We are at 7:30. So, I'd like to call the uh Tuesday, January 20th school board meeting to order. And we'll start off 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, liberty and justice for all. Awesome. [clears throat] Thank you everybody. A little bit different today. We have some uh board members and Dr. Lewis uh joining us remotely. So, we're going to do this the best that we can. Lori, are we ready for the We got everyone that needs to be sworn in, paying attention, and listening. Awesome. So, I'll start by uh reading the oath of office for our newly elected board members, Anna Shriner, Stark, and Yang. It is an honor that you were elected to guide the education of our 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 the 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. And then just for clarification, the newly sworn in board members will have a segment that they're going to read as well. Correct? Okay. Okay. Take two. Are we still good? Sounds good. Okay. We are going to swear in uh the oath of office for our newly elected board members, Anna Shriner, Stark, and Yang. It is an honor that you are elected to guide the education of our 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 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 education's key advocate on behalf of students and our schools to advance the vision of our schools. As a board member, your leadership and contribution to Flee Public Schools is valuable. We will support and champion the district's vision. Furthermore, we must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district toward being an intentional I'm sorry, being an international connected community that boldly and passionately supports every student. And I believe you all have um an oath of office in front of you. So, I think we'd ask you to rise from wherever you're at if possible or at minimum just maybe raise your right hand and we will do our best to do the oath all at the same time. >> Yer, I'm >> ready. >> One, one, two, three. Having signed the acceptance of office and oath of office, I hereby publicly affirm my commitment to the oath of office. I swear to support the Constitution of the United States and of this state and that I will discharge school board member of independent school district and ability. really looking forward to >> everyone's contributions this year. So, thank you and congratulations. >> Okay. Now, um going through the agenda here, we're going to kind of go through the organization of the board as we do this time uh at the beginning of the year. and we'll start by taking nominations and votes for particular board positions. Um so I would certainly uh entertain a motion for a nomination um of the board chair. >> Uh I nominate Jay Car for board chair. >> And do I have a second? >> I'm gonna rely on both you guys for this. >> [clears throat] >> that I wanted to give them. >> Gotcha. You got ladies feel free to jump in. Um, are there any other nominations? >> Are there any other nominations? Are there any other nominations? With no other nominations, we will vote via roll call. >> Um, I will abstain from the vote. >> Um, we've got Stark. >> Stark. >> I, >> Anna. Hi >> Jones. >> Jones. >> Hi >> Shider. >> Shrider >> I >> I >> Next we have I would entertain a motion to nominate for the vice chair. >> Sarah Jones. >> Do I have a second? I have a second. I have a second. I have a second. Second. Second. Second second. Second. Second. Uh motion made by Anna, second by >> Stark. The feedback's getting me. Um and then I have to go through these several times. Uh are there any another nominations for vice chair? Are there any other nominations for vice chair? >> Are there any other nominations for vice chair? Seeing no other nominations, we'll do another roll call vote. Carnop is I >> Stark Stark Shriner. Shriner Shriner Shriner I >> Yang Yang Yang Yang Yang >> Motion passes Sarah Jones. Congratulations. >> Uh next up taking nominations for treasurer. Do I have a nomination for treasurer? >> Um I will nominate Nik. >> I have a motion for Nikana for treasurer. Do I have a second? I'll second the motion. Jones nominations. >> Any other nominations? >> Any other nominations? >> Seeing none, we will do a roll call vote. >> Um Stark. >> Carnop is I Shriner. >> Sarah Jones. She's not yang lot of feedback here. Apologize. >> Um, next up lastly for this we have a looking for a nomination for our clerk position. >> I nominate Avana Start Shriner. >> Any other nominations? Any other nominations? Seeing none, we will take a roll call vote. Car up is I >> I Anna Anna >> Shriner Shriner Shriner >> I >> Jones >> I >> Yang Yang Yang Yang Yang Yang >> I >> perfect perfect. >> Congratulations. >> Uh with that being said, we are we are set and then uh uh Sarah Shriner and Pajar Yang will be uh titled clerks for the for this year. Director, sorry. Thank you. Not clerks, directors. Okay. Next up, I would entertain a motion to approve our agenda with suggested motions and resolutions. Do I have a motion? >> So move, Jones. >> Yep. >> Um um >> all those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. I. I. >> I. >> Those oppos. Motion passes. Next up, I would entertain a motion for our school board organization and annual annual authorizations that we just went through. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. Jones. What's that? What's that? What's that? >> Oh, did I? Okay. Okay. >> Oh, it's right on the bottom. Okay. My apologies, but we got that one done. So, little little bit out the agenda. My apologies. Next up is Dr. Lewis's superintendent report. >> Thank you so much, chair. I'm just pausing here to make sure that I'm not echoing and that all is well in the physical boardroom. Yay. Okay, that sounds great. I um am starting with just a lovely I'm starting to echo now. >> I think we're good. A lovely proclamation. So, it is the proclamation from Governor Tim Walls for this week uh week of January 19th through the 25th to be um PAR educator week. And I just want to read this because um it's so special and we all can feel and know our impact of our PAR educators including one of our board members who also um serves as a parah educator. So um whereas Minnesota is home to more than 20,000 we call them para educators but the way that Governor Walls has it it says paraprofessionals but we call them pareducators. more than 20,000 paraprofessionals who contribute to the success of students and their teachers and whereas the support and services provided by paraprofessionals are integralment par profofessionals take on a wide range of responsibilities to meet the needs of the students in their care. Their dedication supports safe, effective and engaging learning environments throughout Minnesota. And whereas Minnesota's Department of Education is committed to excellence in education and recognizes this important role that paraprofessionals play and ensuring success in our schools. And whereas Minnesota celebrates the essential um contributions of paraprofessionals during paraprofessional recognition week. Now therefore, I, Tim Wolves, governor of Minnesota, do hereby proclaim January 19th through the 25th, 2026 as paraprofessional para educator uh recognition week. So, we are just so honored to have our amazing PAR educators in our district. So, just very proud of the work that they do every day. Next up, it is my absolute honor to welcome several individuals to talk with you about our summer capital projects. And I will have them just introduce themselves when it gets to their section in the uh agenda in the presentation. And this is a long time in the making, right? I remember when I first came, we would talk about if we get the money, if the bond passes, our community believes in us. They've shown us that through and through. And we are seeing um things like the pool, all those things. And the team is going to talk to you about the Fidley Middle School, about the stadium project, about the SEC playground, and more. And it's just so wonderful to go from we wish we would when we can if we can to now it's here and this is so exciting to just see the community investment around this and the momentum that we have and we're sending the message to our community and they sent it to us that our Fidley Public Schools students, staff, families and the community deserve these facilities. So, I am just so honored to have our team present to you tonight on what is just around the corner um with our