All right. Good evening everybody. Like to call the Tuesday, July 15th school board business meeting to session. And we will start by reciting the pledge of allegiance if you choose. I pledge allegiance 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. >> Thank you. And our first order of business is uh our oath of office for our new board members, Sarah and Malik. So, not sure who wants to go first or Lori, have it been decided. Are we going to go up front here? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, who wants to go first? All right, Malik, you're up. >> Always go first. Malik got a little something to recite first and then you can go ahead and read yours. It is an honor that you were selected to guide the education of our community students. As you recite the oath of office, you assume a tremendous responsibility for equitable quality education of every student in the district. Because as a board, we must be accountable to the community. We must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children. As board members, we serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision to our schools for our schools rather. As a board member, your leadership and contribution to Fley Public Schools is valuable. We must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district toward fulfilling our mission, which is to challenge and to inspire our students and our community to become caring and knowledgeable lifelong learners who inquire to take action to create a better world. >> I hereby publicly affirm my commitment to the oath of office. I swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of the States and that I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of school board member in Independent School District number 14 to the best of my judgment and ability. [Applause] Sarah, you're next. It is an honor that you were appointed to guide the education of our community students. As you recite the oath of office, you assume a tremendous responsibility as a director of our school district with the duties empowered by the Minnesota legislature. This power puts you and other members of our school board in the position of being both morally and legally responsible for equitable quality education of every student in the district. In carrying out this responsibility, you will be asked to fulfill the roles of vision, structure, accountability, and advocacy. In providing vision, the board with participation of the community envisions the community's educational future and then formulates the goals, defines the outcomes, and sets the course for the public schools. To achieve the vision, the board establishes a structure and creates an environment designed to ensure all students the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a sound organizational framework. Because as a board, we must be accountable to the community. We must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children. As board members, we serve as a as education's key advocate on behalf of students in our community schools to advance the vision of our schools. As a board member, your leadership and contribution to Fley Public Schools is valuable. We will support and champion the district's vision of becoming the best place to learn and the best place to work. Furthermore, as a world class community of learners, we must strive to work together with the super with the superintendent and staff to lead the district toward fulfilling our mission, which is to challenge and inspire our students and our community to become caring and knowledgeable lifelong learners who inquire to take action to create a better world. >> There you go. >> I hereby publicly affirm my commitment to the oath of office. I swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and that I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of the school board member of Independent School District number 14 to the best of my judgment and ability. [Applause] All right. Next up, we have I guess I would suggest a motion to um approve the agenda. >> Uh motion made by Anna. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Jones. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. Next on the agenda, we have our superintendent report from Dr. Lewis. Dr. Lewis. Okay, I'm gonna start from here tonight and I'm calling up my dear friend Angela McShane and together we're going to chat about our clerical media clerk's health assistance and technology assistance master agreement. So, it's such a delight to be with you, Angela, and I'll let you start. >> All right. Thank you. Um, first of all, thank you for inviting me here tonight. I really appreciate that. Um, definitely out of my comfort zone. Um, my name is Angela McShane and I am one of the district's technology assistants. I'm also one of the co- stewards for the clerical unit. Um, my other amazing co-start, Anna Carlston, was not able to be here tonight. So, um the clerical unit consists of a wide variety of support positions from building administrative assistants um and receptionists to health assistants, media center clerks, district department administrative assistants, accounts payable, and the district technology assistance. We are an eclectic group. I started my career here uh with Fridley Schools when I was hired as a media technology assistant at the middle school in March of 2000. And prior to that, I was a district clerical sub. Um through all these years, I have seen a lot of good times and I've seen a few not so good times. Um and I've also been a part of many negotiating teams. Um, with this new contract, I can say for the very first time that I really feel like our voices are being heard and appreciated and supported. So, for that, I thank you very much. So, um, and to keep good good staff, you need to be competitive and I do believe that this contract is the beginning of that. So, thank you. >> Thanks, Angela, I echo everything Angela uh shared. As you know, I'm currently serving as the lead negotiator for our district, working alongside of Relle, Assistant Soup, and Buu um with our um senior officer of HR. I think this is just another example of great things happen when we work together. And I always talk about with bargaining units that this isn't about I don't negotiate about the district wins or the district this or the district that. I actually only say district when I say ISD14 um TAS to this item. Um because together we're stronger at the end of the day. I feel like when our staff are paid a wage that is competitive, our staff will choose to stay with us. It's one thing to recruit staff. It's much harder to retain staff and it is from a morale standpoint really hard when you have an open door where people are constantly coming and going from your district. From a fiscal health standpoint, I cannot think of a position in our district where it's less expensive to get new talent to train them up, especially in areas like technology, health assistance, etc. It just doesn't make sense. So, I'm just proud that we can sit together, we can talk about this. This is how negotiations feels. Literally, us just talking back and forth. And I will say also this um bargaining group just like uh the ones I've talked to at the previous meetings come in very reasonable. They are very conscious of district fiscal health. The items that they ask for are not demands that are unreachable. So I just appreciate that we can have this colleiality and this relationship. And um yet another agreement that I'm going to have Lori keep me honest here that we're not going to pay back pay on, right? Because Yeah. So, we are striving um for uh having our folks not have us not getting into a backay situation as much as possible. And I'll reiterate again, I think we're the first to settle in the metro on this agreement as well. So, I'm proud of you and thankful for the work that you do every day. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Um I mean as with our other units, uh Angela, thank you, right? Like you're thanking us, but um it should be the other way around, like you're you're obviously doing the work and and see the value here. Um that that idea of no back pay um in the union world when you're talking negotiations and contracts is something that is usually unheard of. Like our the the employer that I work for, our contract was about 18 months overdue. And so our employers going to have to pay a nice chunk of back pay and not having to do that that unexpected cost uh benefits us but it also benefits you that it's summer school year hasn't started yet and you have a contract. So great job all all the way around. I don't know if anyone else anything else to add but the the good news keeps coming. So thank you >> chair. Would you entertain moving it on the agenda? >> Yes, let's let's do that. So um while we can do it with Angela present to make sure that this is official, right? shouldn't be any shouldn't be an issue. Uh but I would certainly entertain a motion to uh approve the clerical master agreement from 2025 to 2027. Do I have a second >> or do I have a motion rather? >> So moved. >> Uh so motion made by Anna. