 Guys the the main position of a chair and a clerk the last meeting. They're good The other thing we'll add is just on the discussion items we looked at the mailer cover last meeting and Said we look at it again Glad that is nine dot three Okay, consent agenda to approve the minutes of Thursday, February 15th regular and minutes of Thursday February 15th special Information meeting You will and to entertain a motion to approve both of course emotional approved both Okay discussion All in favor say aye That's our approved Is there anybody would like to make any public comment at this time? Okay, then we'll move to board comment go ahead. I want to thank outgoing member Chris Jarvis for all his hard work. I Really had no idea how hard that guy works until I sat on a board with him being on both this and the select board so I've won. I'll miss him having to Pick up everything that that guy did. He was great. Thank you. I'll second that We did receive an email from Kathleen Hasse About after the Musical I forwarded that to everybody today so you can look at that and read that supporting The board's efforts with the The Music program and supporting that so we'll put that in the minutes as well Whether this is a comment or a question so stop me if it's not relevant right now I'm just curious if we're going to be doing anything for April 8th like are the kids going to be able to get out of school early that day to be a good question for me under the Okay, okay, thank you Okay Any other board comment? Okay, then we'll continue with the board reorganization First elect vice chairperson nominate Rodney Rainville There a second second All right Any discussion Okay, all in favor of Rodney for vice-chairmen Chairperson hi Rodney vice-chairperson All right a point three perk members to the WRVSU full board And just so everybody knows we get three voting members on the full board Generally, we encourage everybody to go to all the SU meetings since most of the time You know everybody gets Even if you're not voting and you know that way we make sure that we have our three voting members there It's also important to know what's going on at the board so But we should choose our three primary full board Members I can currently nominate the chair and the vice chair for the first two positions Okay, anybody interested in being the third Okay, I'll include my nomination vice chair chair vice chair and Okay, I don't I don't think we need to vote on these right now It's unless it's unless you can't agree there can be a motion, but you it can be done by appointment consensus So What about the alphanets give a name the other three to be yep The alphanets at this time. You could at that same time. Yeah. Mm-hmm. So Andrew Rodney and Nancy are the three voting members and Ed Peggy and Julie are the three alternates All right a point one member to the WRVSU executive board I nominate Andrew the chair to be on the executive board seconded Discussion on that Okay, then one alternate to the WRVSU executive board and I'm an eight Rodney rainbill Great Everybody okay with that good One member for signing AP and payroll I've been doing that for the last few years. Yeah, I'll nominate Rodney Okay We yeah, and we can appoint more than one alternate. We need at least one alternate For signing AP and payroll. I served as the alternate last year, and I don't mind doing that Okay, I didn't have to cover for a month, but I didn't but But it does have to be if it's not has to be done at some times. Yep, I'm happy to serve as an alternate Last year we did Ed Peggy and Nancy as alternates or no that was for the full board. Sorry Okay, yeah, so add that'll be the alternate for signing AP and payroll Okay, one member to the negotiation council This was I did that last year. You okay with doing that again. I can do that again Sure, anybody else interested in doing the negotiation council What negotiations are up this year? Nothing right now. We'll start probably in August preparing for teacher negotiations That contract Is through next year, but we'll start in the fall the only question. I will do it Do either of you ladies want a chance to do it? If you do that's also fine Okay I could do it if you wanted off of it What's left would that be a conflict of interest since well, she's a teacher. She's not a bargaining member here. Yeah, okay Okay, I never really hard time doing it being a former teacher myself I don't mind doing it. Okay. I just don't want to stand in the way if yeah former teachers are interested in the process I Mean, yeah, I would just say Ed you were only on it for that that short time But little I do appreciate it when we're able to try to keep that somewhat consistent across the SU Because I feel momentum within the team I'm I thought you did a nice job it. Okay. Okay, so You got it. There's any further discussion. We'll have it be the member on the negotiation council a Point one member to the policy committee Rodney's been the member for the last few years Yeah, I don't mind doing it. I'll nominate Rodney the policy committee meetings are half an hour before the full board Meetings SU board meetings half an hour to an hour. Yeah, and everybody's welcome to go to those as well You're not the official member So We'll have Rodney on the policy committee. Is there an alternate that wants to be part of policy? We'll always take people if you guys want to send another person, right? We're good with that if anyone's interested I'll probably come to the policy. I figured you know a little bit. Okay Point one member to the superintendent and valuation committee. Oh, I can be on that That's just one member. Yeah, don't were you last year? Yeah, I think I nominate Andrew Okay Appointing a truant officer. We had the student board member. Oh, right. Yeah. No, that was after you said after you want it That's point 11. I said, well, we'll do. Okay. Sorry. Yeah, man. I had 10.5 I'm sorry. You're right. You're right All right, I'm pointing a truant officer and this was The Royalton police chief Bethel constables and principals as truant officers last year I'd suggest The Royalton again and Windsor County sheriffs. Okay And they'll work in conjunction with our principals Just Windsor County is now contracted with the town of Bethel They're doing some liaison work with us in general So I think having both Royalton and Windsor County makes sense So when Windsor police chiefs or County sheriff, yeah, Windsor County sheriff and the Royalton police chief Yeah, okay, so I'll propose the Windsor County sheriff and the Royalton police chief be the truant officer Okay, we have a second on that. Oh, yeah All right Now we can appoint a student board member. All right, so I'd like to introduce our junior Representing the Wildcats Hannah Collins is a Athlete and a band member and a community member at our school. She represents really what Wildcat Nation is all about She's a positive influence and And she she we've been trying to get Hannah to come to the board meeting but basketball has kind of gotten away the last few months so she's here with us and she is a Perfect person. I think to have represent the student body at our school great Absolutely emotional point a student member to the council Happily all right Yeah, I'm gonna meet with Hannah and I'll meet with principal Thomas to figure out like I'd like to have it be That there's like a standing report from the students in general that Hannah delivers So that there's some interaction back and forth And so we'll work through that and then try to schedule the agenda too So that if there are things that I don't feel as relevant Scheduled accordingly great does that make sense to the board and we'll just keep rechecking how it's working. Yeah Great Very happy you're here. All right, I'm designating newspaper and radio station for official notices I think we do the Valley news and the Randolph-Herald Eastern radio, I think in great Eastern radio Which captures a bunch of different stations we had that greater Vermont Broadcasters as well. Probably that's true too. Yeah, okay So I guess I'd motion to have a continuance of everyone will be used last year to use this year Okay, that's the Randolph-Herald Valley news greater Vermont broadcasters Oh, so it's Randolph-Herald and Valley news as it does in the newspapers greater Vermont broadcasters as it does in a television station and greater Eastern radio as designated radio station for official notices Thank you. I needed that clarification. Yeah Okay, unless there's any further discussion on that we'll Move to the date time and location of regular regular school board meetings So it's currently the third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. alternating monthly between Bethel and Moroilton campuses And also virtually I'm gonna stick with that. I think it's yeah, I'll make it on motion to Have the meetings on the third Tuesday of every month That's MBM Okay, we have a second second. Okay. All right and designating posting places So the posting places Are Last year we designated the post offices town offices and school entrances and the website Post offices town offices School entrances and the website and the website. Okay. I'll put that forward and nominate those places as the designated posting places Okay, any further discussion on that item Do you want to post it on the town website too? Um, I Mean we could try doing that Hate to have it be the designated and I can't do it. Yeah, I I think I'm not having you know, like we need to go through somebody to get it up on on their website So yeah, you know, I think it's a good idea to do it, but maybe we can Do that as an alternate place not the designated place, you know, but that is a good idea I Think it should be an alternate Okay Yeah, I mean having an official Kind of school like we need somebody in Bethel and Yeah, and we're paying now, but we're still limited to two only a month and yeah, I would rather we can certainly use all that for alternate It's just I can control those other ones I can't control some of those. Yeah. Okay. All right. That is the end of the reorganization Business so I'll move to the celebration of learning So my intention tonight is to Put on display for you the evolution of how things are going in the maker space specifically how it parallels the work being Done in our flexible pathways and leave you with the here the one or missed the questions the vision we have for where we're going in the future Specifically including the full-time position We are now going to be advertising for for someone that will be running the shop and the maker space So right now, Mr. Andrew West is running flexible pathways