##VIDEO ID:4k9fRgGrSJE## [Music] okay the meeting is live but we're just going to verify that it's live streaming and recording so just take a hopefully just a minute or so [Music] and another thing since we haven't started meeting yet is that I may have to be Dad here if I get a phone call my kids are in Salt Lake and there's some issues 4 passes so if I leave that's the reason yeah is ging us thumbs up Hannah gave us thumbs up I think we're good to go all right thank you welcome everyone please stand for theed to the flag of the United States of America and to the repu for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all all right thank you everyone you right now short she's on way she's on she's not here at the beginning and we'll mark it down walk all right thank you very much uh adoption the agenda is there a motion to adopt the agenda so than you Rob is here a second thank you in discussion in discussion if not and um can we just have a discussion real quick around the approval of the Nexus agreement so that the community understands what that is well we can pull that out and talk about cor y y okay thank you right the discussion if not I'll be the all right thank you very much consideration visitors we have people here consideration visitors 2 and half minutes to talk tonight at the two minute Mark we'll have a sign put up to give me 30 second Notice start wrapping it up and then move to next speaker please understand if you can cannot talk about give any questions on it there is a sheet back here before you look at the sheet if you miss uh P or attack someone by name we that all right so first Speaker up here tonight Miss Amy come on forward Miss Amy hi dear Schoolboard members I am Amy lman I am a parent of a child in the school district I listen to the work session from the last for meeing two weeks ago I absolutely do not want the standard um absolutely do not want the standard I listen to the standard 2D learning environment or standard 8 racial Consciousness and reflection brought into my child's classroom I understand that these are required standards for teachers licensers but I know a lot of parents who do not agree to teachers incorporating this stuff into the learning environment please stop focusing on nonacademic teachings our students need to need help with reading and math there is still a lot of parents thinking of and are pulling their children out of out to private and home school I know this has been a h subject in the past with the the equan quality committee a couple years ago but yet it keeps coming back so I would like there to be a policy to create so there is not a negative effect on any children in the school or maybe parents need to start opting out of these teachings thanks Amy thank you good job next up is debie [Music] M hell mother hell father remember that yeah know I say it first I want to thank you the to all board members and and teachers and the parents who have done their due diligence in regards to reading this pby stuff and learning about it I've read it three times and I frankly don't understand a lot of it so I appreciate that must mean there's all sorts of things that goes on here go on here that we don't understand so um in regards to those pby teacher licensing requirements thank you um I also am concerned about the amount of time um spent on those requirements and um I see the the new requirements as learning leaning too much on societal changes and less on the actual academics on the instruction of reading math science history and art skills and to me when the rest of the United States and the world is talking about the metrics the test scores um in those those subjects I feel like if we're having to implement so many new requirements I understand that there's nothing we can do about the requirements now that that is the way it is and we have to work within within that structure but I I just want to say that it seems to me like the it's going to be awful hard for all those teachers to focus on all of those things and at the same time help the students raise their their test scores and it it feels like it's actually lowering the bar rather than raising the bar to to me anyway Thank you thank you next up is Richard Richard [Music] my name is Richard kavich I live in O Ro on Lake George Boulevard these are 10 rules talk to American kids in the schools 100 plus years ago in 1916 a special contest was held the goal was to create the best moral code for kids and a college president named William J HS hudkins one his ideas were expanded into a formal set of rules the first is do your part kids were taught what needed doing and too h to it number two to be a good sport no cheating was a common refrain Wasing three give it your all Pride one's work was instilled early this applied to everything from penmanship to wood projects four keep your cool youngsters were instructed to arain in their emotions count to 10 when you're mad teachers would say they stressed the importance of thinking before blurting outwards stay healthy now day keeps the doctor away was the old saying proper sleep was deemed crucial run and play the kids were told this meant less time indoors and more time skipping rope or CL pay six stand calm listen to your elders but learn to choose for yourself was the message being different wasn't something to fear courage in the face of challenges was admired problem solving was a priz CH spread kindness the Golden Rule reign supreme at the time gossip was Crown upon eight be be Dependable promises were meant to be kept if you said you'd feed a class ped over the weekend you did it punctuality was Pride honesty was the only policy nine team up working well with others was highly valued this could be collaborative PR class project or in a scope TR chase the truth don't believe everything you hear was a common lesson the proof was important before jumping to conclusions standing up for what right even when it's tough was admired honesty with oneself and others was key thank you Richard if I could add something a lot of these topics will be discussed at the next board meeting when we talk about social