summer projects. So, I am now going to turn it over to Relle Cox, assistant superintendent. So, great to be here. Um, you know, summer seems a little bit like a far away place right now with the weather we're having today, but excited to share the summer projects that we have for the summer 2026. Tonight, we'll be talking about the Fidley Community Center. We'll be doing a basement remodel there. We'll be redoing the outdoor play space, an HVAC project. We're also going to look at what we're doing at our athletic stadium. We're having major middle school renovations, the Haze roofing placement, and we're finishing up our baseball and softball fields. So, let's get started. Our first project is the Fidley Community Center basement remodel. Um, this funding for this project was actually from a grant that we wrote last summer. Our state our uh our start date for this one is July 2026. We're going to create in our basement of the FCC a family center hub of community and Frley public school services. You'll see early childhood screening going on downstairs. We'll be having a technology center for adults with computer skill training and job search um opportunities. We'll have a health room where there'll be appointments with community agencies such as our visiting nurse association, dental services, and then as you can see in this, you take away those chairs and imagine a lot of kids having a great community gathering and events. So, really excited for this project again funded by a grant. Um, as we move over as we move through this project, our next project is the outside. So, we're going to go the outside of the community center. Um, you'll see we're totally revamping the play outdoor space. Actually, the equipment there is in really good shape. We're going to do a few touch-ups of the of painting some of the equipment, but what we're really going to concentrate on here is the ground cover. So, you see we'll have sand. We'll have some hard spaces to ride tricycles in. So, we'll actually have a uh like a a um track around the whole uh facility that you see there. Um, we have soft spaces under equipment that's a little bit higher. Um, I one of my favorite place pieces about this is area D. Area D used to be a full sand pit. Um, we're going to cut that in half and actually have under the tarp some themed um, international balora uh, projects going on outside. So, we're really utilizing that outdoor space. We'll also see a lot of storage so that the playground can stay nice and neat and um all of our materials are intact. So really excited about that one coming up. I am going to turn the next one over to Rob. Rob's going to talk a little bit about the HVAC project at the FCC. Rob. >> Yeah. Can you guys hear me? >> All right. Rob Picowski with Inbuilt. Uh we've been working with the district for several years now. Uh we've been actually working with them on a a master plan to try to get a lot of the older equipment. Uh this air handling unit was installed in 1997 as part of the existing expansion of the building. It is now 20 to 30 years old. That is this typical life expectancy and has reached the end of its useful life. So working with the district, we're actually being very proactive and replacing the units before any of failures occur. With the new equipment, it will also provide additional heating to the building that has uh cold areas that throughout. >> Oh, sorry. >> Next, we'll be talking about our athletic stadium remodel. And there's nobody better to do this than our athletic director, Justin Reese. Justin, take it away. >> Absolutely. Thanks for passing it on. Uh, so I'm looking [clears throat] at the athletic stadium remodel and I'm super excited as someone has been a part of the district for over 10 to 15 years. This is something that's been, you know, past overdue. As I talking with Superintendent Lewis, we talked about in the past how we always hosted big-time events as is true team track meets or section track meets or, you know, other schools calling us to host their their section soccer games. And now we're gonna be able to put them inside a facility where we can host all of that and show them what frill is really all about when they pass through on 61st. So in the next upcoming slides we will talk about um the remodel of our ticket booth uh restrooms remove from ported potties to restrooms that are updated to concession stands. The bleacher >> on top of the bleacher remodel will get a safer press box and a brand new press box to go on top of the bleachers. um a new scoreboard as well as as you can see a new plan surface and a resurface of the track and then going around the stadium we will have Brandon going around a black coated fencing going around the stadium. Now before we go on to our next slide if you can look to your far right on this slide in the picture where you see the field you'll see something that look like a shed with a black top going around it. That's where we plan to move our new entryway into the stadium. And so Michelle, if you can go to the next slide so I can talk more details about that. So in this slide, this is where you'll enter the stadium. And so this is where we'll have both our home and visitor ticket booths as you go through. And then on each side um you'll have a visitor side that have three single user bathrooms on each side. And then on the other side, you'll have um for the home home fans. And then on the back side of that, as you get more inside the stadium, that's And so >> it's fine. >> Sorry. >> So I'm just going to pass over to Rob so we can get to talking more details about um our field. >> The next slide. All right. All right. All right. Uh, thanks. Thanks. This field is one of the most significant components of the Can >> you hold on for a moment team, it's really hard to hear. I just want to give a pause. Um, because what Rob is saying is very well, what everyone is saying is important, but I'm not echoing. So, maybe we fixed it. Rob, can you try that again? >> Yeah. Can you guys hear me? All right, sounds good. Uh the stadium field is one of the most significant components of the athletic of the district athletics complex. As we plan for this replacement, it is important to consider the uh complexity of the MARAS law that was enacted in 2023 and has taken effect in 2025. The legislation restricts the intentional additional of POS for products that are sold in Minnesota. POS is also known as the forever chemical and that is something that uh we will be talking about here in a minute. Because of the synthetic turf is classified as a carpet under the law. The entire turf system must meet these requirements. PAS chemicals historically used uh since 1950s for waterproofing and stain resistance to not degrade an environment and is a and will has long-term health risk. As a result, several manufacturers has ceased selling turf products in Minnesota. However, multiple vendors did provide PAS testing documentation to help to confirm that there is no intended added POS that was there. The results have been submitted to the Minnesota Pollution uh Control Agency, a regulatory authority overseeing the law further review. Testing of the existing field also confirmed that there's POS present in the underlying soil. This contamination may result in common environmental sources such as fertilizer, pesticides, or other contaminated water over time. During the construction of the field, the district will partner with a company called IEA, their environmental consulting firm, to ensure a comprehensive runoff management plan and to not to conduct testing and to to conduct testing throughout the installation. The key strategy for the POS reduction for the new system is the elimination of the rubber fill. Installing instead of using rubber, we'll be using a natural wood fiber fill that is actually grown from US trees. These uh wood chips are actually kilm dried fibers that does not rot and provide a durable long-term alternative to the rubber p solution. Go to the next slide, please. Over the past several months, the design team evaluated multiple field options, including natural grass, synthetic turf, and hybrid systems. Several key considerations guided the recommendations to this turf. Player safety remains the highest priority. A shock head system would be incorporated to help to absorb the impact and reduce the risk of injury during falls and tackles. In addition, the use of wood fiber fill provides a cooler months, improving