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I'd like to call this meeting of the Robinsdale Area School School Board to get to order. Today, as Monday, January 5th, 2026, we are in the Education Service Center boardroom. I am greeted Evan Specker, the Acting School Board Chair. I would like to start by reading our land acknowledgement. We acknowledge Robinsdale Area Schools is located on the homelands of the Dakota and Ojibwe people. We recognize the painful history of genocide,

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provide and force the simulation of the indigenous inhabitants of this land.

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We honor and respect the many indigenous peoples who live on and hold sacred these lands

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and we stand with members of these nations to fight injustice in all of its forms.

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We uphold the preservation of Dakota and Ojibwe languages, land-based education and tribal sovereignty.

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And with that, I would like to have the clerk call the roll.

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Thank you.

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Director Bassett.

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Here.

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Director Bowman marks herself as here, Chair Evans Becker.

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I am here.

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Director Hillenbrand.

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Here.

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Director Long.

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Here.

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Director Wuto.

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Here.

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Dr. Stalo.

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Here.

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All right.

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We are all here.

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The first thing up is approval of our agenda.

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Do I have a move to approve our agenda?

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All in favor of approving this agenda? Please say aye.

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Opposed a aye.

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We have an agenda. Good news.

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Next item on our agenda is the ceremonial oath of office for our newly appointed school board director.

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DJ Brintison, meet me at the podium.

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honor

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that you were selected to guide the education of our community's children.

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As you recite the oath of office, you assume a tremendous responsibility as a director

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of our school district with duties empowered by the Minnesota legislature.

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This power puts you and the other members of our school board in the position of being

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both morally and legally responsible for equitable, quality education of every student in this district.

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In carrying out this responsibility, you will be asked to fulfill the roles of vision,

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structure, accountability, and advocacy.

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In providing vision, the board, with extensive participation of the community in visions,

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the community's educational future, and then formulates the goals, defines the outcomes,

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and sets the course for the public schools.

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To achieve the vision, the board establishes a structure, and creates an environment designed

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to ensure all students the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework.

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Because as a board, we must be accountable to the community.

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We must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children.

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As board members, we serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision for our schools.

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Furthermore, we must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district forward fulfilling the vision we have created fostering excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills and knowledge, citizenship, and personal development.

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All right, are you ready for the oath?

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I am.

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Okay.

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I hereby publicly affirm my commitment to the oath of office.

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I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of school board director.

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I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of school board director of the Robinson area schools.

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in Robinsville. So quiet. Go ahead. A rock sale area school.

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Independent school district 2-1 to the best of my judgment and ability.

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Independent school district 2-81 to the best of my judgment and ability.

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Congratulations, Director Brinteson.

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We'll have a picture of you with your family over there by the logo

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and then take your seat at the board table.

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Okay. Let's

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create a new family member.

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Oh, sorry.

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We'll just get a little of the referral to do it here.

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Okay, just flip up your little name thing and you're official, okay? All right. Next thing on our agenda is item number five. Elective election of school board officers for 2026. The first position up is to elect a school board chair, director Bowman. I'm nominating chair, current chair, Evans Becker or director, Evans Becker.

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to the position of chair.

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Thank you.

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Are there any other nominations?

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Director Bassett?

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Well, I nominate our newly-seated director, D.J.

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Bryant and Son.

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Now, the only reason I would pause on that is because director

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Bryant and Son has said that he feels that he might be premature

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for him and he would decline.

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So based on that, I will hold that, but I will speak to why I am voting the way I'm voting and why I'm saying what I'm saying.

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It's imperative that we have a chair for our board and I'm talking about generically any chair.

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It's imperative that we have a chair for our board who ensures that the board is in the decision-making position that the legislature placed us to be in.

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It is not the duty or the responsibility or the honor of the chair and certainly not the responsibility to make decisions solely

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that really are in the purview of the board, discussing it with the superintendent and making

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decisions and preempting the board is unacceptable.

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It is totally unacceptable, school boards matter and they're not carried out by a chair and the

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superintendent.

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it. There are matters that should come to the school board for discussion and we don't

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always agree and that's okay. But that could not be preemptive. And in addition to

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the things that I have experienced, I received some information from another director. And

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it really caused me grave concern. So I'm sharing those things publicly because I'm not a gossip

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I'm being a real, I'm not a gossip, I'm not a bag-biter for every chair we've ever had.

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I have supported.

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I have been the vice chair to at least four, maybe three to four other directors.

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I have myself served a year as a chair.

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And I do believe that people should be in their office at least two years so they can be

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helpful to the people who come behind them.

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So Chair Evans Becker will have almost three years in that capacity, and after three

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years to be for me to actually have to save these things, which I've never said before,

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and take a position that I've never taken before,

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I'm serious.

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So I, and I don't expect that to, and it will come to this table again, should that continue

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you to happen, should Chair Evans Becker prevail.

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Thank you.

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Are there any other nominations?

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I have to ask three times.

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Are there any other nominations?

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Any other nominations?

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Okay.

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About comments at all.

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Would someone like to make a comment?

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I would, yeah.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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I also have a lot of concern too.

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I know last time we were sitting in this spot,

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you and I had a personal conversation on the phone

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and I had asked that there be more transparency in things that when there are questions answered

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that we don't just use things like well is it the will of the board to not get those questions answered

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that board members might want. And that was something that I thought that we had an understanding

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in and I don't feel like we did. I still feel like there's you know from standing in those agenda

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setting meetings there's a lot of stuff happening that doesn't come up here to the full board.

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And we're not getting all that information, we're not all getting all the same information.

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And I find it hard for me to do my due diligence and my fiduciary responsibility when I'm

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not getting all the information.

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I also feel like there is a lot of conversations that are happening between you and the superintendent

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that the rest of us aren't privy to.

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And that was one thing that I found out when I asked some questions about what was happening

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in the engineering department and asked if we could have a closed session about it so we could

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find out. And you gave me some information that you had heard from the superintendent that the

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rest of us did not get. So I don't even know how to vote here because I

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really feel like you have

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a good heart and are trying to come to this from a good place but there's a lot of things that are

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missed that make it hard for the rest of us to do what we need to do here at this table.

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And I don't know how to stop the bureaucracy part or whatever it is that's getting in

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the way of us functioning well and you know people always talk about not getting in the

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superintendents way why I feel it comes the other way around.

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And so how do we stop some of that happening too so that we can really function as a board?

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I just want to say at this point that we continue to put off having board evaluations

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for ourselves, for setting our goals, for looking at the work that we're doing.

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We continue onward with being disparaging to one another without giving ourselves the formal opportunity

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to review what we're doing and look at what people actually want and need from their board chair.

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One of the things that was really apparent to me long before I even got onto this board

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was the lack of formalization to board roles and responsibilities to the roles and

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responsibilities of the chair and the cleric and the other people.

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And it was left up sort of lack-daisical all these years, never really being formalized.

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Well, so one person comes along and yeah, that's the way we want done it and things changed

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things get dropped through loopholes, so with the negative comments that I hear tonight,

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one of the things I really want to stress is as a board, when are we going to be doing

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our board evaluation, when are we going to get together and look at collective goals

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for the work that we're doing, and the other thing is that we have, though it was approved

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in our governance manual, the roles and responsibilities of our board officers, they were great

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greatly expanded by the Robert's rules, utilizing Robert's rules in MSBA.

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And that was also a question when I was on the board, it dissolved into will.

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We just don't like your personality and the reality of it is, as we have nothing formalized

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here that gives us a roadmap to lead by, and it changes, and it evs and flows, and that

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is something I would like to see us fix.

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I think we have to get back to the part about voting.

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Yes, did you have something?

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I mean, yeah, I mean, I just want to say that it's very easy to point fingers and I'm just literally one year on the board and have no interest in being the chair.

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But for example, closed meeting, you know, there's laws that specify that you can only have closed meetings in very specific prescribed circumstances.

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And that's just an example. So my point is that if nobody else is stepping up.

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And so, it's very easy to point fingers and say that people are doing it wrong, but rather come in support or step up if you'd like to be the chair happy to, you know, but I don't hear anybody else stepping up to fill that void.

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And so, rather than in a public setting here tearing people down, why don't you step up if you want to be chair, then run, then put your name in the hat and we can vote.

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I'll order.

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We will have order.

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Dr. Bassa, did I see your hand?

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You didn't see my hand.

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I just want to make it clear that the only reason we did I have mentioned to you is because

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you are the chair.

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My comments really are about what I expect in a chair person.

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I believe I said those words.

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Did I?

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Did I not?

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Okay.

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I'm just being transparent about what I expect going forward, whoever is the chair.

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I did not make any disparaging remarks.

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I commented on a couple of experiences that I have had that are unacceptable.

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That is objective, it's not personal, it's business.

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And I will go on to say that agenda setting matters.

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The parting from past practice where we had a fixed time and we had former cheers who

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would send out note to say we're having it this day or they're going to know what it was

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because it was the same time.

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Or if everybody's sitting in information about what we should talk about on the agenda,

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that would get put into a chart, we'd all get to vote on it, and we see what we're going

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to talk about.

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So the reality is that when a director says the folks are sending in things that they want

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to talk about, even if it's the valuation, it's managed by the Chair and the Vice Chair

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in the agenda setting meeting as to what we're going to talk about.

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So we're not going to have any circular thinking here.

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The reason I'm talking about this is because the role of the chair matters and it's not

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an independent person, it's not a, you know, a throne, you know, I've, it's a lot of work.

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And if you're a vice chair, it's a lot of work.

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And I've done that work for years, but I expect if we're going to be up here listening

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to our public and doing the work that we're all going to have equals say no position by law,

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the chair anybody else. We're all equal. We are all equal on this board. Everybody

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has the same election certificate. It's not an elitist activity.

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I've had privilege. A lot

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of people up here have privilege. It's not about that. It's about what we were here taught

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listening to tonight. That's what it's about. And it's about representing the people who

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who sent us here to do it. It's the public. It's not the administration as much as I respect them.

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So these are just business comments. And I will not have them misinterpreted into some kind of

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personal vendetta. It's not. It's what I expect. And I deserve.

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thank you all right seeing no more hands up and having no more nominations it is

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time to vote and this is a roll call vote for the position of chair and at this

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point and the position of the while we are voting on Evans becker director Evans

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becker so there's one name one it okay so this is a vote for director Evans becker

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as our chair. Director Bassett. I abstain. Director Bowman votes yes. Director Oh my I have not

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said your name out loud. Brantison. I think like Venison Brantison. Brantison. Brantison. Thank you very

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helpful because I just didn't want to say director DJ. So Director Brantison. Yes. Director

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Chair, Director Evans Becker.

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Yes.

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Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes.

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Director Long.

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I'm Stane.

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And Director Wouto.

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Yes.

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Aye.

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Five, two.

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Aye.

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I will be your chair.

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I take the responsibilities of the chair very seriously.

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And I'm going to move this on for the election of a board vice chair.

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Director Bowman.

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I nominate Director Wouto for the vice chair position.

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We have one nomination. Is there another nomination for Director Wootow?

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Hi, whoops. Let me rephrase that. Is there another nomination?

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Is there any other nomination?

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Any other nomination?

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Okay. In that case, we will vote.

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Right.

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Roll call. Roll call.

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And I am ready. Director Bassett.

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Yes. Director Bowman votes yes.

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Yes. Director and Brennan. Yes. Thank you. Chair Evans Becker. Yes. Director

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Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. Yes. Director Wootow. Yes. Unanimous. Congratulations.

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Vice Chair Wootow. All right. Next thing up next up is to elect a new school board clerk.

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Oh, I'll nominate myself. Okay. We have one nomination. Do we have another nomination?

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Any other nominations for clerk?

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Director Bassett?

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Well, I don't have a nomination, but I do have a comment, and since the person who can make a comment themselves, if they want to, or others can as well.

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And my comment is this.

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Pass practice has been that the chair would rotate when they call the role for any vote.

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They rotate through the whole roster of board members.

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That then allows every board director to help the first time to be the first vote, and it rotates normally.

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If it's always left to the last person to make the vote, they often can be in a position where they can shape the vote.

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Now, that may be one of the reasons why Robert's rules or others kind of do it that way. I haven't researched it.

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I just know that for 23 years or 22 years

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Every clerk has pretty much rotated it that way. I did bring to you, Chair Evans Becker, that, can we rotate that? And I'm just saying, I did bring it to you, because I'm not into static drama. And I have just continued to conform. If that does not change, or the chief clerk, whoever is the clerk, decides they don't want to do it that way, I'll just pass, because I think from time to time.

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But I think it's better if we have a formal process where we do and if pass practice has served every board up until now

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I think that it's important that we try to honor those things because the last person who votes should not always be the one who gets to decide

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Remember you can't clap or nothing, okay

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Meanwhile, are there any other other nominations prefer? Yes, I'd like to nominate director Bassett for clear

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Can

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you accept the nomination?

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I have to climb that.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Good job.

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Yeah.

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Well, then can I make a comment?

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Sure.

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Okay.

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This is another nomination that I'm having a really hard time with.

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With there being a direct attack to constituents here at the board table.

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Also, the emails haven't stopped or other things to our constituents that are negative and

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harmful to them.

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I guess I just don't understand how and why that doesn't stop.

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And especially when we've asked for it to stop,

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there's been numerous complaints brought to the chair

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that were ignored even from board members

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who are currently no longer seated.

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And so this is really conflicting and hard for me.

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I don't know how, you know, it's hard enough

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with what our community is going through right now, with closing of schools and buildings,

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and then for them to get these harsh emails back and return from us is not something that

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they need at this point in time. I think it would be better maybe just don't respond.

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And so I don't know how to change some of that behavior, especially when there is privilege to allow

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it to happen. And there's never a conversation with us about that at all. Somehow it always gets

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skirted or pushed aside.

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Any other nominations for clerk? Any other? Okay, we're voting on

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Auburn E. Bowman for clerk. Will you take the role please? Yes, if it's appropriate.

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Director Bassett, hear a wait a minute. Director Wouto. Yes. Director Long.

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No. No. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Chair Evans Becker. Yes. Director

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Brenson. Yes. Close to no. Renee Bowman votes yes. Director Bassett. Oh yes.

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Okay. Well yeah. Thank you. We have a clerk. Next up is election of a school board

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treasurer. I will nominate a Viva Hillenbrand. We have been Director Hillenbrand has

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been nominated? Are there any other nominations? Any other nominations? Any other nominations?

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And I don't see any hands up. Wait a minute. Is your hand going up?

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Well, it's almost going up, but I'm making it not go up.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Director Vasot. All right.

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Director Bowman, I've been ready to vote.

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I'll wait a minute. I make a comment.

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I guess I would like to know what happened with the

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FAC because that's something that the treasure is supposed to be in charge of I

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know we put that aside but then it seemed to never come back up in our agenda

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and so I'm asking that because you're the treasure and the treasure is usually

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responsible for that so what are you going to do to ensure that we get the FAC

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back up and working again. Director Long I'm going to rule you out of order. This

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is just about voting. This is not about the FAC right now. Sure but I'm happy to

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We can put it on the agenda. I'm happy to tell you we've

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seen it. See if all and I have talked about the plan for moving forward on that. So happy

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to get that on the agenda talk. Okay. So we have one nominee for treasure. And we are

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ready to vote. Are we ready to vote? I see no more hands. So yes. That's good. Director

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Wouteau. Yes. Director Long. Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Chair Evans

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Yes. Director Branson. Yes. Director Bowen votes. Yes. Director Bassett. Yes. Unanimous. All right. We have a treasure. Now we have I should let you know we have a lot of one time of your business things we have to go through at this meeting. So what's up next is the election of a deputy treasurer while allows us to combine and delegate the duties of the offices of clerk and treasure.

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into a person employed by the district and so we need to have a motion

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designating the Christian Hoheysel CFO to the position of Deputy Treasurer.

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So I move to do that.

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Some move.

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Moved by Director Hillenbrand, seconded by Director Brinston.

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Seeing no hands up, this is a roll call vote again.

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So we're voting on the delegation of Deputy Treasurer CFO Hoheysel.

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It sounds good, Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes.

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Chair Evans Becker.

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Yes.

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Director Brunson.

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Yes.

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Director Bowman votes.

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Yes.

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Director Long.

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Yes.

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Director Bassett.

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Yes.

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And Director Wiltoll.

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Yes.

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It was unanimous.

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Thank you.

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Okay, moving right along.

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Director delegation of assistant clerk.

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The position of assistant clerk to the board was authorized by the board first in 1980.

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for the purpose of keeping the school board records.

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It's recommended that Molly Olson be appointed

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to this position, which she has right now.

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So is there a move to approve Molly Olson

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as the assistant clerk to the board?

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So moved.

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Moved by Director Ruto, seconded by Director Bassett.

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Seeing no hands up, go, we have a voice vote on this one please.

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Sounds very good, Director Long.

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Yes.

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Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes.

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Director Bassett.

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Yes.

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Director Bowman votes, yes.

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Yes, Director Branson, yes.

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Chair Evans Becker, and Director Wucho, yes.

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Unanimous.

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Congratulations, Molly.

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You've got your job again.

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OK, next thing up.

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Yearly Board Compensation, is that correct?

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Yearly Board Compensation, yes.

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OK, the recommended action is to approve

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the annual Board Compensation.

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This has not changed in years.

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In case anyone is wondering, it's $7,800 for directors, $8,400 for Vice Chair, and $9,000 for the Chair.

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There are a move to approve the annual board compensation.

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The move.

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It's been moved by Dr. Bassett, seconded by Dr. Hillenbrand, it has to do with money, it is a roll call vote.

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All right, Chair Evans Becker.

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I vote yes.

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Director Branson, yes.

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Director Bowman votes yes, Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes. Director Long. Yes. Director Bassett. Yes. Director Wuto. Yes. unanimous. Thank you. Okay.

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Just one second here. I have to.

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Okay. Next thing up is a resolution authorizing the use of facilities. It's easy for me to say.

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Fissimally, Signature and Surety-Bahn.

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It's a resolution and will anyone move the resolution,

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authorize the abuse of Fissimally Signatures and Surety-Bahn

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and waive the reading of the resolution?

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I'll move the reading.

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Thank you.

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Director Bassett has moved it with the waiving the reading.

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Seconded by?

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Seconded.

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Seconded by Director Brinson.

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OK.

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This is a roll call vote.

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Great.

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Director Long.

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Yes.

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Director Wuto.

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Yes.

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Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes.

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Director Bowman votes yes.

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Director Branson.

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Yes.

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Director Bassett.

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Yes.

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Chair Evans Becker.

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Yes.

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The unanimous.

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All right.

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Next thing up is the resolution authorizing.

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Oops.

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That was it.

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Designating brokers for investment of district funds for 2026.

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2026.

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Yes.

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Yes,

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will someone move the resolution

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designating the brokers for investment

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of the school district funds?

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And wave the reading, director Bowman's.

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Wave the reading.

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I will move approval and wave the reading.

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Thank you, seconded by.

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I'll second.

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Dr. Hillenbrand.

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Okay, seems, yes.

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Question?

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Just want to clarify that these are all

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the same banking facilities that we've been using for years.

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Thank you.

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And none of them have changed.

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Right.

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And some of this we have done in the middle of the year.

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Some of it we have done previously in January.

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We are combining them all to be at the organizational meeting

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in January from here on through,

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so we don't have to do it spot, spotally, all year long.

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Okay, so we are ready to, this year was moved by,

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what did I say?

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Bowman.

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Bowman.

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Bowman and seconded by Bill and Brand.

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Okay, take the world.

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Ready for the vote, Director Muto, yes, Director Long.

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Yes.

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Director Hillenbrand.

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Yes.

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Chair Evans Becker.

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Yes.

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Director Branson.

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Yes.

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Director Bowman votes, yes.

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Director Bassett.

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Yes.

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Okay.

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Now, we have a resolution designating depositors for the school district for funds for 26.

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We did.

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Some of these.

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No, that's no sign for me.

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Part of me?

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I jumped ahead.

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My bad.

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Just clear.

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Okay.

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Yes.

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This is the depositors. You want to clarify?

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No, there was a clarification happening over here at the end of the table.

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But we're good, no?

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Yes.

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Excellent. Okay. So, will someone move the resolution

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designating the depositors for the school district funds for 26 and wave the reading?

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So moved and I'll wave the reading.

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Director Hillinbrand is moving it and director Bassett is seconding it and seeing no hands.

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Let's do the vote.

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All righty. Director Bassett. Yes. Director Bowman votes yes. Director Branson. Yes.

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Chair Evans Becker. Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. Yes. Director Wuto. Yes.

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Six F is voted on. Now we're up to six G resolution authorizing specific statements to be paid in advance

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authorizing specific statements in advance for 2026.

461
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I will wait with the reading with the exception of that. I think I'll name those payments of which expenses.

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There's a very short list.

463
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Okay.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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It needs a second.

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Do you want me to?

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Yeah.

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Second.

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What?

471
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I need a second.

472
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A second.

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It's been second by director Printer.

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Okay.

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Great.

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So those bills that are concluded here are the utility bills contracted transportation invoices.

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registration and travel expenses, employee insurance payments, employee retirement, plan payments.

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Payments necessary to be eligible for discount privileges, postage meter and bulk mailing payments,

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and officials, referees, and judges fees, special program speaker fees, consulting fees,

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00:42:21,750 --> 00:42:26,790
and contracted personnel service fees, tuition payments for resident students,

481
00:42:26,790 --> 00:42:29,970
and payments necessary to meet 35-day statute.

482
00:42:30,470 --> 00:42:32,110
And these are all payments or expenses

483
00:42:32,110 --> 00:42:33,670
claimed against the school district.

484
00:42:33,910 --> 00:42:36,250
That would be eligible for that advance board,

485
00:42:36,470 --> 00:42:38,010
advance an advance of board approval.

486
00:42:38,530 --> 00:42:39,090
Thank you.

487
00:42:39,350 --> 00:42:39,750
Welcome.

488
00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:40,250
Great.

489
00:42:40,670 --> 00:42:46,490
Seeing no other hands, let's vote on resolution for 6G.

490
00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:47,890
Sounds good.

491
00:42:48,530 --> 00:42:49,790
Director Bowman votes yes.

492
00:42:50,050 --> 00:42:50,710
Director Brunson.

493
00:42:51,150 --> 00:42:51,290
Yes.

494
00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:52,950
Chair Evans Becker.

495
00:42:53,530 --> 00:42:54,370
Director Hill and Brand.

496
00:42:54,670 --> 00:42:54,830
Yes.

497
00:42:55,050 --> 00:42:55,550
Director Long.

498
00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:56,210
Yes.

