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Edina Public Schools: July 17th School Board Meeting
Edina City CouncilTuesday, July 18, 2023
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[0:23] um tonight we are going to um oh thank you very much tonight we
[0:30] will have some consent agenda items we have a discussion about long-term facilities maintenance we've quite a few
[0:36] conversations around policy um we have the formal action on for the
[0:43] upcoming School Board election um action on school school board liaison
[0:48] roles that we talked about in work session and then leadership committee updates and we will also be introducing
[0:55] two of our new administrators Stanley we do not have a formal
[1:01] excellence in action to present tonight so I thought we could take a few minutes to introduce our two new members of our
[1:08] Edina Public Schools community that we have here with us tonight absolutely so I'd like to invite up Mr Paul paisal and
[1:16] then Ms Francis BayCare who goes by Franny she does not want to be called Francis
[1:24] to the table up here we're so glad to have you yeah
[1:32] so really excited I will uh Franny started on August 1st and so
[1:38] um I will start with just a little bit about Franny and her overview for any um has most recently served as principal of
[1:46] middle school she also served at high school level as Dean assistant principal
[1:52] and then has quite a substantial um District level work where she worked at the secondary level
[1:59] she also has personal background where she actually served and or actually came
[2:06] in as a multilingual learner into the school system and we know that her position is director of achievement
[2:12] equity and multilingual learner services and so we're just really delighted to have somebody that has such
[2:19] a sound administrative background who really truly understands the multilingual learner experience and has
[2:26] that expertise in leading for that because she served in a school that had
[2:31] just a strong percentage of multilingual Learners and so um like to welcome her to Edina Public
[2:38] Schools foreign
[2:46] thank you and I'm very excited to be in Edina schools and getting getting my
[2:52] feet wet and learning about the new dual immersion program which I'm very excited
[2:58] to get to work with the team and getting to meet some of the multilingual teachers so I'm excited to jump in and
[3:06] see what support I can help provide Edina on its Journey
[3:12] thank you director BayCare and now we made an announcement last
[3:18] week and a lot of folks saw that welcome Paul it's great to have you on board you actually started on on well Thursday was
[3:24] your first technical day but you were you're in the office on Friday and Paul has a 37-year experience in
[3:33] education he most recently served 15 years as a middle school principal in
[3:39] wyzetta um we very quickly got him into green and so we were really excited about that
[3:46] and he worked on that with us really understands High achieving environment he actually served as assistant or
[3:54] associate principal at Wayzata High School you know Wayzata High School has nearly 4 000 students in it and so he
[4:01] has a strong background in that area in getting to know Paul he talked a lot
[4:06] about relationship relationship with all stakeholders and that really excited me he also understands just
[4:14] the level of rigor that we expect for achievement and we're just really excited to have him in the district to
[4:21] serve as interim given that he just retired in his in his current role so
[4:27] really happy that he was willing to join the Hornet family as well
[4:36] thank you Dr Stanley it is uh truly an honor to be able to have this opportunity
[4:42] um as a lifelong resident of the Southwest Metro I understand fully the expectations that Edina brings and the
[4:50] high standards of excellence that uh that you've been able to accomplish over the many many decades and so we look
[4:55] forward to upholding that I've been as Dr Stanley said I've been in the office for a couple of days and getting to know
[5:01] the staff at Edina High School and am very very impressed and so I know that
[5:07] we have a lot of work to do but we have the capacity to do that work and so I'm
[5:12] excited about that and look forward to working with all of you thank you
[5:18] thank you both for being here tonight introducing yourselves we're just really thrilled to have you on board so
[5:23] thank you we're going to move on to our consent
[5:29] agenda I apologize we normally have hearings from members of the public but we do not have any members of the public
[5:35] here tonight you're always welcome to come on our Monday regular meetings
[5:40] um and now we're going to move on to our consent agenda is there anything anyone would like to remove from our consent
[5:46] agenda do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda so moved second
[5:53] excellent we will now vote by roll call to approve the consent agenda allenberg I
[5:59] Ram aye Birdman aye gabler I green I Neville I Shaw I the motion is
[6:09] approved our consent agenda has been approved moving on to our discussion items our
[6:15] first item is our long-term facility maintenance at the plan and I'd like to invite up Director of Business Services
[6:20] Mark Woodard
[6:32] thank you thank you chair allenberg good evening
[6:38] members of the school board superintendent Stanley the long-term facilities maintenance 10-year plan for
