right welcome I'd like to call to order our April 23rd 2024 meeting and we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge ALG to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all great thank you Michelle do you the rooll yes um madus here Paul here grin here P here Mueller here pway here and superintendent steni here thank you our mission is creating worlds of opportunity for each and every learner all belong all succeed our core values are Community Excellence collaboration Integrity respect courage and Innovation very excited tonight we get to start our meeting um the best way with a Highlander highlight um we have our 2023 2024 Columbia Heights High School Scholastic Art Award winners um if I could have up to the front please our art teacher Sarah Honeywell uh Michelle de and Isaac gliden yeah welcome I would love for you to introduce the awards and talk a little bit about the process and the students sure yeah I'd love to uh what you're seeing here is a comilation of the three of of our groups of students pretty much a great sampling of the whole collection of what we do all the curriculum that we do at the high school um and the students work pretty closely with us by the time they go to submit these Awards they kind of have to choose their best works on their own which I think is a pretty good example of learning um yeah and they take great pleasure in in in getting their accolades in a little bit different Arena than the typical Arena this more soft science way I think makes them really happy to be recognized for their creativity and their expression excellent either um Michelle or Isaac did you want to say anything yeah um so it was fun to work so closely with these students and see um I think uh I worked mainly with my Advanced courses and they got like Sarah mentioned to select their best work and so watching them go through the process of kind of curating their their body of images how they want to submit how they want to write about their work write about their intentions for an audience um the Scholastic show is is kind of a wonderful opportunity because it happens so early so it's the first time that they get to like practice using their voice and think about how they want to present their work to this larger audience that's beyond the classroom and so then to like have these these highlights where you get then get rewarded for that effort is just icing on the cake I'm just reminded whoa that's fairly loud sorry uh I'm just reminded of last year at the Scholastic Awards um we were you know we had some great winners people winning gold key and we've had some students winning gold key this year and we might not have had the most winners of any school but we definitely had the loudest loudest support for our winners from parents and faculty and and the student supporting each other cheering on each other it was really great to see yeah um and the student P so this takes place at the University of Minnesota correct at the Weissman Museum and then the students artwork is displayed at the RAR Center at the University of Minnesota as well is that correct yes and uh the gold keys are displayed there for I think just a week it's been a while since they've done it in person it was kind of a strange situation this year where they rolled out a new submission program and things did not go very smoothly and so typically at this time when we're speaking and sharing in front of you this whole ceremony has happened and this year it's it's had to be pushed back all the way until July June it's changed to June yeah thank you thank you that's excellent um you know I've been trying to figure out how I wanted to do this tonight because there are like 22 um on my list which is phenomenal it is so exciting to see so many students accomplishing so well and working so hard toward that um so um I'm just going to say just congratulations to all of you we are going to call um all of there we go one of our artists in the room um I am going to call um I'm going to read all of the names because I do feel like all students whether they can be here or not should be recognized here by the board um for their hard work and their achievements um but before that um any members of the board would you like to offer any comments or say anything Jessica I just want to thank the students for sharing their talents with us and thanks to the teachers for supporting um their Artistry I would um love a copy of the slideshow of all the pieces that's something that we could have as a board um they're just beautiful beautiful works so congratulations Mary I want to Echo that statement as well um every year when this comes out I am just amazed at how how their art is in so many different ways you know there's the pottery there's picture there's drawings there's all sorts of things and I am eternally grateful that um we have such dedicated staff that can help and support kids um and students in their work and that this is you know yes it's a soft science and it's also incredibly important and to honor it in this way it means a lot so thank you for your um for all of your work and dedication and support because it is a lot and also thank you so much to the students for sharing your art with us as well and allowing us to see the world through your eyes thank you Mary Julie I just have a question because I've never had a child go through this but how many categories are there for the artwork I can see photography um Ceramics and we have our own Kiln we do we have a couple that's awesome all that's awesome um so is it just like five categories or do we have students in all categories get an honorable at least an honorable mention I guess that's the question is like what categories do we have and did we get a student in all of them I don't know if I can give you an exhaustive list of everything but I know that we have quite a few examples I know one thing is we don't have any movies like any animations really or video um with editing and music overlays and things like that um and I don't think there's any paintings this year is there just drawings yeah so there's no there is a painting category that we don't have any submissions for this or we had a few submissions but they didn't get on the list thank you but yeah I don't know how I mean I think there's like nine different categories it looks like a lot and I was was just really thrilled to see the variety um that's just something that appeals to me a great deal is that we're a able to give students a wide range of art medium and so I really appreciate that very much they brought film photography back instead of just the digital and I was like I think we passed on that category no dark room no dark room and that's okay um congratulations to all of you and the students I I just wanted to reiterate that for many years in this District we've talked we've talked about having our hearts in the Arts and you know we have um robust art programming prek all the way up through our high school program and so I also want to just highlight our elementary and our middle school art programs as well and and you know this is the amazing culmination of many years of work and I know that the the both Visual and Performing Art teachers across the district are so collaborative and work together k12 and so I just really appreciate all the work that you've done and I'm really looking forward to the um art expression show at Silverwood to see even more art and I think it might be May 15 and May 16 at Silverwood Park something like that yep yes all right perfect so thanks awesome thank you um anybody else okay so here's my plan here's what I've come up with um I'm going to step away from here and I'm going to go over here because when I call the students and if you're here I'd like you to come up and receive your certificate um we're going to do a handshake and a and a photo op um and then um the board memb is line up here and we're going to have you go through the line and shake their hands um we'll see if the microphone works otherwise I'm just going to use my mom voice because nobody said I needed a microphone ever so um and I'm going to do my very best with your names um so when I read them um please come upute um so as I mentioned I'll read all the names um for all the students so first we have Sanam M Madi s here um Sanam Mar um had a um gold key and a silver key award then is it ASA Rudy rude rude all right and ASA had an honorable mention and a silver key award and then uh Joanna ukula an honorable mentioned and a silver key than thisat congratulations it's aess all right and next we have Melia sh shellac I'm earning a silver key award [Applause] us winner of a golden key award Ali a silver key recipient Justin Alvarez Merton H honorable mention Vincent Brown a silver key recipient get that light congratulations awesome Roberto De was a silver key recipient Alison Dixon silver key recipients Emily FIS a honorable mention recipient F Hill is a gold key recipient Elizabeth Lee honorable mention Friday Lee [Applause] tenis uh silver key uh Sharon naris K Synchro um oh synchronized yes they're all they're all doing [Applause] Liliana Jenny sandwich silver key Jennifer ukula Gman silver keys that should be everything there's no student here not got called right all right a big round of applause for all of our than [Applause] you oh before you go one quick uh Mary has a