player comfort during practice and games. In an urban setting, maximizing available space is essential. A turf system significantly increases the field availability, allowing physical education classes, practice, and even games to occur on the same day without the field degregation. By comparison, a natural gas field often limits seasonal use during wear and maintenance needs. The turf system also reduces ongoing resources demand, including water usage, fertilization applications, and the labor associated with mowing and field striping. These efficiencies contribute to a long-term operational savings for the district. Next slide, please. As part of the field replacement project, the design team also evaluated additional stadium components. The existing scoreboard will need to be relocated and new scoreboard system is recommended for installation. the the the no sorry the board will support full video playback in game highlights advertising on both the digital displays and fixed panels. The stadium scoring information the proposed location for the new scoreboard is going to be along the far west side of the field outside of the track itself. Next ite has experienced issues over recent years. While these concerns have been addressed, the facility no longer meets the needs of the current athletic program. The proposed replacement will be significantly larger and designed to accommodate the coaches on both sides with a dedicated space for media and event staff in the center. The new structure will also be reinforced roof that will support camera operators and other personnel. We all are looking forward to a grand opening um of our new stadium in the fall. So, a lot to look forward there. Now, let's move on to our middle school. >> Superintendent to the scoreboard. >> Sorry, superintendent. >> Thank you. I'm sorry. I meant two slides. Sorry about that. Um the really nice thing here, one of the many nice things here is that as Rob uh so eloquently detailed here are the um sponsor panels and spots. Uh so right now we have different sponsorship opportunities for uh businesses and advertisement opportunities. The scoreboard really elevates that. There has been programs that I've shared with board members in the past where um you work with companies to um sort of lease purchase the scoreboard and they work with you and then they take your sponsorship revenue until you have the scoreboard paid off with our um voters approving. We are able to outright purchase the scoreboard and then we realize those different um the sponsorship dollars right away which is amazing. And it also gives um entry points into various uh organizations size and fiscal um capability so that everyone can find a place to be a sponsor and a partner of Fidley public schools whether your sponsorship is at the level of a scoreboard sponsorship or advertising on the fence advertising in the program. So, I'm just really excited about this new um addition that we have. And just as a reminder, the current scoreboard is from 1986. Correct. >> 1984. >> I'm looking at activities director Ree because I know you are the same age as the scoreboard. >> 84. >> I'm sorry. See, I put you a little more youthful. So, the [laughter] scoreboard and Justin are from the same year in 1984. So, um I'm so happy that our community is going to get this um for that. Rob, thank you for letting me interrupt you there. Amazing job with overviewing. Um Rochelle, hopefully we can hear you now. >> And I would just like to say I also love the score on that scoreboard that we put on with uh the Fidley Tigers winning. So, um, >> by the way, >> right? Um, >> they can't hear you. >> They can't hear me. >> My mic's not. >> Okay. Can they hear me now? >> Can I use one of those? either >> team. I'm just messaging them. Okay, board members and Robin team um they are working on it. So, thanks for your patience. Hello. >> I'm now ready to talk about the middle school renovations. reaction. >> No reaction. >> Yeah, we hear you. >> Okay. Do you hear me now? >> Yes, we can. Michelle, can we start over >> on middle school renovations? >> Yes. Um, we're going to move on to our lovely middle school, um, which will be the site of many renovations this summer. Our pool and locker room remodel is going to start April 1st, 2026 after amazing swim season by our uh, swimmers. Our classroom remodel will start 6:15 2026 and that will be after school is over. The school will be closed this summer for construction and summer school will be held at Fidley High School next. So, first let's take a um let's take a walk over to the pool remodel completion. This pool remodel is going to be epic. There will be a new scoreboard for us. There will be tile flooring that's happening, a new wall design, which you see here. um a new draining system for the pool. I'm very excited about the lighting system. Currently, the lights we have now all focused down, which can cause a glare for our swimmer. This will be up lighting, which will really allow for a much smoother um swim experience for our swimmers. We'll have new bleachers, enhanced branding, uh Go Tigers, and we'll have a new ticket and visitor entrance area. Right now, when you enter the pool, you actually go onto the pool deck, and there you're greeted by a card table to get your tickets. We'll now have a place where uh people can get their tickets before they enter the pool, and there'll be also an area for anything else our uh super fans need there. Next, we're going to move on to the locker remodel. Um we have very large locker rooms in um in our middle school and so we're repurposing a lot of those space while still having the original intent of a locker room because our locker room is used also by families through our community ed program. We'll have a new family changing area and I think our community is really going to be appreciative of this. We'll have single user restrooms available. We'll also have an office space for our staff who works in the pool area. We'll have a locker room space for our students. You see some designs of that and that will be modernized for them. And then we're also able to um to create a flexible educational space for the u middle school to use, which I think will be really helpful. We'll also have all new storage um spaces too for that locker room um as we move forward. Next, um the middle school renovation for the building will be doing tuckpointing repair. And for those of you who are wondering, hey Michelle, what is tuck pointing? That's really looking at the brick work on the outside and fixing any cracks or ceiling issues that we have. We'll do a selected window replacement. There'll be bathroom renovations happening in the middle school. and selected classrooms will have a makeover of new painting, flooring, and also making sure that lighting and ceiling tiles um are replaced as we go. Next, um we're going to be talking about roofing at Hayes Elementary, and I'm going to turn it back over to our roofing expert, Rob. Rob, can you help me out with explaining this project? >> Yep. So, as you can see in the picture, the little area that is circled in red. That's the area of the roofing that we're looking to do. That portion of the building is still original the building and is at the end of its useful life. Much like some of the air handling equipment, we're trying to get equipment replaced before you have major failures and do it on a planned time schedule. There are a couple of air handlers on that unit or on that side that do need to get raised. And as we're doing that, we're actually going to be putting new units on. Those air handling units have been pro providing some problems over the last couple years. We're looking to get those replaced and and done. Uh because the roof system requires full access to the roof system, the existing solar array will need to be temporary removed and reinstalled. Working with uh work having this work completed by the solar provider will ensure the compliance with the district's contract as required. So, we're going to be doing part of the roof. The rest of the roof is still in really good shape and doesn't need to be replaced at this time. Rob, I'm going to turn it over for our last segment to Justin to give us an update on where we are with our baseball and softball fields. Justin, this was a project we started in the fall. Could you give us an update? >> Absolutely. Thanks for passing over, Michelle. Um, just want to talk about our varsity