00:00:06,530	Good evening. I’m Dan Eastgate, president of the Bismarck Public School Board. It’s 5:15 p.m. on Monday, April 28th. I called this meeting to order. Welcome and thank you both to everybody here and also online. You can find our agenda and follow along online under the school board tab at BismarcksSchools.org. Mr.

00:00:25,870	Sher, will you call the roll, please? Mr. Eastgate Mr Hager, Mr. Lee, here, Mrs. Peterson, here, Miss Presky.

00:00:36,170	Please note all board members are present and be here to join us tonight. He’s taking care of some family matters outside of town. We have Dr Johnson, uh, secondary assistant superintendent, uh, taking his chair for us tonight with that.

00:00:57,470	Dr Johnson, would you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation God invisible seeing justice for all. Thank you, Dr Johnson. Item 1, C is the BPS mission vision and values. The BPS mission is to empower every learner to thrive.

00:01:26,000	The PPS vision states together are strong relationships build inclusive, collaborative and innovative environments that create agency and inspire a passion for learning, excellence and discovery. The BPS values are inclusion, excellence, innovation, and leadership. You can also find a link in the agenda to the BPS strategic plan. Item 2 is to adopt the agenda. What are the wishes of the board? Mr.

00:01:42,230	Lee, Mr. President, I move that we adopt the agenda. And second, we have a motion in a 2nd. Any discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Scherr Hager Lee Peterson. Yes. Presky? Yes. Eastgate. Yes, motion passes. Item 3 is focus on success. We have 3 A’s social studies moving Be beyond the classroom. Dr Johnson.

00:02:09,370	Yeah, learning design and innovation members, and she has uh several teachers and students here to, uh, take a look at our social studies curriculum and some of the great work that’s associated with that, Kate. Thank you, Dr Johnson. Good evening, President Eastgate and board members.

00:02:24,300	Thank you for having us all here tonight. Um, it’s Dr Johnson said, my name is Kate Skibicki, and I get the pleasure of serving K-12 social studies, as one of my areas with the learning and design innovation team.

00:02:43,730	Tonight’s focus on success highlights three very unique opportunities that are available to both Bismarck public school teachers and students who helped move social studies beyond the classroom. First tonight, I’d like to introduce Mrs. Shannon Sorensen and her students from Century High School. They have competed and secured first place in a state competition called We the People. OK Good evening. Welcome. Shannon Sorensen, teacher, social studies teacher at Century High School.

00:03:09,770	Um, I could go on and on and on about the benefits of this program in terms of what it does for me as a teacher and the enrichment and um professional development, um, but really we’re here to focus on success beyond the classroom. And so, um, I couldn’t have brought a better group of students.

00:03:25,770	We had 2 on our team that aren’t with us tonight. Um, but these kids fueled my soul in a way, um, that was so refreshing and so welcome. this year. Um, they volunteered to be part of this program because I no longer have time in the curriculum to do it as a required portion of my class.

00:03:43,870	And so they wanted to do this on their own dedicated their time, not for a grade, not for anything other than for the sake of the experience and learning, um, and we met after school, um, on several evenings and those one hour meetings stretched into two plus hours simply because of the kinds of engagement and conversations

00:04:01,630	that they entered into. So, um, Rather than hear from me, I think it’s more valuable that you hear from them and what it did for them as students and how it will benefit them as they leave Century High School. So I have with me tonight, um Maria Knapp, Hailey Mesger, and Olivia Seibel. Good evening.

00:04:22,300	Good evening. My name is Olivia Seibel. We are all seniors at Century High School, um, I just want to start out by saying that as a 2nd semester senior at Century High School, with the pupils one of the most important extracurricular activities I’ve ever participated in, as I learned

00:04:37,470	that it wasn’t about just studying case law or doing the the classroom studying for tests and memorization just to pass the class. It was about learning how to collaborate with peers who are both like-minded and not like-minded in order to see how we actually can part.

00:04:53,630	participate in democracy and as a person who can vote for the first time this year, I now feel very comfortable and confident in my ability to exercise my freedoms, and I also feel that I can share my ideas with my community in a way that’s effective and knowledgeable because of we the people.