499
00:42:56,210 --> 00:42:59,790
Director Woto, yes, Director Bassett, yes, unanimous.

500
00:42:59,890 --> 00:43:00,530
Okay, thank you.

501
00:43:01,190 --> 00:43:05,670
The next item is 6-H and that is the appointment of legal counsel for 2026.

502
00:43:06,310 --> 00:43:12,830
The legal counsel that firms would be Radwick, Rosic, Maloney, Squares, Wellsburg,

503
00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:17,770
Romance, Becker, LLLC, Martin Law Firm, and Kutek, Rockwell, LLP.

504
00:43:18,950 --> 00:43:25,810
Okay, and the authorized district staff to contact legal counsel are school board, school

505
00:43:25,810 --> 00:43:27,930
of our chair, superintendent, assistant superintendent,

506
00:43:28,250 --> 00:43:30,730
CFO, executive director of human resources,

507
00:43:31,070 --> 00:43:32,970
and executive director of community education,

508
00:43:33,150 --> 00:43:34,070
athletics, and activities.

509
00:43:34,810 --> 00:43:41,430
Will someone please move the legal firms?

510
00:43:42,490 --> 00:43:45,230
I will move approval for the list of legal firms

511
00:43:45,230 --> 00:43:48,050
that were read and we have the right.

512
00:43:48,510 --> 00:43:48,590
Yep.

513
00:43:48,990 --> 00:43:49,330
Thank you.

514
00:43:49,930 --> 00:43:54,210
Okay, Bowman and the second term would be Uto.

515
00:43:55,810 --> 00:43:56,610
Director Ruto.

516
00:43:57,710 --> 00:44:02,110
Seeing no hands, it's a resolution, it needs a voice, it needs a roll call vote.

517
00:44:02,470 --> 00:44:04,130
Perfect, Director Evans Becker.

518
00:44:04,410 --> 00:44:04,570
Yes.

519
00:44:05,010 --> 00:44:05,770
Director Branson.

520
00:44:06,130 --> 00:44:06,250
Yes.

521
00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:07,950
Director Bowman votes yes.

522
00:44:08,870 --> 00:44:09,670
Director Bassett.

523
00:44:09,950 --> 00:44:10,090
Yes.

524
00:44:10,510 --> 00:44:11,230
Director Hill and Brand.

525
00:44:11,590 --> 00:44:11,730
Yes.

526
00:44:12,070 --> 00:44:12,630
Director Long.

527
00:44:13,050 --> 00:44:13,170
No.

528
00:44:14,750 --> 00:44:15,790
Director Ruto.

529
00:44:16,250 --> 00:44:16,370
Yes.

530
00:44:16,750 --> 00:44:17,470
Motion prevails.

531
00:44:17,830 --> 00:44:20,110
Okay, and it wasn't a resolution, but it had to do with me.

532
00:44:20,130 --> 00:44:20,250
No.

533
00:44:20,870 --> 00:44:21,390
Yeah.

534
00:44:21,810 --> 00:44:22,070
Okay.

535
00:44:22,070 --> 00:44:30,230
All right, items 6i, appointing a financial advisor for 2020, for 2026, the financial advisor would be PMA.

536
00:44:31,330 --> 00:44:36,790
Is there a move to appoint PMA as our district financial network advisor?

537
00:44:37,510 --> 00:44:38,510
No, moved.

538
00:44:38,970 --> 00:44:42,030
Thank you, moved by Dr. Brinteson, Brinteson.

539
00:44:42,370 --> 00:44:43,570
And seconded by?

540
00:44:44,870 --> 00:44:45,430
I'll second.

541
00:44:45,830 --> 00:44:46,270
Dylan Brand.

542
00:44:47,210 --> 00:44:48,530
And then clarifying question.

543
00:44:48,530 --> 00:44:49,430
Can I have a final question?

544
00:44:50,290 --> 00:44:53,370
Does anybody know how long have we been using PMA financial?

545
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:59,710
Does anybody know how long we've been using PMA financial as are appointed?

546
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:01,520
Financial advisor.

547
00:45:03,810 --> 00:45:15,370
A couple years. It hasn't been no long. No, it hasn't been maybe three years. And I'm not the perpetrator. So, you know, but I believe about three years, something like that. Okay. Thank you. Seeing no other hands up.

548
00:45:16,450 --> 00:45:29,250
We need to vote. Yep. Has to do with money. Director Bassett. Yes. Director Bowman votes. Yes. Director Brunton. Yes. Chair Evans Becker. Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. Yes.

549
00:45:29,250 --> 00:45:32,270
and director Wu-toe, yes, motion prevailed.

550
00:45:32,370 --> 00:45:37,610
CMA, 6J, designated designation of I, it's an IOWA,

551
00:45:38,310 --> 00:45:40,910
it's the identified official with authority

552
00:45:40,910 --> 00:45:42,670
for the Minnesota Department of Education,

553
00:45:43,550 --> 00:45:45,910
external user recertification system,

554
00:45:46,750 --> 00:45:48,950
and the person that we are designating

555
00:45:48,950 --> 00:45:51,410
is Dr. Bob McDowell, Assistant Superintendent.

556
00:45:53,010 --> 00:45:54,610
Sarah, move to a point.

557
00:45:54,870 --> 00:45:55,630
I'll text you on there, right?

558
00:45:57,030 --> 00:45:58,610
Oops, Dr. Tisalo, sorry.

559
00:45:58,610 --> 00:46:06,850
Yeah, and he's the proxy sorry to group that up person in charge superintendent proxy dr. McDowell

560
00:46:06,850 --> 00:46:12,530
All right some moved moved by Hillin brand seconded by Bassett

561
00:46:13,890 --> 00:46:17,290
No hands. Okay, let's do it. Oh

562
00:46:17,290 --> 00:46:24,930
Teri Evans-Becker. Yes director Hillin brand. Yes director Long. Yes director Wuto. Yes director Bassett

563
00:46:24,930 --> 00:46:27,190
Yes director Bowman votes. Yes director

564
00:46:27,190 --> 00:46:28,610
Dr. Brentson, yes.

565
00:46:29,130 --> 00:46:30,070
Okay, thank you.

566
00:46:30,850 --> 00:46:32,710
We have designated our IOWA.

567
00:46:35,510 --> 00:46:39,170
All right, now we need to designate our official newspaper.

568
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,380
And our official newspaper is ECM Publishers Incorporated.

569
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:50,340
Go and wrap it up to Minnesota as a district's official newspaper for 2026.

570
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:57,500
That's the sun post and sun sailor, home to our insurers, same one we've been using.

571
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,160
Is there a move to designate?

572
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:07,640
So moved. Thank you, but Director Brinson. Second by Director Bowman. Yeah, let's do the vote. No hands are up.

573
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:16,520
All right, Director Brinson. Yes, Director Bowman votes. Yes, Director Bassett

574
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,320
The stain on that one part of the stain. Okay

575
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:29,200
Director Chair Evans Becker. Yes, Director Hillenbrand. Yes, Director Long. Yes, Director Wouto. Yes, motion prevails

576
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:36,920
Okay, we have a newspaper as a nation of official television produced over 2026. That would be CCX. Any questions?

577
00:47:37,180 --> 00:47:38,260
Okay, do I have a motion?

578
00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:39,280
I'll move it.

579
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:40,640
Move by Director Bassett.

580
00:47:41,020 --> 00:47:41,480
Seconded.

581
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,760
Seconded by Director Brinson.

582
00:47:46,250 --> 00:47:47,490
No hands, let's do this.

583
00:47:47,810 --> 00:47:50,330
Let's do this. All right. Director Hillenbrand.

584
00:47:50,890 --> 00:47:51,010
Yes.

585
00:47:51,390 --> 00:47:52,330
Chair Evans Becker.

586
00:47:52,430 --> 00:47:52,570
Yes.

587
00:47:52,910 --> 00:47:53,630
Director Brinson.

588
00:47:53,930 --> 00:47:56,410
Yes. Director Bowman votes yes. Director Bassett.

589
00:47:56,590 --> 00:47:56,730
Yes.

590
00:47:57,070 --> 00:47:57,590
Director Long.

591
00:47:57,950 --> 00:47:58,090
Yes.

592
00:47:58,330 --> 00:47:59,010
Director Wucho.

593
00:47:59,010 --> 00:47:59,330
Yes.

594
00:47:59,550 --> 00:48:00,230
Motion prevails.

595
00:48:00,350 --> 00:48:01,550
Here we have a television station.

596
00:48:02,350 --> 00:48:02,630
Okay.

597
00:48:02,690 --> 00:48:07,830
Next thing up is the review of policy 209, Code of Ethics Statement of Compliance.

598
00:48:10,090 --> 00:48:14,930
And during the Board's organizational meeting, a review of the Code of Ethics and

599
00:48:14,930 --> 00:48:19,690
Signing of the Corresponding Statement of Compliance will be implemented as an annual

600
00:48:19,690 --> 00:48:20,070
item.

601
00:48:20,830 --> 00:48:25,830
And so all Robinson School Board members must sign annually a statement, certifying that they

602
00:48:25,830 --> 00:48:30,650
We have read, understand, and agreed to abide by the Code of Ethics and affirm their commitment

603
00:48:30,650 --> 00:48:34,730
to hold themselves in other board members accountable for any violations of it.

604
00:48:35,430 --> 00:48:38,550
And so I passed out the Code of Ethics to everyone.

605
00:48:38,730 --> 00:48:43,930
If you haven't signed it yet, please do and they all need to go to Molly at the end of the

606
00:48:43,930 --> 00:48:44,250
meeting.

607
00:48:44,250 --> 00:48:48,050
and if you have any possible,

608
00:48:51,530 --> 00:48:53,910
thank you, just looking for the word.

609
00:48:54,330 --> 00:48:55,770
If you have any conflict of interest,

610
00:48:56,210 --> 00:48:58,390
please let us know now.

611
00:48:58,870 --> 00:48:59,270
Stayed at no.

612
00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:00,430
Dr. Hillenbrand?

613
00:49:01,930 --> 00:49:05,670
Two of my, one of my children is a student intern

614
00:49:05,670 --> 00:49:09,170
at Adventure Club, and one of my children

615
00:49:09,170 --> 00:49:11,490
is a seasonal worker at Adventure Club.

616
00:49:12,490 --> 00:49:14,530
Anyone else have a, Dr. Brinison?

617
00:49:14,930 --> 00:49:18,870
Yes, so I'm the head debate coach at Robynsdale Armstrong and Robynsdale Cooper.

618
00:49:19,270 --> 00:49:26,730
The head golf coach at Robynsdale Cooper, my oldest child is also a debate coach at

619
00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:32,090
Robynsdale Armstrong, and my wife occasionally sums for the district, I think it's like three

620
00:49:32,090 --> 00:49:32,770
times this year.

621
00:49:33,330 --> 00:49:33,610
Thank you.

622
00:49:34,230 --> 00:49:34,950
Dr. Huto?

623
00:49:35,450 --> 00:49:38,790
Yeah, my wife is on the teacher contract with the district.

624
00:49:39,390 --> 00:49:39,710
Thank you.

625
00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:40,670
Anyone else?

626
00:49:41,210 --> 00:49:41,830
No.

627
00:49:42,290 --> 00:49:43,190
Director Bassett?

628
00:49:43,590 --> 00:49:44,150
I have none.

629
00:49:46,030 --> 00:49:47,930
Thank you for that, Director Bassett.

630
00:49:48,150 --> 00:49:48,330
Welcome.

631
00:49:48,690 --> 00:49:48,770
Anyone?

632
00:49:49,250 --> 00:49:49,550
Okay.

633
00:49:49,890 --> 00:49:51,330
I think that covers that.

634
00:49:53,560 --> 00:49:55,000
And the conflict of interest.

635
00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:56,400
We're good.

636
00:49:59,870 --> 00:50:00,330
Okay.

637
00:50:00,970 --> 00:50:02,970
This is the best part of our meeting.

638
00:50:04,190 --> 00:50:05,070
Are they all proud?

639
00:50:05,950 --> 00:50:06,630
Superintendent Stella?

640
00:50:06,990 --> 00:50:07,290
Excellent.

641
00:50:07,570 --> 00:50:11,490
We're very excited tonight, especially with this full crowd

642
00:50:11,490 --> 00:50:17,770
out to have Principal Jennifer Smith and Trudy Monet of the Stages Theatre Company

643
00:50:17,770 --> 00:50:25,450
and students from Fair Pilgrim Lane come and present to us tonight and highlight some

644
00:50:25,450 --> 00:50:27,650
of the incredible work they're doing with our integration.

645
00:50:46,130 --> 00:50:46,690
Amazing.

646
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:52,240
That's amazing.

647
00:50:52,740 --> 00:50:52,960
That's amazing.

648
00:50:54,220 --> 00:50:54,480
That's amazing.

649
00:50:54,480 --> 00:50:54,680
That's amazing.

650
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:56,920
That's amazing.

651
00:50:58,810 --> 00:50:59,610
That's amazing.

652
00:50:59,610 --> 00:51:09,850
quite the welcome. Thank you everyone. High school board members, cabinet members of the community. I am Jen Smith, the principal of fair pilgrim lane elementary.

653
00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:21,410
The first thing I'm going to say this is kind of an awkward moment. I need everyone to know in here that I signed up for this date back in September.

654
00:51:24,370 --> 00:51:31,510
So meeting here tonight has absolutely nothing to do with the proposal and the board vote today.

655
00:51:32,130 --> 00:51:36,230
And I just need that out there, so rumors and assumptions are not made.

656
00:51:36,830 --> 00:51:40,370
This was done what you asked us in like August, September to sign up.

657
00:51:40,490 --> 00:51:42,430
And so I signed up around, I think it was September.

658
00:51:42,670 --> 00:51:46,410
So it is just coincidence that I happen to be here tonight.

659
00:51:46,410 --> 00:51:47,810
So I just want to make that really clear.

660
00:51:48,350 --> 00:51:51,390
But regardless of any of those decisions made tonight, I'm sure that I'm going to be able

661
00:51:51,390 --> 00:51:59,610
So, very proud to be standing here in front of all of you to have a chance to share a little bit about fair as well as show off some of our students performances.

662
00:51:59,930 --> 00:52:05,050
They are going to totally show me up tonight, so first of all, arts integration.

663
00:52:05,310 --> 00:52:14,990
As you know, we are the arts integration school and it's an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form.

664
00:52:15,410 --> 00:52:19,670
This includes visual art, music, dancing, theater, and media arts.

665
00:52:19,670 --> 00:52:24,230
Tonight I'm going to show you a small sampling of how we integrate arts into all areas of

666
00:52:24,230 --> 00:52:29,510
the curriculum at Fair, how our partnership with Stages and support of our PTO enhances

667
00:52:29,510 --> 00:52:34,770
our curriculum, and in addition you will hear from a student about her experience at Fair,

668
00:52:35,050 --> 00:52:38,770
and finally you will watch a performance done by some of our current fifth grade students.

669
00:52:40,370 --> 00:52:43,290
So, we are going to start our little arts integration journey here.

670
00:52:43,370 --> 00:52:45,670
I have some pictures of some kindergarten students.

671
00:52:45,670 --> 00:52:51,710
From the first days of school, our kindergarten students engage in arts integration activities.

672
00:52:52,290 --> 00:52:57,330
In this photo here on the left, we have some students working on their literacy response journals.

673
00:52:58,110 --> 00:53:03,510
So after reading a book, they write, draw, create about either what they learned or

674
00:53:03,510 --> 00:53:04,890
following a prompt from their teacher.

675
00:53:05,750 --> 00:53:09,090
In the second photo, the kindergarten students are creating a tablo,

676
00:53:09,370 --> 00:53:13,750
which is a recreating a still scene from a book to help retell the story.

677
00:53:13,750 --> 00:53:17,610
So they're doing a little scene to help tell what they learned from the story.

678
00:53:18,130 --> 00:53:22,050
So these are just two examples that begin in kindergarten and continue throughout the

679
00:53:22,050 --> 00:53:25,870
years of how students show what they know through art during their language arts time.

680
00:53:27,710 --> 00:53:32,470
In addition to that, to increase the cultural relevance of curriculum, students learn about

681
00:53:32,470 --> 00:53:35,790
other cultures and important people in history through art's integration.

682
00:53:36,390 --> 00:53:40,510
So the first photo up there in the upper left hand corner is from Hispanic Heritage Month.

683
00:53:40,510 --> 00:53:45,690
Students learned about Tito Puente, the Mamba King, Ms. Trudy, who you'll see over here,

684
00:53:46,270 --> 00:53:51,190
tat them how to Mamba during their stages time, and they did a little performance of it.

685
00:53:51,850 --> 00:53:54,970
And then they also read a book about Tito Puente.

686
00:53:55,810 --> 00:54:00,090
Our third graders were learning about sea exploration through poetry, art, and literature

687
00:54:00,090 --> 00:54:03,650
during a module in Witt and Wisdom, which is our new language arts curriculum.

688
00:54:04,390 --> 00:54:08,770
During this module, they learned about a woodblock print by the Japanese artist, Pokusai.

689
00:54:08,770 --> 00:54:15,390
They then created their own water color interpretations of the print adding in their own elements, and that's that bottom-middle photo there.

690
00:54:16,070 --> 00:54:22,510
Our fifth grade students, some of who you will see here tonight, we're learning about Native Americans and what it means to belong to a culture.

691
00:54:23,190 --> 00:54:26,870
During this unit of study, students also learned about Frank Big Bear Jr.

692
00:54:27,410 --> 00:54:30,270
In Ojibwe artists whose art can be viewed in galleries around Minneapolis.

693
00:54:30,970 --> 00:54:35,450
Students learned about his art process and then created their own self-portraits based on his style.

694
00:54:37,170 --> 00:54:41,910
Arts integration is also used to deepen students' understanding of science concepts as well.

695
00:54:42,650 --> 00:54:47,590
Our first grade students were learning about creature features when the big Northern

696
00:54:47,590 --> 00:54:49,470
Lights event happened here in Minnesota.

697
00:54:50,190 --> 00:54:54,090
So our teachers then connected those two events and they created those Northern Lights photos

698
00:54:54,090 --> 00:54:55,950
you see there on the left hand side.

699
00:54:56,650 --> 00:55:00,590
And second grade students were learning about animal habitats during mystery science.

700
00:55:00,590 --> 00:55:05,650
The teachers expanded on this topic by also reading over in underbooks by Kate Messner.

701
00:55:06,170 --> 00:55:10,350
The students then created their own hibernation photos you see here and in addition they created

702
00:55:10,350 --> 00:55:13,330
a little habitat pop-up, creations, and some pottery.

703
00:55:15,450 --> 00:55:20,030
We know that students learn math at a deeper level when they move through a sequence of using

704
00:55:20,030 --> 00:55:25,670
concrete manipulatives than visual representation prior to that abstract knowledge of using numbers.

705
00:55:26,230 --> 00:55:31,630
These two photos show just a few examples of how our third grade students see math through

706
00:55:31,630 --> 00:55:32,310
arts integration.

707
00:55:32,930 --> 00:55:38,030
So that tap photo represents place value, the larger the number, the higher the place value,

708
00:55:38,290 --> 00:55:42,570
and then when you cone up all of the various size circles, you can come up with a larger number.

709
00:55:43,210 --> 00:55:49,170
The second photo, students we're learning about the array model in multiplication and then

710
00:55:49,170 --> 00:55:52,290
they turned their yellow array into a cityscape.

711
00:55:54,550 --> 00:55:58,150
students also learn many important social emotional skills through our arts

712
00:55:58,150 --> 00:56:01,990
integration. About once a month Miss Trudy will pull a small group of students

713
00:56:01,990 --> 00:56:06,530
during our wind time or what I need time. During this time the students

714
00:56:06,530 --> 00:56:09,530
expand the social emotional learning they are gaining from our district

715
00:56:09,530 --> 00:56:14,050
provided SEL curriculum second stack. They work on developing and learning a

716
00:56:14,050 --> 00:56:17,510
short skip that is then performed for their grade level peers during one of our

717
00:56:17,510 --> 00:56:18,090
fight assemblies.

718
00:56:20,420 --> 00:56:26,560
Stages is a co-tot, sorry, in addition to learning teachers engage with students in class.

719
00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:31,240
We have a wonderful partner with Stages Theatre Company, and Miss Trudy is at Fair every

720
00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:34,840
day engaging students in theatre, music, and dance activities.

721
00:56:35,300 --> 00:56:36,900
They engage

722
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:54,220
students in theatre, music, and dance activities that are also rooted in our English

723
00:56:54,220 --> 00:56:55,380
language art standards.

724
00:56:56,120 --> 00:57:00,140
Stages is a co-tot class where students come together with their teacher weekly to engage

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lessons. And then starting in second grade, each grade level engages in a larger capstone project.

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So the photo on the left there are our second grade students performing a story through readers

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theater. On the right hand photo is a picture of some of our third grade students last year performing

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a black history presentation. Prior to the presentation, they engage in some rich discussion about

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unsung heroes and then perform a piece that helps them and the audience to understand that black history

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History is American history.

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This performance has been featured for the past two years at the Districts Black History

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Celebration.

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In fourth grade, students engage with vocal elders through a penpal program.

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After exchanging letters, the project culminates in connecting generations' performance.

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The students first meet their pen pals and then they perform a piece based on their letters

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that includes music and visual art.

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So that example on the left is one of the visual art pieces that they create.

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It's a home and then on the right hand side, you see our students sharing that piece with one of their elders.

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Our fifth grade, this is the big one. Our fifth graders annually have a spring musical.

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This photo is from our performance last year of the Lion King Jr.

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This year the students will be performing the musical Dear Edwina,

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which is a show about a young problem solver who offers advice to her peers with the help of her friends

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and a little bit of song and dance.

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The show celebrates the joys, challenges,

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and growing pains of growing up in a fun and uplifting way.

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Thank you to our PTO and the amazing fundraising efforts

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of our families.

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All grade levels are also able to engage

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in a week-long artist's investment.

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You all, like this is the

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plus students to dig deeper

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into one specific art forum

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as well as learn from artists who are working in the field.

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So the week right before winner break, Lisa Arnold,

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came in to work with us and she has come back year after year.

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She told me that we're her favorite because she actually went to

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Pilgrim Lane as a student many, many years ago so she does always

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love coming back to Pilgrim Lane and working with our students.

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So our first graders engaged in making some masks out of

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recycled and upcycled materials that reflected their passions

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and artistic style and then they also created pictures and

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stories about their mask characters.

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And then the photo on the right is our fifth grade students engage in lessons around mosaic art students learned art and mosaic vocabulary practice techniques use tools and build skills by designing and creating their very own individual mosaics based on nature.

