>> ALL RIGHT. THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. [ROLL CALL] PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[PLEDGE] ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE TO THE
SPOTLIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT KING. >> OK. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. LAST MON MONDAY, THE YOUTH CONGRESS EVENT HAD RECORD ATTENDANCE. THE STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED
DID A FANTASTIC JOB SHARING IDEAS WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO WE CREATED A VIDEO RECAP SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE YOUTH CONGRESS EVENT.
>> I THINK THIS IS A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO GET IDEAS OUT THERE. GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CHALLENGES ARE BEING FACED, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. >> YOUTH CONGRESS BRINGS TOGETHER A MYRIAD OF VOICES. >> WHO IS HERE THIS THE LEADERS
THAT ARE HERE. SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE HERE. ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HERE. WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN. THE LOCAL LEADERS HAVE GATHERED AT LEGACY CAMPUS WITH ONE GOAL IN MIND. >> LET'S TICK A MOMENT TO HEAR FROM THE KIDS. THEY ARE THE ONES AFFECTED EVERY DAY. THEY HAVE INCREDIBLE IDEAS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPOWER THEM TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. >> THERE IS A CHARITY TOPICS BEING DISCUSSED FROM VAPING, CELL PHONE USE, PURE PRESSURE. >> FOR ME, MENTAL HEALTH IS A BIG ASPECT BECAUSE IT IS PART OF MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY'S LIFE.
HEARING THINGS FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN HOW THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH MENTAL HEALTH SHAPE HOW THEY ARE AND SOLUTIONS THAT COULD BE UM PLY. ED. >> I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT PEER PRESSURE. I HAVE SEEN HOW IT FELT AS DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT OUTLOOKS ON THINGS CAN HELP PEOPLE. >> WELL, I HOPE THEY CAN CHANGE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITHIN USING OUR ADVICE BECAUSE THAT IS THE MAIN THINGS THAT SCHOOLS NEED NOW. >> SHANE HAS ATTENDED YOUTH
CONGRESS FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS. >> I HAVE SEEN THE FOLLOW THROUGH. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO SEE THE ADULTS SAYING LET'S TAKE YOUR VOICES BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES IN THESE SITUATIONS. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HELP OR WORK?
>> I HOPE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE, ONE, THEY DO HAVE A VOICE. THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SUPPORT THEM, LISTEN TO THEM. >> YOUTH CONGRESS CHANCE FOR THE STUDENTS TO LEARN AND GROW. >> I AM HOPING TO WALK AWAY WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S OUTLOOKS ON THINGS. I WANT TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
EDUCATED WITH YOUTH CONGRESS TODAY. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES OUT OF YOUTH CONGRESS. I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME HERE TODAY. >> I WANT TO WALK AWAY DIFFERENT
OUTLOOKS. I WANT TO BE MORE EDUCATED TODAY. >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF SUCCESS STORIES THAT COME OUT OF YOUTH CONGRESS. I THINK WE WILL ARE SOME HERE
TODAY. >> ALSO, THE ANNUAL LIGHT ON AFTER SCHOOL EVENT. THIS IS A NATIONWIDE EVENT
CELEBRATING AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. SO, WE THOUGHT WHAT BETTER TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR VERY OWN BASE PROGRAMS RIGHT HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ENTERPRISE OR BASE TO JOIN ME UPFRONT.
MICHELLE STEWART, DIRECTOR OF BASE, AMY MADDEN, BASE MANAGER, AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WHO OVERSEES THE BASE PROGRAMMING. HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE AMAZING LADIES? [APPLAUSE]
AND WE HAVE BASE STUDENTS AND FAMILY WITH US AS WELL. THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING. AM GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR BASE PROGRAMMING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE HERE IN DCSD. AS SOMEONE WHO SPENT THE WHOLE CAREER BEING A WORKING MOM.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT ISES TO HAVE THE KIDS HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE AND HAPPY THAT THEY CAN LAND FOR AWHILE AFTER SCHOOL. MICHELLE, WILL YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT BASE, WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO FAMILIES? THEN, PASS THE MY ROW PHONE
ALONE TO THE OTHERS TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. BASE IS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN AGES 5 TO 13, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, ALREADY, STARTING SEPTEMBER, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO HAVE OVER 6500 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN REGISTER WITH OUR PROGRAM. SO WE ARE HELPING SO MANY CHILDREN OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE A FEW HERE TODAY. I AM GOING TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO AMY. SHE IS GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME
PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE TODAY. >> GOOD EVENING. LIKE MICHELLE SAID, WE ARE EXCITE TO BE HERE TODAY. I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE PRODUCING TO YOU MISS KRISTA LANKTON WHO US THE TRAIL BLAZER. CHRIS BROUGHT WITH HER TONIGHT
TWO R TWO VERY BRAVE STUDENTS IN THE BASE PROGRAM AT TRAILBLAZER AND WILL INTRODUCE THEM AND SAY A FEW WORDS. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. SO WHEN I WAS ASKED TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT LIABILITIES
ON AFTER SCHOOL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TODAY? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO TASTE TODAY? WHAT ARE WEEING IF TO SMELL INDIANA IT IS ABOUT USING THE FIVE SENSE AM WE PULLED THE CAN
IS IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AND LIKE TO TELL WHAT THEY FOUND OUT IN THEIR POLL. >> HI, EVERYBODY. AM MAX. I AM MAX AND CHRISTOPHER ADAMS. AND WE ARE PRECINCT LIGHTS ON.
TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT KIDS AT BASE SMELL, SEE, HER AND TOUCH. FIRST, TASTE. KIDS TASTE SNACKS THAT WE MAKE IN COOKING CLUB LIKE CHOCOLATE
COVERED BANANAS AND YOGURT PARFAITS. SOME ARE HEALTHY. SOME ARE SWEET. THEY ARE ALL FUN. >> NEXT IS SIGHT. KIDS SEE THE MAY GROUND. WE SEE KIDS CATCHING
GRASSHOPPERS, TOO. >> BASE ALSO BRINGS PEOPLE AND EXOTIC ANIMALS LIKE SNAKES. >> THERE IS ALSO TOUCH. WE ARE LEARNING MARTIAL ARTANCE BREAKING BOARDS. WE ALSO BUILD WITH MAGNETS USING
OUR IMAGINATIONS. >> ONE MORE SMELL. WE SMELL PAINTS FROM CRAFTS. THE GYM, LEGOS AND FRESH AIR FOR RECESS. FINALLY IS HEARING. WE LIKE TO LISTEN TO EACH OTHER
AND LEARN NEW STUFF. AND THAT IS HOW BASE IS COLORFUL, EXCITING AND DEFINITELY FUN. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. [APPLAUSE]
>> HI. I RUN THE BASE PROGRAM AT ACRES GREEN. I WAS ALSO ASKED TO MAKE A MOST POSTER, SO I MADE A POSTER THAT REPRESENTS EVERYTHING IN THE PROGRAM. ALL THINK THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IN THE ACTIVES THAT WE DO.
WE ALSO SURVEYED ALL THE KIDS TO SEE THE THINGS THEY REALLY ENJOY AND THE THINGS THEY LAKE DOING IN OUR PROGRAM. YEAH. YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND CHECK IT OUT LATER.
[APPLAUSE] >> I AM ALWAYS AMAZED WHEN I GET TO GO TO THE PROGRAMS TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AND THE CONNECTION THEY HAVE WITH THE KIDS, I THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME TO CELEBRATE WHAT THEY DO FOR KIDS EVERY DAY. >> WELL, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND
OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, I WANT TO KEEP A HUGE SHOUT OUT NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT ALL THE BASE EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, IT IS EASY TO, IT IS EASY FOR THE PUBLIC TO NOT REMEMBER WE HAVE THIS ENTIRE OTHER ORGANIZATION THAT IS COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO TAKING
CARE OF OUR CHILDREN BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND ON SUMMER BREAKS, FALL BREAKS, THEY WORK WHEN THE REST OF US ARE NOT WALKING AND WE ARE JUST INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL, TO ALL BASE EMPLOYEES, THANK YOU FOR ALL DO. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS HAS
CERTIFICATE FOR BASE. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO DO A QUICK PICTURE SO IF EVERYONE CAN SQUEEZE IN. MR. HACKETT IS GOING TO GET A
PICTURE. >> OK. HOW ABOUT ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE AMAZING BASE PROGRAM. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAN CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S RECOGNITIONS.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE INTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE AGAIN AS SENT. >> MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY WINEGAR, SECOND BY MOORE AND GEIGER. [VOTING] >> GREAT.
PASSES 7-0. ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> OK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. FOR STARTERS, EVERYBODY GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY DATES AND IMPORTANT THINGS IN OCTOBER TO LIST BECAUSE EVERYONE PICKED OCTOBER
AS THEIR MONTH APPARENTLY. SO OCTOBER, THEY ARE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT. OCTOBER IS OCTOBER IS ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY AWARENESS MONTH, ADHD, SOMETHING WE ARE WELL AWARE OF IN OUR HOUSEHOLD,
THANK A PRINCIPAL MONTH, SO ACTUALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO ARE FO ARE FOR EVERYONE TO THANK THEIR PRINCIPALS SOMETIME THIS MONTH. OUR PRINCIPALS ARE AMAZING.
LEARNING DISACTS AWARENESS MONTH, NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH, NATIONAL DOWN SYNDROME MONTH, AS I MENTIONED IN SENT, HISTORIC HERITAGE MONTH IS SEPTEMBER 15th THROUGH OCTOBER 15th THEN WE ALSO HAVE COLORADO FREE COLLEGE
APPLICATION DAYS SO THIS ONE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND THAT IS OCTOBER 16th THROUGH 16th. OOPS. SORRY. OCTOBER 7th THROUGH 9th WHEN YOU CAN PUT IN AN APPLANCATION TO A COLORADO INSTITUTION WITHOUT AN
APPLICATION FEE. NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH WEEK IS OCTOBER 13th THROUGH THE 17th. NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK OCTOBER 20th THROUGH THE 24thth, A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT THE AMAZING BUS DRIVERS. RED RIBBON WEEK, THAT IS KEEP
KIDS DRUG FREE. MASH'S SAFE SCHOOLS WEEK. OCTOBER 19th THROUGH THE 25th. NATIONAL CUSTODIAN APPRECIATION DAY OCTOBER SECOND SO I WANT TO DO A SPECIAL SHOULDOUT TO ALL THE CUSTODIANS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.
WE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE THE AMAZING ENVIRONMENTS WE DO TIN OUR DISTRICT WITHOUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. CHILD HEALTH DAY IS OCTOBER 6th.
NATIONAL COACHES DAY IS OCTOBER 6th SO PLEASE THANK A COACH NEAR YOU. INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY IS OCTOBER 8th. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN WALKING TO SCHOOL. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY AND COLUMBUS DAY ARE BOTH OCTOBER 13th ANN THEN
FINALLY, WE JUST CELEBRATED LIGHTS ON AFTER SCHOOL DAY ON OCTOBER 23rd. LOTS OF THINGS IN OCTOBER. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT AT EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL LAST MONTH, DCSD HOSTED A SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY FORUM I WANT
TO THANK THE BOARD DIRECTORS, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS, OF COURSE, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIGH RAT, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR, OUR PRINCIPALS THAT WERE THERE, OF COURSE, THE SAFETY AND SECURITY DIRECTOR JOHNNY AND OUR MENIAL HEALTH DIRECTOR TEF NIZ
CRAWFORD. I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PANEL ON SHORTNESS IN. I WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY WITH A PLATFORM TO SHARE THEIR CONCERNS AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY PROTOCOLS HERE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
CAN POSSIBLY DO IS KEEP EVERYONE'S CHILDREN SAFE. RECORDING OF THAT FORUM CAN FOUND ON THE DCSD YOUTUBE CHANNEL. WILL BE PUTTING OUT A SYSTEMWIDE COMMUNICATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH SOME FOLLOW-UP ITEMS THAT THE DISTRICT IS
WORKING TOWARD. WE ALWAYS LEARN EVERY TIME WE HEAR FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THAT. APPLE AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN THROUGH OCTOBER 20th. BE SURE TO NOMINATE A TEACHER, STAFF MEMBER, WHO IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF
CHILDREN. THANK TO YOU THE FOUNDATION FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR HOSTING EACH YEAR. TO ALL THE PUBLIC, PLEASE NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR AN APPLE AWARD. UPCOMING BOND GROUND BREAKINGS SO THE FIRST TWO GROUNDBREAKINGS
FROM THE 2024 BOND COMING UP. THE HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL AUTOMOTIVE PROGRAM, GROUND BREAKING WILL BE OCTOBER 22nd AT 4:00 P.M. LEGACY CAMPUS PHASE 2 ON NOVEMBER 13th AT 4:00 P.M. WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ADDITIONAL GROUNDBREAKING DATES
AS THEY ARE SCHEDULED WE'LL BE EXCITED THIS WINTER TO DO THE GROUNDBREAKINGS FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. PLEASE BE HOUR SURE TO ATENS THE 2025 TASTE OF DCSD AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE EVENT TAKES PLACE WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 22nd FROM 4:30 FROM OUR NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT. A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR NUTRITION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THAT THEY DO AND FOR PROVIDING HEALTHY MEALS FOR OUR KIDS AND ALL ARE WELCOME TO THE
TASTE OF DCSD. THE 2025 CAREER PATH EXPO IS TAKING PLACE THURSDAY OCTOBER 23rd AT 6:30:00 P.M. AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. THIS EVENT IS HOSTED THIS YEAR BAY THE VERY OWN DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE K COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION FOR DOUGH LAGS COUNTY SCHOOLS.
ATTENDEES WILL LEARN ABOUT THE OFFERINGS DCSD PROVIDES TO STUDENT SUCH AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, CONCURRENT REN ENROLLMENT, AND WORK-BASED LEARNING SERVICES. WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME TO THIS EVENT ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PARENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS,
PLEASE COME ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 23rd WITH YOUR KIDS, AND LEARN ABOUT THE AMAZING OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO EARLIER, LAST MONDAY WAS THE ANNUAL YOUTH CONGRESS EVENT AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. THIS EVENT WAS HOSTED BY THE DOG
LAWS COUNTY YOUTH INITIATIVE AND THEY SHARED WITH US, THIS WAS THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN YOUTH CONGRESS HISTORY. 189 STUDENTS WHERE AND 30 ADULTS PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S EVENT. THANK YOU TO THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP FOR HOSTING THE
STUDENT-LED BOARD OF EDUCATION CANDIDATE FORUM LAST MONDAY, A RECORDING OF THE FORUM CAN BE FOUND ON THE DCSD YOUTUBE CHANNEL. OUR KIDDINGS DID AN AMAZING JOB MODERATING THE DEBATE. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT TAINED LAST WEDNESDAY'S TOGETHER FOR
SUCCESS MANY CONFERENCE FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT OF 100 PARENTS. THEY EN CAGED IN SESSIONS FOCUSING ON MEETING THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL THE KIDS. LAST WEEK, THE COLORADO RODENT OF EDUCATION WAS IN DCSD
VISITING SCHOOLS , MEETING WITH STAFF, STUDENTS AS PART OF THE FIVE-YEAR GIFT ARE GIFTED EDUCATION MONITORING PROCESS. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT HOSTED THE VISITS. DCSD REALLY SHINED WITH THE SUPPORT AND PROGRAMMING WE PROVIDED.
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK DC GEEK FOR MEETING WITH THE FACILITATORS AND PROVIDING PERSPECTIVE ABOUT SUPPORT FOR GIFTED STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. I AM ALMOST DONE. GET READY TO TURN THE PAGE TOGETHER. OUR DISTRICTS ONE BOOK, ONE DISTRICT CELEBRATION BEGINS THE
WEEK OF NOVEMBER THIRD FEATURING TO SEE AN OWL BY MATTHEW KORDEL AS THE SHARED REED. IT IS FANTASTIC POOK. ON NOVEMBER 5th WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME MATTHEW HIMSELF FOR A SPECIAL VIRTUAL RARE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM THE CREATIVE MIND PEE HEINZ THE INSPIRING STORY. THROUGH THEMES OF PERSEVERANCE, NATURE, WONDER SHALL QUIET OBSERVATION, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, THIS BOOK OFFERS SOMETHING MEANINGFUL FOR EVERY READER WHETHER ELEMENTARY,
MIDDLE OR EYE HIGH SCHOOL. LET'S READ AND CONNECT AROUND THE STORY THAT REMEANS US HOW READING CAN UNITE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING ABLE TO READ THE STORY ON VIDEO THAT WILL BE ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL. IT IS REALLY GREAT BOOK. AND THEN, FINALLY, JUST A
REMINDER, NEXT WEEK, OCTOBER 13th THROUGH THE 17th IS FALL BREAK. ALWAYS IS PERFECTLY TIMED BECAUSE RIGHT WHENEVER ONE IS GETTING TIRED. IT IS FALL BREAK. WE WISH OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS A RELAX, RECHARGING WEEK.
FOR OUR STAFF, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TURN ON THE OUT OF THE OFFICE REPLY AND TRULY TAKE A WEEK TO SPEND WITH YOUR FAMILY SO YOU CAN RETURN REFRESHED READY TO SERVE THE AMAZING STUDENTS. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. HAPPY FALL BREAK.
THANKS SO MUCH. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. >> PLEASE REMAIN RESPECTFUL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS
APPROPRIATE FOR K-12 AUDIENCE ANDED A JUST THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE WILL START WITH THE REMOTE SPEAKERS THEN MOVE TO OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, SO WE HAVE
JENNIFER AND JASON. >> OK. >> HI, CAN YOU HEAR? HE A WE CAN. GO AHEAD. >> THANKS. HI. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR OUTGOING MAJORITY ON THE JOB WELL DONE.
THEY LEAVE A LEGACY OF THE HIGHEST MATH SCORES IN THE METRO AREA INCLUDING HIGHEST IN MOST AREAS FOR MINORITIES. THIS MAJORITY WILL NO DOUBT SPEAK WELL AT NIGHT KNOWING THEY HAD LEFT A HIGHER LEGACY. THANK YOU AND THE OTHER THREE
BOARD MEMBER FOS ARE THE SELFLESS ACT OF PUBLIC SERVICE. THESE ACHIEVEMENTS SET UP THE DISTRICT FOR IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THAT STARTS FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN MY DOOR KNOCKING EFFORT FORCE THE COMMON SENSE SLATE. MANY PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RETURN OF THE TEACHER'S
UNIONS. AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AHEGREEMENT SINCE IT HAS SOUGHT SOUGHT OUT ENDORSE PRESIDENT AND ACCEPTED MAXIMUM LEGALLY PERMITTED DONATIONS IT STANES TO REASON THAT WOULD RETURN THE DISTRICT WHEN IT HAS PROVEN IT
CAN BE PROSPER WITHOUT IT. IT ALSO STANDS TO REASON THAT THE IDEA LOGICAL DOGMA WOULD RETURN WITH IT. IN ADDITION, GIVEN THE YUN'S REPRESENTATION IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE THE VOTERS TO FUNS FUTURE EFFICIENTS BOO I THE BOARD IF THE UNION IS BEHIND IT.
IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS PROSPERED WITHOUT A UNION. THIS COMING ELECTION IS CRUCIAL TO THAT PATH FORWARD. IF WE WISH TO KEEP THE DISTRICT ON UPWARD TRAJECTORY. ARE AND NOT GO BACK WARDS TO THE DAYS OF UNION IDEOLOGIES THEN AND CONTROL, THEN PLEASE VOTE
FOR THE COMMON SENSE BOARD ON NOVEMBERth. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. IT IS JENNIFER ON THE LINE? OK. WE'LL MOVE TO IN PERSON. MARTHA, BRY AND MA, KELLY.
BRIANA. >> HI. MY NAME IS MARTHA CARVER. AM WITH GRANDPARENTS FOR KIDS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF GRANDPARENTS HERE WHO AGREED WITH MY
STATEMENTS AND WANTED TO STAND HERE. AS YOU NEAR THE ENZ OF THE TERM ON THE SCHOOL POOR, WE WISH TO EXPRESS THE SINCERE GRATITUDE TO DIRECTORS WILLIAMS, WINEGAR, MYERS AND MOORE TO THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE VALUES YOU BRING TO THE
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. VALUES SUCH AS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, RESPONSIBILITY, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND SCHOOL CHOICE. ALL OF WHICH HAVE BENEFITED THIS RESIDENCE IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
AT A TIME OF POLARIZATION, YOUR STEADY LEADERSHIP AND DECISIONS HAVE ENSURED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REMAINS FOCUSED ON STUDENTS. YOU HAVE DONE THE RIGHT THING. EVEN WHEN FACING OPPOSITION. YOUR LETTER TO THE COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION AND THE COLORADO LEGISLATURES
HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED. WE THANK YOU FORND STAKING STRONG IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS. YOUR WORK HAS STEP! HELPED FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE FAMILIES FEEL RESPECTED, STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REACH THE HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL. YOU ALLOWED PARENTS TO CHOOSE TO
MASK OR VACCINATE THEIR CHILD. MATH SCORES ARE HIGHER THAN FOUR YEARS AGO. WHETHER THROUGH TRAINING FOR TRADE OR EARNING COLLEGE CREDIT, THE GRADUATION RATE HAS RISEN TO 2%.
YOU STOOD UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY REFUSING TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO ALLOW BIOLOGICAL BOYS AND GIRLS SPORTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ENERGY RETURN WITH WAVERING ED DEDICATION TO DOUGLAS COUNTY'S FUTURE. YOUR SERVICE MAKES A MEANINGFUL
DIFFERENCE, WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE LEADERS LOOK YOU GUIDING THE SCHOOLS. WE HOPE THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THESE SUCCESSES.
THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE POURED. AM SPEAKING TO TONIGHT ON THE BEHALF OF PARENT WHO WISHES TO REMAIN UNANIMOUS.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE DISTRICT TO REVISE BOARD FILES JFL WHICH GOVERN MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUS AND NEGLECT TO COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA'S CHILD PROTECTION AC. WHAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, ABUSE
DOESN'T ONLY HAPPEN AT HOME. IT CAN AND DOES OCCUR AT SCHOOL. ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES. EVERY STAFF MEMBER HAS DUTY TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT HARM AND DISTRICT MUST ENSURE THAT STAFF ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE ALL
FORMS OF ABUSE INCLUDING ABUSE INFLICTED BUY A COLLEAGUE. THESE POLL IS STATE THAT AN AC OF A SCHOOL OFFICIAL IS NOT CONSIDERED ABUSE IF IT WAS PERFORMED IN GOOD FAITH. THAT STATEMENT CAN EXCUSE HARMFUL ACTIONS OR SHIFT
ACCOUNTABILITY AWAY FROM SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR, MY FRIEND'S AUTISTIC DAUGHTER HAS SUFFERED REPEATED HARM IN A NEEDS PROGRAM. SHE HAS BEEN PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED FOUR TIMESES , ONCE MILLION SHE COLLAPSED. LOCKED ALONE BETWEEN FIRE DOORS,
CONFINED IN A CLOSET, SECURED IN A CLASSROOM, YELLED AT REPEATEDLY. AND, DESPITE HEALTHCARE PLAN FOR CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE AND DENIED WATER MULTIPLE TIMES. WHAT IS MOST DISTURBING IS THIS THAT BUILTUAL USE OF RESTRAINT
AND SECLUSION ARE RARELY REPORTED PROPERLY AS REQUIRED. IF YOU REMEMBER MY OWN SON WAS ALSO SEE SHREWD ARE INCLUDED LAST YEAR AND NEVER REPORTED TO ME EITHER. THESE ARE FORMS OF EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, PHYSICAL ABUSE THAT CAUSE DEEP TRAUMA, RISK SERIOUS
MEDICAL HARM ESPECIALLY FOR A CHILD WITH DISABILITIES YET HER MOTHER'S CONCERNS WERE DISMISSED AND EVEN THREAT INNED WITH A CHILD WELFARE REPORT BECAUSE OF HER DAUGHTER'S DISABILITY RELATED BEHAVIORS THAT ONLY OCCUR AT SCHOOL. THIS POLICY IS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT THIS.
YET BECAUSE CURRENT POLICY HEAVILY SUGGEST THE ABUSE ONLY HAPPENS AT HOME, SCHOOL ABUSE IS OVERLOOKED. THAT MUST CHANGE. WE URGE THE BOARD TO, ONE, REVISE THE POLICIES TO CLEARY INCLUDE ABUSE BY STAFFING IN ALL
SECTIONS OR CHILD WELFARE DIVISION DEFOONS, PERSONAL RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING OUT OF HOME CARE AND 2, LIMIT RESTRAINT TO ONLY TRUE EMERGENCIES. , ENFORCE STUDENT HEALTH CARE PLANS. 4, PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CLEAR RESOURCES ON THEIR RIGHTS.
AND FILE REPORTS WHEN PARENTS BROUGHT FORWARD CONCERNS OF ABUSE BY STAFF. 5, PROTECT FAMILIES WERE RETALIATION. 6, TRAIN TAFF TO RECOGNIZE DISABILITY RELATED BEHAVIOR AND RESPOND WITH TRAUMA INFORMED CARE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND TAKING ACTION TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL
SAFE FOR EVERY CHILD. >> THANK YOU.
>> I AM A PARENT OF A KIND NER GUARD CONTINUE AND FOR TEN YEARS, I WAS TEACHER. LAST WEDNESDAY, A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSING SLATE SURPRISED ME BY CLAIMING ACTUALLY WE DON'T NEED EDUCATOR ON THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE THE BOARD OF STAR BUCK'S IS NOT COMPRISED OF BEING
FARMERS AND BARISTAS. OF COURSE, THAT COME MEN WAS DIRECTED AT ME AND THE CAN DAIS I AM RUNNING ALONGSIDE SINCE THE FOUR OF US HAVE OVER 33 YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION AND HIS SLATE HAS ZERO. LOOK, I DON'T BELIEVE IN SWICKING IT EVERY PITCH BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT COMMENT BECAUSE LET'S BE CLEAR, IT WAS DEEPLY DISRESPECTFUL AND REVEALS WHAT HE AND OTHERS MAY THINK OF EDUCATORS. THAT THEY ARE NO MORE THAN DAY LABORERS AND SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO COME
HERE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT EDUCATION IS A CALLING. THE MESSAGE WAS EDUCATORS LIKE HARD-WORKING FARMERS OR BARISTAS ARE BENEATH HIM. THEY ARE UNWORTHY. THEY DON'T GET TO COMMENT ON THINGS INCHING THEY DON'T GET TO SHARE OPINIONS.
THEY DON'T GET TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE. THEY ARE ONLY APLOWED TO BE ASKED. ASKED TO TEACH THEIR CONTENT, YES. ASKED TO DO SO MUCH MORE. TO WATCH FOR SIGNS OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SEXUAL ABUSE. THEY DO.
TO ENGAGE IN CHARACTER EDUCATION AND KEEP STANDARDS HIGH. THEY DO. ASK TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST PAY IN THE METRO AREA AND THEY DO. AND TO KEEP STUDENTS SAFE, ASKED TO KEEP THESE STUDENTS SAFE UP TO INCLUDING SERVING AS HUMAN
SHIELDS AND THEY DO. AND MAYBE OUR CURRENT BOARD MAJORITY WOULDN'T HAVE LEGALLY FIRED THE LAST OR ERASED THE IMPORTANT DATA OR FORCED A CONTROVERSIAL CHARTER SCHOOL ON THE COMMUNITY IF ONLY WE HAD MORE EDUCATORS AS ATTAR PAV IT.
