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>> GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL
[A. Call to Order]
THIS MEETING OF THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1, BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ORDER.THE FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA, AS ALWAYS, IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THIS IS JORDAN, WILL YOU LEAD US? WE ALSO GO THROUGH OUR MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT.
BETSY, WOULD YOU MIND GOING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE FOR OUR VISION AND MISSION?
>> I'LL READ THE MISSION STATEMENT.
OUR MISSION IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS AND A CHANCE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 11TH,
[B. Approval of the Agenda]
2023 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? MAY I HAVE A MOTION?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 11TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 11TH TCSG NUMBER 1, BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING MINUTE OR REGULAR MEETING AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
>> AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. THE NEXT THING IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
[C. Superintendent's Report]
>> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR AND TRUSTEES.
THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH CELEBRATIONS AND IT'S SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT SOME OF OUR WONDERFUL ATHLETES FROM OUR FALL SPORTS.
MR. HANSEN, IF YOU WILL COME UP AND DO THE HONORS.
>> MISS. [INAUDIBLE] ASKED IF SHE COULD LEAD US.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. WHENEVER I GET OFFERED THE CHANCE TO CELEBRATE STUDENTS, I JUMPED ON IT.
SO WHEN HANSEN ASKED IF I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS WHO WERE HONORED WITH THE WHSA GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.
I WAS LIKE PLEASE, I WOULD LOVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME AMAZING ATHLETES AND STUDENTS ON THIS LIST.
SO WE HAVE FOUR STUDENTS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED BY WHSA THIS MONTH.
I THINK A FEW OF THEM ARE HERE, SO I'LL HAVE THEM STAND OUT WHEN I SHARE WHO THEY ARE.
ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, CECILY ROSS FOR TENNIS.
[APPLAUSE] DEANNA ANDERSON FOR VOLLEYBALL, [APPLAUSE] ALA MOSCOW FOR SWIMMING, AND HAYDEN CLARK FOR TENNIS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE STUDENTS BEING HERE AND THEIR PARENTS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARENTS AND ALSO TO THE STUDENTS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND REPRESENTING JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TO SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE DISTRICT LEADER'S REPORTS, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ANY.
>> MY QUESTION FOR DR. KRISTEN CAN ANSWER IT.
WHAT IS SCIENCE OF READING TRAINING SECURITY WHAT THAT WAS?
>> TRUSTEES, MR. GINGERY, SCIENCE OF READING IS A TRAINING THAT IS REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR FOUR-YEAR OF LITERACY GRANT, WE APPLIED FOR A FOUR-YEAR $900,000 SHOULD BE GRANTED, EXPIRES IN 2025.
ALL K THROUGH THREE TEACHERS AND HARRIS WHO WORK IN A GENERAL ED CLASSROOM ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND LITERACY AND THEN YOU SEE LISTED IN THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE ARE OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT BEFORE CONTRACTUAL TIME.
>> BUT MAYBE IT'S MORE QUESTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
JUST TO EDUCATE US A LITTLE BIT.
LYNN, WHEN YOU'RE A TEACHER OR STAFF AND YOU DO TRAINING,
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WHEN IS IT PART OF YOUR JOB, AND WHEN DO YOU PAY A STIPEND FOR TRAINING? WHAT'S THE CUTOFF THERE?>> TRUSTEE GINGERY, WHEN WE HAVE REQUIRED TRAININGS SUCH AS THIS, THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS THAT THEY STARTED A WEEK EARLY, SO THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN THOSE FIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS.
WE INCORPORATED IT INTO THE DAYS THAT WE WERE ALREADY PAYING.
THE PARAPROFESSIONALS AREN'T REQUIRED TO BE ON DUTY AT THAT TIME, SO THEY HAD TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY DO THAT TRAINING WHEN THEY AREN'T CONTRACTED TO DO IT.
IF WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY THAT WE CAN DO IT WITHIN THAT SCHOOL ALL DAY, THEN WE DO AND THEY'RE ALREADY BEING PAID FOR IT.
BUT IF IT'S BEYOND THE HOURS OR WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, THEY CAN ONLY DO IT AFTER SCHOOL.
SO WE PAY THEM FOR THE TIME THAT'S BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY.
>> ONE QUESTION I HAVE WITH REGARDS TO DR. CHRIS, ARE THERE ANY METRICS THAT WE CAN USE TO SEE WHETHER THIS PROGRAM IS EFFECTIVE?
>> YES, I THINK I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT DURING THE END MOMENT, BASICALLY NEED AND NOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
BUT I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE METRICS THAT WE'RE ALIGNING WITH THE STATE ARE VERY DELIBERATE IN OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, SO THINGS WILL ALIGN GOING FORWARD.
IT'S I'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK DEVELOPMENT MORE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE DISTRICT LEADER'S REPORT? THEY'RE ON NOW. JUST STAY THERE.
[LAUGHTER] NEXT, EDUCATIONAL MOMENT.
>> THIS IS JUST A FAIR WARNING.
THIS WILL BE LONGER THAN A MOMENT.
[LAUGHTER] EVEN A DR. CHRIS MOMENT.
IT'LL BE LONGER THAN THAT. [LAUGHTER]
I PROMISE EVERYONE. [LAUGHTER] TRUSTEES, THIS IS FOR ME A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION.
I LOVE THIS WORK IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY'RE GROWING AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME DATA, SOME CHARTS.
A LOT OF INFORMATION I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN POSTED IN BOARD DOCS, BUT I'M TRYING TO SUMMARIZE IT QUICKLY AS I CAN SO WE CAN GET TO SOME OF THE MORE EXAMPLES OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO CALL OUT TO YOUR ATTENTION FIRST AND IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR ANYBODY TO EXPLAIN THESE FOUR CATEGORIES UP HERE.
I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST BECAUSE AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES AND AS WE GET INTO OUR PRINCIPLES COMING UP AND SHARING WITH YOU AN AREA OF COMMITMENT, AND ALSO A STUDENT'S STORY, YOU WILL HEAR THESE WORDS COME UP A LOT.
I'M ASKING THE TRUSTEES TO, AS YOU HEAR THE PRINCIPLES STORIES, TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
SOME OF IT, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EYES OF A STUDENT.
THERE'S FOUR MAIN CATEGORIES STATE HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE FOR IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THESE FOUR CATEGORIES RUN THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE THE THREAD THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS, WITH AN ASTERISK, THE HIGH SCHOOL DOES HAVE ADDITIONAL METRICS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE FOREIGNERS, THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE ALMOST SEVEN METRICS, WHERE MOST SCHOOLS HAVE FOUR.
THESE FOUR METRICS TRY AND BALANCE THE PLAYING FIELD TO REALLY LET US UNDERSTAND HOW OUR KIDS ARE DOING.
WHEN I SAY BALANCE THE PLAYING FIELD, I MEAN IT'S A COMBINATION OF ACHIEVEMENT, INDIVIDUAL SCORES, GROWTH, AND ALSO A SUBGROUP THAT'S PULLED OUT, ALL THE OTHERS ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, THE BOTTOM.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM GROWTH FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE, GROWTH IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT HOW AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT IS DOING COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS.
SO IF YOU'RE A STRUGGLING STUDENT, IF YOU'RE A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC STUDENT, WHEREVER YOU ARE ON THE SPECTRUM OF LEARNING, THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
WHEN YOU HEAR GROWTH, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU COMPARE TO YOUR PEERS.
WHEN YOU GO DOWN THE LIST AND LOOK AT EQUITY, WE HEAR THIS WORD A LOT IN EDUCATION.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO PUT A BOX AROUND THE DEFINITION OF THIS WORD SO WE'RE CLEAR ON WHAT THE STATE, AND HOW THE STATE DEFINES EQUITY.
EQUITY FOR OUR PURPOSES TONIGHT REALLY LOOKS AT A CATEGORY OF STUDENTS AND IT'S REALLY YOUR 25% OF STUDENTS.
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WE USE THE WORD CONSOLIDATED SUBGROUP.THIS GROUP IS A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERACHIEVING.
IT'S A CONSISTENT GROUP THAT IS TRAPPED BY THE WD AND NOW OUR SCHOOLS HAVE REALLY TAKEN A SHARP LOOK AT THIS CONSOLIDATED SUBGROUP.
IT'S THE EQUITY SUBGROUP, I'M GETTING RID OF ALL OF THEM.
THE NEXT TWO ARE MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S A PERCENTAGE OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN THE EQUITY SUBGROUP, IF YOU'RE A HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENT, LOW-ACHIEVING, REGARDLESS OF YOUR PEER COMPARISON, ACHIEVING IS A TOTAL AVERAGE OF OUR STUDENTS BY SCHOOL.
THEN THE LAST OF ALL IS THE ELP.
THE ELP MEASURES VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD, IS BASICALLY OUR MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS, ELL LEARNERS, MEETING PROGRESS GROWTH ACCORDING TO ONE TEST, THE ACCESS TEST.
EVERY YEAR, THOSE PARTICULAR STUDENTS HAVE A GROWTH GOAL ACCORDING TO THE STATE.
THOSE ARE FOUR MEASURES THAT RUN THROUGH OUR SCHOOLS.
AS YOU SCROLL DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES.
WE WON'T SPENT TIME DEFINING ALL THESE TODAY, BUT I WANTED TO INCLUDE THEM FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL PERSPECTIVE.
YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS, GRADUATION, NINTH-GRADE CREDITS.
YOU'VE HEARD CONVERSATIONS ON THOSE SECONDARY GRADE RATES AND GRADUATE.
A GRADE RATE IS A METRIC VERY NEW TOO HIGH SCHOOLS, BOTH SUMMIT AND THE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT THESE DO NOT EXIST.
THE OTHER CATEGORIES OF FOUR I'VE BEEN MENTIONING TONIGHT ARE THE FOUR GRADE OF THREADS THAT GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CALL THOSE OUT.
YOU WILL HEAR COMMENTS ON GROWTH.
THERE'S A FORMULA, THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THIS GROUP OR THIS GROUP.
BUT WHAT I DO THINK THIS PARTICULAR FORMULA DOES, IF YOU GO BACK UP TO THE FIRST STAGE, IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO COMPARE KIDS, TARGET STUDENTS, LOOK AT OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND ALSO NARROW IN ON THE GROUP THAT WE KNOW TRADITIONALLY AS PART OF OUR EQUITY SUBGROUP.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR BIG CATEGORIES WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR REPORT PART.
EACH SCHOOL GETS A NICE COLORFUL REPORT CARD EVERY YEAR FROM THIS STATE AND THEY LET US KNOW WHERE WE ARE.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE.
THIS IS OUR DISTRICT'S SUMMARY.
THE SPEAK COLORS, I'M SEEING THE EYES ROLL, SO I'LL BE FAST AND QUICK.
THE COLORS ARE RELEVANT TO PUT ON HERE.
TRY WITH IF SUMMARIZED REALLY HEARD [INAUDIBLE] NURSING CARES.
LAST YEAR'S ENGLISH WENT TO [INAUDIBLE] GROUP.
THERE'S SOME CELEBRATIONS HERE FOR OUR DISTRICT.
OUR PRINCIPALS AND OUR STAFF ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB AND I WANT TO CALL OUT A FEW THINGS.
OVER HERE ARE THE INDICATORS SUGGEST FOR YOU.
IF YOU GO ACROSS AND LOOK AT EVERY SCHOOL, GENERALLY ONE WOULD BE NUMBER THREE OR BLUE ZONE.
BUT ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS EVEN SOME SECURITY YELLOW ZONE.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THOSE CATEGORIES SOMETIMES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE IN THAT GREEN AND BLUE DEPENDING ON YOUR POPULATION AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE HAVE SHOWN TREMENDOUS GROWTH.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR ELT ENGLISH LEARNERS BASICALLY, IF GOING FROM BLUE, YOU GO BACK UP UNDER IT GOES FROM 50-68.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST JUMPS WE HAVE ON OUR REPORT CARD.
HOWEVER, THE GROWTH STILL DOES TAKE A NEW GROWTH PERFORMANCE.
I'M ASKING THE BOARD TO REALLY THINK THROUGH THESE COLOR BOARDS AS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE AREAS OF CELEBRATION.
JES GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT HAS GAINS BETWEEN LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
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THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS GAINED IN BOTH ACHIEVEMENT AND ELP STATUS.ALTA IS EXCEEDING IN ALL CATEGORIES.
ALL THE METRICS THAT WE'RE SEEING.
ALSO MARINA, GREAT NUMBERS IN TERMS OF OUR REPORT CARDS AS WELL.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TWO SIDE-BY-SIDE, 21-22, 22-23, YOU'LL SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF THE COLOR CODES AND WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO ATTACK OR LOSING GRADES.
IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM, BUT WHAT IT DOES FOR US IS ALLOWS US TO HAVE TARGETS IN OUR SI PLANS.
THIS YEAR WHEN WE GET TO THOSE DETAILED PLANS, YOU'LL SEE THAT EVERY SCORE REPORT CARD IN THESE AREAS ARE ALIGNED TO THE SCHOOL FOCUS AREAS.
WE CAN NOT ONLY ALIGN OUR SI PLANS TO THE STATE METRICS, BUT ALSO USE THESE METRICS TO SEE IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AS OPPOSED TO SOME ARBITRARY PERCENTAGES.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE AWARE OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THIS ALIGNS.
OUR PRINCIPAL SAYS THAT OVER TWO MONTHS ON OUR SI PLANS THAT ARE LOADED FOR YOUR REVIEW FRONT OF GET REALLY CLEAR AND ALIGNED TO OUR STATE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT CARD.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A DISTRICT AND YOU'LL HEAR SOME OF THOSE STORIES.
ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THIS ONE PLUS FORMULA, BUT THE BIG FOUR IS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO REVIEW, MARINATE IN A LITTLE BIT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE ARE REALLY METRICS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND THEY'RE ALL AROUND LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT.
>> SORRY, CHRIS. WHAT IS IT THAT SCHOOLS DO TO REPORT INFORMATION THAT THEN PROVIDES THE SCORE AND THEN FOR THE OVERALL SCORE, DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT IS? IS THAT PICKING THE SUM AND AVERAGE SOMEWHERE?
>> THAT'S AS GOOD QUIZ OR TWO GREAT QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST QUESTIONS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT'S VERY STANDARDIZED TESTS BEING VERY MUCH BASED OFF ON TOP.
WE KNOW WE HAVE STRUGGLES WITH THAT IN TERMS OF BUYING THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
THAT'S WHY THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS THOSE ADDITIONAL METRICS THAT ARE MEASURED BY, ACT BEING ONE OF THEM.
IT'S WANTED TO FOCUS ON THOSE FOUR.
IN TERMS OF THESE NUMERICAL VALUES THAT I'M RECEIVING.
ONE OBVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE BECAUSE YOU SPEAK TO THIS REALLY WELL [INAUDIBLE] CIVIL NUMBER.
>> IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, YOU HAD EXCEEDING THE TARGET, SO EXCEEDING THESE THREE POINTS.
THE GREEN IS TWO POINTS AND THE ORANGE IS ONE POINT.
EACH OF THOSE ARE THEN WEIGHTED.
IN K8, THE WEIGHT IS GROWTH, WHERE 35% OF THE SCORE, SO IT'D BE 3*35%.
YOU WOULD FIND THAT AND YOU WOULD ADD THEM ALL UP.
GROWTH, EQUITY IS 25%, ACHIEVEMENT IS 35%, AND ELP IS ONLY 5% OF OUR SCORE.
WHICH IS WHY WHEN YOU SOLVE IT, NEW TERMS IN MONGER, THEY MOVED AN ENTIRE CATEGORY OFF AND STILL COULDN'T MOVE THE SCORE BECAUSE IT'S ONLY WORTH 5% WHICH IS A LITTLE UNFAIR WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND IT'S 47% OF MONGER IS EL AND THEY ONLY GET 5% OF THAT.
>> OBVIOUSLY OUR DISTRICT IS SEPARATE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS OR THE WEIGHT BROUGHT TO US AND THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
NEXT SLIDE AND WE'LL MOVE ON FROM REFERENCING.
>> I DON'T GET EQUITY AND I'VE WORKED ON IT I DON'T GET IT.
THESE ARE BASED ON TEST SCORES. RIGHT? WHERE DOES EQUITY COME INTO THIS?
EQUITY MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE PREFACED THIS MORE.
CROSS THE JORDAN IS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE REPORT CARD THAT HE REALLY ZONE IN ON AN EQUITY AUDIT? EQUITY ONLY, ANYTHING OUT OF AN ACADEMIC.
DID THEY GET FURTHER COMPENSATION POINTS THERE? THEY CAN GET THIS SUBGROUP OUT AND THEN HOW DID THEY TREAT THEM?
>> THEY TRACK THEIR YEARS OVER TIME, THAT ONE SUBGROUP, THE LOWEST 25% OF YOUR CHEESE THAT IS DIRECTLY IN SUBGROUP.
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THAT GROUP IS LOOKED AT SPECIFICALLY ONLY FOR THIS HELPFUL, ABSOLUTELY.WITHIN YOUR POD OR PSEUDOPODS.
>> BUT WHERE DOES THAT FIGURE IN THE OVERALL REPORT CARD?
>> EQUITY IS WORTH 25% OF THE SCORE AND EQUITY IS NOT BASED ON ACHIEVEMENT.
IT'S NOT SETTING EXPECTATIONS, THAT IT'S ALL BASED ON GROWTH AND THAT GROWTH IS COMPARED TO THE PEERS.
IT'S, ARE THEY GROWING AS MUCH AS THE REST OF WYOMING OR MORE THAN THE REST OF WYOMING[OVERLAPPING]
>> IT ONLY IMPACTS THE FIRST CATEGORY?
>> GROWTH AND EQUITY ARE KIND OF THE SAME THING.
GROWTH IS ALL STUDENTS AND HOW THEY ALL GREW.
THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF HOW ALL THE STUDENTS GREW IN SCHOOL.
WHILE EQUITY IS, HERE'S OUR CONSOLIDATED GROUP, THE LOWEST, 25% AND HERE'S THE REST OF STUDENTS.
THIS IS WORTH 80%, THIS IS WORTH 20% SO THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE STRUGGLING MOST THAT ARE IN THAT GROUP, THEIR GROWTH IS WHAT COUNTS TO THAT SCORE? ARE WE GROWING THE STUDENTS WHO NEED THE SUPPORT THE MOST? IS WHAT EQUITY IS NOW.
>> I GET THAT AND THAT'S A GOOD THING TO MEASURE.
BUT WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE CHART?
>> ALL OF THOSE COMBINED TO GIVE YOU YOUR OVERALL SCORE.
IN THAT EQUITY IS WORTH 25% OF THE SCORE, GROWTH IS WORTH 35% OF THE SCORE.
