[0:00] Um, yeah, I got right off the mic.

[0:14] That's so funny. I shouldn't look at all this.

[0:18] Oh, my own thing. It's good time to be going in first, not to at all first. Oh my god. Go ahead and get home. Yeah.

[0:26] Good evening everyone, welcome to our Roseway Area School Board meeting.

[0:36] This is September 21st, 22nd, I'm sorry, and it is Equinox, thank you, all right, great.

[0:50] Director Manix, would you please call the roll call?

[0:53] Absolutely. Director Morse-Win. Director Cleveland.

[0:57] Here. Director Bowie-Sewski. Here. Director Anderson.

[1:01] Here. Clerk, clerk is here. Chair Chiu.

[1:04] Yeah. We are here. Thank you. And do we have any agenda adjustments?

[1:09] There are no agenda adjustments, but I do have a couple of announcements.

[1:13] Oh, that would be great. Yes.

[1:14] Yes. First, I'd like to introduce little Canada Elementary

[1:17] Principal, Dr. Jose Basera. If you'd stand Jose,

[1:20] Let's welcome Hosea's face, beginning his superintendent internship.

[1:27] I'd also like to give the microphone to Ms. White.

[1:31] Thank you, Dr. Lake.

[1:32] I want to share that this Thursday is a super exciting opportunity for us to gather with the Roseville

[1:38] Area School Foundation, Fall fundraiser event.

[1:42] Stop by any time, 530 to 730 at Cedar home.

[1:46] There's appetizers, there's some raffle things.

[1:49] There will be a short speaking portion around six o'clock, but it's a really great night to engage with the community and

[1:56] Support our schools. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. I hope that's the most fun. I'll be there

[2:04] And by Cedar home, we mean the Cedar home golf course

[2:10] I'm glad just north of 36

[2:19] Yes, thank you on the record now. We know exactly in the day show up at risk. No excuse us. Right on time. How is it? Yeah, thank you

[2:31] Do we have any summary of community input?

[2:35] We do not okay. All right great. So we have a consent agenda

[2:42] Minus gifts and I don't think we have any retirement today

[2:45] So, with the consent agenda, I entertain a motion to accept that.

[2:52] I move this evening's consent agenda.

[2:54] Okay.

[2:54] Second.

[2:55] Second.

[2:56] Thank you.

[2:58] Or in favor say aye.

[3:00] Aye.

[3:01] Opposed?

[3:03] Thank you.

[3:04] Motion carries.

[3:06] And so I feel Michelle, Director Michelle, you are reading the gifts.

[3:11] Yes.

[3:12] Okay.

[3:12] excited to accept these gifts to Roseville area schools. First, some monetary gifts

[3:19] for meals on wheels from Como Park Lutheran Church, Sherman and Carolyn Singas, Mary

[3:26] Wisdorf, Falken Heights Lauderdale Lions Club, and then a monetary gift for school needs

[3:32] for Brim Hall through Blackbod, so an anonymous donor there. The Instrumental Music Program

[3:39] at Central Park to Claire Nett's music stands and reads from Nestor Viano for

[3:44] Edgerton Elementary, a monetary gift and some supplies from anchored ministries

[3:49] also for Edgerton some backpacks and food from Eaglebrook for students in

[3:55] need and back to school open house also for Edgerton some school supplies and

[4:00] snacks for teachers for open house from Path of Grace UMC for Harambee so a

[4:08] a monetary gift for families in need from David and Caroline Beale, a monetary gift from Rebecca Nimi for school needs for a little Canada elementary for Roseville area high school, a monetary gift for the trap team from Roseville Anderson Nelson, VFW auxiliary also for Roseville area high school, a monetary gift for additional coaching staff for girls swim and dive from Roseville swimming dive boosters for another monetary gift from Jill Paddock for school needs for Roseville

[4:38] area high school. The next many are for Roseville area high school girls

[4:43] volleyball program, monetary gifts from Natalie Price, Cubby LLC, Susan

[4:50] Campian Blumquist, Merle Gady, Little and Little Canada Canadian days

[4:55] incorporated. A monetary gift for the community pantry at Roseville area

[5:01] high school from Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. A monetary gift for soccer

[5:05] Herbal's Backpacks in Apparel for Roswell Area High School from the Ross Boys Soccer Booster Club,

[5:11] a monetary gift for school needs for Roswell Area Middle School again from Jill Paddock.

[5:17] And then some monetary gifts for district needs for Roswell Area Schools from Aaron,

[5:21] Maestrian, and Karen Doherty.

[5:23] And finally, some school supplies for students in need to Roswell Area Schools from Monarch Health Care Management.

[5:30] We thank you for those gifts.

[5:32] Yes.

[5:33] Like you can.

[5:34] People are reading those.

[5:37] It's just done on me, like in a academic year, if we were to collect all this together,

[5:44] how much did that be?

[5:46] Hundreds of pages.

[5:47] Yes.

[5:48] Hundreds of pages.

[5:49] And tens of thousands.

[5:50] And tens of thousands, right?

[5:51] I think that is something to really think about.

[5:54] Think about every time we read this, like all this money that has been given to us or donations

[6:01] and all that.

[6:02] So very appreciative of our community.

[6:05] Thank you.

[6:07] So, we have some reports and non-action items.

[6:13] The first one up.

[6:15] Some program presentation.

[6:19] Please join us.

[6:20] Oh, please come and join us.

[6:22] We

[6:32] have enough might.

[6:35] We can definitely share.

[6:37] Yeah, we can share.

[6:38] Yeah, yeah, always

[6:45] on the run

[6:49] Now this is this is one of our I don't know it's one of those reports

[6:53] I love to hear I think we all do kind of thinking about what happened summer

[6:59] Our reminder to the board typically we would cover the summer programs in the first school for meeting

[7:04] And then the first year of school for it, but it was a really unique year because the first day at school

[7:09] It's a first floor meeting and so just pretend we're weeks apart.

[7:13] The summer program review followed by the first day of school.

[7:16] There you go.

[7:19] We have a great group in front of us.

[7:21] Yes.

[7:22] Do we hear that?

[7:24] No.

[7:25] It's over now.

[7:26] It might have been mine.

[7:28] Okay.

[7:29] Well, good evening.

[7:31] Good evening.

[7:31] Sunny Ernest and Executive Director of Community Education.

[7:34] We're here to talk about their summer programs.

[7:36] We're going to give an overview of summer programs.

[7:38] Then we have a twist this year to kind of show you some of the behind the scenes work that goes into summer programming

[7:43] But we'll start with this team introducing themselves. Will you use some Mike please? I will thank you

[7:52] We'll be saying anything here on home.

