I'm busy Friday. I'm skipping Friday. Oh, Okay. Is he okay? >> Am I good? Uh, nope. >> I know. >> Ross is like, "This will never happen under my watch. lots of confidence. All right, I think we uh sorry for >> just put something. >> All right, sorry for the delay. We will uh certainly call the meeting to order. 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 everybody. I'd start off with uh entertaining a motion to approve our agenda. >> Motion to move to approve the agenda. >> Motion made by Meiser. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Vocal Jones. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. Next up on our agenda, we move to the superintendent report. Dr. Lewis. >> Thanks, uh, Sher Carav. [clears throat] I am so excited to welcome up Ad Ree to talk about our fall activities. And I believe you have some guests. >> Absolutely. >> All right. Come on up. [snorts] >> Can I ask David, is the music playing over our speakers? No, it's a separate [laughter] >> probably. Okay. Chair affirmed. I'm hearing things. Okay. Oh, it stopped. >> Perfect. Were others hearing music? >> Okay. [laughter] [gasps] >> Go ahead. >> Yep. So before I introduce these two wonderful student athletes, I just kind of want to briefly talk about I want to briefly talk about our um middle school uh participation numbers that have extremely went up extremely high this year and specifically due to no activity fees as well as providing transportation for all. And so if you look at our chart here looking from right to left in the blue you see the 2023 participation numbers in boys soccer. Um, in red you see the 2024 and yellow you can see the 2025 numbers. And boys soccer specifically those numbers have doubled which is really exciting. So we're starting to see that in all of our sports especially in winter sports right now which is really exciting as you think about you know youth sports, middle school sports as being a feeder program for our high school uh sports and activities. And so one thing we're looking at to continue growing that is looking at next year, although there may be other schools that may not have the participation numbers as high as we do, finding more games for our kids so we can get more playing time for them. So we are aware of some concerns that's going on with middle school sports, but we want to encourage all to come out and try something new. And it follows the lead of uh Dr. Lewis when we talk about providing access, opportunity, and belonging. All right. And so with that, I'm going to let these two wonderful student athletes take over. This here is Alex Johnson, who is a senior. He's also a um senior football captain for us. And then this is also Sasha Bugs, a junior here. So I'll let them take the lead here. Thank you. Um so this season, four athletes represent our schools in adapted soccer. All four earned varsity letters for their dedication and performance. We're also proud to share that one of our athletes was recognized as player of the week by Columbia Heights, highlighting the hard work and talent with our program. Congratulations to all our adaptive soccer athletes. >> Our cross country team showed tremendous growth this season with every athlete making steady progress from start to finish. The hard work paid off at the section meet where each runner closed out the year with a personal best performance. We're proud of the dedication and a strong finish to the season. Our football team had another standout season, advancing to the section finals once again. Entering postseason play as the number three seed, the team delivered a major victory over number two seed ranked St. Anthony to secure their spot in the finals. It was a hard-fought, exciting run and we're proud of the grit and determination shown by our athletes throughout the season. The boys soccer team delivered a thrilling postseason run, ranked number five, they opened sections with an impressive 5-2 upset over number four Brooklyn Center. In the next round, they faced top-seated Christo Raas Su and battled to a tie through regulation in overtime before ultimately falling into a hard-fought suit. It was an exciting and resilient performance by the team from start to finish. This season brought an extraordinary milestone for girls soccer. Senior goalkeeper Addison Alshshire shattered the MHSL career saves record, finishing with an incredible 1,117 saves, surpassing the previous mark of 850. Her achievement reflects years of dedication, tenaciously, and standout performance in the net. Congratulations to ASA on extraordinary career and a truly historic accomplishment. The girls swim and dive team turned an outstanding performance at sections. All three realize advanced to the section final, showcasing the team's depth and determination. Individually, Athena Taber had a standout meet in the 50 freestyle, breaking the 27 second barrier in impressive milestone in competitive swimming. Congratulations to the entire team on a great finish to the season. The girls tennis team enjoyed a fun and rewarding season highlighted by strong leadership