e e e e e e e e e e e e [Laughter] calling the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. uh this is the board of directors regular school board meeting for Monday June 24th 2024 welcome to all of our visitors guests and media uh tonight we'll start with a board and administration roll calls Mr phelp here Mr Burns here miss Danielson here miss Schultz here miss Geto here miss naton here Mr onell here Mr Scher here Mr henon here Mr girton here miss oconnell here miss pton here miss dimler here Mr VI here Mr samansky please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance IED aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all we have had no public comments prior to the meeting so is there a motion to approve the agenda and addendums so moved second motion made by Miss Danielson seconded by Miss Geto any further discussion on the agenda hearing none all those in favor say I I all oppose nay motion carries moving on to item three the consent agenda which includes the regular school board minutes for May 20th 20 2024 the Personnel consent agenda and the business consent agenda approval second Jeff's got it paper scissors right motion made by Mr Burns seconded by Mr onell any further discussion on the consent agenda I was just going to say there's a couple of contracts on there so wanted to acknowledge those the teaching and the director of teaching and learning and uh technology operations yes so no other discussion all those in favor of the consent agenda say I I all oppose nay motion carries item four recognitions presentations and showcase Mr samansky floor is yours good evening thank you it's uh always great to celebrate activity successes and tonight we're going to take a look at the spring we've got a couple qualifiers for the state meets so we want to give them their due recognition uh Coach O our boy's golf coach was not able to be here tonight so I have the pleasure of introducing Mr Nathan ragner Nathan want you come on up here Nathan qualified for state in boys Gulf at sections in Becker first day he shot a 78 day two he shot an 81 and for a total of 159 good enough for eighth place at sections and then qualifying him for SE or for State my fault um State didn't go as well and not due to anything of his doing but the weather did not cooperate he had a he had an okay first day but then day two we had that's when the rains kind of started I think what was your delay um 3 hours at one point yeah 3 hours so the decision was made by a lot of golfers they did not finish the second round so if you looked officially on the on the um on the high school league website and saw that it would say Do not did not finish but many of them didn't finish and it was weather related story so it was a very tough uh course um but Nathan represented us really well and we're very excited for his first trip to State Golf so [Applause] congratulations okay so I will represent the three um track people and feel people that we had go to state malie sonano she is not able to be here but she went in both the shot and the disc um she ended up um meddling in her shop H which was fantastic ended up in finals out of um three Heats and then we have Maggie who went for Maggie mccab who went for both the triple and the long jump um I mean she didn't have the greatest showing but she still jumped 147 off the wrong foot so pretty amazing athlete there yep um and then we have Micah Schmidt who is here with us so mic can come up um Micah qualified in the triple jump and um always wants to do better however little does he realize he was in the first flight so out of three the first flight is typically the shortest distance jumped and he PR his first jump and his second jump and ended up in the finals with um coming home with Hardware from state so pretty amazing um you don't really see that very often where they go from the first flight you kind of just think okay I'm here at State this is exciting and he walked out with the metal so pretty exciting stuff for mic so congratulations [Applause] sir Stacy Geto representing a Watertown Trap Team uh this is Griffin getco my son um first year as a coach I'm learning as we go uh trap's a bigger sport than more people realize nowadays uh 11,900 kids participate in Minnesota in trap it's amazing um 365 teams give or take every year and top 40 teams qualify for state and top 100 boys get to go to State and top 25 girls get to go State uh Griffin was our um individual that represented a at State this year uh he finished third in conference uh top 100 shooter and uh he had an average of 23.8 out of 25 this season which is uh not an easy challenge um uh he uh ended up shooting through the rain on Friday uh for state championships nerves got him a little bit at at number 50 missed missed a few at that point he had 49 straight hits uh missed missed about five over the next 25 regained his composure and shot a 24 out of 25 to finish his uh uh run at 94 out of 100 uh he ended up placing at at number 55 in state out of a out of a 100 out of 11,900 kids and uh had a had a lot of fun this year and can't wait to go back till next year so uh uh anyways congratulations [Applause] all right you [Laughter] quicker oh your family's not going to go to soccer all right first time forti yeah stat okay now it's time for the 2023 2024 activities review all kinds of exciting stuff um last year we did this and really I think the focus was we tried to focus on what our department goals are and just how we achieved them and and what we what we did achieve what we didn't achieve and just some of the numbers that we didn't really talk about it's it's really a a privilege seasonally to come here and bring our athletes bring our participants and you guys recognize them season that's a lot of fun and it's and it's great so we really kind of avoided or I avoided that at this time you know because we've done that and although it's always fun to talk about kids and all the success that they have so this is just some of the nuts and bolts and some of the numbers from the activities Department throughout the the year but we taking a look taking a look at our our department goals we always want to have a high participation rate this year compared to last year and we were down about 16 participants and now that participants is both activities and inth Athletics and one of the things I sort of attribute that to is we had a large graduating class the year before we kind of stabilize a little bit more so our goal is always to beat the numbers from last year so we but taking a look at the numbers we were about 16 short compared to last year next thing we try to do we play in a very competitive conference and our goal is to try to win at least three Conference titles throughout the entire year whether that be team or individual we truly believe that if we are competitive within the conference then we'll be competitive at sections and potentially possibly at state so our conference champions this year volleyball and gymnastics as far as Team titles go and we did have an individual um uh conference Champion um Kate D house for speech so she was a right County conference Champion as well we have 100 team Conference titles in school history as of right now looking forward to um more next year uh third one a high retention of participants not only do we want a lot of kids out we want them to stay out we try to keep 80% of our participants from 9th grade into 10th grade and this past year we managed to keep 83.5% of them and then from the time they are sophomores to the time they're juniors we'd like to keep at least 60% of them and we were at 88% now it's sort of it's a natural um progression as far as you know typically you have a lot of freshmen fewer sophomores few fewer Juniors fewer seniors that's that's natural that's the same in most sports um football really is or a contact sport um football hockey is something along that nature really likes to have a lot of seniors on the team seniors in football is is a really good thing but having 15 seniors on your basketball team that isn't necessarily a good thing um it makes it hard for the next year after graduation uh but we were able to achieve those goals we're pleased with that uh we also through activities promote the benefits of healthy lifestyle 90% of our participants said that this experience was a positive one and that came off the end of year survey uh to parents and to participants um 80% believe their physical well-being improved they're in better shape at by the end of the year 80% we want 80% and 80% our goal uh we want the kids to feel connected whether it be to their teammates to their coaches to the program to the school and they responded 89% % in the favorable that they were connected somehow some way through activities we want to create that culture of high expectation um and that's kind of a difficult thing to measure so some of the things that we picked out to measure is team gpas because we believe that if you're working hard on the field on the court on the stage you're going to be working hard hopefully in the classroom to stay working on the court and on the stage and on the field um Team GPA for 10th through 12th graders was 3.45 coaches associate team academic Awards these are just the ones that I know about usually Late July early August I'll get an envelope from the coaches association with a lot of these plates that I put on the plaques that are in the trophy cases but the ones I know about so far on in the gold category girl swimming boys cross country girls cross country and softball they were gold and I think is Andre got out here as quick as she could I think um it's 3.5 and better for the the coach Association for the gold silver 3.0 and better uh football and volleyball we had there um 80% of our participants agreed that team expectations and rules were