the fall survey data.

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Trick work.

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All right.

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So I hope you've had an opportunity kind of just peruse the survey so there's some data that we're going to present to you tonight.

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The last couple of years we've sent out like family check-in surveys. We've done surveys that have gone out to families and that was really kind of a result of COVID.

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It's kind of like an after-effective COVID but we found that we got some really valuable information sending that out.

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You know, probably four or five weeks into the start of the school year, just really kind of gauge,

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you know, how the year is going from a couple of different stakeholder groups.

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So, as you'll notice, the family check-in survey usually goes to parents and we've got parent responses.

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We do send the survey out. We have a very short survey, like tell us what is going well and what could be better to students

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and we asked them to also rate how the school year started and then we send out a survey

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of the faculty and staff and give them an opportunity not only to use the Likert scale

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to tell us how you know the year has gotten off to a start, but also this opportunity

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to provide narrative feedback to us.

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So what we're going to do is kind of present a high level overview of the information

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and what we will do after tonight.

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This information will post on our website,

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so we'll make it available for anybody

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who wants to see it on the website.

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I know it'll live in board docs,

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but we'll make it a little more accessible.

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And let me just start by talking a little bit

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about why we survey.

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We know we have two different priorities

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and district goals that surround those priorities.

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We talk about climate and culture and communication.

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Those are two major goals.

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and anytime we survey all the different stakeholder groups,

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those surveys do give us an indication of the climate and culture.

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It gives us perception in terms of how our faculty and staff are feeling,

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how our students are feeling, and again, how our greater community with parents responding,

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how they are feeling about the work that is going on in the schools.

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goals. So I'm really reaching out and getting that feedback, really gives us an indication

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of the current climate and culture. In addition, obviously, reaching out to get feedback

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is a form of communication. We want to hear from people. And so I know the district goal

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that was shared with all of you earlier on in the year talks about a community engagement

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strategy and part of that strategy is obviously reaching out and surveying a different stakeholder

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So this is part of feeds right into those priorities

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and those district goals.

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We want to talk a little bit about what we do with the results.

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And so, you know, it's, you always wonder when you put your vulnerable,

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when you put surveys out, especially narrative comments,

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and you look for the feedback that comes back.

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And really, you know, I think we all have big shoulders.

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What we want to know, we come here to every board meeting.

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we talk to you about things that we're very proud of, we talk to you about things that we think

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need some improvement and plans for working on those things. So it's really important when we ask

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for that feedback and we ask what we're doing well. We want to take the time to honor those

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things that we are doing well. And so when parents communicate to us that they feel these are the

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things we're doing well or the students tell us that these are the things they are satisfied with

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and feel like we're doing well, and then faculty and staff, we want to take that opportunity

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to recognize and appreciate that sort of feedback. It honors the work that everybody is doing here.

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Obviously, typically ask for this piece. It's really continuous feedback for growth and improvement.

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We want to know those things that we, you know, people feel we aren't doing well so that

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we can take a look at those things and really infuse them into the work that we're doing.

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And so, you know, those things will impact things like professional development.

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We do ask for transportation and food service and some of those other things.

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So, it might involve some level of training or work on custom-

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Those types of things will take this feedback and really look at how we integrate that into district

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level work and building level work. And that's important. We've got building level committees

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that are operational. We have district-wide committees, and all of that should be funneling

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up through building, up to meet the district goals, and the district work that's happening,

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and then funnel into the board priorities.

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So this feedback becomes really important.

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And as mentioned, it does give us a really good indicator

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how the climate and culture is.

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So, you know, if we tend to score very well,

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you know, folks seem to be satisfied.

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It gives us at least a baseline understanding.

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In any survey, we can expect that some folks might not be satisfied

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and others will be satisfied.

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But the more respondents we get, the more accurate that information is.

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And again, with this information, you're going to hear a couple of things talk to you tonight.

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What will help us to, you know, future planning and potential resource allocation.

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So if some of the feedback requires like the purchase of something to fix something else,

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Maybe in the area that students might have indicated as being problematic, but we need to pay for something to solve that.

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Resource allocation becomes really important in future planning if it's a really heavy expense.

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So we're going to jump in and ask my team to help out.

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So when what you're going to see is at the beginning of each of these,

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we've got students, parents, and faculty, and staff all indicated on the graph here,

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and this is really from the Likert scale. One being I am very dissatisfied and five being

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I'm very satisfied with the way the school year started. So three being right in the middle.

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You can see the number of respondents. We had 103 students respond at the elementary school. We do

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not ask all of the elementary school to take the survey. We really focus on grades four, five,

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5 and 6 to respond to the survey.

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We had roughly about 300 parents respond, I'm sorry, 200 and some odd parents respond

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and they're asked if you took the survey, do I have kids at CES, yes, if it takes you

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to the CES survey if you answer no, I just have kids at the high school you don't take the

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CES question.

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So we had 135 parents of elementary students respond 31 faculty and staff members at the elementary school and so you can see how those different groups replied to the start of the school year.

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I've asked James and Kara what they're going to do we're not going to talk to all of these bulleted items we would probably be here until about 11 o'clock tonight.

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What I did, attached in board docs, and you should have seen the addendums.

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The addendums, you can open those up.

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They go right along with parent, students, faculty, and staff.

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And there's a brief explanation.

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And what we did is we took all of the narrative responses and looked for major themes.

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And so the themes that were generated here are listed for you in bulleted points.

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and if the public has any interest, if you want to know what smooth operations is like and

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we don't talk about that tonight, go right to the addendum and it'll kind of give you a brief overview

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of what that is. So that will also live on the website for our public to see. So let me turn it

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over to James and Cara and you guys can walk us through the CES data. Thanks, Jake. As far as what's going

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Well, a few highlights that we want to note from the parent side of things probably more than anything communication was recognized as being a positive.

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It's something that you know starts every day with the homework folder that comes into school.

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I think that's a big piece of it to that homework folder going back at back home at the end of the day with you know a backpack mailing and then it extends to the technology that we use.

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whether it's CSO or Canvas and then obviously teachers will use email and pick up a phone

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and make a phone call to talk to parents but we want to know if our parents appreciate

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the communication that comes out of CS and I think I want to think the district office

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too they're great about pushing blast texts or messages out to communicate things that

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we have going on in the building or information that we want folks to have but it really

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resonated throughout the communication was important to folks and that they appreciated

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what they were getting. Teacher quality was another trend that we saw throughout the responses.

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Parents were very happy with their students' teachers and the communication and the work

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and the back and forth that they had. So those were our two highlights that we wanted to hit there.

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Students, things are going well, positive feedback about their teachers,

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it kind of resonated in the same fashion.

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Students were really excited about their classroom teachers,

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their special area teachers, the folks that they were working with,

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and then overall passion or enthusiasm for learning.

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Kids were excited to be back in school,

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kids were excited about what was going on in the classroom

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and what they were starting to learn already in the year.

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Hopefully that continues through June.

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And then last but not least, from our faculty and staff, support and collaboration, we pride

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ourselves of being a family down at CES, and everyone is there for each other, for the students,

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for their colleagues. They expressed support from administration, from support service providers,

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co-teachers, special area teachers, you name it was just a good overall theme.

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Schedule in an organization was another one.

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The schedule was a beast in any building,

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no different than the high school.

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It plays a huge impact in our students day

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and in our teachers day.

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And I think that where we are right now with our schedule,

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things are going really well.

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Teachers like what we have in place.

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And those are those room for improvement.

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But I would say at this point,

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we did not do a ton of tweaking from last year to this year.

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And I think teachers appreciated that.

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That kind of knew what they were getting into as a school year started and didn't have

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to make a lot of changes or adjustments based on the time of day.

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Morale and focus on climate was another area that we just wanted to highlight.

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Folks feel as though the school years off to a good start.

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People enjoy working with each other.

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They enjoy being at CES overall.

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It is a really good place to be to work from our student perspective to go to school.

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We're really jumped out at me, too, just in terms of things that are going well, you see support pop up in different categories, which is it's a telltale sign that, you know, parents feel like if they have a concern, they can reach out that concern is being addressed.

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The teachers are taking good care of their kids, they're helping them after school, they're doing those things.

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And, you know, I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't say there were some really great

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feedback on the support that comes out of the main office with the building leadership

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with James and Kara.

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So, you know, just overall some really great feedback from the elementary school, for sure.

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Any thoughts or questions on any of those things before we switch slides?

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Just one question on the initial slide with the respondents, when you looked at student

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response ratio of 103, grades 4, 5, and 6, what's the total number of students with

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the percentage of respondents?

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Well, I couldn't say the percentage of that in my head, Kurt.

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Our total student population for that band would probably be about

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170 times 3.

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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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I didn't say 180, but half surprising.

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The other thing is, one of the positives

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and one of the negatives,

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I know it's touched in the addendum,

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which is kind of surprising is,

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because the communication portion of it for parents,

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it's both a positive and an area for improvement.

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In the area for improvement, very specific,

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just being particular about the type and timing

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of the communication and sort of content.

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Yeah, you know, I just I remember seeing that in the parent feedback and one of the things they

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said was that they wanted to know things sooner like they wanted to know things more in advance.

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That's one of the things I remember taking away from the feedback. So they appreciated the amount

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we communicated, but there was a couple of responses that indicated they wanted to know things sooner.

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Like an assembly was coming up. They wanted to go further and advance when the assembly was

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happening. That's one thing that's six out of my line.

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And just just one more question. This is on from the student

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perspective on the area for improvement. When it mentioned

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balloon, do we know the number of respondents are the hundred

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and six that were replied to how many actually responded with

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that bullying?

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And get that for you. Yeah, I mean, not having it in front of me,

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I don't want to care to guess. But we definitely can follow up

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and get your response to that, for sure.

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Thank you.

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I'd say just off the top of my head more than one,

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but less than 10 probably.

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That was something we were gonna talk about

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when we get to the, I think it's the next slide or.

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Yeah, and just a comment on communication.

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It's the end-of-the-end with communication.

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We always feel like we, you know,

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we do a great job communicating, but it's always a goal

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because we know we can always be better at it

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And, you know, we'll see a separate category of communication and how folks feel we're communicating a little bit later on in the presentation.

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52.28%.

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I was going to say 180.

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About half.

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Well, circle.

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About that.

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Yeah, that's your role over here.

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Thanks.

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We'll move on to the next slide which the feedback could be improved at the elementary

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school.

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Yep.

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So it is for improvement from parent perspective.

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You know, I just wanted to point out was outdoor playtime.

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We typically will get feedback from parents or questions from parents, you know, how much

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time do they have outside?

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You know, there's a way for more.

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And certainly love to have more outdoor playtime for students.

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It's hard. You know, if we are having more time outside,

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it's less time in the classroom, outdoor space,

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how much space do we have to accommodate more kids?

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We would probably need to have more kids outside at the same time

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to increase outdoor time.

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But more and all kids get outside.

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and you know, there's parents that, you know, have come through CES with me as a principal

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and I've shared with everyone of you, our goals to get kids outside, and if we do a really

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good job of it, you know, rinse, let's know, or else sometimes, we're outside.

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If it's cold, we're watching where it's at, but kids bundle up and we send them out.

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If it's a light drizzle outside for 20 minutes, if it's safe, we're probably going to send

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them out.

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We do pay attention, we don't want anybody to get hurt.

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So certainly if the weather is not conducive they're not going to go outside.

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But I think we do work hard with that and teachers will take opportunities to take kids outside at the end of the day for extra recess time.

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We try to do that during times that classes don't have their scheduled recess time so they might go for a walk around the building as opposed to play time on the playground or things like that.

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But something for us to pay attention to, I want to note reading curriculum, reading has been a big

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headline catcher in the news in terms of the science of reading and then also

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Heinemann and Teachers College and we do use Teachers College framework and our building

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and we have paid attention to literature behind the science of reading and currently work towards

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that balance of what is best for our students between a workshop model of education and also

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embedding phonics in teaching the students to read. So, I think there was only one comment

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about that, but I wanted to highlight that one as something to address.

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Again, communication,

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as Jason was saying, it's, you know, we do really well, but we always can improve on that,

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And that's something that we pay attention into and we will continuously look at and see how we can make that better for folks.

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From our students, areas of improvement.

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I wasn't going to highlight it, but I keep jumping out at me too much gym time.

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I do imagine that that comes from an elementary student.

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Typically not something we see, but you know, we're mandated by state requirements.

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And we actually, we do a really good job of meeting our state requirements where there's schools.

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It's even bad day. You know, we even get out and dodgeball and, you know, loud environments.

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I want to highlight that one. This is one that I didn't expect to hear from students,

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but we heard it a lot from students in terms of really our cafeteria, our cafeteria can get noisy.

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It's not the largest space in our building, but we fit the most kids in there at one time.

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And it can be a little bit noisy, but it's also time for students to have an outlet.

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It's the one or one of two times a day that they get to converse back and forth with peers.

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And we are definitely going to look into ways to soften the space with some acoustic panels

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or things like that.

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that's, you know, when Jason talks about allocation of resources, when we budget

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plan, we'll look at, you know, how do we get some things into that space? There

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might be a time in here where we

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We can see that we have money and we can do it sooner, but that's definitely something that we want to address. And then currently, in point, the bullying behavior came up a few times. And one of our major focuses this year was addressing behaviors before they started, whether it was in the cafeteria or outside at recess, and on the bus where we see the majority of our behavior issues. Traditionally, we don't see them in the classroom itself.

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It's those spaces and Mrs. LeCarrie has done a great job of getting into our cafeteria to talk to kids about cafeteria behavior meeting with every classroom about recess behavior.

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We've got morning assembly coming up in February. We're going to bring our transportation staff in and be a part of that conversation.

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Mrs. LeCarrie and I have both written buses this year to help support our drivers and make things better on the bus for students.

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And then faculty and staff, areas of improvement, substitute teachers and student behavior,

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again, even if you're again, I'm not going to, you know, speak to it too much more,

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but paying attention to that and what can we do to be proactive and, you know, address

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situations before they occur if possible. Substitute teachers is a tough one.

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We are doing our very best to hire folks and get them in the building to sub.

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I sub today for about a half hour in classroom at a great time, but ideally we would have a substitute that could come in and do that. It's just not always the case when when we need it.

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And then last one, at least space and facilities teachers, you know, I've shared this sentiment the last couple of years about space at CES and how we're maxed out.

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It's pretty full and I think teachers feel the same way about it and they've

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voted and this is that new. The space for them to go and have lunch or time away from their

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classroom. We just don't have that in the building anymore so we don't really have a faculty

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lounge at this point and that was noted in the survey as well. So anything you want to hear?

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What I thought was interesting, there were a couple of respondents in the survey that

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talked about parent faculty interaction and that was really surrounding like social

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media and Facebook.

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Teachers and really kind of expressed that some frustration and challenge with kind of essentially

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you know, getting beat up on Facebook and express the desire for, you know, if there's an issue,

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please call. We're always willing to talk through that issue and help folks understand. And, you know,

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there was a call for, you know, taking a look at policy in that area. So I just highlight that we

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deal with social media as you know with kids constantly and this was the first time we have

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kind of in a survey had some results, multiple results from teachers that kind of indicated

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that they wish that could be a little bit better. So any thoughts or questions on any of the

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items that are listed here?