IF YOU DON'T RESPECT TEACHERS YOU DON'T RESPECT STUDENTS. DISMISSING EDUCATORS WITH A CARELESS METAPHOR DOESN'T MAKE YOU BOLD. IT SHOWS YOU DON'T VALUE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE EDUCATION POSSIBLE. AND SO YES, I STAND HERE AS CANDIDATE, A PARENT, FORM
ERREDCATOR BUT I HAVE AN ASK. I AM ASKING US ALL WHETHER YOU SIT UP THERE OR AT HOME LISTENING TO CHOOSE BETTER. AS YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE, CHOOSE KINDER WORDS WHEN YOU SPEAK ABOUT EDUCATORS. CHOOSE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS RATHER THAN
GIVING AWAY. CHOOSE REAL PROBLEMS TO SOLVE RATHER THAN SCORING CHEAP POLITICAL POINTS. CHOOSE PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FACE A ROOMFUL OF KIDS EVERY DAY AND KNOW THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO DO THIS WORK. I ASK US ALL TO CHOOSE BESS
BETTER. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE A GROUP OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE IDEALS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. THIS GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATION BEGAN IN 2019 WHEN CONCERNED PARENTS CAME TOGETHER TO REFOCUS OUR DISTRICT ON WHAT MATTERS MOST. WALL TY EDUCATION FOR EVERY
CHILD. QUALITY EDUCATION. WE HAVE SUPPORTED PRO PUBLIC EDUCATION CANDIDATES. CANDIDATES THAT WERE NOT CHOSEN BY POLITICAL GROUP BUT ENCOURAGED BUY A GROUP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. A BO BOARD OF ED CASE IS SUPPOSD
TO BE A NONPARTISAN INSTITUTION. WHETHER YOU ARE NEW OR HAVE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS, WHETHER YOUR CHILD IS THRIVING OR STRUGGLING, WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING. EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT SERVE EVERY CHILD.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE EXCITED TO ENDORSE FOUR CANDIDATES WHO LIVE THESE VALUES. DCP PROUDLY ENDORSES PARKER, A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS OF ALL BACK GROUNDSES AND ALL ABILITY AND STUDENT WELL-BEING.
AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, DCSD ALUM AND PARENT BRINGS A CRITICAL VOICE TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD HAS RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. DCP PROUDLY ENDORSES CLARK CALLAHAN FOR THE DECADES OF
EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER, PRINCIPAL, EDUCATION LEADER. HE TURNED AROUND A CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL THAT WAS ON THE VERGE OF CLOSING AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO A THRIVING MULTI CAMPUS MODEL. CLARK KNOWS HOW TO LEAD SCHOOLS
TOWARD EXCELLENCE AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY STUDENT. DCP PROUDLY ENDORSES TONY RYAN WHO IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, COMMITTED TO RESTORING EXCELLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS DCSD ALUM, EDUCATOR, NOW
ATTORNEY, TONY BRINGS INVALUABLE LEGAL EXPERTISE FOR NAVIGATING EDUCATION LAWS WHILE ALWAYS KEEPING STUDENTS AT THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION. DCP PROUDLY ENDORSES KELLY DENSE LER WHO BRINGS THE VITAL
PERSPECTIVE OF EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR WORKS EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND PARENT. KELLY UNDERSTANDS THE REAL CHALLENGES IN CLASSROOMS AND COME MILTED TO CARING FOR STUDENTS SUPPORTING TEACHER AND ENSURING EVERY FAMILY IS HEARD. THE COME IN THE'S VOICE
COMMUNITY'S CHOICE SLATE BRINGS COMBINED 33 YEARS OF HANDS ON, EXPERIENCE. AND CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS. REAL EXPERIENCE THAT WILL MAKE A TANGIBLE DIFFERENCE. THESE FOUR ARE READY TO SERVE AND REPRESENT YOU.
>> PARKER, CALLAHAN, RYAN, DENSE LER, TOWING, LET'S ELECT A BOARD THAT PROTECTS ALL THE STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> ANTHONY RYAN, DD CRAME, HE
MATT SMITH. >> HELLO. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE EDUCATORS IN OUR DISTRICT AND THEIR ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE, THEIR ABILITY TO COME UP WITH EX
LEN SOLUTIONS TO FILL THOSE GAPS. I WOULD URGE THE BOARD TO APPROVE ALL THE SUGGESTED ADDITIONS THAT ARE BEFORE TODAY. THE STRIDES WE HAVE MADE IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION SEEM TO BE A NO-BRAINER. WE KNOW JOBS IN NEEDLES HIGHLIGHTED TODAY HAVE SOON A
NEED IN OFFERING STUDENT. IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHEAD OF TIME PUTS STUDENTS A THE 207 OF THE LIST WHEN APPLYING FOR THOSE JOBS. THEY EX PAX OF THE AUTO MELTIVE OFFERINGS IN THE DISTRICT HELPS TO KEEP STUDENTS A THE FOUR AS THE AULT TOW INDUSTRY CONTINUES
TO MAKE MORE INROADS TO MAKE VEHICLES LESS RELY ANT ON FOSSIL FUELS. LIKELY DRAW MORE STUDENTS INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAN PROGRAM WOULD PROVE POWERFUL IN SETTING KIDS UP FOR SUCCESS OF GO IN THE MAJORITY OF TRUCKS THAT CARRY
EVERYTHING RUN ON DIESEL. OBSESSLY AI IS AT THE FLOOR OF ANY CONTINUING DISCUSSION SO APPROVAL OF THE EMEMORIALING TECH PATHWAY IS IM PIRTIVE TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT THE LANDSCAPE.
THE END GOAL RELATED CAN OPEN NUMEROUS STORES TO STUDENTS WHO CHOOSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. WANT TO APPLAUD THE ADDITION OF ENROLLMENT CREDITS AS SUGGESTED ALONG WITH THE CHOICES AND GIVES THE FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE MONEY AND MAKE SURE ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE ACCESSES TO FURTHER LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES. ALS5 IS PROPOSED TO ADVANCE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO FURTHERING THE OWN LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE AND RESULT IN REAL CHANGES TO PROTECKS ALONG WITH FURTHER TO REDUCE BARRIERS IN ACCESS THAT THE HEARING
COMMUNITY MAY NOT EVEN FATHOM. FINALLY HIGHLIGHTS WHY I WAS DRAWN TO THEATER MYSELF. THE COME-TY ASPECT. ITS HARD TO OVERSTATE HOW POWERFUL IT CAN BRING GROUPS TOGETHER TO EMPOWER EVERY SINGLE PERSON INVOLVED.
IT FURTHERS THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO IMPROVE EVERY SINGLE NEW COURSE POSITIONED AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE LISTENING TO ATTEND THE FINAL SHOW TO SEE THE CULMINATION EVER THEIR EFFORTS. ONCE AGAIN, I AM TONY RYAN. BALLOTS ARE DUE BY 7:00 P.M. ON
NOVEMBER 4th. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS AND GET OUT THERE AND VOTE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DD KRAMER, MATT MYTH, LACEY. MATT SMITH. >> HI.
I AM KRAMER I AM HERE NOT JUST AS A CANDIDATE BUZZ COMMUNITY MEMBER AND AND AS A MOM. LIKE SO MANY I WATCHED MY DAUGHTERS WORK HARD GETTING UP EARLY FOR PRACTICE, PUSHING THROUGH INJURY SHALL BALANCING SCHOOLWORK AND LEARNING THE LIFE LESSONS THAT COME OF BEING A
PART OF A TEAM. SPORTS HAVE GIVEN THE CONFIDENCE, DISCIPLINE, FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME. THAT IS WHAT TITLE 9 WAS MEANT TO PROTECT EKE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIRLS NOT TO ERASE THE VERY PROTECTIONS THAT HELP MANY OF US SUCCEED. FOR OVER 50 YEARS, TITLE 9 HAS
OPEN DOORS FOR FEMALE ATHLETES AND SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP AND LEADERSHIP IN. THOSE GAMES WERE BUILD ON UNDERSTANDING THAT BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES MATTER IN COMPETITION.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT DISCRIMINATION IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING IN TEG OF WOMEN SUPPORTS ENSURING THAT EVERY GIRL FEELS SAFE, RESPECTED AND SUPPORTED. WE CAN HAVE COMPASSION FOR ALL STUDENTS WHILE MAINTAINING CLEAR
BOUNDARIES THAT KEEP GIRL SPORTS FOR GIRLS. I WITH WANT OUR DAUGHTERS, WE WANT TO GIVE OUR DAUGHTERS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND PROTECTIONS THAT GENERATIONS OF WOMEN HAVE FOUGHT FOR. THE RIGHT TO COMPETE ON FAIR PLAYING FIELDS THEN HAVE SPACES
WHERE THEY CAN GRE AND THRIVE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT HATE OR EXCLUSION. IT IS ABOUT LOVE. IT IS ABOUT PROTECTING OUR GIRLSES , THEIR SAFETY, THEIR DIGNITY, THEIR RIGHT TO FAIRNESS. LET'S HONOR INTENT OF TITLE 9 TO KEEP GIRL SPORTS FOR GIRLS. OUR DAUGHTERS, FOR OUR DAUGHTERS
AND FOR EVERY YOUNG WOMEN WHO WILL COME AFTER THEM. ON NOVEMBER 4th, I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE FOR GAMBLE, KRAMER, SMITH. >> THANK YOU. MATT SMITH. LACEY. CLARK CALLAHAN.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MATT SMITH. I AM ALSO RUNNING FOR THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD HERE. I CAME TO THIS ROOM ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AND STARTED MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR SEVERAL OF YOU THAT SIT UPPED THERE. THEN I WANT TO MAKE SURE I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU FOR
SETTING THE DISTRICT UP FOR SUCCESS AT THIS TIME. RIGHT NOW, DOUGLAS COUNTY IS DOING SO WELL. NUMBER ONE IN THE METRO AREA. 92% GRADUATION RATE. THIS IS THANKS TO THREE AND FOUR OF YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SETTING THE DISTRICT UP. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS YOU DID RIGHT AWAY, MAKING SURE CHILDREN ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, YOU GOT, YOU MADE A VITAL CHANGE THAT SETTLE THIS DISTRICT UP FOR SUCCESS. TONIGHT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT NIGHTLE 9. IT IS SO WANT TO MAKE SURE TITLE
9 IS TO ABOUT SAFETY. WE ARE BIG ON SAFETY. INSIDE OF THE CAMPAIGN. THAT IS PHYSICAL SAFETY WITH SRO'S. I FOUND OUT TODAY, WHILE WE HAVE NO NATIONAL ENDORSEMENT, OUR PARENTS HAVE SEVERAL.
A GROUP THAT PUBLISHES A GUIDE OF HOW TO REMOVE SRO'S FROM THE SCHOOLS SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING THE RESEARCH AND THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID AND PEOPLE THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING BEHIND SHE SCENES THEN MAKE THE VOTE COUNT. TITLE 9 IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC.
ADVOCATING TO PROTECT GIRL AND KEEP BAY OH LOGICAL GUYS OUT OF THE SUPPORTS BARB BATHROOM AND LOCKER ROOMS. IT NEEDS A LOT OF CARE AND COMPASSION. HOWEVER I HAVE BEEN OUT TALKING TO VOTER FORCE MONTHS THIS HAS HAS BEEN AT FAIRS, DOOR KNOCKING
ALL OVER THE PLACE ON-LINE. THE MIDDLE OF HIGHLAND'S RANCH I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING THEY CARE ABOUT IS MAKING SURE WE ARE FOLK GIRLS AND IN THEIR SUPPORT AND SPACES THIS IS A 4% ISSUE FOR REPUBLICANS AND 69% ISSUE FOR
DEMOCRATS. THAT THEY ALL AGREE THAT GIRLS SHOULD BE PROTECTED IN THEIR SPORTS AND IN THEIR SPACES. IF YOU TAKE THAT SAME STATISTIC NATIONALLY AND PUT TO DOUGLAS COUNTY WHICH IS MORE OF A CONSERVATIVE AREA. PROBABLY HIGHER HERE. I CAN TELL THAT YOU BY BASED ON
THE CONVERSATIONS I BELIEVE THAT IT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT. IT IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION BUT I HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO MAKE A CLEAR POSITION ON TITLE 9 AND ROW TECKS FOR GIRLS SPORTS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I DIDN'T WANT TO BRING THIS UP. DIRECTOR GEIGER HAS BEEN GOING
ON IN THE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNT MAKING COMMENTS ON POSTS WHERE I AM ADVOCATING FOR THE SPACES AND HE IS CLEARLY ADVOCATING AGAINST IT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS AUTHORIZED TO SPEAK ON BE HALF OF THE BOARD OR DIGS STRICK IN THAT MANNER HOWEVER I HOPE DISTRICT IN THAT
MANNER, HOWEVER I HOPE, KRAMER SMITH AND VEIL. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. LAYSSY, CLARK CALLAHAN, ALLISON.
ON LACEY. >> GOOD EVENING. WHAT BETTER DAY TO REMINDS YOU OF MY SON THAN FIVE DAYS BEFORE HIS 16th BIRTHDAY AND IN THE MIDDLE OF NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH. VERY FITTING BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN,
AARON KANE AND THIS BOARD HAVE SHOWN ME EXACTLY HOW LITTLE THEY CARE ABOUT PREVENTING HARM TO MARGINALIZED CHILDREN DURING OR AFTER BULLYING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LACEY, MOTHER OF JEREMIAH, ONE OF THE FOUR
CHILDREN IN THE CENTER OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HATE CRIME CASE. IT HAS BEEN 901 DAYS SINCE APRIL 20th OF 23, THE FIRST DAY I STOOD IN THE BUILDING BEGGING THIS DISTRICT TO PROTECT MY CHILDREN. ALSO THE THIRD HOMECOMING MY SON
HAS MISSED. 901 DAYS OF EXCUSES, CRUELTY DISCUSSED, LET'S STOP PRETENDING THIS IS ABOUT THIS BOARD. IT IS ABOUT FOUR OF YOU. IT IS ABOUT BECKY MEYERS ,
CHRISTY WILLIAM, KAYLEE WINEGAR AND TIM MOORE, FOUR PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR SEATS WHILE MY SON WAS BEING CALLED THE N-WORD, THE FOUR WERE BUSY HIDING BEHIND
LAWYERS FRIENDING TO CARE ABOUT ALL STUDENTS. YOU SAT IN THE CHAIRS STRAIGHT FACED WHILE A BLACK CHILD WAS -- BECKY, YOU PREACHED
TRANSPARENCY, YET YOU MOVE IN SILENCE. WHENEVER THE TRUTH GETS UNCOMFORTABLE FOR YOU. CHRISTY YOU CLAIM POLICY. BUT NO POLICY EXCUSE EXCUSES MORALE ROT. KAYLEE, YOU POST BIBLE VERSES ABOUT COMPASSION. SHOW ME WHERE IN SCRIPTURE IT
SAYS IGNORING THE SUFFERING OF A CHILD. TIM MOORE, YOU ARE A NEWER FACE IN THE SAME ROTTEN MACHINE. WATCHING, SAYING NOTHING PRENDING WHILE KIDS BLEED, YOU HAVE TURNED DOUGLAS COUNTY INTO A CAUTIONARY TALE. YOU MADE MOTHERS LIKE ME FIGHT
FOR OXYGEN IN ROOMS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT CHILDREN. YOU BURIED EVIDENCE, DEFLECTED QUESTIONS , WEAPONNIZED PROCESS TO HIDE COWARDNESS. NOW EVEN AS THE TERM COLLAPSE YOU STILL FIND WAYS TO CHIP AWAY AT WHAT IS LEFT LIKE THE LITTLE
STUNT WITH THE STUDENT SURVEY CHANGING IT TO OPT IN JUST TO MAKE SURE COLLECT LESS OF THE TRUTH BECAUSE HEAVEN FORBID DATA PROVES WHAT PARENTS HAVE BEEN SCREAMING FOR YEARS, THIS DISTRICT IS SEN AND STARTS WITH LEADERSHIP. YOU MAY THINK TONIGHT IS ANOTHER
SPEECH YOU CAN OUTLAST FROM ME. THIS IS A EULOGY FOR YOUR CREDIBILITY, YOUR DISTRICT CAREERS, AND YOUR ILLUSION OF CONTROL. YOU WILL NOT REWRITE WHATP HEAPED TO MY FAMILY. WILL NOT GAS LIABILITY US IN HISTORY. THE DAMAGE YOU HAVE DONE WILL TAKE YEARS TO UNDO, GEN
OPERATIONS OF STUDENTS WILL WALK THROUGH HALLWAY, YOU WANTED SILENCE SHALL WHERE YOU GOT AMULET WE'RE RECEIPTS. >> THANK YOU. >> CLARK CALLAHAN, KEATON
GAMBLE. >> GOOD EVENING. AM HERE TO SAY THANK YOU. AS SOMEONE WHO IS CURRENTLY RUNNING TO HOPEFULLY SIT WHERE
YOU DO,. >> TODAY AS I PULLED IN FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE AT MY SON'S SCHOOL. LOOKED UP AT THE ONE OF THE BIG WHITE SIGNS THAT LISTS ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE BASED ON THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE
DONE TO PASS THE BOND IN THE MILL LEVY. AND I HAD A GREAT SENSE OF BRAT TUDE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU HAVE HELPED MAKE SAFER. I HAVE GRAT TUTED THAT YOU LISTENED TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHEN THE ASK WAS MADE TO HELP
MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER AND BETTER FOR OUR KIDS. SOME OF YOU MADE THAT VOTE WITH THE SUPPORTERS SAYING A LOT OF RUDE THINGS ABOUT YOU. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR
OUR KIDS, OUR EDUCATORS, AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND SHOWING THOSE OF US WHO HOPE TO COME AFTER YOU HOW TO PUT POLITICS ASIDE, AND DO WHAT IT IS RIGHT FOR KIDS AND EDUCATORS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT
RUNNING AGAIN, THAT IS A NOBLE LEGACY TO LEAD. FOR THOSE WHO ARE STAYING, IT IS IMPORTANT LEGACY TO UPHOLD. THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFER, OUR TEACHERS MORE
COMPETITIVELY COMPENSATED AND OUR COMMUNITY A BETTER PLACING.
>> AMLYSON. ALLISON. >> BY NOW, WE HAVE SEEN THE STA TINGESSICS ON THE INCREDIBLE PROGRESS THAT DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS MADE UNDER
THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CURRENT CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY. WE DOCUMENTED THE DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT PRECOVID TO TODAY. THESE FACTS OVER FER A STARK CONTRAST TO OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE METRO AREA. WE CAN ALSO POINT TO THE FACT THAT DCSD HAS THE LOWEST STAFF
TURNOVER IN THE DENVER METRO AREA WITH 70% SATISFACTION RATE NO SMALL PART TO THE PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD WITH SUPER TIN DEN KANE TO BOOST CULTURE AND CLIMATE. HOPE THIS COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT ALLOWING A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE YAWN WILL MEAN A LOSS OF AUTONOMY FOR THE SAME HARD-WORKING PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD PIT TEACHERS AGAINST THE LEADERS ANTI-THE HANDS WHO WANT NOTHING MORE TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT RESTRICTS HOW
ADMINISTRATORS CAN ADDRESS ISSUES. IT WILL DELAY ACTION IF A STAR MEMBER FAILS TO IMPLEMENT IEP ACCOMMODATIONS PUTTING STUDENTS LIKE MY SON AT RISK OF REGRESSION OR HARM. PARENTS ARE GUARANTEED A LEGAL
VOICE UNDER IDEA. UNION NEGOTIATIONS HOWEVER PRIORITIZED A COLLECTIVE INTEREST WHICH DO NOT ALIGN WITH WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING INTENSIVE SUPPORTS. JUST LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW A FEW MILES SOUTH. A POLITICAL MOTIVATED UNION
FORCED STRIKE MEANS LOSS OF LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS. A LEARNING LOSS WHICH MAZE NEVER BE REGAINED BY THOSE WITH IEP'S. THAT STRIKE WILL CAUSE STRIFE AND INSTALK FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF ALIKE. THE VERY REASON WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS FUNDING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE WE
HAVE A BALANCED SCHOOL BOARD THAT REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. WE MUST CONTINUE TO MAIN TAUN THE STABILITY AND COMMON SENSE OF CONSERVATIVE LED MAJORITY BOARD. THAT IS WHY NOVEMBER 4th, WILL BE VOTING FOR GAMBLE,
KRAMER, SMITH AND VAIL. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. KEATON GAMBLE. >> GOOD EVENING. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF NOISE
LATELY ABOUT DATA, DEMOGRAPHICS, WHO CARES ABOUT WHICH STUDENTS. CARING IS NOT DISTORTING TRUTH. TO BE CLEAR, DOUGLAS COUNTY DID NOT CLOSING BY DIVIDING GROUPS OR CREATING NEW BUREAUCRACIES?
AM WE DID IT BY TEACHING EVERY CHILD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS SUPPORTING NEED AND MEASURING SUCCESS BY OUTCOMES NOT IDEALOGY. OUR DISTRICT LEADS THE METRO AREA IN PERFORMANCE WITHOUT LOWERING EXPECT EGGS TAS AND BOUT LOSING SIGHT OF WHAT MATTERS MOST.
STRONG INSTRUCTION, ACCOUNT K, PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS. DOUGLAS COUNTY CONTINUES TO CLOSE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS WHILE DPS HAS MASSIVE GAPS DESPITE FOCUSED ON THOSE GAPS. THAT IS NOT IGNORING DATA THAT IS DATA. IT IS PROOF WHEN FOCUSED ON LIT
RATE SY, DISCIPLINE, HIGH EXPECTATION, EVERY STUDENT BENEFITS. ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE COME A LONG WAY, WE HAVE NEVER DONE. THE RESULTS ARE NOT CAUSED FOR RESTING OUR MORALS BUT INDICATOR THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH. WE DON'T NEED POLITICS TO TELL US HOW TO CARE ABOUT KIDS.
TRUE FAIRNESS MEANS GIVING EVERY STUDENT THE TRUE OPPORTUNITY. DOUGLAS COUNTY ITS RUNNING MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN EVER. BETTER RESULTS, LOWER TURNOVER, HIGHER TEACHER SATISFACTION BECAUSE DECISIONS ARE GUIDED BY EVIDENCE AND MISSION AND NOT BY IDEOLOGY. S THAT THE KIND OF POECUSSION
OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES. DATA DRIVEN, STUDENT CENTERED, ACCOUNTING TO OUTCOMES. VOTE GAMBLE, CRAMER WITH SMITH AND VEIL, THANK YOU. >> THANKS. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS.
TON ITEM NUMBER 7. THE ADOPTION OF CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING CONSENT AGENDA? >> I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONE SEN AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY
MYERS. [VOTING] >> GREAT. PASS 7-0. AND NUMBER 8 IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR PLEATINGS HELD ON AUGUST 19th AND SEPTEMBER 9th. ALSO WHERE FROM THE SPECIAL MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 9th. I DO HAVE A MOTION? >> YES. QUESTION. COULD WE TAKE SEPARATE VOTES ON
THESE? >> YES. THANK YOU. >> SO WE WILL START WITH REGULAR MEETING FOR AUGUST 19th. DO I HAVE A MOTION. SORRY GO AHEAD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE AWARES THAT THE MINUTES GOT
UPDATED. FROM ORIGINAL POSTING LAST WEEK AND UPDATED AGAIN A LITTLE BIT AGO.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE ARE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE. MAYBE THE SUPERINTENDENT CAN POINT THOSE OUT SO WE CAN SEE. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST OF YOU A, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR PATIENCE AS
WE NAVIGATE THE NEW BOARD SOFTWARE AND THE CONNECTION THAT IT MAKES TO GENERATING MINUTES BECAUSE WE STILL HADED A FEW SETTINGS OFF. I ALSO WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR THOMPSON FOR POINTING OUT EARLIER TODAY A COUPLE OF MISTAKES IN THE MINUTE OR REALLY A COUPLE OF SETTINGS WE HAD TO FIX IN THE SOFTWARE.
THE FIRST IS THAT ROLL CAL NEEDED TO LISTS THE ACTUAL NAMES WHILE IT WAS IN OUR SYSTEM, THERE WAS A SETTING THAT WAS NOT PUTTING THE ROLL CALL INTO THE MINUTES. THE SECOND WAS TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE THE VOTES ARE LISTED
AFTER THE ITEMS INSTEAD OF BEFORE THE ITEMS. AND THEN, I WANTED TO HICK SHIRE STATE ALL THE CHANGES. THEY ARE MINOR BUT ALSO NECESSARY.
I THINK I GOT THEM ALL. UNLESS DIRECTOR THOMPSON THINKS OF ONE I FORGOT BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN SO GREAT ABOUT IT. >> YEAH. I HAVE NOT LOOKED SINCE THE VERY LAST UPDATE. I AM AAM SUING THE ONE OF THE VOTES, IT WAS MISREPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBERS. IT DID GET POSTED?
>> IT HAS. YEAH. >> AND WE CERTAINLY UNDER STAND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU ALL NEED TO DO, BUT WE WANTED TO BE AS RESPONSIVE AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY COULD TO THOSE ERRORS THEN IN THIS I AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENCE, BECAUSE AS I SAID, WE HAVE A NEW
SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY GENERATES THE MINUTES BASED ON WHAT IS BEING PUT IN SO WE ARE GETTING USED TO HOW THAT WORKS EXACTLY. WE WILL HAVE DOWN TO A SCIENCE IN ANOTHER MEETING. >> WAS IT ONE MEETING? >> YEAH. >> WE CAN POSTPONE THIS VOTE IF
YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE. >> I AM TRYING TO REOPEN IT? IT THINK I AM GETTING THE OLD VERSION WHEN I CLICK ON IT. SO THEY SEPTEMBER MEETING WAS THE OPT IN SURVEY VOTE. I HAD MADE, I HAD A MADE A MOTION AS WELL.
IT SAID THAT ONE PASSED. I MEAN, I AM HAPPY IF WE WANT TO MAKE THAT THE RECORD. THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENED.
THE LAST IS THE TITLE OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. IT SAYS BOARD RETREAT. >> THAT ONE HAS BEEN FIXED.
LET'S SEE. WE CAN TABLE THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 9th AND BRING THE AUGUST BOARD MEETING MINUTES. THERE IS A PROBLEM ON THE
AUGUST 19th MINUTES AS WELL. IN THAT THE PROGRAM SEEMS UNCAPABLE OF COUNTING. IT HAS THREE-0 VOTES. >> FANTASTIC. >> OK. WHY DON'T WE TAKE THE MINUTES BACK AND WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER
ROUND AT MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE GENERATE THEM THEY DON'T GENERATE IN SOME KIND OF WEIRD WAY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE REALLY APPRECIATE. >> THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE THE MINUTES UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 11th MEETING? >> SO MOVED.
>> SOME ARE COUNTING YOU. >> THAT IS WHY. OK. YES. >> MOTION BY GEIGER AND SECOND BY WINEGAR TO TABLE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 11th MEETING. [VOTING]
>> THANK FOR THE EFFORT, GUYS. >> GREAT. PASSES 7-0. FOR THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW PROGRAM. FOR ALL THE AGENDAS AND ALL THE MINUTES, AND THIS IS NOT A FAILURE BY ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS TRYING TO GET THE NEW SYSTEM WORKING RIGHT.
SO THIS IS NOT MEANT AS A RITECISM OF EITHER THE BOARD SECRETARY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH. SINCE IT IS A NEW SYSTEM. I THINK IF WE COULD GET CLARITY ON WHEN ANYTHING CHANGES HOW WE
WILL MARK THAT IN ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HARD TO TRACK CHANGES WITHOUT IT BEING CLEARLY FLAGGED AND SO, KNOWING IT IS A NEW SYSTEM, I AM NOT SURE IF WE KNOW HOW THAT WORKS QUIET YET BUZZ IF WE COULD HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. U BET.