question I have a I have one more question for um our wonderful teachers and the students that are here um those of you who have done this process before what is something that you would uh that you would tell students about this process uh so that they would feel more confident in their own ability to um present and and participate in this because I I did hear it was a submission um that they had to make so is there anybody that would have a second or would want to heck no I don't blame you okay it's also open to the teachers if you haven't if you've heard anything well I think you learn a lot by submitting a lot you learn a lot by trying and success never is ex the exact measure of your learning it's the effort I think so even when they don't a lot of people tried really hard and learned a lot and they'll be up there probably very soon yeah not this time that's wonderful thank you so much thank you so much and students and your families this is the time that I tell you that Schoolboard meetings are riveting exciting fun but you do not have to stay so we are not offended if you all get up and walk out um and enjoy your day and do your homework and and have good fun but you're also more than welcome to stay if you like yes do your homework in there we will continue on with our business um next is our agenda approval adjustments and announcements um we'll start first with our approval of the agenda can I get a motion to approve the agenda so moved Mary and a second second second by Jessica any discussion hearing none will'll proceed to vote all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed abstain motion carries next we have our announcements on May 14th Tuesday at 5:00 P PM we have a subcommittee on policy in the community room on May 14th Tuesday at 5:00 P p.m. we have a subcommittee on community engagement in the training room May 14th Tuesday 6 p.m. we have a regular Schoolboard meeting in the community room May 21st Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. we have a work session in the Columbia Academy library and on May 28th at 6 uh Tuesday at 6 p.m. we have a regular Schoolboard meeting here in the community room um next we have our communication to the board at this time any citizen or employee May briefly address the school board the board will listen to the brief remarks ask clarifying questions and if desired request that the administration follow up the board will not take action at this meeting on requests presented at this time and time is limited to 3 minutes per speaker do we have anybody wishing to address the board all right next we will move on to the consent agenda the consent agenda includes the Personnel report from April 23rd policy second reading of policies 405 Veterans Preference 409 employee publication 410 Family and Medical leavea policy 413 harassment and violence 711 video recording on school buses and 712 video surveillance other than School Bus other than school buses it also includes the minutes from the April 9th regular meeting April 16th work session and special called meeting can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda so moved Julie and a second second second by Michelle any discussion hearing none we'll proceed the vote all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed abstain motion carries next we have our acknowledgement of contributions second I have to make it big enough for me to read on the screen um our acknowledgement of contributions is a resolution so I will read this resolution acknowledgement of contributions resolution Minnesota statute 123 b.2 permits the school boards to receive for the benefit of the district bequest donations or gifts for any proper purpose and apply the same to the purpose designated on that behalf the board may act as Trustee of any trust created for the benefit of the district and the benefit of pupils thereof therefore the school board of Columbia Heights Public Schools Independent School District number 13 resolves to accept with appreciation the contributions detailed in the background of $1,966 124 the early uh childhood parent advisory Council donated $150 82 to the Early Childhood family education program for materials an anonymous donator donated 5,000 an anonymous donor donated $55,000 to Columbia Heights High School for the William B and June e keither designated fund donations to Columbia Heights High School for the retired staff scholarship were made by corus Johnson and Jee Richards each for $25 um Connie Hansen for $75 Jean and Robert Richards for $100 harlon and Molly Downing for $200 Scott and Anne Larsson for $250 Pamela searson for $300 Pat Johnson for $2,000 Lindsay Lang donated $2,000 to the Columbia Heights High School scholarship fund cop family and Scott and Laura Martinson donated 700 excuse me $975 and me Adam Megan Adams ad damsky donated $25 to the Columbia Heights scholarship fund Highland alumni Ela Jane and raika Patel each donated $200 to the Columbia Heights scholarship fund for Valley View value and kind donors choose donated glaze for clay clay projects to Valley View for art projects valued at $440 42 and Tumble track donated two balance beams and two 8ot logs valued at $1,000 for Value view of physical education classes total fiscal year 2023 2024 monetary contributions to date 99,354 36 I get a motion to approve this resolution so moved Laura and a second second second by Michelle any discussion Laura um oh as always we are so incredibly grateful for the dedication that to the scholarship fund to our students needs um and for physical education I I see some equipment there that I think is going to be very well used and very much appreciated so I what more can we say we're just we just were really grateful for all the support our students get yeah absolutely well said Thank you any other discussion as this is a resolution we'll do a roll call vote Michelle yes uh mad I Palmer I granin I bu I Mueller I pway I resolution passes thank you next we'll move on to our discussion reports and information items and we'll start with reports from members of the board and we will start with Laura um I have a very short report um the only thing I really have uh participated in the last few weeks as I um was um honored to be able to sit on the panel um for the new police chief um and be part of that process with the community um and wonderful candidates I did not um Envy the decision the mayor was going to need to make so that was very nice to be part of that process that's it thank you Laura very short perfect Michelle um also kind of a short list I attended Fine Arts night at North Park um where uh my daughter participated and I got to watch from kindergarten on through fifth grade do their dances and have their artwork displayed um as they do every year and it was just fun to watch and um see where all the different levels go and see where uh we're going to be next year see where we were last year so it was very fun to watch um I attended the work session last week at valy view which was uh fun in the little Library chairs little bit of sarcasm there and um I also um participated in Earth Day cleanup um I did not help clean up Central Avenue but um because my daughter went so if you have a child you get to go clean up a park so we actually went to go help uh clean up Bruce noruke Park I believe it's called um there are so many parks in Columbia Heights and every time we get assigned it's to a new park which um is fun because we get to discover a new playground area for us to play in so um that was aot lot of fun as well and that's all I have great thank you Michelle Mary okay well um it was a little bit of a busy couple of weeks we had the uh I had a chair meeting last week uh with superintendent stenvik and I chaired my first work session so thank you to everybody who was there and um glad we didn't have it taped just so I could you know get some practice in on that um but it was it's wonderful to be back at Valley View um it's always such a joy and there's so many animals there like it's just delightful um I also had an opportunity to volunteer at Valley View Carnival which is such a fantastic time um so many students and one of the best things about it is all of the students who come back to valy view to volunteer so either the high schoolers the middle schoolers um and it's you know there was a teacher that stayed Mr Chow the music teacher stayed specifically because it was not part of his work um but he said he wanted to stay because he really wanted to see some of the students that he had had and um even though they were a little bit busy in the beginning he did not regret it at the end so that was very nice um you know lots of connecting with staff and students and families um I also was able to connect with uh mayor Marquez simila council member sprigs representative um Omar and I spoke with I think nearly everybody even after our yep so yep I uh bingoed that one so y yep excellent wonderful so thank you yep thanks Mary Jessica well I I just have a short report um I attended uh the work session at Valley View last week with many of you um and then I also attended the Highland PTO meeting and they're busy planning um end of the year activities including uh their family picnic that's their annual event that's going to be Thursday May 23rd in the evening and they'll be providing dinner for all the families and we usually