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I think the data is helpful and great but it's hard to look at it

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as a snapshot. Do we have, do we ask kind of, we'll call the money question, you know, how

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far are you at the start of school year over year so we can teach trends and see how we're doing?

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We have all of those. I didn't put those together, but the last three years of information we have

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where we could do that. I think that'll be helpful to kind of see how we're

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yeah. Yeah, and what I would and I would ask you to recognize surveys closed on Friday.

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Okay, so we gathered and did an analysis, it takes a little while, but I definitely can

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follow up listed as something that we can gather and certainly share out and we can

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post that stuff on the website as well.

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Thank you.

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So the only thing that I would say to that is it wouldn't be skewed because our environments

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have changed over the last three years as well. So the teaching environment, the learning environments

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have been different. And the last three, yeah. So I don't know how it might be skewed one way or

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another. And maybe we need to know that. But on the other hand, we just have to recognize it.

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Sure. And we can list it as like COVID years, hybrid, whatever we can open and we can do that.

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But about if we do it at multiple checkpoints during the year to get over the, I'm just

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if you wanted to look at survey data to see how it went from beginning versus the end

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and not meaning to push more work.

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We have actually looked at, so one of the things that was asked for us to meet with Jason

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about was sort of different presentations and things.

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And so there is in our, the matrices, a couple checkpoints of data.

454
00:35:16,430 --> 00:35:16,490
Yeah.

455
00:35:16,970 --> 00:35:17,070
So.

456
00:35:17,310 --> 00:35:17,650
Yep.

457
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:21,730
Do you want to give Mr. Gover your shout out at dinner tonight?

458
00:35:21,730 --> 00:35:24,850
You are recognized as a fun substitute today.

459
00:35:26,510 --> 00:35:29,650
I have a sound dampening idea.

460
00:35:30,110 --> 00:35:30,610
Move that.

461
00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:33,370
Lost and found into the cafeteria.

462
00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:34,350
It will absorb.

463
00:35:35,310 --> 00:35:36,870
It's a great idea.

464
00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:38,610
It might be a good buffer.

465
00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:40,690
Maybe some of them will get picked out probably not.

466
00:35:40,690 --> 00:35:48,310
I don't eat you like a, like, can you have parents come out? There's no label on it.

467
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:52,250
Highest bitter gets in. It's like, but like, it's at the food anchor or something.

468
00:35:52,990 --> 00:35:55,210
I think it doesn't have to donate it.

469
00:35:57,810 --> 00:35:58,290
Yeah.

470
00:35:59,510 --> 00:35:59,590
Yeah.

471
00:36:00,150 --> 00:36:01,050
That I knew.

472
00:36:01,110 --> 00:36:07,810
We do give everybody an opportunity and we try to, we will not be highlighting it as this morning assembly,

473
00:36:07,810 --> 00:36:13,090
but we try to keep it out in the open and let people find what belongs to them.

474
00:36:14,150 --> 00:36:16,070
So I'm not going to stay sweet.

475
00:36:16,350 --> 00:36:19,670
The ones that kill me are in the classroom, not to go off topic, but like one thing,

476
00:36:19,910 --> 00:36:24,210
and 20 kids, it's not mine, but it's okay, but it's okay.

477
00:36:27,130 --> 00:36:32,210
So as we move the elementary school, we'll jump into the junior senior high school.

478
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:36,050
But as you review that information, should you have any questions at all,

479
00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:41,230
don't hesitate, reach out to myself and we'll get you some answers.

480
00:36:42,810 --> 00:36:49,890
So when we look at the junior senior high school, you can see the number of respondents here

481
00:36:49,890 --> 00:36:50,290
are students.

482
00:36:50,290 --> 00:37:01,290
We have 216 parents, 110, and we have 27 faculty and staff, and you can see how those responses

483
00:37:01,290 --> 00:37:03,450
shook out on the Likert scale.

484
00:37:03,450 --> 00:37:11,550
So I'm going to ask our from high school, if you guys want to just jump in and go through

485
00:37:11,550 --> 00:37:18,050
what's going well at the, all right, thank you, we'll start with what's going well

486
00:37:18,050 --> 00:37:22,610
through the parent lens and it's actually going to kind of combine with the students and

487
00:37:22,610 --> 00:37:25,790
both elements they talked about are teachers.

488
00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:31,950
I know I for one have had the privilege of working with a lot of amazing teams and teachers

489
00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:36,890
in my career and honor to say that the team at the high school or the junior senior high

490
00:37:36,890 --> 00:37:40,550
schools is heads down the vest that there is. They care about the students. They're willing

491
00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:46,050
to do anything for them. And if there's an option to help a kid or do something that could

492
00:37:46,050 --> 00:37:50,670
be creative to kind of change things and shake things up a bit, they're so willing to do it.

493
00:37:50,670 --> 00:37:56,950
And I think that's very clear in both the parents and the students there. They're after school.

494
00:37:57,290 --> 00:38:01,450
They're early. It's really it's an honor to be able to work with them. And

495
00:38:01,450 --> 00:38:05,050
And I, for one, I'm very happy with everything they do every single day.

496
00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:09,250
So, I also address communication piece.

497
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:14,230
We are trying actively, very similar to CES is both positive and in negative.

498
00:38:14,770 --> 00:38:17,630
In some capacities, we are trying new platforms.

499
00:38:17,850 --> 00:38:19,630
We're using Canvas a lot more.

500
00:38:19,910 --> 00:38:25,070
We had Ed Finney create 7, 12 classroom for us so that way Hillary and I have more of a

501
00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:29,530
direct route to talking to parents kind of updating them as best we can.

502
00:38:29,530 --> 00:38:33,490
we're trying to work through some of the kinks on that, but it's certainly something we're

503
00:38:33,490 --> 00:38:38,710
trying to do so that way there's more coming from our offices to them and increasing that

504
00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:41,610
communication level. So I'm going to return over to the next part.

505
00:38:41,810 --> 00:38:47,850
Yes, great. And I just wanted to talk about the improved engagement and safety that parents

506
00:38:47,850 --> 00:38:53,790
noted within our building. So after the sliding incident that occurred during the last school year,

507
00:38:53,870 --> 00:38:59,510
we wanted to make sure that we took time over the summer to really take an overall look at the

508
00:38:59,530 --> 00:39:04,410
procedures and measures that we have within our building and we took this summer to review

509
00:39:04,410 --> 00:39:09,550
and update our evacuation procedures just to make things a little more efficient and we've

510
00:39:09,550 --> 00:39:15,650
shaped a couple minutes off of our evacuation drills this week or so that's a great improvement

511
00:39:16,170 --> 00:39:20,630
and we also have brought in the need and group a couple of times over the summer as well as just

512
00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:26,610
a couple times this fall so far just to go around and check each classroom to make sure that any

513
00:39:26,610 --> 00:39:31,210
additional measures that we could take as far as safety and safe spaces within the classroom

514
00:39:31,730 --> 00:39:35,790
that we were taking those measures. So there's been a lot of work done in that area.

515
00:39:38,690 --> 00:39:44,910
The students have already touched upon that with the teachers but the classes are also something

516
00:39:44,910 --> 00:39:49,830
that kind of jumped out and not just the teachers in the classes but the availability of the different

517
00:39:49,830 --> 00:39:56,170
courses that they're able to take. That is our course catalog is pretty remarkable for the size of

518
00:39:56,170 --> 00:40:02,230
our school and we're able to offer students really and getting them ready for college and career.

519
00:40:02,630 --> 00:40:05,910
The seventh grade skills courses is really kind of coming along very well.

520
00:40:06,790 --> 00:40:11,430
And what we offer to our students that's really outside the boxes is just pretty spectacular.

521
00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:17,010
And if they have a course that they like, they can pretty much take it with us, which is pretty great.

522
00:40:17,210 --> 00:40:19,690
So and I will turn back over here.

523
00:40:19,730 --> 00:40:25,330
And for students, they also wanted to let us know about the amount of clubs and after school

524
00:40:25,330 --> 00:40:30,210
activities that we offer, which is tremendous also for the size of our school, and I have to

525
00:40:30,210 --> 00:40:35,210
commend our faculty and staff on that because there are so many adults in our building that are

526
00:40:35,210 --> 00:40:40,450
a part of those clubs and activities and they are always willing to help students that want to

527
00:40:40,450 --> 00:40:45,610
create new clubs. So this year we are working on streamlining that process to make it a little

528
00:40:45,610 --> 00:40:50,950
easier for students to create new clubs. We already have a couple on the docket that are going to be

529
00:40:50,950 --> 00:40:56,870
really exciting and will advertise those. And last week we had a club fair, so everyone

530
00:40:56,870 --> 00:41:01,610
7 through 12 was able to come down and get information about every club and activity

531
00:41:01,610 --> 00:41:06,710
that's offered and sign up for them if they wanted to. So that's been, been going really

532
00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:06,970
strong.

533
00:41:08,510 --> 00:41:16,030
And finishing up this section is the faculty and staff. I feel very positive for the first few

534
00:41:16,030 --> 00:41:20,590
months that we're kind of going through this and our student and a lot of what we're hearing

535
00:41:20,590 --> 00:41:25,350
from our staff is that student behavior has greatly improved in that a lot is you know

536
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:29,710
presence but there's really two lanes when it comes to discipline you can either have

537
00:41:29,710 --> 00:41:34,130
discipline that's action or discipline that you instill in our student body is very receptive

538
00:41:34,130 --> 00:41:40,130
to the latter. They respond pretty well to the conversations we have and it's really

539
00:41:41,050 --> 00:41:46,210
straightforward to say this is not what we do as a wildcat and they seem to be taking it on pretty

540
00:41:46,210 --> 00:41:51,390
well. And on that scene, when there's a lot of support from families regarding this

541
00:41:51,390 --> 00:41:55,870
matter too, so I think that has a lot to do with it. But overall, it seemed pretty

542
00:41:55,870 --> 00:42:01,130
positive in the first two months here, and that's generally what we're here in-house and

543
00:42:01,130 --> 00:42:01,910
also through the survey.

544
00:42:02,490 --> 00:42:09,250
And faculty also are very happy with the collaborative and engaging environment amongst each other, and

545
00:42:09,250 --> 00:42:14,650
I will also commend our faculty for that as well. There are so much plus curricular activities

546
00:42:14,650 --> 00:42:20,310
going on, you will always see our library in Islamore in a lot of ELA and even social studies

547
00:42:20,310 --> 00:42:25,590
classes, as well as Mr. Finney, assisting with technology in the foreign language classes,

548
00:42:25,630 --> 00:42:31,410
and there are so many opportunities for collaboration, and that's something that I know when I was a

549
00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:36,330
teacher, as a science teacher, I crave that, and it's really hard to do in science, but our teachers

550
00:42:36,330 --> 00:42:40,870
have found a way to make it work and really thrive. So they are doing a phenomenal job with that.

551
00:42:40,870 --> 00:42:49,550
So I think it's also important to just point at, if you look at the column in the parents,

552
00:42:49,550 --> 00:42:55,150
you'll see principal leadership in the faculty and staff, you're going to see positive atmosphere

553
00:42:55,150 --> 00:43:00,730
and leadership, collaborative and supportive environment, visible and approachable principal.

554
00:43:02,070 --> 00:43:10,090
You know, certainly I think in presenting isn't comfortable kind of giving himself accolades

555
00:43:10,090 --> 00:43:15,750
down there and the work between Rob and Hillary to provide that leadership over at the high school.

556
00:43:16,050 --> 00:43:22,690
It really is a credit to their work that they do every day. And as you know, this is Rob's first

557
00:43:22,690 --> 00:43:32,010
principalship and to get that type of feedback from faculty and staff and parents, really he deserves

558
00:43:32,010 --> 00:43:36,930
a lot of credit for the work that he's done and how visible he has been. And when you see things

559
00:43:36,930 --> 00:43:41,710
like enforcement of policies and improved behavior and effective communication.

560
00:43:43,830 --> 00:43:48,130
You have to give the leadership and the building, both Robin and Hillary, a lot of credit for

561
00:43:48,130 --> 00:43:52,270
the work that they do over there. So I just want to make sure we note that as well.

562
00:43:52,990 --> 00:43:57,370
I wanted to echo that as well. I was writing down words that I saw like positive visible

563
00:43:57,370 --> 00:44:00,790
structure and consistency. And I know you're being modest, the two of you, but

564
00:44:01,350 --> 00:44:06,670
And I know it's not a data point, but we think back to a year ago we had groups of parents

565
00:44:06,670 --> 00:44:10,790
in here talking about the climate and culture in the high school building in a negative way.

566
00:44:11,250 --> 00:44:15,250
So I just think it deserves a really big shout out that in a year's time, the two of you have

567
00:44:15,250 --> 00:44:21,050
really turned that culture around. And it's recognized amongst all those different stakeholders.

568
00:44:21,370 --> 00:44:25,310
So kudos to you guys. Thank you.

569
00:44:27,460 --> 00:44:31,580
Any other thoughts or questions before we move on to what we

570
00:44:31,580 --> 00:44:32,560
could improve?

571
00:44:37,410 --> 00:44:44,670
Okay. So with the improvement part, vaping is kind of the first thing that

572
00:44:44,670 --> 00:44:52,650
we'll address to say that it's not a problem, would not be truthful. We do. Like every

573
00:44:52,650 --> 00:44:59,710
school and societal problem, we do experience that. I will say it's not taking place in the

574
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,180
Classrooms not happening in the hallways like we do struggle with the bathrooms and really what's happening more in the last month as kids and parents are reporting it to us. So when we hear it, we respond immediately. We'll look for patterns, right? Whereas it happening. And how can Hillary and I put ourselves there? It's nice that we're the deal that we are for a number of reasons, but with the ability to get into the bathrooms and make sure that kids are in there doing things that shouldn't be. So it's certainly something we're struggling with.

575
00:45:29,180 --> 00:45:34,420
And as much as we can enforce it through disciplinary measures, we're also looking through team

576
00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:39,420
and V as a program that I can have with our social worker or school psychologist trained

577
00:45:39,420 --> 00:45:40,020
in.

578
00:45:40,260 --> 00:45:42,560
And it is more of a sort of approach.

579
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:48,820
We combine traditional disciplinary measures with restorative and it's this program that

580
00:45:48,820 --> 00:45:53,860
really teaches them the dangers of it, the impact of it and trying to educate on why it's

581
00:45:53,860 --> 00:45:54,220
an issue.

582
00:45:54,220 --> 00:46:00,160
And really, the kids I talked to, we've had about three or four issues with it, which

583
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,120
isn't exorbitant, but it's still an issue that we want to address.

584
00:46:03,120 --> 00:46:05,340
They are consistently saying they can't stop.

585
00:46:05,820 --> 00:46:06,880
And it's true, right?

586
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,980
There isn't addictive nature to it, and that's part of what the team intervened.