[6:43] fiscal years 2025 through 2034 actually starts off our Levy certification process for taxes payable in 2024 which
[6:51] will fund a portion of our operations for fiscal year 2025. so the the state
[6:56] of Minnesota actually requires us to adopt an annual rolling 10-year plan in order to access the long-term facilities
[7:02] maintenance revenue and so this action not action discussion item
[7:08] tonight introduces that that planned action for next week's board meeting for formal approval once formal approval is
[7:14] received from the school board we'll forward that on to the Department of Education who will then load that
[7:19] information into the letter V certification system just as a reminder our district here
[7:25] utilizes a mixture of pay-as-you-go Levy Authority as well as bonded debt in order to finance long-term facilities
[7:30] maintenance projects throughout the district those projects include building envelope improvements interior Services
[7:36] mechanical system upgrades Plumbing Etc I'd also like to remind members of the
[7:41] community that those ltfm funds are highly regulated in nature and can only be used for deferred maintenance
[7:47] projects so things that are existing within our structures that are connected to our buildings new items such as
[7:53] computers laptops servers Furniture cannot be used with ltfm neither can new
[7:59] structures such as our Countryside Elementary Edition so things that are already existing that we can extend the
[8:05] useful life for the 10-year revenue and expenditure plans are included in your board packet
[8:10] tonight again we'll bring those again next week as well as for those on to our finance committee for guidance and
[8:15] feedback if there are any questions we can take those now do board members have questions or
[8:21] comments um just a point of clarification so when I looked at the revenue numbers we
[8:27] basically have a flat number for 10 years sort of how I saw that from there I'm assuming that's just a calculation that you're using in for that I think
[8:33] was the Apu number was at 93 93 something of that effect I can't remember the exact number
[8:39] um but from the from the protocol that I saw in the 10-year forecast you're basically holding it flat over that period of time just to have as a
[8:45] baseline even though that the the actual number might be up and down based off of that but you're using that flat as part
[8:51] of your projection is that correct absolutely so I can answer that question in two Parts director Birdman
[8:56] um as far as the average pupil unit Revenue that you referred we actually generate a possible Revenue stream of
[9:02] greater than that figure because we're one of the grandfather districts from the old alt facilities maintenance
[9:07] program that was sunset and I believe legislative session 2015 and took effect in 2017. so we we generate a lot more
[9:15] Revenue than we actually receive um and you're right we do keep a flat tax rate which is a great benefit to our
[9:22] community and taxpayer years but also gives the school board the flexibility and authority to seek voter approval on
[9:28] bonds without necessarily increasing the tax rate for the community so we're able to stretch those payments out over 30
[9:34] years or so to maintain the most level Debt Service as possible thank you
[9:40] any other questions or comments from board members great thank you director Woodard
[9:49] next up for a discussion I'm is we have our policy review and we have the chair
[9:55] of our policy committee Regina Neville and also our district legal counsel here tonight to talk about a policy so I'll
[10:01] turn it over to you director Neville thank you chair allenberg we have two policies up for discussion this evening
[10:08] policy 516.5 on overdose medication which is a brand new policy for all
[10:16] school districts this year and policy 524 an update on our internet acceptable
[10:22] use policy so I'm happy to welcome Trevor helmers who is legal counsel for
[10:28] the school district to introduce us to policy 5 16.5 on overdose medication
[10:35] welcome thank you uh board members one of the
[10:41] changes a lot of changes this year for school districts in the last legislative
[10:46] session one of them one of the big ones was a requirement that a school district
[10:52] maintain a supply of opiate antagonists each School building having two doses of
[10:58] nasal naloxone available on site and then also saying in that update to
[11:05] policy that you may adopt a model plan for use storage and administration of
[11:10] these opiate antagonists so what you have in front of you is a draft policy
[11:16] on those pieces this is largely based on the Minnesota school boards Association
[11:22] model policy and it really matches kind of what the
[11:29] requirements are in the law it is it's important to know too that this section
[11:34] went into effect on July 1. so this is their now and so this policy is just kind of
[11:41] catching up with some of those requirements with that if anybody has questions feel free to ask them but
[11:47] otherwise you know this is really it's done to be in compliance with one of the
[11:52] many new laws that we will be putting in place this year
[11:58] thank you are there any questions I just had a quick question about um school resource officers and whether
[12:04] or not it extends to them if they are if they are part of extended this coverage and then if they