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In second grade, our students learn from dancer and studio owner and

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astronaut. Students learn about various movement patterns. You can see them moving

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there on the left hand side and then they created a short performance piece based on the

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life cycle of plants.

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Sir Grade invited in the...

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The actor, singer, playwright, and director, T. Michael Rambo. He used our theme of the year

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better together, and the students created a spoken word poetry piece that some of them

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even performed as are closing to our talent show at our night of the arts. And that's our

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photo on the right. Fourth grade and our three-four-split combination classroom. Dive residents

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with Katrina Knutson, and they discovered the vibrant world of graffiti art. The students

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students learned a brief history of graffiti and its cultural roots, they then celebrated

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the power of words by creating their own graffiti drawings.

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And next week, I don't know how pictures does not happen until next week, but kindergarten

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students are engaging with broader pool, students will design a personal character and create

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many outfits inspired by their own traits, attributes, and interests.

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Using fabric materials in their imagination, they will craft a work of art that expresses

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their unique identity through the art of fashion.

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Here are some photos of our annual night of the arts.

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Annually, we celebrate all of the great amazing things that we do.

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This usually happens in December.

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It is also a family engagement evening funded through a PTO that is filled with students

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showcasing their individual and small group talents in a talent show.

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You can see our friend drumming down there.

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Students sing in a mixed grade level of performance.

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families engaged in creating art together and all will they view our gallery of art work that is hung up all around the hallways

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and thank you to all of our volunteers that came in and spent many hours hanging it all in the hallway.

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This year's theme was better together and all the performances and activities were centered around the theme and that bottom picture is what we create as a

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community

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students and families wrote what makes them better when on small circles of paper and then it went on

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those outlines of people and that is displayed in our main hallway.

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Through all of these rich experiences, students grow in development ways that you don't always get in your typical classrooms.

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Students at Fair are confident speaking to others, be it in small group class or in front of a large audience during their performance.

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There are critical thinking skills increase in that they can show their understanding and learning in ways that are not just found on traditional testing quizzes.

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At Fair, working together is common and this increases students ability to collaborate.

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Above all else they are so creative. My favorite parts of the day are just walking around the hallways and seeing the creativity pouring out of all of our classrooms.

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All of these skills are so important in life and I feel especially in this digital age,

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we're so frequently students and people are engaging with peers and others in unhealthy ways over social media and texting.

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So, soft skills of being able to interact and collaborate and share information with people

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is something that can't just be taught.

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It must be fostered and engaged on a regular basis, and that happens routinely at fair.

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So, now that you've heard me talk, I'm going to turn over to the real show.

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So, next up comes Ms. Trinity Glass, who will share a bit more about how attending fair

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sense kindergarten has helped her.

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Comfortable sharing ideas and being more common, especially when I have to speak in front

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of others.

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I think this is because over the years I've had many performance opportunities, we use

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Reader's Theory, which helps me read with expression and confidence.

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We also retail stores using tablet, which helps me understand store destruction.

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Sometimes, we retail stores using same dancing and acting.

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This helps me understand the characters more and connect to how they feel.

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At Fairfrogum Lane, we learned to look for our everywhere.

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We made mosaic art projects, learned about different styles of painting, and even learned how to hold his clay.

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All of these activities helped me be creative and express myself in new ways.

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Because at Fairfrogum Lane, I feel more confident, creative, and excited to share my ideas with others.

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And please hear a word from me.

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Woo!

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We

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decided to share our pasted stage parts with you and our sides and our stages class

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we chose a picture book and turned it into a play using our actors' tools, theater

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laws and religious skills.

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First we identified the main idea of the story and the characters.

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Now we decided which roles each actor would play.

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After that, we wrote our scripts, add a blockade, and create a prompt.

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All this work to help us bring our story to the page to the stage.

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We hope you are a jar of performance.

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Someday, if you could be any animal in the world, look,

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exactly, I don't want to be a blog.

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And

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you can't be a tackier,

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I don't know, in your life.

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Remember to have any questions or comments, and students are for sure want to get a picture

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with y'all. I just want to thank you. Thank you, Jen. Thanks, Trudy. Staff are being here.

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Students, thank you for sharing your talents and your courage with all of us.

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You did a fantastic job. I would like to say thank you, thank you, and the best part of the meeting is

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definitely over. Amazing. Thank you. I'd love to school.

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While they're getting their picture taken, I think some other board members might have

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is something they want to say.

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I just want to say thank you for eating the flies.

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I really appreciate it.

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Dr. Bassett?

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No.

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Oh, well, they're taking their picture.

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I just like to say I have been up at Fair Pilgrim Lane

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when there has been a arts historian for the community.

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That place was packed.

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The art was all over the walls.

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They had all kind of mixed media art.

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It was, you couldn't find a parking spot.

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01:10:52,310 --> 01:11:01,100
Okay. Back to business. All right. We need to have order again.

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We'll let them get

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out of here. The next thing up is the consent agenda. Items on the consent agenda are considered

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There's routine in nature and are enacted with one motion.

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There's no separate discussion of these items unless a board member requests to do so.

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In that case, the item would be removed from the agenda.

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We have rather short consent agenda tonight.

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We have the study session minutes, the business meeting minutes from December 15th,

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disbursements and the license and non-license personnel report.

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Is there a move to approve consent agenda?

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Director Bowman, Director Huto, thank you.

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All right, and it has to do with money, so we need a roll call vote.

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01:11:43,900 --> 01:11:48,380
With pleasure, let me, let's allow them a second.

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We'll proceed with the vote.

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Director Bassett, yes.

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01:11:57,600 --> 01:11:58,780
Director Bowman votes, yes.

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01:11:59,020 --> 01:12:01,060
Director Branson, yes.

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01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:03,080
Chair Evans Becker, yes.

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Director Hillenbrand, yes.

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Director Long, no.

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And Director Huto, yes.

873
01:12:08,660 --> 01:12:09,360
Motion prevails.

874
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:13,320
Okay, we have approved the consent agenda. We're going to move on to unfinished business.

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01:12:14,100 --> 01:12:23,420
I 9A property and liability insurance broker. This was brought up previously at one

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of the December meetings. And what we need to do is vote, see if a whole is there anything

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01:12:30,700 --> 01:12:33,780
you want us to know? Yes, I would actually like to speak to this

878
01:12:33,780 --> 01:12:38,240
for a few minutes. Thank you. Good evening, Chairman's Becker, board directors, the superintendent

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01:12:39,380 --> 01:12:43,020
when I originally had presented switching our property

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and my ability insurance broker, which was on December 1st,

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what was presented was an estimated annual savings based

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on an estimated current charge of our incumbent

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of we anticipated saving $63,000 a year.

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That number was revised to an actual savings

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but a whole lot has gone on behind the scenes since then.

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So, let me catch you up briefly.

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What was presented and went to the board on December 1st was that we had an insurance

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broker that was proposing to be able to provide the service and run a targeted risk management

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program for $75,000.

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The incumbent who at that time, their fee was based off of a percentage of premium had

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responded with that, and it's part of the cover letter, saying that they would match

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the $75,000. I believe Director Long had asked, you know, what would the cost be on a

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five-year basis, and so we were going forward. Since that time, the U.S.I., who is administration's

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recommendation to switch to, has since then come down and said we would provide the same

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service for $70,000 for a flat fee of five years. I know there have been questions regarding

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that if we were to do that, is there a way that the district could terminate the agreement if

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things weren't working out? And the intention of the five-year term would be to secure our rate

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or the $70,000 proposed rate, but if we weren't happy with the product or service that they were

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offering we could terminate that agreement, and there was also one of the questions that

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had come up is this primarily just a cost savings measure. And it is, it's a cost savings

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01:14:43,260 --> 01:14:53,220
measure, but I also would suggest consideration for the targeted risk management program. Currently

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01:14:53,220 --> 01:14:59,300
USI, we switched to them a handful of years ago for our workers compensation, and what they

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as they do as they...

904
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We focus on things that the district can control and how we can get better to limit our exposure and liability, and therefore ultimately that ends up in better rates. So it's not just a broker out there doing the work of essentially shopping or insurance package. Their targeted risk management program does the work by coming internally and focusing on areas where there's maybe a higher exposure for underwriters and everything that's happening.

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So what is before you is administration's recommendation to switch to U.S.I. as our

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01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:37,920
broker for property and liability insurance.

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01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:44,120
And it would be for a five-year period, for the five-year period, or the five-year period

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correct.

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01:15:44,740 --> 01:15:44,880
Okay.

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01:15:46,060 --> 01:15:52,320
So do I have a move to approve the proposal provided by U.S.I. insurance services, LLC?

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01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:53,200
Director Bowman?

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01:15:53,760 --> 01:15:54,940
I'll move the approval.

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01:15:55,180 --> 01:15:55,380
Moving.

914
01:15:55,860 --> 01:15:56,620
I had a question.

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01:15:57,020 --> 01:15:57,100
Okay.

916
01:15:57,280 --> 01:15:57,800
We have to have a second.

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01:15:57,940 --> 01:15:58,540
Then we can have a question.

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01:15:59,320 --> 01:16:00,500
Seconded by Director Long.

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01:16:01,060 --> 01:16:01,380
Director Brinson.

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01:16:01,980 --> 01:16:03,200
Thanks for answering those questions.

921
01:16:03,320 --> 01:16:04,160
I think they're super helpful.

922
01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:06,140
The one thing it was kind of brought up before.

923
01:16:06,540 --> 01:16:10,480
How often do contracts like this get reviewed, right?

924
01:16:10,620 --> 01:16:12,100
So there was other contracts that were brought up.

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01:16:12,100 --> 01:16:13,020
This would be another one.

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01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:15,620
Is that an annual basis typically every couple of years?

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01:16:16,460 --> 01:16:18,340
I know it's probably different for every contract.

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01:16:18,540 --> 01:16:19,200
But in general.

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It is different for every contract.

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01:16:20,900 --> 01:16:26,600
You know, the review is, I would say, again, annually, are you producing what we need

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to produce?

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01:16:27,460 --> 01:16:32,800
Are you delivering on commitments that we're made of here specifically to this?

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Here is the risk management program.

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Are you actually fulfilling the terms and are we making progress as far as what that looks

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like?

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01:16:40,040 --> 01:16:45,580
So the work in and of itself, I would say, is reviewed on an ongoing basis.

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01:16:45,780 --> 01:16:46,920
It's every interaction.

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The contract in and of itself, because we're locking in a flat rate, might be evaluated

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01:16:53,320 --> 01:17:00,600
after a few years, just to say, okay, you've implemented or done the work as far as the

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01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:03,360
risk management program, are we actually seeing the results in our premium?

941
01:17:04,460 --> 01:17:08,060
And what that looks like, and then, therefore, that runs itself to the satisfaction moving

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01:17:08,060 --> 01:17:08,420
forward.

943
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:09,360
Thank you.

944
01:17:09,360 --> 01:17:11,080
Thank you.

945
01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:15,600
Seeing no more hands, this is a roll call vote,

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then the vote would be on approving the proposal provided

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01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:20,620
by USI Insurance Services, LLC.

948
01:17:22,520 --> 01:17:23,560
Great, great.

949
01:17:24,920 --> 01:17:25,400
Director Hillbrand.

950
01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:26,120
Yes.

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01:17:26,460 --> 01:17:26,900
Director Long.

952
01:17:27,860 --> 01:17:28,680
Can you come back to me?

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01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:31,460
Director Chair Evans Becker.

954
01:17:31,780 --> 01:17:31,920
Yes.

955
01:17:32,380 --> 01:17:33,060
Director Wuto.

956
01:17:33,460 --> 01:17:33,560
Yes.

957
01:17:34,180 --> 01:17:35,380
Director Bowman votes yes.

958
01:17:35,640 --> 01:17:36,400
Director Branson.

959
01:17:36,740 --> 01:17:36,860
Yes.

960
01:17:37,400 --> 01:17:38,300
Director Bassett.

961
01:17:38,560 --> 01:17:38,700
Yes.

962
01:17:38,700 --> 01:17:40,060
and Director Long.

963
01:17:48,300 --> 01:17:50,980
If my head is like spinning, there's too much going on today.

964
01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:54,260
I'm going to have to stay and be just because

965
01:17:54,260 --> 01:17:56,100
there's too much going on in my head right now.

966
01:17:57,020 --> 01:17:57,120
Okay.

967
01:17:57,700 --> 01:17:58,560
Motion prevails.

968
01:17:58,980 --> 01:18:00,740
The proposal passes.

969
01:18:01,640 --> 01:18:01,860
Okay.

970
01:18:02,100 --> 01:18:04,080
Now we are moving into unfinished business.

971
01:18:05,100 --> 01:18:06,100
Letter 9B.

972
01:18:06,260 --> 01:18:08,680
Continued statutory operating debt planning.

973
01:18:08,840 --> 01:18:09,600
Site consolidation.

974
01:18:10,380 --> 01:18:11,080
Superintendent Stella.

975
01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:12,060
Thank you.

976
01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:13,660
Good evening and happy new year.

977
01:18:13,660 --> 01:18:20,160
Chairman's Becker, board members, community members in the board room, or other rooms in the ESC, and those viewing online.

978
01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:24,720
I want to begin with some comments that I believe need to be put into the public record.

979
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:29,700
First of all, I want to provide facts about the agenda for this meeting.

980
01:18:30,260 --> 01:18:34,280
We have received emails with concerns of a last minute agenda change, and

981
01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:40,000
there's information on social media posts, including from school board members that the agenda and

982
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:44,200
And recommendations for tonight were changed last minute.

983
01:18:44,740 --> 01:18:45,420
That's not true.

984
01:18:46,240 --> 01:18:49,420
There was no last minute change to the January 5th meeting.

985
01:18:50,200 --> 01:18:55,800
At its December 8th meeting, the school board voted to consider a plan to discontinue

986
01:18:55,800 --> 01:19:02,060
fair crystal middle school programming, transition those students to their boundary neighborhood middle schools,

987
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:05,700
and repurpose the fair crystal building for elementary school.

988
01:19:05,700 --> 01:19:17,920
As part of that same mode action, the board also approved to publish you notice for consideration of closing the Fair Pilgrim Lane Building and moving its elementary magnet programming to the Fair Crystal site.

989
01:19:18,620 --> 01:19:29,060
On December 17th, Board Chair Evans Becker and Vice Chair Lawn were part of the standard agenda setting meeting where final decisions on the January 5th agenda were determined.

990
01:19:29,060 --> 01:19:45,460
The board chair on December 20th provided a follow-up communication to all board members outlining the agenda which included the vote to discontinue middle school programming at fair crystal would occur prior to the fair pilgrim lane public hearing.

991
01:19:45,460 --> 01:19:47,240
Well, they initial,

992
01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:53,820
well, the initial board packet, well,

993
01:19:59,810 --> 01:20:13,850
the initial board packet posted on December 31st included the agenda item, continued statutory operating debt, planning, site consolidation, the corresponding action item was inadvertently left off the agenda.

994
01:20:15,150 --> 01:20:20,900
All right, you will be asked to leave if you can't maintain order.

995
01:20:21,340 --> 01:20:27,180
That omission was corrected the following day on January 1st once it was noticed.

996
01:20:27,820 --> 01:20:33,280
The agenda update reflected that they have what had already been discussed and documented

997
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:36,060
with the board, not a change in the direction.

998
01:20:36,680 --> 01:20:42,760
Additionally, I sent an email to all board members on January 1st, letting them know of the omission

999
01:20:42,760 --> 01:20:43,960
and the correction.

1000
01:20:43,960 --> 01:20:49,460
Today brings us closer to decisions that will inform and help us finalize a draft of

1001
01:20:49,460 --> 01:20:54,080
the statutory operating debt plan that we will bring forward to the board for review at

1002
01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:54,960
the next meeting.

1003
01:20:55,560 --> 01:21:01,100
This has not been an easy process, however this is the process that is necessary for long-term

1004
01:21:01,100 --> 01:21:04,120
stability and success in our school district.

1005
01:21:04,740 --> 01:21:09,700
The work in which we've been engaged has been forecasted for well over a year and being

1006
01:21:09,700 --> 01:21:15,120
and statutory operating debt was the final factor that solidified the fact that we as a district

1007
01:21:15,500 --> 01:21:20,200
must do things differently. We can't cut our way out of this and that there are needed

1008
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:26,260
changes that must be implemented in order to reserve reverse the significant challenges

1009
01:21:26,260 --> 01:21:33,140
in Robin's delivery of schools. Those challenges which existed before my arrival and the board

1010
01:21:33,140 --> 01:22:03,120
unanimously hired me to address, include, but are not limited to the following, poor academic outcomes, inequities in programming and opportunities, concerns with student and staff safety, resulting in a less than positive school district reputation, school board conflicts being carried out in the public, outdated facilities with both deferred maintenance needs in a lack of modern learning environments in programming, declining enrollment,

1011
01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:05,440
and significant financial issues.

1012
01:22:05,900 --> 01:22:09,760
The eight months spent studying all aspects of the school district with the vision team

1013
01:22:09,760 --> 01:22:14,660
exposed many of the things we've wanted to do as a district, but in several cases,

1014
01:22:14,940 --> 01:22:19,820
what we did to try to get there was not carefully implemented and monitored.

1015
01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:25,580
We're now in a position where we can't do what we want next until we become financially healthy.

1016
01:22:26,420 --> 01:22:29,980
The process to improve the district as a whole has been clearly communicated.

1017
01:22:29,980 --> 01:22:34,920
And we've worked for well over a year to stabilize our financial situation.

1018
01:22:35,600 --> 01:22:40,500
Financial concerns in Robin's Dale area schools have been mounting for several years.

1019
01:22:41,220 --> 01:22:48,120
Resulting recently in a $17.4 million reduction needed for the 24-25 school year.

1020
01:22:48,620 --> 01:22:56,860
However, as we discovered in November of 24, approximately 14 million of the approved 17.4 budget reductions were not implemented.

1021
01:22:56,860 --> 01:23:01,680
which exacerbated the already unstable budget.

1022
01:23:02,460 --> 01:23:08,260
Since November of 24, when we learned that we would need to make budget reductions between 19 and $21 million,

1023
01:23:08,900 --> 01:23:16,760
and even before that, I talked numerous times to board members and publicly about five specific actions that were needed

1024
01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:22,040
to identify the current reality of Robin Stale area schools and to set the course firm improvement.

1025
01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:26,940
Each of these actions was grounded in our priority of implementing a process of robust

1026
01:23:26,940 --> 01:23:31,800
community engagement to co-create with the community and academic vision of the school

1027
01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:34,260
district our students want need and deserve.

1028
01:23:35,060 --> 01:23:39,220
First of all, when we need to have a review of academic programming and to identify gaps

1029
01:23:39,220 --> 01:23:45,120
and curriculum instruction assessment to improve student outcomes, we needed to engage in

1030
01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:50,960
in demographic study to identify updated enrollment projections to plan for the number of students

1031
01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:52,720
that we will serve in our near future.

1032
01:23:53,140 --> 01:23:55,960
We needed to complete a comprehensive facility assessment

1033
01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:59,540
district-wide to ensure data-driven decisions short

1034
01:23:59,540 --> 01:24:01,060
long-term facility planning

1035
01:24:01,060 --> 01:24:03,960
and a clear understanding of our facility's portfolio.

1036
01:24:04,620 --> 01:24:07,420
We needed to utilize data from the demographic study

1037
01:24:07,420 --> 01:24:09,680
and the comprehensive facilities assessment

1038
01:24:09,680 --> 01:24:12,800
to inform decisions about how best to write size

1039
01:24:12,800 --> 01:24:14,380
the district was site consolidation.

1040
01:24:15,200 --> 01:24:17,680
And finally, I've talked about a potential building bond

1041
01:24:17,680 --> 01:24:23,400
recommendation to the board to support modern learning environments and opportunities for students.

1042
01:24:24,020 --> 01:24:26,720
This work is needed to be done in the school district.

1043
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:34,260
It's not been a secret to anyone, and we've been focused on processes to complete tasks aligned to this plan.

1044
01:24:34,820 --> 01:24:38,480
We've engaged with the community with multiple opportunities to provide input.

1045
01:24:38,920 --> 01:24:46,420
We've established a vision team who worked for eight months and provided recommendations to the school board in September for a better future.

1046
01:24:46,420 --> 01:24:50,060
and we've communicated with staff parents in our community throughout the process.

1047
01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:56,580
On October 13th, 2025, we shared information that we wanted the board to be aware of,

1048
01:24:56,840 --> 01:25:02,680
to anticipate that they could expect as we embarked on this first phase of school closures,

1049
01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:07,940
site consolidations and budget reductions to get us to a balanced budget,

1050
01:25:08,260 --> 01:25:11,920
which is required in a statutory operating debt plan.

1051
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:17,000
As a reminder, we said that the work is complex, it's going to feel clunky, it's imperfect.

1052
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:20,980
Folks will experience the notion that the pond is shrinking.

1053
01:25:21,500 --> 01:25:27,060
There will be competing interests that result in intense advocacy and strong statements.

1054
01:25:27,720 --> 01:25:29,260
Almost everything will have trade-offs.

1055
01:25:29,660 --> 01:25:34,360
There will be direct and indirect impacts on student staff and families.

1056
01:25:35,020 --> 01:25:38,180
There will be impacts to staffing, programming, and boundaries.

1057
01:25:38,940 --> 01:25:41,840
possibilities and opportunities will be created.

1058
01:25:42,700 --> 01:25:45,060
And predictably, this has come to light.

1059
01:25:45,720 --> 01:25:51,240
We've heard many perspectives, experiences, questions, concerns, and celebrations.

1060
01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:58,960
As decisions have had to be made, the board has seen and heard that people love their schools.

1061
01:25:59,920 --> 01:26:04,600
Most of the comments and the emails have highlighted the great things happening in our schools.

1062
01:26:04,600 --> 01:26:09,600
However, there have been inaccurate comments made and I want to provide clarification for

1063
01:26:09,600 --> 01:26:10,040
the record.

1064
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:15,700
People have stated that our financial crisis and reason for being in SOD is because

1065
01:26:15,700 --> 01:26:21,320
of the air made with the counting the compensatory dollars twice, resulting in the approved budget

1066
01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:25,720
not being implemented in 2425, that's not entirely true.

1067
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:32,100
It's easy to blame the SOD on the compensatory dollars that were counted twice, which ultimately

1068
01:26:32,100 --> 01:26:35,080
delayed reducing staff for an additional year.