emotional learning so we'll have a more thorough discussion you know that time you'll include this uh I don't know if I'll include it as part of the packet but clearly a lot of these themes are also themes in social emotional learning framework so you that discussion will kind of take place naturally Thank you Rich at the same time record show that you'll arrive at 638 for the meeting thank you our last speaker tonight is Melinda also on phinda hello my name is Melinda and I am here to express some disappointment in the way that the py standards were portrayed and discussed at the last work meeting um throughout the discussion I saw multiple times s where the standards were seemingly purposefully misrepresented in order to make new requirements regarding things like cultural competency social emotional learning and racial Equity seem outlandish unfeasible and even radical we claimed that we want every student to walk into school feeling safe and secure and in the same breath there was denouncement of the training standards that would help teachers keep black and brown children queer children and non-christians children safe so I ask which kids exactly are we trying to keep safe and which are we trying to push out because the discussion that I heard seemed to be in favor of protecting the bullies and how many children are we willing to ostd because we fear change thank you right agenda is your motion to ad content agenda thank you J second thank you okay uh discussion P get a question yeah so can we just um have a quick discussion around the approval of the Nexus and the Nexus agreement just so the community understands what that is that uh typically though after some an item is pulled then we vote on everything else and then come back to that so if we could entertain but if you want we can also talk about accept we go on I'm okay way yeah so the uh Nexus agreement is related to the crossroads East Side uh it um it's over against Beth you know right right close toor and Our Savior Church and can you talk louder sure yep so uh Nexus is the company that runs the um the treatment center in East PE and I can't remember the name of the program cambia so several years ago the cambia you know program was in that site it closed down next to B the property and uh opened up a residential treatment center so we have kids who are assigned to uh that particular building you know for 247 uh by state law we are obligated to provide Educational Services because it's located in our school district and so we worked with Nexus to come up with this agreement uh that was reviewed and approved by the state um obviously Nexus and you know the the school district last year so really we don't have a choice in it we need to provide the educational services however I guess we do have a choice as far as the location we've chosen that it's much better for us to provide those services at the crossroads East site rather than transporting those kids into one of our elementary schools and so we made that decision it's by far the right decision uh because of the needs of the kids uh and this agreement is resulting from that okay any questions about Nexus okay all fav say I all we yes am are we voting on all of them or just next no we're voting on 41 to 46 okay cuz I have my hand up I'm would like to pull item 41 okay we have discussion on it you want have discussion right now you have an issue well I don't have an issue I would like to add it's very doesn't say a whole lot other than we discuss standings I I have language I'd like to add if I okay you link you want to add to the s to the work session y ask first have something like that well no it's not things have been changed in the minutes I've sat here for many years and there's times when um board members have questioned or added things within the minutes okay so we'll take pull 4.1 for discussion thank you go otherwise let go 42 to 46 we have a motion a second all the favor say I I oppos motion passes than 4.1 go ahead any under 4.1 under the minutes it reads get down to it it merely reads that there was discuss pby standards discussion that's and there I have some I'd like to add so that if committee members actually go to it they understand the discussion that occurred which we've sat here for many years usually there's it's more descriptive than that but if you want I can read what I would like to add to the minutes a long format be turned in to be properly well I can read it to make sure the board's comfortable with what I have okay go ahead I would like to add Miss Johnson has concerns and questions with regards to the new standards on how and if strand one student learning and strand two student environment can make their way into the classroom Amy Kelly shared her concerns with the new standards and make it of and concerns that they would make their way into the classroom and support a policy um Mr bur Miss Anderson Mr star support the new St standards and Miss West had concerns with the standards and wanted parents to know that there's an opt out available okay so that way people go and read the minutes it doesn't just say well discussion occurred H what discussion how what what this is pretty if people don't feel it's accurate feel free to jump in and we can change some of it okay I think we're make changes to the minutes we should propose them in writing and submit them to um Vanessa and then we can discuss them at the next meeting because I don't agree with this um Kelly's summary okay other comment well first of all we haven't had a motion to accept this do that make Rec the discussion so we have a motion right 4.1 to add word yes okay who seconds Thank you Pam discussion having discussion Amy information gave information further discussion I'm with what's I'm good with the summ if if board members want something removed from there feel free to we can remove it this doesn't have to be well we have to take three months to you know to approve the minutes if someone believes that something is wrong let me know this isn't written with any ill intent um this is well how I see the board meeting went if someone else sees it feel free we can