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Jones. All those in favor please signify by saying I. >> I. All those opposed. And keeps going. Unanimous consent. So thank you Angela. >> Thank you very much. Thanks my dear. So proud of you so much. That right there is the most stressful part for me is not twisting my ankle behind here. Every time I panic, but clearly I don't do anything to fix it. If we only know knew the guy that set it up, I think he might be listening. But >> so for the August meeting, I will have the same exact panic. >> All right, you ready? I'm not going to call you up. I'm going to honor that. So, I am absolutely thrilled to introduce you to Kennedy Johnson in a very different role now. She's here as our student uh recruitment and retention specialist. I got to know Coach Ken, as I finally call her last year. She came to us um Coach Ree had told me like, "Brenda, we got this great recruit. We're so excited for our girls basketball program D1 athlete." And I'm like, "Put her all up on social media." And we were so excited and little did I know how our relationship would grow. And I'm so proud of that. Um she also personally has moved mountains for Lana. I'm certain I'm going to get a text in one second to say, "Mom, you're embarrassing me." Um, Lana, I became interested in basketball and I was like, you didn't do private league, like all that. on the inside I was panicking and Lana just has become in love with the sport and it's straight up because of you and straight up because of coach Marcus to the point where my daughter doesn't miss one single strength training. She doesn't miss basketball practice. She is working in an unbelievable way. And just the level of empowerment you have with our students is amazing. And I saw that with a little guy that is a is a little student that I mentor who's now in a different program uh but still in the district. Coach Ken was excellent with him and he um had needs and she was like a kid whisperer with him, calming, just a loving presence. And um when we posted for this position, Rochelle, didn't we get like 60 apps? >> Like highly qualified. Highly qualified. And I've been thinking about and Sher, you and I talked about this too. I've been thinking about this position for quite some time because what we have in Fidley, it's kind of what I just said here. It's one thing to have our our families choose us from the beginning. It's another to keep our students right because families shop around going from elementary to middle school. Just given our location, there's a lot of different options that are really good competitive options for us. Um, also if families don't start with us in preschool, they may stay with that district that they've open enrolled to, which is understandable. Then we have heavy um transition from 8th grade to 9th grade. And a lot of that has to do with athletics where other schools will come after our talent and recruit them literally to come to play whatever sport in high school. And Coach Ken is really here to work to foster relationships with our families all the way from when they're babies to going to our Fly Youth events to our um I'm gonna struggle on this one. AU, correct? That's the correct term. AU um private league things that are hosted here. Um and really make those relationships with families and also really work um with our staff as well. Also working with our students that yes, we want you actively involved in activities. We want you actively involved in athletics, but your grades matter first and foremost. Um, when I went to the parent meeting last year for basketball, I was terrified and so excited allin-one. Like, she puts the fear and death in me as the superintendent. Like, I was like, I want to be her on the inside. Like, I was like, yes. Um, and so excited about that. But just the message she brings about like your academics matter. And, um, so she interviewed for the position. I think your notebook was like 15 pages of writing. So she just like kept going and I was like and I mean Michelle knew I was really proud of this position that I had like dreamed up and then coach Ken came in and I'm like so that was like 5% is what I kind of thought the position and she already had the whole position. She had studied, she had thought about it and everything. So, it's just such an honor to have you in this role. And I'm just proud of the work that you do, the proud of the work that you're building, not only in our girls basketball program, but just throughout our district and the pride that you take in our students and families. I see that every day. So, I'm very proud of you as a soup and very proud of you as a mom. And last year, I saw a side of Lotana. We were playing visitation. remembers this and I saw Lutana and I was like I almost went on the court and like was like dude you were not supposed to be aggressive like I thought you were this sweet girl and coach Ken is like she's supposed to do that and I'm like oh so you give that girl a basketball and she comes like that sister is going to get work done. Um so I'm just I'm so proud of what's to come. Even the work you've done since July 1st has been amazing. So thanks for choosing us in yet another role. Proud of you. All right. Next. I'm so exc Yes. Thank you. [Applause] >> Kitty, we are so honored to have you. We are so excited. So, Kitty is our new assistant principal at Fidley Middle School. I was actually not in Kitty's interviews. She went through a very extensive um process and everyone fell in love with Kitty. So I want to tell you much more about Kitty here. She brings valuable experience from her current role or now former role um out of district 287 which is also where Greg came from, right? >> Yes. So Greg, our uh Hayes assistant principal also came from there and a dear friend of mine is the soup Marcy Dow there. Um, so Kitty uh earned her director of special education license there. So we love that background. Um, and she also has deep background in ELLL and um, worked as a dean in Eden Prairie High School and um, ELLL work in Richfield High School. Um, she holds an EDS at specialist degree and principal lensure through Hamlin, master's degree in teaching from the University of St. Thomas and a bachelor's degree in French language. I forgot about your French. Um, and lit from Whitman College in Washington. Here's how, um, Kitty was described to me. A calm, relationship-driven leader who is deeply committed to student success. Uh, she leads with a student- centered mindset and uses data to inform decisions that support continuous system improvement. Love that. Also, Kitty's a proud wife. her husband Greg um celebrating 10 years for their wedding anniversary this summer and they have two children kitty is it rise >> Reese cute who's seven and Amelia who's almost two my gosh I remember those ages love so we are so excited to have you think that you um will love working with uh Principal Halverson you all have been already doing that um together and it's just an honor to have you serve in our district. And I had shared with you that I'm also a middle school mom. There's several middle school parents here as well. So, we're just thrilled to have you and thank you so much for choosing us. Board, both uh candidates that I introduced tonight both declined coming up. So, I offer that, but they don't have to come up. So, I'm so proud of you. Thanks for choosing us. and the two of you can certainly stay. I mean, I don't know what else would be better than staying for this tonight. Um, but you can also go. So, thanks team. Appreciate you both so much. And just a refresher tonight, we were able to welcome Sarah and Malik. So, it's so great to have you. And I think I need to read a little bit Sarah um here. So Sarah will fill in for the rest of 2025 replacing Eric Keeler's open seats. So congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your service. And then Malik, we're so excited to have you. Malik is a rising junior. So we are honored to have Malik for this school year and next school year. So we're so excited. Welcome. And now it's my absolute honor to have Kirsten come