Offered as a an essential class for many students, but also supplemented with a lot of one-on-one and small group work throughout the day What you see right there is one of the first prototypes of the signage that we have around This space and I'll pass out an example later Cut on unfortunately imported plywood because it's from aldehyde free, but on a number of different materials We started prototyping Figuring out the exact depth intensity of the laser duration Font all of things that would make a clear product if you don't mind advancing, please This is just a quick montage snapshot of where that space is now What you see there is it is packed full of different kinds of technology not just the laser engraver I'm very proud of and happy to talk about but also things all the way down to a hand loom We have new sewing machines in there in the picture on the left You see a station that is designed for vinyl cutting But we have produced out of that though. I don't have examples to show you tonight. We have produced prototype t-shirts and sweatshirts we envision not just Fundraising potential but ways to increase the branding of the Wildcat mean For a much more cost-effective measure and it gets in students appetites wet for graphic design We have a heat press vinyl cutter all kinds of product To experiment with I'd like to thank Ray and his crew for providing making sure we have Up-to-date touch sensitive panel our teachers are already using that It's a way to have the students focus on the task of the day to display how a Schematic might lay out and then turn them loose on their own projects And on the far right is just really something I want you to bear in mind as what that space is intended for That's center area the tables push together. That's really where students start their project where they Come up with the sketches the ideas where they brainstorm when they come back together and do assembly It really is designed to be the tools are the tools for the intention is to have the makers working together If you don't mind, please advance it The next several sides are just showing you again the evolution of the kinds of products that are being made there That was an original prototype for one of our 3d printers. I Recognize it's a 2d picture. You can't see the raised Ball relief of that and I beat that was done by a teacher It was very simply find the schematic online and put that into the the program and Let the printer go have at it. Please advance the next one If you notice there's a higher level of sophistication, there's a much more Defined font. There's a relief of a different kind of figure that was made by a student One of the things every student in the middle school will have done by the time they leave here in June is they will have Created something in that maker space for many it may be a simple as Designing a key chain a small fob a small thing just to get Dip their toes into the pool so to speak but again the evolution between the first product and this one Much finer detail. We don't have to build the product of product up as much So we can have much more intricate pieces. Please continue And it's not just in the 3d printing on the upper left On the left hand side. You see some of the simpler signs We have made prototype again a key chain fall on the left and what we advance to now is getting to the point of One student on the right. Those are student hands Said hey, I want to do more than just make a key fob I want to do something more complex, so they found a pattern for a puzzle They ended up figuring out with the instructor in there how to put the picture on cut it out And it's a fully working functional wooden puzzle so the evolution from an adult directed adult setup product with a student observing to the student creating the idea and actually then creating the product Please advance It's not just the intricacies of using a laser engraver cutter or vinyl cutter Those are very precise tools, but it's also we want to showcase in that space The intention is to be very creative as well. There's a lot of Call for us paying attention to the fabric arts again I mentioned the loom and the sewing machine in this particular case a student brought in their own sneakers and Put on a pretty anatomically correct Set of foot bones Just working within a design that they had in their head None of that was made using one of the schematic Computer-driven kinds of products that was done with a 3d printing pen which we have a half dozen or so So that's freehand experimenting with fabric dyes and paints I'll leave you with this one again tools in there are very capable of Precise work, but at the same time working right next to that person is inputting a schematic using a laser engraver Is someone that's doing a lot of freehand work as well So in the same space you have some people that are very focused on the technical aspect Some people that are very focused on the creative aspect and a blend of everything in between. I believe that's the last picture If the picture is worth a thousand words and something you can hold in your hand maybe These are some specifically chosen examples That is a sign that is going to compliment Student suspension bridge that they built at the beginning of the year This is an example you could also see some more down the hallway of how can we turn what we're learning into something that benefits the school? Signage is a very clear way to start. You just simply need to choose the font choose the parameters But in terms of experimentation We're getting pretty intricate We're also getting down to the point where I can't read that without my Progressive lenses on it that fully I need my cheaters to read that that's down into 7.5. You can see There aren't trailing burn lines. It's clear font. We're getting better and better a Side note something we have yet to wrap our heads around is all of the words on there are generated from a Chatbot a parameter was given tell us a story about and it created the poem. So that's a complete Untraught-in-path Well in terms of our 3d printer These all look the same, but they're an experiment and really what is possible to move them around When first using the 3d printers We had to dial it in we had to figure out what we were actually doing because we were if something goes haywire in 3d printing It goes haywire wildly and creates a giant spaghetti monster These are examples of we are now down to incredibly fine Detail and if you look at how many different angles and curves are involved in these pieces again That's just a highlight what's possible as is that one of the benefits of using this particular birch plywood is We can figure out how to make curves how to make soft shapes That's an example on the box project that was done as a prototype, but any number of things are possible including That's one side of a multifaceted figure that's just the first one we've actually So in terms of where I wanted to leave you how is this informing our vision for moving forward in the future? We've radically expanded the conversation around how we use flexible pathways With a couple of benefits one of the benefits is Looking at how to free up room for students like eighth graders to take an elective kind of offering Get their hands into the maker space And using the flexible pathways as a way to really dial in a personalized education The experiment we ran this year We have three students working on their own one-on-one projects with the flexible pathways coordinator as the facilitator of their learning Working hand-in-hand with the person that is helping us really tune that space We envision that's what flexible pathways is really going to look like for our students Especially as we consider things like capstone projects a lot of personalized learning. I Know that I presented the two things almost as if they're married together It's just one example of how the flexible pathways will be used in this space envision a lot of co-teaching Teacher in a core class has a project. They want to complete they work with someone in the maker space to figure out How many different ways can we prototype? Make the thought a real tangible product any questions on what I presented to you tonight I think it's great that we have these tools and We're starting to figure out how to use them and leverage them and student learning Could you speak to how? How students are accessing it kind of in the schedule like what kind of time are we talking about that's put aside? so In terms of the parameters of our schedule right now flexible pathways is offered in the morning That's when our essential classes happen. So in terms of a group of students a dozen Going in and using the space They're doing projects in tandem with our shop teacher with our outdoor ed teacher and with Andy west at a flexible pathways So their access many are accessing it through their already assigned class time several more are getting it as I'll give you a couple of examples student has Intervention services and also extension services during the extension time where they're Deepening their learning they have access to that space in much smaller numbers We might have again one to three in a few different periods during the day. We have as much as a dozen in there That space has been used by outdoor ed repeatedly for things like creating first aid kits to donate to the town Plotting out the next projects to start unifying how the campsites are laid out thinking about Different ways they can access arise the like TP structure the campsites Etc. So they're accessing it any number of ways Looking at next year. I think we'll have a higher Proportion of students especially in the older grades who will be access accessing it during portions of a class So I receive the content in science class I do the task for that assignment and then I spend the second half of class potentially working in the maker space Building the next piece. I'll need for the next day's experiment. I Think that's about the level of specificity. We're at right now or is really wondering. What are the possibilities? How can students access that space through the program but also Looking at not just this shiny new toy that we have of the maker space, but how does it work in conjunction with? some more traditional necessary skills, how does that function with SAP we're boiling out back with the shop with the outdoor Thank You for your question Somebody have any other questions or comments about the maker space? I think there was a question online on the chat I did hear something Looked like it was for the public comment time Okay, I Do I do wonder If you give us a generation of artisans