00:05:12,000	Hi, um, like Mrs. Sorensen said, my name is Haley. I’m also a senior at Century High School this year and we the people has been so beneficial and so many fronts, but personally like next year I’m going to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities to study, do a double major in communications and

00:05:27,630	political science. So we the people was beneficial on two fronts. One, we got to have this exposure with these trained professionals in the fields that I would one day pursue. We had a law clerk, we had an attorney, we had a member of the North Dakota Supreme Court.

00:05:44,500	And having that application and exposure is exactly what this initiative is about, is moving away from the stuff that you learn in the classroom and taking all of those little facts, the case law, taking little quizzes on amendments to applying that to real life situations, which is so important, especially in today’s age, uh, especially right now, the state of our

00:06:03,230	democracy is very fragile, and the best thing that we can do for the future of the United States is to nurture young minds with the things we learn in the classroom and moved out. outside of the classroom. So all of the things that we learn is not just memorizing facts to pass a test.

00:06:18,270	It’s about exercising your right as an active citizen in our democracy. Yeah, my name is Maria Knap. I’m also a senior at Century High School, and like Olivia and Haley have both said, it’s just been one of the, if not the most beneficial extracurricular that I could have participated in at Century,

00:06:34,770	um, unlike them, I’ve been mostly involved in STEM extracurriculars, uh, math, sciences, and health careers, but being involved in We the People has allowed me to have more intellectual conversations, better debates, use my logic in a way that makes it easier to flow in a conversation and just

00:06:53,170	to connect with. people on a different level that I’ve never been able to before, even as we were sitting back there today, we were able to talk about new policies that are happening in North Dakota and just have conversations that I never maybe would have even been open to before, so it’s been a

00:07:07,300	really refreshing taste of what a different side of education can be for a student. Thank you. Thank you. And just making sure you all understand we the people is a simulated congressional hearing competition. And there is a curriculum that goes with it.

00:07:26,030	They use the We the People book to write our North Dakota State Standards. So everything that we do completely aligns with our standards and takes their thinking beyond basic facts and detail, and then they can compete, um, at the state level, uh, on a in a simulated congressional hearing.

00:07:47,870	They develop a 4 minute prepared statement on a complex constitutional multi question, uh, and then they take a follow-up questions for 6 minutes from their judges panel, and they have to answer from memory with no resources, um, using case law and legislation, um, and current events and all the things um to prove the depth of their knowledge, uh, and so it’s not just I came in

00:08:06,030	with this prepared speech. Here’s what I know into the depth of what I know it. And then students, if you have a fully rostered team, um, can go on and compete at the national level, which I have done before in the past.

00:08:21,500	And then students compete in DC, um, when they, when we have a full team, it takes all 6 units. Um, these kids, I just had one unit to compete with, um, but they did take first in their unit, um, by quite a long ways because you can tell how well spoken they are, um, and, um, what amazingly impressive young people they are, and it makes me very, very excited, um, and

00:08:41,770	hopeful for our future considering the state of our democracy and everything that we’re facing right now. Thank you for your time. Thanks, Mrs. Thank you. Um, thank you, Mrs. Arnson, and your students. You’re remarkable as I knew you would be. Next, I’d like to introduce to you Mr. Landon Schmeichel and his students from Legacy High School.

00:09:06,830	They had two teams compete at the state level at a competition called National History Day, North Dakota. Um, both teams qualified for the national contest.

00:09:24,200	That is this summer in the University of Maryland College Park in June, and we have two of those students here to tell you a little bit about that day. Mr. Schmeichel, excuse me. Good evening. Good evening, Mr. Skate, members of the board. Thank you to Mrs. Skibicki for asking us to speak tonight, and all you do on behalf of civic education for BPS. Appreciate it. Also as well, thank you to Mrs.

00:09:47,000	Sorensen for the work you do in the classroom and I think it’s really neat that both of us are James Madison fellows and our advocacy for civic education even though we’re in different buildings, um, rings true in both places, so thank you for what you do as well.

00:10:05,200	Eleanor Roosevelt wrote that the purpose of education was good citizenship, and I believe that it still is good citizenship, and tonight I think along with what Century had to offer, you’ll hear the best. A future citizenship from these individuals. I’m very proud to introduce these, these two people, um Ken Kraft and and Ben Guth Miller.