on up. She gave this presentation to our admin team in June and I said we need to lock you in for the board meeting. So I'm so proud of the work that you've done here Kirsten. Um the math work has been phenomenal. Your work around literacy is unmatched. You're really the reason that we have had such an amazing roll out of the literacy work. Phil Boyd will say, "Everybody has to do letters, but there's no better place in the state of Minnesota to do letters than Unfriendly." And he means that. So, I just appreciate the work you've done so much. And then Dr. Cochran is actually at um the Get Ready Conference. Um so, she is joining us virtually. What city is she in again? Portland. >> Okay. Completely different than Portland. So, I have no idea why I thought Amy you were in Portland, but um so excited to have you joining us from San Francisco. So, Kirsten, when you're ready, take it away. >> Yeah, wonderful. Well, Superintendent Lewis and board, thank you for the opportunity to come and share some of the work that we've been doing in literacy and math this last year, and I'll share a little bit of what we're looking forward to in the next school year, too. I'm going to start with literacy and the pieces of the ReadAct that we have been implementing diligently this year. Um we've had four big goals that we've been working on with our local literacy plan. Um that is the first and foremost to really increase the reading proficiency of all students at all grade levels and all student groups. That's ultimately the goal of this funding of this legislation and of the work that we do every day dayto-day. Um the other goal was really to continue to provide professional development and structured literacy for all of our teachers in phase one. Um, and that's our preschool teachers, our K through four teachers, our K12 reading intervention teachers, our K12 special education teachers, and our um, elementary and preschool curriculum leaders. We've also been implementing some new literacy curricula that's aligned with the science of reading and the the training that our teachers have been um, receiving. And then also we're working really hard on reviewing and developing our multi-tered systems of support to align that with everything that we've been learning and to align that with the Minnesota MTSS framework. So I'll go through all of those in a little bit more detail. I'll start with the increasing reading proficiency. This is also really aligned to our um for the strategic plan. We have three um data points that we're really looking at throughout the next several years to kind of map uh to measure our success. One is to look at the um curriculum based reading measure um for our elementary students one through four. And that is a we chose that because it's a really sensitive measure. We can see growth really quickly and easily. Um and we were close to meeting our 2024 goal for that. You can see we've mapped that out for the next several years. We also are looking at our achievement levels for MCA and those results are still embargoed. So we'll talk more about those later in the summer. And then we're also looking at that gap reduction piece too because we want to make sure that our student groups are all achieving and that we're reducing any gaps that are that exist. So those are some data points that we're looking at when we're looking at that reading proficiency piece. For the training, we have chosen to do letters which is a 2-year course. It is a very intense college level um learning about the science of reading and we have had this year 109 teachers and leaders participate in the letters course. The first year of it we had 12 teachers participate and complete the letters for early childhood. We've had 14 of our leaders, our principles and curriculum leaders participating in the letters for administration. And then that's a total of 135 people engaged in training this year, which is really amazing. It's been amazing to have the funding to be able to do this. Um it's something that we've wanted to do for a long time, but to have the funding that came along with it this year has been a gamecher. Um the RedAct 2.0 legislation did extend the timeline for this training. So next year we will continue with that phase one, that same group of of teachers. Um, so everybody who's participated this year in volume one will participate in volume two next year. And any new teachers that we have come on next year, we'll we'll be able to start a new cohort. We will also be training our secondary lang language and literature teachers, our secondary curriculum leaders in the 26 27 year and that'll be a different training that's a little bit more tailored to those needs of secondary teachers. So, that's what we have coming. Really exciting. Um, Lori, Lauri, if you want to go to the next slide. Um, of our 121 teachers that participated in letters and letters for early childhood, 99.2% of our teachers completed volume one this year, which is absolutely amazing. And when I talk to other literacy leaders in other districts, they are not seeing those kind of results. Um, it's really a testament to the amazing teachers we have, their dedication, also to just the system support that our building leaders have provided for them to get that work done. We've also had really high success in their um, post test. So, one of the requirements of the read act is that a teacher has to complete that training with 80% or more proficiency. Um, 95.9% of our teachers scored 80% or higher on that post test. So any teachers that didn't do that will enter into a coaching cycle with a literacy coach based on the data from their um from their assessments. We did a survey of all the teachers that participated in the training this year and the um feedback has been phenomenal. Also just the anecdotal um conversations that I have with teachers, they are talking about this training um very positively really finding it relevant to their work, their day-to-day work as teachers. Um and the next slide tells a little bit about some of the things that they they are talking about and saying some of the things that came up in that training. They're really recognizing that this for this for a lot of them this is new learning. This is a different way of teaching reading. It's different than the way we were taught. It's different than what they've done before. And it's it's um it's hard to face that sometimes. It's hard to recognize that, you know, what I have been doing in the past wasn't necessarily the best thing. And so it's it's um it's really impacting them. It's impacting their their instruction. They're really appreciating it. This coming school year too, we will also be training all of our paraprofessionals. So that is also a part of the readact legislation. They will be this year can uh participate in eight hours of training. Um this is a train the trainer model. So we have three people in Fidley public schools that are trained to provide that training for them. Um and that will be happening this year and it is very much aligned with what all of our teachers have been learning in the letters. So the next goal that we're working on in this uh literacy plan is to also have really high quality curriculum materials that our teachers have access to and can use. And so we have been implementing a lot of new materials. This is our second year of implementation for a lot of the things that are there for the elementary buildings. Our first year of implementation for Whiten Wisdom at the middle school um and then next year we will be adding Whiten Wisdom at our elementary schools. So we know when we look at our student results and our our data that this is our heavy lift, our tier one instruction is where we make the biggest impact. And having these high quality curriculum materials is really a a gamecher too. Um teachers are seeing, oh, this is aligned with what I'm learning. I see now why we're doing it this way. I'm understanding it. Um we've had some real success. I think real keys to that are our partnership with Levvenia group at the middle school has really been supporting the implementation and doing some really wonderful coaching cycles with our teachers, our literacy coaches, our principal participation in the training and their walkthroughs and their co conversations with teachers has also been um really important. Um, we've had important teacher collaboration time for that work of intellectual preparation. Really learning what the curriculum is. What are the goals in this lesson? How am I going to what are some of the the things that I anticipate students doing? Analyzing student work and that