Jan 13, 2021 Board of Education

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IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 6:00 WE COULD GET STARTED.

IF MY CONNECTIVITY GOES OUT, SOMEONE LET ME KNOW THAT.

BECAUSE I AM HAVING NONE OF YOUR GUYS VIDEOS WILL STAY UP, THEY KEEP COMING ON AND THEY GO OFF.

BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[A. Call to Order]

YEAH. WILL YOU WATCH YOUR TEXT MESSAGES THEN SO WE CAN TEXT YOU OR FIND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. YEAH THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.

AND I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY SO LET'S JUST GO DOWN AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM.

IF YOU COULD JUST SAY YOU'RE HERE .

BETSY CARLIN. I'M HERE.

BILL SCARLETT .

HERE. JANINE TESKE.

HERE. YEAH.

JENNIFER ZUNG .

I'M HERE .

KATE MEAD. YES, I'M HERE .

ALAN BRUMSTED. HERE.

ALL RIGHT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL START WITH PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF WE CAN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT, AND THEN I'VE NEVER NOTICED IT, BUT ANDREA WAS POINTING IT OUT TO ME, IT'S ON THE AGENDA EACH MONTH, THE MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT, AND I WON'T READ THEM ALL, BUT WE'LL JUST PICK ONE TONIGHT TO READ MAYBE JUST OUR VALUE ONE.

SO FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING IN THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS STRATEGIC PLAN, GOALS, VISION STATEMENT, A MISSION STATEMENT, AND WE ALSO HAVE VALUES.

AND SO I'LL JUST REPEAT WHAT OUR VALUES ARE.

WE VALUE STUDENTS.

WE VALUE TRUST, KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

WE VALUE CHALLENGING STANDARDS.

WE VALUE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY.

WE VALUE RESILIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE.

AND WE VALUE PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT.

WELL, THANKS TO ANDREA FOR POINTING THAT OUT TO ME, I HAD NOT NOTICED THAT .

SO THAT BRINGS US UP TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[B. Approval of the Agenda]

BUT THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT WISH TO ADD TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ADD THESE TWO ITEMS ALONG WITH THE OTHER ITEMS .

THE FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING A RESIDENCE AT SCHWABACHER MEADOWS.

AND THAT CAME ABOUT THE HOUSING TRUST NOTIFIED THE DISTRICT YESTERDAY OF THIS ISSUE AND IT NEEDED TO BE DECIDED TODAY.

SO I APOLOGIZE.

I'M NOT SURE WHY I'M APOLOGIZING.

SORRY THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] COMING LATE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS DR.

RIDDELL CAME OUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

AGAIN, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION TODAY THAT PEOPLE STAY, THAT IF THEY GO OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES, THAT THEY GATHER ONLY IN GROUPS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD.

SO THE QUESTION WAS, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT SPECTATORS? SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO, YOU COULD CERTAINLY ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ITS CONSIDERATION OF ALLOWING ONLY PARTICIPANTS, COACHES, OFFICIALS AND GAME ADMINISTRATORS TO ATTEND INDOOR ATHLETIC SPORTING EVENTS FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE NEW AGENDA ITEMS? MR. CHAIRMAN. YES TRUSTEE SCARLETT.

CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME THE STEPS WITH THE SCHWABACHER HOUSING, WHY WE WERE NOTIFIED AND WHAT EXACTLY? I GUESS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO APPROVE HERE IS .

I GUESS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IS IT A 45 DAY WINDOW OR WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THIS? THE QUESTION IS, SO NORMALLY HOW THESE ARE WRITTEN IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE MOVES OUT, THEN WHEN WE PUT IT UP FOR EMPLOYEES TO PURCHASE .

IN THIS SITUATION WITH SCHWABACHER IT WAS ADDED INTO THE AGREEMENT THAT BEFORE WE PUT IT UP FOR EMPLOYEES THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE THEM IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITHIN A FORTY FIVE DAY PERIOD.

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OTHERWISE THEY WOULD GO AHEAD AND LET EMPLOYEES PURCHASE THESE.

SO IT'S REALLY IT'S JUST A PROVISION IN THE DOCUMENT THAT SAYS WE HAVE THAT OPTION AND I'M SURE TRUSTEE MEAD OR TRUSTEE TESKE WERE BOTH PRESENT WHEN THEY CREATED THAT DOCUMENT AND WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO US IN MORE DETAIL.

BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING IT TO THE AGENDA, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE A SHORT WINDOW TO REVIEW IT AND MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

MR. CHAIR, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING AGENDA WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DECISION WITH REGARDS TO SPECTATOR SPORTS AND ADDING ALSO A CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE OF THE SCHWABACHER PROPERTY.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE MEAD AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE BRUMSTED TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS, ONE, IN REGARDS TO PURCHASING RESIDENCE AT SCHWABACHER MEADOWS AND ONE IN REGARDS TO SPECTATORS AT ATHLETIC EVENTS.

ALL THOSE FOR APPROVAL, SAY AYE.

AYE . AYE. [INAUDIBLE] ALL [INAUDIBLE] AYE.

AYE. OKAY THAT APPEARS TO PASS WITH ALL RIGHT, SO WE MOVE ON TO OUR SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.

[C. Superintendent's Report]

D R . CHAPMAN IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT COVID SHE'S GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT, PARTICULARLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS.

AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAVY ITEMS, THE ONE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FUN DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR CUBS AND GRIZZLIES AND HOW THAT'S ALL GOING.

SO DR.

CHAPMAN, IF YOU WANT TO START WITH YOUR COVID UPDATE.

THANK YOU, CHAIR GINGERY.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GILLIAN CHAPMAN, SUPERINTENDENT .

AND LIKE EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE NUMBER OF COVID RELATED ABSENCES IN OUR COMMUNITY OR SORRY, COVID ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO RELATED ABSENCES FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO I WANTED TO UPDATE THE BOARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A PRIMARY CONCERN. AS YOU KNOW, TRUSTEES, WE ARE REPORTING DATA ON FRIDAYS AS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IMPACTED BY COVID SO THEY COULD BE QUARANTINED OR THEY COULD BE ISOLATED. CURRENTLY WE HAVE AS OF TODAY, NINETY FIVE STUDENTS OR THREE POINT FOUR, SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION ARE IMPACTED BY COVID AND FOUR POINT SEVEN SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR STAFF OR TWENTY FOUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE IMPACTED BY COVID.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE ARE ABLE TO STAFF OUR BUILDINGS.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FOUR POINT SEVEN, SEVEN PERCENT OF OUR STAFF THAT ARE IMPACTED BY COVID, AND THAT COULD BE THEY'VE TESTED POSITIVE, A MEMBER IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD IS POSITIVE OR THEY'RE QUARANTINED .

THEY COULD BE QUARANTINED FOR EXPOSURE AT SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THAT NUMBER ARE POSITIVE, BUT THEY MAY BE QUARANTINED OR POSITIVE OR ISOLATED.

SO WE SHARE THE CONCERN OVER THE SPIKE IN CASES.

AND TONIGHT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE IMPACT TO SCHOOLS.

SO THE FIRST UPDATE THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON, HEATHER SCHON FROM HUMAN RESOURCES AND KRISTEN MAYO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESOURCES, THEY'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FFC RA, HOW WE'RE APPLYING THAT PAID TIME OFF VERSUS SICK LEAVE BANK AND THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES DUE TO COVID IN THE DAYS THAT WE'VE USED.

SO TURNING IT OVER TO HEATHER AND KRISTEN.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE, I HOPE EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.

I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE A LITTLE BIT.

I KNOW DR. CHAPMAN JUST TOUCHED ON WHERE WE'RE AT FROM A PERCENTAGE AS OF TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO GO OVER WHERE WE'RE AT, AT LEAST WITH FEDERAL LEAVES AND WHERE WE STAND .

AND THEN JUST HAVE AN OVERALL UPDATE, AT LEAST FROM A FISCAL YEAR STANDPOINT, ON THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES THAT WE'VE USED .

AS WE TALKED, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN LAST BOARD MEETING.

A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT THE FFCRA THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT.

THAT WAS A EXTENUATION OF FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR COVID RELATED

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ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS WERE SET TO GO THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2020.

AS IT STANDS NOW, CONGRESS CHOSE TO LET THOSE MANDATES AND LEAVES EXPIRE, BUT THEY HAVE GIVEN FFCRA COVERED EMPLOYERS THE OPTION TO EXTEND THOSE LEAVES ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS THROUGH MARCH 31ST O F 2021 TO THE EXTENT THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS NOT YET EXHAUSTED THOSE BENEFITS. SO IN THE CASE THAT MAYBE PRIOR TO THE TURN OF 2021, THEY'VE USED ALL OF THEIR FEDERAL LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANY FURTHER THROUGH MARCH 31ST.

BUT IN THE CASE THAT THEY'VE ONLY USED, SAY, FIVE OUT OF THEIR 10 FEDERAL DAYS, WE WILL BE CONSIDERING TO OFFER THEM FIVE MORE DAYS.

WE WILL BE EXTENDING THE SICK BANK THROUGH THAT DEADLINE AS WELL.

SO THE SICK BANK WILL STILL BE AN OPTION THROUGH MARCH 31ST 2021 ONE AS WELL.

FROM A SICK BANK STANDPOINT, WE DID HAVE SOME NEW ENROLLMENTS.

WE RAN AN OPEN ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE SICK BANK.

THEY CAN POTENTIALLY USE THAT FOR COVID RELATED ABSENCES.

SO FAR TO DATE, FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'VE USED APPROXIMATELY 31 DAYS FROM THE SICK BANK FOR COVID RELATED ABSENCES.

WE'VE ISSUED A FEW OTHERS FOR GENERAL MEDICAL REASONS BUT ABOUT THIRTY ONE DAYS FOR COVID RELATED REASONS. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOTAL OVERALL NUMBERS FOR COVID RELATED ABSENCES, AND THIS IS GOING TO FISCAL YEAR SO FROM JULY 1ST OF 2020 THROUGH TODAY, WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL NUMBER.

THIS IS TOTAL NUMBER OF DAYS ACROSS ALL TYPES OF STAFF.

ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS WE HAVE HAD ABSENT FOR COVID RELATED REASONS.

FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE OF THOSE DAYS WE DID HAVE STAFF WORKING FROM HOME IN SOME CAPACITY. SO SOME OF THOSE FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE DAYS, WE DID ALSO REQUIRE A SUBSTITUTE TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM WHILE THE TEACHER WAS ZOOMING IN AND TAKING CARE OF SOME OF THOSE DUTIES. AND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE ROUGHLY OF THOSE WERE ACTUAL ABSENCES. SO AGAIN, TWELVE HUNDRED WERE FOR STAFF NOT PHYSICALLY BEING PRESENT IN A BUILDING OR IN THE CLASSROOM, ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE OF THOSE ACTUAL OUT AND NOT WORKING FROM HOME. SO AGAIN, THAT'S FROM JULY 1ST.

SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL LEAVES ALSO REQUIRE YOU OR WE ALLOW STAFF TO USE A PORTION OF THEIR PTO IF THEY QUALIFY FOR ONE OF THE FEDERAL LEAVES THAT'S A REDUCTION OF WAGES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT PTO NUMBER IN THERE, TOO.

SO THOSE QUALIFIED FOR THAT REDUCTION AND CHOSE TO USE THEIR PTO TO SUPPLEMENT THAT REDUCTION. WE'VE SEEN ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE POINT FIVE DAYS OF PTO USED AGAIN FOR COVID RELATED ABSENCES SINCE JULY 1ST THROUGH PRESENT DAY.

SO THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE STAND FOR OVERALL DAYS ABSENT FROM STAFF AND WHERE WE STAND WITH OFFERING FEDERAL LEAVES AND SICK BANK GOING FORWARD, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF MARCH. TRUSTEE S BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SECTION OF OUR COVID UPDATE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HEATHER OR KRISTEN? CHAIR [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A QUESTION.

HEATHER . TRUSTEE OUR SICK BANK IS BROKEN UP INTO DAYS AND HOURS.

WHEN I JUST DO AN AVERAGE ESTIMATE ON THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED FOR THOSE HOURLY EMPLOYEES, IT TOTALS ABOUT NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE DAYS FROM THE HOURLY PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE HAVE JUST ABOUT FIFTEEN HUNDRED DAYS.

SO IF YOU JUST DID A ROUGH ESTIMATE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED DAYS IN THE SICK BANK. GREAT THANKS.

TRUSTEES IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THE NEXT TOPIC THAT WE WANTED TO GO OVER IS

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AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRING WEEKLY SURVEILLANCE TESTING FOR OUR BASKETBALL PLAYERS AND OUR WRESTLERS.

AND SO WE DO HAVE INFORMATION AND DATA ABOUT THAT.

AND OUR ATHLETES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT.

SO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO COMPETE.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ALPINE AND NORDIC PARTICIPANTS.

AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE SPEECH AND DEBATE BUT THEY'RE ALL ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A MOOT POINT.

BUT WE DO HAVE MANY OTHER ATHLETES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SURVEILLANCE DATA.

THAT QUESTION, BEFORE YOU ADD IT ONTO THE AGENDA, GIVEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM DR.

RIDDELL TO LIMIT ACTIVITIES WITH OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSEHOLD EVENT.

I WANTED THE BOARD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AS TO THE OPTION OF SPECTATORS ATTENDING EVENTS. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS YOU MULL THAT OVER. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY HOME EVENTS BETWEEN JANUARY TWENTY SEVENTH AND FEBRUARY 2ND.

SO WE WOULD HAVE HOME EVENTS ON THE JANUARY 14TH, 15TH AND 2 2ND.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY SMALL IMPACT IF THE BOARD WANTED TO CONSIDER LIMITING SPECTATORS.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR TESTING.

WE DO HAVE ATHLETES ALL WHILE WE ENCOURAGE ATHLETES TO USE THE VAULT TESTS THAT WE DISTRIBUTE. WE DO HAVE ATHLETES AND STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS, FOR THAT MATTER, THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN SURVEILLANCE TESTING FROM THE FREE WYOMING VAULT PROGRAM.

WE GET DATA FROM THAT, BUT WE DON'T GET THE DATA IN THE SAME FORMAT THAT WE DO IF THE STUDENT STAFF OR VOLUNTEERS USE THE VAULT TESTS THAT WE DISTRIBUTE.

SO WE DO HAVE WE ESTIMATE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE TESTS ARE DISTRIBUTED EACH WEEK FROM THE VAULT TEST THAT WE HAVE ON HAND.

SO BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE NEXT TOPIC, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE, TESTING OR ATHLETIC TESTING I OR NURSE ESTHER OR JULIE NASH ARE AVAILABLE THAT ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. MR. CHAIR. TRUSTEE TESKE.

I'M JUST PAUSING YOU KNOW, MAYBE I'M JUMPING AHEAD ON THE AGENDA, BUT I DON'T WANT TO STRESS PEOPLE OUT.

BUT IS IT REALLY FAIR TO TALK ABOUT CANCELING IN PERSON PARTICIPATION AND EVENTS WHEN WE HAVEN'T REALLY NOTIFIED THEM AND WE BROUGHT IT UP TODAY? THAT'S MY MAJOR CONCERN.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS.

BUT IS IT REALLY FAIR TO BE ABLE TO TO DO THAT? MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE BAY TESKE I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

HOWEVER, WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THE SPREAD IN TETON COUNTY AND TO DO OUR PART, WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF DR.

RIDDELL TO LIMIT THOSE GATHERINGS.

WE HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE SPECTATORS COMING TO EVENTS.

IT DOES REQUIRE GATE MANAGEMENT.

OUR SPECTATORS ARE REQUIRED TO SIT SIX FEET AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK ALL THE TIME.

WE'VE HAD GOOD COMPLIANCE WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, I DID NOT WANT A RECOMMENDATION TO BE OUT THERE [INAUDIBLE] DR .

RIDDELL THAT THE BOARD HADN'T YET CONSIDERED.