ACHIEVEMENT IS WORTH 35% OF THE SCORE, ANY LPS WORTH 5% SO IT'S A QUARTER OF THIS FORM.
WE HAVE THIS NUMBER HERE, THIS THREE QUARTER OF THAT COMES FROM EQUITY.
WELL, AS IN DENIGRATE, IT'S WORTH 25%.
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S A REAL IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
ONE OTHER QUESTION. TWO QUESTIONS.
WHY DID THEY NOT HAVE EQUITY LAST YEAR BUT THEY DO YEAR 2021/22? THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN EQUITY SCORE AND THIS YEAR THEY DO.
THEN THERE'S THOSE PERCENTAGES AS THAT COME FROM THE STATE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR DISTRICT CAME UP WITH THE PERCENTAGE?
>> THE SECOND QUESTION IS THE SEATS THAT'S THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THE FIRST QUESTION.
BASICALLY YOUR EQUITY GROUP, THAT SMALL GROUP IS THE LOWEST 25%, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE BELOW BASIS.
THAT MEANS IN THE YEAR BEFORE 21/22, SOMEDAY BELOW BASIC STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL OR THERE WASN'T ENOUGH BEEN WILSON FOR IT TO BE.
AND USUALLY IT NEEDS AT LEAST 10 STUDENTS TO BE IN THE CONSOLIDATED SEPARATE TO GET A SCORE FOR IT.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE 10 STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THE BELOW BASIC AND SO THEY DIDN'T GIVE US 4.
>> YOU'LL SEE THAT WITH MIRANDA AS WELL.
THE NAS THE POPULATION IS NOT THERE TO DO THE FORMULA.
>> THAT'S WHY. I'LL TURN YOU DON'T GET THOSE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THIS STATE.
DID SOMEONE EVEN MISSED TO GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE STATES RAW DATA TO MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT?
>> [LAUGHTER] WELL, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD SAY TRUSTEE MEADE IS THE REPORT CARDS HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE FOR 12 YEARS AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION IN TERMS OF REVIEWING, IS IT ACCURATE? I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY POSITION SO FAR IN THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD, THE PERSON WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THIS DATA SET IS REQUIRED TO REPORT TO US UPDATES AND HOW THEY'RE MANAGING THE DATA.
I FEEL COMPETENT WHEN I LISTEN TO THAT.
I KNOW FROM HIGH SCHOOL LOANS, WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE REPORT CARDS FOR YEARS AND IT GIVES US GOOD SOLVENT LIKE A TARGET VERSUS AN ARBITRARY. I THINK WE NEED TO.
AGAIN, AS I PREFACED, NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM, BUT I THINK WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF BACK END WORK.
I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT HIGH LEVEL TARGETS FOR US TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS.
ALL THE OTHER STUFF HAPPENS AS WELL.
I THINK WE JUST WANT TO BRING THIS TO LIGHT FOR A TARGETED CONVERSATION.
THERE IS ONE MORE PIECE OF DATA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW.
THIS HAS BEEN A REQUEST FROM THE BOARD OF A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND IT'S A TOTAL COUNT OF OUR DISTRICT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CALL OUR MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROKEN THESE DOWN AND WARNINGS FOR YOUR REVIEW.
HERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT RELATE TO THIS AS WELL AROUND OUR TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF HIGH SCHOOL ELL.
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YOU CONVERSE.THINK THAT'S BEEN A QUESTION IN THE PAST.
WELL AND THEN WE ALSO TOOK IT FURTHER IN TERMS OF OUR TEACHER NEW HOME ORAT ELL STANDARD.
BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME STAFFING CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD IN WINTER AND SPRING, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, BASED ON OUR PRIOR CONVERSATION.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR MONITOR FOR CITIZENS AND OUR NUMBER OF HITS AND RECALL POP, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES THAT I SHARED WITH THE ENGLISH LEARNER AND PERMISSIONS.
WE CAN LOOK AT IT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDED THIS DATA SET BECAUSE IT DOES IMPACT THE OVERALL SCORES THAT YOU SEE ALL THESE REPORTING.
QUESTIONS ON THE DATA? ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRANSITION TO OUR PRINCIPALS.
COMING ON UP, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH JENNA.
HERE. COME ON UP, JENNA, COME ON DOWN.
HERE NOW IS EACH PRINCIPAL WILL COME UP AND PRESENT JUST A SLICE OF THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ALSO A STUDENT THAT THEY INTERVIEWED AND DISCUSSED WITH HOW THEY REFLECT THAT COMMITMENT AND THEIR SCHOOL.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSONAL SLANT, BUT ALSO THE MORE OF AN OBJECTIVE SLANT.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING.
I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK FOR A MINUTE JUST ON OUR SCHOOL BOARDS TO SUMMARIZE IS RAISING READING PROFICIENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BY INCREASING STUDENT OWNERSHIP AND BY HAVING ALIGNED RIGOROUS INSTRUCTION AND TIER TWO INTERVENTIONS LED BY CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
REALIZE THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS UP THERE.
THIS IS MUCH MORE CONCISE THAN ALL THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S OUR GOAL, THAT'S OUR SNAPSHOT AND THEN I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO STUDENT VIEW.
I'M A FIFTH GRADER, AN ALTA ELEMENTARY.
MY FAMILY MOVED TO ALTA WHEN I WAS IN KINDERGARTEN, SO I CAN ATTEND THE ALTA SCHOOL.
MY FIRST FOUR YEARS OF SCHOOL ARE PRETTY EASY FOR ME.
MY STRUGGLES ALWAYS CAME WITH FRIENDS.
I REALLY LIKE HANGING OUT WITH THE OLDER KIDS AND NEVER REALLY FIGURED OUT THE RIGHT WAY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION.
IN FOURTH GRADE, I WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT MY FRIENDS THAN DOING WELL IN CLASS.
MANY OF THE LESSONS, AND THAT MAKES SENSE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
I ALWAYS HAD TO REDO THINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER RIGHT.
I STARTED WORKING WITH MS. ELLIE, OUR COUNSELOR AND MY CLASSROOM TEACHER, MS. ANNA.
SHE STARTED PRE-TEACHING ME AND MATH IN THE MORNING AND MY COUNSELOR AND TEACHER WORKING TOGETHER WERE VERY HELPFUL.
I'M LEARNING SKILLS ON HOW TO REGULATE MYSELF AND MY COUNSELOR IMMIGRANTS FALL.
MY TEACHER AND I HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE A CHECK-IN PRIOR TO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT TASK.
I ALSO HAVE A NEW KINDERGARTEN BUDDY AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING A MENTOR FOR HIM.
I FEEL REALLY SUPPORTED AND I'M THINKING THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE A PEACE KEEPER THIS YEAR.
I'M NERVOUS ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT I KNOW I'VE GOT SOME TOOLS AND LOTS OF SUPPORT LOOKING.
>> GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
JAMES HOWELL, PRINCIPAL JOHN COLTER ELEMENTARY.
WE HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE AT COLTER ELEMENTARY, INCLUDING AS DR. CHRIS JUST GAVE YOU AND MR. BRIAN GAVE YOU THE OVERVIEW OF THE WDE PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROLE.
COLTER IS EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS BY THAT REPORT.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CELEBRATIONS AS WE TALK ABOUT, AS THEY MENTIONED, THOSE CONSOLIDATED SOME GROUPS ARE ELL AND HISPANIC STUDENTS AT COLTER ACTUALLY HAVE A GROWTH RATE THAT IS HIGHER THAN THEIR ANGLO PEERS.
WE ATTRIBUTE A LOT OF THAT TO A LOT OF OUR EARLY INTERVENTION, AND ALSO A LOT OF THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN K12, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
COLTER ALSO PRODUCED THE OVERALL HIGHEST WY-TOPP PROFICIENCY SCORE AT 88%.
THAT WAS A BIG CELEBRATION OF OURS.
FOR EVERY SCORE OVER 80% OR HIGHER, MR. HOWELL TAKES A PIE IN THE FACE [LAUGHTER].
RE-STUDENTS, THIS YEAR, THE GOOD NEWS IS, I TOOK SIX PIES.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT DID THAT.
IN AN AREA IMPROVEMENT FOR US, ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE IS IN FOURTH GRADE ELA, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR LOWEST WY-TOPP SCORES.
THAT WEAKNESS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY IN THE DOMAIN LANGUAGE.
OUR FIFTH GRADE TEAM IS ALREADY PLANNING FOR THAT COHORT OF STUDENTS THAT IS CURRENTLY FROM FOURTH-GRADE LAST YEAR IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
THEY ARE SOME EXPERTS WITHIN THE AREAS OF
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GRAMMAR AND DICTATION AND GETTING READY TO ADDRESS THE WEAKNESSES OF THOSE STUDENTS.FROM A STUDENT LENS OR A STUDENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO FEATURE, IS VERY MUCH A STUDENT OF A TALE OF GROWTH.
THIS FIFTH GRADE STUDENT WAS BORN IN JACKSON, ATTENDED COLTER ELEMENTARY SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
MY PARENTS OWN A SMALL CLEANING BUSINESS.
MY OLDER SIBLINGS BOTH ATTEMPTED COLLEGE AND HAD SOME STRUGGLES AND DID NOT GRADUATE.
LEARNING IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE AND SUCCEED IN SECOND GRADE.
I DECIDED I WANTED TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER, I ALSO WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS IN JACKSON.
IN THIRD GRADE, I SCORED ADVANCED IN MATH AND ELA ON WY-TOPP.
FOURTH-GRADE WY-TOPP WAS HARD, BUT I TRIED MY BEST AND SCORED PROFICIENT IN ELA AND MATH.
I TAKE WY-TOPP SERIOUSLY AND OFTEN HAVE TO REREAD THE TEST SO I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEST IS ASKING SO I CAN DO MY BEST.
THE REASON I WOULD REFERENCE THE STUDENT AS A PERSON WHO IS AN EXAMPLE OF GROWTH IS THIS IS A STUDENT AT A YOUNGER AGE, K 1 AND 2, THAT WAS INVOLVED IN EARLY INTERVENTION AT COLTER AND THEN HAD A FANTASTIC RESULT AT THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FIRST? NO. I'VE BEEN ON HERE A WHILE, IT SEEMS TO ME IT WOULDN'T BE REALLY FOCUS ON AS JONATHAN RAISING READING PROFICIENCY.
AS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, SOMETIMES WE WORK SO HARD ON THE READING PROFICIENCY THAT OUR MATH SCORES SLUMP.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT BASICALLY WE'RE DOING IT ALL.
THAT WHEN WE TRY TO IMPROVE READING PROFICIENCY, WE DON'T LAG ON, SAY MATH?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, TRUSTEE NEED.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL SAY, AND I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO STEREOTYPE STUDENTS, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION, EIGHT TIMES OUT OF 10, THEY ARE ALSO IN NEED OF POSSIBLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE SERVICES AND ALSO MATH AS WELL.
I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR US AT COLTER IS REALLY THAT PRIORITIZATION OF WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION IN TIER 1, THE FIRST STEPS OF INTERVENTION AND TIER 1 INSTRUCTION, AND THEN FINALLY, REALLY HAVING THAT FINITE FOCUS ON PURE THREE STUDENTS WHO WE ARE RECOGNIZING SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND GRADE LEVEL.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM TO GRADE LOW LEVEL? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.
BUT, IT IS GOING TO BE THOSE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT WE PRIORITIZE AND I THINK OUR SCHEDULE LENDS ITSELF TO THAT, BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, CHAO?
WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONIGHT.
WE HAD A LOT OF EXCITING DATA LAST YEAR, BUT WE KNOW WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF HARD WORK AHEAD OF US FOR STUDENTS.
SO AS WE LOOKED AT OUR DATA, AND THIS WAS IN THE LAST YEAR, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS WE MADE AND COMMITTED TO WAS JUST AN OVERHAUL OF OUR MASTER SCHEDULE.
WE WOULD CALL AN EQUITY-BASED MASTER SCHEDULE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT THE CHANGES ENABLED OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME IN GRADE LEVEL CONTENT AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS AS NEEDED.
IN THE PAST, OUR SCHEDULE HAS BEEN IN SOME PARTS OF STUDENTS, THEY EITHER OR, AND WE REALLY STROVE TO MAKE IT AN AND BETWEEN THE GRADE LEVEL CONTENT, UNNECESSARY INTERVENTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS.
WE COMMIT TO PRACTICES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE FOR ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING OUR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS.
THESE INCLUDE LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS, LANGUAGE-BASED OBJECTIVES, BUILDING ACADEMIC TALK SKILLS, AND ALIGNED PRACTICES K5 WITH MATH WORD PROBLEMS. IF WE ZOOM IN ON A PARTICULAR STUDENT AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I'D LIKE TO READ TO YOU ABOUT A FIFTH GRADER.
I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT JACKSON ELEMENTARY.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM JACKSON AND HAVE ATTENDED TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
I AM LATINO AND EVEN THOUGH MY FAMILY'S HOME LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH, I WAS ELIGIBLE FOR ELL SERVICES THROUGH FOURTH GRADE.
IN FOURTH GRADE, I PERFORMED WELL ENOUGH ON THE ACCESS TEST HAS TO BE EXITED FROM THE ELL.
NOW I'M A MONITOR STUDENT AND WILL BE FOR FOUR YEARS.
BECAUSE OF THIS, MY ELL TEACHER IN MY CLASSROOM TEACHERS CHECK
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IN ON MY LEARNING PROGRESS WITHOUT ELL SERVICES.IN ELA, I SUPPORT BASIC ON WY-TOPP IN THIRD GRADE, BUT GREW 46 POINTS JUST FOR PROFICIENT IN FOURTH GRADE.
IN MATH, I SCORED BELOW BASIC ON WY-TOPP AND THIRD GRADE AND GREW 40 POINTS TO SCORE BASIC AND FORTH.
ONLY FOURTH GRADERS TAKE SCIENCE WY-TOPP, AND I WAS JUST ONE POINT AWAY FROM SCORING PROFICIENT.
OVERALL, THE FIFTH GRADE CLASS I BELONG TO GREW 22 POINTS IN MATH WY-TOPP BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH AND FIVE IN ELA.
WHEN I INTERVIEWED THE STUDENT ABOUT HER SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY AND ASKED HER WHAT, WHAT HELPS YOU BE SUCCESSFUL AT SCHOOL? SHE SAID, "I DON'T MESS AROUND IN SCHOOL AND I WORKED HARD TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE TEACHER." SHE APPRECIATED THE TEACHERS TEACH STRATEGIES AND TOOLS TO HELP HER LEARN, LIKE SONGS TO HELP HER LEARN MULTIPLICATION.
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL, I ASKED HER WHAT HELPS YOU BE SUCCESSFUL BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY? SHE SAID SHE MAKES SURE TO DO HER HOMEWORK EVERY NIGHT AND I GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
[LAUGHTER] ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT JACKSON ELEMENTARY?
>> STEVE, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME ATTEND VIRTUALLY.
I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON.
BUT AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A HOSPITAL ROOM BESIDE MY MOM, YOU PROBABLY ARE GLAD TO NOT SEE ME IN PERSON.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
I AM VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT KELLY AND MORAN SCHOOLS, TWO OF THE VERY SMALLEST SCHOOL AND AS YOU SAW FROM OUR DATA BEFORE, SO SMALL THAT WE DON'T EVEN GET A SCORE IN SOME AREAS.
BUT IT DOES NOT EXCUSE, OR GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WORRY BECAUSE WE DO, OUR STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY'RE NINE OR 90, DESERVE THE SAME AS ANY OF THE OTHER STUDENTS.
THIS YEAR BASED ON OUR DATA REVIEW AT KELLY AND MORAN SCHOOLS, ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS IS TO RAISE PROFICIENCY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE SCORING BELOW BASIC AND, OR BASIC AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BIG BECAUSE WE'RE DOING BOTH MATH AND READING ON THE WHITE TOP ASSESSMENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO US THAT OUR STUDENTS, THERE'S A TERM CALLED ASYNCHRONOUS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHERE STUDENTS CAN DEVELOP HIGHER LEVEL SKILLS IN ONE CATEGORY ACADEMIC THAN OTHER END AND WE'RE REALLY TAKING IT AS A CHALLENGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ASYNCHRONOUS GROWTH AND THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE EQUALLY STRONG IN READING AND MATH, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATURAL PROPENSITY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON PRIORITY STANDARDS, AND WHEN YOU'RE TEACHING MULTI-GRADE [NOISE].
WHAT NORMALLY IN ONE OF THE CLASSES IN TOWN WHEN THEY HAVE 90 MINUTES FOR A MATH LESSON, THAT'S FOR ONE GRADE LEVEL, WHERE TALKING 90 MINUTES FOR TWO GRADE LEVELS OF MATH.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY CENTERING OUR ENERGIES ON PRIORITY STANDARDS, AND THAT WE HAVE GOOD VERTICAL ALIGNMENT OF MATH AND READING ACROSS ALL GRADES, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE IS GOING TO BE REALLY PIVOTAL IN HELPING US TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS, SO THAT ACADEMICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO WALKING IN THE DOOR OF THE NEXT GRADE, EVEN IF IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME DOOR, THEY ARE WELL PREPARED.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO TIE OUR PRIORITY STANDARDS TO SPECIFIC LEARNING SKILLS ACROSS ALL GRADES K THROUGH FIVE, SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR DATA REVIEW AND WITH OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
I DO WANT TO MOVE ON A BIG BRAGGING POINT THAT KELLY ELEMENTARY, YOU MADE HUGE GAINS, AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THE TEACHERS DO THERE AND THE ENERGY THEY GIVE TO THE KIDS.
I INTERVIEWED A STUDENT FROM KELLY AND THIS STUDENT IS A YOUNG MAN WHO'S NOW IN FIFTH GRADE, AND HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE SAID TO ME AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT "I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT TO KELLY ELEMENTARY.
I WAS BORN IN JACKSON AND I HAVE LIVED IN KELLY MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I HAVE ALWAYS ATTENDED TO TCSD AND KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL", WHICH MEANS THAT FOR THIS STUDENT EVERY OTHER YEAR, HE'S WITH EXACTLY THE SAME COHORT OF STUDENTS AS HE WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
THERE'S NOT MUCH FRESH THAT COMES IN AND SO OFTENTIMES THEY BECOME LIKE SIBLINGS AS WELL AS CLASSMATES.
I AM INQUISITIVE, ESPECIALLY IN MATH, AND SOMETIMES BECOME IMPATIENT WITH MY PEERS WHO DO NOT PROCESS MATH AS QUICKLY AS I DO.
THIS RESULTS IN BLURTING OUT THE ANSWERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING I AM TRYING TO CONTROL.