just that rapid and frequent coaching cycle. We're really excited to continue that implementation and it takes several years and it's been been really positive. Another piece, um, the last one of our goals is really working on that multi-tered systems of support. And so we have been really evaluating all of our universal screeners that we use for literacy. Um, we've added a couple of pieces based on the read that are really specifically looking at screening for characteristics of dyslexia. Um, and so those are those couple of pieces in green. But we found um, we've been doing this literacy screening for more than 10 years and we were very much ahead of the game. with aligned very well with what the read act has has been asking us to do. So this hasn't been a huge change. It's been a couple of little tweaks. Um so really looking at those approved interventions and pro approved data sources having really refining our decision-making trees. This is work that we're um continuing to do this next school year as well. And our goals remain the same. We really are working on those four areas. the increasing reading achievement, providing training for all teachers, that tier one curriculum, new curriculum um implementation, and then really looking at our multi-tered systems of support with a couple of added pieces that we're adding to those goals. But they remain the things that were the big things that we're working on. Any questions or comments around literacy before I go on to math? Anything? Anything Amy you want to add? >> Okay. >> She said you did a wonderful job. Just want to make sure everyone heard that. >> Thank you. I am going to uh chime in here and say one of the good things about this year's um legislative session which as we know there were some things that weren't great but one of the good things is broadening of the use of the redact dollars. So, we are able to put uh the bulk of our Levvenia expenses under the REACK funding and I'm just so grateful for your work with Levvenia too and just as we see that and now it's of course in our elementary summer rise program as well. So, just to see that work come to fruition and our readact dollars were not increased in our district but we were given a little bit broader flexibility. So, I just wanted to elevate that. Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. We have some exciting things happening in math, too. Um, we have some new math standards in the state of Minnesota. Those were just recently approved on April 7th. So, we're starting to look at what that means, what the shifts are in those standards, and planning for full implementation of those in the 2728 school year. So, one of the things that we've been we've established this year is a math curriculum review team. That team includes multiple roles and multiple perspectives. we have a really strong team that's really digging deep into this work. Um, and we have kind of three processes stages that we go through in that. And the first is the one that we're in right now, that learning and reflection stage. So, we're really evaluating our current strengths around math instruction, our needs, and starting to make recommendations for improving our curriculum, our programming, andor our practices around math instruction. Um that work continues the next several months and then we will be by the end of that deep dive into our data um making some recommendations. Once we make those recommendations, we'll think about building the necessary infra infrastructure needed to implement those proposed changes both in terms of building our teacher capacity and building our organizational capacity as well. And then the implementation phase comes when we start to think about putting all those things into practice. There are a few shifts in the new standards. So that's some of the work that we're unpacking right now. They're really strong um emphasis on eight mathematical practices and five contexts. So I listed I've listed a couple of what those are on this slide. They have a definition of rigor that we're really working on unpacking too uh around math that is real world application, conceptual understanding and procedural skills and fluency in equal intensity. So really an emphasis on how am I using math in my real life? What are the applications for this and how do I build that conceptual understanding not just the learning the procedural skills and the fluency. Um and then there another big shift is that there is a lot more data and probability in the standards all across the board K12 but particularly in the high school. And so that is going to have some impact on our high school courses and our high school coursework. on the next slide. Um, our Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics spent this whole last year looking at the standards and the implications of those and they came out with three recommendations for high school that we're now starting to kind of think about and unpack. Um, there is the equivalent of one year in a three-year high school course sequence dedicated to data and probability, which is different than what it has been in the past. Um and so the recommendation is that really we have the equivalent of one year's worth of coursework. Um and they have different possibilities for doing that. Um they talk a lot about the teaching of algebra needs to be reimagined. So really kind of coming back to that idea of what is rigor in algebra and bringing that real world application, conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. and then considering offering choice pathways for some of our high school students toward the end like as juniors and seniors um that are based on their student interest and potential career pathways. So, they've kind of put a couple of possible flowcharts of what that might look like. Um and we haven't made any decisions, but we're starting to look at the standards and what that might look like. And there probably will be a change in our course sequence at the high school, not this year, but the following year. And we are working hard on a lot of things this this summer. We're working on again looking at our approved data data sources around math um math screeners and math assessments. We have been we're planning some professional learning for teachers around those eight math pra math practices to be looking at next year. We're doing that crosswalk of our old standards with new standards and understanding the shift and evaluating our curricular resources. And we have a subcommittee that's starting to look at, well, what's missing? What do we need to do? What if we were going to make some proposals? What might what might that be? And uh this coming year with all of our teachers, we'll continue to work on that professional learning and understanding those new the new standards. um really solidifying our structures for collaborative inquiry. So there are teams of math teachers are getting together to really look at the standards and their curriculum. Um reviewing those math pathways pathways and placement practices and possible this year depending on what comes out of all that work possible um purchase of some new math curriculum at least at some of the grade levels. >> All right, I want to thank you so much for the opportunity to share that with you. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you, Kristen. Any questions before she takes off? >> Certainly seems like some intense work, especially with the Reed Act. And I think maybe to Dr. Lewis's point, like I don't think we could have done this without the funding, right? >> Absolutely. >> Um but that that's only part of it. The other part is what you guys are doing on the ground. So, thank you for that. Sounds uh really exciting and um good work. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I'm so proud of you. Good job. Okay, next. This is uh well, I was about to say my favorite slide of the evening, but I have so many people that also had slides. I'm going to say one of my favorite slides of the evening. Um so, we uh Relle, was this at national conference when I first Yes. Okay. So Michelle and I are in this um superintendent group that's very small for um folks that have been an AVID for quite a while. And so we're like this think tank group um and this was presented to us as a think tank idea to say what do you think about this? We um then we were invited to a reception of the pilot that they did um with this. It was a tiny little pilot and so Fidley public schools is now a part of it which we're so excited and 11 people signed up to do this certification. Um and the work in the certification is the foundations around AVID but it's obviously good teaching and so as a part of being an AVID certified educator this is an application process you have to have done certain communities of practices etc. um then they will then be working uh to really bring their learning to our staff in a bigger way. So, we are so excited. They're all cuties here. As you can see, um some screenshots of them actively engaging um and you can see here they're already thinking of different ways that they can bring this as a collective group back to their buildings. So, we're so proud of that. Um, we also have excitement that we'll update in a much more in-depth later, but um, Fidley Public Schools was approached by AVID to launch a similar type of program for international talent and new to the field. So, we're the first district in the nation to do that alongside AVID. So we're going to be the think tank for them around how do they work with seasoned educators very experienced and either new to country educators or new to being a teacher. So we're so excited to be able to have both ends of the spectrum. I also want to include here that this is exactly the use of title $2. Title $2 currently is frozen by the federal government. So it's we're still going forward with this opportunity like we are with other items that you'll hear later in the agenda. This is the work that we are doing to transform the trajectory of our students and I don't know of any other profession where we say you don't get any training from us and are held to high expectations. We have high expectations, rigor in Fidley public schools, but we also have support. So, this is a perfect example of support. And what this brings is you're not in this instance getting support from someone that's an evaluator. You're getting support from teachers across the nation that are altogether. You're getting support from your cohort here that you have. This cohort will then be support uh to their fellow educators beginning with our back to school workshop week and this is already happening. So this is a use of professional development dollars in action. So I'm so proud of this work and I'm proud of our team uh because this is pretty intense and I had wanted to um shadow and Liz Jensen had to but they're so strict and they won't let me in. So that hurt my feelings a little bit, but I will live vicariously through this group. So so excited about that. Um I'm excited in a different way about the changes to the open meeting law. Um it's really important that uh we ensure that we have really good participation and access by our school board members. Um so this past uh session gave us some pretty good changes I think and these are are already in effect. Um uh probably the first change that I think is the most notable changes before if you wanted to participate virtually you had to have your address out and you had to have your space open for anyone that wanted to come. Um, I think we all can agree, especially what happened uh earlier or in June, that this is a good thing that you all don't have to have your addresses out for safety reasons. Um, the next piece I wanted to talk about was our meeting notices do not have to have all of the remote location information on. um which I think is really uh a good advancement as well. Also, we need at least one board member to be physically present at our regular meetings. So, like tonight, one board member. Um but everyone else can participate remotely. We just need to make sure that we can see faces, etc. Chair, and I want you to double check me on this. chair, if we do have remote participation, we have to do every um vote by roll call. Um so that's something as well, which makes um good sense for me. So I uh good sense to me. So I'm really excited about these changes. Um and I think that members will benefit from this from having more access and also from a safety standpoint. I think it uh the changes are good. I also wanted to give a nod to um St. Anthony uh public schools because they really led the work around this. So, I'm really proud of their work here that benefits statewide. Um I believe this benefits more than school systems, right? This open meeting law change. So, it's more than just us, which is great. All right. Now, we are thrilled to have Michelle give a construction update. If you've been driving around at all or walking in our district, you know we have a lot. So, take it away. >> Well, welcome to construction season. Um, we are ready to go. Um, projects have been starting. So, happy to share some of our projects that we're working on with some really cool pictures so you can kind of be a part of the work. So, first of all, if you've been near Hayes, very hard to get into the building, but we are slowly making our way. Our project is on schedule there. We are um doing all the flooring and we also as we made a decision to walk through the building decided to do the painting while we were there. Um so that would be the walls and also the cabinets. And if you've ever been to Hayes, I think it be was because there was no furniture in the rooms, but it was the most eclectic colors I've ever seen. Um and I think you know we've had you know staff who have taken liberty with painting and and student artwork too. So, um that will all be a fresh coat of paint. Um the flooring looks great. Our abatement um which is taking out our asbestous is in the last stage already and our flooring and our painting are right behind them. So, this project is on schedule to finish. In the picture, you'll see. So, what our vinyl uh vinyl flooring looks like. We still do have some carpet in rooms like music and other rooms that we just need a a different surface happening, but you'll see most of the flooring is vinyl. All right, we're going to move on now to Vista Secondary. As you know, we have a site over in Rice Creek Road. That is our Vista uh program. Um, as of last year, this year, we've had such an expansion need that we'll now be having what we're calling Vista Secondary that will actually be at the high school. I'm really excited about this project because as we know um as a as a mandate our federal setting 4 um the students that are there must not be with their with their general education peers for more than 50% of their day. So with that, there's just not the opportunity because they're apart um to do that inclusion or that other time or take that opportunity to use some of that 50% that they can be with general peers. Our secondary uh site will be actually here at the high school. Um and that's going to be tremendous opportunity um for our students. The rooms are being cleared right now. The furniture is ordered. We've just ordered um our final measurements for doors that are o on order. This is especially important and we really have to think about safety in this project because we want to make sure that everyone has access to leave the building in a safe way if we have an emergency fire. So, we want to thank our partnership with Fidley um fire inspectors. He's been out several times with us um looking at um the things. So, here in this picture you see the furniture is already ordered and arriving. Um I'm really excited um as we were talking um with Principal Inglehart who started um there July 1. This is going to be an opportunity for our students to on-ramp onto general education extracurricular activities to participate and going down and practicing getting their lunch maybe audit a class or two. So I'm really excited about the possibilities of this project as we move forward. Next, we'll move on to another part of the high school, and that's our bathroom remodel. Um, so this is our bathroom that is going to be moved from a traditional bathroom that will be now a single user stalls. Um, this one is really um centrally located. So, people who are attending our activities um in the gymnasium or they might be um seeing a show, hairspray will be coming up in our auditorium or students can also access uh this bathroom. So demolition is completed. Um right now we're in the plumbing stage and we're a little slightly delayed because of the holidays that came up with Junth and July 4th, but we're hoping to get back on track really soon. And so you can see it was a total wipeout of everything that was in that bathroom and building. So um in this project I've learned a lot about the interior of our high school. I've been in the penthouse which has our air handlers which is >> not how it sounds. It's not really a penthouse, but I'm I'm thinking about it for extra um office space if we do need it. It could be a possibility to really some of the really interesting work that we've been