[12:11] were the ones to administer it within the um the building are they covered under this policy
[12:17] yeah and I um in the actual policy itself I believe
[12:22] that they would be um perhaps the chair of the committee might know more uh closely than me but
[12:30] for sure under the uh under the laws and under the the Good Samaritan laws as
[12:35] well uh related to this because we have about six or seven laws that all have to do with
[12:41] um essentially if you are acting in good faith in providing the uh the Nar the naloxone
[12:47] that you are not liable for you know any actions that occur so they would
[12:53] certainly be covered under that if they were coming into our building and uh you
[12:59] know taking those actions we would want them complying with our policies typically in our SRO contracts we do
[13:05] require them to follow our policies so they should be following these procedures as well if they're in our
[13:11] building Dr Stanley yeah under section three policy responsibilities B1 within their
[13:18] states or Personnel employed by or under
[13:23] contract with and they are under contract with us so they would um qualify for that
[13:30] I know Karen you have a question but I had a similar I guess question to dance
[13:36] or along the same lines is it says for the administration who can administ
[13:42] administer it um however I guess I was wondering in our
[13:47] district right now are all of our nurses already do they already have the ability to
[13:54] administer and do we have someone do we have a staff member on site at all times to
[13:59] administer it is my question yeah so at our schools right now because
[14:05] it is the school buildings we where programming would be in place we do have someone to administer that
[14:11] thank you very much Karen thank you
[14:17] um thank you Trevor for being here tonight I know in policy committee we've talked through this policy and one of
[14:24] the things that was drawn to our attention is that this is in school building during the school day not field
[14:32] trip not hockey games football games all of that my question is more in general
[14:39] um probably outside the scope of this policy but in general as we're talking about this
[14:44] if a student would administer this or let's say something happens there's an
[14:50] overdose at a football game our Good Samaritan laws in place to protect them when they're on
[14:57] our property yes um the the Good Samaritan law that is in
[15:04] place um in Minnesota statute 604 applies regardless of where it is it really just
[15:12] only has that good faith requirement that someone's doing it in good faith so
[15:18] would apply to students it would apply to if a teacher were to do it it would apply kind of across the board and I
[15:24] would say that's that's something a little bit outside of the policy itself but just from the from the legal stands
[15:30] stand standpoint yes they would um they would not be liable for any um you know any harm that came from the uh
[15:38] administering that kind of emergency dose answering that and I know it was outside
[15:43] the scope of this policy but I thought as we were talking about this and had you here today I thought it was worth just asking that general public question
[15:50] thank you I have a companion question to Karen's
[15:55] um which she touched on but I just want to clarify that already it is possible
[16:01] for students to have a prescription to have specifically Narcan
[16:07] on their person and that this policy doesn't apply to that that's already
[16:12] legal and allowed is there anything else that we should be aware of in relationship to a student
[16:19] having narcam um I would say not necessarily
[16:25] um you know that is the type of thing though that we might have an interaction there between this policy and what the
[16:33] law allows and what we might allow in general um because it is still a uh is still on
[16:39] the schedule for drugs it would probably be the type of thing that um in our other policies on student
[16:45] medications we would require a student to bring in that that order to show us
[16:50] in order to carry it so um you could absolutely see a situation where for
[16:55] instance say last last school year a kid uh was having an overdose the other
[17:02] student had it on their body gave it to that student we say thank you but also here's your discipline because you can't
[17:08] have that on school grounds I you know that's that's not what would happen but it would kind of show the interaction of
[17:13] those two policies with each other so that might be something that um you know kind of in a back to school idea if
[17:20] we're talking to students and Families about that we might share that we still don't want unknown uh drugs coming into
[17:27] the school that if you're going to carry you have to bring in your prescription because this is still I understand that
[17:34] it is going to be over the counter soon but right now it is still prescription thank you
[17:40] last question well last question I think oh sorry go ahead Julie um the only thing I was going to ask is
[17:46] can you just clarify that this law went into effect July 1 to confirm that and
[17:51] can you just speak a little bit of that to the community and you Dr Stanley too just how that's rolling out at the schools
[17:58] sure yeah and if you want me to start yeah absolutely it started was put into effect on July 1.
