Andrew Kilstrom: And we can get started.
Louis Taylor: I'd like to call to order. Today's Westland Wilsonville.
Louis Taylor: School District Board meeting and I'm gonna pass it over to Andrew, in the absence of Director Douglas to call to order or do the roll call.
Louis Taylor: Wait.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair. Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Present.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Here.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Here.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Here.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Here.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Right
Louis Taylor: thank you for that, Andrew. And I hope that Director Douglas feels better soon. So
Louis Taylor: our 1st item to hop right into is the election of a new chair and a new vice chair, and this will require board action
Louis Taylor: and
Louis Taylor: and so what we'll do is
Louis Taylor: as we have.
Louis Taylor: Those who want to either nominate themselves or nominate another director.
Louis Taylor: We will look for a second, and then we will look. Look for
Louis Taylor: you know a vote. But the way that the vote will work today is that once we have a nominee, and once we have a a motion
Louis Taylor: we will then
Louis Taylor: directly vote through direct messaging Andrew.
Louis Taylor: and so
Louis Taylor: for that
Louis Taylor: process. Then Andrew will then direct message me back with the tally as to
Louis Taylor: who was elected for whichever position that we are talking about, whether it's the chair or the vice chair. So when it comes time to vote
Louis Taylor: and cast your vote directly. Go to the chat box, select, Andrew, and you'll be able to cast your vote for whatever candidate has put their name in the hat for those positions is, are there any questions on that?
Louis Taylor: No, okay. And so
Louis Taylor: if there is a a different chair selected besides myself. Then I will pass the gavel to that chair. Then that chair will then proceed to conduct
Louis Taylor: today's meeting, and we'll start the process for the election of a vice chair. Would that be fair to say? Am I missing anything there, Dr. Ludwig or Andrew.
Kathy Ludwig: Nope, that is correct. Process procedure.
Louis Taylor: Okay, so the 1st
Louis Taylor: elected position that will start, what is the board chair, as I mentioned, and
Louis Taylor: and to kind of get it started. I've enjoyed being the board shared. So I'm gonna nominate myself to put my name back in the hat, and I know that others of you may be interested, too, so feel free to
Louis Taylor: throw your names in the hat, too. But I nominate Louis Taylor, so there's 1 for the position.
Louis Taylor: Are there any any others that have an interest in putting their name in the hat for the chair position?
Louis Taylor: Alright. Well.
Louis Taylor: I guess I'll take your silence as acceptance of me being the only nominee for that particular position.
Louis Taylor: Do we have a motion.
Kathy Ludwig: Let's get a second, and then we'll move it.
Louis Taylor: I'll give a second definitely. Yeah, yeah.
Kathy Ludwig: Even though there's 1 nominee. Let's go ahead and do that.
Kirsten Wyatt: I second Lewis as School Board Chair.
Louis Taylor: And now motion
Louis Taylor: any discussion.
Kirsten Wyatt: It!
Louis Taylor: Any questions.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move we elect Lewis Taylor as chair of the Westland Wilsonville School Board for the 2,02425, school.
Louis Taylor: Andrew, will you please cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Least
Andrew Kilstrom: If you. If you disagree, I'll give you about 30 seconds. Here, please. Send me a direct message saying as much.
Andrew Kilstrom: All right.
Louis Taylor: Thank you, Andrew, for posting that in the chat line. It says that.
Louis Taylor: lewis Taylor
Louis Taylor: was approved
Louis Taylor: so unanimously. So thank you all for
Louis Taylor: having the trust in me to continue to shepherd us along. And my promise to you is that I'll do my best to honor you all in the in the ways that you wish to be honored and valued. So I I look forward to the next year, and I look forward to having conversations with you all, and please know that.
Louis Taylor: I'm an open book. I think some of you. I think all of you already know that. So if there's things that
Louis Taylor: that you see from me throughout the year, whether it be behavioral or maybe I missed the beat on something, or maybe I didn't hear something that you said in the right way. I'm always open to you, bringing that to my attention, and I'm not offended by any means. So if there's something that you didn't like that I've said, or anything of the sort. You can always come to me and I don't hold a grip that way. So I look forward to
Louis Taylor: to the next year, and working with you all. So thank you for your trust.
Louis Taylor: Alright.
Louis Taylor: Moving on
Louis Taylor: one more item to take care of is the vice chair
Louis Taylor: position, and so
Louis Taylor: do we have
Louis Taylor: individuals who would like to put their name in for the vice chair position.
Louis Taylor: Anyone that you'd like to nominate
Louis Taylor: anyone like to nominate themselves.
Maegan Vidal: That's a question. Are we going to be called on? If we raise our hand?
Maegan Vidal: Which I'm doing right now is that the procedure today? Okay.
Louis Taylor: Yes, we can do that. I just saw your hand go up so. Megan, I'll give you the floor.
Maegan Vidal: Okay, thank you so much. Today, I'd like to. Well, 1st off, I would like to say, we are so lucky to have an excellent high performing board
Maegan Vidal: and given that today I would like to nominate Kelly sloop
Maegan Vidal: for vice chair.
Maegan Vidal: Kelly, would really
Maegan Vidal: would really
Maegan Vidal: like a leadership opportunity on the board, and I I support her in that. She's an excellent board member. She has a genuine interest in the school district, and we can see that through all her preparation for our school board meetings, her research. She conducts
Maegan Vidal: all the school visits, not only for her own schools that she is assigned for the School Board, but also through the special visits we do throughout the year. She attends those as well. She's also highly invested in the community.
Maegan Vidal: she also not only school district events in the community, but also broader community
Maegan Vidal: Events like in Clackamas County this year we attended a mental health fair put on by students, and I'd also like to mention her true interest in student engagement as well and her leadership role this year in the students. So given all those, I'd like to nominate Kelly's group for Vice Chair.
Louis Taylor: Okay
Louis Taylor: are there any other? Oh, Kelly, I mean Kirsten has her hand up so, Kirsten, I'll turn the floor over to you also. Now.
Kirsten Wyatt: Hi, I would like to nominate myself as vice chair. It has been a year of learning, and and honestly, a lot of work in the responsibilities related to being of the School Board Vice Chair. The superintendent's evaluation is a process, and one that I felt well prepared for. Thanks to
Kirsten Wyatt: former Director Thompson's leadership, but now feel like I have my legs under me, and would love another year to continue that work as well as serving alongside chair, Taylor, so I'd love to include my name as well.
Louis Taylor: All right.
Louis Taylor: all right. Thank you.