trying to do is um we've have a lot of piping systems and air handling systems that have been abandoned, but maybe not completely shut off as needed to be or capped off. So, we've had a lot of work really following a lot of pipes and air handlers to see where exactly they go. So, it's been a really interesting project and we've been very hands-on on this one. Um, middle school landscaping. So, our landscaping at the middle school was overgrown and required really what I call a high level of maintenance. So, um, we are working with McMman's um, and we are sourcing plants that are really conducive to our region. These are pants that are low growth and high adaptability. That was my that was like this is what I want. this is what we need. So, um you can see here it's going to be um a really nice combination of the flowering plants as well as the bushes. Um and really want to thank our our buildings and ground and our our custodians for um making sure these plants have got off to a really good start. Um I know a lot of people are out watering over the weekends and making sure. So, we're really excited about about this project >> for sure. Um, Dr. Cochran, I just want to uh give you an opportunity here. Uh, this is definitely your legacy. So, if you want to come off mute, we might not be able to hear you too much, but I just wanted to give you the opportunity. Uh, if you wanted to weigh in at all on this because I know we've been weighing in. Yeah, we're so excited about it. So, thanks for your uh part in that, too. Okay, another exciting project. We're going to um stay at the middle school. Um our tennis courts. So, we had some tennis courts that were in to say that they were in poor condition is probably an understatement. And actually, to be honest with you, um it really took me to actually going and walking on the courts. And like I had seen them from afar, but when I got really close, it was very quickly determined that they were really non-salvageable at this point. So, we've been working in partnership with the city of Fidley to ensure we want to make sure that we're really good neighbors. There's amazing work being done at Commons Park. So, we really didn't want our part of the the um border to be this be the visual of um Fidley public schools. So, right now we're in tear down um mode. >> Keep a visual. >> I'm sorry. Is that inappropriate to say? >> I mean, it's factually accurate. Keep going. >> So, you can see here the various stages of demolition. Um we're also taking down the lights that don't work. Um, so that was done also. So it will be solded and grassed over until we look at the future project of um making a multi-purpose court that will be available for both pickle ball as well as tennis um at a later time. So we're just preparing for that, but good to get that eyesore down. All right. So we also at the middle school and high school have baseball field renov renovations. So, we are in the ordering phase of this. Um, we're still doing some research on some project, some of the pieces of the projects like fence installation, but um, this project is on its way. You can see kind of some of the renditions of what it's going to look like and all the exciting things that we'll have working there. I'm really excited about the batting cages. Um there's just a lot of need for upgrading. And again, um it's really important for us as the leadership team to be walking these areas that our students are using on a daily basis um just to make sure that they're up to the standards um that we have um for our students to be uh playing in. All right. Now, we're going to the districtwide reheat valve. So, we talked about this um when we talked about our facility plans. So, if you've ever wondered what a reheat valve looks like, we have a lovely picture here. Um, these were actually installed incorrectly um when they were put in um many years ago and is what we believe some of the source of why we have so much heating and cooling issues in our buildings. So, by replacing all these districtwide, um this will really start to standardize what our heating and cooling is in our buildings as well as help us to um address places where we have extreme heat, other places where it's cool. Um so, we're really excited about this project. It's not like a really flashy project to be honest with you, but I think it's going to be a game changer for our students and staff. All right. Now we have um our FFE. So FF stands for furniture, fixtures and equipment. So at both our elementary schools um they have had the opportunity to work with their staff, their students and the community to get new furniture um new fixtures and equipment for their schools. We're working with multiple suppliers. So we've really tried to individualize this for the schools and offering them lots of choice. We know that they're the experts in what the students need. Um, so we want to make sure the principles and the staff have lots of choices to work with. Each stu each school is getting um, you know, we talked a lot about should we standardize it so that what Hayes gets, Stevenson gets and we really talked to the principles and their staff and their communities really supported the individualization. So that's what we've done. We've really given them the aaned me to um, get what they want. We're really excited about the orders coming in. You'll start to see this as we transition into fall because of all the construction we have and we really wanted to take our time make sure the teachers had input um into what we were buying. So as you go in through this year you'll start to see all of that great thing all those great things. Um both principles were really excited to do some upgrades in their cafeteria. So I'm really excited to see what that looks like too. And that's it. So, thanks for taking a tour me with me of construction and looking forward to a next update with you. >> Thanks, Michelle. Any questions on that? Pretty thorough. Fun to watch. >> Okay. I am excited. Relle, I forgot to tell you that I was going to um have us both brief on this. So, this is your morning. >> Got it. >> Your proud time. So we had the honor of being a part of the um AASA women's leadership network and AASA for superintendent is a very um supportive network. Think of it as a professional organization. Dr. Dr. Cochran actually participated and completed the aspiring superintendent academy for female leaders uh just in June, May, June as part of a year-long uh process. She will be honored I think in February. Um at the national conference uh we were surrounded with female leaders uh from across the nation and just a real variety of topics of how to deepen our leadership. So we have um districts that are large, districts that are very small, charters, all different um sort of aspects. I also met someone that works as a um sales rep is not exactly what I mean, but um she staffs districts with international talent. So that was really exciting to meet um the other side of that of an agency that does J1s for districts. So just a lot of really good connections and lessons in leadership that we had and a lot of application that um we will be able to make as we work with our leaders back here. And um also I think they said 24% of superintendents in the nation are female and Minnesota has the lowest percentage of 17. Um so oftentimes with me even though I know to expect it when I walk into like the Minnesota Department of Education conference that's held in the first week of August. I walk in and my breath is taken away because it's a whole bunch of leaders that don't look like me. And even though I know that is what's going in, it still takes my breath away with respect to representation. If you look at leaders of color in the soup seats in Minnesota, I think that's six female leaders of color in Minnesota, I think is three. And the national um statistics mirror that uh pretty closely. So, it's just a really good network. It's led by a very seasoned superintendent, a retired superintendent. Um, so we just had a lot of really deep learning that is immediately applicable back here. It's also nice for Michelle and I to be there together because what she's seeing as application level back in the district might be something that enhances what I'm seeing. Um, so it's really nice to have that. We also um have one other person who's an ASUP in White Bear Lake. So, it's been fun to have um the three of us from Minnesota and it's been really rewarding for me. Um someone that I worked with very closely uh used to supervise and then she was promoted. So, uh very level alike to me in Montgomery County. She just got appointed