[18:04] um the policy is not required but is a really good idea because if you're going to have it on school property it's a
[18:10] very good idea to have your policy saying how it's going to be administered and what our expectations are so you
[18:15] aren't required to get this policy in place but it's a very good idea this did go into effect
[18:21] um you know I think a lot of these laws were put into effect over the summer with them thinking well schools are actually going to comply by the time
[18:27] students are back maybe not realizing that a lot of our school buildings have students in them all summer with
[18:34] different kind of events so um just from a legal side yes it's in effect right now kind of regardless of
[18:40] what you do with this policy um and thanks a lot for that Trevor so
[18:46] legislatively school school districts are required for each School building
[18:52] this is under section three a each School building must have two doses
[18:59] of nasal naloxone available on site and so director Jody remsing has been working
[19:07] over the summer we do have those two doses of naloxone on site at each one of
[19:13] our school buildings to make certain if there is an overdose and nurses have
[19:19] been trained as well thank you so much for clarifying that
[19:24] quick question and I think it's great that this is available is there any Inc
[19:31] is there any increased liability to our District or employees since this is
[19:37] available and it is in policy if God forbid something did happen to a student
[19:42] and we have our two authorized personnel let's say we can't get a hold of one of
[19:49] them or some like worst case scenario does this somehow increase our liability for
[19:57] um I know what you're asking and I think
[20:02] that um in the abstract no because the law says
[20:08] we have to have it and that we can have a plan it does not say we have to give
[20:14] it um so there are no affirmative requirements for us to
[20:19] um to use these um you could see an argument coming down the line on a potential negligence claim
[20:27] saying why didn't you have more people ready um why didn't you have more people um but again the the that would really
[20:34] go back to well we aren't we're required to have them but we aren't required to give them out so I I from a from is
[20:41] there an increased liability I'd say you're in the same boat first of all as every other school district
[20:47] um and I just don't know that there's really going to be that much of an increase in potential liability okay
[20:52] thank you all right thank you everyone and thank
[20:59] you Trevor we appreciate it this policy will come back at our next regular meeting in August for full approval but
[21:05] as Trevor and Dr Stanley mentioned it is current law and we the district does
[21:11] have a plan moving forward thank you
[21:17] our next policy for discussion this evening is 5 24 internet acceptable use
[21:23] and I'm happy to welcome Natasha monseth daily our director of media and
[21:29] Technology services to walk us through the updates welcome Natasha thank you
[21:34] good evening to Ellenberg Dr Stanley and members of the board policy 524 is our internet acceptable
[21:42] use policy we also you should not have a companion policy a policy 634 which is
[21:47] electronic Technology's acceptable use this policy is really more formatted 524
[21:53] is really more formatted towards students so keep that in mind as we discuss some of the changes and
[21:59] revisions here most of the revisions on that were put into this policy at this
[22:04] time were in regards to new legislation that came out over this past about year
[22:10] or so and so that's really where a lot of the changes in impetus for these came from and in the policy committee we had
[22:17] a lot of good discussion about some of those changes and what they meant um
[22:22] truthfully I'll just say our goal in this policy or my goal in this policy and reviewing it and looking at neighboring districts and looking at
[22:28] what MSB provided for us was to really stick with that MSB language and guidance really until we start to
[22:35] understand the new Minnesota data privacy laws and some of the changes that are coming out in legislation we
[22:41] felt that that was the best to stick with msba policies so what you'll see in the policy is the parts in blue are
[22:49] obviously the parts that we have added ourselves as a district and then a lot of the parts in red as Polly put in here
[22:56] are the parts that were msba specific language and so we felt that those were necessary to include to one provide that
[23:03] def uh definition and guidance and really to just give us a kind of a legal
[23:08] standing point in this policy as we continue to decipher what it means and what it looks like especially with the
[23:13] way that the technology landscape rapidly changes so I'm trying to see if there's some some
[23:19] specific things you'd like me to point out or if you have questions we can just go right to those
[23:26] I would encourage the board to maybe go right to questions that anyone may have
[23:34] which may include specific parts of the policy that you'd like us to walk through or maybe there are no questions
[23:40] that's oh I have a question oh all right sorry no that's fine I have a question
[23:46] slash concern and or clarification under five unacceptable uses
[23:54] um a G where we add in use of social media for