are we then going to be Needing more equipment for the older kids as they transition You and I'm not saying that's a bad thing to get these kids all ramped up But if if you breed a bigger click of artisans making stuff sneakers and and 3d printing and everything are we going to need a little bit more stuff for the older kids as those kids become the older kids and instead of the I don't know say five kids doing it now. You've got 15 kids that want to continue Etching wood or and I know they can come back over here, but that poses a difficulty a little bit Sure, there are some logistics in figuring out how Some of just students might access that space. I think that's one of the Minor challenges of how we plan out those logistics. I see that as be one of the easiest ways for his students to access that space Forgive me if this seems tangential one of my favorite shows is Texas metal. I love watching people build cars There's one of my side passions and I was watching an episode just yesterday and The vast majority of the tools that their interior person was using are just larger versions of what we have here So I don't have an answer directly. I have a question. How do we? Further boost access to tech ed programs so that our graduates are getting out with those job skills that give them Honest pay good jobs that fit their passions That might sound buzz-line-ish, but I think that is something to consider First step his deal is how do they access that space second step? How do we bolster? on inroads into tech education and then ultimately Speaking off the cuff. How do we secure another grant that provides this amazing opportunity to really turn the school into a showcase of a community? So I'm sorry that's not an exact answer, but that's where my thoughts are I Was just wondering we need to be prepared when this works exceptionally I think be prepared for six probably should be prepared to I Mean you you're already constantly answering the question of how do we best serve our students? Yeah, and I think what you're asking is a pressure question for down the road because we're talking a Job skill from you know pressing hydraulic fittings for your Timmerjack to working next door to Prototyping and advanced animations or whatever it might look like there are a lot of industries around this that could use a wide bevy of skills. Oh Yeah, I'm pretty sure if you know how to use CAD in eighth grade you probably go in some place decent I don't disagree. Yeah amazing to me how Dating myself. I'm a commoner 64 generation. I had CAD in middle school That was nothing like what we have available here in terms of visually, but conceptually It's not that different the skills they're learning to make something simple like that Are the same skills they're going to use on a CNC machine that they're going to Use to I don't know customize someone's 4-byte One thing I would say but you know now that we have Staff dedicated to the middle school for tech at that present the high school tech ed teacher to Have more time to focus on. Oh, yeah, so we have the FTE And a tech ed teacher at the high school that is an old-school draftsman But also one of the most adaptable people I've met he's had a big hand in the conversations of this creating the maker space Again thinking down the road. What is that student? I haven't met that going to need to know how to do Thank you very much for keeping us up to date on that exciting development Without Jane How's everyone doing good? So you have you have my report in hand I did provide some progress monitoring on my Superintendent professional goals For this year And where we're at one of the things I wanted a highlight is that the full board will be receiving a Draft of the communications plan for the SU That's a three-year articulated plan, but also provides a lot of Ford facing information for our public but also internally in regards to just how to navigate communication Within the system that I think will provide some good visuals that will go to the full board in their packing on Thursday We'll look for feedback from administration in and the board throughout the upcoming month And then possibly take action in April. So it's it's a pretty comprehensive document. It's probably what Ray 30 pages Not quite but it I think it hits on what folks are looking for so you'll have that We're also going to have a draft of the WRB SU portrait of a learner We met with the graphic designer for that last week. That's been an SU Y group that's had student representation teachers Some community and board members from across the Supervisor union working on that that should be Something that gives a really good graphic for us in regards to what we want our students to no understand and do in regards to transferable skills across all different exit points of the organization meaning Whether you're leaving, you know, the middle school in eighth grade like what is it that we want our kids to have in regards to Skills that we apply throughout our entire life, right? Like that's the idea Like we have our curriculum that really speaks to our content area standards, right? And then this is supposed to give a hopefully a really good graphic In a two-pager that can really say to the folks like here that what we really value in those In regards to those transferable skills across content areas and in in secondary and post-secondary pursuits, so As soon as that's done that will get sent out to the full board for comment And then you know another thing to update the board about is In regards to the legislation, I don't expect there to be any change any more changes to education funding In this session, I do think there's possibly going to be a task force that's going to study education funding Moving forward and possibly look for them to take action on how we fund education as a state next year I don't see them putting a bill together this year. What I would say to you though is that I Do expect that the yield is going to hold if not increase which is good in regards to tax rates decreasing even further than what we Originally estimated Some districts are already using a 10,000 yield which is will be a few more cents And they're using that 10,000 yield based on what the Joint Fiscal Office is Currently talking about in in discussions with House Ways and Means due to adjustments that are coming in in regards to districts revising budgets after Failed budgets occurring and so just a reminder, you know It is a statewide ad fund if spending across the state goes down then that yield number would go up because they Don't need to generate as much revenue in so I Think that that's that's good news for us We're currently we I mean I still have four more budgets to go to voters across the SU So we're still currently using the number that we used in our presentation because I don't have any formal Guidance from the agency of the Joint Fiscal Office to use the 10,000 number But and for some reason if you were hearing districts using that number some are We always try to estimate conservatively with that number. I would hate to Put out a number and then have it go not be that high. I would rather it goes to the good so That could be good news for our constituents So I just wanted to mention that and then finally And then I'll try to answer your question to Nancy. I think I know what it is But then we have some more dialogue on it I Wanted the board to know that one of the education bills that I do think is going to actually Possibly pass this year is a literacy bill that's tied to the science of reading It aligns to the work that we're doing here already in regards to our foundational reading work There was a bill that that this has been discussed now for the last two sessions about the notion of Ensuring within statute that schools are aligning their curriculum to the science of reading making certain We're teaching phonemic awareness and phonics and that we have a researcher-based approach to that which we do we made that shift last year in regards to Ensuring that you know, we're doing professional development and that we have a research-based approach to teach phonics and so I Do that went through the Senate and it's in the house now and I think it may crossover I think that that bill is actually going to pass And we'll see what the governor does I haven't heard any Indication that he wouldn't support that bill, but That's so far, you know specific to education one of those bills that did seem to Get a cross Because we're at crossover now, so what exactly what like Essentially says you have to align your curriculum And your mechanism or just what's that you have to like submit a report my senses It's got to probably be part of the ed quality standards. I haven't looked at the bull Bull bill fully to see how they're going to ensure that we implement But my sense is it'll be part of the superintendent assurances And then April 8th. I believe April 8th Is the eclipse yeah, yeah So we're having a normal day I want to put out a letter to let families know that they can pick their Student up early if they choose and we would waive That is just an excused absence One of the reasons we're doing a full day is that we do have some trips planned across the SU where some students are Gonna go actually observe Even in the hectic of the buses and stuff We've supported them going and doing that and then our one-planet program We have events planned that afternoon as well for our students And it just felt like from an equity standpoint Making certain that kids can have access where their parents might not have been there with them to even supervise and help provide access Then it made more sense to allow for both if parents want to pick their kids up They can but for kids who parents don't have the means to do that or supervise them or support them in those efforts that we Would provide that to and do we have Do we have a good supply of glasses? Yeah Yeah, no we have yeah, and one planet has ordered a bunch of them to and so I'm pretty good about it. Yeah Yeah, so I just and I'm gonna explain that to families like if they want to pick their Children up absolutely, please do but I was really concerned about the notion to that some kids Might not get the opportunity or supervision around it if we just sent them home. So I wanted to provide both Yeah, I had another question The community task force did we get any response at town meetings or people volunteer? Yeah, so I have a list to at least get us going and we can then appoint more More membership as well, but yeah when we come to that agenda item There is a we're yeah No, if we add a couple board members were at 10, so it's a it's