1069
01:26:35,540 --> 01:26:39,600
However, for years, the district has been experiencing declining enrollment,

1070
01:26:40,180 --> 01:26:43,460
a lack of tracking systems, lack of expenditure review and adjustments,

1071
01:26:43,940 --> 01:26:49,480
and a lack of strategic long-term thinking to not only what is desirable,

1072
01:26:50,140 --> 01:26:52,960
but also ensure decisions are both feasible and sustainable.

1073
01:26:53,640 --> 01:26:58,800
When I was hired as the sixth superintendent in ten years, I knew some of the challenges.

1074
01:26:58,800 --> 01:27:14,040
However, the significant system gaps and frankly lack of systems altogether in several areas have exposed needs that must be addressed in almost every area and department and more needs continue to be uncovered on an ongoing basis.

1075
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:28,340
The first of these was four months into my tenure and three months into the position our CFO's tenure when we realized the reductions that were not made the year prior resulted in the 19 to $20 million deficit.

1076
01:27:28,800 --> 01:27:38,600
I've heard repeatedly that in making these district wide reductions, there were no cuts to administrators and bonuses were given to administrators.

1077
01:27:39,040 --> 01:27:45,400
Again, this is not true, as we reduce the budget, including administrative reductions.

1078
01:27:45,940 --> 01:27:55,360
I also re-instructured leadership positions to get the experience needed to address the significant and complex needs of the school district and to get us out of this dark place.

1079
01:27:55,360 --> 01:28:08,280
This is common practice as new leaders come into an organization to determine what I hope you would expect of the CEO of the school district with a $285 million budget.

1080
01:28:09,140 --> 01:28:19,880
In addition, we reduce the ESC administration and staff by approximately $2 million this current year in addition to $2.8 million of the year prior.

1081
01:28:19,880 --> 01:28:26,200
We reduced, reorganized, and restructured positions based on district needs while maintaining

1082
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:27,920
overall budget reductions.

1083
01:28:28,580 --> 01:28:33,640
Bottom line, budgets are about dollars, not the number of people or the positions.

1084
01:28:34,200 --> 01:28:38,280
I help held the promise of administrative and district office reductions.

1085
01:28:38,940 --> 01:28:43,960
As we work through the additional budget reductions needed for a balanced budget for 26, 27, and

1086
01:28:43,960 --> 01:28:47,240
beyond, I'm sure there'll be more administrative reorganization.

1087
01:28:47,240 --> 01:28:52,200
My responsibility is to make needed change to structure all positions and departments

1088
01:28:52,200 --> 01:28:56,400
in a way that provides organizational efficiencies and improved outcomes.

1089
01:28:57,360 --> 01:28:59,780
Concerns have also been raised about administrative bonuses.

1090
01:29:00,480 --> 01:29:07,500
In Robin's deal area schools, teachers, principals, and the superintendent have performance, all

1091
01:29:07,500 --> 01:29:11,760
or alternative pay as part of the negotiated contracts.

1092
01:29:11,760 --> 01:29:20,500
specific to my contract, a performance pay-in-center was part of the terms of the condition which was approved by a 7-0 vote.

1093
01:29:20,880 --> 01:29:25,360
The board in review of my goals after my first year and through the evaluation system,

1094
01:29:25,680 --> 01:29:29,540
thought that I met or exceeded expectations and earned the performance pay-in-center.

1095
01:29:30,440 --> 01:29:38,680
Concerns about transparency of also surfaced and it's important to note that this information was shared with board members and much of it was done in public meetings.

1096
01:29:39,940 --> 01:29:44,440
As we predicted at the beginning of the statutory operating

1097
01:29:44,440 --> 01:29:48,040
network, it's like consolidation in the budget process.

1098
01:29:48,500 --> 01:29:49,500
The pond is shrinking.

1099
01:29:50,180 --> 01:29:51,620
Decisions will have impacts.

1100
01:29:52,020 --> 01:29:56,260
There will be questions about process timelines and data.

1101
01:29:57,180 --> 01:29:59,980
And we also knew because it is unfurling.

1102
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:08,420
Unfortunately what happens to educational leaders that it would start to get personal. The closure of

1103
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:32,740
a school is an emotionally charged process that can produce feelings of sadness and loss. While debate and advocacy can be healthy, emotions can lead some people to lose sight of the issue and to engage in unfounded personal attacks. This type of behavior goes too far. As an example, recently several individuals have made unfounded personal attacks against the district

1104
01:30:32,740 --> 01:30:34,400
CFO, Kristen Hoheysel.

1105
01:30:34,880 --> 01:30:37,780
Kristen has had to be the messenger of bad news.

1106
01:30:38,280 --> 01:30:43,060
Targeting the messenger individuals have claimed without a legitimate factual or legal

1107
01:30:43,060 --> 01:30:48,960
basis that Kristen had a conflict of interest in the sale of bonds in 24 because her husband

1108
01:30:48,960 --> 01:30:53,160
works for Robert W. Baird, the firm that was selected to underwrite the bonds.

1109
01:30:53,780 --> 01:30:57,220
The same individuals have claimed that the relationship between Kristen and her husband

1110
01:30:57,220 --> 01:30:59,200
and then Barrett was not disclosed.

1111
01:30:59,360 --> 01:31:01,920
Those claims are false and defamatory.

1112
01:31:02,460 --> 01:31:05,520
Kristen did not participate or have any role

1113
01:31:05,520 --> 01:31:08,240
in determining that Barrett's bid was the best bid

1114
01:31:08,240 --> 01:31:10,440
or in recommending or selecting Barrett

1115
01:31:10,440 --> 01:31:12,540
to serve as the underwriting firm for the bonds.

1116
01:31:13,160 --> 01:31:15,940
The district contacts with an outside firm,

1117
01:31:16,080 --> 01:31:18,040
PNA for financial services.

1118
01:31:18,600 --> 01:31:21,080
PMA outlined a process for obtaining proposals

1119
01:31:21,080 --> 01:31:23,240
and then solicited proposals.

1120
01:31:23,240 --> 01:31:31,180
From seven vids or proposals that were received, PMA, recommended bared based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis.

1121
01:31:31,680 --> 01:31:36,240
Bared had the lowest overall fee, lowest true interest costs when the scales were normalized,

1122
01:31:36,660 --> 01:31:41,780
meaning the bonds underwritten by bared would be at the lowest cost to the district and its taxpayers.

1123
01:31:42,420 --> 01:31:46,660
Based on PMA's recommendation, the board entered into the contract with bared.

1124
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:50,220
The claim that the relationship between Kristen and her husband and

1125
01:31:50,220 --> 01:31:53,380
Barrett was not disclosed, lacks a good faith basis.

1126
01:31:53,860 --> 01:31:59,460
The relationship between Kristen and her husband and Barrett was disclosed in writing no less than four times.

1127
01:31:59,980 --> 01:32:05,980
It was written in Barrett's written proposal, it was in PMA's memorandum of recommending Barrett.

1128
01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:13,520
It was in PMA's email transmitting its memorandum and it was in Barrett's engagement letter.

1129
01:32:13,520 --> 01:32:20,340
This disclosure was forwarded to the school board two weeks before it voted to approve the contract with Baird.

1130
01:32:21,160 --> 01:32:25,660
Unfounded personal tax against public officials have real life consequences.

1131
01:32:26,480 --> 01:32:30,760
Individuals do not want to work in public education when they're the subject of baseless attacks.

1132
01:32:31,480 --> 01:32:38,460
In addition, the victims of these types of attacks are forced to make difficult decisions about whether they will spend their own funds,

1133
01:32:38,460 --> 01:32:42,820
pursuing legal action against the individuals making the Famitory comments.

1134
01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:48,420
I'm disappointed and discouraged by the number of people who are engaging in divisive

1135
01:32:48,420 --> 01:32:51,900
rhetoric and personal attacks simply to advance agendas.

1136
01:32:52,520 --> 01:32:58,560
While I respect and strongly support the right to advocate for beliefs, unfounded

1137
01:32:58,560 --> 01:33:03,940
personal attacks to track from the issue at hand, and they're not constructive, this is

1138
01:33:03,940 --> 01:33:06,080
not an us versus them scenario.

1139
01:33:06,860 --> 01:33:13,540
It's a district and an educational community, and we're involved, all invested in the best outcomes possible.

1140
01:33:14,120 --> 01:33:18,560
Personal tax do nothing to help our educational community achieve the best outcome.

1141
01:33:19,460 --> 01:33:23,800
This fall, I attended a training with your organization Dignity Index.

1142
01:33:24,240 --> 01:33:27,940
I'm actually trying to work to see if we can get them to come into our community.

1143
01:33:28,520 --> 01:33:33,020
What they say is, our disagreements aren't causing the divisions in the country.

1144
01:33:33,020 --> 01:33:35,400
It's what we do with them when we disagree.

1145
01:33:36,300 --> 01:33:40,600
Do we treat the other side with dignity or do we treat them with contempt?

1146
01:33:41,620 --> 01:33:44,760
The first brings us together and the second drives us apart.

1147
01:33:45,360 --> 01:33:48,140
With that, we'll continue with the SOD presentation.

1148
01:33:50,210 --> 01:33:56,290
The first slide on this presentation is one that you have seen a number of times actually

1149
01:33:56,290 --> 01:33:58,530
since September 23rd.

1150
01:33:59,190 --> 01:34:04,070
The budget, we've had a lot of dates on here and where we are at this point and the

1151
01:34:04,070 --> 01:34:07,130
started on September 23rd with the vision team's recommendation.

1152
01:34:07,830 --> 01:34:10,910
Tonight the Board will make final decisions on the site consolidation.

1153
01:34:11,650 --> 01:34:17,670
We have added a study session for January 12th to review the draft SOD plan and

1154
01:34:17,670 --> 01:34:21,170
the Board will vote on the SOD plan on January 20th.

1155
01:34:21,870 --> 01:34:26,530
We've also shared this timeline at every board meeting since September 23rd.

1156
01:34:26,530 --> 01:34:30,870
This shows a multi-year phased approach to not only getting out of SOD, but

1157
01:34:30,870 --> 01:34:35,850
to improve academic outcomes and equitable opportunities for students to improve facilities

1158
01:34:36,170 --> 01:34:38,530
and to set a course of excellence for our future.

1159
01:34:39,570 --> 01:34:45,050
We've also shared these ideas several times, but as a reminder, I wanted to show them

1160
01:34:45,050 --> 01:34:53,670
again and to update y'all on the reductions that currently have been or implementing currently.

1161
01:34:53,670 --> 01:34:54,750
Tonight,

1162
01:34:56,800 --> 01:35:03,860
what we'd like to do is we'll share some additional SOD facts just again to make

1163
01:35:03,860 --> 01:35:07,540
sure the facts are out there and to counter any misconceptions.

1164
01:35:07,740 --> 01:35:12,700
We'll revisit financial district needs, we'll review the process leading up to tonight

1165
01:35:12,700 --> 01:35:15,320
and review fair crystal reality and opportunity.

1166
01:35:16,220 --> 01:35:19,700
With that, I'm going to turn it over to our CFO, Hoheysel.

1167
01:35:19,920 --> 01:35:20,400
Thanks, Kristen.

1168
01:35:21,020 --> 01:35:21,960
Thank you.

1169
01:35:21,960 --> 01:35:26,540
As anticipated, the district has officially been announced so decently since the completion

1170
01:35:26,540 --> 01:35:27,740
of our audit in November.

1171
01:35:28,540 --> 01:35:32,680
This was stated by the auditors in our audit presentation to the school board.

1172
01:35:33,040 --> 01:35:37,160
The official letter from the Minnesota Department of Education was received by the district on

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December 16th.

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Well, it is true that the statutory operating debt plan does not require school districts

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to close buildings.

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It does require school districts to adopt a structurally balanced budget.

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Ardale operates many underutilized buildings and demographic reports suggest the district

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will continue to operate significantly more facilities than needed.

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Under Minnesota Statutes Section 123B.81 subdivision 4, a district in SOD is subject to Section 123B.83,

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which in part requires the submission of a special operating plan to reduce the school

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districts, the school's deficit expenditures, the plan must be submitted to the commissioner

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prior to January 31st, 2026, for review and approval.

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We entered into statutory operating

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debt after the 2024-2025 school year. Although we reduced the budget by $16 million for

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the 25-26 school year, we are not balanced and we continue to go further in debt. As you

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We will see on this slide, statutory operating data or SOD occurs when district deficit at the

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end of the year exceeds 2.5% of the annual operating expenses.

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For us, our deficit would need to be approximately $4.3 million to put us into SOD, and we are

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currently at approximately $11 million.

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Here's what this means.

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For a plan creation, the district must develop a detailed plan approved by the school board

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and submitted to the Department of Education,

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outlining how it will recover financially

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by the end of January.

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There will be increased state monitoring.

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The state closely monitors the district finances

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and may require regular progress updates

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to ensure the district follows the recovery plan.

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And the potential consequences,

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if the district doesn't make adequate progress,

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it could face additional state imposed restrictions

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which might impact local decision-making flexibility.

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The statutory operating debt plan has several requirements, including that we reduce the current year expenditures and immediately discontinue the practice of approving deficit budgets, and this is a slide that has been presented in the past.

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The next graphic has been shown for quite some time now that is meant as an illustration of what happens if

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reductions to balance go unmade.

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And in the yellow, you can see in 2526,

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which is the second column that is

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where we currently are today, and we're currently

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pacing pretty close to what was estimated at that

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time with the yellow being how much we are

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over spending compared to the revenue we're taking in.

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And what happens is when you don't make those reductions,

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those carry forward into the next year,

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and just like anything with inflation, increase contract costs, what have you, your costs grow, and that's the orange, and you can see how that continues to work farther and farther down.

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The next slide, however, indicates what happens when the district moves forward with a balanced approach, and this is also what the statutory operating debt plan is trying to achieve with the Department of Education,

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is to be able to stop the deficit spending and move in a direction to try to work our way out of statutory operating debt.

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Because it's even though initially this coming year it is about trying to just balance the budget.

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Eventually we will need to continue to make progress to get our way out of the deficit that has been created thus far.

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So here's how we arrived where we are tonight.

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As you saw on that earlier slide with what's already been determined to be reduced, the

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board has approved approximately 6.4 million of the 8.1 million budget reduction target

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that's needed for that balance budget.

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One of the recommendations that the board did not entertain was the elimination of elementary

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magnet transportation, leaving a gap of 1.7 million to reduce yet.

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The board requested that the administration come back with additional options to secure the budget reduction target.

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So on December 28th, per board direction, additional options were provided to reach the approximately $1.7 million rather than eliminating elementary magnet transportation.

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The options included discontinuing elementary school magnet programming, discontinuing fair school crystal programming,

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The closure of fair school pilgrim lane and discussion of negotiation contract parameters.

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The board did not do that, that's something that would have to happen in closed session.

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On December 8th, the board gave administration direction to proceed with moving forward with the process of the closure for fair school pilgrim lane and the discontinuation of the fair school crystal magnet programming.

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I mean, the board also approved that evening,

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the publishing notification per statute

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for the consideration of closing fair pilgrim lane

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and the board added an additional listening session

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with no time limit on December 22nd.

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Well, this is how we got here.

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I'm going to ask Dr. McDowell to share information

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specific to fair crystal as a starting point

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to how we move forward towards arts and innovation

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at all of our middle schools.

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Thank you.

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I just hope.

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Yes, it is.

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I do think that I do want to ask a clarifying question, and it also is rooted in the minutes

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as well at the December 8th work session.

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That was the one where we had the I.I. point, you know, and others and so on and so forth.

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I remember incorrectly.

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It was various proposals.

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There was an ask to come back and make sure that language was clear because several of us

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mentioned that it was not as clear to us as to what we were actually talking about.

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So I just want to point that out.

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Secondly, what we talked about and what came up all of a sudden, this is December 8th,

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which is the minutes, which is one of the reasons I wanted to stop.

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I wanted to ask this, I missed that opportunity, we approved those.

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We approved, we knew we, in order to even contemplate it, it needed to be published.

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So my vote was because we want to be transparent and publish this document that says we motion

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to remove it and all of those things, we've not actually taken the final formal vote to

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remove those things.

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That's got that language really should be clarified.

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I'm just saying because it's confusing, you know, and because it is confusing and indefinitely

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Now, friends, too, many of the comments that the superintendent made a few minutes ago,

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clarity in transparency is important.

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So, and I don't want to be in a position where it seemed like I'm just making up stuff

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and just, you know, I would never do that and just say something about somebody.

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And I'm really pleased also, I'll just quickly say this, that you brought up the issue of Director

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your whole heizle. She is one cabinet member that I really hold in high esteem, just going

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to say this is related to the same thing about clarity. And the reality is that, you

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know,

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when we all set verbally and publicly and disclosed that we had no conflict, what

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the superintendent has shared means that director whole heizle could have just done the same

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thing. I don't recall that. I'm just saying that that could have happened, and I don't

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want to go backwards. I don't want to be labor, but what I really do want to do is because

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superintendent, I think he made a great presentation. You covered a lot of things that I didn't expect

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you would, but you did. And so I don't want to move past this moment without my opportunity

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to speak to someone that is you said. You know, I think that makes sense to do it. Right

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this moment while we're all thinking about it. So that meant those minutes are not clear

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because we were voting to publish because we want to make we have to do it to make sure

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the public knows us even being discussed. So we had no discussion that we're going

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to close these programs in that December 8th meeting. And I'll go on to say that I'm

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December 5th, you and I, as you know, the 5th that night, we were at a meeting for the

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Department for School Works Association, and the next day, all day, half day, we were

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there as well. All coming up to the Christmas holiday. And so, the email that I received

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then

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came...

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and...

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Well, yeah, you know, just within the short period of time was kind of a surprise. So communication matters and it matters all around because no one wants to be making assertions against anybody. And I'm speaking directly to what the presentation we just heard. So I don't really expect anybody to be trying to say that this is not appropriate is right on point. We're talking about closing ability. We're talking about communication related to it.

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And it's important because I'm tired of this mantra about dysfunction.

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This is the business that we are in, and if we can't speak to these things honestly, we will never build trust.

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If I, to clarify, the motion was just like when we had the motion and

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we couldn't decide which two elementary schools to close.

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We had a motion to close all four so that it could get published.

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And then when it came down to it, we voted to close to.

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Is this the same thing?

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The initial vote was so that we can publish it, publish it.

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The final vote is the vote that happens after the hearing for

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the school closing and tonight before the hearing for the program.

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Thank you.

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And also per state statute, there is no disclosure that is needed.

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It was it was it was given for time you just confirmed what I was saying you know

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it was confusing that's that's the that's the point it was confusing and

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minutes really should reflect for the publishing just like that statement just

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said a few minutes ago for the included the fact that we need to publish it's

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helpful to have that in for the record so we all know what we're talking about

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clarity matters you know so I'm you know it's not a soapbox this is the

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Okay, direct comment based on what I just heard.

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And I'm looking a lot.

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We will move on.

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Assistant Superintendent McDowell.

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Thank you.

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The next couple of slides are intended

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to just provide information from questions

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that came from the school board

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as we moved on from December 8th

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and I appreciate administration helping clarify things

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so that we were as accurate as we could be.

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As of the past October, Fair Crystal had an enrollment of 444 students in one examining

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programming for these students more closely.

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Fair Crystal's current course offerings are not unique within the district because of

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both core academic and elective courses offered at Fair Crystal are also available at the

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District's other middle schools.

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However, in 2022, a pathway plan for sea and program lane and also fair crystal was started.

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However, that plan was never fully developed nor was it fully implemented in its entirety.

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There once were unique residents, art programs at fair crystal, steam coordinators and specialized

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electives offered but now current offerings match other district middle schools.

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You have heard speakers talk.

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You will be asked to leave, maintain order.

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Just for you.

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Thank you.

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This is a presentation, just be listening.

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So you've heard speakers talk about unique opportunities,

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which there are unique opportunities with Fair Crystal.

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And there are others that take place in the same manner

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that clubs and activities take place in the other middle schools.

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Speakers have also shared the importance

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of the partnership with Stages,

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is a theater company and no one is going to argue that this mutually beneficial partnership

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is built on a contract which the district pays $188,570 for. It allows stages to provide

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not only staff, but also support for theater classes and productions at both Fair Pilgrim

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Lane and Fair Crystal. However, along with the fee the district also provides stages nine

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weeks during the summer of dedicated space, the black box, main stage six classrooms with

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with no facility charges and programming open to non-Robinsdale students.

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It is true that the design of the school is centered around middle school best practices

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with teams of teachers and, as you've heard tonight, in listening session,

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programmatic things that teachers are doing with students.

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Additionally, there is staff-white belief in steam and leadership

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that encourages teachers to build integrated units.

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and all the programming essentials that are here can be scaled across the

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district to ensure every student has paths to opportunities and success.

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Next slide please.

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Although this is an extremely difficult decision before you

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discontinuing the magnet programming at Fair Crystal and Consolidation with

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Plymouth Middle School and Samberg Middle School does bring an opportunity to

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support the beginning movements towards arts and innovation for all middle school

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students. However, with consolidation first comes the questions around space and utilization,

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based on capacity and utilization calculations as well as our enrollment projections and

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special programming needs, there is ample space between Plymouth Middle School and San

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Berg Middle School to house all Robinson Middle School students and the related specialized program.

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The Middle School consolidation also creates the conditions to expand the curricular integration

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focus and begin realizing the vision 2030 and what can be for all students.

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This move along with all are along with other middle school changes can allow for things

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like Spanish immersion programming and the potential expansion of stages theater for both

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middle schools.

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Having leadership and staff from FAIR crystal already puts the district in the position

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to allow us to leverage their experience and their knowledge with other middle school staff.

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Because the current programming is seemingly about environment, expectation, culture, instructional belief, and

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curricular integration, the opportunities for implementation will exist with both

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the Samberg Middle School and the Middle School.

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Finally, this change provides the opportunity to further improve district alignment, get us closer to ensuring a guaranteed

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involved curriculum across middle schools because both leadership and staff will play a valuable role in planning, transition, and expansion.

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So tonight there are action options for the board.

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The school board could take the action to approve the discontinuation of the middle school magnet programming at Fair Crystal at the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year and

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and repurpose it with the academic programming.

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One of those options are if the board approves the closure of Pilgrim Lane,

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the above action assumes that Pilgrim Lane programming would move to Fair Crystal.

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Or if the board does not approve the closure of Pilgrim Lane,

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the above action assumes that high view RVA programming would move to Fair Crystal,

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along with at least some of the ESC departments.

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All right, I'm

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calling a recess until we have some order the board is not

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Number 56 and we're back in session.

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When the camera is on the live stream is on.

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So we are back. And assisted superintendent McDowell is your presentation concluded. And do you have anything more to say? We have board discussion. I think board discussion. We just want to be sure that you knew the action options that you had in front of you. Thank you. And if you keep those up, that is great. Okay. Does anybody have a question?