[8:02] Oh

[8:03] Say your name louder for the record

[8:10] Yes, yes, Laura Freer, Principal Foss, Niceida Thomas, Director of Special Ed.

[8:18] There you go, thank you, and save you a voice, yes.

[8:21] Eric Thornton, Summer Academy Administrator.

[8:25] Eric Anderson, I'm with Targeted Services, Supervisor for Target Services,

[8:29] and we call our Summer Program Summer Discovery.

[8:32] Tammy Reese, Early Childhood Program Supervisor.

[8:37] Ted Hagen, Supervisor for Adult Basic Education.

[8:41] Taylor Anderson is the Director of Student Services and the extended school year administrator.

[8:47] Megan Barrett, Marketing Manager for Community Education.

[8:51] Thank you.

[8:52] Thank you.

[8:53] Thank you.

[8:54] And we are going to jump into the video.

[8:56] Oh.

[8:56] The

[13:14] video says it all.

[13:15] We really had one fabulous summer, so much joy, so much learning, and like you saw, so much

[13:21] teamwork and team effort that goes into that.

[13:25] Next, we'd like to direct your attention to the handouts in front of you.

[13:29] You'll see the handout on the left list, each program that we'll be talking about in

[13:34] the order we'll be talking about them.

[13:36] The handout on the right has some more context around some of the behind the scenes work or

[13:42] work that's often behind the scenes that's really important to make our summer happen.

[13:47] So we'll start with adult basic education.

[13:51] Good evening, this summer 262 adult learners were served in ABE right here at

[13:58] a Betutecia. Meanwhile across the district nine other buildings hosted summer

[14:02] programming in gyms, common areas and classrooms. Every summer of ballet takes

[14:07] place as programming moves from space to space allowing time for our building and

[14:12] grounds to clean and prep the building for the fall. We on the summer planning team

[14:16] to value the partnership and appreciate the collaboration,

[14:20] communication, and flexibility that goes into making this happen.

[14:24] I especially want to give a shout out to John Cook,

[14:26] the building engineer here at Abetta Tetsha

[14:28] and Jake Bondily, director of teaching and learning.

[14:31] This summer they were huge in helping us reshape

[14:33] our book room downstairs, making it more efficient for OEE

[14:37] as well as making a space that benefits

[14:39] our apprentice and manufacturing ready group.

[14:42] More than doubling the size they have to work with.

[14:44] so I'm very thankful for them and for our partnership.

[14:51] Good evening everyone.

[14:53] I'd like to recognize the Transportation Department

[14:57] for their partnership this summer.

[15:00] Several of those 160 cabs, yellow buses and cabs were used specifically by our students to help accomplish their credit recovery goals this summer. Summer Academy is a beast from a scheduling standpoint. For example, you know, we have four weeks of programming. Each of those weeks are dedicated to a different content area. So week one can be for recovering science credits week two recovering like which arts credits week three.

[15:29] social studies we form at and so with 237 students you could have imagined the

[15:37] different schedules and how daunting of a task that can be to set up

[15:43] transportation to and from for example you know one student may need programming

[15:49] weeks one and four another student may need programming weeks two and three some

[15:55] all for, some maybe one. So it's it's quite a task and we are very thankful for that partnership

[16:02] and collaboration from that department. So big thanks to them for the role that they played

[16:08] and be able to remove transportation as a barrier for Roseville students. Thanks to their effort,

[16:14] we were able to accomplish 327 recovered credits this summer. So really exciting work.

[16:21] Well done.

[16:22] And I get to shout out to the tech department for their preparation of our iPads.

[16:28] We had 208 iPads prepped.

[16:31] This allowed students to have that digital learning resources and instructional

[16:35] activities that they normally have during this during the school year.

[16:39] A big shout out to Sam Kim, who is located in this building.

[16:44] He came and visited us in summer academy every Monday to make sure that all students

[16:49] and teachers had everything they needed for technology.

[16:53] The other thing that I would like to thank, and that's Wayne, for making sure all of

[16:58] our key fobs were ready for each building.

[17:01] Some teachers teach at RISE, but they came over and taught in a Beto THS.

[17:06] So we needed to make sure that all of those fobs were accurate.

[17:10] So they re-did or created 257 key fobs.

[17:14] And this doesn't seem like a big deal to staff, but without that, staff can't

[17:19] go to and from in different spaces to make sure that students are safe where

[17:25] they're learning.

[17:27] We're gonna move down to youth enrichment. So youth enrichment

[17:30] provided 11 weeks of programming. We served 141,435 students and we

[17:36] offered 242, did I skip you guys? No, I just forgot to say our big thing about

[17:42] graduates. You know what? Can I interrupt you please? We had 20 graduates in

[17:46] summer and that's the most we've ever had during summer.

[17:52] We'll look back at that number.

[17:54] We're going to 242 camps and field trips that were offered through youth enrichment.

[18:00] So the planning for youth enrichment starts really early. It starts six months prior.

[18:04] And we really go to our best customers first, first, which are our students.

[18:07] We ask them what do you want to happen, what do you want to see.

[18:10] And then we ask, sorry, that we ask our parents and our staff and we look at trends

[18:15] and we just continue to move from there.

[18:17] So once we have all of our ideas,

[18:19] we map what are somewhere by assigning camps

[18:21] to specific weeks and specific ages.

[18:23] We tuck in field trips to that really just to build out

[18:25] a well-rounded experience for students.

[18:29] And some of the program highlights this year

[18:31] included Catatastic Camp, Pickleball Camp,

[18:35] and 3D printing camp.

[18:37] Just a couple of highlights that were very popular.

[18:41] Next, we move to Friendship Connection,

[18:43] which is our school age care program

[18:44] that's open from 6.30 to 6.00 Monday through Friday we serve 547 students for a

[18:51] total of 552 hours. We provided 70 field trips across Minnesota which is

[18:57] also just a big number as well.

[19:01] So in the video you saw that those little kids

[19:04] holding the goats. That was one of the field trips and for our pre-K

[19:08] students entering kindergarten that was one of their first field trips that

[19:11] ever experience. First time running a bus, first time pen and a goat, first time milking

[19:16] a goat, attending, seeing a farm even. So just what a fun experience and joy that we

[19:23] get to show our students. Over the summer, 1,001 her in two time cards were signed across

[19:30] our programs. Behind every summer program is a team of staff working hard to create amazing

[19:34] experiences for kids like the goat farm. And behind every staff member's time card making

[19:39] making sure their hard work is recorded and paid.

[19:43] What happens is that these time cards get filled out, they get passed on to a site supervisor

[19:48] who reviews it, it then goes to administrative assistant who then gives it to another supervisor

[19:53] who signs it, it heads over to payroll and gets paid.