587
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:15,480
And we're also looking at thisstone millennium online kind of platform program.

588
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:20,960
Then if a student does get caught, they're in ISS, but while in ISS, they have to do this program.

589
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,020
It's an education-based program for it.

590
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:28,980
But the problem is that we could confiscate a vape in the morning and they can order one

591
00:46:28,980 --> 00:46:29,940
and they have it by the night.

592
00:46:30,060 --> 00:46:34,740
Like, it's a really challenging issue and they can be very creative.

593
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,420
How they get them and where they hide them.

594
00:46:36,560 --> 00:46:38,760
So that's part of the problem that we're dealing with.

595
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:43,980
And like I said, our job is to look for patterns and try to address those patterns and also educate

596
00:46:43,980 --> 00:46:47,540
and also instill, you know, here are the expectations of if this happens.

597
00:46:47,540 --> 00:46:48,720
This is what we're going to do.

598
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,620
But there was only so much we could do through discipline.

599
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,580
We really are trying to approach it as best we can through education

600
00:46:54,580 --> 00:46:58,640
and our health classes do a really good job at trying to address it very early on

601
00:46:58,640 --> 00:46:59,500
with our youngest crew.

602
00:47:00,340 --> 00:47:04,640
And our athletes and our sports coaches are also addressing it because it's one last step

603
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:05,680
that they could have in the game.

604
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,300
If they're doing it as well, so we're trying to hit it from as many angles as we can.

605
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,880
But it is a challenge.

606
00:47:12,420 --> 00:47:16,340
And I would be lying if it told you it wasn't, but we're doing what we can to try to address it.

607
00:47:18,260 --> 00:47:26,440
Something that parents also mentioned was improving focus on inclusivity and addressing

608
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:32,000
issues of diversity and that's something that we are always working towards, making

609
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:37,660
sure that our hallways and our students are inclusive and accepting of everybody, but

610
00:47:37,660 --> 00:47:44,320
specifically this year, a new club that is going to be started is student advocates for

611
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:49,560
human rights. And that's going to be really the focus of that and just especially a focus

612
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:53,480
on neurodiversity. So I think that's something that's going to be really powerful and

613
00:47:53,480 --> 00:48:02,160
really important. We're also looking at with the streamlined process of our club processes.

614
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:07,440
We are also looking at improving and incorporating mental health and social emotional health

615
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:12,680
into some of the activities that each club does throughout the year. So I think that's something

616
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,920
that's going to be really interesting, not just the mental health and wellness committee,

617
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,780
but also some other committees and clubs that are throughout the building.

618
00:48:20,340 --> 00:48:24,680
So, like wellness day, things like that, and that's such a huge undertaking that a whole

619
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:28,920
day is devoted to it, but smaller, more manageable pieces scattered throughout the year.

620
00:48:29,100 --> 00:48:33,020
So, I think that'll be really, really powerful and help and speak to that.

621
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:38,660
For students, one of the things that comes up is bullying.

622
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:43,400
You know, sometimes it's a challenge in a fine line between what is bullying and what is

623
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:49,020
actually a conflict, but, you know, it is something that we do say into the problem that

624
00:48:49,020 --> 00:48:51,840
we have, particularly at the secondary levels, we see the tip of the iceberg.

625
00:48:52,460 --> 00:48:54,560
A lot of it is happening on social media.

626
00:48:55,140 --> 00:48:58,320
Snapchat, if you tell me any good things that come in Snapchat, I would retire 12.

627
00:48:59,020 --> 00:49:00,080
I've never heard a one.

628
00:49:01,900 --> 00:49:07,000
It's also that combination of how can we address and establish an expectation that if you do

629
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,860
this is what's going to happen, but how can we also educate you on the dangers of this?

630
00:49:11,020 --> 00:49:16,060
And we have planned on November 7th. There's a requirement to instill a digital citizenship

631
00:49:16,060 --> 00:49:20,100
within students. All students have to see it, but we've been working with the QuestStar

632
00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:26,080
presenter and saying here are the issues that we have seen so far this year. We really want that

633
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:29,940
to be a major piece of that. And they're going to speak to us seven through ninth grade students

634
00:49:29,940 --> 00:49:33,980
and then our 10 through 12th grade students. And then we're going to get up and present about here

635
00:49:33,980 --> 00:49:38,000
the issues that can happen through our court of conduct and here are some of the legal ramifications

636
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:44,360
that can happen if you're using social media inappropriately. It is a really big challenge for us and

637
00:49:44,360 --> 00:49:49,640
like I said the hardest part is it's not what it was like before. It's very much behind the screen

638
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:55,900
and it's also a very hard ride for us if it's happening off campus. How do we address it on campus?

639
00:49:56,140 --> 00:50:00,420
And it becomes a really big challenge for us but what I also think helps us

640
00:50:00,420 --> 00:50:04,380
Aiding this is that Hillary and I are both very approachable to our students.

641
00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:09,100
I've had multiple students come and talk to us in our office and say, hey, not even about

642
00:50:09,100 --> 00:50:11,240
themself, but hey, you know, that's my idea.

643
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:12,480
This is happening to my friends.

644
00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:13,740
Can you please step into it?

645
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:18,320
And that also comes from what we're trying to do with like we are listening to our students

646
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,100
and we're acting on what we see.

647
00:50:21,180 --> 00:50:21,980
It's a challenge.

648
00:50:22,140 --> 00:50:26,200
It's a huge time commitment for us, but it's something we have to do because there are jobs

649
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:26,720
to be students.

650
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:36,400
So it's a real big issue that we're looking at, but it also, you know, if you look at the whole scope of where the state's going in terms of their standards, it's about how to be a good person.

651
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:45,700
And how do you look at an issue and how do you address that issue? And it's not just something we're doing from our offices, but it's really coming around throughout the whole educational piece of things.

652
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:52,320
And we're really hoping to drive some points home in the seventh with some students there. And then obviously the conversations we have with them as well.

653
00:50:52,320 --> 00:51:00,580
Yeah, for you jump in Hillary, you know, you probably have seen we've launched stop it,

654
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:06,900
which is an anonymous reporting tip line that has been launched across the district

655
00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:07,700
and both buildings.

656
00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:15,320
There was some work that we had to do with training our students in, you know, what that

657
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:16,000
is all about.

658
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:21,680
But for those kids that might not feel comfortable going into the principal's office and reporting

659
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:27,380
something. There is this avenue now that is available to all of our kids to be able to, you

660
00:51:27,380 --> 00:51:34,280
know, say, hey, this happened to me or to my friend. Here's where it happened. It goes into

661
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:41,320
like a database. We get a dashboard. We can see the reports that come in. It's 24-hour

662
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:49,320
monitored. So not by school staff. There are stop-it folks that will engage and try to get more

663
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:56,460
information if necessary from those things, but it is a system where we will track and

664
00:51:56,460 --> 00:52:01,080
see how many hits we get on the stop at platform.

665
00:52:01,380 --> 00:52:07,420
So something else that just another tool in the toolbox to really help kids or parents

666
00:52:07,420 --> 00:52:15,220
report instances, and we have seen a last evening on the playground at CES, you know, kids

667
00:52:15,220 --> 00:52:16,880
were vaping playground.

668
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:23,720
So we can go back and look at the video, see if we can figure out who it is, and if necessary

669
00:52:23,720 --> 00:52:27,480
work with law enforcement to do extra trips around in the evening at the playground.

670
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:33,700
So really is kind of a helpful tool, but I think it's important that you know that that.

671
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:36,400
We set that up at the end of last year.

672
00:52:36,580 --> 00:52:41,620
We really got kind of familiar with the system and did a launch at the beginning of the school year.

673
00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,520
So is that intended

674
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:57,920
for all kinds of things like harassment and that kind of thing?

675
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:01,580
It's just an anonymous reporting tip.

676
00:53:02,340 --> 00:53:06,180
It could be a faculty member too.

677
00:53:09,280 --> 00:53:14,900
I suppose faculty could use them. It's really geared toward students and parents to really

678
00:53:15,620 --> 00:53:22,920
indicate that I'm sure faculty could use it if necessary. But it is that opportunity to report

679
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:27,720
anonymously. You can put your name if we need to follow up with somebody. You can indicate that

680
00:53:27,720 --> 00:53:35,380
on there, but it's not a requirement of a report, so they can. As you can imagine, when it's anonymous,

681
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:44,420
Some are really genuine others are not so much and so, you know, but we take them all seriously have to look into all of those things.

682
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:49,500
Sorry, I didn't need to interrupt over you. That seemed like a good segue for that.

683
00:53:50,420 --> 00:54:01,640
And something that we saw quite a bit in the student column was the quality and options of the lunch food, which is something that we do.

684
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:07,100
You know, we hear, and so this year every year we do have a nutrition committee that meets

685
00:54:07,100 --> 00:54:10,220
twice a year, and we always invite students.

686
00:54:10,260 --> 00:54:15,320
This year we'll take a different method to make sure that more students take it seriously

687
00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,720
and come on and sit on the nutrition committee and really voice their opinions.

688
00:54:18,740 --> 00:54:21,140
It's actually a really great meeting.

689
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:24,220
You know, Brian is always there, and it's really nice.

690
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:28,860
There's few students that do show up and voice their opinions are always, it's really great.

691
00:54:28,860 --> 00:54:32,960
So, well, we'll try a different method of recruiting this year and make sure that their

692
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:33,740
voices are heard.

693
00:54:35,660 --> 00:54:39,000
And then kind of rounding this off is the faculty and staff.

694
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:42,800
One thing that kind of was kind of very consistent was the cell phone usage.

695
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,880
It is a challenging thing to address.

696
00:54:47,180 --> 00:54:51,220
I mean, the students are addicted to their phones, right?

697
00:54:51,340 --> 00:54:52,440
And that's the unfortunate part.

698
00:54:52,560 --> 00:54:53,700
It's not just students, most of us.

699
00:54:54,300 --> 00:54:55,820
And it's really a challenge.

700
00:54:55,820 --> 00:54:57,720
So we've tried to be very clear that they're often

701
00:54:57,720 --> 00:55:02,000
like during times of instruction and try going the route

702
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:03,780
of we're teaching you this is a skill.

703
00:55:04,060 --> 00:55:07,000
I know I can't be on my phone when I'm driving on Route 9

704
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,860
because it's not where I should use it.

705
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,460
And that's kind of the avenue.

706
00:55:10,460 --> 00:55:12,300
We're also trying to take with this of like me.

707
00:55:12,360 --> 00:55:14,480
We are trying to show you that there's a time and a place.

708
00:55:15,240 --> 00:55:17,180
We can't wholesale stay no funds, right?

709
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,360
They're in the building and we want to use them appropriately.

710
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,000
And that's part of the skill approach that we're trying

711
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:28,620
to take with it. And it is a challenge. And that's part of what we're looking to try to do.

712
00:55:29,260 --> 00:55:33,220
And you know, we've gotten resourceful and creative with how to approach it with students

713
00:55:33,720 --> 00:55:39,100
and staff and try to empower them to, you know, take ownership over kind of taking control of itself.

714
00:55:40,380 --> 00:55:46,600
And another, something else that faculty mentioned was TAs being pulled for sub-coverage. And

715
00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:53,160
I know Mr. Derby mentioned that is sub-finding subs is always an issue but luckily we have

716
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:58,220
been able to sign on a couple of new subs for this school year so we're very happy about

717
00:55:58,220 --> 00:56:04,720
that and they are both actually two individuals who are looking to get into education so this

718
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:10,600
is going to be a great experience for them and we worked with the special education department

719
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:17,920
to modify the TA schedule so that the TA's that are specifically IP driven are not being pulled

720
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:24,740
for sub coverage. So hopefully they're that won't continue and unless it is a dire situation.

721
00:56:25,460 --> 00:56:27,340
So hopefully we'll see an improvement there.

722
00:56:31,530 --> 00:56:34,030
Ask Jim's question. I can ask you guys a question.

723
00:56:35,310 --> 00:56:39,410
Later we got hit pretty hard with a lot of complaints from students and parents alike

724
00:56:39,410 --> 00:56:42,650
regarding the climate, the culture, and the high school dealing with senior privileges.

725
00:56:43,770 --> 00:56:47,070
I see it's back on the board again from a concern from a student's perspective.

726
00:56:47,650 --> 00:56:51,270
Can you talk to us a little bit how you do senior privileges? For example,

727
00:56:51,430 --> 00:56:55,630
do you give them senior privileges all at once, and they lose them if they do something bad,

728
00:56:55,890 --> 00:56:58,950
or do you make them earn them and get them...

729
00:57:00,670 --> 00:57:05,850
Seniors, the only thing we took away from them this year so far was the lunch periods.

730
00:57:05,850 --> 00:57:12,950
They were traditionally going outside of the open spaces that were available, but those open spaces have classes with them.

731
00:57:13,190 --> 00:57:17,470
So we allow pretty much give them kind of all of them at once.

732
00:57:18,110 --> 00:57:27,430
The ineligible report did come out and with the ineligible report we pulled back on those privileges of going to the library during lunch in the senior lounge and signing out of study halls.

733
00:57:28,970 --> 00:57:34,370
It's kind of the human being that we're trying to maintain a good atmosphere for learning.

734
00:57:34,370 --> 00:57:37,150
We're also trying to give them their privileges to do it.

735
00:57:37,310 --> 00:57:41,710
We have two senior lounges now we got our order in for the atrium.

736
00:57:42,270 --> 00:57:48,350
Most of them sit by the cafeteria, but we're trying to give that to them at once.

737
00:57:48,350 --> 00:57:52,890
At first, we were a little restrictive, like I said, with the lunch periods, but trying

738
00:57:52,890 --> 00:57:56,970
to maintain the class of the environment and the building, we did cut back on some of

739
00:57:57,570 --> 00:57:59,970
I guess the free range that wouldn't be originally.

740
00:58:00,950 --> 00:58:04,110
So if, for example, a senior does something

741
00:58:04,110 --> 00:58:05,910
that's inappropriate from a behavioral perspective,

742
00:58:06,130 --> 00:58:07,450
you're pulling that individual seniors

743
00:58:07,450 --> 00:58:08,850
privileges away and not a group.

744
00:58:09,370 --> 00:58:10,110
Enjoy, yeah.

745
00:58:10,190 --> 00:58:10,350
Okay.

746
00:58:11,050 --> 00:58:11,310
Thank you.

747
00:58:16,600 --> 00:58:18,280
I say lunch food on here.

748
00:58:19,860 --> 00:58:21,620
And there isn't, I ask about it,

749
00:58:21,780 --> 00:58:23,260
is because we have a new vendor,

750
00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,020
and so are they complaining about the new vendor?