from their captains. The team built great chemistry through constant bonding activities creating a positive and supportive environment on and off the court. It was it was a season filled with growth, connection, and memorable moments. Girls volleyball had a strong season under the leadership of a new head coach and business and marketing teacher Mandy Bur. In sections, the team faced a tough draw against a number three seed who ultimately went on to win the section final and advance to state. with a talented and youthful roster. We're excited to see what this team will accomplish next year. [snorts] >> Just so you guys know, you did that perfect. [laughter] Like, if that was a score, you [clears throat] guys nailed it. Good job. >> Um, so now we're just going to talk about some other activities that we did. Uh, Fly Drama kicked off its opening weekend of Tuck Everlasting with an outstanding performance by both cast and crew. Audience members raved about the show, praising the talent and energy on the stage. If you missed it, there's still time. Performances continue Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7 p.m. >> At our senior night and final football game of the season, middle school and high school choir students led by director Jeff Johnson performed a beautiful rendition of the national anthem. It was a wonderful moment and so fun to see so many of our students come together to support the team and celebrate the evening. Even with an unusually early homecoming this year, our student council made the week memorable for everybody. themed dressup days, a high energy pep fest, girls flag football, a coronation advisor bingo, and daily activities to that kept the school buzzing with spirit. Both the high school and middle school hosted their annual flag football games and the entire week provided a fun and successful celebration for our community. Last Friday, MHS hosted its fall drive fall blood drive and exceeded its goal in a big way. With a target of 44 pints, students and staff came together to donate an impressive 58 pints. Congratulations to everyone involved for making such a meaningful impact. >> On Saturday, October 25th, FHS welcomed more than 1,100 students from across Minnesota and Western Wisconsin for our youth and government launch, a statewide training day preparing students for January's conference. Participants received guidance from student leaders in each program area, including FHS's one and only Amir Hussein, who led the National Issues Forum training. Fidley will send an impressive 95 students to this year's conference where they will engage in a full simulation of Minnesota state government, debating bills, arguing court cases, producing media, serving as lobbyists, and more. Students from our delegation were elected in leadership positions in every program area, showcasing for the strong involvement and excellence in YG. Thank you. [clears throat] >> Awesome. >> Uh Sasha and Alex, good job. And we certainly look forward to these updates. They're great. love to hear the perspective from the students. Like it's we hear from Justin too much sometimes. So it's actually really nice to hear from the students. But I really appreciate Justin knows that I'm messing with them. But any questions or comments for the for our great team up here. [snorts] >> Sounds good. >> Well done. >> Great job, guys. [laughter] >> All right. Thank you. >> Amazing work. [clears throat] It is now my honor to welcome up Afalabi Branchway who is our principal of Fidley Community Center and is going to be sharing um several really exciting updates. Thanks Aaliy. >> Thank you uh doc uh superintendent Dr. Lewis uh board chair Carop and board members. Um I'm really going to like Dr. Louis stated highlight some fall events we've had hosted here in Fley Community Center um this fall which is great cuz I started in December of last year. So it's been really nice to start the school year from September entering into winter break and we've had some really cool events. So I want to start off with our senior kickoff. So that was on September 24th and we had over a hundred seniors that participated and the really cool things we had a lot of community partners that provided a lot of resources for our seniors. It was really festive. You know they had drawings, we had donations, treats provided by the 50s grill. Um so what I really got to see was a lot of partnerships. um the community coming together uh for our seniors and like I said it was well attended and yeah from treats to to food and just good um connections. So that was on September 24th and well attended. So um a couple weeks ago I believe it was November 8th on a Saturday we had our it it's our fall festival and that's really our early childhood um family involvement program. Also, I would say our three and four year old program and and a lot of we call them alumni, but they're really like second graders, third graders [laughter] who who went through our early childhood program and and really it was cute. They showed up, you know, with volunteer stickers and um helped