[19:58] So every single time card made a journey this summer with multiple people checking it and

[20:02] reviewing it along the way.

[20:03] That's just another example of the behind-the-scenes teamwork that may serve such summer successful.

[20:08] So, so many time cards, which is awesome.

[20:13] Yes.

[20:14] All right, so extended school year is also known as ESY,

[20:17] and that is for students who are eligible through their IEP.

[20:20] This summer, we served 257 students in ESY,

[20:24] ranging from ECSE all the way through grade 12.

[20:28] A key strength of our summer program

[20:30] and continues to be staff retention,

[20:32] 80 staff members returned from the previous summer,

[20:36] really providing that valuable consistency

[20:39] for our students and our teams.

[20:41] Returning staff know our students,

[20:43] they understand our rituals and routines

[20:45] and they really bring that experience

[20:46] that helps create a smooth and supportive

[20:48] learning environment for our students.

[20:51] We also continue to our partnership

[20:52] with Summer Discovery to provide an inclusive summer

[20:55] learning opportunity with embedded ESY services.

[20:59] So beginning in the winter,

[21:00] Erica and I presented at eight elementary schools

[21:05] and then Roseville area middle school.

[21:07] and we're now like the summer anderson's.

[21:10] Yes, absolutely.

[21:12] So that's really actually quite fun.

[21:15] And so yeah, we have like our little traveling skit

[21:18] that we do, but we do have three pathways.

[21:21] So we have the traditional ESY, we have the summer discovery

[21:25] and then we have the blended model of ESY

[21:27] and summer discovery and with having this,

[21:30] so this is our second summer working together on this

[21:35] and we are just super excited with the opportunities

[21:39] that it provides our students.

[21:40] So really have that inclusive and connected summer opportunities

[21:44] for students served in their least restrictive environment.

[21:47] So with that being said, moving into our, we've built

[21:51] like a really strong pipeline of paraprofessionals

[21:54] through ESY.

[21:55] We have four returning ESY paraprofessionals

[21:58] that are college students and they keep recruiting more,

[22:01] which is fantastic.

[22:03] And so with them being in college, they are meeting the requirement of at least having

[22:09] 60 semester credits so that they don't have to take the Para Educator Test, but then

[22:14] we had four recent high school graduates join us and they did pass the Para Educator Test.

[22:21] So that's super exciting.

[22:23] And then going back to that pipeline, we welcomed some of those Para professionals that started

[22:27] with us in the summer.

[22:28] they are now working for us this school year.

[22:32] Yeah, that's awesome.

[22:34] Definitely awesome.

[22:35] And then another awesome thing that happened this summer

[22:39] was that our health services team disseminated 97 individual

[22:44] health plans, also known as IHPs,

[22:46] to help ensure that our students' health and safety

[22:49] across all summer programs were there.

[22:52] And that's for all students, right?

[22:54] So our nurses and health assistants partner closely

[22:56] with families to understand each student's individual health needs and then in the schools

[23:01] they develop those plans that provide the appropriate supports for successful partnership

[23:06] in summer programming and during the school year as well.

[23:10] But this collaboration really helped ensure that our students could safely access, participate

[23:14] in and enjoy their summer learning experience and through all of this it's really just about

[23:19] like partnership and communication.

[23:21] The

[23:25] summer, Early Cal State Family Education, ECFE program is just really fun.

[23:31] It has a really great vibe and rhythm to it.

[23:35] It's just a little different than the school year.

[23:38] We have a six week program and we serve 620 students and family members through our programs.

[23:46] A few unique things that we get to do is that we get a chance to be in the community

[23:51] With the weather being a little bit nicer, we do a park and play program twice a week where

[23:58] families can come. It's free. There's no registration. We wrap roofs, rustle, and acorn parks

[24:03] this past summer. We also do our field trip Fridays. We've been doing that for a few years.

[24:10] So it's just a great opportunity to visit some destinations. A really so fire station

[24:16] you saw in the video, Splashpad, Como Zoo, and what we hear from families is they love

[24:22] the opportunity to connect with other families and go to some destinations.

[24:27] A lot of families sign up for the whole series, so that it's just really neat to see that.

[24:34] We also have drop-in in play, and we had 296 people attend.

[24:40] We offered it two mornings.

[24:41] We collaborate with Prince of Peace Church.

[24:45] It's just great to have a free air condition in their space during the summer.

[24:52] And even things like this past summer were some air quality things that was really popular.

[24:58] So it's nice to have that little bit different program as well.

[25:04] Really exciting is we had 28 new families come in the summer.

[25:09] what we're finding is that there are families that can attend in the summer that

[25:14] aren't able to come during the school year. Which is a really interesting to

[25:20] think about and it just makes sense different schedules and things but just

[25:24] speaks to the importance of offering summer programs. We also have some classes

[25:31] that are first to age eight. We had a family class and our park and play knowing

[25:37] that some of the older siblings are home in the summer.

[25:41] I just had great opportunity to speak with an eight-year-old who came to Parkview for

[25:46] the family class and he was so excited to tell me that he went to ECFE when he was much

[25:52] younger and he remembered the space, he remembered the classroom, he remembered some of the things

[25:58] that he did and was just really excited to talk to his younger sibling about it.

[26:04] And so I think those are the kinds of things that just make it so special, some of these

[26:10] programs.

[26:10] And then that we expand the age so that families can attend if they have older children

[26:18] as well.

[26:20] So, what makes this all happen?

[26:23] You saw a lot of behind the scenes things, and there's also direct service staff, and that

[26:30] happens.

[26:31] There are 336 total summer staff.

[26:34] 78% are returning summer staff.

[26:38] So that's an important piece as well,

[26:41] to make this all happen.

[26:42] We are so fortunate with ECFE

[26:44] as all of our school year staff

[26:47] taught in the summer, or working in the summer.

[26:50] Their part time schedules and it works really well

[26:53] for all of our staff.

[26:56] So important to continue the connections

[26:58] that they have with families,

[27:00] but also connecting with new families

[27:03] who maybe will also, you know, keep attending the programs.

[27:08] I actually asked the teachers, like, why do you teach in the summer?

[27:14] All of them said we loved being out in the community,

[27:18] outside of our school, at the parks, at the field trips.

[27:23] They really love the new opportunities that they can offer, like,

[27:28] with some short-term classes. There's a lot of creativity.

[27:30] activity we might do a three-week class, a six-week class, so that they really loved.

[27:36] And the biggest thing I think that they shared was that parenting support and family support

[27:43] is our year long. It's not just during a school year. And so that we are able to offer

[27:49] this, just, is so important for our families. And that is why they were willing to work.

