Oct 14, 2024 Board Meetings

WE HAVE. FIRST WE HAVE SECOND BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR EHMCKE. NO.

NO. OKAY.

THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM TEN E BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT FOR EL EXCESS COSTS.

PATTY, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THE REMOVAL OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

SO MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE CALCULATED BY THE STATE.

AND I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON ONE OF THE NUMBERS IN THE IN THE PORTAL.

THE FORM IS NOT ACTUALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT SUBMITTED TO THE STATE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1ST.

SO IT'S OKAY TO PUSH IT TO THE 1026 BOARD MEETING.

IT CUTS IT CLOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO ATTACH THE BOARD MINUTES WHEN WE UPLOAD THAT INFORMATION.

SO I WAS HOPING TO GET IT DONE TODAY, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION INTO THE STATE, AND I HAVE A YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL.

OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO REMOVE AGENDA ITEM TEN E BOARD AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST MODIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT FOR EL EXCESS COSTS FROM THE AGENDA? SO MOVED.

SECOND. WE HAVE FIRST.

WE HAVE SECOND BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES.

NOW, ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AMENDED AGENDA.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED? THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

WE HAVE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AMENDED AGENDA SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THE AMENDED AGENDA IS APPROVED.

IT'S THAT TIME FOR CITIZEN INPUT.

AT THIS TIME, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS INVITES INDIVIDUALS OR DELEGATIONS TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE RELATED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S OPERATIONS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA.

CITIZEN INPUT ON ACTION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE TIME OF THE DISCUSSION OF EACH AGENDA ITEM.

IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ON TO CONSENT ACTION ITEMS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS.

[VI. Consent Action Item(s)]

THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE THE FOLLOWING.

BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2024.

BOARD SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2024.

FINANCE REPORTS.

LEVEL ONE INVESTIGATORS.

BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ACTION ITEM? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A FIRST.

WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CHINESE. IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS? SAY AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

THE CONSENT ACTION ITEMS ARE APPROVED.

FUTURE MEETINGS.

I'M SURE I GOT EVERYTHING HERE.

BEFORE WE GO ON.

FUTURE MEETINGS IN ITEMS EIGHT.

[VIII.Future Meetings]

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, 5:15 P.M.

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OCTOBER 17TH, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM.

BOARD, FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETING, 3 P.M.

OCTOBER 21ST, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM.

SCP SF CHECK PRESENTATION TO SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

11:30 A.M.

OCTOBER 23RD, 2024.

LEEDS ELEMENTARY, 3919 JEFFERSON STREET.

BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, 12 P.M.

OCTOBER 23RD, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 6 P.M.

OCTOBER 28TH, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM.

BOARD, FINANCE AND FACILITY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 3 P.M.

NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024.

SC BOARD ROOM BOARD STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING 12 P.M.

NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM.

EDUCATIONAL EQUITY COMMITTEE MEETING.

12 P.M.

NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024, ESC BOARD ROOM REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 6 P.M.

NOVEMBER 11TH, 2024.

ESC BOARD ROOM.

THOSE WERE OUR FUTURE MEETINGS.

ITEM NINE. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

[IX. Superintendent’s Report - Dr. Rod Earleywine]

DOCTOR EARLEYWINE. THANK YOU.

OVER THE LAST ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS, I WAS ABLE TO VISIT 15 OF OUR SCHOOLS, ATTENDED, HAD GOOD CONVERSATION AT THE JOINT SIOUX CITY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION MEETING AND THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

WE MEET EVERY MONTH AND JUST TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS.

JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE, SIT DOWN FACE TO FACE AND HAVE GOOD DISCUSSIONS.

I ATTENDED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MEETING LAST FRIDAY MORNING.

HOMECOMING PARADES.

I WAS INVITED TO EACH OF THOSE EAST, NORTH AND WEST.

VERY, VERY FUN ACTIVITIES.

LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT, AND THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE.

AND A REMINDER TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS OUT THERE.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES ARE NEXT WEEK.

NEXT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AND THEN FRIDAY.

THERE'S NO SCHOOL. IT'S AN EXCHANGE DAY.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL END MY REPORT.

THANKS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR EARLEYWINE.

ITEM TEN ITEMS OF PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.

[X.A. Human Resources Report(s) - Dr. Rod Earleywine]

WE ARE NOW ITEM A, HUMAN RESOURCE.

DOCTOR EARLYWINE.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HUMAN RESOURCE REPORT? SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A FIRST.

WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE. DIRECTOR LEE.

THANK YOU.

I SEE THAT ON OUR REPORT THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE.

SO, MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE HR DIRECTOR, AND I JUST WANTED TO POSE THAT THIS PERSON HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH OUR WITHIN UNIONS NEGOTIATIONS? OR WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? BECAUSE I REMEMBER SEEING QUESTIONS THAT RELATED TO RISK MANAGEMENT AND AN EXPERIENCE.

IF WE READ THAT, READ THE LETTER WE JUST GOT, WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY'S CRITERIA OR EXPERIENCE IN A PUBLIC MEETING WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.

AND I DIDN'T READ THE LETTER BEFORE I GOT HERE.

OKAY. YEAH. THERE WAS A LETTER FROM HAYWARD TALKING ABOUT.

QUALIFICATIONS AND OR EXPERIENCE IN A PUBLIC FORUM.

AND WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT IN A PUBLIC SETTING.

WE CAN'T EVALUATE THEIR QUALIFICATIONS IN A PUBLIC SETTING WHEN THEY'VE REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY'VE REQUESTED IT.

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OKAY. WELL, THEN WE CAN'T DO THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, FOR MY BENEFIT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY STRONG UNION IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE DECISION TO HIRE THIS PERSON IS THAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS MERITED AND THAT IT'S JUST NOTED THAT I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR UNION, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN UPHOLD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE UP AGAINST ANY ADVERSITY AS IT MOVES FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GREENWELL, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

WE JUST I WOULD RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I DID.