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Director,

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does anybody want to ask a question of our superintendent or, yes, as Director

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Brinson?

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Yeah, so I'm going to step back to the middle school programming.

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You'd mention that there's essentially the same between Fair Crystal and PMS and SMS.

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And one of the things that seemed to get a pretty good reaction from the crowd, so I might

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might as well ask the question was around the resident artists.

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So obviously the resident artists are at Pilgrim Lane.

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Elementary saw that fantastic presentation earlier.

1392
02:03:25,850 --> 02:03:29,210
Are they non-at-fair crystal at this point in time?

1393
02:03:29,850 --> 02:03:30,910
Just kind of curious.

1394
02:03:37,710 --> 02:03:38,450
There's always something here.

1395
02:03:38,950 --> 02:03:41,710
So here's a little respond to that question.

1396
02:03:42,150 --> 02:03:46,970
Is the slides that I put up, I confirmed with the administration.

1397
02:03:47,850 --> 02:03:59,730
And so I am led to believe that the artist in residence programming that was intended originally back from the 2022 study is no longer in place.

1398
02:04:00,230 --> 02:04:07,410
Now does that mean that there is not an artist that comes in in residence? I can't say that for sure.

1399
02:04:08,170 --> 02:04:14,530
But what as part of that initial programming was in place is no longer from what I was told.

1400
02:04:19,100 --> 02:04:23,900
I just have a quick question, Bob, so you did mention that there is a high possibility

1401
02:04:23,900 --> 02:04:31,240
we might move some of the programming, I fear if the programming is discontinued into

1402
02:04:31,620 --> 02:04:37,220
the other two middle schools, as they have been in a cost analysis, then as far as if

1403
02:04:37,220 --> 02:04:39,620
that will cause the district any more money or not,

1404
02:04:41,670 --> 02:04:44,110
the cost analysis would be dependent

1405
02:04:44,110 --> 02:04:51,450
into upon what exact programming would happen in those buildings, which were not to that spot

1406
02:04:51,450 --> 02:04:59,570
yet. I'll remind the board that, well, I'll remind everybody this. Right? So what people

1407
02:04:59,570 --> 02:05:05,370
don't understand is that when you're put in a position to try and come up with what

1408
02:05:05,370 --> 02:05:12,450
are pros and cons in these things, my job is not to convince people. My job is to

1409
02:05:12,450 --> 02:05:17,770
confident is to try and figure out what can be done if right what can be done if

1410
02:05:17,770 --> 02:05:24,490
if the board says hey what happens if fair crystal were to close I got to figure

1411
02:05:24,490 --> 02:05:28,670
out what would happen I don't know all the answers to that I won't know the

1412
02:05:28,670 --> 02:05:34,430
answers until my teaching and learning team digs in with fair crystal people the

1413
02:05:34,430 --> 02:05:38,690
other middle school people the consolidation process we decide what can we

1414
02:05:38,690 --> 02:05:43,430
We actually pull off in a year, in two years, and all of that.

1415
02:05:43,810 --> 02:05:50,930
So the idea that you can be peppered with questions up here to answer with specificity

1416
02:05:50,930 --> 02:05:52,130
is misguided.

1417
02:05:53,250 --> 02:05:55,570
We can give you ball parts, right?

1418
02:05:55,770 --> 02:05:57,030
And give you ideas of what happens.

1419
02:05:57,410 --> 02:06:02,090
I can tell you from experience that regardless of whether this was fair crystal, that was on

1420
02:06:02,090 --> 02:06:02,550
the table.

1421
02:06:02,550 --> 02:06:07,470
if it simply was Robinsdale Middle School and Sandberg Middle School and

1422
02:06:07,470 --> 02:06:12,350
Plymouth Middle School, it's the same answer. We have to take a team once we know

1423
02:06:12,350 --> 02:06:17,190
what the decision is. We got to dig into it. We got to figure out exactly where

1424
02:06:17,190 --> 02:06:21,090
the boundaries end up. Who are the kids that are going to be in the positions? Where

1425
02:06:21,090 --> 02:06:26,410
will the teaching staff be? What's the programming outlook? What can we pull off and

1426
02:06:26,410 --> 02:06:32,990
stay within a statutorily operational budget until we know what's next.

1427
02:06:34,230 --> 02:06:39,770
So that's a roundabout way to say, do I think the exact programming, not the curriculum?

1428
02:06:40,290 --> 02:06:45,870
You'll notice that I talked about curriculum, curriculum, not programming, curriculum.

1429
02:06:48,060 --> 02:06:51,220
Programming to say that that will be exactly the same, and that's at Fair Crystal?

1430
02:06:51,380 --> 02:06:52,880
No, it's not going to be the same.

1431
02:06:52,880 --> 02:07:07,900
the curriculum. The curriculum and the courses that are currently offered are also offered

1432
02:07:07,900 --> 02:07:10,760
in one or more of the other middle schools right now.

1433
02:07:14,000 --> 02:07:16,280
So thank you. Thank you. I need

1434
02:07:16,280 --> 02:07:21,080
some order. I need to quiet back there. This is not time for public comment. We will not

1435
02:07:21,080 --> 02:07:26,520
be calling on anyone from the office audience. No. No. You will have to leave if you

1436
02:07:26,520 --> 02:07:28,300
if you want to talk like that.

1437
02:07:29,040 --> 02:07:29,620
Stop.

1438
02:07:30,360 --> 02:07:30,940
Stop.

1439
02:07:33,720 --> 02:07:35,260
Don't, don't, don't, don't, no.

1440
02:07:35,720 --> 02:07:37,680
Public comments is going to be next.

1441
02:07:38,120 --> 02:07:40,400
Public hearing is next, not public comment.

1442
02:07:40,580 --> 02:07:40,720
Right.

1443
02:07:41,040 --> 02:07:41,240
Okay.

1444
02:07:43,720 --> 02:07:45,240
I have a question.

1445
02:07:45,800 --> 02:07:47,200
All right.

1446
02:07:47,800 --> 02:07:50,380
If we need to take another recess, we will.

1447
02:07:50,480 --> 02:07:50,620
Yeah.

1448
02:07:50,900 --> 02:07:54,640
I would prefer for the adults in the room to be adults.

1449
02:08:00,030 --> 02:08:04,330
I don't know what we're voting on. I don't understand this at all.

1450
02:08:04,690 --> 02:08:07,950
That's what I like. I've got lots of questions down here.

1451
02:08:09,690 --> 02:08:14,390
We have lots of questions that we would like to ask and have answered.

1452
02:08:14,990 --> 02:08:20,250
We need our people in the audience to be quiet so that we can get our discussion done.

1453
02:08:20,750 --> 02:08:22,270
Make some decisions here.

1454
02:08:22,270 --> 02:08:24,650
don't stop no stop

1455
02:08:24,650 --> 02:08:28,030
the process

1456
02:08:36,060 --> 02:08:37,180
yeah

1457
02:08:40,990 --> 02:08:41,830
I think

1458
02:08:42,970 --> 02:08:44,190
Director Vazet

1459
02:08:45,730 --> 02:08:48,270
if it's not quite we will be leaving

1460
02:08:50,950 --> 02:08:52,310
next question

1461
02:08:52,310 --> 02:08:53,970
I do have a question

1462
02:08:53,970 --> 02:08:54,850
Director Vazet

1463
02:08:54,850 --> 02:08:56,170
I hope this disruption is you know

1464
02:08:56,170 --> 02:08:56,470
listen

1465
02:08:57,450 --> 02:08:59,730
we don't get lose our train of thought

1466
02:08:59,730 --> 02:09:02,270
We're trying to talk to each other, and it's important.

1467
02:09:04,270 --> 02:09:08,880
So, you know, oh, I know what it is.

1468
02:09:09,320 --> 02:09:17,720
So, the closure of one of these proposals includes a spare crystal.

1469
02:09:18,580 --> 02:09:19,840
Right, that's the program change.

1470
02:09:20,400 --> 02:09:20,640
Exactly.

1471
02:09:25,020 --> 02:09:32,500
So, given that, and given that we are wanting to move toward an arts and

1472
02:09:32,500 --> 02:09:33,920
innovation in our program.

1473
02:09:36,000 --> 02:09:43,100
And our strongest kind of facility, actually for middle school,

1474
02:09:43,520 --> 02:09:47,940
that really lends itself to really boosting that idea.

1475
02:09:49,780 --> 02:09:54,140
I would have a problem with it being just,

1476
02:09:55,460 --> 02:09:57,680
I think that it should be something that's

1477
02:09:57,680 --> 02:10:01,840
open to all of the, similarly to some of the lotters we have now.

1478
02:10:02,540 --> 02:10:07,380
So I have talked about, and I have, I think, sent to the superintendent, I believe I said that.

1479
02:10:08,400 --> 02:10:09,420
And others, maybe.

1480
02:10:10,060 --> 02:10:12,520
And that is, I've usually said to you everything.

1481
02:10:12,700 --> 02:10:13,920
Unless I've overlooked you and forgot it.

1482
02:10:15,840 --> 02:10:19,520
The whole idea about fair crystal,

1483
02:10:20,500 --> 02:10:23,080
and the facility that it is,

1484
02:10:23,080 --> 02:10:32,980
The availability of that facility for middle school students across this district has high value.

1485
02:10:35,220 --> 02:10:49,360
To relegated to one particular community, now I'm thinking there's some merit to have and it may be a hybrid where you have a neighborhood boundary, kind of a bifurcated thing.

1486
02:10:49,360 --> 02:11:19,140
maybe it's tri-vergated because if you have students coming from C, if you have a percentage of students that are able to open and roll them there, because they live in our school district of Robesdale, and they are arts focused, and a middle school boundary, that's three opportunities for kids in our community to participate in that building, and that building as far as middle schools go, is the best suited.

1487
02:11:19,140 --> 02:11:28,760
for what we say we want to do and where we're going in my opinion and please please everybody you know you've

1488
02:11:28,760 --> 02:11:34,060
always been you've all been so great you know the over these last few months and so really I think it's

1489
02:11:34,060 --> 02:11:39,560
important that us directors have an opportunity to talk to each other we haven't had it and we need it

1490
02:11:39,560 --> 02:11:46,300
and if we don't have order then the chair is going to correctly in the meeting and so we need to do that we

1491
02:11:46,300 --> 02:11:51,900
We also need to be good examples for our young people who are over here, you know, so that's

1492
02:11:51,900 --> 02:11:57,820
kind of what I have been thinking about, and I really have a problem with the building

1493
02:11:57,820 --> 02:12:05,940
only be dedicated to a one group of students, but I do, because the facility and somebody

1494
02:12:05,940 --> 02:12:12,180
mentioned it earlier, it was built by the state as a world class facility supporting arts.

1495
02:12:13,140 --> 02:12:21,180
And our reimagined group and the community, you know, I think all of us said that sounds great, arts and innovation.

1496
02:12:22,140 --> 02:12:28,000
So it's the perfect setting for us to really provide for our middle school young people.

1497
02:12:28,440 --> 02:12:34,060
And I just think we have to be innovative and creative to talk about what's the mix of kids in that building.

1498
02:12:34,980 --> 02:12:39,300
And how can we make it be most successful to the greatest number of kids?

1499
02:12:39,300 --> 02:12:45,280
That's what I think about and so that's what I guess I don't know that there may be that's a statement or something

1500
02:12:45,280 --> 02:12:50,480
But I would be asking for us to be creative and try to figure out how can we do that? We do it for other things

1501
02:12:50,480 --> 02:12:52,260
For example when we talk about

1502
02:12:53,140 --> 02:12:56,580
Preference for some of our other magnet programs we have

1503
02:12:58,220 --> 02:13:02,720
Your preference if my if I'm a teacher there my child gets to go we have talked about

1504
02:13:03,300 --> 02:13:07,240
Preference I mean so the the point I'm making is that we have made accommodations

1505
02:13:07,880 --> 02:13:12,300
different times for different programs, for different reasons, that's all I'm saying.

1506
02:13:13,260 --> 02:13:19,480
And some accommodation that we can make for fair crystal so that the spirit of why it was built.

1507
02:13:19,840 --> 02:13:23,100
It was built as an integration magnet in the first place.

1508
02:13:24,520 --> 02:13:32,180
And in my mind, I'm not so much harping on that as I am the opportunity at which almost

1509
02:13:32,180 --> 02:13:36,880
This is anonymous, quite frankly, but the opportunity across the district.

1510
02:13:37,580 --> 02:13:42,760
Now I am not in the camp of let's stop all men as I'm not in my nut camp.

1511
02:13:44,180 --> 02:13:49,980
But do we need to try to work toward getting there in three to five years or two to three

1512
02:13:49,980 --> 02:13:54,360
years because of the transportation, transportation challenges maybe?

1513
02:13:54,920 --> 02:13:58,960
But we've also, in the past, been very creative when we talked about transportation.

1514
02:13:59,780 --> 02:14:04,600
We've come up with opt-in, opt-out, and whatever, which way are we opt-in?

1515
02:14:04,960 --> 02:14:06,820
But we have the opt-out program.

1516
02:14:07,220 --> 02:14:11,780
I do think there are districts who have instituted some kind of a fee-based structure.

1517
02:14:12,180 --> 02:14:14,920
And if we have to put some money in it, we have to put some money in, you know.

1518
02:14:15,360 --> 02:14:18,940
I mean, so you get what you pay for.

1519
02:14:20,220 --> 02:14:24,180
So, and do we need to try to, there's 1.7 prohibitive?

1520
02:14:24,380 --> 02:14:25,240
Well, it is.

1521
02:14:25,760 --> 02:14:27,220
Do we need to do some additional things?

1522
02:14:27,220 --> 02:14:32,300
Yes, are there folks who would say, I think this problem is so important that I'm willing to bring my children.

1523
02:14:33,020 --> 02:14:39,560
I don't know the answers to those questions, but I'm saying those questions are the questions that rise up in my mind.

1524
02:14:40,260 --> 02:14:45,460
Those are the kind of questions that I think are important because I think it's important to stay at it as it is.

1525
02:14:45,960 --> 02:14:50,040
We could not, if we wanted to build a facility like that now, where could we get it?

1526
02:14:50,780 --> 02:14:52,240
It would cost us a whole bunch of money.

1527
02:14:52,240 --> 02:14:58,780
It's got a black box in it, it's got a theater in it, it's got all those things, it's got a stage, it's got everything we say we want.

1528
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:13,900
I don't understand, you know, and so in its middle school ready. And if we're going to be put in, and I don't know, I've heard people say that we're going to take our mess, we're going to have our mess of Samberg. So, you know,

1529
02:15:32,300 --> 02:15:36,340
middle school there are numbers and I'm a little rusty on that we've had at least three

1530
02:15:36,340 --> 02:15:40,860
middle school studies in this district since I've been here and I will I don't really know

1531
02:15:40,860 --> 02:15:45,960
where it landed and maybe you know the answer to that is to what the ideal number is it's

1532
02:15:45,960 --> 02:15:51,500
a superintendent with all excuse me but can you tell us what that is I

1533
02:15:53,680 --> 02:15:54,620
can tell you that there's

1534
02:15:54,620 --> 02:16:01,440
one there's no ideal number well I can tell you that we aim for around like most districts do

1535
02:16:01,440 --> 02:16:08,540
around 80% capacity of a building because that, especially at the secondary level, that

1536
02:16:08,540 --> 02:16:15,040
gives you flexibility. And that's right around where we would be, because we also have to

1537
02:16:15,040 --> 02:16:18,340
take into account our center-based programs. We've had this discussion at the elementary

1538
02:16:18,340 --> 02:16:24,340
level. So as we look at all that, I mean, we do have to be careful about what kids go into

1539
02:16:24,340 --> 02:16:29,380
what building, if this is an option that gets decided on, because we're going to be right

1540
02:16:29,380 --> 02:16:36,140
at that 80% capacity, which is where you want to be, in terms of an efficiency place.

1541
02:16:36,400 --> 02:16:41,360
So remember, now we're shifting into buildings and efficiencies and we're talking numbers

1542
02:16:41,360 --> 02:16:43,260
of kids and that piece.

1543
02:16:43,660 --> 02:16:49,400
So the answer to that question is yes, and for the foreseeable future, we will hover

1544
02:16:49,400 --> 02:16:58,380
right around 70 to 80% in our efficiencies of those two middle schools based on the enrollment

1545
02:16:58,380 --> 02:17:02,420
projections that we have for the next five years.

1546
02:17:02,940 --> 02:17:08,860
So when you say yes, there's the answer, yes, that there is, what does it say yes for?

1547
02:17:09,160 --> 02:17:09,700
There's a new answer.

1548
02:17:10,080 --> 02:17:15,920
Yep, the yes is that if we were to adhere your question in this scenario, right?

1549
02:17:16,000 --> 02:17:20,640
So you take, basically you're taking all your middle school kids and you're putting them into two buildings.

1550
02:17:21,220 --> 02:17:25,520
And the question right is for Plymouth Middle School and for Sanberg, if you did that,

1551
02:17:25,520 --> 02:17:32,500
What I heard your question was basically will they fit or will we be musting at the scenes right the

1552
02:17:32,500 --> 02:17:40,020
Kind of sort. I mean, I was expressing a concern about this since it's been very high and I asked the question about

1553
02:17:40,020 --> 02:17:46,420
Is there an ideal because I I'm giving an understanding there's an ideal number for middle school for a middle school building

1554
02:17:46,420 --> 02:17:50,420
I you know that's information. I've heard that there is a

1555
02:17:50,420 --> 02:17:58,340
range of sizes of buildings and how many kids should be in the building. It really comes

1556
02:17:58,340 --> 02:18:05,820
down to how efficient do you actually need to be in some cases. It comes down to how

1557
02:18:05,820 --> 02:18:09,620
many some districts make decisions based on how many sections do you want to be running

1558
02:18:09,620 --> 02:18:14,860
of each grade level to create efficiencies and effective as based on the programming you've

1559
02:18:14,860 --> 02:18:22,300
got going on. So the answer is really around depends, but regardless of how you do it ideally,

1560
02:18:22,840 --> 02:18:30,500
if you can stay around the 75 to 80% efficiency, that's really good. So I'm districts push

1561
02:18:30,500 --> 02:18:37,360
that up into the 90s with their secondary buildings. But it does depend of all the individual

1562
02:18:37,360 --> 02:18:40,740
nuances that come into play and really what you're trying to pull off.

1563
02:18:40,740 --> 02:19:10,600
Okay, well thank you for asking and for answering that question and and so just to kind of put a plan on for the moment for others on my fair crystal questions of I think that the superintendent understands my core question, which is can we have a mix for that building that accommodates across our district children being able to participate in that facility that's so just to clarify so what you're suggesting is that it isn't.

1564
02:19:10,600 --> 02:19:15,320
just the C and Pilgrim Lane students that are a part of it.

1565
02:19:15,500 --> 02:19:15,720
That's right.

1566
02:19:16,020 --> 02:19:16,140
Okay.

1567
02:19:17,880 --> 02:19:20,240
And because I think neighborhood kids, you know,

1568
02:19:20,460 --> 02:19:22,000
I'm just like, we have a wild song for C.

1569
02:19:22,520 --> 02:19:24,780
I mean, I think you can do those things.

1570
02:19:25,340 --> 02:19:26,020
You know, they're not impossible.

1571
02:19:26,420 --> 02:19:27,480
I think, Sheriff, it's okay.

1572
02:19:27,620 --> 02:19:30,560
Just the other thing I'd like to add to Dr. McDowell's comments

1573
02:19:30,560 --> 02:19:33,840
about what's the ideal size of a school.

1574
02:19:36,360 --> 02:19:38,240
444 students is pretty amazing.

1575
02:19:38,240 --> 02:19:47,480
250 students at an elementary, 230 students at an elementary, is pretty amazing, again,

1576
02:19:48,740 --> 02:19:51,240
that just isn't responsible physically.

1577
02:19:52,380 --> 02:19:53,640
And so that's a hard one, right?

1578
02:19:53,780 --> 02:20:00,100
To say what's ideal, this is a hard conversation about what's ideal.

1579
02:20:01,180 --> 02:20:06,480
What's ideal is to ensure we have excellent opportunities in programming for our students

1580
02:20:06,480 --> 02:20:19,580
And what's ideal is to get us into a fiscally healthier place so we can continue to support all of our students in the ways that the students here are feeling supported.

1581
02:20:20,540 --> 02:20:21,060
I

1582
02:20:27,910 --> 02:20:36,170
just wanted to clarify the screen about the action options because I just want to make sure what B means, I'm pretty sure.

1583
02:20:36,350 --> 02:20:41,030
I know what it means, but I just want to make sure that we're all on the same page here before people thought.

1584
02:20:41,030 --> 02:20:51,450
So the idea here behind B is primarily in response to the idea that a closing pilgrim

1585
02:20:51,450 --> 02:20:56,890
lane doesn't have a large financial benefit to move them from pilgrim lane to fair.

1586
02:20:57,570 --> 02:21:03,170
So instead the idea would be why in the world would you move them because there's not

1587
02:21:03,170 --> 02:21:05,690
a great financial reason unless someone tells me there is.

1588
02:21:06,290 --> 02:21:13,490
So, instead, leave them alone, stop talking to a closing pilgrim lane, instead, right?

1589
02:21:13,870 --> 02:21:21,550
Yes, there's that vote question about discontinuing program for Fair Crystal, but then just reusing the building for other things.

1590
02:21:21,670 --> 02:21:25,130
Is that kind of how we got there from a history perspective?

1591
02:21:25,750 --> 02:21:29,230
It is, right? It's options that can put on the table and what does this look like?

1592
02:21:29,430 --> 02:21:35,170
And the rationale for the Fair Crystal piece is no different than what Director Bassett just said.

1593
02:21:35,170 --> 02:21:43,390
from a from a building standpoint, I don't know why you would close the built, right?

1594
02:21:43,530 --> 02:21:45,490
So there's two different things and that's what gets confusing.

1595
02:21:45,490 --> 02:21:48,510
One is actually closing a site.

1596
02:21:49,210 --> 02:21:55,330
The other is finding ways to repurpose it so it can stay open as an instructional site,

1597
02:21:55,510 --> 02:21:55,730
right?

1598
02:21:56,050 --> 02:22:00,570
Because there are things, particularly for crystal with the theater with the black box.

1599
02:22:00,750 --> 02:22:01,790
What do you use those for?

1600
02:22:02,030 --> 02:22:02,150
Why?

1601
02:22:02,730 --> 02:22:02,750
Right.