[27:56] I thought that was really cool that they had shared that but it's important so we do it.

[28:02] So our summer ECFU program in our district is really unique.

[28:05] There aren't a lot of districts that offer ECFU in the summer.

[28:10] Our families appreciate it so much.

[28:13] They give us that feedback and we're just so happy to be able to provide this for our youngest

[28:21] learners and their families in the summer.

[28:23] All right, well finally summer discovery that's our academic summer program for K-8 students.

[28:31] We had another robust program again this year with 728 students.

[28:37] Across our three sites the summer were Central Park, Parkview, and the middle school.

[28:43] And you know Taylor kind of touched on this as to Tammy for summer discovery something I think

[28:48] that's really important and really neat is that we had 95% of our staff was Roosevelt

[28:53] area schools teachers. The other five percent were returning summer

[28:58] discovery teachers. I hired one new individual this year for summer

[29:03] discovery and so I just think that speaks to these are our students know these

[29:08] teachers our teachers know the schools they just how invaluable that is to have

[29:16] that many returning staff.

[29:19] I also want to recognize our office staff.

[29:24] We had 14 office staff individuals working

[29:27] over across all of our programs.

[29:29] I'd personally like to highlight

[29:31] to my administrative assistant,

[29:32] her name is Kim Arsonult.

[29:34] She is an invaluable member to my team.

[29:37] We also began our programming.

[29:39] Really we start talking summer and December.

[29:42] And Kim keeps me organized.

[29:45] is she is very thoughtful about, you know,

[29:48] we're registering students for three sites

[29:50] across all the elementary schools in the middle school.

[29:52] And so it's no easy task to bring in all those registrations

[29:58] and think through.

[30:00] How many staff we're going to have? And it's just this huge process and she keeps organized the whole way through. And then when summer discovery begins, the way that our office staff, they're releasing weightless spots, we're getting as many students and as we possibly can, connecting with, you know, you always have changes in transportation and all those things. And so they're just invaluable to the day-to-day workings and planning and preparation. You also suck him in the video on our

[30:29] random Wednesday. I was loading my car. I was going to bring some things over to

[30:35] a summer site and Kim was on her way out and stopped and loaded up my car. That

[30:40] is just 100% what happened almost every day of summer where we just random

[30:45] things where she just is very helpful and again I use that word invaluable over

[30:51] and over again because she really truly is. Another thing that I like to highlight

[30:56] is our partnership with Nutrition Services and you know they served like this

[31:01] think this numbers incredible they served 37,590 meals over the summer across

[31:07] all of our programs but they also just were incredibly flexible and one

[31:13] example I have of that is our six grade students at the middle school were

[31:18] went on a field trip every Thursday and sometimes those field trips were eating

[31:23] off site. Sometimes those field trips were eating on site. One time we actually had

[31:27] like barbecue so there wasn't a lot of food that was being eaten that day. And just

[31:31] they're so flexible about what do you need today. And they packed big lunches for us for

[31:37] all five days. And that's no easy task when you're you know you're going away from what you already

[31:43] have planned and now you're helping us by doing. And it was done with such absolutely what do you

[31:48] need. How can we help? Let's make it easy. Let's just do big lunges. And so just that partnership is

[31:55] again just working so closely with them. And all of the examples we've shared here at this

[32:01] table are just very small examples of those strong partnerships across the district that make this

[32:07] possible for our students. As you can see a lot of planning and people go into serving our students

[32:14] in our community. And I think that video that we started with really summed it up best behind every

[32:19] incredible summer is an incredible team all working towards the same goal. What questions might

[32:27] you have for us? Wow. Thank you. Thank you so much. This was amazing. Yeah, go ahead.

[32:35] I've got a question somewhere to the comment. Again, just overwhelming the impressive.

[32:40] It reminds me, you know, I'm going to date myself because the old Alice Cooper song

[32:45] schools out for summer.

[32:47] Guess what, Alice?

[32:48] It's a knot.

[32:50] And a lot of people still have that pre-kissed notion of what happens in the summer.

[32:54] And, you know, looking at this from even a little different direction, but it occurs to me,

[33:00] you know, ABE, because in a school, you're a summer cat of all these things.

[33:03] These aren't just fun things.

[33:04] and good things to these literally enable all of these people, whatever their age, to continue

[33:13] progress on their educational journey, which means continue progress on their life's

[33:18] journey.

[33:18] To them, this is foundational existential stuff that you guys have provided and are providing.

[33:24] So thank you.

[33:26] I mean, this helps make Roseville, I think, what it is, it is, it's life enabling, life changing,

[33:32] life continuing for all those students but we're kids of the adults who are

[33:35] going to be so thank you very much very impressive.

[33:40] Yeah thank you for

[33:41] shining a light on just every single part and it's obviously you're a very

[33:46] cohesive team and this is so impressive. I did have one question and I apologize

[33:52] it's not under your umbrella. Eric I think it might be under your umbrella I just

[33:58] know that I was at a Rams PTA meeting in the spring and they talked about

[34:04] about some grant that they had gotten that was specifically targeted towards students

[34:08] who had been impacted by ice.

[34:11] Yes.

[34:12] It was a Roseville community foundation grant and it was in partnership with Lily Florey's

[34:21] Hanson to see that right.

[34:24] And what it was is we partnered with her to bring multiple facets of programming in the

[34:34] One of the things, there was multiple things that happened,

[34:37] one of the things just kind of in general

[34:39] that we did at Rams.

[34:41] Rams students don't like to come to summer school,

[34:43] that's not a thing they like to do.

[34:45] And so we try to dress it up and we created

[34:50] more like high interest camps that they went to

[34:53] and then we had field trips on Friday.

[34:54] And so those were just some ways that we were able

[34:57] to partner, we also had an MLO cohort

[34:59] and Loulee could speak more to this, but the MLO cohort and then we had, oh, a DLSI cohort as well.

[35:08] Okay, thank you.

[35:10] Yeah.

[35:11] Yeah, just again, just a special, you know, special wonderful presentation that more members of the community should see.

[35:20] It's like you're rooting to, I think there are a lot of members of the community who still just, well, school districts shut down.

[35:26] Just, you know, everyone, nothing going on here, but when you speak about ten buildings holding summer programming, the number of nails prepared, just amazing.

[35:36] I mean, just look what's on over the summer. And a special shout out to a program near and dear to my heart, Friendship Connection.

[35:43] Because my kids were both part of Friendship Connection growing up at Brimhall. And I'm also proud to say that my son is now a staffer.

[35:51] And we're all elementary part of French Academy.

[35:54] I saw him in at the job, working, doing his thing.

[35:58] Yeah, I also, I drove by every day to make sure he was there.

