[0:07] So this is the governing board meeting of the Salt Lake Arts Academy on Monday, August 17th. And we are meeting at 5.30 here at room 201. All right. Thanks everybody for coming out for the first meeting of the year. We have a number of

[0:29] potential resolutions to plot through and discuss is appropriate if there are

[0:36] questions and then move to votes. I'm going to tip my hand a little bit. My

[0:42] daughter is turning 21 today and she flew home from Chicago to see us. So I have

[0:48] some incentives that are not perhaps aligned with a four-hour meeting, but we

[0:54] can see how it develops.

[0:58] So the first item on the agenda is a review and approval of minutes

[1:02] from the June retreat. You'll see thanks to Deborah and no thanks to me. That we have a draft

[1:09] of those minutes that are marked pending in your packet there. I don't know if folks have

[1:17] any questions, comments, or tweaks to those, but it looked accurate and up-to-date from

[1:28] my perspective. So, if that looks good to folks, we would entertain a motion with respect

[1:38] to that.

[1:39] I make a motion to approve the minutes and I'll send a victory to all of the staff again.

[1:44] Okay.

[1:51] All in favor of the motion to approve the minutes as presented.

[1:59] Anybody? Nope, that's everybody. Nobody's abstaining unanimous.

[2:02] Lead carried.

[2:05] All right. The second item on the agenda is a proposal to amend the bylaws

[2:13] to reduce the minimum board size from nine to five trustees. I think we've had some

[2:21] We are looking to add folks to the board.

[2:24] We have next deafens who may come back on who had work conflicts last year but was approved

[2:32] to be on the board before he had to resign and I think there are several others.

[2:37] So I think this is my hope and thought is that this is likely a temporary situation but

[2:43] I do think it makes sense to have the bylaws aligned with where we actually are which would

[2:49] be, I think, six going into the start of this year, and then we just build up from there.

[2:57] So I think that's the goal.

[2:59] It's a very simple resolution as you'll see in the second set of resolutions, or here

[3:08] it is.

[3:08] Yeah.

[3:09] So it's the second page from the end, number of trustees, and this would be, say, it's

[3:17] change within the by-laws because it's it's a simple sentence in the by-laws. But are there any

[3:24] questions or comments on that? Yes. So then what would be a mature like a quorum? So it would

[3:32] just still just be three would be then a quorum. So does that mean like having a conversation between

[3:39] cord members at any time constitutes a quorum so that could get us into trouble? I'd have to do a

[3:45] a little bit more research on that.

[3:48] And I think that's a good question.

[3:51] It is a good question.

[3:53] I mean, I think that there are generally ways

[3:56] to avoid that.

[3:57] But I guess I just think in more ethnic training

[4:00] that that's a bit of a pretty clear delineation

[4:04] so that any time, like whoever to three on,

[4:09] you call it the executive committee,

[4:12] meet that would cost you that.

[4:13] Well, but actually but let's so let's be clear. There's so there's two different things one is the minimum number that we'd have

[4:19] Which would be five?

[4:21] But the second is what the board would be or which would be six in this case so it would be for any time we drop down

[4:28] It puts us in jeopardy

[4:30] I think oh yes, if we were to say if we were yes, no, no, it's absolutely a great question

[4:36] Yes, I think it's I think it's I think it's I'm sure you're concerned that feels like too small

[4:44] We don't have seven people that are currently scheduled to be on the board this term in less

[4:50] Nick Stephens were to say yes, and I don't think we have that.

[4:55] And to the five of us will be here.

[4:58] Claudia.

[4:59] Oh, fantastic.

[5:00] That would be the expectation.

[5:02] So I think Nick would be, and I would be, well, I think I would be supportive of the idea

[5:09] As soon as we have sufficient to move back up to 7 or to 9, I think that's perfectly

[5:16] fine.

[5:16] I guess my thought was it is what it is right now in terms of the number of people that

[5:23] are in fact ready to serve on the board, and so I'm not sure where we end up if our

[5:28] bylaws conflict with what we actually have from a numerical perspective.

[5:33] That would be a concern for me, and I think, but I take the point that we want to then be cognizant of smaller groupings making decisions or something along those lines.

[5:48] Yeah, I mean it's, I can remember exactly what I said.

[5:51] Yeah, so more than somehow the total membership makes a quorum, maybe three members of five.

[5:57] Well, but in this case, we would have sex so it would be four, but yes.