00:10:28,730	Um, Kaylynn will be attending NDSU and studying international law and global studies, and Ben will be attending UND studying law and political science. Not only are they active in the legacy high school historical Society and National History Day. K Kalynn was elected lieutenant governor at Gur State last summer, and Ben was elected attorney General at Boise State last summer.

00:10:51,000	They are the state champions for National History Day in the senior website category, and they’ll be traveling to Washington DC as Mrs. Sabbiski mentioned in June. Um, I could talk about both of their accolades for hours on end, but I think they speak for themselves, so I’ll welcome President Ken Kraft to the microphone. Hello, President.

00:11:13,900	Good evening board members. Um, so as you said, my name is Caleb Kraft. I’m currently a senior at Legacy High School, and I have been president of the Historical Society of LHS for the past 2 years.

00:11:35,830	So our mission for the historical Society is to really prepare students, um, that are interested in history, government, law and politics and stuff in that area to really engage in conversation and discussions relating to that field. So something that we really strive for is to have each member develop skills that they can take beyond the classroom to college, but also in their future jobs and their future careers.

00:11:57,270	So stuff like public speaking and professional and organizational skills is something that we really focus on. Another thing that we really strive is to have each member become an active citizen within not only our community but in, um, our country as well. So we hold elections each.

00:12:22,230	semester for President, Vice President, along with various other um titles, so we really try to integrate that government aspect into our society. So we hold meetings each week before class we have a meeting once a week and we pick a topic before each meeting and then we discuss that topic during our meetings and we engage in conversation about it and here each side of the thoughts and opinions on each thing and

00:12:41,130	really grow our understanding of each side of the argument, um, another thing that we’re really striving for that has been really different this year, as you mentioned, is that we have been working on our projects for the national.

00:13:01,770	competition, which we have qualified for that we’re traveling to in June, so we are starting our fundraising for that. Um, we have a page on the Bismarck Public Schools Foundation website that we’re trying to acquire donations on for our, um, travel there and for our competition. Um, another thing that we really try is to have community outreach through volunteer work.

00:13:21,000	So something that we did as a group is go to the Veterans cemetery this past December and we helped lay wreaths for um across America, and I know as a group it’s something that a lot of us haven’t experienced before, so being able to do that as a group for the first time was something that was Truly such an like an amazing

00:13:40,270	experience and it’s something that we want to keep trying to do and being those involved being involved citizens and through volunteer work and community outreach is something that we really try to incorporate into our club, um, I’ll leave Ben to talk about, um, national history and all

00:13:57,100	that we’ve been doing with that. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Per skate, uh, members of the board like Ken said, my name is Ben Goth Miller.

00:14:18,270	I am a senior at Legacy High School, and I’m the vice president of the LHS Historical Society, and today I’m just gonna talk a little bit about the National History Day contest in which our group had 2 submissions this year, um, and the contest it, what it is, it’s a way for individuals and groups to apply um historical research and historical application skills on a wider scale.

00:14:39,630	Um, so for our group, our two submissions, uh, my group in particular, we did our project on the evolution of privacy rights in America. And the other group did their project on free speech rights in America. And that’s based on the contest, um, topic each year, which this year was rights and responsibilities.

00:15:02,500	So what happens at the contest is, uh, the judges they see our projects in advance and then we are interviewed and asked questions, not only just on the website itself, but um our process making the website as well, and there are a bunch of different projects that you had the ability to make. Uh, we chose websites we thought it could best portray our message and our historical argument.

00:15:20,570	But we all competed at the uh regional state level and we are met with great success as both projects in our group moved on to nationals like I said earlier.

00:15:40,530	And um throughout our time developing our projects, uh, we were able to research, discuss, and collaborate to really make a strong historical argument, and that’s really the most important part about the contest as a whole is using the skills that you learn inside the classroom and using them to apply to different activities outside and this contest is a great way for students to get involved in this activity in which they can um uh express

00:16:00,630	their historical, uh, knowledge, their ability to. collaborate with others and also their creativity, as there are many different ways that these students can submit a project into this contest.