WE WILL COME MACHINE CALL IT A KEY TAILED PROCESS ON THAT. WE WILL COMMUNICATE A DETAILED PROTS SES ON THAT. >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT. WE WILL MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS OUR STUDY ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH OUR SCHOOL
CAPACITY AND BOUNDARY ANALYSIS. STREAMLINED LIMITED IM IMPACT PROCESS OR THE SLIP PROCESS IN SOUTHEAST CASTLE ROCK FOR A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION AND TEN MINUTE Q&A.
>> HI DIRECTORS IN. GOOD EVENING. I AM THE PLANNING MANAGER IN THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. AND AS THE TITLE REFLECTED THISSATION RECOMMENDED BOUNDARY CHANGE SPECIFICALLY OF THE OAKS SUBDIVISION AND SOUTHEAST CASTLE
ROCK AND THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE IS FROM THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENT OF SOUTH RIDGE MEN TAR TROY FLAGSTONE AFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY IF ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE REMINDER OF WHAT SLIP IS. THIS IS A PROCESS, A STANDARD PROCESS THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY
STAFF WITH THE HELP OF THE LONG RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE BACK IN 2019 FOR THOUGH CHANGES, THAT REPRESENT MINIMAL IMPACT TO DCSD HOUSEHOLDS AND CAN BE DONE IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD ANOMALIES AND THESE CHANGES HAVE TO AFFECT LESS THAN TEN, TEN OR FEWER DCSD CURRENT FAMILIES OR HOUSEHOLDS. THEY ARE TYPICALLY PROACTIVE TO SCHOOLS WITH CAPACITY, SO WE ARE
TRYING TO GET AHEAD, AND THE ASSIGNED AREAS BEFORE THEY ARE THERE. THEN, IF THEY REPRESENT A MINIMAL OR NO IMPACT TO TRANSPORTATION. SO THEY QUALIFY FOR A SLIP CHANGE. SO THIS RECOMMENDED CHANGE DOES QUALIFY. AS A SLIP CHANGE.
THIS MAP HERE SHOWS THE AREA PROPOSED FOR CHANGE. YOU CAN SEE THERE ITS CURRENT ASSIGN AGAIN IS SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY AND IT IS DIRECTLIED A WHY SENT TO AND BORDERS THE FLAGSTONE ELEMENTARY ATTENDANCE AREA. THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED IN PORTION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THE OAKS OF CASTLE ROCK DEVELOPMENT FILING 3. IT IS TOTALLY BUILD OUT AS YOU CAN SEE THESE HOMES WERE COMPLETED AND OCCUPIED IN ABOUT THE 20 TO 22 TIMEFRAME.
THE ZONE TO SOUTH RIDGE THERE IS FOUR TOTAL STUDENTS IN TWO HOUSEHOLDS THREE OF THE STUDENTS ALREADY ATTEND FLAGSTONE ELEMENTARY AND ONE ATTENDS WORLD COMPASS ACADEMY. THE AREA PROPOSED FOR CHANGE AGAIN 50 HOUSEHOLDS THERE, BE
THAT IS IT. SO JUSTIFICATION AND RUNNING FOR WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS AND WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO YOU. WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE BEFORE WE VIT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE.
SO THIS IS BROUGHT TO US BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. UM. THAT'S THE WRONG WAY. AND WHAT WE GATHERED IF A FAMILY WERE TO MOVE IN TODAY TO THE
AREA CURRENTLY ZONED TO SOUTH RIDGE AND ME. >> Translator: PORTATION THE SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE THIS AREA WOULD BE DOUBLE BUSSED SO THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A ROUTE THAT SERVICES THE FLAGSTONE AREA BUGS STOP THERE THAT COULD EASILY
AABSORB THESE KIDDOS TO FLAGSTONE ELEMENTARY IF THEY WERE TO GO TO SOUTH RIDGE, THEY WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD ANOTHER ROUTE MOST LIKELY OR AT THE LEAST ADDITIONAL STOP THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY EXTEND THE ROUTE LENGTH. AND THAT IS, THAT IS RELATED TO
THAT THIRD BULLET POINT THERE. I NEED A SCHOOL? ED OUT MAP OF THIS. BUT THIS AREA ACTUALLY IS MORE CONVENIENT, ACCESSIBLE TO FLAGSTONE THAN IT IS TO SOUTH RIDGE T. THERE IS NO CONNECTIONS OF THE PARKWAY OR SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD YET.
THE ONLY CONNECTION RIGHT NOW IS OUT TO RIDGE ROAD THERE TO THE EAST OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO A SIX MINUTE RIDE TO FLAGSTONE DUR REASONLY IN ABOUT 8 TO 9 MINUTE RIDE TO SOUTHRIDGE. AGAIN, MINIMAL IMPACT NOT ONLY
WOULD THE CHANGE BE MINIMAL. IT WOULD BENEFIT THOSE ATTENDING FLAGSTONE AS THEY HAVE ACCESSES TO DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION THEN IT IS NOT LISTED THERE, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS BRINGING A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY SPLIT INTO TWO
ATTENDANCE AREAS UNDER ONE ATTENDANCE AREA SO BRINGING THIS TO ONE SCHOOL COMMUNITY WITH THE CHANGE. WE DIDN'T WANT TO OUTLINE AND BE TRANSPARENT WITH EVERYBODY WE VETTED THIS THROUGH. THERE IS ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEING PROPOSED THAT WE ANTICIPATE SEEING IN THE NEXT
TWO TO FIVE YEARS. EXTENDING UP TO THE, UP TOP PLUM CREEK PARKWAY HERE, ADDITIONAL 114 HOMES ARE PROPOSED, WANTED TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING THAT AREA FOR REASSIGNMENT TO FLAGSTONE AT THIS TIME. THAT IS BECAUSE WE NEED
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AT FLAGSTONE TO ABSORB THE GROWTH FROM THE CURRENT OVERFLOW AREAS OF CRYSTAL VALLEY RANCH. SO HERE, HERE IS WHO WE WORKED WITH. WE VETTED THIS INTERNALLY WITH DCSD STAFF.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO BROUGHT THIS US TO. ALL THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS POSITIVE. WHAT IS THE FUTURE ANTICIPATED GROWTH OF THIS AREA. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY FUTURE GROWTH OF THE AREA PROPOSED FOR
CHANGE. IT IS FULLY BUILD OUT SO WHAT WE HAVE IS CURRENTLY WHAT WE ARE FORECASTING. STUDENT DATA WE SPOKE TO THE FAMILIES IMPACTED AND HAD A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH THEM. THEY WERE IN FAVOR AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHANGE AND
NOTIFIED ALL RESIDENTS VIA SETTLERFIED MAIL THEN THIS WAS BRIEFED AT THE SEPTEMBER AND AUGUST MEETING I BELIEVE. THE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THE BOUNDARY CHANGE. WITH THAT, HERE IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BOARD.
ACTION APPROVAL TO SCHOOL FOR HOUSEHOLDS LOCATED IN THE OAKS OF CASTLE ROCK. FROM SOUTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SAID IT IS ME. YOU ARE TALKING NEXT WEEK SNOOK YEAH. WE ARE RECOMMENDING EFFECTIVE, WE WOULD MAKE THE BOUNDARY CHANGE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS NOT AFFECTING ANY HOUSEHOLDS AND WOULDN'T HAVE ANY IMPACT TO ENROLLMENT WE WANT TO AVOID A
FAMILY POTENTIALLY MOVING IN AND HAVING TO DOUBLE BUS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO IT WOULD BE AFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. THAT IS HOW IT WAS COME IN KATEED TO FAMILIES AND STAFF. >> GRA. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> JUST A COMMENT THAT I LOVE HOW IT CAME ABOUT ORGANICALLY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT. YOU GUYS LISTENED TO THEM. YOU HEARD THEM. YOU CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR IT. AND DID ALL THE GROUND WORK NECESSARY TO PRESENT TO US. WELL DONE ON THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> THANKS. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS HELPFUL. THIS JUST A POINT OF CLARITY WHEN WE SEND OUT THE CERTIFIED MAILS REGARDING THROUGH A SLIP PROCESS. WHAT DO THE MAILS INCLUDE? >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I WILL BE SURE TO INCLUDE A VERSION OF THE MAILER THAT WE SENT OUT IN THE FUTURE PRESENTATION. SO IT IS, YOU KNOW, EXPLANATION. IT'S THE CHANGE. MAP. WE INCLUDE A MAP THAT SHOWS WHERE THE CHANGE IS BEING MADE. AND EXPLANATION OF HOW IT IMPACTS THEIR STUDENTS.
SO IF IT IS UP PACK TO IMMEDIAE ENROLLMENT OR FUTURE ENROLLMENT. THE BOARD DATE, SO THEY CAN COME AND SPEAK IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND THE PLANNING FIS FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SO THAT IS TYPICALLY IT THEN
AGAIN, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR CURRENT FUTURE ENROLLMENT AND THE OPTIONS THAT YOU KNOW, BE THAT ARE GIVEN TO THEM REGARDING TRANSPORTATION AND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. >> THANK YOU.
>> ALL ALMOSTS THAT WERE IN THERE INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A FEEDBACK AND JUST FOR SAKE OF THE CONVERSATIONS, WE HEAR ANY CONCERNS FROM THOSE RESIDENTS. >> WE DIDN'T. THEY WERE IN FAVOR. ONE FAMILY, THERE ARE SO FEW FAMILIES. I DON'T WANT TO CALL OUT
SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS PURCHASE BUT ONE THE FALL FAMILIES WAYS LIKE LIKE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU GUYS. OH, OK. IN SUPPORT OF THE CHANGE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TO THEM AS WELL. >> PREVIOUSLY, THIS IS EX
EXACTLY WHY WE HAVE SLIP. I APPRECIATE HOW CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT THIS WAS AND WHAT IT HAS TONE. WARNING FOR FOR ANYONE WHO IS GOING TO SIT ON THE BOARD. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THESE SITTING OUT HERE. THESE LITTLE FRESH BUILDS THAT KIND OF THING.
SOME ARE GOING TO BE MUCH BIGGER. SOME ARE GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. I THINK WE HAVE THIS PROCESS DOWN NOW. I APPRECIATE HOW CAREFULLY IT WASDEN AND HOW WELL IT WAS PRESENTED THANK YOU VERY? THANK.
>> GREAT. SO IT SAYS INFO ONLY SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO. >> I KNOW. I AM GOING TO LOOK TO COUNCIL
BILLION THAT. >> THAT IS OK. THE AGENDA UNITED NATIONS KATES INFO IT DOESN'T SAY INFO ONLY. IT DOES SAY INFO ON THE AFTER THE SCUBA AGAIN DAP ITEM. AND THE QUESTION IS, CAN THEY
VOTE ON THIS NOW? I ASSUME THE ANSWER IS YES. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THIS. EVEN IF THE BOARD MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. AND MY APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE BEEN A MICROPHONE. >> WITH THE NEW SYSTEM AGAIN, WE
ARE LEARNING ALL THE THINGS. SO YEAH. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE. OK. SO THEN, DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THIS SCUBA PROSES NES. >> MOVE TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGES PURSUANT TO THE SCUB ABOUT AND SLIP.
AS DESCRIBED. >> SECOND. >> OK MOTION BY GEIGER. SECOND BY MEEK. GUYINGER? [VOTING]
GREAT PASSES 7-0. ORT ALL RIGHT. INTO .2 APPROVAL OF THE DIGS STRICK ACCOUNTABILITY UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN RED RECOMMENDATION FOR A TEN MINUTE PRESENTATION.
AND A TEN MINUTE DISCUSSION. >> PERFECT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE WORK IN THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLE K'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROCESS. PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AS LAID OUT THE BYLAWS AND THE
REQUIREMENTS THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE PRAYS INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THIS IS THE LANGUAGE FROM THAT STATUTE. AS A REFERENCE. WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF A TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS.
I WILL SHOW YOU THE TIMELINE IN A MOMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THREE OF YOU FOR HELPING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS. PRESIDENT WILLIAMS DIRECTOR MEEK AND DIRECTOR GEIGER IS STEPPING IN THIS LAST TIME AS WELL. FROM A TIMELINE PERSPECTIVE, THE TIMELINE FOR US TO RERADIO VICE
OUR UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SUBMIT IT EACH YEAR IS VERY, VERY QUICK. WE GET OUR DATA BACK THE SUMMER. WITH SOME OF THE DATA COMING BACK UNION-JULIE, ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT DATA, WE IMMEDIATELY START OUR WORK AND
REVIEWING THE DATA AND OUR PREVIOUS ACTION PLANS AND MAKING REVISIONS. WE HAVE SEVERAL TIMES CONNECTED WITH THE DISTRICT ACCOUNT K COMMITTEE AT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETINGS ABOUT BUT WE HOSTS A
WORK SESSION TO DIVE IN DEEP TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN REGARDS TO THE DATA. TONIGHT, BRINGS US TO OCTOBER 7th, WE ARE PRI SENDING THE RECOMMENDATION. IT IS DUE TO THE STATE ON OCTOBER 15th TU TO THE
ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. THEN THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE REMANAGE PARTS OF THE YEAR YEAR, WE SPEND TIME REVIEWING UPDATING EX TRAB STEPS AS NECESSARY. SOME PLANNED CONSIDERATION THEE THESE ARE MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS
THAT GO INTO THE WORK. PLAY A ROLE IN WHERE WE START AND THE PLAN AS WE ARE STARTING THAT CONVERSATION WILL CERTAINLY SEE MORE LANGUAGE OF THE PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO ROLL PIECES OF THAT OUT. THEN THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE
DO CONSIDER AND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM DIFFERENT STATE PROGRAMS AND THERE ARE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISIONS WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS THEY MAY CHANGE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM OR SOME OF THE DATA. SO THESE ARE THINGS WE CONSIDER AS WE ARE DRAFTING AND REVISING
THAT PLAN. YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS. ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE. WE KEEP THESE AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABLABILITY WHICH ARE YOUR ENDS WHICH APPROVE LAST YEAR. IN TERMS OF THIS PLAN, SOME OF THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENT TRAGEDIES THESE ARE THE BROADER THEMES IN THE PLAN CIVILITY.
THE FIRST IS IMPLEMENTED A LINE OF COLORADO ACADEMIC TA STANDARDS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE WORK WE DO TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE ARE WORKING WITH RESOURCES AND HAVING TRAGEDIES THAT ALIGNS TO THE CROAK DEMIC STANDARDS THEN WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE ALIGN AM BETWEEN WHAT IS OFFERED UNIVERSALLY AND WHAT WE DO FOR TARGETED AND INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION AND IF YOU THINK OF RTI PYRAMID AND WHETHER IT IS 1, 2, 3. WE SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT MULTI TIERED
SYSTEM OF PORT AND AC DIGS DON'T LIVE IN ISOLATION. WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OTHER TATA SOURCES. EVALUATING STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND LASTLY, ONE AREA THAT WE ARE, WOG AND FOCUSING ON IS IMPROVING GRADUATION RATES THAT
WAS A GRADUATION RATE WE HAVE BEEN MONITORED THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THAT GAP WITH THAT PARTICULAR RATE. THIS IS NOT AN EXHASTED LIST OF THE ACTION STEPS. YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO ENTIRE PLAN ITSELF BUT DY WANT TO HIGH
LOOTING THE ACTION STEPS THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR AND CONTINUED AND NEW STEPS WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS BUT WANTED TO BRING IT TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE THE COHESIVENESS OF THE PLAN. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE REALLY, REALLY STRIVED
FORMAT IN NUMEROUS WHERE I, SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE JUMPED INTO THE CONVERSATION WITH LATE RATE SY AND WE HAVE BEEN ADDING NUMEROUSY AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH-BASED RANGE DYES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR
TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS, UNIVERSAL RESOURCES TO HELP WITH INSTRUCTION. A FEW THINGS I WILL HIGHLIGHT IN THE APPROXIMATELY TOM LIST ASSESSMENT OF DATA PRACTICES ONE OF THE SHIVS HAVE CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AND I MET
WITH A STAFF TODAY. THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL ACCESSINGMENT WITH PST AND SA THAT WILL TAKE US TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES TOED A JUST TO THE NEW WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN TERPS OF THE NEW DIG STALL ADMINISTRATION AIN'T IS A
DIFFERENT FEEL AND FLOW AND IT IS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENT SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A FOCUS IN ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE IT CONTINUES TO MOVE SMOOTHLY. ANOTHER THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS SLIDE IS RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED RACK ISES WITH WITHIN WRITING THAT
HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING THEME AS WE ARE TALKING TO SCHOOLS SPECIFICALLY WITH MASSES TO IMPROVE WRITING AND EVERY SCHOOL THAT I GO TO. THEY ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE WRITING SCORES. C MASS IS DIFFERENT THAN STANDARDIZED TESTS I WAS
FAMILIAR WITH AS A KID. AND I GOT VERY GOOD AT THAT. THIS TEST IS MORE RIGOROUS THAN THAT BECAUSE IT REQUIRES STUDENTS TO RESPOND IN WRITING THAT LEVEL OF THOUGHT IS REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR STUDENTS TO DO AND SOP WE ARE SEEING LOTS OFIEST FORCE THAT.
ONE IS WE CALL IT SSRD BECAUSE WE LOVE ACRONYMS WHICH IS SELF-REGULATED TRAJ TY. IT IS STRATEGIES TO GIVE STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A STRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO WRITING REGARDLESS OF THE SCENARIO. A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THIS SLIDE.
ONE HE IS THE LAST BULLET POINT. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE PAST. IN TERMS OF ADDING ADDITIONAL SCREENING WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT STARTING WITH KINDERGARTEN THIS SPRING. THAT IS PART OF THE WORK WE ARE LAUNCHING INTO THIS FALL. AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR WHAT
THAT IS FOG LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR FOR GRADES 1,, AS WELL. I IS A MAJOR THING FOR US TO TAKE ON. IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE TAKING ON FULL FORCE. THAT IS LIVING AND BREATH IN OUR PLAN AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TALKING ABOUT CORE READING PAMELA
IMPLEMENTATION AND THAT CONTINUES TO DO DAY. WE ARE IN YEAR FOUR FOR ELEMENTARY. THAT IS A TREMENDOUS LIFT FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT ON. SPECIFICALLY, THE TIMING AT WHICH THEY TOOK THIS ON. IF YOU THINK ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY ALSO DID THIS IN LIGHT
OF HAVING THE NEW REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE UP PLIMMING NEW ASSESSMENT CHANGES SO WE REZ VERY, VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK. TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE AND MORE TEACHERS TRAINED IN BOTH BENCH
MARK MARK AND WORKSHOP AND WONDERS. AND WE ALSO HAVE STUDIES BEING EM IMPLEMENTED AT MIDDLE SCHOOL WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING TO GIVE ACCESS TO QUALITY PROGRAM AT THAT LEVEL. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES PLC'S, YOU HEAR THAT A LOT.
WE LOVE OUR ACRONYMS BUZZ PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS A STRUCTURE WE WHICH REPROVIDE OUR TEACHERS TO ABE TO HAVE TO IN DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT STUDENT LEARNING.
VERY COMMON CONVERSATION THAT I HAD AT EACH SCHOOL AND IT IS VERY, VERY UNIQUE. ONE CONVERSATION OF ONE SCHOOL COULD LOOK TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER SCHOOL DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE LOCALLY. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A JOB EMBEDDED PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT THAT WORK THAT IS
DONE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. ONE THING I DO WANT TO TOUCH IS ABOUT WITH ON THIS IS HIGHLIGHT IS VERY LAST BULLET POINT. IT IS RESEARCHING OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPLORING IMPLEMENTATION OF DEDICATED TIME WITHIN THE SCHOOL
DAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR ELEMENTARY MIDDLE. THAT IS DEDICATED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO LOOK FOR TUPS TO EMBED THAT IN THE WORK DAY. SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE ACCESSES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK. SO THAT IS PART OF THE RESEARCH FOR THIS YEAR. SPECIFICALLY FOR ELEMENTARY AND
MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO IN TERMS OF ALIGNMENT OF TARGET INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION. REALLY THE READING RISKS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LIFT FOR THIS YEAR. IT IS ADDING ADDITIONAL SCREENING FOR READING RISKS THAT IS NOT JUST ADDITIONAL
SCREENING, IT IS ONCE YOU HAVE DONE A SCREENING, WHAT YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL BE SPEND K A HOT LOT OF TIME LEARNING. IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING ADDITIONAL SCREENING. WE ARE DOING IT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AHEAD OF WHAT THE STATE IS
REQUIRING. THIS IS RAS ALSOIC IN US DOING THAT PAUSE THE STATE WILL COME OUT AND GIVE US MORE GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF WHAT ASSESSMENTS ARE APPROVED AND WHAT STRUCTURES ARE WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE IN TERMS OF REPORTING AND WHAT OTHER REQUIREMENTSES WITH ADDITIONAL SCREENING AND HOW IT
WORKS WITH OUR CURRENT READ AC. BUT WE ARE EXCITEDDED ABOUT STARTING THAT WORK THIS YEAR. YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL REPORT. SOMETIMES IT IS BETTER TO SEE THAT REPORT IN THE STATE SYSTEM
WHEN WE DOWNLOAD THIS THING AS PDF. IF YOU ARE CURIOUS, CERTAINLY WE CAN PROVIDE YOU ACCESS TO ON-LINE VERSION IF IT THATTIC MASS IT EASIER. YOU HAVE ACCESS FOR THE PLAN. THEN OUR RECOMMENDATION AND REALLY REQUESTS IS THAT THE
BOARD ADOPT 2:00 THE 25-26 UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS DRAFTED AND WE WORKED WITH THE DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE AND THEY HAVE MID A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE SAME. THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE 25-26 YAWNFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS
DRAFTED. WITH THAT, WILL TAKE A BREATH. I WILL OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. SURE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. MR. REYNOLD, WITH THIS, AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DAC, THERE ARE
SO MANY MEETINGS THAT GO INTO THIS. ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO PREPARE THE DA DO GO THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE BOARD AND THEN A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. I AM JUST CURIOUS IF WE WOULD FIND IT HELPFUL TO ACTUALLY HAVE
THE DAC BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR WORK DURING A RECOMMENDATION PRESENTATION LIKE THIS. I AM NOT SURE WE DID THAT THIS YEAR. I WAS NOT AT THE LAST MEETING.
SADLY I HAD A SICK KIDDO. DIRECTOR GEIGER STEPPED IN FOR ME. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE OFFERED THAT. AM NOT SURE WE DID THIS YEAR. >> YEAH. >> I DID NOT. >> NO, THAT IS OK. I MEAN, I JUST, SITTING HERE LISTENING I AM THINKING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HOO IS TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE AS THIS REALLY DID PUT A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME. THEY HAVE A WHOLE SPECIAL MEETING IN ADDITIONS TO GO THROUGH THIS WORK. AND SO SO FOR THOSE DAC MEMBERS THAT ARE IN WILLING A HUGE THANK YOU. I AM SURE WE'LL EXPRESS OUR
THANKS. IF CUE GO TO SLIDE PLESS ON THE PRESENTATION. I AM REALLY THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE KIND OF SHOWING SOME OF THIS HISTORY BECAUSE WE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT YOU KNOW OUR PHENOMENAL TEST SCORES. ALL OF THE ACOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT THIS. IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN. FOUR YEARS AGO, A CORE READING
PROGRAM WAS PUT IN POLICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR DISTRICT. THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO BUT IT WAS APPROVED WHEN SUPERINTENDENT THOMAS TKER WAS HERE. SO BECAUSE I REMEMBER APPROVING THE CORE READING CURRICULUM. RIGHT.
IT IS THAT WHEN THAT APPROVAL HAPPENED? >> YES. >> OK. >> SO, SO I MEAN, THINGS TAKE TIME, RIGHT? SO IT WAS APPROVED. IT WAS PURCHASINGED THEN ALL OF THE TEACHERS WERE TRAINED AND ALL OF THOSE PLC'S WHICH ARE
REALLY HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NEXT SLIDES, SO I JUST THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE WORK AND HISTORY AND I THINK ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THE WORK THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE. AND THIS, THIS FOUR YEARS AGO,
FYFFE FIVE YEARS AGO TIMELINE WAS ALL DURING COVID, RIGHT. SO ALL OF THIS AMAZING WORK HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE MOST COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING TIME IN MODERN HISTORY FOR EDUCATION. AND SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR
TEACHERS, OUR EDUCATORS, AND EVERYONE THAT WENT BEFORE AND BEYOND DURING THE MOST COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING TIME IN OUR HISTORY AND GIVE CREDIT TO WHERE IT TRULY BELONGS. HOW WE HANDLED COVID HAS
RESULTED IN THE TEST SCORES WE HAVE TODAY. I MEAN, I JUST THINK I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THINGS POLITICIZED, I WANT CREDIT TO GO TO WHERE IT BELONGS, BE A SO I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HIGHLIGHT ALL
OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US TO CREATE THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND THE RESULTS WE HAVE TODAY ARE WORTH CELEBRATING. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO DAC.
>> DIRECTOR GEIGER. I ECHO ALL OF THAT. AND UNQUESTIONABLY, I THINK THERE IS NO DOUBT THE MATH SCORES INCREASES ARE BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEMIC WORK ON READING. I DON'T TY THINK THERE IS ANY DOUBT IMPROVE AM IN MATH.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH DOUBT THAT THOSE SCORES WILL IMPROVE IF WE WORK SYSTEMATICALLY ON WRITING. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I HAD A LOT OF TIME TO CONTEMPLATE ON THIS. IT ITS HAN BINNEST INTERESTING.
I DO WANT TO TALK TO BUT THE COUPLE OF PROBLEMS WE ARE FUNDING TO BE IN PRACTICAL. OUR HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE THE MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND STUDENTS ARE NOT SHOWING THE
SAME GROWTH. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE SWITCH OVER TO DIGITAL WHICH MAY BE IMPACTING SOME OF THAT. CAN YOU TELL ME I THINK WE NEED
TO ADDRESS GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT CERTAIN GROUPS. BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS DIFFERENT THAT IS GOING TO HELP US ADDRESS OUR SAT SCORE ON THE IEP BUGS THAT IS IMPORTANT GROUP. AND SECOND HOW WE ARE GOING TO
DO BETTER WITH THE MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS BECAUSE WHILE WE ARE DOING IN THE LOWER GRADES, I STILL GOT CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEF LEVELS.
>> TRANSITIONING TO THE DIGITAL PLATFORM WE ARE SEEING THAT NOT JUST IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BUT STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE, THAT IMPACT OF THAT TRANSITION. IT IS A MAJOR TRANSITION. GOING FROM A PAPER BASED TO ON-LINE VERSION ESPECIALLY HOW THE TEST FLOW IS NOW DIFFERENT.
THE TEST FLOW NOW IS SEMI ADAPTABLE BASED ON HOW TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN. THAT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IM PANEL SPECIFICALLY ON SOME OF THE SUB GROUP POPULATIONS. AND IN TERMS OF THE PLAN ITSELF. RAISING ADDITIONAL AWARENESS REGARDING THE IMPACT OF HAVING A
DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION OF THAT TEST, IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IDENTIFYING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. NOW THERE ARE ELEMENTS TO TALK ABOUT UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION AS
WE HAVE SHIFTED TOWARD THIS NEW DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL IN RESPONSE. WE SAW A SIMILAR TRANSITION WITH AP TESTING. WHEN AP TESTING MOVED TO ON-LINE
VERSION. WE SAW SIMILAR SHIFTS AS A MATTER OF PACK WE DID C MASS YEARS AGO WE TRANSITIONED IT FROM T CAPS TO THOSE PREVIOUS VERSIONS TO ON-LINE VERSION IT IS TREMENDOUS IMPACT SPECIFICALLY NOT ONLY TO JUST ALL STUDENTS BUT THE SUB
POPULATIONS AND IT IS DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT IT IS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE AND OTHER ASPECTS, TOO. AND TALKING ABOUT INTERVENTION FOR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FOCUSED AREA IN PROVIDING NOT ONLY UNIVERSAL
INSTRUCTION ALIGNED TO THE NEW ACCESSINGMENT BUT INTENSIVE INTERVENTION AS WELL. >> YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN OUR UIP FOR FOUR YEARS NOW. THIS IS -- IDENTIFIED CONCERN AND I DIDN'T GO BACK FURTHER THAN THAT. I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT WAS NOT
IN THE PREVIOUS UIP'S. WHAT I DON'T WANT IS IDEA WE ARE GOING TO KEEP TRYING THE SAME THING. SO WHAT DO YOU SEE AS SOMEBODY WHOSE OPINION I RESPECT A GREAT DEAL ON THIS. WHAT DO YOU SEE IN TERMS OF CHANGES OVER THIS UIP AND THE
UPCOMING UIP TEE ADDRESS THE IEP, THESE TWO SUB GROUPS, BECAUSE I THINK, I LIKE THE PROGRESS IN SOME OTHER SUB GROUPS. BUT THESE TWOS SUB GROUPS ARE SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT
SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED GAPS ON OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM EXPERT ON WHAT WE CAN DO SHALL WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT. YOU PROPOSE A PRETTY LARGE JUMP IN THESE SCORES IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. YEAH.