[6:00] And then vacancies and even number of vacancies means a true majority of the entire authorized

[6:07] body is still required, not just for majority of currently active members.

[6:13] So if we define it as nine, we'd have to have five every meeting no matter what.

[6:20] I think the other question I had was in the bylaws, is any meeting of a quorum of

[6:33] the board, whether it's in a regular schedule meeting or a committee meeting or just at a

[6:42] the slards event, is that sufficient to act on,

[6:46] or does it have to be within this deliberative body?

[6:50] I think

[6:55] that would come to two.

[6:58] Yeah, that doesn't make it up.

[6:59] So what would it be?

[7:00] I think so.

[7:06] Because the minutes or two people have a conversation

[7:08] about that, that's how they sit or actionable.

[7:12] I served on the advisory committee for the liqueur commission,

[7:15] and that was why we avoided five.

[7:19] So, okay so let's talk it. I guess maybe we could just research that. I mean I'm looking at it right now.

[7:29] I guess I don't think we reduce our bylaws because we're looking for board members. I think we go find board members.

[7:35] What does it say? What's the ramification of having bylaws that say that we need to have nine when they're only six that are active.

[7:50] I don't know if I can define the ramification, but I guess in my mind, if I'm thinking about representation, there's four grades here.

[7:57] Two parents from each grade feels reasonable with additional people who are staying from the alumni perspective, like the history of Kelly Reigns, which is an incredibly valuable piece.

[8:09] So I guess I'm thinking about it more from a representation point of view.

[8:14] then while we happen to have this many people showing up, so let's change the

[8:18] bylaws. I think we should go find one. I think my concern is if the bylaws say

[8:25] nine we can't what we have five today. We have five today and six. It's based on

[8:35] on the core number of total.

[8:38] Yeah.

[8:39] So it is going to be the last 50% plus one.

[8:44] So I guess what I'm missing is the concept

[8:51] that a vacancy doesn't do violence to the by-law

[8:57] so a requirement.

[9:00] So we have maybe six or just a, yeah, I think so.

[9:05] So if we have maybe six and there are three seats unfilled, I think you're saying, can

[9:12] you actually include the three vacant seats as effective board?

[9:19] Right.

[9:19] Right, exactly.

[9:20] Or do you have to have somebody who's been elected to it, and then they're not present

[9:24] to say we have a quorum of the people by the bylaws.

[9:27] And that's, that is a, I think I'd say like that, that's me like, that makes sense.

[9:36] I absolutely understand the small board because I'm not, that makes me nervous for a lot

[9:41] of reasons.

[9:42] Yeah.

[9:42] Like we discussed earlier.

[9:43] Yeah.

[9:44] Um, we run into each other somewhere and we have one book.

[9:48] It makes, it makes activism not necessarily in the best interest of the school, a risk.

[9:54] But I agree, if the intent is to mitigate risk that we proceed with 9,

[10:12] is there going

[10:13] to be another different kind of outside activist who looks at the bylaws and similar to what

[10:19] What we're going to talk about later with the UDAR settlement says, you're not following

[10:26] that statute either, here's another, here's another unintended consequence for us.

[10:32] They invalidate every vote we've ever had.

[10:34] Exactly.

[10:35] And that's kind of the risk that I'm more worried about than the people currently in this room

[10:42] and that we would most likely recruit.

[10:46] So we could also, when I pushed it, it was more like, what are these organizations like

[10:53] UDAR going to do if we don't have it right?

[10:59] Well, can we hit the middle and go for seven so that we sort of have a protected edge

[11:06] and at least hopefully have wider representation?

[11:09] Well here's I guess I've got two potential responses. One on seven on

[11:17] seven we have a board member who may want to remain a board member that would get us back to seven with or without Nick Stephens.

[11:37] So I can leave a spot empty though can't we? We can vote the other person off the board and their term expires

[11:45] because we don't vote them back in. It does we think we have to be cool. She's staying on. No, she was on rent. She is still.

[11:54] So she's questioning whether that she wants to continue with her initial resignation.

[12:05] Which wouldn't necessarily at this point be in her hands, but I think.

[12:11] Do we have to officially do that?

[12:16] I mean, there's not, no, we do not.

[12:19] A resignation is effective when they say that I did that.

[12:22] Okay, it's currently on the board.

