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yes Ryan I understand yes Stevie Ryan as we compared to start our meeting tonight I'd like to invite us to take a moment silence the memory of Michelle lamp here who passed away this morning Michelle's radiance out and kind of presence made everyone feel welcome in our district our message prior indeed and her positive impact on PCM Google deeply be missed let's take a moment thank you everybody uh we now need to take a motion to approve the agenda like corresponding okay good news okay I'll go through a few things that are listed here uh 3 CM athletes earn gold in Special Olympics Regional Softball skills competition and advanced to the August 2nd state competition so good luck to Drew Alexandria and Katie and we next is congratulations to the PCM High School softball team for making it to State uh they had an amazing season and the PCM Community is looking forward to cheering them on when they can beat in Fort Dodge so go Mustangs but uh tonight they will West Liberty at 7:30 Portage and um you can watch it for for free online and the link that I that I sent so it's on the Iowa girls high school athletic Union site just go to softball and click that link and watch um also registration for the 2526 uh school year opened on July 1st uh just got a report from Becky that we are about 63% um registered at the moment at this time so thank you back to you and Tyler uh for your work to help get that get that going for us so that you say that this we're well in advance compared to last year so that's good so we'll continue to put the message is out and also Kathy thank you for putting those messages out to so um also thank you to Mandy Shannon Lori Thomas for organizing the summer groceries program for or through healthy kids of Iowa in June in July uh qualifying families receive dollars worth of groceries uh for each child ages 4 through 18 in their household we'd also like to thank PCM High School football players for helping unload those groceries and then also the last thing the Yuri sellers uh Memorial is donating all 6,000 of their fundraising from this year to the PCM girls wrestling team and the money will go towards purchasing singlets headgear and War warm-ups and thank you so much to all those have continued to support of this Foundation memory of Yuri had an incredible impact on our community our good news please okay we want to committee updates I think what what exactly we didn't do I always remember that the money that we put in is uh making money every month about 20,000 this month but I recall yeah um I always been irritated and we didn't do that years ago um uh overall convenience I think are a little better than we thought they were and getting better and the financials aren't all back in yet for last year so it's hard to tell for sure but uh I don't remember anything else just a lot of the bill annual bills are coming in you'll see a lot of bills with big numbers but there are annual subscriptions and things like that and of them are going back to last year or in this year's so it's kind of a mix that's why you see so many different build reports on here this month next month back to last year so yes yes same with deposits when that comes um next month okay do you have to sell the meeting we did not know okay all right move on to the consent agenda just 1 thing in Personnel recommendations that you had you'll see a um resignation from the Aliyah kriger Gregor um Administration team worked together today and we talked through that talk through that position uh we are going to restructure responsibilities uh from 1 of our current instructional is calling Colin Harrison and he'll be uh Focus his efforts at the at the middle school so we will not rehire that position full time so we'll um put that change in motion to start school year will obviously monitor it so you can help us going talk will be admin team throughout throughout the year and see how that decision works for us so at this time that's what we're planning to do their contract but I think they all will have to do a recruitment for their replacement and all that so it wouldn't happen yeah I kind of solved it not yeah is there anything in the contract with you I have to study if there's anything in their contracts if they leave they leave early if there's anything for of course nothing advertisements those sort of things um we have a word policy about it that it doesn't have a specific dollar amount it just says they may says you're not supposed to do it or no punishment this is what and there's no punishment you're just not supposed to do it but it it's says that we can um charge them costs for um advertising or positions it just does not have a specific dollar amount in the board policy I'm just curious yeah when it gets past the deep end of the July time frame that's when it gets hardships on districts those sort of things but then you also have the the other sense of if you try to keep them on Super Bowl replacement but you know in great a culture issue there too if you're forcing somebody to say they're scared so try to balance that that you're going to do homemade marshmallow folks motion carry and the District 5 years ago I did a director at page I I always had a question on the transportation yeah I mean as we're moving on new director and I had a question this weekend of a a concerned about that the house and stuff like that I mean how how are we doing on bus routes uh she's in the in the middle of developing those routes at the moment um trying to work through our software getting appointed with our software too uh it's different than what than what new Newton is using um but they put looking at hostility of going down 1 1 route uh that that's still in the decision at the moment so um transportation email they can email at the same question is there to Transportation yeah I believe I think it's transportation can we send out an update to that