have some outdoor activities out there it's a really a fun night and then we also heard um an exciting announcement from uh principal jany at Highland that they'll they were approved to host um a few americore Vistas next year to help support um their their reading efforts so um we got to hear more about what to expect there and what kind of recruitment they're going to be doing so that was exciting thank you thank you Julie um I too attended the work session um at Valley View and um really enjoyed our conversation about the science of reading I think that has been really really interesting to see how much the teachers have to go through to really help our students to read um I'm also I've attended the um msba phase 3 training so I've six hours of that and tomorrow I have my next one phase four um and um that is it right thank you um I also have a short report um I um had conversations with member granin and um superintendent stenvik um and I want to thank Vice chair granin for taking my place and chairing the work session last week and all of your support encouragement as I have spent the last couple of weeks being mom um and got to see some great synchronized swimming meets including just before hopping over to this meeting um it's fun it's my daughter's senior season so it's great to be able to experience that and the team is doing phenomenal we had uh first place finishes last week and second place finishes and they won meets and it's um it's so great to see them do so well so it's been fun so thank you for that opportunity and your and your support um superintendent s thank you um packing on um member madas I just wanted to read or let the board know that director tuell is working with americore to bring an informational presentation to the board to provide more information so very exciting so thank you so much for bringing that up um I attended the bright Works board meeting last week the Minnesota Department of Education is dissolving the regional centers for excellence and bright works is going to be absorbing and become kind of the Hub for um the metro area implementation of the read act so the um bright Works will be hiring literacy coaches and the regional center staff um so at the board meeting participants expressed their support for the re act and I Echo that and at the same time frustration with the timeline um it's a very robust timeline for the professional development um and then also frustration that it's very underfunded when it comes to that professional development and the curriculum so um yeah lots of lots of um networking in terms of getting the that voice heard about the redact support and frustration uh last week the first class siiz committee took place we first established committee norms and I had the opportunity to provide an overview of the per pupil funding and the Staffing process um I also got to hear teachers perspectives on the topic I've had many meetings with principles and directors as we're nearing the end of this school year and planning for next year um and today a fun a fun thing uh today is National uh bus driver appreciation day so uh this morning a team of District staff started our day at Columbia Academy to personally thank each of our bus drivers and we were joined by very enthusiastic middle schoolers who held up thank you signs um and also you know jumped up on the bus and thanked the um bus drivers so what a great way to start the day um there'll be a photo in your packet no doubt um and since the last board meeting I've had communication with chair Mueller Vice chair granin member of Petway and member H thank you for your time great thank you so much um next we'll move on to um summer programming we have executive director nway um director Sten and director Godfrey we have toe this share screen I did that escape isn't working there we go stop sharing no it's on the it's on the um on the desktop wonder why this one want and then shall there we go now we're cooking with gas as my grandmother would say I use that phrase all the time well it's it's like moving all over that's right there yeah I was I was waiting yeah I was waiting for Brian to come over y has to hover and it he's the mechanic as soon as you take your car now we want Brian just had to go stand this is an example of the teamwork that our admin team has thank you everybody chair Mueller members of the board superintendent stenvik we're here this evening to present a forecast of what our summer programs will be for our district our mission creating worlds of opportunity for each and every learner all belong all succeed all year long I just added that to the mission all of our core values will be represented in this evening's presentation and all of our core values and this evening's presentation will also be aligned with the district's Equity statement this evening's presentation is informational only uh there are no governance questions for you so the goals for summer programs are always to provide reading and math interventions opportunities for high schoolers to earn credit multilingual language support opportunities for Fitness service required by individualized uh education plans or IEPs opportunities for enrich of all ages and high quality Child Care we'll start with our youngest Learners so during the summer it's an important time to continue to offer Early Childhood screening you'll remember that that's a requirement for students entering into our thre fors and uh kindergarten program so our early our ECFE teacher will be doing that throughout the summer we also have our mini Adventures Child Care Program throughout the summer and then we have meetups we started this last summer it was very popular um going to different Parks throughout the community meeting up with families who have children under the age of kindergarten it's a nice way for them to stay connected during the summer and for us to use the beautiful parks that exist in our community for the school age programming we also have the child care called Adventure Club that takes place here in the Family Center we'll be hiring five or six High School assistants this is a partnership with the NOA County jobs program called imp hour we'll provide drivers education so that our young drivers are safe on the road there will be a June session and an August session we're offering an engineering explorers program and then also summer Aquatics with activities in athletics thank you Jake and Crystal uh a variety of fitness and sports opportunities for our secondary students adults are also students in our district so uh we have Adult Enrichment programs the next slide will go into details of that and then adult basic education programs with our partnership with Metro North adult basic Ed that's located at 4111 Central and it's all free I just have to put in a plug for that great program most of those programs are offered uh virtually or online which is really working well for the adult Learners with child care and and transportation concerns a lot lot of programs uh that we're offering through our Adult Enrichment and thanks to our Adult Enrichment uh part-time coordinator Emma but who's uh providing great Fitness classes other classes especially focused for seniors but also some trips trip to the Guthrie for a Little Shop of Horrors doesn't that sound like fun and uh and then also partnering with our fax teacher our family and consumer science teacher for a couple classes this summer on cooking and utilizing blooming Heights and with that I'll pass the the floor over to executive director newway thank you director stano um so in the past uh summer Encore offers opportunity for academic learning for all our students and so tonight I will be speaking to a couple of the offering that we have uh and it's also important to recognize that our summer Anor has always been grand funded so the summer the E summer program as a history in this District where teachers used to go in the homes of students read for them leave books and then take off and then they come back a week later they read with the students again in their home or outside their homes and then they leave and so it goes on like that and we use that program to be able to stabilize the reading level or academics of students so that they don't have to uh incure summer slide unfortunately when covid came that program went in pause and so this summer we're restarting the summer reading program for El students and um we are targeting students in the Elementary grades and uh the program started on July 8th until J July 25th and the location will be valy view uh initially we had uh wanted to do two locations to use the public library but upon conferring with the public library we are unable to host it at the library so the only site will be Valley View but we'll be able to bring in our library partner two times during uh the duration of the program uh and teachers will be provided uh an opportunity to prepare for the program and uh we are looking forward to engaging our El students uh from 9 until 12 and uh the registration is targeting up to about 240 students uh the second uh opportunity that we have is the credit recovery program which again every summer we run it for students in Grade 9 through 12 uh with our partnership with 916 and uh we always find that beneficial for students who are short on credit so that they get the opportunity to work uh closely