WE ALSO DO HAVE STREAMING AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR GAMES THAT ARE HOSTED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL SO A FAMILY MEMBER COULD WATCH THE GAME STREAMED AT HOME LIVE.

I RECOGNIZED AND BY NO MEANS IS THE SAME AS BEING PRESENT.

I RECOGNIZE THAT FULLY.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FAIRNESS.

I KNOW, THIS HAD AN IMPACT ON OUR PLAYERS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY AND AS PARENTS SO AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TOO.

SO WE WILL MAKE IT WORK AT, HOWEVER, IT IS DECIDED.

BUT WE DO HAVE STREAMING AVAILABLE.

I ALSO WANT TO FURTHER NOTE THAT WE HAD NOT ALLOWED SPECTATORS IN OUR FRESHMAN GAMES AT

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IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PIECE, AND THAT IS RELATED TO VACCINATIONS.

WE ARE EAGER IN TETON COUNTY TO HAVE OUR K-12 STAFF VACCINATED.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THE TETON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON THAT.

THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES AND THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS ESTABLISHED THE PRIORITY GROUPS.

AND THAT'S THE PLAN THAT OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS FOLLOWING.

AND TEACHERS AND THE K-12 OR AND SUPPORT STAFF WOULD ALSO INCLUDE EARLY EDUCATION AND EMPLOYEES AS WELL. WE ARE IN GROUP 1B, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING VACCINATED.

HOWEVER, WE ARE PRIORITY NUMBER SEVEN.

SO THE LATEST TIMELINE, AN AGENDA PRIORITY GROUP NUMBER SEVEN WAS NOT LISTED AND THAT TIMELINE, WENT TO APRIL.

AND AS IN TERMS OF ANOTHER UPDATE, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WITHIN WYOMING AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN WYOMING THAT ARE BEING VACCINATED RIGHT NOW FOR THEIR EDUCATORS.

SO THAT'S JUST I'M NOT WHINING.

I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION IN TETON COUNTY.

AND MUCH OF THAT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION THAT ARE BEING VACCINATED AT THE TIME WHO OPT IN TO BEING VACCINATED.

AND SO IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES, MAYBE THEY HAD A LOW OPT IN RATE.

AND THAT'S WHY EDUCATORS ARE ALREADY BEING VACCINATED WHILE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE DON'T REALLY EVEN HAVE A TIMELINE AT THIS POINT, BUT WE ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO SUPPORT VACCINATIONS AND WE ARE EAGER TO START VACCINATING FOR THOSE THAT OPT IN.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY THAT CONCLUDES MY COVID UPDATE, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING IN GENERAL COVID AND I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THOSE OR WE CAN MOVE OVER TO ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT.

TRUSTEE TESKE. CHAIR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT, OR DR.

CHAPMAN CAN ANSWER IT, BUT WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY ARE WE SO OUT OF CONTROL IN THE LAST WEEK? WHERE IS THE SOURCE OF THE SPREAD? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? I CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE .

MY UNDERSTANDING FROM JODIE POND, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH IT'S IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO IT'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR, BUT WHEN THINGS START GETTING TO A LOT OF NUMBERS, IT STARTS TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE SEEING IT IS WHAT SHE CALLS OVERREPRESENTED.

SO MEANING YOU SEE AN OVERALL INCREASE IN THE ENTIRE POPULATION AND THEN EACH DEMOGRAPHIC SEES AN INCREASE. WHERE THEY'RE SEEING SOME OVERREPRESENTATION IS SCHOOL AGED TEENAGERS AND 20 YEAR OLDS IN THOSE TWO GROUPS.

AND MOST OF THAT SEEMS TO BE SOCIALIZING.

SO LIKE WITH THE TEENAGERS, IT'S PROBABLY NOT IN SCHOOL.

IT'S SOCIALIZING AFTER SCHOOL.

AND SAME THING WITH THE 20 YEAR OLDS.

SHE WAS SHOWING THAT THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT THE NUMBERS ARE THEY'RE OVERREPRESENTED IS THE WORD SHE USED.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF CASES THERE WAS JUST SIXTY FIVE CASES JUST YESTERDAY, THIRTY ONE TODAY, THE ACTIVE CASES WAS UP TO 247 YESTERDAY.

IT DROPPED DOWN TO 231 TODAY.

BUT THE ONE THAT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK MOSTLY FOR US IS YOU KNOW THE STAFF IS ALSO.

BUT THE OTHER BIG ONE IS CHILDREN, FIVE TO 18 IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS THAT HAS JUMPED UP TO SIXTY ONE AS OF TODAY.

SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF NUMBERS.

BUT IT'S NOT ONE PARTICULAR REASON.

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THANK YOU. I GUESS IF I MAY FOLLOW UP WITH A QUESTION .

SURE. I SEE ONE OF OUR STUDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATHLETICS.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THESE KIDS AMBASSADORS SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST ADDRESS THE SOCIAL GROUPS WITHIN OUR OWN CONTROL, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS, TO TRY AND GET THESE NUMBERS DOWN. BECAUSE IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE MAYBE THINGS WENT HAYWIRE OVER THE HOLIDAYS WHEN EVERYBODY WAS OFF AND YOU HAD ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AND ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT TO SOCIALIZE. SO JUST A QUESTION.

IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO TRY AND HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF STUDENTS TO MAYBE DO THEIR PART? MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEE TESKE I'M SURE ONE OF THE STUDENTS WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE REALLY SUPPORTED SHRED THE SPREAD CAMPAIGN AND THERE WERE MASKS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE DOING THE BEST TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO LIMIT THEIR INTERACTIONS.

AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT'S WHAT KIDS DO.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO SOCIALIZE.

WE WANT THEM TO HAVE POSITIVE INTERACTIONS.

WE WANT THEM TO BE SAFE.

SO I FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IS NORMAL BEHAVIOR FOR ADOLESCENTS.

AND SO WE'RE TELLING THEM, GO TO YOUR ROOM, DON'T COME OUT, WHICH WAS OPPOSITE FROM WHAT WE USUALLY SAY.

SO WE'RE REALLY IN A TOUGH SPOT.

I RECOGNIZE PARENTS ARE AS WELL AND WE'RE ALL EAGER TO GET THIS BEHIND US.

AND HOPEFULLY WITH A FEW CHANGES AND A DEEPENED COMMITMENT TO LIMITING OUR SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, WE CAN ALL GET THERE TOGETHER.

I WILL ASK IF OUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING NOW OR SAVE IT FOR THE REPORT. I MEAN, I THINK, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S JUST PART OF BEING A TEENAGER.

JUST THE INTERACTIONS BECAUSE I MEAN, EVERYONE IS WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND AT FIRST I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL DISTANCING WAS DOING REALLY WELL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AS TIME GOES ON, WE JUST KIND OF GET USED TO IT.

JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING NORMAL NOW.

AND I'D SAY SOCIAL INTERACTION JUST GOES UP WITH THAT.

BUT ALSO, JUST AS YOU GUYS SAID, I THINK IT WAS IN THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WITH PEOPLE COMING HOME FROM COLLEGE, LIKE OLDER SIBLINGS, LIKE FAMILY REUNIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THAT JUST ALSO, I THINK WAS A HUGE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE SPIKE.

LIKE WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE THOSE TEST RESULTS FROM, LIKE NEW YEAR'S EVE STUFF COME IN. SO BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S TOO MUCH YOU CAN DO TO LIMIT STUDENT SPREAD, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP INTERACTING OUT OF SCHOOL NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, REALLY? SO I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT TOO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. CHAIR, IF YOU'RE READY FOR [INAUDIBLE] WE COULD DO THAT.

MR. CHAIR I HAVE A COMMENT.

TRUSTEE MEAD. EVEN [INAUDIBLE] VACCINATION FOR OUR STAFF TRIALS HAVE NOT BEEN DONE FOR VACCINATION OF STUDENTS.

SO AND I DON'T THINK EVEN ANY TRIALS ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING FOR VACCINATION OF KIDS, SO [INAUDIBLE] OUR TEACHERS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE VACCINATED TO APRIL AND MAY.

MY GUESS IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING BEFORE EVEN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN KIDS ALSO BEING VACCINATED.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AT, SAY, WHAT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING IS DOING. THEY'RE DOING PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SURVEILLANCE TESTING TO TRY TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN A LITTLE BIT ANYWAY AND SOME OTHER INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE VACCINE IS NOT A SILVER BULLET.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR MASKS AND BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT IF WE COULD COME UP WITH A MORE RIGOROUS SURVEILLANCE TESTING SITUATION, BECAUSE WE

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SO IF WE COULD CATCH MORE OF THOSE TYPES OF INFECTIONS BEFORE THEY SPEND A WEEK IN SCHOOL. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OURSELVES BACK TO A SITUATION WHERE MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE COULD HAVE FACE TO FACE LEARNING ACROSS THE BOARD.

IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF PLANNING AND IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF WORK, BUT SEEING HOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S MUCH OF ANY CHANCE.

AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I THINK I'M JUST BEING A REALIST.

NOT A LOT OF CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO GO BACK FACE TO FACE FULL TIME THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

WE SHOULD START LOOKING AT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO TRY TO GET US BACK TO A MORE NORMAL SITUATION, AT LEAST BY SEPTEMBER.

SO I HOPE WE CAN DO THAT.

MR. CHAIR I HAVE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON COVID? JENNIFER ZUNG. YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT, ONE I THINK I WOULD AGREE THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. THE SPIKE IS OBVIOUSLY FROM THE HOLIDAYS.

AND THANK YOU, JOSH, FOR BEING HONEST ABOUT WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO DO.

ALSO, I WANTED TO THANK DR.

CHAPMAN AND CHARLOTTE FOR ADDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID ABSENCES FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF TO THE DASHBOARD OR TO SOMETHING OF OUR DASHBOARD ON OUR WEBSITE.

I THINK THAT THAT IN COMBINATION WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE EMERGENCY SERVICES ALSO PROVIDING NOW FOR THE AGES 15 TO 18 YEAR OLDS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND AS KATE WAS ALLUDING TO, IF WE REALLY WANT TO OPEN UP, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SCHOOL AGE POPULATION AND IN THE CLASSROOMS IF WE'RE TO HOPE TO OPEN BACK UP IN ADDITION TO TESTING, AS IS KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON AND CONTACT TRACING. SO I THINK HAVING THOSE THINGS IS GREAT.

SO I WANTED TO TO SAY A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT STUFF TO YOUR WEBSITE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON COVID? ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT? AND WHILE YOU'RE PONDERING THAT AND THE CHAIR CALLS UPON YOU TO DO THAT, I WILL HAVE DIRECTOR DEANNA HARGER, OUR FACILITIES DIRECTOR UNMUTE HERSELF SO SHE CAN PROVIDE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATIONS UPDATE.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE ON THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT BEFORE WE MOVE THERE? ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT? I WILL JUST POINT OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR PEOPLE COMING IN.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, A TRUSTEE ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING AS TO BEHAVIORAL REFERRALS AND [INAUDIBLE] COLTER ELEMENTARY WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE STATISTICS, BO FOUND THAT IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWENTY FOUR PERCENT DECREASE FROM THE SAME NUMBERS LAST YEAR.

AND THEN BO MILLER ALSO CALLED OVER TO TRANSPORTATION AND THE BUSES HAVE ABOUT THE SAME, SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DECREASE.

PRINCIPAL PODUSKA STARTED BACK UP HER ONLINE CHALLENGE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT.

SHE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT LAST YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT'S SUPER. AND THEN DR.

CRISP HAS BEEN DOING THESE COFFEE'S WITH THE PRINCIPAL WHERE YOU CALL IN, WHICH I THINK IS JUST EXCELLENT AND BEEN A GREAT OUTREACH.

I FOUND MOST EXCITING THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT WAS LISA LOWENFELS GOT HER NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS TO GET THAT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LISA.

WITH THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT LEADERS REPORT.

CHAIR GINGERY ONE QUESTION, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE BET IS WITH PRINCIPAL PODUSKA THIS YEAR IF THEY REACH THEIR GOAL.

I'M NOT SURE IF TRACY.

TRACY GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE YOURSELF AND LET US KNOW WHAT THE BET IS THIS YEAR.

OK, PERHAPS SHE'S UNABLE TO UNMUTE HERSELF, MAYBE SHE CAN TEXT ME, SINCE WE'RE HAVING

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THANK YOU. WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO DANIEL HARPER TELLING US ABOUT THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL RENOVATION.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES.

DEANNA HARGER FACILITIES DIRECTOR.

SO OVER THE LAST MONTH, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE JACKSON HOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECT. WHEN I UPDATED YOU LAST MONTH, I BROUGHT TO YOU A REVISED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE MADE SOME REFINEMENTS IN THE DESIGN BECAUSE THE TEAM WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAY THE DIAGRAM FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] HAD KIND OF DEVELOPED INTO THE ACTUAL BUILDING DESIGN.

SO THAT HAS GONE WELL.

AND PLAN ONE, ARCHITECTS ON THE 11TH OF THIS MONTH SUBMITTED THE REVISED PACKAGE.

BEFORE DOING THAT, WE ALSO WERE REQUIRED BY MR. LANCE JOHNSON, THE STATE FACILITY MANAGER FOR OUR AREA TO GO BEFORE THE STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION AND PRESENT THE REVISED DESIGN.

WE DID SO ON THE 16TH AND IT WAS A SUCCESS.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE DESIGN AND GAVE US THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE CONTINUED THE TEAM HAS CONTINUE TO VALUE ENGINEER THE KITCHEN DESIGN AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT PRICE A LITTLE DOWN.

PLAN ONE HIGH G.

JOHNSON TO REVIEW THEIR LATEST COST ESTIMATE.

AND SO WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE NUMBERS.

SO THAT WAS HELPFUL.

IN ADDITION, THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT PHASE HAS BEGUN.

AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. LANCE JOHNSON, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE IS STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO HIRE AN OWNERS REP FOR THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUNDING, BUT THERE IS SOME AVAILABLE.

SO I HAVE DECIDED I WOULD LIKE TO HIRE AN OWNERS REP FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT. SO I WAS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND I'LL BRING YOU MORE DETAIL AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THE NEXT AREA I WANTED TO REVIEW WAS THE BUDGET.

I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL BUDGET UPDATE ATTACHED TO THE BOARD DOCS FOR THIS UPDATE BECAUSE I DID NOT RECEIVE IT IN TIME TO SUBMIT IT.

BUT I WILL AS SOON AS I HAVE IT.

I AM MEETING WITH THE DESIGN TEAM ON THIS FRIDAY AND I WILL SUBMIT A FORMAL BUDGET UPDATE AND SCHEDULE UPDATE TO DR.

CHAPMAN NEXT WEEK.

SO I'M HOPING SHE CAN FORWARD THAT TO THE BOARD.

SO THE BUDGET AND SCHEDULE UPDATE RIGHT NOW WILL BE INFORMAL, BUT CIRCLE BACK ON THE BUDGET, AS I SAID, TEAMS MEETING ON FRIDAY TO GO OVER THE NUMBERS, THE OVERALL COST OF THE PROJECT WITH G.

JOHNSON LOOKING AT IT.

AND NOW THAT WE'VE COMPLETED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DID MOVE IN ADDITION TO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT BOTH VALUE ENGINEERING AND POTENTIALLY USING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM MAJOR MAINTENANCE TO BRING THE PROJECT INTO BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT HIGH LEVEL WITH THE BUDGET.

AND THE NEXT AREA I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON IS THE SCHEDULE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DO HAVE TO REPORT WE ARE ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEHIND THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE. ABOUT THREE WEEKS OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT TO GO BEFORE THE STATE FACILITIES COMMISSION.

AND THE OTHER THREE WEEKS IT'S JUST OVERALL SPREAD IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

SO, AGAIN, I'M MEETING WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE TEAM ON FRIDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE UP SOME OF THAT TIME.

I'VE SET A GOAL.