[12:23] She's currently off the board. She's sent me an email and said I was and she would like to come back

[12:33] Yeah, so but I guess the the concern I would have about seven is that if we if we take it from who's

[12:43] Actually on the board right now. It's six and so I don't know that seven buys us much the other thing the other possible

[12:51] answer I could or approach we might consider taking is an explicit time frame right

[13:00] there's I don't think there's any reason that we can't take a vote that says

[13:05] that for you know for the next 30 days our bylaws will reflect a minimum of

[13:14] six members of the board and after that 30 days it will reflect seven and then we

[13:22] could take a vote at the next you know let get us to the next meeting with the

[13:27] expectation that we will find we'll confirm somebody for seven and then if

[13:32] we're in a position to go to nine at that point we could also then go to nine but

[13:35] that I guess that to me sort of tries to square the circle which is that I hear

[13:41] that discomfort in the room with like moving down to five on a permanent basis or without

[13:48] a possible kind of fix to that that's like dialed in. I mean I think we can we can make

[13:55] a motion as we wish and so that to me it's not

[14:04] there's nothing there's nothing wrong with

[14:06] that. I think if we if we had nine people right now that were on the board I mean or yeah

[14:12] we had nine people that were on the board and we have a minimum of nine and then we have somebody

[14:16] resigned. That to me is different than constituting a board where our of six of six where our

[14:23] bylaws say we have to have not. I just don't know like I don't know what it like we're not in we're

[14:29] not in conformity with our bylaws at that point and I don't it that's not quite the same as being

[14:34] out of statutory compliance but it then raises some other questions about like well what did you do

[14:42] So when you want any compliance with your bylaws or something like that, that's where

[14:51] my discomfort came in and this was my thought to rectify that, which is let's make it

[15:00] Other, this is a minimum, not a, not, we're not capped. We could have 21 and still have these exact same bylaws other than this. But we, but I get, but I'm uncomfortable on this other side of like, look, we have a board that we're constituting that's going to be six members. And the bylaws say we have to have nine. What are the ramifications that I haven't, I, I, I honestly, I just made me really uncomfortable. And I thought this would be a reasonable approach, but I take the feedback.

[15:30] We make a motion, we change our bylaws knowing that next month, the month after, we would hope to go.

[15:37] Well, we can do it with a hope.

[15:39] Well, we don't have to say that.

[15:41] Right.

[15:41] But we know that in this meeting, and in two months, someone comes forward with a motion with a vote expected on our agenda, and we change it.

[15:50] Or the motion now could be a sequence of things, right?

[15:54] Like you can have your, you can say that your bylaws are going to be amended in the future and so we can hardwire it in that

[16:02] Yeah, exactly that like in light of the fact that we have six members who are serving

[16:07] We are amending our bylaws for 45 days to reflect a minimum board constitution of four of six people at the end of that 45 days

[16:18] The bylaws are automatically without further

[16:22] vote amended to reflect a minimum of seven and then I love that yeah like it

[16:28] gets to work legal concerned yes you dug off of our changes at least for

[16:33] this meeting as well yeah it would be instantaneous well how many I mean so

[16:38] when we have nine members we need four plus so five to make a quorum yeah that's

[16:45] all it's something that requires a two-thirds vote because it says the

[16:51] I'm filled seats as long as it still meets its quorum requirement.

[16:54] Right?

[16:55] Right?

[16:56] Which we can.

[16:57] But what we want to do is shrink it for a moment.

[16:59] For that two thirds, yeah.

[17:01] Yeah?

[17:01] And then you've built in accountability by putting it in for the rest of your meeting.

[17:05] Yeah.

[17:05] You know they answer.

[17:06] And it's a map for future.

[17:09] Yeah.

[17:10] Just 45 days.

[17:11] Like this is through our next meeting.

[17:13] That gets us through our next meeting.

[17:14] Yeah.

[17:15] And I think at that point we'll know about Nick, which would presumably get us back to seven

[17:20] we possibly have a retreat. It's not the fun.

[17:26] Yes, yes, not baking out of somebody's patio.

[17:30] It's so show. It's so show.

[17:36] So then I think this this

[17:44] vote then is going to be a little

[17:49] bit different. So that, I think that motion is kind of what I outlined. Is there, is

[17:57] somebody willing to put forward that? Oh, yes, of course.

[18:02] Do we feel,

[18:07] since this kind of decision requires two-thirds of the vote, about two-third more

[18:14] vote required, but this is something that we can enact with our five person, that six board.

[18:25] It's a fair question. I think the number of people who are on the board right now is six.

[18:35] So I think we need four votes to accomplish that, but I take the point, and I don't necessarily have a dispositive answer.