baseball and softball fields. And we was able to complete um the fencing at both the baseball and softball fields and multi-purpose field which is right next to our tennis courts. So we was able to finish the uh fencing, the dugouts, storage sheds, and then if you look at the bottom picture, that's that's what we call the mo strips. And I know that our buildings and grounds crew really appreciate us um adding the mo strips underneath the fencing which add a cleaner look and less maintenance uh for our grounds crew. What we have upcoming next that weather will permit for us. hopefully is done before the season is uh field grading the softball scoreboard um foul pose for for all fields um the fence guard which is the topping of the fence to go around and then the multi multi-purpose field that I talked about is um being resurfaced and the multi-purpose field dugouts will be finished like like we said hopefully whenever weather's permitted it could be done before the season uh the spring baseball and softball season starts Superintendent um Lewis, thank you so much for this opportunity and the time to be able to share some of our projects. Um I'll turn it back over to you. >> Thank you so much. If you can just back up to the um baseball field slide for me, that would be great. Sorry about that, Lori. Thank you. So that most stripping is um very easily seen at Commons Park. Um, so you'll see that exact thing. And, um, those of you that work with me, um, know that I cannot stand ours, um, the way that they look. Um, so I'm just so excited. This will be um just like we implemented a couple of years ago the vinyl coated fencing uh to not only have it be um school branded, more importantly the vinyl is muchable and getting cuts and things like that. So this is now a standard two for Fidley public schools. So that again our community told us we believe in you and it's our job to ensure that not only do we have these upgrades but we take care of them and um just showcase how much this investment means us. So um with that I'm going to pause and thank our team and we'll stand for questions at this time before we go on to the next topic. Share. >> Thanks Dr. Listen. Michelle, any questions on the upgrades? >> I'm just curious about the brand of turf. Um, the last I checked, they weren't doing fully florinated carbon atom testing. So, I just want to make sure that they're fully testing the blades of grass also. And if there have been new test results since the last ones, >> yeah, we've not uh selected the final results yet. We're still waiting for a few more tests to come back in. Uh so that way we can ensure that we're we're in compliance. >> Okay. And if there's anything I can do to help you with that, please let me know. >> Any other questions? >> No. All right, Dr. Lewis, back to you. >> Nice work. Um to our guests that are on this, you can certainly stay or you can exit off. I'm just so proud of the work that everyone is doing here and I can't wait for the golf cart tours again um where instead of just showcasing um we're showcasing pride. So I'm so excited about that. Thanks team. So proud of you all. >> Okay. Um, next up I am going to share I had the honor of receiving a call last Thursday from the attorney general's office and uh they reached out and asked for a declaration um which was actually as a result of the Star Tribune article um that they covered our current reality. So I'm going to read that declaration to you. Um, it's coming directly from the superintendent, but also obviously I'm honored to represent our district through this declaration. Um, Brenda Lewis declares as follows. I am the superintendent of Fidley Public Schools ISD14 in Fidley, Minnesota. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this declaration and could and would testify competently to them if called upon to do so. FR public schools serves approximately 2,871 students across eight schools in our district. Beginning in early January 2026, our school community has experienced severe disruption due to heightened federal immigration enforcement activities in our area. On January 19th and again on January 16, 2026, Fidley Public Schools made the difficult decision to close schools due to safety concerns related to immigration enforcement activities. On January 20th, 2026, we will begin offering, that's today, um, students the option of remote e-learning in response to continuing fears within our community. I have personally witnessed student attendance declining by a third as families have kept their children home out of fear related to immigration enforcement. Many families have expressed to me and our staff that they are afraid to send their students to school. Since the increase in immigration enforcement activities, 211 students that's risen. This is Friday's data. In Fidley public schools have enrolled in the online learning option that we created specifically in response to the ICE situation. I also want to pause here and state that we're now seeing open enrollment into our district from uh school organizations that are not standing up virtual and so families that are not current for the families are open enrolling into our district because we have the virtual option. Our um district has experienced a significant increase in requests for door-to-door transportation. Families have told us that they specifically requested this service because they do not want their children or themselves waiting at bus stops where they fear they may encounter immigration agents. Our social workers are currently delivering food to families who have told us they are too nervous to go grocery shopping themselves. We have made arrangements for alternative transportation options for staff members who have expressed fear about riding public transportation due to the immigration enforcement environment. The disruption to our students education, the fear permeating our community, and the extraordinary measures we have had to implement have caused significant harm to our district's ability to provide a safe and stable learning environment for all students. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Minnesota that foregoing is true and correct. executed the 16th day of January, 2026 at Fley, Minnesota. This declaration is the attorney general's office that will be contained in um their continued um pursuit with the federal government regarding ICE um exiting Minnesota, not all ICE, but the surge that we have seen. So, I was honored to write that and um will be honored to testify um if called to do so on behalf of the significant and substantial ramifications that our district has um and sus uh has been exposed to. I will talk about that later in the presentation as well. I'm now going to transition to talking about our statutory operating debt resolution and that's also called SOD. So board members both in the uh board contents online as well as linked here in the slide deck is a whole host of resources that we have regarding um SOD and I'm just going to talk through all of the various components here. So tonight we are presenting our district's statutory operating debt SOD plan, our recovery strategies, and the resolution that will formally move this work forward. Before diving into the plan itself, I want to briefly address the external noise that many of you have seen online. We are a public institution and there will always be individuals who exploit exploit moments of vulnerability for political, personal or ideological gain. In recent days, there has been negative social media traffic that misrepresents our final financial situation questions our credibility and attempts to manufacture outrage. In that same spirit, some have also highlighted our recent bond rating downgrade through Moody's. To be clear, bond ratings are forward-looking fiscal assessments, not moral judgments on school systems. Moody's is signaling what we already here tonight have been doing transparently presenting that our operating budget requires corrective action. The downgrade does not mean that our community is failing, our schools are failing, or our safety net is failing. It also does not interfere with the bonds already approved by voters in 2024. Those remain secure because they are backed by voter support and structured appropriately. Our downgrade simply reflects the same reality that the Minnesota Department of Education is requiring us to correct. And we are doing exactly that with full transparency. How we got here