I WANT TO MAKE UP AT LEAST THREE WEEKS IN THAT SCHEDULE, AND I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE.

SO WHERE THE SCHEDULE STANDS RIGHT NOW IS AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING, I WILL BRING THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THOSE DRAWINGS IN THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT. AND THEN IN MARCH, WE WILL BE GOING TO BID AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH FOR THE PROJECT. AND THEN AT THE APRIL MEETING, I WILL HAVE A PROPOSED GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR YOU TO CONSIDER AND AWARD AND NOTICE TO PROCEED.

AND WITH THAT, I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DEANNA? THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIR.

TRUSTEE MEAD, GIVEN THAT WE'RE SIX WEEKS BEHIND, WILL WE HAVE FINISHED OR WILL

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THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY BE A FOUR WEEK DISRUPTION WITH THE NEW CLASSROOM WING WE HAVE DIVIDED THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE INTO TWO PIECES.

SO WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED OR THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE COMPLETED THE KITCHEN REMODEL, THE DINING EXPANSION AND SECURITY VESTIBULE.

AND THEN IF ANYTHING WERE TO LAG, IT WOULD BE PART OF THAT NEW CLASSROOM ADDITION.

MR. CHAIR TRUSTEE MEAD THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE A HUGE DISRUPTION IN THAT THERE NEW CLASSROOM SPACES AND WHERE DIRECTOR HARGER HAS PROPOSED THEM, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEPARATE AND MANAGE THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE A HUGE DISRUPTION.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THEM DONE, BUT WE CAN MANAGE EVEN IF THOSE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS ARE NOT QUITE FINISHED YET.

MR. CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, MY QUESTION.

WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIX WEEKS I WAS GETTING CONCERNED, BECAUSE OF THE CAFETERIA IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH, OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T RUN TO LATE WITH THAT OR IT'LL BE A BIG MESS, ALTHOUGH OUR FOOD SERVICE PEOPLE ARE SO REMARKABLE THAT I'M SURE THEY COULD WALK AROUND IT WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE, GIVEN THAT THEY'VE DONE NINETY THOUSAND MEALS, SINCE COVID HIT. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DEANNA.

THANK YOU. CHAIR GINGERY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, I DID WANT TO UPDATE YOU FROM DR. PODUSKA.

AND THE INCENTIVE THIS YEAR IS IF THE KIDS CAN MEET THEIR GOALS, THEY GET A FREE EXTRA RECESS AND HOT CHOCOLATE FOR EVERYONE.

I WONDERED WHY SHE WASN'T GOING BACK TO THE SCOOTER RACE AND SHE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REDEEM HERSELF FROM LAST YEAR.

BUT THIS IS THE INCENTIVE FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I'M HOPING THAT SHE GETS A CHANCE TO REDEEM HERSELF.

IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR WAITING, I THINK, FOR DR.

PODUSKA. SO IN ANY EVENT, IT'S A GREAT ACTIVITY FOR KIDS.

CHAIR GINGERY IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO GO ON, WE COULD HAVE DR.

SWENTOSKY INTRODUCE THE CUBS GRIZZLIES UPDATE.

I JUST HAD, I GUESS, ONE QUESTION, IF NO ONE HAS OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT I'LL WAIT A SECOND. DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL? SO I'LL ASK MY QUESTION TO DEANNA.

THE DECISION TO PICK A OWNERS REP, I ASSUME THAT'S GOT TO GET BID OUT AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK IN FRONT OF US.

WILL THAT SLOW ANYTHING DOWN BY US DECIDING TO HAVE AN OWNERS REP? AND WHEN WOULD YOU BRING THAT CONTRACT TO US TO HIRE THE OWNERS REP? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES FIRST, NO, IT WOULD NOT SLOW US DOWN IT WOULD BE A PARALLEL PROCESS. SO I SPOKE TO LANCE AND I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A SCOPE FOR THAT NOW.

SO I ANTICIPATE BRINGING THAT BEFORE YOU IN MARCH TO PROCEED WITH THAT.

AND THEN, LIKE I SAY, I WOULD LIKE THAT HELP AND ASSISTANCE OF AN OWNER'S REP DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE PRIMARILY SO I CAN ENSURE SOMEONE HAS ADDITIONAL TIME TO BE THERE DURING CRITICAL TIMES AND DOING SOME MORE TECHNICAL REVIEW.

SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU.

IF WE CAN MAYBE MOVE ON TO CUBS AND GRIZZLIES.

MR. CHAIR CAN I ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.

GO AHEAD TRUSTEE.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF BRINGING BACK THE OWNERS REP DOWN AT MUNGER MOUNTAIN? THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TESKE FOR THAT SUGGESTION, I'M SURE THAT JD IS ON TO OTHER PROJECTS AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT, SO IT'S CERTAINLY NOT [INAUDIBLE] POSITION, BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT POTENTIAL OWNERS REPS FOR US.

SO THANK YOU. PLUS, HE'S OVER AT THE FIRE STATION RIGHT NOW DOING THE FIRE STATION FOR THE COUNTY. [INAUDIBLE] MOVE ON TO THE CUBS AND GRIZZLY. WE ARE READY, DR.

SWENTOSKY. YEAH, GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR AND TRUSTEES.

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ANDREA, YOU CAN GO TO TWO SLIDES OVER ONE MORE, ACTUALLY.

SO AS FAR I GUESS I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THANKING YOU ALL FOR THE CONTINUAL SUPPORT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROVIDED FOR THE PROGRAM OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND THEN ALSO A HUGE THANKS TO THE COUPLE OF LEADERS HERE.

SO URENA [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN WITH US FROM THE BEGINNING IN KIND OF DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING, PUTTING MANY LONG HOURS, HARD WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CUBS PROGRAM.

SO HUGE, THANKS TO ALL THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

AND NOW, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ALEX GOE A PRE-K LIAISON ON BOARD AS WELL, OVERSEEING THE GRIZZLIES PROGRAM AND SUPPORTING THE KINDER TRANSITION PROCESS.

SO WE'LL HEAR A LITTLE MORE FROM HER AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE BEEN FACING ARE THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY COULD ALL PREDICT SIMILAR TO SOME OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS.

HEY AJ. YEAH.

YES, CHAIR GINGERY.

[INAUDIBLE] LIKE TRUSTEE ZUNG IS BRAND NEW, MAYBE START WITH JUST WHAT IS CUBS AND GRIZZLIES WHO DOES IT PROVIDE SERVICES FOR WHERE DOES THE FUNDING COME FROM? JUST GIVE US BEFORE YOU GET TOO DEEP INTO THIS.

JUST WHAT IS CUBS AND GRIZZLIES.

SURE. SO TCSD CUBS.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING ON TO OUR THIRD YEAR NOW, AND THOSE ARE INFANT AND TODDLER PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE INFANT RANGE THROUGH THREE YEARS OLD.

AND THIS YEAR WE OPENED TCSD GRIZZLIES, WHICH IS THE PRE-K PROGRAM.

GRIZZLIES IS LOCATED IN JACKSON ELEMENTARY.

AND THE INTENT OF THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE, THE FUNDING IS THROUGH JUST OUR TUITION PAYMENTS. BUT AS YOU GUYS MAY BE AWARE, OR MOST OF YOU EXCEPT FOR TRUSTEE ZUNG, WE HAVE OUR BOCES PARTNERSHIP THAT WE GOT INTO I THINK IT WAS SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, WHICH ALSO HELPS US OUT WITH SOME OF THOSE COST EXPENSES RELATED TO THE PRE-K TRANSITION WORK.

SO, YEAH, SO GOING INTO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD, AS I'VE MENTIONED, IT'S A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT OUR TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE EXPERIENCING AS WELL.

THE STAFFING CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THERE'S DFS REGULATIONS AROUND STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS THAT WHEN A TEACHER IS OUT DUE TO QUARANTINE ISOLATION SYMPTOMS AT HOME, THOSE POSITIONS HAVE TO BE FILLED AND THEY HAVE TO BE FILLED IMMEDIATELY.

SO OUR STAFF HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB OF COVERING THAT.

BUT IT IS A CHALLENGE ON A REALLY ALMOST A DAILY BUT CERTAINLY A WEEKLY BASIS.

I PUT WEARING MASKS HERE.

I KNOW THAT FEELS A LITTLE TRIVIAL THIS FAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, BUT I THINK CHAIR GINGERY MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS AGO, THE CHALLENGE OF LIKE EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND FIRST GRADE TEACHERS, JUST BECAUSE THE STUDENTS CAN'T SEE THE LIPS OF OUR TEACHERS.

AND THAT MAKES IT A LOT HARDER TO COMMUNICATE AND WORK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE FOR OUR INFANTS, TODDLERS IN OUR PRE-K KIDDOS AS WELL.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY NOT SO MUCH A COMPLIANCE ISSUE.

IT'S JUST A CHALLENGE FOR US.

PLANNING, COLLABORATION TIME AND PD TIME.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE JUST BECAUSE OUR STAFF ARE WORKING OUR PROGRAM IS OPEN EVERY DAY THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE ON CONTRACT.

SO IT'S NOT ON THE STUDENT'S SCHEDULE.

SO WHEN WE HAVE SOME IN-SERVICE DAYS, THOSE IN-SERVICE DAYS ARE REGULAR WORK DAYS FOR THE PRE-K AND FOR THE CUBS PROGRAM.

SO THERE'S NOT THAT ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PD WE HAVE.

I THINK THIS WILL KIND OF MOVE US INTO THE SOME OF THE CELEBRATIONS SOME OF THE REMEDIES TO THAT IS WE HAVE TRIED TO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE DAY A MONTH OR TWO DAYS A MONTH WHERE WE WOULD CLOSE A HALF HOUR EARLY.

TEACHERS WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP THEIR KIDDOS A LITTLE EARLY, BUT THAT WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME FOR SOME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENTLY.

AND THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL AS FAR AS CELEBRATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY TAKE THE STATEMENT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT, BUT THE NO COVID TRANSMISSION IDENTIFIED, AT LEAST AS FAR AS WE'RE AWARE, THROUGH CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS, NO COVID TRANSMISSION IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE FACILITY.

SUBSTITUTE AVAILABILITY HAS BEEN A HUGE AREA OF IMPROVEMENT.

OUR FIRST YEAR, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY SUBS TO GO TO WHENEVER THERE WERE ABSENCES THAT CAME UP. AND PART OF THAT CHALLENGE, THERE'S EXTRA WORK THAT THE SUBS NEED TO DO.

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THEY NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND GO THROUGH THE CENTRAL REGISTRY PROCESS.

SO THAT CAN DISCOURAGE MANY SUBS FROM BEING QUALIFIED TO SUB HERE.

BUT WE FOUND A FEW WHO ARE INTERESTED, WHO ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND INTERESTED IN THIS POPULATION. SO THAT'S BEEN HELPFUL.

MOVING ON DOWN, WE'VE HAD SOME GRANT SUPPORT TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COVID RELATED EXPENSES. SO THAT'S BEEN VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

WE HAVE A FULL ENROLLMENT AND WAIT LIST, WHICH HOPEFULLY SPEAKS WELL TO THE PROGRAM AND THE BENEFIT THAT THIS IS PROVIDING OUR STAFF.

AND THEN FINALLY, I MENTIONED HERE THE PYRAMID MODEL MTSS IT'S JUST THIS IS ACTUALLY THANKS TO ONE OF OUR STAFF IN THE GRIZZLIES PROGRAM NOW WHO USED TO WORK IN CUBS, MICHELE [INAUDIBLE], AND SHE'S WORKED WITH ALEX GOE AND URENA TO JUST KIND OF APPLY AN MTSS FRAMEWORK TO THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN CUBS AND GRIZZLIES. WE KIND OF HAVE OUR GENERAL CURRICULUM THAT'S FOR ALL STUDENTS THERE.

BUT IF STUDENTS NEED SOME MORE SUPPORT WITH COMMUNICATION OR COLLABORATION OR PLAYING WITH OTHER KIDDOS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT FOR THOSE KIDDOS IS IT'S JUST A FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE APPLYING THERE.

SO ALL THAT BEING SAID, THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE SUPPORT HERE, AND I WILL KICK IT OVER TO THE LAST SLIDE AND KICK IT TO ALEX GOE OUR PRE-K LIAISON TO SHARE SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING AROUND TRANSITIONS.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, AJ, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR GINGERY AND TRUSTEES FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK ABOUT MY NEW ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE GRIZZLIES PROGRAM, BUT ALSO AS THE PRESCHOOL LIAISON. I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO AID IN THE KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION, WHICH WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDST OF AS WE ENTER INTO 2021.

SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR ME AS A PAST KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.

WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR IS A HUGE GOAL OF MINE, IS JUST BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILIES WHO ARE GOING TO BE EMBARKING IN THIS KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION.

AND SO I'M DOING THAT IN A FEW WAYS.

FIRST, I'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO OUR AREA, EARLY CHILD CARE CENTERS AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW THE TRANSITION PROCESS HAS WORKED FOR THEM IN THE PAST. YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING AND COLLABORATING WITH THE DISTRICT AS FAR AS TRANSITION GOES AND JUST REALLY GETTING FEEDBACK.

WITH THAT FEEDBACK I'VE BEEN WORKING TO CREATE AN IDEAL KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION TIMELINE.

AND SO WHAT THIS IS, IS REALLY A DOCUMENT FULL OF DATES AND EVENTS THAT REALLY COVERS THE WHOLE YEAR PRECEDING ENTRY INTO KINDERGARTEN.

AND SO WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS REALLY START COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES SOONER AND IN A MORE INDIVIDUALIZED WAY AS THEY GO THROUGH THE KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION PROCESS.

THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION, I'M A POINT PERSON FOR THAT SO I CAN HELP THEM GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON THAT THEY NEED TO TALK TO OR HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHICH SCHOOL THEIR CHILD MAY BE GOING TO IN THE FALL.

THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'LL BE TYPICALLY ANSWERING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS WORKING MORE WITH THE KINDERGARTEN SCREENER.

IN YEARS PAST HOW THE SCREENER WOULD FUNCTION IS PARENTS WOULD BRING THEIR INCOMING KINDERGARTNER INTO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY'D BE KIND OF DROPPED OFF IN A ROOM WITH NEW FACES AND ASKED A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.

AND THEN SEE YA BYE.

AND THAT WAS KIND OF IT. IT WAS PRETTY FORMAL AND NOT A REALLY GREAT PICTURE OF WHAT KINDERGARTEN IS.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT THAT EXPERIENCE AND REALLY MAKE IT INTO A FAMILY BASED EXPERIENCE WHERE THESE FAMILIES REALLY FEEL WELCOME INTO THIS NEW LEARNING COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS WORKING WITH KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO KIND OF REIMAGINE THIS EVENT.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PUSHING THAT BACK TO CLOSER TO THE START OF SCHOOL.

SO THIS EVENT IS GOING TO BE IN AUGUST, WHICH WILL REALLY HELP GET A BETTER PICTURE OF WHO THESE KINDERGARTNERS ARE AS THEY START IN KINDERGARTEN.

IN YEARS PAST, WE HELD THE SCREENER IN APRIL AND MAY, AND FOR SOME OF OUR KIDS, THEY WERE STILL FOUR YEARS OLD.

AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, A FEW EXTRA MONTHS OF GROWTH AND MATURITY AND LEARNING IS A WHOLE BUNCH TO A FOUR YEAR OLD AND THEN AS THEY TURN FIVE IN ENTRY INTO KINDERGARTEN. SO I THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE TO MAKE THIS EVENT SOMETHING

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SO I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE DOING IS REALLY COLLABORATING MORE WITH OUR PRE-K TEACHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH JOINT PD.

WE'RE ALSO DOING THAT THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO INVITE PRESCHOOL TEACHERS INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AND VICE VERSA.

GET KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS INTO PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS. THIS YEAR THIS LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T WANT TO INVITE A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS INTO THE BUILDING, BUT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THIS VIRTUALLY.