AS I KNOW IT TAKES AWAY LEARNING FROM MY PEERS.
I SQUARED ADVANCED IN MATH AND PROFICIENT IN READING ON MY 22, 23 WIDE TUCK.
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MY MATH SCORE REPRESENTS A 14 POINT WORLD FROM LAST YEAR AND I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN KIDS WHO ARE ALREADY SCORING PROFICIENT OR ADVANCED, IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHALLENGING THEM AND THEY'RE STILL HAVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH.BOB MILLER USED TO SAY YOU DON'T LET GOOD, GET IN THE WAY OF GREAT, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE FEEL ABOUT STUDENTS WHO ARE PROFICIENT OR ADVANCED.
WE DON'T LET IT GET IN THE WAY OF GREAT.
READING SCORES REPRESENTED 12 POINT GROWTH.
OVERALL, THE FIFTH GRADE CLASS I BELONG TO GROUP 5 AND 4 TENTHS PERCENT IN READING, AND A HUGE WHOPPING 19 AND 6 TENTHS PERCENT IN MATH WHEN COMPARED TO OUR 21,22 AND 22,23 WY-TOPP DATA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT KELLY HAD SOME REALLY GREAT, GROWTH.
ONE THING IS, I WAS INTERVIEWING THIS YOUNG MAN AND HE IS ONE OF OUR PEAK STUDENTS.
I ASKED HIM WHAT ELSE HE WANTED ME TO KNOW AND HE SAID, I KNOW THAT LEARNING AND IT'S IMPORTANT SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE TO GET SMARTER.
I REALLY LOVE LEARNING AND BEING CHALLENGED IN MATH FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE AND I GET TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
WHAT I'D REALLY LOVE IS FOR WHITE TALK TO CREATE A LEVEL FIVE IN MATH.
BECAUSE I KNOW I COULD GET THERE BY PUSHING MYSELF.
IN READING. I'M OKAY WITH THREE IS I DON'T LIKE IT TOO MUCH.
[NOISE] I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIFTH GRADE WRITING TESTS, SO THIS IS A STUDENT WHO, IF WE COULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR MATH INSTEAD OF FIVE, HE WOULD WORK TO BE THE FIRST TO ATTAIN IT.
>> THANK YOU. ANITRA, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANITRA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ANITRA.
>> GOOD EVENING BOARD. LOTS OF CELEBRATED MUNGER AND SPEED AND ELEVATION.
THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN THINKING THROUGH ALL THE DATA THAT COMES FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING.
I THINK STEPHEN NEEDS QUESTION.
DO WE CHECK THE DATA? I CHECK IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
THEY HAD LOTS OF GREAT INTERESTS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING AND WD, BUT WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AND SEE MYSELF TOO.
>> YES. I THINK I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF OUR CELEBRATION AND I WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT DATA ABOUT THE STUDENT WE TALK ABOUT.
BUT TO DISTILL DOWN WHAT OUR GOAL IS FOR NEXT YEAR, I RECKON WITH OUR GUIDING COALITION OF TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MEETINGS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE TO COME UP WITH WHAT'S OUR OVERALL GOAL OR IMPROVING OUR SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT.
WE REALLY NARROWED IN ON AN AREA FOR US TO FOCUS ON THIS COMING YEAR IS GOING TO BE OUR MATH TEACHING IN THE MATH LEARNING OF OUR STUDENTS.
INCREASING OUR OVERALL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS AND ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND THEN BRINGING UP THE DISCOURSE BETWEEN STUDENTS IN BOTH THOSE LANGUAGES TO HELP IMPROVE OUR MATH ACHIEVEMENT.
[NOISE] WE WANT TO INCREASE THE RATE OF GROWTH FOR OUR STUDENTS IN MATH, AS WELL AS THE OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT SCORES IN THAT.
STUDENT I CHOSE TO HIGHLIGHT IS A FIFTH GRADER THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN GO FORWARD.
ONE, I SAT DOWN WITH HIM IN OUR CAFETERIA TO TALK ABOUT SCORES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND IT'S A FINE BALANCE.
WE TALKED WITH THE STUDENT ABOUT THIS LABEL THAT A TEST IS GOING TO PUT ON YOU, HOW THEY INTERNALIZE THAT.
BUT I WAS REALLY PLEASED THIS STUDENT ACTUALLY KNEW ALL THIS ALREADY.
WHICH MEANS IT'S TEACHERS WERE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, WHICH IS PROVIDING HIM THAT FEEDBACK ON WHAT IS GROWTH IS YEAR OVER YEAR AND A SUCCESS THEY'RE CREATING FOR THEMSELVES YEAR OVER YEAR.
"I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT MONGER MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
MY PARENTS ARE FROM MEXICO AND GUATEMALA.
I'VE ATTENDED SCHOOL DISTRICTS SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
I GREW UP SPEAKING SPANISH IN MY HOME AND I'M NOW HELPING MY PARENTS LEARN ENGLISH.
I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS, AND AT THE END OF FOURTH GRADE, I GREW SO MUCH ON THE ACCESS TEST THAT THEY EXITED ELL SERVICES AND WANTED TO TAKE THE TEST EVERY FEBRUARY.
ON WY-TOPP, I GREW 54 POINTS ON THE ELA TEST AND MOVED FROM BELOW BASIC TO BASIC.
THE SCORE REPRESENTS A 10% INCREASE FROM THIRD GRADE, AND I GREW MORE THAN 80% OF MY PEERS ACROSS THE STATE OF WYOMING.
MY OVERALL GRADE, FOURTH GRADE THAT YEAR, WAS 47% PROFICIENT IN THE ELA WY-TOPP TEST, WHICH IS ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE IN WYOMING AND WE ALL KNOW TWO LANGUAGES, THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE SHOT AT THE END FROM [LAUGHTER] THE REASON I CHOSE THIS STUDENT IS LIKE AN UNEQUIVOCAL SUCCESS FOR US.
THEY GREW AN EXTREME AMOUNT IN THEIR ELA SCORE FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
THEY MADE A YEAR'S GROWTH IN MATH.
THE EXITED ELL SERVICES AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE REPORT CARD THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR, THAT'S NOT REALLY CAPTURED THERE FOR THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT.
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THEY INTERNALIZE THEIR SUCCESS AS THE THINGS THEY CAN DO NOW THAT THEY COULDN'T DO THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND OUR TEACHERS WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS KNOW THAT, SO VERY PROUD OF HIM AND HIS TEACHERS FROM LAST YEAR IN THE FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS HE HAS THIS YEAR.ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? > ANY QUESTION BOARD? THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. HELLO, TRUSTEES.
ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS AT WILSON ELEMENTARY IS STRENGTHENING OUR SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO HELPING STUDENTS WHO ARE BELOW THE 25TH PERCENTILE IN THOSE TEST SCORES.
THANK YOU TO STEVEN AND DR. CHRIS FOR EXPLAINING ALL THAT WITH YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OUR NUMBER 1 COMMITMENT ON OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
WE'RE MEETING EXPECTATION, [INAUDIBLE] TEST SCORES.
WE WANT TO EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS.
THAT SOMETIMES IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO BECAUSE THEY NEED THE MOST SUPPORT AND ROUTING THEM TO GROW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN ONE YEAR, BUT THAT IS OUR NUMBER 1 MISSION FOR THIS YEAR IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TARGETING THE RIGHT STUDENTS, PUTTING STAFF IN THE RIGHT PLACES, SUPPORTING CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND LIKE MR. HOWELL ALLUDED TO, MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT MISSING THEIR TIER 1 INSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO RECEIVING SUPPORT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN IMPROVE IN ALL THEIR SKILLS.
I PERSONALLY REALLY LIKE THIS ASSIGNMENT, I WOULD CALL IT FROM DR. CHRIS, I WAS REFRAMING THIS FOR YOU WITH A STUDENT FROM OUR SCHOOL.
I THINK ALL OF US PROBABLY HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO THOUGHT OF RIGHT AWAY.
THE STUDENT THAT I PICKED I THINK IS A GREAT WAY TO THINK ABOUT ALL STUDENTS.
MY OWN TWO CHILDREN, ONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE AT HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE.
ONE WEAR ACADEMIA PIECES AND LEARNING TO READ WAS A PIECE OF CAKE, SOCIOEMOTIONAL IS HARD.
I HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF THAT, BUT WHERE THEY'VE GOTTEN TO IN THE PATH OVER 8-10 YEARS IS WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE REMEMBERING THAT IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT.
I'M A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT WILSON ELEMENTARY.
I WAS BORN IN JACKSON AND HAVE ATTENDED TCSD SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
MY STRENGTHS ARE IN MATH AND CREATIVITY.
I'M CURIOUS, EXCELLENT AT FINDING PATTERNS, HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR, AND ENJOY SOLVING REAL-WORLD MATH PROBLEMS. I NEED TO WORK ON BEING FOCUSED AND ORGANIZED.
THIS CAN CAUSE ME TO TAKE LONGER ON READING AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS.
TIMED TESTS AND SCREEN ASSESSMENTS DON'T ALWAYS SHOW MY TRUE POTENTIAL AS I OFTEN NEED EXTRA TIME OR GET DISTRACTED.
AS A FIRST GRADER, I PARTICIPATED IN TWO READING INTERVENTIONS.
ONE WAS READING RECOVERY, WHICH LASTED 20 WEEKS.
IN SECOND GRADE, I RECEIVED SUPPORT THROUGH GUIDED READING AND READ NATURALLY.
I MADE STEADY PROGRESS TOWARDS REACHING BENCHMARK.
AS I ENTERED THIRD GRADE, I WAS STILL NOT CONSIDERED A PROFICIENT READER.
HOWEVER, MY GROWTH CONTINUED AND I QUALIFIED FOR TCSD PEAK PROGRAM SERVICES.
AT THE END OF THIRD GRADE, I SCORED PROFICIENT IN MATH ON THE Y-TOPP, BUT SCORED BELOW BASIC IN READING ON THE Y-TOPP.
AT THE END OF FOURTH GRADE, I SCORED ADVANCED IN MATH, READING, AND SCIENCE IN THE Y-TOPP.
THE TEAMWORK BY MY TEACHERS HAS REALLY HELPED ME.
IT IS A GREAT REMINDER THAT WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT LEARNING PREFERENCES, AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS A STRAIGHT PATH TO THAT PROFICIENCY.
THAT WAS MY STUDENT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE]? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TRUSTEES, [INAUDIBLE], PRINCIPAL OF JACKSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE SEEN OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IT'S DETAIL, IT'S EXTENSIVE, IT'S PAGES.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE GRADING AND ASSESSMENT PRACTICES.
I ALSO MENTIONED THIS IN THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT THIS MONTH, WHERE WE ARE SHIFTING TO TWO GRADE THAT STUDENTS WILL GET PER CLASS, PER QUARTER.
STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE, IN ELA CLASS, FOR EXAMPLE, A MARKUP PROFICIENCY 1, 2, 3, OR 4, AND A GRADE OF A, B, C, OR D ON THEIR HABITS OF WORK AND THEIR ACADEMIC HABITS.
WHAT'S BEEN REALLY NEAT TO SEE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS SUSTAINED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GRADING PRACTICES AND ASSESSMENT THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE BECAUSE OF THIS SHIFT.
YOU SEE TEACHERS MORE THAN EVER TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ASSESSING KIDS AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR IT.
THAT'S BEEN PRETTY NEAT TO SEE.
THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT, [INAUDIBLE], I MENTIONED THAT IN THE LEADER'S REPORT, TO IMPROVE THESE PRACTICES OVER TIME, SO IT'S NOT JUST A FASHION, AND INITIATIVE.
THE STUDENT THAT I INTERVIEWED, NEAT TO HEAR PRINCIPAL DAN TALK ABOUT MONGER BECAUSE IT REMINDED ME OF WHERE THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT STUDENT IS GOING.
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THE STUDENT I INTERVIEWED WAS AN EIGHTH GRADER AND HE WENT TO MONGER, STARTED THERE IN KINDERGARTEN.STRUGGLED THROUGHOUT HIS ELEMENTARY AND SCORES AROUND BELOW BASIC.
STARTED TO PEAK AROUND PROFICIENT, EXITED THE ELL PROGRAM THROUGH ACCESS IN FIFTH GRADE.
YOU SAW ON MONITOR STATUS WITH US.
LAST YEAR, HE SCORED PROFICIENT IN MATH AND THEN ADVANCED IN ELA AND READING, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
IT WAS ALSO NEAT TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN SPORTS.
HE WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE BRONX NEXT YEAR AS A NINTH GRADER.
HE'S GOING TO GO OFF WITH THE COLTS BASKETBALL TEAM NEXT WEEK IN JANUARY.
THEN HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS TEACHERS THAT HE CONNECTS WITH WELL, AND JUST THAT AS A FREE TIME, HE JUST LIKES TO HANG OUT WITH HIS FAMILY AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. QUESTIONS?
>> MADAM CHAIR MEAD, TRUSTEES, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL'S PRIMARY COMMITMENT, I JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF ME AND MY TRANSITION, ESPECIALLY BEGINNING WITH MY STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
AT JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL, OUR PRIMARY COMMITMENT IS TO PERSONALIZE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORT THEM AS THEY DEVELOP DIVERSE POST-SECONDARY PLANS.
WHETHER OUR GRADUATES ARE PURSUING JOB TRAINING, A FULL-FLEDGED TECHNICAL OR PROFESSIONAL CAREER, TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OR FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JACKSON HOLE DESERVE OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE.
FROM THE STUDENT LENS, I'M A RECENT GRADUATE OF JACKSON HOLE HIGH SCHOOL.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN JACKSON AND ATTENDED TCSD FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 12.
I SCORED A 23 ON THE ACT, QUALIFYING ME FOR PERFORMANCE LEVEL HATHAWAY SCHOLARSHIP.
IN 10TH GRADE, I WAS ONLY PLANNING ON ATTENDING A TWO-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE LIKE CWC, BUT AFTER RECEIVING MY ACT SCORE, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, COMPLETING A WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT KMT AND RADIO STATION AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING MS. HOFFER'S SENIOR COLLEGE SEMINAR CLASS MY SENIOR YEAR, I DECIDED THAT I WAS CAPABLE OF PURSUING A CAREER IN COMMUNICATIONS.
I WAS ACCEPTED TO ENROLL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING, WHERE I AM CURRENTLY A FRESHMAN.
THAT'S THE PROFILE OF A HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATE AT JACKSON HOLE.
>> I'LL FINISH UP THIS QUICK EDUCATIONAL MOMENT.
[LAUGHTER] BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH THIS, I JUST WANT TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF THIS DISTRICT, AND SUMMIT IS ONE OF SIX OUT OF 24 ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS THAT'S EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS.
THAT IS TRULY BECAUSE THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS THINKING OF SUMMIT AND GIVING US THE RESOURCES AND THE HIGH-QUALITY STAFF THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH. THANK YOU.
JUST QUICKLY, SUMMIT INNOVATIONS IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE LEARNING COMMUNITY WHERE THEY'LL BUILD THE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO NAVIGATE THEIR FUTURE SUCCESSFULLY.
I DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THE REST OF THIS, BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE FOCUS ON TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS INDIVIDUALIZED SKILLS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED STUDENTS.
INSTEAD OF A PORTRAIT OF A STUDENT, I JUST WANTED TO READ THE STORY OF OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS I'M A STUDENT AT SUMMIT INNOVATION SCHOOL AND HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME CHALLENGES PARTICIPATING IN A TRADITIONAL LARGE SCHOOL SETTING.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS.
MY ANXIETY COMES OUT IN LARGER SOCIAL OR SCHOOL SETTINGS, I STRUGGLE WITH FOCUS OR ATTENTION, SELF-REGULATION, OR SOMETIMES MOTIVATION WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING.
I REALLY LIKE THE CLOSE STAFF CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT SUMMIT PROVIDES.
AFTER THREE YEARS AT SUMMIT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS MYSELF, FIND A SUPPORT GROUP, AND CONNECT WITH STAFF.
I HAVE A SCHOOL I LIKE GOING TO.
EACH AND EVERY STUDENT EVERY YEAR I GET TO CONGRATULATE AND YOU GUYS GET TO WATCH THEM WALK ACROSS THE STAGE, AND SO [INAUDIBLE] THE INDIVIDUALITY, SO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS UNIQUE.
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>> THAT CONCLUDES THE EDUCATIONAL [INAUDIBLE].
[LAUGHTER] THE EDUCATIONAL MOMENT IS NOT LITERAL.
THE NEXT THING ON TO OUR AGENDA ARE THE STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REPORTS.
[D. Reports and Items for Discussion]
HAVE AT IT, GUYS.WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF EACH OF US BEFORE WE TELL YOU ABOUT OUR PROJECT IDEAS.
I AM CECILY, I AM A CAPTAIN ON BOTH THE TENNIS AND LACROSSE TEAMS, AND I'M IN MODEL UN, I CO-FOUNDED SPARK MAGAZINE, WHICH I WRITE WITH ANDREW ON.
THAT'S A PICTURE OF ME CLIMBING THE GRAND ON THE SUMMER.
I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY VARSITY BASKETBALL FOR FOUR YEARS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, AND THEN PLAY FOOTBALL FOR TWO.
LUCKY BECAUSE I HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT THOSE AREAS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TRACKED THE LAST YEAR.
I INTEND TO DO THAT AGAIN WITH SPARK, ESPECIALLY IN JOINED THE BEST BUDDIES CLUB THIS YEAR, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALONG WITH MS. DC.
>> MY NAME IS GABE, THE CO-PRESIDENT OF OUR LOCAL ROBOTICS TEAM.
I AM THE TREASURER OF OUR LOCAL ROTARY [INAUDIBLE] CLUB AND I'M PART OF BASKIN CLUB OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M ALSO IN MODEL UN ASSESS WEIGHT.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE A PHOTO OF ME ON TOP OF THE GRAND. [LAUGHTER]
>> IN ASSESSING OUR PROJECT, SOMETHING THAT CAME UP WAS PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE.
WYOMING BOARD OF EDUCATION CAME OUT WITH THEIR PORTRAIT OF A GRADUATE WHICH IS OUTSIDE CURRICULUM OF WHAT GRADUATE OF HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS TO HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT THEY WANT.
SOMEONE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE AT THE END OF THE YEAR NEEDS TO HAVE IN TERMS OF SOFT SKILLS, IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL.
HOW YOU DEAL WITH ADVERSITY, HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS, HOW YOU NAVIGATE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS AND DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE WYOMING BOARD OF EDUCATION CAME OUT WITH HEIR PORTRAIT AND LOOKING AT IT, IT'S HARD TO READ AND IT'S VERY COMPLICATED AND CONVOLUTED.