WANT TOP KNOW, TELL ME SO I UNDERSTAN WHY YOU THINK IT IS GOING TO GET BETTER. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. THERE ARE SUBTLESTIES WITHIN THE PLAN ITSELF THAT HAVE HUGE IMPACT ON THE GROUND. SO IN PREVIOUS YEARS WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT, THERE IS A LACK OF IMPLY IN THE MEN TATION OF SOMETHING. THAT LANGUAGE SHIFTED. SO THAT THAT IS SHIFT OF LANGUAGE ONLY A COUPLE OF WORDS BUT THAT IS DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE APPROACH THIS WORK. YOU KNOW, LACK OF FULL SYSTEMS
IS DIFFERENT THAN INCONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEMS. VERY, VERY LARGE DIFFERENCE. SMALL LANGUAGE CHANGES BUT EXAMINING WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT IS THIS ASKING OUR STUDENTS TO THE AND BE ABLE TO DO AND BE ABLE TO
TRANSLATE THAT INTO ACTION. ESPECIALLY IN THE WAY THIS NEW ASSESSMENT HAS COME OUT. I IS DRAMATIC TO CHANGE THE CUT SCORE.
ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGES THAT THE STUDENTS FACE WITH WITHIN MAKING THE CHANGES IN STRUCTURALLY AND PART OF THE WORK RIGHT NOW IS ALSO DOING A REVIEW AND AWED DILT OF PROGRAMMING IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND IN REGARDS TO LITERACY. THAT IS PART OF THE REASON WHY
WE INTRODUCED A MIDDLE SCHOOL CORE PROGRAM. IT IS TO ABLE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT LEARNING BEYOND ELEMENTARY AND EVALUATING WHAT THE NEEDS ARE. SO THIS GETS BACK. WHEN YOU SAY INCONSISTENT. ARE YOU MEANING TEACHER BY TEACHER OR TALKING SCHOOL BY SCHOOL?
I MEAN, ARE WE LOOKING AT WHETHER SOME SCHOOLS HAVE TAKE TKS THAT ARE WORKING BETTER THAN OTHERS? I ASSUME THAT IS PART OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS YES FOR ALL OF THAT. >> I AM SORRY. OH, NO, YOU ARE ALL GOOD. THANKS VERY MUCH. I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WHAT
MR. REYNOLDS SAID ABOUT HOW WE TO DO A SYSTEMIC APPROACH WE REALLY FOCUSED FIRST ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND PUT A LOT OF POECUSSION FROM IF HAD LOOKED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCORES FOR EXAMPLE TWO YEARS AGO IN THOSE SAME AREAS YOU WOULD HAVE EN HAVE SEEN THE THINGS ARE SEEING
NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL BUT ARE NEXT FOCUS WAS GETTING CORE PROGRAMMING INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS REALLY SHORED UP AND THEY HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB AND NOW WE HAVE THESE STUDENTS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND WORKING THEIR WAY
INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AS MR. REYNOLDS SAID WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER ACHIEVING THAN THE STUDENTS THAT CAME BEFORE. SOME WE ARE JUST CONTINUING TO ADAPT OUR SYSTEM TO IMMEDIATE
MEET THE NEEDS BUT NOW THE FOCUS IS TURNING VERY MUCH TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE SOME CHANNELS. >> AND I APPRECIATE THAT IN A DO BELIEVE THAT A RISING TIDE DOES LIFT SOME BOATS BUT LIFT ALL BELTS BUT I WANT SOME HIGHER THAT IS AGAIN, THAT IS WHY I
TALK ABOUT GROUPS THAT ARE CHALLENGED. I DON'T KNOW THERE IS ANYONE ELSE DOING BETTER THAN WE ARE AND CONTINUE TO SEE THAT FOR THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE THIS US THE LAST SHOT. AT SOME OF THE KIDS. OK. AND WE ARE TALKING THE END
NUMBERS ARE ON ON MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS IIP IS 400 PER CLASS. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. AND I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY YEAR WE ARE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A TARGETED CONSISTENT INTERVENTION THAT IS ADDRESSING THOSE
QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE UIP IS THAT, AGAIN, THAT LANGUAGE OF INCONSISTENT AS TO IEP'S. HOW IS THAT SUPERVISED? HOW DO WE MAKE THAT BETTER? >> SO IN LOOKING AT THE SUPPORTS
FOR STUDENTS ON IEP, THERE IS BOTH UNIVERSAL AND TARGETED APPROACH TOP THAT? YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT UNIVERSAL INSTRUCTION THAT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL STUDENTS SO PART OF THE, CANS ARE WHAT ARE THE UNIVERSAL BEST PRACTICES FORMAT INSTRUCTION.
SO IF WE WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU KNOW, AND I PUT A LINK IN THERE SO YOU CAN EXPLORE THE SPACE ON THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE AND CORING OURSELVES AGAINST WHICH IS EFFECTIVE MATH TRAGEDIES TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I
DID NOT HAVE THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ALSO CHIME IN. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN RESPONSE TO THIS CONVERSATION, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE VERY BEEN FOCUSED ON IS OFFERING
AND PROVIDING THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AROUND HIGH QUALITY TARGETED INTENSATIVE SPER VENGES. THAT IS TAKING US TIME.
THAT IS TAKING US TIME. THE SAME APPLIES WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOLS IN TARGETED INTENSIVE INTERVENTIONS AND SOP WE HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING WITH TRAINING AND DEVELOPING OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION
TEACHERS AROUND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGH WALL TY TARGETED INTENSIVE SPER VENGES AND WITHIN THE CURRENT TRUDGE TURES OF SUPPORT THAT THEY PROVIDE STUDENTS. HOW CAN THEY IMPLEMENT THOSE INTERVENGS. AND THAT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS BUT THAT IS WORK THAT WE JUST
HAD A FRIDAY P D-DAY FOR THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS LAST PRY DY AND SOME OF THAT TIME WAS FOCUSED ON THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE TYPES OF INTERVENTION TRAGEDIES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS. >> THANK YOU.
THEY ARE INFORMED. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE GOELZ A LOT OF STUFF UP HERE. POLICY GOVERNANCE. FUNDING. EVERYTHING ELSE. IN THE END, AND I WISH WE HAD 40 MORE PEOPLE SITTING HERE LISTENING ABOUT THE UIP. THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS ABOUT HOW WE EDUCATE OUR KIDS. IT IS TO SUPPORT EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND SO, I THINK, UP HERE, WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES ABOUT THAT AND SUPPORT YOU IN EVERY WAY WE CAN. I APPRECIATE THE DAC. I APPRECIATE I AM BETTER
INFORMED THAN I WALKED IN HERE TODAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> I JUST THANK YOU NUMBER ONE. KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THIS. I HAVE SAT THROUGH THE MEETINGS. AND GREAT QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. THERE IS ALWAYS GREAT ANSWERS FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS SO THANK
YOU FOR BEING PREPARED ALWAYS. THANKS TO THE DAC. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK SOME OF THE POINTSES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER SPEAKS HAVE UPS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER RETENTION
AND ALL THE WORK TRAINING ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT TRAGEDIES. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE KIND OF TO HELP THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT. SO FOR OUR FOUR MAJOR TRAGEDIES THIS RE LISTED ON PAGE SIX OR SLIDE SIX.
NOW THESE ARE SIMILAR ACROSS MULTIPLE CYCLES NOW. I THINK FOUR IS SELF EX PLAN STORY DO YOU MIND BUILDING ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE OTHER TRAGEDIES WHY WE ARE SEEING THEM YEAR AFTER YEAR ON THE UIP? WHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER?
>> YEAH. THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON A FEW TIMES IN TERMS OF EF SOLUTION OF THOUGHT WITHIN THE PROCESS. AS YOU CONTINUE TO TRAIN FOLKS YOU DEEP IN UNDERSTANDING WHICH LEADS TO DEEPER QUESTIONS TO TRULY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE ON TAKE NUMBER ONE, THE COLORADO
ACADEMIC STANDARDS YOU HAVE DOZEN TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS TO UNDERSTANZ WHAT THE STANDARDS MEAN AND REPRESENT AND WHAT WE ARE TRULY ASKING. THESE STANDARDS ARE NOT SET IN STONE. THEY DO CHANGE EVERY SO OFTEN SO WE HAVE TO STAY AHEAD OF HEAD.
THANKFULLY OUR EELA WILL CHANGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BUT CONSTANT EVOLUTION OF THE NEXT LAYERED OF CONVERSATIONS AS DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY CONTINUES TO ADD. A FEW YEARS AGO WRITING WAS NOT A CONVERSATION ON EVERYBODY'S MIND. AS THEY CONTINUE TO DIG INTO
THEIR DATA, THEY ARE RECOGNIZING NOW THEY HAVE GOTTEN UNIVERSAL BEST PRACTICES IN READING AND SEEING THAT DATA FOR WRITING AS SOMETHING THAT IS READILY APPARENT AS AREA OF NEED AND SCORES NEED TO IMPROVE UNIVERSALLY SO AS THIS
CONVERSATION CONTINUES TO EVOLVE ALTHOUGH THE MAIN STATEMENTS STAY SIMILAR WE DESIGN THE PLAN TO BE MUM TY YEAR PLAN AND MAKE TWEAKS BASED ON DATA WE GET BACK. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO IF YOU REVEAL THE LAST FEW
YEARS. YOU DO SEE THERE IS A MOVEMENT TOWARD MORE QUANTIFIABLE GOALS AS WELL AS IMPROVE METRICS OVERALL THAT SPEAKS TO THE POINTS THAT YOU MADE AND SOME POINTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER WHICH IS HELPFUL. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND HOW YOU GUYS DETERMINED HOW GRANULAR YOU ARE GOING TO GO? >> YEAH. VERY INTERESTING QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE ON-LINE SYSTEM WE USED FOR THE UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK INTO THE PLANS OF INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE CAN RUN REPORTS AGAINST THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHARED THE LAST TIME WE MET. IT IS TO LOOK INDIVIDUALLY SCHOOLS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRY OIR INTERESTS BASED ON DATA AND I REVIEWED ALL DATA. THE THAT I IS PART OF THE JOB
AND ROLL TO IDENTIFY LARGE SCALE PATTERNS. BUT WHEN WE LOOK INTO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL UIP WE GET SWEEZ ARE TRENDS WITH WHAT THEY ARE IDENTIFYING WITHIN SCHOOLS. WRIGHT IS A PRIMES EXAMPLE. WE SEE THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
AS PRIORITY THEY IDENTIFIED WE UTILIZE AS THIS INFORMATION TO HELP INFORM US ON WHAT SUPPORTS WE NEED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AS THEY DIVE TO THE OWN DATA SPECIFICALLY WITHIN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. >> SO I KNOW THAT THE STATE TEMPLATE REMOVED THE PIECE BOND
REFLECTION. AND HOW WE DID ON GOALS FROM PREVIOUS YEAR SO IT IS IS STILL A PART OF THE PROCESS THOUGH AND I AM CURIOUS WHAT THAT INTERNAL PROCESS LOOKS LIKE EVEN THOUGHT IS NOT SHOWING UP ON THE TEMPLATE. >> WELL, I CAN GIVE THE PC
RESPONSE TO THAT. BUT I WILL GIVE YOU THE POINT-BLANK RESPONSE. WE ARE NEVER SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE PROFICIENCY AND ALL OF THE DATA POINTS SO AS WE SETTLE
TARGETS FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT IS MAKING THIS CHANGE OR THIS SHIFT AND NOT REACHING THOSE GOALS? YOU KNOW, IT WAS CHALLENGING FOR US TO LOOK INTO THE DATA FOR THE
CHANGE IN A DIGITAL ADMINISTRATION ALL OF THE RESOURCES ALSO CHANGED. SO WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME VISIBILITY ON THAT TEST AS WE DID BEFORE. SO WHEN WE SEE THE SHIFTS IN PER RM FORMANCE, IT CAUSES US TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW ASKING MORE REFLECTIVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING THE RESULTS WE INTEND TON HAVE INSO WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT PAR. WE CONTINUE TO SET THOSE HIGH TARGETS I THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE. WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT ENVELOPE AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE RAISE THAT TIDE FOR ALL
STUDENTS, OUR STUDENT PERFORMERS WILL RESPOND. >> THANK YOU. I WAS ALSO ASKING ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO REFLECTION. YOU KNOW, THERE IS MILESTONES WITH DATES IN THERE. I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS A PROCESS WE SHOULD BE ENGAGING IN THROUGH THE YEAR.
LIKE QUICK UIP UPDATE WE HIT THIS MILESTONE THIS IS HOW WE ARE LOOK BASED OFF OF THE PLAN THAT BASS DOLFED OR EVEN A COMMUNICATION TO THE BOARD I AM NOT SURE WHAT WOULD MAKE THAT EASIER STREAMLINE PROCESS. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE THEN THINKING ABOUT THE UIP ALL
YEAR AROUND. AND REFLECTING ON THOSE PROGRESS AND NEEDS WE IDENTIFIED AS THE YEAR GUESS ON. SO THAT IS JUST OUTSTANDING THOUGH OF MINE. THEN ADDITIONALLY, BZ I HAD A
LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION SO, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CORE READING PROGRAM. WE TECHNICALLY HAVE TWO PROGRAMS GOING RAGE NOW THAT ARE FOUR YEARS IN. ARE WE LOOKING TO SEE IF ONE PROGRAM IS WORKING BETTER THAN THE OTHER? ARE THEY PERFORMING SIMILARLY
AND OTHER VARIABLES TO CONSIDER SUCH AS WHAT ADDITIONAL TRAININGS HAVE AND TEACHERS THAT SCHOOL. OG TRAINING AND FLY ARE THEY DOING SUPPLEMENTAL CURRICULUM TO THE CORE READING THAT THEY ARE DOING. I UNDERSTAND IT IS DETAILED BUT
JUST SURFACE LET LEAF LEVEL. THAT STUFF IS NEWER SO IT WILL TAKE AWHILE TO SEE IMPACT OF THAT. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE SO FOR THAT YEAH. WE ARE DOING EVALUATION OF BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. OF LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES THE COMPONENTS OF EACH PROGRAM AND THE STUDENT OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF
THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE US. >> ING THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING CONDUCTED THIS YEAR. THAT IS GOING TO HELP US LOOK FORWARD. WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAMS ON, YOU KNOW, A SIXISH YEAR CONTRACT GIVE IN WE DID A PILOT THAT FIRST YEAR SO IN THE FUTURE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO MAKE
SOME DECISIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW WHICH PROGRAM OR PROGRAMS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TON THE FUTURE. AT THE SAME TIME, OUR STATE HAS JUST CHANGED EVALUATION PROCESSES FOR WHAT THEY APPROVE ON PROGRAMS SO WE ARE ALSO REVEALING THE STATE'S LIST ON WHAT THEY DEEM AS ACCEPTABLE
PROGRAM FOR THE STATE. AND SON THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR APPLICATION PROCESS WHEN WE REEVALUATE WE HAVE TO ENSURE WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AC AS WELL. >> HE KAY. THANK YOU. I AM ALMOST DONE. ONE OF THE MILESTONES INCLUDED
OR LET'S SEE. I FOR GOT. I AM USING THE WRONG TERM. THE POINT WAS INCONSISTENT DATA ANALYSIS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES THAT MADE ME CURIOUS WHAT DATA, WHAT DOES DATA LOOK LIKE THROUGH? >> YEAH. ACTUALLY INTERESTING QUESTION. ED I MET WITH TWO SCHOOLS, TWO
VERY, VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH TWO SCHOOLS LOOKING AT DATA. ONE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT I WAS VISITING TODAY, THEY WERE EVALUATE THE DATA THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW THAT DATA CONNECTED WITH STANDARDS SO LOOKING AT THEIR C MASS DATA THEN LOOKING
AT HU LO DATA COULD INFORM THE NEXT STEPS AND EVALUATING HOW IT IS BEING REPORTED AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. LOOKING AT HOW STUDENTS ARE
ACTUALLY GAGED IN THE PROCESS AND STEPS THEY COULD TAKE INTERNALLY TO INCREASE THIS ENGAGEMENT LOCALLY. AND SOP HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IS A PLC TO LOOK AT STUDENT DATA AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS? WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY
EXCITING. >> OK. IT IS PRETTY INDIVIDUALIZED AS POTENTIAL NEEDS? 100% YES. >> ALL RIGHT. THEN, ONE LAST THING. REGUARDING THE GRAD RATES FOR
MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS SO I NOTICED LAST YEAR, WE HAD ONE OF THE MILESTONES WAS 100% OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL CREATE GRADUATION PLANS IS THAT SOMETHING WE ARE STILL DOING OR SOMETHING WE DIDN'T GET BENEFIT FROM. YEAH.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE STILL DOING. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT ANY OF THESE POPULATIONS IS YOU DO HAVE TRANSITIONS AND SO PART OF THE WORK WILTON REVISE THAT OF HOW BEST TO ENGAGE THOSE FAMILIES.
THAT NASE JOR CHALLENGE SPECIFIC TO LEARNS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE INFORMS ABOUT DECISIONS THEY ARE BEING MADE IN HOW TO SORT THEIR OWN CHILD WELL THE EDUCATION. >> AND HOW LONG HAS AVID EMERGE BEEN ONE OF THE ACTION STEPS? EYE MAY HAVE TO PHONE A FRIEND FOR THIS ONE.
>> IS THAT NEWER? >> YEAR NINE. YEAR AND A HALF. >> ONE AND A HALF YEARS. OK. I AM GLAD HE IS THERE. >> DO YOU MIND JUST QUICKLY WHAT IS AVID? >> IT IS A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM
FOR OUR MULTI-LANGUAGE LEARNERS RESOURCED TOOL KIT THAT CREATES UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS MULTI-LANGUAGE STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> YEP. THANKS FOR THE ANSWERS. >> YEAH.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I AM SORRY, SUPERINTENDENT. >> MY APOLOGIES I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS REAL QUICK. THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR PLC'S AND
REEMPHASIZE THE POINT THAT ONE OF THE CHALLENGES AS ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE COMMON SCHEDULES WITH DEDICATED PLC TIME SO YOU WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT FROM US. SO I WANT TO PUT THAT NUGGET THROUGHOUT ONE MORE TIME. THEN I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE
THAT WHILE WE HAVE A DISTRICT-WIDE UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN, NATURALLY THE TRENDS WE ARE SEEING IN A DISTRICT DON'T NESESLY APPLY TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, OUR SKID CYCLES ARE INDIVIDUALS LIKE OUR KIDS SO EACH SCHOOL HAS ITS OWN
UNIFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT IS REALLY CUSTOMIZED TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING. THAT IS. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MATT. >> MAY I JUST ADDRESS THAT? I GOT MY EAR BENTEN FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL PLC. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND IN A VERY NICE WAY IN RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION, SO THEY DID NOT APPROACH ME. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO COME TOLL THE NEXT BOARD. HOWEVER IT LOOKS. TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE PLC TIME DOWN THE LINE. THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HONOR A RECOMMENDATION OR MOTION CONCERNING THE UIP. THEY HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD. MOVE TO ADOPT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO 2025-2026 YUNFIED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. >> SECOND. >> OK. MOTION BY GEIGER. SECOND BY MEEK. >> GEIGER. >> I.
[VOTING] >> THANK YOU VERY. REALLY DOW WANT TO SAY ANOTHER THANK YOU TO THE DAC AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE BUT OVERALL ENGAGE AM IN THE PROCESS
THEY ARE VERY, VERY ENGAGED AND I THANK THEM FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM. YES. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO RECESS AND WE WILL BE BACK AT 7:05. >> ALL RIGHT. THE MEETING OF THE
BACKWARD IS NOW IN SESSION, MEETING ONTO ITEM 9.4, GROWTH AND DECLINE,
TEN-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND TEN-MINUTE Q&A. >> GOOD EVENING. >> SO A GROWTH AND
DECLINE, JUST SET THE TIMING. THIS IS ALSO, THIS EFFORT IS PART OF OUR ROBUST
INITIATIVES SPECIFICALLY PLAN TO BUILD AND CONSOLIDATE GROWTH DRIVING SCHOOLS. OKAY, SO THESE WERE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDES POSTED. THEY WERE JUST MEANT
FOR ME TO SEE. WE CAN AMEND THOSE LATER ON, BUT IN ANY WAY, YOU CAN SEE OUR SLIDE TIMETABLE. WE ARE NOW IN REMARKABLY PHASE THREE. I WON'T SAY REMARKABLE BECAUSE
IT'S BEEN QUITE A ROAD FOR ALL OF US. OUR STAFFING PLAN IS PRETTY WELL DEVELOPED BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS JUST A MILLION NUANCES AND WE'RE ENGAGING STAFF AND FAMILIES AND
HELPING TO FACILITATE THE COMMUNITIES COMING TOGETHER. FOR SOME THINGS,
SOME THINGS ARE REALLY EASY TO MEASURE. THE CONSTRUCTION FINISHED ON TIME. WERE WE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND GET THEM PLACED WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE PLACED AND WHERE IT WORKED GREAT FOR OUR KIDS? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WILL BE PRETTY EASY TO
ASSESS. THE THINGS THAT ARE LESS EASY TO ASSESS IS THINGS LIKE CULTURE. WHEN SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY WHAT DO THINGS FEEL LIKE FOR THE SCHOOL AND AS WE CONTINUE TO DO THOSE THINGS, ALL THOSE THINGS, WE CONTINUE TO TALK WITH OUR
COMMUNITY, TALK WITH OUR LEADERS, AND SURVEY EVERYONE JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE EVERYBODY IS AT SO THAT WE CAN ASSESS THAT AND ASSESS THAT MOVING
FORWARD. REALLY, THAT SHOULD BE, LIKE, A PHASE FOUR IN ALL FAIRNESS AND IN ANY CASE. SO JUST BY WAY OF BRIEF UPDATE, WE ACTUALLY CREATED NEW WEBPAGES FOR EACH SCHOOL PAIRING, AND SO YOU CAN JUST
CLICK ON THESE LINKS AND GO TO THE SCHOOL PAIRING. WE ACTUALLY POSTED CONSTRUCTION RENDERINGS FOR EACH OF THE RECEIVING SCHOOLS. WE HAVE ARCHIVED INFORMATION SO IF THERE WAS ANYTHING
POSTED LAST YEAR, AND BOY, THERE WAS A LOT POSTED LAST YEAR, YOU CAN FIND
THAT ON THE ARCHIVE BUTTON. BEGINNING OF SUMMER THROUGH REALLY TODAY WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONSTRUCTION CONVERSATIONS WITH SCHOOL AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND OF COURSE IN CONCERT WITH OUR BOND CONSTRUCTION VENDORS. THOSE RENDERS THAT
ANYONE CAN SEE ON THE WEBPAGE NOW ARE -- AND A BLUEPRINT OF EACH NEW RECEIVING BUILDING WITH ADDITIONS TO AND MODIFICATIONS TO EACH BUILDING, THOSE ARE NOT ON THE WEBPAGE, BY THE WAY,
FOR SAFETY REASONS BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE A PRODUCT OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AND OUR CONSTRUCTION VENDORS, AND IT'S BEEN AN AWESOME, AWESOME TEAM EFFORT,
AND PART OF THAT IS THE TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION, OKAY? THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF DISRUPTION TO OUR KIDS' LEARNING THROUGH PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.
PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD APPROPRIATELY IS PHASING, AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST BEEN A HUGE TEAM EVERY DAY. SEPTEMBER 22 THROUGH 26, FAIRLY RECENTLY, WE HAD STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS REGARDING CONSTRUCTION. WE ACTUALLY SHOWED THOSE RENDERS AND OUR PARENTS OR OUR
FAMILIES WHO SHOWED UP WERE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE SEEING. PROGRAMMING, SCHOOL BRANDING PROCESS, AND WE NOW THAT -- KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES COULDN'T MAKE THOSE MEETINGS SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE RECORDED THEM, WE POSTED THE
SLIDE DECK, AND WE POSTED A SURVEY THAT THEY COULD TAKE ABOUT THE SCHOOL BRANDING, SO THEY HAD THE FULL CONTEXT BEFORE THEY TOOK THE SURVEY. PRIOR TO THE BRANDING SURVEY, THE WEEK OF THE 22, WE ACTUALLY SURVEYED
OUR FAMILIES ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE NEEDED OTHERWISE, WHAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT OTHERWISE PARTICULARLY AS TO TRANSPORTATION AND ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD. WE GAUGED THEIR LEVEL OF INTEREST IN THINGS LIKE THE SCHOOL NAME, SCHOOL PROGRAMMING, ACADEMICS, ETC. JUST
TO HELP US, FIRST OF ALL, TO HEAR THEM OUT, AND ALSO TO HELP US GAUGE WHERE OUR CONVERSATIONS NEEDED TO GO, WE GOT ABOUT 450 RESPONSES TO THAT, AND SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT. WE ALSO STARTED
MAINTAINING A DISCREET PARENT MAINTAINING TEAM WHICH INCLUDES ALL SIX PRINCIPALS, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, SPED, ALONG OTHER TEAMMATES, DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, AS WELL, TO TALK THROUGH ON A MONTHLY BASIS THOSE
ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP IN TERMS OF THE TRANSITION TO THE PAIR OF SCHOOLS. WE ALSO CARRIED OVER OUR NPAE MEETINGS EVERY OTHER MONTH WHICH INCLUDES DISTRICT STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBER
LEADERS, AS WELL. THOSE WILL GO THROUGH, STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2025 AND WILL GO THROUGH MAY OF 2026. WHERE ARE WE GOING? STARTING OR OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER, THIS MONTH, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT
LEADER MEETINGS. WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR HUNTERS RANCH SCHOOL LEADERS TOMORROW. WE ARE GOING TO SET IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS REGARDING USE OF THE CLOSING SCHOOLS. WE CERTAINLY --
THAT'S GOING TO BE A ROBUST CONVERSATION FOR EACH COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR SCHOOL BRANDING CONVERSATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH OUR FAMILIES AT -- OF EACH PAIRING THE FIRST WEEK AFTER BREAK. JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO OUR PREVIOUS
MEETINGS THAT WE HELD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THEIR VARIOUS ITEMS, THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE ON THEIR MIND AND DEPENDING ON WHERE THEIR SCHOOLS ARE IN TERMS OF THEIR CONVERSATIONS AS TO A NEW NAME, COLORS, ETC., POTENTIALLY
EVEN START TO HAVE VOTES ON THOSE ITEMS AT EACH -- IN EACH COMMUNITY. NOVEMBER, OUR FIRST OPEN ENROLLMENT WINDOW OPENS NOVEMBER 1. WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ON OPEN
ENROLLMENT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO WE WANT TO PUT THAT ON A SLIDE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AND AGAIN WE'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PUBLISH ON NOVEMBER 3 A SURVEY FOR STAFF REGARDING WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY WANT AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR,
WHAT QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND. THE RESULTS OF THAT STAFF SURVEY ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO HELD BY DISTRICT BUT ARE ALSO GOING TO GO TO EACH OF THE BUILDING PRINCIPALS FOR THEM TO ASSESS AND IN RELATIONSHIP
TO WHAT THEY WANT AND START TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S MY POTENTIAL POPULATION OF STAFF MEMBERS? WE THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE MEETINGS
WHICH TRACKS OUR TIMINGS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL MEETINGS WITH KIDS. WE TENTATIVELY HAVE A BOARD MEETING WITH RECOMMENDED SCHOOL NAMES AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'LL PRESENT TO THE
BOARD ABOUT MASCOTS, NAMES, COLORS. WE'VE COMMUNICATED, SAY, ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE FAMILIES WHO SHOWED UP TO OUR MEETINGS THAT THE BOARD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON A
NEW NAME, JUST LIKE THE SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO WANT TO HEAR A LOT FROM THEM ON COLORS, MASCOTS, LOGOS, ANDU PROGRAMMING.