AND SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE KIND OF ON THIS YEARLY KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION TIMELINE, WE'RE GOING TO BE STILL TRYING TO DO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT. AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT ONCE WE GET KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND PRESCHOOL TEACHERS COLLABORATING, THIS WILL REALLY HELP US HAVE GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT KINDERGARTEN READINESS IS AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES AS THEY MOVE FROM THESE PRESCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ALSO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN IN THESE EARLY CHILD CARE CENTERS FOR A FEW YEARS, SOME OF THEM THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THEY COME TO US.

AND SO CREATING A CONNECTION AND REACHING OUT TO OUR PRE-K PROVIDERS AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK IS A REALLY GREAT STRENGTH THAT I CAN BUILD ON THIS YEAR.

THERE'S A LOT MORE GOING ON, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE BIG PIECES THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS YEAR, AND I'M HAPPY TO CHECK BACK IN, IN A LITTLE BIT ON HOW THESE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON HAVE GONE.

AND HOW THAT LEADS INTO THE FIRST KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF IN THIS ROLE. SO THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ALEX GOE.

TRUSTEE, CHAIR GINGERY? I HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.

SO I'M NOT SURE THIS IS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE. I SPENT LAST WEEK SUBBING IN THE PRESCHOOL THAT I WORK FOR, AND IT CAME UP THERE AND THEN I'VE HEARD IT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OTHER PLACES.

WITH THE TRANSITION TO THE AUGUST 1ST CUTOFF FOR KINDERGARTEN, PRESCHOOL TEACHERS OR PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE BEING SORT OF INUNDATED WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS THIS POTENTIAL, OR AT LEAST I'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL, AT LEAST THIS YEAR TO, YOU KNOW, PETITION FOR, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO WAIVE THAT OR WHATEVER.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE TERMINOLOGY GOES, BUT AT WHAT POINT WILL THAT PLAN BE ROLLED OUT SO THAT THE PRESCHOOL TEACHERS CAN GIVE THE INFORMATION TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE VERY ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS SITUATION? YEAH, TRUSTEE CARLIN, WE'VE BEEN ALEX HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THIS AS WELL AND ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE K FIVE PRINCIPLES ON DEVELOPING.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT IS I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE THE LANGUAGE IN THE BILL, BUT AN EXEMPTION PROCESS FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A BIRTHDAY WITH BETWEEN AUGUST TWO AND SEPTEMBER 15, WE'RE COMMUNICATING OUT.

ALEX ACTUALLY HAS A LETTER DRAFTED ALREADY TO COMMUNICATE TO PRE-K PROVIDERS TO JUST GIVE THEM AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE MORE KIND OF BROADER COMMUNICATION WHENEVER WE OPENED UP KINDER REGISTRATION. SO WITH KINDER REGISTRATION, THERE'LL BE KIND OF ALL OF THE DETAILS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK AND FORTH INSTEAD OF SENDING A THREE PAGE OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT MAY BE INVOLVED.

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO JUST FUNNEL THOSE FAMILIES DIRECTLY TO A PHONE CALL WITH ALEX AND SHE CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

ALEX I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING.

BUT I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THAT.

YEAH. AND I THINK A BIG POINT TO BE MADE ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS WE DON'T WANT IT TO NECESSARILY FEEL SUPER FORMAL.

AND YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL SCREENER ABOUT HAVING MORE KINDERGARTNERS COME WITHIN THIS RANGE.

I MEAN, IF WE THINK ABOUT IT, IF THIS WAS LAST YEAR, WE WOULD BE ACCEPTING THESE KINDERGARTNERS ANYWAY BECAUSE THE CUTOFF DATE WAS SEPTEMBER 15TH.

AND SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

AND SO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS REALLY JUST MAKE IT A BIG CONVERSATION ABOUT READINESS AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT WE IN THE DISTRICT BELIEVE REALLY HELP SUPPORT KIDS AS THEY ENTER INTO KINDERGARTEN AND REALLY JUST TALK PARENTS THROUGH THAT

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AND I THINK BY DOING THAT ONE, IT'S GOING TO KIND OF BUILD THAT RAPPORT WITH FAMILIES THAT WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT HELPING THEM MAKE A GREAT DECISION, THE BEST DECISION FOR THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR CHILD AS THEY ENTER INTO KINDERGARTEN.

AND SO, LIKE AJ SAID, WE'RE STILL FORMALIZING THAT PROCESS, BUT THE COMMUNICATION WILL BE OUT SOON TO AREA PRESCHOOLS.

AND THEN, LIKE AJ SAID AS WELL, THE HOPE IS THAT THEY CONTACT ME AND I CAN WALK THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WHICH WILL ALSO HELP GET MY NAME OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS A FACE, AS SOMEONE WHO CAN HELP WITH THE KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION AND QUESTIONS THAT FAMILIES HAVE. BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT FOR SOME FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, AS OF A MONTH AGO WERE PLANNING ON GOING TO KINDERGARTEN, IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A SHOCK THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO THIS YEAR.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE. SO IF THEY CHOOSE.

THAT'S TERRIFIC. THANK YOU.

I JUST LIKE I SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN PEOPLE BECOME ANXIOUS.

AND SO I THINK THE MORE INFORMATION AND I THINK THAT YOUR PLAN SOUNDS TERRIFIC.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY, HAVING THAT LIAISON AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CONNECTING EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY ANYWAY AND THEN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS STRONG CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THE PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE JUST GOT A RENEWAL FOR OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SORT OF BUILD OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SYSTEM.

AND THESE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DISTRICTS AND FAMILIES AND EARLY CHILDHOOD ORGANIZATIONS IS A MAJOR PLAYER.

AND I THINK WE CAN BE A ROLE MODEL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ALEX GOE.

ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL SEEING NONE, ALEX, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME.

I WOULD ECHO TRUSTEE CARLIN.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PART IN PARTICULARLY WITH THE LIAISON WITH THE PRESCHOOL'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE READINESS ASPECT BEFORE [INAUDIBLE] THE KINDERGARTEN.

AND SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S EVERYTHING. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. THAT COMPLETES THE SUPERINTENDENT REPORT CHAIR GINGERY.

OK, WE'RE UP TO [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL BOARD.

STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT. YEAH, WE HAVE A QUICK UPDATE AND WE HAVE A SLIDE.

SOPHIA WANTED TO BE HERE, BUT WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, SO I WAS THE ONE THAT

[D. Reports and Items for Discussion]

SO FIRST THING THAT YOU CAN SEE UNDER PROJECT PROGRESS HAS BEEN WE TOURED THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE NOW, JUST GETTING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS. AND WE DID THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST, WE'VE GOT TO TALK TO PRINCIPAL HOELSCHER AND SOME TEACHERS THAT WERE REALLY INTO RECYCLING AT THAT SCHOOL.

THAT WAS REALLY GREAT.

AFTER THAT, WE MET WITH MEGAN AGAIN, WHICH WE TOLD YOU ABOUT, JUST TO SEE IF SHE COULD CONNECT US WITH ANYONE ELSE IN THE RECYCLING, LIKE SHE'S MORE ENERGY CONSERVATION.

BUT WE WANTED TO GET SOMEONE MORE ON RECYCLING.

AND SHE HELPED US GET TO CARRIE BELL, WHO IS THE WASTE DIVERSION AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR HERE IN TETON COUNTY, SCHOOL DISTRICT OR NOT IN THE DISTRICT BUT TETON COUNTY.

AND SHE HAD SOME REALLY COOL SUGGESTIONS FOR US, LIKE, IF POSSIBLE, WE'RE NOT SURE WE CAN DO THIS BECAUSE OF COVID BUT PERFORMING A WASTE INVESTIGATION AT OUR SCHOOL JUST TO SEE KIND OF WHAT TRASH WE'RE GENERATING HERE IN OUR SCHOOLS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE CAN RECYCLE AT OUR LOCAL RECYCLING CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, REDUCE OUR FOOTPRINT HERE.

SHE ALSO SUGGESTED GETTING SIGNAGE FROM RECYCLING ACROSS AMERICA TO KEEP SIGNS CONSISTENT HERE IN OUR DISTRICT WITH WHAT YOU SEE LIKE IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE SHE TOLD US THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PLACE TO GET YOUR SIGNS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP CONSISTENCY SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, JUST MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER.

SHE ALSO TOLD US ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT THERE IS TO THE TRAILERS.

SO OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN TRAILER.

AND EVERY OTHER SCHOOL, SHE TOLD US, SHARES A TRAILER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KELLY AND

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SO MONDAY WE HAVE COLTER AND SUMMIT.

MUNGER IS ALSO ON MONDAYS.

TUESDAYS WE HAVE WILSON.

WEDNESDAYS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN THURSDAY, JES.

JUST KIND OF HELPS US PLAN A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN SHE ALSO TOLD US THAT THE RECYCLING CENTER IS GOING TO START COLLECTING FOOD SCRAPS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A LOT CHEAPER, SHE SAID, THAN TRASH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET INTO THAT, IF WE CAN, TOO SAVE SOME MONEY AND ALSO DO SOMETHING GOOD, GO THROUGH FOOD WASTE STATIONS INSTEAD OF JUST TRASH.

THEN AFTER THAT, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO GET TO STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND FIGURE OUT THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO START RECYCLING AGAIN VERY SOON.

AND SO FOR NEXT STEPS, WE HAVE TWO MORE SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE THIS FRIDAY, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND THEN THIS NEXT ONE IS LOOKING TO THE MICRO GRANT.

SOPHIA KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS.

BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S I WANT TO SAY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF FUNDING.

THE ONE THING, THOUGH, IS I THINK THE BOARD HAS TO, LIKE, APPLY FOR US SINCE IT'S THROUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE SAID IT WAS SOME SORT OF ENTITY.

SO WE WERE WONDERING IF WE COULD FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND THEN JUST HAVE YOU GUYS, LIKE, SEND IT IN FOR US SINCE WE CAN'T REALLY DO THAT.

SO AT THE END, I GUESS YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER THAT.

AND THEN, AS I SAID BEFORE, MAYBE PERFORM A WASTE INVESTIGATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOSH. WELL, JOSH, THANK YOU, AS FOR THE FILLING OUT THE GRANT APPLICATION.

I THINK IF YOU ALL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SHE CAN GET THAT INTO THE RIGHT CHANNELS AND THEN BRING IT TO US IF THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE GRANT TO REQUEST BUT MAYBE CHAT WITH HER DIRECTLY. OK, COOL.

AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE THAT WE HAVE ON HERE THAT WE WERE ASKED TO QUICKLY DO JUST KIND OF WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE WORKING WITH OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

AND WE THINK IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN THE SAME THINGS AS US WHO AREN'T STUDENTS.

YOU KNOW, WE GET TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE IN THE RECYCLING WORLD AND STUFF.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN KIND OF EYE OPENING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN WORK AND THESE NETWORKS. AND FOR BOTH OF US, IT'S JUST KIND OF.

INFORMED US MORE ABOUT FUTURE CAREER PATHS WE WANT.

SOFIA WANTS TO BE AN ARCHITECT, BUT JUST KIND OF LIKE ECO FRIENDLY SO THIS HAS HAVE BEEN PRETTY COOL FOR HER. AND I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GO INTO LIKE RENEWABLE ENERGY, SO IT KIND OF TIES INTO ENERGY CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING.

SO THIS HAS BEEN LIKE A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY THAT USUALLY YOU DON'T SEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND THEN JUST KIND OF CONNECTING WITH MORE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS JUST GREAT SO FAR.

EXCELLENT. MR. CHAIRMAN.

TRUSTEE SCARLETT. YEAH.

JOSH, THANKS FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

YOU PIQUED MY INTEREST ON HOW YOU WERE TALKING TO A PERSON WHO FOCUSES ON ENERGY CONSERVATION. AND THEN SHE REROUTED YOU.

YES. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN WYOMING ARE FACING IS THE REDUCTION IN BUDGETS COMING UP THIS NEXT YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK FOR EFFICIENCIES IN ALL OF OUR AREAS OF OPERATION, AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND THE INTEREST, WHICH SOUNDS BOTH OF YOU KIND OF FIT INTO THIS SMART BUILDING TYPE OF WAY, MAYBE TO GO BACK AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND DISCUSS PICK ONE BUILDING AND HOW YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR ENERGY FOOTPRINT.

RIGHT. TO CREATE A 10 PERCENT SAVINGS OR A FIVE PERCENT SAVINGS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BIG. BUT SOMETHING.

RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS IN THESE TIMES.

AND I THINK IF YOU PIQUED A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST OF MINE WITH THE CONNECTIONS YOU'RE MAKING IN OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT.

YEAH, I KNOW WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE THE CONNECTIONS, WE HAVE THE TIME AND WE'RE BOTH VERY INTERESTED.

SO, YEAH, I'LL TALK TO SOPHIA.

WE'LL GET GOING ON THAT, SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP OUT.

THAT'D HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY AS A SCHOOL BOARD AS WE GO INTO THIS BUDGET SESSION.

OK, ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOSH? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOSH.

YEAH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING.

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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST I'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME STUFF THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MET ON MONDAY, I GUESS IT WAS THIS WEEK, AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED IN GOVERNANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT SHOULD OUR BUDGETING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO KRISTEN HAS PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET CALENDAR.

THERE'S ALSO LISTED HERE THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE WHICH I CAN UPDATE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT'S HERE AFTER WHAT JUST CAME OUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND.

A TOOL KIT FOR CONTACTING OUR LEGISLATORS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ADVOCATING FOR MINIMIZING ANY REDUCTIONS THAT WE MIGHT BE SEEING FORWARD.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO KRISTEN TO TAKE US THROUGH IT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND THANK YOU, TRUSTEE TESKE.

I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE BUDGET CALENDAR IN THIS AND WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO.

WE HAVE AN ADMIN MEETING TODAY WITH OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND DEPARTMENT MANAGERS, AND WE HAVE SENT OUT SOME PRELIMINARY IDEAS FOR GETTING FEEDBACK FROM SOME OF THEIR STAFF AROUND BUDGET REDUCTIONS.

AND AS TRUSTEE TESKE SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.

BUT OFTENTIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR FOUR MONTHS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON GETTING FEEDBACK AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE REQUESTED OUR ADMINISTRATORS GET FROM THEIR STAFF TODAY IS REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, MAYBE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING THAT DON'T ALIGN TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND DO STAFF SEE EFFICIENCIES THAT CAN BE GAINED ALONG THOSE LINES? AND CAN WE AT THE SAME TIME AS LOOKING AT SOME REDUCTIONS, ALSO LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND HOW WE CAN DO IT BETTER AND ALSO IDENTIFY ANY AREAS OF NEED . GOING THROUGH THESE PROCESSES OFTENTIMES HIGHLIGHTS AREAS WHERE WE'RE NOT MEETING THE BAR WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ARE THERE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT THEY MAY NEED IN THE PROCESS AS WELL? SO IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR ADMINISTRATORS TO TOUCH BASE WITH THEIR STAFF AND GET SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK RIGHT NOW.

WE YOU KNOW, THE RECALIBRATION COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE DID PASS AND I BELIEVE IS INTRODUCING THE BILL TO CUT ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF THE FOUNDATION PROGRAM HERE SHORTLY. AND THEY WILL BE VOTING ON THAT, BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

SO, WELL, I GUESS IT HAS TO PASS THE HOUSE FIRST.

[LAUGHTER] BUT YOU KNOW THAT WAS A BILL THAT WAS FORMED IN A JOINT COMMITTEE IN THE INTERIM. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE WE'VE SEEN.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE THE LAST OR IF THERE WILL BE OTHERS, BUT WE'VE DESIGNED THIS BUDGET CALENDAR AROUND BOTH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS AS WELL AS THOSE VIRTUAL MEETINGS. AND WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE HAD LIMITED INFORMATION.

I THINK WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION NOW.