got representation from both towns I Think it's enough that we should move forward with it And if people start to show more interest we can appoint more membership to All right, that's both You have a report For the elementary But I think I will launch into our upper level science teachers have really Be doing a lot of work with upcoming solar eclipse And so we will be busing the Bethel campus in the morning over to the south northern campus for some science-based eclipse activities all the kids are getting solar teachers We're really excited to have printed to remember the solar eclipse and then Each science teacher upper level science academy campuses. There's a letter going home inviting families and kids if they want to stay We're going to host Watch parties at each campus because it's still going to be even if we're not in the in the perfect viewing spots We pretty amazing here anyways, so Yeah, so that's the big the big highlight that we've been working on Other highlights that you can read through is just what we've been doing for some professional development around here Highlighting to what we've been doing with our wildcat groups And what we've been learning about with positivity project if you look at This online you can click on and see our students in a month, which is always fun to check out We've been moving into the talk about Wrapping, you know continuing this year, but also print out planning for next year talk about configurations for the next school year Working on the bt cap testing right now, which we're going to report on the last last first testing after this But um teachers have been working on that and classrooms getting that done and what else Planning for conferences Very similar stroke of life in the middle of school. We are looking forward to Student-led conferences that begin in earnest the next monday, although some have already been started to take place We're very excited about that. We discussed today as a faculty The intention behind the student led What are we trying to produce and if the student does not have someone show up for their presentation, how are we giving them the opportunity to Have their work honored That starts next week for the middle school bt cap I need to make a correction. I stated in the principal's report. We're starting on april 1st Apparently that is an april fool's joke We're starting actually on the third The only other thing i'd really like to highlight There are a couple of pieces in the principal's report alluding to The beginnings of a conversation we're having in the middle school regarding Safety, we hope to have things that inform Potential capital improvement projects specifically the front entrances But also other things around this side of the school The reason i mentioned is just beginning is because we know our partners in the other schools have had similar conversations And the next step is inviting them to the table to figure out Where our system needs to continue improving We're noticed of updating crisis plans Making sure principal's names appear in correct spots In the last week, we have had walkthroughs with fire marshals EMS the sheriff's department the fire chief winter county sheriff's department and We can still work with royalties getting an idea of What are the small improvements that we can make on the daily that don't cost the taxpayers a lot of money? And what do we need to be able to present to you so you can make an intelligent decision for the things that Excuse me might cost a little bit of money like the entrances So we've begun that We've pledged into that work earnestly Highlighting the high school Congratulations to clover rada coheny who is our first graduate in 2024 I know she took a lot of flexible pathways to get there Speaking of flexible pathways in work base learning One of our drones crashed the other day when we were doing a test run And so we're going to be using the 3d printer in the makerspace to replace some of the parts that were damaged So thank you We started the cap the vermont cap testing on monday and today for the ninth grade and we will finish science tomorrow um A couple other things if you had opportunity this weekend to see the 25th annual putnam county's fellingby Our performance was phenomenal. We invited our middle school on Thursday And so they were able to come and see that performance It's also used as a recruiting tool to get the kids to see what we're all about at the high school Speaking of recruiting we have on april 11th that we are wildcat night where we Give tours have food give out swag invite all the Kids from seventh and eighth grade to come in parents to visit our staff will be in the gym Showing showcasing what we offer at our high school Both basketball teams made it to the barry auditorium this year, which was an exciting Exciting two trips up there So hopefully we'll be doing that again next year our art and soul is coming on wednesday march 27th Which is a huge event for our school and our community Josh white is organizing the alumni basketball Game a little different this year cod was the mvp last year who was in attendance here won the three-point shooting contest So all that money that's raised goes to our food shelf, which is really nice. It's donations only so That's the report So if I have any questions or comments on the report side of things all right So we're doing the vt cap data report now so He's really prepared for us by on this Uh, I think I'd be lying if I said that the elementary has dug into this data at this moment. We have not yet And I think that we will be digging into it But more looking at cohorts and seeing if the cohort data is matching what we're seeing with our more current traffic progress Um and planning accordingly for that and I'm assuming I know I think Uh middle school and high school may be in different spots and have actually looked at this But I think we're all saying the same thing as far as Looking to see if it checks in with our traffic progress data and seeing if there's specific cohorts that we need to tune in for I was pleasantly surprised by how we how well we did in science because we have had a huge focus on science personally I don't know if you two want to weigh in a little bit more I Would echo much of what my colleague has said We have looked at specific cohorts and because we're looking at vt cap data It is over it's over a year old We're looking at how local assessments Track my progress work in the classrooms might Support indicate suggest something very similar And looking at all the interventions we're currently using do we need more those are the kinds of conversations we're having around a particular cohort that Let's feel very differently than state average. So we're using it to inform the next step I think there's a lot more we can glean from looking at this again comparing it to what we have Already locally and also much fresher data than this particular set I am anxious to see when we have two vt cap data sets together I'm comparing the apple to the apple And we're hoping because I think what we're going to do is go get that this summer And I guess at the high school level one thing I struggle with is the incentive for our students to do well You know some kids are like, well, I don't get credit I'm not getting graded and so we we talk a lot to the freshman about like how important it is It's important to our school and the community and to do as well as you can because these results are you know Everyone knows about this and this is important And you know, it's easy to say like the fast bridge assessments that we do in math Like it's important because that's going to be to do well in there because that's what level of math you're going to be going into But for this we're we struggle a little bit and kids have come up and said that they're having a hard time with With that incentive so And we work, you know, we just sort of teach not for the test But we teach kids how to you know trial and error like that first one a doesn't look like it's right That answer doesn't make sense and actually on the test you can cross out a So, you know, you can look at bc and d for the answer and it's just you know Given having kids sort of do the best that they can and that's really all we're looking for And what's interesting is on the test you can see how much time they spent So on the eLA part of it, you know, there's three paragraphs and the kids spent two seconds on it You know, they didn't really give it a good effort, but the results are still shown on the graph, so That's something we're working on as a staff So you guys we're saying you haven't really gotten a chance to compare this to the Track my progress results in elementary. We have not had time to look at it. I believe the middle school's already dug into a little bit We've started down that path. Yes, I think again, there's more we can glean from looking at that data Right now we're focused on again looking at a cohort. Okay. What might account for that? How does that compare to what we have for other data sources? Yeah, I mean it certainly seems like getting it almost a year later really Doesn't give it much utility, but You know, it does seem like We do need to improve on this and the track my progress results have certainly been Encouraging as far as the trend I believe what I also heard From on is they're still tuning up BT cap to make sure it's like a line through the SPAC that we used to take so I'm looking forward to seeing how we do when you're out from that But another yeah, it's more information I'm getting from our math teachers who took the tests are saying that a lot of the math for the ninth grade Is geometry and some algebra two and some of them are in algebra one or pre-algebra So it doesn't really match up. So I think kids, you know One of my students today told me mr. Tom's the first question was some geometry. I'm not in geometry I'm in like pre-algebra. So and I was like, well, did you give up? He goes, no, I just couldn't answer it I was like, all right, you know But I do understand the frustration. Is this one of those computer adaptive tests that Minds of finding the level or is it just no? No, it's not I thought it was because you could breeze through I don't think so. Can I ask the question or not? Not yet. Yeah, go ahead. Is that okay? So the results we're looking at these are from almost a year ago. Yeah, and they're taking them again right now. Yeah Yeah, I know that's and we just had this feedback. Yeah, it's concerning. Yeah They switched from the previous like they switched test providers. So, you know I'm not saying this as I'm sorry I'm not saying this as a