clearly explained so we're 90% there our goal again was 80 U this one you know technically we didn't achieve our goal but we want uh participants to agree that team expectations rules are applied consistently to all our goal is 80% we finished at 79.4 so just a little bit short there gives us something to approve on for next year so those were our five Department goals and some of the the um some of the information that we used to sort of say yep we made it or no we didn't make it uh some of the other yearly recognitions we don't talk about during the year we had 46 students make the Royal Triple Crown this is something that we've had for a number of years now I think the only year we didn't have it was the co year that we lost in 2020 46 athletes were and I'm not sure if all of them are pictured but I think most of them were pictured um 46 athletes participated in three Sports fall winter and spring that's quite an accomplishment because it takes a lot to be involved in an activity or a sport um and then to do that all year round is that's pretty impressive and then something new we started last year so this is year two we call it the Royal high five 31 participants um were in five activities or more I think I think the most you can be and if you counted uh counted up everything I think it'd be 17 different activities and clubs that you can be involved in the most we had when we when we took a look at it and this was three years ago before we started it we had somebody that was at 8 and that was a lot they were always here they were always practicing they were always doing something but uh Royal high five 31 um 31 of our students met that criteria so that's very exciting and that grew s uh from 17 last year so that number increased um some of the scholarship awards that we uh worked through this year we had 33 High School participants that received scholarships or fee waivers six from the middle school for a grand total of 6115 in fees wave this year now one of the things with that number we received a donation at the beginning of the year at the end of August or early September last year for 12 $0000 that we put towards that number and then we also uh one of the the um grants that the high school league has that we work on I believe it's in November we fill out that form and and that sort of stuff also appli to that and that was another $1,200 we received from the high school league so of that 6,100 2 2400 of it was covered through other means and donations and stuff like that so again it's a good thing our coaches know money is not going to stop you from participating we want kids out we can work on that we can reduce it we can wave it there's also sorts of things that we can do uh co-curricular co-curricular coaching openings that we have right now fall um that's not going to be here for months and months so we don't have to worry about it yet but girl soccer still has two positions open football has a seventh grade position and with football we are also looking for someone to work with one of our students that's a high school special ed perah in volleyball we have a seventh grade opening winter girls basketball seventh grade and that's the shorten season or half season from October to December spring we're seeking a golf coach um Boys and Girls JV and at in the activities world we don't have any at this time but that can change with the next phone call this is a Hall of Fame year and we just inducted the class of 2024 we met last week and um we had a number of fine candidates to choose from and it was a I don't want to say it was an easy decision but a lot of it was was pretty easy it kind of into place and we were able to select this and and it really worked out where everyone in the group came and had looked at it before and we're all kind of thinking the same thing in a sense that this person is worthy and and this person deserves recognition but here are the inductees for this year Joe train goes in in the coach and adviser category Russ Runk coach and adviser Pat HD NM in the fan Mike neon in the fan category and Paul deel in the outstanding graduate category so those are the five that we will induct officially homecoming football game and I believe it is the 27th of September it's the last Friday in September so that's when the official ceremony will happen and we'll do that at halftime of the varsity football game 49 days from today Camp starts fall Sports starts and if you're on campus at all you've seen a lot of activity both with construction and that but I've been very impressed this year so far number of kids involved in swat working very very hard on the turf the turf has been wonderful we haven't missed today with all the rain with all the you know you can't go out because they haven't been able to cut the grass yet we haven't had to worry about that we've been able to use the turf we've had a number of Youth Camps we've had high school camps we've had open gyms there's been a lot of Student Activity um summer youth theater is in full force right now using the pack so campus has still been a very busy place a lot of kids are working hard a lot of kids are doing some things that's going to improve their skills for the upcoming season so that's very very exciting any questions with the 16 roughly 16 students that were down from last year yep um how are we reaching out to try to encourage those ninth graders eighth graders to to sign up for theater for basketball other activities are we doing anything to try to Foster that growth at a younger age you know I I think we always are and it's actually it's not the activities that um are down activities kind of came in and and bolstered that number up a little bit it was the Athletics numbers that were down more than than the activities so I think the word is getting out I think our coaches are constantly recruiting I think the best thing for recruiting um is is when kids are in an activity kids are enjoying themselves kids are having fun and they go to their friends and say hey I'm in summer youth theater you should come and that's the best way to recruit but it's it's one of those things that it's always in kind of the Forefront of of our coaches meetings and a coach's Minds we need the numbers we need participants we need to get kids involved and I think that's kind of a focus all the time um Hunter I know that girls swimming so my daughter is uh the captain one of the captains and in the spring they do go over to the Middle School um and do talk to the students just to say this is what our season looks like this is what we do if you're interested so the more you can get involved at a younger age like they are to stick with it continue on so and nth grade orientation they have tables for the different clubs and things like that too so perfect anything else for Mr sansky awesome thank you thank you thank you uh moving on then to the first action item the acknowledgement of donations contributions and fundraising Mr Schuler hey Mr chair would like to recognize uh just one group today um in the June uh board meeting it's the Watertown lions for a donation to robotics for $6,000 uh and this goes towards the motors and the parts that they need in order to um run their machines and robots uh I know that's a big piece of the most expensive part of that program is the continuation of the motors I know I was actually at this meeting and heard uh some of their pleas for support and it was well received in the fact that the motors they have have lasted 5 years which is well beyond their lifespan so I know that donation was really appreciated so thank you to the Lions I'll make a motion to approve the donation contribution and fundraising I'll second motion made by Mr felt second by Miss Danielson any further discussion all those in favor say I I I'll oppose nay motion carries Item B the 2425 parent student handbooks Mr Schuler and the admin team as needed uh yes uh Mr chair and board members uh tonight we we're bringing uh forth uh three handbooks as I mentioned last month we delayed the elementary handbook a month so we could align it a little a little bit more with the middle school and high school in terms of the template and the layout that has been changed this year um it it's been a pretty extensive change and again I want to thank um Miss huan for kind of spearheading that along with the principles and their uh admin assistance uh for putting this revision together and it was been our goal for the last couple of years uh to to do a kind of a revamp if you will and one of the key aspects that you'll notice is a lot of the um the handbook is made up of Link and links that connected back to our website and the purpose of that was to really highlight our website we have a fantastic website with a lot of great information so the idea was to to draw people to that whenever possible so uh the links do provide that opportunity and obviously it's easy to update um as well so we feel it's a it's a much more 21st century handbook I guess you'd say uh than maybe in the past and I know Mr hennon and Mr girton attended a um handbook uh training this this past spring um brought back some of the information again that just really what is relevant what needs to be in there uh by Statute and then um again just refining it so it's a much simpler uh handbook again in previous years we've put forth some um changes this year we're considering at a total revamp uh but no major changes um so I'll just note that but um just again a format change is there a motion to approve the student handbooks so move I'll second motion made by Miss Schultz second by m Geto any further discussion on the handbooks uh all those in favor say I I I I'll oppose nay motion carries item C the FY 24 revised budget Miss Raider good evening um I'm going to present the 2023 24 revised budget along with the 2425 budget