people can ask that or is that going to open a can of worms to we we did it's been shared several times but we can send it to okay okay all right same question there's somebody asked me I think part of it is making sure people know I just serve because that helps us finalize this bus route typically have 60% of our students registered it's really hard to determine to make sure that that's a good point I wanted to give you say hey was just reminded to register this will help us work through our bus route issues we've got good thing about bus we go down 1 by necessity the kids on the other routes are going to be right the longer yeah anything else on the computer updates everybody knows that okay now moving down to cyber security program and partnership with Department a um she's not here so let's get it for now and see if she comes I guess PCM family week date night update okay um you can see the statement you can see the statement there but um just in in general I feel like this is 1 of the best things that this the state has has done to be making decisions the lens of thinking about kids and giving them giving them a little a little break but also a chance to get families together when everybody or everybody's running from 1 sport to the next and um I I'm glad to see that we have pushed out a message like this that we're behind this message as a um as a district as a whole Community um just to get everybody away for a while and then it also includes coaches and sponsors too like there's you know being a former former coach you always think that I I've got to keep I've got to keep working I've got to get the kids in I got to get them to the field I try to get this advantage that sort of thing well the playing fields level this week everybody's everybody's off so um I think it's a really good thing and glad that PCM puts a message out that we're behind behind this thing so mother concerned about it it doesn't Okay 51 weeks for a full bore and 1 I know we're all I know yeah and I think there are districts that really started to think about even the the winter break its about something State sanctioned but some districts are thinking about about that too good I just think kids are kids parents and everybody else is so yep next deep you need a break yeah and and this is what I understand this this D July 26th of August 2nd that's going to be from now on it's set so people can plan ahead yeah yep it follows and flows this is the 4:30 I cannot wait school start date and you get that 2 weeks practice I mean it it is the same but because of the calendar shipping to put a little bit but pretty much the same and it wasn't over the same week as old sellers now it's on Old sellers I think it changes yeah it's like I said it is but just because the way the count just like school start you know what I mean it's just how that calendar starts adjusting it otherwise you keep getting later and later you don't flip earlier right but yes same week but something next year July 6 through on second it used to bump up right against mandatory but now there's a week in between and mandatory because it went earlier and I'm assuming in 2 more years it's going to Baker again because of the who okay we'll move down to where the shake legislative priorities okay um this is something that I iasb asked all school boards to uh give their feedback on for legislative priorities um so you know they continue to hear certain themes from districts of what they should be lobbying for during the legislative session so um just for your information there is a uh there is a link in there that you can look through those priorities but last year just as a reference you had uh you decided on teacher Workforce student and staff mental health needs supplemental state aid and uh property and liability the insurance for districts so you could go with those same 4 if you're if you're interested some other ones that I was thinking about you might might consider would be preschool or full be able to fund full day full day schooling because currently um we charge parents for the afternoon and at this point so I know that's something that iasb and other organizations have been pushing for was trying to get full funding for preschool um let's see another 1 you could consider that's in there um Bond issues a lot of schools to be passed by a simple majority allowed to be on any special election ballot and then maybe the other 1 that I was looking at was Dropout slash at risk funding allows districts to to generate equal amounts of Dropout prevention funds where some districts years ago the state locked every District where they're at but some districts are at like 3% that they could generate where others can generate the goal by by percent so um just some did any other like did any of those priorities come to mind of what you want to put a focus on as a board I like what was their Early Childhood 1 that went in Like Preschool preschool yeah I had high school safety online I have a girl with data together so we have to submit we submit like once the board decide what are the main couple priorities then we have an online um form that we submit to iasb and then collected and see where the major themes are at and then start to focus the Redwoods that way okay we say with really important legislation considered to get off their butts and get the things done on time to do what we're doing understanding knowing what SSA is early yeah I I had a school funding on my priorities and I had a question about Bond issues I'm not sure at this point I'm in favor of civil majority and the reason is such such a such a big issue and uh historic on parents in School elections I think just a simple majority leave end up with a minority making a decision that makes sense yeah and I think that's been what's been keeping in there that type of theory threshold is yeah but you know many other states are at at 50 they majority so I was 1 of the few that are at that