AND THE TIMING IS PHASED SO THERE'S AS LITTLE DISRUPTION AS POSSIBLE AT OUR SCHOOLS WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION IS HAPPENING. JANUARY THROUGH FEBRUARY, SCHOOL LOGO FINALIZATION SO WE WANT TO HAVE THE NAME, WE WANT TO HAVE THE MASCOT, WE WANT TO HAVE THE COLORS BEFORE WE TEE UP A LOGO.
AND BY THE WAY, THE LOGO, THE NAME, THE COLORS, MASCOTS WILL ALL BE VOTED ON BY STAFF, BY FAMILIES, AND BY KIDS, OKAY? AND THEN FEBRUARY 16, THAT PARTICULAR DATE IS WHEN PARENT SCHOOL PRIORITY
BEGINS FOR STAFF AND SO WE'LL NOT ONLY HAVE THE SURVEY IN NOVEMBER FOR OUR STAFF FOR THEM TO START TO WORK THROUGH AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STAFF HEADING INTO FEBRUARY 16 AND OF
COURSE BEYOND. FEBRUARY THROUGH JULY IT'S JUST PREPPING FOR THAT NEW BUILDING, STAFFING HIRING, EVENTS FOR KIDS, AND IT'LL BE FUN, A LOT OF FUN. I JUST WANT TO
UPDATE THE BOARD, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW TEAMMATES ESPECIALLY IN MY PART OF THE WORLD IN THIS. HOLLY GIRON, ASSISTANT PAIRING LIAISON FOCUSED ON STAFFING. HOLLY IS ALREADY A STAFF MEMBER WITH US IN H.R. AND WE JUST
REPURPOSED SOME OF HER F.T.E. TO HELP WITH THE STAFFING SIDE OF THINGS. MELISSA PARK WHO IS A PARENT, SHE WAS ON OUR C.R.A. BOARD FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. SHE IS A COPPER MESA
PARENT, IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THE HIGHLANDS RANCH COMMUNITY AND SO IS HOLLY. GRE GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND SHE'LL SHOW UP
TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS BOTH NOW AND DOWN THE ROAD, AS WELL. WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? >> DIRECTOR GEIGER? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS EXCITING, SO
VERY MUCH, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON. ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AND THIS IS PROBABLY AFTER THAT NOVEMBER OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD WE HAD STUDENTS MOVE TO STONE MOUNTAIN OUT OF SADDLE RANCH. WE DIDN'T FORCE THAT
BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW -- WHAT IMPACT WE'RE HAVING ON THE NONPAIRED SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, AND I THINK WE CAN TRACK THOSE KIDS -- ONCE WE HAVE OPEN ENROLLMENT, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT SOME KIDS WHO WOULD HAVE GONE TO
ELDORADO WOULD NOW HAVE GONE TO STONE MOUNTAIN, IF WE'RE HAVING OTHERS IN OTHER AREAS MAKE CHOICES. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE ANTICIPATED IN THE CASE OF STONE MOUNTAIN, HOPED FOR. IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A BAD THING, BUT AS THIS PROCESS GOES FORWARD I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF KNOW HOW
IT'S IMPACTING ALL OF THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA IN TERMS OF ENROLLMENT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT STAFFING IN THOSE AREAS. I KNOW THAT STONE MOUNTAIN HAS HAD TO ADJUST. I'M LOOKING VERY MUCH FORWARD TO
HEARING HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW THAT GOES. I'M TRYING TO IMAGINE WHAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD SAY NO TO A CHANGE IN LOGO THAT THE PARENTS CHOSE BUT I GUESS WE'LL LOOK INTO IT BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, AS WELL. REALLY APPRECIATE AND I WANT TO
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THAT WE'RE STILL PRESSING IT AND ALSO TO SAY THAT IF AT SOME POINT THERE IS A TIME FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ON THE BOARD TO ASSIST WITH THIS OR TO PROVIDE INPUT OR TO TAKE SOME HEAT, I THINK THAT REMAINS OUR JOB, AS WELL.
>> IF I MAY TAKE THAT LAST COMMENT, DIRECTOR GEIGER, AND IF I MAY REFLECT IN RELATION TO WHAT YOU SAID, OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO DATE, WE'VE HAD EACH OF THE PAIRING MEETINGS WERE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 20 TO 30
FAMILY MEMBERS. AS USUAL, GREAT QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC, CONSTRUCTION, THEY LOVE THE RENDERINGS. AND BY THE WAY, WE SHARED THE RENDERINGS AND HAD ROUGHLY THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH THE STAFF AT EACH OF
THE BUILDINGS AND THEY LOVED THE BATHROOM SITUATION AT EACH OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE ENHANCED. NO, VERY POSITIVE, JUST VERY KIND OF MATTER OF FACT, WHAT IT'S GOING TO MEAN, WHAT'S TRANSPORTATION GOING
TO LOOK LIKE. OVERALL, VERY POSITIVE, VERY THOUGHTFUL. JUST LIKE IT WAS LAST YEAR THE VAST, VAST, VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YEAH. >> THE BUILDING EVENTS, DOES THAT INCLUDE, LIKE, I HAVE THIS, LIKE, VISION IN MY HEAD WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO SCHOOLS COMING
TOGETHER, LIKE, THE P.T.O.s OR WHATEVER THROW CARNIVALS OR WHATEVER SO STUDENTS CAN MEET EACH OTHER AT SCHOOLS AND WHATEVER THAT ENTAILS. >> YEAH, AND THAT PROCESS HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH THE TWO PRINCIPALS OF EACH
PAIRED SCHOOL. THEIR P.T.O.s AND STACKS ARE AWESOME IN WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL TO CREATE ALL OF THOSE. >> I JUST WANT TO ADD REAL QUICK TO THAT THAT ALSO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE THE
PART-TIME -- SORRY, I'VE ALREADY FORGOTTEN HER NAME. >> MELISSA. >> YEAH, IT'S MELISSA PARK. IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MELISSA PARK, WHERE SHE WILL BE HELPFUL IS BRINGING THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER BUT I THOUGHT THE BOARD WOULD SMILE AT THE
ACRES GREEN AND FOX CREEK TRANSITION TEAM. I BELIEVE IT IS CALLED THE COME TOGETHER TEAM, WHICH I JUST LOVE. >> YEAH, DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND
I'M WONDERING, HOLLY AND MELISSA, ARE THEY PARTICIPATING IN THOSE PAIRING TRANSITION TEAM MEETINGS? OKAY. >> THEY ARE A PART OF THAT. >> OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T HEAR THAT WHEN YOU SAID IT. >> NO, AND I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MENTION IT. THEY ARE PART OF THAT TEAM, ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY.
AND THEN IF YOU COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW STUDENTS ARE BEING ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS SPECIFICALLY? >> SO PART OF OUR CONVERSATION WITH STAFF A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO AND FRANKLY THEY'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT IT. I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SAY IT. THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE SCHOOL NAME AND CREATING AND DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE LESSONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT NAME, NOT ONLY WHAT THEY WOULD GAIN
FROM THOSE LESSONS BUT A DE FACTO VOTING ON WHAT THOSE COULD LOOK LIKE. THEY WILL BE VOTING ON THE NAMES, COLORS, MASCOTS, LOGOS, AS WELL, AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS ALSO HAVING A CONVERSATION. ALSO KEEP IN MIND,
IT'S OCTOBER 7, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. THERE'S THAT FINE BALANCE BETWEEN PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR AND STAYING THIS YEAR, SO WITHIN THAT CONTEXT OUR STAFF AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE ALSO TALKING WITH OUR KIDS ABOUT WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON A
LIMITED BIT AT THIS -- BASIS AT THIS POINT BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY'LL HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BRANDING IN PARTICULAR. >> I REMEMBER ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS I HEARD FROM FAMILIES WERE THE TRANSITION, YOU
KNOW, THE FIFTH GRADERS AND SIXTH GRADE TRANSITIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, SO IS THAT PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS, AS WELL? >> ABSOLUTELY, AND THOSE ARE AT EACH OF THE PAIRING MEETINGS WE HAD LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT CAME
UP, AND BOTH OF OUR PRINCIPALS WERE THERE. BAETH OF OUR PRINCIPALS WERE THERE TO DISCUSS THAT AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY'VE ALWAYS GOT EYES ON KIDS BUT PARTICULARLY WITH THIS ISSUE, YEAH. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE UPDATES. HOW ARE WE COMMUNICATING WITH THE FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL PAIRINGS? >> SO WE SENT OUT -- THE LEADER SENT OUT AN E-MAIL COMMUNICATING ABOUT
THE MEETINGS ABOUT THREE, FOUR WEEKS AGO, AND -- AND THAT WAS A LINK TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. AT THE MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE, THAT THAT'S A PLACE THAT THEY COULD GO TO GET A LOT OF INFORMATION, YEAH. >> OKAY. I WONDER IF IT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO POST AT SCHOOLS THE INFORMATION, LIKE, YOU WANT TO KNOW NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS AND MAYBE HAVE A Q.R. CODE OR SOMETHING. THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S HELPFUL ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIMELINE THAT GOES MONTH BY MONTH
REALLY HELPING FAMILIES KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT AND MAYBE IT'LL ENCOURAGE STAFF TO KNOW THOSE, AS WELL, THOSE DETAILS, AND IT DEFINITELY WOULD BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES WHAT EVERYONE FOUND HELPFUL INFORMATION, WHAT WASN'T HELPFUL,
WHAT GOT USED. AGAIN, JUST TO THINK IN THE FUTURE, LIKE, WHAT -- WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP WHEN WE'RE MOVING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THE -- YOU HAVE MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE FAMILY AND STAFF
TRANSITION TEAMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE CONNECTED EVENTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE PLANNING? >> I DON'T OFFHAND BUT I KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PAIRING, THE TWO PRINCIPLES -- SO LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE
BIT. WHEN WE TALK TO STAFF A COUPLE OF WEEKSING AND THIS IS JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THOSE STAFF MEETINGS WERE JOINT STAFF MEETINGS. IT WAS A P.D. DAY,
SO THE PRINCIPALS DECIDED TO HAVE THEIR STAFFS TOGETHER ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND POTENTIALLY NEXT YEAR. I KNOW THAT ONE PRINCIPALS, SETS OF PRINCIPALS HAVE AN EVENT PLANNED IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WITH KIDS, BUT THE
OTHER PART OF THAT AND ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS AT LEAST IN OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE SAID THAT IT'S TRULY JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN IT'S THIS YEAR, LET'S STICK WITH IT THIS YEAR BUT THEN WE'VE GOT TO PLAN NEXT YEAR, TOO. SO AS WE START
GETTING INTO JANUARY AND BEYOND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE AND WE HAVE SAID WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE OF THOSE. >> OKAY. DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH THE STUDENTS. THAT'S GREAT. >> SURE. >> THE -- THE SURVEY IS LINKED ON THE WEBSITE, AS WELL, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS, COULD WE
GET SENT JUST A COPY OF THAT SURVEY? I DIDN'T WANT TO CLICK THROUGH IT. >> SURE. >> LIKE, WHAT QUESTIONS ARE WE ASKING? >> SURE. >> AND THEN, FOR THE -- YOU KNOW, OUR -- WE SEE PHASE
ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, AND I'M CURIOUS IF WE'RE DEVELOPING PHASE FOUR FOR WHEN OUR SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, WHEN THE PAIRING PROCESS IS COMPLETE, AND JUST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE WHAT METRICS WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING TO DEMONSTRATE WE'VE DELIVERED THE
PROMISES WE'VE GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF PAIRINGS. YOU KNOW, STAFFING, YOU KNOW, PROCESSES THAT MIGHT BE IN PLACE DURING PHASE FOUR, SO JUST WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT WHEN THE SCHOOLS OPEN.
AND THEN, ARE WE ENGAGING WITH D.C.F. ON ANY OF THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED? >> SO WE'RE GOING TO BE, HAVE BEEN, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED WITH OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, FRONT OFFICE STAFF,
CUSTODIANS, EVERYONE ON WHAT THEY'RE NEEDING, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, AND WHAT THE NEXT FEW YEARS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. IF I MAY, WITH THE SURVEY DIRECTOR THOMPSON, WE'LL POST THE SURVEY RESULTS LIKELY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. >> OKAY.
AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S THE STAFFING POSITION FOR HELPING WITH STAFFING IN GENERAL WITH HOLLY, AND I WAS CURIOUS, IS IT GOING TO BE -- ARE WE LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS
WITH STAFF MEMBERS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WHEN STAFF ARE MAKING DECISIONS? SO THE WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'VE COVERED BEFORE, LIKE STAFFING FLOW CHARTS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT
SUPPORT LOOKS LIKE FOR TEACHERS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO DECIDE OR ANY OTHER STAFF TRYING TO DECIDE THEIR PATH FORWARD? >> YEAH, AND AS SURVEYS GO OUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
INDIVIDUALLY OR GROUPS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE SOME SIXTH GRADE TEACHERS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NOW WHO ARE TRYING TO DECIDE, DO I STAY
IN ELEMENTARY, K-5, OR DO I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL? WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE HAVE SAID AND WHAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO IS MEET INDIVIDUALLY AS WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS, AND ACTUALLY, HOLLY GIRON HAS ALREADY MET WITH INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS, PARTICULARLY SIXTH
GRADE TEACHERS WITH QUESTIONS, AND WE WILL SET UP BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR TEACHER -- OR STAFF, I SHOULD SAY, FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY AND EVEN
BEYOND. HOLLY'S ROLE, AND SHE ALREADY HAS THE ROSTERS OF EACH OF THOSE SCHOOLS, IS TO MAKE SURE THEY LEFT-HAND TURN WHERE THEY WANT TO LAND, AND -- LAND WHERE THEY WANT TO LAND AND IF WE HAVE
ISSUES, HOLLY IS THE POINT WHERE EVERY STAFF MEMBER CAN REACH OUT TO. >> I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR PHASE FOUR, IF SOME TEACHERS MIGHT WANT TO STAY FOR THAT YEAR AND THEN A DIFFERENT PATH FORWARD IS DECIDED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. >> YES. >> AND KIND OF A
SIDE QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CENTER-BASED LOCATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DECIDED. I HAVE THEY BEEN DECIDED YET, IF THEY'RE OPENING NEW ONES, OR WHERE? >> SO YES, I WILL
ANSWER THAT QUESTION. SO YES, WE HAVE MADE SOME DECISIONS IN REGARDS TO TWO LOCATIONS WHERE WE WILL BE OPENING OR REOPENING CENTER-BASED LOCATIONS IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH REGION FOR NEXT YEAR. THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED THUS
FAR TO THE STAFFS IN THOSE SCHOOLS, AND WE WILL BE COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES RIGHT AFTER FALL BREAK. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY SECOND QUESTION SO I APPRECIATE YOU PROACTIVELY ANSWERING IT, AND YEAH, THAT'S IT.
I LIKED THE RENDERINGS. I FELT THAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS DID THAT. I FEEL IT'S GOOD WHEN PEOPLE GET TO VISUALIZE AND KIND OF PICTURE THEMSELVES IN THAT NEW ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK?
>> SO I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO REITERATE THE DESIRE FOR THAT PHASE FOUR. I'M KIND OF HEARING A LOT OF DESIRE FOR PHASE FOUR TO BE ADDED TO WHERE WE HAVE METRICS TO KIND OF GO BACK AND EVALUATE AND ANALYZE, ESPECIALLY OPEN ENROLLMENT TRENDS, AS DIRECTOR
GEIGER MENTIONED. BUT ALSO, I KNOW THERE WERE FAMILIES THAT OPEN ENROLLED INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS A MORE, LIKE, THE DISTRICT WOULDN'T BE MAKING DECISIONS IMPACTING CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THAT FLOW OF HOW STUDENTS AND FAMILIES REACTED BUT ALSO EVEN TEACHER RETENTION AND EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT WILL HELP US BETTER ANALYZE OUR POLICY AFTERWARDS TO SEE IF WE MIGHT WANT TO TWEAK ANYTHING FOR ANY KIND OF FUTURE DECISIONS. >> CERTAINLY.
>> SORRY, AND JUST TO BRING IT UP, I TALKED TO SUPERINTENDENT KING ABOUT IT. IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO BRING UP WHAT WE'VE CHARGED THE F.O.C. WITH LOOKING AT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE PAIRING PROCESS, SO I THINK THAT WOULD PAIR NICELY. >> SO I FEEL LIKE I
PROBABLY SHOULD MOVE TO MAKE THAT OFFICIAL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT THINGS AND THEY DON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BOARD DECISION. IS IT A BOARD DECISION TO ADD A PHASE FOUR FOR
FUTURE PRESENTATIONS? >> I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL ADD A PHASE FOUR TO OUR TIMELINE. I THINK IT FALLS INTO OPERATIONS BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY
ADD, AND IT WAS AS WAS SAID, IT WAS OUR INTENTION TO HAVE A PHASE FOUR WHERE WE'RE COLLECTING METRICS AND FEEDBACK SO WE CAN DO THIS PROCESS EVEN BETTER IN THE FUTURE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE EVERYONE.
GREAT JOB. WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM 9.5, A.I. USE IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR A 15-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A TEN-MINUTE Q&A. >> YOU'RE STUCK WITH ME AGAIN FOR AT
LEAST A FEW MINUTES. ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON HERE, WE ACTUALLY CHOSE THIS SLIDE FOR A REASON. THE TWO KIDS FIGHTING OVER A
BALLOON IS KIND OF INDICATIVE OF VARIOUS COMPANIES SORT OF FIGHTING TO BE THE TOP DOG IN A.I., SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN APROPOS SLIDE DECK. BUT IN ANY CASE, THANK YOU AGAIN, DIRECTORS.
I'M JOINED BY MY C.E.O. MARK BLAIR. THIS MIGHT BE THE TALLEST PRESENTATION YOU HAVE, SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. OH, I'VE GOT THE SLIDE AND REMOTE. HOW AM I DOING? SO AGAIN, THIS IS CERTAINLY PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. WE WANT TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND OF COURSE TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. SO WE LED OFF WITH THIS SLIDE AS A LITTLE TONGUE IN CHEEK SORT OF BUT ACTUALLY APROPOS GIVEN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE
COME UP AS TO A.I. I'LL JUST START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORKUP. IT'S ELECTIONS SEASON SO WE JUST SAID HEY, THE STAFF APPROVES THIS PRESENTATION, BUT REALLY IT'S IN RELATIONSHIP TO HOW MUCH OF THIS AND IT RELATES TO THE
QUESTION YOU GET ALL THE TIME, WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT? SO THE REALITY IS THAT A.I. PROBABLY TURNED THIS SIX-HOUR PROCESS IN TERMS OF GETTING DATA AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THESE 20-SOME ODD SLIDES, CUT IT
IN HALF LITERALLY. BUT NEVERTHELESS, WHATEVER A.I. GENERATED, WE CHECKED, WE REVIEWED, AND WE ADJUSTED HOWEVER IS APPROPRIATE.
THE OTHER THING THAT COMES UP WITH A.I., HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S A.I. AND WHAT'S NOT, ON THE FRONT END, YOU TELL PEOPLE, HEY, WHETHER
THIS IS A PAPER OR THIS IS A SLIDE DECK, A.I. HELPED ME WITH THIS, AND CERTAINLY, A.I. HELPED ME ON THIS. CERTAINLY, WE CAN GO DOWN THIS LIST AND
FIND WAYS THAT A.I. CONNECTS TO ALL OF THESE. AND PART OF OUR ROBUST INITIATIVES, DEVELOP A.I. LITERACY AND SUPPORTS. SO I AM GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO C.T.O. BLAIR FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. >> THANKS, STEVE.
THANK YOU, ALL. SO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN SINCE WE WENT TO A.I. THERE'S LOTS OF TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THEM. THERE'S SOME THAT WE PREFER THAT THEY
CHOOSE TO USE BUT WE'RE NOT LIMITING PEOPLE INTO WHAT TOOLS THEY CAN USE. WE HAD 18 OF OUR SCHOOLS PARTICIPATE IN KHANMIGO. CHIEF OF STAFF AND I PARTICIPATED IN
MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH LEADERS SO WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THEM AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS JOURNEY. CHIEF OF STAFF AND I GOT TO GO ON A LITTLE WORLD TOUR ON OUR CAMPUSES TO MEET WITH STAFF TO SURVEY
THEM AND HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, THEIR STRUGGLES, AND WHAT THEY'RE HAPPY WITH. WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE PLAN SURVEY, AND WE'VE BEEN HOLDING A LOT MORE
CONVERSATIONS, WHENEVER WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE A.I. INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'LL TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY. >> WHEN USING A.I. TOOLS IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW SOME BASIC BEST PRACTICES. FIRST, PROTECT PRIVACY. DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION LIKE NAMES OR ADDRESSES. SECOND, CHECK FOR BIAS AND ACCURACY. A.I. MIGHT OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BIASED OR INCORRECT CONTENT. ALWAYS DOUBLE-CHECK BEFORE SHARING WITH ANYONE. THIRD, FOCUS ON
AUGMENTATION, NOT REPLACEMENT. SEE A.I. ANOT AS A FINAL DESTINATION BUT AS A STARTING POINT. >> WE LEAD OFF WITH THIS TO TALK ABOUT
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CHECK THE PRIVATE SEE, DON'T INCLUDE YOUR INFORMATION. CHIEF OF STAFF AND I WERE AT A PRESENTATION TODAY AND THEY CHANGED A.I. INTO AUGMENTED INTERNS, SO THINKING THAT YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF AUGMENTS INTERNS, WHAT --
AUGMENTED INTERNS WHAT WOULD THEY DO FOR YOU? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRUSTING AND VERIFYING EVERYTHING THAT IT DOES AS IT'S DRAFTING THROUGH THAT. AGAIN, IT'S JUST AUGMENTING OUR WORK.
I TOOK THIS CONTENT, PUT IT INTO A TOOL AND THAT'S HOW I CREATED THAT A.I. AVATAR VIDEO THAT CREATED ALL THAT. IT TOOK ABOUT 1.5 MINUTES FOR THAT
TOOL TO BUILD THAT VIDEO FOR ME. IT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE HOW IT CAN DO THAT. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU USE GEMINI. IT'S PRIVATE, SO NOTHING IS BEING USED TO TRAIN THE MODEL. IF YOU USE ANY OTHER TOOL OUT THERE, AND
THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE, EVERYTHING YOU USE IS BEING USED TO TRAIN THEIR MODEL. SO THIS IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO EXPLORE. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. PEOPLE MAKE
MISTAKES. WE WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE
USE IS COMPLIANT. LAST YEAR, THIS IS OUR KHANMIGO ANALYTICS. WE HAD 800 TEACHERS USING IT. IF YOU REMEMBER WAY BACK IN THE TIME MACHINE A YEAR AGO IN A.I.-LAND, ChatGPT HAD DIFFERENT MODELS AND
YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THE HIGHER LEVEL MODEL. IN KHANMIGO, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE HIGHER MODEL, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO IS GET THE ChatGPT PLAN
WITHIN THE KHANMIGO PLATFORM. WE HAD ABOUT 10,500 STUDENTS USING THE TOOL. HERE'S WHAT THEY DID USING THE KHAN ACADEMY PLATFORM, SO THEY WERE USING THAT AS A TOOL TO GET THEM THROUGH, AND THEN THEY WERE USING
IT AS A MATH AND SCIENCE TUTOR. SO WE KNOW THOSE IN TALKING WITH OUR STUDENTS ON OUR S.A.G. COMMITTEE, THOSE ARE WHERE STUDENTS ARE REALLY BENEFITING FROM IT, IS HAVING THAT TOOL,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MULTILINGUAL. WE FOUND SOME
CHALLENGES WITH KH KHANMIGO. IT DID A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH KHAN ACADEMY BUT IT DIDN'T WORK WELL WITH OUR TOOLS. ALSO, KHAN ACADEMY WAS ANOTHER THING. YOU HAD TO GO OVER, YOU HAD TO OPEN ANOTHER TAB.
I KNOW I ALWAYS HAVE LOTS OF TABS OPEN ON MY COMPUTER BUT SOMETIMES THAT CAN GET DISTRACTING AND PEOPLE CAN LOSE WHERE THEY ARE SO WE WANT TO TRY AND FIND A PLATFORM AND TOOLS THAT MEETS TEACHERS WHERE THEY ARE IN OUR GOOGLE ENVIRONMENT AND GEMINI DOES A GREAT
JOB. IT ALSO EMBEDS INTO GOOGLE CLASSROOM. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT OPERATES AS A CHROME EXTENSION. OBVIOUSLY, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY SAFEGUARDS ARE IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT AS THEY START TO USE THESE TOOLS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING WE HAVE RELATED TO ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND UNFORTUNATELY KIDS ARE GOING TO CHEAT, AND SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP TRAIN OUR TEACHERS
TO OBSERVE THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE KIDS ABOUT HOW DID THEY CREATE THE CONTENT THAT THEY CREATED, AND NOT JUST ACCUSE THEM OF CHEATING. THAT OFTEN LEADS TO CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND TRAIN OUR STAFF. THE STUFF IS CHANGING CONSTANTLY. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO
KEEP UP WITH IT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KEEP UP AND SEND MESSAGES TO PEOPLE AND SHARE. WE'RE TRYING TO SEND MESSAGES OUT SO WE CAN KEEP PACE WITH
THE RAPID TOOL SET. HERE'S SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WHEN WE WENT AROUND AND MET WITH TEACHERS. THIS WAS ABOUT 1.5 YEARS AGO AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM WERE USING IT SOMETIMES, WHICH IS A GREAT START. WE NEED TEACHERS TO
GET INTO IT, USE THE TOOLS, AND GET TO UNDERSTAND. WE HOPE THAT'S BETTER THIS YEAR. WHAT DO THEY LIKE MOST ABOUT IT? THEY LIKE BEING ABLE TO ACCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF
INFORMATION AND SIN
THEY SSYNTHESIZE IT DOWN -- SYNTHESIZE IT DOWN. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE IT WITH THEIR CLASS AND THEIR STUDENTS, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, SO
THAT'S SOME OF THE P.D. THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING, AS WELL. AND THEN, THE LAST SLIDE IS WHAT'S OUR OVERALL OPINION ON THE EFFECT ON STUDENTS' EDUCATION, SO 60% OF THEM FELT THAT THIS WAS SOMEWHAT POSITIVE OR VERY POSITIVE, SO I THINK THAT THESE
ARE -- THESE CONTINUE TO GO UP OVER TIME AS PEOPLE GET TO EXPLORE AND FIGURE THINGS OUT, AND THE TOOLS ARE GETTING EASIER TO USE. LIKE I SAID, GOOGLE CLASSROOM HAS A LOT OF IT EMBEDDED IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM. IT'S EASIER FOR
TEACHERS TO UTILIZE IT TO BETTER SUPPORT THEIR STUDENTS. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PERSONALIZED EDUCATION FOREVER, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TO USE PERSONALIZED
EDUCATION. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE I GET THIS SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING MARK TALKED ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AS TO ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. ONE OF THE REALLY GOOD THINGS THAT
KHANMIGO DID ON A CERTAIN TOPIC, IF THEY COPY AND PASTED
FROM WIKIPEDIA, IT WOULD FLAG IT AND SAY, HEY, TEACHER, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT STUDENT SO WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FOR THAT IN OUR ULTIMATE PLATFORM. WE ACTUALLY SHREWDED SOME VENDORS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNCTIONALITY
SO WHAT -- EXCLUDED SOME VENDORS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT FUNCTIONALITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OUR TEACHERS CONTINUE TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT IN TERMS OF A PLATFORM WHERE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ARE INTERACTING WE'RE
LOOKING FOR A PLATFORM THAT WILL FLAG A BIG COPY AND PASTE JOB AND THEN -- AND THEN A SUBMISSION WITH THAT BIG COPY AND PASTE JOB, SO THAT'S JUST A LAYER FOR YOU TO HAVE. CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON IT BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SOME ON THAT.