REALLY, WE WANT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HANG IN A HALLWAY AT SCHOOL THAT STUDENTS CAN LOOK PAST OR WALK PAST AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, I'M HERE OR I CAN GET TO THERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
REALLY ACHIEVABLE, SIMPLE CLEAR GOALS THAT WE CAN LAY OUT.
OUR INTENTION IS TO INTERVIEW EMPLOYERS AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND GRADUATES AND ALUMNI WHO ARE AT A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE THROUGH WITH COLLEGE OR PURSUING A CAREER AND LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT THEY DEEM AS SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT'S HELPED THEM NAVIGATE LIFE PAST HIGH-SCHOOL.
LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT LEVEL? AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, AT HIGHEST LEVEL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU LEAVE THE DOORS?
>> OUR NEXT SLIDE HAS ANOTHER IDEA THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
WE ARE THINKING OF A POSSIBLE PATH WHEN YOU ENTER THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU CAN PROBABLY IN YOUR JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR, BECAUSE IN A FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS YOU'LL NEED TO GET THOSE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF MATH AND READING AND SCIENCE AND EVERYTHING.
THEN ONCE YOU'RE A JUNIOR OR SENIOR, YOU CAN LOOK AT TWO DIFFERENT PATHS.
ONE PATH WILL ALLOW YOU TO GET ALL THE CREDITS NECESSARY FOR THE HATHAWAY SCHOLARSHIPS, AND IT'S JUST THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE PREP CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THEN THE OTHER PATH WILL ALLOW YOU TO FULFILL THOSE CREDITS IN A MORE CREATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE WAY THAT MIGHT BE MORE CAREER CENTERED OR TECHNICALLY CENTERED.
I KNOW THAT I WAS AN INTERN FOR NINE MONTHS LAST YEAR AT THE JACKSON HOLE RADIO STATION.
IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY ALLOW ME TO FULFILL ANY CREDITS BESIDES JUST AN ELECTIVE.
I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF WE COULD USE THOSE CAREER LIKE WORK-BASED OPPORTUNITIES TO REPRESENT MORE THAN JUST AN ELECTIVE THAT ISN'T REALLY HELPING YOU GRADUATE NECESSARILY.
IN TALKING TO MS. YAN, MS. [INAUDIBLE] AND PRINCIPAL LIEBERMAN, WE LEARNED THAT THE WYOMING LAWS FOR GRADUATING ARE PRETTY LOOSE,
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SO THESE OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE POSSIBLE HERE.>> LAST IDEA IS TO PROMOTE STUDENT TO BOARD OF EDUCATION.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS FOR ME WAS UNTIL I WAS HURT ON THE MORNING AND ASKED THEN MY SENIOR YEAR OR MY JUNIOR YEAR THAT APPLICATIONS WERE OPEN TO BE A STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT THAT WAS A THING.
THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL ME AND MY PEERS AND EVERYONE ELSE AROUND ME WE ALL HAVE IDEAS OF HOW TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL AND HOW TO MAKE THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES THIS YEAR IS TO PROMOTE STUDENT BOARD COMMUNICATION.
STARTING WITH THE HIGH-SCHOOL, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CREATE A STUDENT'S SCHOOL BOARD EMAIL THAT ALL STUDENTS CAN EMAIL, WHETHER IT BE COMPLAINTS, COMPLIMENTS, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US SO THAT WE AS STUDENTS CAN BRING IT TO THE BOARD.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'D LIKE TO CREATE EITHER AN ASSEMBLY FORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT STUDENTS CAN SUBMIT.
WE CAN HOLD IT OPEN DISCUSSION TO JUST GET A SENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL.
DEPENDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM, WE'D LIKE TO THEN EXPAND IT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE STUDENTS HAVE GREAT IDEAS THERE AS WELL.
>> I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD ONTO GABE REALLY QUICKLY.
WE COULD ALSO DO A NEWSLETTER TO SEND OUT TO STUDENTS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH AND I'VE ONLY BEEN TO A FEW MEETINGS.
SO IT'D BE COOL TO EXTEND THAT TO THEM TOO.
>> DOING ALL THREE OR ARE YOU PICKING ONE OF THREE OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?
>> QUESTION. I THINK THIS LAST ONE WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN NO MATTER WHAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS AGREE WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THIS ONE IS PRETTY EASY TO ACHIEVE.
THEN QUITE SURE IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST TWO.
>> I'M JUST TALKING TO MY HUSBAND WHO YEARS AND YEARS AGO WENT TO SCHOOL AT [INAUDIBLE] HIGH SCHOOL.
I ASKED HIM IF THERE EVER BEEN A STUDENT NEWSPAPER THAT HE KNEW OF.
THIS IS UP HERE [INAUDIBLE] HE SAID HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A STUDENT NEWSPAPER WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING, THERE WAS RADIO STATION.
BUT WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, GABE, WAS THERE A STUDENT NEWSPAPER?
>> SO THIS NEWSLETTER THING, IT COULD REALLY MORE OFTEN INTO SOMETHING REALLY HANDY.
I KNOW CECILY THAT YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO DELVE INTO JOURNALISM AND THAT SORT OF THING BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GO UP THERE AND STICK YOUR FOOT IN THE REAL-WORLD.
THIS NEWSLETTER MAYBE A REALLY HANDY THING TO HAVE STARTING WITH AS YOU PROPOSED, AND MAY BE IT WOULD BE EXPANDED.
I WAS REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE I THOUGHT, I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL HERE, BUT I WENT TO A LITTLE DINKY HIGH SCHOOL IN VERMONT AND WE HAD NEWSPAPER.
[LAUGHTER] THERE WAS 48 KIDS IN MY GRADUATING CLASS, SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT HERE.
BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GREAT WAY TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A START. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS. FISCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.
KRISTEN, I'M WONDERING WHY YOU'RE UP THERE AND YOU'RE HERE TOO.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY.
>> KNOCKING PEOPLE OFF THAT MIKE IF I INTERRUPT YOU.
>> LIKE OH, MUTE. [LAUGHTER] AT A TIME.
>> MADAM TREASURER [LAUGHTER].
>> ACTUALLY JUST TO BE INTRODUCING PER SE [LAUGHTER] YOU DO [LAUGHTER] UPDATE AND THEN ALSO WE DISCUSS THE RESULTS OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE SURVEY THAT'S BEEN CIRCULATING WITH OUR STAFF, INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THAT.
>> THERE'S NOT MUCH TO IT, BUT I WILL EDIT IT.
I'LL START WITH BUDGET UPDATE.
I HAD A GREAT QUESTION, I WAS OUT IN THE SCHOOLS THIS WEEKEND.
WHEN DID THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS WAS TALKING ABOUT THEIR SPENDING AND SHE'S LIKE, OH, [NOISE] WE'VE BEEN SPENDING SO MUCH THIS YEAR.
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I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR BUDGET, AM WORRIED THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF MONEY, WHERE ELSE CAN I FIND MONEY? I SAID REALLY BECAUSE I JUST DID THE BUDGET UPDATE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE YOU ARE PACING AHEAD OF WHERE YOU WERE LAST YEAR, AND I DIRECTED HER TO THIS DOCUMENT AND I SAID LET'S LOOK AT WHERE YOU ARE YEAR-TO-DATE.ONE OF THE MEASURES THAT I USE ON A MONTHLY BASIS, IS TO REALLY LOOK AND SEE WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, AND WHAT IT WAS THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF CONSUMED.
IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY CLOSE, THEN I DON'T USUALLY LOOK MUCH FURTHER, BUT IF THERE'S A BIG SWING IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, THAT'S WHEN I GO IN MORE INTO DETAIL AND SHOW THROUGH THAT.
SHE WAS LIKE, OH GOSH, IT JUST FEELS LIKE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING MORE MONEY THIS YEAR THAN LAST YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ON A MONTHLY BASIS IS THOSE ANOMALIES, AND IT'S A PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE IN FINANCIAL REVIEW.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT DID LAST YEAR, DO WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IT DID LAST YEAR? THEN IF IT DOESN'T, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO CHANGE OR WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION THERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS LIKE IT'S [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT LOOKS LIKE SPENDING ALL THE MONEY [LAUGHTER]
>> THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE PIECING WHERE THEY ARE LAST YEAR.
THEN I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME PRELIMINARY UPDATES ON, WE DID SEND OUT THE FIRST ROUND OF THE FEEDBACK SURVEY.
WE HAD 62 RESPONSES FROM 54 STAFF.
THERE'S SOME STAFF THAT PUT IN MORE THAN ONE RESPONSE.
WE HAVE EIGHT RESPONSES FOR DENTAL, ACROSS THE BOARD MOST OF THE FEEDBACK FOR THAT WAS THAT THERE'S NOT VERY MANY DENTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT TAKE OUR INSURANCE.
BUT THAT WE HAVE DENTISTS THAT ARE DROPPING.
MORE DENTISTS ARE JUST NOT PARTICIPATING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICERS [INAUDIBLE] USING THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE ARE IN STAFFING.
TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THAT MEDICAL BILLING, OFTEN COSTS A LOT OF MONEY AND IT'S HARD TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT'S TRAINED APPROPRIATELY.
WHEN THE DENTIST OFFICE DROPS, IT COULD BE FOR MANY REASONS.
IT COULD BE BECAUSE THE IN-NETWORK REIMBURSEMENT RATE ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T GET TO GO TO THAT PROVIDER.
I DO FEEL LIKE BECAUSE I SAW THIS THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK IS THAT WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIND IT AND NETWORK PROVIDER.
ALL IT MEANS IS THAT YOU'RE JUST PAYING THE DIFFERENCE, AND IT IS VALUABLE TO HAVE IN-NETWORK PROVIDERS.
BUT SOMETIMES THAT DIFFERENCE IS $5, OR $10, OR $15.
I'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH AROUND THAT AND REALLY POSSIBLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE AND SAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? YOU CAN STILL USE A PROVIDER OF CHOICE, BUT THE REIMBURSEMENT RATE JUST ISN'T QUITE THERE.
>> WE JUST ACTUALLY WERE NOTIFIED AS ONE OF THE DENTISTS THAT WAS PARTICIPATING WILL NO LONGER PARTICIPATE, I THINK AS OF JANUARY 1ST, WHICH MAKES I THINK DELTA DENTAL HAS TWO IN-NETWORK DENTIST, AND NELSON HAS ONE.
WE HAD 46 RESPONSES FOR THE MEDICAL, 15 OF THOSE WERE POSITIVE, SAYING, THANK YOU, WE APPRECIATE OUR BENEFITS, EVERYTHING'S GOING GREAT, THE TRANSITION'S BEEN GREAT.
THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT SAID THAT THE COVERAGE THAT THEY'RE GETTING NOW IS BETTER THAN WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE.
THE REMAINING, 32% OF THE MEDICAL RESPONSES WERE POSITIVE.
THERE WAS A HANDFUL THAT WERE FRUSTRATED WITH THE CONVERSION, AS YOU'D EXPECT, AND THEN WE HAD EIGHT OTHER RESPONSES THAT WEREN'T SPECIFIC TO MEDICAL OR DENTAL, THREE OF THOSE WERE POSITIVE.
OVERALL, WE DID NOT HAVE AN OVERWHELMING AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SUBMIT FEEDBACK.
I THINK WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO DO ROUND ONE, AND THEN MAYBE IN TWO MONTHS, I'LL SEND IT OUT AGAIN AND SAY, NOW THAT WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MONTHS ON THE INSURANCE, WHAT DO WE THINK NOW? WHAT ARE THE NEW EXPERIENCES? THEN THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT WHEN I WAS READING THEIR FEEDBACK I FELT OH, I WANT TO REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON AND ASK A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THAT, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE.
>> RELATED TO THE MEDICAL INSURANCE, HOW IS IT WE'VE SPENT 100% ALREADY?
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT FINANCIAL RECORDS.
>> FINANCIAL INSURANCE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S MEANT FOR WHAT?
>> THAT IS LIABILITY INSURANCE.
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THE LIABILITY INSURANCE IS ONE BILL WE ENCUMBERED THAT, WHICH MEANS WE RESTRICT THOSE FUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.IT'S 100% BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS YEAR.
THAT'S OUR PREMIUM FOR THE YEAR.
>> IF ANY OF YOUR STUDENT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE BUDGET UPDATE, YOU SHOULD JUST CONTACT KRISTEN AND SHE SHOULD GET YOUR COPY OF IT.
IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE'RE EARNING, AND WHERE IT'S GOING.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS NOT A LINE ITEM DOWN ARE BENEFITS.
IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT ONE OF THE HUGE COSTS OF THIS STATE IS BENEFITS HEALTHCARE FOR THE MOST PART.
>> YOU CAN SEE AT THE TOP OF THE BUDGET UPDATE.
THE FIRST SECTION IS EXPENDITURE, SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 87% OF OUR BUDGET THAT IS SPENT ON OUR SALARIES AND BENEFITS, AND THE REMAINDER IS ON OPERATIONAL.
AND THIS IS JUST OUR GENERAL FUND.
OUR GENERAL FUND IS BUDGETED, LET ME LOOK AT MY NUMBER, 62 MILLION.
OUR OVERALL TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS 100 MILLION WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR CONSOLIDATED GRANTS.
>> KRISTEN WILL TELL YOU, BUT I'LL TELL YOU [NOISE] THAT OUR BUDGETS IN WYOMING, COME FROM PROPERTY TAX.
YOU'VE PROBABLY ALL HEARD MAYBE FROM YOUR PARENTS [LAUGHTER] THAT HOW MUCH THEIR PROPERTY TAX INCREASED.
WHAT HAPPENS IS OUR BUDGET IS 62 MILLION, ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAX THAT COMES INTO TETON COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, THEY SEND 62 MILLION TO US, AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WHICH CONSTITUTE ALL THE PROPERTY TAX FROM TETON COUNTY, AND WE SEND IT BIG CHECK TO THE STATE OF WYOMING TO FUND MANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THIS YEAR WAS 80 SOMETHING MILLION?
YOU KNOW THAT FUNDS A FEW OF THE SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINITELY, AND HELPS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT'S A CONSTANT REAL STRUGGLE FOR SCHOOLS IN THE STATE TO MAINTAIN THAT FUNDING WHEN IT'S REALLY ROUGH ON PEOPLE WHO PAY THESE PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT YOU SHOULD ASK KRISTEN, AND SEE IF YOU CAN HAVE A GREAT [INAUDIBLE].
>> WHAT IS SPRING PUPPIES, I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF YOU AT THE CONCESSION STAND THIS WEEK [LAUGHTER]
>> THANK YOU, KRISTEN, THANKS [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT SEEMS SO CLOSE, BUT YES. WE'LL SEE.
>> THE AUDIT IS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE YEAR.
>> FOR ONE BOARD MEMBER [LAUGHTER]
>> CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, WE'RE ONTO OTHER REPORTS.
SEE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE IT OVER FROM THERE.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INDULGENCE.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEE, DEANNA HARSHER.
I'LL START WITH MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT.
YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERING UP HERE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE 30% OF THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE.
WE DID RECEIVE THAT PACKAGE, BOTH THE COST ESTIMATE AND THE DRAWING PACKAGE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE IT IN TIME TO POST TO BOARD DOCS FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING, SO WE WILL BE ATTACHING THAT AT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THE GOOD NEWS WITH THIS PROJECT, IT'S MOVING ALONG NICELY AND THE BUDGET AS WELL IS MOVING ALONG NICELY.
THE COST ESTIMATE CAME IN JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE WHAT IT WAS AT THE LAST PHASE, SO WE'RE LOOKING GOOD WITH THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE CHALLENGES AROUND WORKING WITH THE TOWN, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE THOSE WORKED OUT.
THE PROJECT TEAM IS BEFORE THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY FEEDBACK.
THE NEXT STEP IS PREPARING TO START GETTING READY FOR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND SUBMIT UP OUR BUILDING PERMIT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PROJECT?
>> NO QUESTION IS OF IMPORTANCE. NO.
>> THANK YOU. THEN ON IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN FIND THE BRONC.
[OVERLAPPING] SO WITH THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, THAT PROJECT, WE STILL ARE IN THE PROGRAMMING PHASE OF THAT PROJECT.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE STARTED OUT WITH THE PROGRAM AND THEN WE SPLIT THE PROJECT SCOPE INTO TWO DISTINCT PROJECTS,
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ONE FOR THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER AND ONE FOR A RENOVATION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.WE HAD AN ON-SITE MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE DESIGN TEAM TO REVIEW THE PROGRAM AND GET SOME ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK FROM THE HIGH-SCHOOL TEAM, AND THAT WENT WELL.
AT THIS POINT, I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS WITH PROGRAM AND BUDGET, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.
ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT PROJECT?
>> DRAFT BYLAWS FOR THE TCSD NUMBER 1 RECREATION DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A DRAFT FOR THE TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS CURRENTLY THE TETON COUNTY RECREATION BOARD IS A SEPARATE BOARD THAN THIS BOARD.
THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS, TWO ARE AT-LARGE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE TRUSTEES, THREE ARE TRUSTEES FROM THIS BOARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD IS THAT BOARD MAKES A RECOMMENDATION FOR A MILL LEVY THAT THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO LEVY OR NOT.
THEN THE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD DETERMINES HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED AND SPENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD IS TO SUPPORT THE RECREATION, MAKING IT AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT THIS IS CONSIDERING IS, INSTEAD OF HAVING A SEPARATE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD THAT WOULD BECOME PART OF THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AND INSTEAD WE WOULD MOVE TO HAVE A TETON COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD THAT WORKS MUCH LIKE MANY OF OUR BOARD COMMITTEES, ALTHOUGH THIS ONE WOULD HAVE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATION.
TAKING A LOOK AT IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THIS BOARD WANTS TO DO.
IN DECEMBER, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD AND AT THAT TIME, THAT BOARD COULD CONSIDER THESE BY-LAWS TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
THEN THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD APPOINT COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THAT RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD.
>> I JUST THINK THIS IS BRILLIANT.
>> [LAUGHTER] SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO UNDER THE DEFINITIONS, IT WAS CONFUSING, AND IT SAYS RECREATION DISTRICT SHALL MEAN THE TCSD NUMBER 1 RECREATION DISTRICT, WHICH IS A BODY CORPORATE WHICH SHALL ESTABLISH A PUBLIC RECREATION SYSTEM IN TETON COUNTY, WYOMING, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE TCSD.
DOES THAT MEAN AND AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE TCSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR, [OVERLAPPING] AND AN ADVISORY.
ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE WE'RE GETTING RID OF THE DISTRICT AND JUST MAKING AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT THAT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
THIS COULD DEFINITELY USE A CLOSE REVIEW BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT SOUNDS GREAT, BRILLIANT.