super majority so but now it's even the part where you can only take it pick up Bond referendum in November 1 time of year so it used to be able to be on different special elections and so on so we can only if our all right we do is use for yeah I would say that's the I think that's the max that you you want to choose so I I can start Insurance options Remain the priority because that's increased year-over-year and then more options seems like it's 20% of the year and that's not sustainable in my opinion something that will be open yeah so um Google fi our supplemental state aid where would that be where we only had 2% this year doesn't really cover inflation cost of living um and then enough resources to hire and retain teachers to you so um they kind of addressed the teacher thing with raising them yeah the starting in ways I'm wondering if we can leave that alone for this time around and about that making their own important but it's kind of going to grow up for those for that beginning teacher group of teachers that have 12 years and above experience it's just kind of the middle the middle where they have been thought about how do to implement that back to the school district so okay did you get a list preschool SSA School insurance and school safety is that how they want to do that yeah we need to make a motion for that we need a motion we also said Bond issues but you got to kind of limit it before so so yeah we need motion but that's kind of what you guys talked about second for the or you mentioned before okay all those in favor of preschool SSA SSA school safety school safety and school insurance and school Insurance say I okay or red notion regarding protracted protective equipment okay so this is a board policy that we have where um the district May transfer transfer funds by a board resolution which is from your your packet there from the general fund to the Student Activity fund for anything that might be refurbish uh for protected and safety equipment for any extracurricular contest so um looking at just over $10,000 things were like how much reconditioning athletic tape uh so the safety so things like that so um this is something that happened happens often um in districts for these safety type equipment costs so and this is down from last year I don't know yeah I could just just said student safety is a priority so I'll move approval your Motion in a second to approve board resolution regarding protective equipment all those in favor say I I sorry oh sorry you told me that too I'm sorry that's all already yes right yes thank you for revolution 28 new agreement with Baxter community Library services this is something that I've informed that this has happened for multiple years with Baxter uh there's this reminder that there's there's no operational sharing incentive in this case but it is something that we're required to have a School librarian or Library Services uh within the district so um within the agreement PCM agreed uh pay Baxter 390020 uh for the agreement uh will be for 10 uh 10 days within within the district so um I feel like that that's something that I'll work with the administrative team to see is that is 10 days I'm not worse is it too much 1 Day last year okay that's something that will happen monitor because I reached out and asked them if he would come over and I see help mine okay he was very willing but yes but he does not come over unless you reach out and ask for his service that's okay there's our way we can say hey we're expecting 10 days for sure although space with the superintendent up there so a lot of the middle school or any other buildings oh yeah would it be possible to in the future I know this year we have probably have to approve it but yeah share with 1 of the the city Librarians or something yeah so that's that's definitely an option um where all you just a couple years ago yeah they've changed the legislation where yeah where all you have to do is have somebody that has a that has experience as a public librarian or has their public librarian certification so that becomes an option and that became an option because the I would say so few certified K12 school librarians and so legislation changed where okay we have you have some flexibility if you kind of work with work with a public librarian with a with a privacy whatever maybe and then um you would pay like a a stipend to that um to the probably the city first and then it gets paid out to the librarian so so they have to be certified yeah involved like her and so that we have to have Library Services you have 2 options to get it through the K12 um School librarian through the board of educational examiners or it's a public library um certified kind of through the state different organization not a teacher certified something somebody that has been a public librarian in a um in the state of Iowa somewhere there's a certification process for Librarians and just a little bit as much easier than getting a teaching degree correct and how you like to try this before but something went wrong before I thought I would like to keep this money in the district you might need 1 day but if you get we got it in Royal in a controversy about books with the rules coming down to the legislature we might need more spending yeah that's where it says in there that you know there's a stipend that here longer yeah yeah yeah so we can absolutely I mean we can absolutely on board with an absolute look look at other options moving forward um and we'll pay attention to days all those sort of things make sure that that the agreement is understood on all parts of what it should look like here and then the cash account yeah yeah you just made a motion okay we have a motion to do in second good you have a motion and second for 28 e agreement back to school district for Library all those in favor say I motion carries set up to 2 green okay just to see them listed there just a couple highlights from there