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District curriculum staff presented the adoption package to the board, describing a year‑long committee process, vendor reviews and an implementation and professional‑development plan. \"We're here tonight, Mrs. Covey and I, to ask for your consideration and the adoption of a new kindergarten through eighth grade language arts curriculum resource, as well as a kindergarten through eighth grade mathematics resource,\" Alan Demery told the board during the presentation.

The district committee recommended HMH's IntoReading (K–5) and IntoLiterature (6–8) for English language arts, and IntoMath for K–8 mathematics, along with Zaner‑Bloser handwriting for K–5. The package includes teacher and student digital subscriptions, consumable student workbooks, supplementary intervention and assessment tools (Waggle, AMIRA and Writable), and two years of on‑site and virtual professional development plus on‑demand coaching.

Presenters said the materials were selected after surveys of staff and a 25–30 member committee that evaluated multiple vendors across fall and winter. The administration said consumables and software will be ordered annually as needed and that the five‑year purchase is intended as a one‑time, up‑front cost to reduce recurring annual expenditures.

The board asked how the district will support teachers hired after the two‑year professional‑development window. Ann Marie Covey said the district would use internal instructional facilitators, online PD, and could contract with the vendor for additional training if needed. Regarding students with disabilities, presenters said the adoption is intended to make classroom instruction more consistent so special‑education staff can target specific skills within the general‑education environment instead of moving students to separate, incompatible programs.

Demery and Covey outlined a timeline: order and shipping in spring, professional‑development work over the following two years, and district implementation starting fall 2025. The administration asked trustees to approve up to $1.5 million from reserve funds; they said the use of reserves was chosen partly because a prior legislative action temporarily allowed higher reserve levels and the district intends this as a one‑time purchase rather than an ongoing staffing commitment.

Trustee Tom moved to approve the adoption \"not to exceed $1,500,000 using reserve funds,\" and Trustee Michelle seconded. The board voted in favor; the motion passed.

The board also discussed handwriting and its link to literacy instruction and said occupational therapy staff would be involved in implementing the handwriting program at elementary grade levels.

The adoption documents provided to the board detail grade‑level consumables, online supports, assessment components and professional‑development plans. The administration noted shipping costs and final numbers may change slightly and requested authority in the not‑to‑exceed motion to accommodate that.

The board approved the first‑step purchase; the administration will begin ordering materials and planning professional development ahead of fall 2025 implementation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","SWCSD2 Board Meeting - 2/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees voted Feb. 3 to adopt new kindergarten-through-eighth-grade English language arts and mathematics instructional materials from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and a Zaner‑Bloser handwriting program in a five‑year purchase not to exceed $1,500,000 from reserve funds.","taxTitle","Sweetwater County School District #2, School Districts, Wyoming","taxId",67508,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6335827,"Board actions at a glance: agenda, bids, policies and stipulated agreements",0,2413000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b&start=2413&end=2413","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b/thumbnail_2413000.jpg","/articles/6335827/Wyoming/Board-actions-at-a-glance-agenda-bids-policies-and-stipulated-agreements","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6335827-2e5b52676165326879aa811e01b9210e/orig.mp4?Expires=1777579407&Signature=nTP5JbLaNBwgtaWBiPE9tNGVKc3PXcQegH9NQgYno6kbF~ssJkQpvXmuine48wX6HEHlXaxrD4njA0886RXS2zsznLz~dj2RcGH2Cz5t5lMWUozYznIqAd588xqRWuf1N~lntvyDCRxqBM2y8CpjD1SSi32JmzQ~rETLVLiEKGshd43PUs8MfAaFm4ElAIV9V2dyJaU02RqNeDIY250PkM~3XHktyT~1PnK4uK~Xysn6fEhI10WqhSKJjBbbudZLHRRZRJs99rgaOT6U9h3DgRbGtOKKi3sPnpqEc0moAti2k1ANXMsCO6w~PObRiN5egUHDxp1xGB9zn0GmfvLG3A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Sweetwater County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees took a series of procedural and procurement actions Feb. 3, including approval of the agenda and consent items, awards for food commodity and construction bids, and multiple first‑reading policy approvals. The board also approved stipulated agreements during a closed executive session and adjourned.

Key votes and outcomes (all motions recorded on the meeting transcript):

- Agenda and consent: The board approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda items (mover: Tom for the agenda; mover: Mandy for consent agenda; seconds as recorded). Outcome: motion carries.

- Recognition and donations: The board recognized a $5,975 donation from Fremont Motors Rock Springs to nutrition services (presenters: Andy Sales, Gabe Lloyd); this was a recognition item, not a budgetary vote.