school year do want me to click for you or I think I think I can multitask I don't know see try um just a review our people that don't know uh our district uses utilizes five funds the general fund Food Service fund Community Education fund construction fund and The Debt Service fund I will be going over the revenues and expend for both the revised budget and the budget we're going to start oh yeah I got to look here that's going to be hard okay the general fund is the largest of the and the primary fund uh it's used to record all the activity in K12 along with student transportation and capital related uh activities all fiscal resources are accounted with here um usually um unless they are specified that they have to be into another fund um we're going to talk about Revenue first there's four main components of our fund one Revenue the state which uh is dependent on enrollment the levy which is our tax payments Federal which is special education and title funds and then local is the fees that we collect by our students and families activity fees donations and interest um for our enrollment projections as I said our main source of Revenue is comes from the state and it's based on our students that we serve and they're called an ADM and the budget that we approved last June was based on 1, 148032 ADM the most recent ADM report which was June 10th it's the first one of the year or the end of the year uh it recorded or reported 1,450 3.15 that's about 27 that were down that's a pretty big number um I did quickly run over the information there are some errors and we do have um more submissions that uh we will be doing the final enrollments due in October so we have a couple months to clean up the data and um hopefully we'll get closer to that 1480 please remember that if we don't get to that 1480 the revenue will be less because we will get less state aid so just keep that in your mind when we come in November for the audit so um for the 25 school year we're projected the ADM will be 1,4 78.7 3 which is a small decrease of about 1.5 9 ADM um the next slide just shows six years of um actual ADM and then 5 years of what we're projecting notice it's very consistent and then by 9 it does drop off um not drop off I shouldn't say that it goes down more and that is the year that we have the largest I mean we lose the large High School class so hopefully this changes this is just a forecast of many different um resources that we have available to us but this is what uh we have to base on the information that we have now um so I'll go into the actual revenues uh we adopted uh the current budget at 21.7 million the revised budget will increase or I'm anticipating it'll increase about $65,000 for about 22.3 million the increases are due to the interest Revenue uh the returns are way higher than I anticipated when we um adopted the budget and the state revenue increases that weren't known um the legislative session ended end of May and I had to put the budget together before that so I wasn't able to to add all of that information in um I have a little bit of information on the state legislation increase on my next slide for the 25 proposed Revenue um 20.6 million it's a decrease of 1.7 that number might drag your memory that is the amount of our Middle School Road remember in 23 we paid for it out of fund no yeah we paid for it out of fund one so the expenditures were higher we paid back fund one this year so our revenues are higher um and then in 25 we're back to normal so um I just gave a quick uh update of the three four categories the levy Revenue increases a small amount of 74,000 state revenue increases about 76,000 please do note that does include the 2% increase of General Ed funding formula and then a slight decline in the ADM federal revenue increase of about 63 ,000 uh one thing to note our Title One funds will be increasing um in 25 and that's due to the federal poverty um numbers we get those from Washington DC and our poverty numbers decreased so we have an increase in Title One funds and also um there'll be a little bit more of special ed Federal revenues that we'll use in 25 and the reason we have that available is because of covid we had to do some shuffling so we maintain M maintenance of efforts for our special ed so we had to use a little bit of less uh federal funds so now we're going to start using um our stockpile not stockpile but our revenues that we weren't able to use in Prior years and then here's our biggest fluctuation is our uh local Revenue it's going to decrease about 1.9 million which is mainly the abatement funds for the uh middle school project and also um e- rate funding um it comes out in a fiveyear blocks of funds and you have up to five years to use them and we've been using it for the last three years so we've U used all of our e- rate funding so we will not have any more so that is a decrease um in 25 and also I decreased the interest uh Revenue because you never know what's going to happen with the interest rates so I'd rather be a little conservative this is the slide that shows the 23 legislative Revenue analysis and the graph is from msba and it just shows um the blue bucket is the discretionary fund and that's the monies and mind you this is for all school districts but that's the amount of money that went to schools that they could use for anything um cost of doing business salary increases whatever the red one is categorical so the state did give school districts money but they told us how to spend that so it's really not extra money to pay bills and then the last two are Grant well the yellow is Grants so there was some grant funding and then the green is non K1 K12 Revenue I just wanted to let you know that the car uh categorical Revenue that we did receive was the unemployment hourly workers student support aid for the District student support for the Cooperative um um and that is we get the money but we have to give it to the Cooperative so that's just an In-N-Out um so it's no gain for us School library Aid and then the special ed Aid cross subsidy and they also Chang the rules on two forms of it um Revenue that we were receiving so they made it a little bit not harder but restrictive on how you can um use compensatory funds and literary L literacy Aid um I always like to just show the revised budget to the budget that's being approved just so we know that it's in line and you'll notice that in 24 the purple is the local which was when the Middle School Road and then of course it's back to normal about 4.6% in 25 so it's pretty staple except for that fluctuation anybody have any question questions on Revenue okay I'm going to go to expenditures this slide just shows that um the state does mandate that all school districts used uar coding for expenses it's a 17 digigit code and it's broke down into specific what the funds or the expense is for so this just goes over the funds the Oregon the program and then the course the finance and the object um the 24 approved expenditure budget was is about 20.7 million um there's a small increase for the revised budget of about 232,000 it's about a 1.12% um increase I that's too little of amount to be able to tell you exactly what it's for it's a little bit of this and a little bit of that um as I said it's a 1.12 of our budget and then the proposed budget is going up just a little bit as well like 1.01 for an increase of 250 15,000 please note that that 21.1 million that we're proposing for 25 does include the 400,000 that we did cut from last year so even though we cut we still are increasing our expenditures just because of life and expenses increase um again this is just a a a showing of the revised budget and the current um budget being presented that it's pretty very similar uh 68.7 4% in 24 was um salary and benefits and it's up to about 6997 so it's very similar any question fund one okay we'll hop on to fund two which is our food service revenues um the revised budget is predicting about $246,000 increase um for about 1.1 million and that's uh due to increase of participation I just some quick um numbers we increased breakfast servings by 41,000 from 23 to 24 and 39,000 for lunch so they really did serve a lot more this year and then um for the proposed budget of 25 it's a small decrease of 42,000 for the last couple years we've been receiving some supply chain assistance fund I have not heard that that's going to continue so that is what that decrease is for um for our expenditures um the revised bu budget has an increase of about 89,000 again it's due to increased um participation and then in 25 it's an increase of about 20,000 um we're going to try to buy some uh purchase some equipment because we do have a fund balance in the last couple years of Co and all that uh so we want to use some of that fund balance okay on to Community Education um Community Education provides opportunities for all of our members in the community uh Community ad like the general fund does have um fund balances they have the regular Community Ed Early Childhood School Readiness adult basic education and then non-public Aid and preschool screening the um revenues for yet there is a slight increase of about 24,000 from compared to the approved budget and the proposed budget is an increase of about 106,000 do remember that Community Ed the revenues drives the expenses so um they need to live within their means so and Community ads expenditures a small increase of 75,000 and for the proposed budget an increase of 144,000 and again it's just the programs that they're offering the increases next we'll move to the construction fund um the original approved budget was 8 million and this was due to the abatement bond that we received the revised budget is going up about 173,000 due to the actual revenues that we Reed for that we had a little bit of a proceed and the