lead activities. We had avid students from the middle school who participated and led different stations in regards to u games, crafts, face paintings, um bouncy house, which is always popular, right? So, uh, well attended and across programs. We have a lot of families who have kids in multiple programs. So, it was good to have, you know, um, our stakeholders here. The one thing I really appreciate about our district is very diverse. And when we have events, what I'm learning is that it's representative of who attends. So, in some districts, you'll have events and only some, you know, some certain groups will show up. But here in Fidley, as you can see from the pictures, we had uh good representation from our different groups and um well attended, lot lot of smiles. We eliminated the fee. Um Dr. Lewis um I thank her for that cuz she caught that and said there shouldn't be a fee which can create barriers. So >> is that what I actually said? [laughter] >> I think I said over email, we are not doing this fee. >> Right. >> And I was with it. I was with it. [laughter] So and it was well attended. So yeah, we had a lot of families that participated. >> Um yeah, so that was and then last Thursday was was really great. Um we had two events. So we had our Tiger Club family night and and really [snorts] what I liked about that is it, you know, uh pasta dinner. Our staff were serving food to the families. Very well attended. You know, we had over 150 um students and caregivers. Um we filled the whole this whole side of the community center. It was a lot of laughs. Um, very festive. And on this side of the building, we had our IB, it's our international baloria program night, information night. So, for our um three and four year old alumni, three and fouryear-old uh preschool families, and they they got to come to learn about the international baloria program. And Fidley is the only district that has a prek through 12 vertical articulation of the program, which is something we should be proud of and we need to advertise because it's it prepares kids, right? Um for their their K12 experience. So that was great. Families got to come in, they got to hear, ask questions, and then go into the classrooms and and kind of see what their kids experience on a day daily basis. So it was great to see the turnout um for these events that I highlighted. So, uh, that's a nice picture right there. Some of our alumni. So, thanks for having me. Any questions? >> Any questions? No. Great, great presentation. >> You're doing some great work. Thank you. >> Thank you. Appreciate it. >> I would also state that we are up 27 students in our early childhood program over last year. So, fantastic. Um, super increasing on that. And then um also Alamal Offabi has been doing a lot of outreach to Alamal and they're very excited about our programming and um we've gotten some families there. So you're doing tremendous work off a lobby. I appreciate that very much. And also just the connections you're making with our families and um the work that you're doing with that um doesn't go unnoticed. this position um even before my time has been one that has either been stretched too thin or a lot of turnover and the staff will say to me and meet and confer or other times that I see them um we just want a lobby to stay. We just want a lobby to stay and so just know your worth. Proud of you. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Good work. >> Thank you. >> All right, Ayanna, you get to do this by yourself now. Um Malik was going to come tonight, but had something come up, but you are more than capable and I'm so excited for you to present about how the student school board um conference went. Okay. Hi everyone. Um so basically me and Malik were able to go out to >> where was >> Farmington and uh meet with other schoolboard reps. Me and Malik had a debrief by oursel just to talk about how it went together um without the adults around just to see how we wanted to go about it now after we got all our notes and stuff. And it really helped us open our minds up to how we can help you know for the kids in the entire district and not just narrow our minds to you know since I'm a senior I'm thinking about my senior class and we're just not thinking directly about the high school. Um, we got to learn many new things that we hope we can implement um for all the schools. Hopefully getting some surveys out there, some um faculty advice and stuff like that. Not just focusing on the kids, but also learning about how teachers and staff might have some, you know, things to say and how we can help them have a voice. And yeah, it was very good for us. me and Lee got to connect on different things and get on the same page and figure out how we want to continue and grow in this role and how we can grow the role not just for us but for the future school board reps here at Fley. So yeah, >> so proud of you. >> Awesome. >> Any any questions? >> Who who was driving the band in that picture? >> Uh it was me. >> We did have the students drive it. >> No big deal. We [laughter] survived. >> They