[18:47] I do feel I

[18:51] see.

[18:51] I think we should just...

[18:54] We've noted many of our concerns.

[18:56] I think in order to be able to actually be a functional board for the first two months of school, we might need to just dive in and do it.

[19:07] Do you want me to have an emotion that please make a motion that we revise our current

[19:13] file laws to reduce the size of our board to six members with the provision that this

[19:20] is for a 45 day time limit at which point the membership will increase to seven.

[19:26] And just a bit of clarity a minimum it was all it was all for just a minimum yeah and

[19:32] Okay, and do we hear a second?

[19:35] I'll second it.

[19:36] Second.

[19:37] Second, put

[19:45] note.

[19:48] All those in favor of that motion?

[19:55] Is unanimous?

[19:56] The motion is passed.

[20:02] Okay, the next item is somewhat related, I think, in my mind.

[20:09] We've had historically this 30-day nominee posting requirement under the bylaws with respect

[20:16] to potential new members of the board.

[20:20] I have thought of it generally as just a trap for the unwary, not like something that

[20:27] actually, I am not familiar with anybody in our community who has like taken the opportunity

[20:35] to raise issues or otherwise.

[20:37] I also think in light of this particular next set of steps that it would be convenient

[20:45] And not to have to post for 30 days, in this particular instance, if nothing else.

[20:52] Are folks comfortable with that?

[20:55] Do they think that they see other traps that I'm not that this is a?

[21:01] This is something that is part of most board by-laws for schools.

[21:09] Good question.

[21:10] I do not know the answer for them.

[21:12] Where did we get it from?

[21:15] It's just been in our historical bylaws, possibly from 2001.

[21:22] And I think there are a lot of kind of learning process as Katie stepped back and we are

[21:37] working through some things along those lines.

[21:39] I think when we had somebody who sort of ran point over the course of years, over kind

[21:48] of the board constitution, including sort of dedicated recruitment and various other

[21:53] things, I think this functioned or was a little bit more manageable.

[21:59] I think with turnover in the board, but then also just the fact that we're trying

[22:09] to manage our own stuff, I think that this has been more problematic or challenging.

[22:14] It doesn't necessarily mean it's terrible, but I think my own view is that it is not worth

[22:22] the requirement in the bylaws.

[22:25] We could certainly put it make it part of a handbook that as a best practice we would like to do this or something like that, but again, I come back to the idea that I'd hate to have it be that have it go down contrary to our bylaws in a way that then raised issues about whether the efficacy of the appointment or something like that.

[22:48] I

[22:59] mean, I think it's just one of those like probably out layer cases where maybe you

[23:05] post it and another parent or a disease and it's like, oh, by the way, that's a sex

[23:13] offender.

[23:14] I don't know, you know?

[23:15] Yeah.

[23:18] That's true.

[23:19] And we do have a clear ability as a border to remove anybody at any time for no reason.

[23:25] So that is kind of a...

[23:27] I felt like that didn't work.

[23:31] Yep.

[23:32] I hear you.

[23:33] But I do think it would be different in the context that was partially difficult because

[23:40] of an ongoing litigation element that I think somebody who otherwise is just looking

[23:46] to join the board would not be a consideration and therefore there would be social considerations

[23:51] like there would be like I'm not saying that it would be costless. I'm also not saying I'm not sure

[23:56] that it would be manifestly different to have posted them and nominated them effectively

[24:05] from a board perspective and then attract that at least from an interpersonal dynamic.

[24:22] But

[24:23] I mean, if we're doing any kind of...

[24:25] Absolutely.

[24:26] By law.

[24:26] Oh wait, I got it.

[24:27] Okay, can we do that?

[24:29] Yeah.

[24:30] I mean, I...

[24:31] There wasn't notice.

[24:32] We can't do it at this meeting.

[24:34] Okay.

[24:34] I don't think...

[24:34] I don't think we can do it.

[24:35] Yeah, absolutely.

[24:37] Yes, absolutely.

[24:38] Absolutely.

[24:39] Yeah.

[24:40] Okay.

[24:40] Thousand percent.

[24:42] Another thing that I think,

[24:46] I think, another level of uncomfortableness with two people

[24:52] in a mutual relationship also being on the board.

[24:56] Oh, yeah, also a thousand percent.

[24:58] Okay, so for, yeah.

[25:05] Do we need a school dinosaur, just to be rare Utah?

[25:15] Masked rights, besides the kids.