and you can chime in to help me out if I um miss anything here um just for a couple options of the long-term sub teacher we raised 550 cents an hour uh we also then we raised to a dollar an hour the support staff sub and the bus activity sub to be more comparable with uh our surrounding schools so we're still we're still under but we're definitely moving in in the right direction to be comparable um to some of the schools there so um Aaron anything else uh let's see no that's that's all we're really just trying to slowly yeah interest them up a little bit to be able to more comparable since all the schools are not deserving we also raised the teacher the staff teacher sub pay by 5 to which would be twenty dollars now to match the sub rate pay so if a teacher gives up their their prep to cover for somebody that's gone we raise that to match with the the regular some great pay was just made more more sense but teachers giving up private period we need to make sure that it's even with at least the Sub sub the animal is great so what was our our history last year about being yeah so at the rate we're at um we have um a pretty good list of teachers so I feel maybe um I we sent out a letter at the end of the year um to every single that's on our cell list just saying thank you for subbing um please reach out if you want to be on the list again for this coming year just so I know to keep their um Frontline accounts active and everything and most of them have applied or covered wide and said they would love to come back and they like to come in here so um I think I can't remember if it was last year the year before we raced it up to the twenty dollars an hour up to 160 and that's pretty good for a school of our size yes yeah I would so previous District it was at 1 135 just moved it to 140 for the South Pole here so I would say it feels good and I'm still getting to know the rest of the district other districts around but it feels competitive I think to get our locals to stay here we want to sub we want to sub here so we had a pretty good hit rate in the middle school last year and the year prior we weren't quite as as good so um you wouldn't wouldn't have to have teachers cover nearly as much and any teacher will tell you I'm trying to get her before but twenty dollars is not their prep time but they're not willing to help out and so that's a nice that's a nice move to to push that out yeah I struggle getting Subs last year I don't know where the  though she have a pretty good list yeah we do I just don't know I don't know what they're doing they're doing a couple of changes that we made bonus in the sub that's that that it's not the right word frequently he answers the call I mean is is is is 1 thing and just an idea a part of my head 1 thing that someone comes in an hour but someone and make it making it up as I go if someone does it 10 times they get an extra you know been paying for her to keep track of but we did we got an idea about the year of Co yeah we had a we had something like that and I can't remember how many days but after they had subbed so many days they got I don't know that was 10 dollars more and they got it for the rest of the school year um so we did do that a year and I had a lovely people spreadsheet and we we actually had quite a few more subs than we had this sure I'll make a motion sure that motion in a second to approve the 2025 through 2026 substitute rate all those in favor say I I anybody oppose Grant okay um I still need to look in more into this a little bit as far as the all the final details of all the awesome things that they're going to be getting through this but um what I on uh here's some real Grant receiving 25,000 to help all schools with tier 2 targeted support um and I think an example that I heard was some um some resources that would be focused in on Matt plans literacy plans that legislation came came down for those that um you know after some testing kids are not listed as persistently at at risk so this grant would help providing some more resources for those for those students um in those areas so um I don't know if that's all of what it would be used for but um some different areas like that so I think we need a motion to approve receiving my correct 1 okay for the grant purpose I have a motion and second to through the Prey Meadows Grant all those in favor say I 23 I had 3 people so you finally have the fy23 audit um Tanya and Becky went through that with me uh the other day and it was it was and then uh I think see did you guys see ya you struck me as being I it struck me as I should be an auditor I think you could almost put the same suggestions on every we should have more segregation well schools are our size we don't have the ability to that it's just the same thing over and over and over again so I think you have separation right well that's it segregation separation or closed I believe that consistency in that office now and look where where we were where we're at now I we're on the right track there and I would I would did back in time you would say the same thing that a lot of the things that were mentioned in here over the last uh year or 2 make a lot of changes to address those address those items and I think that's a big positive as we look at this that they've made a lot of great changes in that in the district office to help with these things that are that are listed as items of concern I think it's just reading through it and realizing it's 2 you know so yeah and we're the fy24 is on the list to do you think they've done it they've done the field work yeah and so they're working on the back side of it so we might get 300s in a year we're hoping we're hoping approval you have a motion second to approve the year 23 audit all of the papers AI but all right Daniel cyber security she's done it y'all did you do you still want to talk through this and yeah so um this is just the renewal for this school year for the same