00:16:21,470	While learning these, uh, things, we also obviously learned the topic itself of rights and responsibilities, and each year there’s a different topic, allowing for students to learn more and more about different facets of history and civic life.

00:16:44,470	Like Kalenn said, we are currently starting a fundraiser for uh traveling to DC to compete at nationals, and that is through the Bismarck Public Schools Foundation website, uh, which is raising donations for the legacy high school historical Society, uh, National History Day contest competition. Thank you. Thanks very much. Thank you for listening to them and um if you ever want to jump in on a class on AP government or AP US history. I’m sure they, they’d love you to be there and, and ask questions, so. Thank you. Absolutely, thank you.

00:17:10,100	And finally tonight, I would like to introduce to you Mrs. Andrea Carson, who was the 3rd grade teacher at Miller Elementary School. She and her students have been actually involved for the last several years in a program called Junior Achievement. The evening school board members. My name is Andrea Carson.

00:17:38,530	I previously stated, and I teach 3rd grade here at, um, Miller Elementary here in Bismarck. I’m excited to share my knowledge about junior achievement and how it helps bring social studies beyond the classroom. Junior achievement is a nonprofit program that focuses on financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship skills.

00:17:59,770	Our program in 3rd grade is called Our City, and it brings the abstract idea of economics and a fun and engaging way. Students are introduced to the caching ban that walks them through the 5 lessons. They help students learn the four ways to use money.

00:18:17,470	What Invisible money is how money flows through the city, entrepreneurship within the city and how to build a city using those funds. There are many opportunities through games and conversations for students to reinforce vocabulary, concepts, and their understanding.

00:18:38,770	This program also allows students to review their math skills like money, addition and subtraction, and 21st century skills like collaboration, communication, and problem solving. As you can see on the slide show, the students engage in games both online in the classroom, for example, Save the City is an online game where students must help keep the city balanced with their money choices.

00:19:00,500	The program also has videos where students enjoy learning the concepts through songs and has an interactive packet that helps reinforce the skills and their vocabulary. As a teacher, junior achievement provides all the resources like vocabulary cards, interactive packets, games, manipulatives and online resources.

00:19:20,930	There’s a teacher manual that says what the focus of each lesson is and the outcome for the learning for the students. It also provides high engaging questions that allow every student a chance to make connections, engage in conversation and provide background knowledge to all concepts. Everything is all there in the kit that is also provided for me. However, one of the best things about this program is how it aligns to our state standards.

00:19:42,630	In 3rd grade, we have 10 prioritized social studies standards out of the 10 that we have marked priority, it covers 6 of them. All our economics, one of our civic and government and all of our geography standards.

00:20:00,470	It also lends itself that we can build off what we have talked about and learned to finish covering our civic and government standards. Junior achievements also encourages community members to come into the classroom to help teach these skills and concepts to our students. I personally love teaching this because it’s fun to see the students connect, work together, solve problems, and have fun while we are learning.

00:20:17,930	This is something I teach every December because I find that grownups at home are talking more about finances around the holiday, and it helps make those real life connections for students. My students love the videos and will ask to rewatch the songs from the Kachin band and to replay the games.

00:20:33,500	However, it’s when we talk about invisible money and learning how to write a check is by far the best activity because it’s a new concept for most students, and they have never seen one. So it looks like this, and we walked through it.

00:20:54,370	Junior achievement is a wonderful program that helps to bring social studies concepts in a fun engaging way but also shows that these topics and concepts go beyond the classroom and are applicable in real life. I want to thank you for listening to me and your time tonight. Thanks, Mrs. Carson. Thank you Mr.

00:21:15,730	Schickel and your students, and again this is Carson, um, with that board members, we will stand for any questions or comments, and we thank you again for allowing us to be here tonight. Yeah, thank you very much for that great presentation, uh, board members, questions, comments for anybody out there, Mr. Lee. Thank you, Mr. President.

00:21:30,100	um, thank you, Mr. Sabicki and Mr. Schmeichel and Mrs. Sorensen for, for everything you do for our kids and to our students tonight, fantastic. You are also well spoken, um, it’s just great to hear from you.