[25:17] So they would still be posted, the new person would still be posted on the agenda 24 hours

[25:23] in advance.

[25:23] If people are engaged enough to read our agenda, they'll be like, oh, hmm, maybe I'll

[25:28] get a hold of the board president and voice my concern.

[25:31] Sure.

[25:31] And as I say, we could also just as a board from a policy perspective, look to do a longer

[25:39] period, like whatever else.

[25:40] Again, it's just I come back to the idea that like I don't like setting ourselves up against

[25:46] in contrast to what the bylaws are looking to do. On that basis does anybody have a motion

[25:53] with respect to amending the bylaws to remove the requirement under the bylaws of a 30-day

[26:00] nominee posting requirement? Thank you. Do I hear a second? I'll second that motion.

[26:16] All those in

[26:17] In favor of the motion to amend our bylaws to remove the 30-day nominee posting requirement,

[26:24] passes unanimously.

[26:25] Thank you.

[26:28] And I have taken a note for review on bylaws is probably the right place, but just an evaluation

[26:38] of how best to reflect some lessons from this past year into our and hard code that in a way

[26:58] The next item on the agenda is an election of the board members for the 2026-2027 year.

[27:07] The slate would be Chantal, myself, Kelly, Amy, Reed, and Claudia, who is obviously

[27:19] here, not here tonight, but that is the proposed slate of members of the board.

[27:27] Do I hear a motion with respect to those six named individuals with respect to the board?

[27:34] So moved. Do we hear a second? A second. All those in favor of the ratification of the members

[27:47] of the board as constituted for the coming year.

[27:52] Okay, that was unanimous. Thank you.

[28:03] Well, there is that for a lot of things for standing in Canada.

[28:07] Yes, thank you, Kelly.

[28:08] Yeah.

[28:09] Yeah.

[28:10] It's about to expense a branding car for you as a part of you.

[28:15] Okay.

[28:18] More fundraising.

[28:19] Send back that candle.

[28:21] This one.

[28:21] But the next item on the agenda is, would be for the officers of the board.

[28:30] The proposed officers would be read as chair, myself as secretary, and Chantelle as treasurer.

[28:40] Happy to entertain discussion if there is any, otherwise we could move to a motion with respect

[28:46] to that.

[28:49] I met to approve the leadership as noted for the 26th, 27th school year.

[28:56] Okay, do I hear a second of that?

[28:58] It might be ideal if it was not somebody who was on that slide.

[29:02] Well, that would be...

[29:05] Yay!

[29:08] Yeah, speaking of soap.

[29:09] And Amy, do you, uh, do you still move?

[29:11] Oh, wait, I was in high secondings.

[29:13] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[29:14] Okay, thank you.

[29:15] my cute hand. Yeah it was it was it was it was it was not captured in our

[29:19] reporter. Comparing the hand gesture. There we go. There we go. Which is a nice

[29:25] hand gesture. Yes yes it is. Let's make sure.

[29:32] Alright all in favor of that slate it is unanimous and we are approved. And with

[29:37] that, that is my cue to turn things over to our new chair.

[29:43] very exciting. Thank you.

[29:49] I'm so looking forward to the work that we're going to do this year has

[29:53] group.

[29:56] So many agenda items. All right, numbers.

[30:00] Kevin, the resolution to appoint the Chief Academic Officer, Principal and Business Administrator. Debra? Oh, I was going to rest up next.

[30:14] Debra and Nicole layered as Business Administrator, consistent with our bylaws. And now that I'm no longer the chair, I can move like nobody's business. I move that we appoint Debra Candler as our Chief Administrative Officer slash Principal. And Nicole layered

[30:31] as our business administrator for the coming year.

[30:35] Thanks, do we have somebody to second that?

[30:38] Thank you guys.

[30:39] Shantel Kelly.

[30:40] Shantel.

[30:41] All right.

[30:42] Okay.

[30:45] So then you want, yeah, you can, yeah.

[30:48] Who's your official language?

[30:51] No, no.

[30:51] You're good with what, right?

[30:53] All right.

[30:56] Can we get a vote on who supports resolutions in a second?

[31:08] Okay, another discussion, especially it's kind of important with the board being in flux

[31:17] is to officially adopt a resolution that authorizes electronic meetings.

[31:21] We talked about it, we think it's possible, but again we didn't have hard-coded, so that's

[31:27] the purpose for this.

[31:29] So since Stela does require us to have a formally adopted resolution with a trustee participating

[31:39] remotely, we need to do that.