with some teachers and make up the credits that uh they need and that program again will start on June 17th and go until July 25th and uh it's going to be from 8 to 12 and we are very intentional about respecting June 10th uh and there will not be summer school during that day and in addition to that because people like to travel during the month of July so there will be no school from the 1st and the 4th of July um and uh as you know uh for a long time uh we have offered some additional programs and so for this summer the advanced placement uh boost is tentative and that depends on the enrollment that we receive and then secondly our partnership with St Anthony New Brighton is supported with our achievement and integration program and so we will be running two session as indicated on the slide and I will pass the next part of the presentation to uh Sarah thank you so summer programming within special education um we'll start again with our little list Learners um Early Childhood special education esy services um per students IEPs will be held at the Family Center for qualifying students um Early Childhood special education students will also receive Home and Community visits um for Z to three year olds again per their their IEP or their um ifsp and early childhood special education evaluations will be completed over the summer um that is separate from the screenings that um director sunle was talking about a little bit earlier um so programming will take place in June um again Clos June 19th and um June 6th and 7th will be where we do some PD to get ready for students to come after school and then programming will take place in um different groups so from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. will be our first group and then 10 to 11:30 will be our second group with no programming on Fridays and that will run Monday through Thursday um this is our um extended school year um for students in grades kindergarten through transition and I smile this is um these are our students from programming from last year um we had so much fun I was able to join them on several field trips so um we went to the sculpture garden and we went to a few different Parks um we went on several walking field trips too and we had a great time so the location for this will be at the high school this year for all students in grade um currently in kindergarten through transition uh programming will take place in June um through July close that first week of July and um close June June 19th um with a prep Day on June 14th running in the mornings again um Monday through Thursday great thank you any questions for members of the board Mary um just a couple of questions first can we get the presentation in our thank you um and then executive director bundo um why did they say why we couldn't partner and have a second um spot at the library did they elaborate as to why we couldn't meet there yeah so our program starts at 900 a.m. until 12: and the library didn't open until 10 oh and so that was one of the reason why it was causing some uh in terms of timing we will not be able to do that and then I think they have some other programs that are taking place that will be in conflict with uh our program and as a result the librarian has uh elected to come two times during the summer when we invite her to valy viw that's fantastic I really appreciate that um and it's really nice to see and to hear that you know the partnership is still there and there's it's just a timing issue and that's what I assumed but I wanted to make sure thank you um and then lastly I just want to clarify um for you director Godwin um esy is mandated by law correct um it's part of a students IP that we look at and consider um and then if they have a if they qualify for extended school year Services um through things like regression or unique needs then we make that esy plan extended school year plan and we send it home so we stand ready to serve um we have um teachers and Pa professionals um and school psychologist too that will be joining us to provide services and um students can come if they if they want to come um if their if their parents want them to come so um we send those plans home if they qualify and then parents can opt in or not um some parents feel that the students need a break over the summer um some parents feel that that um extra service is a bit of a bump for them so um we we leave it up to them we do send home Communication in English and span Spanish asking for communication with additional phone calls in um their home language and then um seesaw messages to from our early childhood team wonderful thank you so much thank you Michelle um I was just curious as to what Transportation look like for the different programs I mean I know they're like different so it may look different for the different areas that you all cover um transportation will be provided um for students attending esy TR figure it we we don't provide transportation for the child care programs or for our community ed um programs that I mentioned um so that's something that parents bring the children to uh the summer reading program uh students will be walking to school and then for the uh Credit Recovery student transportation is provided through the achievement and integration okay cool thank you there questions Jessica um well first of all I just want to thank you all very much for the presentation and I also want to recognize um how all of the hard work that goes into um prioritizing all of these programs organizing all of these programs and then scaffolding them all together into a framework um I know that um there are many folks across the district that um work on putting these programs together and also go after um various resources to fund the programming that we have um I guess this is more of a comment Cher Mueller so I apologize but um I also just want to recognize um that while we still have um some really essential offerings for families um this summer in our district and I'm so glad that we're able to meet um the needs of those um particular populations and that we're able to prioritize those needs um we really do have a very significant loss in what we're able to offer as a district as a result of um losing that 21st century grant funding and um just the fact that we haven't been able to um uh receive any you know resources to kind of make up some of that Gap so um that is a big loss especially um falling in the same year that that Summer Academy has sunsetted so um there is a kind of a gap for um many families in the district who have participated in summer programming before um and so one I just wanted to recognize that that does have um impact on our families and our students over the summer um and then two I just wanted to ask about communication around that I mean normally we wouldn't be in the business of saying here's what we're not offering um but I do know that espe especially in the case of something like um summer Encore um that has been established in the district over many years that there are families that um are probably assuming right that some of that regular programming is happening I gu this summer um so I'm just wondering kind of how we're communicating what is available um I know you know what other offerings are available through the cities um that we s that that are in our service area um long-winded question but yeah whatever however you can kind of fill that in yes thank you I really appreciate that question and what's Wonder one of the many things that's wonderful about this community is our close relationship with the Columbia Heights recreation department and the Columbia Heights library and many staff work very closely with both of the lead the leadership of both of those departments all the time to make sure that we're not being redundant and that we're identifying gaps and this is really a year where we're going to be elevating even more than we typically do the offerings through those other organizations too so that families you know in as you I'm sure you all read to the very bottom of your chps update every week and where we say we talk about the offerings but this we usually don't go into a lot of detail unless there's something specific that they ask us to do but this time we're really going to be providing more specifics around that we also about a month or so ago in the update indicated what we knew we were going to offer and just this morning some of the offerings this um were finalized for this summer so as things get finalized we'll be pushing that out in our um digital Communications and then Emma is also finalizing our community connections newsletter you know that gets mailed out um but there again we just had to wait until we knew something things which was many of those were funding dependent and so that caused the delay in us saying more until we knew what we could afford to offer so I hope that that explains but um but yes you're right that that people will notice that we don't have summer Encore for example but there are so many things that the library and the rec department are offering and they have been able to draw on additional funds to keep their prices lower free um I think the the um Library program is all free and and some of that has they've funded they've funded it through other ways so this really is a summer also to make sure that everybody is fully exploring