Louis Taylor: So
Louis Taylor: we have 2 for for for the vice chair role is, are there any other nominees out there for the vice chair role before we move to
Louis Taylor: start with
Louis Taylor: casting votes for either Kelly or Kirsten.
Louis Taylor: No hands up. Okay.
Louis Taylor: being that we have 2 candidates.
Louis Taylor: for for this role.
Louis Taylor: Dr. Ludwig, would it be best that we.
Louis Taylor: inside the direct messaging we can, as a board collectively send our direct messages for one or the other candidate so that way. And just so, you know you're oh, Kelly has a question.
Kathy Ludwig: Well before before you do that. Each of those nominees will need a second.
Louis Taylor: Correct.
Kathy Ludwig: To officially.
Kathy Ludwig: have them be nominees. So if there's a second for director sloop and a second for Director Wyatt.
Kathy Ludwig: then you'll have 2 candidates.
Louis Taylor: Okay. And then after that, what I'm gonna say, I'll I'll turn over to you to Kelly in one second is that when you cast your vote as a director, please only vote for one candidate.
Louis Taylor: So it's not like we've done before on a committee, or like, say, long, long range planning committee where you might put your candidate. 1, 2 in this scenario. We're just voting for one candidate, and then Andrew will will send me the the results, and then I'll read them off to you. Okay, Kelly, I'm turning it over to you. I see your hand up.
Kelly Sloop: Yeah, I just wanted to say that.
Kelly Sloop: I'm very interested in vice chair. I had expressed interest last year.
Kelly Sloop: And this is.
Kelly Sloop: you know, the
Kelly Sloop: 4th year of our term, and so I would like to
Kelly Sloop: be vice vice chair.
Kelly Sloop: so can I nominate, or can I second myself.
Louis Taylor: I believe you can. Yup!
Kelly Sloop: Okay. I'll be my second.
Louis Taylor: Okay, hmm.
Louis Taylor: And
Louis Taylor: do we have a second for Kirsten?
Louis Taylor: If not, I'll second for Chris Kirsten.
Louis Taylor: And I was gonna second for Kelly. Also, I'm just gonna second to get them both on there, so we can cast the vote. So
Louis Taylor: so we have a second for both. Now we have. Kelly seconded herself. I seconded for Kirsten, and now, if you would go to your chat box
Louis Taylor: you will now be able to select Andrew's name only, and send your vote over
Louis Taylor: to Andrew.
Louis Taylor: As to who you are voting for for the vice chair. Positions of your voting for Kelly.
Louis Taylor: put in Kelly sloop. If you're voting for Kirsten, put in Kirsten Wyatt. All right, and so I'll give you guys a second to do that. Make sure you have his name selected, and send your votes over.
Louis Taylor: All right.
Louis Taylor: The votes are in.
Louis Taylor: and it looks like
Louis Taylor: Kirsten Wyatt was elected for
Louis Taylor: vice chairs. So congratulations, Kirsten
Louis Taylor: and
Louis Taylor: I guess looking forward to working with you again for another year.
Louis Taylor: So
Louis Taylor: but we still need to have Andrew do
Louis Taylor: the final process. So, Andrew, would you call the
Louis Taylor: vote?
Louis Taylor: Please.
Andrew Kilstrom: Yes.
Andrew Kilstrom: director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Kirsten Wyatt.
Dan Schumaker: not.
Andrew Kilstrom: Approving, the the.
Dan Schumaker: yeah. Approved.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Prove.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Approve.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice chair. Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Approved.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Proof!
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Kathy Ludwig: And I think one last housekeeping just for public record. And I know we you had mentioned. It was a 5 0 vote for chair. You probably should say what the number
Kathy Ludwig: but the tally number keeping the individual votes anonymous. But the tally number for vice chair.
Louis Taylor: It was Kirsten Wyatt. 3 votes, Kelly sloop, 2 votes.
Kathy Ludwig: Okay, that should conclude the process.
Louis Taylor: All right moving on.
Louis Taylor: This takes us into
Louis Taylor: cassette agenda.
Louis Taylor: Do we have a motion for to approve the consent? Agenda.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move, reapprove the consent.
Maegan Vidal: Second.
Louis Taylor: Alright, Andrew, would you please cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Rector, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: You.
Louis Taylor: Alright! This will move us into communications and comments from the audience.
Louis Taylor: I believe we have one.
Louis Taylor: Speaker today that we're going to bring in.
Louis Taylor: And I believe that is John Mccabe. Correct, Andrew.
Andrew Kilstrom: Yes.
Louis Taylor: So would you, please
Louis Taylor: patch, John, in.
Andrew Kilstrom: And Mr. Mccabe. I see there are 2 of you in this meeting. You should be able to speak now. Are you on with us?
John McCabe: I'm on.
John McCabe: Okay,
John McCabe: based on what occurred last meeting. I have sent out a excel spreadsheet of the past history
John McCabe: income that's related to, or S. 2, 8, 7 a point 1 4 0.
John McCabe: And essentially, as I've said, prior that is, that ors regulation has not been followed for close to the decade.
John McCabe: and
John McCabe: where that money has gone
John McCabe: we were. The Board was informed that it had gone to
John McCabe: the Capital Projects Fund.
John McCabe: and yet, when I have asked, and again, I've also sent to you a letter that was sent to both the Administration and myself from the Clackamas County districts, attorney.
John McCabe: that they are supposed that the school district is to provide me
John McCabe: with how these calculations were done.
John McCabe: and it has never been honored.
John McCabe: It is a public record. I do not know why it is not be. I know why it's not being honored, because there's $0 and 0 cents showing up in debt service.
John McCabe: even though, or S. 2, 8, 7 8.1 4 0
John McCabe: demands, that be the case which it
John McCabe: which is being followed by every other so
John McCabe: school district, every other city
John McCabe: in the State of Oregon.
John McCabe: I would appreciate, if the Board would make sure that the Administration does provide me the public record
John McCabe: of how these funds were allocated
John McCabe: that should have been allocated to that service. You have. I've sent you the excel spreadsheet.
John McCabe: the letter from the district attorney, and what makes it worse
John McCabe: is when you look at the audits. It says that that is the procedure that is being followed in the management report.
John McCabe: and that is not the case at all.
John McCabe: I appreciate your time. I hope that
John McCabe: this issue can be addressed, and, if need be, an amendment to the current budget to reflect
John McCabe: past years and the current year
John McCabe: for the debt service interest income. Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Alright. Do we have any other
Louis Taylor: public speaking? Comments Andrew, that you're aware of.