um this month to be the chief of staff for Prince George at Georgia's public schools uh which is the second largest district in Maryland. Um so she and I were able to connect back um together too. So just a lot of really great um work and that professional learning again source of title two funds. Did that give you enough planning time? >> It did. Thank you. Um I would say two of the things that I really came away with with our first session was one the modeling of facilitation that happened in there. Um also each um there's many people in this first co in the cohort who actually presented at the first one. So it's not only bringing in experts, but we're also learning from each other. Um the other piece is this is a group that's easily recognizable. So you know when you're going down to walk to the conference to the conference room, you know the people already. So it was a very the group jelled together very quickly. And then I would say the other thing that I loved about it was when we would do a session like we had a session for example on AI um there was time to reflect afterwards. And so many times you get in those those type of um of learning situations and it's just one thing after another. So that reflection time and willing to talk. So we're we're looking forward to contributing as well as learning from our peers through this year. >> Excellent job. >> See that's what happens when I give you so much time to prepare. >> Good work. The next slide here um uh is uh we're not sure why we have this unplanned effect for you. Um so tomorrow it's my absolute delight uh as a Rotarian about twice a year or so. You're called to facilitate the meeting to do all these things and to present. So I invited Chief George if he wanted to do a co-presentation tomorrow on our SRO program. So, Chief George as well as Lieutenant Titus and SRO Nico and SRO Dave will um be there and I think um we may not project the SRO presentation here but um we will be talking collaboratively about our collaborative relationship. What is really the many different roles of SRO's? what does that look like in a current uh standpoint for our district and then um talking about the expansion for our VISTA program and then Chief George is going to introduce the team and just talk about kind of the day in the life of an SRO sharing um different uh pieces about every day is different from the hallway check-ins to participating in student events um mentoring students um serving as a trusted connector um those daily relationships, just all of those pieces. Um so I'm really excited for us to really showcase our joint work together with that um with our Rotarians. So it's going to be a fun presentation um which we're excited about. Sorry about our tech difficulties here board. Um, then next we have board updates, but I know that um, Treasurer Jones doesn't have one because Northeast Metro hasn't met 916. Chair, I don't think you have one because of AMSD. Um, Vice Chair Anna, do you want to give one on Northwest Suburban? Yeah. So, um I think we're going to forgo those board if that's okay with you. Um the next piece I wanted to speak to is the withholding of federal dollars. Um we've were surprised on July 1st that already congressionally appropriated dollars were not released to school systems across the nation. And those um federal funding dollars include title 2A which you've heard me talk about which is $83,000. Uh title 3A which is for our English language learners multilingual. Um that's $59,000. And then our title 4A um we have that as three million. There's an extra zero there. So I'm going to just change that. It's actually um $37,000 that are uh being uh withheld. And this is just from Fidley Public Schools. This is not from districts across the state. And this isn't districts across the nation. 68 billion dollars is the latest figure of what is being withheld. Um I have a call to action that I'm going to read here board. I am also going to put out this video clip um including any board discussion. I'll push this out districtwide tomorrow with our statements as well as sending them to what I call Fidley partners. So, Fidley Police Department, city council, um Dan and Claire Johnson who do a lot of work with our Filipino talent and so forth. I have a list sererve of partners of the district that I also send these items out to and then I'll also put this on my LinkedIn. So I'm going to share with you my statement here. So tonight I speak not only as your superintendent but as a mother, a public servant, and a fierce advocate for our children. As of this moment, Fidley Public Schools has not received a single dollar of our federal funds allocated to us under three essential title programs. As I've shared, this is title 2A, title 3A, and title 4A. These funds have already been approved and allocated by the Minnesota Department of Education, who is our fiscal agent, from the federal government, but now they're being withheld at the federal level, and the harm is real and immediate. What does this actually mean for Fidley? Let's talk about title 2A, $83,358. This is for teacher and principal professional development. These dollars also support portions of our IB coordinator positions. Also extended professional learning time for our licensed ED ed educators. This investment is critical to ensuring excellent instruction for our students. And right now we don't have access to it. So that whole AVID program that I was talking about certified educators, we have to find another fund which as we've talked about, we don't have another fund for that. Under title 3A, we have been denied $59,200.90 and this is for our multilingual learners. These funds pay for a portion of a licensed multilingual education teacher, specialized professional development, curriculum materials and software that supports English language language acquisition. And while the money is not being allocated, our legal requirement stands. This has not been unchanged. So we legally have to serve our students. We also morally need to serve our students. We are still obligated under federal law to provide these services. Only now, we're expected to do it without the funding that was already approved by Congress. Board, I know I already briefed you on this. I'm going to say that again. The funding for what's legally required has been withheld from us, but the law hasn't changed. So, this uh programming still must occur by law without the funds. Under title 4A, we have been denied $37,579.80 that supports student enrichment, mental health services, and school safety, including a portion of the school resource officer program. This plays a key role in creating and sustaining safe, supportive learning environments. I think we can see tonight the work from our SRO team. We have seen that since my arrival here. We believe so much in our SRO program that we are doubling our SRO program. And now the federal government is saying we're not going to obligate those funds to you. Can we have our SRO program go away? Absolutely not. Yet again, we have to find a different place for this. In total, over $180,000 has been withheld from Fidley Public Schools and our children, our students are paying this price. I would like also like to note that Fidley public schools serves as the as the fiscal agent for non-public schools in our school district boundary. So the non-public funding within these categories to uh the non-public schools has also not been released. So the non-public uh schools that we have in our district don't get their funds either. This is more than a bureaucratic issue. It is a moral one because every dollar delayed is a support denied to a child who needs it now and frankly is legally entitled to it. I know some of my superintendent colleagues across the nation like last week have shared that they are afraid to speak out. They are worried about the backlash of unwanted attention. I understand that fear deeply. I know that raising my voice tonight as we have been um may bring scrutiny. But to me, remaining silent in the face of injustice is just not an option for me. And our board, you have empowered this work. You have stood behind it. You have stood next to me. And you have led this work. And I'm not changing on this. And I know you aren't either. It is my responsibility to speak because I have been entrusted to advocate for every child in Fidley public schools. That is the responsibility and the privilege of the chair that I hold as your superintendent and I carry that responsibility not just professionally but personally as a mother of three black children whose father is an immigrant. I understand what it means