discuss it add or remove something I'm not this isn't this has to be written this way um I agree with what Amy is saying especially because we are having problems with the owl from the last meeting and it wasn't coming through real well on YouTube um so what she said about my um support for the opt out and and what I said I I would agree to that and I would be okay with that being included in the update of events okay so as I understand it was a work session not a a regular meeting so um statements of support are non support again it was a discussion not a uh consensus or a voting uh topic we were discussing the pby lure so uh statements of support really support or nons support uh again we discussed that it was the state statute for the um licensing requirements which is what the topic was um we have not put in any of our meeting minutes discussions on individual board members in the past uh so it would be a new precedence that we would be setting uh as we go forward when it comes to work sessions and discussions that we have here at the board so I just caution us to be careful on how we um want minutes to read um I watched the owl I was able to get all the information from it yes it's very hard to hear it is it's a it's a difficult system we're doing things to to rectify that however it doesn't um it doesn't eliminate anything that was discussed you can get the information that was discussed again I would just hesitate on adding things to that when it was a discussion for our work sessions um I don't think we're deciding on whether with what she's adding we're we're saying she wants to add she wants to add that verbage is what she's saying she's not saying whether she's for it or against it she wants to add that verbage she feels like it wasn't explicit enough it was left out we've had problems with the owl sounds like she wants it in there I support adding something to the minute that we feel like it's been um perhaps not covered as clearly as it could have been okay BR yeah I guess I'd be in favor of what Jill said putting into the next meeting I'm a paper guy like to look at things digest them and see them um we did it the end of the meeting here but I like to just look through it and see what I'm going on I just want to respond to some Nathan said um I think it's important that our community understands um what is being said and who's saying it and actually if we wanted to we could literally have a software program that could literally translate every word that's being said because remember it wasn't that long ago that the whole you all everything was was gone for a couple of weeks um all of our meetings were gone and there really is is no and I've had community members come forward and say why are the minutes so cryptic and I don't think there is no precedent setting or non precedent setting the minutes are minutes and anybody who looks up the definition of minutes it can be as detailed as we want or not and this is an item that um I think we have the right to go ahead put as much in there or whatever as we want you can do it word by word so I think it's important for our community to understand to where the board stands so that they can reach out and have discussions and understand why certain things are said or why C I mean nothing to hide we're here as um as members of the community for our community so I don't know why we would want to hide any of session okay I haven't listened to that but we could certainly post that in addition to the videotape because of some of the technical problems uh and then everyone could hear everything that said I will tell you that um I think it's a mistake to start writing summaries of that kind of information in board meeting minutes uh because we will spend hours of time discussing exactly who said what what did they mean they'll change their minds they'll come back they'll try to position as far as what's in the summary uh msba uh I do not believe would support you know writing summaries like this what I've always learned is that you know should be action items and you know write the the motion made the made the motion s it and then the vote and try to keep it as clean as possible one advantage now is that we have videotapes in fact I think there is a an audience member who also videotaped um the the session as well so we'll we'll start with the audio tape that's my suggestion um just went through and looked at every meeting for the last this year work session there's never been a summary put in there um people are going to pick and shoose that makes our board very questionable on how we publicize the information and it's sled to one particular topic or another um and I agree with what the superintendent said MSP would not support full detail minuts good P I don't think that this board has to go by what msba would support or not support we are an independent school district I've said this before we can put we can we can fill out our minutes the word by word if we want aren't you secretary um who clerk your clerk okay yeah the same thing clerk same thing right so as a clerk it's her role to review those so I believe she's doing her job and if she wants to them I mean I don't think we should have to pick and choose either I agree with you Jill I think that but I have had community members come forward and say you know this is really cryptic and you don't really know what's going on so they don't want to listen to a full two and a half hour you know video if we can get so I'm just saying msba is not an excuse for us to not add detail and I'm fine with removing um that Mr verr Miss Anderson and Mr um star support we can put they have no concerns because you don't I mean I don't know what what why you're afraid to put in writing that's the meeting I was at last meeting I'm not putting I'm not here trying to do anything other than let the community members know who don't want to watch a two and a half hour meeting how do they feel about something well thankfully that section was only an hour long and I think if people are really going to understand people's position they should watch the video or listen to the audio they can