Andrew Kilstrom: We do not.
Louis Taylor: Okay, thank you.
Louis Taylor: All right. This takes us into board business,
Louis Taylor: and we're gonna kick off with Dr. Hughes
Louis Taylor: from the business office.
Son Le Hughes: Good morning, everyone. I have
Son Le Hughes: resolution 2 0 2, 4, dash one. This is a very standard resolution. That board member has to vote in the in order for the school district
Son Le Hughes: to do business. And also this is a way for public know which agency that we use at our legal counsel, or which agency that we use for our auditor or the investment. And what's either software information that we use for our student?
Son Le Hughes: So with that the board is have to approve the destination of the district officer.
Son Le Hughes: to have Doctor Lockwood to serve at the Gym asset
Son Le Hughes: executive officer and myself at the Budget officer and deputy Super Deputy Depot for the fiscal year 2425.
Louis Taylor: Alright, so I've got my sorry I had my mute on there for a second.
Louis Taylor: So
Louis Taylor: this is an action item
Louis Taylor: that will require a motion?
Louis Taylor: and
Louis Taylor: do we have a
Louis Taylor: emotion.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move that resolution number 2,024 - 0 1 be adopted as submitted.
Maegan Vidal: Second.
Louis Taylor: Alright.
Louis Taylor: Andrew, would you please call the vote?
Louis Taylor: Oh, wait before we move on. Are there any questions? I'm sorry. Are there any questions, or any concerns that any of you have, or would like to bring
Louis Taylor: forward, prior to
Louis Taylor: casting the vote.
Louis Taylor: any comments
Louis Taylor: alright.
Louis Taylor: I hear nothing and see nothing. So, Andrew, would you now
Louis Taylor: cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Son Le Hughes: Thank you. Bar.
Louis Taylor: Yup. Thank you.
Kathy Ludwig: Chair, Taylor, could I
Kathy Ludwig: take a moment before we move to a different.
Louis Taylor: Oh, yeah.
Kathy Ludwig: Item. I would just like Dr. Hughes to just take a moment to acknowledge any public records requests to the business office. Dr. Hughes that community members have requested. Have those been fulfilled in working with Director Kelly, Douglas, and any other agencies.
Son Le Hughes: Yes. So whenever we receive the public comment it will forward to Kelly Douglas, and then she will working with the department. So if anything related to the business office say, we're working direct with me, I will gather the information, and then Kelly will send it out to the community member. In addition, when public comment
Son Le Hughes: or the agency for the last few weeks, we see the Oregon Department of Revenue, Oregon Department of Education, Black and Mac healthy. They are reaching out to me and share with me that they receive the public comment. They just want me. Give me a heads up and also give me the opportunity to explain it to them. Was it how to respond?
Son Le Hughes: might respond to the public comment. And then, from that what they will gather, the information not only for me, but also from their department. Their area, like, for example, Oregon Department of Education or Department of revenue. They gather the information about our school district and they present it back to
Son Le Hughes: community member who request for the public comment. So last time with the Oregon Department of Education. They visit different office that do work with us, and they did not find anything concern or anything that they need to go further. So they satisfy with the information that I provided to them.
Kathy Ludwig: Thank you for reviewing that process, and I know you were saying public comment. But I think you meant public records request.
Kathy Ludwig: Yeah. And I believe we have just one pending that we're still working through. So if there's a concern that one hasn't been fulfilled we do have one that is pending that Director Douglas, when she's back in the office, is working through. So just wanted to remind the Board that we do have a thorough process for that, and if you have any questions.
Kathy Ludwig: please feel free to reach out.
Louis Taylor: Sounds good. Thank you for that explanation and and and those details. So
Louis Taylor: that takes us into
Louis Taylor: the human resource department. And I'm gonna turn it over to
Louis Taylor: Miss Shiloh Waldron.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Good morning school Board members. Thank you all for being here and having me here today. So the 1st piece of business is our new contract with Osca. It's a 2 year contract from 2024 through 2026 we met with their team for 7 different meetings, starting at the beginning of April, and early June on our new contract. The Osca membership
Shyla Waldern (she/her): learned that they needed to hold in person votes, and so they had 2 different times that members could come and vote in person for the new contract
Shyla Waldern (she/her): as a result of having it be in person. Their voter turnout was lower than normal, but all those who voted did approve the new contract, so 100 of those who voted approve the new contract.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): all in the memo. All the financial related pieces are included. Just some highlights are that we added a hundred dollars to the insurance cap each month for both 2024 to 2025 school year, and the 2025 to 2026 school year. And we agreed to a 4% cola for the 2024 to 2025 school year and 2526 school year. We did make some updates to some leave.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): that we're offering staff and then have agreed to have a work group that will meet to talk about any potential excess and workload compared to other similarly assigned positions.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): any questions.
Louis Taylor: None from myself. But I have a hand up for Director Vidal. I'll turn it over to you.
Maegan Vidal: Thank you so much. I just had a question under Article 23. Safety. It mentioned injuries. And I was wondering what are the most prevalent injuries. That employees experience on the job.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): So from our meetings was safe that we've had every we're supposed to be quarterly. Sometimes they happen twice a year instead. But our biggest injury
Shyla Waldern (she/her): that has been going on for both groups has been slip strips and falls. That's been the most common the last few years, and so we've been working on sending out information about. And it's usually at the start of the school year end of the school year, or when weather is in a factor. So those are the times of year that those are more prevalent.
Maegan Vidal: Thank you.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): You're welcome.
Louis Taylor: Alrighty!
Louis Taylor: So do we have a motion. If there are no more questions or comments, I don't see any.
Louis Taylor: We'll come back to that again after we have a motion in a second. But do we have a motion to approve what's been presented so far?
Kirsten Wyatt: I move that we accept the 2024 to 2026, collective bargaining agreement between Osea and the Westland Wilsonville School district.
Maegan Vidal: Are you second?
Louis Taylor: Alright Andrew, would you? Oh, wait questions, comments before we cast the vote.
Louis Taylor: I do have a hand up from Director Wyatt, so I'll turn it over to you.
Kirsten Wyatt: Just wanted to say a big Thank you to Shila and the bargaining team, as well as our osea reps for all of the work that went into those 7 meetings. It really is a reflection of the professionalism and the trust that's been built over the years. And I just think that, as we've seen, that's not always the case in school districts, and so really want to encourage that level of trust and communication
Kirsten Wyatt: and friendship to continue and really looking forward to approving this agreement.