service as we've been getting the last 2 years was there an increase at all I've increased it decreased it increased yeah but why you didn't say it went down on an or something yeah so we have discussed a quarter but we only went down $2,000 um that I think they dropped the tool too so that that order the price so now we're 50 to 20 with the savings of only 8,000 and they dropped something else that doesn't seem like I mean there there is changes throughout the whole thing I mean they switched a few tools and the hours changed how the math works I'm not 100% sure that we're cutting the hours in half and only getting that much saving doesn't seem quite correct at anything remind me of something here those are Black Keys for different things yeah this is how I'm looking through that because they I mean they list the hourly at the bottom like the fishing simulator that probably is a flat fee yeah the tools kind of people stimulated phishing attack so we're cutting in hours isn't contact anything then um no we we have not used the full hours this year so it issued fine yeah um it ex technically our last um Year's contract and then on July 1st so this is kind of backlogged exactly honestly I kind of view it as yeah kind of speaks to it but you don't have it 1 of the biggest risk pools that was my question too like um ran somewhere calling data journal to get it back or they'll leak your data can you recently did a cyber security training with some staff here to correct yep we had a here yeah yeah we had a tabletop exercise um with everyone that's involved in response plan and we kind of walk through what a cyber security incident would look like and how we respond to it it was pretty good here the big big schools that got hit I know like 1 more and de meaux this morning you know those are the ones that make the big news millions of dollars that they've got got to pay out and stuff so we got a lot of personal information yeah yep I'm Gonna Come 3 1 second the motion if I get to prove that you hate annual cyber security although they're saying I post hundreds just have a couple here for the sheer and dance teams working at the State Fair working at the Iowa Speedway my parking car is picking up trash and then uh 30 days supervising inflatables because that I have to say an opportunity to do that it pulls out or it's dead week so they're working their tails off when they have 2 or 3 every month no the cheerleaders are working towards that group and um to Florida Constitution to approve thank the motion second to approve the fundraisers listed all those in favor say I I post motion carries girls tennis okay uh Mr swing put this uh sharing agreement in here with Knoxville um let's see if we so this last year was a great experience for our students so it's good opportunity uh for kids that want to play tennis that don't have that opportunity right here in District so um it looks like so from the under a yeah so looks like be along with this sharing will be 300 per students same as last year will include the fee will supplement coach salaries reforms Transportation equipment pass support payments and Tennis Ultra fast work made emotional approved motion and second to approve girls tennis sharing with Knoxville all in favor say I I anybody oppose period question I was curious about how the receiving your view that I mean if I was you know okay I'm a current in Knoxville and we have 200 yeah and we bring in through University at 2 open learning about yeah and I think the place is the like there's a definite feel of that I mean that's just the reality they probably don't let you come back but we had a wrestler come here a couple years ago they didn't like keep 1 State I think yeah and and I think that's there are so many schools that share activity programs and I think that's a a Feeling across the state but um you know if you away from that and this is another opportunity for kid like we booked look at it from that lens that this is a good thing that we're that we're trying to do for our neighboring school or you know but some tools try roll back away from that agreement because it because you put the 2 and the 2 School enrollment had to get burned and bumps them up bumps them up in class you know so um but yeah just pop right now okay moving down to board policy policy primer first reader okay we have a few in there um Aaron do you want to just kind of highlight a couple and I'll fill in as needed sure um the anti-bullying and anti-harassment calls and um artist updated because of house file 865 that just kind of changes the definition um um based upon takes out um traits and characteristics as part of the definition um as far as bowling harassment goes and and the attached um exhibits um just updated the same way um open meetings um the inventory training for newly elected and appointed board members they have my lead days get done and then has to be filed by the board secretary um so that every time they're elected or is it it literally just elected an appointment I think it may be newly anybody that's the newly elected not hey I have 15 years of experience as a board member I think it is if you're elected this November that you get to do it do that training you get to get to get to you you have to yeah so I think the choice comes into play do you as a whole board want to go through that training I think that's where the discretion comes into play um if you so choose but I think it's the newly elected you have to get to go through the training that board member yeah they knew it it doesn't ring are we talking 4 hours of training or 60 hours and my God the explanation of them so all ahlers and feelings art suddenly elected or appointed by the traditional yeah and I have not seen yet like forces that have been approved by it by doubt they've even started it yet but I mean once we know what I mean I'm sure it'll come out yeah or right actually um the abuse of students by School District