might be more qualified. I don't know. >> Well, thanks for that perspective. >> I think the exact phrase was, "But did you die?" >> We were fine. [laughter] >> You made it. >> Well, and this also goes to what we talked about during the work session about cabinet's role and student achievement, student experience, um, supporting our sites as their number one job. So, one might wonder like why is the director of safety and security going to a student schoolboard conference, but Mark came back and had learned so much, right? So, this is about I want everyone in our system to be an educator first. And I don't mean necessarily a licensed teacher educator. What I mean is an educator first. And so, that's just an example of an amazing professional learning that you had that day. So, thanks for being there. Appreciate it. >> [sighs] >> All right. Are you ready? This is so exciting. Go ahead. Take it away. >> Good evening, board chair, directors. Great to be with you tonight. Um, we are here to talk about new projects coming up. So, you know, we've had a lot of work done this summer. We're winding down on those projects. So, it's time to start thinking and putting our thoughts towards next year. Um, so we have just completed um bid results for our middle school renovations for next year, including our pool, finishing up our pool, our locker rooms, and window remodels for at Fidley Middle School. Um, we received a total of 13 bids and we had four different categories for this project. Um, the bid tabulations um included uh general contractor bids, mechanical, electrical, and controls. Um, we had multiple bids in all areas except for controls and that's because that project is actually an expansion of what we have. So, UHL is the company that we're using now and made the most sense, was the only one that bid on that project. Um, so you'll see there in your board packet um the different bids that came in. Once we received that um we looked at that um we know that all the low bid contractors are local to our area. Um they have a positive track record both with the district as with inbuilt our project management group. Um after um reviewing the bid documents we're presenting the following um bid tabulation for your approval. So for general contractor bids it's ver V ver Versicon incorporated. Mechanical is craft mechanical, electrical is the retrofit and controls is UHL. So this is available for you for exact numbers and u we'll be doing a vote on it. >> Awesome. Thanks Michelle. >> Michelle before you start >> one question on that. >> Yeah, sorry. >> Um do we have experience with each one of the selected vendors? >> Yes, either the district does or um inbuild which is our project management. So they're all um familiar to us. >> And before I turn it back over to you, Relle Aalabi, you this is very stimulating to stay and probably the best part of your entire week, but you're also welcome to leave. So don't feel that you have to stay. >> It's also 8:00. [laughter] >> Yes. So, uh, one of the pieces that we have been doing in our district and Michelle along with others has been Michelle's been leading this work and, um, others have really stepped up. I will just say I am proud of the way FEA and [clears throat] proud of the way that our district is stepping stepping up on um, food insecurity. It's not necessary that we have to do this. Um it shouldn't be a school district responsibility to do this. And I would like this really to be remembered when legislative time comes around and um reductions are once again made to school districts as we come to the forefront and especially in districts that look like ours. We filled the gap. We filled the gap. And I just would like that noted that this was an exercise to quote what I was said in the Sahan journal. This was yet another exercise in nonsense where our children were placed in the center of a political warfare and everyone that's responsible for this should be ashamed of themselves. I'm very proud, however, of how yet again Fidley Public Schools stepped up. That's hard to transition into. That was that that pretty much said it all. But [laughter] I will just give a couple details of I think the point that you made, Superintendent, about this being a community effort. As you can see on this sheet, um we've had local support. We have community meals out there, different organizations, um our uh federation of um FEA, our teachers union, um stocked food for um our social workers to be able to hand out to families. Um, we wanted to remind our families that we're providing meals for our students, but also that, you know, it's not too late to sign up for educational benefits, um, as another resource for families. So, this one pager really provided, um, access to our families. Just so proud of our school social workers and student support team uh, for all the work they did on it. and hopefully it won't be needed, but we know now how to um rally um the groups um and come together for our kids. >> Questions on that before we move on? >> Thank you. >> Yeah, we really showed up and showed out for