00:21:48,270	It reminds me of the talent we have in BPS that goes far beyond, uh, football, basketball, baseball, track, um, we have so many talented kids. I’ve heard Haley sing. She’s amazing. I’ve heard, uh, I see August Phillips in here. He’s probably one of my favorite all-time. actors, um, amazing kids, so it’s just fun to hear from you all and for you all to be here. Thank you for presenting tonight. Thank you.

00:22:05,230	Board members, any of their comments or questions? I’ll just follow up with that and just saying thank you. We sure appreciate you guys coming in, um, for the educators in the room.

00:22:19,100	It’s obvious that you’re passionate about the subjects that you’re teaching, um, that these go far in my opinion, far above and beyond just the standard curriculum and um it’s certainly going down to your students because we hear it from them even better, as you said, um, they do such a great job sharing for themselves exactly what this all means to him.

00:22:33,230	Um, I think it was Haley I wrote down, I wrote down something shared from all of you guys, but Haley, you mentioned something about taking things that you’re learning in the classroom and moving into the outside world.

00:22:43,730	Right, like taking it to the real world, uh, as school board members, we love hearing things like that where we know that education is having real world impacts and to hear what you guys are all planning and as the students, which you are all planning to do going forward is really exciting, um, and it’s exciting to see you guys take this, uh, not, not just a competitions and doing well, which is awesome, by the way,

00:22:57,630	like that’s great if you’re gonna put time and effort into something, why not be great at it, right? Um, but that we know that there’s some real world implications that go on with that and so spreading democracy and things that we, we all sit in elected.

00:23:11,100	You know, positions and, and we believe wholeheartedly and what that looks like and having healthy, positive, uh, elected officials in our world. So thank you for that, and we certainly hope to see your guys’ names if you decide to, um, in some of these seats someday because you’d be great, so thanks very much. Thank you.

00:23:32,470	Good Board members going down on our agenda we’re at item 4, which is public comment. The board recognized the central role that parents play in the education of their children and support active parent involvement in the educational process. The board’s practice of public comment reflects and aligns with the policy BCBA and the spirit of its intent.

00:23:50,000	For classroom issues, it’s best to follow the chain of command from the teacher to the principal to the assistant superintendent and to the superintendent. For district issues, please reach out to Dr Fastnacht’s office. If you do speak tonight, we simply ask that you be responsible, be helpful, and be respectful.

00:24:06,470	Our BPS students deserve to have adults model the expectations that we have for them. Groups are urged to select one spokesperson. Individuals will be limited to no more than 4 minutes, and be notified with 30 seconds remaining to conclude their remarks. The board will not debate issues as presented, but will take such matters under advisement.

00:24:23,670	With that, please stand and approach the the podium, if you’d like to speak tonight. See nobody coming up, public comment is now closed. Item 5 is the monitor district operations. Uh, Dr Johnson, we’re gonna go to you on item 5A OE3 treatment of community stakeholders. Yeah, so I’ll just uh pass the baton over to Mr.

00:24:48,730	Steve Koontz, our director for Community relations. He’s going to talk about OE3 and with your permission, once you’re ready, roll into OE 9 as well. Perfect. Welcome, Mr. Koontz. Uh, good evening, Mr.

00:25:09,000	Eastgate, members of the board, um, OE3 pertains to the treatment of community stakeholders, and this report highlights the relationship between stakeholders and the district, um, with a particular focus on communication practices and overall transparency. So they’re just a few items I’d call your attention to here. Um, firstly, uh, 3.1 and 3.2 relate to formal complaints. Um, I would just note the superintendent did not receive any formal complaints during this reporting window.

00:25:31,000	Additionally, um, links to all relevant documentation are included throughout the report for your reference. One of the items that is required to be publicly available as the BPS strategic plan. Um, I would note the district has been working on a new strategic plan over the past several months, and I believe Dr Fastnacht.

00:25:45,230	will be unveiling that new plan to the board and the public next month. Um, finally, I’d just like to briefly mention the community survey. I’ll delve into that a little bit more briefly in a moment here with OE 9, but each year we do share a survey with the Bismarck community to collect feedback and assess public perceptions of the

00:26:00,100	district. FE 3, we focus on whether the survey results suggests an overall positive perception of the district and its communication efforts. One specific question addresses this expectation directly. It asked respondents to agree or disagree with the statement. My overall impression of the district is positive in nature.