I SAID WHAT I SAID. AND I'M SAYING IT.

SO THERE WE GO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WOULD DIRECTOR EHMCKE.

COMMENT AND I APPRECIATE DIRECTOR GREENWELL'S COMMENT.

I THINK AFTER SOMEONE IS EMPLOYED, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BROADER.

I WOULD SAY DIRECTOR LEE, THAT I AM A LITTLE BIT ACQUAINTED WITH THE NEW HIRE AND WAS PLEASED BECAUSE I FEEL THAT SHE WOULD HAVE WITH HER MORE THAN 19 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THREE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN TOWN, THAT SHE HAS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF WHAT IT TAKES TO HIRE PEOPLE AND RETAIN PEOPLE.

I THINK SHE'LL SERVE US WELL.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT HER JOINING THE TEAM.

APPRECIATE THE DIRECTORS HERE WHO ALL WERE ON THE TEAM TO DO THE INTERVIEWING, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO NOW GOING AFTER FILLING POSITIONS.

SO I THINK WE'LL BE VERY SATISFIED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK JUST IN I KNOW PART OF ONBOARDING, I THINK BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP IS PART OF THE PROCESS.

IS THAT RIGHT? SO I WOULD SAY WE WELL, I WON'T SAY IT.

I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE AN ONBOARDING SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE A PLAN BUILT IN MEETING WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LEARNING CURVE, OBVIOUSLY, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S GOING TO COME INTO THIS POSITION.

A DISTRICT THIS SIZE DEALING WITH WE NOT ONLY HAVE ONE UNION, WE HAVE A COUPLE RIGHT, AND CONTRACTS TO DEAL WITH.

AND IT'S A LEARNING CURVE, BUT WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE PERSON THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WILL COME IN AND WILL HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND IS WILLING AND EAGER TO LEARN AND SERVE THE DISTRICT.

OKAY. SO. YEP.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. BOARD MEMBERS.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

NAY. NAY. MOTION PASSES FIVE-TWO.

THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GI RECRUITING.

[X.B. Agreement between the Sioux City Community School District and GR Recruiting - President George]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DISTRICT'S GI RECRUITING AND GI RECRUITING IS FOR ASSISTING US TO HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE HAVE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAY NAY. NAY.

MOTION PASSES SIX ONE.

BEGINNING OF THE YEAR UPDATE ANGELA BEMIS, YOU ARE UP.

[X.C. Beginning of the Year Update - Angela Bemus]

AND THIS WOULD BE THE TIME THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO CRANK YOUR NECK AROUND AND WATCH THE SCREEN.

BOARD MEMBERS. JUST CHECK THE FLEXIBILITY IN THESE RIGHT HERE.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WITH OUR NEW TECHNOLOGY, MAYBE NO MORE KEYBOARD, RIGHT? ONE MORE CABLE TO RUN. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON YOUR LITTLE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THIS IS A TRADITIONAL BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

JUST UPDATE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT JUST SOME SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT'S JUST IMPORTANT, THAT ARE USUALLY THINGS THAT WE ARE ASKED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO IT'S FOR THE BOARD TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AND ALSO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

SO OUR ENROLLMENT OCTOBER 1ST WAS COUNT DAYS.

SO OCTOBER 1ST IS OFFICIAL COUNT DAY.

THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE OUR OFFICIAL NUMBERS.

LAST YEAR AT COUNT, WE WERE 14,229 STUDENTS.

AND THIS YEAR, AT COUNT, WE ARE 14,005 STUDENTS.

SO WE ARE DOWN 224 STUDENTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

COMMUNICATION WE ALWAYS HAVE OVER THE SUMMER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME THE BIGGEST CHANGES THAT WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE

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IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

RIGHT. WE ARE LOOKING AT THESE ARE THE TWO TOP ITEMS THAT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT TO ALL THE MEDIA OUTLETS.

I DID INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE NEWS OUTLETS, RADIO.

WE ALSO SENT THEM THROUGH TEXT EMAIL.

WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA, LOTS OF POSTS, BUT THE FIRST ONE WAS TALKING POINTS.

SO TALKING POINTS IS OUR PLATFORM FOR COMMUNICATING THROUGH TEXT MESSAGING FROM OUR FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR COACHES TO COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS AND WITH PARENTS.

AND THEN OUR NEXT BIG CHANGE WAS THE ATTENDANCE POLICY.

SO WE BROUGHT THAT POLICY TO BOARD.

BUT BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED AND THROUGH THE VERY WE STILL ARE REALLY WORKING THROUGH THESE BIG CHANGES.

THE CHANGES WERE IN LEGISLATION TO ATTENDANCE, WHICH REQUIRED US TO CHANGE OUR POLICY.

THEREFORE, THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT WE DID REALLY TRY TO OVERCOMMUNICATE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ELL.

SO FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE HAVE THE ADDITION THIS YEAR OF THE PARENT ADVISORY GROUP ADDED TO OUR TASK FORCE.

SO THEY HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING.

MRS. NEAL, WHEN WAS THE FIRST MEETING? LAST MONDAY WAS THE FIRST MEETING.

AND WE ARE EXCITED FOR THAT TO GO.

WE DID ALSO ADD THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL.

THIS IS THESE ARE NOT THESE ARE ADDED CLASSROOMS ADDED SUPPORTS.

WE ADDED A PRESCHOOL VERBAL BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM AT CLARK.

WE ADDED THREE FOUNDATIONS CLASSROOMS. THAT'S TWO AT LEEDS AND ONE AT NORTH HIGH.