[23:59] non-academic purposes and or um use of social media by students under
[24:07] the age of 13 is um unacceptably is an unacceptable use
[24:16] and I guess my question is what is our district definition of social media
[24:22] because I think that it can be a broad list it can be a
[24:29] narrow list I think that I know that my student has used like
[24:34] Moodle to interact with students on assignments that that can be
[24:40] considered social media and so I'm a little concerned about that this could be overly restrictive
[24:47] and proscriptive especially when we say we aren't going
[24:52] to law students under the age of 13 to use social media at all like I understand the Contemporary use and I
[24:58] assume it's like Tick Tock and Facebook and things like that however I was wondering if we could put some more
[25:04] definition around it to make sure we're not prohibiting some ways that teachers creatively use certain applications
[25:12] or if we truly mean we don't want students interacting with each other on technology I guess that's my question so
[25:20] my question as well because I I know certain
[25:26] what you would consider social media platforms that are a part of an expectation for
[25:31] so there's a couple factors to that one um Moodle or schoology those are not
[25:37] considered social media platforms those are learning management systems and they have a specific name so if it would help us to define those things I think we
[25:44] could do so because a Facebook a tick tock a Twitter is a very different from
[25:49] academic interaction via a learning management system so if we needed to delineate that I think we could add that
[25:55] definition the reason we have the under 13 is because that's part of the um the
[26:01] children's internet protection act which is actually that's a federal guidance in law and so that part about students
[26:07] under the age of 13 I would not change under any circumstances but as I said we
[26:12] could provide further definition or Clarity if that would help I don't think that there is I'm I'm not
[26:20] concerned that this policy would become more restrictive around social media because of the language that's in here
[26:25] but if the board feels that way then we could add that definition in there so can I throw out some like use cases like
[26:32] that were running through my mind so say we have a student newspaper and somebody's job is to upload information
[26:38] onto Twitter or Instagram or something so that would just be under no circumstances can that be done on a
[26:44] school device am I understanding that that's an academic purpose and so then that could be done it's a non-academic
[26:49] purpose so for students using Tick Tock to film Tick Tock videos in the hallway non-academic purpose therefore that
[26:57] would be prohibited but for the use of a classroom or academic we have some teachers that use Twitter for getting
[27:04] like for example in a social studies class for students to get information about other countries and so on and so
[27:09] forth that would be acceptable use except for students under the age of 13 because they can't even sign up for a
[27:15] Twitter account okay so next next use case extracurricular and co-curricular
[27:21] activities what's the question use of social media
[27:26] platforms on District devices say a Discord so we we already have some uh Discord
[27:33] work set up for those kinds of Discord workarounds I'd say set up for those we do discourage that
[27:40] um because those are not things that we are able to filter and control on our end and so in terms of extracurriculars
[27:46] one this policy is not regarding extracurricular time and so that's a different conversation probably in
[27:51] question um but I would say that you know
[27:57] students using Twitter or Facebook if it's a district device we would be
[28:03] saying they wouldn't be using it if they're under the age of 13 or for non-academic purposes I think you can
[28:08] make the argument that an extracurricular activity is pertaining to school and would be an acceptable use
[28:14] so I'm not disagreeing I just don't think we spell that out here
[28:20] I I just think we have to be so clear with what our intentions are
[28:27] that's all I'm saying so so I'm clear for policy committee Direction the request is that a more
[28:35] clear definition be added for social media and and and use cases
[28:42] what non-academic could mean right so if I have a non-academic I'm thinking that's anything outside of the school
[28:50] day right so two definitions for social media and non-academic yes
[28:58] yes yeah and I would I wouldn't I think it'd be interesting to ask
[29:04] like Middle School and High School teachers all the different what ways are they utilizing social media at all and
[29:10] in education especially with some of our like steam things that because we're
[29:16] working on coding and website and so I'm just wondering like at some point are we going to be asking students like embed a
[29:23] Facebook page into a as an academic thing but then they're under so I just
[29:29] think we would not be allowed to do that in middle school so in high school that's a different conversation and we
[29:34] would need to address that but for middle school students we've essentially said no social media can be used because
[29:39] that's we're never going to say I have you sixth graders that are 13 can get