and what we knew going in. We have been honest with the board and our public and our families that our financial outlook would become increasingly challenging. As early as August of 2023, we knew that SOD was a likely fiscal f future based on multi-year enrollment declines, compounding special education cross subsidy pressures, legacy coding issues, structural gaps in revenue and expenditure alignment, years of tone turnover, and finance leadership. These conditions did not develop in the past six months. They accumulated over time. They are reflected directly in the district's SOD narrative. I'm going to pause here. The microphone that's associated with the Fidley Public Schools that Relle was talking into is giving a lot of feedback. Can that microphone just be muted? It has the green background and it's highlighted right now because it's having the background noise. Perfect. Okay. Thank you team. Um external noise versus actual reality. To those who suggest this is a surprise or an implosion, the reality is the opposite. We have been transparent, predictable, and proactive. The Minnesota Department of Education has repeatedly expressed appreciation for how transparent we have been throughout this process. Negative social media commentary will come and go. Our responsibility is not to chase misinformation. It is to operate a school system with integrity, calmness, and stewardship. And this is exactly what we are doing. Our key stabilizers now supporting recovery. [snorts] Despite entering SOD, the district today is stronger than it was 18 months ago. Four major uh stabilizers matter here. Number one are reversing enrollment trends. For several years before 2023, we saw notable declines in resident enrollment. Today, we are seeing year-over-year growth that is now coming in over a 100 students higher last year and this year than projections. Enrollment growth improves our revenue picture directly and frankly immediately. Number two, our community investment through the 2024 referendums and bonds, which you heard uh directly about the bond portion of that. The referendums and facilities bonds passed in 2024 remain one of the most significant stabilizing factors in our district's future. The this voter support protects key academic programs, supports deferred maintenance, creates long-term facility stability, and prevents further operational erosion. As a reminder, our um buildings and grounds construction expenditures were far exceeding what we had in bonding. And so now those are out of the operating budget and over into that other budget, which is a substantial uh fiscal uptick. This is what comp community confidence actually looks like. We just saw that in the previous presentation. Number three, our setting for special education transformation. Our setting for programming is now nationally consistent with dignity based service models. We keep our resident students here close to home in programming that centers dignity, love, and high expectations. Financially, this matters also. We are no longer paying for outofd district placements for our resident students or lengthy transportation rides which equals higher cost. We are receiving tuition revenue into our district for non-resident students who we are so honored to serve. We [snorts] can appropriately code portions of staff to tuitionbased billing. We are essentially operating very similar to an intermediate district and right now we are serving 10 other school districts. This is one of the only SOD plans in the state that includes a re revenue generating special education strategy and it is already demonstrating fiscal and human impact. This can be realized by our special ed education actuals are coming in $4 million over what those projections are. In fact, MDE directly praised our district for this work around serving our students and other district students with absolute dignity while this h being a fiscal helper to our district. Fourthly, [snorts] rebuilding financial infrastructure. Assistant Superintendent Cox Cox has done an extraordinary work rebuilding the business office during a period when it would have been far easier to outsource, abdicate or delay. Those options may be easier, but they are not leadership. We inherited coding issues that spanned years and we are correcting them one by one. In recognition of the urgency and complexity of our situation, I will be assuming direct supervisory responsibility for finance moving forward. I again want to pause and thank assistant Sue Cox for her amazing work that she has done. I'm moving now into the SOD plan itself. The SOD special operating plan submitted to MDE. This will be submitted on January 30th. It's a corrective action account has corrective accounting actions. Again, when we talk about those coding errors, that's what we're talking about. It has enrollment and revenue forecasting models, internal controls and cash management protocols, mid-year budget amendment procedures, monthly reporting requirements to the board, long-term fund balance recovery timelines. Each [snorts] component aligns to Minnesota statute and MDE expectations. These components are clearly laid out in our narrative section and action plan. With respect to the SOD narrative which is linked, the board will also adopt the formal SOD resolution tonight which commits us to the recovery expectations in statute. The plan creates an unreserved fund balance target of 8% within four years after the removal of SOD. As in years past, we will detail the reductions for the 2627 school year in May. The details of the plan are fluid which are fluid are posted in the board packet. We will be posting them online through a dedicated web page on our Fidley Public Schools website and these will contain in the- moment updates as we continue to plan and move forward. Um the portions you're seeing tonight are a snapshot in time and as MDE designs this district finances are fluid all these pieces coming together. So we will be very continue to be very public and transparent with real-time updates. Coding and audit corrections. A major portion of our projected deficit is tied to coding errors not spending. We are actively correcting capital versus operating fund allocation, restricted versus unrestricted expenditures, special education billing and tuition coding, construction project coding tied to facilities bonds. Our auditors have been and continue to be very thorough and we fully expect that the once the audit is finalized we will see material corrections that substantially improve our fiscal outlook. Reductions in revenue. The SOD plan includes both sides of the ledger expenditure and revenue expenditure reductions and revenue enhancements. We are already identifying reductions for upcoming fiscal years as we have uh in past years in alignment with statutory personnel timelines, collective bargaining parameters and our commitment to protect classroom programming. MDE is extremely clear on that children should be held harmless in this. Finally, I want to be very clear about the fiscal projections in the SOD plan regarding personnel costs. These are projections only. These are not negotiated agreements. School districts are required to model future personnel expenditures for multi-year fiscal planning and that is what you are seeing reflected. These projections do not predetermine or reflect outcomes of collective bargaining. We will continue to follow all bargaining processes with fidelity, consistency, and respect for our labor partners. The projections simply allow us to meet MDE's requirement to forecast future costs. A [snorts] fluid document grounded in transparency. MDA has explicitly encouraged districts to treat SOD plans as fluid documents because audits change numbers. Our enrollments, our enrollment changes revenue. Legislation changes funding streams. Tuition and coding change cost structure. We are in full intimate with that approach and NDE has been appreciative of our transparency throughout this process. Fidley Public Schools is not a district in collapse. We are a district doing what responsible organizations do. Naming the truth, correcting the past, building new systems, reporting transparently, and centering students in all decisions. While others speculate on that line, we are actually doing the work. Our enrollment is growing. Our community is invested in us. Our setting for program is a model of dignity and inclusion. And [snorts] our financial recovery plan is