SO WE ALSO ASKED QUESTIONS TO OUR TEACHERS AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING A.I., AND SO THIS -- SO YOU KNOW, THIS SLIDE WAS COMPLETELY GENERATED BY A.I. I THREW THE DATA INTO GEMINI, ASKED HAD TO COME UP WITH A SLIDE WITH A NICE
GRAPHIC AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. I DIDN'T TOUCH IT, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE FOR, AND LITERALLY THAT TOOK FIVE MINUTES, FROM COPYING AND PASTING, PLOPPING IN THE
DATA. SO HERE WE HAVE, 757 K-12 TEACHERS RESPONDED TO THIS PART OF THE SURVEY. 55 IS OF THEM SAID THEY CURRENTLY USE A.I. IN THEIR CLASSROOM IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM,
AND 70% OF TEACHERS SEE A.I. AS A REALLY VALUABLE PLATFORM IN OUR WORLD TOUR, AND BY THE WAY, WE BROUGHT PIZZA TO ONE OF THOSE LUNCHES, AND WHEN YOU BRING PIZZA, IT GOES
BETTER. IT JUST DOES. ALSO, OUR FAMILIES RESPONDED TO THIS, AS WELL. 20%, 27% ARE AWARE OF CHILDREN USING A.I. FOR CLASSROOM AND 65% SEE A.I. AS VALUABLE FOR THEIR
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, SO I THINK THERE'S A CONSENSUS IN OUR COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY STAFF AND FAMILIES, THAT A.I. HAS -- CERTAINLY HAS ITS PLACE IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. >> PROVIDING TRAINING FOR STAFF, STUDENTS, AND FAMILIES ON THE
ETHICAL AND RESPONSIBLE USE FOR A.I. TOOLS IS VERY IMPORTANT. DISTRICT STAFF FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING THE I.T. DEPARTMENT, AND THE LEARNING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN PROVIDING TRAINING TO DISTRICT STAFF IN THE LAST YEAR. DISTRICT STAFF ARE
REVIEWING A.I. CURRICULA TO FIND THE BEST ACTIVITIES AND LESSONS FOR STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING RESOURCES THAT CAN BE PROVIDES TO -- PROVIDED TO FAMILIES TO HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THESE
TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING USED IN OUR SCHOOLS. >> AGAIN, A.I. GENERATED BUT KIND OF CLOSE TO BEING INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM SOMEBODY ACTUALLY DOING THAT. SO HERE'S WHERE
WE'RE GOING AND HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW. A.I. IS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE TOOL PROBABLY LIKE NO OTHER, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT OUR KIDS GET TO KNOW HOW TO USE IT. OUR STAFF AND OUR KIDS ARE USING IT, WE KNOW THAT. WE'RE IN SPRING
TRAINING, HENCE THE BASEBALL CAP WITH A.I., WHICH, AGAIN, WAS GENERATED BY MR. BLAIR THROUGH -- WAS IT GEMINI? >> YEAH. >> YEAH, AND WE'RE TRULY, IF WE'RE USING THAT, THAT METAPHOR, SPRING TRAINING, WE HAVEN'T
EVEN BEGUN THE GAME YET OR THE REGULAR SEASON YET. SOME ESTIMATE THAT $7 TRILLION IS GOING TO BE SPENT BY 2030 ON A.I., CHIP
CENTERS AND DATA CENTERS AND REALLY WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE BIGGEST PLAYERS IN THE FIELD AT THIS POINT. SOMEBODY ALLUDED TO IT IN ANOTHER CONTEXT HERE. THIS IS A MULTIYEAR EFFORT IN CONVERSATION, SO IF A.I. IS IN SPRING TRAINING WE'RE
PROBABLY IN THE OFF SEASON. WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND NATURALLY, THE TECHNOLOGY BUT WE'RE BUSTING OUR BUTTS TO CATCH UP, AND WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEAL PLATFORM YET, WE DON'T, WHERE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS INTERACT WITH THEIR CURRICULUM, WITH
THEIR INTEGRITY CHECKS, WHERE THERE'S A 24-HOUR TUTOR AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR JUST BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, AND I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND PROBABLY A LOT OF MY TEAMMATES THAT A.I. WHEN YOU USE IT
GIVES YOU A MINIMUM OF A REALLY GOOD FIRST DRAFT OF WHATEVER YOU'RE WORKING ON AND INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY USEFUL, AND ALWAYS, AT LEAST IN MY EXPERIENCE, AND AGAIN, I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR THE TEAM, THE HUMAN TOUCH IS ALWAYS REALLY IMPORTANT JUST LIKE IT WAS FOR
THIS SLIDE DECK. WE DON'T KNOW A LOT, SO I JUST HAVE THREE BULLETS WITH A FEW SUBBULLETS BUT, REALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY, THIS IS MULTIPLE SLIDES, AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ALONE IN THE GAP. THE PACE OF ADVANCEMENT HAS BEEN JUST LIGHTNING. WE'RE ACTUALLY
LAUGHING. WE WENT -- WE REVISED OUR A.I. PAGE, THE ONE WE CREATED LAST YEAR AND UPDATED IT FROM TIME TO TIME LAST YEAR. WE ACTUALLY HAD TO REMOVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS BECAUSE THEY
WERE OUT OF DATE AND THEY WERE UP TO DATE LAST YEAR, SO IT'S GOING REALLY, REALLY FAST, SOMETHING WE
CALL SPEEDY OBSOLESCENCE. THAT'S KIND OF A SMALL EXAMPLE BUT KIND OF A BIG ONE, TOO. THE NATURE AND SCOPE
OF NEW JOBS, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TOUR IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS A QUANTUM COMPUTING COMPANY WHO HAS TOLD US THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HUNDREDS OF NEW WORKERS TO DO EVERYTHING FROM Ph.D.-LEVEL WORK TO HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION LEVEL WORK
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. WE JUST, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NEW JOBS ARE FULLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THE EVOLUTION IS PROBABLY IN MY OPINION WE JUST CAN'T IMAGINE IT
RIGHT NOW. HOW IS SOCIETY GOING TO REACT TO A.I. DEVELOPMENT? ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE PEN AND PAPER? ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE IN-PERSON BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BE ON-LINE BECAUSE THOSE AVATARS THAT YOU SAW, PRETTY LIFE
LIKE. WITHIN A YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE OLD HAT. IT'S GOING TO BE SO LIFE LIKE THAT ENTITIES ARE GOING TO START TO SAY, YOU'VE GOT TO SHOW UP IN PERSON.
WE'VE SEEN LEM LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. EVERYBODY IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN IN LEGISLATURES. WE SAW IN COLORADO AN A.I. BILL THE GOVERNOR SIGNED SO WE SAID WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS. IT'S A LITTLE HALF
BAKED BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WE CAN DO GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW. THERE'S A POLITICAL A.I. BATTLE GOING ON, COMPETITIVE BATTLE FOR BEST CHIPS, THE BEST A.I. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BEST CHIPS FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY. YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THINGS, AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THINGS VERY POSITIVELY. SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED TODAY? AND THIS COULD GO ON FOR PROBABLY FIVE
SLIDES, AS WELL. THE BEST ANSWER TO THAT IS JUST PREPARE OUR KIDS TO BE GREAT A.I. ATHLETES. THE ONE THING TO THINK ABOUT IN THE
NOT-TOO-DISTANT PAST, EVERY REMEMBER -- EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE NAVIGATOR EXPLORERS. IF YOU COULD WORK THROUGH NETWORK
NAVIGATOR, YOU COULD WORK THROUGH CHROME OR SAFARI. THAT'S THE BEST THAT ANYBODY CAN DO AT THIS POINT. FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE MATTERS A TON. WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT TODAY A LOT
IN OUR GROUP. RELATEDLY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO INVOLVE INSTRUCTION AND OUR STAFF'S ALREADY DOING IT, BOTH PURPOSELY INCLUDING AND EXCLUDE A.I. TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GETTING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, NAVIGATE AND LEVERAGE A.I. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS HUGE. GOES -- SORT OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT IN OUR EXPERIENCE HAVING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE BUILDING LEVEL IS SO IMPORTANT AND THIS
IS GOING TO BE A LONGER CONVERSATION FOR US BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, OUR STAFF, OUR PROFESSIONALS ARE DOING A LOT OF OTHER THINGS SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH IS TO INTEGRATE A.I. AS
ORGANICALLY AS POSSIBLE SO IT FEELS MORE OF LIKE WHAT WE DO, AND A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE
WORK THAT WE DO. FOLKS ARE JUST CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT A.I. AND HOW GREAT IT IS, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS, AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SEARCHING FOR THIS GOLDEN
PLATFORM THAT TIES INTO OUR CURRICULUM AND DOES A LOT OF
THE GREAT THINGS THAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. GOOGLE CLASSROOM IN TURNS OF A.I. AND TEACHING -- TERMS OF A.I. AND TEACHING, I DON'T THINK I'M OVERSTATING IT WAS A BIT OF A NONENTITY UNTIL JULY, AND THEN IN JULY, WE LOOKED AT IT, AND WE WERE
SAYING OH, MY GOD, THIS IS, LIKE, LEAPS AND BOUNDS BETTER THAN WHAT IT'S BEEN AND LEAPS AND BOUNDS
BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WE'RE ALSO RELATEDLY MOVING TOWARDS CUSTOMIZED TOOLS, SO
FOR EXAMPLE, CREATING DCSD [indiscernible] THAT INCORPORATE OUR CURRICULA, SO AGAIN, GETTING TO THAT, THAT BEST PLATFORM FOR OUR STAFF AND KIDS, BEST PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR THE
COMING WAVE OF A.I. JOBS. OUR DIGITAL LITERACY WEBPAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED FOR OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF. IN TERMS OF POLICY, JUST CONTINUE TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL
ABOUT HOW WE REVISE AND ADAPT GIVEN WHERE WE ARE AND TECHNOLOGY. BETWEEN STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND OUR POLICIES WE BELIEVE
THAT ALL OF THOSE COVER THE PRIVACY PROTECTIONS OF A.I. BUT IT'S AN EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE AND WE'VE GOT TO BE AGILE. PART OF THIS IS CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF, SO WE WOULD LOVE -- WE WERE INTERESTING IN
CREATING AN A.I. WORKING GROUP, AN A.I.-SPECIFIC WORKING GROUP WITH PARENTS AND STAFF WHO ARE INTERESTED TO DISCUSS HOW THEY'RE USING A.I. IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT THEIR JOBS, OTHERWISE, WHAT THEY'RE SEEING,
HEARING AND SEEING FROM THEIR KIDS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH STUDENT GROUPS, S.A.G. IN PARTICULAR, AS WELL. THIS IS KIND OF MODELLED AFTER THE M.P.E. THAT GROUP OF STAFF,
OF FAMILIES, WAS INVALUABLE. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, WE'VE GOT A Q.R. CODE WHERE THEY WOULD SIGN UP. WE WOULD MEET ONCE A MONTH FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS EVERY MEETING AND AGAIN TO DISCUSS ALL THINGS A.I. AND AGAIN, REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD
TO IT. AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS? >> THAT WAS A LOT. THANK YOU. VERY EXCITING, THOUGH. I JUST THINK IT'S FUN NOW. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ON MY E-MAIL, I GET SUMMARIES OF WHAT THE E-MAIL ACTUALLY SAYS, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. >> HUGE TIME SAVER.
>> SO IT'S GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK, DIRECTOR GEIGER? >> YEAH, DIRECTING FROM A FIRE HOSE. THANK YOU. I MAY NOT BE WISER BUT I AM BETTER INFORMED.
A COUPLE OF THINGS. AS I LISTENED TO YOU, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE ROLE OF THE BOARD IS ON
THIS BECAUSE TO ME THERE IS AN AREA WHERE THERE'S AN [indiscernible] BECAUSE I THINK IT FALLS INTO POLICY GOVERNANCE AND I WANT YOU TO COME TO US AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. I EXPECT IT'S GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE EXECUTIVE
LIMITATIONS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT'S ANOTHER TASK TO PUT ON THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. >> IT'S BECAUSE SHE USED A.I. >> AT SOME POINT, I'M PROBABLY REPLACEABLE BY A.I. EXCEPT FOR THE HAND HOLDING IN MY JOB. BUT I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE, MY JOB AS A DIRECTOR THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING BUT UNLESS YOU VERY MUCH NEED US TO GET INVOLVED IN POLICY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S OUR ROLE. THE ONE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE IS I
KNOW WE PAID KHANMIGO. ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE OR -- >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY THEM ANYMORE. WE PAID THEM FOR THE PILOT. >> OKAY. THAT'S OUR JOB. >> SURE. >> IS THE MONEY. YOU ALSO SPOKE ABOUT TALKING TO ANOTHER DISTRICT. HOW MUCH COOPERATION IS THERE AMONG
DISTRICTS? IS EVERYBODY TRYING TO DO THEIR OWN THING BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I GO TO [indiscernible] IN DECEMBER THERE'S GOING TO BE 43 BOARD PRESENTATIONS ABOUT A.I. AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE GIVING
ANY OF THEM. BUT HOW IS THAT COORDINATION WORKING? I ASSUME WE'RE TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS. AGAIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT WE'RE NOT EVEN IN THE PRESEASON, WE'RE IN THE OFF SEASON.
I SUSPECT THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS WHO ARE EVER AWARE THAT THE GAME HAS STARTED, SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? >> SIR, I CAN GET US STARTED. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY WITH OTHER DISTRICTS NOT ONLY HERE IN KALEN BUT
ALSO ACROSS THE COUNTRY JUST TO TALK A LOT ABOUT A.I. CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST 2.5 OR THREE YEARS TO TALK ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THINKING. ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO PRESENT AT THE AASA CONFERENCE ON THIS TOPIC IN A
FEATURED SESSION, SO THERE'S SO MUCH WORK GOING ON BETWEEN SUPERINTENDENTS CERTAINLY, BUT OF COURSE THESE ARE THE ONES ON THE GROUND AND THEY TALK TO THEIR PEERS IN OTHER DISTRICTS, AS WELL,
ABOUT A LOT OF THE NITTY-GRITTY, SO I'LL LET YOU GUYS TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. >> WELL, ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR GOOGLE FELLOWSHIP IS A KEY PIECE OF THAT IF YOU WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> WOW, WAY TO DEFLECT. >> NO, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. >> AS YOU KNOW, I WAS SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THE GOOGLE FELLOWSHIP COHORT SO THAT'S US COMING UP WITH BIG LEVEL CONCEPTS OF HOW WE WANT TO EMBRACE A.I. AS A DISTRICT AND
HOW WE MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE REALLY PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE AND HOW WE WANT TO EMBRACE IT TO USE IT FOR THINGS LIKE ENROLLMENT, SAVE TIME FOR TEACHERS, MAKE SURE WE'RE MORE EFFICIENT
IN OPERATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT AND IN A MILLION DIFFERENT WAYS. LEARNING FOR STUDENTS IS A HUGE PART OF THAT BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OPERATIONAL AND EFFICIENCY BENEFITS FOR OUR DISTRICT, AS WELL, SO THE GOOGLE FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN REALLY VALUABLE AND I WILL SAY THAT WHAT YOU SAW ON THESE SLIDES IS A LOT OF GOOGLE RELATED
STUFF. WE ARE A GOOGLE PARTNER. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AND SO WE HAVE BEEN REALLY ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM A LOT OF THE ADVANCES THAT GOOGLE MADE AT THE TIME THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR KHANMIGO, FOR EXAMPLE, GOOGLE
CLASSROOM WAS NOWHERE WHERE IT IS NOW, AND NOW GOOGLE CLASSROOM HAS ECLIPSED SO MANY OF THE TOOLS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND WE EXPECT THAT ALONG THE LINE OF THE BROWSER RACE, SO OUR BIGGEST GOAL AS A DISTRICT, AND I THINK THEY TALKED
ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT BUT OUR BIGGEST GOAL AS A DISTRICT IS TO LET THEM ADAPT TO IT A LITTLE BIT, AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR OUR TEACHERS. WE CAN'T PROVIDE EVERY SINGLE TOOL OUT THERE AND BY THE
TIME WE DO, THE TOOL IS ALREADY OBSOLETE. THESE ARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS IN THAT AREA. >> YEAH, AND WE DO CONNECT A LOT WITH A
VARIETY OF FOLKS IN OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE STATE AND STUFF, ATTENDING CONFERENCES, PRESENTING AT THOSE CONVERSATIONS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS. ALSO WITH THEIR BUILDING LEADERS AS THEY GO OUT TO EDUCATION CONFERENCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE BRINGING BACK INFORMATION LIKE THAT SO WE CAN PROBE DEEPER INTO THAT.
I'M ALSO ATTENDING A GOOGLE AD LEADER EVENT OVER FALL BREAK AT OUR OFFICES IN CHICAGO WHICH IS WHERE OUR GOOGLE REPS ARE. THEIR REPS ARE AMAZING, WORKING AT
CONNECTING US WITH OTHER SCHOOLS. CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA IS DEFINITELY LARGER THAN US BUT THEY'RE GIVING US IDEAS SO IT'S GREAT HAVING PARTNERS AS WE WORK
THROUGH SO WE GET THAT FULL 360 VIEW. >> THE OTHER THING I'M LOOKING FOR IS UPDATES FROM MR. REYNOLDS AND MISS HIATT ON HOW A.I. IS HELPING US WITH OUR
I.E.P. STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS. I THINK THAT'S A FASCINATING PROGRESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
ADD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. >> IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE THING TO THE LANDSCAPE, THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE RELATIVELY SHORT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER EDUCATION CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE'RE FIGURING IT OUT. THERE ISN'T ANYTHING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, A KILLER APP THAT
STUDENTS ARE HOOKING INTO WHERE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CAN INTERACT IN A REALLY PRODUCTIVE WAY IN A HOLISTIC WAY AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. IF YOU COMPARE IT TO SMART PHONES, IT WASN'T UNTIL SOCIAL MEDIA APPS EXISTED
THAT SMART PHONES, LIKE, TOOK OFF AT THAT POINT. UP UNTIL THAT POINT, THEY WERE DOING OKAY BUT SMART PHONE MEDIA APPS JUST CAUSED THEM TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF. WE ANTICIPATE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHETHER IT'S
SOMETHING FOR SCHOOL OR OTHER, ADOPTION WILL GO SWOOSH. >> DROOR MEEK? >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING TOPIC AND SO IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT.
DIRECTOR GEIGER, I KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENT, LIKE, WHERE IS THE BOARD'S ROLE, RIGHT, IN THINKING THROUGH THIS. FOR ME, THE END STATEMENT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP
STUDENTS ETHICALLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND APPROPRIATELY USE A.I. SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF REPORT WITHIN THAT END STATEMENT, AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE LIMITATIONS REALLY ARE AROUND THE EFFICIENCIES AND THE OPERATIONS SIDE AND EVERYTHING, SO I GUESS WHAT I WAS SITTING HERE JUST
WONDERING, THE PILOT THAT JUST ENDED, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PURPOSE? DID IT MEET THE OBJECTIVE, AND THEN, ARE THERE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US FOR
POLICY UPDATES AND CHANGES BASED ON WHAT WAS LEARN DURING THAT PILOT? >> THE GOAL OF THE PILOT WAS TO ALLOW OUR STAFF AND OUR KIDS TO DIP THEIR TOE IN. KHANMIGO WASN'T PERFECT, STILL ISN'T PERFECT, BUT IT WAS THE BEST SANDBOX
THAT WE HAD, AND BY SANDBOX, I MEAN LITERALLY, LIKE, SELF-CONTAINED, IT USED ChatGPT BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH A TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIVE AND NO ONE ELSE COULD REALLY LOOK AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS REALLY THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN AT THAT POINT, SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD IDEA AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW OUR STAFF AND KIDS TO DIP IN, TRULY JUST TO DIP IN BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT WAS OUT THERE, FULLY KNOWING THAT THIS IS A MULTIYEAR
CONVERSATION. BETTER PLATFORMS ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND IN OUR OPINION, THAT BALANCE IS GOOGLE CLASSROOM EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT PERFECT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO PILOT AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF
AND OUR KIDS CAN CONTINUE TO DIP THEIR TOE IN UNTIL THAT BETTER OR BEST PLATFORM COMES, COMES ALONG. THE DATA REFLECTS A LOT OF KIDS WERE USING IT, AND THE DATA REFLECTS THAT OUR STAFF WAS USING IT, AND WE WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT WITH BRISK AND WITH GOOGLE CLASSROOM WE'RE GOING TO GET PROBABLY JUST AS MUCH ADOPTION AND THAT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR USING GEMINI ON THE SIDE OR ChatGPT ON THE SIDE, AND SO
ANOTHER PART OF THIS REALLY COMING FROM YOU AND PARTICULARLY THE SUPERINTENDENT IS THE TONE AND TEN OTEN -- TENOR OF USE THIS.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO USE THIS. IT IS A PHENOMENAL TOOL AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, AGAIN, PRESENT THE BEST POSSIBLE PLATFORM THAT'S OUT THERE ALONG WITH SAYING YEAH, GO USE ChatGPT, GO USE GEMINI RESPONSIBLY AND HERE'S SOME
RULES OF THE ROAD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SERVED ITS PURPOSE AND WE THINK THIS YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD ANYTHING WE DO RESPONSIBLY WITH YOU IT WILL BE WILL SERVE A GREAT PURPOSE. >> SO NO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
UPDATES TO EXISTING POLICIES BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED SO FAR IS WHAT I'M HEARING, AND I GUESS I HAVE A BIT OF A SENSE OF URGENCY AROUND THIS WHOLE AREA OF SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE IT IS EMERGING SO QUICKLY.
IS THERE A STRATEGY FOR HOW TO GET TEACHERS AND STAFF UP TO SPEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE MAYBE P.D. TRAINING ON A.I. YOU GO THROUGH ALL OF THE
P.D. TRAININGS THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFICER AND LOOK AT THAT TRAINING TO SEE MAYBE A.I. CAN BE EMBEDDED IN EVERY ETHICAL TRAINING THAT WE OFFER. ARE THERE STRATEGIES
THAT CAN REALLY MOVE THE SYSTEM ALONG FASTER? WE'VE TALKED TONIGHT ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES WITH SO MANY EMPLOYEES AND SO MANY SCHOOLS. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S A STRATEGY TO EXPEDITE. >> YEAH, SO MR. REYNOLDS' TEAM IS
GOING THROUGH THE P.D. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TRYING NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT AT ONE -- AS ONE OTHER THING. WE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT AS ONE OTHER THING WE'RE LAYERING IT ONTO TEACHERS. MR. REYNOLDS' TEAM IS GOING THROUGH AND
LOOKING AT THE P.D. AND WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT P.D. AND THEY'RE DELIVERING P.D. AND THINKING ABOUT SRSD THEY'RE LOOKING AT TIPS AND TRICKS ON THINKING HERE'S HOW TO USE THE TOOLS.
WE RECENTLY HAD THE CREATE AND BUILD GEMS. MR. REYNOLDS IS EXPLORING HOW CAN THEY USE THOSE, AS WELL, AND SHARE THOSE WITH TEACHERS. MAYBE YOU HAVE A GROUP OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS THAT NEED A GEM FOR
X ON HOW TO WRITE BETTER LESSON PLANS OR WHATEVER. WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE DISTRICT FOLKS. THEY CAN USE THAT, GO CHAT WITH IT AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION. >> THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M CURIOUS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. AND ACTUALLY, AT THE VERY BEGINNING WITH THE STATEMENT, LIKE, DCSD STAFF APPROVED THIS A.I. GENERATED -- I MEAN,
HONESTLY, IS THERE A STATEMENT THAT SHOULD BE PLACED IN PRESENTATIONS TO IDENTIFY THAT A.I. USE WAS INVOLVED? THAT'S WHAT GOES TO THE ETHICAL USE OF A.I. THAT I WOULD
LIKE TO HAVE SOME GUIDELINES AS A BOARD MEMBER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON THAT? >> SO I'LL JUST SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND GIVE MY OWN THOUGHTS GIVEN THE WORLD THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, AND THE
REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT SLIDE IN THERE IS BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING AN A.I. PRESENTATION AND JUST PRESENTING AN OPTION FOR FOLKS OR JUST A CONCEPT FOR FOLKS WHEN IT IS PERTINENT FOR THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW
WHEN A.I. IS BEING USED, THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE. THAT'S A SIMPLE ONE THAT ANYBODY CAN USE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STORIES OF LAWYERS WHO HAVE USED A.I. TO GENERATE CASE
LAW, SOMETIMES MADE UP CASE LAW, BUT THE LAW IS A REALLY NICE AND, YOU KNOW, LITERATURE IS ALSO KIND OF A NICE EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU USE A SOURCE TO SITE IT IN THE CONTEXT WHERE IT'S
APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE USING A.I. THERE MAY BE INSTANCES, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY THINK ABOUT 1,000 OF THEM WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY NEEDED. THE AUDIENCE DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO
KNOW THAT IT'S A.I. GENERATED BUT THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW IT'S A.I. GENERATED BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT. IF YOU'RE WRITING AP PAPER AND YOU'RE
USING A.I. TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT OR AN ARGUMENT, IT'S USUALLY VERY APPROPRIATE TO LET YOUR PROFESSOR KNOW, HEY, I'VE USED A.I. OR WHAT HAVE YOU. >> IT'S WHY WE'VE EMPHASIZED FOLKS TO USE THIS AS A
PARTNER, AS AN ASSISTANT IN DRAFTING PROCESS BUT NOT REALLY IN THE FINAL PRODUCT. THAT'S GOT TO BE HUMAN GENERATED. WHEN WE PUT THIS THING TOGETHER, STEVE AND I BRAINSTORMED, AND THEN WHEN I WENT OFF, I USED A.I. AS
A PARTNER TO DEVELOP. STEVE AND I COULDN'T SIT IN HIS OFFICE FOR FOUR HOURS TO WORK ON THAT TOGETHER SO I HAD MY OWN VIRTUAL PARTNER TO SUPPLEMENT THAT FOR ME BUT THEN I DRAFTED MY OWN WORDS TO SUPPLEMENT. >> YEAH, I USE A.I. CONSTANTLY FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET IT A LITTLE BIT IS WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE GUIDANCE TO EDUCATORS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY USE A.I. TO CREATE A VIDEO FOR THEIR CLASS SHOULD THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS AN A.I.-GENERATED
VIDEO? WHERE ARE THE LINES? WHEN SHOULD A TEACHER UTILIZE THAT, AND I THINK MAYBE A LACK OF CLARITY ON SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE A BARRIER FOR ADOPTION, AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT, YOU
KNOW, JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS, AND THAT AGAIN IS WHAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT, THE PILOT, MAYBE IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS. >> YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, DIRECTOR MEEK, THAT YOUR POINT IS VERY
WELL TAKEN. THE TECHNICAL RULES AROUND A.I. ARE EMBEDDED IN SO MANY OF THE POLICIES WE HAVE SUCH AS STUDENT DATA PRIVACY, WE HAVE A POLICY ON STUDENT DATA POLICY AND WE HAVE A POLICY ON COMPUTER USE AND SOFTWARE USE BECAUSE
A.I. IS FUNDAMENTALLY JUST SOFTWARE, BUT THAT BEING SAID, TO HAVE A SET OF GUIDELINES PULLED FROM ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS POLICIES, NOT A POLICY PER SE BUT SOMETHING FOR STAFF IS SOMETHING THAT MARK PRESENTS QUITE
FREQUENT FREQUENTLY BUT TO FORMALIZE IT IS EXCELLENT FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK. I'M JUD I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH BARRIERS THAT MAY BE OUT THERE. IT IS A QUICKLY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND I DO THINK IT
CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE IF WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT WELL AND DO IT ETHICALLY AT THE SAME TIME. >> APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. >> IN ORDER TO KEEP US A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TIME HERE, I'LL LET ANYBODY ELSE WHO HAS SOMETHING TO QUICKLY SAY.
DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE WILD WEST OF A.I. USE AND OF COURSE WITH THAT COMES CONCERNS ABOUT SAFEGUARDS.
I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED MULTIPLE CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT PRIVACY AND I WONDER WHAT HELPS ALLEVIATE THAT, MAYBE A ROAD MAP ABOUT WHAT A.I.s GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 1.5 YEARS IN OUR DISTRICT, HOW WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. MAYBE THAT'LL BE HELPFUL.
DIRECTOR GEIGER MENTIONED THAT MAYBE A.I. COULD HELP WITH ACCESSIBILITY FOR STUDENTS BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THINGS IT COULD WIDEN GAPS, SO WHAT ARE OUR PLANS FOR MONITORING THINGS LIKE THAT? WHAT I'M THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD RULE, WHICH I
THOUGHT WAS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND POINT THAT WAS MADE TONIGHT, I'M REALLY THINKING MORE AROUND SAFEGUARDS FOR STUDENT PRIVACY AND I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT PARENTS' CONSENTS. WHAT LEVEL OF PARENT CONSENT SHOULD BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HOW
STUDENT DATA IS USED, HOW THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT INFORMATION MIGHT BE USED OR UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM TO HELP THE TEACHER DO WHAT ARE THEY MIGHT WANT TO BE DOING TO SERVE THE STUDENTS. STUDENTS' ACCESS TO
DIFFERENT A.I. TOOLS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT LIBRARY RESOURCES, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM. WELL, AT HOME, FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE A
PRETTY STRICT DEVICE POLICY AT HOME. JUST THINKING THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING OF. SO I KNOW THAT'S IN POLICY. I KNOW WE JUST LOOKED AT ADDING A.I. IN POLICY
RECENTLY AND I KNOW THAT LOTS OF CHANGING. EVEN THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING, AND SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO AS A BOARD EITHER LOOK AT EITHER ONE, WE HAVE A TECH KNOWLPOLICY THAT'S A SUBJECT FILE AS A
REGULATION AND THEN WE HAVE STUDENT TECH POLICY, ONE'S A BOARD FILE AND THE REGULATION IS A SUPERINTENDENT FILE. DO WE NEED TO BE REVISITING THOSE POLICIES? DO WE NEED TO BE REVISITING OUR POLICY JRCB WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY AND PRODUCTION OF
STUDENTS' PERSONAL INFORMATION? THE REASON I BRING THESE UP, I'M JUST THINKING FORWARD. IT'S A LOT AT ONCE. IF WE'RE NOT LIMITING THE TOOLS THAT STAFF CAN USE, HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT STUDENT PRIVACY ISN'T INADVERTENTLY
BEING COMPROMISED? HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT IF MULTIPLE TOOLS ARE IN USE? SO FOR EXAMPLE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF GEMINI
ARE IN A.I. SOME OF THE THINGS -- LIKE, WELL, POLICY COULD COVER THINGS LIKE DISCLOSING A.I.-GENERATED MATERIAL WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP MULTIPLE
TIMES, AND I THINK STAFF SHOULD. THEY SHOULD MODEL TO STUDENTS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM STUDENTS IN THE ETHICAL USE OF A.I. I'M THINKING ABOUT PARENT NOTIFICATION. DO WE OPT IN OR OPT OUT? THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE
STANDARDS FOR MAKING SURE THAT STAFF ARE ACCURATELY IDENTIFYING THE ACCURACY OF A.I.? WHAT ABOUT REVIEWING STUDENTS' WORK, RIGHT? SO IF YOU'RE USING A.I. TO GRADE A PAPER OR GRADE WORK,
LIKE, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE ABOUT A HUMAN REVIEW OF THOSE PROCESSES? ALSO, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL USE, I MEAN, I'M SURE STUDENTS COULD HELP DEVELOP A REALLY GREAT CODE OF
ETHICS. OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TECH POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO ENTER THEIR OWN PERSONAL INFORMATION. I THINK WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT INFORMATION. WHAT ABOUT GENERATIVE THAT. WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT DEEP FAKES AND
IMPER IMPERSONATION AND ALL OF THAT BEING AN ISSUE. AGAIN, WITH DATA BREACHES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN WE TRACK THAT IF EVERYBODY IS USING DIFFERENT PLATFORMS FOR A.I. AND TOOLS?
ADDITIONALLY, IN OUR STUDENT TECH POLICY THERE'S A CHANCE IF A STUDENT MISUSES TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY WILL BE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO IT, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IF WE'RE HAVING A.I. EMBEDDED IN OUR CLASSROOM SETTING AND THEN A STUDENT ISN'T ALLOWED TO USE
CERTAIN TECHNOLOGIES ANYMORE, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT GOING TO LOOK FOR THEM SO JUST LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AS WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY. ADDITIONALLY THINKING THROUGH WHAT A.I. TOOLS STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO AT
LEAST THROUGH, LIKE, DISTRICT DEVICES. SO AGAIN, THAT IS A LOAD OF THOUGHTS. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T COVER ALL OF THEM. I'M GOING TO BE COGNIZANT OF OUR TIME, BUT I'M WONDERING AS A BOARD SHOULD WE LOOK AT
JRCB AND ADD A SECTION ON THE A.I., CAN WE INFLUENCE A TIMELINE TO [indiscernible] TO START TAKING SOME OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED MOST OF THEM TONIGHT IN BEST PRACTICES AND HOW YOU'RE COMMUNICATING TO STAFF BUT I DO
THINK WE SHOULD PROTECT IT IN POLICY. >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT. >> SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO PUT TOGETHER ANSWERS FOR THAT LIST OF QUESTIONS. PLEASE KNOW THAT C.T.O. BLAIR AND CHIEF OF STAFF ARE WORKING THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT YOU
RAISED AND HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT AS PART OF OUR OPERATIONS. AS FAR AS POLICY GOES IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE SPECIFICS IN POLICY WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT
A.I. IS A TOOL AND IT IS SOFTWARE JUST LIKE IREADY AND THE MILLION OTHER THINGS THAT OUR STAFF USE AND THAT STUDENT DATA PRIVACY WHICH IS PART OF OUR MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF EVERY SINGLE YEAR APPLIES
TO ANY KIND OF SOFTWARE BASED TOOLS, SO THE STUDENT DATA PRIVACY PEACE IS NO DIFFERENT FOR GEMINI THAN IT IS FOR IREADY OR IEXCEL OR THE MILLIONS OF OTHER TOOLS THAT
TEACHERS USE. I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT AS A.I. BECOMES MORE INTEGRATED IN A LOT OF THE SOFTWARE THAT WE ALREADY USE LIKE GOOGLE THE DATA PRIVACY IS ALL PART OF OUR CONTRACTS WITH THOSE VENDORS
BECAUSE IT ALL COMES FROM OUR STUDENT DATA PRIVACY POLICY SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A LENS WHY IT HASN'T BEEN GIVEN MORE, STUDENT DATA PRIVACY, IT'S BEING COVERED FROM OUR
END, THAT LENS, BUT IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE US TO COME BACK AND MAKE SPECIFIC ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO POLICY, POLICY CURRENTLY IS SERVING THE PURPOSE THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BUILD A FRAMEWORK, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO WHATEVER THE BOARD NEEDS. >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT
EVEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS, RIGHT? WE HAVE POLICY ABOUT DID I SEE CLOSING TO AN ORGANIZATION OUTSIDE OF THE DISTRICT, RIGHT, AND WE DO -- IF STAFF IS ALLOWED TO USE
WHATEVER A.I. TOOLS THAT THEY WANT TO USE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS GOING TO
GO OUT INTENTIONALLY AND TRY TO VIOLATE STUDENT PRIVACY, RIGHT? IT'S JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING AND HOW THE TOOL USES THE DATA THAT YOU'RE ENTERING. IF THEY'RE ALL USING GEMINI THAT HAS THAT PROTECTION IN PLACE, THAT WOULD BE A LOT
BETTER, SO JUST MY THOUGHTS ON THAT. >> MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN A MEMO OR HOWEVER YOU WANT
TO DO THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT AND CONTINUE TO PUT IT IN A TON OF DIFFERENT POLICIES IF WE HAVE IT COVERED IN ONE. THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION.
>> AND I LIKE THAT IDEA JUST HAVING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONED WHERE WE CAN SEE WHERE EVERYTHING IS COVERED. >> YEAH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE
EASIEST IF INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS SENT YOU A LIST OF QUESTIONS IF THAT'S EASIEST FOR YOU ON YOU IF YOU WANT TO GO -- FOR YOU OR IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE BOARD MEMBER. >> WE CAN DO EITHER. >> AND JUST THE LAST POINT UNRELATED TO STUDENT PRIVACY IS A
LOT OF COLLEGES DON'T ALLOW THE USE OF A.I. AND SO ARE WE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING A.I. IN THEIR
ENVIRONMENT THAT IT CORRELATES TO THOSE WANTING TO GO TO HIGHER EDUCATION OR COLLEGE? >> WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COLLEGE AND TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, IT'S A MIXED BAG.
SOME DO, SOME DON'T, BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THE STUDENT IS DOING THE WORK EVEN IF A.I. WAS A THOUGHT PARTNER. WE HAVEN'T FORM ALLOW REACHED OUT TO UNIVERSITIES TO ASSESS OKAY, WHAT'S THE NEXT FEW YEARS LOOK LIKE BUT
ASSISTANT WINDSOR AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT THIS HAS TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ULTIMATELY. >> YEAH, AND SOME STUDENTS ARE USING CHECKERS. THAT'S NOT VERY RELIABLE BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USING. >> AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH OF MY KIDS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE,
BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND ONE IS IN GRAD SCHOOL. I'VE OFFERED TO SPEAK TO MY KIDS' PROFESSORS WHICH THEY'VE GREATLY TURNED OUT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT A.I. THAT'S BEEN REJECTED 100% OF THE TIME BUT I'M STILL OFFERING.
>> THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO 10.1, MONITORING REPORT, EXECUTIVE
LIMITALIMITATION 3, TREATMENT OF STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. >> OKAY. THIS WAS ONE OF -- PART OF ONE OF YOUR AGENDA ITEMS IN SEPTEMBER MEETING BUT I THINK THAT THE TIME WAS RUNNING SHORT AND THERE WASN'T REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MONITORING REPORT, SO WE BROUGHT IT BACK SO THAT YOU
COULD HAVE THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND BRIAN AND I ARE HAPPY TO -- SORRY. CHRO CONDON AND I ARE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU MAY HAVE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK? >> THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. HONESTLY, I THINK THESE REPORTS HAVE COME SUCH A LONG WAY, WHICH THERE'S JUST A LEARNING CURVE, RIGHT, WITH
ANYTHING NEW? MY -- THE ONE THING THAT I JUST EMPHASIZE -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THE DATA IS REALLY HELPFUL. SO NOW WE HAVE THAT SURVEY DATA THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THE MONITORING REPORTS AND WE CAN TRACK STUFF, TRACK DATA,
AND I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL. MY -- MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S OTHER DATA BEYOND PERCEPTION DATA THAT CAN BE USED, AS WELL. LIKE, APPRECFOR EXAMPLE, IN THE FIRST ONE
WHERE IT IS TALKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE -- LET'S SEE...OPERATE WITHOUT WRITTEN POLICIES, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, YOU HAVE THE PERCEPTION DATA AROUND STAFF ARE SAFE IN THEIR PLACE OF WORK, WHICH IS PERCEPTION DATA. THERE COULD ALSO BE
DAYS LOST TO INJURY. I MEAN, THAT'S DATA THAT IS CRACKED THAT ISN'T PERCEPTION DATA, RIGHT? AVERAGE SICK LEAVE, AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW THAT COMPARES TO OTHERS, AS WELL. REPORTS SHOW THAT THERE'S A
CORRELATION TO STRESSFUL WORKING CONDITIONS AND ABSENCES, SO THERE'S, LIKE, CONCRETE DATA THAT CAN BE ADDED THAT I THINK WOULD REALLY ALSO HELP MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE STRONGER, EVEN ON THE HARASSMENT AREA,
LIKE, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS FILED COULD BE AN EXAMPLE, AND SO -- TRYING TO SEE IF I HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW IF I REALLY HAD MANY OTHER EXAMPLES, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE USING PERCEPTION DATA FOR EVERYTHING
WHICH I LIKE, AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER DATA THAT COULD MAKE IT EVEN STRONGER FOR US TO TRACK. YOU DID USE THE DCSD ANNUAL EVALUATION SURVEY. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, IS THAT DONE EVERY
YEAR AND THEN WHAT -- IT'S CALLED ANNUAL SO YES, I'M SURE IT'S DONE EVERY YEAR, THE EVALUATION SURVEY, BUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES FILL OUT THAT SURVEY BECAUSE YOU USE A LOT OF DATA RELATED TO THAT? >> NOT HAVING IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF
ME, I THINK WE AVERAGE AROUND 2700 STAFF MEMBERS RESPOND TO THAT PARTICULAR SURVEY, SO IT'S 2700 OUT OF 4200-ISH EVERY YEAR, AND YOU'RE CORRECT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ADMINISTERED
EVERY YEAR AND IT IS DONE SEAMLESSLY WITHIN THE EVALUATION SYSTEM WHERE WHEN THEY COMPLETE THE EVALUATION SYSTEM, IT'S A LINK WITHIN THERE AS THEY'RE DONE. >> THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE IF THERE WAS A REASON OR IF
THERE WAS A THOUGHT TO MAYBE COMBINE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS INTO THE NEW ANNUAL STAFF SURVEY BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S JUST PART OF THAT EVALUATION PROCESS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT FEEDBACK. I THINK THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY PERTAINING TO THE RISK MANAGEMENT
DATA, ETC., SO WE WILL BE SURE TO INCORPORATE THOSE -- THAT FEEDBACK FOR THE NEXT EL-3 REPORT BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, DIRECTOR MEEK, WE'RE ALL LEARNING AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER
EVERY SINGLE YEAR. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER? >> VERY BRIEFLY, I THINK THERE'S MORE IN THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT YOU COULD HAVE CITED, AND THE OTHER PIECE OF IMPACT THAT'S SECOND, I THINK IT'S KIND OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, BUT I
THINK THE TURNOVER DATA THAT WE HAVE IS INDICATIVE OF AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF SATISFACTION IF WE SEE A DECREASE IN TURNOVER OR WE SEE MORE LONGEVITY IN
OUR ENVIRONMENT. THAT'S PERCEPTION DATA BUT IT'S REALLY STRONG PERCEPTION DATA. IF YOU CONTINUE TO WORK HERE, CAN'T BE THAT BAD. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO HAVE THE LOWEST TURNOVER RATE IN THE DENVER METRO AREA.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING OUR PAY IS NOT THE HIGHEST, TO SAY THE LEAST. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> THANK YOU. KIND OF STOLE MY POINT, BRAD DID, SO
I'LL JUST MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE. FOR THE STAFF, DATA, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW WHICH STAFF ARE RESPONDING. IS THIS SPECIFICALLY TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, ARE WE
REACHING STAFF, OUR BUS DRIVERS, OUR MAINTENANCE WORKERS, ETC., AND WHAT DO YOU GUYS FEEL IS A GOOD NUMBER OF RESPONSES WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL STAFF IN THE DISTRICT? >> MR. REYNOLDS, DO
YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? >> YES, SO LET PLME SEE IF I CAN UNPACK THIS. SO THERE'S MULTIPLE SURVEYS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS PARTICULAR E.L. THERE'S THE EVALUATION SURVEY AND THAT'S REALLY FOR OUR LICENSED
EVALUATION STAFF IN RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE ON THE LICENSED EVALUATION SYSTEM. THAT DATA IS HELPFUL FOR US ON MULTIPLE FRONTS, INCLUDING WORKING WITH RDAC IN
ADVISING OUR RUBRICKS. THERE'S ALSO OUR GENERAL ENGAGEMENT SURVEY THAT'S OPEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR NOT JUST OPEN TO LICENSED STAFF BUT IT'S OPEN TO ALL OF THEM. THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US INFORMATION FOR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS TO
GET A WINDOW TO LOOK AT WHAT THINGS LOOK LIKE. >> YEAH, SO I WAS THINKING SOME OF THESE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT, LIKE, STAFF FEEL SAFE AT WORK WHICH IS IN HERE A FEW TIMES, WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE AND, LIKE, WHO'S RESPONDING TO THAT SURVEY. WHO ARE WE HEARING FROM, AND WHO'S RESPONDING. >> YEAH, AND THAT
ONE'S AVAILABLE TO ALL STAFF. >> YEAH, BUT ARE ALL STAFF RESPONDING? FOR EXAMPLE, IS THERE A COHORT OF STAFF THAT WE DON'T HEAR FROM? >> YEAH, THAT I CAN DIG INTO. >> ALL RIGHT. WHILE HE LOOKS UP RESPONSE RATE, JUST
LIKE OUR DATABASE ON ALL OF THESE SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, WEHWEH HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DIG DOWN INTO THAT DATA. THERE'S WAYS THAT WE INTERNALLY CAN BREAKDOWN THE DATA TO HELP OUR LEADERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR STAFF AND THEIR SCHOOLS OR THEIR DEPARTMENTS ARE THINKING AND FEELING. >> IT'S ROUGHLY 20%
AS I DO NAPKIN MATH. >> YEAH, OKAY, SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW IF WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR ELECTRICIANS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS SURVEY, ARE THEY REPRESENTED IN IT, OR ARE WE MOSTLY HEARING FROM, LIKE, OUR SCHOOL STAFF? ARE WE HEARING FROM
OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS? >> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HEAR FROM ALL STAFF AND WE THINK AS TIME GOES ON WE'LL BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIPATION. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL HAVE THIS ON THE -- ON YOUR NEXT CONSENT AGENDA AND ALL OF THE
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GAVE US TONIGHT WE WILL INCORPORATE INTO E.L.-3 MOVING FORWARD. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MOVING TO 10.2,
MOVING INTO JLF REPORTING CHILD ABUSE AND JLF-R.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THIS EVENING I AM HERE TO DO A FIRST READING REVIEW OF POLICIES JLF AND JLF-R. I HAVE BROUGHT TWO OTHERS -- ACTUALLY THREE OTHER PEOPLE
THAT WILL BE HELPING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE RELATIVE TO THIS POLICY IN JUST A MINUTE. I HAVE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND OUR DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS
COUNSEL. SO THIS BOARD POLICY, I ASKED FOR THE RED LINE TO BE UP, SO THANK YOU, MR. BLAIR, FOR BOARD FILE JLF. THIS IS THE FIRST READING, AS I SAID, AND THE REASON WE ARE REVIEWING THESE POLICIES IS BECAUSE THAT THERE HAS
RECENTLY BEEN AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF HOUSE BILL 25-188 WHICH IS CHANGES TO OUR -- 25-1188 WHICH IS CHANGES TO OUR REPORTING BILL IN COLORADO. THIS IS IN LINE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE
COLORADO CHILD PROTECTION ACT. THE LAST UPDATE TO THESE POLICIES WAS IN 2012 FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO IT HAS BEEN QUITE SOME TIME. THIS NEW LAW TOOK -- WAS IN EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1 OF 2025, AND IT MAKES CHANGES TO THE DUTIES OF
MANDATORY REPORTERS AND THE UPDATES ARE BASED ON A SPECIAL TASK FORCE FINDINGS, AND SO THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AS, AGAIN, I SAID HAS BECOME A LAW. THESE CHANGES WERE MADE TO CREATE A FAIRER AND MORE
EFFECTIVE SYSTEM, REDUCE UNNECESSARY CONTACT BETWEEN FAMILIES AND THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM, BUILD TRUST BETWEEN FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONALS, AND ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO FOCUS MORE EFFECTIVELY ON CASES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. SO IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU VERY WELL KNOW,
ALL STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE MANDATORY CHILD ABUSE TRAINING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THIS LAW WERE INCORPORATED IN OUR ANNUAL TRAINING FOR THIS YEAR BUT WE'RE IN A POSITION, OF
COURSE, TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES SO THAT WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT, AS WELL. WE WILL DO ANY FOLLOW UP TRAINING WITH OUR STAFF BASED ON POLICY APPROVAL
THAT THE BOARD TAKES MOVING FORWARD. I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A REALLY COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. WE MEET WITH THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. THEY HAVE BEEN
REALLY GREAT WITH US AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES IN THIS LAW AND THE IMPLEMENTATION IN TERMS OF TRAINING FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THEY WERE PART OF OUR REVISIONS TO MANDATORY TRAINING SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG
RELATIONSHIP AND WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN THAT REGARD. SO BOARD JLF, WHAT YOU SEE ARE THE RED LINE CHANGES IN THIS AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE UP HERE IS A CLEAR REPORTING TIMELINE. THAT IS A CHANGE IN THE LAW.
THE VAGUE IMMEDIATE STANDARD HAS BEEN REPLACED AND REPORTS MUST BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER RECEIVING THE INFORMATION, SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE RED LINE VERSION. ADDITIONALLY YOU WILL SEE REFERENCE
TO THE [indiscernible] CAPACITY ONLY. THE REQUIREMENT TO REPORT DOES NOT APPLY IF STAFF MEMBER LEARNS OF SUSPECTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT OUTSIDE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY SO THAT ADJUSTMENT IS NOW MADE WITHIN OUR POLICY.
ADDITIONALLY ANOTHER CHANGE YOU SEE IN JLF IS THERE IS TO BE NO REPORTING BASED ON POVERTY OR DEMOGRAPHICS SOLELY. STAFF ARE NOW LEGALLY PROHIBITED FROM MAKING ANY REPORT BASED SOLELY
ON A FAMILY'S RACE, ETHNICITY, COMMUNITY STATUS OR THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE HOUSING, CLOTHING,
OR INCOME WHEN NO OTHER ABUSE IS RELEVANT. I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. IN TERMS OF MANDATORY REPORTERS AND MANDATORY REPORTING IT IS THE OBLIGATION OF ANY STAFF MEMBER WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THEY
ARE, WE ALL ARE MANDATORY REPORTERS AND THAT APPLIES ALSO FOR ANY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MIGHT INVOLVE SUSPECTED ABUSE THAT OCCURS IN THE SCHOOL SETTING, SO I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT THIS POLICY APPLIES IN THAT
REGARD, AS WELL. >> THAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MY QUESTION, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AS WELL. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DIRECTOR GEIGER? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD THERE BE A HARM TO PUTTING THAT IN OUR POLICY? >> SO SINCE THIS IS FIRST READING, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE WHATEVER THEIR FEEDBACK SO WE'LL TAKE ANY FEEDBACK THERE AND BRING BACK THAT CONSIDERATION IN A
SECOND READING. >> I THINK, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT. I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A BAD THING TO PUT IN THE POLICY THAT THIS WOULD INCLUDE ANYTHING OBSERVED AT THE SCHOOL. DO YOU SEE A DOWNSIDE TO THAT, COUNCILOR?
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE ARE REFERENCES TO REPORTING FROM
SCHOOL PERSONNEL OR INVOLVEMENT. >> THIS IS BASICALLY TAKING THE LANGUAGE OF THE STATUTE AND INSERTING IT IN OUR POLICY ALMOST VERBATIM. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S A BIG CHANGE ON WHAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO --
THAT I THINK IS RELIEVING TO TEACHERS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPORT EVERYTHING THAT THEY SEE IN PUBLIC BECAUSE THAT CASE LAW WAS REALLY TERRIBLE. AS I RECALL, IT WAS SOMETHING RIDICULOUS ABOUT SEEING A KID OUT ON THE STREET AND THERE WAS A CLAIM OF FAILURE TO REPORT, SO I THINK
THAT CLARIFICATION I HOPE WILL HELP OUR TEACHERS A GREAT DEAL. >> YES, THE PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY ELEMENT IS A CHANGE, ABSOLUTELY. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY, I WONDER IF WE SHOULD
HEAD TO THE REFERENCES CS19-307 WHICH TALKS ABOUT MAN MANDATED CONFIDENTIALITY FOR REPORTERS? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE STAFF TRAINING. ARE WE USING THE STATE'S TRAINING OR
DO WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAINING THAT WE'VE NOW ADAPTED TO COMPLY? >> YEAH, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY WE HAVE OUR OWN TRAINING THAT IS BASED ON OUR WORK WITH STATE LAW AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SO WE
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND MAKE UPDATES AS NEEDED. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHANGES WITH THIS LAW IS THAT IT'S NOW THE MON DATED REPORTER'S DUTY TO REPORT AND THAT IT
CAN'T BE DELEGATED TO ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL LIKE A SUPERVISOR. >> SO WOULD YOU BE READY FOR ME TO DO, LIKE, A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT? >> YEAH. >> YEAH, THAT MIGHT BE EASIEST FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND THEN
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> SO IN JLFR, IF WE COULD PULL THAT UP, PLEASE, JLFR IS A BOARD FILE IN THIS
CASE, AND SO THIS PRIMARILY INVOLVES THE REPORTING PROCEDURES, SO IN JLF YOU WILL SEE THAT OBLIGATION TO REPORT BASED ON A PERSON'S PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY IS REFLECTED, AS WELL, IN JLFR AS WELL AS A
REITERATION OF NO REPORTING SOLELY BASED ON POVERTY OR DEMOGRAPHICS. YOU WILL ALSO SEE IN JLFR A REITERATION OF A TIME FRAME FOR REPORTING WITH THE INFORMATION ON WHERE TO MAKE THE REPORT, INCLUDING LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ISSUES OF IMMINENT
HARM OR SEXUALLY BASED OFFENSE, SO YOU SEE THAT REFLECTED THERE. ADDITIONALLY IN TERMS OF PROCEDURAL REVISIONS REFLECTED IN JLFR YOU'LL SEE THE OBLIGATION TO REPORT RESTS WITH THE PERSON THAT HAS FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE
OF THE SUSPECTED ABUSE. NOTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATION MAY OCCUR BUT IT SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH
THE REPORTING OF THE SUSPECTS ABUSE OR -- SUSPECTED ABUSE OR NEGLECT SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE RED LINE VERSION. D.H.S. MAY DECIDE NOT TO GENERATE A NEW REPORT AND WILL PROVIDE THE REPORTING PARTY WITH THE REPORT NUMBER AND THAT IS REALLY
TO PREVENT A REDUNDANCY IN A CERTAIN REPORT ONCE D.H.S. HAS ALREADY RECEIVED THAT REPORT AND SO D.H.S. WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE REPORTER, REPORTING PARTY, THE CASE NUMBER FOR THAT SO THERE CAN BE RECORD
THAT THERE'S BEEN A REPORT NUMBER ALREADY BEEN MADE IN THAT REGARD. ADDITIONALLY, A WRITTEN REPORT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO ACCOMPANY THE VERBAL REPORT TO D.H.S. OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOWEVER, DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROCEDURE
IS TO CONTINUE WITH SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REPORT AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT FOR THE TIME BEING. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT FOR THE TIME BEING AS NEEDED.