1602
02:22:02,750 --> 02:22:04,130
It's that conversation.

1603
02:22:04,570 --> 02:22:12,310
So yeah, that's another option for the rationale behind how might we do it?

1604
02:22:13,630 --> 02:22:17,550
I like to look closer at B.

1605
02:22:20,210 --> 02:22:25,930
If high view had the opportunity to be at the fair crystal

1606
02:22:25,930 --> 02:22:46,270
building what an opportunity for our marginalized students to have, and also the auditorium, the theater there could be used by both of our middle schools for their productions, I see a lot of positives with going B.

1607
02:22:50,040 --> 02:22:52,940
We'll have the other nine bars going on over here.

1608
02:22:54,480 --> 02:22:56,360
We're either all listening together over now.

1609
02:22:56,540 --> 02:22:56,660
Okay.

1610
02:22:59,300 --> 02:23:02,260
I'll wait until we're all back paying attention.

1611
02:23:03,300 --> 02:23:03,760
We're listening.

1612
02:23:04,460 --> 02:23:05,500
We're just trying to get a big show.

1613
02:23:05,540 --> 02:23:06,320
We can do these options.

1614
02:23:06,600 --> 02:23:06,820
Okay.

1615
02:23:06,940 --> 02:23:08,240
I just want to get the right thing.

1616
02:23:08,440 --> 02:23:08,600
We should.

1617
02:23:08,860 --> 02:23:11,720
I was in the arms by discretion until the side bars are gone.

1618
02:23:11,960 --> 02:23:15,660
Well, this PowerPoint wasn't in our packets that, you know, we got on Thursday.

1619
02:23:15,660 --> 02:23:16,820
Thursday, so it was just

1620
02:23:16,820 --> 02:23:17,460
played a lot.

1621
02:23:21,750 --> 02:23:23,710
And just a response to that,

1622
02:23:23,970 --> 02:23:26,770
that is how we have,

1623
02:23:27,390 --> 02:23:28,870
we talked to the board about

1624
02:23:28,870 --> 02:23:30,630
doing that differently during

1625
02:23:30,630 --> 02:23:32,530
this process, because we wanted

1626
02:23:32,530 --> 02:23:33,970
to be sure that the board had

1627
02:23:33,970 --> 02:23:36,030
a chance to see the information

1628
02:23:36,030 --> 02:23:37,450
and talk about the information

1629
02:23:37,450 --> 02:23:38,310
at the same time.

1630
02:23:39,370 --> 02:23:40,910
And adults couldn't be trusted

1631
02:23:40,910 --> 02:23:42,410
having the information in advance.

1632
02:23:43,590 --> 02:23:44,930
All right, we're back.

1633
02:23:47,170 --> 02:23:48,330
Is there another question?

1634
02:23:49,250 --> 02:23:49,870
Director Hillenbrand.

1635
02:23:50,550 --> 02:23:50,630
Yeah.

1636
02:23:50,790 --> 02:23:53,850
When you say at the same time, by the way, you mean as the same time as the public?

1637
02:23:54,730 --> 02:23:54,870
Correct.

1638
02:23:55,330 --> 02:23:55,430
Yeah.

1639
02:23:55,570 --> 02:23:57,050
So there's transparency with the public.

1640
02:23:58,210 --> 02:23:58,350
Yeah.

1641
02:23:58,770 --> 02:24:01,050
One of my things was, was the question.

1642
02:24:01,190 --> 02:24:01,310
Yeah.

1643
02:24:01,550 --> 02:24:03,730
Of that, could the theaters then be a resource?

1644
02:24:03,910 --> 02:24:09,890
So I know that was a big concern with PMS and SMS with their theater programs and their

1645
02:24:09,890 --> 02:24:10,290
productions.

1646
02:24:10,290 --> 02:24:16,850
And so that would be great that it could be actually a resource for the entire Robin

1647
02:24:16,850 --> 02:24:20,350
Stale area schools community to use those theaters.

1648
02:24:20,530 --> 02:24:25,770
So that is a nice side benefit.

1649
02:24:26,270 --> 02:24:33,750
But the other thing curious with B is, you know, we talked, and I think you mentioned it

1650
02:24:33,750 --> 02:24:33,930
too.

1651
02:24:33,930 --> 02:24:44,090
But, you know, can we be bringing the idea of bringing stages or if stages of capacity and other theater company to our other

1652
02:24:44,090 --> 02:24:50,770
middle, to both middle schools, just the way that we're bringing the Spanish to both middle schools, bringing that programming then.

1653
02:24:51,290 --> 02:24:59,130
And the, sorry, I got distracted by somebody's head shaking over the, the, what do you call it?

1654
02:24:59,130 --> 02:25:28,450
The art's residences to both are now would be the two middle schools would be an amazing opportunity then for all of our students not concentrating these great opportunities for 500 students or 500 students, but actually investing in every Robin Salary School student is a pretty neat opportunity, so I just I just wanted to comment that those are interesting ideas as I'm considering these options, so that's all thank you.

1655
02:25:29,330 --> 02:25:35,910
Director Long, then Director, we're pointing it as it, okay, first Director Long.

1656
02:25:36,490 --> 02:25:39,230
Okay, so I'm Director Bowman after that.

1657
02:25:43,270 --> 02:25:50,430
I am not understanding this, so when we go to vote, we're going to do a vote of I vote for A or I vote for B, is that what we're doing?

1658
02:25:50,690 --> 02:25:51,390
I can help with that.

1659
02:25:51,390 --> 02:26:03,710
But what we would have to do first is to take action to approve or disapprove the discontinuation

1660
02:26:03,710 --> 02:26:07,250
of the middle school magnet programming yet fair school crystal.

1661
02:26:08,350 --> 02:26:16,190
After that vote, if the vote is to discontinue the programming, then we can decide do we want

1662
02:26:16,190 --> 02:26:28,510
We want to take fair pilgrim lane off the table and do we want to have high view and RVA and some ESC offices there and do it that way.

1663
02:26:29,010 --> 02:26:35,670
So first of all, we still have the option of say we say, yeah, we want to continue with programming at Crystal Fair.

1664
02:26:36,250 --> 02:26:39,730
And yeah, we want to continue to have pilgrim lane open.

1665
02:26:39,730 --> 02:26:50,290
Okay, so that would be if there is a motion to discontinue the programming and it gets defeated, then the programming of that fair crystal continues.

1666
02:26:50,570 --> 02:26:57,050
Because this doesn't say that to me if this says one or the other, it doesn't say there's still an opinion.

1667
02:27:06,250 --> 02:27:10,750
Let us have a discussion so that we can figure out exactly what people want to vote on.

1668
02:27:10,750 --> 02:27:21,310
All right, so the school could, they could take action, could take action to approve the discontinuation of the middle school magnet programming.

1669
02:27:21,750 --> 02:27:26,630
If that is the motion, it can be defeated, it can be approved.

1670
02:27:27,310 --> 02:27:32,730
If it's defeated, the programming stays, if it depends on the wording of the motion too.

1671
02:27:33,650 --> 02:27:34,090
So,

1672
02:27:36,200 --> 02:27:44,080
but first, the first part of it is the discontinuation vote because that's what we

1673
02:27:44,080 --> 02:27:48,320
generated back in December, that would be the motion that would be made.

1674
02:27:48,820 --> 02:27:52,860
And if it's defeated or passed, then we go on to decide what we're going to do with

1675
02:27:52,860 --> 02:27:53,220
this building.

1676
02:27:53,980 --> 02:27:54,780
That's the second one.

1677
02:27:55,480 --> 02:27:55,680
Okay.

1678
02:27:56,020 --> 02:27:57,320
Director Bass, and I just have a question.

1679
02:27:58,000 --> 02:28:01,360
Director Long, are you, I just want to be sure I heard you right.

1680
02:28:01,360 --> 02:28:09,380
So you're saying, what if we don't discontinue programming at Fair Crystal and what if we don't vote to close pilgrimage?

1681
02:28:10,160 --> 02:28:20,500
So if we don't do either of those, we've got that $1.7 million deficit and a statutory operating debt plan that is due in two weeks.

1682
02:28:20,860 --> 02:28:23,680
So I just wanted that's kind of the what would happen.

1683
02:28:24,140 --> 02:28:29,600
Yeah, aren't we going to talk about adding a day anyways to our calendar?

1684
02:28:30,280 --> 02:28:30,480
Yes.

1685
02:28:30,720 --> 02:28:33,280
I mean, we might as well add all the Mondays.

1686
02:28:33,480 --> 02:28:34,360
We have so far.

1687
02:28:34,540 --> 02:28:36,360
We could do all the Mondays in February, too.

1688
02:28:36,880 --> 02:28:37,620
But it's two at the end of January.

1689
02:28:37,900 --> 02:28:38,700
No, I don't want to do that.

1690
02:28:38,960 --> 02:28:39,140
January.

1691
02:28:39,460 --> 02:28:41,580
Well, I think we can ask for an extension or something.

1692
02:28:41,720 --> 02:28:42,200
I don't know that.

1693
02:28:42,480 --> 02:28:42,680
Yes.

1694
02:28:50,710 --> 02:28:54,810
I think you mentioned in your presentation that we could not get an extension.

1695
02:28:55,010 --> 02:28:55,930
Will you clarify that, please?

1696
02:28:56,090 --> 02:28:56,910
That is correct.

1697
02:28:56,910 --> 02:29:04,070
In fact, permanent sort of state statute, you have to have a plan submitted to the Department of Education by January 31st.

1698
02:29:04,070 --> 02:29:05,010
No extensions allowed.

1699
02:29:05,690 --> 02:29:06,130
Thank you.

1700
02:29:06,510 --> 02:29:10,470
All right, the next person up, we need to get in here.

1701
02:29:13,110 --> 02:29:15,430
We have to be able to discuss this, please.

1702
02:29:16,410 --> 02:29:17,150
Dr. Bassett?

1703
02:29:17,650 --> 02:29:25,670
Well, under B, now, so assuming that we did not close repurpose whichever we wouldn't call it,

1704
02:29:25,670 --> 02:29:35,310
one of the lane elementary or crystal now I don't know this is an assumption that's written

1705
02:29:35,310 --> 02:29:41,270
here by the administration because the board is not approved the above action assumes that

1706
02:29:41,270 --> 02:29:46,770
high view programming in the other would go to fair. I know that among us we've talked

1707
02:29:46,770 --> 02:29:53,150
about a couple of different possibilities and scenarios for where high view well you know

1708
02:29:53,150 --> 02:29:58,850
want to me to go, I want to say, and we've talked about other options for them and for

1709
02:29:58,850 --> 02:29:59,530
the ESC.

1710
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:28,720
I talked about that. So, and we are going to have other facilities that will be closed. I mean, so there, so this assumption is not an assumption that I recall a saying was tied to this option at the time that we discussed it. I see three hands. I see two hands. Okay. What are you two first? So, yes, and. So back to building closure versus program.

1711
02:30:30,500 --> 02:30:35,360
If the board would decide to discontinue the middle school programming,

1712
02:30:36,180 --> 02:30:44,700
the board and district needs to keep a significant instructional program going on in that building,

1713
02:30:44,840 --> 02:30:52,100
or the board would need to put up for notification the potential closure of that site.

1714
02:30:52,100 --> 02:30:59,100
But the reason we put that in there as B was because that allows for it's one way of

1715
02:30:59,100 --> 02:31:04,280
putting a significant program in that building and not closing the site.

1716
02:31:05,480 --> 02:31:07,320
I got it.

1717
02:31:07,340 --> 02:31:07,660
It makes sense.

1718
02:31:08,040 --> 02:31:15,180
However, there are other options for locating those programs and the ESC.

1719
02:31:15,460 --> 02:31:15,740
Absolutely.

1720
02:31:16,180 --> 02:31:17,160
So I mean that's absolutely.

1721
02:31:17,160 --> 02:31:21,340
is that so if I vote for this I'm not you know so I mean I think it's important

1722
02:31:21,340 --> 02:31:25,480
because if you look at it you're like what am I voting for you know I didn't

1723
02:31:25,480 --> 02:31:30,220
listen to my assumption anything you know I mean my assumption is that we have

1724
02:31:30,220 --> 02:31:35,420
other options that we can use to place these programs and to place the FC we've

1725
02:31:35,420 --> 02:31:39,840
talked about a few different things so I don't like that on there you know I mean

1726
02:31:39,840 --> 02:31:44,680
we already know because I think you've made an act I get it you've made the point

1727
02:31:44,680 --> 02:31:48,240
that we need to have instructional programs co-located

1728
02:31:48,240 --> 02:31:49,480
where we're at the ESC.

1729
02:31:50,060 --> 02:31:50,860
We have to stand there.

1730
02:31:52,140 --> 02:31:53,260
We can figure that out.

1731
02:31:53,780 --> 02:31:55,440
It's not the world's biggest problem.

1732
02:31:56,460 --> 02:31:58,180
I mean, and now I'm needing to be tried.

1733
02:31:58,400 --> 02:31:59,120
No, no, no, you're not.

1734
02:31:59,360 --> 02:32:02,240
And again, I just want to remind the board

1735
02:32:02,820 --> 02:32:06,660
that we're here tonight because we were asked

1736
02:32:06,660 --> 02:32:09,200
for additional options for the 1.7.

1737
02:32:09,660 --> 02:32:12,140
So, and as we, that's why we're here.

1738
02:32:12,140 --> 02:32:23,920
And we wouldn't, if the board chose to just continue the middle school programming, and not close pilgrimage lane,

1739
02:32:24,380 --> 02:32:27,180
we're not going to have crystal sed empty.

1740
02:32:27,600 --> 02:32:29,220
So I think that's where that came.

1741
02:32:29,740 --> 02:32:40,300
And to DJ's point, part of all of this was how do we, can we come up with the financial solution

1742
02:32:40,300 --> 02:32:45,000
without disrupting the 400-plus students at Pilgrim Lane.

1743
02:32:45,480 --> 02:32:47,780
That's where this came from.

1744
02:32:48,940 --> 02:32:54,380
Well, let me just say that we're going to be disrupting a lot of students all across this district.

1745
02:32:54,880 --> 02:32:56,560
Now, I mean, that's just good stuff here.

1746
02:32:56,900 --> 02:32:59,340
I mean, whatever we do, we're going to move students.

1747
02:32:59,800 --> 02:33:00,420
Yeah, that's true.

1748
02:33:00,680 --> 02:33:04,380
So I understand totally.

1749
02:33:04,880 --> 02:33:06,280
But I don't like that.

1750
02:33:06,280 --> 02:33:12,400
But I want to make it clear that all of these students matter.

1751
02:33:12,760 --> 02:33:13,060
I agree.

1752
02:33:13,180 --> 02:33:14,980
I'm not saying that nobody says that they don't.

1753
02:33:15,860 --> 02:33:18,580
But so I'm saying 400 more students know.

1754
02:33:19,080 --> 02:33:20,280
We're moving a lot of students.

1755
02:33:21,060 --> 02:33:25,100
So moving them so that they're moving to a better situation,

1756
02:33:25,660 --> 02:33:31,780
longer term, with the fewest moves with the most substantive programming.

1757
02:33:33,340 --> 02:33:43,680
That's what I'm trying to understand and so when I see this stuff thrown in there like, well, you know, I mean, we can figure that out, you know, I mean, we can't.

1758
02:33:43,780 --> 02:33:45,820
And because everybody's committed to doing that.

1759
02:33:46,400 --> 02:33:55,640
Yeah. Again, I think we're not understanding each other because again, the reason this is in front of you is because we're trying to solve for the $1.7 million

1760
02:33:55,640 --> 02:34:00,140
$1 million when the board did not want to entertain the magnet transportation.

1761
02:34:00,400 --> 02:34:04,160
Again, none of these are great options when you're in statutory operating debt.

1762
02:34:04,300 --> 02:34:10,580
When we've already reduced $16 million last year without touching schools.

1763
02:34:11,220 --> 02:34:13,300
But, Superintendent, here's the thing.

1764
02:34:13,840 --> 02:34:20,300
You know, the $1.7 million that was the cost for transportation and we took that, you know,

1765
02:34:20,540 --> 02:34:25,260
and I think none of us really wanted to remove, you know, to transportation from families.

1766
02:34:25,260 --> 02:34:28,200
And so I think that's why people are kind of like, yeah, we don't really want to do that.

1767
02:34:29,160 --> 02:34:34,240
I'm very serious about we need to find some other way because we're, you know, we need it.

1768
02:34:34,440 --> 02:34:36,220
Is that also can be a step down?

1769
02:34:37,400 --> 02:34:39,300
You know, that means we have to find something else.

1770
02:34:39,780 --> 02:34:42,360
We haven't talked at all about contracts.

1771
02:34:43,420 --> 02:34:44,680
We're not talking about vendors.

1772
02:34:45,500 --> 02:34:49,360
There are a lot of things we have not talked about at all.

1773
02:34:50,920 --> 02:34:56,680
And I'm going to say it's the truth of it, that's the truth of it, it's not for applause.

1774
02:34:57,380 --> 02:34:59,020
The truth of it is that we have not.

1775
02:34:59,940 --> 02:35:05,080
And I think if we haven't even set a target for, if we want to step down transportation,

1776
02:35:05,700 --> 02:35:11,600
so that in two to three years or not sooner, we have 50% of our costs for transportation

1777
02:35:11,600 --> 02:35:12,080
are cut.

1778
02:35:12,580 --> 02:35:13,220
That's a goal.

1779
02:35:14,420 --> 02:35:15,660
That's something we can shoot toward.

1780
02:35:16,040 --> 02:35:20,760
That's something we can look at and say, okay, this man, the other will get us there.

1781
02:35:21,320 --> 02:35:24,160
What we've been talking about so far are gross numbers.

1782
02:35:24,820 --> 02:35:27,140
We call it the building, we get this, we close the building, we get that.

1783
02:35:27,480 --> 02:35:41,300
So it was easy to say if we couldn't close one more building, what we're getting more, you know what I mean, sounds like we could do that because we do have a couple more, we could close, you know, so that's not a hard place to get to, you know, and so I think we got there.

1784
02:35:41,300 --> 02:35:44,480
But then when we start getting back here is what you give up.

1785
02:35:44,800 --> 02:35:50,340
That was a whole new ball game, a whole new ball game, and a relatively short period of time.

1786
02:35:51,440 --> 02:35:55,940
You know, and maybe there's some others here, some educators, but I'm not one of them.

1787
02:35:56,340 --> 02:35:59,300
You know, so I need time to judge and I just to figure it out.

1788
02:35:59,680 --> 02:36:07,140
And so I just feel like that, I'm talking about when I feel about crystal school, and I've

1789
02:36:07,140 --> 02:36:09,060
talked again about this transportation issue.

1790
02:36:09,060 --> 02:36:11,020
I think we need to hit a target.

1791
02:36:11,840 --> 02:36:13,640
I think we need to look at some time frame.

1792
02:36:14,000 --> 02:36:16,100
And if there's some trade-offs, just like we had trade-offs

1793
02:36:16,100 --> 02:36:18,040
for everything else, I think we need to try to figure it out.

1794
02:36:18,880 --> 02:36:21,660
You know, because I just cringe when I think we're going

1795
02:36:21,660 --> 02:36:24,260
to cut out these programs for transportation.

1796
02:36:24,820 --> 02:36:26,660
I'm trying to stay away from the transportation discussion

1797
02:36:26,660 --> 02:36:29,200
because I think we wouldn't be in this place right now,

1798
02:36:29,220 --> 02:36:29,960
if we'd kept our buses.

1799
02:36:29,960 --> 02:36:31,140
But that's all another story.

1800
02:36:31,620 --> 02:36:32,640
Yeah, let's not go there.

1801
02:36:33,440 --> 02:36:33,620
Okay.

1802
02:36:34,080 --> 02:36:34,240
So.

1803
02:36:34,920 --> 02:36:36,040
Director Bezos, are you finished?

1804
02:36:36,780 --> 02:36:37,680
I'm throwing the moment, yes.

1805
02:36:37,680 --> 02:36:38,240
Thank you.

1806
02:36:38,620 --> 02:36:39,440
Director Bowman.

1807
02:36:44,860 --> 02:36:52,200
I just want to make sure that I clearly understand also sort of the parts of the discussion

1808
02:36:52,200 --> 02:36:59,080
all the way along it has been that there's sort of like nothing set in concrete even though

1809
02:36:59,080 --> 02:37:06,520
we make moves at this point because the one thing that has not been discussed at length has

1810
02:37:06,520 --> 02:37:13,340
been a program curriculum that kind of things because one of the things that we were first

1811
02:37:13,340 --> 02:37:22,220
told about was that we needed to get to the savings of closing the buildings and that's

1812
02:37:22,220 --> 02:37:33,720
the information as I have read it, as I have digested it, as I sort of mulled it over.

1813
02:37:33,720 --> 02:37:40,340
So I think one of the important things for us to also remember is that and maybe I'm

1814
02:37:40,340 --> 02:37:45,400
wrong, but I think there's we maintain a great deal of flexibility over the next few

1815
02:37:45,400 --> 02:37:50,120
years, regardless of what we do, because we've not painted ourself into a corner.

1816
02:37:50,780 --> 02:37:55,620
And the other thing I know that's really important to me is that I really believe that the fair

1817
02:37:56,180 --> 02:38:03,600
crystal building needs to be kept in circulation and needs to be utilized for its stage

1818
02:38:06,000 --> 02:38:09,140
it's various amenities that lend to the arts.

1819
02:38:12,880 --> 02:38:17,580
I have some concerns, but that is the one building that we need to,

1820
02:38:17,980 --> 02:38:20,840
by doing this option that we have in front of us tonight,

1821
02:38:20,940 --> 02:38:27,760
it keeps that building viable for the future programming that we may want to take.

1822
02:38:27,900 --> 02:38:30,920
Because right now, as I'm listening to all of this,

1823
02:38:31,100 --> 02:38:34,880
that there's a mixture of magnet versus neighborhood schools,

1824
02:38:34,880 --> 02:38:40,820
versus all these various entities in the reality of it is, we're in statutory operating deficit.

1825
02:38:41,340 --> 02:38:43,760
We have to tell January 20th to make a decision.

1826
02:38:44,160 --> 02:38:50,400
We're $1.7 million away from our targeted goal that we have to be to by that point,

1827
02:38:50,580 --> 02:38:56,500
so that we're not approving budgets that are causing deficits spending.

1828
02:38:57,320 --> 02:39:04,580
So I just think it's important to remind ourselves at this point that we maintain

1829
02:39:04,580 --> 02:39:12,480
in our flexibility, we maintain our building that's really vitally important to the school.

1830
02:39:12,600 --> 02:39:15,680
That building came about when I was on this board the first time.

