Todd Reed led us in the flag salute. 

Quorum Established

Introduction of new staff in attendance:

• Rick Plumbo – Bus Driver
• Kyle Monasmith – HS CTE Business & Marketing Teacher/FBLA Advisor
• Emily Lagreid – HS Secretary
• Lisa Frazier – HS CTE Foods Culinary Teacher
• Directors recognized new staff not in attendance.

Strategic Plan Flyer updated by CEE

Overview 

• During the 24-25 school year, FES will focus on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, Professional Learning Communities and Freeman School District's three focus areas:
  • Embrace challenging and necessary conversations with students and staff; 
  • Expect Civility and Respect from everyone; and 
  • Enhance our MTSS grades TK-12. 

Areas of Focus

• TK/K WaKids family meetings were last week, and students will start this week.
• PBIS rotations for grades 1-5 are led by the paraeducator staff and 5th-grade students.
• aimswebPLUS screener will be administered beginning the week of August 26-30
• Multi-Tiered Systems of Support District Team

Enrollment 

TK-4, K-42, 1-65, 2-57, 3-66, 4-56, 5-54 = 386 Total

• Overview
  During the 2024-25 school year, FMS staff and students are focused on our academic programs as we implement a seven-period day, incorporating social emotional learning into content classes and the consistent, constant growth of our positive learning community and culture.

Areas of Focus

• ASB Officers met on Wednesday, August 14th to plan for the 2024-25 school year. They discussed their goals for the year, planned a new student tour and laid out their activity calendar for the year.
• The FMS Building Leadership Team met before school to review and refine our Building Processes, the specifics around Advisory procedures and content being delivered through content classes and the FMS role in the implementation of MTSS.
• Students have returned and classes are in session! The first few days have been energetic and positive! Staff and students are focusing on getting to know each other and establishing guidelines for a great year.

Enrollment
6th- 70 7th- 63 8th- 68 Total- 201

Overview

• FHS is continuing to improve. As a team, we are specifically focusing on Tier 1 MTSS Instruction, Assessment in PLCs (Professional Learning Communities), and PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions & Support).

Areas of Focus

• We welcome a new Office Secretary: Emily Lagreid
• We welcome one new teacher to FHS: Kyle Monasmith (Business Ed Teacher, FBLA and ASB Advisor, and SOARS Director)
• We welcome 2 current FSD staff to new positions at FHS: Lisa Frazier (Culinary); Jim Rae (Metals and Woods).
• We are running a 7-period daily bell schedule
• We are continuing to work with the MS in Professional Learning Communities
• ASB Theme for the year is “Determine Your Path”. ASB welcomed 9th graders before Monday’s Open House

Enrollment
9th = 65, 10th = 79, 11th = 76, 12th = 80. Total: 300

Overview

• Kickoff to the 2024 fall sports season. Football and cheer started on Wednesday 8/21. 
  Volleyball, Soccer, and Cross Country started on Monday 8/26.

Areas of Focus

• Annual athletics golf tournament fundraiser on August 17ᵗʰ at the Links golf course was a huge success again. Don’t have final numbers yet, but those that participated had a lot of fun.
• Pre-season meetings with all fall head coaches. Will also do a mid-season and post season as 
  well.

Enrollment
• Football 56
• Volleyball 30
• Soccer 26
• Cross Country 25
• Cheer 16

Overview

• Work to improve programs and support our student athletes.
  Participate in partnership with the Greater Spokane County League (GSCL).

Areas of Focus

• FMS Football, Softball and Cross Country start this week. Great turn out for our fall sports.
  We will host end of season football games at Kent Smith Field again and continue to host the GSCL All-League Cross Country Meet.