clear, compliant, and credible. Tonight reflects stewardship, not crisis. Chair, I'm going to stand for questions or comments here. >> Sure. Thanks, Dr. Lewis. >> I think you need to unmute to that green um circle mic. >> Okay. I think we have to wait for David to do it. Not that you could hear me. Close captions maybe. Okay. Can you can everyone hear me now? >> Brenda, >> we can hear you. Chair, we're good. >> Any any questions or comments from the board? >> I just appreciate the well thoughtout plan um and the transparency and how school finance actually works. Um, I think it's a wonderful lesson that once an educator also always an educator and there's always more to learn for the community. >> Thanks. Anybody else? >> I I just Well, well put, Dr. Lewis. Appreciate this. I mean, this isn't certainly an easy conversation to have, but the the point that I really appreciate is the live updates. Uh, not only for us as a board, but for the community as well. Um, I think it takes a a bold agenda to to put these things out there live and I think it'll be uh that information will be well served for our community. So, I appreciate that. Anybody else see those online? I can't see I can't really see anybody, but I think we're good. >> I can see the online folks chair and it looks like we're good. >> Awesome. Thanks, Dr. >> Thank you so much, uh, chair and members of the board. Now, we're going to transition to e-learning. Um, so as I mentioned earlier, we're at nearly 10% of our families um that have opted for e-learning. This is what's necessary at this time. This keeps our students enrolled. It keeps them safe. It also gives them that human connection. Dr. Cochran and team have been working morning, noon, and night. our principles, everyone has just risen to this occasion, built, literally built e-learning in four days. Um, so you will see here linked um Lori, I don't know if you're able to click on the e-learning link, but you'll see the resources there. These are also available on our district website. And just like the SOD plan, these are dynamic and fluid and um real time updated. Uh today was pickup for families that felt safe coming out um to do their pickup of Chromebooks and materials. Also, our social workers um stood up food supplies. So now the teams are working on distribution to our families. So, while the reason for this is awful, I am so appreciative for the work that has been done here and I'm so appreciative for our students and families and our staff continuing to trust in the school as a beacon of safety, strength, and um just continuing to believe in us. So, I'm proud of the work that we've done. I am not at all proud of the reason why Chair, I'll stand for questions on this one as well. >> Any questions? Why don't you reach >> uh chair? Um Sarah Shriner has a question. Um Sarah, why don't you go ahead? >> It's it's not a question, but I just wanted to echo what you had said. um create going from in person to online um overnight as a a teacher and educator for almost 30 years. It is a huge heavy lift. And so I just want to echo what you said um to all the Fidley faculty um and staff because I mean it's a huge lift for teachers, but it is for the rest of the staff in the building too. And so just a huge thank you for doing what is right for our community, for all of our kids, for our families. um and keeping keeping them safe. So, Fidley staff, top-notch, just thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. >> Thanks, Sarah. Anybody else? I think we're good. >> Oh, there everybody. >> Okay. Very related here. um chair members of the board and members of her community. Over the past several weeks, Fidley Public Schools has been navigating circumstances that far fall far outside the role of a school district. Since the significant surge in ICE enforcement across our region, our schools, our staff, our families, and most importantly, our children have been forced to live and learn through fear, uncertainty, and disruption. In response, we have led calmly, strategically, and relentlessly to keep learning going, and to keep our community intact. We now have detailed security personnel in every I'm sorry, dedicated security personnel in every building, observing campus parameter perimeters, and supporting principles and students throughout the day. I'm going to pause here and say what happened to me personally. >> [snorts] >> I check on every building every day and usually I'm with director Mickelson but I was by myself today and I was also um parked and doing a interview in my car and I experienced firsthand the security personnel until they recognized me like their diligence was so great. When I saw them coming I was like oh my god it's me. It's it's Brenda. It's the superintendent. Like I loved how they were not coming in like a bully way, but they definitely have eyes there. And I would say that interaction, I was spotted there in under 12 seconds. So as superintendent, that made me just so proud and gave me that reassurance that I needed. Um, so I'm just so proud of the work that Director Mickelson has done to literally stand up in less than 12 hours, security personnel that are highly trained, um, that are, uh, former police officers that are literally putting their whole love, soul, and expertise into our buildings. Um, I'm We have observers that are extra eyes and ears during arrival and dismissal. dismissal and cabinet members have literally relocated into school buildings to provide support to our building administrative teams. They've done this since last Monday. Rapid decision-making support and reassurance. We [snorts] stood up a virtual learning option in under a week, allowing children to continue learning when leaving home does not feel safe. We have organized and funded additional transportation routes for students, including door-to-door transport, so they don't have to risk encounters that would keep them from attending school. We are now transporting staff members to and from work because many of our educators cannot safely travel alone. Today, we fielded a call from a very concerned uh parent in our district. And I'm so glad the parent reached out concerned that ICE were at literally one of our bus stops. You also saw the media last week that a St. Paul public schools transportation van was pulled over by ICE. We have stood up food supports for both students and staff who cannot leave their homes. We have managed attendance flexibilities, instructional adjustments, and daily operational pivots. All will keep dignity and love at the center. Fley Public Schools is proud that nearly 25% of our licensed staff are staff of color and nearly 50% of our non-licensed staff are staff of color. These numbers have grown dramatically over the last two and a half years. We are also a district that is nearly 80% students of color and we are deeply proud of this community, its strength, its diversity, and its resilience. With these demographics comes a responsibility. Many of our staff and families are terrified to leave home right now. We have experienced increased absenteeism and requests for leave, not because of lack of commitment, because of fear and lived experience. To date, we know of two staff members, it's now three, who have [snorts] had serious, terrifying encounters with ice in the community. The trauma and ripple effects are real. I literally called Director Mickelson today from a classroom with a teacher that was sobbing about an ICE encounter that happened this weekend. But she is willing to share with us. She finds support. When she hung up with Director Mikkelson, she felt much better. Despite all of this, Fidley Public Schools has continued to rise in ways that make me profoundly proud. I want to publicly thank our staff for what for doing what can only be described as the unimaginable. Thank you to our cabinet members who have literally re relocated their offices into schools to provide aroundthe-clock leadership and reassurance. Thank you to our principles who now spend time every single day with security personnel, checking in on staff and students, working, walking their campuses and holding their schools through crisis. Thank you to our teachers and parah educators who are giving our children extra love, extra structure, and extra attention during a moment when anxiety is high and safety feels fragile. Thank you to our nutrition staff who are trusted adults in our school schools offering nourishment, comfort, and emotional