[36:04] I spoke on behalf of Molly Flynn, who is a beauty

[36:07] head supervisor as well.

[36:08] She's just wasn't able to be here.

[36:10] So she's the one that actually is in charge of French

[36:11] of connection in your enrichment.

[36:13] So I should have started with that.

[36:14] I want to make sure she gets credit for that as well.

[36:19] Thank you so much.

[36:20] She's just amazing.

[36:21] Any other questions?

[36:22] Yeah, one more question.

[36:24] I mean, it's such a robust group of programming

[36:27] that you all offer.

[36:29] Can you talk a little bit more about like the advertising

[36:31] or how you get people to understand the difference

[36:35] between one or the other?

[36:37] What makes it a appropriate fit for somebody?

[36:40] Just want to make sure we can talk about the differences

[36:43] a little bit and how you target that marketing.

[36:46] Yeah, probably everyone should almost talk about that

[36:49] their own program. I'll start with Christophe Connection Youth Enrichment. Those are both fee-based programs,

[36:54] anybody can sign up for them. One is more like child care, right? An all-long day experience with

[36:59] skills and camps being offered. Youth Enrichment is a Monday through Friday, maybe a one-day opportunity,

[37:04] so much more short-term in regards to signing up for skills and opportunity. And then I'm going to pass

[37:09] it to the other programs just to have them talk. So credit recovery is exactly what it says the

[37:16] student must fail a class and they have to recover that credit and we give them

[37:20] opportunities to do that in a different way. Students come in and they take a

[37:26] pre-assessment and they show us what they know. Instead of making them sit

[37:29] through a class for five weeks they have a one-week class and they show us what

[37:34] they can accomplish and then at the end of the week they have the ability to

[37:38] earn a credit. For summer discovery Taylor talked about how one of them big

[37:44] things we do is we go into the staff meetings in January. And we do the Anderson show and

[37:53] inform the teachers about the registration process. And so we share a registration document.

[37:58] And there is eligibility criteria for targeted services. We've broadened that list. It could

[38:04] be academic needs. It could be social, emotional needs. It's kind of a variety of different things.

[38:08] and then those students are, we give them emails,

[38:13] we send out a text invite, we have the teachers,

[38:16] we partner very closely with teachers and staff,

[38:19] so that's one way we market.

[38:22] For early childhood, we do have a group of families

[38:28] that we know their age, like our early childhood census,

[38:32] so we can do some direct mailings and outreach that way

[38:36] with Megan's work. We do a lot of social media things. It's open to everyone in the community,

[38:44] but you know we ask, recently we've been asking how do you find out about it, and really

[38:49] most often is word about it. So the program speaks for itself, and then others speak for it.

[38:59] After graduation in June, we take a week off and then we just roll over enrollment from our

[39:04] of school year. We have rolling registration throughout the entire summer. We take August

[39:10] off and then we pick right back up when the school year starts. So a lot of our students

[39:13] were to mouth. It's returning. Our summers are different because a lot of the students

[39:19] are at home with their own children. So we've really tried to take a more online lean during

[39:23] those times. So July we're all online so students can be at home with students, their kids while

[39:29] also still attending and then, yeah, we just need rolling.

[39:36] For extended school year services, you have to be eligible through the IUP process.

[39:41] So it's really based in meeting like the different criteria areas rooted in data.

[39:50] Yeah, great question, yeah, thank you.

[39:54] I was intrigued by the paraprofessionals who are they going to become teachers, are they on the pathway to become teachers?

[40:08] That's the whole, that's the whole, right?

[40:11] We have a lot of paras that we are growing, like growing our own, which is fantastic.

[40:18] Yes, that's great.

[40:19] Yes, it's wonderful.

[40:20] It's so great.

[40:21] And then my other thing that was very, the early childhood, right, that you are saying

[40:28] how there are 28 new families who are there for the summer programming, but not during regular

[40:38] year.

[40:40] Is it something, well about the summer, is there any sense of thinking about what they

[40:46] could do?

[40:47] differences. I think it's different schedules and maybe different work schedules is what families

[40:53] were saying that allows them to come in the summer. We'll also track and see though that if

[40:59] they continue and sign up during this school year. Yeah. So you did ask them as to why they show up

[41:07] in Roswell? Some more teachers that have summer hours, things like that. Yeah. So just different

[41:12] and schedules with their children being home.

[41:17] Yeah, I think when you say that it's unique

[41:20] that we wouldn't have this programming.

[41:23] Yeah, in the summer.

[41:24] Yeah, in the summer.

[41:25] Yeah, so yeah, thank you.

[41:27] This is, I really love the idea of showcasing

[41:31] kind of who's behind the scene.

[41:34] I mean, you think about it, right?

[41:35] This applied to the whole district, right?

[41:38] Anytime you do something big like that,

[41:40] well there's a lot of people involved so really I just love that so like to

[41:45] touch point is it gonna be put on the website somewhere or we we had discussed

[41:53] making sure that the individuals get the we have not put it on the website we

[41:57] wanted to actually share the video with those that we highlighted we thought

[42:01] that that was the most appropriate and then just sharing some of the the

[42:04] documents uh with others as well okay that was our friend gratitude yeah thank you thank you

[42:11] my next this one makes you do you have any okay great thank you so much thank you just so appreciate

[42:18] y'all yeah yeah

[42:32] and this Cindy listens to the Thomas and company do you learn in more of a long commute

[42:41] around the corner.

[42:45] Okay, now the next thing. Yeah. This is so great to like then look

[42:52] at the first day, what happened in the first day. It's lovely. Thank you for that.

[42:56] Yeah, now a blank. We had a month. Yeah. The team of people worked super, super hard to prep

[43:03] to the first day of the month. Yeah, the same gratitude. Yeah, definitely, definitely. Thank you.

[43:09] Yes, but truly. Good evening board members and Dr. Lake. We are very excited to be here this evening to share a little bit about the first day of school.

[43:19] My name is Maura Wyant. I am a proud associate superintendent.

[43:23] And my name is Dylan Smith and I'm also a associate superintendent.

[43:28] All right.

[43:29] Yeah so I mean right okay so the first day of school is always an exciting time

[43:34] if you can kind of think back to your multiple first days of school and just how

[43:40] you laid your outfit out and picked your shoes and they couldn't sleep that

[43:44] night it's filled with hope and promise for the year to come the first day of

[43:49] school is important because it sets a tone for the entire academic school year

[43:53] Yes, and it also can build that confidence for our young learners and our educators

[43:59] seeing this as an opportunity for students and families.

[44:03] The whole community comes out on that first day and really supports that sense of belonging, beginning on day one.