interest Revenue was higher than anticipated and for 25 the proposed res revenues are only 120,000 and that's going to be just the remaining um bond interest on the remaining bond funds because we will be setting that down so we will not be receiving as much interest for the expenditures um we approved the budget at 5 million um it's turning out to be about 4.2 million that we have expensed out and then next year uh we anticipate spending about 5.5 and that's the majority of the abatement bond fund will be done and we'll have a little bit of um balance from the original $25 million construction fund now on to Debt Service currently the district has five bonds they're listed there two of them do get paid off in 26 and then 23 38 and 40 so and the revenues again uh fund seven is based on our debt service schedule we received the fund uh revenues from the levy based on the principal and interest payments so um there was a small change in the revised budget just due to the actual Revenue that we did receive and that you'll notice that the 25 proposed revenue is very close to what it was this year our debt service is pretty constant until we pay off those um two Bonds in 26 and then there'll be a slight decrease expenditures look pretty close to the revenues um there's a small in decrease in the expenditures due on the actual expenditures that we had to pay out and the proposed expenditures are five 4.5 million very close to this year's again it follows The Debt Service just touch briefly on the fund balances um the state does mandate that each school district have fund balances and there's six different types of fund balances that you can have um the nonspendable which are prepaids restricted and reserved are the categorical that mde tells you how to spend um the restricted are mainly just for fund 24 six and seven committed if there was anything that the school bu board wanted to say we were to spend the funds on this we would commit the funds assigned is when School Administration has a purp purpose for funds and then the unassigned and that's just in fund One Fund balance the reserve and restricted I'm just listing all the different in fund one the reserved and restricted fund balances in our district we mainly have balances in the operating Capital uh long-term facility maintenance and the medical assistance the other ones we SP the revenue that we do receive and I mentioned before Community Ed does have fund balances and there's ECF School Readiness and adult use on a sun find balance uh this is pretty important um fund one is only one that has an unassigned fund balance uh this is the remainder of all the revenues and expenditures and we want it to be positive um there's no real guideline from the state on how much you have to have in the unassigned fund balance it's about two to three months of your current expenditures or 10% of your current expenditures our fund balance policy is that we strive to keep our un unassigned fund balance between seven and 20% of our expenditures so with that being said we'll look at what our unassigned F unassigned fund balance has been in the past I think I have eight years on there you can see that it went up and then it went down in 23 and that's because of the Middle School High School Road Middle School Road not high school and then in 24 we're expected to go up to about 15.98% and then in 25 go down to about 13.7 which to me is a very nice place to be um the next two shot I'm just going to quickly I promise I'll be quick nobody's asleep yet um this just shows what the um unassigned will be so the unassign that I'm predicting for fund one is 3344 million and then all the restricted balances and then food service um we're thinking about it's going to be around 400,000 um fund uh Food Service does have a minimum fund balance you're only supposed to have an average of three months um expenditure but because of Co and all the money that we've got they have extended that to 6 months for 25 and 26 so we do have to have a plan on how to spend that down because we're out about five months if I remember right scroll down a little bit oops all right what happened there this is where you at yeah I was at 24 and then Community Ed they're going to be about the same they increase a little by 32,000 which is what is okay and then construction of course we're spending almost 4 million and then The Debt Service increase and that increase is solely based on the 5% that they let us overl so I have you go back to and then do 25 and I just want to show you the fun of the unassigned fund balance so we be at about 2.9 Million that's a reduction of 432,000 so we are deficit spending that's what I wanted to bring up to this year okay so in our go up to the to so you can see our net increase was 1.4 million but we borrowed 1.7 so we're technically deficit spending this year although it doesn't look like it but we are so that's something that you need to remember and that is if everything goes as I have predicted so if Revenue doesn't go that might be higher so that's something that we are deficit spending we are not not deficit spending and the same is goes for in 25 so that's why 26 we need to make sure that we are Revenue expenditure equal because we don't want to go go too far down on our own assignment um that is all I have does anybody have any questions for me and what was it last week or two weeks ago the finance committee we did meet to kind of go over this in more deep in more detail than what you covered tonight so and ask a lot more questions any other questions for Miss Raider so it's the same presentation for for the revised budget and the proposed budget you're looking for approval for the revised and then a approval or motion for the proposed correct okay so we get a hear thing all over again oh yeah you guys want to hear me again Jim [Laughter] does um I'll make a motion to approve the FY 24 revised budget I'll second motion made by Mr felt seconded by Miss Danielson any further uh discussion on the revised budget hearing none all those in favor say I I I I'll oppose nay motion carries now is there a motion on the fy2 proposed budget move approval of the fy2 proposed budget second motion made by Mr burn second above miss naton any further discussion on the proposed budget hearing none all those in favor say I I I'll oppose n motion carries moving on item e the long-term facilities maintenance plan Miss Raider and Mr Schuler yeah Mr chair um each year we turn into the state of Minnesota um our expenditures our revenue and expenditures in ltfm um at a simpler level um the facilities committee meets and discusses um our ltfm projects each year so we have about a 10year running list of things that we want to accomplish um so I guess it's been the bach Committee in the last four or five years which is now hopefully transitioning to the facilities committee eventually but um that group does um revisit bless you that list and uh we make decisions based off of need um over a 10-year period so um I'll let Lisa May expand a little bit from the finance side um the document that we're sharing tonight um you see that all right can you barely see it um the revenues are all formula is that what's up first yeah that's all formula Jen so I don't even change anything I just put our our number in there and it computes out so that one is just pretty much done for us I do get to play around with the expenditure one I think she put it on the same yeah it's still on there the bottom that's sorry um so basically you can only really count on the first two years because we really don't know what's Ming out there we do have three phases of our roofs to do so I did put that in there you will notice that um couple years it does dip in the um negative ltfm can go negative can you show or explain where you are in this is okay it down it down okay so as you can see roofs roofs here I have a roof project here a roof project here and then a roof project there um in this year which I think is 25 we have a a $300,000 um intercom upgrade for next year and that's pretty much the biggest thing that we have there for that um the rest of the things $50,000 it's a bunch of little things um our facilities are pretty good because of our bonds so we don't have a lot of Big Ticket items except for those Roofing projects so then it it's pretty fancy it totals everything up um and then it brings in the revenue that you just it's up top and you can see there's a couple years that we do go in the middle in the negative but that's so far out I don't know if that's really going to happen but it could possibly so that bottom line would be what or that last line would be what the ltfm fund balance would be at the end of each of those years if we actually did what we're anticipating so and the state requires that we get this approved and then we sign off a statement of assurance and and send it in by July 31st of every year and this is sort of a best guess right now I mean it's we're not held to this at all it's well we're held we're held to submit it yes exactly that is it but like if we decided to move up the roof project doesn't yeah and as Lisa alluded to I mean from a facilities perspective overall we're sitting in a phenomenal position right now with the updates the upgrades that we've made with all of the various Bond projects and things so it's it's pretty cool to see where we are and uh what we've done in the last several years so with that I would approve the ltfm projection second motion made by by Mr Burns seconded by Mr onell any further discussion on the ltfm plan all those in favor say I I I I'll oppose nay motion carries item F lead in water management plan Mr Schuler yeah we're bringing this uh Mr chair to the board for approval um this is something that we've worked closely with our partners from resource and training on developing