SO I WILL CONTINUE TO POST THIS AT THE BOARD MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE AN UPDATE OF WHEN THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING AND WHAT ACTUALLY IS TAKING PLACE IN THOSE MEETINGS.

AND WHAT WE DISCUSSED WAS, YOU KNOW, WE FIND THAT IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN THESE TRYING TIMES, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE IN THE PROCESS. AND WE FELT THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO DO THAT WAS FOR THE BUILDING LEADERS TO BE SOLICITING THE INPUT FROM THEIR STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT EFFICIENCIES DO THEY SEE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT REALLY DOESN'T TIE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN WE'RE PUSHING FORWARD SO THAT THINGS REALLY FOCUS ON THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET FORTH FOR OURSELVES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IS THAT IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

THEY WERE JUST POSTED ACTUALLY THIS AFTERNOON AS.

BUT AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE MET ON TUESDAY, YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR GAVE A VERY BRIEF ADDRESS, I THOUGHT ANYWAY, IT WAS ONLY 20, 25 MINUTES LONG.

ON JANUARY 20TH AND 21ST, THE SENATE AND HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING.

INTERESTING TO NOTE IS THAT THE BILL THAT KRISTEN IS REFERENCING IS NOT EITHER ONE OF THOSE AGENDAS. THE SENATE HAS NOT PUBLISHED THEIR AGENDA YET, BUT THIS PARTICULAR BILL THAT KRISTEN MENTIONED HAS TO BEGIN IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS AND WHAT'S COMING ABOUT.

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THANK YOU. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIR.

GO AHEAD. THANKS, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I LOVE THE TOOL KIT. I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS FOR EVERYONE WHO SHOULD WRITE LETTERS TO LEGISLATORS AND WHEN SHOULD THEY WRITE THEM AND DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT THEY BE WRITTEN TO EVERYONE ON THE END OF THE LIST OF THAT TOOL KIT? I MEAN, SHOULD THEY BE DONE BY THE 1-19 [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ARE STARTING OR WHAT? WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TRUSTEE? I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS I WOULD NOT I MIGHT WRITE A LETTER AND PUT IT IN A FILE SOMEWHERE. AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE PRUDENT TO HOLD OFF WAITING UNTIL SOME OF THE LEGISLATION IS STARTING TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE YOU START WRITING.

BECAUSE, MR. CHAIR, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THAT IF YOU WRITE IT TOO SOON, IT SORT OF JUST GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND AND GETS LOST IN OTHER DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPENED, SO KRISTEN AND I WILL CERTAINLY AND GILLIAN WILL CERTAINLY WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BEST TIME IS TO START PUSHING THINGS FORWARD.

BUT, JENNIFER, AT THIS POINT, I'D KIND OF HOLD OFF JUST YET.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

TRUSTEE GINGERY I HAVE A QUESTION.

SURE, GO AHEAD. YEAH. JANINE, WHAT WAS THE FINAL OUTCOME ON THE RCA? WAS IT JUST THEY JUST DECIDED NOT TO TOUCH IT OR HOW DID THAT END UP? WELL, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION, ALAN.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IS THAT THE RECALIBRATION COMMITTEE DID NOT DO RECALIBRATION.

WELL, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS DRAFTED THAT REFLECTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE HIRED FOR RECALIBRATION.

THAT BILL WAS BASICALLY PUSHED ASIDE, WHICH INCLUDED ORIGINAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.

WITHIN THAT BILL, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS BEING PUT FORWARD WAS TO BASICALLY ABANDON THE REGIONAL COST, AS WE KNOW AND LOVE IT TODAY, WHICH INCLUDES THE 2005 HEDONIC INDEX HELD HARMLESS AT 100 PERCENT AND THE WCOI, AND GO FORWARD WITH THE NEW TWENTY TWENTY ONE HEDONIC INDEX.

THAT WOULD HAVE COST TO TETON COUNTY PRESENTLY AS WE SIT AT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE PERCENT, A NEW NUMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO PERCENT.

SO IT WOULD BE A VERY, VERY DRAMATIC CUT FOR US.

SO WHEREAS WE CERTAINLY DON'T LIKE WHAT'S MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF REDUCTIONS, IT'S A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE? NO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO I THINK TRUSTEE TESKE IT SAYS YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON RECALIBRATION AND JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE, WHICH I THINK YOU SORT OF STARTED TO. DID YOU HAVE MORE YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

NOT A LOT LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST SORT OF INTERESTING AND GILLIAN CHIME IN HERE AS WELL.

IS THAT THEY REALLY DIDN'T ENTERTAIN THE WHOLE RECALIBRATION AND BY THE WAY, THE BILL THAT WAS MOVING FORWARD FOR RECALIBRATION WAS QUITE ODD IN THAT IT REALLY CHANGED STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS, PARTICULARLY AT GRADES THREE AND UP WENT FROM ONE TO 15 IN GRADES THREE TO FIVE TO ONE TO TWENTY FIVE AND ONE TO TWENTY ONE IN GRADES SIXTH TO 12 TO ONE TO TWENTY FIVE. BUT NET NET, WITH ALL THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT THEY PUT INTO THE MODEL, IT INCREASED THE COST OF THE MODEL BY ABOUT 20 MILLION DOLLARS.

SO YOU CAN PRETTY QUICKLY SEE WHY THEY CHOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BILL.

I AM A LITTLE BIT WITH THE WINDOW AS WIDE AS IT IS RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEN THE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY MEETING.

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE, MR. CHAIR, AS YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO, ALL THE BILLS THAT COULD POP UP AS INDEPENDENT BILLS

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SO THE FOUR OF US WILL CERTAINLY BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MONITOR ALL THAT STUFF HAPPENING. AND IF YOU GET A PLEA, YOU KNOW, A CRY FOR HELP, PLEASE GO BACK TO THE TOOL KIT AND DRAFT YOUR NOTES.

WHICH WE SHOULD UPDATE AS WELL, TO INCLUDE THE NEW JOINT EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

MEMBERS FROM THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THAT ARE ON EDUCATION, THANK YOU.

UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR TRUSTEE TESKE? OK, SEEING NONE WE'RE ON TO ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE RECREATION DISTRICT, COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS.

WE GOT ONE APPLICATION FROM MR. WATKINS, WHO I THINK WE ALL KNOW.

AND SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT ITEM BEFORE WE OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NO CHAIR GINGERY I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD.

[E. Action Items]

DID ANYONE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF BILL WATKINS TO THE REC DISTRICT BOARD? IF YOU DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE YOU FIND IT, BUT THERE'S A HAND YOU CAN CLICK ON [INAUDIBLE] THERE ON THE SIDE. IF YOU HAVE IT SET UP THE WAY I DO, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE HAND THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON THE HAND WILL POP UP OR YOU CAN JUST WAVE AT US AND WE'LL LOOK THROUGH HERE REAL QUICK TO MAKE SURE SOMEONE'S NOT WAVING AT US.

ANYBODY POP UP ANDREA.

NO NO ONE. OK, THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.

AND IS THERE ANY BOARD DISCUSSION PRIOR TO MAKING THE MOTION? SEEING NONE, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER ONE RECREATION DISTRICT COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBER BILL WATKINS AS PRESENTED.

[INAUDIBLE] SO MOVED.

SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVED BILL WATKINS TO BE APPOINTED TO THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

MR. WATKINS IS NOW ON THAT BOARD AND HE WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THAT BOARD BEING ON THERE.

BOARD. I WASN'T SURE WHICH ONE TO DO FIRST.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY PREFERENCE? WOULD IT BE OK IF WE DEALT WITH THE SPECTATOR ONE FIRST, SINCE THAT'S WHAT I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE SITTING HERE WAITING FOR AND SO THAT WE DON'T WASTE ANY MORE OF THEIR TIME, IF EVERYBODY'S OK. WE'LL MOVE STRAIGHT TO THAT ONE AND THEN DO SCHWABACHER AFTER THAT.

IS EVERYONE OK WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO THAT.

SO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF ALLOWING ONLY PARTICIPANTS, COACHES, OFFICIALS AND GAME ADMINISTRATORS TO ATTEND INDOOR ATHLETIC SPORTING EVENTS.

AND I THINK ORIGINALLY, I THINK IT WAS WRITTEN FEBRUARY 2ND.

AND THEN GILLIAN JUST POINTED OUT TO US, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY A FEW GAMES.

THERE'S NO GAMES THAT FAR INTO IT.

SO IT WOULD BE THROUGH.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE DATE.

JANUARY TWENTY SEVENTH.

JANUARY 27TH. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE BACKGROUND REAL QUICK AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE COVID UPDATE, BUT THERE WAS QUITE A LOT OF INCREASE IN A NUMBER OF CASES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.

DR. RIDDELL ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION THAT AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST A RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S NOT AN ORDER RECOMMENDING THAT IF YOU DO LEAVE YOUR HOME FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SCHOOL OR WORK, THAT YOU GATHER IN HOUSEHOLD GROUPS SO YOU CAN STILL GO TO RESTAURANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT JUST AT YOUR TABLE.

IT SHOULD JUST BE YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP AND YOU CAN STILL GO TO PLACES JUST IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP. SO IT DOESN'T SAY EVEN THE RECOMMENDATION DOESN'T SAY YOU COULDN'T HAVE SPECTATORS AT A GAME.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING MAYBE WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SPECTATORS AT A GAME.

I KNOW MIKE HANSEN HAS MENTIONED THAT PEOPLE CAN SIT AND MAKE THE RULE THAT YOU HAVE TO SIT IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP AND BE SEPARATED AND MAYBE NOT HAVE CONCESSIONS, GET RID OF CONCESSIONS. I KNOW THAT BRINGS IN MONEY FOR THE BRONX BACKERS, BUT MAYBE NOT HAVE

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OR WE JUST SAY FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'RE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE SPECTATORS AT INDOOR ATHLETIC EVENTS. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE BACKGROUND AS TO HOW THIS GOT TO US TODAY.

AND IT WAS MORE SO THE PRESSURE WASN'T PUT ON SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN THAT WE'RE MEETING ANYWAY TONIGHT SO THAT WE COULD WEIGH IN ON THIS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO DO ANYTHING. THAT'S THE BACKGROUND.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN IF YOU HAD OTHER THINGS TO ADD TO THAT.

THANK YOU CHAIR GINGERY FOR THAT SUMMARY, AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT [INAUDIBLE] EVENTS OF JANUARY 14TH AND 15TH, WHICH ARE TOMORROW AND FRIDAY, OF COURSE, AN THE JANUARY 22ND ARE THE THREE HOME EVENTS THAT ARE IMPACTED.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

DID THAT INCLUDE WRESTLING, TOO.

YES. THERE IS A HOME WRESTLING MATCH OR MEET AS WE SPEAK.

ANY QUESTIONS OF SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN.

MR. CHAIR. YOU MEAN THERE IS WRESTLING GOING ON RIGHT NOW? BUT CHAIR GINGERY TRUSTEE MEAD THERE IS WRESTLING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

OBVIOUSLY THE RECOMMENDATION DIDN'T COME OUT AND PEOPLE WERE ALREADY IN ROUTE.

SO WE'RE CHALLENGED AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THAT AND WE WANTED THE BOARD TO HAVE THE DECISION . SURE. MR. CHAIR GINGERY.

[INAUDIBLE] GO AHEAD. I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT POLICY IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.

DO WE HAVE A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS OR SPECTATORS PER PARTICIPANT? I'M JUST NOT SURE WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE, SAY, COMING TO A BASKETBALL GAME.

CHAIR GINGERY TRUSTEE BRUMSTED THE HEALTH ORDER FROM AND WHAT'S BEEN AGREED UPON WITH THE WYOMING STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, THERE'S A ONE HUNDRED SPECTATOR CAP IN OUR FACILITIES, WHICH MEANS ESSENTIALLY WE'RE ALLOWING TWO SPECTATORS PER PARTICIPANT.

I DO RECALL THAT NOW.

THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] CHAIR GINGERY.

TRUSTEE, I AM CURIOUS WITH THAT, BUT IN A TYPICALLY, LET'S SAY, IN THE GYM, HOW MANY SPECTATORS WOULD YOU HAVE IN A TYPICAL YEAR? CERTAINLY CHAIR GINGERY TRUSTEE CARLIN, IT VARIES BY SPORT AND ACTIVITY, BUT I BELIEVE THE GYM HOLDS UP TO FIVE HUNDRED, SO YOU COULD SAY TYPICALLY FOUR TO FIVE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS. SO WE ARE ONLY ALLOWING ONE HUNDRED.

AND BY THE TIME YOU HAVE THE PLAYERS, THE OFFICIALS, THE GAME OFFICIALS AND THE COACHES, THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO ESSENTIALLY TWO SPECTATORS PER PARTICIPANT.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO PICTURE BEING ABLE TO SPREAD OUT OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT CURRENTLY.

THEY ARE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT CURRENTLY AND OF COURSE, WE'RE STILL REQUIRING MASK WEARING AS WELL. MR. CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN.

GO AHEAD. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS FROM OTHER TEAMS. SO YOUR SUGGESTION IS ALLOWING ONLY PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES, OFFICIALS AND GAME ADMINISTRATORS TO ATTEND INDOOR ATHLETIC SPORTING EVENTS IF WE WERE TO OPEN IT UP A LITTLE MORE, SO TO SPEAK WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO DO THE SAME WITH THE VISITING TEAM ISN'T THAT RIGHT. CHAIR GINGERY TRUSTEE MEAD THAT IS CORRECT.

THE TWO SPECTATORS PER PARTICIPANT INCLUDES OUR VISITORS.

SO IT IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE.

SO YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THAT.

OK, WHERE ARE THE VISITORS FROM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WERE HAVING.

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CHAIR GINGERY TRUSTEE MEAD, I AM TEXTING WITH MIKE HANSEN AND I SEE THE LITTLE DOTS POPPING UP, HE'S LIKE MY PHONE A FRIEND IN THIS DIALOG.

WE HAVE DRIGGS, PINEDALE AND STAR VALLEY COMING UP.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN? BOARD IF THERE'S NO OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP, I GUESS, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL TAKE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT.

AGAIN, IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT TONIGHT, CLICK ON THE LITTLE SYMBOL.

IT LOOKS LIKE A HAND, AND THEN ANDREA WILL HOPEFULLY SEE THAT YOU DID THAT AND THEN SHE CAN UNMUTE YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] IF CAN TELL ME WHO IS THERE.

WE HAVE ABBY HARTMAN, THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD, ABBY. GOOD EVENING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING, TRUSTEES AND CHAIR GINGERY.

THANK YOU. HEY, I JUST I WANTED TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING SPECTATORS.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 12 AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO JUST BASKETBALL.

WRESTLING IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA, SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO JUST THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

CURRENTLY, 12 PLAYERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO SUIT, SO THAT WOULD BE 24 MAX FOR EACH TEAM.

SO 48 TOTAL PARENTS IN THE GYMNASIUM.

I WOULD LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE THAT I KNOW IT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES, THE MANPOWER AND THE COACHES, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE GAME.

THE REFS ARE MIKE HANSEN IS RUNNING AROUND HELPING EVERYBODY, AND THAT AS PARENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER MYSELF IN CHARGE AND I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP ORGANIZE THE PARENTS.

[INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO HELP EVERYBODY OUT AND HOPEFULLY GET PARENTS TO WATCH THESE GAMES. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE CHARGE OF THAT. SO AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANKS ABBY AND THANKS FOR THE OFFER TO BE THE MONITOR.

IF YOU TOLD ME TO DO SOMETHING I WOULD DO IT.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED ANDREA.

THERE'S NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.

WE'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A MOMENT, IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE MICHELLE ROOK'S.

MICHELLE, GO AHEAD. ME THERE.

ABBY, DON'T KILL ME.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH GOING AGAINST THE RECOMMENDATION, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A RECOMMENDATION, IS I JUST FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD BE DOING OUR PART AS THE COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THIS IS PEOPLE, SENIORS YEARS AND I KNOW HOW HARD THIS IS.

