The bOARDBuzz is put together following District 25 School Board Meetings and serves as a recap of what occurred.

For the full agenda of the meeting, please click below:

• Committee of the Whole Agenda

The meeting was recorded and that recording can be viewed via the link below:

• www.sd25.org/0203FullcowMeeting

As always, the bOARDBuzz is archived at www.sd25.org/BoardBuzz.

Community members addressed the Board during this public comment portion of the meeting. According to Board Policy, public comment is heard for 30 minutes at Board of Education meetings. At this meeting, the public comments begin at the 1:18 mark of the meeting and can be viewed by clicking here.

Public comments were also submitted via an online Google form prior to the meeting. Submitted public comments were read aloud at the meeting.

Any public comments submitted prior to the start of the meeting at 7:00 pm on Thursday, February 3, 2022, are available in full and can be read by visiting www.sd25.org/0203cowComments.

The topic of Full Day Kindergarten was talked about at two previous Committee of the Whole Meetings:

• September 23, 2021 | Click here to watch that meeting.
• December 16, 2021 | Click here to watch that meeting.

The topic of Full Day Kindergarten (FDK) has been something the Board of Education has openly discussed and contemplated this school year. At this meeting, District 25's Director of Facilities, Ryan Schulz, District 25's Assistant Superintendent of Business/CSBO, Stacey Mallek, and Superintendent Dr. Lori Bein presented the Board with 5 Facilities Options for Full Day Kindergarten in District 25:

• Option 1 | Elementary school building additions
• 1A) Build additions at all 7 elementary schools
• 1B) Build additions at 5 elementary schools; 2 currently have capacity
• Option 2 | Building additions at a northside school and a southside school; redistrict
• Option 3 | Building additions at South MS and Thomas MS; move 5th grade
• Option 4 | Construct a new Kindergarten Center
• Option 5 | Construct a new elementary school; redistrict

The Board discussed these options and decided to focus their discussions and the District's efforts on the following two options moving forward:

• Option 1 | Elementary school building additions
• Option 3 | Building additions at South MS and Thomas MS

As said in previous meetings, the Board remains committed to make a final decision in March 2022.

To view a PDF of the presentation, click here.

To watch the presentation, click here.

To watch the Board discuss and ask questions about this item, click here.

The District 25 Board of Education offers a second opportunity for public comment at each Board Meeting that takes place once all the agenda items have been presented, discussed, or voted on.

To watch this portion of the meeting, click here.