and updating uh per state statute uh the statute has ch changed in terms of lead in the water um revisions so uh the the bigger piece that uh the state has now come out with and said schools for one have to have um five um parts per billion um you have to be under that in order to meet the threshold previously to this year um it was at 20 parts per billion so you can see there's a significant drop in what the water the lead and water content needs to to get to so um in working with uh resource and training this plan itself uh kind of directs you on the event that um the water that is tested um comes in higher than that point or that five um parts per million so um we've been working very closely with them on this this spring and they're working with many other districts in that same um predicament so uh again you can kind of see as you go through it does give you a number of ways to help mitigate if if you are above that level and some solutions um if you can't get that number down uh and some of those could be you know just totally closing off a tap and and sealing it um a lot of times that they're saying it's not the city it's it's internal if it is high so you have to figure it out within your building what the why is and so again part of resource and training is they come out and do the actual testing they provide the results from a third party um provider and gives that give the results back to us and then again if they are high we have to figure out the why and we work through that and our buildings are done on a on a yearly basis so this summer we have the elementary up um on tap literally uh to be tested and then we rotate uh again each of our buildings each year um every four years so um but this is the first year I think we' brought it to the board for approval which is recommended um at this point that boards do approve that and certainly you've seen in the news and C areas of the country where lead in water has been a pretty serious deal for school districts uh old lead pipes and such um have created some of those issues so um luckily we're we're pretty good shape here in the district so um but certainly have good handle on this any other questions I make a motion to approve the lead and Water Management plan I'll second motion made by Miss Danielson seconded by miss getco any further questions for Mr Schuler on the management plan hearing none all those in favor say I I I all oppose nay motion carries item G I think it is District official with authority the Iowa Mr Schuler yeah thank you Mr chair this is uh always the fun part of the June meeting is I get to designate Miss huan as our Iowa proxy that help fill in for me when I can to do that work and so she is uh wonderful at keeping us on track on a on a bevy of different um uh pieces of of of authority that have to be turned in to the state mde so um this allows Miss huan to do that on my behalf move approval with Miss H as the Iowa all second was that me okay motion made by Mr Burns second by Miss Danielson any further discussion on Miss huan as the Iowa hearing none all those in favor say I I I'll oppose nay motion carries wouldn't she rather be a corn husker I thought you were a corn husker not an Iowa I am a [Laughter] nebras uh next up the mshsl resolution Mr Schuler again Mr chair this is an annual resolution um provided by the Minnesota State High School league that we are an official member it looks a little different this year they changed their format to the docu sign format so what you're seeing is uh what we're what we've signed and what we're ready to move forward with the time stamp after the signature comes in tonight then we're officially able to turn that back in saying that we completed it at the board meeting um and now we're official members for another year of the State High School league um last but not least um there is a membership video and we are asked this year to watch it at the board meeting so if you could hold on and and I'll try to pull up the technology here it's it's on YouTube so that might have to get through a commercial here microphone oh yes thank you I might have to see if we can get volume here skip okay and we're not getting any volume all the way CL the 2023 24 school year was a great one for the league as we look ahead to the upcoming school year there are some exciting things that we are working on you may not realize the league has operated as a 10th through 12th grade organization but now the league is considering bringing all 9th grade participants and contests under the governance of the league that would make us a 9th through 12th grade organization this would allow all 9th grade participants valuable insurance coverage in the event of injury or concussion welcoming nth graders in this way would be a Monumental change and one that is overwhelmingly supported by Our member School change like so look for more information coming from the league in the beginning of the 2425 school year to be fully engaged members the league our schools are required to commit to following all league rules these rules have been collectively established and are critical to ensuring safe experiences Equitable and fair play for hi I'm Eric Martins executive director here at the Minnesota State High School league thank you so much for taking time to watch this as loud as it goes guys Minnesota State High School league is a dynamic Partnership of more than 600 schools reaching all communities and corners of the state our mission is to provide educational opportunities in Fine Arts and Athletics for all students the 2023 24 school year was a great one for the league as we look ahead to the upcoming school year there are some exciting things that we are working on you may not realize the league has operated as a 10th through 12th grade organization but now the league is considering bringing all n9th grade participants and contests under the governance of the league that would make us a 9th through 12th grade organization this would allow all 9th grade participants valuable insurance coverage in the event of injury or a concussion welcoming nth graders in this way would be a Monumental change and one that is overwhelmingly supported by Our member schools a change like this will require action from Member schools so look for more information coming from the league in the beginning of the 24 25 school year to be fully engaged members of The League our schools are required to commit to following all league rules these rules have been collectively established and are critical to ensuring safe experiences Equitable opportunities and fair play for our participants that's why we continue to expand our efforts to share and inform all schools about the requirements and expectations so everyone can do their part as educational models continue to change we're seeing a number of newer schools primarily online schools in which our Minnesota students are now enrolling this sometimes raises questions about students who are taking courses in more than one school in response we're reexamining our current practices related to participation and eligibility and we're considering ways to most effectively provide opportunities for students to participate we're pleased to report the league continues in a strong financial position thanks to strong tournament attendance supportive and collaborative partners and sponsors wise Investments and fiscal responsibility as a result it's very likely that this coming Year's membership fees after credits will be the lowest in nearly 30 years as always our top priority Remains the Same to promote and and support safe respectful and inclusive environments for participation and competition we want all of our high schools to provide activities and events that focus on educating our students and are free from discrimination harassment and marginalization together we make a difference was designed to amplify the voices and Advance the vision of our students to ensure respectful and safe schools and environments it's important to feel safe because within that you're able to perform the way you want to and you're able to give the results you want to my personal opinion when I'm not comfortable I'm not giving all I can it takes a team of dedicated adults like you to provide the kind of programming our students deserve that's why the league and its schools are focused on recruiting retaining and supporting our coaches officials and administrators as education based activities director there's nobody more important than the coach or advisor for our students whether it's in the Fine Arts or Athletics because we know that each child is one caring adult away from changing their path of their life if you look at or listen to any successful person talk about how they got there they never did it alone there's always a mentor and so we need those types of leaders in our school today to help our young people understand what it means to be a strong supportive person within their Community sometimes the most enduring lessons our students learn happen through activities beyond the classroom so so it's our goal to focus on enhancing the education of students through a broad range of opportunities to extend the traditional curriculum when alumni come and talk to me the one thing I always hear is you know they remember those big moments but they also remember what led up to them everything that they've done to prepare and how those coaches and those experiences have helped prepare them at the Minnesota State High School league it's about more than membership it's about partnership we have seen that when our member schools commit to Common principles and expectations we all experience the benefits the benefits that come from a shared responsibility to provide safe respectful and inclusive activities for all of our students to do our best for student