751
00:58:27,900 --> 00:58:36,500
Let's see. Lunch mentioned that they liked lunch and longer lunch breaks. Not universally

752
00:58:36,500 --> 00:58:43,420
praised was kind of the overall theme. So some kids complained about much like down at

753
00:58:43,420 --> 00:58:49,300
the elementary school. Some kids complained about the quality of the food. What we'll get

754
00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:56,420
to a little bit later on in the survey. We do ask specifically about, we do ask about

755
00:58:56,420 --> 00:59:02,000
the lunch program primarily to the parents, but there is a narrative response in there

756
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:07,920
too. It's not included in this slide deck, but we will share that with our food vendor

757
00:59:08,540 --> 00:59:13,480
and our food service director. So Brian will have access to all that information to share

758
00:59:13,480 --> 00:59:18,040
with food service director just to give them some of that feedback as well.

759
00:59:18,040 --> 00:59:26,220
I mean, one of the reasons we went with that particular vendor was because they advertised that they were going to be better pressure, whatever.

760
00:59:26,940 --> 00:59:32,420
Yeah, I think it's a very work. We're on top of this. I think to the one they do.

761
00:59:32,420 --> 00:59:37,060
to paint your food days, specifically in the high school,

762
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:40,320
and those are really, really well received.

763
00:59:41,360 --> 00:59:43,640
But our overall participation for the food program

764
00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:46,680
is up, which would tell me that more students

765
00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:49,180
are utilizing it, paid, not just for even just paid.

766
00:59:49,780 --> 00:59:51,200
Some more students are using it.

767
00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:54,360
I think to the Hillary's, but there's always

768
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:55,380
continual improvement.

769
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,780
And that's why we do what we do, right?

770
00:59:58,880 --> 00:59:59,980
We have a...

771
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,900
A consultant that comes in for times of year, monitoring, quality, look, portions, appeal, we meet with feedback, direct feedback to our from service director in the company, the management company, so it's a continual process. What we're the consumer today is discerning. And one of the things that this company has is the Chick-fil-A,

772
01:00:28,900 --> 01:00:38,040
I don't want to find the right word, but it's the name of it is yard.

773
01:00:38,540 --> 01:00:38,940
yard.

774
01:00:40,300 --> 01:00:40,940
Thanks.

775
01:00:43,200 --> 01:00:48,300
Well, this is what we're trying to move our program into that.

776
01:00:49,060 --> 01:00:53,760
Into that more of that experience, much more opportunity for selection,

777
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:56,860
much more service oriented food.

778
01:00:56,860 --> 01:00:59,400
So I think it's a slow road.

779
01:00:59,880 --> 01:01:02,280
Ultimately, you still have commodities to deal with, right?

780
01:01:03,300 --> 01:01:12,100
We have to use those commodities, ultimately, you know, it's still being run mass amount

781
01:01:12,100 --> 01:01:13,060
of food goes out of here.

782
01:01:13,220 --> 01:01:15,960
So I think we're trying to strive and we are making progress.

783
01:01:17,420 --> 01:01:19,100
I was very of one data point.

784
01:01:19,340 --> 01:01:23,100
My kids are all in the junior high school and they said it's better than it has been in previous

785
01:01:23,100 --> 01:01:23,400
years.

786
01:01:23,840 --> 01:01:25,220
But it's still a cafeteria.

787
01:01:25,640 --> 01:01:25,840
Yeah.

788
01:01:25,840 --> 01:01:28,180
So you're never going to please ever.

789
01:01:28,380 --> 01:01:31,080
Yep, I would love to add for that recently.

790
01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:37,480
We had a couple teachers reach out because their students and their families were concerned.

791
01:01:37,700 --> 01:01:40,560
They didn't know what food being offered was kosher.

792
01:01:41,020 --> 01:01:46,360
And that was a religious concern and they weren't sure if they could engage and Brian and the

793
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:53,720
elementary team and I reached out, Brian reached out to Woodson's and it was turned around

794
01:01:53,720 --> 01:01:58,920
One within a week, meetings with that information, so family was immediately multiple families.

795
01:01:59,420 --> 01:02:02,800
Their names were met, and teachers felt really fulfilled on behalf of their students.

796
01:02:03,460 --> 01:02:05,780
So I do feel like communications are really big strengths.

797
01:02:10,420 --> 01:02:12,960
Any other thoughts or questions in the high school, Deb?

798
01:02:16,500 --> 01:02:20,000
So okay, there's only about 15 more slides to go, we should be good.

799
01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:27,680
Now the next part of the slides, we're going to kind of, I think, the real issues within

800
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:33,880
the buildings. I'm just going to highlight some information quickly. Please feel

801
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:38,340
free to just interrupt with any questions. One of the things we've done over the

802
01:02:38,340 --> 01:02:44,740
last few years is gauge feedback on Canvas. And so you can see the different

803
01:02:44,740 --> 01:02:51,120
responses to the questions here. We had about 150 responses to these questions on

804
01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:58,580
Canvas, ranging from, you know, how comfortable are you accessing information on Canvas.

805
01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:04,440
And you can see in that first slide that most people feel pretty comfortable relatively,

806
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:11,280
accessing information. What we try to get at in the next two questions is, does Canvas really

807
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:16,960
help you better understand how your kids are performing academically? So you can get on, you can see

808
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:21,200
missing assignments you can see grades in the teacher grade book help us

809
01:03:21,200 --> 01:03:26,380
understand is it helping you achieve that goal and again you can see the

810
01:03:26,380 --> 01:03:34,340
results there. The next one is really focused on curriculum. Does Canvas help

811
01:03:34,340 --> 01:03:38,780
you better understand what your kids are learning in school the content of what

812
01:03:38,780 --> 01:03:42,060
we're learning not just how they are performing but what it is that they are

813
01:03:42,060 --> 01:03:49,680
learning. And again, you can see the responses there. Then we talked a little bit about,

814
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:53,820
you know, does it, is it a good communication tool? Does it improve your communication with

815
01:03:53,820 --> 01:04:00,180
teachers? And, you know, does Canvas make you feel a little more connected to the school?

816
01:04:00,540 --> 01:04:06,380
Give you that avenue to feel more connected. And so, you can see we would love to be trending

817
01:04:06,380 --> 01:04:12,760
a little bit higher in the 3, 4, and 5 range, you know, this probably is the graphs that show

818
01:04:12,760 --> 01:04:20,600
more ones and twos and more threes than probably fours and fives. But as you know, we've got Ed

819
01:04:20,600 --> 01:04:26,800
Finney in a role who, again, there was narrative feedback to this, so we will take that narrative feedback.

820
01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:32,300
That is something that we'll go to Ed and Alyssa and our building principals. We will digest that

821
01:04:32,300 --> 01:04:37,940
feedback and then really if there are things that we can do better, we want to take that feedback

822
01:04:37,940 --> 01:04:46,420
and really be better at utilizing that tool to help bridge that communication gap and really try to

823
01:04:46,420 --> 01:04:54,240
make parents feel more connected to our schools. That's kind of the whole point of doing that.

824
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:58,860
Then we ask questions about transportation.

825
01:04:59,260 --> 01:05:07,460
Again, do those of you completing the survey, do your children use transportation services?

826
01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:16,440
So of the 212, you can see just in a quick snapshot, roughly 85% of those parents utilize

827
01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:18,680
district transportation, which is great.

828
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:22,800
We have all those buses, bus drivers, we want kids on buses.

829
01:05:22,800 --> 01:05:28,380
How satisfied are you with this for transportation services this year and you can see overwhelmingly

830
01:05:28,380 --> 01:05:34,900
out of the 178 responses to that question, you know, folks seem generally pretty satisfied.

831
01:05:34,900 --> 01:05:41,100
So when you go back to the building's transportation came up as an area of concern routing and

832
01:05:41,100 --> 01:05:41,840
pick up time.

833
01:05:42,060 --> 01:05:46,600
Again, there's a narrative response here, Brian and Rhonda will get that information, we'll

834
01:05:46,600 --> 01:05:48,160
process through all of that stuff.

835
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:49,980
but generally on that Likert scale,

836
01:05:50,140 --> 01:05:52,240
folks seem generally pretty satisfied

837
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:53,740
with transportation services.

838
01:05:55,460 --> 01:05:57,980
I'm going to, again, we're just talking about food service.

839
01:05:59,080 --> 01:06:01,980
You know, we talked about, you know,

840
01:06:02,080 --> 01:06:05,120
do, you know, does your child use food service

841
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:06,080
for breakfast or lunch?

842
01:06:06,220 --> 01:06:08,460
We wanted to try to use this as an opportunity gauge

843
01:06:08,460 --> 01:06:12,160
how many participants in our breakfast and lunch program.

844
01:06:12,460 --> 01:06:14,360
We do ask if you don't participate?

845
01:06:14,420 --> 01:06:16,760
Why help us understand?

846
01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:23,980
we have that narrative feedback as well. Again, which meals does your student get from the

847
01:06:23,980 --> 01:06:32,480
district's food service? And again, you can see that lunch is of the 151 respondents to that

848
01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:43,100
question 65 percent by lunch, 35 percent by by both. And breakfast isn't overly utilized.

849
01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:48,880
And again, how satisfied are you with the overall quality of food service this year?

850
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:51,820
And this kind of gives us that one quick snapshot.

851
01:06:52,280 --> 01:06:55,100
And again, narrative feedback, which we will take.

852
01:06:55,260 --> 01:06:59,760
Then we'll be shared with our food service provider and our food service director.

853
01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:02,900
It's really proud of this one too.

854
01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:09,920
I know this was highlighted in building reports, but we do specifically ask about communication.

855
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:15,020
And we split out district communication and building communication because I have

856
01:07:15,020 --> 01:07:15,680
a vested interest.

857
01:07:15,800 --> 01:07:21,400
I want to know the calendar we put out and the district level information that comes

858
01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:21,660
out.

859
01:07:21,660 --> 01:07:22,460
Are we doing a good job?

860
01:07:23,780 --> 01:07:28,400
We know that buildings communicate with their parents all of the time and in different

861
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:28,860
avenues.

862
01:07:29,300 --> 01:07:36,600
So we wanted to just kind of get a sense of that, how satisfied folks are with that level

863
01:07:36,600 --> 01:07:37,260
of communication.

864
01:07:37,260 --> 01:07:43,860
And so when you look at both of those graphs, it really indicates that folks feel like they're

865
01:07:43,860 --> 01:07:49,640
getting just the right amount of information and folks do seem generally pretty satisfied

866
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:56,760
with the level of communication, which will kind of bring it full circle back to the initial

867
01:07:58,540 --> 01:08:05,020
slide in this presentation, which really focused on that priorities of communication and climate

868
01:08:05,020 --> 01:08:11,400
and culture. And so, you know, it certainly seems like we're trending in that right direction,

869
01:08:11,500 --> 01:08:15,120
doesn't mean we sit back and we're just satisfied with what we're doing. We know it's upward and

870
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:21,440
onward and constant improvement, but it does really give us kind of an indication that we're,

871
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:26,060
there's a sense that we're doing a pretty good job communicating with our families.

872
01:08:29,580 --> 01:08:35,640
So last but not least, our last couple of slides. This was not a fall check-in survey

873
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:42,620
At the beginning of the school year, we climate and culture is another priority, and that

874
01:08:42,620 --> 01:08:46,900
is a focus of a lot of the work that we're doing in the buildings.

875
01:08:47,300 --> 01:08:52,380
And so we do have a conference day tomorrow on sure a lot of your kiddos are pretty excited

876
01:08:52,380 --> 01:08:54,080
that they can sleep in tomorrow.

877
01:08:54,880 --> 01:09:00,980
But we will be here with a primary focus large part of the day is dedicated to climate and

878
01:09:00,980 --> 01:09:05,620
culture just within the buildings of our employees and in each building.

879
01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:09,800
So, Alissa is going to kind of just walk through the next couple of slides.

880
01:09:09,800 --> 01:09:13,780
We're not going to talk to all of these bullets here, but she's going to just give you

881
01:09:13,780 --> 01:09:14,860
some highlights.

882
01:09:15,060 --> 01:09:16,120
So, I'll turn it over to Alissa.

883
01:09:16,600 --> 01:09:17,000
Thank you.

884
01:09:17,380 --> 01:09:24,460
So, as Jason said, we opened with this work and full district, everyone in the auditorium

885
01:09:24,460 --> 01:09:27,060
really talked about what climate and culture mean.

886
01:09:27,060 --> 01:09:36,820
And obviously it's a born goal, it's a district goal, so we want to be really intentional about everyone knowing kind of what those two things mean and how they're different.

887
01:09:37,220 --> 01:09:45,200
So culture being the habits, the things you do, traditions, the way things work, and then climate really being the way people feel.

888
01:09:46,160 --> 01:09:53,940
And so we built this survey, very open-ended, and asked every single person who was there to please do it.

889
01:09:53,940 --> 01:09:57,640
So we have this immediate feedback, it was completely anonymous.

890
01:09:59,660 --> 01:10:03,340
And so these are the big takeaways from that.

891
01:10:03,880 --> 01:10:06,100
The first slide is the faculty.

892
01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:14,960
And so you can see at CES and New Bill Hill, this jives very much so with what the principals

893
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:18,020
went over in the way of the opening survey.

894
01:10:18,660 --> 01:10:22,320
People feel very supported by the administrators in both buildings.

895
01:10:22,320 --> 01:10:27,960
they feel like they have open doors, they're visible, they're there for them, and people also

896
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:34,320
express that their students are continuously one of the best parts of their work. And a lot of

897
01:10:34,320 --> 01:10:41,120
people also named that they're small groups of colleagues like tight knit teams or departments

898
01:10:41,720 --> 01:10:47,580
are really positive for them and make them want to keep coming back to work. And then

899
01:10:47,580 --> 01:10:52,760
And when you get to the areas of improvement, it's different.

900
01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:54,760
The two buildings were a little different.

901
01:10:55,680 --> 01:11:03,160
So both are rooted in the ideas of accountability and making sure everyone's doing the right

902
01:11:03,160 --> 01:11:11,700
thing and a lot to do with the adults in the buildings mending and repairing their relationships

903
01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:12,780
amongst one another.

904
01:11:12,780 --> 01:11:19,920
So we really want to catalyze and lead that work as much as we can, much of tomorrow's

905
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:28,500
dedicated to that and really honoring that and the fact that faculty are asking and expressing

906
01:11:28,500 --> 01:11:31,200
that they need relationships to be repaired.

907
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:33,920
So we're really trying to take that seriously.

908
01:11:34,660 --> 01:11:39,360
The admin team is leading an opening session tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, the entire

909
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:45,980
team, and then we are doing some circles tomorrow afternoon with every member who attends.

910
01:11:47,840 --> 01:11:49,020
And then slide 16.

911
01:11:49,540 --> 01:11:54,920
This includes specifically our teaching assistants and monitors.

912
01:11:55,720 --> 01:12:04,260
Okay, so not all staff who did have some responses from other groups, but the TA's and monitors

913
01:12:04,260 --> 01:12:05,520
did the most responding.

914
01:12:05,520 --> 01:12:17,300
So, similar vibes to that of the faculty, people really feeling like their immediate colleagues take really good care of them, but they have community and family.

915
01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:26,300
CES and Legal Hill TAs said they feel like professional development being included in

916
01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:34,420
PDDOs, team meetings, department meetings is really supporting their work and the teachers

917
01:12:34,420 --> 01:12:36,580
they work with really making them feel heard.