[29:44] Twitter but the other half of you cannot for academic purposes so we've really put a blanket approach on Middle School to not use social media so what we have
[29:52] done and what um Matt flugelm our digital learning coordinator is really good at is providing teachers with alternatives to then either share their
[29:59] work Express their work have those same experiences that don't violate those types of laws and practices
[30:06] can I just add one quick thing too that we talked I know we talked about this in policy a lot
[30:11] and that under the age of 13 it really was on top of federal law but it really
[30:17] was following Twitter Facebook all those Instagram like so they're the ones dictating it whether we want to whether
[30:23] whether we want to have sixth graders doing that sending out tweets or not with out of our control so I think
[30:28] that's what that was directing at but I do agree like a little bit more clarification so someone reading that
[30:34] they really understand that and I think um reading it for teachers and for
[30:39] parents so it's kind of both Anne that's what I hear you're saying okay
[30:45] I wanted to be to get clarification on how I read this so it talks about the internet acceptable use we obviously
[30:50] have the situation with our District provided devices but students
[30:56] can bring their personal devices in and use the internet if they gain access to the Wi-Fi and so on so forth but it's
[31:01] also addressing that as well is it not caveats right so we we can we filter the
[31:08] exact same way we provide the same firewall for personal or District provided devices but if a student is
[31:16] using their personal device at home to shop Amazon there's nothing no no I
[31:21] meant more that when they're in our building they're accessing our Wi-Fi accessing the internet through that connection absolutely the same things
[31:27] apply yep thank you any other questions on this policy so I
[31:35] have Direction back for the policy committee to add definitions for clarifying social media and non-academic
[31:42] and other than that we'll bring this back in August thank you Natasha thank
[31:47] you those are our only discussion items
[31:53] we'll now move to our action items do I have a motion to approve the filing
[31:59] period for affidavits of Canada's candidacy so moved is there a second
[32:05] second I'd like to welcome director Woodard back up to this podium
[32:22] good evening chair allenberg members of the school board the filing period for affidavits of candidacy for office is
[32:29] something that's required by State Statute we provide official notice of the filing period in our official School
[32:35] newspaper as well as certain conspicuous locations around the school building this is merely a formal way of opening
[32:42] the filing period which begins on August 1st and will close after 14 days so five o'clock on August 15th members who are
[32:49] interested in running for office will file their candidacy downstairs in the main entryway and also provide the
[32:56] district with two dollars to file as a filing fee um in addition at the August regular
[33:01] meeting of the school board we'll bring a recommended action item and resolution to actually call for the general
[33:07] election um to like three school school board members to terms of at this point four
[33:12] years um if there are any questions I'll take those at this time if not the
[33:18] recommended action is before you can I ask a clarifying question yes you may
[33:24] where are folks registering because I heard you say downstairs but historically it's been in the superintendent's office
[33:32] no we've actually um received so Ann goes down to the Welcome Center and we've received them
[33:38] there okay I just want to make sure thank you do board members have questions or comments
[33:46] great we will now vote by roll call to approve the filing period for affidavits of candidacy
[33:52] malenberg I
[33:57] arav hi caper
[34:06] the filing period for affidavits of candidacy has been approved uh next are board liaison rolls thank
[34:14] you director Woodard do I have a motion to approve board the board liaison roles so moved is there a
[34:20] second second um so this is actually I know we put
[34:26] board members in their roles earlier this is actually proving the new configuration of the roles
[34:33] um so I I know it's a little bit confusing um so I apologize if that's confu was confusing to board members or
[34:38] any members of the public so this is um the board looked at our liaison roles
[34:44] and analyzed them for capacity of the board equity and access of our stakeholders and making sure that we
[34:51] were standardizing our communication with both within the board and with our
[34:57] stakeholders and this what we're approving are the recommendations for how we move forward in the 2023-2024
[35:05] school year um and I know we've talked about it at
[35:10] the last board meeting and also in a work session but I want to make sure that no board members have questions before we vote on these changes
[35:20] no we'll now vote by roll call to approve the board liaison roles allenberg I
[35:27] oh now I have to air them hi Birdman aye daveler
[35:33] aye green aye Neville I Shaw aye the board liaison rolls have been
[35:38] approved um now we're going to go to our policy and I'll turn it over to um chair of the