Louis Taylor: Alright, thank you. And director shoemaker, your hand was up next.
Dan Schumaker: Yeah, thanks. Carl. I wonder if you could make any comments about how we
Dan Schumaker: assure that that our our packages, benefits, packages and payment packages are competitive in the area.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Yeah, thank you for that question. So we we do comparative data before we go into bargaining. So we know where we're at at that point.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): And one of the things we did this past school year was a job analysis, because we had been hearing that our pay for some of our classified positions was not comparable to neighboring districts. And so we did do a job analysis process this past year and use that data to inform this bargaining, and as a result of that we did move positions to higher salary ranges.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): and did some shifts of steps down to provide higher rates of pay that were more comparable to our neighboring districts. The job analysis was very comprehensive, so it actually included purse pickup. It included vacation holiday pay, the number of leave days. So we actually were able to get
Shyla Waldern (she/her): a comparable per hour rate that was really apples to apples. Instead of all these other factors not being really comparable that we're trying to look at. So it was extremely helpful for us in making those choices and suggestions and talking through that with the association.
Dan Schumaker: Okay. Thank you.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): You're welcome.
Louis Taylor: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Yes, I would just like to say I am
Maegan Vidal: so happy to hear that the vote was 100, and I would like to just let go vice chair. Wyatt comments this morning about how reassuring it is that we have such
Maegan Vidal: An excellent group of educators and classified staff in our district, and I'm glad that our district team can work well with our teachers and classified staff. So thank you.
Louis Taylor: All right.
Louis Taylor: hit the wrong button.
Louis Taylor: Okay. So any other questions comments. I don't see any hands up
Louis Taylor: again. I would like to just say, strong work to you all for getting that over the finish line. I know that. Negotiations can be
Louis Taylor: complex.
Louis Taylor: And we've seen what's been going on throughout the State. So the fact that we were able to get this done without you know any hiccups, as far as
Louis Taylor: you know
Louis Taylor: publicly, I guess, to say, you know, that you guys are able to work all that out behind the scenes, and everybody could walk away feeling like they're they're being honored is a big deal, and my hat goes off to you Dr. Ludwig Shila and your whole team for getting that across the finish line, so I'll pass it to Andrew to
Louis Taylor: cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Dr. Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Louis Taylor: all right, and the ball is still in Silos court.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Real quick before I get into the Wwa agreement. I do want to say both of our associations came in very realistic and reasonable, which is why we were able to settle. And they understood the financial position that the district was in, and we went over that with them, and we're very transparent about it. And so we have great appreciation, respect for both associations in coming to the table
Shyla Waldern (she/her): with that lens and really working with us to try and navigate through a difficult situation. That we haven't been in in many years. So I just want to say that about both groups before I go into the license group.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): So we came to Resolution with WWA our licensed association. We did come to a 3 year agreement with them and we met for a total of 10 times, and started meeting in March and finished June 11.th we
Shyla Waldern (she/her): they, their membership that voted did approve it with a 90 approval rate. I think it was 89.9. So I rounded up a little bit.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): And then
Shyla Waldern (she/her): The large financial pieces are that we agreed again to a hundred dollar increase each month to health insurance the health insurance cap. We also agreed to a 4% cola for each of the 3 years of the bargaining agreement.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): We did increase our cap for tuition reimbursement to 400,000 from 300,000, because we exhausted it this year in January, which we haven't done in a number of years. And, we're excited that staff continue to want to grow professionally, and we wanna encourage that.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): We did add some language regarding some additional staff development days at the primary level. And we did add some language regarding some additional minutes of non student contact time, primary level
Shyla Waldern (she/her): and then for both groups, we did increase the number of bereavement days from 3 to 5 over the last few years we've seen a number of people have family members pass away who live in a different country, or in different side of of this country, and just the number of days needed to travel has increased. And so we were wanting to honor that for them.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): and so those are the large pieces in the agreement, and our recommendation is that the School Board accept the new bargaining agreement with WWE, and happy to respond to any questions.
Louis Taylor: Alright! Thank you for that. Explanation.
Kathy Ludwig: Charlotte, could you clarify that with those Staff development days, the shift from early release to.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Thank you, Patty. Sorry. Dr. Logic. So. We have, we?
Shyla Waldern (she/her): In the following proposal with the calendar, we the change from early release days will be just for full Pd days. So there was exchanges made so that those early release days will no longer exist. And there's added staff develop full staff development days into the calendar. That was what the license staff requested. They said. Especially primary level. There's some difficulty
Shyla Waldern (she/her): with transition, having early release days in the middle of the week. And so there was just a desire to have full Pd. Days, instead of having the early release time.
Louis Taylor: Gotcha.
Louis Taylor: Thank you for that. Clarification. Do we have any questions? At this point from any of the directors
Louis Taylor: comments.
Louis Taylor: all right, Director Vidal, I'll turn it over to you.
Maegan Vidal: Yeah, I just had a question given our commitment to inclusive education.
Maegan Vidal: Do we have a higher need than other school districts in our
Maegan Vidal: area. For learning specialists
Maegan Vidal: otpt occupational therapists, physical therapists.
Maegan Vidal: and speech pathologists and school psychologists
Maegan Vidal: do we find that we have a higher need than other districts.
Kathy Ludwig: Would you like me to answer that one.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Yeah, you're you are welcome to answer that.
Kathy Ludwig: Okay? I think that's a hard
Kathy Ludwig: a challenging question to answer, because school districts can make their own programmatic decisions. There are some special education requirements that everyone must follow, whether they are
Kathy Ludwig: you know, Federal or or State-based
Kathy Ludwig: or then guidance from ode. But beyond that, districts can choose.
Louis Taylor: How.
Kathy Ludwig: They want to staff.
Louis Taylor: There's.
Kathy Ludwig: Staffing ratio, their their program development, whether they want
Kathy Ludwig: staff consolidated in one building or spread across several. So for those reasons, it would be really hard to make that kind of determination as to whether
Kathy Ludwig: I think your question of our commitment to inclusive practices does that mean there's more staff required for that model, and that's really that's 1 that we just can't
Kathy Ludwig: answer, because
Kathy Ludwig: another district may have the same number of staff as us, and not do inclusive practices. But it's how they decide to proportion staff based on ratio of staff to students, whether it's contractual for them or by choice and also their program decisions.
Maegan Vidal: Thank you.
Kathy Ludwig: We. We've been asked that by other groups and and people come and visit all the time, and we have to give them that same response that it really depends on how districts make those decisions.
Louis Taylor: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Director, shoemaker, please.