[31:44] So there is.

[31:47] It's the first one of the resolutions in the resolution packet, it's 2026 stash 3.

[31:53] I'm sure they were all minimal.

[31:54] No, no, there is that is not any sort of implied item.

[31:59] There it is.

[32:04] So resolution 2026-3 lays out the language for the bylaw as well as the rules that we would

[32:15] need to follow in order for there to be participation, especially when there's voting occurring.

[32:23] Does anyone need time to review this?

[32:25] I don't know.

[32:26] It is the third or third female.

[32:36] I should have taken a minute.

[32:37] For someone who has no voice, you should be all alone.

[32:42] And for reference, this one was just a copy

[32:46] from one that was provided by our, the attorney that we

[32:50] for perfect shadow with.

[32:52] So I think it should meet statutory items.

[32:54] and I think the one note is just kind of that anchor location, I think it's, it means that we should always have a physical meeting location for folks, anybody else who has technological limitations or otherwise to be able to come and be part in such meetings, but that allows for others to be remote.

[33:16] Well, and you know what, that might help us get, I almost think that we should promote

[33:22] that piece potentially because there might be people who go, I would love to participate,

[33:28] but I can't always be there in person.

[33:32] That we might have some really valuable parents that are like, there's a lot I can do, but

[33:39] I can't be at these meetings.

[33:40] I don't know.

[33:42] Yeah, it is, it is a modern convenience and expectation.

[33:48] It's almost like a hybrid meeting you're saying.

[33:50] Yeah, because of the lead to health hybrid, we have families who've come from as far north

[33:55] as far north as far west as West Jordan, and I don't remember how far south that was.

[34:02] I told Valley.

[34:03] And we have, yeah, so, I mean, I wouldn't drive my kid home and then drive back through traffic

[34:09] on 15.

[34:10] So it might, I mean, I would maybe think of how I want to word it, but I think it would

[34:15] be really, it might be who us to share, hey, we're now going to be running our board meetings

[34:20] hybrid style.

[34:22] So if you've always wanted to be a member or, you know, you're the wordsmith, I mean, I'm

[34:26] done.

[34:26] I'm more interested.

[34:28] Yeah.

[34:28] Good.

[34:29] I think.

[34:31] Or if you have a little face.

[34:34] Oh.

[34:35] Yeah.

[34:35] That came up pretty frequently.

[34:36] It was last couple of years.

[34:37] Yes.

[34:38] Yeah.

[34:38] Yeah, and then could you provide us a new question?

[34:43] You can't participate unless you've requested to speak and you're on the agenda.

[34:47] Yeah.

[34:47] So you can log in and listen.

[34:49] Like, because I used to do that during COVID, I would log into the board meetings for Salt

[34:53] Exeter School District.

[34:54] I don't know.

[34:55] Are you guys going to put our kids back?

[34:57] Are you keeping them out?

[34:58] Like, it was important to listen.

[35:00] Well, you don't get to participate, but you can watch.

[35:03] Yeah.

[35:03] I mean, that's clear in our rules.

[35:06] that you have to request to purchase a pin.

[35:11] So the question is, like-

[35:12] Right, so you could log in to-

[35:13] So would we expect that another outcome would be-

[35:16] I don't see this happening because again,

[35:20] we could probably count the number of times someone visited

[35:23] our board page on my hand.

[35:28] But it's something to think about, right?

[35:31] But I don't, I think the downside is not even close enough.

[35:35] What doesn't mean we may have to be on our-

[35:37] You don't all have to be on video, it can be just audio.

[35:40] Okay, then what can be stolen, but you don't?

[35:44] Yeah, I think this is an optionality that gives us this.

[35:51] I think there's some practical considerations, because I think we'll want to think about what

[35:57] the best platform is and what the controls are that we can have for circumstances.

[36:07] But I think it's, I think it's, it's just, it's 2026 and I think we just had a lot of circumstances where it was very stressful from a chair perspective to be like, oh, I really can't blame you, your kid is sick or, you know, whatever came up but like, because we can't easily do this or, you know, then, then it means that it takes you out of the equation and, you know, so I, I, that and I, and just well, well, I've got the flow.