for children to be promised equity and opportunity and what it feels like when that promise is not fulfilled. I would never look at my own children or any child in this district and say we didn't speak up when it mattered. So I'm asking you, our board, our families, our community to stand with us as you have been to raise our voice to demand that these essential title funds be re released immediately. Please contact our federal reps and urge them to take action. Senator Amy Clolobashar, Senator uh Tina Smith, Rep. Ilhan Omar, please let them know that Fidley Public Schools students matter, that we are doing our part, and that now we need them to do theirs. Because standing up for our students isn't just an act of advocacy. It is a reflection of our collective moral compass. And in moments like this, we are each called to choose courage, justice, and what is right for children. Even in the face of opposition, discomfort, or political consequence, this is how we must lead. This is how we serve. and this is how we honor the promise of public education. I just also want to say that as your superintendent, I continue to be very proud of the work that I do and it doesn't go unnoticed that you allow me to lead this way. I don't have to worry about getting into trouble. I don't have to worry about politicizing. I get likes and hearts from all of you when I share this on LinkedIn. And that means volumes to me. When Fidley called me, it seems like 25 years ago. I mean that in a positive way to offer me the job um when I was up in Grand Forks. I remember in that moment it all made sense to me why I didn't get every other job and it still makes sense to me. So this is the honor of my career to serve you. I think it's the hardest time that education has seen in my career. I think probably in your career. So, it is an honor to do this work alongside of you. So, thanks for your empowerment. I'll stand for um chair if you want to open it up to any comments from board members as well. >> Sure. Any any comments or questions? >> Sarah. >> Y thank you Dr. Lewis um for raising this call for us and for our community um and for for all of us. Thank you. I appreciate that. Um specifically to our community and our staff and our students. I see and I heard as I was contacting one of our local representatives that we are in a moment where national funding for public education sits on the edge of change in what the priority is. But in Fidley public schools, our students, our staff, and our community, they still are a priority irregardless. I deeply feel the weight of the responsibility for educating our students and for the future of our children and our nation. In the in the last several months, our administrative team and has worked diligently to to plan our budget for the next upcoming school year. The budget has been carefully constructed to balance the diverse needs of our students and our community while working to prioritize and protect the academic instruction occurring within our classrooms as the top priority. This federal funding that has been authorized, but is being withheld nationally and from Fidley Public Schools is not just a line item in our budget. These funds are vital to our most vulnerable students and will impact the teaching and learning of everyone in our school community. The delay and denial of these funds feels like a direct blow to our community and communities that look like ours, serving high percentages of students of color, multilingual learners, and students living in poverty. These dollars provide critical supports that help every help to level the playing field and open up doors for student success today and in the years to come for these children. The rapid change in federal funding threatens the future opportunities and success of our children in Fidley. I continue to go back to my reason for serving in this role that every individual within Fidley public schools is valued and is valuable. Our students deserve the very best education and learning environments. Our staff deserve collaborative and supporting working environments. This federal funding has significant impact on our ability to fairly educate students in Frley public schools and I will and continue I will and have continue will continue to use my voice to help ensure that these congressionally approved federal funds are released immediately. Community, I urge you to join us in using our voices um to stand up for our children's future. And Dr. Thank you for the contact information for each of these elected representatives that are also here to serve us. >> Well said, Sarah. Anyone else? >> I I would just add uh Dr. Lewis that it'd be really easy for you to just sit this out, right? Just go underneath the radar, hope everything will figure itself out. That'd be the really easy approach. And I think I can speak uh certainly for myself, but I think I can speak for the rest of the board, too, that we appreciate you being willing to be the tip of the spear and a very uh unapologetic manner. Um so you're you're certainly leading this charge, I think, for Philly public schools, but I think for the state of Minnesota and elsewhere, and uh that has not gone unnoticed by us, and we really appreciate um your courage and your boldness in this arena. Thank you. >> That means the world to me. Thank you. It's absolutely my honor, chair. That's all I have for the um soup update. >> All right, let's uh continue on with the agenda. Uh next up, we have our business action items. Uh the first action item I would entertain a motion for would be to approve the long-term facilities maintenance plan. Do I have a motion? >> Motion by Anna. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Jones. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All those opposed. Motion passes. Next up, I would entertain a motion for the approval of the long-term facilities maintenance plan for Northeast Metro 916. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> You guys are mixing it up. Motion by Jones. I have a second. >> Second. >> Second by Anna. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. >> Motion passes. Um, next up I would entertain a motion for the approval of the 2025 2027 community education employeement agreement. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> There we go. We have a motion made by uh Shriner. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Anna. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. We already passed a motion for the clerical master agreement. Um, and then next up, I would entertain a motion for the one reading uh needed for adoption of policies. Uh, there are several here listed in the agenda. I don't think I need to go through them all, do I? Lori Lori is saying no. So, I would entertain a motion for the approval of the one reading for the adoption of the policies as outlined in our agenda. Do I have a motion? >> Motion by Anna. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Jones. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. Uh lastly, uh for the voting purposes, I would entertain a motion of our consent agenda to approve the um agenda, including minutes of the business meeting held on June 17th, our monthly financial reports, new contracts, amendments, leave of absences, resignations, retirements, and terminations. Do I have a motion for the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Motion made by Jones. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Anna. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. Lastly, we have some important future school board dates. Um, we have a Hall of Fame banquet at Forgotten Star Brewing on Thursday, July 24th at 5:00 p.m. We have the football golf tournament which will be held at Green Haven Golf Course on Friday, July 25th at 1:00 p.m. Uh, as Michelle had mentioned, we the Fly Community Theater will be presenting Hairspray on July 25th, 26th, 31st, and August 1st at 7:00. Um, and then on August 2nd, uh, 2:00 at the district auditorium. We also will be hosting a remember when run at Lock Park Saturday, July 26th at 9:00 a.m. Our next Fidley Public Schools Board meeting will be on August 19th here at the community center. 5:30 work session, 7:00 public comment, 97, I'm sorry, 7:30 the business meeting. With that, is there any other dates that we may have forgotten? All right, good. Um, with that, I would suggest a motion to adjurnn. So moved. >> Motion made by Jones. Do I have a second? Second. >> Second by Shriner. All those uh in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> All those opposed. Awesome. We are adjourned at 8:48. Thank you all very much.