BUT I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ASKING STUDENTS TO FOLLOW RULES.

AND THERE ARE STUDENTS THAT REALLY ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND THEY ARE BEING GOOD AND THEN IGNORING A RECOMMENDATION.

THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY COME BACK.

EXCELLENT, THANKS MICHELLE. ANDREA, ANYONE ELSE? I AM NOT SEEING ANYONE AT THIS TIME.

KRISTEN CAN YOU SEE ANYONE.

NO THERE ARE NO FURTHER NAMES.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BEFORE ANYONE MAKES A MOTION, WHY DON'T WE HAVE SOME BOARD DISCUSSION AS TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE THINKING ON THIS.

ANYBODY. MR. CHAIR. GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE SCARLETT, I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF NOTIFICATION, THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND BRINGING THIS UP AT THE 11TH HOUR.

I AM AN ABSOLUTE NO VOTE.

I THINK TWO PARENTS ATTENDING THESE GAMES IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE.

I SPENT MY SUNDAY AT THE SKI AREA, SAW THE LARGE QUEUES.

VERY LITTLE SOCIAL DISTANCING GOING ON IN THOSE QUEUES, I KNOW THE START BUSSES ARE

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I JUST DON'T SEE HAVING ATTENDED BASKETBALL GAMES IN NOVEMBER FOR MY DAUGHTER, HOW FORTY EIGHT PEOPLE IN THIS GYMNASIUM IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN CORRALLING THIS ACTIVITY AS LONG AS EVERYBODY WEARS MASKS AND SITS IN THEIR FAMILY GROUP, WHICH I WATCHED THEM DO IN NOVEMBER WHEN IT WASN'T A RULE.

SO I AM A NO VOTE, I BELIEVE THESE KIDS HAVE WORKED HARD AND THEIR PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR SUCCESSES ON THE COURT OR IN THE WRESTLING RING.

OK, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SCARLETT.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MR. CHAIR, GO AHEAD, TRUSTEE MEAD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS WHAT WILL BE A MOTION I GUESS THAT WAS PUT ON THE AGENDA ABOUT ALLOWING ONLY PARTICIPANTS, COACHES AND OFFICIALS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR WILLINGNESS TO KIND OF CHERRY PICK HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TRAVIS RIDDELL, JODIE POND ON THE RECOMMENDATION WAS IN THE FALL NOT TO HAVE CONTACT SPORTS LIKE, WELL, WE CAN DO THAT BETTER. SO WITH WILL CONTACT SPORTS AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A SURGE.

SO ON DECEMBER 27, I WENT SKIING AGAIN AT GRAND TARGHEE, AND I WROTE ABOUT THE LIFT WITH A YOUNG WOMAN FOR THE VERY NEXT DAY, HAD COVID SYMPTOMS. SO BRAD AND I WERE IN QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.

WE WERE ON THE SKI LIFT.

WE ALL HAD MASKS ON.

BUT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TAKES IT SO SERIOUSLY THAT YOU'VE HAD EXPOSURE THAT WE WERE ASKED TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SET THE EXAMPLE OF, WELL, MR. RIDDELL, MAY MAKE DR.

RIDDELL MAY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY APPLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REALLY BAD POLICY.

SO. OK, THANK YOU, TRUSTEE MEAD.

ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC? MR. CHAIR.

TRUSTEE TESKE. PARTICULARLY AFTER SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I PERSONALLY RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON, I, TOO HAVE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY IN THIS GETTING ON THE AGENDA, NOT AT THE 11TH HOUR, BUT MORE LIKE THE 12TH, THE 13TH HOUR.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD THROW OUT THERE JUST AS A THOUGHT.

WOULD IT BE OK IF WE LIMITED IT SOMEWHAT AND JUST SAID A, NO CONCESSIONS, BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TAKING A MASK OFF TO EAT OR DRINK, AND THEN IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PARENTS AND PARTICULARLY MS. [INAUDIBLE], THEY WOULD TRY AND REGULATE IT THEMSELVES TO ENSURE IT IS WOULD PUTTING SOME OF THOSE TYPE OF IDEAS OUT THERE, DOES THAT WOULD THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT? MR. CHAIR.

I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH A BOARD MEMBER FROM A DIFFERENT STATE AND WE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND HE BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS SORT OF THE PROCEDURE THAT THEY WENT THROUGH. AND HE SAID THAT INITIALLY THERE WAS SORT OF A DEFIANCE ABOUT THE WHOLE MASK THING. AND HE SAID WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY JUST STOPPED THE GAME.

PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE THEIR MASKS ON, THEY STOPPED THE GAME AND THEY SAID WE'RE NOT CONTINUING UNTIL PEOPLE COMPLY, YOU EITHER COMPLY WITH THE RULES OR YOU'RE OUT.

SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME PRETTY STRONG MESSAGES THAT COULD BE SENT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROCEED FORWARD.

THANK YOU. CHAIR GINGERY.

TRUSTEE CARLIN.

I HAVE A I JUST NEED TO HAVE YOU CLARIFY SOMETHING, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE ORDER. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IF YOU MOVE OUTSIDE OF YOUR

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IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION, IT'S SOMEWHERE I FELT LIKE I READ THE RECOMMENDATION WAS OTHER THAN WORK AND SCHOOL STAY WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT, BECAUSE I THINK.

IT IF IT'S MOVING YOUR FAMILY POD, YOU CAN GO TO A RESTAURANT THAT RECOMMENDING YOU SIT AT A TABLE WITH YOUR FAMILY, THEN I DON'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN GOING INTO THE GYM WITH ONE OTHER FAMILY MEMBER.

AT THE SAME TIME I'M A RULE FOLLOWER AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND SO FOR ME TO DECIDE ON HOW TO VOTE, I NEED THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO WHAT DR. RIDDELL IS SAYING IS WHERE THEY'RE FINDING SPREAD OCCURRING IS PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN SMALL GROUPS.

AND SO CURRENTLY THE RULE IS GROUPS ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY 10 OR LESS.

SO IF YOU'RE A GROUP OPPOSED TO STAY 10 OR LESS.

AND WHAT HE'S RECOMMENDING IS SO LET'S SAY USE YOUR EXAMPLE OF THE RESTAURANT.

IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT THAT YOU ONLY EAT WITH YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP.

AND SO YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE FAMILY.

IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE WITH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INSIDE YOUR HOME THAT YOU'RE AROUND ALL DAY LONG ANYWAY, BUT THAT YOU DON'T GO OUT TO DINNER WITH YOUR FRIENDS BECAUSE OVER THE DINNER TABLE YOU MAY SPREAD.

I THINK THAT'S THE CONCERN, IS THE SOCIALIZING WHERE PEOPLE ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND BEING NEAR EACH OTHER. SO THERE'S SO NOTHING'S REALLY WRONG WITH HOW MIKE HANSON AND THE WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION HAS SET UP SPECTATORS IN THE BASKETBALL ARENA OR IN WRESTLING. I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN WAS THAT SO IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TWO SPECTATORS PER PLAYER, THAT THOSE TWO SPECTATORS EITHER ARE FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AND SO THEY SIT TOGETHER OR THEY SIT SEPARATE IF THEY'RE NOT FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU IF THE PLAYER HAS DIVORCED PARENTS WHO ARE NOT IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD, BOTH CAN STILL COME TO THE GAME.

JUST DON'T SIT TOGETHER.

AND THEIR DIVORCED SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SIT TOGETHER, BUT THAT PEOPLE FROM OTHER HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER WAS THE KEY.

AND HE'S JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO JUST STOP THAT SOCIALIZING SPREAD.

AND SO IF YOU GO TO A GAME THAT TWO CAN COME IN BUT DON'T WANDER OVER TO THE PINEDALE SIDE AND SIT DOWN NEXT TO A PINEDALE SPECTATOR, IT'S THAT DISTANCING THAT'S IMPORTANT.

SO SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW SPECTATOR AND INDOOR SPORTS, WE WOULD STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH DR.

RIDDELL'S RECOMMENDATION.

WE JUST MAY NEED TO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO MAKE IT A RULE OR VOTE ON IT, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MIKE UNDERSTANDS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO STAY SEPARATE WHO AREN'T FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AND THEY JUST NEED TO SIT SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER AT LEAST SIX FEET.

AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO DO THAT WITH ONLY TWO SPECTATORS PER STUDENT COMING IN AND THEN MAYBE NOT HAVE CONCESSIONS WAS THE OTHER IDEA.

AND THAT WAS JUST THE CONCEPT.

THAT HELP A LITTLE BIT.

YES IT DID, THANK YOU. THIS IS KATE MEAD, I DON'T GET IT ALL THAT WAY.

TRAVIS RIDDELL IS SUGGESTING THAT PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND NOT VENTURE OUT VERY MUCH AT ALL. WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT, OH, YEAH, YOU CAN VENTURE OUT TO GO TO A SPORTS ACTIVITY. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS REALLY STRETCHING THINGS IN A LOT OF WAYS TO HAVE SOME OF THESE SPORTS ACTIVITIES WITH THE LEVEL OF COVID THAT WE PRETTY MUCH HAD STEADILY SINCE [INAUDIBLE]. WE'VE HAD SOME REDUCTIONS.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD INCREASES PLACES.

WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT THE HIGHEST THAT TETON COUNTY HAS.

I THINK WE ARE THE HIGHEST TODAY.

AND FOR THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND QUITE FRANKLY, PARENTS NOT BEING WILLING TO SACRIFICE GOING TO A GAME IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC GOOD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND POTENTIALLY SPREAD COVID, YOU KNOW, A MASS AND

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THAT WAS MY EXAMPLE.

I WAS ON A CHAIRLIFT NOT SITTING NEXT TO A WOMAN, AND WE ALL HAD MASKS ON, BUT WE WERE STILL ASKED TO GO INTO QUARANTINE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT JUST TAKES A FEW PEOPLE THERE OF THE FORTY EIGHT AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER SPREADING EVENT.

I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS BOARD AGAIN AND AGAIN PUSHES BACK ON PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS.

MR. CHAIRMAN. TRUSTEE SCARLETT, BEFORE YOU GO REAL QUICK, WAS THERE ANYONE WHO HASN'T GONE THERE FIRST TIME THAT WISH TO SPEAK TRUSTEE ZUNG, TRUSTEE BRUMSTED? YEAH, MR. GINGERY. GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I'LL SPEAK UP.

I FEEL LIKE I FEEL SIMILAR TO TRUSTEE CARLIN AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE DECIDING, THE WAY I READ THE ORDER IS THAT HE'S RECOMMENDING THAT GATHERING'S, WHICH INCLUDES A SPORTING EVENT BE LIMITED TO HOUSEHOLD GROUPS.

SO I THINK I KIND OF AGREE WITH KEITH, THAT IT'S SIMILAR TO GOING TO A RESTAURANT WHERE HOUSEHOLD GROUPS NEED TO STAY CONFINED TO THEIR OWN SPACE AND NOT TO SECOND GUESS THE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE GOING TO RESTAURANTS MORE RISKY IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN GOING TO A SPORTING EVENT WHERE WE HAVE MAYBE 48 PEOPLE.

TWENTY FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS IN A SPACE THAT CAN HOLD FOUR HUNDRED, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY COULD THEY COULD SOCIALLY DISTANCE QUITE WELL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE EVEN WITH OUR CURRENT CAPS ON ON PEOPLE THAT I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE NOT SPREADING OUT AND NOT WEARING MASKS AT OUR EVENTS? I MEAN, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, THEN I THINK CALLING ON VOLUNTEERS, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS MASKS AND EVERYONE SEPARATED. I WOULD AGREE WITH LIMITING CONCESSIONS OR NOT NOT HAVING ANY CONCESSIONS.

I THINK THE OTHER IDEA WOULD BE TO JUST ALLOW SENIORS TO HAVE SPECTATORS THERE.

BUT I THINK THAT STARTS TO GET TRICKY.

YOU SAY, OK, WE ALLOW SENIORS AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN ALREADY HAVE HOTEL RESERVATIONS. SHOULD WE ALLOW THEM? I THINK THAT GETS COMPLICATED.

SO. I THINK THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW.

TRUSTEE BRUMSTED. NOT WELL, I GUESS I'M STILL AS WITH SEVERAL OTHER BOARD MEMBERS, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE WORDING OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE A HARD TIME HAVING BEEN DOWNTOWN AND GONE TO PICK UP FOOD FROM RESTAURANTS, BUT NOT HAVING EATEN IN A RESTAURANT IN A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, I SEE A LOT PEOPLE A LOT CLOSER TOGETHER IN RESTAURANTS THAN I WOULD KNOWING THE THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM PRETTY WELL HOW FAR YOU'D BE ABLE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE PEOPLE IN THAT IN THAT SPACE. SO I GUESS IT REALLY KIND OF COMES DOWN TO THAT IDEA OF IS THE YOU KNOW, IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO JUST STAY OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WORK TO JUST STAY IN YOUR HOUSE, OR IS IT TO JUST LIMIT WHEN YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT THAT YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT ONLY WITH YOUR YOU KNOW, YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP. WERE YOU ASKING THAT AS A QUESTION.

NO, I JUST. WELL, I'M JUST PONDERING THAT FROM THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DISCUSSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND I GUESS I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE ORDER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME UNLESS IT'S IN MY EMAILS.

AND I HAVEN'T I'M NOT LOOKING AT THOSE AT THE MOMENT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PONDERING.

YOU KNOW, AS OTHERS HAVE, THAT IT'S IT'S REALLY KIND OF CRITICAL IN THAT IDEA IS THIS, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU STAY IN YOUR YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP AS YOU GO PLACES OR ARE WE NOT, YOU KNOW, IS HIS RECOMMENDATION NOT TO GO PLACES?

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AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THAT.

I'LL JUST I'LL JUST TELL YOU, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT I MAY BE WRONG.

MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WHEN YOU WENT OUT THAT YOU WOULD STAY IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD GROUP.

BUT HE WAS NOT SAYING YOU NEED TO STAY IN YOUR HOUSE.

OK, SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S HAD THEIR FIRST TIME AND I KNOW TRUSTEE SCARLETT WAS WANTING TO SPEAK AGAIN.

TRUSTEE SCARLETT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT SURE WOULD BE NICE THAT IF JODIE POND OR DR.

RIDDELL COULD FIND THE TIME TO ATTEND THIS CONVERSATION SO THEY COULD ANSWER THE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT HERE TONIGHT.

[INAUDIBLE] ANYONE ELSE FOR THEIR SECOND TIME? MR. CHAIR. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT I AGREE THAT I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT ADDING THIS SO LAST MINUTE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

I MEAN, I JUST WE ALL JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THIS AFTERNOON.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS ORDER JUST WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY AND IT'S COVID.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE TO ROLL WITH IT SOMETIMES.

ANYONE ELSE FOR THEIR SECOND. OK, ALL ANYONE ELSE FOR THIRD, FOURTH TIME.

AND IF THERE IS NONE, IF SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT, PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IN THIS SITUATION IS TO MAKE THE MOTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT FOR IT.

BUT THAT WAY, THEN EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON WHAT A YES MEANS AND WHAT TO NO MEANS.

SO IF SOMEBODY. SO EVEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE NO, IF SOMEONE COULD MAKE THE MOTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND INSTEAD OF THROUGH FEBRUARY 2ND, MAYBE THROUGH JANUARY 27TH OR ANOTHER DATE CORRESPONDING TO WHAT SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN WAS TELLING US.

IS THERE ANY WISHES TO MAKE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR, CAN I GOT TOTALLY ROGUE ON MY MOTION.

OK, SURE.

I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ALLOW PARTICIPATION SPECTATOR, LIMIT SPECTATOR PARTICIPATION TO TWO INDIVIDUALS OR TWO FAMILY MEMBERS PER STUDENT.