918
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:43,480
And then areas of improvement at CES, TAs, a lot more technology training.

919
01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:48,360
we started that. Mr. Finney has been working with them. That started in September.

920
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:55,240
And both represented and shared that they would like there to be

921
01:12:56,420 --> 01:13:01,520
equal and equitable treatment of TAs. And they want to be more included. And they want to be

922
01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:08,900
heard by all. And tears are invited to attend tomorrow. And they have been invited to attend

923
01:13:08,900 --> 01:13:13,620
And all of our tober after school Monday PDs, and that is grant funded.

924
01:13:13,780 --> 01:13:17,600
We wrote that into a grant through an amendment to make sure anyone who wanted to attend in

925
01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:18,820
their group could come.

926
01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:23,220
So we're trying to honor their wishes as immediately as we possibly can.

927
01:13:24,340 --> 01:13:29,060
So I'm happy to answer any questions regarding those slides or anything else, of course.

928
01:13:35,380 --> 01:13:41,580
So just as we close, thank you for listening to us for about an hour, it's a lot of information.

929
01:13:41,580 --> 01:13:44,500
But, you know, I think this goes back to transparency.

930
01:13:44,500 --> 01:13:47,800
And, again, it hits on so many of the district goals

931
01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:48,940
that we're talking about.

932
01:13:49,060 --> 01:13:51,540
And this is one data set with some information

933
01:13:51,540 --> 01:13:52,280
that was put out.

934
01:13:52,540 --> 01:13:55,800
So, again, we will put this on the district website.

935
01:13:56,020 --> 01:13:57,580
We wanted to present it to all of you first.

936
01:13:57,740 --> 01:13:58,460
It will live there.

937
01:13:59,820 --> 01:14:02,020
And, you know, this wouldn't...

938
01:14:02,020 --> 01:14:04,700
This won't be the last time that we come to you

939
01:14:04,700 --> 01:14:07,960
and are trying to elicit feedback from stakeholders.

940
01:14:08,680 --> 01:14:10,740
But we will continue this process.

941
01:14:10,740 --> 01:14:13,640
So thanks, um, it's just real quick.

942
01:14:13,840 --> 01:14:30,260
I, uh, while you were talking, I did a weighted average of the scores on them and the over so if we were to treat this like a customer service like survey with the, you know, the customers being our parents, the teachers faculty and the students, they were incredibly high weighted scores.

943
01:14:30,320 --> 01:14:36,160
So this is fun. This is phenomenal. I mean, in my work, if you do anything over a 3.5, you're doing great.

944
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:45,740
and so the overall ones for CES was 4.2, the high school, middle school was 3.8, so, and then the T and then the

945
01:14:45,740 --> 01:14:52,680
Panpebeck was 4.1 and 4.5 respectively, so this is great, this is wonderful, so cut-ups to you guys.

946
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:59,960
I just want to add to it, I know what is a lot of information, but I...

947
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,880
I think it's really important because I was chatting down as I was listening. It really does have implications for us in terms of policy work, but there are a bunch of policy ideas that, you know, that popped up coming out of this and also even budget time. No things that our kids and our parents and our faculty are looking for. I think it's free. I know it's very time consuming. But I think the information is really important, not just for transparency, but also for us to know what kind of policies and priorities and, you know, what we did for budgeting, what kinds of things we need to look at.

948
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:32,380
So, great. Thank you.

949
01:15:35,640 --> 01:15:40,900
Well, with that, we are our first public comment, and I don't have the big

950
01:15:40,900 --> 01:15:47,080
preamble, but we also don't have a giant crowd tonight. So, open up the floor to public comment

951
01:15:47,080 --> 01:15:51,940
three minutes if you need to. Okay, with that we'll start.

952
01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:57,520
And we will go into our district building

953
01:15:57,520 --> 01:16:00,780
and student updates. So it districts first.

954
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:08,400
All right, listen to me again. So I know Rob is probably going to mention but I just need to give

955
01:16:08,400 --> 01:16:15,820
a shout out for fall sports weekend. You know, I want to certainly give April Kudos.

956
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:21,900
I know she's a brand new athletic director and that is just kind of a whirlwind of a weekend.

957
01:16:22,380 --> 01:16:26,660
It is nonstop. She had to contend with whether probably made a really good call.

958
01:16:27,900 --> 01:16:45,360
postponing games on Saturday and moving them to Sunday where we had really nice weather on Sunday and Monday, but tough making that call booster club outstanding student athletes seemed to have a great time. So I don't want to steal too much thunder. So I'm not going to spend too much time on that.

959
01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:52,000
Tomorrow there's going to be some work going on in the high school parking lot.

960
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:55,380
There's some remediation work that needs to go on.

961
01:16:56,580 --> 01:16:59,980
They are going to come through those three different areas,

962
01:16:59,980 --> 01:17:02,620
they're going to dig up, look at the compaction,

963
01:17:03,220 --> 01:17:05,300
and then put the top coat back on.

964
01:17:05,900 --> 01:17:08,100
We don't need to close down the entire parking lot,

965
01:17:08,100 --> 01:17:10,960
which is a good thing because we have professional development day

966
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:13,060
that parking lot will be utilized tomorrow,

967
01:17:13,060 --> 01:17:16,460
but they know heavy flow of traffic times.

968
01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:19,100
Current right now, they were going to come in

969
01:17:19,100 --> 01:17:23,780
do that remediation Friday and then come back on Saturday and do the top

970
01:17:23,780 --> 01:17:28,960
coat calling for rain on Saturday. So they're likely not going to come back

971
01:17:28,960 --> 01:17:33,700
on Saturday. They probably will look to push it out to the following weekend.

972
01:17:33,980 --> 01:17:39,580
So that seems to be the constant theme and story. I am really excited at the fact

973
01:17:39,580 --> 01:17:46,840
that the remediation work will be done tomorrow, which leaves only the the final

974
01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:53,780
code to be able to come in. So there's been multiple times over the course of just about every week

975
01:17:53,780 --> 01:18:00,220
where we're on-turner and you know really pushing them to get this job done. We're kind of tired

976
01:18:00,220 --> 01:18:12,940
of waiting truthfully. So and again that is the final piece of work and we are slated for audio

977
01:18:12,940 --> 01:18:18,840
system install right now that will be in that was the $100,000 transfer to

978
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:24,240
capital work that work will be scheduled to be take place just before

979
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:31,040
Veterans Day weekend like Wednesday Thursday Friday into that weekend they

980
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:35,520
feel they need I really like about three days to get in there and pull all the

981
01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:40,260
wire and then put the new equipment up but that is the current game plan so the

982
01:18:40,260 --> 01:18:47,180
new audio system should be in there, and that work should be completed as students return

983
01:18:47,180 --> 01:18:53,660
back from Veterans Day. Just to remind her, November 2nd workshop has moved to November

984
01:18:54,200 --> 01:19:01,200
8th, and that should be, we'll send everybody a reminder again, but that workshop will take

985
01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:08,060
place November 8th. A couple of other things, Aiden Ahmed. I think I gave it to you in a Friday

986
01:19:08,060 --> 01:19:13,500
update he is our student representative to the board. I'm due to the conference day tomorrow they

987
01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:19,960
took the advantage of that not having schoolies doing a college visit so they're traveling tonight

988
01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:24,940
otherwise Aiden would have been here we would have introduced Aiden to all of you but he will be here

989
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:37,760
at our next meeting there's no issue with the schedule. SRO we continue to work with the town of

990
01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:42,780
go to act really. I think we've hammered out the details. We're just waiting on a draft agreement.

991
01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:47,480
As soon as we get that draft agreement, it's got to go to legal. We just don't have that.

992
01:19:47,480 --> 01:19:53,800
Just yet, I know it is one of many competing priorities that are town supervisors working on.

993
01:19:55,260 --> 01:20:01,640
We are in touch. I try not to bother him too much, but I think we are very close to finalizing

994
01:20:01,640 --> 01:20:07,280
that we just need that draft agreement. And then I need to give you time to look that

995
01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:11,500
over and then we'll have it on the board agenda for approval.

996
01:20:14,380 --> 01:20:23,100
As mentioned at the beginning of the meeting with Dan's resignation, the board has a couple

997
01:20:23,100 --> 01:20:28,460
of different options. Just talk through those options quickly for you now. It doesn't mean

998
01:20:28,460 --> 01:20:32,300
we need to discuss them now, but there are three different options. We've kind of been through this

999
01:20:32,300 --> 01:20:37,400
before for a couple of different circumstances, but I know Blake is new to the board and some of

1000
01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:45,520
you might not have remembered. The first thing we can do is have the board accept applications and

1001
01:20:45,520 --> 01:20:53,340
appoint somebody to that seat. That is an option that the board can consider. We can hold this special

1002
01:20:53,340 --> 01:21:02,840
election, and we can bring out the voting machines and ask folks to come and vote, or you can defer and wait until May.

1003
01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:19,880
Until the budget vote in election in May, and if you choose that route, three seats would be open, the top three vote getters would get three year seats, and then the fourth vote getter would have what we call the short seat.

1004
01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:22,420
which would be for the duration of dance term.

1005
01:21:24,060 --> 01:21:26,180
So those are some different options.

1006
01:21:27,040 --> 01:21:29,920
You know, at some point we're going to have to talk about that,

1007
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:32,160
whether it's tonight or at the next meeting,

1008
01:21:32,160 --> 01:21:35,220
but we're going to need some direction just in terms of what we want to do.

1009
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:38,580
So we need to do a special election or you want to appoint.

1010
01:21:39,180 --> 01:21:44,520
We'll get some information and help guide you on your way to making that happen

1011
01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:45,640
if you want to wait until May.

1012
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:55,060
That's kind of an easier avenue to take, but that'll be completely in your discretion.

1013
01:21:57,380 --> 01:21:58,840
Any thoughts on that?

1014
01:22:01,600 --> 01:22:03,100
Let's have it for a generous time.

1015
01:22:03,420 --> 01:22:03,540
Okay.

1016
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:07,800
We can't think about it for a little bit.

1017
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:08,700
Okay.

1018
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:11,380
And then if we need to make an agenda.

1019
01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:13,540
That sounds good.

1020
01:22:14,600 --> 01:22:20,280
So for me, can I just ask a quick question about how the student representative is chosen,

1021
01:22:20,540 --> 01:22:21,380
what's that process in town?

1022
01:22:21,900 --> 01:22:28,180
Yeah, so typically we use our, we have a policy on that, and we use our student government.

1023
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:33,680
We actually kind of look at the, it has to be a senior.

1024
01:22:34,180 --> 01:22:36,780
And so we put it out there if anybody is interested.

1025
01:22:36,780 --> 01:22:46,740
it, and then we use our student body government to do an election and devote. Typically we don't

1026
01:22:46,740 --> 01:22:52,440
have a bunch of kids clamoring for it, and so in this instance, A, who was the only student

1027
01:22:52,440 --> 01:22:57,380
who stepped up and said he would like to do it, and Robin, I got to have an opportunity

1028
01:22:57,380 --> 01:23:02,220
to meet with any very great and sharp young man, and I think he's going to do a great job

1029
01:23:02,220 --> 01:23:09,680
as representative. So but we typically we put it in the hands of student council and then it's

1030
01:23:09,680 --> 01:23:10,440
based on interest.

1031
01:23:17,660 --> 01:23:22,760
I have a question on the capital work because I just can't remember the steps

1032
01:23:22,760 --> 01:23:28,480
leading up to where the the gym is they're falling apart. Is that part of the that's part of the

1033
01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:33,320
project or not. It's not part of this project. No. Okay.

1034
01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:43,200
Aren't you building updates? I want to start at CES.

1035
01:23:46,910 --> 01:23:50,110
So I think I mentioned that our August meeting that we had take Fisher

1036
01:23:50,110 --> 01:23:53,470
coming into start our school year off and do a

1037
01:23:53,930 --> 01:23:56,430
presentation at our first monthly morning assembly, which was

1038
01:23:56,430 --> 01:24:01,110
Friday at the first full week of school. And for those of you that were there and

1039
01:24:01,110 --> 01:24:04,250
saw it, I think we can all agree. It was he was fantastic. He was just

1040
01:24:04,250 --> 01:24:08,810
just energizing and just save positive message and the kids are really into it and we really

1041
01:24:08,810 --> 01:24:13,170
got great feedback from the faculty staff, the kids, the parents, the community.

1042
01:24:13,570 --> 01:24:15,710
So that was a great way to kick off our school year.

1043
01:24:16,630 --> 01:24:21,470
The PTO has organized a book there today and yesterday, and so that went well, overwhelming

1044
01:24:21,470 --> 01:24:22,050
success.

1045
01:24:22,330 --> 01:24:26,170
The kids love to purchase books and the toys and the posters and all that stuff that comes

1046
01:24:26,170 --> 01:24:28,690
up because it's exciting for them.

1047
01:24:28,690 --> 01:24:31,430
And then I think it was the last Thursday.

1048
01:24:31,730 --> 01:24:34,710
Stacey Ratner brought in Angela Dietra Lizzie,

1049
01:24:34,970 --> 01:24:38,070
an author who met with our first and second grade kiddos

1050
01:24:38,070 --> 01:24:41,770
and then did an evening session with families as well.

1051
01:24:41,890 --> 01:24:45,070
And I think she had, I want to save 35 plus families there

1052
01:24:45,410 --> 01:24:46,570
to meet with the author.

1053
01:24:46,970 --> 01:24:48,310
So that was great success.

1054
01:24:49,570 --> 01:24:50,950
Great turn out.

1055
01:24:51,130 --> 01:24:54,010
Yeah, I just want to highlight next Tuesday.

1056
01:24:54,010 --> 01:24:58,190
We are celebrating 100 years of our building down at CES.

1057
01:24:58,690 --> 01:25:01,770
like to make sure our board knows that you are all invited to attend.

1058
01:25:02,570 --> 01:25:03,970
Well, a really nice agenda.

1059
01:25:04,790 --> 01:25:08,370
Well, with a lot of student presentation activities,

1060
01:25:08,710 --> 01:25:09,950
singing, things of that nature,

1061
01:25:10,210 --> 01:25:14,270
and then we'll also be recognizing some folks in our community

1062
01:25:14,270 --> 01:25:16,610
at that assembly as well.

1063
01:25:16,850 --> 01:25:18,890
So we're very excited.

1064
01:25:19,970 --> 01:25:22,790
Marker calendars, if you able to come out, 8.20 in the morning.

1065
01:25:23,290 --> 01:25:24,950
Should last about an hour.

1066
01:25:25,950 --> 01:25:31,450
maybe not? Well, I'll say it'll pay less than an hour. So, Mark, your calendar is

1067
01:25:31,450 --> 01:25:33,370
going to be available. Please, please stop by.