Enrollment

• Football - 27
• Softball - 18
• Cross Country - 31

Areas of Focus

• Received a $5,800.00 grant to help pay off school meal debt
  • With the grant, and with what was already in Brenda’s HH, we are able to pay off ALL negative meal debt (about $7,000.00)
  • After paying off all meal debt, just over $3,000.00 will be left in Brenda HH
  • So Far, every negative meal balance in excess of $10.00 has been paid off

OSPI Child Nutrition Administrative Review

• Probably late February or early March
• No specific date yet
• No schools selected yet
• The OSPI CN Specialist will be her for one week
• Looking at backend policies and procedures
• Will be monitoring meal service to ensure compliance

Mileage for June:

• To/From – 8633 miles
• Athletics/Field Trips – 346 miles
• Total miles for June – 8979 miles
• Very well attended open house here at the transportation building. Every driver was here to meet parents and students.
• The drivers bid on their routes on Monday of our state required in-service.
• We currently have:
  • 12 Regular ED bus routes
  • 2 SPED bus routes
  • 2 After school 2ⁿᵈ PM bus routes
  • 16 Total Routes

We adjusted some of the routes so we don’t have overlap.

Areas of Focus:

• Custodial did a fantastic job of getting the schools ready for the start of school.
• Completed patch work on the parking lots.
• Several projects that needed repairs are done. Still have a few to go depending on budget.
• Working close with Alan and Randy on those.

Safety:

• Nothing to report at this time.

Areas of Focus

• We cleaned, updated, and prepared technology in each classroom to ensure an effective and smooth launch to the new school year, setting the stage for effective teaching and learning
• The Chromebook check out process was concluded efficiently within the allocated time slot.
  • FHS-241 
  • FMS-192
• We installed and configured a new camera surveillance server for FHS to distribute the load across 2 servers, enhancing system performance and reliability
• Skyward has implemented mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for staff logins, and we assisted everyone in setting up 2FA on their phones as needed. We will soon be rolling out our own 2FA system for email access as the next security measure.

Overview

• School Psychologist: Initial evaluations and reevaluations within Freeman School District – academic, cognitive, social/emotional, developmental, health, adaptive assessments within a legal timeline.
• Special Ed Director: Focused on Special Education processes, legal and team expectations. Communication and collaboration with Admin/Leadership Team and Special Ed Team. ELL & Highly Capable work within the district

Areas of Focus

• Special Ed Team
  • Leah Heideman - Speech/Language Pathologist
  • Josie Moore – School Psychologist T/W/Th
  • Tanya Felvarg & Kaylynn Mendenhall - Paras
• Meetings, Training, Schedules, Transfers, Paperwork

• Review Board Policy No. 1005 – Key Functions of the Board: Vision, Structure, Accountability, Advocacy
• Review Board Policy No. 1810 – Annual Goals and Objectives

• Review FSD School Board-Superintendent Expectations and Goals for 2024/2025

The start of the school year is the best that it has been for a few years; lots of great energy. Departments and buildings are running smooth. Dr. Russell has been in every classroom and has met new staff. We had a great staff kickoff. Positive things are happening. Staff are encouraged to contribute not complain. Positive things are happening. Treat everyone with civility and dignity. We have 20 new students. The all-school assembly felt really good. A great start to the school year.

Review Freeman 2025 Strategic Plan

• Highlights of our Key Actions & Proposed Metrics
• Proud of the staff. Every kid counts. They deserve our best every day. We lost our way a little bit last year but have found our way this year. Stay connected and involved.
• Balancing new classes this year. 
• We have the best TK program. We are a model for other districts. 

Capital Projects Levy Discussion

• During the work session, an hour was spent on the 2023-2024 budget and our financial future.
• Another hour was spent discussing if the district should have another Capital Projects Levy. Do we take money out of the General Funds to pay to maintain the campus and repairs or run a levy as an option. 
• Will invite Cory Plager, DA Davidson, to our next work session and then present at the board meeting.

• Enrollment is in good shape. Enrollment is up a little more than in July. 
• Ending Cash Balance – On track with financial. Ending with a little less than $200,00 in the budget. We had to make some hard decisions but needed the changes to be sustainable.

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• The next regular board meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 23, 2024, at the PRTC building at 6:00 pm. 
• The October board meeting will be Wednesday, the 23rd, 2024, at the PRTC building at 6:00 pm. 
• The December 11th work session is scheduled for 2:00 pm.