REQUIRING MASKS AT ALL TIMES, NO CONCESSIONS AND STAY IN THE FAMILY GROUP.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

[INAUDIBLE]. I'M TALKING AND I'M MUTED.

THAT WAS TWO PEOPLE, EACH STUDENT GETS IN REQUIRING MASS AT ALL TIMES AND STAY IN YOUR FAMILY GROUP.

DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONCESSION STAND? I SAID NO CONCESSIONS.

AND IT WOULD BE TWO FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TWO PEOPLE.

OK, ANDREA DID YOU GET THAT WRITTEN DOWN? ALL RIGHT, THERE WAS A SECOND TO IT FROM TRUSTEE SCARLETT.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THAT MOTION? DID EVERYONE HEAR IT AND UNDERSTAND.

MR. CHAIR.

TRUSTEE MEAD. SO THE MOTION IS THROUGH, I BELIEVE, JANUARY 27TH.

YOU KNOW THAT PUTS ARE THEIR SPORTS ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THAT DATE AND THE NEXT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN? TRUSTEE MEAD CHAIR GINGERY, IN REVIEWING VERY QUICKLY.

WE DO HAVE EVENTS AND WE HAVE GAMES ON FEBRUARY FIVE AND FEBRUARY SIX.

HOME GAMES ON FEBRUARY FIVE AND FEBRUARY SIX, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE WRESTLING MATCHES, TONIGHT WAS THE LAST HOME WRESTLING MATCH.

SO THIS ONLY PERTAINS TO BASKETBALL.

MR. CHAIR, MRS. TESKE, WOULD YOU AGREE TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO EXTEND YOUR MOTION THROUGH FEBRUARY SEVEN? SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN.

OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IS THE 10TH.

WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY THE 10TH KATE.

OK.

WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IT TO THE 10TH? YES. I WOULD SECOND THAT.

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ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AND ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY, NO.

NO. IT SOUNDED LIKE TWO NO'S TRUSTEE MEAD AND TRUSTEE SCARLETT.

AND ALL THE REST WERE AYES.

OK, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR OTHER ITEM HERE AND THIS IS.

COULD WE JUST HAVE A TWO MINUTE BREAK? OH, SURE CAN.

WE'VE BEEN HERE TWO HOURS, JUST TWO MINUTES.

ALRIGHT TWO MINUTE BREAK.

SO WE'RE ALL BACK NOW, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING.

SOUNDS LIKE TWO, TWO RESIDENCIES AT SCHWABACHER MEADOWS.

AND JUST TO GIVE A QUICK EXPLANATION, THERE ARE TWO EMPLOYEES THAT ARE LEAVING. AND SO TO TWO DIFFERENT [INAUDIBLE], ONE NOT UNTIL LIKE JUNE.

AND ONE MORE QUICKLY.

THE DECISION BEFORE THE BOARD AND IT'S JUST IN THE AGREEMENT IS WHETHER OR NOT THE BOARD WISHES TO PURCHASE ONE OR BOTH AVAILABLE UNITS AS DISTRICT PROPERTY AND THEN THEY WOULD BECOME RENTALS TO EMPLOYEES.

THE PURCHASE PRICE IS FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY TWO DOLLARS FOR A RESIDENCE. SO YOU HAVE A FEW OPTIONS.

A, YOU COULD BUY ONE, BUY BOTH, AND THEN WE [INAUDIBLE] TO PEOPLE OR THE BOARD COULD WAIVE THIS AND OFFER IT TO EMPLOYEES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE NOT ANY BUYERS, THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN AND SEE IF WE WANT TO BUY THEM.

AND THEN THE OTHER OPTION IS YOU COULD WAIVE THE OPTION TO BUY OFFER IT TO EMPLOYEES AND THEN IF THERE'S NO TAKERS AND THEN WE DECIDE WE DON'T WANT TO BUY IT, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE HOUSING TRUST THEN SELLS TO THE NEXT PERSON ON THEIR LIST.

AND WE DON'T WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION OR HOW IT ALL WORKS.

THAT'S ALL HANDLED BY THE HOUSING TRUST.

BUT I THINK IF YOU DID IF WE DID WAIVE OUR OPTION TO BUY, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST OUT THERE, BUT FROM OUR EMPLOYEES TO ACTUALLY PURCHASE.

SO I THINK THERE'S HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THERE BE AT LEAST TWO QUALIFIED BUYERS.

AND THE ONLY REASON, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WAS PUT IN THERE WAS IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY POTENTIALLY FOR THE DISTRICT TO BUY A UNIT IF WE WERE TRYING TO RECRUIT, I DON'T KNOW, A NEW PRINCIPAL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT THAT WAS AN ENTICEMENT.

THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO TODAY IT'S JUST IT JUST WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO EXERCISE OUR OPTION OR NOT.

AND AND THAT'S THE THE THE DECISION BEFORE IS BASED ON THIS AGREEMENT.

AND THE HOUSING TRUST CALLED I GUESS THEY CALLED SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN YESTERDAY TO LET HER KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY THE [INAUDIBLE].

SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN. DID YOU WANT TO.

I THINK I COVERED IT ALL, BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO IT.

CHAIR GINGERY, YOU HAVE DONE MY JOB, SO THANK YOU.

I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT GILLIAN, I KEEP DOING THAT, SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN TO ON THIS ISSUE AS TO IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.

MR. CHAIR.

TRUSTEE MEAD.

JANINE YOU CAN GO AHEAD, BUT PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ONE OF THE PROVISOS OF HAVING A UNIT IS THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALSO, IF YOU RETIRE, YOU HAVE TO SELL YOUR PROPERTY.

NOW, IF IT GOES TO THE HOUSING TRUST, THAT WILL TAKE IT POTENTIALLY OUT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO IN MY OPINION, WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE OUR OR MAINTAIN THESE UNITS AS SCHOOL DISTRICT UNITS RATHER THAN HAVE IT GO TO THE HOUSING TRUST AND THEN GO TO WHOEVER ON THEIR LIST THEY WANT TO PUT IN THERE, NOT NECESSARILY TEACHER.

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AND JANINE CAN PROBABLY ADD EVEN MORE TO THAT.

TRUSTEE TESKE. THANK YOU KATE. YOU'RE RIGHT ON WITH WHERE I WAS GOING IS I WOULD HATE TO LOSE THESE UNITS TO OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, I THINK THAT FORTY FIVE DAYS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN HINDSIGHT WE SHOULD HAVE MADE AT 60, I DON'T KNOW. BUT HINDSIGHT IS GONE.

I THINK THAT THE BEST OPTION FOR US AS A BOARD WOULD BE TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PURCHASE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND SEE WHERE WE GO AND IF INDEED AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS WE HAVE NO TAKERS, THAT I WOULD BY ALL MEANS SUGGEST WE FIND SOME WAY TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM BECAUSE I WOULD NOT WANT THEM TO GO TO JUST ANYBODY.

WE WORKED TOO HARD FOR THIS PROCESS TO HAPPEN, FINDING CREATIVE FINANCING, I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF CHANGES WE HAD TO MAKE TO THAT DEED.

IT WAS JUST CRAZY.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP THEM.

AND I THINK THE MOTION AS IT'S WORDED IS I MOVE TO APPROVE WAIVING THE FIRST RIGHT OF PURCHASE UNTIL AFTER EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO THE HOUSING TRUST TO PURCHASE A SCHWABACHE MEADOWS RESIDENT.

HOW I'M READING THAT IS IMPLYING THAT IF IF NOBODY ELSE APPLIES, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO US TO BUY IT.

SO GOING WITH WHAT TRUSTEE MEAD AND TRUSTEE TESKE WERE SAYING WE WOULD NEVER ALLOW THIS TO JUST GO OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT.

DOES THAT MOTION SEEM TO FIT WITH WHAT TRUSTEE MEAD AND TRUSTEE TESKE, WHAT YOU WERE GETTING AT. ABSOLUTELY KEEP IT IN THE SCHOOL FAMILY.

YES, MR. CHAIR. YES [INAUDIBLE].

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? QUICK, QUICK QUESTION.

GO AHEAD.

ABOUT TIMING.

WE WILL HAVE TO CALL EITHER A SPECIAL MEETING IN 45 DAYS OR WILL WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION AT OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING IN 30? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT AND THEN IF NO EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE OR THEY DON'T QUALIFY OR THEY OR THEY DON'T APPLY, THEN WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.

MY UNDERSTANDING THIS GOT PUT IN THERE PRIOR TO THE PRIOR TO THE EMPLOYEES JUST SO WE HAD THE FIRST OPTION.

WE ALWAYS GET THE OPTION AFTER THE EMPLOYEES, IF NONE OF THEM DO IT.

SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO RUSH.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET NOTIFIED, HEY NO EMPLOYEES PUT IN FOR THIS, THEN WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO BUY IT BEFORE THE [INAUDIBLE].

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO HURRY OR ANYTHING.

THAT SQUARES WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE HOUSING TRUST, WHAT THEY INDICATED IS WE WOULD SEND OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HOUSING TRUST APPLICATION AND THE INVITATION TO APPLY WITH ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT THE HOMES, THE COST, THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS FEES, ET CETERA, CLOSING COSTS, ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE WOULD SEND THAT OUT ON BEHALF OF THE HOUSING TRUST.

EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO APPLY FOR THAT.

IF THERE ARE NO QUALIFIED BUYERS, THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD HAVE A FORTY FIVE DAY RIGHT OF FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL TO DECIDE IF THE BOARD WANTED TO PURCHASE THE UNITS THAT WERE NOT ALREADY PURCHASED.

AND THEN IF THE BOARD SAYS, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, THEN IT DOES REVERT TO THE HOUSING TRUST LIST OUTSIDE OF THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.

SO ACTUALLY REVERSING IT BY GIVING THE EMPLOYEES THE RIGHT FIRST AND THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THE OPTION, IT ACTUALLY EXTENDS THE TIME WINDOW FOR THE BOARD.

SO IT ACTUALLY GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PONDER IT SHOULD THERE NOT BE ANY INTEREST AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES? MR. CHAIR.. I THINK THE WINDOW MAY BE MUCH LONGER THAN WHAT GILLIAN HAS IMPLIED, BECAUSE WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FIRST THERE NEEDS TO BE INTEREST, THEN THERE NEEDS TO BE.

I MEAN, THE PROCESS REALLY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A QUALIFIED BUYER.

SO WITHIN THAT WINDOW, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 30 DAYS TO APPLY.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO APPLY FOR A MORTGAGE AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

[02:05:03]

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR CHAIR? GO AHEAD.

I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, I MEAN, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT.

IT SAYS THE CLOSING WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR BY APRIL TWENTY SEVENTH.

AND THAT'S IF WE EXERCISED OUR FIRST RIGHT NOW OUR FIRST RIGHT OF REFUSAL.

I WILL JUST POINT OUT AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE COME UP LATER IN DISCUSSION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I TOTALLY AGREE, WE SHOULD KEEP IT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT EITHER BUY IT OR ALLOW SOMEBODY ELSE ELSE TO BUY IT.

IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUGHT IT.

I THINK WE WOULD I ASSUME WE WOULD RENT IT OUT.

AND THAT WOULD BE TO HELP ATTRACT NEW TEACHERS IF WE ALLOW A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE TO BUY IT, THAT'S KIND OF HELPING TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT RESIDENCY FOR EXISTING EMPLOYEES.

AND SO I THINK I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF PROMOTING THAT SINCE THEY'RE CURRENTLY OWNED BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

EXCELLENT. OK, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, PUSH ON THE BUTTON THAT LOOKS LIKE A HAND AND ANDREA WILL LOOK UP AND DOWN THE LIST TO SEE IF YOUR HAND IS RAISED. ANYBODY'S HAND RAISED ANDREA? I'M NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS POINT.

I'LL CHECK WITH CHRISTINE.

SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO SEE THE ONES YOU SEE.

THERE ARE NO OTHER PEOPLE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND DID SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? AND IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME SHEET I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.

IT'S I MOVE TO APPROVE, WAIVE THE FIRST RIGHT OF PURCHASE UNTIL AFTER EMPLOYEES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO THE HOUSING TRUST TO PURCHASE SCHWABACHER MEADOWS RESIDENCE.

DOES SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MR. CHAIR. CAN I MAKE A QUICK AMENDMENT? SURE. JUST TO ADD THE WORD TCSD NUMBER ONE EMPLOYEES.

INSTEAD OF JUST AFTER EMPLOYEES.

OK, SURE THERE IS THERE IS THE MOTION MAKER AND THE SECOND FINE WITH THAT. YES.

YES. OF COURSE.

OK. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, THEN WE PUT IN TCSD BEFORE THE EMPLOYEES. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, PLEASE SAY NO.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT ONE PASSES.

THAT TAKES US NOW TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT THERE ARE SEVEN ITEMS. NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF STAFF CONSIDERATIONS.

NUMBER TWO, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 9TH.

NUMBER THREE, APPROVAL OF THE MANDATE OF THE JANUARY 6TH GOVERNANCE MEETING.

NUMBER 4 THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT OUR NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING. NUMBER FIVE, APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER 22ND CHECK REGISTER.

NUMBER SIX, APPROVAL OF THE DECORIA AND COMPANY PC PURCHASE ORDER.

THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AUDIT.

AND NUMBER SEVEN, APPROVAL OF THE JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST LEASE WRITER FOR A SCWABACHER MEADOWS PROPERTY, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE JUST VOTED ON.

[F. Consent Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY BOARD MEMBERS THAT WISH TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, IS THERE SOMEONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEMS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF SEVEN ITEMS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED PLEASE SAY NO.

ALL RIGHT, OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS DONE.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT ON ANY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT YOU CAN HAVE FOR US.

AGAIN, LOOK FOR THE SYMBOL THAT LOOKS LIKE A HAND AND HIT THAT AND ANDREA WILL LOOK FOR YOU AND WE WILL GRANT YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH US.

I AM NOT SEEING ANY AT THIS TIME.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL PLANT COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE A FEW LETTERS. AND PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON SO THERE'S THAT.

[G. Communication]

[02:10:01]

GO AHEAD. SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CELEBRATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOARD MEETING, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CELEBRATE THE PHILANTHROPY OF [INAUDIBLE] THE GENEROSITY OF ITS BILL SCARLETT FOR PROVIDING FUNDS TO THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IT'S ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE GIFT.

AND, BILL, YOU ARE AWESOME TO KEEP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN MIND.

I THINK WE OWE YOU SO MUCH GRATITUDE.

AND I LIKE TO START A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BILL . [APPLAUSE] I DO HAVE TO SAY, I RECEIVED A NOTE SHORTLY BEFORE CHRISTMAS FROM FOSTER.

AND FOSTER, APPARENTLY HIS HEALTH IS NOT GREAT.

BUT HE SENT A LETTER OUT.

I WILL GIVE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO WHICHEVER CHARITY YOU CHOOSE.

AND JEN SPARKS, WHO IS A PARENT, ALSO RECEIVED THAT LETTER.

AND I WAS SO WARMED TO SEE THAT SHE ALSO JOINED ME IN DONATING FOSTER'S GIFT TO THE FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.

FOSTER IS A CHARACTER AND SOMETIMES VERY HARD TO AGREE WITH, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, THIS HEART IS ONE OF THE LARGEST, KINDEST, MOST KIND HEARTS I'VE EVER MET, AND HE'S NOT AFRAID TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS. AND FOR HIM TO DO THIS AT THE END OF SUCH A TURBULENT YEAR AS 2020 WAS REALLY AMAZING.

SO, FOSTER AND [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. AND THERE IS A NICE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT HIS GIVING, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD? WE HAVE TWO EXTRA ITEMS TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ITEM WE TALKED ABOUT THESE IN GOVERNANCE A LITTLE BIT, AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN NUMBER FOUR TO YOU A LITTLE BIT.

WE WANTED TO SORT OF DISCUSS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING AND TOPICS AND SORT OF GROUPED INTO A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND WHAT I MAY END UP DOING IS MAYBE SENDING OUT A SURVEY MONKEY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO SORT OF GET WHAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.