professed expert. I have a lot left to learn as well I was in a different school and noticed Because I was looking at a much bigger scale The number of like growing pains kinds of issues that we had at the beginning of the vt cap last year A lot of those have worked out and I'm hoping that's indicative of What Andra said Andra sorry Andra said that we should see the results a lot faster And if we have that quick turnaround, we can compare Again, if we get it this summer the kind of work that we have our professionals doing over the summer to intentionally plan Their lessons how they're aligned They can also be looking at in the elementary middle the foundational skills that we'll need to Pre-teach before we get to different concepts be a lot more informative if we have to the summer Sure. Thank you Where does this test come from is it generated in vermont or is this part of the consortium of other states Well, I think there's a bunch of other Yeah, just here is because again if it's they're testing ninth graders and they're putting out number two and geometry questions on They're very few Ninth graders are doing geometry even Having been part of the state committee back years ago that was developing tests I used to get pretty discouraged at what people who were not in education thought Was the right questions to be putting on a test for I remember sixth graders. They were putting questions on the coordinate plane and simultaneous graphing simultaneous equations and they told me oh no sixth graders should be able to do this And I'm like, no, you haven't been in a school Let me reach out to I think they do a lot of tests for a lot of other states if I'm I also found that when I was working on these committees that the majority of the people that were also on These committees that had been hired were out of work engineers. Oh, yeah So that's why the calculus is on there Yeah I don't know I just get very skeptical about any of the standardized testing that's developed like in that way that teacher and teachers are not Even allowed to see it. That's the part that bothers me that we're not even supposed to see what this test is that the kids are doing Um Right Well, yeah, I mean, I guess I don't think anybody wants us to be teaching to the test or anything like that. So You know and but they do say that you can teach kids how to take a test though, you know, and improve that So that's some of the teaching that we do Right, yeah So I guess like when you were talking about changing the curriculum that was more just looking at what Kind of the proficiencies and stuff that they're supposed to have and then making sure that our curriculum is aligned with what the test is is looking at or So the fast bridge assessment and some of our students are taking that because they are failing at semester They are failing algebra one So a lot of them have stopped because it progresses and they can't progress because they haven't been able to do that So we took that fast bridge assessment and math and then we were able to find out what level they're at And then have transitional math to support them so that they're ready for algebra one next year But there'll be sophomores and taking algebra one and really they should be in an algebra one as a freshman. So Yeah, now it makes sense to use the track my progress and fast bridge is kind of like our baseline Okay Does anybody have any other questions or comments on the BT cap data Going forward, all right, Tara You all have my report in addition to what's happening in the business office. We are still working to get four budgets Votes through so I've been working on informational mailers and the necessities for that Otherwise, if there's any questions Thank you for Tara Thank you for all your help getting the budget put together and all the information for the budget Presentations and things so All right, um policy committee update I'm not really a lot to report. We've been working on the drug and alcohol policy That was sent away To legal for some questions on it You didn't get that back I'm uh, yeah, you have the policy committee will have a new draft of that And then our our workplace harassment policy Um in a coordinated title nine policy All right, so basically a week for that to come back to legal and That's about it Okay, nothing really All right Then uh around to the EI summer 2025 building project we may Um, do you mind going to 9.2? No, I've got Eric working on something right now. That's why I came and got Okay. Oh, are you ready buddy? All right. I was buying you some time if you need it. You're good. I'm good. All right It's good to have the EI around. You know what I mean if we need something checked on Uh, yeah, we'll get that solved. I did do an energy audit when you guys earlier in the meeting I was going around like noticing fans in the gym. We're still running and we'll address that Uh, all right, we'll jump to the next slide because you guys already know who we are next slide again um Obviously when energy efficient investments, we just got done doing lighting here at royalton and at Bethel We'll do in the heating system upgrades here at Bethel as well next slide So what we've been doing and what we've been we met with a facilities task force about two months ago Reviewed some of the initial ECM measures or energy cost measures that we talked about a year prior when we were looking at Doing this Bethel upgrade at the time We had brought in high-level building assessments. So we have architectural review electrical mechanical reviews on both buildings And then really we reviewed a lot of those different Aspects at our meeting and we've really kind of settled on a few main goals to focus on for development Really being the performing arts center at royalton with a new secured entrance Library ventilation at the high school as well secured entrances here at Bethel so addressing both the middle school and the elementary school entrances updates to the original gym At royalton to make it more of a performing arts center and ready for performances and then finally site drainage which is a combination of The three acre rule that the state of Vermont has put out for storm water retention And then also with the new addition that would be going on you'd automatically be forced into making those adjustments now So next slide The first measure the ECM measure is the performing arts center, which would be an addition off the front of the building I know that there's been some conversations with banal architects who's leading the design for us Trying to get to a little better point so I can view it They had some initial concepts that they provided about two months ago At that time Jeff and josh met with matt on site. They reviewed the the the project and kind of the layout They've come up with a couple different options for kind of the redesign on it Really focusing on trying to make this new high school entrance sass vegetable kind of a combination of Both, you know, where the new high school students actually having a formal entrance closer to their parking lot Well, also serving as a main lobby for what could be potentially Performances in the original gym or in the new performing arts center So kind of having that combination of addressing both secured entrances While creating that kind of central vestibule area when They're an intermission where people can kind of collect and regroup So this is something that will continue to be developed With additional renderings exterior renderings and floor plan redesign based on more meetings with josh and jeff as we fully understand their needs So I think, you know, these redesigns just came out yesterday So I would say in probably another two or three weeks when we can get it all coordinated We'll meet back as a group review it. I'm sure make more changes And then hopefully over the next couple months kind of settle on what that final layout is and what we're going to be providing pricing for over the summertime All right next slide So this is showing some of the render exterior renderings and layout showing a new entrance that would be on that driveway side as you head down to the ball fields Um, originally they had shown a pretty formal grand entrance at the main street After talks with jeff and josh, that's kind of that's going to be going away And really, you know, the attention is going to be back towards that parking lot side and the main entrance to the high school And then this kind of whole redesign with the big glass daniels is is really getting reworked as well We just didn't have time to update the renderings for this meeting, but we should be able to for june next slide Library ventilation, um, this is something that we would be looking at addressing So adding ventilation to both the library and then there's also a science room right next to it So going with a central energy recovery unit that would have dehumidification with heat pump technology To really update the ventilation in this space, which apparently really has no ventilation for the amount of people in it this would provide A central spot at the high school that has cooling or at least dehumidification in it So on those warm, you know, september days, at least there's some refuge for people to be able to go off to and cool down during the day next slide secured entrances so specifically at Bethel because Really the the entrance at the high school, like I said would be addressed as part of the performing arts center The idea being that at royalton If we add a new entrance onto that driveway side of the high school We can add a connector that would essentially bring you around the old gym to the new performing arts center That would prevent you from having to go through the old gym to access the new performing arts center. So Access and then here at Bethel We'd be looking at trying to reuse kind of some of the existing infrastructure that you guys have so Updating the doors on the inside of the building reusing kind of this overlook and vestibule that you have now Repurposing this administration door to really be that checking window for people as they come into the space So going back to, you know, really having that lockdown vestibule area where They get buzzed into Through initial set of doors those doors would close behind them You provide a line of access sites the people that come to the door and then they buzz you through essentially the second set of doors And then something doing something very similar at the elementary school But actually you guys already have doors and this kind of catch all vestibule area already in that space So it's really kind of just Changing some of the door