WE ADDED TWO COMPASS ACADEMY CLASSROOMS, ONE AT HUNT, ONE AT MORNINGSIDE.

WE ADDED ANOTHER RECESS TEACHER RESOURCE TEACHER AT NORDLAND.

WE ADDED THREE CO-TEACHING TEACHERS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS FOR EAST, HIGH, WEST HIGH AND NORTH HIGH.

ALL RECEIVED ONE AND THEN ELEMENTARY BBC WHICH IS THAT BBC IS CALLED VERBAL BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM.

AND THOSE WERE CLASSROOMS THAT CAME OUT OF THE TASK FORCE THE YEAR PRIOR AS A SOLUTION TO OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE TROUBLE WITH COMMUNICATION.

THEREFORE, THEIR COMMUNICATION COMES OUT AS DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR.

SO WE HAVE ADDED ONE AT IRVING AND ONE AT LOESS HILLS.

IN ADDITION TO MRS. NEAL, WE HAVE THREE PRIOR.

SO WE STARTED WITH THREE LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD THEM.

THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ADD TWO THIS YEAR FOR ELL, WE HAVE A NEW CURRICULUM THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT OUR NEWCOMERS. SO THAT IS A BIG SHIFT FOR OUR ELL TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC CURRICULUM FOR NEWCOMERS IN K THROUGH 12. WE RESTRUCTURED THE ELL AND DUAL LANGUAGE DEPARTMENTS WITH A DIRECTOR AND ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

AND THE BIGGEST HERE IS THE ADDITION OF 183 ELL STUDENTS.

WE ARE UP 183 ELL STUDENTS THIS YEAR, WHICH PUTS US AT RIGHT.

UNDER 25% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE NOW IDENTIFIED AS ELL.

SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE NOW HAVE A TOTAL OF 3389 STUDENTS.

LIKE I SAID, EVERY ONE OF OUR CLASSROOMS, WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER IN EVERY CLASSROOM.

THESE ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, GOOD STATS.

BUT WE HAD 2393 BREAKFASTS AND 8045 LUNCHES SERVED.

WE HAVE 40.

THOSE WERE THAT WAS ON THE FIRST DAY.

WE HAVE 48 YELLOW BUS ROUTES THIS YEAR, TRANSPORTING 3324 STUDENTS IN ONE DIRECTION, FOR A DAILY WRITING TOTAL OF 6648 STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S JUST RIGHT.

AT ABOUT 40% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE RIDING OUR YELLOW BUSSES SEVEN CITY ROUTES, TRANSPORTING 356 STUDENTS IN ONE DIRECTION FOR A DAILY RIDING TOTAL OF 712. SO THAT'S A LOT OF KIDS ON SCHOOL BUSSES.

AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, FOR THEM TO GET ON TIME TO GET THAT EVERY KID ON THE RIGHT BUS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET OFF AT THE RIGHT STOP TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT OUR NEW SOFTWARE THIS YEAR THAT LETS THE PARENTS TRACK WHERE THEIR STUDENTS ARE ON THE BUS.

SO THAT'S A BIG HIGH FIVE TO O&M.

MR. POWELL.

TIM POWELL THANK YOU.

BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG FEAT.

WE ADDED 83 NEW TEACHERS THIS YEAR.

LAST YEAR WE ADDED 80.

SO WE WERE AT AN 83.

THIS YEAR WE ADDED ONE NURSE AND TWO COUNSELORS.

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THESE ARE IN THESE ARE NEW STAFF.

AND THEN WE ADDED 329 CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS, NEW CLASSIFIED STAFF MEMBERS.

OUT OF THOSE 100 ARE SUBSTITUTES.

SO WE ADDED 100 NEW SUBSTITUTES TO OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL AND 54 ARE COACHES.

THAT MEANS EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY COACHES.

A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT IT'S JUST THAT IMPORTANT.

NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION THAT ARE GOOD THINGS TO JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT AS WE START THE YEAR, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW EMPLOYEES, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF KIDS RIDING THE BUS.

WE GOT A LOT OF KIDS. WE'VE GOT NEW LUNCH SOFTWARE AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT NEW COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE, NEW CURRICULUM, LOTS OF NEW THINGS.

SO WITH THAT COME LEARNING EXPERIENCES AS WELL.

BUT THAT'S YOUR UPDATE.

AND I JUST ASK THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACKNOWLEDGES THE FIRST MONTH OF SCHOOL UPDATE BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, AND MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER IT.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN. OR GIVE ME AN IDEA OF THE 224 STUDENTS THAT WE LOST.

HOW MANY WAS THAT TO THE VOUCHER SYSTEM? WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION FROM THE STATE YET, WE WILL.

ONCE CERTIFIED COUNT IS ALL DONE, THEY WILL GIVE US A REPORT OF EXACTLY WHO WENT TO NONPUBLIC, WHO WENT TO HOMESCHOOL, WHO'S OPEN ENROLLED.

SO WE WILL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT YET.

OKAY. TOMORROW IS THE ACTUAL TOMORROW IS CERTIFIED DAY, TOMORROW IS THE CERTIFIED COUNT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO WORK THROUGH ALL THE ERRORS.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING RIGHT NOW.

SO TOMORROW IS THE ACTUAL OKAY.

ANY OTHER DIRECTOR? MICHAELSON. THEN WE'LL COME TO DIRECTOR.

SHOWED UP AT THE PARENT ADVISORY GROUP FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TASK FORCE.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. THERE WERE EIGHT.

DIRECTOR EHMCKE.

THANK YOU.

OH, IT WENT OUT IN EVERY BUILDING NEWSLETTER.

IT WENT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT WENT OUT ON AN EMAIL TO ALL STAFF AND TEXT TO ALL FAMILIES.

TEXT MESSAGE TO FAMILIES.