safety to our children every single day. Thank you to our buildings and ground staff who have taken who have taken um extra diligence with operational readiness. Thank you to our clerical staff who have been answering calls and voicemails from families who are sobbing, terrified, and unsure if they can safely come to school. I've been there for some of those calls and it rips your soul out. And our clerical team has just risen to the challenge and is so comforting to our families. Thank you to our coaches who have been flexible as practices and events have been cancelled or rescheduled and who have exercised extra diligence at events to keep our athletes and spectators safe. Thank you to our academics and innovations team who built an entire virtual learning program almost overnight so that no child would fall behind due to fear. Thank you team whose empowerment work and direct engagement with families has brought love, culturally responsive support and critical resources into homes during a time of fear. This team is deeply trusted and well respected in our community and their presence has ensured that our families remain seen, uplifted and cared for. I know I am not naming everyone because there is no single staff in this district untouched by this moment, but I want to be clear. I have seen the resolve of our staff since the ice surge and it is extraordinary. I also want to thank our families who have trusted us enough to keep sending their children either virtually or in person to a school district that refuses to abandon them. Board members, thank you for your trust in me to lead through this. Thank you for standing up and leaning in at a time of unprecedented fear and hate that has permeated our community. Public schools have always risen to the challenges placed in front of us. We do it without debate, without permission, and without delay. And we do it because we are always always student centered. In moments when government policies and systems marginalize children's and children and families, public schools step in to hold what is left of the safety net. Tonight, I want this board and our broader community to know Fidley Public Schools will continue to lead with courage, with humanity, and with absolute commitment to the children and families we serve. Thank you, chair. I'll stand for questions and comments here, too. >> Sure. Thanks, Dr. Lewis. Any questions or comments? >> Uh, if if not, Dr. Lewis, I mean, I Well said. um especially from our staff's perspective and the the asks that have been put upon them to switch gears and change. Uh I would just add that I I have a high level of optimism in our community of of the city of Fidley. I've talked to a lot of community members that do not have kids that go to school that are helpful, that are buying groceries, that are doing ride sharing, that are asking for ways to help. Uh there's a lot of empathy um in our community. There are a lot of people that want to help and I I feel very strongly that the people of our city uh want to help and they can see this as a good path moving forward and I'm very confident that we will get through this 100%. So thank you again for pointing out all the thank yous for the people that are their their lives just got a lot more difficult and they're they're not stopping. So I appreciate that. Any other questions or comments? No. >> Nothing on the virtual side, chair. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, next here. Thanks for your patience as this is a um very uh emotionally heavy and very content heavy update. So, I appreciate that. Um, moving into upcoming work sessions. February 3rd is no work session. We're canceling that because of the caucus night. March 17th, no work se session, but we will have the business meeting. It's K welcome night at Hayes. And I think we could all use that um momentum. So, we um have changed the work session to just be a time um when board members can be at um Hayes welcoming our incoming kinders. And I'm so excited um that we're able to do that. So, that's the joy um that we needed tonight in my opinion. Um, next up I'm going to transition to uh board updates. So, um, MSBA leadership conference. Uh, board member Jones, I'm sorry. Um, Vice Chair Jones, >> thank you. Um, so I wanted to share about the MSBA leadership conference that I was able to attend last week. It was held on Thursday and Friday. Started on Wednesday, but then Thursday and Friday last week downtown at the convention center. Um it was a gathering of school board members and administrations uh from around the state as MSBA is our um professional organization. And I just wanted to share a couple of updates from that event um and a couple of the opportunities that I was able to take. First of all, I was able to meet with our local school board district um the northern district uh in the metro area and we were able to spend some time networking um and discussing kind of some [snorts] of the similar challenges and um just celebrations that we are having. And we also were able to spend some time brainstorming together tools or resources that would would be helpful for MSBA to um provide that would serve all of our boards uh collectively. So we had the opportunity to discuss that and then also I was able to attend um one of the presentations I was able to attend was by Matt Lairman and I he had a question that I really appreciated um actually two questions. One of them was to as a board to reflect on what are the things that we are thankful for that the board's 10 years in our history have um done that have put us in the situation that we are in currently. So what are the things that we are really thankful for about the board's leadership in the last 10 years? And then also a forward-looking question of what are the what are the decisions that we are making currently that boards and our community in 10 years will be thankful for um in the ways that we are leading currently right now. So he posed that question and I thought that that was something that I wanted to share with uh all of you and just was really thankful for that opportunity to pause and reflect. Um it was an MSBA conference. So as always there was a conversation about the separation between the responsibility of the school board as the governance team and the administration as the management team. Um reminding us again that the board governs uh and makes decisions on the what's through the policy and that the district's administration manages the hows through the daily procedures and processes. Um and just the delineation of those two different responsibilities. Uh and then two updates for or two dates for us is that um March 9th is the MSBA uh day at the capital in association with MASA. Um so that event at the capital will be happening again this year and in preparation for that on March 2nd there will be a virtual event that is the no before you go advocacy training. So that would be something that each of us would be invited to attend additionally and those are the details on MSBA. Uh 9:16 meeting is tomorrow. So, I'll have two updates on that for us next time. >> Thank you so much, Vice Chair. Um, Chair Carup, I will have um and Lori's already working on this. She already put out the staff date. She'll now for lobby day. She'll now put out the MA mbs. There we go. Um, lobby day. Um, and we'll do what we did last year. Um, I would love for us to have as many board members attending that as possible. As a reminder, staff will schedule us into multiple um, elected officials. We will only go to the ones that represent our district. It's not fair to other school districts for us to be there during their time. And the same likewise, we don't need other districts because our reps really want to hear personal, local, and immediate from the school districts that they're rep. We also might nope sorry Fidley is in a unique situation that we don't have shared reps unlike when we go to AMSD or MSBA um we have shared reps so um board member Stark now um Treasurer Anna I believe this meeting has not yet happened correct Northwest Suburban say that again um >> you are corrected It's January 28th. >> Thank you. Chair Carnup, I'm wondering if you and I and vice chair can tag on that AMSD update. >> Yeah, that'd be great. >> Okay. Um, are you okay if I start first? >> Yes. >> Okay. So, very um informative as always. Uh, as a reminder, MSD stands for Association of Metropolitan School Districts. So, these are school