- Bid and RFP awards: The board approved processed commodity awards via the Western Wyoming Food Co‑op to Foster Farms, Tyson and Yang's (chicken), JTM (pork) and Integrated Foods (beef). Trustees also approved vendor Convergent for district camera replacements (not to exceed $225,000), a Lincoln Middle School boiler burner replacement project ($91,000), and GRHS main‑level backdoor replacement ($80,000). Motions to approve each bid were made and seconded and recorded as approved in the transcript.

- Policy actions (first reading approvals): The board approved first‑reading updates or new policies in the C series, including CB, CBA, CBG, CCB, CF, CHCA (handbooks/directives), CA (administration goals/priority objectives, new), CBD (superintendent contract, new), CBJ (superintendent termination, new) and CFB (evaluation of administrators other than the superintendent, new). Several policies were described as rewording/clean‑up; CHCA was noted publicly during the meeting in response to a public comment about including elementary and middle school handbooks and making them available to parents; the administration said it would add that suggestion for the second reading.

- Curriculum adoption (separate item): The board approved the K–8 ELA and math adoption described elsewhere in this report (HMH and Zaner‑Bloser) not to exceed $1.5 million using reserve funds.

- Executive session actions: After an executive session for personnel/discipline, trustees approved multiple stipulated agreements recorded as 2024/2025‑001 through 2024/2025‑004. The motion to approve those stipulated agreements was made and seconded in open session following the executive session; trustees voted \"Aye\" and the motion carried.

Motions were formally moved and seconded for each item; minutes and official board documents available through the district will contain the formal vote records and contract documents for each award.

Listed below are the main formal actions as recorded in the meeting transcript (motion text, mover/second when provided and outcome):

- Approve agenda — moved by Tom; seconded by Michelle; outcome: approved.
- Approve consent agenda — moved by Mandy; seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve processed commodities RFP awards (Foster Farms, Tyson, Yang's, JTM, Integrated Foods) — moved by Mandy; seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve Convergent for district camera replacements not to exceed $225,000 — moved by Tom; seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve Lincoln Middle School boiler burner replacement for $91,000 — moved by Tom; seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve GRHS main‑level backdoor replacement for $80,000 — moved by Tate; seconded; outcome: approved.
- Approve K–8 ELA and math curriculums (HMH) and Zaner‑Bloser handwriting not to exceed $1,500,000 using reserve funds — moved by Tom; seconded by Michelle; outcome: approved.
- Approve first reading: CB, CBA, CBG, CCB, CF, CHCA (with note to add language about elementary/middle handbooks' availability for parents for second reading), CA (new), CBD (new), CBJ (new) and CFB (new) — motions moved and seconded as recorded; all first readings carried.
- Approve stipulated agreements 2024/2025‑001 through 2024/2025‑004 (executive session) — moved and seconded; outcome: approved.

Full vote records, bid documents, contracts and policy text are available in the board packet and official minutes published by Sweetwater County School District No. 2.","At its Feb. 3 meeting, the Sweetwater County School District No. 2 board approved the meeting agenda and consent agenda, awarded multiple bids and RFPs, approved several policy revisions and new policies on first reading, and approved stipulated agreements in executive session.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6335831,"GRHS students premiere film about Jay Foundation and suicide‑prevention 'boot checks'",948,425000,1373000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b&start=425&end=1373","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b/thumbnail_425000.jpg","/articles/6335831/Wyoming/GRHS-students-premiere-film-about-Jay-Foundation-and-suicideprevention-boot-checks","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6335831-dcec061d85de53a1d5567671faae666a/orig.mp4?Expires=1777579407&Signature=KcQqMt8~CQFcRuF-0RfQMjJoQse0BriatUmsB2wbCROsgByLRrrqXN-1~z9Au8LFILB7fNPX1sI08r-jiSzKQbwGcq3Yws7wEk4i6ffHecjk~Y0fnv8dkxti-1KZis1rq~rMT3QfkP~a~BQRexBaKoAc8QY4D65W3yFVCm1tN-TMcpZHnqVdS6kxTH7l2i5oFt04pcXefBg9WYO9Dqfn8wCsqHR~qIv~p-W7zKoDrmZQSI09pgAmeeCLbUn2wNAlg1Qsaxz4mPFblMG0pjkNFwhYhm9AkwABAgEi8joc6zknVmfHycaUWsi3BCvHdEqZ1CYs~9gC2oRKrxbPYPAwWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Green River High School theater students showed a documentary Feb. 3 about the Jay Foundation and the late Jay Bob Bing, describing how the foundation has prompted student peer‑support practices at the high school.