SOCIAL MEDIA, TWITTER, FACEBOOK.

AND THEN IT ALSO WENT INTO EVERY NEWSLETTER, EVERY BUILDING'S NEWSLETTER.

CAN WE STAY THERE FOR JUST A MINUTE? YOU BET. SO OUT OF THOSE EIGHT, I MEAN, THERE WERE HOW MANY WERE INVITED OR WERE THEY JUST ONLY EIGHT INVITED? NO. EVERYBODY'S INVITED.

WHOEVER WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.

GO AHEAD. JIM, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT.

I MEAN.

SO WE ADVERTISED IT IN ESSENCE, BY PUTTING IT IN EVERY NEWSLETTER, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT MISS BEMIS HAD HAD DESCRIBED, AND PARENTS WERE ASKED IF THEY WERE ON THE AGENDA, YOU MENTIONED THE LAUNCH.

FORMS. THERE WE GO. WE COLLECTED THE FORMS A LOT MORE DILIGENTLY THIS YEAR.

AND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVEN'T.

SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE GOING TO QUALIFY FOR SOME, SOME SERVICES THAT IN THE PAST THEY DIDN'T.

SO THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER.

YES. YEAH.

I WANT TO SAY YES.

I JUST DON'T I'M GOING TO GIVE MY PRESENTATION ON THAT AND THE FINAL NUMBERS IN TWO WEEKS.

AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU YES TONIGHT.

AND THEN IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BELOW.

YEAH. BUT I AM PLANNING TO BRING THAT ON THE 28TH.

THE PERCENTAGES ARE INCREASING AS WELL.

YES, IT'S THE HIGHEST WE'VE EVER HAD.

IT'S THE HIGHEST TURNOUT OF OUR FORMS OF OUR HOME INCOME SURVEYS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD THIS YEAR WITH THE BUILDINGS MADE A WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE CEP SCHOOLS FOR THE FREE LUNCHES.

YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLS TO BE FULLY FREE LUNCH.

AND WE DUG INTO THAT.

WE DUG INTO A FEW THINGS THAT WE HAD SOME REPORTING WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE TELLS YOU THAT THE THAT THE NUMBER SHOULD BE HIGHER, BUT THEY

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WEREN'T. AND SO WE REALLY DUG IN.

AND THOSE SCHOOLS PRIORITIZE GETTING THEIR FORMS FILLED OUT.

AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SENT CONTINUAL COMMUNICATION.

WE RAN A LIST OF WHO DID NOT HAVE THEM TURNED IN, MADE A VERY FOCUSED EFFORT AND SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF WHO TURNED THEM IN BY ABOUT 30%. WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 30% TURNED IN THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE.

MORE THAN 30%.

SO BRADFORD HAS A CONSTITUENCY? YES, SHE DOES HAVE A GREATER CONSTITUENCY.

AND I WILL SAY THAT I DID NOT GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY, BUT THE MAJORITY, WE HAVE A LOT MORE LEVEL ONE.

SO WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEWCOMERS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

NEWCOMERS MEAN THAT THEY ARE JUST NEW.

THEY ARE JUST NEW TO THE COUNTRY.

YEP. DIRECTOR EHMCKE, I THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

MY UNDERSTANDING THOUGH, IS THAT OUR BENCHMARK PROGRAMS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR ARE A CONTINUATION.

SO WHILE WE HAVE NEW CURRICULUM, IT'S NOT NEW CURRICULUM ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE MAINSTAYS, THE SCIENCE OF READING AND SCIENCE OF MATH, THOSE THINGS THAT WE INTRODUCED ARE A CONTINUATION.

SO THERE'S STABILITY THERE.

YES THERE ARE. AND WHAT WE DID THOUGH, WITH THE ELL IS WE ADDED THE PHONICS AND PHONEMIC AWARENESS PIECE TO OUR ELL CURRICULUM, AND THAT IS THAT PART OF THE SCIENCE OF READING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE IN OUR ELL CURRICULUM PRIOR.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MEYER.

ON THE ELL STUDENTS, WHAT IS THE TURNOVER RATE IN 18 YEARS? THEY. SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT THEY STAY WITH US.

WE TYPICALLY SEE THAT WE DON'T HAVE OUR HIGHEST MOBILITY IS NOT IN OUR ELL POPULATION.

WE HAVE PRETTY STEADY.

IF THEY COME HERE, I COULDN'T GIVE YOU THE PERCENTAGE OFFHAND, BUT IT'S NOT AN IT'S NOT A HIGH MOBILITY RATE.

WE ARE HIGH MOBILITY RATE COMES MORE IN CERTAIN AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS.

SPECIFIC HUNT FOR EXAMPLE, HAS THE HIGHEST MOBILITY RATE IN THE DISTRICT.

SO THAT MEANS ABOUT 58% OF THEIR KIDS ARE DIFFERENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR THEN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

OH, MY. SO, IT'S WE DON'T SEE IT FALL ALONG ELL LINES.

IT'S MORE IT BY BUILDING AND BY SOCIOECONOMIC AS WELL.

BUT OUR ELL STUDENTS THEY, WE DO NOT SEE THEM MOVE OR LEAVE A LOT.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO TRANSITION TO THE NEW TEACHERS, 83 NEW TEACHERS.

IS THAT NEW TO THE DISTRICT OR, LIKE, NEW OUT OF COLLEGE? SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF DIVERSITY ON THAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY STEPH.

SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM THAT WERE FROM THE PRE-PROGRAM.

SO THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS THAT MOVED INTO THE TEACHING PROGRAM FOR US.

AND THEN A LOT OF THEM YES.

COULD YOU MOVE THE MICROPHONE DOWN SO THE PEOPLE ON LINE CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM THAT CAME FROM OUR PRA PROGRAM.