districts that are obviously in the metro. There's also um Rochester I think duth as well but they share a lot of similarities and it's very impactful when instead of you know all these different agenda items we come together as a group of what is really impacting us. Immediate priorities um for lobbying are enhancing school safety. Increase the safe schools levy to $100 per pupil for school districts and 35 per pupil for intermediates and cooperatives. Permit limited removal time within non-exclusionary discipline to support effective re-entry planning and maintain safe classrooms. Strengthen secure gun storage requirements. Stabilize compensatory funding. hold districts harmless from revenue losses resulting from recent compensatory formula changes until the recommendations for the compensatory revenue task force can be implemented. This is a direct difference maker in the lives of our children and in our fiscal health in Fidley. As a reminder, we are at almost $7 million annually on this. This is based off of um students who are economically disadvantaged. As we know, we are at 72% the largest percent districts in the entire state. This is last year the board did an amazing job on lobbying on this. We are right back at this. This is so important. Modernize permanent school fund distributions. support a constitutional amendment to adopt a percentage of market value distribution model that provides predictable funding while protecting long-term trust assets. While acknowledging fiscal constraints, AMSD believes the following priorities remain critical to the long-term success of students in school districts. Stabilize education funding. repeal the contingent 250 million cut to special education cross subsidy reduction aid scheduled for the 2829 bianium. As a reminder, these are legally required services that are right thing to do for students and we're facing a $250 million cut. As a further reminder, Fidley public schools cross subsidy that means the amount of money that is used out of the general fund for legally required and right thing to do special education services that is unreimbured unfunded is north of $2.2 million. So looking at another to that as a further reminder our transportation reimbursement through special education used to be 100% that was docked to 95% for us that was 70,000. Um increase local optional revenue to 979 per pupil to restore purchasing power lost to inflation and index it to the general education formula. Again keeping up with inflation, right? Strengthen the PSO program to ensure financial stability, academic rigor, student support, and preparation for success after high school. Reduce mandates and restore local control. Repeal requirements that school boards negotiate e-learning days, student testing, and student to staff ratios. Allow school boards to renew a capital project levy at the existing rate following a public hearing. fully fund or repeal summer unemployment insurance for non-licensed staff. We are not not supporters of unemployment, right? That keeps our para educators, our student nutrition staff, that keeps them with us, right? Because we can agree those are pretty tough livable wages and we are not against that. That's a win. However, we need it funded. provide funding for employer premiums and substitute staff costs associated with the paid leave program or exempt school districts. Again, that last part, exempt school districts, that's an AMSD stance. We want people to have paid leave. However, that's a lot of dollars again about that on a mandate. We're just asking them expand school board flexibility to transfer nonfederal fund surpluses among the operating accounts. So there's so many different pots of money and we have seen in our own district where it is notible and just having some additional flexibility would really help particularly with the fiscal situation that we are in. Uh, chair and vice chair, please enhance or correct anything here. Those all were great. Um, I appreciated also the information at the last meeting regarding the Minnesota student survey and just kind of some highle information about what our students are experiencing within the state um, and how how we can utilize that data or what that data means for our students. >> Thanks, Sarah. Nothing to add on my end. Okay, that sounds great. Um Lori, I think I'm done. Correct. All right, chair and board, thank you for um being really attentive on a rather longer update today. Chair, I'll turn it back to you. >> Awesome. Thanks, Dr. Lewis. Uh so, back to our business action items. Um next up, we have a resolution accepting gifts. I would certainly entertain a motion to accept with appreciation the following gifts received by the school district. Uh we received $1,290 uh from Fidley United Women in Faith in memory of a dear member of the Fidley Union, United Women of Faith to be used for the needs of students. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Motion by Stark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Anna. This is a roll call vote. Miss Anna, >> I. Miss Jones >> I >> Mr. Carup is I Miss Shriner >> I >> Miss Stark >> I >> Miss Yang >> I >> and I think I see Malik Mr. Ba >> I >> awesome thank you. Motion passes. Next up, I would entertain a motion for our consent agenda, which includes uh the statutory operating debt debt resolution, minutes from the last meeting held in December, new contracts, amendments, leaves of absence, resignations, and terminations. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Motion made by Stark. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Anna. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed. >> Motion passes. Next up, we have um some important dates coming up. On January 22nd at 5:30 at Stevenson, we have the uh Stevenson PTO meeting. Uh the Fidley High School Music Department fundraiser, which is a lip sync concert, >> will be held at the district auditorium at 7:00 on January 24th. We have incoming fifth grade parent night on January 29th, 5:00 at the Freley Middle School. We have incoming nth grade res. Oh, >> those are wrong. >> Do you want me screen? >> Yeah, you got it. >> Yeah, >> hold on. I'm scrolling back. I was Okay, >> there we go. >> Okay, >> take take two. Okay. So, we have the IBM personal project celebration January 21st from 3:30 to 5:30 at Fley High School. Haze conferences on January 21st from 4 to 7 obviously at Hayes. 7th and 8th grade winter formal dance January 22nd 5:00 to 7:00 at the Fidley Middle School. There will be no school due to evaluation and planning day on January 23rd and Hayes conferences on January 27th from 4 to 7:00 p.m. at Hayes Elementary. And then we have incoming fifth grade night January 28th from 5 to 6 at the Fidley Middle School. And there's more. Yep, there we go. Incoming 9th grade night, January 28th from 6:00 to 7:00 at Fidley High School. We have no school on January 30th for staff development. Hayes team tower bingo night February 5th from 5 to 6:30 at Hayes Elementary. Then we have a free family movie night. Bad guys 2 will be shown at the high school auditorium on February 6th. Looks like Mickelson will be going to that 7 o'clock. We have the ECF friendship dance on February 7th here at the Fidley Community Center. Then we have a better together family meeting at Hayes on February 9th from 5 to 5:30. >> Oh goodness. >> We have the Philly Middle School Winsard concert grades 6 and 7 and on February 10th 7 o'clock at Philly Middle School. Another Stevenson PTO meeting on February 11th from 5 to 5:45 at Stevenson Elementary and no school on February 16th due to a district holiday. And I believe lastly, our next meeting will be on February 17th here at the FCC. work session at 5:30, open form at 7:00, and business meeting at 7:30. Anything I'm missing? >> Yep. >> What am I missing? >> Uh, Stevenson bingo night. >> Stevenson bingo night. >> January 29th. >> January 29th at what time? >> 5:00 p.m. >> 5:00 p.m. And I'd like to point out that I'm pretty sure I don't have to take an eye test because I read that pretty clearly from what do you think, Mickelson? At least 100 feet away. Right. >> All right. Thank you. With that, I would certainly entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Do I have a second? Second. A motion by Stark, second by Anna. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those all those opposed signify by saying no. Motion passes and we are adjourned at 858. Thank you everybody.