come into my office and we'll play it Forum um you know it's and know I don't want to speak on behalf of any board member here but I think it's unfair to say that board members don't have any concerns it's much more nuanced than that uh so for example my position is that the state requires it and so we need to do it I mean that's that's my position I don't know if Mel and others would agree but this is a perfect example of how we're trying to word Smith after the fact by far the best evidence is the videotape audio and I don't agree that we should transcribe word for word I think that would be a waste of money um I went to east east Beal City Council meetings where they have these discussions over multiple meetings I'm not sure how much they spend on that because it's not just the software that they're using at the time but it's also people time reviewing the transcript making changes I don't think it's worth the money I want to make a clarification because this has been said multiple times the subject was not helby as a reer you know that if it's required or not required for recertification or relicensing for teachers we all know that I clarified that that it is required for freure the concern in the whole subject discussion was intended to talk about does this get into the classroom and are we okay with all of this going into the classroom and spending classroom time on it that was the subject yes psby relations your standards whether or not they should go into the classroom or stay out of the classroom that was the subject not we all know that it's required for new teachers tier three teachers and the fiveyear relationer we all understand that so we're all L on the subject matter subject matter is a motion and second to add or not add information what about that discussion no I needed to clarify go back to Amy Amy had a motion she has some wording for having discussion we add or not add and change our our minutes that's what the motion is all about we're get discussions again Miss Amy um I'm fine with removing Mr B Miss Anderson and Mr star from here and just adding the discussion that and I can read it to you again that okay we already read it that well just so on the same page that Miss Johnson has concerns and questions with regards to the new pby standards how and if strand one on student learning and standard two on learning environment can make their way into the classroom Amy Kelly shared concerns with the new standards making their way into the classroom Miss West has concerns as well and wanted parents to know about the opt out options that are available okay available vote now have a question um not really a question I just I would like to see if push it out to the next meeting okay we have a motion the floor we have a second do we add or not add all in favor of adding the information that any read to us all in favor add that information through minut please say I I okay we're going to have a roll call by hand make sure we offer man we show what it is all right all in favor of adding the information please raise our hand Anette Pam and Amy agrees to add it to the minutes uh oppose raise your hand Jil might Nate and Rob oppose adding information to the minutes all right let's move on Mr can I make a motion to table until the next meeting he what but I think the vote was to have I would Rob saying should we have something that we want to add in next time just do it ahead of time add the information get hold superintendent say hey I read something we're missing information they can have discu to add it or not so the minut the minutes have not been approved the minutes have not been approved yet right now my friendly amendment was turned down by the board so now if the board would like to approve the minutes they can say yay or nay to it or Mr Schaar can table it till the next meeting I'm not sure I I won't be voted in favor of meeting all right stand by to the next meeting and come up with see what she has and Miss amyan do do I need to send this hard copy to Vanessa who will then send it out or do we bring it forward to the next meeting because what we can't do is send it out to board members and start talking about it because then you violate open meeting law next time I'm not voting yeah after okay so Rob you want to table that a minut 41 correct corre okay okay we going table 4.1 until the next meeting I a you have written stuff you can send it in to the superintendent and M Vanessa and we'll take there next meeting how was that did we take a vote on on the rest of or on minutes so theable we have table second that I'm not sure if it's a well okay if I could just have a quick minute um because we are obligated to have uh meeting minutes published with in 30 days and so I'm just counting up the days so it' be 14 would be now 28 so it be the 11 so we would probably be one day late you know as long as as long as your understanding of that I don't want to be the one you know criticized for it's only day you know I don't see a big deal I just wanted to throw it out well it could take another week to publish just because of timing of newspaper and you know other school districts I'm sure we have you know sometimes missed that 30-day timeline but I just wanted to throw out there just all right so my bad eyes just for me over here all right L the table we have a yes for it does it require a second yes is there a second to Rob uh motion to table is there a second if not a second note not debatable it's not amendable it's a majority vote okay all in favor I'm lay on the tablee vot requir is a majority vote to appr all right no second discussion no second no second all right Mr okay now yes y now we're going to go back to the minutes have a motion to approve the minutes there a second thank you nction I'm approving the minutes all in favor say I I I oppose I all right we go back to hands again allor approving minut please raise a hand M Nate and Rob approv the minutes oppos please raise a hand and and Amy all right let's move on next section here next up will be Community Information here Community Building ground1 [Music] um so the documentation that you have