SO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS FOR US BUT MOVED INTO TEACHING A LOT OF THEM WERE IN THE DISTRICT.

BUT WE ALSO HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT CAME TO US THROUGH LIKE THE INCLUSION.

AWESOME, AND WAS THAT 329 NEW STAFF, OR WAS THAT 329 NEW STAFF OUTSIDE OF TEACHERS? SO WHEN WE SAY LIKE HOURLY STAFF, LIKE WHAT WE CONSIDER CLASSIFIED STAFF.

SO BUT OF THAT, 100 WERE SUBSTITUTES, NEW SUBSTITUTES THAT WE'VE ONBOARDED AND THE OTHER NUMBER WAS COACHES, 54 COACHES.

AWESOME. AWESOME.

IT'S NOT EASY TO FIND COACHES TODAY.

SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.

YEAH. IT'S HARD IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

YEAH. JUST IN EDUCATION IN GENERAL.

IT'S BEEN A LOT OF TIME.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD. MRS. BEMIS AND THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR UPDATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ITEM D, REQUEST FOR ALLOWABLE GROWTH AND SUPPLEMENTAL AID FOR NEGATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION BALANCE.

[X.D. Request for Allowable Growth & Supplemental Aid for the Negative Special Education Balance – Patty Blankenship & Kim Neal]

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PATTY BLANKENSHIP AND KIM NEAL.

PATTY IS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM IF BOARD MEMBERS WISHES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE A REQUEST FOR ALLOWABLE GROWTH AND SUPPLEMENTAL AID FOR THE NEGATIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION BALANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,803,502.98. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR GREENWELL.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOT TO GET THAT. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH THE LANGUAGE YOU USE.

WHY DO WE CALL IT NEGATIVE? WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A DEFICIT.

THE FORMULA IS YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUE, MINUS YOUR SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES.

AND IF THAT'S A IF THE EXPENDITURES ARE EXCEEDING THE REVENUES, IT'S A NEGATIVE OR A DEFICIT.

IN THE AREA OF THE SPECIAL ED? YES. AND THAT'S NOT I MEAN, WE HAVE MORE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN CALL FOR ON THAT FROM THE STATE.

WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO 2.5 LIKE WE ARE WITH THE GENERAL STATE AID.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S CORRECT.

I WILL SPEND WHAT WE NEED TO SPEND TO SERVICE THE CHILDREN.

WE ONLY ARE ALLOWED SO MUCH PER CHILD FROM THE STATE.

BUT IF WE OVERSPEND THAT STANDARD AMOUNT, THE STATE REIMBURSES US FOR THE OVERSPENDING.

IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

SO WE'RE GRANTED AN AMOUNT PER STUDENT FOR SPECIAL ED.

IF WE SPEND OVER THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS, OR WE CHOOSE TO SPEND MORE THAN THE MINIMUM OR THE STANDARD, THEN WE CAN REQUEST SPENDING AUTHORITY.

WE CAN'T REQUEST CASH, BUT WE CAN REQUEST SPENDING AUTHORITY BECAUSE WE OVERSPENT IT.

WE WERE GRANTED SPENDING AUTHORITY, BUT NOT CASH IT AND NOT REVENUE.

SO IT'S ISSUE IS NOT WILL WE GET THE MONEY? THE ISSUE IS HAVE WE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE NUMBER? YES, WE CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED THE NUMBER.

THIS IS A CONSISTENT.

ALMOST EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE GOES THROUGH THIS SPECIAL ED AND WE'RE RIGHT UP THERE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS.

SOME SPEND MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN WE DO OVER NEGATIVE BALANCE.

AND I CAN AND I CAN SPEAK TO THAT REAL QUICKLY IF THAT'S OKAY.

YES, PLEASE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT LAST YEAR AND THIS IS THE MOST CURRENT NUMBERS I HAVE FROM EVERYBODY IS FISCAL YEAR 22.

SO WE WERE ABOUT 1.5.

AND THEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE ADDED.

YOU GET TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. ANYTHING WE ADDED YOU GET TO ANOTHER MILLION PLUS PRETTY QUICKLY.

YOU LOOK AT ADDING 10 OR 11 CLASSROOMS, TEACHERS MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE GOT THERE.

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I WAS I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW LOWER OUR SPECIAL ED DEFICIT WHEN I CAME INTO THE DISTRICT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND KNOW THAT TYPICALLY THOSE ARE RATHER LARGE.

EVEN AT SERGEANT BLUFFLUTON, THEY WERE THEY WERE RELATIVELY A LOT LARGER IN COMPARISON, IN A DISTRICT THAT'S TEN TIMES SMALLER THAN SIOUX CITY, IT'S STILL WE, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE FROM 250 TO 450,000.

SO IT'S NOT I WAS SURPRISED WE WERE THAT LOW.

AND THEN WHEN WE YOU LOOK INTO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WHY WE RESTRUCTURED, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED WAS THERE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT COUNCIL BLUFFS AND WHEN WE WERE AT 1.5 IN FISCAL YEAR, AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 22.

COUNCIL BLUFFS WAS AT 2.2 MILLION.

IOWA CITY 10 MILLION.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL.

WHEN YOU COMPARE US TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE ARE EVEN WHEN WE RAISE IT TO THAT TWO POINT 2.8, 2.8, WE'RE ASKING WE'RE STILL I MEAN, THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS.

WELL, STILL EFFICIENT IS.

YES, I WOULD SAY THAT.

YES. BECAUSE AND I THINK WE ARE DOING IS BIGGER THAN I THINK WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND SHOULD BE DOING IN SERVICING OUR KIDS.

THAT'S WHAT I'LL SAY.

WELL, JUST ANOTHER NOTE.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE 41 MILLION, THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 25% OF OUR BUDGET, OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET, I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE, HUGE PIECE OF THE BUDGET. YEAH.