what's on offer through those organizations too thank you thank you very much it a very comprehensive answer and I really do appreciate the Partnerships that the district has um with the city um and I also uh am just thinking about some of the great offerings that um Fridley has um through their their city as well um and so yeah anything we can do to kind of promote those opportunities is great so thank you for that if I can just say really quickly uh when we lost the funding it gave us an opportunity to strengthen our partnership with the NOA County jobs so like for example we're not losing the blooming Heights assistance that had been funded through 21 cclc now that's being funded through inoka County and in fact the students are going to make even even more money and and be and have other offerings through that so sometimes you know that that idea of when a door closes a window might open uh is is in this case very much true so thank you thank you for that example that was a much more articulate way I think of um making the point I was trying to make earlier which is that everyone is very involved in um going after any kind of Partnerships um or resources or um just relationships that allow us to be creative in in making things happen for our students for our community members and for our families so that's a perfect example thank you for that thank you other questions all right thank you all um next we will move on to the 2025 2026 calendar with director Bennett [Music] chair Mueller members of the board superintendent stenvik in your packet was a draft of the 2025 2026 school calendar um the committee that met to do next year's calendar met and developed a draft for the following school year some of the highlights include the first day of school will be September 1st 2025 the committee um received good feedback on having the Thanksgiving or the day before Thanksgiving as a no school day for students in most most of the staff um parent feedback also and attendance concerns is a good another good reason to have that day as no school given the way the holidays fall there'll be a two week break again at winter time um we try to stay away from this but just the way it falls it's hard to have kids come back for a Friday or Monday um spring break will be the last week in March of 2026 and the last day for students will be June 10th 2026 so it's the first year we've done two calendars So the plan is at the next board meeting to bring it forward as part of the consent agenda where the board would approve the draft and then next January we' bring it back as an approval without the draft thank you and just a clarification the first day of school will be September 2nd you may have said first or I heard but it's Tuesday right okay just making sure good thank you very much any questions from the board Jessica um thank you for all of the work in getting sort of multi-year calendaring done I'm just curious about sort of the um anticipated future of um calendar planning is the is the idea to stay on sort of a multi like every every C every annually the calendar committee would look at the next two years or yeah that's the plan a lot of districts do um they'll have one year approved and then the the next year's a draft and then that would get approved in the next year's a draft um so we've gotten feedback that people kind of want to have that two-year perspective so that is the plan going forward just always have one approved calendar one draft okay okay thank you um and then um I just also had a question just around um Flex learning days I know when we approved the um 2425 calendar we talked about um kind of the rationale for why there were so many flex days at least for next year year and its um connection to the react and I'm just wondering if you can talk a little bit about how uh Flex learning days factor into the 25 26 year sort of What's um driving driving those Flex learning days um yeah so for 2425 it is a lot to do with the redex we did add one additional day um so usually when we start doing the calendar I work with the superintendent and the director of teaching and learning to see um what the plan is and so this would allow for the 25 26 two Flex learning days so they'd be able to have data time in the afternoon um I don't know enough about the read act to know if they need a supposedly they don't need a third day that year but um this year was due to the react we added an extra day to add on to what director Bennett said um this is a discussion at the calendar committee and we really do seek feedback from parents about is it is it challenging to have um a flex learning day or not um so the idea would be going back to the two um and these are days where 10 years ago we would get sub have substitute teachers and teams of teachers would be for half a day we would have a sub and then teams of teachers would meet for half a day to discuss data and review data and make plans based on student data and progress and then the sub would swap out and another team of teachers would have a half day um just over the years have we as we have seen um the challenges in in acquiring enough substitute teachers to do that on a daily Bas or on an annual basis um and talking with the parents and the the committee um people felt that it was a it was a worthwhile use of time to both provide um that direct instruction via Zoom but then also teachers teacher teams having the afternoon to collaborate around academic progress data and make plans in order to um have that scaffolded and supported instruction and then I I suppose another model would be um if you're thinking about like the evolution of like what's been done in the past is um you know having like a half day model where the students are in school half the day with their teachers and then there's like you know a midday dismissal I suppose are real Transportation um issues that come into play with a model like that or there other challenges related to to that that model yeah I think based on everything that we learned during the pandemic and the fact that people got pretty Savvy with zoom um the committee discussed continuing it via Zoom um and I I'm not sure if there was much conversation about half day and the transportation but tra Transportation certainly is is a challenge for those there was more for last school year um it was the transportation issue and it was just feedback um that it's a lot easier to have kids learn from home in the morning than try to spend the time in the afternoon busting them out and just with busing issues um so it was both a parent and uh Administration teachers other people on the committee prefer to have it Flex learning plus they keep if we do have to have like a snow day and we have to learn via Zoom kids are still learning and kind of still in that mode so if we ever have to do that that they kind of still remember how so thanks I just know this is you know not something that existed 5 years ago so um as you know we're approving each year calendar something that was like a a product of the pandemic is now becoming you know part of our regular practice and so I think it's just important um to hear kind of what the discussion was at the committee level and how we're kind of assessing and evaluating how that's working for folks so I appreciate that thank you excellent thank you so this is planning on to be this draft calendar on the consent agenda yes great yes thank you very very much thank you um next on our agenda is policy first reading the policy first readings include um 101.1 name of the district everybody should review that one um 104 School District mission statement 501 School weapons policy 502 search of students lockers desk and person 901 Community Education and 905 advertising um those are available on the district website for review um and comment um before the second reading um I will say that I think the the subcommittee on policy we had some really great discussion on several of these policies and I think we've made um some really good um amendments to these policies in the best interest of our students um so I would encourage um you to take a look at them Laura um I I just want to commend the policy subcommittee for um for reviewing even policies that seem um just to make sure you know I mean just because um name of the school district does not seem like it's going to change all that much it is really important to actually look at everything that we're doing um just to make sure that we are that we are doing the the process correctly so I I just and and keeping to that three-year rotation um you've been doing a wonderful job and I NB you because I miss the policy subcommittee I and I do not excellent thank you next year great thank you um any other questions or comments right um next we'll move on to our action items um we will um welcome activities director Henderson to the front um thank you for coming in I know we had asked that this be put under action items um for the um fee increase yeah thank you uh chair Mueller members of the board superintendent senic thank you all for having me again um I come to you this evening uh just with a a short action item on April 9th uh 2024 the previous board meeting I presented information on a fees increase for activities part participation um you can see those increases I believe in your board packet and it is my recommendation uh that the activity