>> FORM IT'S FOOD-BASED SCREEN.
[LAUGHTER] THIS WOULD DEFINITELY NEED A CLOSER LOOK.
SARAH [INAUDIBLE] NEEDS TO ALSO REVIEW IT MORE CLOSELY.
THIS IS REALLY A CONCEPT IDEA AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD IS INTERESTED AND WILL LOOK AT, WE'LL SPEND MORE TIME AND MAKE SURE IT'S AN A+ QUALITY, BRILLIANT OFFERING.
THERE'S A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE AS A RESULT.
THAT WOULD BE, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HANDBOOK WOULD NEED TO BE UPDATED.
THEN THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POLICIES THAT WE WOULD NEED
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TO UPDATE AS WELL AND THAT'S BOARD GOVERNANCE AND COMMITTEES BDC, AS WELL AS THE BDC DASH ARE THE REGULATIONS WHICH OUTLINES SOME OF THAT COMMITTEES THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO OUTLINE THAT THE RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD MAY EXIST AS WELL.SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK TO DO, BUT BEFORE WE INVESTED MORE TIME, I WANTED TO SEE IF THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD WANTS US TO GO.
THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE THAT OPERATES THAT WAY THAT I OBTAINED THEIR BYLAWS AS WELL, AND THAT WAS FROM CONVERSE COUNTY.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT I KNOW DO IT THAT WAY BUT THEY HAVEN'T SENT ME THEIR INFORMATION AS REQUESTED.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE A LONE RANGER OUT THERE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. DR. CHAPMAN, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE CHANGE? WHAT'S THE INTENT BEHIND ALL OF IT?
>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE ABRAMS. I THINK TO STREAMLINE THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT, AND THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD IS MAKING THE DECISION ON THE THE MILL LEVY THAT IS SAID AND VOTING ON THAT.
THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALSO THE ONES THAT CONSIDER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTS FOR RECREATION DISTRICT FUNDING.
THEN THERE'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT ARE GRANTED OUT THAT CURRENTLY THEIR RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD DOES SEPARATE FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THREE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ON THE BOARD.
IT WOULD STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS AND BRING IT A PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT UMBRELLA, INSTEAD OF RELYING ON A RECREATION DISTRICT BOARD WITH TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
SO IT'S A STREAMLINED PROCESS.
>> SUPERINTENDENT CHECK. DO WE HAVE FINANCIAL AND CABLE WITH NOW? ARE THEY PART OF OUR BUDGET? WILL GO RIGHT AHEAD. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] SO THE REC DISTRICT, IS CURRENTLY A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WE'RE AUDITED THAT WAY.
THERE'S VERY MANY DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT DOCUMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE REC DISTRICT AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT SEPARATE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT FOR THE REC DISTRICT, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE REPORT TO WDE, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WOULD STILL REMAIN SEPARATE AND WE WOULD KEEP THE ACCOUNTING AND THE FUND BALANCE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS SEPARATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, ANYTHING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ASKS FOR FROM THE REC DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT APPROVED HERE THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE REC DISTRICT AND HAVE THEM APPROVE IT.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY BOUNCING BACK AND FORTH.
THEN WHEN THE REC DISTRICT BOARD REQUEST THE MILL LEVY, THEY REQUEST IT IN A FORMAL MEETING AND VOTE ON IT THEN IT COMES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE REC DISTRICT BOARD IS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WITH TWO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THERE'S VERY MUCH AWARENESS NOW OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK OUR CURRENT REC DISTRICT MEMBERS DO A GOOD JOB OF COMMUNICATING TO THE FULL BOARD.
IT REALLY SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT GAINING ANYTHING BY HAVING TWO SEPARATE REPORTS.
>> BUT NOW WHEN WE USE THE REC CENTER, FOR INSTANCE, THEIR FACILITIES FOR SOME OF OUR SPORTS, DO WE PAY THEM FOR THAT?
>> WE DO. THE REC CENTER IS COUNTY OWNED AND THAT'S A COUNTY FACILITY.
THE TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT REC DISTRICT IS AN ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY.
THAT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY ALL TOGETHER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REC DISTRICT UP TO NOW IN HISTORY HAS BEEN TO GRANT OUT THE FUNDS THAT ARE LEVIED BASED ON APPLICATIONS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA AND THE DEFINITIONS OF REC DISTRICT IN THE BYLAWS.
SO OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WE'VE BEEN IN A PROCESS OF REALLY EVALUATING, DOES THIS APPLICATION FIT THE DEFINITION OF REC DISTRICT? WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE REFINED THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPLYING
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FOR FUNDS BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS.THEN WE'RE REALLY TRYING, I KNOW THIS BOARD AND THE REC DISTRICT BOARD, HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THESE FUNDS AND BETTER USE THESE FUNDS AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE SET ASIDE FOR THE BRONC ACHIEVEMENT CENTER, AS WELL AS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TURF MOST RECENTLY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] TRUSTEE NURI IS ON.
WERE YOU IN THE LEGISLATURE WHEN THE ABILITY TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FORM ERECTUS OR WAS THAT, WERE YOU THERE WHEN THAT HAPPENED? [NOISE]
>> I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY.
>> IT'S SO STRANGE STATUTE AND CIRCUMSTANCE BETTER THAN I CAN WEAR EITHER ACCOUNTING CONFORM ONE OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT COULD FORM 1.
YOU ACTUALLY CAN INTERPRET IT AS BOTH CONFORM ON THE COUNTY CONFORMER AND THEY WANT IT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN HAVE ONE.
WHAT'S REAL INTERESTING AND IT'S THERE, AND I HAD LONG TALKS ABOUT THIS IS HOW DIFFERENT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS.
IF YOU GO TO LARAMIE COUNTY, THERE'S WRECK DISTRICT PRIMARILY AS PAYING FOR THEIR PLAYGROUNDS.
OBVIOUSLY KEEP IT VERY INTERNAL TO THEIR SCHOOL.
BUT IF YOU GO OVER TO FREMONT COUNTY, THE LANDER DISTRICT REALLY HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH THE SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S A COUNTY RUN ONE, AND IT FUNDS ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL IS LIKE BASEBALL, LACROSSE, AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
IT'S JUST FASCINATING ACROSS THE STATE AND I WILL OCCUR WHEN TREATS IT DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY A GOOD BALANCE.
WE DO SCHOOL STUFF, OUTSIDE STUFF.
ONLY REASON I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA IS IT JUST GETS REALLY HOT.
OR WE'RE UP HERE DISCUSSING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR, BUT IT'S US, WE'RE APPLYING TO THE US.
DOES US REJECT US [LAUGHTER] IT GETS A LITTLE AWKWARD SOMETIMES I THINK THIS JUST MAKES MORE SENSE THAT WE'RE THE FINAL ARBITER OF WHAT THE BUDDING IS SPENT ON.
I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REALLY STRONG DEBATE ON WE USED OUR SR FUNDS FOR THE $400,000 FOR THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE PROGRAMS. I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT WHEN THE SRA RUNS OUT AT THE END OF 2024, SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD YEAR TO ME HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
>> BUT THE RIC DISTRICT GETS COUNTING MONEY TOO.
>> IT'S JUST ONE WINDMILL LETTING NICK COMES TO REGISTER, WHICH IS REALLY AWESOME.
>> IT'S REALLY JUST ATTACKS THAT COMES TO US THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE GO IN TERMS OF CREATION.
THE MAJORITY OF IT GOES TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE APPLICATION THAT THEY PRESENT EVERY SPRING, I THINK AND WE'D GO THROUGH IT AND SEE WHERE IT FINDS THE MOUNTAINEERING CLUB IN TURF, INTERPRET PLACEMENT, THAT STUFF AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF IT THAT ARE GRANTS TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> THE OTHER THING GOING FORWARD AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT US OR FINANCES.
CURRENTLY THE MODEL DOESN'T REALLY FUN ENHANCEMENTS, UTILITIES, MAJOR MAINTENANCE, AND SO AS WE GO FORWARD BUILDING THE BRONCO ACHIEVEMENTS CENTER, WHICH IS QUOTE UNQUOTE AN ENHANCEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO COVER THE OVERHEAD OF SUCH AN OPERATION.
WE GOT THAT, AND HAVING SPENT QUALITY TIME OVER THE LAST THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.
THE CHARGES OF LONDON NOW, WHICH IS THEIR MAXIMUM SCHOOL DISTRICT RECTUS OR CAN CHARGE AND THEIR COUNTY CHARGES 11 ON THE RIGHT DISTRICT.
THE FACILITIES AT 11 MILLS CAN DO ARE UNREAL [OVERLAPPING] BUT IT GETS WORSE AND RECORDING.
[LAUGHTER] GOING FORWARD IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS, AND IT DOES ALSO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE MAINTENANCE WORK PLAY FEELS, NATURAL, AND VECTOR.
THE REST OF REYNOLDS DRAW AN OFFICER, RUNS.
>> IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THEY CALL.
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>> DO WE NEED TO RECOMMEND THAT WE LOOK INTO THIS WITH MORE DETAIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> THE GREATEST MOVES FORWARD AND.
>> I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE ERECT DISTRICT FIRST, IS THAT BY UNDERSTANDING.
>> WELL, FOR THIS BOARD, I WAS THINKING THAT YOU WOULD REVIEW THE DRAFT BYLAWS AND MAKES SURE THAT IT WAS A PLUS MATERIAL AND THEN THE DISTRICT BOARD WOULD REVIEW AT THEIR DECEMBER 19 OR GETTING IT.
>> LOOKS LIKE THIS AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT.
>> BUT WHAT IT OFFICIALLY COME FROM THE REC DISTRICT BOARD SINCE IT'S A CHANGE THEIR BYLAWS AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME FROM CORRECT THOUGH, TECHNICALLY,.
>> LESSON WE DID THE CHANGE AS A RESULT, THIS BOARD BUT MADE THE CHANGES.
THAT'S WHY THEY JUST [OVERLAPPING].
>> I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH SARAH.
>> YES. WHOEVER NEEDS TO APPROVE THE CHANGE FIRST.
>> WILL BRING IT BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER FOR SURE.
>> POINTING OUT, BUT IT WOULD NEED TO CHANGE.
>>ANOTHER CMS ON THE BREAKFAST REQUIRE THREE OF US.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW ABOUT ONCE WE GET IT.
>> WILL BE READY. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES CHARLOTTE MOLES.
AT THE LAST RIC DISTRICT BOARD MEETING, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE LOOK AT DEVELOPING A LOGO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RIC DISTRICT.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REQUESTING A LOGO THAT THEY COULD USE TO INCLUDE IN ADVERTISEMENTS AND THINGS TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM.
I'VE CONNECTED WITH ONE LOCAL DESIGN FIRM.
THE BID CAME IN QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN I ANTICIPATED, AND THE TIME TO COMPLETE IT IS A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN I WOULD HAVE HOPED.
I JUST RECEIVED THIS YESTERDAY.
I'LL BE GOING BACK OUT, REACHING OUT TO A COUPLE OF OTHER FIRMS TO SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS THERE MAY BE, AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH HOPEFULLY AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE LOGO.
BUT THAT MAY BE THE GOING RATE AND IT WOULD BE A DECISION TO WHETHER OR NOT TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, BUT COULDN'T IT BE TASKED TO DO EXTERNAL CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT DISSOLVES LOGO?
>> MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES CARLIN.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH STUDENTS BEFORE.
IT SOMETIMES GETS A LITTLE TRICKY WHEN STUDENTS ARE TRYING TO COMPLETE CLASSWORK AND ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN THIS BEING EDIT ON.
WE'VE HAD SUCCESS IN THE PAST WITH THAT, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PROJECTS NOT GO QUITE SO SMOOTHLY.
I THINK, GIVEN WHERE WE ENDED UP WITH THIS NUMBER, I CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE HIGH-SCHOOL ART TEACHERS AND SEE IF THEY HAVE A STUDENT THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT COULD RESULT IN A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT.
I CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO MY LIST OF OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU.
>> ONTO ACTION ITEMS. WHAT'S WRITTEN ONE, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AT IT FOR AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF.
WE WANT TO TAKE 5 MINUTES. STRETCH YOUR LEGS.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
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>> BEFORE YOU, TRUSTEES, AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND DR. CHRIS, WE'VE DEVELOPED SCHOOL IMPLEMENTS AND THEN WE SUBMIT THEM TO THE STATE.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR WORK AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE A HIGH FUNCTIONING SCHOOL BOARD THAT FOCUSES ON ACHIEVEMENT, THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT AND WE APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL BOARD BEING SO INVOLVED IN OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND HELPING US AND BUDGETING TO REFLECT THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER
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APPROVING THE 23 24 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT THEM TO THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR. CHAIRMAN? PUBLIC COMMENT WILL OPEN.
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS? IMPROVEMENT PLANS, PLEASE COME FORWARD OR RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD.
THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.
NO, WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE BOARD.
>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PRESENTED.
>> IT WAS MOVED BY TRUSTEE [INAUDIBLE] AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PRESENTED.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD?
MATT MENTIONED THAT DURING HIS PRESENTATION THEY DIDN'T NOTICE IT IN THE DISTRICT LEADERS REPORT AS WELL.
THE WHOLE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, THESE VERY FOCUSED ON THE COST OF SCORES THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE ONLY MEASURE WAS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT'S BEING PRODUCED AND BEING CONSISTENT WITH HOMEWORK, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT STEP IN TRYING TO LIKE, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON TEST SCORES TO BE FOCUSING ON PROCESS. THOSE QUESTION.
>> [OVERLAPPING] I'M GOING TO ADD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I WAS KNOWING HOW IT'S GOING TO MISS THE PRESENTATION LIKE DR. CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] YESTERDAY.
FIRST OF ALL, EVERYBODY CONGRATULATIONS.
GREAT WORK. JACKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WAY TO GO TO CLEAR THE HURDLE AND TO MONGER MOUNTAIN.
APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH NEXT YEAR OR DISCLOSE.
IF WE CAN HAVE IT ALL CLEAR AT ALL SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.
IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ANY OF THE SCHOOLS NEED, BUT ESPECIALLY DOWN AT MONGER, PLEASE DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK.
WE WILL ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED.
IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE A DISTRICT THAT HAD NO CRITICISM COMING FROM THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE ONLY OTHER DATA POINT, IS THE NEW COMER NUMBER.
FOR ME, IT'S SHOCKING THAT NUMBER CONTINUES TO GROW AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RELY MORE AND MORE ON ARIELLE PROFESSIONALS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE RESOURCES THERE TOO.
I'M AFRAID. WE DO WHAT WE CAN BECAUSE THESE KIDS NEED AN EDUCATION.
THEY'RE LIKELY TO BE HIT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID TO GET HERE, BUT WE'VE GOT TO SUPPORT THEM EVERY WHICH WAY WE CAN, SO THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ADDING GIRLS SOFTBALL, DR. CHUCK.
>> THANK YOU. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CONSIDER ADDING GIRLS SOFTBALL AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL LEVEL AS ONE OF THE WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES AUTHORED BY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE PRESENTED AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN ACTIVITIES FOR HANSEN IS AVAILABLE TO GO THROUGH THOSE AND ANSWER ANY UPDATED QUESTIONS.
WHILE HE'S COMING TO THE PODIUM, I APPRECIATE SEEING ALL THE STUDENTS HERE AND GIRLS THAT ARE ADVOCATING FOR ADDING THIS FOOT.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT AND NOT LOOKING AT YOUR PHONES AND [LAUGHTER] IT'S LOVELY, SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> AS YOU SAW MY PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND MY STAFF REPORT, I'M NOT THERE ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS,
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PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM.>> MR. HANSEN, WHY IS IT WITH THE STATE THAT WE NEED TO VOTE NOW FOR THE VARSITY PROGRAM THAT'S BEING WRITTEN IN 2025?
>> SCHEDULING. THE SCHEDULING MEETING IS IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR.
I WILL GO THIS YEAR NOVEMBER TO SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE NEXT YEAR'S SPORTS SCHEDULES SO IF WE WERE TO ADD THIS AS A SCHEDULED MEETING, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE SCHEDULING THE VARSITY SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
>> I THINK YOU EXPLAINED IT AT THE LAST MEETING. MR. CHAIRMAN, I APOLOGIZE.
YOU EXPLAINED THAT THE REASON THEY DON'T LET YOU GO STRAIGHT TO VARSITY WAS THEY HAD EXPERIENCED WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT LET THOSE STRAIGHT DIVERSITY AND THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL BECAUSE THEY ALREADY GOT BLOWN OUT.
THEY MAKE YOU DO JV THE FIRST YEAR AND THAT'S ALL YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO WITH JV.
THIS NEXT SPRING, SPRING OF '24, WE CAN DO JV.
WE JUST CAN'T DO VARSITY AND THEN IN SPRING OF '25, WE WOULD DO FIRST.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THAT ACTUALLY MAYBE THINK OF ANOTHER QUESTION BECAUSE I THOUGHT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT WAS POSSIBLE TO NOT DO JV THIS YEAR AND GO STRAIGHT TO A VARSITY NEXT YEAR?
>> THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
>> OTHER QUESTIONS? YES CONTINUE.
>> IN LIGHT OF TRUSTEE ZONES QUESTION, IF WE WERE TO WRITE TO VARSITY NEXT YEAR, WHEN WOULD WE INCUR THE COST THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED IN YOUR REPORT?
>> THAT WOULD BE UP FOR THIS BOARD TO DECIDE WHEN WE WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THOSE PIECES IN THERE, WHETHER OR NOT WE BE INVESTING MONEY IN THE COW PASTURE FIELD TO CHANGE THAT WOULD BE DECISION FOR THE SPORT AND THE BRICK DISTRICT BOARD POTENTIALLY FOR THAT.
THE COACHING COSTS, EQUIPMENT COSTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, COULD CERTAINLY BE PUSHED TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
>> DIRECTOR EVENTS, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP A TITLE 9.
IF WE DO NOT ADD THIS WERE IN VIOLATION OF TITLE 9, CAN YOU SHARE WITH US IF THAT IS TRUE?
>> I WOULD TURN THAT OVER TO SERV AND GRANID.
I THINK MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH HER, SHE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE EITHER WAY ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I WOULD DEFER TO LEGAL COUNSEL ON THAT TOPIC.
>> THANK YOU. THE CONCLUDED THAT NOT IN VIOLATION OF TITLE 9 BY ADDING.
>> WHICH WAY ARE WE IN VIOLATION OF TITLE 9?
>> NEITHER WAY. [LAUGHTER] I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT PRIVY TO WHAT YOU'RE REFERENCING AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION.