AND 14% OF OUR STUDENTS, OVER 14% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE IEPS, BUT WE'RE SPENDING 25% OF OUR BUDGET IN A PRETTY, PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL DOLLARS.

AND THE OTHER PART OF THIS, AND THAT'S WHEN EVERY YEAR THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON, DC AND ADVOCATING FOR SCHOOL

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FUNDING, ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS SPECIAL EDUCATION, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 1975, WHEN THEY FIRST PASSED LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, THEY WERE GOING TO FUND 40% OF IT.

IT'S NEVER BEEN CLOSE TO 40%.

WE'RE AT 14%.

SO IF WE CLOSE THAT GAP AND GET WHAT WAS PROMISED BACK IN 1975, THE DEFICITS PRETTY MUCH GO AWAY.

BUT THAT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

IT'S NOT A STATE ISSUE.

THAT'S A FEDERAL ISSUE.

BUT THANK YOU, DIRECTOR MILLER.

ANY, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, IS THIS 41 MILLION WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR, OR IS THE 38 MILLION WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR? AND WE'RE GOING TO BE OFF ON OUR BUDGET BY 2.8 MILLION.

OR DO THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR BUDGET? WELL THESE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES, IF WE RAN OUR GENERAL LEDGER, OUR EXPENDITURES WOULD NOT EQUAL EXACTLY 41.3 MILLION.

BECAUSE THIS NUMBER IS CALCULATED BY THE STATE AND THERE'S LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE MILEAGE, YOU TRANSPORTATION COSTS, THEY USE A DIFFERENT. IT'S NOT OUR ACTUAL COST IN OUR GENERAL LEDGER, SO.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS CREATES A, A BUDGET DEFICIT NECESSARILY.

BUT THESE ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING.

THIS IS CALCULATED BY THE STATE ON A FORM THAT'S CALLED THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT.

WE FILE THAT ANNUALLY.

AND FROM THAT REPORT, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY ALL OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, THERE'S SOME FORMULA THINGS IN THERE.

WHEN THEY CALCULATE THESE EXPENDITURES.

SO THIS DOESN'T EXACTLY TIE TO OUR GENERAL LEDGER.

THANKS, PATTY. DIRECTOR MEYER.

JUST VERY SIMPLY, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDS AND THE STATE AND WHAT WE SPEND COMES FROM LOCAL RESOURCES. I MEAN, THERE.

OUR BUDGET, OUR TAXPAYERS WILL COVER THAT, COST.

AND IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW THAT WE DO IT AND WE DO IT THE BEST WE CAN.

BUT IT IS A STRAIGHT LOCAL EXPENDITURE AND WHETHER THE STATE OR THE FEDS WOULD, WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL THAN THEY CURRENTLY ARE. THAT WOULD REDUCE THE DRAW ON LOCAL RESOURCES AND MAKE SOME OTHER PORTIONS OF BUDGETING PERHAPS EASIER.

THANK YOU. DIRECTOR MEYER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. BOARD MEMBERS.

AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM F DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL.

[X.F. Distribution of Education Support Personnel State Funding – Angela Bemus]

STATE FUNDING.

MRS. BEMIS IS HERE TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL? ONE TIME FUNDS TO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND I'LL GO OVER THE WHOLE THING HERE.

HIRE DATE 7-1-24.

AND AFTER $150, THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY 80 EMPLOYEES.

HIRE DATES. HIRE DATE 7/1/19 TO 6/30/24 $300 TO APPROXIMATELY 493 EMPLOYEES.

HIRE DATE BEFORE 7/1/19.

$690.41 TO 343 EMPLOYEES.

TOTAL HOURLY EMPLOYEES 916.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR GREENWELL, JUST REMIND ME.

WE HAD CLOSE TO $900,000 OR LESS THAN THAT, $427,000.

AND WE'RE OBLIGED BY THE STATE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT IN SOME FORM OR FASHION.

YES. AND THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO DISTRIBUTE SHORT BRAND NEW EMPLOYEES.

GET 155 OR 5 OR LESS IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT.

FIVE YEARS. EMPLOYEES GET 300 AND THEN GREATER THAN FIVE YEARS GET THE 69041 IS THAT.

YES. AND THAT WAS DETERMINED BY OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.

AND THEN WE PRESENTED THAT TO BOARD FINANCE.

THE STATE DID NOT TELL US HOW WE HAD TO DISTRIBUTE IT.

WE THEY DON'T TELL US HOW, THEY JUST TELL US TO DISTRIBUTE IT.

I ALSO MET WITH BRENDA ZAUNER AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR THE UNION CONCERNING THE HOW WE WERE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE OBLIGED TO DISTRIBUTE IT STATE DOESN'T TELL US HOW TO DISTRIBUTE IT.

THIS IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE LONG SERVICE EMPLOYEES GET MORE THAN SHORT SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

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YES. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS? SEANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. BOARD MEMBERS.

ITEM G SUBSTITUTE PAY REVIEW.

[X.G. Substitute Pay Review – Angela Bemus]

MISS BEMIS IS HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.

IF WE WISH.

IF SHE DOES, SHE CAN PRESENT SOME INFORMATION REGARDING IT.

SO IF BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW SUBSTITUTE PAY STRUCTURE? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE FIRST WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CAN YOU, DIRECTOR LEE? CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS? YES. SO WE ARE PROPOSING THIS REALLY TO BE AT MARKET VALUE, MARK, FIRST OF ALL, TO BE AT MARKET RATE WITH ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WE FEEL THAT THE SIOUX CITY SHOULD PAY THE BEST FROM ALL THE OTHER SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

AND SO WE LOOKED AT THAT.

WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE DIFFERENCE THERE'S ALSO THERE'S AUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTES THAT HAVE A SUB AUTHORIZATION.

AND THEN THERE ARE CERTIFIED SUB.

WHAT'S THE OTHER TERM, CERTIFIED LICENSED? YEAH. LICENSED.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS IF YOU'RE YOU CAN BECOME A YOU CAN HAVE AN AUTHORIZATION BY TAKING A CLASS AND HAVING A FOUR YEAR DEGREE OR HAVING ENOUGH COLLEGE CREDITS TOWARDS A DEGREE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CERTIFICATION.

THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU ARE A TEACHER WITH A TEACHING LICENSE, THAT YOU SHOULD BE PAID MORE AS A SUBSTITUTE BECAUSE OF YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION. WE ALSO ADDED THE RETIRED TEACHERS THAT THE RETIRED TEACHERS, IF YOU ARE A RETIRED TEACHER OR ADMINISTRATOR IN THE DISTRICT AND YOU ARE SUBSTITUTING, YOU SHOULD BE PAID AT THE HIGHEST RATE FROM DAY ONE.

SO TAKING THAT, YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT AND ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, YOU SHOULD BE PAID AT THE HIGHEST RATE.

SO IT IS TO PUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORIZED AND LICENSED TEACHERS AND JUST AUTHORIZED SUBS TO TAKE A RETIRED TEACHER AND START THEM AT THE BEGINNING BECAUSE OF OUR APPRECIATION.

AND THEN ALSO TO BECOME AT THE HIGHEST MARKET RATE AROUND, REGARDLESS OF WHAT LEVEL THEY'RE AT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MYSELF.

WE'RE TALKING RETIRED SIOUX CITY TEACHERS, CORRECT, FROM THE SIOUX CITY DISTRICT? YES. CORRECT. OR ADMINISTRATORS OR ADMINISTRATORS? WE ALSO WE CARRY OVER THE SUBSTITUTES DAYS.

RIGHT. SO THEY DON'T START AT THE BEGINNING EVERY YEAR.

CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

WE ARE I BELIEVE WE ARE THE ONLY DISTRICT AROUND THAT DOES THAT.

I BELIEVE THE OTHER DISTRICTS YOU START OVER.

SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR YOU GET YOU START FROM DAY ONE.

SO IF I HAVE A IN THIS YOU LOOK AT THIS STRUCTURE.

IF I HAVE A I'M A CERTIFIED TEACHER, I COME BACK AND I HAVE TO GET TO THAT DAY 21 BEFORE I BUMP TO THE HIGHEST.

WE CARRY IT OVER.

SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY SERVED THAT AND YOU'RE CONTINUING TO COME BACK AND SUB, THEN YOU START AT THAT HIGHER RATE.

SO LET ME BE CLEAR.

WE'RE THE ONLY DISTRICT IN THAT WE KNOW OF AROUND HERE THAT THAT DON'T THAT.

HOW DO I WANT TO SAY IT.

YOU DON'T START OVER.

YOU CONTINUE ON WHERE YOU'RE AT THE LEVEL YOU WERE AT WHEN YOU'RE FOLLOWING.

OKAY. THAT'S AMAZING.

I BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE.

YES. I THINK THAT'S A SUB.

DID YOU ALL HEAR THAT? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

GOOD THING UPON APPROVAL OF THIS, YOU WOULD BE.

WE WOULD BE AT THE HIGHEST PAID FOR ALL OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

OKAY. SEANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE VOTING, I AM GOING TO BE ABSTAINING AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS I DO SUBSTITUTE IN THE SIOUX CITY DISTRICT. SO BOARD MEMBERS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION, THOUGH.

YES. SO I KNOW YOU GUYS JUST VOTED AND I DIDN'T VOTE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO ASK MY QUESTION.

BUT WHY WOULDN'T WE PAY A HINTON RETIRED TEACHER THE SAME THAT WE WOULD PAY A SIOUX CITY RETIRED TEACHER? BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT THIS, WE WOULD PAY THEM $50 LESS PER DAY AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS.

THEY JUST HAVEN'T WORKED IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THEY DIDN'T RETIRE FROM OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE WORKED HERE AT SOME POINT.

ACTUALLY, WE'D PAY THEM $25 LESS PER DAY.

THEY WOULD BE DOWN IN THE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE CERTIFIED PAY STRUCTURE.

SO ONCE THEY REACH DAY 21, THEY WOULD BE AT THE HIGHEST.

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SO THEY WOULD START AT THE 215, NOT THE 165.

YES. YES. CORRECT.

THE TOP. THE TOP PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZATION IS FOR NON-CERTIFIED TEACHERS, THEREFORE JUST PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN THE CLASS.

THE BOTTOM IS THE FOR THE CERTIFIED.

AND THE REASON IS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND THEIR TO HONOR THEIR WORK WITH THE DISTRICT.

JUST REMIND TO COUNT ONE ABSTENTION.

BUT ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME THAT QUESTION, I SERVED 31 YEARS IN THE DISTRICT.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS WHY YOU PAY SOMEONE WHO SERVED THROUGH CITY.

AND THAT'S MY OPINION.

NO ONE ELSE'S. BUT THAT'S WHY YOU REWARD THE RETIRED SIOUX CITY TEACHERS.

A POINT OF ORDER. DID MR. MILLER VOTE OR NOT? VOTE.

I HAVEN'T VOTED YET.

CAN WE TAKE ANOTHER VOTE? PRESIDENT GEORGE, LET'S REDO THE VOTE.

YEP. LET'S DO IT.

DO A ROLL CALL.

OKAY, SO WE'RE CLEAR.

ITEM H MOU BETWEEN SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HEALING HOPE COUNSELING, LLC.