Dan Schumaker: Hey? Thanks. With respect to staff development. So so not having early release Wednesdays, and instead a different configuration. Is there a change in the overall hours
Dan Schumaker: devoted to professional development.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Not at the secondary level. So at the secondary level it was a straight exchange. There was additional time added at the primary level based on the request and negotiations for additional time to team additional time to work together, co-teaching, plan, co-planning with their specialists, colleagues. And so there was added time at primary level, but secondary. It was just a straight exchange.
Dan Schumaker: Thank you.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): You're welcome.
Louis Taylor: And
Louis Taylor: Vice chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Does our bereavement leave policy include pregnancy, loss.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Yes, it does. We added that in last negotiations.
Kirsten Wyatt: Wonderful thing.
Louis Taylor: Okay.
Louis Taylor: I don't see
Louis Taylor: any other hands up, so do we have a motion to
Louis Taylor: approve.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move that we accept the 2024 to 2027 collective bargaining agreement between W-wea and the Westland Wilsonville School district.
Maegan Vidal: I sat it.
Louis Taylor: Alright. Any other questions comments before I turn it over to Andrew.
Louis Taylor: Okay, Andrew, please cast a vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Alright and staying right here with the Home Court advantage. We're gonna continue to let our point guard dribble up the court so.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): So we have a 1 year mou to add a contract day. For our license bargaining unit for the 2425 school year. So this will be added at the the 1st week of staff staff days prior to the students starting the following week. We have found that that additional day was extremely helpful, and we we may be able to use some of the additional Pd days
Shyla Waldern (she/her): in years going forward. But for this coming year. We had an agreement to add an additional day, and that is being funded out of the Sia. Grant had been calculated in that already. So it's it's not an added cost pulling from our general fund. It was already calculated into the Sia. Grant
Shyla Waldern (she/her): and and Wwa. Members also prove that at at the 90.
Louis Taylor: Nice.
Louis Taylor: alright, same as before. Do we have questions or comments about
Louis Taylor: what has just been presented?
Louis Taylor: Right
Louis Taylor: well, do we have a motion
Louis Taylor: to
Louis Taylor: approve the proposed mou.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move that the Board adopt the 2024 to 2025 WWE Wlw. V. Mou. That includes 192 working days this year.
Maegan Vidal: Aside from it.
Louis Taylor: Alright questions concerns before we pass it to Andrew
Louis Taylor: alright to see no hands. Andrew, please cast a vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice chair, Wyatt.
Andrew Kilstrom: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Louis Taylor: and we're gonna stay on the same bat channel, and I'm gonna keep it here with
Louis Taylor: go ahead, Dr. Ludwig.
Kathy Ludwig: Yeah, I before we move to the next item. Several of you have already made this comment, and and I don't. I do know that Miss Waldron made a comment as well. I just want to recognize now that we've
Kathy Ludwig: formally adopted all of the contracts again. Reiterate. How pleased we are that with the way both teams approach the work, the commitment, and the time.
Kathy Ludwig: This was all volunteer hours by our members.
Kathy Ludwig: and I wanna thank the large groups that came that
Kathy Ludwig: studied hard, that represented their members that spoke candidly but also very understandingly, about
Kathy Ludwig: the district finances. As Miss Waldron mentioned.
Kathy Ludwig: They both teams, both bargaining groups, came with a spirit of
Kathy Ludwig: we need to represent our members. We need to make sure that employee conditions reflect the good work that's being done. And they articulated that very clearly and
Kathy Ludwig: with great professionalism, and they also recognize that the district has financial constraints.
Kathy Ludwig: and several times, during conversations took items off the table
Kathy Ludwig: that they recognized were not ones that the district could perhaps sustain at this time.
Kathy Ludwig: and prioritized accordingly. And as you mentioned Chair Taylor, this is not often what we're seeing out in other
Kathy Ludwig: States and in our State, as people are finding themselves really torn between finances and also advocating for their members. But I do want to recognize the association leadership and the bargaining teams. Also the district representatives who came to the table, and there was a great spirit of collaboration
Kathy Ludwig: and appreciation for the community, for the generosity of the community with local option funds and capital bond funds that do allow us to do more with our general fund.
Kathy Ludwig: And so I want the community to know that you have an exceptional staff working with your students and your children, who care deeply about their work, who want to do their work incredibly well, who bring a great sense of professionalism, who are proud to work in this school district and proud to serve this community. And I think both of these contracts really reflect the caliber of our staff.
Kathy Ludwig: their commitment and their service, and also honors, their their hard work and their professionalism. So thank you for approving these contracts, and a special thank you to Shyla Waldron for
Kathy Ludwig: her extensive research, investigation, relationships, commitment, and in the way she facilitated each and every one of those meetings. So, Shila, thank you.
Shyla Waldern (she/her): Fantastic.
Louis Taylor: Yeah, thank you. And I misspoke, I said, we're gonna stay here with Miss Shiloh. But she turned the ball over, so I pulled her from the game, and we're gonna turn it over to
Louis Taylor: vice chair, Wyatt, for the next portion to discuss the superintendent evaluation and patrol proposed contract renewal. So
Louis Taylor: vice chair, Wyatt, the floor is yours.
Kirsten Wyatt: Feel like I should make a comment about like posting up or something at this point, but
Kirsten Wyatt: so just wanted to start this item by giving a little bit of context evaluating the superintendent. The School Board's only employee is a role that all 5 of us take very seriously. The evaluation process starts at the beginning of the year, when the board and superintendent clearly communicate goals for the school year ahead, and then at 2 different points during the year we hold formative evaluation processes and closed session to offer feedback and hear about accomplishments.
Kirsten Wyatt: And then the process concludes with a summative evaluation where the 5 board members collectively evaluate the superintendent's performance, resulting in an evaluation that is written in one voice by the full board.
Kirsten Wyatt: So now for the record, I'll read a summary of this evaluation, and then after that, we will move into the approval process for the superintendent's employment contract.
Kirsten Wyatt: We have structured our evaluation this year into 2 parts. Looking back at the year we just completed, and looking forward to the year ahead.
Kirsten Wyatt: the school year, the School Board set 4 ambitious goals to adopt language, arts, curricula.
Kirsten Wyatt: pass a local option, levy, engage with our students and learn about district implemented systems for students that build competence, confidence, and self-efficacy. We are grateful for Doctor Ludwood's efforts to help the Board achieve these 4 schools goals this school year. We also recognize her work to organize school visits for the full board, which gave us all a front row seat into the operations of our schools, and a deeper look
Kirsten Wyatt: into how school work plans align with the District Improvement Plan.