SO ONE TOPIC IS, ARE THERE ANY AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU THINK YOU THINK SHOULD BE ON THE AGENDA? AND LET US KNOW THAT.

ARE THERE TOPICS FOR WORKSHOPS THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE SCHEDULING? AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS JUST SCHEDULING.

WE SORT OF DID A LOT THIS MONTH WITH THE LISTENING TOURS.

THERE HAD BEEN A CONCEPT OF MAYBE HAVING A LISTENING TOUR IN EARLY FEBRUARY FOR OUR STAFF. IT STARTED OFF JUST BEING ONE NIGHT AND IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE TEACHERS.

AND THAT SORT OF EXPANDED INTO, WELL, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND SO THEN IT GREW INTO MULTIPLE NIGHTS AND IT'S SORT OF ASKING A LOT OF ALL OF YOU.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO OR IF WE SHOULD SCHEDULE THAT LATER INTO THE YEAR AND THEN JUST SORT OF OPEN IT UP IF THERE ARE TOPICS THAT SOME OF YOU WERE WANTING ON WORKSHOPS AND AGENDA ITEMS. SO AND I WAS SORT OF GOING TO LEAVE THIS ON HERE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS SO THAT AT THE END OF EVERY MEETING, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT JUST POPS INTO YOUR HEAD, THAT YOU'RE LIKE, GOSH, I HOPE THAT THE NEXT MEETING WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS, WE WOULD HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF THESE MEETINGS TO SORT OF TOSS THAT OUT THERE.

AND THEN THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CAN SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHEN THE GOOD, GOOD PLACE TO STICK THAT IN. SO WITH THAT LONG EXPLANATION, I'LL OPEN IT UP.

DID ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THOSE CONCEPTS I JUST DISCUSSED? MR. CHAIR, I HAD REALLY HOPED THAT WE HAVE SUCCESS 22 GOALS.

2022 IS SNEAKING UP ON US.

AND I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP ON WHERE WE ARE MEETING THOSE GOALS OF SUCCESS 22.

I KNOW WE MAY HAVE BEEN DELAYED SOMEWHAT BECAUSE OF COVID AND NOT HAVING SCHOOL LAST

[02:15:01]

SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN OUR FEBRUARY WORKSHOP AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, OR WE DO NEED SOME MORE TIME AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A MARCH WORKSHOP.

JUST CURIOUS. CHAIR GINGERY, TRUSTEE MEAD, WE DID PUT TOGETHER A STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE AND REVIEW.

NORMALLY WE DO THAT IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.

SO WE HAVE DONE THAT AND I BELIEVE WE POSTED IT IN OCTOBER, ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY OUR TOTAL FOCUS HAS BEEN ON COVID SO WE CAN DUST THAT OFF AND UPDATE IT.

AND THEN WE COULD WHAT WE COULD ADD TO THAT WOULD BE OUR WINTER [INAUDIBLE] DATA.

SO AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OTHER DISTRICT ASSESSMENTS AND COMMON ASSESSMENTS THAT WE CAN USE TO DEMONSTRATE WHERE WE ARE IN PROGRESS AND HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING COMPARED TO A YEAR AGO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND JUST COMPARED TO THIS YEAR, SO WE COULD HAVE THAT READY, I WILL IF I POTENTIALLY COULD SAY YES, BUT LET'S RESERVE A DATE AND A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I CAN PULL ALL THE DATA TOGETHER AND WE CAN DO A GOOD JOB WITH PRESENTING THAT. SO FOR SURE, BY MARCH, POTENTIALLY FEBRUARY 25TH.

THANK YOU.

MR. CHAIR. YES, GO AHEAD.

WE PROBABLY NEED TO SLIDE IN SOME BUDGET WORKSHOPS ALONG THE WAY.

AND WHAT MONTH DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD PRIMARILY BE DOING THAT, WOULD THAT BE IN MARCH AFTER THE LEGISLATURE OR BEFORE? WELL, THAT WON'T BE AFTER THE LEGISLATURE, THEY'RE NOT STARTING THEIR SESSION UNTIL MARCH 1ST WITH A PROMISE OR COMMITMENT TO BE FINISHED BY APRIL [INAUDIBLE].

SO I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD DO ONE.

WHAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO MONITOR IS I THINK THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REALLY TALKED ABOUT A GOOD PROCESS, WHICH REALLY IS A BUBBLE DOWN PROCESS, WHICH PUTS THE BUILDING LEADERS IN CHARGE OF TRYING TO GENERATE THE CONVERSATION IN THEIR BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WHAT ARE THE EFFICIENCIES THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD PERHAPS HAVE ONE IN MARCH WHERE CHRISTIAN AND GILLIAN COULD REPORT OUT ON WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK OR WHAT WAS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVED BACK AS A RESULT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND STUDIES IN THEIR BUILDINGS, I DON'T KNOW, CHRISTINE AND GILLIAN HOW DO YOU FEEL? MR. CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I THINK NORMALLY IN A REGULAR YEAR WITH FOLLOWING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN THE END OF THE SESSION TO REALLY DIVE INTO THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE AND GET THAT APPROVED FIRST AND THEN HAVE THE BUDGET APPROVAL AFTER THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LARGE PART OF THE BUDGET.

THIS YEAR, DEPENDING ON THE TIMING AND DEPENDING ON WHEN WE HAVE ANSWERS, SOMETHING FOR YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT MIGHT BE TO DO A SIMULTANEOUS COMPENSATION AND BUDGET PACKAGE APPROVAL. JUST, YOU KNOW, IT IS GOING TO PUSH US.

DELAYING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEYOND APRIL 15TH IS THE DEADLINE TO NOTIFY CONTINUING CONTRACT TEACHERS.

SO IT REALLY DOES PUT US IN A JAM IF WE DON'T GET SOME OF THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THEN.

BUT I THINK THE LEGISLATURE IS AWARE OF THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE WE HAVE A PLAN OR DIRECTIVE FROM WED TO TO HANDLE SOME OF THOSE STATUTE REQUIREMENTS. BUT WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

POSSIBLY NOT DOING THE NORMAL, LIKE COMPENSATION PACKAGE WORKSHOP APPROVAL AND THEN BUDGET WORKSHOP APPROVAL AND DO IT ALL IN ONE PROCESS THIS YEAR.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

I DIDN'T HEAR YOU SAID WHAT WAS THE DATE FOR THE CONTRACTS HAVE TO BE DONE.

APRIL 15TH, WE HAVE, WE ARE STATE STATUTE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY CONTINUING TEACHERS OR CONTINUING CONTRACT TEACHERS IF THEY WILL HAVE A POSITION IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND HAVING A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ON APRIL 1ST OR APRIL 2ND DOESN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME.

WE WON'T EVEN HAVE A DRAFT FOUNDATION GUARANTEE MODEL UNTIL PROBABLY THE MIDDLE OF MAY.

[02:20:06]

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY CHALLENGING FOR US TO TO MEET THAT DEADLINE AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

OK, SO WHAT I SORT OF HEARD WAS PERHAPS FEBRUARY DO A WORKSHOP AT THE END OF FEBRUARY ON SUCCESS 22 GOALS WINTER WY-TOPP DATA AND AS TRUSTEE MEAD SAID, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH SUCCESS 22.

CORRECT. THAT IS SNEAKING UP ON US.

22 WILL BE HERE SOON.

THEN IN MARCH, PERHAPS AT THE END OF MARCH, A PRIOR TO SPRING BREAK, A BUDGET WORKSHOP WHERE WE'RE TALKING WITH THE WITH CHRISTINE AND THE PRINCIPALS AS TO WHERE WHERE THEY THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE AND THEN MAYBE SOME MORE BUDGET WORKSHOPS IN APRIL, IS THIS IS EVERYONE COMFORTABLE WITH WITH SORT OF THAT DIRECTION.

MR. CHAIR? GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS I DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM STAFF THAT'S ALREADY OVERWHELMED WITH COVID ISSUES, WITH DOING TWO MEETINGS A MONTH BY DOING A WORKSHOP AND A BOARD MEETING. AND SO I REALLY WANT TO LEAVE IT UP TO GILLION AND CHRISTINE AND STAFF TO BE ABLE TO CALL UNCLE AND SAY, HEY, WAIT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PUT THESE TOGETHER FOR YOU.

I REALLY HOPE WE CAN HAVE THAT OPEN DIALOG.

LET'S SHOOT FOR THOSE DATES.

AND THEN IF IT IS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, I THINK SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN HEARD YOU AND THAT SHE HAS PERMISSION TO SAY UNCLE AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE A WORKSHOP POTENTIALLY.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FOR EVERYONE WAS IT SORT OF GOES WITH WHAT TRUSTEE TESKE WAS JUST SAYING. WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBURDEN THE STAFF.

WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A LISTENING TOUR IN FEBRUARY.

SHOULD WE HOLD OFF ON THAT UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR OR DOES EVERYONE HAVE.

STOP THERE. WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS ON THAT CONCEPT? MR. CHAIR.

GO AHEAD. I LIKE THE LISTENING TOURS.

I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO INCLUDE TEACHERS AND STAFF ON A LISTENING SESSION.

I THINK I UNDERSTAND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED IN THE DISTRICT.

I THINK WE COULD KEEP IT KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, SIMILAR TO HOW WE DID THE PARENT LISTENING TOUR, WHERE WE'RE ASKING ABOUT GENERAL INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK ABOUT THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE OR SCHOOL AS A WHOLE AND NOT GET INTO ANY PERSONAL TYPE THINGS, OF COURSE, AND ASK THEM TO RUN THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION FOR MORE SPECIFIC THINGS.

BUT I'M KIND OF PROPONENT OF KEEPING COMMUNICATION AND KEEPING THE BOARD ACCESSIBLE AND SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS.

WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT TWO MORE WE JUST DID.

I MEAN, HOW MANY DID WE DO LIKE NINE OR SOMETHING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, SO I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING.

THAT'S MY TWO CENTS.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? CHAIR GINGERY. TRUSTEE CARLIN.

YOU KNOW, MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT WE'VE WE'VE MADE THIS OFFER AND MADE IT PUBLIC AND I WOULD HATE TO THEN NOT DO THE LISTENING SESSIONS.

I THINK THAT AS LONG AS WE'RE PRETTY SPECIFIC THAT IT IS HIGH LEVEL OR THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE OFF THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MAYBE BUILD SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE STAFF. AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ASKED OR ASK QUESTIONS, THAT KIND OF THING.

ANYONE ELSE? [INAUDIBLE] IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME CONSENSUS TO CONTINUE WITH THE LISTENING TOUR IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND WE'LL TRY TO NARROW THOSE DOWN AND I WILL HAVE A SHORT SCRIPT AT THE BEGINNING.

I WILL MAKE SURE I RUN THAT BY ALL OF YOU I'LL SEND IT OUT.

SORT OF GIVING THE GROUND RULES OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN THOSE LISTENING TOURS.

AND SO I'LL COME UP WITH A SCRIPT WITH SUPERINTENDENT CHAPMAN, AND SEND IT AROUND TO EVERYONE TO LOOK AT. AND SO.

MR. CHAIR. SURE.

[02:25:01]

SO YOU HAVE THE TEACHERS AND THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF PARTICIPATING ON A BUILDING LINE BASIS VERSUS DOING EMPLOYEE GROUPS.

WHAT IF WE HAD ONE OF THEM BE THE FACILITATOR OF THE DISCUSSION VERSUS US? I MEAN.

MR. CHAIR, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TOO.

I THINK WE COULD FACILITATE THAT OR FACILITATE THEM, FACILITATE.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER TOPICS OR AGENDA ITEMS THAT THEY THOUGHT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT OVER DON'T HAVE TO BE THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, JUST SOMETHING YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT HOPEFULLY SOMETIME IN THE NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO GET TO GO WITH THAT.

WELL, I WOULD LOVE, CHAIR GINGERY.

I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR AN AVID UPDATE ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND HOW THAT'S GOING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN EXPANDED? WELL, I MEAN, I THINK THAT DIFFERENT COMPONENTS ARE BEING, YOU KNOW, IT'S WEBBING OUT WITHIN SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK. I FEEL LIKE ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS SAID THAT THEY WERE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRENTLY.

AND SO I THINK THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S STARTED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL AND IT'S DEVELOPING. CHAIR, I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE CARLIN, I NOTICED THAT ALSO IN THE SCHOOL REPORT AND I WAS KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT IT, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

OK, WE'LL PUT THAT DOWN ON THE LIST.

ANYTHING ELSE? AND THE LAST ITEM ON THERE THAT WE ADDED WAS JUST A REVIEW OF THE MEETING AND WE'VE DONE THIS, I THINK WHEN TRUSTEE MEAD WAS CHAIR, WE DID.

AND IT'S JUST A CHANCE AT THE END OF A MEETING TO JUST SAY, HOPEFULLY YOU WORDED IT IN A POSITIVE WAY. BUT YOU CAN ALSO GIVE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, JUST WAYS IN WHICH ALL OF US AS A BOARD CAN CAN BE A BETTER BOARD AND AND THINGS THAT YOU OBSERVED DURING THE MEETING AND THINGS THAT SOMETIMES WHAT PEOPLE DO DURING THIS PERIOD IS COMPLIMENT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS TO COMMENTS THEY MADE OR THINGS THAT THEY LIKED ABOUT THE BOARD MEETING OR THINGS THAT THEY THINK WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON, ON HOW WE'RE RUNNING OUR MEETINGS.

SO DID ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THE PROCEDURAL ASPECT OF THE.

AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S FINE, IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END OF A MEETING. MR. CHAIR. DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF RUNNING THE MEETING, IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, AND MAYBE I'M DREAMING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE VERY YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE COVID THINGS TO DISCUSS.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE HAVING A LOT MORE ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE CONTROVERSIAL IN THE PAST.

SO THESE MEETINGS SEEM REALLY, REALLY NICE AND REALLY WELL, WELL DONE, CHAIR GINGERY AND I THINK EVERYBODY IT HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF WORKING TOGETHER DURING THESE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIMES.

BETTER THAN CONGRESS. AND I WOULD JUST COMMENT, I THOUGHT EVERYONE DID A GREAT JOB TONIGHT. IT'S SO TOUGH DURING OVER OVER WEBEX AND IT ALWAYS IMPRESSED THAT EVERYBODY TRYING SO HARD TO DO ASK THE CHAIR PERMISSION.

AND I'M TRYING TO FIND THE MUTE BUTTON.

AND WE'RE ALL TRYING SO HARD TO KEEP THAT FORMALITY GOING THAT WE'RE SO IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO DO WHEN WE'RE ALL IN PERSON.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS AT KEEPING SOME OF THE FORMALITY.

AND I THINK THAT LENDS TOWARD EFFICIENCY.

THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.

GO AHEAD TO PIGGY BACK OFF OF YOURS.

I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS

[02:30:08]

IT'S A LITTLE CHAOTIC AROUND MY HOUSE IN THE EVENINGS.

AND JUST TO HAVE THAT SPACE IN OTHERS, I WANT TO KNOW WE CAN CERTAINLY DISTANCE THAT WE WEAR MASKS AND AND IT GIVES US SOME SORT OF ORDER.

AND I JUST I WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT OPTION IS AVAILABLE TO US. OK. THE LAST THING ON THE AGENDA IS JUST FUTURE DATES, AND YOU CAN READ THOSE ON THE AGENDA YOURSELF AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE DO THAT.

GO AHEAD. JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER TOMORROW AT NOON, THERE IS A NEW BOARD MEMBER TRAINING AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WSBA, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS ALSO OF SETTING UP BOARD CHAIR TRAININGS.

SO I ENCOURAGE FOLKS, THEY ARE FREE TO THE DISTRICT.

SO I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT CAN TUNE IN TO DO IT.

THANK YOU. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN TO.

SURE.

[H. Advanced Planning]

IS THERE A SECOND.

SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED, NO.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANKS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.