1068
01:25:37,810 --> 01:25:41,390
Okay. I just want to start as this is my

1069
01:25:42,090 --> 01:25:46,550
building for you. I want to thank the admin team. There is no honeymoon period and

1070
01:25:46,550 --> 01:25:51,130
administration particularly as being principal. And, you know, I can pick up the phone call,

1071
01:25:51,130 --> 01:25:56,570
Derby, Stabs, any of them, and they're willing to help in any capacity. And I certainly have

1072
01:25:56,570 --> 01:26:01,130
not the best. This is principal one of the best in the bill in the district.

1073
01:26:01,910 --> 01:26:05,610
She's awesome. She's been really helpful to me. So I really appreciate you, Hillary.

1074
01:26:05,770 --> 01:26:09,330
And Jason really doesn't get the credit he deserves. He's a spectacular leader.

1075
01:26:09,670 --> 01:26:11,490
And I can call him at any point in time.

1076
01:26:11,490 --> 01:26:16,430
He's been super helpful for me throughout the entire process of going into this role.

1077
01:26:16,890 --> 01:26:21,810
And I sincerely appreciate it. And I cannot say I constantly say it to the team.

1078
01:26:21,810 --> 01:26:27,410
I don't look, since I vindicate why I'm here, but they happen every day and every week.

1079
01:26:27,710 --> 01:26:32,050
I cannot say enough at how much of a program it is to be a principal in this district,

1080
01:26:32,310 --> 01:26:34,370
and it's a wonderful place as you already know.

1081
01:26:35,170 --> 01:26:36,850
And again, I got to make the boss.

1082
01:26:37,030 --> 01:26:40,950
He's been there with me the whole time through some challenging situations and has gotten

1083
01:26:40,950 --> 01:26:42,830
me through it, and I generally appreciate it all.

1084
01:26:42,950 --> 01:26:45,910
So that's my first bit, and I turned over here, and I'll go for it.

1085
01:26:46,330 --> 01:26:46,450
Great.

1086
01:26:48,730 --> 01:26:54,770
So, first we want to start off by recognizing spirit week, which was the first week in October.

1087
01:26:55,150 --> 01:26:59,970
So, we had something a little new this year, first spirit week. It was anything but about a bag day.

1088
01:27:01,530 --> 01:27:06,870
And it was, it was very interesting. We got to give the kids some credit for their creativity.

1089
01:27:06,890 --> 01:27:14,270
We saw a lot of really interesting items being used to carry in their belongings. There was a tire.

1090
01:27:14,270 --> 01:27:16,170
Yeah, it's time I want that one.

1091
01:27:16,410 --> 01:27:16,890
Good one.

1092
01:27:17,330 --> 01:27:18,810
You know, quite a few shopping hearts.

1093
01:27:19,230 --> 01:27:21,330
But it was, it was a really fun day.

1094
01:27:21,330 --> 01:27:23,070
The kids did a great job, you know,

1095
01:27:23,390 --> 01:27:25,850
buying by the parameters that were put in place.

1096
01:27:25,930 --> 01:27:28,990
And just having, having some fun with it.

1097
01:27:30,670 --> 01:27:34,970
Color words on Spirit Day and Friday was, was phenomenal.

1098
01:27:35,510 --> 01:27:39,050
And they seniors had a great time without any of the,

1099
01:27:39,050 --> 01:27:41,030
you know, negativity was all positive.

1100
01:27:41,030 --> 01:27:42,250
It was all really good stuff.

1101
01:27:42,750 --> 01:27:46,010
Pepp rally was a lot of fun and then our seventh and eighth graders had their own

1102
01:27:46,010 --> 01:27:51,810
Pepp rally and it followed it was leading up to fall sports weekend which we all

1103
01:27:51,810 --> 01:27:56,370
know is is a wonderful time so we want to thank everybody for all of their

1104
01:27:56,370 --> 01:28:00,750
hard work and faculty they were just they were troopers and they were in for all

1105
01:28:00,750 --> 01:28:05,070
of it so a lot of faculty participated in the the spirit days so that's always

1106
01:28:05,070 --> 01:28:09,670
really fun to see and the kids love it when faculty participate so that was

1107
01:28:09,670 --> 01:28:17,470
great. Some other things that we have come down the line we actually on Wednesday had our group of

1108
01:28:17,470 --> 01:28:23,950
students go those it's really changed their student empowerment. I had the opportunity to

1109
01:28:23,950 --> 01:28:29,750
to state this through CAPOCs it's a really interesting program we sent five students or social

1110
01:28:29,750 --> 01:28:37,210
studies high school team is kind of advising it and really the idea is to Wednesday was to train

1111
01:28:37,210 --> 01:28:42,130
students on how to facilitate groups that surround talking about the

1112
01:28:42,130 --> 01:28:46,210
challenges that are happening in their school. They meet with area schools. They'll

1113
01:28:46,210 --> 01:28:50,250
talk collectively. Here's what's happening here in the level line, Berlin, wherever it is.

1114
01:28:50,670 --> 01:28:54,230
And they look at what solutions they're proposing to it and then go back to

1115
01:28:54,230 --> 01:28:58,670
their schools. And we'll talk about that with their administrators and then talk

1116
01:28:58,670 --> 01:29:02,530
about that among their peer groups. So it's a really interesting group. I was happy to see it in

1117
01:29:02,530 --> 01:29:05,970
and Questar, and I give a shout out to the social status

1118
01:29:05,970 --> 01:29:07,430
team, they jump right in on it.

1119
01:29:07,750 --> 01:29:10,270
It aligns very well to the civic engagement piece

1120
01:29:10,270 --> 01:29:13,750
and the seal of civic readiness that came down from the state.

1121
01:29:14,210 --> 01:29:16,870
And then what we're also starting at the high school

1122
01:29:16,870 --> 01:29:19,230
and the middle school level are leadership teams.

1123
01:29:19,690 --> 01:29:24,090
It's a really important idea for us to hear from our students

1124
01:29:24,750 --> 01:29:28,550
directly as what they think is going on in the school

1125
01:29:28,550 --> 01:29:30,610
on one of their solutions to those issues.

1126
01:29:30,610 --> 01:29:35,730
So myself, Hillary and Jason will move with them on a monthly basis and really give them

1127
01:29:35,730 --> 01:29:40,530
the platform to say, here's what we're seeing, you know, as, you know, 12 to 18-year-olds

1128
01:29:40,530 --> 01:29:45,630
in school and what do they want to see? And it really provides them with the platform to be agents

1129
01:29:45,630 --> 01:29:51,670
of change, right? So they're school, too. And that's part of what we're beginning. And we have our first

1130
01:29:51,670 --> 01:29:56,670
means coming up at the end of, with the end of this month, early next month. We'll start to talk

1131
01:29:56,670 --> 01:29:59,970
about them. So, one thing else I'm really excited about is

1132
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,820
All is one of our teachers, Kate Tubbs, moved from T.O. to a FACS teacher from games before school started. And she was part of her, like job title is to also work on career fairs for us. So she's been working with her and you think working on winter career fair. And it's a role is the beginning of a multi-year process to have career fairs in the building, quest our super supportive of it. The goal of this year is to have one in the one in the spring.

1133
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:35,580
long-term looking at how can we get those on a monthly basis and different trades, right?

1134
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:42,120
It can be the health industry, it can be exclusion, it can be in business fields, and we

1135
01:30:42,120 --> 01:30:46,920
will be ideas to expand this over the course of the next few years where we're supporting

1136
01:30:46,920 --> 01:30:51,080
both the academic lens of things, but also looking at careers. And then the goal for

1137
01:30:51,080 --> 01:30:56,140
spring is to also incorporate some businesses, not just for students, but also for the community.

1138
01:30:56,140 --> 01:31:02,280
It's a, it's a, you know, the end of it's a big undertaking, but Kate is then a good

1139
01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:06,660
job at trying to move ahead that and I'm really excited about where that's going to go.

1140
01:31:06,840 --> 01:31:13,020
So, and then quick shout out to 21st Saturdays for, of course, but he's filled the bus.

1141
01:31:13,380 --> 01:31:20,080
We're using CES because in theory, our parking lot's supposed to get paved, so, really hope

1142
01:31:20,080 --> 01:31:20,300
so.

1143
01:31:20,300 --> 01:31:25,740
And so we'll be there from nine to 12 frame of shine.

1144
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:30,100
And so and then we have our school dance on Saturday.

1145
01:31:30,440 --> 01:31:33,980
So I will hopefully rock the Western years.

1146
01:31:33,980 --> 01:31:34,940
What's the second?

1147
01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:35,900
So.

1148
01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:38,480
All right.

1149
01:31:38,900 --> 01:31:40,280
Thank you all.

1150
01:31:40,500 --> 01:31:40,640
Yes.

1151
01:31:41,820 --> 01:31:44,620
I was just wondering the student empowerment group,

1152
01:31:44,620 --> 01:31:48,280
which I think it's possible to have sort of like a report out.

1153
01:31:48,280 --> 01:31:49,620
maybe it comes from our student rough

1154
01:31:49,620 --> 01:31:52,760
in the future of sort of the things that are emerging

1155
01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:53,980
from that group.

1156
01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,240
Yeah, it's very secure and more about it.

1157
01:31:56,340 --> 01:31:58,580
It's on our high school version of it.

1158
01:31:58,700 --> 01:32:00,420
So yeah, he could certainly talk about that.

1159
01:32:00,640 --> 01:32:01,480
And yeah, absolutely.

1160
01:32:01,840 --> 01:32:03,360
Yeah, maybe we could put the student update.

1161
01:32:09,450 --> 01:32:13,310
Okay, with that, we're gonna move into our policy work.

1162
01:32:13,790 --> 01:32:15,410
And just before we jump in,

1163
01:32:16,030 --> 01:32:17,810
we've talked a lot about

1164
01:32:19,550 --> 01:32:22,010
through our board.

1165
01:32:23,890 --> 01:32:52,810
Retreats this summer and just this fresh start that we have envisioned which includes some policy work that needs to be done and some of the things we talked about the last meeting are from my understanding and I'm going to pass it up here, but being really intentionally thought about in that they might not be ready right now, but that's because the policy group is working with stakeholders to get more information and really hear from them what we need for the to have a policy nailed down as well as we can.

1166
01:32:53,250 --> 01:33:01,270
So the ones that we have up tonight, a lot of work went in and I'm going to kick it to one of the policy committee to discuss what you've got going on here.

1167
01:33:01,810 --> 01:33:03,250
So I don't know who wants to be the spokesperson.

1168
01:33:09,180 --> 01:33:09,420
Okay.

1169
01:33:10,020 --> 01:33:12,380
Would you like me to do it? Sure.

1170
01:33:15,000 --> 01:33:20,440
So we considered three policies at the at the board's request.

1171
01:33:21,660 --> 01:33:27,300
really rules of order, pretty short policy, communication between board members and employees,

1172
01:33:27,500 --> 01:33:33,700
which really kind of just spells out what that communication should look like and how you go about

1173
01:33:33,700 --> 01:33:40,500
interacting with employees, and then communication among individual board members really does the same,

1174
01:33:40,640 --> 01:33:45,620
but spells out how that interaction should look from board member to board member.

1175
01:33:46,660 --> 01:33:52,840
Just to piggyback off of what Shelley was saying, the policy committee is really committed

1176
01:33:52,840 --> 01:34:00,200
to doing some work really in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is going to be

1177
01:34:00,200 --> 01:34:06,260
engaging with stakeholders to really inform their policy work, which I think is admirable.

1178
01:34:06,420 --> 01:34:14,120
It takes a lot longer to do it that way, but folks get to hear right from different stakeholders

1179
01:34:14,120 --> 01:34:19,240
others in terms of their thoughts and desires as they begin to shape that policy.

1180
01:34:19,480 --> 01:34:27,000
And so, I don't think the board wants to just be as thoughtful, I think, as possible,

1181
01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:30,460
that committee to really develop good policies.

1182
01:34:30,660 --> 01:34:32,240
So we appreciate your commitment to that.

1183
01:34:34,440 --> 01:34:34,920
Angie?

1184
01:34:37,120 --> 01:34:40,680
I will speak as one of the policy committee members.

1185
01:34:40,860 --> 01:34:44,400
I was taken aback once she asked someone to speak so I didn't jump right in.

1186
01:34:44,400 --> 01:34:50,140
But we are very super involved in the policy committee.

1187
01:34:50,300 --> 01:34:56,440
We have taken a lot of extra time to thoughtfully review all of these policies, review,

1188
01:34:56,740 --> 01:34:58,140
review, meet, remit.

1189
01:34:58,900 --> 01:35:05,320
So we are really taking everyone's concerns and opinions into account when we are reviewing

1190
01:35:05,320 --> 01:35:05,980
all these things.

1191
01:35:06,140 --> 01:35:11,380
And I think I haven't been on the board a long time, but I think in the year and a half that

1192
01:35:11,380 --> 01:35:18,900
And I have been, we've already done a lot of policy work, like active new creation policies

1193
01:35:18,900 --> 01:35:23,220
and I think it's a good thing and we're heading the right direction and we always want

1194
01:35:23,220 --> 01:35:29,580
to hear from the public for what they feel is needed and I think we are listening and

1195
01:35:29,580 --> 01:35:30,040
working hard.

1196
01:35:32,460 --> 01:35:37,620
I just want to add to you policy wise, the three that we sort of chose to prioritize tonight

1197
01:35:37,620 --> 01:35:40,840
I think was because we really wanted to honor the work that we had done this summer.

1198
01:35:41,500 --> 01:35:45,860
Most of these policies aligned with what we had talked about in our retreat, but it was

1199
01:35:45,860 --> 01:35:47,120
now putting them into place.

1200
01:35:47,920 --> 01:35:51,740
And then just to mention to you on top of the DEI work, the other one that we're being

1201
01:35:51,740 --> 01:35:55,080
very thoughtful about is self-own use and want to make sure that we get a lot of input from

1202
01:35:55,080 --> 01:35:56,720
stakeholders on that as well.

1203
01:35:57,560 --> 01:36:01,060
So those will be sort of the two that we're looking at deeply coming out of this.

1204
01:36:04,840 --> 01:36:11,840
So when we talk about stakeholders, can we elaborate on what we're encompassing in

1205
01:36:11,840 --> 01:36:12,060
that?

1206
01:36:13,020 --> 01:36:16,540
When we talk about stakeholders, I want to make sure that we're including parents members

1207
01:36:16,540 --> 01:36:21,240
of the community, not only just students and faculty and whatever.

1208
01:36:21,560 --> 01:36:29,160
So we will look at ways to engage parents and community members and getting some responses

1209
01:36:29,160 --> 01:36:29,600
on that.

1210
01:36:29,600 --> 01:36:37,400
we just have to think differently about how to do that, but the start will be current faculty

1211
01:36:37,400 --> 01:36:42,300
and staff that are engaged in that work already, and then we talk about student empowerment and

1212
01:36:42,300 --> 01:36:48,300
leadership, those individuals we will bring right into the fall. So I think the more challenging

1213
01:36:48,300 --> 01:36:57,760
pieces, how do you engage meaningfully, thoughtfully from parents and community? So we're going to start

1214
01:36:57,760 --> 01:37:02,720
with what we have access to and then look for ways to engage folks directly.