Kirsten Wyatt: We praise Doctor Ludwig for her integrity and ethical decision-making.
Kirsten Wyatt: She's regarded across Oregon for her dedication to excellence and inclusion, and she has been effective in developing and delivering the district's equity vision.
Kirsten Wyatt: Her commitment to equity is evident in her work with external partners, and her respectful inclusive communication. She engages with statewide groups, advocates for equitable practices, and responds swiftly to school incidents. We appreciate her respectful leadership in union negotiations, the use of culturally responsive curriculum materials and the district's investment in developing future leaders.
Kirsten Wyatt: Doctor Ludwig has also forged strong relationships with community groups, local officials, and local media. We recognize and commend the district's clear financial management and communication under her leadership.
Kirsten Wyatt: Looking forward to 2024, 25,
Kirsten Wyatt: the Board looks forward to Superintendent Ludwig's leadership in the coming years. We want to keep engaging the community and encouraging open discussions during public meetings, prioritizing communications and transparency. We also want to continue to explore how we can use student achievement data to understand progress and address inequities. This includes learning how teachers use data to improve their teaching and ensure equity in student learning, especially for English language learners.
Kirsten Wyatt: We also want to maintain financial transparency in a robust planning process for community investments.
Kirsten Wyatt: In this next year we seek to develop a board vision and goals, clarify board roles, improve the committee appointment process update policies and provide clear explanations of policy ideas and achievement data.
Kirsten Wyatt: So with that summary of the School Board's evaluation of our superintendent, we now have an item for board action, and this is approving the superintendent's contract.
Kirsten Wyatt: The proposed contract is identical to her existing contract with 4 notable changes.
Kirsten Wyatt: First, st it includes an annual 4% cost of living adjustment to mirror the Cola that was given to staff.
Kirsten Wyatt: It includes 3 additional vacation days.
Kirsten Wyatt: It empowers the School Board to conduct a market analysis on the superintendent's salary, if so warranted, and it is a contract term of 3 years.
Kirsten Wyatt: and so at this point I'll turn it back over to the board chair to ask for a motion to approve the contract.
Louis Taylor: Thank you. Vice chair, Wyatt. I appreciate that
Louis Taylor: and so
Louis Taylor: we will look for a motion to approve the contract as presented. And once we get a second we can go into any discussion that board directors might have. Do. I have a motion out there to approve the current presented contract.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move we approve the contract for Superintendent Kathy Ludwig for the term 2024 to 2027.
Louis Taylor: Right.
Louis Taylor: and I'll second it
Louis Taylor: all right. I'll open the floor up for
Louis Taylor: for questions, comments, concerns.
Louis Taylor: I see
Louis Taylor: nothing there, so I will
Louis Taylor: turn it over to
Louis Taylor: Andrew to cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair. Taylor.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Alright! Well, congratulations, Dr. Ludwig, and
Louis Taylor: we all look forward to working with you, moving forward so.
Kathy Ludwig: Could could I make some comments?
Louis Taylor: I was just gonna ask you if you would like to see it.
Louis Taylor: Oh.
Kathy Ludwig: 1st of all, thank you tremendously. I'm
Kathy Ludwig: humbled, and also just so grateful to serve this community. And the 5 of you are just such exceptional individuals and collective board, and you're each just outstanding in terms of your interest, your curiosity, your support.
Kathy Ludwig: It is truly a pleasure and worth every moment of my time that I get to spend with you, to see the joy when you visit schools, your interaction with students, your delight in the work.
Kathy Ludwig: and I'm so grateful for your support and for your trust in me and commit to working incredibly hard in the coming years.
Kathy Ludwig: I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that the success of our school district is really thousands of people
Kathy Ludwig: bringing their best selves every day, and so I'd like to just say these words, our theme this year was elevate.
Kathy Ludwig: Using the theme. We challenged ourselves to take what was already working well
Kathy Ludwig: and commit to elevating its effectiveness and impact.
Kathy Ludwig: And we saw great evidence of that this year from our students, our staff and our district overall. The impact of this school year is a reflection of the hard work, dedication, and commitment of many teams, and I'd like to publicly thank these groups. Pat Mcguff and his team at operations
Kathy Ludwig: which includes Jeff Chambers. Facilities Enrique Guian engineers and custodians. Steve Matthias. Maintenance, Baltimore Morales Groundskeeping Lindsey Flores Nutrition Services and Remote Douglas capital Bond projects.
Kathy Ludwig: I wish to thank Andrew Kilstrom and his team in Communications and community services, Shila Waldurn and the Hr. Team, Sonly Hughes, and the business office team.
Kathy Ludwig: Conduang and the It team.
Kathy Ludwig: David Pryor, Barb Soison, Jennifer, Spencer, Iams, Lauren Brigsby, with their teaching and learning and student services, teams, including staff at our programs at Crest Family Empowerment Center and the Human Center.
Kathy Ludwig: Kelly Douglas, who supports the superintendent's office, and you the School Board.
Kathy Ludwig: and our amazing school teams, Trevor, Mena Kelly Schmidt and Nick Chapin, and the teachers and staff at each High school.
Kathy Ludwig: Kenny Eubank, Mike Strandy, Knollie Stroll, Meyer, Sarah Mccarney, and the teachers and staff at each middle school.
Kathy Ludwig: Michelle Jensen, Christy Freeman, Greg, James Melissa Hall, Nicole Minor, Fletcher, Le Perry, Derek Porter, Meg Leonard Kate, Donagan and the teachers, and staff at each primary school.
Kathy Ludwig: I wish to thank our contracted partners for their excellent services, our community partners for their support, and our amazing parents and volunteers, with our P-t-a's and booster clubs for championing our students.
Kathy Ludwig: I wish to thank our students for being engaged, and proud learners and kind community members to each other in each of their schools.
Kathy Ludwig: and I wish to thank you, the School Board, for your support to myself and the leaders and staff of our district, for your belief in our students and your commitment to their successes
Kathy Ludwig: for identifying and fulfilling board goals that have served the students and impacted outcomes for the district
Kathy Ludwig: and for your selfless service.
Kathy Ludwig: The success of this year is truly
Kathy Ludwig: the reflection of thousands of people coming together for a common goal. So thank you.
Louis Taylor: Thank you for those
Louis Taylor: those words. I really appreciate it, and
Louis Taylor: look forward to seeing how things go, and in the coming years, and look forward to seeing your leadership over the district. So thank you again, Dr. Ludwig.