00:26:21,470	This year, we had just over 80% of respondents answer affirmatively to that question, which I think is encouraging and definitely meets the expectation there. So based on that evidence, the district finds itself in compliance with the expectations in ’83, and I would stand for any questions. Thank you, Mr. Coons.

00:26:44,000	Any questions from the board? Seeing none, uh, with respect to OE3 treatment of community stakeholders, how does the board find us? Or find the report, I should say. Mr. Lee. Mr. President, uh, with respect to OE3 treatment of community stakeholders, I move that we accept the report as fully compliant as presented. Second, Motion is second. Any further discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Lee, yes, Peterson. Yes.

00:27:11,170	Presky? Yes. Hager? Yes. He’s good. Yes. Motion passes. And Mr. Koontz, I think with that, we can go right into OE 9. Perfect. So moving on in the OE 9, that’s just focusing on the district’s basic operations related to communication.

00:27:31,000	So as with OE3, you’ll find links to the evidence supporting each each expectation contained within the report. um, there’s a website that houses some additional um work samples that you’ll find linked in there as well. Um, the community survey we touched on earlier is also a key component of OE 9.

00:27:48,030	here we have a goal of at least 70% of Survey respondents voicing support for the district’s overall direction. Um, this year we did exceed that target as well, with nearly 80% of respondents just over 79%, so almost 80% expressing support for the district’s direction. Um, a few other details worth noting just in regards to the survey.

00:28:05,570	We kept that survey window open slightly longer this year, um, so we got about 20 additional responses from when we initially shared that with the board. So if you see any discrepancy, that’s why we just want to make sure as many people as possible had a chance to share their voice.

00:28:21,670	In total, we had more than 3400 individuals who completed that survey. Um, parents were the largest group represented, 60% of respondents were parents. That’s nearly 2000 responses from parents. Teachers and students were the next largest groups, over 400 responses each from each group respectively there. And the remainder of responses came from non-teaching staff members or other community groups.

00:28:45,630	Um, the survey also generated around 1000 written comments. We provided all those comments to the board in the summary document, and we also distilled them into general themes for your consideration since there were quite a few written responses there. Um, one other important indicator under OE 9.

00:29:04,300	Is that the district must share and publicly post its budget, um, you’ll find that linked as well. So filing a review of all those expectations, we find ourselves in compliance with OE9 as well, and I would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

00:29:19,500	Board members any questions in regards to OE9, Miss Peterson, um, things President Eastgate, and, and I don’t really have a question, but just with both of these pieces, I at first I encourage the public hopefully to dig into those survey results.

00:29:34,730	I think that they were fascinating and, and I think, you know, in a district as large as ours, we’re not going to ever get a 100% that agrees with everything that we do, but I believe that we have been transparent with our communication tactics. I was really impressed so far this year we’re leaning into the dignity.

00:29:51,300	index and how we communicate with those, and I felt that was kind of weaved in throughout the the two pieces, and I also just, I hope that those that are listening here and whether you agree or disagree, I, I was struck by the number that you said, uh, you know, who has, um, taken the survey because I think, you know, if you, if you don’t engage and, and you don’t take the survey, then you may wonder if if these these results are

00:30:06,830	accurate, but I do hope that we have more, more families, more teachers, more, um, students that, um, the next time this comes around, it really does, uh, open our eyes.

00:30:23,000	We do really look at the, the results, and I think that, um, the thing that’s helpful is when we either have workshops or retreats, we do come back to some of the, the overarching themes. So we may not talk about it a ton, you know, um, when we’re, when we’re presenting these reports, but I do think these those common themes and the things that we’re hearing, obviously this year we did a lot of engagement

00:30:37,270	with the forums, um, that were on, on the bussing issue and know that that’s a continued concern from. public and just want um want them to be aware that these things are, are definitely something that we’re we’re leaning into and paying attention and just thank you to any of the families who took

00:30:54,300	the time to put a response and, and hopefully they’ve gotten their, their questions answered. So thank you. And with that, I guess I could, I could move to, uh, with respect to OE 9, communicating with the public, taken as a whole, I would move that we accept the report as in compliance as presented.