[X.H. MOU between Sioux City Community Schools and Healing Hope counseling LLC – Dr. Dora Jung]

DOCTOR JUNG IS HERE.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HEALING HOPE COUNSELING, LLC FOR LICENSED CLINICIANS TO PROVIDE THERAPY, CONSULTATION, AND CRISIS SUPPORT FOR THE 2020 2420 25 SCHOOL YEAR.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? DIRECTOR LEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE TAKING ANOTHER EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE HAVING MENTAL HEALTH OPPORTUNITIES TO BE SERVED, IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO BE A LARGER SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE NEEDS.

AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER PARTNER TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT.

BOARD MEMBERS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEANIECE, ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. BOARD.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT FOR RADON CONSULTANTS FOR RADON TESTING.

ITEM I.

[X.I. Agreement with Atlas Technical Consultants for Radon Testing – Tim Pau]

AGREEMENT WITH ATLAS.

TIM. PAUL, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT WITH ATLAS TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS FOR RADON TESTING AND DISTRICT BUILDING BUILDINGS IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,910. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. WE HAVE A FIRST.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? JOHN WAS QUICK ON THE DRAW.

THERE WE GO.

THE FOOTBALL ON TONIGHT.

OKAY. LET'S BREATHE.

HERE WE GO. BOARD.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM J AGREEMENT WITH FMX UTILITY TRACKING SOFTWARE.

[X.J. Agreement with FMX Utility Tracking Software – Tim Paul]

TIM. PAUL. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH F-M UTILITY TRACKING IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,475.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST.

WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANIECE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES.

ITEM K. SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT GRANT TO IMPALA.

[X.K. School Safety Improvement Grant - Tim Paul]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUB AWARD AGREEMENT? ACCEPT THE GRANT AMOUNT OF 1000 OR $1,050,000 FOR SCHOOL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE. FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? BOARD MEMBERS.

SEANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

ITEM L CONTRACT FOR BOARD APPROVAL.

[X.L. Contracts for Board Approval – Jim Vanderloo/ Jarod Mozer]

JIM VAN DER LOO AND JARED MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACT TO SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND ACTIVITIES? IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YES. DIRECTOR MILLER.

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THE MOTOR COACH CONTRACT HAS INCORRECT DATES FOR THE SERVICE DATES? IT SAYS SEPTEMBER, AND IT SHOULD BE OCTOBER.

AND MR. VAN DER LUBBE VALIDATED THAT TODAY.

SO YOUR CONTRACT IS WRONG THAT YOU'RE APPROVING.

SO DO WE NEED TO AMEND THIS AGENDA ITEM WITHIN THE CONTRACT? THE TOP LINE DOES STATE OCTOBER.

THE CORRECT DATES.

IT'S DOWN IN THE BODY WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE PICKUP AND DEPARTURE TIMES.

IT DOES SAY SEPTEMBER.

I DID CONFIRM THAT WITH EAST HIGH.

THAT WAS THE DATE THAT THEY CALLED TO CONFIRM THE COST.

SO IT IS WRONG IN THE CONTRACT.

IT DOES SAY SEPTEMBER ON THE PICKUP AND DEPARTURE DATES.

BUT UP IN THE CONTRACT THE LINE DOES HAVE THE ACCURATE DATE OF PICKUP AND DEPARTURE.

IF YOU SEE THE CONTRACT, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU SEE IT IN FRONT OF YOU OR NOT, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE ACCURATE DATE UP ON THE TOP PART OF THE CONTRACT.

IT'S IN THE BODY WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PICKUP TIMES.

IT DOES LIST THE WRONG DATE.

SO DAN MOORE, DO WE NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATED CONTRACT WITH ALL THE CORRECT INFORMATION.

BEFORE WE APPROVE IT.

YEAH I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. MOORE. MOVE FORWARD BY AUTHORIZING OUR STAFF.

TO MAKE THIS KNOWN CHANGE AND SUBJECT TO THAT, APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

AND TO THE EXTENT IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO MOVE TO AMEND OUR MOTION ON THIS, I WOULD DO THAT.

SECOND, WE HAVE FIRST A SECOND TO THE AMENDED MOTION.

AGAIN, IS THAT IN THE BODY OF THE CONTRACT.

THE MOTOR COACH CONTRACT.

AND IT'S AT THE TOP.

ANY FURTHER ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEANIECE IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN VOTE ON THE AMENDED.

LET ME ASK, WHO DID YOU MOVE? WHO MOVED THE ORIGINAL MOTION? YOU DID. LANCE. YOU DID, YOU DID.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I CAN DO A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MOTION.

DO YOU ACCEPT IT? SO WE HAVE TO VOTE ON YOUR AMENDMENT.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE TO. IT'S A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

WE CHANGED IT. OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ONE VOTE TAKES CARE OF IT.

SUBJECT TO MAKING THE APPROPRIATE CHANGE.

CAN YOU SECOND AGREE TO THAT? I WOULD AGREE TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

WE HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

IT'S AMENDED.

NO MORE FURTHER DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SEANIECE.

DO WE HAVE CITIZEN INPUT ON THAT? NO. BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ITEM M, SECOND AND FINAL READING OF BOARD POLICIES 181.11 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE USAGE

[X.M. Second & Final Reading of Board Policies – Dr. Rod Earleywine]

402.8. VACATIONS 404.9.

RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS 501.9.

COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE 505.12.

STUDENT FEES AND FEE WAIVERS 602.

602.10 TALENTED AND GIFTED.

604.1 STUDENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM.

604, TECHNOLOGY DONATION.

665, DONATIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

709.3, STUDENT TRANSPORTATION FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

709.5, STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.

709.7, USE OF MONITORING SYSTEMS ON SCHOOL BUSSES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD POLICY FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEANICE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO BOARD.

AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.

WE'RE AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND.

AT FIRST WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.