athletes and participants we need to be good partners to one another and collaborate with other schools and the Minnesota State High School league every single one of us has an important role to play and making sure that our students have the very best opportunities and experiences when they are participating in activities nothing is more important than the well-being of our students and participation in activities is a great way to enhance our students overall health both physically and mentally I think it's really really important that every high school student finds something to be involved in finding some way to get involved in your school and in your community is so important it not only positively benefits your mental health but helps you improve as a person helps you grow helps you make connections with other people these activities have helped shape who I am because it makes me understand the importance of being in something and it has helped me for the future because these activities help you gain skills such as time management and communication giving students these valuable opportunities is the mission of the Minnesota State High School leag and looking around the state this year we've seen High participation numbers packed venues and enthusiastic support from school communities and together we have a bright future ahead on behalf of the Minnesota the State High School league I thank everyone in all of our member schools for your continued active support because it's about more than membership it's about [Music] partnership all right after that little technology glitch is there a motion to approve the mshsl resolution I'll make a motion to approve the resolution is presented second motion made by Miss Geto second by miss naton all those in favor say I I I all oppose nay motion carries next item is the notice of general election Mr Schuler yes Mr chair we uh are asking the board to approve the resolution um relating to the election um it's coming up in November uh we do have four school board members um who will be up for reelection if they so choose um for the foure terms as noted in the resolution so um yeah this is just sending the notice out to the Three Counties that we are um voters in henpen Wright and Carver and um is there anything else Mrs huan regarding the resolution move approval second motion made by Mr onell seconded by Mr Burns any further discussion all those in favor say I I I I'll oppose nay motion carries next one is the notice of filing dates yes and this resolution is very important in the fact that uh those who are up for reelection there are some important dates here to acknowledge uh July 30th is the window opening um that opens uh on the 30th like I said and it closes on the 13th of August at 5:00 p.m. there is a $2 that did not go up uh fee for uh submitting your candidacy so um again those who are interested please note that um and uh anything else Miss huan no it um as in the past it will be you will register with me at the district office there will be signs up it will be open every day until 5: um during that time and the portion at the bottom is what goes into the newspaper um for official notification and that is a very strict uh run date as well so I have those marked and those will be submitted to our official paper paper which is the Herold Journal so starting July 30th ending August 13th is the filing period for those so interested that's fill out the paperwork turn in the two bucks I'm happy to guide you in any way that I got another two years so all right I'll make a motion to approve the notice of filing dates I'll second motion made by Mr felt seconded by Miss Schultz any further discussion on the filing date resolution all those in favor say I I I all oppose nay motion carries and that ends the action items of the evening um moving on to the review and in information items Bond referendum project updates probably in the abatement Bond work too Mr Schuler yes uh Mr chair and board members I'm pin shating for Mr Zer tonight so uh pardon me he was going to put together a presentation but we sent an email instead so I'm just going to read from the email and may fill in some blanks here boach members feel free to do that as well um so again the um for the CLC building um the Carver County uh Watershed has has issued permits uh we're working with the Watershed and Bolton mink to min minimize cost impacts due to Watershed design and interpretation requirements um working towards uh a resolution this week to get that back on track um this project will be pushed back at the CLC uh in order to get that work done obviously we are hoping to get that work done first now that's been flipped to the back end of our projects um the binus has been reclaimed and uh the trees in front have been cut down as you've probably seen and again on that one just I want to note too I mean we've had some uh boach members who've really stepped up um Jim burn specifically I don't think we realize how much time and effort is put in uh working with uh the Watershed Jim has some great history with the county so he's been our Navigator through some of these difficult uh conversations and getting these permits issued correctly and so again we're very thankful to all the bach but especially Jim and helping us through that one um middle school and high school um again same thing Cara County watershed has issued the permits we're continuing to work with them on some of the design um and some of their requirements and what they're asking us to do um demolition you've probably seen especially in that upper lat the Stoops and the sidewalks are out now that's starting to come back in uh then upper lat with the retaining wall being completed as well um and utility work is also ongoing there uh concrete curb and sidewalk are ongoing uh the curb is done this afternoon around the Middle School uh front entry and then now sidewalks will be coming here shortly as well Elementary um binus also has been reclaimed and uh cut out in areas um to be removed um again um that's been moved up on the schedule due to the CLC being delayed um so we're starting to see some action there today I know they were curb cutting out some of the curbs at the elementary today um and rep getting those ready for replacement we're taking out the middle section I if you've seen the paved uh the pavers that line the inside of the um Prairie Grass those are coming out as well we're going to be cleaning up that area so that'll be the next thing so it's ongoing uh obviously the rain has impacted everybody when different trades get backed up it's it's it gets frustrating because they're being called to other jobs so when we have them on site you try to keep your concrete guys as long as you can your piping guys it's just and gals I should say um but yeah it's just the rain has created some some definite issues but I think for the most part other than the CLC we're we're still in pretty good shape for being on track so you anything else back members uh Middle School flooring um I believe is being laid as we speak um the tile yeah about 75% done as of this afternoon they're working their way back down towards the um sixth grade hallway and it'll take a a right down the fifth grade and special at hallway and that should wrap up so that is in really good shape and it looks very good I'm very pleased so far with what we've seen and um yeah it's it's looking great hope to be done by uh Fourth of July is what they're projecting on the flooring so just in time for summer school and the high school boys locker room floor looked good yeah that was a side project um not with ICS but that was um needed project you probably saw some of the just the flaking of the floor in there wasn't ever really great for my understanding from the Geto and we put down a um really nice epoxy floor and I think now we'll start looking at what other locker rooms we can start to tackle you know if budget permits obviously because it's really changed the whole dynamic we added some LED lights in there to brighten it up there's no natural Lighting in any of those lacquer rooms so it's was pretty dark um so so yeah those baces have really been um much improved and the training room also got it and then the entryway into the girls locker room as well the girls for every hasn't flaked um that's still in really good shape but eventually we probably want to move to that as well that aoxy a local contractor out of Mayor did the work which was nice to keep the work local as well so very pleased with um that work thank you to Mr samansky and the custodians too we did a lot of Labor our ourselves in terms of the lockers being removed and uh and then putting them back in as well and and just a different arrangement in the locker room will be nice for the athletes and coaches so anything else all right thank you Mr Scher what are you guys going to do with all your extra time and all things are compl we're still meeting every two week get through the project figure out we can't we can't let our fil off that all right moving on to the admin reports Mr hennon good evening um really just kind of wrapping up 2324 and get ready for next year and then last part I'll talk to you about 25 26 hene wise we have art and a longterm uh English language arts teacher both of them I have people ready to go I just need to wait till a certain date to process those and then working with Randy on um High School DCd and a longterm for special education but otherwise we are set for Staffing and then just again just getting ready for the next year I mean it does come obviously really quick August will be here before you know it was scheduled release and all that really the main thing just tonight is just kind of give you heads up I've talked to a few of you already but we are working on 2526 already I know it's part of our