before you in the board packet thank you Vanessa uh is rather extensive and there's a lot of departmental coverage uh that exists in that document uh I do not want to belabor the board with going through that item by item um but what I would say is if you have any questions on the community ed part of that I would be happy to feel those now just some quick yeah that's fine just some quick highlights Early Childhood uh we've got some voluntary 60 voluntary preas seats that were a hot item across the state of Minnesota we are very fortunate to have them that does great things for our Early Childhood Program especially with funding um child care we are short staff in childcare it's causing stress on our families uh that's not lost on us we have 173 names on a waiting list we met with a recruiting agency today um that has done great work in other districts with recruiting for Community Education programs especially in child care uh we have a lot of families that hey I just need one day a week or two days a week and we can't staff that appropriately and it's uh it's it's stressful for our parents our goal is to to provide a home or Child Care option for every family that wants one we are currently unable to do that um facilities drivers at youth enrichment Marty Dean is referenced in the in the document Marty is a teacher at Cedar Creeks by a teacher he is our only driver ed behind the wheel instructor he has worked his tail off this summer um getting kids trying to get caught up we are still behind from co uh that problem isn't going away fortunately the state did allow us as drivers instructors and Community head programs across the state to continue to do some online learning for the classroom portion of the driver's education section um adult basic Ed is uh moving um in the past they've been at the Learning Center as the board is well aware we tried to purchase an additional building to house some T15 kiddos because the t-15 population you want me to come up there and do that no okay because the T15 population is exploding I'm GNA go fast you might want to hang out um yeah man light up there can I buy a v uh so AB is moving back to Early Childhood where it's Roots really AR it works really well in early childhood because you've got parents bringing kiddos in and at the same time if those parents can find some educational support or Services whether it's GED or English language learning or job training and skills it's a One-Stop shot right um when we were over at early childhood and then moved over to Learning Center before I was director but let's say five or six years ago um our participation in AB program in pl we then had Co which didn't up things we are getting our hours back up but we are doing so it's non traditional matters so we're hoping that this is a really good fit despite the move despite the challenges we' still have with with st uh space T15 so really hopefully a positive thing for dbd um youth recck is up and running it's a we've had a busy summer uh things went well we as you know um we had a couple school board members I saw this morning at our back to school uh Fiesta this morning um the gym looks amazing uh the biology rooms are amazing the Saints room is amazing we've done some really good work we get a little bit more of that facilities but uh our our summer camps all had to move offsite and that's challenging for coaches who like routines um for kids who like routines and need routines but but we made it work despite the Middle School gym not having air conditioning the worst of the weather is happening right now so we survived um so last chance for questions comments or anything on commun Thea okay uh so the 60 extra um seats for uh preschool how are those going how are how how are parents going to learn about that how is that going to be disseminated how do you get one of those free seats um our early childhood staff is is the lead on not they're taking the lead on that um there have been uh multiple Communications that have been sent home one of the questions we have is you know do we do we target the families who need this the most right because these are paid for seats so do we target low-income families do we target families who have demonstrated me in the past or do we just offer it up to anybody because the the person who who has plenty of of extra Capital to pay for those seats they get the pre seip or does somebody need it so we're working through all that right now and trying to send information out right now it's just we blasted information um I know I know there's there's parents out there and I don't know when you talk about more Capital than others that's questionable I don't how you figure all that but um well there are people who are people who demonstrate based on financial need for the district like free orders LGE those are the people talking so do we take the people who are do qualified for free ruce or do we take everybody that's what I did what I was going to say is there's there's parents out there who would like to but can't afford that extra money um therefore they child doesn't get that opportunity correct and that's what I meant you know again if those parents are already in their system and they call forward and say not yeah I'm not sure I mean I hear what you're saying but does that necessarily mean that some of those kids need that just because they're low income or are there other kids that do need that correct as a young teacher when my boys were real little yeah when I was a young teacher my Bo were we didn't qualify for free but paying for preschool was was challenging as a middle class right so you're your your your your question is not lost on me we don't have a firm pathway forward yet um we got the seats I think we notified in June and so we're working through that right now y y I think be that sorry and do those 60 seats have to go to 60 people or can you divide that like like scholarship can you can you split the scholarship I do not believe you can but I don't know a firm answer on that so ion I won't commit to that answer but I don't believe so y well I think I was looking this direction so I