hardware around in that kind of main vestibule adding some cameras some Push action locks to be able to let people in and out of that area And really we can accomplish a lot of the same things without having to do any new additions But really just upgrading door hardware in the door themselves and then also a little programming change So as the elementary schools kids go to the cafeteria Instead of walking through by that front door to enter through those double doors of the calf They would be walking by essentially the trophy case and entering the cafeteria that way So this was something that we reviewed a couple times already Really just trying to keep the cost down or at least you know trying to provide a product that meets the goals of the group The security goals Well keeping the cost in line because these secured entrances can get really pricey quickly next slide Original gym as I mentioned, this is a gym that they use for performing arts. There's a stage So what we'd be looking at doing here is providing Really kind of a design for this space that would repurpose it really specific for performances So making sure that we have a sound system a lighting system And building controls that essentially would lend itself for performances music Plays and those types of things and a lot of that stuff as we talked about is kind of going to be all a cart So we're going to try to break out that pricing. I know at one time Um, there was thoughts that maybe fundraising specific for different items inside of the original gym might be a good option So finding someone that might want to pay specifically for stage lighting or a sound system So those are all items that um, we're going to kind of break out and kind of stand alone for you guys to see What the cost of those would be Next slide And then finally the site drainage And then this is really about adding a retention pond In a catch basin down below your guys existing parking lot And then essentially we'd have to incorporate any new roof drains storm drains from the new addition And really just move all the water to this and this is a state mandate This is something that the the school was already working on with The wolf engineering as a civil engineer They just happened to be a civil engineer. We do a lot of work with as well So we would just have to make sure that we would incorporate this because all of a sudden you just You move up in that list of having being required to do it under this project so next slide So really what we're looking at right now is kind of a rough magnitude of cost of project budget around five and a half million That's addressing the performing arts center the library hvc the secured entrance the original gym and the storm water improvements um so next slide And what i'm doing here today is kind of providing you guys that original outline and overview with some updated drawings from that original performing arts center What we would do over these next few months As long as we continue to get consensus from the board that this is the direction that you guys want to move with We'll continue to meet with josh and jeff to kind of finalize that design We would do the same with pierre here at the bethle middle school with the secured entrances reviewing it with the admin team And some of the security professionals that we work with Finalize those drawings and those concepts make sure that they work with your guys programming And then come back to you guys in probably may or june with really kind of that Schematic drawing that we feel that we can go out and get get good pricing on We would then spend the summertime month and a half by mid summer kind of coming up with Of true a much better more real price. So we go out to subcontractors the actual pricing We're moving away from the magnitude of cost and getting actual subcontractor present at that point So really that by the end of the summer We can come back to you guys and say these are schematic level, you know 80% drawings these are pricing that coincide with where those drawings come in that So that hopefully by the end of the summer in beginning of september You guys would be looking at doing a warrant article that would put this on at november 5th bond vote To move forward and if this gets passed in november We can sign a contract in december with the idea of breaking ground on the performing art center spring of 2025 And really try to have everything in this place wrapped up by you know, the the spring of 2026 Some of the projects at Bethel or maybe some of the smaller ones might get we might need that summer of 2026 as well Next slide I think that's it That is it. So that's roughly what we've been working on at this point with the with A schedule and a rough budget that we're working towards right now I don't know if anybody if anybody has any questions I thought at one point it was both the library and the cafeteria that we're lacking ventilation. They are yep And you guys want to keep the cafeteria in that as well? I mean I Task force took it out. Oh, okay based on price point Because we leave those doors open a lot to the cafeteria So there was just some remember rounding. We had this conversation. Do you remember this one? We took it out. There was a couple. There was like maybe two meetings ago And we did an air quality test in there actually through efficiency remark and that Space actually did pretty well Surprisingly, so they do they just I guess we have the doors open You know what happens in cafeterias if they run Such a negative through their exhaust fan that they're just sucking in all that air kind of from kind of the surrounding areas Even though it doesn't really meet current code of how you would design a cafeteria in a kitchen today When we efficiency remark or air monitoring devices in some of the spaces and the cafeteria was actually one of the best performing Air quality spaces which was kind of surprising to me based up what we originally saw It also is a low use space. So, you know people are in there for 45 minutes or an hour Essentially, and then you know that space kind of goes away where co2 builds up when you're in a space like this over a period of time typically What was the pricing on that just out of like It would be probably around 250 to 300,000 to provide dedicated ventilation to that space Yeah, you're muted you're muted There we go, I don't forget that My question was on the visibility for the stage when everything is done is the stage being still basically going to be Level the way it is Because I I always think about people who are at the very back of the auditorium wanting to see What's happening on the stage and you really can't see is something being done to It is That was part of the the work that matt and josh and oh and jeff had talked about so I don't have drawings yet the original Uh gymnasium for today, but I know the stage was a major aspect of that We're looking at tiered seating for the audience and also for our music performance Have tiered seating and staging for the musicians on stage as well So If I would that be kind of temporary things that you bring out and put on the correct, okay And this includes storage space for the all that sort of stuff Yeah, that's kind of big. Yeah storage space maintaining egresses out of those spaces fire ratings. Those are all kind of What I know matt and josh have been kind of bouncing their heads around because it's There's some funky door situations that we have to do. It's not ideal It's fire code requirements So we'd have to it's one of the things that we have to plan because this is what code says and Then we go back to essentially the local fire marital and be like, this is kind of ridiculous Like why do you have two doors four feet away from each other when the exit door is another 10 feet? You can't really wrap your hand around why it makes fire safety sense So we're hoping that we kind of kind of prevents the fire marital for that as well So what we would do over this next kind of a few months is really kind of Really dive into the programming and make sure that it really meets the needs of what you guys are trying to accomplish Um, and then we would spend Hopefully review back with the facilities group get your guys Okay, that this is really the direction that we want to go with and then I have to get it out to Sub to get I think more real pricing for you guys because this is a pretty massive project. There's a lot of different components comprised of it, so Um, I just want to make sure that if you guys go out for that November bond boat that we're able to provide Everything that we're saying that's going to be in it So we everything goes well. We start spring of 2025 What is the disruption to the status quo going to look like? all the way till spring of 2026 Because at some point the building is going to be worked on pretty heavily, but we're going to have Kids coming and going it's going to be very it's going to be Some rework of some of the drives. It's going to be kind of rework of how people move around the school Definitely a tight footprint as you see as people come in there. So it might even involve Clearing some of those trees between like the parking lot and the drive and reconnecting the parking lot lower down So that we can kind of section off an area up at the top We'd have to review all that because those are fire egress lanes with the with the fire marshal So a lot of times what we're doing is like soft barriers down through there that you know emergency vehicles can still get through but Is that all that into taking into account already for price? Yes. Okay. No, I feel good about that part A little off topic, but I don't think I went to a lot of facility meetings How's the heating system coming in Bethel? It's it's done. We were just working on a few last little punch list items I know he said he was here again yesterday fixing a niger on the wood boiler LP everything's up and running. I noticed today that there's definitely some setbacks that we can Energy optimization that we're going to be implementing over the next week or so In the place but overall we have a couple last punch list items. I noticed in the bathroom that we'll be getting addressed Probably this week because I wasn't very happy when I saw those So, uh, yeah, we're very close. Did you end up burning any wood this one toroid? Oh, yeah Yeah, we've got burning wood for the last since uh, end of this year since december 31st. It's been primarily wood chip. So That's my head. I work just looking at I didn't know I hadn't heard if it was I worked out I haven't had any complaints Well, that's good I know the school's been warned this one to not