that um grow your own program. So, as you know, we have been um really using so much of our grow your own dollars and that looks very different in our district in that we have money that we use through our intermediate 916. We have grow your own, we have mentoring. So, we've really done a nice comprehensive job of pulling funding from all different areas. But what we don't do is we don't say, "Okay, um, Lori, you're interested. Why don't you tell us which program you're going to come in under?" We just say, "Hey, we'll take you." And then we figure out the financials. So, in our district, you can get your special education certification, your masters in special education, if it's a lensure change, um, for free. And free actually means free. It's not prepay or tuition. and we reimburse [clears throat] you. It's not pay for most of the time. Now, books are kind of a thing of the past, right? That's just rolled into your tuition, but if there's books, um, we pay for that. So, this is not pay and then we pay you back. It's we front pay. We also provide a wealth of support. We have um several [clears throat] grads specifically uh 2024 grads who are working at Vista um that for league grads that we have in our grow your own program and that can be really intimidating um to be pursuing a 4-year degree in education when maybe you didn't quite think or see yourself in that and we support you study groups all of these different things. So, um, when we say grow your own, we're actually growing our own. And I'm so proud of that. One of the hiccups with grow your own is that it takes some time. And often times, school districts are growing from Paris. And what is the reality in many school districts around Paris? There's not Paris, right? Because that's the void. We don't have those voids in Fidley public schools. And I literally had this exact conversation with ISD288 superintendent a few weeks ago. He called and he said, "We're going to hire six of your H3s," which is our special education training program that fills special education pair positions. And I said, "You know what? Our program is at a place where we are so healthy that we can staff the metro area." And I said to him, I also want you to know that it's not that these special education trainees are not highly qualified in Fidley public schools. Our bar is so high now of hiring special ed teachers. Like you are not getting people that are not doing a good job. It's just that's how high. So most of our grow your own is from the age three special education um training program. the special education parah program for domestics, our paras um and then also um grow your own from our building subs and our special education subs. So, we're so excited about how we've really leveraged all of these dollars and then we see ourselves as a really good candidate as we move forward to getting more of these dollars because it's doing the work that it should be. filling vacancies, filling special education vacancies, bringing more um teachers of color into the profession, and we're doing all that well. We're excited that Dr. Thompson and Dr. Cochran are holding an information session next Monday um just to talk through, hey, we want you to do this. We can pay for your tuition. Um here's all that's included. We also give um mentorship as well. So I always say the easy part is actually re um recruiting teachers and staff members. The hard part is retaining and we [snorts] are very clear that um we will retain [clears throat] and we will retain really well. So I'm so excited about the grow your own um pieces will come to you in the spring with breakdown um now cuz we're two years in of um where we are the use of those funds how that's resulted and particularly the numbers around candidates of color. And I do believe that when this comes up for funding, which is not this spring, it'll come up next year for spring, that um Fidley will be called to have a seat at the table to testify on that. So, I'll pause there if there's any questions about grow your own. >> Go ahead. >> Yeah, I have a couple questions. Um could you tell us or Yeah, I don't know. >> How many do we currently have in the program? >> Is there a max to the number of candidates that we can have in the program? And then is there any kind of commitment from them once they have their license back to the district? >> Good questions. We'll put in the soup update on Friday the numbers of who's been in it, who's graduated from it, and how many are in it currently. So, I don't have those numbers off the top of my head. Good question. $573 is $573,000 is how much we have. So, when the money's gone from that pile, the money's gone from that pile. But um what happens is 916 which is our intermediate they pay for certain universities certain amounts. So we do not say Sarah you can only go to Bethl and some of the other ones on the list. If that's where you're choosing to go great then we'll grab that 916 money and then we'll um supplement uh with our money. But we use 916 money first which is really all our money. It's not just 916's money. Um, so