apologize um as far under the communications I'm pleased to see some of the efforts that are being taken as far as the new Communications Department with the E News letters because I have had several parents communicate that they don't know what's going on in the district um can I can I pause you because I'll get to Communications in a minute oh okay still Community I I want to hear what you have to say that's Jo question so kids connection there's 239 kids contracted for care and with C Dee 76 48 be and 115 for St Francis those other kids on the weight list are they proportionately among the different schools or are they all in one school so it's really it's a really good question I don't have that data what I can tell you is that we don't have um employees to staff East Bethel so the East be kids who have been accepted will be at CED Creek so I don't want to make that that I don't want to muddy that water anymore it already is um but I don't have I don't have that dat CH would have that I don't have I would say yeah I would say it's probably proportionate across um SF we've lost a number of staff there there was a family that we had multiple members of the family were all employed and they all kind of left at the same time so that's we're we're understaff for what we have right now at so we're my manager there our manager is working hard because she's scrambling the 113 that are on the wait list how long is that weight list how long have they been on the list you know like they all just decided to sign up in August that's a great question that's a great question um so the 113 that's referencing here today that's 173 now it's okay okay so it's dra by so one of the things that Chris lotman is a a rockar at managing child care and youth reg Co really did a number according to Chris I haven't done any dig digging um on child care centers in our community right people have shut down left and right small home dayc carees have shut down and parents are scrambling scrambling for care that is a dire so um I don't know if I can fully you know quantify some of that what I will say there are people that signed up in March that are on way right if people and this the hard right that's March we still people signing up today right so yeah they they automatically go on the way L um dep yeah so drop in care right now is an absolute you're at the bottom of the list because we can't staff the five day needs we can't staff the four day needs we can't staff the needs we're not going to just sign you up for drop and care we don't have the staff for so yes the number of days that you're requesting is a is a thank you I wish I had better answers it's a I feel bad for and we're working hard to rectify that uh let's move on to buildings and grounds I haven't forgotten about you I'm with you uh I do want to take a moment because this is since there are some board members not running for reelection this is the last time that Chris wors will officially be an employee for you as a board for this group as a board there will be --------- ##VIDEO ID:hVIWz0EAEf4## thank you uh I flash back to the time sidebar when the last board meeting we had and the power surge it was a last summer I my memory were two summers ago and when that owl came back on you remember what it did it boed at us like an owl so I was really hoping for some levity in the situation but the all is cooperate um back to maintenance buildings and grounds uh this is the last time as a board you will be able to recognize Mr Chris wor Chris is set to hold the BL just real quick he deserves so just bear with me uh Chris is set to retire this Friday after 38 years the challenging part when we lose well one of the challenging Parts there's a lot two when we lose people like Chris is uh especially this time of years the school district can't formally recognize him or doesn't firly recognize him until the following spring because we have people that retire intermittent times all year long and we can't hold for Ceremonies for every single person who retires so I wanted this Bo because some of you may not be here to recognize in next spring um just to just to say you know have the opportunity to say thanks I don't know if you know this about Chris he grew up in St Francis his parents lived one of his childhood homes was right behind the hardware store kind of um his grandpa was a school board member his grandmother uh and that and was on the plaque at sandill when the sandill building was built or the cedar cedar ele bth Elementary excuse me um and his grandmother is actually happen stance didn't know about it is on the mural in the high school from the graduated class of 31 and 32 so there's a lot of family history here for the war family his wife Kathy or crash as we AFF know her also works for the district and actually dri Vehicles which is a little odd mention that this morning um but these are big shoes to replace there's a lot of knowledge upstairs between those years and if you ask Chris what what what uh year that a certain project happen in the building he could fire off like that so he's still sharp as attack he's not to we're not pushing out the door we are thankful for your 30 so one more [Applause] time Chris is so that doing his job that um in the best interest of our organization we hired two people to replace them okay uh so all they do is Chuck iner Chuck has been our lead maintenance uh staff member in our district for on years I think right um and Chuck is taking over The Maintenance and Facilities part of person's role and in addition we also hire William dial William di we known as Bill uh was our former head custodian Early Childhood one of the things that that the first time I met Bill a few years ago uh in early childhood just the cutest little kids ever they all affectionately run up to Bill and want to highfive him want to knuckle him and want to hug bill is a really good custodian and we are very fortunate to have both of these gentlemen step their so bill will be our custodial supervisor CH supervis bill um in addition to which we cover um as board members well know we've uh spent a ton of time doing work in our