00:31:13,100	Motion in a second. Any further discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Chair. Peterson, yes. Presky? Yes. Hager? Yes. Lee? Yes, Eastgate? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Koontz. Takes us to item C, which is BSR2 single unit of control. We have a public reading here, then the board.

00:31:37,630	Can determine if we uh will retain or amended if we’re in compliance or not. Here’s that reading, single unit of control. The board will direct the Superintendent only through official decisions of the board. Number one, the board will make decisions by formal recorded vote in order to avoid any ambiguity about whether direction has been given.

00:31:56,930	2, the superintendent is neither obligated nor expected to follow the directions or instructions of individual members, officers, or committees unless the board has specifically delegated such exercise of authority. 3. Should the superintendent determine that an information request received from an individual member or from a committee is unreasonable or requires a material amount of staff time.

00:32:18,230	The superintendent is expected to ask the committee or the member to refer such requests to the full board for authorization. This brings an end to the reading of single unit control BSR2. What are the wishes of the board? Ms. Presky, I move that we retain BSR to single unit of control. Second Of a motion in a second.

00:32:37,930	Any other discussion? Seeing none, Mister Schresky. Yes. Yes. Lee? Yes. Peterson? Yes. Eastgate. Yes, motion passes. On to item 6, matters reserved for board action. Oh, I’m sorry. Oh, we have one more of BSR2 single unit control. Thank you, Mr. Lee.

00:33:01,370	Um, and with respect to BSR2, single unit in control, I would determine, uh, we are in compliance. One second. Of a motion is 2. Any further discussion? Seeing none, Mr. Chair Hager. Lee Peterson? Yes. Presky? Yes. Eastgate. Yes. Motion passes. Thank you again there, Mr. Lee. I was just so excited to get to R2 academic achievement.

00:33:23,770	I, I couldn’t wait, um, which now we are at at item 6 matters reserved for board action. A is R2 academic achievement, social studies indicators. Dr Johnson.

00:33:42,630	Thank you, uh, President Eastgate members Board, um, as we take a look at this, we’re bringing this back again to seek direction for the 2nd time, so we revisited, uh, last meeting, take a look at Slim Me Down, uh, removing some of the redundancy in the literacy where we have literacy in all content areas, so what we’d bring forward here now is you consideration for, um, So studies and, and then some discussion or direction to be taken, uh, regarding what

00:34:02,770	used to be indicators 9 and 10 regarding, um, civics involvement and global awareness, and we believe that we’ve rewritten that into the superintendent’s interpretation in a way, and if that’s, uh, meets the board’s wishes and intentions in last discussion that you would approve it as uh read for the 2nd time, and we’d move forward.

00:34:26,800	Thank you, Dr Johnson. Board members any questions or comments? Mr. Lee, Mr. President, I just appreciate, um, you know, keeping the language that we, we found so important, uh, in the, in the indicators. So, I’m in support of this, this rewrite for sure. Thank you, Mr. Lee.

00:34:48,730	Board members any other, uh, Ms. Peterson? No, I, I would agree and I would move to approve the second reading of the revised coherent governance results indicators are 2.1 academic achievements, social studies as presented. Second. Motion is second. Any further discussion? Mr. Chair, the roll, please. Lee Peterson Presky Hager, Eastgate. Yes, motion passes. Thank you, Dr Johnson.

00:35:15,900	Uh, 6B board member school visit updates. I believe we had just a couple of notes. Mrs. Peterson. Thank you, and I think it’s, it’s fitting um that we had the focus on success beyond the classroom for social studies, and that was an amazing opportunity to hear from those young people

00:35:30,900	and really see how, uh, the things that are happening in their classes and the standards are reaching far beyond the walls of the classroom into their extracurriculars, and I think that last, the last meeting that we had, we had a focus on success on science, and um we had members from the

00:35:49,630	Century High School, um, Giant Olympiad team. He presented on a couple of different activities and since then, there was a state competition for both middle school and high school, and I believe that Bismarck public schools just really dominated those, those two competitions, um, Century High School took first in the high school division and BHS

00:36:09,370	came, um, a close second and so super proud of those two high schools for, um, rounding out that, that top, top bracket and then in the middle school level, I believe, um, you know, both, uh, board member Hager.