with respect to tuition, it can be some students in the program will get more tuition support than others. Bethl is going to be a higher price point than you're going to pay than the district will pay for um, Mano State, but at the end of the day, we want you to go where you feel most comfortable as long as you can get your teaching license from that. Um, it has also been just a really good support for people that have been long-term here with us on tier 2s where they have been self-paying their tuition. And now, and Michelle knows this, last summer, we had a a little hiccup around something and it wasn't even connected and it was an HR batter. And I looked at her and I said, "Why aren't we paying her tuition?" and she's like um we are now and I said that's perfect. So this is how too like when I hear people talking or admin or others when we hear like Sarah if you were sharing Ross about your program we now have things set up to say hey can we pay for your tuition if you're in special education. So that was probably way more but this also helps us. So, for example, when we bring in um substitutes is really how for the most part you're getting hired into our district now, especially through international. So, when we bring in district subs, they'll typically come in, especially our African candidates because they don't necessarily have a degree in education. Um, so when we bring them in, they're a tier one and then they instantly get a tier two because we stick them in the program. So that was probably a lot more there. Anything I missed in your question, Sarah? >> Yeah. After they have their license then, do they have a commitment back to the district or anything or >> No. >> Okay. >> There's not like a financial punitive commitment to them on staying. I want them to stay because of the environment that we create and sustain. And that's the truth. And I really feel like especially I'm gonna say it's two different buckets. Oftent times our international candidates will come up to me at events and or wherever they see me and they are so grateful for being here and they have a lot of loyalty with that. they have just a ton of loyalty. Where we're seeing that we are um having international talent go to other districts is that H3 traininee which is a capped 18-month visa non-renewable. So, we don't put in punitive payback measures. And to this point, we haven't had to, right? And so, I want people to stay because you're dedicated, because you feel support, you have that mentorship, you know that we've got you and we back you um versus a fear of losing that money. Does that make sense? I also want to be careful with that, too, because um there's rules around what you can and cannot do with candidates. on um employer sponsorship and I don't want to penalize domestics where the law would not allow penalizing of international for the same thing. Does that make sense? >> Does. >> Yeah. Good questions. >> Okay. So then now I have another one. >> I love it. So with the grow is it only for special education teachers or does it include other lentures as well? >> It includes other lentures too. So it's super exciting. Thank you. >> Yeah. Yeah. Appreciate that. >> Other questions, comments? It's just magical and I can't wait till we testify or ask to testify. I might have each of us testify so then instead of getting three minutes we get 36. Um because it's just in a lot of districts unfortunately they don't use their money >> but we use every we'll use everyone's money. Right. >> Yeah. [snorts] Next up we're so excited. Um, we are, uh, debuting a one-page calendar here that's already on the site. We've been pushing it out through our social media. This is all done through Lori and her brilliance. And then you see we also have it um, in Mong, Somali, and Spanish. So, we're super excited. This will be the format that we use moving forward as well. Super readable, easy if um, folks just want to print it out, hang it on there. It's um, mobile friendly. I just love it, too. So, we're excited. Okay, Lori, did you want to stand up for this honor? No. [laughter] >> I'm so proud to honor Lori. She's been in a very intensive um leadership through um Minnesota Association of School Business Officers and um she has completed the 2025 um MASBO leadership academy. So what she has gleaned from this is a cohort of school business professionals who spent several months developing leadership skills, strengthening self-awareness, tackling real world challenges through collaboration, coaching, and reflection. Participants graduated as equity-minded leaders who are ready to make a lasting difference. And again, kind of what I talked about with director Mikkelson, I really believe in the art of um cross trainining as we know not only in Fidley. Um now we have good stability, but when I first came as well in other school districts, good finance people are hard to find and retain in school districts. And um so it's just wonderful to have Lori. You also might recognize um Heather Lake who's in the chair. She's our executive director for Northwest Suburban