1831
02:39:17,320 --> 02:39:22,100
I'm concerned that if we take the transportation of the magnet schools,

1832
02:39:22,660 --> 02:39:27,320
one of the things I understand right now from the reading and the sort of research

1833
02:39:27,320 --> 02:39:31,880
that I've done is that it's the transportation program that we have in this district

1834
02:39:31,880 --> 02:39:34,520
that creates the equity to our magnet schools.

1835
02:39:34,960 --> 02:39:37,200
And if we remove that transportation program,

1836
02:39:37,480 --> 02:39:39,340
we remove the one thing that we say,

1837
02:39:39,540 --> 02:39:41,440
these are equity-based buildings,

1838
02:39:41,920 --> 02:39:43,780
because now that transportation is gone.

1839
02:39:45,180 --> 02:39:48,320
And so it's, you know, to me it's really layered,

1840
02:39:48,580 --> 02:39:51,080
but what's important to me is that we keep that school

1841
02:39:51,080 --> 02:39:53,840
in rotation so that we have the asset of that building.

1842
02:39:54,480 --> 02:39:57,420
It's an important asset to the entire school district,

1843
02:39:57,680 --> 02:39:59,560
because we've always been an arts district.

1844
02:39:59,560 --> 02:40:03,480
We've always been a district that has embraced the arts.

1845
02:40:03,640 --> 02:40:06,480
I was a student here myself from 1959.

1846
02:40:07,120 --> 02:40:08,780
Art has always been important.

1847
02:40:09,640 --> 02:40:12,700
So, we need that building kept in place.

1848
02:40:12,920 --> 02:40:17,520
And the other thing I just want to reiterate is that we're not painting

1849
02:40:17,520 --> 02:40:22,840
ourself into the corner because we're not making program decisions at this point.

1850
02:40:23,240 --> 02:40:27,900
And what's important to me is keeping that building so

1851
02:40:27,900 --> 02:40:34,720
that it can be put back into service however we may deem it fit but to me the

1852
02:40:34,720 --> 02:40:39,640
important thing right now is coming to that 1.7 million in getting ourselves set

1853
02:40:39,640 --> 02:40:45,140
to be in compliance with the state because in the long run when we look if we're

1854
02:40:45,140 --> 02:40:49,100
not in compliance in the state one of the things we've not even asked for is what

1855
02:40:49,100 --> 02:40:53,720
are we looking at in the future for what our bonds are going to cost you know

1856
02:40:53,720 --> 02:40:57,080
does it impact our bonding rates and those sort of things?

1857
02:40:57,320 --> 02:41:01,980
I mean, if we don't come into statutory operating deficit

1858
02:41:01,980 --> 02:41:07,600
compliance, and so I just want to remind us we're not

1859
02:41:07,600 --> 02:41:09,140
painting ourselves into the corner.

1860
02:41:09,800 --> 02:41:12,100
We're writing the things that need to be

1861
02:41:12,100 --> 02:41:16,380
written because we are in this horrible situation.

1862
02:41:17,240 --> 02:41:23,020
And our next steps, once we save those buildings being shut,

1863
02:41:23,020 --> 02:41:29,440
But because we're so under capacity in our enrollment in those buildings, then we get

1864
02:41:29,440 --> 02:41:34,640
to start to reassign and redo and rebuild and expand throughout this district.

1865
02:41:35,300 --> 02:41:38,660
And that's just going to be the dream I'm going to hang on to.

1866
02:41:38,780 --> 02:41:43,220
One of the things I found earlier at tonight's listening time to be really interesting was

1867
02:41:43,220 --> 02:41:52,340
that there was this discussion that it had already been put together and where was the plan

1868
02:41:52,340 --> 02:41:55,920
for the future. Where was the plan for the future? And there was this part of me that said,

1869
02:41:55,940 --> 02:41:59,380
but wait, if it's already been put together, what do you mean we can't replicate it?

1870
02:42:00,020 --> 02:42:07,340
So there wasn't a plan the first time that has it written down, you know? I mean, so I have

1871
02:42:07,340 --> 02:42:11,360
faith that this goal district will do it because we're doing it already, but we need to right size

1872
02:42:11,360 --> 02:42:18,860
these buildings. So, and I know we don't have to get ready here. You don't have to agree with me here.

1873
02:42:18,860 --> 02:42:22,020
This is my opinion for the evening, and I haven't said anything.

1874
02:42:23,700 --> 02:42:27,800
So, keep the building, you know, I myself, I'm going to vote.

1875
02:42:28,280 --> 02:42:35,220
I myself support the discontinuation of the Middle School Magnum Program at Fair, and

1876
02:42:35,220 --> 02:42:40,180
to leave elementary school alone as it is.

1877
02:42:40,480 --> 02:42:46,120
And then we then go into our next phases of planning with this board, because we're not done.

1878
02:42:46,120 --> 02:42:50,440
That was just the buildings. We're not done and

1879
02:42:54,180 --> 02:42:55,160
we're at the later.

1880
02:42:58,500 --> 02:42:59,440
We're at the later

1881
02:42:59,440 --> 02:43:11,000
Okay, so when we talked about magnet transportation, one of the things that I was always confused about because it seemed like

1882
02:43:11,000 --> 02:43:19,740
RSI was on its own island, so if you took rid of the magnet transportation, does that mean that then RSI students then would also

1883
02:43:19,740 --> 02:43:21,600
So lose their magnet transportation.

1884
02:43:23,600 --> 02:43:30,600
And then, you know, so then I never heard of what impact that would have on RSI and those students in that program.

1885
02:43:33,390 --> 02:43:39,610
And we are talking about programming, if we're talking about getting rid of the programming, because that's what that is.

1886
02:43:39,750 --> 02:43:41,590
That's programming that we have at Crystal Fair.

1887
02:43:42,110 --> 02:43:45,230
It's not clubs, it's not elective classes, it's programming.

1888
02:43:45,230 --> 02:43:50,870
So it's a different than going to a middle school and doing a club or taking an elective class.

1889
02:43:51,590 --> 02:43:57,490
Programming is a lot more all-encompassing than that.

1890
02:43:59,410 --> 02:44:08,210
My thing is, so fellow board members, because we're at the board, we get to give direction to the administration.

1891
02:44:10,250 --> 02:44:16,910
So I would like to know where you guys all stand on giving direction to the administration

1892
02:44:18,710 --> 02:44:23,030
to reach out to MD and ask for an extension.

1893
02:44:25,160 --> 02:44:30,060
So I would like to make a motion that we direct the administration to reach out to

1894
02:44:30,060 --> 02:44:30,220
him.

1895
02:44:30,980 --> 02:44:32,640
Now, spring extension in our S.L.

1896
02:44:32,800 --> 02:44:33,040
Can

1897
02:44:35,700 --> 02:44:36,200
I get a second?

1898
02:44:37,560 --> 02:44:37,860
I'll see.

1899
02:44:53,050 --> 02:44:59,870
We can't even hear ourselves, please control yourselves, so even so with us, we don't need to

1900
02:45:04,560 --> 02:45:10,980
Second, aye, abstain, quorum, agenda, abstain, quorum, agenda, abstain,

1901
02:45:13,320 --> 02:45:13,660
quorum,

1902
02:45:19,580 --> 02:45:21,740
agenda, abstain, quorum.

1903
02:45:21,740 --> 02:45:22,180
What are you saying?

1904
02:45:22,440 --> 02:45:28,780
I mean, I'm nervous about, and I don't feel good about asking administration to ask

1905
02:45:28,780 --> 02:45:30,120
for just an extension.

1906
02:45:30,680 --> 02:45:35,380
If there's a purpose, if there's like a week, and the other thing is I'm really paying

1907
02:45:35,380 --> 02:45:39,700
attention to what they said about, the longer we don't dig out, the bigger it gets.

1908
02:45:40,440 --> 02:45:46,780
So if it's like a week or two, and what can we, what would be the purpose of it?

1909
02:45:47,480 --> 02:45:49,460
So you made the motion that I'm asking you.

1910
02:45:49,460 --> 02:45:50,800
So what is your suggestion?

1911
02:45:50,800 --> 02:45:53,160
Because I know we're going to talk about meeting next Monday, too.

1912
02:45:53,920 --> 02:45:57,460
We could throw a Friday meeting in there maybe a Thursday meeting.

1913
02:45:57,800 --> 02:46:00,240
Just to ask them, you know, they can always say no.

1914
02:46:00,620 --> 02:46:04,940
But I would be, I would not want to ask for more than two weeks, quite frankly.

1915
02:46:05,460 --> 02:46:07,460
And I don't even know if that's enough time.

1916
02:46:07,820 --> 02:46:11,180
If we're going to ask for an extension, that's why I asked through, you know, you're the question.

1917
02:46:12,080 --> 02:46:18,260
So that would be, if you're asking, if the board was to direct the administration, I'm saying,

1918
02:46:19,220 --> 02:46:21,000
I'm willing to listen to what you said.

1919
02:46:21,600 --> 02:46:26,440
I'm not willing to go past two weeks from the date week from, you know, so that would

1920
02:46:26,440 --> 02:46:28,500
be like two weeks in February, you know.

1921
02:46:29,080 --> 02:46:32,640
And so because I think we, I believe, I'm going, we've got to dig out.

1922
02:46:34,240 --> 02:46:38,820
I'm before I call, I mean, the next on the list is Phil and Brandon and Grindeson, but first

1923
02:46:38,820 --> 02:46:39,660
the legal council.

1924
02:46:41,200 --> 02:46:47,680
Yeah, the January 31st date is a statutory deadline and because it is that in statute

1925
02:46:47,680 --> 02:46:50,920
would that M.D. wouldn't have legal authority to extend it.

1926
02:46:52,340 --> 02:46:55,920
I still don't see the Harman asking and seeing what their response is back to us.

1927
02:46:56,220 --> 02:46:59,760
And then we would know for certain, I think we would know for certain.

1928
02:47:00,140 --> 02:47:02,640
That's what I'm asking for, because then we would know for certain.

1929
02:47:03,340 --> 02:47:07,240
So I still want to be on the list for the other topic we were talking about, but

1930
02:47:07,240 --> 02:47:11,720
also my concern is students are registering for school right now.

1931
02:47:12,100 --> 02:47:17,260
This is not really fair to teachers, to students, to families, to keep drawing

1932
02:47:17,260 --> 02:47:22,700
this out, that is my huge concern on this, that the more we draw this out, the more this

1933
02:47:22,700 --> 02:47:30,260
just causes pain, anxiety, and it just doesn't seem fair to the community, that's my concern

1934
02:47:30,260 --> 02:47:33,560
with your proposal, even if it was allowable.

1935
02:47:35,620 --> 02:47:39,080
I'm just putting that out there in the face for other people to consider.

1936
02:47:40,040 --> 02:47:42,660
Director Brinston, did you want to see something before we vote on this?

1937
02:47:42,660 --> 02:47:49,760
Yeah, I'm just so obviously there is open enrollment happening and delaying this is potentially

1938
02:47:50,260 --> 02:47:52,280
bad for parents and I get that part.

1939
02:47:53,100 --> 02:47:58,380
What I don't quite are, let's say we go to MDE, they're not going to tell us tomorrow

1940
02:47:58,380 --> 02:47:59,820
it might take time, right?

1941
02:48:00,120 --> 02:48:07,640
What ends up happening if we get to January 20th and we've made no decision and we're towards

1942
02:48:07,640 --> 02:48:15,660
this fiscal cliff. Does admin just start finding stuff to cut 1.7 million? Did we just give up

1943
02:48:15,660 --> 02:48:21,020
our responsibility at the board level to make that decision and we just threw it completely into your

1944
02:48:21,020 --> 02:48:27,780
lab? I think that's an important question to understand what happens. And we may not know the answer,

1945
02:48:27,900 --> 02:48:34,920
but we can't be the only board that didn't say yes to cutting something that flung it back at admin.

1946
02:48:35,720 --> 02:48:38,140
Okay, I don't see any more hands up.

1947
02:48:38,360 --> 02:48:50,180
We have a motion on the floor to ask administration, to ask administration, to ask MDE for an extension, which our attorney has said is statute.

1948
02:48:51,680 --> 02:48:55,560
All in favor of asking the administration to do this, please say aye.

1949
02:48:55,960 --> 02:48:56,120
Aye.

1950
02:48:56,800 --> 02:48:57,480
Opposed say nay.

1951
02:48:57,800 --> 02:48:58,000
Aye.

1952
02:48:59,120 --> 02:49:00,320
All right, let's move on.

1953
02:49:00,320 --> 02:49:04,280
And, um, directly home brand, you wanted to speak about something else and then director Brinison.

1954
02:49:04,940 --> 02:49:08,360
Yeah, I mean, just, that's what we were actually talking about.

1955
02:49:08,740 --> 02:49:16,240
I just want to say that I think that I understand people not wanting to make decision.

1956
02:49:16,440 --> 02:49:23,020
I understand that it's really hard or not wanting to make this decision, but look, I'm just

1957
02:49:23,020 --> 02:49:30,300
going to, I don't know if anybody knows yet, but I'm going to, but I'm going to talk to

1958
02:49:30,300 --> 02:49:36,100
on the table. It's not a literal translation. You can look it up yourself. But, you know, I ran

1959
02:49:36,660 --> 02:49:41,380
to help my community. It's not about me. It's not about my ego. I don't care if I get reelected

1960
02:49:41,380 --> 02:49:48,120
or not. I ran because I saw our community needed. The board was in turmoil. We needed

1961
02:49:48,880 --> 02:49:56,280
to be to go through this really difficult process. And I wanted to, I thought I could be help

1962
02:49:56,280 --> 02:50:02,560
to get us to a better future and so these decisions are not easy, it's not what

1963
02:50:02,560 --> 02:50:07,220
I want to be doing tonight, I know you don't want to be here tonight, I understand that 100%.

1964
02:50:08,400 --> 02:50:14,360
We're here because the board members who were here before me kept pushing this decision

1965
02:50:14,360 --> 02:50:15,080
down the road.

1966
02:50:15,620 --> 02:50:20,860
This has been something that we have been facing and let COVID dollars help pull us through

1967
02:50:20,860 --> 02:50:25,000
for a while, but this is something that we have been facing for probably a decade.

1968
02:50:25,000 --> 02:50:29,720
This is not new, this is not unique also to our school district.

1969
02:50:29,960 --> 02:50:34,660
We just got there a little faster, but Metro school districts are all facing us.

1970
02:50:35,380 --> 02:50:40,020
And this has been pushed down the road, pushed down the road until we've hit the crisis.

1971
02:50:40,620 --> 02:50:45,080
And through other boards in action and other administrations in action,

1972
02:50:45,480 --> 02:50:49,180
the error in accounting just made us hit it faster.

1973
02:50:49,760 --> 02:50:53,060
Okay, so we would have been here no matter what.

1974
02:50:55,080 --> 02:51:01,380
Unfortunately, we're here today, and so we have to, we have to address it.

1975
02:51:01,480 --> 02:51:08,300
We don't have a choice, okay, and so we have to make these decisions, nobody here loves

1976
02:51:08,300 --> 02:51:08,920
our options.

1977
02:51:09,500 --> 02:51:13,800
The administration doesn't love the options, none of us love the options, but something

1978
02:51:13,800 --> 02:51:14,500
has to give.

1979
02:51:15,100 --> 02:51:19,020
The other schools that were closed in love, there's schools being closed either.

1980
02:51:19,020 --> 02:51:25,820
there. And so I, nobody wants to do any of these things, but something has to give

1981
02:51:25,820 --> 02:51:30,360
an order for all the kids who live in this district to be educated. Nobody wants to

1982
02:51:30,360 --> 02:51:35,460
see their schools close. Okay? And if it came down to it, the schools that my kids,

1983
02:51:35,560 --> 02:51:41,700
the school and my kids go to, might be closed. And if that happened, I'd have to deal with

1984
02:51:41,700 --> 02:51:47,440
that too. And I feel for all of you, and I just want to put it out there. I wouldn't want

1985
02:51:47,440 --> 02:51:55,100
my kids school to be closed. I get it right. And I'm sorry for the emotional toll that it's

1986
02:51:55,100 --> 02:52:00,380
taken, everyone, so I just wanted to put out there that this is not something anybody takes

1987
02:52:00,380 --> 02:52:00,780
lightly,

1988
02:52:03,190 --> 02:52:10,370
but tough decisions have to be made. This is where we are today. And so because of that,

1989
02:52:11,970 --> 02:52:18,690
when I think about closing one school for 500 kids, ending transportation for hundreds and hundreds

1990
02:52:18,690 --> 02:52:26,450
of kids. I have to make the choice that affects fewer kids. So that is why I'll be voting

1991
02:52:26,450 --> 02:52:29,790
the way that I'm voting. That is the choice that I am making and why I'm making it.

1992
02:52:30,190 --> 02:52:35,050
Thank you. Are we ready for a motion? I have two more people who want to talk and then

1993
02:52:35,050 --> 02:52:42,190
I will just like to object a bit. I was going to say my first thing was and I think the board

1994
02:52:42,190 --> 02:52:46,570
has spoken there's no appetite to talk about the transportation at this point. Time it feels

1995
02:52:46,570 --> 02:52:52,670
like everyone has me too. I would talk about other options too.

1996
02:52:56,070 --> 02:52:58,930
I'm just looking I've seen a lot of

1997
02:52:58,930 --> 02:53:05,110
I've seen three heads yes including myself and others know so I would have that conversation I

1998
02:53:05,110 --> 02:53:14,650
wasn't here for it before I was not here before obviously so okay but I mean I my my question before

1999
02:53:14,650 --> 02:53:21,970
or wasn't, I mean, completely hypothetical, if we don't take an action today, do we know

2000
02:53:21,970 --> 02:53:22,430
what happens?

2001
02:53:25,810 --> 02:53:35,990
CFO, I won't speak to an action today, because again, I'm basing everything, all of my work

2002
02:53:35,990 --> 02:53:39,350
is based off of January 31st and the SOD plan.

2003
02:53:40,770 --> 02:53:47,790
What I know is if a plan is not submitted with a balanced budget bare minimum, have to

2004
02:53:47,790 --> 02:53:48,870
I have a balanced budget.

2005
02:53:49,490 --> 02:53:54,150
If we do not do that, we run the risk of losing state aid.

2006
02:53:55,010 --> 02:54:03,130
Which means now we've just exacerbated what we're currently trying to work through right now.

2007
02:54:04,270 --> 02:54:05,150
Thank you.

2008
02:54:05,850 --> 02:54:07,490
Director Bassett, you are next on the list.

2009
02:54:07,790 --> 02:54:13,470
Well, I want to make a motion that we do not approve, I'm talking about number eight.

2010
02:54:15,950 --> 02:54:18,550
I move that we do not close

2011
02:54:18,550 --> 02:54:20,010
Pilgrim Lane Elementary.

2012
02:54:20,470 --> 02:54:21,050
I'll second.

2013
02:54:21,170 --> 02:54:21,890
Oh, wait, wait.

2014
02:54:22,010 --> 02:54:23,330
We can't do that until I fill the

2015
02:54:23,330 --> 02:54:23,590
hearing.

2016
02:54:23,930 --> 02:54:24,170
Correct.

2017
02:54:24,370 --> 02:54:25,010
We can't do that.

2018
02:54:25,170 --> 02:54:25,510
Okay.

2019
02:54:25,810 --> 02:54:26,310
We can.

2020
02:54:26,670 --> 02:54:27,190
We can.

2021
02:54:27,450 --> 02:54:27,890
Okay.

2022
02:54:29,550 --> 02:54:29,950
Okay.

2023
02:54:30,390 --> 02:54:30,450
Okay.

2024
02:54:30,450 --> 02:54:30,610
Okay.

2025
02:54:31,190 --> 02:54:31,210
Okay.

2026
02:54:31,210 --> 02:54:31,310
Okay.

2027
02:54:33,410 --> 02:54:39,650
If you are voting not to close, you can take that action without a hearing.

2028
02:54:40,370 --> 02:54:42,070
The hearing is only required to close.

2029
02:54:42,090 --> 02:54:42,530
Thank you.

2030
02:54:42,990 --> 02:54:43,130
Okay.

2031
02:54:43,570 --> 02:54:44,470
So we have a motion.

2032
02:54:45,710 --> 02:54:45,770
Hi.

2033
02:54:46,670 --> 02:54:50,490
My motion was not to close Pilgrim Lane Elementary.

2034
02:54:50,790 --> 02:54:51,870
Thank you.

2035
02:54:51,870 --> 02:54:52,810
My second.

2036
02:54:53,270 --> 02:54:54,790
I don't have a second.

2037
02:54:55,750 --> 02:54:59,850
And you guys want to do this before we deal with the question.

2038
02:55:01,790 --> 02:55:07,050
Okay. We have a move in a second. Not to close. Is this a roll call? Wait, wait, wait.

2039
02:55:09,130 --> 02:55:11,390
Council, I just want to check. We can do this right now.

2040
02:55:14,730 --> 02:55:18,510
We can wait this way. No, we can do it. No, we can't open.

2041
02:55:18,510 --> 02:55:20,230
It's all up to us. No, it's all up to us. No, it's all up to us.

2042
02:55:20,550 --> 02:55:23,330
I mean, it's not to us. We can do it. We can do it. And we can do it in that.

2043
02:55:23,330 --> 02:55:23,470
Yeah.

2044
02:55:23,710 --> 02:55:23,790
Okay.

2045
02:55:24,130 --> 02:55:24,730
All right.

2046
02:55:26,030 --> 02:55:26,510
Yep.

2047
02:55:27,230 --> 02:55:28,190
Oh, fair problem.

2048
02:55:28,350 --> 02:55:28,470
Stop.

2049
02:55:28,970 --> 02:55:33,470
There's no legal requirements for what order you would take the questions in.

2050
02:55:33,870 --> 02:55:34,130
Okay.

2051
02:55:34,630 --> 02:55:36,070
So we have a motion on the floor.

2052
02:55:36,470 --> 02:55:37,210
Can we do roll the phone?

2053
02:55:37,550 --> 02:55:37,770
Yes.

2054
02:55:38,130 --> 02:55:39,030
What has to be?

2055
02:55:40,350 --> 02:55:43,210
We have a motion on the floor with a second.

2056
02:55:43,710 --> 02:55:44,150
Right?

2057
02:55:44,370 --> 02:55:44,770
Director Bowman?

2058
02:55:45,110 --> 02:55:45,470
Okay.

2059
02:55:46,090 --> 02:55:48,170
To not close.

2060
02:55:48,850 --> 02:55:49,630
Pilgrim Lane.