participation fees are increased um just as they are showing in your packet great thank you thank you can I get a motion to approve the activity fee increases as presented so moved Laura and a second second second by Mary discussion Julie director Henderson do we when people pay the fee is it for the year then for all activities or is it per activity I just want to make sure I understand no that's a good question um uh it's per activity um and there is an $850 limit per family too just so that you all are aware of that that comes into play sometimes yeah great thank you great Point other um discussion Mary um I just want to thank you so much for the um conversation at our last board meeting about this um we had some questions sort of beforehand and you did a really great job of answering them so thank you for that um and I you know it's important we have to we do still have to um charge free fees for kids to be involved in things and also I know that we work really hard as a school to make sure that um no matter what kids can participate and I appreciate that and I think that this um just provides a little bit more support so that in 20 years we're not like coming and asking for a massive increase I mean you know not like there's a precedent for that in our district or anything but no so I appreciate um this so thank you so much yeah thank you I agree yeah and I will say since our last meeting and again thank you for answering all of our questions um as I mentioned earlier I've been spending some time um with the synchronized swimming team so I've actually been asking the other um schools that we've been competing against what their activity fees are um to just get an idea of you know you know and they're not always believe me they're not always similar schools um but the the costs are much higher and so I do appreciate schools at the other schools thank you at the other schools the costs are much higher um so I do appreciate the sensitivity to making sure that we are collecting some Revenue to help offset the cost of these programs but yet not making our fees a barrier to participation um and I think you've done a nice job of finding that balance um and I think it's appropriate as inflation happens to um to do nominal increases and I do feel like these are nominal increases so um thank you for that thank you any other discussion Jessica um I just wanted to add my my voice to that as well I really appreciate um the recognition of uh fee based programming as a barrier to many families and um the really thoughtful way that that um you and your team think about connecting um students who uh may not be able to participate without scholarship opportunities the chance to do that and making sure they're connected with those resources so um I'm in support of this uh resolution and I um just really appreciate that recognition and um commitment to keeping our activities inclusive and accessible for all of the students in our district thank you great thank you any other discuss discussion right hearing n we'll proceed to vote all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed abstain motion carries thank you thank you all for your time um next we have our transportation contract with director Henkin agenda Transportation Transportation transportation Transportation on the trying to butt in front of me oh I have to be there for that one too so I guess doesn't matter I was like really Dr Henkin you're in the next three so it really does just get comfy uh okay just give me one second here um oops I'm trying to close some of the things down here okay chair Mueller members of the board and superintendent senic uh this first item that I have this evening is the student services Transportation agreement um this was presented at the April 9th meeting um in detail more detail um this evening we're just seeking approval um for the next uh two years of this contract with the option of a two-year extension um continuing with Monarch um as our current Transportation Company um and uh this uh approval will give the superintendent authorization to sign that contract thank you can I get a motion to approve authorization of the superintendent to execute the student transportation service agreement with Monarch Bus Service Inc as presented Laura second second second by Julie any discussion Jessica I just want to confirm since we don't have a copy of the agreement in um today's board book there haven't been any changes to the agreement since the April 9th version that was presented to us yeah no the agreement was uh in the April 9th um and that was signed already previously by uh Monarch um so now this evening is just executing our signature on that basically um and so it is um a much lower increase than we've seen in the previous couple of years um and it depends on what area looking at um and it depends on um our utilization in in uh um mostly in special education whether we needed more buses or less buses but about a 2 and a half% increase um which again we previously saw um you know eight and uh 11 over 11% increase so in the previous two so um definitely uh um a better year for us in in increases in transportation thank you Laura I just want to thank you for making sure that we had this uh the contract um Extended out so um shortage of bus drivers and being able to um have uh make sure that our students had transportation to school I'm very very happy to see that this and it's one thing that I don't have to worry about and I really appreciate all the work that goes into this than you thank you any other discussion right here and none we'll proceed to vote all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed abstain motion carries thank you next um director henigin you're still with us for the revised 2023 2024 budget okay now I'm going to share my screen here okay and I will make that bigger I promise okay thank you chair Mueller members of the board and superintendent stenvik um okay so the next item I have is the uh fiscal year 24 revised budget um and uh this was presented in detail at the previous school board meeting the work session um and so this evening I'm going to go through some of the um highlights uh of the revised budget um and um but not in the hourong detail that we went through it at the work session I promise um so uh we know that um you know over the previous few years um really coming into Co and coming out of Co um financially very challenging for our district and many districts across the state and Nation um last year uh coming out of FY 23 um we were able to move um our fund balance up um and back into fund balance policy and our goal um again is to continue to maintain in that fund balance policy and not be in the area of of the kind of the cusp of cash flow borrowing not being in fund balance policy but you know being able to um have enough um revenues on hand or cash on hand to be able to make decisions when we have more students that come and we have needs that are there and uh um so you know that's definitely a big goal of of ours um and I know of the boards as well and so um I think we'll we'll see that in this budget um for this year um and and what we predict so um so that fund balance that unassigned fund balance of just under 2 and a half million is what we came out of last year with um that's not a lot of cash on hand um you know and you know a $500,000 swing would be in the realm of cash flow borrowing so you know we're just really out of that cash flow borrowing area um so for this year the revised um uh revenues we'll focus on that area um um is to start with the revenues and expenditures I'll kind of just step through it but um revenu is at 42,800 th000 roughly and expenditure of 40, 800,000 so um obviously a positive in the sense that our revenues are exceeding our expenditures um this is um not a ton different than what we anticipated in the prelim in the prelim um anticipated about a a $1.1 million um more in revenues than expenses um and um not a very straightforward way of ending up in about the same place I mean we're about a $1.9 million difference about $800,000 difference in the prelim um there's been some pretty big ups and downs in that conversation um we have an additional um 80 ADM um in the district right now than what we did we predicted in the preliminary um so we still saw um an influx of of immigrant students coming to our district um so um we see that additional Revenue this year from last year we saw additional compensatory Revenue than what we anticipated and from last year to this year or in this year we saw additional grant funding than what we anticipated um and so and you know it wasn't like additional thousand here additional thousand there there were there were real dollars there when you're talking about 80 students that's that's real money um so um and we also saw some changes in expenses um it was a light winter um and so it didn't cost as much to heat our buildings um and it was so warm this winter that we saved over $100,000 in heating our buildings so um so a big change is there so these These are positive things um definitely for us in heading into the next year where where we know where we've we've already settled a teachers contract and we've talked about kind of the preliminary what that looks like for fiscal year 25 um in those expenses but um just looking back at this so I I mentioned that compensatory