Louis Taylor: Alright. Let me get to
Louis Taylor: Communications Department. I'm gonna turn it over to
Louis Taylor: Andrew Kelstrom.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you. Chair Taylor. Before. The Board of Directors. We have adjustments to the 2425 school calendar for all 3 levels. This is in alignment with the contract.
Andrew Kilstrom: Association contracts that you approved earlier this morning.
Andrew Kilstrom: And I'll quickly summarize. Kind of the highlights of these adjustments, what? What our community will experience?
Andrew Kilstrom: And then turn it over for for any questions before vote?
Andrew Kilstrom: So like we talked about earlier. The big change is adjustment to professional development days for staff.
Andrew Kilstrom: We are eliminating the early release professional growth Wednesdays that our families are used to
Andrew Kilstrom: and and instead implementing 6
Andrew Kilstrom: full day, staff development days for the primary level and 2 additional days for the middle and high school level.
Andrew Kilstrom: An advantage to this is, it has allowed us to better align the calendars across primary, middle and high, so that families with students and multiple schools. Are experiencing, you know, a similar schedule, and we all. We have also received feedback in the in the past from families that those early release Wednesdays were sometimes challenging from a childcare standpoint. So this does benefit in that area as well.
Andrew Kilstrom: We have added an additional Staff Development day in August like was mentioned previously. This is funded by the Sia grant.
Andrew Kilstrom: I. And I should note that the the 1st day of school is not impacted by these adjustments, so the the 1st change of family would experience is actually the end of September.
Andrew Kilstrom: additionally.
Andrew Kilstrom: the the last day of school will change for the primary level based on those association agreements. So the the last day of school did move up one for the primary level.
Andrew Kilstrom: as you can see in the memo. Instructional hours still meet division 22 ode requirements and actually exceed the thresholds. And in all areas.
Andrew Kilstrom: and
Andrew Kilstrom: those are the main highlights of these adjustments. We are, of course.
Andrew Kilstrom: excited to make these announcements share information with family so that they can be begin preparing for their school year, and making sure they have childcare coverage and and any other needs they might be. So I'm happy to answer any questions about these changes that you might have.
Kathy Ludwig: Andrew, could I make a a comment about the spring conference days.
Andrew Kilstrom: Oh, yes, thank you. I should have mentioned that.
Kathy Ludwig: That's okay.
Kathy Ludwig: we have this in in consultation with the Association. We are recommending removing the spring conference days just from primary level
Kathy Ludwig: and the Licensed Association informally is in agreement with that. Their leadership is in agreement with that.
Kathy Ludwig: They do need to take it to a vote in August.
Kathy Ludwig: because the contract mentions
Kathy Ludwig: days that they would have to prepare for the the conference, and time to deliver, to plan and deliver those conferences. So because it's mentioned in the in the contract, and because we are as a district are choosing to remove those, the contract will. Language will need to be adjusted accordingly.
Kathy Ludwig: and they understand that, and the leadership is in agreement with that, but
Kathy Ludwig: procedurally need to take it to a full membership vote in August they are confident that it will pass
Kathy Ludwig: and so we've gone ahead and
Kathy Ludwig: change the calendar to reflect that
Kathy Ludwig: if for some reason in a vote in August it does not pass.
Kathy Ludwig: We will need to revert back
Kathy Ludwig: to spring conferences.
Kathy Ludwig: But again, in in conversation with them the confidence was there. And so that's why we are bringing it forward. With that change.
Kathy Ludwig: And then, lastly,
Kathy Ludwig: The reason also that primary has a different
Kathy Ludwig: ending day
Kathy Ludwig: is in the past, the grading, the final grading day for primary was
Kathy Ludwig: A couple of weeks before the last day of school. This was really an an, a carry over practice. When report cards used to be given on paper, and students went home with a folder, and the report cards had to be printed out.
Kathy Ludwig: and teachers and specialists and office staff needed time to coordinate all those grades and manually print them out on printers and stuff them in folders for kids to take home in their backpacks.
Kathy Ludwig: As we've evolved electronically.
Kathy Ludwig: that practice for that grading day actually stayed pretty stagnant
Kathy Ludwig: and in discussion and conversation
Kathy Ludwig: to again reduce kind of the disruption to the May
Kathy Ludwig: instructional days. We decided to move that grading day, for after kids get out of school.
Kathy Ludwig: And it's all done electronically now. And so
Kathy Ludwig: it won't disrupt what parents today or currently how they get their report card electronically sent to them. It just moves it
Kathy Ludwig: out of May and into June, similar to middle and high school, who also do their grades after students get out.
Kathy Ludwig: So that so that's just it just actually moved the ending day for primary
Kathy Ludwig: by one day.
Louis Taylor: Right.
Louis Taylor: So
Louis Taylor: do we have a motion
Louis Taylor: out there.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move that we approve the proposed 2024 to 2025 school calendar adjustments as presented
Kirsten Wyatt: like, that's it.
Louis Taylor: Alright any questions, comments from any of the directors.
Louis Taylor: I see a question from Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: I just have a comment. As a parent of a soon to be middle schooler. I feel like my life is highly impacted by the school calendar and I was very, very interested in this
Maegan Vidal: yesterday when I was preparing for this meeting, and I I wanna say, I'm just in full support of these changes. I very much appreciate the fact. My my number one.
Maegan Vidal: reason is this this focus time for teachers. I really appreciate that they can collaborate together, especially teachers of the same grade level. And then when we look at the middle school and high school levels, like collaborating with like students. On, you know, when they have similar students. I think that is
Maegan Vidal: fantastic. I agree that early dismissal is very challenging, especially for working parents.
Maegan Vidal: So I thank the district for adjusting this. I also
Maegan Vidal: yeah. I also want to point out that in the memo. It does say that ode has requirements for instructional hours, and we are. Our district is exceed those requirements for the instructional hours in every grade level. So I appreciate that as well. Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Alright! Thank you. Director Vidal, anyone else.
Louis Taylor: Alright, I don't see any hands up, so I will turn it over to Andrew to cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Andrew Kilstrom: I've
Andrew Kilstrom: director sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: All right. Thank you, Andrew.
Louis Taylor: And we're gonna move on to the Department of Operations and turn it over to
Louis Taylor: mr. Pat Mcguff.
Kathy Ludwig: Be before we before we do that?
Kathy Ludwig: could I just ask Andrew, would you share with the board now that this motion has passed the communication plan for the new calendar out to impacted
Kathy Ludwig: community members and those who we have contract services with.