employees there's a setup file on that that changed how are you doing allegations um and now basically our Department of Health and Human Services has to cover it we we won't do any of that internally anymore um we just have to notify the person Foundation when they take it over so and then it states that they would warm the board and we have to put that that employee in administrative lead uh until the investigation is completed by human health services or it used to be internal level 1 investigators and so on and that was being changed over um employee qualification um those are basically both of those policies or licensed and classified just say we get a posted on teach dialogue again instead of Iowa Works which are job openings already go there um they actually let it go places so that's an easy change um the attendance policies as far as compulsory attendance and then the product absenteeism um it added some exceptions um for um missing school having to do a religious inventions um military funerals and things like that and then also um changed um the fact that we do not have to send certified letters specifically um I can just put my US mail electronic in person um make things a lot easier to the secretaries um graduation requirements just out of the Civics test and that will actually be for the next school year because it starts July 1st 2026 is when that will um officially go into effect um and then um Felton immunization certificates just as we have to make sure that during registration and on our website we have posted um paperwork um about the requirements we have for immunizations and then also about how someone can get an exception from and then the last ones are just the basic instructional program and health education um a lot of it talks about human growth and development the customer age appropriate research base um just from the housewives incentive oils that came out during this session the only other thing I'd add to Chronic absenteeism that has changed is that um you part about the 10% and the 15% of their school engagement meetings with parents and so on that the change in legislation has given School discretion that um say principles can decide if they want 1 or need to have those School engagement meetings if um the absences are impacting the child's academic progress so for some reason the student is missing these amount of days but they're still a high achiever then the principals can make a decision if they need to hold that school engagement meeting or also we're actually going to be calling like hey your son son or daughter has been in school but forcing that school engagement issue or meeting doesn't have to happen but they can sort of choose to to have those meetings so just a little bit of flexibility in those but likely if somebody's missing 15% of school days though going to be impacting child's academic progress that's 1 can I add that once we approve them in August we will update the handbook and have it for the September meeting for your approval okay because some of these will change what's currently on our parenting student handbook how do how do we how when do we notify parents who might have injections to part of the health education I know they had to have to uh send a written request to be excused from that and all that but my question is how are they specifically informed non kind of that but yeah I had a win yeah I mean I actually do it before that law come comes into play um I don't know if we have a have a form or a parent form that we've sent in the past but sometimes you have a template for say um isas testing or something like that that somebody can opt out of it yeah I I think we do but like it sure was I I thought I remember historically that maybe ification of the parents that this was available to them wasn't I can't remember the time appropriate or or I I was just curious that we take a look at that just trying to keep us out of trouble so to get into trouble I've just seen it on basis for a teacher say we're going to show this film um it's really whatever you know give your if you don't enjoy it too and we're going to read these books right right please but if there's any I've seen it teacher by teacher on their discretion I haven't seen a school thing in my experience section that students might be Exempted requirements for medical and religious okay so it's listed there um as far as like probably more like reminders yeah like people can probably find it where you're probably but it it with any organization sometimes it's a taco we say oh we have a procedure and we have a notification but people in their busy lives sometimes that gets lost and and sometimes it's not enough to say oh yeah we gave easier to make the extra effort on the front end is they added trouble and it is to try to yeah I said I'm just the teachers have been like if it's a specific science class that's doing doing great things a little bit that's what I thought I was on my syllabus too that they told me to learn so we'll get more information for you and that's something before that second reading we can be these 2 names earlier I mean maybe the teacher sent that out following that power key just in their own it's never pointed to we have this policy it should they have that option so like you don't have your child do whatever okay good questions any other questions we need a Google we have a motion and a second to approve the tax policy draft first read all those in favor say I very opposed okay as you can see I have a few things here so sorry I'm gonna just in case any moment we didn't stay put so I just want to thank everyone for um believing yeah just believing in me that to help um try to leave District board with everybody here it is a team thing it's the we thing and I told the admin team today it's never going to be about me it's going to be about us and what we what we do moving forward so um just want to just want to thank you for for everything