Integration School District. She usually comes and you would recognize her, Avona. Um, she usually comes in May to our board meeting, so she was also a proud graduate. So proud of you. [applause] Did we put you out on social media? Oh, you need to put yourself out. >> Like, oh my god. [laughter] >> Yes, we will be putting you out on social media. Um, so we had a wonderful evening on Saturday. Um, assistant soup, I'm going to have you on deck here as I cue this up. So, we were actually honored um for an award, Roshelle and I, for the Building Bridges Award um by the Islamic Resource Group. I have to tell you, when we arrived, I didn't realize it was as big of a deal as it was. There was like this huge auditorium and it was um just wonderful. Um Mark and Lorie also came to celebrate us and it was just a wonderful evening um to just really see how um our communities come together and um to see the work that we do in Frley public schools um to really be honored especially in communities like our Muslim community that don't really feel seen by school districts. So that was just incredible. Relle, anything to add there? Yeah, I would just say the theme this year was building bridges, which was really extra special to me to think that that was what they thought of us and our work and our school district. Um, we uh it was just a magical night and to share the stage with uh Superintendent Lewis was um was extra special. So, it was really great night. >> I also um was so excited on the program. St. Kate's was featured on the other side and I'm a Katie. So, it was really wonderful to have that, too. And um one of them, they took a picture with me and they're going to put it out in their media and one of them said, "I love that you wore purple to honor that you're a Katie." And I said, "That is why I did." [laughter] So, that will be our little secret that I was a proud Katie with my purple that night. Um, as we've talked about, we are featuring um doing a much better job of honoring um different days of our employees. We are also working Lori and team uh she's leading the work around not only pushing out first responders and those things, but also uh pushing out different um students either alum or current that we're featuring as well. So, you're seeing some evolution in our social media and that's Lor's work. So, I'm very proud of the work she's doing. So, we um celebrated October 28th, National First Responders, then um first week in November, National School Psych Week, um and then much more to come. So, we're so excited. Um, I also wanted to make sure as we have um some new to the schoolboard members uh here that phase one learning to lead um virtual workshops are on December uh 3rd or December 5th. Those are both virtual, right Lori? >> Yeah. 6:00 to 9 um or a 9 to noon. And then yes, I knew there. Okay. There's an in-person one Tuesday 6:00 to 9. Isn't that right before MSBA conference? That's [clears throat] what they usually do. So, that's in person. And then the phase 2 leadership foundation school finance and management. You'll see um 6 to9 uh virtual Wednesday December 10th. Part B 6 to9 Wednesday December 17th. You have to do both um to meet the requirement. And then the in-person 9 to4 on January 14th again ahead of that MSBA conference. Minnesota statute requires schoolboard members to receive training in school finance and management. So both one and two has to be completed within 180 days of taking office and developed in consultation with the Minnesota School Boards Association. So we just link that statute for you. Um and uh just reach out to Lori and we'll get you registered for those. We'll also push out three and four. I think they just ran those. Um we'll push those out again. Um and I know some of you have done all of those. Um and we're all at different places with those. All right. Now I will turn it over to um board for board updates from Northeast Metro 916, Northwest Suburban, AMSD, and SAF. Sounds great. For 9:16, we had our meeting on the 5th. Um the first presentation that we had was on career and tech um between the intermediate school districts uh within the state or yeah within the metro area of the state. Um and heard some highlights of what is happening in each of those four intermediates um and how they are serving schools with their career and tech programming. And then also we approved the language access plan. Those were kind of the big things. There were some minor policies that also were updated. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Any other updates, board members? >> I don't think so. >> Okay, sounds good. Thank you. Um, yay. This is always a fun time. the Fidley Alumni and Friends Choir um hosting concerts on November 23rd at United Methodist Church and then right here um which is an annual concert for them on Sunday, December 7th at 4:00 in our auditorium. Super exciting. They also are um a funer of our own uh fine arts programs here in Fidley Public Schools. So, we really appreciate them and it's so fun to see um them come together, especially when they do um a number with our uh for the current high school students. [snorts] So, it's fun to really see that as well. And then the polar plunge. You know, I hate these things, but I'm going [gasps] plunging. I just they scare me. I'm doing what? Am I throwing in a duck? A chicken. So, I'm throwing in a rubber chicken. That's about as much fun as I am. If any of you [snorts] want to plunge, I will watch. So, [laughter] but the kids love it. The kids love it. And I can love that I don't love it, right? But this is super fun. So, um, Thursday, November 20th, Ridley Middle School in the parking lot. So, it's a big deal. All right, chair. I'll turn it back over to you. >> Perfect. Thank you. Um, okay. Okay, next up on the agenda, we have a couple business items that we can take care of. Uh, first on the agenda, I would certainly entertain a motion to approve the bids for the Fidley Middle School projects. Do I have a motion? >> So, I will move for the following contractors for the 2026 Fidley Middle School upgrades. Verscon for 2,393,000, Craft Mechanical for 1,222,900, the Retrofit Company for 28,000, and UHL company for 73,250. >> Awesome. Thanks, Ross. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Go a second by Stark. Uh, no roll call here. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. Motion passes. Next up, I would entertain a motion uh of resolution consolidating the polling place at FCC uh on voting election dates not held on the day of a statewide, county, or municipal election. I would imagine much in the manner we did here in this last election. Do I have a motion? >> Still movement. >> Motion made by Jones. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second [snorts] by Shriner. Um this is a roll call vote. Miss Jones. I >> Mr. Carnop is I Mr. Meisner >> I >> Miss Shriner >> I >> Miss Stark >> I >> Miss Shelby >> Hi. >> Motion passes. Next up we have our consent agenda on the agenda and this covers new contracts, amendments, leaves of absence, resignations, retirements and terminations. Do I have a motion for the consent agenda approval? >> So moved. >> Motion made by Stark. Do I have a second? >> Second. [clears throat] >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. All those opposed? Motion passes. Next [clears throat] up on the agenda, we have our important dates. As Dr. Lewis had mentioned, we have the poor plunge, uh, November 20th at Fidley Middle School from 9:45 at 2:15. And I believe the the proceeds go to the Special Olympics, right, for the for the Polar Plunge, the money that the kids raise. Um, also on the not the 20th, I guess, on the 21st, we have Fly Youth uh, basketball black and gold night here at the high school. Uh, where some of our youth athletes participate in some pregame activities, which is always great to see. Um, al also mentioned Tuck Everlasting, our musical is November 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 7:00 at the district auditorium. Dr. Lewis had mentioned the Fidley Alumni and Friends Choir concert again on November 23rd, 4:00 at the Fidley United Methodist Church. Uh, November 24th, boys swim and dive begins. I'm assuming that's for high school. We have no school due to a district holiday on November 27th and 28th. The Stevenson PTO meeting is on December 1st at 4:30 at Stevenson Elementary. Our next work session will be on December 2nd, 5:30 here at the community center. Free high school conferences will be held on December 4th at the high school from 4:00 to 7:30. Uh, free family move night at free family movie night at the district auditorium on December 5th at 7:00. Not quite sure. Do you know what movies shown yet, Lori? No. >> Yeah. >> To be determined. You pick that movie, don't you? [laughter] All right. Well, I think [clears throat] on uh December 6th all day at the Frley High School, uh there will be the Don Meyers wrestling invitational. And again, the Fly [snorts] Alumni Friends Choir concert will be held here at the district auditorium on December 7th at 4:00. Hayes has their better together meeting on December 8th at 5:00 at Hayes Elementary. And Fidley Lions are hosting their holiday dinner at 1:00 p.m. on December 9th at Banquetss of Minnesota. And then we have family bingo night on December 11th at 5:00 p.m. here, sorry, at the Frley Middle School, which is always a great turnout and event. Uh Stevenson has their fourth grade choir concert December 11th at 5:30 uh at the district auditorium. And then lastly, the Fidley Public School Board meeting of December 16th will be held here at the Fidley Community Center with the work session at 5:30, truth and taxation at 7:00 p.m. and then the business meeting held shortly after at 7:30. Are there any dates that we're thinking of that we may have missed that might be important? No. Okay. With that, I would certainly entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So move. >> Motion made by Stark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Shiner. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those post. Motion passes. Thank you. And we are journed at 8:18. Good work everybody.