Andrew Kilstrom: Yeah, thank you. We will get of course, our websites updated today with these calendar adjustments. And by tomorrow we will have alerted.
Andrew Kilstrom: All of our district staff of these calendar changes as well as our our parent guardians, our students families, will
Andrew Kilstrom: send that announcement out tomorrow would be our plan, and then subsequently, throughout the summer, we will send several reminders. Just so that families know of those changes. Thankfully. There's there's no impact until the end of September is the 1st adjustment, so that provides a little bit of of time for families to prepare and then, of course, we'll we'll provide reminders. Throughout the school year as well.
Kathy Ludwig: And with our bus service for student will, they're used to making these early release kind of
Kathy Ludwig: a unique schedule. So there will be some changes to
Kathy Ludwig: our contracted bus services and our nutrition services program.
Kathy Ludwig: So.
Louis Taylor: Gotcha
Louis Taylor: awesome alright!
Louis Taylor: Anything else before we move on.
Louis Taylor: Alright, thank you for your patience. Department of operations, Mr. Mcguff.
Pat McGough: Take it. Chair, Taylor.
Pat McGough: before the board. You have a memo, declaring some surplus items. We bring these from time to time. When when we have large
Pat McGough: quantities of items to dispose of.
Pat McGough: The biggest on this memo, of course, is curriculum. The district recently adopted, and has received new curriculum for the primary level.
Pat McGough: and the old curriculum is listed in the memo before you from Fontas and Pinell
Pat McGough: and Lucy Cawkins. It consumes about 40 pallets worth of warehouse space.
Pat McGough: and it is time to dispose of it.
Pat McGough: Additionally, while we're
Pat McGough: on that, we've identified some grounds equipment that is either no longer functional or beyond repair cost prohibitive to repair.
Pat McGough: Almost all of that is scrap. It will be taken for recycling.
Pat McGough: There is one vehicle on there, and I apologize. I didn't get the year on there. It's a 1993 Chevy.
Pat McGough: that we have had to have
Pat McGough: with a hundred 70,000 miles on it.
Pat McGough: and it is.
Pat McGough: you know, you can keep anything running if you want to invest enough money in it. But this is becoming a a maintenance
Pat McGough: hole to throw money into.
Pat McGough: And the last item, is a byproduct of some of a
Pat McGough: middle school enrichment classes that we no longer offer. And this was the junior scoops program for those of you that have been around way back. We did offer that program. It was discontinued. We held on to the equipment for a number of years. To see if perhaps it would make a comeback.
Pat McGough: There is every indication that it will not be coming back. This equipment is in good shape. We do have interested vendors that are willing to bid at auction at a silent auction for this equipment.
Pat McGough: and once it's declared surplus, we will begin that process for the sale of that equipment.
Pat McGough: So that's that's about it. If you have any questions I'm certainly able to answer.
Louis Taylor: I have a question.
Louis Taylor: pat
Louis Taylor: with the materials that were the items that go up for auction.
Louis Taylor: And if those are sold. Where do the proceeds from the auction? Then
Louis Taylor: go to? What line item does that hit inside of a budget? Or where are those funds kept for future investment into other stuff that the district might need in your department.
Pat McGough: We just return it for the general fund. It does not go to the Operations Department. It is re returned to the general fund to be reallocated as
Pat McGough: as dated.
Louis Taylor: Gotcha, and did the purchase of all of those items initially come from the general fund.
Louis Taylor: yelling.
Pat McGough: Did.
Louis Taylor: Okay.
Louis Taylor: that's my only question.
Louis Taylor: Any other questions.
Louis Taylor: from the directors
Louis Taylor: concerns comments.
Louis Taylor: I don't see anything there
Louis Taylor: this does require board action. So
Louis Taylor: do we have a motion.
Kirsten Wyatt: I move to declare the curriculum, equipment and vehicle identified and described in the board Memo data, July 8, th 2024, to be surplus.
Maegan Vidal: Second.
Louis Taylor: Right questions, comments there were none before. Are there any now anything change in your heart?
Louis Taylor: No, alright. Well, I'll pass it over to Andrew to cast the vote.
Andrew Kilstrom: Okay, director, shoemaker.
Dan Schumaker: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director Vidal.
Maegan Vidal: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Director, sloop.
Kelly Sloop: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Vice Chair, Wyatt.
Kirsten Wyatt: I.
Andrew Kilstrom: Chair, Taylor.
Louis Taylor: Aye.
Andrew Kilstrom: Much.
Pat McGough: Thank you.
Louis Taylor: All right.
Louis Taylor: Thank you. And that will pretty much wrap up
Louis Taylor: today's meeting. We do have our next scheduled board meeting on August 19, th and
Louis Taylor: kiddos will come back to the school on the 27, th and you can see all the other board dates down there. But
Louis Taylor: outside of that anything else from anyone on the
Louis Taylor: on the call.
Louis Taylor: No.
Louis Taylor: yeah.
Dan Schumaker: Ed.
Louis Taylor: Director. She make it, I mean.
Dan Schumaker: Yeah, just
Dan Schumaker: yeah. If if I could for just a moment, I I'm just looking at those board dates. And I'm I'm noting personally that I'm gonna have a challenge in early April next year. But I'm also seeing that 4 5 doesn't align with the 21st in a way that they could both be Mondays.
Dan Schumaker: So I'm wondering what
Dan Schumaker: if I do my math right? 4, 5 would be a Saturday. Do I have that right?
Louis Taylor: Let's check a look. Let's see if you
Louis Taylor: you're right there. April, you said 4, 5,
Louis Taylor: 4, 5 in.
Kathy Ludwig: Be a type, one.
Louis Taylor: 5. Yep, is a Saturday.
Dan Schumaker: Okay, so that's just intended to be 4, 7, right?
Louis Taylor: It must be okay.
Andrew Kilstrom: Yes, I'm looking at our district calendar, and it was meant to be april 7.th
Dan Schumaker: Okay, gotcha. Thank you.
Louis Taylor: Very nice. Catch their director shoemaker. That's Sharp eye.
Kathy Ludwig: So, Andrew, since you had that in front of you, the calendar that the board voted on and approved had 4 7. So this is a typo. Okay.
Louis Taylor: Okay.
Louis Taylor: Awesome.
Louis Taylor: all right. Anything else. And
Louis Taylor: you know, in April, if you're going to be gone, director, Shoemaker, we will miss you. But we hope you have fun.
Louis Taylor: Alright. That ends our meeting, for today. I will say the meeting is adjourned.