1215
01:37:03,400 --> 01:37:08,140
I think it is important to just recognize that the conversations we've had and the

1216
01:37:08,140 --> 01:37:13,040
public who have been here and had them with us, that information should have been thought

1217
01:37:13,040 --> 01:37:19,280
about and included. The emails that we've received, I've treated those as public comment because

1218
01:37:19,280 --> 01:37:24,400
our public comment policy does refer to both here in person and written comments, so everyone

1219
01:37:24,400 --> 01:37:27,360
that we've received when I respond, we received this.

1220
01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:30,480
I hope that that policy committee is acknowledging

1221
01:37:30,480 --> 01:37:31,700
those in their conversation.

1222
01:37:32,280 --> 01:37:33,320
So we are.

1223
01:37:33,960 --> 01:37:35,960
So as the committee needs, we take it all

1224
01:37:35,960 --> 01:37:38,160
and put that we get from either in public

1225
01:37:38,160 --> 01:37:40,220
from oral communications written or electronic

1226
01:37:40,220 --> 01:37:43,420
communications in the perspective of what we're developing.

1227
01:37:43,420 --> 01:37:45,420
Not only that, but we also look at the perspective

1228
01:37:45,420 --> 01:37:46,460
of the people on the team.

1229
01:37:47,180 --> 01:37:50,040
We're also looking at different opportunities

1230
01:37:50,040 --> 01:37:51,420
that different policies have written

1231
01:37:51,420 --> 01:37:52,220
by different districts.

1232
01:37:52,640 --> 01:37:57,480
look at those and see how they may or may not apply, taking the good and the bad and

1233
01:37:57,480 --> 01:38:03,140
working through it. It is a lot of work. It does take time, so we appreciate everybody's

1234
01:38:03,140 --> 01:38:07,200
patience as we go through because it is, we do have to be thoughtful. It's not looking at

1235
01:38:07,200 --> 01:38:13,380
just one group. The policies we develop are for the entire population, whether it's guidelines

1236
01:38:13,380 --> 01:38:17,760
for students or for teachers. We can't just look at a small group. It has to be, I've been

1237
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:19,140
changes for the entire population.

1238
01:38:21,630 --> 01:38:26,330
It is definitely work. And you guys have been meeting

1239
01:38:26,330 --> 01:38:30,550
pretty regularly for my understanding. So thank you. Those of you Angie.

1240
01:38:32,690 --> 01:38:37,470
We can also consider the fact that we have this huge survey with all of these parents responses

1241
01:38:37,470 --> 01:38:43,890
and input as you know parent participation as well. I think we can take that into account

1242
01:38:43,890 --> 01:38:47,050
as well when we're doing some of our policy work to some of it.

1243
01:38:50,770 --> 01:38:55,410
And with that, it gets run through legal channels too.

1244
01:38:55,610 --> 01:38:59,290
So, you know, I think some of the policy we heard that was mentioned in the survey.

1245
01:38:59,550 --> 01:39:01,150
You just have to ask if you can even do it.

1246
01:39:01,170 --> 01:39:01,950
It's really hard.

1247
01:39:02,170 --> 01:39:03,110
The social media piece.

1248
01:39:03,310 --> 01:39:09,810
I understand the stress that that puts on all of the different groups and the teachers express that.

1249
01:39:09,810 --> 01:39:11,890
Um, that becomes really hard.

1250
01:39:12,230 --> 01:39:15,250
We have to be mindful of first amendment and things like that.

1251
01:39:15,510 --> 01:39:16,410
So, yeah, freaky.

1252
01:39:16,690 --> 01:39:16,790
Yep.

1253
01:39:19,120 --> 01:39:19,680
Okay.

1254
01:39:19,940 --> 01:39:26,920
So with that, um, I get a motion to approve the first reading of the three policies we have listed.

1255
01:39:28,380 --> 01:39:29,600
So moved, Mary.

1256
01:39:31,980 --> 01:39:34,480
Mary Angie, is there any discussion?

1257
01:39:35,460 --> 01:39:40,740
No, I don't think I want to say about this, as this is stuff that we have in practice

1258
01:39:41,300 --> 01:39:48,060
in doing for a long time, but it was never written, and so I think it's a good thing.

1259
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:51,840
Yeah, codifying things that definitely makes it more firm and more reliable.

1260
01:39:51,960 --> 01:39:52,820
You can't question it.

1261
01:39:53,160 --> 01:39:53,220
No.

1262
01:39:54,480 --> 01:39:56,620
All right, well with that, all in favor.

1263
01:39:57,460 --> 01:39:57,780
Hi.

1264
01:39:58,600 --> 01:39:59,320
Anyone opposed?

1265
01:40:00,200 --> 01:40:00,880
Anyone abstaining?

1266
01:40:01,780 --> 01:40:04,280
Thank you for your work on this and your continued work.

1267
01:40:04,280 --> 01:40:06,360
throughout the year, do you have a lot on your plate?

1268
01:40:07,840 --> 01:40:09,400
All right, finance.

1269
01:40:09,740 --> 01:40:12,840
You have put a lot of things here, Brian.

1270
01:40:13,320 --> 01:40:15,680
Yes. So with the audit coming to a conclusion,

1271
01:40:15,680 --> 01:40:18,620
we were able to get our numbers to finalize the

1272
01:40:18,620 --> 01:40:21,860
Treasury report, auditors report A and B for July and August.

1273
01:40:22,520 --> 01:40:25,820
We have to get those numbers solidified before we can do that.

1274
01:40:26,140 --> 01:40:30,380
You're going to be not asked to approve a couple donations.

1275
01:40:30,400 --> 01:40:33,000
One from Amazon for eight backpacks.

1276
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:38,100
and school supplies, they were nice enough to bring to us and then one from ComSoft to company

1277
01:40:38,100 --> 01:40:45,160
that's gone completely remote. They gave us two hand dryers that will be used to replace

1278
01:40:45,760 --> 01:40:50,920
ones when they can fault the bathrooms. You'll see them again next month because they gave us

1279
01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:56,360
the beginning of some office supplies as well. I'm asking for the approval to declare

1280
01:40:56,360 --> 01:41:03,860
library, library books from CES. It's the first weeding of the year, and multiple contracts,

1281
01:41:04,140 --> 01:41:08,740
two for Hillcrest, one for a summer student, one for all-year student, and then Bob Hughes

1282
01:41:08,740 --> 01:41:13,480
was doing professional development on two days being paid out of one of Mrs. Grants.

1283
01:41:14,300 --> 01:41:20,320
And also the final piece of this is that the board has to accept the audit report that was discussed

1284
01:41:20,320 --> 01:41:25,460
today and also put into the presentation so I can then push that out to the state tomorrow.

1285
01:41:26,360 --> 01:41:30,420
and as the final file audit for the extra election.

1286
01:41:32,490 --> 01:41:37,160
So with that, I'm going to get a motion to approve finance sections A through F.

1287
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,280
Motion, chair, please.

1288
01:41:41,060 --> 01:41:41,720
All in favor?

1289
01:41:42,620 --> 01:41:42,760
Aye.

1290
01:41:43,520 --> 01:41:44,040
Anyone opposed?

1291
01:41:45,360 --> 01:41:45,520
Okay.

1292
01:41:46,060 --> 01:41:46,700
Any abstentions?

1293
01:41:48,310 --> 01:41:55,160
Other actions, we have special education recommendations for approval.

1294
01:41:56,620 --> 01:42:02,080
And then can we just move to the next couple of sections together, so I don't think we'd do

1295
01:42:02,080 --> 01:42:07,400
recommendations. Okay, so we have some staffing actions. Do we need one to discuss those?

1296
01:42:09,180 --> 01:42:17,200
Kind of just kind of typical beginning of the year stock for resignations and appointments,

1297
01:42:23,060 --> 01:42:26,480
and then add appointments of advisor coaches.

1298
01:42:27,260 --> 01:42:28,220
Too early for requirements.

1299
01:42:29,520 --> 01:42:29,820
Yes.

1300
01:42:30,280 --> 01:42:36,620
I get a motion for items eight and nine for approval.

1301
01:42:38,600 --> 01:42:39,360
Second.

1302
01:42:41,240 --> 01:42:42,360
Angie, all in favor.

1303
01:42:43,260 --> 01:42:43,480
Aye.

1304
01:42:44,060 --> 01:42:44,720
Anyone opposed?

1305
01:42:45,360 --> 01:42:46,280
Any abstentions?

1306
01:42:46,560 --> 01:42:46,920
Aye.

1307
01:42:46,920 --> 01:42:48,600
Okay, second public comment,

1308
01:42:51,840 --> 01:42:55,840
closing second public comment, we're going to move into our

1309
01:42:55,840 --> 01:42:59,420
new section here of agenda planning board member comment.

1310
01:43:00,300 --> 01:43:10,100
So I asked to just kind of put the think until now for agenda setting and planning about

1311
01:43:10,100 --> 01:43:11,160
the seat.

1312
01:43:11,540 --> 01:43:15,500
Is there something that anyone wants to comment on, do we need to put it on the agenda?

1313
01:43:15,500 --> 01:43:20,740
the, some of those options would need to have that happen.

1314
01:43:21,520 --> 01:43:26,610
So like, can you just ask the question, what was done last time?

1315
01:43:27,530 --> 01:43:34,170
We waited until election, because it was close, it was after the midpoint of the year.

1316
01:43:34,230 --> 01:43:37,510
So we waited until the election period, wouldn't they?

1317
01:43:38,030 --> 01:43:39,490
It's also the easier zone.

1318
01:43:40,010 --> 01:43:40,230
Yeah.

1319
01:43:40,870 --> 01:43:45,910
So that is my preferences to wait for the easiest, but also be I think we've done a really

1320
01:43:45,910 --> 01:43:50,670
large amount of teamwork on the board right now and I want to kind of keep that flow going.

1321
01:43:51,890 --> 01:43:55,870
And then that way the public gets a, you know, any full vote and food. Let's see.

1322
01:43:56,530 --> 01:44:01,130
What else to on this point? I mean, support of a special election. I think the time frame

1323
01:44:01,130 --> 01:44:05,970
between now and May is too great to go without another board member. Can I ask a question

1324
01:44:05,970 --> 01:44:12,030
about the special election? Is that by petition? People need to pick up petitions for a special election?

1325
01:44:12,030 --> 01:44:35,450
I believe so. Okay, it would be just like a vote. Okay, so I don't know off top of my head, but if what we could do is look at those options and get that from legal and send it all to you.

1326
01:44:35,450 --> 01:44:43,270
So I know I think the next time we meet is November 8th and then we're kind of turned around

1327
01:44:43,270 --> 01:44:48,630
right the following week for a business meeting the following week I think on the 6th, 16th.

1328
01:44:49,950 --> 01:44:58,030
So we can gather that all the different options and parameters for each one of those options.

1329
01:44:58,610 --> 01:44:59,610
We can do that.

1330
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:17,560
I don't know that I don't want to give you that information now. I would rather get all of that from legal and get it to you. So you have time to consider that. So historically, and I'm going to say I can go back at this 12 years.

1331
01:45:22,060 --> 01:45:33,160
One time we did a point, we solicited applicants, and then we appointed Ken Flot,

1332
01:45:35,330 --> 01:45:37,970
you're looking at me like you don't remember that, that one.

1333
01:45:39,590 --> 01:45:43,970
That was Mr. Charsky. He ended up being the position we appointed him.

1334
01:45:48,100 --> 01:45:53,560
another time we let it, another time we let it go to the end of the, to the regular May,

1335
01:45:53,960 --> 01:45:55,120
because it happened in February.

1336
01:45:57,560 --> 01:46:02,580
And Mr. Peter was, as the result of his election and it

1337
01:46:02,580 --> 01:46:11,500
took effect in January and then Kyle to, as well, but Kyle was after, was in the, in the winter,

1338
01:46:11,500 --> 01:46:22,120
and then it's like February or something like that, and we waited until the May vote.

1339
01:46:23,740 --> 01:46:32,680
I wonder if there's an option to just, well, I think that would need to be either a special

1340
01:46:32,680 --> 01:46:41,480
election or an appointment where we would advertise for that for a period of time, because

1341
01:46:41,480 --> 01:46:51,640
I know that this past vote, there was four seats, four people in one and three seats.

1342
01:46:53,120 --> 01:46:59,340
And that person on the out was, I don't know, that person would still be interested.

1343
01:47:04,260 --> 01:47:04,620
Angie.

1344
01:47:05,860 --> 01:47:09,180
I would be reluctant to do an appointment.

1345
01:47:09,720 --> 01:47:10,260
No, I know.

1346
01:47:10,260 --> 01:47:21,520
So I'm just saying my thoughts just because how do you do that and I wouldn't want it to just be the eight of us deciding without the public vote.

1347
01:47:22,280 --> 01:47:32,260
I do want to just be mindful if we do special election of the amount of time and we're doing a lot of work and a lot of detailed work as a board.

1348
01:47:33,020 --> 01:47:37,580
the amount of time if it is the process of petitions and then they get the

1349
01:47:37,580 --> 01:47:41,780
opportunity to speak at a board meeting. There has to be a public, do they, do they

1350
01:47:41,780 --> 01:47:44,780
have to have that public meeting of introducing them. I probably have to do the

1351
01:47:44,780 --> 01:47:50,300
whole process. I don't, I don't. We're talking maybe three months anyway. So I just

1352
01:47:50,300 --> 01:47:54,580
want us to be super mindful once we have, once we learn those parameters. And it

1353
01:47:54,580 --> 01:47:59,310
might be shorter depending on what they let's can we agree that November 8th we'll

1354
01:47:59,310 --> 01:48:03,790
some details and then I just don't think we have enough information but I'm sure we can have

1355
01:48:03,790 --> 01:48:05,230
before November 8th too.

1356
01:48:07,250 --> 01:48:10,550
It was a workshop but if we need to have a business meeting just like we

1357
01:48:10,550 --> 01:48:14,990
did when we were at the building. We can do a business vote and do the workshop so but

1358
01:48:16,750 --> 01:48:20,850
that's an action item. I've got plenty.

1359
01:48:23,170 --> 01:48:27,090
Anything else on that? Sure. I don't know if it's on that but part

1360
01:48:27,090 --> 01:48:33,890
of board member comment, I want to say that this has been a very positive, respectful meeting

1361
01:48:33,890 --> 01:48:37,710
and haven't seen one of them in a long time and I wanted to kind of take notice of that

1362
01:48:37,710 --> 01:48:42,650
and appreciate all of you and thank you on board appreciation day, I suppose, or week whatever.

1363
01:48:43,710 --> 01:48:47,890
But didn't you appreciate today's meeting and thought that it was very productive and useful,

1364
01:48:48,170 --> 01:48:49,430
so just want to take note.

1365
01:48:55,280 --> 01:48:58,340
Any other agenda planning or comments I would like everyone to have

1366
01:48:58,340 --> 01:49:01,640
opportunity. Third. Courts, comments.