but not too hard That's good. We've been trying to dial in It is a little I when I was doing like a review I noticed like we can be setting temperatures back There's a handful of fans kind of still running that night So there's going to be more kind of energy adjustments that we can make over the next Month just still dial these things in and really for us, you know, like I'd mentioned kind of all along We are trying to build these long-term relationships with the school district. We're not going anywhere Um, we're getting more and more people specifically living in this area Which has been a big help that lived within a few minutes. It's always been tough It's a very attractive location for getting subcontractors because you're kind of in between Manchester and Burlington So it is but for some reason just we need more people to live in this geographic area So that is coming along very well Um, I'd be curious to see kind of a timeline of what Um, kind of is available for use when as far as you know, like Is the elementary gym going to be out of commission like from All next until spring of next year or you know, like I think I'm up with a much from the next meeting because I think I was Maybe coming on in June or something like that I'm going to come back in June But I can have a pretty detailed site layout that shows really where you know What we have to kind of section off for construction fencing and what I would see is kind of a phasing for this project Um, you know, one of the things that we try to do is if there's enabling projects Like I said, like that maybe builds a road around a certain area or creating that initial kind of path around The gymnasium we would look at you know, cutting in additional doors to help with kind of the flow of people through spaces So I haven't got quite to that part of really thinking about how we phase this thing out But that would be something that we need to figure out in order to get accurate pressing through the summertime Right, okay Good to see Any other questions? Thank you. Thank you Good luck with the rest of me I also just say I I think your solar eclipse move was a phenomenal move by Going both ways. Yeah, I will be providing childcare for my Thank you guys We have science testing tomorrow for juniors. Yeah. Yeah Curfew you gotta curfew Okay, um community engagement task force possible actually so, um Mary shell our community school coordinator is going to really take the lead in helping facilitate this group Moving forward. We will warn these as um open meetings I just think it's really important for us to do that to keep people addressed On the work that's happening even though we won't have a quorum of the board necessarily I'd like to To do it that way just to you know, allow the public to engage as much as possible And so we have And you know in regards to you know, their charge I think that their charge is to You know truly get a sense of the community like how the way we're reunified districts going Based on the articles of agreement, but also based on the fact that we are Is it five or six years now into the merger? Five right. I'm in year four. So it's one before me. So five years into the merger. So You know, I think that their work may be even two-faced, right? Like I think there's the initial articles of agreement piece And I think there's also just this continued Focus on engaging with the community about, you know, what's working well and where are areas where we need to grow And so, you know my goal in regards to kind of like The articles of agreement we talked about initial surveying and stuff is to possibly get them to try to get us a report by September Based on what feedback they got. I just think that that could serve us well in regards to like if there's areas where we're not Meaning expectations, we could use that report to inform budget So that's sort of why I thought that timeline made sense for us Because I I want us to be able to engage with our public saying we really want this information And we will use it to inform our work moving forward And so Thus far we have for membership We would have Jeff Clayton who is a our community-based learning educator at the high school, but also is a resident of Chelsea His wife teaches for us as well And I believe he he's planning to send his his kids to us At the high school level, so I think it's good to have one outside community member But also a faculty member engaged on the committee Emily Miller who's a teacher here at the middle school, but also Bethel resident has had kids go through our our school system Mary shell Chris gray is Part of our maintenance and facility staff here But also has had kids go through our system and and some of you get to see his daughter As their celebration and learning last year at the su level board level in regards to the rifle making And we have sandy rousseau who's from royalton who was a Who's a royalton community member, but also had worked as an interventionist at royalton for a long time Subs now. Yep. And there's a sub We have lia feronte Yeah, any butcher in the name? Is it right? That's good. I did Even though i'm tired do all right As a white river valley high school student who's going to join the the task force And then we also have erin slater who's a royalton resident and an elementary school parent from royalton So I would also look To at least have I love two board members to possibly think about engaging at least one Um Would be great and then principles. I'd like you guys all to be part of it that you could be there Um as either guests or participate. I think that we should list the three of them As members And then we can kind of sort out how that's going to work in your guys's schedules But that's what we're at right now again, I think we could add more membership, right? But that i'm pretty happy I think we got a pretty good representation across the two towns and We certainly don't want it to be a 30 member Task force so we won't get anything done probably but um, I feel better about The representation now um since we've been putting call us out okay, um I Would be interested in Being on this committee. I think um, is there I would too. Yeah Okay Anybody else interested At least doing all I'd be happy to come to the ones that I can if they're during times I can come I will be happy to come Okay, I guess the question is do you want to or are you just uh willing to? I would recommend you do no more combination of all Don't do more than three. Yeah Because then you're gonna have to be warning board meetings And not task force meetings. So three would be the most in regards to at one time Okay Um, just because then you have a quorum on the board and yeah, yeah, it's just Well, we got our two and Peggy wants to be Yes, and no kind of when she can that's fine with me. Okay That all right that works Uh So I would look for you guys to move those folks Second do a vote and tell me I'll send you the list of names so you can include them in the notes. Does that work? Yep Um So we're going to I'd entertain a motion to appoint Um, Jeff Clayton, Emily Miller, Mary Schnell, Chris Gray, Sandy Brousseau Leia Ferrante, is that right? Yeah Aaron Slater, Andrew Jones, Nancy Pajui And Peggy, are you being appointed as an official member here? Or kind of an alternate All right, you're muted It all depends on what time it is if it's a time I can come then yes Your group will get to the side that is sort of my thought. Yeah. Yeah. So moved All right in the principles if we could Oh and uh That principles Yeah, and they'll decide we'll figure out they want all three come but we didn't sort out who's gonna go So moved Okay, do we have a second? Yes Okay, any discussion In all in favor say aye Okay, uh, then just to quickly Uh show the mailer Cover adjustment I said that the way so he's going to pull it up um, so my thought was Why not breaking it into kind of three different sections with You know informational meetings and annual meeting and school district directors election Separated the annual meeting section has discussion and vote for all our articles including budget um, it has the Day of the week added in addition to the dates so that people are clear that it's monday and not tuesday Um, and then the things that apply to the annual meeting I moved those up to there so the community dinner Childcare and then must intend in person to vote on budget is all included in that section And then we've got the school directors election by australian ballot and the polls information under that Um So what do people think about this is that I like it like what we discussed Any further Comments Okay In my opinion, yeah Um, can you just quickly bold that? Um, are you able to edit this one? That just the must attend in person to vote on budget. Yeah I think that works Okay I feel comfortable making a motion to approve this It's emotional proof Okay. Yeah, I don't know that we need to do a motion or anything to just make sure that we have this template Oh, all right. Well, this is everything we talked about. Yeah, I'm comfortable with this and it Doesn't leave many stones unturned So good. Good. Do you tear works for me? Good Should we make a point to discuss this in december? um Yeah, I guess prior to the prior to putting it out next year. Thanks for that Let's just go over it again in case we want to adjust something or sure Or do we need to but I think I guess we discuss it anyways, right? Yeah. Well, we don't really discuss the exact Formation of that booklet. I I do think Having a little discussion about what should go in there or kind of You know, I think it would be good to have right after this first page a single page summary of Taxifications, you know, kind of like the bullet points of what people need to know so that you know People can go line by line on the budget that they want but there's also just the one page like This is what you absolutely have to know Um, kind of on that first page and then we have the warning So, you know, I think Discussion about that and how best to present things might be worthwhile in december Whatever we have an approved budget, I guess Okay, um So there's action possible action Capital reserve funds for you. This is just to finish up the BEI opinion Okay, do we need to approve? Yeah, Tara has it. Sorry And this is this this came this last paid amount is under what they originally projected us by a little bit I have all those figures No, that's good. I was just summarizing So we have our client. We got our final bill from EEI So the remaining balance due from the capital reserve fund is 84 165 dollars and 50 cents So that's what I need you to approve to be withdrawn from the capital reserve funds And to summarize the total use of capital reserve funds was 265 428 which was 3888 dollars less than what was proposed to be utilized Motion to approve 84 165 dollars and 50 cents to pay the remainder of the bill to EEI From the capital reserve funds second Okay, any discussion? All right. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right motion passes Okay, uh public comments. Um, is there any public comment at this time? I know there's some in the chat Go ahead Peggy and then we'll look at what's in the chat Okay, um, one of the things that um, I should mention are will be happening As quickly as possible AOT is going to be doing some work south of the farm And there may be a couple of days where root 14 is going to be closed at that spot So I just wanted to say that when that happens Our one will not be able to go down and turn around at the Sharon fire station But they can turn around here in my driveway. Okay, so that the buffing will be affected Thanks, Peggy. Do you have a sense when that might happen? Usually they reach out to us. I'm surprised Well, we we only met with them today Because it happened on the border of our two properties. Got it. So, um, they're hoping to at least get the trees down But they've got to get consolidated to take the Telephone lines put those down while get them covered And then come in and work on the trees that they want to do it as soon as they can All right. Thank you very much. I'll I'll get a hold of the bus company tomorrow. I can call On a similar note, I don't know when they're going back at the train bridge On my end of 14, but if it warms up a little bit more, they may be going That might affect the The single lane underpass Yeah, you're talking about on the north side on the north side. Yeah They were really good about communicating with that last year. I don't know when that's about to start again They haven't given me a date yet, but I'll reach out to them. I would say you're not good about it That was a lot of emailing. Yeah. Yeah Yeah, I was going to say a 60 days out 90 days out wouldn't surprise me one bit if they were But this one I that the one Peggy says I had no No heads up about all right, um From the public comment from the comments On the online thing. Kate Jarvis says, um, for public comment. Mr. La from from I regret to Regret that I have not had much opportunity to interact with you this year or to get to know you better I do have questions and concerns as to what has been done this year to address behavior In the middle school this year compared to last year And past concerns brought to light. Could you please speak to that or could you speak to that please? And then it continues have there been new measures or programs brought in Encouraging positive behavior. I found it very hard for them I found it very hard for the majority of children to learn in the middle school with the level of disruption in the classroom Thank you for speaking to this I think the third thing is a different subject. So why don't you respond to that and then Okay, thank you for the question. Ms. Jarvis Responding to the third question when I need to comment about, uh, fresher data I'm talking about something that is in a year or more old Um, we have multiple windows for things like track my progress. So we, um, can deal with that data Within days weeks as opposed to within a year My hope I believe I was saying in the context of my hope for the vt cat moving forward is that They have a much faster turnaround. So we're looking at, um, the data Around the same time that the cohort under study is still in that grade or has just transitioned Um, talking about behaviors in general that That could be a huge discussion. So I encourage if if I just give you a Uh, a survey of some of the things we've done, please feel free to engage me at length. Um More than willing to talk at any other time I can't speak to what's My predecessor did what specific programs, um, were in place that aren't in place now I can speak to how we've addressed some behaviors One of the things we did early on with our data teams was look at behavioral data frequency Of a specific behavior, which one was the most prevalent? Where was it happening the most way? And there have been points throughout the school year where we have addressed The highest flying behaviors, let's say the top three We did that following the Thanksgiving November break We did that in part just a few weeks ago and we set Out uh expectations for all students with all students for example Um, my colleague Kate Mayer the students core coordinator and I Took these identified behaviors spoke to every single student by class or by grade And are doing our best to hold a consistent practice. I'll give you an example of something that might have been Considered low level or might seem low level walking by and flipping someone's hat off We looked into the category of a physical aggression Because we've seen what that turns into as an example. That's something where Um Once we're past the warning We apply a pretty strict consequence on par with um walking by and And kicking someone. Uh, so looking at very specific behaviors Again, the most frequent we're taking bites we can. Um, we're also looking at how Parts of a pbis type school can align with what students learn for expectations in elementary school The kinds of expectations they'll have when they move on to high school trying to align our systems I have a team going next week along with some of their colleagues more on the district to continue that kind of work So those are a couple of points in terms of how we sought to address behavior in general, uh, kate mayor and myself look at What does the word restorative actually mean it incorporates accountability and incorporates owning what you did and figuring out how you make it right Any student coming into the office has to process in a very similar way around those points I'm not going to say you're in pretend It's perfect every single time But we are doing our best to continue to evolve the system into something that responds to behaviors consistently Uh, I'll give you one last example. Um right now we're Noticing slash minorly struggling with students that aren't in class on time that we have recently instituted a chime slash bell system And we're noticing students still gathering out in the hallway. So as a staff today in our faculty meeting we talked about how Faculty can be consistent how the admin can be consistent. So the communication is is thorough Predictable we're using things that seem simple like passes Um having a protocol in place where we don't get into power struggles The students late to your class they're turned away and sent to retrieve the pass The reason I mentioned that example is we're Trying to move from a reactive to a looking at what we're dealing with and how can we predict a better outcome? How can we institute some consistency? How can we improve communication? Um and continue to keep our eye on that evolution So there's there's a lot in your question. I hope that gave you enough of uh a moose bush or appetizer again feel free to To reach out set of time we can sit down and talk at length in general about the system and if you have a A specific question now I certainly entertain it um just to respond to the third comment about um The Pressure testing data the track my progress reports. We got a report from that on the february um Board meeting so that is available in the reports documents. Um folder of the february board meeting Minutes if you look on the website so Okay, uh, is there any other public comment at this time? All right, then um new hires resignations Oh tammy go ahead I look forward to you andrew double checking what's available out there. Um in the minutes with that Track my data information so that it is available out there I don't think it's out there right now No, it is it's not in the minutes. It's in the reports and documents board that kind of what Um the reports that we get prior to them Meeting wind up in a folder that the minutes go into that same folder so Okay, so I know it's there because I I found it earlier and it's actually was you know posted on facebook and stuff I'll look again. Um I had a comment Do we need to address any of those items that I identified potentially? Is there no longer a finance committee? Is there no longer a facilities committee? Is there no longer a recruitment and communications facility? And do we need an rtcc representative? Oh, that's a good point. Um We can address the next month. Yes, we will we will make sure those are on the agenda for next month We do If I'm supposed to send them somewhere I wasn't at the march 14th meeting. I apologize and I don't have any updates in the minutes aren't out there yet Yep Julie hymnman's the new clerk. So you're going to be Emailing the minutes to her and to me Okay Thank you. All right. Thank you. Tammy As always very much appreciate you Being our recording secretary Um Okay, so there was no new hires resignations. We have a new hire in our high school counselor. Okay, Alec Warsenak Just accepted the position as high school counselor. He was at black river Um Which is a 7 through 12 school was a 7 through 12 school for many years Which is kind of more like our school, you know, it's like the high school Counselors now seem to do a lot of different things and he seems to fit this the bar because of his he likes to do scheduling He still counsels, but he also does a lot with Like classwork with students and stuff and organizing men. So they have a pathway towards graduation. So Um, and next is our um admin Administrative assistant to the counselor, but we wanted to have a counselor first to be part of that process. So they get a big boat All right, Tammy. I'm going to send you that spelling just so you have it You do not know how much I appreciate that. Thank you I put you to it. I'm sure it's not said like that He goes by alex w says so Um, I don't think we have any other at this point. Uh future agenda items. We need to add the task forces task forces and um our tcc Board member Um Next me oh, uh, I also wanted to have um kind of an update on the eco program for next month And so next meeting date is Wednesday, April 16th Wednesday, Wednesday Oh, that's weird That's April 16th right there. It's a Tuesday. Okay, so that should say Tuesday April 16th Um, which is the third Tuesday, so The date's right, right? Yes So that's Tuesday, April 16th 2024 at 7 p.m That'll be your next meeting. I'd entertain a motion to adjourn So moved Seconded All right, thanks everybody Rodney and then on the alt Show the process