BUT AGAIN, AS I THINK I EXPLAINED LAST MEETING, TITLE 9 DOES PROVIDE FOR EQUAL ACCESS TO MEN AND WOMEN IN SPORTING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
MANY PEOPLE FORGET SIMPLY, YOU MUST HAVE EQUAL TEAMS OF MEN AND WOMEN'S SPORTS.
BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE, IT'S EQUAL ACCESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT PROGRAMS OVERALL IN GENERAL, AND AS A GENERALIZATION THAT BOTH SEXES HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO WHATEVER ACTIVITIES THERE MAY BE, IT'S NOT ABUNDANTLY BIASED OR UNEQUAL AS FAR AS A FOOTBALL TEAM GETTING 90% OF THE FUNDS USED FOR RECREATION, OR A WOMAN SWIMMING, DIVING TEAM GETTING AN EQUAL AMOUNT.
IT'S REALLY NOT THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, IT'S JUST IF THERE'S OVERALL GENERAL EQUAL ACCESS FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE DISTRICT.
>> JUST FOLLOW UP, OUR APPLICATION THAT WE APPROVED LAST JULY SHOWS WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, 11 BOYS SPORTS AND 11 GIRLS' SPORTS SINCE WRESTLING WAS ADDED AS A FEMALE SPORT.
THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH US ADDING THIS TO TAKE IT TO 12 WOMEN'S SPORTS AND LIVING ON 11 SPORTS.
>> AGAIN, BASED ON MY RESEARCH OF TITLE 9, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE EQUAL NUMBER OF TEAMS, IT JUST AS LONG AS THERE'S EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT DISPARATE WHERE MEN HAVE MUCH MORE OPPORTUNITY VERSUS WOMEN OR MANY MORE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT ON MEN'S TEAMS THAN WOMEN'S TEAMS OR VICE VERSA.
IT'S JUST NOT A NUMBER OF TEAMS, IT'S MAKING SURE ALL HAVE ACCESS.
>> YES, SORRY. HOW IS ACCESS DEFINED? IT'S DEFINED BY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT GOES INTO IT OR SO DEFINED BY THE, SAY,
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IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ALSO ABILITY TO PLAY, AND IF THEY CAN'T GO TO THE THEMES THAT THEY WOULD FLAMED AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS?>> YES. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT FACTORS AND I WISH I COULD RECALL THE FIVE FACTORS.
BUT AGAIN, TAKING A BROADER LOOK, FUNDING, HOW MANY TEAMS THERE ARE? DO THEY HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO FACILITIES AS FAR AS LOCKER ROOMS? DO THEY HAVE EQUAL PLACE SCHEDULES? ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
IT'S VERY MUCH A SUBJECTIVE LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE GOT AND WHAT YOU'RE OFFERING, AND THAT THERE'S NO REAL DISPARATE TREATMENT OF EITHER SEX.
OUR CERTAIN TEAMS GETTING PAID FOR MEALS WHILE OTHER TEAMS OR NOT, ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
>> ONCE YOUR CHAIR JUST TO FOLLOW UP, STAY UP THERE.
[LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND] WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WAS THAT THIS WOULD EQUAL OUT THE DISSIPATION RATE OF BETWEEN GIRLS AND BOYS SPORTS THAT THE COMPLIANCE IS MET WITH A PLUS OR -3% PARTICIPATION GRANTS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SIX PERCENT VARIANCE.
>> I'M NOT SURE TO WHAT YOU ARE REFFERING UNFORTUNATELY.
AGAIN, IS THAT BASED ON NUMBER OF TEAMS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> BASED ON NUMBER OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN GIRLS AND BOYS SPORTS CURRENTLY OR MAYBE MIKE, TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH. AGAIN, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT LINKS HAVE SEASONS JUST FACTORED IN GENERAL. YEAH.
>> I CAN SPEAK TO THE TITLE 9 PIECE OF THAT QUESTION.
BUT THAT WHAT THAT STATISTIC IS SAYING IS THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE SIX PERCENT MORE VOICE PARTICIPATING RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE GIRLS PARTICIPATING.
I THINK THAT LETTER WAS INTENDED TO SAY, IF YOU WERE AT 3%, YOU'RE STILL IN COMPLIANCE VERSUS IF YOU'RE ABOVE THAT, YOU'RE NOT AS I THINK WHAT THAT LETTER WAS SAYING.
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE.
>> [OVERLAPPING] THANK YOU, SIR. MIKE, I WROTE DOWN A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS.
WHICH MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT I THINK HOW TO FORM PARK COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED.
BUT WE WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE REC CENTER, THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT TO REWORK AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
DO WE KNOW WHICH WAY THE REC DEPARTMENT IS LEANING TOWARDS THAT? IF FOR SOME REASON THEIR FUNDING DRIES UP AND THEY SAY, NO, CAN'T DO IT NOW, WE GOT TO CUT YOU OFF. THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
>> I KNOW WITH ANDY ORSKIN, PARKS AND REC AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SCENARIOS WITH HIM AND HIS BELIEF WAS THAT FOR THE VERY FIRST YEAR, WE WANTED TO USE POWDER ON WHILE WE WOULD DECIDE WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH COW PASTURE.
THERE'LL BE MINIMAL TO NO CHANGES IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAD WITH THE TOWN THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY.
THE ONLY ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT MIGHT INCUR WOULD BE WHEN WE HAVE GAINS.
WHEN THEY DO GAIN CRAP, RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE NOT DOING GENERALLY GAINED PREP AT THAT FIELD, BUT THEY'RE DOING THE WEEKLY PREP.
THAT WOULD MAINTAIN WHILE WE WOULD HAVE PRACTICES AND THEY WOULD CHARGE US FOR GAME PREP.
MAYBE $1,000 FOR THE YEAR, APPROXIMATELY.
>> THE BUS DRIVERS, WE DON'T HAVE THEM AND IS IT ALLOWED THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SOMEBODY WERE TO STEP UP AND SAY, I CAN DRIVE JUST FOR SOFTBALL? LET'S SAY WE HAVE THE BUSES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS. IS THAT ALLOWED?
>> DIRECTOR STEVEN, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT SECOND PIECE OF THAT QUESTION, THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DRIVERS RIGHT NOW, WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE LOOK TO SEE CAN WE COMBINE BUSES MAYBE.
CAN WE MOVE AN EVENT POTENTIALLY? FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD SEVEN BUSES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO GO.
ONE OF THEM WAS MIDDLE-SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY, ONE OF THEM WAS HIGH-SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
CAN WE MOVE ACROSS COUNTRIES? BECAUSE THOSE THAT HAPPENED A LOT OF TIMES, THE BALLGAME CAN'T REALLY MOVE SOME EVENTS OR CAN WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS? THEN WE LOOK AT OKAY, IS THE GOLF TEAM AND THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM DOING THE SAME PLACE? CAN MAYBE THEY SHARE OF US? THOSE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE GO THROUGH.
IN THAT SCENARIO THERE WERE NO CHANGES WE COULD HAVE MADE.
WE HAVE SEVEN BUSES GOING OUT.
IF A DRIVER HAD BEEN SICK THAT DAY, WE WERE BORN TO CANCEL THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY RACE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONE
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WE IDENTIFIED AS IF WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL AND THIS IS ONE.HOW WE MADE THAT DECISION? THERE'S REALLY NO CRITERIA.
IT'S REALLY JUST ME SITTING DOWN WITH RELU PRINCIPLES, THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR AND TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR STEVENS, ABOUT HOW WE MADE THOSE DECISIONS AS TO HAVING DRIVERS OPT-IN.
>> MR. CHAIR, ADDRESS THE ABRAMS. WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
TYPICALLY, BIGGER PICTURE WITH COVERING ACTIVITY TRIPS ISN'T FINDING DRIVERS FOR THESE TRIPS, BUT THEN COVERING THE ROUTES THAT ARE LEFT VACANT FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THOSE TRIPS.
WE COULD CONSIDER THAT, BUT IT'S NOT THE WAY THAT WE'VE TYPICALLY DONE THE PROCESS.
WHAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL WOULD IT BE A DRIVER.
SOMEONE WHO WOULD SAY, HEY, I COULD PITCH IN AS A SUB DRIVER ON FRIDAYS OR I COULD BECOME A ROUTE DRIVER OR THAT THING THAT WOULD REALLY HELP FILL THE GAPS THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE.
>> ONE OTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY, IF MONEY IS NEEDED FOR, SAY, COW PASTURE OR WHATEVER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE NEEDED COSTS, HOW MUCH MONEY OR WHAT IS THE METHOD FOR OUR ACTIVITIES TO ACCEPT FUNDING AND OUR PROPERTIES TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.
>> IF WE WERE TO FUNDRAISE EXTERNALLY FOR SOME OF THESE COSTS THAT WOULD BE LED THROUGH THE FUN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND WE HAVE DONE THINGS OF THAT, NOT NECESSARILY AT THE SCALE TO MY KNOWLEDGE, BUT VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE SCORING, RECORD BOARDS YOU SEE AT THE POOL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE HAVE PUT UP WITH FACILITIES THAT WILL FUND RAISED IN THAT WAY.
BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE SCALE IN THE PAST, BUT THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE AN OPTION SHOULD THE SCHOOL BOARD WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD, AND THE FONT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WOULD BE THE AVENUE THAT WE WOULD GO DOWN FOR THAT.
>> MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION, MARK 6 IS THE FIRST PRACTICE, RUN ME THROUGH HOW THIS WORKS, KNOWING THE SNOWPACK THAT WE HAVE IN JACKSON MONARCH 6.
IT'S NOT SOCCER. SOCCER TRADITIONALLY PLAYS IN WHETHER SOFTBALL, BASEBALL.
>> MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WOULD START INSIDE IN A GYM OR UPSTAIRS IN THE MEZZANINE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE TO HOLD THEIR PRACTICES UNTIL PROBABLY MID-APRIL.
EXPECTATION, MAYBE EARLIER, BUT DEPENDING ON THE YEAR OR MAYBE LATER DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.
GAMES WOULD START MUCH EARLIER THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE ROAD GAMES.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOME GAMES WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HOST HERE THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, JUST BASED ON THAT AND COW PASTURE OR POWDER FORM.
WHEN THE SNOW MELTS OFF OF THOSE FIELDS, THEY'RE NOT LIKE THE SYNTHETIC FUELS THAT WE USE FOR SOCCER BECAUSE WE CAN CLEAR THOSE FIELDS, BUT WE CAN NOT CLEAR GRASS FIELD FOR THOSE GAMES.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR JUST THE NATURE TO TAKE ITS COURSE ON THOSE.
BUT MY EXPECTATION WOULD BE IN THE PAST SOFTBALL FOOD PRACTICING INSIDE UNTIL MID-APRIL APPROXIMATELY EACH YEAR.
>> I THINK THEY PLAY 14 GAMES FROM HER CORRECTLY FOR SOFTBALL.
>> POTENTIALLY, ALL BUT FOUR GAMES ARE ON THE ROAD?
>> MOTHER NATURE. [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HANDSANDA, SUPERINTENDENT CHAIRMAN.
WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, IF PEOPLE HAVE SOFTBALL BEGINNING '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR.
PUBLIC COMMENT, AND IF YOU'RE ONLINE RAISE YOUR HAND.
PUBLIC COMMENT? NO PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. COMING BACK TO THE BOARD, WHAT IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD.
>> IF YOU'RE HELPING MUCH ON THE BOARD. IT'S ON HERE.
I MOVED TO A PARTICULAR ISSUE, THE GIRLS SOFTBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IS
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TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1 ACTIVITY BEGINNING IN THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.>> MOVED BY TRUSTEE GINGERY AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF THE GIRLS SOFTBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS A TCSD NUMBER 1 ACTIVITY BEGINNING IN THE '23, '24 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY I WAS SO IMPRESSED BACK THIS IS NOW BACK IN AUGUST IS WHEN WE FIRST HEARD FROM THESE YOUNG LADIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M MORE IMPRESSED WITH SOFTBALL OR WITH OUR ENGLISH CLASSES, THERE WAS ONE YOUNG LADY WHO GAVE ONE OF THE BEST SPEECHES I'VE EVER HEARD.
IT ALL HAS TO DO WITH RED DIRT AND RED DIRT [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS AN EXCELLENT SPEECH.
I'VE REPEATED IT TO PEOPLE, IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WAS SO IMPRESSED.
GETTING UP AND TRYING TO ADVOCATE AND TRYING TO PERSUADE AND FINDING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMETHING THAT REPEATS AND MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT, SHE DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB, AND THEN THERE'S TWO SISTERS THAT GOT UP AND ONE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS AND THE OTHER SISTER GOT IT AFTER.
IT JUST REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME, I GUESS, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW MUCH WORK THEY'VE PUT IN.
I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE, THEY'VE SAT HERE THROUGH MEETING AFTER MEETING, I BARELY CAN SIT THROUGH THESE MEETINGS SO [LAUGHTER] THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SIT THROUGH THEM AND SKIP THE MAIN THING AND GETTING IT RIGHT, NOBODY WAS ON THEIR PHONE OR ANYTHING.
[LAUGHTER] I WAS ON MY PHONE BECAUSE I WAS WATCHING HOUSTON JUST SWEPT THE TWINS.
[LAUGHTER] I'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED.
REGARDLESS OF HOW THE SMOKE GOES TONIGHT, I MUST SAY SOME PARENTS ARE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS, AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DOING SOME GREAT THINGS SO WE HAVE JUST WONDERFUL STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I AM NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT COMPLIANCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WHAT I DO LIKE IS THAT THIS POTENTIALLY WILL INCREASE PARTICIPATION IN GIRLS SPORTS, WHETHER IT'S COMPLIANCE OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE EITHER LAW OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND GIRLS SPORTS AS SOME OF THE HURDLES.
I THINK WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT COMPUTING ALL OF THESE HURDLES.
I DON'T SEE ANY NEED TO SPENDING MONEY ON COW PASTURE TOO THIS INITIAL YEAR.
I THINK WE COULD WORK ON POWDER HORN.
I KNOW MY DAUGHTER RUNS CROSS-COUNTRY.
THE SENIORS, THE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES PILE INTO THE SENIORS FILES AND THEY GO ALL OVER THE VALLEY TO RUN EVERY AFTERNOON FOR PRACTICE SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR A BUS FOR PRACTICE.
SENIORS CAN GET THE YOUNGER ONES TO THE POWDER HORN.
SOUNDS LIKE FROM TALKING TO STEVE ASKED FOR IT THE OTHER DAY.
THEY'RE EXCITED TO HELP US WITH THE POWDER HORN OUT ARMS ALL READY TO GO, AND THE NICE THING IS THE ESCAPE RATE IS ACTUALLY ON THE INFIELD SO ACTUALLY, WHEN IT MELTS OUT, THAT THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING TO BRUSH OFF FOR THE OUTFIELD, BUT IT'S ON THE INFIELD, SO IT'S NOT AS BIG OF AN ISSUE.
>> THEY'LL BE OUT THERE WITH HAIRDRYERS.
BERT WILLIAMS USED TO MAKE US WALK AND TRACK AROUND AND AROUND UNTIL WE KNOCKED IT DOWN ENOUGH THAT WE CAN RUN ON IT.
>> CAN YOU TAKE A CIGARETTE OUT.
>> SMOKES WILLIAMS WOULD USUALLY SMOKING [LAUGHTER] ALL IT AROUND THE TRACK.
I THINK THAT WAS THE INNOVATIVENESS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND CROSS-COUNTRY KIDS ALL WENT TO BOISE THERE WAS NO BUS AVAILABLE IN THE PARENTS ALL.
THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE THIS WORK, A LOT OF PARENTS ESPECIALLY WITH THIS GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES, WE HAVE VERY MOTIVATED PARENTS THAT ARE REALLY READY TO HELP AND ASSIST.
I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE THEM DO JV THIS NEXT SPRING OUT THE POTENTIAL OF VARSITY, WITH VARSITY IN THE NEXT SPRING AFTER THAT.
SO THOSE ARE MY REASONS WHY I WILL BE VOTING FOR THIS AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE.
>> MR. CHAIR, I'M GOING TO BE VOTING AGAINST THIS.
WERE THE MOTION TO HAVE THE ACTIVITY BEGIN IN 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, I WOULD DEFINITELY VOTE FOR IT.
LAST YEAR WE WERE ASKED ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR,
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MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE LATER TO APPROVE A BOY'S SWIMMING, WHICH WE DID, AND I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING.BUT I DO THINK THAT BEING APPROACHED WITH A MAJOR ASK AFTER WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED OUR BUDGET, IS A BIT MUCH FOR OUR BOARD TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND OUR STAFF.
WERE WE TO MOVE TO APPROVE THIS FOR THE 2024, 2025, I'D BE ALL IN AND THAT WOULD BE A VARSITY OR RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE MUST REALLY ADHERE SOMETIMES TO A PROCESS OF APPROVING THINGS WHEN WE HAVE AT A TIME IN OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THIS EXPENDITURE.
THIS EXPENDITURE IN A FUNNY $59,000 WHICH CAME FROM OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS CERTAINLY THE SALARY OF PARA.
I WOULD JUST REMIND THE REST OF US AND $100,000 WOULD BE THE SALARY OF A CERTIFIED TEACHER.
I AGREE THAT ALL SPORTS ARE REALLY FANTASTIC.
I PLAYED SOFTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL IN VERMONT PLAYED ALL WE HAD SOFTBALL OR THE GIRLS IN THE SPRING AND FIELD HOCKEY IN FALL.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID. I REALLY LIKED THE SPORT, BUT I REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE WHEN WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK UP ON BEHALF OF GIRLS SOFTBALL TOO.
BECAUSE I PLAYED IT IN THE '40S AND '50S WHEN THERE WEREN'T GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAMS. THE ONLY REASON THEY LET ME PLAY IS I WOULD GO GET THE BALL WHEN IT WAS LOST.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A THRILL SOFTBALL TEAM, BUT ONLY WHEN WE CAN AFFORD IT.
IF MONEY IS THE BIG OBSTACLE NOW, THEN I THINK WAITING A YEAR, PERHAPS PUTTING IT INTO THE BUDGET WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SAFEST WAY TO GO.
I DO NOT HAVE A DIRECTION OF WHERE TO GO ON THIS.
I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE SHOWN UP [NOISE] AND PUT YOUR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS PROGRAMMING, WHAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR, AND THESE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, ACTIVITY PROGRAMS BUILT SO MUCH CHARACTER FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO GETS TO PARTICIPATE, WHETHER IT'S ROBOTICS, SOFTBALL, MOUNTAINEERING, SPEECH AND DEBATE, YOU IN MODELING, IT TEACHES EVERYBODY SO MUCH CHARACTER.