[36:34] for just a half moment. There's two different things here. This is the first one is this standalone

[36:39] resolution, right, which is I think an appropriate way of putting it into the record. But then I thought

[36:50] that it was beneficial to memorialize the fact that we have in fact done this by putting it also into

[36:55] our bylaws so that future boards, even just looking at our bylaws, would have the exact same template

[37:02] going forward. So that's why there's there would be two succeeding kind of motions here with

[37:08] respect to that just for to answer that one before it comes up. But but I do think there's you know

[37:14] some practical work is to like that's platform how we do this but I think that it just this just

[37:23] gives us the comfort that like if we want to and we we have the right path forward we can just

[37:33] Any more questions or discussions after that?

[37:40] So I have a motion, I think that it's somewhat important in this particular instance that

[37:46] it tracks to what's been provided to everybody.

[37:50] So I would move that we adopt the resolution 2026-03 as presented to the board in its entirety.

[37:59] for, yeah, I move that we've approved that resolution as written.

[38:10] Second,

[38:16] and support.

[38:20] That's all unanimous

[38:27] in the follow-up.

[38:30] So then I would make a follow-in motion to amend our bylaws

[38:34] as set forth in resolution number 2026-04 in our packets to memorialize our

[38:45] adoption of that immediately prior resolution.

[38:55] The board may can be in

[38:57] conduct meetings like that. I am making a motion to adopt this into our

[39:03] laws as written here?

[39:04] On all second?

[39:05] Kelly will second.

[39:07] Oh, who's porch?

[39:09] I'm reading the bylaws, that's unanimous.

[39:32] Is it best to just read this?

[39:34] It's going to enter the court.

[39:36] Oh, you know, I think from an agenda perspective,

[39:39] we're going to run through the principal's report first,

[39:41] for it's worth, and then the finance report,

[39:43] and then do that one.

[39:45] Oh, that one?

[39:46] Because I didn't think they needed summaries.

[39:48] Sorry.

[39:48] That plain language piece.

[39:49] So it's just in terms of the agenda itself.

[39:51] Well, of course, I'm new to this one.

[39:55] I'm new to this one.

[39:56] It's only going to go up here.

[39:59] It is a family family.

[40:00] It's only going to go up here.

[40:01] These are good things.

[40:03] All right.

[40:03] You're glow up.

[40:04] I don't know if you saw it out there.

[40:06] But I mean, is it glow?

[40:08] I mean, glow number.

[40:10] What?

[40:11] It is so blown up.

[40:12] It's a homeless guy with a really cool kite.

[40:14] It was asking the construction guys they could help him wrap his rope around his cool kite.

[40:20] And they did.

[40:22] So they're good.

[40:23] No, it's super.

[40:25] So it's going to be great.

[40:29] It would be done on time.

[40:31] But I have to blame that on blue stakes.

[40:33] Blue stakes, if you're listening, your employees are not great.

[40:37] It took them take three to actually get the job done.

[40:41] I know.

[40:44] In fact, one watched me walk in.

[40:46] I was like, let me know if you need anything.

[40:49] The first two times, the second time I went to a parking lot,

[40:58] and then we took a picture

[41:00] and said, so does that mean this doesn't have anything?

[41:04] They said, oh no, there's stuff there, and it's like taking the first time.

[41:08] It's going to be easier to move where it is going to be because then we need it.

[41:15] So it's a few days behind schedule, but you know what?

[41:18] it's going to be so amazing. So that's the glow-up. We also added more

[41:25] poles for the hammocks because we realized that the tie-up system on the

[41:30] tree's chest wasn't enough for middle school. You guys want to test it? I think

[41:36] we could make money testing durability. Like the classic Samson I commercial with

[41:42] Um, I think that we could really, there's a very good line of teenagers for them.

[41:48] Um, and then I just want to say like, I think our faculty retreat, you guys went really

[41:52] well.

[41:53] We've hired two new staff and I just, it was really nice to see how our teachers come together

[41:58] and just really support each other and the sharing and I think we were really fabulous.

[42:04] Who did we know?

[42:05] Well, we hired, um, we replaced because we had cake Todd.

[42:09] She decided I don't want to teach him.

[42:12] So she's left teaching some for us a bit, but so we interviewed and we had so many great candidates that we decided to go ahead and hire two.

[42:23] So we can anticipate there's going to be some attrition in the next year or so and it was worth it for us to be able to lighten the load of a couple of teachers who are having to teach all four grade levels in humanities.

[42:37] so who did we hire? So we hired Heather.

[42:41] Didn't you put it in?

[42:43] It was the Heather Blakely and Deanna Sarmento.

[42:47] So yeah, fully six.

[42:50] Yeah, both were focused on five, six.