so you can see that our expenses um you know just shy of 10.2 million um in compensatory Revenue which does include our El Revenue as well so the basic skills um and so that was one category I mentioned that you know we're higher than what we anticipated um I you know was about a half million in that area um um the next area I talked about were that grants area so you can see 3.14 million in that grants area um again um you know we saw a pretty significant increase in that area than what we predicted which was about $800,000 um in part um a little over half of that is is covid funding um that we didn't anticipate that we were going to have that we did have this year um so not not as much as what we were looking at in the previous years the the 3 to four million range in covid funding that we were spending um but still you know a significant dollar amount and what that does is it brings those expenses into that assigned area um and um keeps it out of the unassigned area so it just it it increases our unassigned um um total revenue in the end so you can see here total General funds so we have more than just fund one the general fund but total general fund just shy of 61 million um in revenues um and then just over 58 million in in expenses um and so and you go go down to the other funds oops I zoomed in accidentally um and just to step into the other funds uh Food Service fund um you know that's a fund that's been very healthy for us coming out of the pandemic um and now with universal meals um we're seeing more kids um eating lunch and so we have the reimbursement that comes with that um so we have more revenues coming in um we have staffed up a little bit um we've been we've been repairing kitchens and Serv serving lines and stuff so we've been spending more so we definitely see a much higher revenue and a much higher expense in that area but we still carrying a very healthy fund balance in that area um Community Education again we've talked about that's a hard- hit fund um across the state Across the Nation because it it is there a lot of fee base and within that um so you know we do anticipate about $127,000 decrease um in that fund um so it's does have the fund balance to cover it but um we have a lot of work to do in that area uh moving forward um building construction fund that's our uh capital projects Levy um we haven't been carrying a lot of money there I do anticipate um I mentioned in the previous meeting that we're going to start carrying more in that area in the next few years um try to build up um some some addition or some cash balance there so that we can do some larger projects um that we just can't afford with the money we receive year in and year out um and then our Dental fund is doing just fine um we're self-insured for dental um and so we'll see that I again predict increasing this year a little bit as I did last year because previous to that we had seen um four out of five years of decrease um so that was one that um we were looking closely at but was heading the right direction as well and the OPB trust is doing very well for us so um just you know looking at the change in balances again I mentioned the 1.9 we originally predicted a 1.1 um so we're seeing a better there and again it's you know lower expenses increase revenues um and uh you know for the most part in the assigned area we do spend what we get um but this year you'll see there's there's some areas where we see a little bit of balance in the end um uh you know in compensatory we're just just barely under spending that total amount um Capital you can see that increasing at the top there the 682 almost 683 th000 again building up to be able to do those purchases um and um you know seeing a decrease in our medical assistance third party building um billing but you know all in all um fairly balanced in that assigned area so um again uh total fund one um just over um you you know six million between the assigned and the unassigned um and um just shy of 13 A5 million into all funds um so it's it's a revised budget that um you know again isn't too far off of what we predict in the prelim um it it continues to put us in the in that positive direction of of getting the fund balance back to where um we can make decisions um and spend money when we need to for staff and not say well let's think of another solution um and um you know it doesn't whether it's regular education whether it's e whether it's special education all of those areas are areas um that you know the things happen students move in that we need to address so um very happy with with um you know where we're where we're at now questions thank you director Henkin um can I get a motion to approve the revised 20232 24 budget as presented so move Michelle in a second second second by Julie any discussion yes Julie I just have a question um we have a scholarship fund yes and I noticed that we're not dipping into the balance forward we're just using what we are getting this year um is there a permanent restriction on that in some way or yeah there's there's a uh any scholarships that we take in um that's there's a balance um or restriction rate to that code and you know sometimes things happen like um uh you know one year they the um the student was awarded the the scholarship and then the student didn't end up going to college and then you know that scholarship still stays in that fund um and it's still restricted for those specific things but um in in recent years they used to be very much smaller but in recent years we've seen larger scholarships um uh like the um uh yes the Italian americ thank you and that Italian americ scholarship um has ranged you know 40 50 $60,000 in a year and so sometimes it's all about you know when the money comes in and when the money goes out um because it may come in in one year and go out in the next fiscal year most likely so um typically you know we try to balance as much as possible guess is how much we're going to Cuts going to go out how much is going to come in so it's kind of a guess but there's always going to be a balance in there so so um the 210,000 that's from June of this year we're we can't touch I we can yeah yeah yeah it's it's we're not making the decisions on it though U or I'm not making the decisions on it um it's it's you know that's with the high school and and what the scholarship specifically was for okay thank you I was just trying to understand you know was that stuck there permanently and we're just okay thank you thank you other discussion um I have oh go ahead um I I know we had some discussion about this at the work session but when you look at the fund balance um total I'm wondering if you can just talk a little bit about um what the projected fund balance looks like as a percentage versus is um what we had initially um projected earlier in the year sure um so initially you know we like I said we projected a 1.1 um and that projection put us between a 78% um fund balance projected um and um the with the current fund balance I would project it between 9 and 10% um you know one of the factors in this conversation and we'll we'll see where that happens through when we're going through the audit process is um one of the things that I'm looking at is uh you know you see these areas here this is restricted assigned um dollars and those restricted and assigned dollars are not me restricting and assigning it or the district restricting and assign it it's really uh mde the state saying these are restricted and assign and this is where they go um the district does have the ability and and I would say most districts do this um to you know assign specific funds for things to help um with the E and flows of things and um you know one of those things is special education um you know an fy22 special education costs went up by over $2 million um from the previous year and then in FY 23 they went down by$ 1.2 million well we receive our funding in special education based on the expenses so our expenses our revenues went up in FY 23 because our expenses went up in fy22 but now in FY 23 our expenses went down so now in FY 24 our Revenue goes down and you know so it gets complicated with special education real fast and and um so that can create big swings not you know $1,000 $10,000 over a million dollar or $2 million um so um you know we have never I in recent history we haven't been in a position to be able to plan for those um and I think now we're in a position where we can try and do a little planning for those um so um but I still you know predict that that's where we'll be we'll be you know again we predicted a 1.1 but we're higher than that um so we're $800,000 more so um it definitely is impactful um but we also have to be mindful of those things so that we don't again get back into that point of hey now we're Suddenly at that cusp of of of having to cash flow borrow we're at the bottom point and we don't have a lot of cash on hand so thank you and then when you talk about that um that fund balance as a percentage that's the general fund that's a percentage of the general fund as a whole or is that just unassigned just the unassigned unassigned okay the number would be lower if it was if it was as a whole right okay thank you for that and I I I asked guess that's question just because I think it underscores the I guess unique position that we're in this year where I think um you know