[44:10] Both Dylan and I and all of you had the experience of being there and getting to observe some of these moments.

[44:18] So, we will share a little bit more because it was so fun seeing the community united truly outside each building is a highlight of the year.

[44:31] Throughout the next few slides, we will touch on each of our five goals and the elements of the strategies that we saw in action.

[44:39] Yeah.

[44:42] So we wanted to capture a quote here that summed up the essence of the new school year.

[44:48] So this quote reads, and not just the new school year, but the new school year in Roosevelt

[44:52] area schools.

[44:54] Let's do that.

[44:55] It says we're proud to be a place where anyone, whether they were born.

[45:00] Here are chose to make their home here. You put down roots and build a better future for their family. I really feel like that really captures the essence of Rolls-Various schools. This is very much in line with our equity vision as well. And exactly how we want our students and our families to fill about Rolls-Various schools. In a time where it seems like there are places where some are welcome and some are not, we want Rolls-Various schools to continue to be a place where you belong. Now I'll turn it over to more to begin.

[45:29] highlighting some stories of how in our travels we've seen our strategic

[45:34] planning action on the first day of school. And here it is the first for

[45:39] Undergoal area one you immediately see the smiling families and children and

[45:44] I'm watching everyone in the room you smile when you see this. I want to highlight

[45:49] one of my favorite stories from the first day I was at EDW and out of a very

[45:54] large band seven children came out of and so I immediately walk over and one of the young

[46:00] children jumping, literally jumping up and down with Joy telling me, my cousins moved here this

[46:07] summer from California and now they're coming to EDW with us. And it's like, oh, think about what

[46:15] that tells us, that these children have had such a positive experience in their community at EDW,

[46:22] that they want their own family to experience it to.

[46:25] They want that feeling of connection, feeling seen,

[46:28] the joy, and we want that message for all of us.

[46:32] We love our school so much that we're going

[46:35] to have our family come to.

[46:37] That sense of belonging is deeply connected

[46:40] to our first strategic goal that all of our graduates

[46:43] are prepared to achieve their goals and aspirations.

[46:48] All right, gollery two.

[46:49] Our learners contribute to an equitable caring society.

[46:52] as you know our student population is very diverse. I believe the last time we

[46:58] reported it was around 62% of students identified students of color. This means

[47:02] we must be intentional about creating an environment of equity and care. From

[47:08] RISE, R-A-H-S, RISE, upperclass students greeting ninth graders and guiding them

[47:15] through the new school to our football team shown up at our elementary schools and

[47:19] welcoming students off the buses.

[47:22] This is a community of the learners

[47:25] who contribute to an equitable caring society.

[47:32] More smiling faces here.

[47:34] Goal number three, that we are a culturally responsive,

[47:36] inclusive, and anti-racist district.

[47:39] And there are many different ways that we can talk

[47:42] about what this actually means.

[47:45] One way is that we don't ask students or staff

[47:48] staff to leave their identity at the door in order to succeed in a Roseville school.

[47:54] We say we welcome you, you belong, your identity, your culture, your language matters.

[47:59] We want students and staff to feel that so that we can live out that goal of being an

[48:06] inclusive and anti-racist district.

[48:10] And go area four, the community is united behind meeting students' needs.

[48:14] You know they say if you want to bring families out, you must serve food and your kids must

[48:19] people forming, right?

[48:21] I want to add to that that if you want families to come out,

[48:24] tell them it's the first phase.

[48:27] From hugs and tears to smiles and pictures,

[48:30] all of it can be found on the first day of school.

[48:33] It's truly, truly a family affair.

[48:36] So families want what we want.

[48:39] They want their child to love school,

[48:41] to be excited about their classes,

[48:42] and to feel like they matter.

[48:44] When we are in partnership with our families,

[48:46] no matter the look or makeup of that family,

[48:49] the community is united behind being student needs

[48:52] and our students benefit from that collaboration.

[48:57] And recently at the board table,

[48:59] we've talked about the connection

[49:01] between our enrollment and goal area five.

[49:04] I want to note that a year ago when Dylan and I talked

[49:07] about our first day of report,

[49:08] we only spoke to the first four goals.

[49:11] And we've had a lot of discussion and reflection

[49:13] about everything is all five goals.

[49:15] the even the first day of school is goal number five.

[49:20] And so while we don't have that official October 1 enrollment count yet,

[49:25] I can share that what we saw in kindergarten classes across the district were happy children and happy staff.

[49:31] And we're really looking for that happy medium.

[49:35] We don't want our classes over enrolled.

[49:37] We also do not want them under enrolled.

[49:39] What we saw was kindergarten classes that help ensure that we will be financially secure.

[49:48] So another quote to kind of lead us into the next section.

[49:51] School bells are ringing loud and clear vacations over school bells here.

[49:57] So the next thing we're going to show you is that we could get all the pictures and things

[50:01] into those future slides you just saw so we decided to put together a video so you could

[50:06] see a little bit more of the first day of school.

[50:08] Thank you.

[50:08] And

[50:29] join the crowd whoever want to come along

[50:33] Word up, talk, talk

[50:37] Day or night, the sky's the light

[50:39] So we dance to the break of dawn

[50:40] Hey ladies and gentlemen

[50:41] I got the medicine

[50:42] So you should keep your eyes on the ball

[50:45] This is getting heavy

[50:47] Can you hear the bass boom?

[50:48] I'm ready

[50:49] Life is sweet as honey

[50:51] Yeah, this beats your chain like money

[50:54] Let's go,

[50:57] let's go

[50:57] I'm diamond, you know I glow up

[51:00] Let's go

[51:28] And join the crowd whoever want to come along

[51:32] Word up, talk, talk, just move like we do

[51:36] Day or night, the sky's the light

[51:38] So we dance to the break of dawn

[51:39] Hey, ladies and gentlemen, I got the medicine

[51:41] So you should keep your eyes on the ball

[51:43] Huh, this is getting heavy

[51:46] Can you hear the bass, boom, I'm ready

[51:48] Life is sweet as honey

[51:50] If it's beach-a-ching like money

[51:53] This is going

[51:56] good to go, I'm diamond

[51:57] You know I glow up

[51:59] Let's go,

[52:14] it's honey, get this beach of ting like money, hope

[52:38] you're not smiling.

[52:39] Smile is in our community just incredibly gorgeous, it's so fun.

[52:43] Special thank you to Carrie Ardito for helping Dylan and I put that together and for her

[52:48] work in organizing all of us to get those special moments captured, that was a team effort.

[52:55] We will also end on a quote saying a school year is a collection of stories, the ones we

[53:01] inherit the ones we share and the ones we create together.