AND WHERE I'M TORN IS WITH THE BUDGET, WITH WHAT WE HAD APPROVED.
AGAIN, IS THIS GOING TO PUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE STAFF? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY, I WOULD LOVE TO PROVE THIS, BUT FOR THE FUNDING, THAT'S FOUR UNTIL WE REACH THE 24/25 BUDGET THAT EVERYBODY IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR SOFTBALL IS GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FUNDING FOR IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT A VOTE ON THAT OR WHAT THAT THEY'VE SPOKEN OF HOW MUCH VOLUNTEER AND PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT, AND YES, PARENTS WILL DRIVE KIDS AND THAT MIGHT BE WHAT IT TAKES.
BUT THAT'S WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO KNOW IS EVEN IF WE VOTED FOR IT FOR THIS YEAR TO BEGIN, SO THESE FOLKS CAN START PLAYING THAT, IT'S THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTING IT OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FINANCIALLY SUPPORT IT, AND THEN WHEN WE COME TO THE BUDGETING SESSION FOR NEXT YEAR, THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SUPPORT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS IN THE DIALOGUE AND IN THE VOTING, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
BUT I HAVE A GREAT PROBLEM COMMITTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SOMETHING FINANCIALLY THAT WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED FOR.
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THAT'S WHERE I STRUGGLE.>> THAT'S THE TREASURER. [LAUGHTER] I ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGETING AND BUSING AND STAFFING AND FOR THIS YEAR AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, TRUSTEE ABRAHAM, SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, MODIFIES LIKE WE COULD APPROVE IT FOR THIS YEAR BUT WERE NOT PROVIDED ANY PHONES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVEN AN OPTION AND THEN WE WOULD FUND IT NEXT YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I AGREE, I GUESS I WAS LEANING MORE TOWARDS APPROVING IT FOR NEXT YEAR, 24/25, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN GET IT INTO OUR BUDGET, HAVE TO WRECK THE STRICT BUDGET, FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET EVERYTHING LINED UP FOR IT.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE OR THAT WE COULD APPROVE A SPORT AND NOT PROVIDE THE SUPPORT FOR IT THIS YEAR, WE DON'T.
I ALSO STRUGGLED PART OF EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AS WELL, SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE AS MANY KIDS AS POSSIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AND OTHER THINGS.
>> WELL, WHEN I CAME IN THE TONIGHT, I HAD MISSED A DETAIL AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF THEY DIDN'T DO THE JV TEAM THIS YEAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A JV TEAM NEXT YEAR.
THE FACT THAT IT CAN BE A VARSITY TEAM NEXT YEAR, I TEND TO LEAVE WITH MY HEART AND SO I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE GINGERY AT THIS.
THE COACHES AND THE GIRLS HAVE REALLY PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND ADVOCATED FOR THEMSELVES AND I THINK THAT'S JUST AMAZING, AND I WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO PLAY [NOISE] SOFTBALL.
I ALSO THINK SOFTBALL IS A GREAT, ANY ACTIVITIES REPORT, I THINK SOFTBALL IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ATHLETIC TEAM THAN SOME OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE DIVERSIFIED WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON.
[NOISE] BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT ONE OF THE TENANTS BEING A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND OVERSEE THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE GINGERY, WE TEND TO MAKE THINGS WORK WHEN WE NEED TO BUT I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE AT THE, NOT FILLING SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS MORE TOWARDS ACADEMICS AND WHATNOT.
FINALLY, THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IS REALLY THE ONE THAT GETS ME.
BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME SCENARIOS WHERE WE COULD GET THE TEAM ACROSS THE STATE OR WHATEVER, IF KIDS PILED IN FAMILIES CARS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
BUT POTENTIALLY TEAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, PARTICULARLY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS, COULD LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE, BECAUSE I THINK PROBABLY A HIGH-SCHOOL TEAM IS GOING TO GENERALLY TRUMP A MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM, AND SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.
I DO KNOW THAT THE GRIZZLIES WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY REGARDLESS.
THEY CAN PLAY THEIR SUMMER SEASON, I KNOW THAT THIS IS POTENTIALLY MAKING IT LONGER SEASON, WHICH I GET, IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU WANT TO DO IT AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THEY WOULD GET TO PLAY THIS YEAR, AND THEN IF YOU CAN HAVE A VARSITY TEAM NEXT YEAR, AND BUDGET DID IN, THEN THOSE UPPER CLASS MEN THAT WOULD BE ON THE TEAM NEXT YEAR WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A VARSITY LETTER PLAYING SOFTBALL OR THEIR HIGH-SCHOOL.
I'M A LITTLE BIT LIKE TRUSTEE ABRAHAM HAVE A LITTLE BIT ON THE FENCE, BUT I THINK THAT I WOULD BE FEEL BETTER ABOUT HAVING A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND
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HAVING A VARSITY TEAM IN 2024/25.>> MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE HAVE MIKE CASEY COME BACK UP BECAUSE NOW I'M VERY, VERY CONFUSED WHAT I HEARD LAST MEETING.
MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT WHAT I HEARD WAS YOU HAD TO DO JV FIRST, AND THEN YOU HAVE VARSITY.
NOW IN HEARING TONIGHT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE JV AT ALL AND THAT YOU GO IMMEDIATELY INTO VARSITY.
I NEED TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
>> [LAUGHTER] IN ORDER FOR US TO BE A VARSITY PROGRAM NEXT YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVE SALT TONIGHT.
WE COULD HAVE A JV TEAM THIS SPRING SHOULD WE CHOOSE TO.
>> WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A JV TO HAVE VARSITY IN THE SPRING OF '25.
>> CORRECT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY CONVERSATION.
>> WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AS TO THE EXPLANATION YOU GAVE LAST TIME BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY DIDN'T LET LAYER AND IT GOES STRAIGHT TO HAVING A VARSITY BECAUSE THEY WANTED THE TEAM TO TRY JV FIRST AND GET USED TO IT SO THEY DIDN'T GET BLOWN OUT.
BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING FORGET WHAT I TOLD YOU LAST MEETING AND IT'S FINE NOW THAT WE CAN JUST GO STRAIGHT TO VARSITY AND GET TOTALLY BLOWN OUT AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO THE JV THING FIRST.
>> I APOLOGIZE IF I WASN'T AS CLEAR AS I COULD HAVE BEEN. THAT'S MY MISTAKE.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF MY CONVERSATIONS WITH TREVOR WILSON, THE COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE TO APPROVE IT AT THIS MEETING TO BE VARSITY NEXT YEAR, WE COULD PLAY JV THIS YEAR.
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS THEY PREFER TEAMS TO COME IN AT JV, AND THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WOULD BE TO COME INTO AS JV FOR THOSE REASONS TO WORK THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, MAYBE WE ONLY PLAYED THE FOUR GAMES, SIX GAMES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING.
>> LET'S SAY WE DID APPROVE IT FOR THE SPRING.
IF WE HAD A LIMITED BUDGET AND LIMITED TRANSPORTATION, IT COULD JUST BE A FEW GAMES.
>> COULD IT BE ANY YIELDS? COULD THERE BE ZERO GAMES? I GOT ON AND LIFTED WARLAND WIND ROCK SPRINGS, THEY POSTED THEIR SCHEDULES, AND THIS IS THE WORLD SCHEDULE.
JUST SO THE TRUSTEES KNOW, EVERY WEEKEND VERSUS CODY JV VARSITY AT KELLY LOSS, JV VARSITY, DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING, JV VARSITY, SO ALL OF THEIR VARSITY GAMES ARE STARTING WITH A JV, NO DIFFERENT THAN VOLLEYBALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
LOOKS LIKE THE SAME WAY SAME WAY.
>> AT THE SCHEDULING MEETING, I WOULD GO TO NOVEMBER.
I WOULD FIND OUT IF ANY SCHOOLS HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD JV GAMES AT THAT.
AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN WE CAN DECIDE HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD WANT TO PLAY FOR IT.
>> THERE'S A CAP ON THE NUMBER OF GAMES YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN AN ACTIVITY, AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE FULL.
BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S A JV TOURNAMENT.
MAYBE WE JUST GO TO THE JV TOURNAMENT.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THE JV TOURNAMENT POSTED ANYWHERE.
>> POTENTIALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WOULD ONLY BE AT HAND IF WE DID THE SPRING.
>> THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE PASS IT HERE, THE COST WOULD BE NOT WHAT IS PROPOSED THERE FOR THIS YEAR, THAT'S THE TOTAL COST TO ADD, AND THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL GAMES.
>> DIRECTOR, HOW LONG HAS STOCKPILED IN SPORT AND WYOMING?
>> I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SCHOOL YEAR.
I BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SCHOOL YEAR.
>> WE ARE A BUDGET MINDED BOARD AND WE HAVE TO BE, AS BETSY SAID.
IT'S PART OF OUR FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION.
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SUSPECT THIS WOULD COST FOR THIS YEAR?
>> I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION YOU WERE HAVING.
PERHAPS THIS BOARD COULD DECIDE TO PASS IT, SAYING THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ALLOCATE X AMOUNT FOR HOTEL ROOMS. THEN IF WE WOULDN'T PAY COACHES OR WE GIVE A SMALLER STIPEND TO COACHES, WE PASS IT AT X AMOUNT FOR A COACHING STATEMENTS SINCE WE'RE NOT PLAYING AS MANY GAMES, THERE'LL BE DISCUSSION THIS BOARD COULD HAVE.
THE COACHING STIPENDS, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY PRESENTATION.
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I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 12,000, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE NUMBER IN TERMS OF THAT, UNIFORMS. WE COULD GET AWAY WITH BUYING MAYBE ONE SET THIS YEAR AND THEN THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET THE NEXT YEAR TO BRING THAT COST DOWN.EQUIPMENT. IF WE'RE JUST PLAYING A FEW GAMES, WOULDN'T NEED TO BUY AS MANY SOFTBALLS, SO THE COST WILL GO DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY GAMES ARE PLAYED, BUT THE COST WILL GO DOWN.
SOME OF THE LONG-TERM COSTS MAYBE WOULDN'T PURCHASE MACHINES AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THIS YEAR FOR IT.
I'M GOING TO JOIN THIS MEETING WITH LAST YEAR WHERE WE DID THIS, I PULLED UP THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED IN JULY LAST YEAR, THE '22/'23 BUDGET FOR ACTIVITIES AND THE STRIPS OUT COACHES AND BENEFITS AND SALARIES AND FUEL.
IT WAS A PROOF FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, $193,000.
THAT'S WHAT WE APPROVED IN OUR BUDGET OF '22.
NOT SAYING THIS IS ALL ADDED, BUT WE ADDED SWIM, AND IT INCREASED.
WE HAD $50,000 OVER BUDGET LAST YEAR AFTER ADDING SWIMMING.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE BUDGETED FOR 215,000 TOTAL.
THAT STARTUP, 40 TO 50,000, WE BLOW OUR ACTIVITIES BUDGET AGAIN.
I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO VOTE FOR STARTING THE WHOLE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THE SCHEDULING.
I WOULDN'T BE AMENABLE TO DO JV, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULES AND MOST OF THE JV TEAMS ARE ALREADY BOOKED UP TRAVELING WITH THEIR VARSITY TEAMS LAST SEASON. THAT'S WHERE I STAND.
>> I CAN COUNT NOSES, SO I KNOW WHEN I'M OUT-VOTED.
[LAUGHTER] WE TRY ONE MORE TIME.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THIS BOARD, WE HAVE ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS ON HERE THAT WAS VERY BUDGET-CONSCIOUS, AND IT WAS ALWAYS VERY MUCH THE SKY IS FALLING, AND I WOULD ALWAYS LISTEN TO THAT.
OH MY GOSH, THIS GUY'S FALLING.
GOT TO TELL YOU, THE SKY NEVER FELL.
WHAT I QUICKLY LEARNED WAS THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IT JUST IS WHERE YOU'D LOOK FOR IT IN OUR BUDGET.
I GOT ON THE FINANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE, I WAS LIKE, OH, WOW, THERE'S A TON OF MONEY.
IT'S JUST WHO KNOWS WHERE TO MOVE IT, AND YOU START FIGURING OUT WHERE IT'S SITTING AND YOU START GOING, OH, IT'S SITTING OVER THERE.
[LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A LOT OF RESERVES, WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN WEIRD PLACES.
I GET WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE OVERBUDGET ON YOUR ACTIVITIES LINE, WE'RE ALWAYS OVER BUDGET ON THE ACTIVITY FORM.
IT'S HOW THE FUNDING SYSTEM WORKS.
THEY DON'T SEND ENOUGH MONEY FROM THE STATES, WE TAKE FROM OUR OTHER PART OF OUR BUDGET TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT.
I THINK IT'S VERY EASY TO FIND THIS MONEY.
MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AND ALWAYS, WHEN IT'S SOMETHING SUDDENLY EVERYBODY WANTS, SUDDENLY WE'RE FINDING MONEY.
I'M ALWAYS VERY HESITANT, NOT JUST ON THIS ONE, BUT WHENEVER ANYBODY TELLS ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR SOMETHING, I'M ALWAYS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL AND SIMPLY BECAUSE I SERVED ON THE FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR YEARS AND I SAW HOW IT ALL WAS PLAYED.
I THINK THERE IS MONEY, JUST TO PUT IT OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THE MONEY IS THE ISSUE.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM MOVING AHEAD WITH IT THIS YEAR AND THAT WE WOULD FIND MONEY, BUT I CAN COUNT THOSE OF SCIENTISTS CALL THE QUESTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING SOFTBALL FOR THE '23'24 SEASON, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADDITION OF GIRLS SOFTBALL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AS A TETON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1 ACTIVITY BEGINNING IN THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE IT IN '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR.
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MY OTHER COMMENT THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE RIGHT NOW IS WE DO HAVE PROCESS KEYS, WE'VE APPROVED A BUDGET, WE NEED TO ADHERE TO THE BUDGET THE BEST WE CAN AND NOTE MOVING SHELDON.IS IT APRIL, MAY, JUNE, AND JULY WHEN WE TRY TO DEVELOP THESE MIDYEAR THINGS? [INAUDIBLE].
WITH ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> OPPOSED. IT'S BEEN APPROVED TO START VARSITY SOFTBALL '24/'25 SEASON.
CONSIDERATION OF TCSD NUMBER 1, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SUPERINTENDENT.
HERE'S A DRAFT OR IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE FOR THE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES.
BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ON, THERE ARE BASICALLY A SUMMARY OF THREE GOALS, ADEQUATE AND SUITABLE FACILITIES TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION AND VISION, STABLE AND RELIABLE FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH.
FROM THERE, THE THREE, THOSE PRIORITIES ARE IN BOLD.
THEN WHAT WE HOPE IS A SUCCINCT BULLET EXPLAINING THAT, SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE MADE SOME CHANGES IN TERMS OF FOCUSING ON SUITABLE FACILITIES.
THE SUGGESTION THAT MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE WAY THAT HAS CALCULATED WE'RE HOPING THAT WOULD BE RECONSIDERED, BECAUSE THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL ISSUE THAT WE FACE IN TERMS OF MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT AND THEN ADD A CHANGE.
THE OTHER CHANGE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS UNDER THE STABLE, SECURE, AND RELIABLE, LONG-TERM FUNDING, WE ADDED GRANT FUNDING LAGS, AS WELL AS GENERAL FUND LAGS.
THESE TWO AREAS ARE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO OUR ABILITY TO ACCURATELY APPROPRIATE AND PREDICT AND ALSO HAVE A PERFECT CASH FLOW.
THOSE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE HOPE THAT ADVOCATING WITH THE LEGISLATURE WILL CHANGE THE WAY THOSE SYSTEMS OPERATE.
THEN LASTLY IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS LEARNING ENGLISH.
AS I KNOW, MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS, BUT I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING.
TETON COUNTY HAS A VERY UNIQUE POPULATION, WHICH WE WELCOME EVERY YEAR.
IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT.
I BELIEVE WE'RE UP TO 70 NEWCOMERS AND A NEWCOMER IS DEFINED AS A STUDENT NEW TO THE COUNTRY OR NEW TO OUR DISTRICT WITH VERY LIMITED EXPOSURE TO ENGLISH OR ENGLISH SKILLS.
WE HAVE TO RAPIDLY ADJUST AND IT'S UNIQUE IN TETON COUNTY IN THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST STUDENT POPULATION THAT IS LEARNING ENGLISH AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST NEWCOMER POPULATION.
THE OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT MOVE TO THEIR DISTRICT OR IN THEIR DISTRICT LEARNING ENGLISH, MAJORITY OF THEM ARE SECOND OR THIRD-GENERATION CHILDREN BORN AND RAISED IN THAT COMMUNITY BUT THEIR PARENTS MAYBE A NATIVE SPEAKER OF A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.
THAT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHILD THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WHEN THEY'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THAT COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT OUR POPULATION IS.
WE AIM TO ADVOCATE WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE THAT MORE FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE LEARNING ENGLISH AND THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES BECAUSE THE WAY THE STATE RECOMMENDS THROUGH THE MODEL OF FUNDING, THE STAFF, IT IS LIKE 1-100 AND THAT'S JUST WOEFULLY INADEQUATE.
THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF WHAT THE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES THAT WE WOULD AND WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO USE THIS DOCUMENT IS WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, WORKING WITH ANYBODY THAT MAY SAY,
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I'M GOING TO GO TO SHINE AND I WANT TO ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.THIS WOULD BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THEM.
THAT WAY ENSURES THAT WHOEVER IS ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN LINE WITH THE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES SET FORTH BY THE BOARD.
>> MR. CHAIR, JACQUELINE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IN LIGHT OF OUR WITHDRAWAL FROM ME SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION IS TO GET THINGS DONE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE COLLABORATORS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHO MAYBE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE DO OR SOMETHING CLOSE.
THAT WE CAN SCRATCH THEIR BACK, THEY'LL SCRATCH OURS ON THERE ISSUES.
HAVE WE DEVELOPED ANY, YOU'RE IN THE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION.
HAVE YOU DEVELOPED ANY COLLABORATORS WHO WOULD WORK WITH US AND SOME OF THESE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES SO WE'RE NOT OUT THERE BY OURSELVES?
>> MR. CHAIR? VICE-CHAIR [INAUDIBLE].
YES. THESE ARE ACTUALLY PATTERNED AFTER THE WYOMING ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ANNUAL ADVOCACY PRIORITIES.
THEY'RE SIMILAR. I STARTED WITH THAT DOCUMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A DOCUMENT ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS WORKED ON.
THEN I TAILORED IT TO BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR TETON COUNTY.
IN LOOKING AT THEIR PRIORITIES VERSUS OURS.