buildings uh high school gym I mentioned the biology classrooms I mentioned the Saints room I mentioned there are so many projects I'm not going to go through them some of them are impacts from the original construction and some are just improvements that we needed to make that board members identified when we pass uh the questions on any I'd be remiss if I didn't talk about grounds Nate is unable to be here tonight Nate Williamson is our Le grounds guy um he was instrumental when we did the k 11 sunrise event at the high school for celebrating Olympian Dakota lindworm from St Francis area schools and Nate took it upon himself to paint the Olympic uh rings on the middle of the football field I didn't even know he was doing now it's unfortunate that that that um the I told us not to do that and I was unable to get to n ahead of time because nobody can use the Olympic rings in it's like this without ioc approval so if the international Olympic committee decides to come knocking on my guard I'll beg for forgiveness but it was pretty cool uh Carol a nice job highlighting it the Drone footage highlight footage highlighted it and N is an incredible asset to our school um just the other day reading Nate was spraying something on the football field there were kids near by and I was immediately concerned and what what are you doing he wasn't spraying chemicals he was spraying an agent on the turf that helps retain moisture in the sand and two dat Nate has saved the district several thousand gallons of water from going onto that field and in addition went from grass Rook length I never knew I talking about this to you all that was one to two inches when he started to 8 Ines now so our field is very very healthy bar Anderson officiated soccer game last week and sent me an email and said Chris for 30 years I've been up there at school doing that work it's never looked so good our baseball coaches say the same thing softball coaches say the same thing so there's great work happening in buildings in custodial and in uh and in our girls Department uh next I'm trying to scroll on my computer his Communications um and Dax Larson uh Dax have we introduced you at the board level yeah fantastic thank you just want to make sure um Dax has done a fantastic job uh Anette I know you talked about it and so I'll I'll lead into your question for you because Dax has worked really hard to BR a districtwide s'more account to St Francis we've had a couple of buildings piloting s'more seed Creek and Mr Albert who were the first to do it um and when we switched from our old website to our new website we lost an ability within uh that to send out EES is what it's called time and so this a districtwide s account fills that void and helps us communicate more friendly in a more friendly manner with families it's branded um Dax is working very hard to come up with templates for all the buildings to use and and we're quite honestly really excited about this as a platform for us so what can I so is that Bas how that work I how so how do I reach [Music] so I have to ask a couple clarifying questions s'more is a is a building the the s'more app is a building wide thing so the Cedar Creek Building will use s'more to email out information about Cedar Creek East buff High School all the same thing now we've talk about a district white Mor because it's under the district umbrella um Dax can you speak to us as a as a district wide entity using smart yeah so it's it's actually a web based program um in addition to this school is sending out information directly to families uh our consistent basis we'll also have a district e newsletter that'll kind of um Encompass all the different buildings or departments updates those type of things that the community will be able to subscribe to um that will give more community members as a whole an opportunity to see what's happening in the district um so we don't have a district not yet no we're still in the creation process and hopefully within sometime in September we'll be a to out uh that opportunity for for the community to subscribe to and those links when when they do come out for district but if a parent comes to me and say I don't know what's going on at the creek how do I share the link how do I get access to link to [Music] share uh that's a conversation we'll have to have um allowing uh people to subscribe to school specific e newsletters um this is not something we've discussed yet um but definitely something that is a functionality of it we'll also um archive all the communications on our website um School pages so they may not necessarily be able to subscribe to it right away they'll be able to view it on the school website once that's establish can I I need to clear the when we send up a smm a SM newsletter to C Creek families for example I don't why think C Creek but um that goes to all of the families that we have in our student information system which is C okay um in and that sinks automatically so when a kid graduates from sixth grade and or fifth grade moves to sixth grade then the their their pulled from C and then inserted into the middle school databas so we don't have a way to pull automated email addresses from the community and send it to anet West because doesn't currently have student so the interim solution there is to put it on the website and archive it um I do think there's a potential and we're very interested in tracking this to for people to subscribe to the res um and I'd like to ask a few followup questions I'll give there in a second one of the troubles or challenges that we've had is when we've sent out emails to the entire Community with all 34,000 residents we get a lot of really angry feedback that says why are you sending me this I have no interest in this take me off for any of list and so when we have challenges with communication people don't feel like they're getting communicated with I need to know more about that Dax and I need to know more about that because communication is a two-way streak and if you're just sitting getting you expect to get it we're not going to get you the information you see because we don't know what