2061
02:55:53,070 --> 02:55:57,390
Okay, this is and I don't see any hands up, okay.

2062
02:55:58,410 --> 02:56:00,410
Will you take a little call vote please, Director Bowen?

2063
02:56:00,790 --> 02:56:01,210
The pleasure.

2064
02:56:03,230 --> 02:56:04,570
Chair Evans Becker.

2065
02:56:05,590 --> 02:56:06,130
Yes.

2066
02:56:08,730 --> 02:56:09,930
Director Bronson.

2067
02:56:11,110 --> 02:56:12,510
Yes, to not close.

2068
02:56:13,590 --> 02:56:16,030
Director Bowen votes yes to not close.

2069
02:56:16,530 --> 02:56:17,710
Director Bassett.

2070
02:56:17,710 --> 02:56:34,410
Yes, did not close. Director Hill and Brand. Yes, excuse all the English teachers. Director Long. Yes, and Director Woutau. Yes, you all agree. It's unanimous.

2071
02:56:34,950 --> 02:56:40,830
The vote to not close Pilgrim Lane Elementary. Now I have a motion to document all.

2072
02:56:40,830 --> 02:56:46,330
I just want to make sure to clarify what that means is you've effectively you won't have the hearing.

2073
02:56:46,850 --> 02:56:47,530
That is correct.

2074
02:56:47,750 --> 02:56:48,770
You do not need the hearing.

2075
02:56:48,870 --> 02:56:52,550
It is no longer on the table, we do not need the hearing.

2076
02:56:52,670 --> 02:56:54,630
I hope the people in the other rooms hear this.

2077
02:56:55,290 --> 02:56:55,450
All right.

2078
02:56:55,810 --> 02:56:57,330
I have a motion and I would like to make now.

2079
02:56:57,410 --> 02:56:59,250
We don't need a hearing on the hearing.

2080
02:56:59,530 --> 02:57:00,970
The hearing is a motion.

2081
02:57:00,970 --> 02:57:01,350
The hearing is a motion.

2082
02:57:01,390 --> 02:57:04,690
The hearing was for the closure of Pilgrim Lake.

2083
02:57:05,130 --> 02:57:06,550
So the hearing is a moat point.

2084
02:57:06,850 --> 02:57:08,150
I have a motion I want to make.

2085
02:57:08,150 --> 02:57:20,090
I move that the Board approve a discontinuation of middle school magnet programming at Fair School, Crystal, at the conclusion of the 25-26 school year and repurpose it with academic programming.

2086
02:57:22,940 --> 02:57:23,500
Second.

2087
02:57:24,020 --> 02:57:24,720
Thank you.

2088
02:57:24,720 --> 02:57:25,220
Do I have a second?

2089
02:57:25,500 --> 02:57:25,700
Yes.

2090
02:57:25,900 --> 02:57:26,760
Seconded by Director.

2091
02:57:32,120 --> 02:57:38,420
We will have to clear the room or have another recess if we just give us order here.

2092
02:57:39,280 --> 02:57:39,500
All right.

2093
02:57:39,840 --> 02:57:41,940
We have a motion on the floor and a second.

2094
02:57:41,940 --> 02:57:44,440
And I'm looking for hands.

2095
02:57:45,160 --> 02:57:46,700
I do not see hand.

2096
02:57:46,840 --> 02:57:47,520
I'm going to roll call vote.

2097
02:57:48,060 --> 02:57:48,500
Absolutely.

2098
02:57:49,600 --> 02:57:49,720
Okay.

2099
02:57:50,540 --> 02:57:56,620
So, all right, the motion on the floor with a second is to approve the discontinuation of

2100
02:57:56,620 --> 02:58:01,520
middle school magnet programming at Fair School Crystal at the continuation of the 25th school

2101
02:58:01,520 --> 02:58:03,820
year and repurpose it with academic program.

2102
02:58:04,320 --> 02:58:05,880
Please take a roll call vote.

2103
02:58:06,820 --> 02:58:18,020
Great. Director Bowman votes yes. Director Branson. I abstain. Chair Evans Becker.

2104
02:58:18,240 --> 02:58:25,640
Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. No. No. Yep. Got that. Director Wuto.

2105
02:58:26,140 --> 02:58:34,000
Yes. Director Bassett. Director Bassett. No. We have four.

2106
02:58:34,000 --> 02:58:34,100
Four.

2107
02:58:34,940 --> 02:58:35,640
Four, yes.

2108
02:58:37,120 --> 02:58:37,860
Two, no.

2109
02:58:38,660 --> 02:58:39,820
I want to spend some.

2110
03:15:19,440 --> 03:15:26,640
Yes, and I swither out there today. I had the dog out for a good long. As soon as the picture comes back up online, we'll be live again.

2111
03:15:36,540 --> 03:15:37,660
The tree pre-all.

2112
03:15:55,780 --> 03:16:16,360
There we are. Okay, we're back in order. It is 10, 11, still January 5th, moving on the agenda. The next item number 10 is new business. The action item is a proposed change to the school board calendar for 2025. And that change is an additional study session next Monday at 6 o'clock.

2113
03:16:16,360 --> 03:16:19,660
In order to do that, we need a motion and a second interval.

2114
03:16:20,220 --> 03:16:24,020
I'll move to say what the study session is about to clarify it.

2115
03:16:24,800 --> 03:16:28,540
For additional special study session, it is on,

2116
03:16:30,650 --> 03:16:32,510
see, what is the study?

2117
03:16:32,730 --> 03:16:33,290
What's the topic?

2118
03:16:33,730 --> 03:16:37,870
We'll have to be looking at the draft of the statutory operating debt plan.

2119
03:16:38,010 --> 03:16:39,030
That'll be part of it.

2120
03:16:40,670 --> 03:16:43,470
But we'll probably officially be moving.

2121
03:16:43,810 --> 03:16:44,070
We

2122
03:16:46,600 --> 03:16:48,520
have to just get the statutory operating.

2123
03:16:48,520 --> 03:16:56,160
Okay, so we're just working through that question just before to ran off. Do we need to

2124
03:16:56,160 --> 03:16:58,660
half of that the

2125
03:17:00,860 --> 03:17:05,660
RVA programming? Do you like to move that? I just do we need to do that?

2126
03:17:05,800 --> 03:17:10,540
I think that would be just fine. I would do that just to make sure that you move it.

2127
03:17:12,280 --> 03:17:18,660
I think if you move it, I still move as listed that high-view RVA programming would move to

2128
03:17:18,660 --> 03:17:21,280
a fair crystal along with some ESC departments.

2129
03:17:21,780 --> 03:17:22,500
Okay, is there a second?

2130
03:17:22,680 --> 03:17:23,100
A second.

2131
03:17:23,140 --> 03:17:24,860
It's been seconded, moved and seconded.

2132
03:17:25,320 --> 03:17:27,660
I don't see any hands up.

2133
03:17:28,280 --> 03:17:29,580
Let's do a roll call, hold on that.

2134
03:17:30,100 --> 03:17:30,760
Oh, okay.

2135
03:17:31,500 --> 03:17:36,340
Hang on, can you have a round of the forms,

2136
03:17:36,560 --> 03:17:37,260
but I'll make one out.

2137
03:17:37,760 --> 03:17:37,980
All right.

2138
03:17:39,580 --> 03:17:41,620
All right, can I ask a clear friend question?

2139
03:17:41,700 --> 03:17:41,800
Yes.

2140
03:17:42,200 --> 03:17:44,880
Will that leave the flexibility for other students

2141
03:17:44,880 --> 03:17:46,240
to be able to use their facilities?

2142
03:17:46,360 --> 03:17:46,720
Yes, it would.

2143
03:17:46,720 --> 03:17:55,920
Okay. Great. All right. Director Bowman votes yes. Director Brenson. Yes. Chair

2144
03:17:55,920 --> 03:18:02,100
Evans Becker. Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. No. Director Wuto. Yes.

2145
03:18:02,420 --> 03:18:08,580
Director Bassett. Okay. Motion prevails. Motion prevails. All right. Meanwhile, back at the calendar

2146
03:18:08,580 --> 03:18:15,540
change. We did have, which a lot of people were like nodding for the motion, was that

2147
03:18:15,540 --> 03:18:19,620
Bowman, Bowman and Helen Brand, are the meeting next Monday?

2148
03:18:22,320 --> 03:18:24,440
The proposed addition to

2149
03:18:24,440 --> 03:18:30,960
our calendar. Yes? Is it a voice vote or a roll? It's going to be a voice vote, because

2150
03:18:30,960 --> 03:18:35,300
it's not a resolution and it doesn't involve money. Let's go. Okay, all in favor of having

2151
03:18:35,300 --> 03:18:45,980
that extra meeting on Monday night at six o'clock. Please say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. No. Okay. We'll see everybody on Monday night at six o'clock, but wait. There's more. Okay.

2152
03:18:46,380 --> 03:18:54,180
Next item up is the resolution accepting donations. We have five thousand six hundred and seventy nine dollars in donations.

2153
03:18:55,120 --> 03:19:05,540
is there a move by Director Bassett. Second by Director Wuto. This is a roll call vote because it involves money. Let's do it.

2154
03:19:08,370 --> 03:19:24,910
Director Bassett. Yes. Director Bowman votes. Yes. Director Branson. Yes. Chair Evans Becker. Yes. Director Hillenbrand. Yes. Director Long. Yes. Director Wuto. Yes. Motion prevails. Thank you for the donations. Everyone who donated.

2155
03:19:25,650 --> 03:19:32,430
Okay, next item on our agenda, Tennessee, is the level three custodial grievances, Director

2156
03:19:32,430 --> 03:19:32,790
O'Hern?

2157
03:19:34,030 --> 03:19:37,810
Good evening, Chair Evans-Vecker or Directors, Superintendent Salo.

2158
03:19:38,190 --> 03:19:42,290
In front of you tonight you have two level three custodial grievances.

2159
03:19:43,110 --> 03:19:50,090
I want to address the first one is a grievance that we are coming forward with to proceed to arbitration.

2160
03:19:50,630 --> 03:19:52,690
We are recommending moving into arbitration.

2161
03:19:52,690 --> 03:19:58,670
The same employee has already gone through one grievance that has moved through arbitration

2162
03:19:58,670 --> 03:20:06,870
and the district was able to state and came out in winning arbitration in that claim.

2163
03:20:07,570 --> 03:20:13,410
So moving this second grievance on the same employee to arbitration, we have a consistent

2164
03:20:13,410 --> 03:20:19,830
documentation to be able to support in the arbitration claim and we would recommend moving

2165
03:20:19,830 --> 03:20:22,910
to arbitration versus having a hearing on this claim.

2166
03:20:23,990 --> 03:20:28,590
The second grievance in front of you is for a different custodian.

2167
03:20:29,310 --> 03:20:36,130
This grievance, we are also recommending moving to a hearing, sorry, moving to arbitration

2168
03:20:36,130 --> 03:20:39,910
and not holding a school board hearing on this claim.

2169
03:20:40,350 --> 03:20:46,210
This employee is their first grievance step three, but we are recommending moving this

2170
03:20:46,210 --> 03:20:51,170
on to arbitration as well, the district has similar documentation to be able to

2171
03:20:51,170 --> 03:20:53,150
support this grievance in arbitration.

2172
03:20:53,530 --> 03:20:54,610
Quick questions.

2173
03:20:55,850 --> 03:21:00,510
Do these need to be acted on in separate motions or separate motions?

2174
03:21:00,850 --> 03:21:01,090
Thank you.

2175
03:21:02,210 --> 03:21:02,450
Okay.

2176
03:21:02,970 --> 03:21:03,590
Director Long.

2177
03:21:04,370 --> 03:21:09,910
So, my question is just as last time, what are the details to the grievance?

2178
03:21:10,010 --> 03:21:11,070
What is this grievance?

2179
03:21:12,410 --> 03:21:16,170
And what is documentation we have?

2180
03:21:17,530 --> 03:21:23,350
So the documentation and the specifics to the grievance cannot publicly be shared, which

2181
03:21:23,350 --> 03:21:28,270
is why the grievance letter you have in front of you does not have any specifics to the

2182
03:21:28,270 --> 03:21:29,970
grievances stated on that letter.

2183
03:21:30,570 --> 03:21:34,990
That would be private data that would not be stated in a public setting.

2184
03:21:35,630 --> 03:21:39,350
So I can't make an informed decision on this because I don't have the details.

2185
03:21:40,750 --> 03:21:40,850
Okay.

2186
03:21:40,850 --> 03:21:41,650
Okay.

2187
03:21:43,760 --> 03:21:50,560
Do I have a motion to move the first level three grievance BSC to arbitration?

2188
03:21:51,140 --> 03:21:51,840
So moved.

2189
03:21:52,100 --> 03:21:52,700
It's been moved.

2190
03:21:53,200 --> 03:21:53,680
Seconded.

2191
03:21:53,780 --> 03:21:54,740
Seconded by Britson.

2192
03:21:54,880 --> 03:21:55,580
Moved by Hillenbrand.

2193
03:21:55,820 --> 03:21:56,800
Seconded by Britson.

2194
03:21:57,340 --> 03:22:02,560
And this is a voiceful because we talked about for newer board members what the other option

2195
03:22:02,560 --> 03:22:04,160
would be if we didn't move to this.

2196
03:22:04,480 --> 03:22:07,460
Can you explain why we don't want to do a board hearing at this time?

2197
03:22:07,460 --> 03:22:22,520
If you had a board hearing, you would have the district administration with their legal council presenting the district side, the custodial unit would come with their council to present their side.

2198
03:22:22,940 --> 03:22:26,120
You then would hear both sides at a public hearing.

2199
03:22:26,560 --> 03:22:34,480
If you decided not to rain a decision at the public hearing and it moved on to arbitration anyway.

2200
03:22:34,480 --> 03:22:51,060
You then have aired all of our side of documentation publicly, and therefore it is very hard to go to arbitration and continue to fight the arbitration in arbitration when all of the information that we have is now publicly stated.

2201
03:22:58,760 --> 03:23:04,600
I'm going to tell you that the custodial contract is the only contract left that step three

2202
03:23:04,600 --> 03:23:08,020
grievance has board hearing in it.

2203
03:23:08,700 --> 03:23:16,420
And so as we are moving through these contracts, other unions have come forward and removed

2204
03:23:16,420 --> 03:23:23,260
And the school board level because it is typical that we move right from updating the school

2205
03:23:23,260 --> 03:23:25,540
board but moving right to arbitration.

2206
03:23:26,280 --> 03:23:32,600
And in the past, when these have come up to us, we have moved them to arbitration.

2207
03:23:33,240 --> 03:23:35,820
But then it doesn't come back to us later.

2208
03:23:36,680 --> 03:23:40,760
I would assume arbitration is resolving this at that point in time.

2209
03:23:41,180 --> 03:23:42,540
I just want to make sure you know of it.

2210
03:23:44,640 --> 03:23:52,580
I believe that our legal team has also advised that we send it on to arbitration correct.

2211
03:23:53,920 --> 03:24:04,060
Okay, so we had the motion on the floor in a second to move the first one, level three, the VSC one, to arbitration all in favor, please say aye.

2212
03:24:04,400 --> 03:24:04,660
Aye.

2213
03:24:04,660 --> 03:24:05,600
I propose I now.

2214
03:24:05,860 --> 03:24:06,000
No.

2215
03:24:06,620 --> 03:24:09,000
Okay, can I have that one carried?

2216
03:24:09,460 --> 03:24:12,440
Can I have a motion to move the second custodial grievance,

2217
03:24:12,520 --> 03:24:13,940
CE, onto arbitration?

2218
03:24:14,380 --> 03:24:14,900
So moved.

2219
03:24:15,120 --> 03:24:17,680
Moved by Director Ruto, seconded by Director Brinson.

2220
03:24:18,380 --> 03:24:19,980
All in favor, please say aye.

2221
03:24:20,360 --> 03:24:20,760
Aye.

2222
03:24:21,080 --> 03:24:21,620
Opposed say no.

2223
03:24:22,000 --> 03:24:22,180
No.

2224
03:24:22,680 --> 03:24:24,700
Okay, it is moving on to arbitration.

2225
03:24:24,880 --> 03:24:26,520
Thank you very much, Director O'Hern.

2226
03:24:28,160 --> 03:24:30,940
Okay, we're moving to administrative reports.

2227
03:24:31,800 --> 03:24:32,440
Superintendent Stella.

2228
03:24:32,440 --> 03:24:33,640
Well, there are none this evening.

2229
03:24:34,680 --> 03:24:36,520
Well, that was fast.

2230
03:24:37,540 --> 03:24:38,820
Board reports.

2231
03:24:41,840 --> 03:24:44,680
Director, woman, you had listening time tonight?

2232
03:24:44,900 --> 03:24:45,660
I sure did.

2233
03:24:46,500 --> 03:24:47,560
And we had a house ball.

2234
03:24:47,820 --> 03:24:52,220
So just we were able to listen to 17 people

2235
03:24:52,220 --> 03:24:58,260
speak to the issue of the closures of Pilgrim Lane Elementary

2236
03:24:58,260 --> 03:25:01,320
School or Fair Crystal Middle School.

2237
03:25:01,320 --> 03:25:09,900
We were able in the 50 minutes that we had to listen to 17 people in opposition to taking

2238
03:25:09,900 --> 03:25:16,640
any action on closing any of those schools, and we did not have any other topics that

2239
03:25:16,640 --> 03:25:22,400
were touched upon in those 17 people, and that concludes my listening time report.

2240
03:25:22,700 --> 03:25:23,140
Thank you.

2241
03:25:23,880 --> 03:25:24,820
Dr. Hillenberg?

2242
03:25:25,540 --> 03:25:26,220
No report.

2243
03:25:26,800 --> 03:25:27,000
Thank you.

2244
03:25:27,420 --> 03:25:27,860
Dr. Long?

2245
03:25:28,160 --> 03:25:28,320
Pass.

2246
03:25:29,340 --> 03:25:32,960
Dr. Brindinson, I'm guessing you probably don't have one.

2247
03:25:33,320 --> 03:25:36,720
I mean, I could spin you a tail, but no, I have no report.

2248
03:25:36,980 --> 03:25:37,340
Thank you.

2249
03:25:38,120 --> 03:25:39,060
Dr. Wuto?

2250
03:25:39,520 --> 03:25:39,760
Yes.

2251
03:25:40,180 --> 03:25:45,940
So, on December 2nd, their community education, we had a meeting and staff shared program

2252
03:25:45,940 --> 03:25:53,760
of our views highlighted in their 2025, 2026 goals and strategies to redefine systems, increase

2253
03:25:53,760 --> 03:25:56,500
community engagement and refine program structures.

2254
03:25:56,500 --> 03:26:04,400
The Senior Advisory Committee representing adults age 55 plus health is first meeting and

2255
03:26:04,400 --> 03:26:06,240
continues to add members.

2256
03:26:07,400 --> 03:26:12,820
Both the adults academic program and alienating are working on aligning staff and systems for

2257
03:26:12,820 --> 03:26:18,940
state standards, including the LHL hold implementation of the LHL hold latest program.

2258
03:26:18,940 --> 03:26:25,560
members head updates from the Robinsdale PAC and Recreation, the New Hope Police Department

2259
03:26:25,560 --> 03:26:33,020
Multicultural Advisory Committee, and Hanepin Technical College representatives that were there.

2260
03:26:33,760 --> 03:26:40,860
Executive Director Antoni Wilhelm shared the 2026 legislative platform draft updated members on

2261
03:26:40,860 --> 03:26:46,580
the re-imagined process, including the potential moving the community head office through the Crystal

2262
03:26:46,580 --> 03:26:52,660
So let in center the next meeting will be February 10th and we'll focus on the media

2263
03:26:52,660 --> 03:26:52,980
there.

2264
03:26:59,130 --> 03:27:01,970
I'll just note it because it's coming up this week.

2265
03:27:02,490 --> 03:27:08,850
The redesign board meeting is Wednesday of next week before we meet again.

2266
03:27:12,670 --> 03:27:18,470
And MSBA is having their event that night.

2267
03:27:18,470 --> 03:27:23,590
So, I'll miss redesign, I want to let them miss, let them know.

2268
03:27:25,070 --> 03:27:26,410
Okay, said it.

2269
03:27:27,370 --> 03:27:28,030
Okay.

2270
03:27:28,790 --> 03:27:34,310
I was a facilitator for the listening time on December 22nd.

2271
03:27:34,610 --> 03:27:40,870
We had 51 people speaking and they either spoke on fair crystal or fair pilgrim, all of them.

2272
03:27:41,910 --> 03:27:47,130
Also, we received hundreds of emails from parents who love their children's teachers,

2273
03:27:47,130 --> 03:27:53,830
programs and schools, and it warmed my heart to read how much they did care about their schools.

2274
03:27:54,390 --> 03:28:00,870
The parents have been fearful, they've been angry, sad, sometimes emails had threats.

2275
03:28:01,750 --> 03:28:06,550
In four days I answered 200 emails as the official responder for the board.

2276
03:28:07,750 --> 03:28:14,830
I want everyone to know, I have great confidence in our superintendent, and I believe in her and

2277
03:28:14,830 --> 03:28:19,150
the work that she and her cabinet and administrators are doing to right size our schools.

2278
03:28:20,630 --> 03:28:26,530
We have had to navigate decisions that none of us ever imagined that we would need to

2279
03:28:26,870 --> 03:28:31,370
and had to make decisions that none of us wanted to make, but we had to make.

2280
03:28:32,170 --> 03:28:42,240
I hope now that these difficult decisions have been made, we can move forward past the anger

2281
03:28:42,240 --> 03:28:49,340
and vitriol and threats. I hope the community can loosen their grip on fear and choose to

2282
03:28:49,340 --> 03:28:54,460
trust that the next steps will start us on the road to building a leaner, stronger and

2283
03:28:54,460 --> 03:28:56,940
better school district. That is my report.

2284
03:29:02,020 --> 03:29:06,500
Next thing on the agenda is to adjourn.

2285
03:29:07,740 --> 03:29:09,040
So moved to our agenda.

2286
03:29:09,500 --> 03:29:09,680
Second.

2287
03:29:10,120 --> 03:29:11,600
Seconded, all in favor, please say aye.

2288
03:29:11,940 --> 03:29:12,140
Aye.

2289
03:29:13,580 --> 03:29:14,240
Motion carries.

2290
03:29:16,170 --> 03:29:17,090
Thank you, everyone.

2291
03:29:20,540 --> 03:29:20,700
Yes.

2292
03:29:21,600 --> 03:29:21,840
Thank you.

2293
03:29:23,520 --> 03:29:24,060
Thank you.