long-term view we've looked at potentially aligning our middle school and high school schedules to look for some more efficiencies and again just to be more efficient with our staff usage so not a lot to report tonight but just want to keep you guys in a loop I mean I've talked to some of you guys already I've gotten feedback from every High School staff member has been given a chance to talk with me and give feedback um talk to some kids and I'll talk to more kids and probably parents in the fall as we get narrow this down a little bit there's a lot of high school type schedules out there um I think our biggest goal that I've heard from people though is we still want to preserve the values we have and the opportunities we have but also do it in a way that's probably more efficient and and you know finances are going to play a role and we don't want to be changing schedules every two years either because high school credits get a little bit wonky if you start doing that all the time so that's why we're starting to talk about this already because it will if we do change and I anticipate some change it will be a pretty massive shift in terms of the infrastructure part of it but you can still provide a lot of opportunities for kids in different schedules it just it takes time and you just got to you know look at what's out there and other schools what they're doing and what we want to do and that's really the goal of getting feedback from people is to preserve what we what we want um but also do it in a manner where we can be sustainable for the few years so I'll have more report probably in August September um and I'm working with Nick obviously we're talking we set up meetings in July to keep pushing this along but as we know more we'll keep coming back with more of you guys that is all I have anything Mr thank you thank you thank you Mr girton good evening everybody a couple of quick announcements uh we wrapped up our year uh out uh on the field I used our Stadium it was 75 degrees in Sunny that was a great afternoon so that was just our last Royal assembly and just a a wonderful way to end the year um couple of other things we did collect a student survey from our kids we do those twice a year uh and results continue to show that our kids are feeling good about their school they're feeling safe they have a strong sense of belonging so uh some more positive feedback for our staff um just regarding our kids' perspective on on their school a couple of announcements unfortunately we had a teacher resign un expectedly Caitlyn wers she was with us for six years in fifth grade she uh is stepping down to stay home and raise her son Auggie so she just had a little guy uh a couple months back and she decided she was going to to stay home but she's a been a fantastic asset to the Middle School a terrific person so I wish her the best of luck and and appreciate her six years of service so we did post for that and then uh I am working with Randy Payton of course uh to secure a couple of special education positions um last thing is just a couple of programming updates we uh started our stem program last year year one of Project Lead the Way uh was implemented successfully we're now adding our our year two uh piece and that will be a Robotics and automation unit that will be added and that'll be an eighth grade course that all students have access to so we're really excited about that uh Melinda young who was here last month she'll actually be in California uh participating in about a week's worth of training and then we'll kick that off this fall so super excited about our stem program and the support you've provided um like Mr henon said uh we're working on the 25 26 master schedule just gradually uh moving into those conversations in July uh our middle school schedule for next year stays a seven period uh the draft of that uh student schedules was actually completed today by uh Mrs helget um last thing uh just um win planning for next year we're adding a win an intervention period in each grade level to really be more responsive to our our goal around reading and math achievement in the middle school so Been a Good Year and um ready for a little RNR so any questions because when was currently only for fifth and sixth grade fifth and sixth grade and so we're refining it in both fifth and sixth grade and adding it in seventh and eighth grade students that need that support we will receive an additional period of that students that don't it'll be more of an enrichment experience so awesome thank you thank you thank you thank you m con good evening um the last time I was here I talked a little bit about our decrease in recess incidents because of our partnership with playworks since I was here last we met with playworks to talk about what that partnership looks like moving forward because we've had so much success at our school and it's kind of a symbiotic relationship having them benefits Us and Them using us benefits them because they're mostly in really Metro schools cuz they're based in St Paul we're going to continue that partnership at a heavily discounted rate they are doing a training in which they'll be sending multiple adults out to work with our high school students who are signed up to help us as well as our incoming fourth grade junior coaches Katie Brandenburg is leading that work and figuring out when that date will be but they've also named us as a blue shirt school which is how they give out Awards so typically even though they work with really massive districts all around the Metro there's about 15 schools a year that they recognize and will be one of those 15 who will be selected to be in their PR um and they're kind of running our high school kids coming over as a pilot for their program too and we're presenting um well we're putting in a proposal to present at the Minnesota Elementary School principales Association about our partnership and how we're solving recess issues with playworks without much support from them and how we're using our high school kids to help with that so um it's kind of a cool honor for us to be a blue shirt school um we're getting ready for summer school program which starts on July 8th we have 56 students signed up with four teachers this year we'll also be including incoming kindergarteners where they weren't part of the program in the past so that will really be great to be able to hit on some of those kids who have a demonstrated need and have shown that they've got some at risk areas in reading or math get them support early last time I was here we talked about our celebration for learning event that was coming up a few days afterwards we had that event we had really great turnout from families we got good feedback from families on the power of seeing the school day through their child's eyes and having their child walking them around the building and showing off their work and we had the works Museum out and they had a lot of Hands-On activities that they engageed into so we'll be repeating that evening again moving forward with a different group coming out to support us that night and lastly on Tuesday July 23rd at 6 o'clock our PTO will be hosting a freezy friends and fun event on the playground as a parent partnership event to get families into our school we're really targeting our incoming kindergarten kids knowing that the more interaction we have with them the better we're able to keep them and maintain them um so they signed up some of them we've got 80 registered right now um they've gotten registered but then they don't really have anything till school starts so we're kind of trying to fill that void and give them more communication in that time frame but also an opportunity to meet other kids and talk and see whose child might be in their same class and kind of have some connections so any questions oh oh great thanks thank you Miss dimler I want to do aason party all right hello so summer is in full swing for us at Community Ed um we have just sent our fall catalog to print it will be out in mid July and registration will open in um Mid August I am excited to share that on Friday I found out our summer catalog um has just won a sec or has won a national award that's our second national award for um one of our Publications um in marketing material so um from the national school Communications award uh so that will be on um promoted on our uh next catalog and we'll we'll send some social media out around that um but we are really excited about um that award that we won for our summer catalog um and then I just passed out just some information um about our data that we had collected um in our um over the 23 24 years so uh just information um from our participant surveys um regarding um expectations um and then uh data collected on program me so uh participants felt that we met their expectations and when they felt the overall programming was very good um I've shared with you um just straight data on on the number of Staff we have the number of participants that we had in our child care and our um early childhood and then all our different programs and then if you flip it over um for facilities just uh the number of tiered capped um uh programs that we had marketing ads and all of this information um is captured in our fall book and a sampling of that um that's on our back cover um is on there so just to kind of give you an idea of um the data that we have collected and how we have presented it um to our community so we are excited about that and then last lastly I don't want to forget uh to share with you our summer youth theater we are very excited to announce Space Case that will be July 25th through the 28th and I think that was also passed out to you um that please join us um on Thursday Friday and sat Saturday um for the performance so thank you any questions congratulations on