[53:06] And truly, we are so excited for the stories that we will create together this year.

[53:13] You're absolutely free.

[53:15] Yeah, why everyone would feel as though they belong in Roseville area schools

[53:20] and choose Roseville as well as so beautiful.

[53:24] Yeah, thank you, thank you.

[53:26] questions. Will we have this like that? Yes. Yes, we will. We will make sure that you

[53:37] can. Including the video. Including the video. Yes, thank you, this was spoken like a man who

[53:42] wanted to make sure we liked it first. We have seen what the reaction was.

[53:49] Now you will share with us.

[53:50] No, it was there.

[53:51] Got it, got it.

[53:53] Now, thank you.

[53:54] This was beautifully done.

[53:55] Yeah.

[53:56] I mean, I was there with you for two of the schools and just the energy and just people.

[54:03] Why would we be so beautiful?

[54:05] It was just really beautiful.

[54:06] Yeah.

[54:07] So, yeah.

[54:08] So, thank you.

[54:09] Thank you.

[54:10] Any comments, questions?

[54:15] Thank you for the big smile.

[54:17] Yeah.

[54:17] Thank you.

[54:18] Needed this.

[54:20] Much needed this.

[54:21] Yeah.

[54:21] Yeah, lovely.

[54:22] People

[54:26] who prep every future board meeting with that video.

[54:29] Yeah, right.

[54:30] Yeah, just to remind ourselves, right?

[54:34] Well, we have, we do have one action item and directed Thomas.

[54:42] Thank you.

[54:43] What did I just say?

[54:44] Oh, my goodness.

[54:45] I know I follow up these two presentations.

[54:47] I know.

[54:48] I know, where's your video?

[54:49] Yeah, we need to meet now.

[54:50] Yeah, we can review the 39 page.

[55:05] I'm going to share that. I'm going to share that slide deck at our operations meeting tomorrow morning.

[55:15] There you go.

[55:17] So yes that's wonderful, so it's that time of year we need the board needs to

[55:25] approve the preliminary, preliminary, lovey certification. Right now we are

[55:31] still in the process of finalizing that with the Department of Education. It needs

[55:36] to be submitted by September 30th. We do have I think probably the complicating

[55:42] factor for us as our long-term facilities maintenance. Reviewing that, we also have

[55:49] some bonds that we issue, so there's some debt service. So I'm currently working

[55:54] with Ellers and the department finalizing that. I don't see any problem. We should have

[56:01] it finalized by the end of the week. At that point, I will share that with the board.

[56:07] right now it appears based on our estimates that our levee is probably going to

[56:15] decrease by about 1% and that's after approval of the tech levier a year ago. So, I

[56:25] mean our enrollment is down slightly but even some of the adjustments leveling out our long-term

[56:32] facility maintenance.

[56:35] So yes, again, a slight decrease. We ask that you at your preliminary

[56:42] lobby that you certify you authorize the maximum because if there are any adjustments,

[56:50] technical or what have you after the preliminary, come the final certification in December,

[56:57] you can only decrease your lobby can't increase it so the preliminary we

[57:03] always recommend and request that you certify the maximum preliminary number

[57:09] so that's what I'm here for.

[57:15] I'll make the motion and we can discuss it and just

[57:18] thank you. I mean I do have one question but I'll move that the board approve the

[57:24] preliminary, lovely, payable in 2027 for this year, 2027, 28 at the maximum.

[57:29] That's a nice one.

[57:30] Second.

[57:31] Thank you.

[57:33] Your question?

[57:35] Well, oh yeah, that's right.

[57:37] We can discuss.

[57:38] Just a factual question.

[57:41] Changes in, like it goes down or up a little bit.

[57:44] Yes.

[57:44] When do taxpayers actually see that change?

[57:48] How long does it take to work through the system?

[57:50] That's a great question.

[57:52] So, this year, because the board won't have anything on the ballot, so in a typical year,

[57:58] unless there's something on the November ballot, the preliminary property tax statements,

[58:06] and again, it's just a preliminary estimate, those go out about November 15th.

[58:12] So, individuals will see that before we do our truth and taxation hearing, and you certify

[58:19] the final in December right in a in a like a year ago when we had something on the ballot

[58:27] and in a does state on those preliminary estimates that it doesn't include anything that would

[58:34] have been on the ballot November. So individuals will see that mid November when they receive the

[58:41] preliminary. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions discussion?

[58:52] Well I call for the vote

[58:54] All in favour say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. As always just thank you so much. Thank you.

[59:05] Now we can always celebrate all the great things but if we don't have our finances in order, you can't do the work.

[59:11] All right so really really appreciate. I'm still going to come up with a slide deck.

[59:17] Thank you. Thank you.

[59:21] All right.

[59:22] We are to study session report, I think directed time is going to do that.

[59:30] It's going to be short.

[59:32] Okay.

[59:32] At the study session on Tuesday, September 8, the Roswell Area School Board heard updates on the district's strategic plan.

[59:40] We were also updated on current enrollment numbers and future enrollment projections.

[59:45] And this led to the discussion of the budget implications of declining enrollment.

[59:51] Thank you.

[59:52] Thank you. Thank you very much. All right, now to board reports. Let's start.

[1:00:00] On show. Okay.

[1:00:05] First, I have to give a shout out to Carmen, who is on our, you know, equity council

[1:00:09] and I've been involved from all parent and probably watching right now because at our last

[1:00:14] board meeting, I asked a question about the vote on the proposed amendment in the House

[1:00:19] in the Senate. And I had an email from her timestamp at 658 with the answer to the question.

[1:00:25] Thank you, Carmen. Thank you, Carmen. Thank you, Carmen, for looking out. Thank you, Dr. Lake,

[1:00:31] yesterday, for giving up some, your morning so that I could visit some schools as I was unable

[1:00:36] to do the first week of school. We got into FAS and Parkview, ABE, ECFE, and EDW. And I really want

[1:00:45] to highlight Jeremy Burns at EDW, the head of nutrition services there. He was so proud of his

[1:00:53] kitchen and rightfully so that kitchen is beautiful. I wanted to work in that

[1:00:59] kitchen. It presented like it was brand new and like not the lunch hour. I mean

[1:01:06] every surface was immaculate. I didn't believe they were serving students at

[1:01:10] that time and he talked about the the fruits and vegetables and the

[1:01:15] partnership with the Department of Defense and it just it really opened my eyes

[1:01:20] is to the thought and care that is put into that space.

[1:01:23] And I just really appreciated talking to him about that.

[1:01:29] You're going to do that?

[1:01:30] OK.

[1:01:31] Heva and Dela and I were just at the APEC cookout.

[1:01:36] We all have these cool bracelets.