IT RELATES TO FUNDING RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS, AND SOME DON'T HAVE THE SAME FACILITY NEEDS.
HOWEVER, SAFE AND SECURE FACILITIES AS A TOP PRIORITY A LOT OF THE ADVOCACY PRIORITIES RELATE TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PRIORITIES.
I BELIEVE WE ARE HANDLING THAT ALREADY, SO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
THE AREAS THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON HERE REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
I APPRECIATE PEOPLE MENTIONING IT AND BRINGING IT FORWARD, BUT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT ALREADY.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO ON OUR OWN OR THE FUNDING TO DO ON OUR OWN.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION, THEIR ADVOCACY PRIORITIES, AND THEN WE JUST TAILORED THEM FOR US.
THEN THERE IS A LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE WYOMING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE SIGNED ONTO THAT LAWSUIT.
IN GENERAL, THAT LAWSUIT LOOKS AT SIMILAR ISSUES.
BASICALLY, IT DEALS WITH FUNDING, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS, IN PARTICULAR.
IT LOOKS AT THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, AND THAT THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO ALLOCATE MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
IT TALKS ABOUT FACILITIES BEING SECURE AND ALSO INCLUDES REFERENCES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE MODEL INSTEAD OF OUTSIDE THE MODEL.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS DEFINITELY IN LINE, BUT MORE TAILORED TO THE SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT WE HAVE.
MAJORITY, THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND NUMBER OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE SERVING THIS YEAR AS ON ACCREDITATION VISITS.
MR. FETTERS WAS RECENTLY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY HAD FIVE STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE.
COMPARED TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE GOT FIVE NEWCOMERS LAST WEEK AT THAT SCHOOL.
THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE SCALE THAT WE HAVE AND SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE STUDENTS' ATLAS FUNDING, IT'S ADEQUATE FOR THEM.
IN FACT, THAT THEIR LIFE, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE SMALL NUMBERS AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SCALE.
>> ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE'S NOBODY ELSE REALLY THAT IS LIKE US THAT WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH TO TRY TO GET THIS LEGISLATION THROUGH?
>> STARTED ONLY GOT TO SCHOOL.
>> LARAMIE COUNTY, OR LINCOLN COUNTY TOO I THINK
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IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE SIMILAR TO US EVERY DAY. DON'T TELL THEM THAT.>> THEY DON'T HAVE THE POPULATION THAT WE DID THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO OUR STUDENTS WITH LANGUAGE NEEDS WOULD BE ROCK SPRINGS, RAWLINS A LITTLE BIT AND GILLETTE HAVE THE HIGHEST GILLETTE POPULATIONS.
>> IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROACH OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS WITH SOME OF THESE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER?
>>THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CONTACT SUPERINTENDENTS AND IN FACT WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY MORNING.
I COULD ASK THEM TO BE ON THE AGENDA TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH US.
I HAVE MY SHARE WE HAD A FULL-TIME LOBBYISTS DOWN IN THE CENTER.
SHOULD UNLESS FEEDS OFF OF THIS.
SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT RETAINING FULL-TIME REPRESENTATION AGAIN THIS YEAR IN CHINA?
>> IF WE DIDN'T BUDGET FOR IT.
>> [LAUGHTER] BUT IT IS BUDGET.
THE BUDGET SCALABLE PRODUCTION ADVOCACY TO DO WE NEED.
YES BUT I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP MATTERS AND THE PERSON MATTERS.
HOSTING A POSITION OR HIRING AFFIRM TO DO THAT.
BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES WITH A PROFESSIONAL LOBBYISTS.
I THINK THAT HAS LESS OF AN IMPACT ON LEGISLATORS THAN SOMEONE THAT IS.
THAT THEY DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH OR I THINK THE JANINE BAYTESTY HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR HER YEARS AS A SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE AND DEVELOPING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
THE LEGISLATORS KNEW HER, THEY KNEW WHAT SHE STOOD FOR, AND SHE DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM GOING UP AND ASKING THEM THE SAME THINGS.
I THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE VERSUS HIRING.
THERE ARE MANY FIRMS THAT DO THIS WORK.
I THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA, I HAVEN'T TALKED TO MS. BAYTESTY, SO I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THAT AT ALL.
BUT BASED ON LEGISLATORS THAT I INTERACT WITH, THEY WILL SAY, I KNOW, I'LL BE HEARING FROM JULIN.
SHE HAS DONE A NICE JOB OF EDUCATING THEM ON THE ISSUES AND THE IMPACT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT THEY DON'T SEND ANYONE.
THEY HANDLE IT WHEN THEY CAN GET THERE, OR TEACHERS OR STUDENTS OR PARENTS GO DOWN AND MAKE HER TESTIMONY WHEN AVAILABLE.
WE CAN MAKE IT WORK, WHICH EVER DIRECTION THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE.
>> THAT'S BEEN NICE NOW, BUT THEY ALLOWED ZOOM COMMENTS.
>> THAT'S A NICE MONITOR FROM WHAT?
>> CHAIRMAN SCARLETT, I AGREE WITH YOUR IDEA.
I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP AND CONTINUED TO BUILD IT.
THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LEGISLATURE, EVEN THOUGH IT TURNS OUT REGULARLY.
WHETHER WE HAVE A PRIORITY OR NOT IT GIVE US A VOICE WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED VERSUS BEING SEEN AS THE WESTERN COUNTY.
THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE A BOOK THAT I THINK IT'S MUCH NEEDED FOR US.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR SUPERINTENDENTS ON.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT, COMMENT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AT THE DECEIVE.
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THE WILL OF THE BOARD.>> MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TCSD NUMBER 1, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY PRESSING SECOND BY TRUSTEE APRONS TO APPROVE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS PRESENTED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
CONSIDERATION OF BUS PURCHASE FOR FOR FISCAL YEAR 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
>> MR. CHAIR, TRUSTEES, FOR YOU AS A PURCHASE ORDER SUMMARY FOR ONE SCHOOL BUS.
THIS IS PROOF FOR REPLACEMENT BY WDE AND IS REIMBURSED ASIDE FROM THE ADDED AIR CONDITIONING FOR 28 500, WHICH IS NOT REIMBURSED.
THIS PAST FALL, BACK ON SOME HOT ACTIVITY TRIPS AND BUS RIDES.
WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SITTING BEFORE YOU NOW AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
THE ONLY OTHER THING TO ADD WOULD BE WE DID BUY SIX ACTIVITY BUSES IN 2020, COACH STYLE SEATS.
THIS BUS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE DESIGNATED AS A ROUTE BUS, BUT WE WOULD PULL IT FOR ACTIVITIES AS WE WERE ABLE TO.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTIVES? YES.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY BUSES DO WE HAVE THAT ARE AIR CONDITIONED? IS WOULD THIS BE THE ONLY ONE OR?
>> HURLEY THIS THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE.
THE REST JUST HAVE WYOMING HERE.
>> [LAUGHTER] TURN THE WINDOW.
>> WELL WE'RE NOT CADDLING ANYBODY.
DO YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON HOUSE RENT.
>> I DIDN'T [INAUDIBLE] REALLY CRY TRY AND OPEN THE FIRE ESCAPE.
>> HOW HARD WAS IT GOING TO SHARE?
>> I THINK ALL THOSE YESTERDAY THERE WAS 118 DEGREES [INAUDIBLE].
>> HOW DID SHE USED TO GET TO THE BUS?
THIS IS NOT AN ELECTRIC BUSES. IS IT?
>> BUT THEN THAT RAISES THE QUESTION I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
I HEARD ON NPR SO MANY TIMES ABOUT WYOMING WAS ONLY ALLOCATED ONE ELECTRIC BUS.
THE IRA LEGISLATION AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TURN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TURN.
THEY DIDN'T SAY WHICH ONE, TURNED IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN INDOOR PLACE WHERE IT WAS THAT AS [OVERLAPPING].
>>BECAUSE WE NEED IT APART FOR IT.
>> RIGHT. THE OTHER THING I WAS WONDERING ABOUT IS, I HAVE AN ELECTRIC CAR AND QUITE FRANKLY THEY DON'T THAT GRADING WYOMING.
BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU GO AND YOU TAKE THE ELECTRIC BUS TO GILLETTE AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK IT AND YOU'RE THERE FOR A DAY AND A HALF.
YOUR BATTERY GOES FURTHER AND FURTHER DOWN, THEN YOU'RE REALLY STUCK WITH HAVING TO RECHARGE THE WHOLE THING.
IF YOU GO TO PLACES FIRST SPORT JUST FOR THE AFTERNOON AND YOU JUST DON'T HAVE TIME TO RECHARGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY REALLY CONSIDERED HOW WACKY WYOMING IS.
>> IF WHEN WE HAVE MORE AND MORE QUICK CHARGERS.
THAT WELL, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT.
>> IT'S GROCERY, WAS THAT EITHER?
>> THANK YOU. BUT WE HAVEN'T REPURCHASED THE BUS IN A LONGTIME NOW.
>> I BELIEVE SINCE 2021, WE PURCHASED EIGHT IN 2021, SIX IN 2020 WITH THE DERRICK FUNDING.
WE GOT IT LAUNCH IT ONCE SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
>> JUST FOR THE NEW TRUSTEES AND THE OLD TRUSTEES.
IN CASE THE SESSION THE FOUNDING TRUSTEE.
[LAUGHTER] CAN YOU GIVE US I MEAN, JUST IN THE FUTURE OR EVEN JUST EMAIL AS WELL.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT HOW MANY MILES WOULD GET ON A BUS, JUST SOME OF THOSE STATS.
THEN WHAT OUR CURRENT FLEET IS, WE HAVE SIX ACTIVITY BUSES. WE HAVE.
>> THIS NUMBER OF BUSES FOR THIS AND THEN THE OTHER FLEETS STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT TO HAVE AN INVENTORY IN BACKWARDS.
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>> I COULD SEND THAT TO YOU TOMORROW.
>> NO THIS WILL BE A BRAND NEW BUS.
>> WE WILL INSTALL THAT AFTERWARDS, BUT YES.
ACTUALLY WAIT, THIS WILL BE A ROUTE BUS, SO IT PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE INTERNET.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT OR MAYBE IT WILL BE USED FOR SOME ACTIVITIES, BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
>>IT HAS USB CHARGERS PER SEAT TOO.
>> THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S NICE. AIR CONDITIONING.
>> I'M GOING TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON BUSES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THOSE OUT, WHAT'S EVERYBODY IS [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE BUS FROM ELDER EQUIPMENT LEASING IT WYOMING INCORPORATED, NOT TO EXCEED $244,400 AS PRESENTED.
>> SECONDED BY TRUSTEE ABRAMS, SECOND BY TRUSTEE CABINET TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF ONE BUS FROM ELDER EQUIPMENT LEASING WYOMING NOT TO EXCEED $244,400 AS PRESENTED.
ANY ALERTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL REQUESTS AS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> I'M GOING TO APPROVE THE DECISION THAT WE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEES ANN TO APPROVE THE DECISION WE ARRIVED AT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
>> OPPOSE. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 1,
[F. Consent Agenda]
APPROVAL OF STAFF CONSIDERATIONS AND REPORT OCTOBER 2023 TO APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2033.THREE APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 2023, CHECK REGISTER OR APPROVAL OF FINAL ELECTRICAL COMPLETION UNDER NEW BLEACHERS BY APPROVAL OF BOARD MEMBER TRAVEL 6, APPROVAL OF CONSENT.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES THAT ARE RENEWABLES? MAY I HAVE A MOTION.
>> TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED BY TRUSTEE ZONG, SECONDED BY TRUSTEE CARLIN TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED? PUBLIC COMMENT ON
[G. Communication]
ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. COME ON DOWN.LONG DAY FOR YOU ALL. THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE.
I ALSO CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME TILL MY DAUGHTER, SHE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR SPORTSMANSHIP, HAD NO IDEA.
SO THAT'S A NICE NOTE, AND I WILL TALK REALLY FAST TO MAXIMIZE MY TIME.
>> YEAH, THANKS, JAMES MUSCROW.
THANKS. REAL QUICK AND WE'LL START WITH A QUESTION WHY? NOW I HAVE HAD FOUR WHYS BECAUSE I STILL DON'T HAVE MANY ANSWERS, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE COUPLE OF WEEKS OF THE CLOSURE.
BY THE THIRD TRIP TO PINEDALE, YOU HAVE THE COACH DRIVING THE BUS AND ONLY HALF THE TEAM IS GOING TO PRACTICE.
WHAT THAT TRANSLATED TO WAS THE PINEDALE SWIM ME, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS TO QUALIFY FOR STATE HAD NO QUALIFIERS.
TO BE CLEAR, OUR MORE ACCOMPLISHED MEMBERS MIGHT HAVE QUALIFIED IN A DIFFERENT DISCIPLINE, A DIFFERENT STROKE.
BUT NONE OF THE GIRLS WHO ARE YET TO QUALIFY QUALIFIED.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM COMPETITIVE, IS GETTING MORE GIRLS TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO GET THERE.
TOOK A BREAK FROM ALL THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF CLOSURE HAPPENED, WE COULDN'T PREVENT IT.
BUT I WENT BACK TO WHY MEETING.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE REAL QUICK THREE MINUTES INTO THE MEETING, YOU POSED THE QUESTION.
YOU SPOKE TO YOUR EMPLOYER INSTEAD OF A TRUSTEE AS FAR AS THE COUNTY SAYING NO PROBLEMS. I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AS I EXPECTED.
THESE ARE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
IN JANUARY, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED OF THE CLOSURE, THAT'S FOR THE DATE WERE PICKED, THAT NONE OF THE SUBCONTRACTORS OBJECTED, THAT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT DIDN'T OBJECT.
FIVE MONTHS TO AUGUST UNTIL YOU GUYS FOUND OUT EVEN AFTER THE JULY FOUND OUT RIGHT AFTER THE AUGUST MEETING.
YOU HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING, COULDN'T DO THAT.
GOT THE SEPTEMBER POOL CLOSES.
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I'M HERE BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT THIS AND I'M SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.THE OTHER THINGS I FOUND OUT, IF YOU'RE INTO THE REC DISTRICT PART OF YOUR PROGRAMMING HERE, THESE ARE 2017, 2018 CRISIS, $14 MILLION NEEDED THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
ADD YOUR INFLATION NUMBER ONTO THE 14 MILLION.
THEN THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PRICED YET.
AGAIN, IT'S MY OPINION I'VE EXPRESSED BEFORE.
I'LL EXPRESS IT AGAIN THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A HEALTHY PARTNER IN THE PARKS AT RET DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU CAN'T BE TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE EDUCATION IS TOP PRIORITY.
BUT MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO REALLY DIG INTO THE PARKS AND RET'S AGREEMENT.
I HEAR ABOUT IT GETTING OPENED UP FOR POWDER HORN.
I HEAR ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THIS.
LET'S GET TO THE BASIS BECAUSE AGAIN, THE PROBLEM IS IN YOUR AGREEMENT FOR THAT RET CENTER BUILDING IS EITHER THE SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS TO DECLARE OUR SCHEDULE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS THEIR SCHEDULES AT SACROSANCT.
OR PARKS AND RET NEEDS WHEN FORUM YOU HAVE CHANGES AND NEITHER ONE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED.
THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE WERE. NOW WE'RE PAST IT.
NOW WE'VE OPENED THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETS THAT ARE 500 MILES AWAY, THAT MORE GIRLS HAVE QUALIFY TO GIVE THESE GIRLS THE BEST CHANCE THAT THEY CAN EARN.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO PREVENT IT.
AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, BUT THE SEASON'S STILL ALIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE THESE GIRLS.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
I'M HAPPY TO SIT HERE AT THESE MEETINGS.
THESE ARE LONG DAYS AND AGAIN, IT'S A TOUGH JOB.
I GET THAT PART, BUT WE CAN DO BETTER.
>> ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAD SOME COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD OR TO THE BOARD.
FULL CLOSURES I THINK IS COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE BOARD.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING GO TO THE ORDER.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, SCHEDULING THE TOPICS. HOW DOES IT MEAN?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATIONS NOW AND WHETHER WE NEED TO HAVE SOME EVEN BROADER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE WE'RE NOT MEMBERS ANYMORE.
>> CHAIRMAN, AND VICE CHAIRMAN.
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS A SECTION OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION SO THAT WE CAN BE MEMBERS.
WE DO GET REGULAR UPDATES FROM THEM, SO WE ARE MEMBERS THERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO PULL IT UP, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THINGS THAT I KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE HAVE MEMBERS ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN A VARIETY OF ELEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN STAY CONNECTED.
SARAH IS A MEMBER OF POST ASSOCIATION COUNCIL OF SCHOOL ATTORNEYS.
I FEEL LIKE BESIDES THAT AND WITH I'M ON LASSA PERSON'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL FOR NOT THE SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS.
SCOTT IS ON THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD, MIKE IS ON THE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION AND THE WIAA.
JULIE'S ON THE SPECIAL ED, SHANNON GREG WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
OUR LIBRARIANS ARE ACTIVE IN THE LIBRARIAN GROUP.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PRETTY WELL COVERED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ADVOCATING AND SHARING THIS INFORMATION.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OTHER AVENUES AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO EXPLORE THEM.
>> BUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT A MEMBER OF WHITING SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, WE CAN'T BE FULL MEMBERS OF AN SBA.
>> THE WAY THAT AN SBA WORKS, THE STATE, SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IS THE ACTUAL MEMBER.
BUT WE'RE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONNECTIONS.
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WE STILL HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THE SAME RIGHTS.IT'S JUST NOT GOING THROUGH THE WYOMING SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION BURST.
>> SUPER TINY AND CHARMING. MIAMI SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION LEFT [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE CAN'T BE MEMBERS OF AN SBA, BUT IF WE CAN BE MEMBERS TO THOSE CONNECTIONS.
>> WE SHOULD STILL BE GETTING EMAILS. I GET ENOUGH.
>> IT COMES FROM I THINK IT'S EITHER CALLED NATCON OR NATIONAL CONNECTIONS.
WHEN I GET THEM, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I FORWARD THEM TO THE BOARD SO YOU ALL HAVE THEM.
>> THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT SECOND WEEKEND OF SPRING BREAK.
>> I'VE BEEN INVITED TO PRESENT.
WILL BE A PRESENTER AT THAT CONFERENCE AS WELL AND SUBJECTING.
OUR TOPIC IS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND IMPROVING THE MENTAL HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES IN A RURAL SETTING. QUITE ENGAGING.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? OUR REVIEW MEETING.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU ALL. MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T END TONIGHT.
FUTURE CALENDAR, ANY CHANGES THERE IS PLANNING?
>> IT'S PRESENTED. I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.