00:36:28,100	myself have have students who participate in in on these committees and Wachter is a a dominating force and they are in the 8 year dynasty of of winning at the middle school level and um Horizon took 3rd this year. So rounding out those, those like top, top 6 positions.

00:36:47,170	I mean, we have 3 out of those 6 are coming from Bismarck Public schools on a very, these, these competitions are intense. There’s a lot of participants. These are not easy. Um, I can tell you right now, my, my kids know far more about science than I ever dreamed to know, and, um, and I think that it’s pretty cool to see them compete at the state level, and I would also contend that the reason maybe BHS

00:37:04,830	didn’t give CHS more for uh more of a run for their money is that 5 of their Science Olympiad members are actually in DC competing at nationals at the Science Bowl, and my son is one of those as well, so I mean these, these scientists, these civic, uh, presenters.

00:37:23,500	I’m just In awe about not only what is happening in the classroom to get these students, um, prepared to be able to compete at these levels, but also then get to see um how they’re able to engage with the materials and do these kinds of competitions, um, and, and there are so many students.

00:37:40,030	If you look at the pictures from these, um, competitions. These are, I mean, yes, I said the Science Bull team is really small, but the Science Olympia teams are quite large, and there are a lot of our, our students and young people who are contributing to these. competitions and just super proud of how they represented.

00:37:55,030	Absolutely. Thanks a lot for that, Mrs. Peterson. And as you said to, to those advisors and coaches, and what a great deal like we, we had a couple that were in here tonight that we talked about earlier.

00:38:07,530	I just think it’s such a great deal when, when our educators go, you know, beyond the classroom as well. It’s such a cool deal. So thanks a lot for sharing that. Appreciate it. And congratulations to all of our uh our science loop and science Po athletes out there. Any other, uh, uh, school visit updates at all. OK, then we’ll go on to item 7, the consent agenda.

00:38:27,370	What are the wishes of the board? Mr. Lee, Mr. President, I move that we approve the consent agenda. Second. Motion in a second. Any discussion? Oh, Dr Johnson.

00:38:50,000	I just wanted to just draw the public’s attention that one of the new contracts is for, uh, our new hire, Dr Immanuel Abraham, it will be maintaining our fifth grade orchestra program for the 25, 26 school year, so we’re excited that we’re able to uh through some networking, be able to get a wonderful applicant and we’re really pleased that he’ll be joining us next year, allowing us to at least maintain that fifth grade, um, experience for

00:39:06,170	orchestra for next year, so just wanted to call attention to that. So thank you, President Eastgate. sport. Good note. Thanks a lot, Dr Johnson. Yeah, we’re excited for that program. It’s pretty great, um, with that, I believe we had a motion in a second.

00:39:25,800	If there was no further discussion, Lee, Eastgate. Yes. Motion passes. Lastly on the agenda tonight, we have item 8, the Superintendent’s report and 8A is the financial report, I believe, uh, we’re going to be going to Mr. Darren Scherr on this one. Welcome to the podium, Mr.

00:39:51,930	Scherr Thank you, President Eastgate, members of the board, um, financial report in front of you, the a couple of things that I’d point out is we did receive the primary residence credit on Thursday, um. And so it, it Looking at initial dollars on what we’re kind of trailing for our projected.

00:40:12,000	I think it’s gonna take us right into line where we thought we should be. And then, um, it was, it also included our April to date and then we’ll have some additional April to the end because, um, that’s supposed to, the auditor is supposed to get that out to the political subs and in a timely fashion. So they, they got that out, um.

00:40:30,100	Couple other things, uh, I had reported on, uh, a while back was looking at a few account codes that seem to be trending a little. Different than I expected. We did clean a few of those up and then the remainder, there’s a few that are, they’re over budget, but there are things like insurance that don’t, I mean that we’re not

00:40:46,930	gonna have additional insurance payments because we pay that at the At the beginning, um, with that, I really don’t have any other. Uh, things that we’re concerned about, we seem to be tracking. In line, I’d answer any questions that the board would have. Thank you, Mr.

00:41:04,030	Scherr, board members, any questions? Seeing no. Thank you very much, Mr. Scherr for the report. Thank you, Dr Johnson, for stepping into the chair as