Mr. Skinner, who introduced the showing, praised the students’ work in producing the film. Three student filmmakers—Kira Mollman, Peyton Shiner and Braden Thompson—were recognized; Rhiannon Schultz was not present. Peyton Shiner provided the film narration, which the presenter said the students recorded and refined; the teacher also noted a short version of the film received a perfect score at the state Thespian festival and a longer version premiered recently at the Casper International Film Festival.

The film traces Jay Bob Bing’s life, his tragic death by suicide in 2016, and the family’s creation of the Jay Foundation to raise awareness about mental health and suicide prevention. The students described a school practice called \"boot checks,\" where students wear boots on Wednesdays as a visible reminder to check in with peers and to ask how classmates are doing.

Student comments in the piece emphasized peer support and normalizing conversations about mental health: \"I think wearing my J boots, it gives me that reminder that, I'm not alone in a sense,\" one student said in the narration. Presenters said the Jay Foundation partners directly with high schools to raise awareness and provide resources, and cited instances of the foundation helping Green River High School with weekly check‑ins and campus culture shifts.

After the showing the board thanked the students and noted the film’s festival recognition. The administration said it hopes the Jay Foundation might use the film in future outreach, and presenters reported the students had networking opportunities with visiting filmmakers at the festival.","Green River High School theater students presented a documentary film about the Jay Foundation and student‑led \"boot check\" peer support, describing how the foundation's work has prompted weekly check‑ins and other supports at the school.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6335836,"Nutrition services outlines federal rules, scratch‑cooking steps and budget pressures",976,2658000,3634000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b&start=2658&end=3634","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2288557-c39a86de119b88ec9eb0b228d003d76b/thumbnail_2658000.jpg","/articles/6335836/Wyoming/Nutrition-services-outlines-federal-rules-scratchcooking-steps-and-budget-pressures","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6335836-5fad7330d0c74ce3bd6b90c9c1f477ea/orig.mp4?Expires=1777579407&Signature=oqxB47mCBxLhERCF2BwG7oLehOYNmbrjPMsy9l~8jjxf3JTT4hzDpgtPfzjiVk3s7yO-Yl1RWrsYBOoA7-WoPZievogrjzSp8OszjDm0wI5b-ZzgUaMGV-3T5NphrWOTuSRrR0Zknt0q7V8OuA33EKpnOaDA7jnY4wbcKTeCSVJ1MUHHo43bI-RNL3VujE-tyHQM92vUE-o0ZvlgTg4r3g7Kd7ZDwgbO3jfEIJmaols60IhZQ8cp9bkuDz39dXIf8er9Ud75APNP8gMpNwQcdi5uALCtHVuFUBloD~3y~yZQ1cRw28Rnrl8IxmR4hajHuv3IVpNPecJg1RGT56TPeQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Leah, the district nutrition services presenter, reviewed federal school‑meal rules, commodity distributions and recent local menu changes and pressed trustees to consider revenue pressures affecting meal pricing.

\"Nutrition Services is a federally funded enterprise fund,\" Leah told the board, explaining that the district’s reimbursement is calculated per meal served and that the current free‑and‑reduced percentage is about 35 percent. She described USDA meal‑pattern requirements: lunch must include three components (one a half‑cup of fruit or vegetable) and breakfast must include three items, one of which must be a fruit or vegetable.

Leah walked trustees through the district’s use of USDA commodity foods (chicken products, ground beef, cheeses, canned fruit, and produce delivered through Department of Defense distribution) and said menus and commodity orders are planned months in advance. She demonstrated how product documentation (nutrition labels, CN labels or product formulation statements) is uploaded to the nutrition management system and reviewed annually to ensure compliance with USDA meal patterns.

The presenter said the district has begun adding more scratch‑cooked items where staffing allows, listing examples such as Spanish rice, taco meat made from raw ground beef, lasagna prepared in district kitchens and breakfast burritos. She also said the district will move to Wyoming‑raised grilled beef patties and whole‑muscle chicken products where available.

Leah told trustees the USDA is pushing reductions in added sugars for school meals, particularly at breakfast, and noted the district has already changed many yogurts and cereals to meet lower sugar targets.

On budget, Leah said catering, a la carte sales and classroom food purchases provide revenue that helps keep meal prices low, but inflation and wage increases have driven costs up: \"School food has increased by 296% since April of 2022,\" she said, explaining that rising food costs, wage increases and non‑compliant outside food served during meal times can push the subsidy up.

Trustees thanked Leah for the presentation and had no further questions. The nutrition services presentation preceded vendor and curriculum business on the agenda.","District Nutrition Services staff explained USDA meal pattern rules, commodity foods, scratch‑cooking initiatives and budget pressures at the Feb. 3 board meeting, and described how reimbursements and other revenue streams affect meal pricing and program sustainability.","actionData","errors"]

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