your award yeah than you awesome thank you Mr VI yes they are good evening and thank you for the opportunity to uh give you some information tonight U my report is going to be very uh short but I put together some information uh just to kind of celebrate the year uh so we've had our fast you know we we uh assess our kids and Screen our kids three times a year um and so it's a lot of verbiage on here and I think if you just kind of listen to it auditorally hopefully it will make sense but all of our grades had higher than expected growth rates in math and seven out of the nine in Reading okay so I'm talking about our a maath and our a reading and the nine grades are from K through grade eight um we've had a highest rate of students in that on track or lowrisk level than we've ever had got more kids in that highest rate than we've ever had kindergarten um Miss oconnell mentioned last week how much they raised their scores but they raised at 35 points from last year up to 85% in that top category of low risk so kudos to them uh in a maath four of the nine grades had more than 80% of their kids in those top two categories and all but one of them had 70% of their kids in those top two categories if we had kids who started out in that top Cate in those top two categories at the beginning of the year five grades in reading and three grades in math we kept 95% of them in that those top two categories at the end of the year so if we had them there we kept them there and if we didn't have them there we're removing them there from those other pieces of data uh and then a third of our fast scores six out of the 18 ended the year with their highest overall grade fast score average to date out of six years of testing at Watertown mayor in fastbridge so um our scores we moving in the right direction and I think we got a lot of reasons to celebrate um with with these kinds of numbers uh this last one I thought was pretty darn impressive when you got a third you know that's nine tests over six years so I think we're do uh again we're doing extremely well uh we're moving the right direction we got a lot of work to do yet we're going to get there we're going to keep moving the needle so any questions congratulations great work how do we do a good job of promoting this yes announcing it that guy over there a really nice quote and he can add it yeah I mean it is wor it in cost to celebrate and I think that's a lot of the work is the work of our our students um the promotion by our uh principls taking it seriously our um mtss saying hey we are using this data kids so it's going to have an effect on some placement um so a lot of all those things and some good instruction from our teachers and staff um have all helped move that needle for sure but it's something yeah we need to yes be very proud of all the work that we done get on that sign by the bridge we go exactly the wheels are spinning for Miss human in our newsletters in our y School newsletters our weekly ones is that it's finally official right you can't right put out the data before official yes so now that it's official on our website and hopefully we we'll probably have some more good information like this one MCA date is able to be revealed too so yeah which is at the end of August our it's like two days after our August board meeting that we go yeah it's an odd timing again we we test in the spring and March and April and MCA we don't need to officially release the data to the public at least it's embargoed till late August which doesn't jive well but we'll be excited I think to see some really good results there but individual student scores are posted online so you can all take test SC for anything else thank you J thanks Miss Payton good evening um I just wanted to give an extended school year update um we will be starting on July 8th we'll have 21 students and there's from starting on July 8 from 8:30 to 11:30 and then students can um qualify for esy and three different ways one is um regression so if there's a break and then they would decrease in their skills or um self-sufficiency so if they struggle with adaptive functioning or daily um living skills they come in and thirdly is unique needs such as like if they have a sustained injury or illness so we have one student who has a traumatic brain injury coming in so um we will have um six teachers and six Paris so we're looking forward to that we had um some exciting news this week we had two um people who committed to watert miror for two different special education positions one was the elementary special education teacher for the cting 3 Program setting 3 is where they spend 60% of their time I'm in a classroom and then we also have the special education assessment coord coordinator position that'll be filled and then I've been working with Bob and Nick on filling those other positions so hopefully um we get some applicants so um professional development we our new H was able to get trained in this summer at right at in June for Sunday systems and then we look forward to letters training in the fall and then also some evidence-based reading and comprehension and writing curriculum in the fall as well so um any questions okay thank you thank you thank you um before I turn it over to you Mr Schuler enjoy your July off hope you guys you know I know Mr girton mentioned some RNR so hopefully you all take some time to reflect on this last school year and come back uh in August ready to give us the update of the upcoming school year it's coming I know all right Mr Scher we segu really nice Mr chair uh we before they go for the summer we have one more event next tomorrow and Wednesday we're going to the mtss conference in Bloomington uh the state is putting that on mde is putting on along with compass compass is a group that the state is working with in terms of teacher PD and a lot in the world of mtss work so uh a lot of our admin team will be attending that along with some of our intervention teachers over the next two days so really excited about that I think it's pretty cool that the state has actually moved in that direction to provide a free by the way training uh for for staff so um we're excited about that um in addition today we um welcomed our new director of buildings and grounds Jeff Leeman uh to the district and Jeff was we had had a little uh meet and greet this morning then he was able to take a tour of each of the buildings with the lead uh custodians and then visit with each of the principls and and the directors as well so you got a full day's worth of uh seeing the district and and behind the scenes and areas of the building that um he'll be paying close attention to so uh very excited uh he's very excited to be here um kind of taking a fresh look at things and I'm excited what uh he can bring to Wi tare District and then lastly I think the this admin group hit it right on the nail we have uh summer school starting on July 8th which pretty much runs the whole four weeks of July and is finished on August one so uh we've got 21 students like Randy said in the esy program for special education we have 40 middle schoolers and 54 elementary students attending so it'll be great to see those Fresh Faces back in the building so and then lastly again thank you for all the folks who have had patience coming into our parking lots um it has been kind of a journey some days to get in and out of there but um people are being very flexible and very accommodating and and uh sometimes it changes within the day that we have to block certain areas of certain entrances so just thank you for people um to be being patient and and holding in there with us will be nice when it's finished so thank you anything from Mr Schuler are there any board member reports from this last month not at this time wow I do um shocker shocker there no uh Southwest Metro met last week and during our meeting we actually uh interviewed the last two candidates that we had selected for new superintendent so we had um Melinda Majors who's principal in uh Stillwater and Dr Jeff Horton who's a superintendent in Glenco and after gfw well it is you're right it is in GL but yes give thank you and uh anyways after uh they left and and uh we decided unanimously to offer uh Dr Jeff Horton the position and he accepted and hopefully we'll start July 1st and we're meeting Wednesday to go and approve his contract so moving really fast I I just want to say honestly thank you to all the superintendents that put in all their times U our board members that really put in a lot of time in meeting and especially um Natasha our HR director because she really went and did a lot of work so that we could actually hire someone that quickly so and that's it all right um anybody else have anything else to speak on this month um again kind of mentioned earlier finance committee met uh we're going to be actually be meeting probably on a more regular basis going forward here um and then facilities or Bach we're still meeting every two weeks at least if not more um depending on items that may come up um as a reminder um I've sent out a couple surveys for everyone to do please get those done sooner the better I think I had the 28th on there so I think there's two surveys please take both of them just to help uh one gauge interest in in what we want to do as a board second one is Mr Schuler's review so there's a lot of leg work I have to do between here and there so um and then in July there is going to be a closed meeting at the end of the July meeting so just the admin team's not here so hopefully we'll still get done within a reasonable amount of time [Laughter] so anything else with that said is there a motion to adjourn the board meeting so moved motion made by Miss Danielson seconded by Mr Burns all those in favor say I all oppose nay motion carries meeting is adjourned at 7:36 p.m. what