um I want you to know that um going to work extremely hard with our staff and you as a board um that was be work toward being school choice in the area here and um with the families that are currently here and get them to stay put that they are they're excited about being here but then also try to attract those families that want to know what PCM has to offer what we and bring the table for people so and their kids on a day-to-day basis so um the early months I'm really going to be trying to listen and observe of what's Happening um at PCM so I want to I want to know what what themes are I want to know other ideas that are that are out there that maybe I'm not even thinking about yet so um but uh I'm making my way through the beginning part of my entry plan that I share with you during um the interview process so for my first like 60 days or so but that's just the first section we'll have other other plans after that but um working through that um uh starting to get to know you meetings uh with with board members with uh with district office staff uh we'll be starting with the administrators and then if I can have Kathy help me figure out 1 more time the Google Calendar to get it all out so people can start signing up um signing up for those that will uh I'll meet with people that are willing before school starts but most likely a lot of those meetings will be as teacher step get on contract but there may be some that like a I have 30 minutes of free time I'll hop in no deal so um but then also um just want to I think set the the boundaries the expectations that we're we're going to make decisions based on kids first it's it's really want to work towards that I know that you guys have been doing that but just continue that that effort um that gets come first and it's not adult driven decisions and um that's it's easier said than done sometimes and so just work working towards that um let's see just a couple other items um iasb board Workshop I'm I've kind of mentioned in my updates that I'm working towards trying to do that uh trying to work on getting some goal uh a session work on her goals that we can get behind whether it's 2 to 2 to 4 goals that we can just really land on as a board and then that funnels out to the rest of the district that they can do building goals uh Department goals on hey this is what the the district or the board is really looking to do to move us forward so um we were looking at September 3rd or the 8th this either 1 of those or a special work session to do because what is that 1030 avoid that yeah well I need the 8 I may be in Charlotte you okay and so these are some of the early early ones so I can keep its third or the 8th isn't working it'd be ideal to have everybody at this at a work session so if I need that big a deal I can if I need to keep asking for some dates I can do that because you know if you have can we develop more goals and only 5 are able to make it it's really not a board goal um so it's either 1 of those 2 work I guess I would say third and 8 third and the 8th of September you can get me out of the environment I would say earlier it would be better he'll be certain Harvest probably after that won't he he tied down a bit of what he's calling a brief correct yeah I guess I mean the eighth workload thing the third I can I can work around that I don't think I could cross country Steve camping there you're not know okay I can keep 8 Samsung are you German you might be on uh it's probably a good chance let me let me hold the eighth and see if I can come up with 1 more option that that we can consider and I I may be able to depend on zoom in or something exactly worked out what what what time you're thinking that would be in that 6:00 window so it could be earlier that'd be better okay I don't I a timeline or schedule for that at all it's yeah something's going to get dumped in my lap 2 weeks before I do that so I'll look for 1 more day hold that the 8th and look for another date that I can maybe try to get out to you okay question what's that we're catching yes yep that is okay yeah and then 1 more potential gets the work earlier I don't know if that's a good idea I mean um also Piper Sandler looking at our um Financial bonding capacities all of those things that we need to consider when we're thinking about facility work so I know that Matt glesby has been here before um but I'm hoping that we can talk about all of the all of the things bonding capacity and then start to also consider the proposal that has been presented to us in the past but then start to get down the road of let's Some solid decisions and if we say we don't go with um a The Proposal then hey what's the next step we do go with that proposal what do we what we want to do how are we going to make that happen so now we can't you know work session you're not making formal decisions it's just long long hard to discussion at that time so about what our feelings are as a board and what are the best steps with the information that we have so um the dates that he had available were July 28th through August 1st that whole that whole week I think that's dead week right now like I say that we're family week um or August 1 8 19 21st likely is better the best options for him were the 18th 19 21st that's a Monday 23 write 18 so it's a matter I would say we usually gets through his message within an hour just a matter of how much discussion that we want to have do we want to have it attached to a board meeting or do you want to have a separate session consideration the 21st would be our back to school not even house night oh thank you mind if it's attached to a lot of times we've done that okay yeah I'm meeting at 6 okay is our in that time I don't know I I don't I think I don't know the type of discussions necessarily on a question like he has a lot of information it's a matter of how much how much questioning clarifications all of those things that you need as a board to really