1367
01:49:02,360 --> 01:49:09,880
I have a couple things. The first thing is a question now. I do a lot of volunteering in the community. You guys probably see me.

1368
01:49:10,780 --> 01:49:18,140
A couple of sporting events I went to. I've got a concern. Why is there a reason why we're not playing the national anthem at the start of the games anymore?

1369
01:49:20,790 --> 01:49:23,830
I don't have any answers to that. I'd have to look into it. I don't know.

1370
01:49:26,990 --> 01:49:36,370
I was at basketball, but the volleyball and the soccer and stuff that I went to there wasn't a pause or wasn't a comment. There was nothing that's a little concerning for me.

1371
01:49:37,630 --> 01:49:45,530
The other question I had as I know, last year's budget we had on a line item for the expansion of the huddle system that got removed.

1372
01:49:46,950 --> 01:49:49,750
I'm curious, is the other system still functioning?

1373
01:49:50,910 --> 01:49:59,270
We have huddle for, I believe we have it for basketball, boys and girls, and volleyball

1374
01:49:59,270 --> 01:50:01,370
by request of the coaches.

1375
01:50:01,930 --> 01:50:07,450
I think volleyball was new this year at request of the coach for volleyball.

1376
01:50:08,270 --> 01:50:12,750
And I do believe Mr. Bentley had worked with all the coaches

1377
01:50:12,750 --> 01:50:17,050
is to see who would be interested in that as a coach

1378
01:50:17,510 --> 01:50:18,650
to be able to man with that.

1379
01:50:19,670 --> 01:50:20,270
Thank you.

1380
01:50:20,670 --> 01:50:20,750
Yep.

1381
01:50:21,650 --> 01:50:22,690
One more question.

1382
01:50:24,310 --> 01:50:26,770
I know it's a little bit early, but have we

1383
01:50:26,770 --> 01:50:29,410
thought about starting up conversations on budget talks,

1384
01:50:29,410 --> 01:50:31,150
how we're going to present, what we're going to present

1385
01:50:31,150 --> 01:50:31,510
earlier?

1386
01:50:32,750 --> 01:50:37,390
Yeah, actually, our budget discussion

1387
01:50:37,390 --> 01:50:39,810
will begin at that mid-November meeting

1388
01:50:39,810 --> 01:50:46,670
we're going to do department presentations really from transportation, IT facilities,

1389
01:50:46,670 --> 01:50:52,170
we're going to get our first round of department presentations mid-November.

1390
01:50:52,550 --> 01:50:57,170
I don't believe we did, I think it's about a month earlier, so it gives us a little more time

1391
01:50:57,170 --> 01:51:03,710
for discussion. Brian and I have sat and kind of mapped out how we can garner more time,

1392
01:51:03,710 --> 01:51:09,730
so it doesn't feel as pressed. I know last year we just some feedback that we didn't have enough

1393
01:51:09,730 --> 01:51:17,190
Conversation times on some of those priority items in the budget. So we're working to make sure that that happens this year. Thank you.

1394
01:51:17,190 --> 01:51:20,030
Jason, can you say that's that map of what it looks like?

1395
01:51:20,210 --> 01:51:20,510
We can.

1396
01:51:20,850 --> 01:51:21,110
Yeah.

1397
01:51:23,230 --> 01:51:24,710
For the year.

1398
01:51:25,890 --> 01:51:26,370
Budget.

1399
01:51:26,850 --> 01:51:27,390
Budget.

1400
01:51:27,490 --> 01:51:28,050
Budget map.

1401
01:51:28,330 --> 01:51:28,710
Okay.

1402
01:51:28,930 --> 01:51:29,450
It was like a.

1403
01:51:30,270 --> 01:51:31,490
Like a politicalist.

1404
01:51:32,130 --> 01:51:32,670
Actually.

1405
01:51:33,090 --> 01:51:33,230
Yeah.

1406
01:51:33,230 --> 01:51:33,410
Yeah.

1407
01:51:35,130 --> 01:51:36,350
That's what I was just going to clarify.

1408
01:51:36,570 --> 01:51:41,090
So was the nationally, was that an action item that will be followed up to that or was

1409
01:51:41,090 --> 01:51:41,310
that just?

1410
01:51:41,310 --> 01:51:41,570
Oh, yeah.

1411
01:51:41,790 --> 01:51:41,930
Okay.

1412
01:51:42,030 --> 01:51:42,190
Yeah.

1413
01:51:42,410 --> 01:51:43,170
I'll look into that.

1414
01:51:43,310 --> 01:51:45,170
My mind started wondering and I'm like, what happened up?

1415
01:51:46,610 --> 01:51:47,410
Thank you.

1416
01:51:48,190 --> 01:51:48,590
Thank you.

1417
01:51:48,590 --> 01:51:49,010
I guess.

1418
01:51:49,470 --> 01:51:49,690
Tally.

1419
01:51:49,950 --> 01:51:52,590
I just wanted to do one shout out.

1420
01:51:53,310 --> 01:51:58,070
I know the public wasn't with us on the school bus a couple weeks ago, but I just wanted

1421
01:51:58,070 --> 01:52:00,790
to thank Rhonda and the admin team for taking us.

1422
01:52:00,790 --> 01:52:15,050
I know myself since COVID, I have not been in the buildings a lot, so it was nice to see the spaces, especially CES, and we get to see how limited their spaces and the faculty room they're working with and the bus for just not something we see often.

1423
01:52:15,330 --> 01:52:19,890
So I appreciated that time that was what it was showing us around.

1424
01:52:23,290 --> 01:52:39,370
So that's what I was going to comment on too. Just thinking no, no problem. No, it was a good time to see the buildings and we really haven't in my five years done that at all. We did the bus garage, like in August of my first year and we never went to buildings. So I appreciate that.

1425
01:52:40,470 --> 01:52:43,450
That will be every October from here on out.

1426
01:52:43,710 --> 01:52:49,390
And Rhonda drives the bus very well, so I think she wanted to give us all turns.

1427
01:52:49,590 --> 01:52:51,590
I wasn't going to take that.

1428
01:52:54,910 --> 01:52:58,970
Any other agenda items or comments, Jason?

1429
01:52:59,350 --> 01:53:04,730
Yeah, I just wanted to comment on the national anthem as we look into that.

1430
01:53:04,730 --> 01:53:10,490
that reminded me, we received two prisoner of war flags

1431
01:53:10,490 --> 01:53:14,610
donated by our local VFW that they had called

1432
01:53:14,610 --> 01:53:17,890
and asked if we could fly those on our flag poles

1433
01:53:17,890 --> 01:53:21,730
and at each of our two school buildings.

1434
01:53:22,050 --> 01:53:25,150
So those were distributed to the buildings

1435
01:53:25,150 --> 01:53:27,870
and will be flying those flags as well.

1436
01:53:28,090 --> 01:53:30,170
So I just wanted to thank the local VFW,

1437
01:53:30,370 --> 01:53:31,610
not only for their service,

1438
01:53:31,610 --> 01:53:39,150
but they're contribution to those flags so that we can fly them in honor of those individuals.

1439
01:53:39,870 --> 01:53:41,310
So thank you.

1440
01:53:41,690 --> 01:53:42,890
And I had one other thought too.

1441
01:53:44,650 --> 01:53:55,170
Okay, you'll notice under board member comment we asked for the committee reports just to be listed so that if there was now the audit committee doesn't really need to comment because we already except the audit and the policy committee.

1442
01:53:55,170 --> 01:53:56,170
We've done a lot of work.

1443
01:53:57,050 --> 01:53:59,430
Some of the other committees I don't think they've even kicked off yet.

1444
01:53:59,650 --> 01:54:03,630
I will acknowledge that Alyssa hosted the Professional Development Committee meeting today,

1445
01:54:03,850 --> 01:54:05,650
and they are ready to rock and roll tomorrow.

1446
01:54:05,910 --> 01:54:09,070
So I hope that everyone has a really great day because once again,

1447
01:54:09,070 --> 01:54:11,610
it's a great lineup plan.

1448
01:54:11,890 --> 01:54:15,330
So looking forward to hear the feedback that you guys have tomorrow.

1449
01:54:15,950 --> 01:54:17,450
Anybody else wants to jump in on the others?

1450
01:54:17,850 --> 01:54:20,090
I don't know Angie, do you have an Isba update?

1451
01:54:20,370 --> 01:54:22,030
Or when you get really back next time.

1452
01:54:22,030 --> 01:54:27,950
Yeah, so that's coming. Yeah, so this is where you'll see that and if we have something

1453
01:54:27,950 --> 01:54:33,450
I'm just going to ask that we we present it as much as I love hearing from our administrative team.

1454
01:54:33,590 --> 01:54:40,330
You guys do a lot of work and this was to engage us with you. So we'll try to do our best to give our reports

1455
01:54:41,410 --> 01:54:47,690
or our participation. And if we mess up, if we don't say a great thing, just correct us.

1456
01:54:47,690 --> 01:54:56,190
So just so I can come in on the audit community we did meet with the folks from and she presented

1457
01:54:56,190 --> 01:55:00,710
and I didn't say anything at that point. We did find one I did bring up one problem,

1458
01:55:00,710 --> 01:55:06,690
which we were not able to get corrected before it had to be finalized to meet our deadline tomorrow.

1459
01:55:07,590 --> 01:55:13,270
So it will be noted and that had to do with the amount of money on the capital and how it was

1460
01:55:13,270 --> 01:55:20,430
described, not not any material number, then members were correct, but it was how it was

1461
01:55:20,430 --> 01:55:26,970
described as being all for the roof on the gym and it wasn't. So that was that was the

1462
01:55:26,970 --> 01:55:38,430
correction I wanted to have made. So I went back and forth and with Alan and we talked

1463
01:55:38,430 --> 01:55:43,410
on the phone and I said okay, well we have to make our deadline. So that'll be noted for next year

1464
01:55:43,410 --> 01:55:52,850
and they will make sure that it's complete corrected. So that was for the capital reserve, right?

1465
01:55:53,410 --> 01:55:59,630
Use the capital reserve. It's been put in the other money for the major project of this year starting

1466
01:55:59,630 --> 01:56:09,810
last year's a notion out there. So great catch deep into the deep into the I read it. That doesn't that I read the thing.

1467
01:56:13,290 --> 01:56:18,850
Andy two things one minor so just so we know if you don't write no report.

1468
01:56:19,850 --> 01:56:25,290
Expect someone from that committee to committee to speak at the meeting if you have something.

1469
01:56:25,290 --> 01:56:32,590
Right. Yeah. So we know. Okay. I think this was the first time it's been here. So it was maybe to remind us which committees we sent me saying.

1470
01:56:33,690 --> 01:56:34,770
Keep us accountable.

1471
01:56:35,850 --> 01:56:44,810
And then my last thought is I had the opportunity to attend both the CS community fair and sports weekend.

1472
01:56:44,810 --> 01:56:47,830
and they were both amazing.

1473
01:56:48,250 --> 01:56:50,570
The community, the people, the employees,

1474
01:56:50,710 --> 01:56:51,610
the faculty were great,

1475
01:56:51,890 --> 01:56:55,290
and I just want to comment for Kara and Rob

1476
01:56:55,290 --> 01:56:58,710
to be so new in our community

1477
01:56:58,710 --> 01:57:01,130
and to be there and seem like they had been there

1478
01:57:01,130 --> 01:57:03,150
for years, like, you know,

1479
01:57:03,530 --> 01:57:06,690
between the kids being familiar with you guys

1480
01:57:06,690 --> 01:57:08,430
after, you know, at that point,

1481
01:57:08,610 --> 01:57:09,610
only six weeks of school

1482
01:57:09,610 --> 01:57:13,650
and your familiarity with the grounds

1483
01:57:13,650 --> 01:57:19,310
and the building and the kids and the names and the parents and you just, it was like you guys had been there for years.

1484
01:57:19,970 --> 01:57:21,630
So, kudos to you guys.

1485
01:57:21,790 --> 01:57:21,870
Great.

1486
01:57:22,030 --> 01:57:22,330
Thanks.

1487
01:57:23,570 --> 01:57:24,450
You're welcome.

1488
01:57:26,190 --> 01:57:27,070
Thank you.

1489
01:57:27,330 --> 01:57:27,510
Good.

1490
01:57:30,510 --> 01:57:30,790
Good.

1491
01:57:31,070 --> 01:57:31,510
Good.

1492
01:57:32,750 --> 01:57:32,950
Good.

1493
01:57:32,950 --> 01:57:33,070
Good.

1494
01:57:37,990 --> 01:57:38,170
Good.

1495
01:57:40,310 --> 01:57:44,890
I mean, you probably were 10 different past that day.

1496
01:57:45,150 --> 01:57:48,070
Like, he would jump, you know, depending on the time.

1497
01:57:48,210 --> 01:57:49,170
Yeah, he figured that out.

1498
01:57:49,230 --> 01:57:50,970
And if no one knew, if somebody needed to,

1499
01:57:51,170 --> 01:57:52,990
he had that out.

1500
01:57:53,090 --> 01:57:55,610
Like, it was, you know, Sarah.

1501
01:57:55,850 --> 01:57:58,610
You know, I think Derby offered for Sarah.

1502
01:57:58,870 --> 01:57:59,730
No, no, it's cold.

1503
01:57:59,930 --> 01:58:01,110
I don't think we're getting that though.

1504
01:58:03,450 --> 01:58:04,330
Yeah, yeah.

1505
01:58:05,790 --> 01:58:07,450
for the kids, right?

1506
01:58:09,610 --> 01:58:11,090
It's not Robin there, though.

1507
01:58:11,210 --> 01:58:13,990
I don't think it's Robin there, though.

1508
01:58:14,730 --> 01:58:17,130
I think there wasn't one other employee of next year

1509
01:58:17,130 --> 01:58:19,010
so I want to show people who love that.

1510
01:58:19,130 --> 01:58:19,890
It's wonderful.

1511
01:58:21,090 --> 01:58:22,570
You can tell right now.

1512
01:58:25,790 --> 01:58:26,910
All right.

1513
01:58:28,350 --> 01:58:31,430
Anything else before I.

1514
01:58:31,430 --> 01:58:34,450
Okay, take us to executive session for me.

1515
01:58:37,130 --> 01:58:39,210
All right, with that, we're going to,

1516
01:58:39,210 --> 01:58:41,750
I need a motion to enter into executive session

1517
01:58:41,750 --> 01:58:45,870
to discuss SAA, C-S-E-A, and S-F-A negotiations,

1518
01:58:46,450 --> 01:58:48,250
a personal matter of a particular person.

1519
01:58:48,750 --> 01:58:49,450
So I'm going to marry.

1520
01:58:50,270 --> 01:58:50,910
And give a second.

1521
01:58:51,370 --> 01:58:53,290
So, Anna Cherry, all in favor?

1522
01:58:54,050 --> 01:58:54,250
Aye.

1523
01:58:54,430 --> 01:58:56,590
I thank you all for joining us tonight,

1524
01:58:57,350 --> 01:58:59,570
and we'll see you next time.

1525
01:59:00,210 --> 01:59:00,750
next time.