[35:44] policy committee director Neville thank you we have several policies before us this evening for approval each
[35:51] of these have been discussed I'm grateful to our admin team who's put in
[35:56] a significant amount of time to provide the updates for the policies um
[36:02] we can just take these one at a time see if their questions start with policy 111
[36:07] equity and educational achievement and there's um
[36:13] oh let's see I have a note I want to make sure what my note means here
[36:18] oh yes so the changes that have been made in this policy since we discussed it were both recommended by the board at
[36:25] the June 12th discussion one is a reference to the Strategic plan in section 3B it's been deleted for clarity
[36:34] so that it's not tied to the Strategic plan and also the reference to work toward the five-year goal that language
[36:41] has been deleted again to make the policy more Timeless other than that the
[36:46] language and the policy remains as we saw it at the last meeting are there any questions before this one is approved
[36:54] okay and chair allenberg do you want to approve should we approve all these at
[37:00] the end afterwards I'll just walk through them then okay I will keep going thank you policy 113 data requests uh
[37:07] there was one change since we saw this on June 12th there was a suggestion that in section one purpose the word relative
[37:15] is deleted so that again the language is more clear other than that all language
[37:22] Remains the Same are there any questions okay we'll continue forward policy 414
[37:29] mandated reporting of child neglect or physical or sexual abuse
[37:35] um that this policy and policy 415 mandated
[37:41] reporting of maltreatment of vulnerable adults have no changes are there any
[37:46] questions okay and then policy 806 Emergency Management
[37:53] this one basic no this there are no changes to
[37:59] this one either since we saw it last any questions
[38:04] all right thank you and we could move forward for action
[38:12] well now by roll call to approve policies 111 113 414 415 and 806.
[38:19] will um allenberg I Arab aye Birdman
[38:26] aye gabler hi green I Neville I Shaw I the policies have been
[38:35] approved that is the end of our action items we're now going to move to board
[38:40] leadership and committee updates anything from board members
[38:47] um I have one um one of the most important things our board does is hire a superintendent and
[38:53] perform our annual review and so at our June board meeting we did our annual review of Dr Stanley
[39:00] um so I'd like to read a summary of our review of Dr Stanley Dr Stanley displays
[39:06] many strengths and the board feels that she has met or exceeded each of her goals for the 2022-2023 year some of her greatest
[39:13] strengths include her ability to set high standards for herself and those she works with while employing great empathy
[39:19] towards individuals she's able to build authentic and genuine relationships with various stakeholders and then through
[39:25] consistency in her own insistence on high standards earns the trust of those stakeholders she Embraces collecting and
[39:32] analyzing data to really focus on student achievement and the whole child Dr Stanley is an effective leader and
[39:38] leans into empowering others on her cabinet team to develop those leaders their leadership skills Dr Stanley on
[39:44] the board continue to grow in their work together this will be an ongoing effort and includes but is not limited to
[39:50] finding ways to incorporate educator voice in our processes and further refining the timeline and process of
[39:56] board superintendent work I think I speak for the board when I say we're very lucky to have you as our
[40:01] superintendent so thank you for a great year thank you
[40:07] I'm Dr Stanley do you have any superintendent updates I do have one update and that is
[40:13] actually regarding the upcoming board seats that we'll be opening up that mert talked about and so on
[40:21] um make sure I have the date and the time right on Wednesday July 26th I'll be
[40:27] offering an information session board members come sometimes we have one or
[40:32] two board members there and it's just general information about um if you're for individuals who may be
[40:39] interested in running that is from 6 45 to 745 on Wednesday July 26th in room
[40:48] 350 and so for anyone in the community who's interested in running for board I
[40:53] encourage you to come out and learn about that in addition to that the board is part of their goals worked on a video
[41:00] that provided an overview of the responsibilities of board and if you're
[41:05] interested but you can't make it to that session that video really provides a
[41:11] really strong in factual overview of what the work of the board is
[41:16] again we're really excited to have a principal Paul Pizza on at the high school and we
[41:25] actually have information sessions that Paul will be holding both for staff and
[41:34] for families and those are being held and not on the website on the 26th as
[41:42] well during the day and later in the afternoon so
[41:47] that's what I have thank you Dr Stanley do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting
[41:53] so moved is there a second second we will now vote by roll call to adjourn the meeting allenberg I Aaron aye
[42:00] Birdman aye gabler green I Neville I Shaw I the motion has
[42:08] passed and the meeting is adjourned thank you everyone