get your mind set on the decision that you want to you want to make with facilities I think we need more than that yeah I important to get some time for discussion and stuff yeah you want to get 2 back to back nights like the regular meeting on the 18th and then the special meeting on the 19th depends on how the meeting what time is back there yeah sorry the 19th I think would be the next day afterward you hear Lori I'm sorry 21st I'm attempting to move my son that will stay and I don't know about 2 meetings in 18 190 but what if we just yeah can we do it after this board meeting August boarding little some of those I think we have to have done before we can do it after we can yeah I think those those policies I think we get information to you ahead of time pretty well cut and dry what what we need to do to approve really so I mean we could schedule it at like 6:30 you could always start like a little bit later you just can't start early so I'd hate to schedule it at 7 and be and have to wait right or we could say yes 6:45 yeah on the 19th 18 18th okay yeah do you have any information we can see beforehand yeah okay yeah so use some beforehand yeah be more confusing like how much do you want to see to get yourself totally if you're reading it the wrong way well I'm just thinking like question we can ask ahead of time I didn't question I think it's important to read now take this information and actually do something a little bit yeah last time we just sat through and got the information that is my my plan if we whatever we decide to do with Community needs to know that and I think that's part of that iasb or Workshop of goal setting to I would imagine just based on my visits the last few months that facilities and education opportunities is something the board has on their mind as we we need to do something it's a matter of what does it look like with the financial sure that we do it those sort of things that it's not okay that's good they're having another conversation we're just going to sit on the information I don't feel like that's where we're at but he's at that's not where where I'm at from coming in from from afar um I can see a lot of things that we we need to we need people focus on so for facility so I would agree with you that can't sit on the information okay 19 Ste 63645 is okay Tendencies at home yep okay moving on uh board seat vacancies I know we're getting ready to put a post out about um about running for those seats so we have District 1 Lori District 2 DOC and district 6 Ryan um that um those seats are up so candidate papers would be in the district office deadline to submit would be September 18th at 5:00 pm and I'm looking at these 2 because I know they were talking back and forth today um on trying to get that post out that's right you had to rerun for your shoes so um and last what 1 of the last things um just want to thank the district office staff for for you uh make me feel welcomed helping me find my way as I'm fumbling through everything I say drinking through a fire hose getting all the information they've helped me a ton um but feel really good about that so also uh just thank Rusty and his team for getting the buildings ready to go uh they're looking really good at at all centers some things to do yet but um rusty said what do you made a comment today we could start school today um where they're where they're if you haven't seen our playground come together nicely it looks so nice we walk by our own time f****** looks nice and got the next piece of um Turf coming to put in the soccer area and then it would be and then all the that is there or you're waiting on it he's picking picking it up okay I noticed that was so yep and then he's got all the blue backboards and blue basketball hoops that'll all go up too so but he's really um I gotta buy them snakes up or something because I feel like I put a lot of work in don't do that he'll start expecting it yeah my next golf cart ride yeah it really looks nice is it 2 weeks they're doing the Middle School yep I'm looking forward to that it's gonna be asking me a whole new ya space it's gonna you're gonna walk in and go yeah and they're doing the light see we put a couple you know changing the the lanes are going to be stained as well a little too much of a to have a c and got the sound system up in the gym in there and it's just I think about you know the last couple years we really done a lot of things to bring that building up to speed and so thank you guys you've been a big part of that so and if you haven't seen our um playgrounds because we don't have them so you have a weight room now yeah true yeah that's what we do got it that's all when you've been introduced yourself to the district what's that when you going to introduce yourself to the district we're working on a written 1 I have draft ready to go um to get a written 1 out but um I have I talked to um the newspaper reporter yes talk to her at softball game and we're going to get together and do a do an article um here soon so we're going to try to catch each other probably between like State term that week here so and then you have the need to do an in-person thing we can think about that I haven't done that in the past but um yeah I'm just trying to more than anything trying to get to some individuals too um trying to get to the people that I'll be working with a lot throughout the throughout the year and then eventually would really put you in a parade I think you look good back to our convertible yeah I got a golf cart yeah I should have set up shop at the Jasper County Fair like I did at the Franklin County Fair and for a whole week I was in the in the vendor Booth so it yes yeah so if you want to Booth with old set everything my wife does that so she figured out all the spots and everything or the P said he dumped okay yeah multiple years at homecoming thank you thank you thank you

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