this is positive news for us for the F for the 2024 budget and looking at um stabilizing our fund balance um at least in the short term um but when I I hear you talk about um some of the reasons that we have that higher change in fund balance this year they're not things that we can necessarily count on for the future um you know if we're dependent on mild Winters to you know balance our budget that's probably probably not a great position to be in not that we're there right um so I just wanted to we had a lot of discussion about that at the work session um but I just wanted this to be um on camera for anyone who might watch the recording um or is watching streaming um that this is this is positive news it gets us in a much more stable position in the short term um but we're still we still just need to be cautious moving forward and um it doesn't mean that we necessarily have that level of fund balance um over you know the next the next several years so I think that's important um but I have to say that um and probably asked if I had a question you didn't think I was just going to like wax on forever so I apologize um but it it is it is a relief to be in a position at least in the short term um where we are I think taking my board hat off for a second and my parent hat is that you know I my oldest um student here is a sixth grader and he's been enrolled in the district um you know even before prek and this is the first time you know that I've been involved with the district where we've had this we've been at this point in the year where we're really um able to look at this and say okay what's next and look towards the future instead of trying to um have to make some really um difficult decisions and cuts that really impact um our our staff and our families and our students so I'm glad that we're in the position that we are in and I I just wanted to add some context um I guess publicly about um where we are in the short term and what that does and does not mean for for the next few years so thank you for that yes Julie um I do want to point out though that we are in deficit spending the next year and that fund balance of 4.4 that we're seeing as of this coming June is going to be reduced significantly I think um during our work session um director henkins you mentioned a $3.6 million dip in those numbers extra expenditures because of the new contracts that we have signed so I want to make sure that although we're rejoicing now and we're thankful for your stewardship um that we still have challenges going forward and I just want the public to really understand that yeah Julie I think both what you said and what Jessica said um are the notes that I wanted to touch on as well and I think as a board we've you know at other meetings have talked about our fund Bal fund balance policy um and looking at you know what that should be and it's something that I will be bringing to all of you um coming up shortly as we as we look at what that needs to be um and it and as director henkins um very much pointed out and you didn't know I was going to say this but you know looking at you know and you presented the numbers and you said we were $500,000 you know swing from a from cash flow borrowing and Jessica what you had said is you know looking at where we are fin finally as a district and what our fund balance policy is and does that allow us to have those swings of a not mild winter um a winter that's colder than average that has more snow than average that has a broken boiler system that you know has a transportation you know issues and so I our job isn't done as a board in terms of um making sure that we're fiscally responsible for for this board for this District now and for years to come um I think we we still have um some work to do yet in the next couple of months to determine you know how we set our board up um and future boards and districts and staff up for for Success financial success um and and for due diligence for our community so that um those that that pay um our the taxes that support our communities are or support our schools are are aware of um you know what our needs are and and that we have the funding available um to do as we've promised so um great great comments and I think more to come um in terms of you know passing this revised budget as we look at Future budgets to come and fund balance policies and how to make how to make sure that we're continuing to be fiscally responsible any other discussion all right hearing none we'll proceed to vote all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed abstain motion carries thank you thank you and now we'll have director Bennett join us um for the principal's contract chair Mueller members of the board superintendent steni we presented um last week at the work session information on the principal's contract for 2023 to 2025 um some of the highlights include um for it'll be this school year for 2324 a salary increase of 2.25 which is um the same as what the teachers received and then for year two 4% um for principals not at the top of the salary schedule and 6% for those at the top of the salary schedule increased to longevity and um changing from seven years down to five years um added was goal pay for principles not for assistant principles just for principles and they would only for the second year of the contract they develop goal or goals with the superintendent at the start of the school year with quarterly if not more check-ins to make sure the goals are met onetime Market adjustment in both years of the contract and this would put the principal salaries um kind of middle of the bottom of the middle of the pact um with comparison districts we will be Comm starting a Labor Management committee with the principles and also a committee to discuss post employment health benefits and those are both memorandums of understanding at the end so those were the highlights so tonight we're here seeking approval of the contract great thank you can I get a motion to approve the master agreement between Independent School District number 13 Columbia Heights and the district principles covering school year 20123 to 2025 as presented so Mo Michelle and a second second second by Jessica any discussion all right hearing none we'll proceed to vote all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed abstain motion carries thank you next we have board topics does anybody have any board topics Michelle I I have a question I guess um so is there going to be a play or musical or something this weekend yes I would need to it's on the calendar but there's nothing there is a there is a listed there is a high school play the day the internet died oh okay I'm not sure I remember off the top of my head but I see director stunkle it says to Friday Saturday and Sunday but it it's just not listed what it is yes it's not listed like what the play is oh oh description about the so I'm just checking in our CHS upd I yeah and I'm like well did I miss it I just probably didn't see it I believe it's a comedy um called the day the internet died cuz you know I'm all about promoting absolutely and it does say the show is a comedy with a 70 minute run time and is suggested for an audience of 12 years old got and older thank you perfect it's thank you this Friday April 26th at 7 Saturday April 27th at 7 and Sunday April 28th at 2 perect excellent thank you that look at that more teamwork that just happened here thank you guys Mary um I just want to I meant to say this this um in my board update but I just wanted to um make the community aware and the other board members aware that a former student John ciz um was in a pretty awful car accident um the last few weeks and he sustained like 20 to 30% burns on his um body while he was trying to save his friend um unfortunately uh our students you know there he he is still our student he will always be our student and so I just wanted to let everyone know that there is a GoFundMe available um and you can check it out if you are able to support him and his family um because burns are really really hard to um to recover from in some you know some ways there's a lot of things that are going to he's going to need help with so I just wanted to sort of let everybody know and to the family and to John to let him know that we are thinking about him and we are um sending our love and our support so thank you thank you thank you other board topics um I just have one um as you know it's fullon Synchro season for me right now um our synchronized swimming team has their end of the year show on um Thursday May 9th um a a Thursday what we're excited about this um Thursday May 9th at 5:00 pm in the high school show or high school pool um they do call their show the greatest show in H2O um so be prepared to be dazzled um they would love to have everybody's uh support so it's a it's a great fun time so you said it was May what May 9th thank you yep at 5:00 p.m you know sorry I'm trying to get all my dates together because I'm like trying to be hyper Vigilant about like my schedule and everything and so um I'm wondering when um or if graduation and all those things which I'm sure they are um like when they are and stuff like that so and like the the parade and I can put that in the update okay thanks that'd be awesome perfect great anything else any other board topics all right then we will adjourn the meeting at 7:35