[1:01:39] And it was just a wonderful community event

[1:01:41] to see them gathered, building community,

[1:01:46] and welcoming us into that space, too.

[1:01:48] That's great.

[1:01:51] I just couldn't make it. There was food, y'all. I know. I know. I couldn't make it fast enough for the

[1:02:01] transportation. I don't know if I have anything to take in some Rollsville area high school sporting

[1:02:11] events. I don't know. Maybe the volleyball game after this. A little bit of the soccer game.

[1:02:21] with the young coach celebrate that's right after a winless season last year right

[1:02:29] they're in their first game so it's great upward trajectory all right no report for

[1:02:38] you okay about to ask your mic let's see I did attend the finance advisory

[1:02:45] committee meeting, along with my fellow directors Clark and Morse Watt.

[1:02:49] This is the group that's put together that includes not just a few board members and

[1:02:53] the superintendent and our business director but also members of the community, teachers,

[1:02:58] some of whom are they representing E.M.

[1:03:02] Minnesota.

[1:03:02] And on.

[1:03:03] Right.

[1:03:05] And which Sherry and administration shared with the committee some of the budget facts and

[1:03:10] some of the things going on, I think, as we talked about in our study session, concerns

[1:03:16] we have about the under-enrollment that's been happening and all that just to make sure

[1:03:19] that the committee at least was aware and could give feedback or questions.

[1:03:23] So, it was very well attended, everybody there was very engaged and I think again I'm impressed

[1:03:27] with the engagement that the folks have on that committee who were invited to join it.

[1:03:33] itself.

[1:03:36] I think if I'm correct, our EMR representation on this finance committee is the first?

[1:03:49] They've always been represented, but the membership has increased and now their

[1:03:52] leadership is present at the moment. Yeah, okay, that's great. Yeah. It was nice to have them there

[1:03:57] because it has questions. Yeah, that's great. I'm really happy to see that. But I think, you know,

[1:04:03] So not only specific to being our leadership and members, but to community and everything

[1:04:09] else.

[1:04:10] Again, it sounds very self-congratulatory, but I think just another indication about the

[1:04:16] Lord and the history and superintendent-like in her leadership and in terms of transparency

[1:04:20] and how we want to be very upfront about the things that are happening, whether they're

[1:04:23] wonderful, good things like we saw earlier tonight or whether things that are going to be challenging

[1:04:33] So in addition to first day kind of events, I did attend the early childhood first day of school, which was since our last meeting.

[1:04:46] A lot of hugs and cool backpacks and kids with a lot of smiles and parents with a lot of tears.

[1:04:54] and I get it because it's it's hard to like go of your little one so it was just

[1:05:00] fun to be in that environment and reassure parents that I not too far away

[1:05:04] was in the same boat so it will be okay they're in good hands so that was kind of

[1:05:10] fun to be in that environment and I'll reassure some families and welcome them to

[1:05:15] the district. Last week we also had the American and

[1:05:18] We did paired advisory committee meeting, first one of the year.

[1:05:24] A lot of the content was focused on administrative stuff, you know, setting the budget, making sure

[1:05:29] our goals are set for the year, et cetera, et cetera.

[1:05:31] And then we had our event, our cookout this evening.

[1:05:36] Next week, they're also hosting an event on September 30th at JC's shelter over in Central

[1:05:43] Park if folks are interested.

[1:05:45] And as a reminder, that's the same day as

[1:05:48] Orange Shirt Day, so September 30th.

[1:05:52] I encourage everybody in our community to participate

[1:05:55] by wearing an orange shirt in honor of elders

[1:05:59] and relatives who survived boarding schools

[1:06:03] through the history of their state and country.

[1:06:09] So I think that's all I have to report.

[1:06:12] Can you throw out those details again for the September 30th?

[1:06:15] September 30th, there's an event.

[1:06:18] Let me just figure out the name.

[1:06:22] At Food Starts at 5.30,

[1:06:24] the activities go from 68 at JC's Shelter

[1:06:28] over on Central Park.

[1:06:30] And it's an event focused on wild rice.

[1:06:36] And they will have a speaker, Hope Flanagan,

[1:06:40] sharing a little bit about their journey.

[1:06:43] I think that's all the content that I have.

[1:06:46] Do you want to ask if you have anything else to add?

[1:06:49] Where is the best place or way to get an orange shirt?

[1:06:54] Great question.

[1:06:56] We discussed that for a little bit.

[1:07:01] We did not have district sponsored orange shirts.

[1:07:04] So I would be able to get an orange shirt and that will be a way to represent.

[1:07:11] I went online and there are indigenous organizations that sponsored the sale of

[1:07:15] orange shirts and that's online online.

[1:07:17] That sale sometimes, yeah.

[1:07:20] Okay, that's good to know, thank you.

[1:07:23] What day is, what day of the week is that?

[1:07:25] Next Wednesday.

[1:07:25] Wednesday.

[1:07:26] Yeah.

[1:07:29] Thank you.

[1:07:29] Do you have to hide there?

[1:07:30] Yeah.

[1:07:32] For myself, I will share that today, I was at Central Park Elementary School.

[1:07:42] Under the leadership of teacher Sarah Lenny and Dr. Yang Chang, they have a program called

[1:07:52] the Mystery Engineer as part of their Spark Slap.

[1:07:58] So I was under Mystery Engineer this year.

[1:08:04] So I went to two, three classes today.

[1:08:07] I'm going to try to go to one tomorrow, one night I couldn't go because I'm in the conference

[1:08:11] and then two more on Thursday.

[1:08:15] And it's just so much fun to interact with the young people, not telling them who I am

[1:08:24] and just asking questions, they were asking questions, I was giving them a little background.

[1:08:29] So thank you, thank you to Sarah and for their leadership to make this happen.

[1:08:35] It's a lot of work, and I can see it, but the students are just all loving it.

[1:08:42] When the reveal comes, drum row and the reveal comes, you can hear the noise, right?

[1:08:48] Because some students guessed it and some students didn't.

[1:08:52] So I'm going to have to ask you if you know what engineering can be the questions now.

[1:08:58] So yeah, so that was great.

[1:08:59] So, always lovely to be with students, yeah, yeah, so anything else?

[1:09:09] Well, I have no formal report tonight as we close September at School Board Recognition Month,

[1:09:14] so I want to just recognize our board for being so active and present in our school community.

[1:09:19] You're seen and appreciated and I'm just simply filled with so much gratitude,

[1:09:23] not only for the board, but for all of our students, staff and families in Roseville area schools.

[1:09:27] Thank you.

[1:09:28] Thank you. Thank you very much. If there are no other business in order, the meeting is adjourned.

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