[42:52] So now we have four for seven, eight, four for five, six,

[42:55] which has really, if we just had more classrooms,

[43:00] it would just make everything better.

[43:02] But it's alright.

[43:05] We're like a big family that shares rooms.

[43:07] You know share room with your sister so yeah, it's really lovely, but it was nice

[43:21] So anyway

[43:59] I feel like we have the only you inside our building.

[44:03] I haven't had to pay for this.

[44:10] Is this going to give a brief finance report?

[44:12] Yeah.

[44:13] Because I don't have a voice.

[44:16] Nothing unexpected.

[44:18] We've only had expenditures that we've already voted on.

[44:22] We have our classroom.

[44:25] We're here.

[44:26] Can you just throw the waitress?

[44:28] I'm not sure that we voted on, that's coming in right now too.

[44:32] So this is current state, we'll have more for you guys next month.

[44:37] But if you have any questions, just email me and I will post these right now, they're

[44:43] just in the finance.

[44:45] I'll probably put the board fuller as well.

[44:49] And that's what I've got.

[44:50] Must people have questions?

[44:53] And sorry, I know it's not.

[44:54] Oh,

[44:57] I'm just sorry you're not feeling good, but...

[45:00] Thank you. Okay. Oh, and the audit went quite well. Oh, yeah. Of course, we don't know until November, but everything looks pretty good. There was a new thing they asked for.

[45:23] It won't be a finding. It'll just be about the matter. Anyway, it's looking good.

[45:31] Certified last year, numbers, everything is done.

[45:38] Yeah, from regulations.

[45:40] Is the new requirement a result of legislation that came out of last year's...

[45:49] I think sometimes there are things that are adopted that aren't very well communicated,

[45:55] but they have in the audit guidelines there's what's called chapter three and they updated

[46:00] every year.

[46:01] And it looks at different things, so like we've never been asked about, well, not every year

[46:07] They don't ask about, like, parent bullying and things,

[46:10] but they did ask about that for this year.

[46:12] One of the things they had was that the staff

[46:15] was signing the code of conduct every year.

[46:18] We've talked about it,

[46:20] but we've only had them sign it on their first year.

[46:23] So now we will adopt that they sign it yearly.

[46:28] For the kids?

[46:29] For the teachers.

[46:30] For the teachers and staff.

[46:32] They're good.

[46:32] That's correct.

[46:33] So that's one question.

[46:34] All of our cents make sense to me,

[46:36] the transportation one that I'm assuming is at 62% because we paid for T-Town's transportation or something.

[46:42] No, because we paid for the UTA.

[46:45] UTA passes.

[46:46] Oh, the UTA passes.

[46:47] Okay.

[46:48] I just, the 552% feels a little anxiety-provoking on where total school expenditures.

[46:54] So that's what you're saying?

[46:55] We have 552% of what should be left.

[47:00] So we have more because we haven't spent enough.

[47:02] Okay.

[47:02] It's just because it's under the percent used problem. And so I think that's what I was confused.

[47:07] Right, but that is the, but it's in the revenues, the net revenues.

[47:11] So it's left over at the end.

[47:13] So this is a good number, not a bad number.

[47:14] Yes, it's a great one.

[47:15] Just a little startling.

[47:17] It's that $28,000.

[47:20] We're looking for $52,000.

[47:23] Because we'll spend down the rest of it right here.

[47:26] Thank you.

[47:26] The rest of it, I was like, click and write along until I got to that number.

[47:31] Okay. Thank you

[47:38] very much. Debra Nicole. All right.

[47:44] We are next item on the

[47:47] agendas to enter a closed session for.

[47:53] I sure I can just make a motion and then we can do a

[48:00] little call. I would make a motion at this point that we enter a strategy session to discuss pending or

[48:05] reasonably imminent litigation pursuant to Utah code section 52-4-205-1c. Is there a second of

[48:13] that motion? Shantel's second set and now we need to take a individual roll call vote.

[48:21] So maybe if you can go ahead. Read the credits. Yes. Kelly Gough? Yes.

[48:26] Yes.

[48:27] Can I have this doctor?

[48:30] You got to me.

[48:31] Amy Felbert, yes.

[48:33] And Greg Ostranger, yes.

[48:35] At 6.25 pm on Monday, August 17th, we are entering into closed session.

[48:43] Do you think that there are closures that are like, yes?

[48:45] So yes.

[48:46] I think that this one we're going to go.

[48:47] Thank you.

SLArts Governing Board PENDING Minutes 2026-08-17

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