>> JUST LOOKING AT IT. DIRECTOR THOMPSON, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I DID REVIEW IT, I'M JUST NOT SURE HOW IT'S INCLUDED OR HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DELEGATED. ANYONE THAT HAS
FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE IS EXPECTED TO REPORT, BUT IT'S NOT DELEGATED -- I JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL AND MY OWN BIAS, IT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF THE LAW. I WOULD SAY I THINK IT'S A CLASS 2 MISDEMEANOR, SO THAT ONE NEEDS TO BE
UPDATED FROM CLASS 3. AND THEN I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY, ONE THING. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER?
>> THERE IS A -- AND THIS COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF STATUTE. AS I READ THIS [indiscernible] IT'S CONJUNCTIVE AND DISJUNCTIVE, IF IT'S SEXUALLY BASED AND
AN EMPLOYEE AND/OR -- THERE'S ONE OTHER. >> AND THE CHILD IS IMMINENT. >> AND THE CHILD IS IN IMMINENT DANGER [indiscernible]. >> IT'S IN HERE. >> YEAH, I KNOW IT'S IN HERE. JUST THAT -- >> YEAH, AND I THINK THAT THE LANGUAGE CAN BE REVISED TO REFLECT THE DIRECT LANGUAGE FROM THE STATUTE IF THAT'S
WHAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING TO INCLUDE IN THE POLICY. >> YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO BUT I THINK THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT THE. BUT THAT IN TERMS OF OUR CHAINING, THAT I BELIEVE HAS CHANGED, IS IT NOT, THAT WE HAVE TO REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IF
IT'S A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE OR AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, THAT IS OUR PROCESS. >> OKAY. >> AND WHEN WE RECEIVE REPORTS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING HUMAN RESOURCES IF NEG NECESSARY TO LOOK
INTO THIS AND BE A COLLABORATOR SO WE ARE TRAINING OUR STAFF AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE UPDATES IT'S CLEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE REPORTED TO D.H.S. AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR CONTINUE TO DO BOTH. >> OKAY. >> YEAH, SO JUST IN
TERMS OF NEXT STEPS WE'LL BRING BACK BASED ON YOUR DIALOGUE THIS EVENING A SECOND READING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN NOVEMBER AND WE WILL ALSO PUT FORTH THIS POLICY IN THE BOARD -- ACROSS THE
BOARD FOR COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK. I ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT RELATED TO PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING. IN TERMS OF ANY CONCERNS AROUND
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE INVOLVING A SCHOOL, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, WE DO HAVE POLICIES THAT COVER THE PROCEDURES AROUND THAT AND THOSE ARE POLICIES KA -- KE, EXCUSE ME, AND JKA, SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THOSE PROCEDURES IN TERMS OF WHAT'S ALREADY REFLECTED IN POLICY FOR HANDLING THOSE TYPES OF CONCERNS. >> OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> OH, DIRECTOR MEEK. >> I JUST WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATION ON THIS? >> YES, I BELIEVE
THE NEXT -- >> YES, ABSOLUTELY, AND I BELIEVE NEXT MONTH. >> SO BEFORE THE NEXT BOARD MEETING?
>> YES. >> BEIOKAY. GREAT. THANKS. >> WELL, THAT MOVES US INTO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. START WITH THE PRESIDENT REPORTS, NEXT MEETING WILL BE A STUDY SESSION ON OCTOBER 21. WE'RE TREATING THAT MORE LIKE A RETREAT SO WE'LL BE DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH
TABLES AND CHAIRS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE LAID BACK THAT WAY, AND WHILE IT WON'T BE BROADCAST IT WILL -- ANYBODY'S OBVIOUSLY WELCOME TO COME. AGENDA PLANNING FOR THAT WILL BE THIS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, AS 1030 TIME -- AT 10:30 IN INVERNESS. WE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AT OUR RETREAT FOR COMMITTEES, AND SO
WE WERE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THE GOVERNANCE PROCESS, SELF-EVALUATIONS, AND THEN THERE'S A STRATEGIC PLAN. WE COULD ALSO ADD IN, SINCE WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF OUR SENIOR CENTER, WE
MIGHT WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AROUND THE COMMUNITIEY ENGAGEMENT PLAN, SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE MEETING WILL LOOK LIKE ON OCTOBER 21. SORRY. GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE OCTOBER 21 WORK SESSION WILL ACTUALLY BE AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, NOT HERE. >> I'M SO SORRY. THAT WILL BE AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, NOT HERE. THANK YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE REMINDED SOMETIMES.
LEGACY CAMPUS. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE CASBE PRESENTATION. I KNOW THAT FOUR OF US WON'T BE HERE ANYMORE BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD AT
ALL BE HELPFUL IF ANYONE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THAT OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE GONE THAT WAY. >> SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I DID PUT OUT A POLL TO ASK KIND OF WHO ALL WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN THE PRESENTATION. DIRECTOR MEEK, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, DIRECTOR GEIGER, WERE ALL INTERESTED. I DID GET IN TOUCH WITH CASBE TO FIND OUT IF A FORMER DIRECTOR CAN BE PART OF A PRESENTATION AND THEY SAID
ABSOLUTELY, AND THAT THE DIRECTOR WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED FOR THE CONFERENCE BUT COULD REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE SO THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED FROM
CADSBE. AND THEN I WILL BE PL LAYING OUT THE PLAN FOR THE CASDBE PRESENTATION. THAT WILL BE YOUR VIEW BUT IN MY VIEW,
A PRESENTATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DID FOR THE LAST CADSBE PRESENTATION ON A TOPIC THAT IS ESCAPING ME FOR THE MOMENT ON PASSING THE BOND IS A GOOD FORMAT BUT I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO TAKE FEEDBACK WHENEVER YOU'RE PREPARED TO DO THAT. >> YEAH, WE CAN ADD
THAT AS A QUICK ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETREAT BUT THAT'S, LIKE, A TEN-MINUTE THINGY. AS THE SUPERINTENDENT TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD A SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING AFTER THE FORTUNATE EVENTS IN EVERGREEN.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS DISCUSSED THERE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE S.R.O.s, HEALTHY KIDS SURVEY, RECESS, LIGHTNING DISMISSAL WAS ANOTHER THING.
I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO OFFER US A LUNCH AND LEARN ON ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THAT AND OUR NEXT STEPS AFTER HEARING THAT. IN ADDITION, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSIONERS AROUND SAFETY AND SECURITY. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE HELP WITH S.R.O.s AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE A LOT
OF WAYS THAT THIS DISTRICT WORKS VERY HARD FOR OUR KIDS TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY, AND THAT'S MORE THAN JUST OUR S.R.O.s AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE DOORS. IT'S OUR MENTAL HEALTH, IT IS OUR VAPE DETECTION SYSTEMS, AND THOSE
ARE ALL VERY IMPORTANT, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN TO ENSURING OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE. I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WILL JOIN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETINGS THAT WE WORK HARD TO
PUT TOGETHER AND I KNOW THAT WE LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND I THINK THAT WOULD GIVE THEM SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT -- ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO HERE. AND THEN ONTO THE DAC, I WAS NOT ABLE
TO ATTEND, SO I'LL LET DIRECTOR GEIGER TALK ABOUT THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO OUR S.A.G. KIDS. I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK AND WATCH THE FORUM THAT THEY PUT ON AND THE WORK THAT THEY DID TO DO THAT,
IT WAS SO WELL DONE AND VERY PROFESSIONAL AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THAT HELPED WITH THAT. DIRECTOR MEEK, DIRECTOR MYERS, AND C.T.O. BLAIR AND -- AND EVERYONE'S WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.
SO THANK YOU, I HOPE THAT EVERYONE ENJOYS FALL BREAK NEXT WEEK, AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER. >> ALL RIGHT. SO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, I ATTENDED F.O.C. AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON DID A GREAT WRITE UP ON A SUMMARY OF THAT, AND
IT WAS MOSTLY WHAT WE MOSTLY WENT OVER WAS ABOUT SCHOOL CARRYOVER BALANCES, SO EACH SCHOOL HAS THEIR OWN SITE BASE BUDGET AND THEN THEY HAVE -- SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A LEFTOVER BUDGET AT THE END AND THAT CARRIES
OVER INTO NEXT YEAR, AND JUST HOW IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A GOOD BALANCE AND WHAT OUR CURRENT STAFF PRACTICE IS AROUND THAT AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION AROUND COLLABORATING WITH STAFF AND GIVING
THEM HELP AND GETTING THAT MORE DEFINED AND NOT HAVING JUST A LARGE CARRYOVER FOR SOME SCHOOLS. NEXT F.O.C. MEETING IS [indiscernible]
AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT SO IF ANY OTHER DIRECTOR WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER SCHOOL FINANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE NEW MEMBER WHICH EVERYBODY VOTED YES ON TODAY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A REFRESHER IN
THOSE COMMITTEES. AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO A COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS MEETING WITH THE PARKER SENIOR CENTER, AND IT WAS -- WE DID A FREE LUNCH SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT FOR OUR SENIOR
CITIZENS THERE, AND THEY WERE A GREAT GROUP, VERY KIND. THEY -- A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT SIGNED UP FOR THE SENIOR GOLD CARDS, SO THAT WAS EXCITING. SINCE IT WAS JUST, LIKE, A LUNCH SETTING AND I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE, I DID A QUICK, LIKE,
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION AND YOU GUYS TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. I FOUND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THAT CENTER, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WHERE IT'S NOT PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. A LOT OF THEM HAD QUESTIONS FOR ME, SO I THINK THAT IF WE GO TO THE ONE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH IT
WOULD BE GOOD TO BE -- TO BRING JUST A BUNCH OF OUR SCHOOL FACTS WITH US BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE DOING AND HOW DO WE FEEL THAT WE'RE MEETING THE END GOALS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, AND YEAH,
THEY WERE ALL VERY POSITIVE AND VERY SWEET AND THEY SHARED SOME NOTES THAT SHAWNNA WAS NICE TO TAKE FOR ME WHILE I WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS, AND YEAH, IT WAS GOOD. AND I THINK THAT
COVERS IT. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR? >> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR WILLIAMS HIT ON IT A LITTLE BIT, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE WERE INVITED TO WITH THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ON SCHOOL SECURITY. BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION YOU CAN'T GO INTO A TON OF DETAIL TONIGHT BUT IT WAS A -- IT WAS AN IMPORTANT MEETING, I THINK, FOR US TO GAIN SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONER'S THOUGHT PROCESSES
AND PRIORITIES AND SOME OF THEIR IDEAS MAY BE WHICH WERE HELPFUL. DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, YOU MENTIONED THE VALUABLE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON THE S.R.O. PROGRAM,
AND WE HAVE -- IT'S BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES WE HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST MOST ROBUST GROUP OF SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND THE WORK THAT THEY DO, HAVING WORKED WITH THEM IN MY CAREER AND THEN REALIZE WHAT THEY DO
DAY IN AND DAY OUT, THEY ARE AMAZING. THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE TO EACH SCHOOL, TO THE FAMILIES, TO THE STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY AROUND AND -- ANY WAY, I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT
THAT PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT'S ACCOMPLISHED. IT LOOKS GREAT AND IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN AND I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO EVER CHANGE. IN THAT WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY CONSIDER AS A BOARD AND NOT
EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SO I'M JUST GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE CONSIDER EITHER BEFORE THE OCTOBER
21 MEETING OR DURING WE CONSIDER OUR OWN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO WE CAN GET SOME GUIDELINES ON WHAT SOME OF THOSE IDEAS MIGHT LOOK FOR US AND WHAT STRATEGIES WE MIGHT WANT TO INCORPORATE AND WHAT OUR OPTIONS MAY BE SO AS A BOARD I
WON'T BE ON THIS WHEN SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS END UP GETTING MADE BY I CERTA CERTAINLY -- BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PREPARED TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE CORRECTLY
WITH THE RIGHT PRIORITIES, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO DIRECTOR WILLIAMS FOR YOU TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT I HAVE THERE. THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEANING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOLDS -- MEETING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
HOLDS EVERY MONTH, FA FABULOUS. WHAT WAS FASCINATING FOR ME TO SEE WAS HOW SIMILAR WE ARE
DOING THINGS TOGETHER. THE AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION, THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED, THE NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WORK TOGETHER. IT'S NOT JUST US IN A VACUUM OR THEM IN A VACUUM. REALLY GOOD MEETINGS. THEY'RE ALWAYS
REALLY GOOD MEETINGS BUT I WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THAT ONE. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. THE TAKEAWAY FOR ME IS WE REALLY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND EVERYONE'S KIND OF LIKE MINDED ON THEIR ORDER OF PRIORITY AND HOW THEY FUND THESE THINGS AND HOW
THEY IMPLEMENT THEM. LRPC, DIRECTOR GEIGER SENT OUT AN UPDATE, BUT THAT WAS A FASCINATING MEETING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
DIST DISTRICT'S FUTURE AND CURRENT NEEDS ARE. THEY'RE VERY OLD, THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION OVER THE YEARS FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS SO IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO BE MADE ON HOW WE DEAL WITH THOSE. THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD TAKEAWAY FOR ME, AND THEN, THE
LAST THING WAS ATTENDED SENIOR FAIR IN PARKER AT THE FIELDHOUSE WITH DIRECTOR MEEK AND SUSAN, YOU ARE A SENIOR SALESPERSON. YOU CAN -- YOU'RE GOOD WITH THEM. YEAH, THEY LOVE THE
GOLD CARD, AND SUSAN, SUSAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE GOLD CARD AND GIVING THEM ALL THE PROS AND CONS, AND I WAS NOT GOOD AT IT BUT YOU WERE GREAT AT IT. BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE WELL ATTENDED
EVENT. A LOT OF SENIORS CAME THROUGH THERE. A LOT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TABLE WHICH, YOU KNOW, ONE COULD EASILY SAY WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO COME TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TABLE AT THE PARKER SENIOR FAIR, BUT A LOT DID, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY LIKED THE GOLD CARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY HAD IT. WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING IT AND BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE ATHLETIC EVENTS AND GETTING DISCOUNTS ON THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY LOVED THE IDEA. HONESTLY, IT'S A GREAT WAY TO STAY
ENGAGED WITH THE SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT THEIR KIDS OR GRAND KIDS AREN'T PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY ANYMORE SO THEY GET TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. YOUR STAFF, FABULOUS. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> AGAIN, I ATTENDED
LRPC THAT WE WERE AT THE TRANSPORTATION STESH. SEEING -- SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO SEE STUFF FACE-TO-FACE BEFORE YOU REALIZE THE DIFFICULTIES. MATRIX PRESENTS US WITH A REPORT THAT SAYS THERE ARE $30
MILLION IN UNFUNDED CAPITAL NEEDS IN OUR SUPPORT LOCATIONS, AND ALSO WE WERE WELL INFORMED BY OUR C.O.O. THAT THIS
BUILDING ISN'T KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, EITHER. THERE ARE TRASH CANS WE CAN'T MOVE IN WILCOX BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S CATCHING THE RAIN. SO WE ARE, AS A BOARD OR SOME BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO REALISTICALLY DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE FOCUSED --
WE'VE FOCUSED OUR MONEY SO FAR ON OUR EDUCATION BUILDINGS BUT OUR SUPPORT BUILDINGS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT. THEY'RE WHAT KEEP EVERYTHING RUN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AT SOME POINT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COMES FROM ANYWHERE EXCEPT A CONCENTRATED INTELLIGENT EFFORT
TO TALK TO THE VOTERS. AND LRPC, YES, ASKED A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS. THAT WAS EXCELLENT REPORT. WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THE SLIP PROCESS. I'VE LITERALLY NEVER
BEEN TO A D.A.C. MEETING AND I WAS GRATEFUL THAT I WAS AVAILABLE THAT DAY TO BE ABLE TO STEP UP FOR THAT. THAT WAS AN INTERESTING GROUP. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW THEY THOUGHT AND TALKED ABOUT ISSUES. THE F.O.C. REPORT ABOUT THE RETAINED
FUNDS CAUSED QUITE A STIR WITH THE D.A.C., AS WELL, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL AS THE D.A.C. WE GOT AN UP DATE ON EFFECTIVENESS FROM
DR. KIRBY. I THINK WHAT WE GOT HERE TONIGHT WAS A RESULT OF A LOT OF THIS. I WILL SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MR. REYNOLDS AND THE D.A.C. THAT SEEMS TO BE A VERY OPEN COMMUNICATION, SO I WAS VERY GLAD TO ATTEND THAT.
IT WAS A STRONG MEETING, AND IF WE HADN'T JUST READ THE U.I.P., I'D HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT. I WAS ALSO AT THE STUDENT FORUM. FIRST OF ALL, STUDENTS DID A GREAT JOB. THEY ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS.
THEY HAD GIVEN THE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE SO THEY GOT GOOD ANSWERS. I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE TURNOUT. WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN MORE KIDS, AND I THINK AS WE APPROACH THAT, WHATEVER THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE IT, TRYING TO GET MORE OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES
THERE, AND I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA ON HOW TO DO THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD EVALUATE THAT BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH, IT WAS -- YOU
KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST FOR A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP LEADERS BUT I THINK IT WAS THAT FOR THEM, AS WELL. TRYING TO THINK, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE HANDLED SINCE THE LAST MEETING. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. DIRECTOR MYERS. >> SINCE THE LAST
MEETING I WAS AT THE SEPTEMBER S.A.G. MEETING AND THAT WAS OUR FIRST MEETING AT THE LEGACY SO THEY USED TO MEET AT INVERNESS AND NOW THEY'RE MEETING AT LEGACY WHICH FOR THE STUDENTS IT'S A LITTLE MORE CENTRAL.
I THINK WE HAD AROUND 35 KIDS MAYBE, 30 OR 40 KIDS, AND DIRECTOR THOMPSON GAVE THE S.A.G. LEADERS SOME EXCELLENT INFORMATION TO CONDUCT THE FORUM SO THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THERE THAT WAS GOING TO HELP THEM OUT.
I ALSO WENT TO YOUTH CONGRESS WHICH IS PART OF MY LIAISON TO DCYI. MY PARTNER AND I WERE IN THE PARTICIPATED MONITOR THE GROUP CELL PHONE POLICY SO WE HAD
SOME VERY ROBUST AND PASSIONATE CONVERS CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THE FIRST THING OFF THE BAT THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CELL PHONE BAN POLICY PERIOD. SO THAT GOT A LITTLE HEATED, AND I TOLD THEM, JUST WATCH AS
THE DAY GOES ALONG, THEY START YOWAKING UP, AND THEY DO, SO THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY, AND WE TOOK THAT, AND IN WORKING WITH ALLISON, AND MARSHA WITH DCYI, WE DECIDED THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT AND DO THE ROUND ROBINS BECAUSE IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL WITH [indiscernible] AND WITH OUR S.A.G. LAST YEAR BUT I THINK THAT S.A.G. IS GOING TO DO TWO OR THREE ROUND ROBINS
THIS YEAR SO I THINK THE KIDS FELT -- I THINK THEY WERE PRETTY POSITIVE AS THE DAY WENT ON. I KNOW A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS I HEARD KIDS SAID WOW, I THINK WE'RE REALLY GETTING TO SAY SOME THINGS TODAY. SO THAT WAS A GREAT
DAY. THE SUPERINTENDENT BROUGHT UP ALL THE GREAT GROUPS, ALL THE TOPICS THAT WERE PART OF THAT DAY. THEN, OF COURSE WAS THE FORUM THAT NIGHT
AND THE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB. WE HAD A QUESTION ANSWERING PERIOD BY SAM AND HE WAS QUITE GOOD THAT NIGHT. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO THE S.A.G. DIRECTOR
E-MAIL AND THEY WERE JUST VERY GRACIOUS ABOUT HANDLING SOME THINGS ESPECIALLY FROM MY MISCONCEPTION NOT READING VERY WELL. LET'S SEE, I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND FOR THE NEXT SAG MEETING, SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO IN
MY PLACE I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T KNOW AS BOARD SECRETARY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE NEW FOR ME TO BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY SO IF MAYBE PEOPLE COULD ANSWER E-MAILS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE I PROBABLY WON'T TURN ONTO DO ANY
SCHOOLWORK WHILE I'M GONE BUT THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GOOD -- AND WE'RE LEAVING NEXT WEEK, AND HAVE EVERYONE -- I KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE BREAK. THEY'RE READY, AND THAT'S IT.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> ALL RIGHT. SO JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF SOME OF THE UPDATES SO FAR, SO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY MEETING, DIRECTOR MOORE GAVE A NICE UPDATE ON IT. I WOULD JUST ADD THERE WAS A DISCUSSION REGARDING
THE SAFETY FORUM WHERE SOME OF THE TOPICS HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE FORUM WERE BROUGHT UP, AND THEN -- SO IT WAS ELEVATING THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT HEARING FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY FROM CHERRY CREEK, AND IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY
INSIGHTFUL TO HEAR HOW THEIR DISTRICTS ARE HANDLING AND ADDRESSING SAFETY AND HOW, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIPS AREN'T HAPPENING JUST WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS BUT THIS, LIKE, OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ABOUT BEST PRACTICE AND LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER'S PILOT SO
THERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT THEY'RE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT AND THEN VICE VERSA, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPEN, THOSE TYPES OF FEEDBACK LOOPS TO MAKE EVERYONE, EVERY SCHOOL SAFER.
AND THEN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY PANEL, THAT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP BY PRESIDENT WILLIAMS AND AFTERWARDS I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THE TAIL END OF THE CANDIDATE FORUM BUT I ONLY GOT TO HEAR THE VERY END OF IT. AND THEN, THE SAG MEETING, MOST OF THE
UPDATES WERE GREAT FROM DIRECTOR MYERS. WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT ON CMAS AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I APPRECIATED, IT'S THE FIRST MEETING SO EVERYONE'S JUST KIND OF DIPPING THEIR TOES BUT YOU WERE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT TRYING TO ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION
THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND SO I APPRECIATED THAT. AND THEN STEVE GAVE A PRESENTATION ON DEVICES AND GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO DO A SURVEY AT THE END TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM. AND STUDENTS ALSO TALKED ABOUT OR
BROKE OUT INTO THEIR FOUR SUBCOMMITTEE AREAS WHICH WAS KIND OF GETTING THAT STARTED. ONE THING I REALLY LIKED WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO DECIDE ON THE QUESTIONS FOR THE FORUM THEY DID KIND OF LIKE A ROUNDTABLE. THEY WENT AROUND TO EACH OF THE TABLES AND HAD THEM THINK
ABOUT QUESTIONS AND THEN DO A SURVEY BUT THEN ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT AND SAFETY WAS THE TONIC THAT I FEEL WAS MOST DISCUSSED BY STUDENTS WITH CONCERNED AROUND BEGUN VIOLENCE REALLY BEING HIGHLIGHTED. I THINK THEY ASKED
WHO HERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT IT. ALL HANDS WENT UP. ALSO CONCERNS AROUND DRUG USE, MENTAL HEALTH WERE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THE MEETING, SO JUST SPREADING THAT IN CASE YOU HAVEN'TINE THE UPDATE THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WORRIED ABOUT.
THE STUDENT FORUM WERE FANTASTIC. OUR STUDENT LEADERS ARE AMAZING. THAT WAS THEIR SECOND EVENT PRETTY MUCH BACK-TO-BACK. THEY REALLY ARE GIVING A LOT OF TIME TO THE S.A.G., AND AGAIN, THEY DID A GREAT JOB. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A NOTE OF HOW GREAT THE SOUND IS AT
LEGACY CAMPUS. IT'S SO EASY TO HEAR EVERYBODY WHICH IS REALLY REFRESHING, SO SOUND WAS TOP NOTCH. AND THEN, LET'S SEE HERE. F.O.C., GREAT UPDATE, AGAIN, BY THE DIRECTOR.
WE DID DISCUSS THEIR PRIORITIES AND WE DISCUSSED BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. THE NEW DIRECTOR OF BUDGET WAS ANNOUNCED AT THE MEETING AND WE ALSO HEARD JUST UPDATES ABOUT THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, TO THE F.O.C. PARTICIPATES IN THE AUDIT COMMITTEE EVERY YEAR. IT GOES FROM
SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER AND THEN WE ARE PRESENTED WITH IT IN DECEMBER, SO THAT'S ROLLING, AND LET'S SEE. I THINK I HIT THEM ALL. >> DIRECTOR MEEK? >> WELL, I GUESS
I'LL JUST START OFF BY THANKING THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST MONTH. I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AS WELL, AND I WAS CELEBRATING MY DAUGHTER'S WEDDING AND THEN MY HUSBAND'S SABBATICAL, SO YOU WOULDN'T THINK I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF
THINGS TO FILL IN, BUT I DO. THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, I APPRECIATED THE UPDATES ON THAT. AS ONE BOARD MEMBER
WHO WASN'T PART OF THE CONVERSATION I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE HAVE PROBABLY AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY AND HAVE LEGAL QUESTIONS ADDRESSED, SO THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
I REALLY ENJOYED THE PARKER SENIOR CENTER RESOURCE FAIR. DIRECTOR MEYER AND I HAD A LOT OF FUN TALKING WITH SENIORS. THOSE THAT HAVE GOLD CARDS, AND A SURPRISING AMOUNT ALREADY HAD GOLD CARDS WERE VERY
APPRECIATIVE AND WE SIGNED UP A LOT MORE. I TOOK A LOT OF NOTES -- WELL, I SAY A LOT. THERE WERE ONLY THREE OR FOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT CAME IN AND I THINK WE'LL BE SHARING THEM AT THE RETREAT NOW SO I'LL HAVE THAT WRITTEN UP. SO OUR NEXT MEETING ON THE 21, I THINK
WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH WHAT THE AGENDA ITEMS ARE. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT AGENDA PLANNING, AS WELL? IS. >> YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN IDEA OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> PERFECT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I THINK AGENDA PLANNING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
NOVEMBER MEETING, AS WELL. >> YEAH, I THINK I'LL PROBABLY DO THAT AFTER THE NEXT MEETING. >> OKAY. THUNDER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FIELD DAY, I'M STILL GETTING MY HEARING BACK, AND I HAD NOISE CANCELLING
EAR PLUGS IN. THAT EVENT, I MEAN, I THINK IF I HAD TO SAY ONE WORD, INTENSE. LIKE, IT IS THE MOST INTENSE. THE SCHOOL CAMARADERIE, GETTING EVERY STUDENT IN
THAT AUDITORIUM OR THE GYM, AND YOU HAVE JUNIORS, SENIORS, SOPHOMORES, EVERYONE IN THERE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS, IT'S QUITE AN EVENT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO IN THE FUTURE. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
AND LET'S SEE...THE S.A.G. FORUM. SO I ALWAYS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REFLECT ON THINGS. I DID HEAR COMMENTS ABOUT THE STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND JUST KIND OF BEING DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE WEREN'T
STUDENTS THERE TO HEAR, AND SO I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT -- I SENT AN E-MAIL THAT NIGHT WHEN I GOT HOME THANKING THE STUDENTS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DEBRIEFING AND GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK. THIS IS A TRADITION
THAT S.A.G. HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY HAD NOTES TO START OFF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELPING THEM WITH LESSONS LEARNED FROM PRIOR YEARS SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY DEBRIEFING
WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE. I JUST HAVE TO SAY AS A BOARD DIRECTOR I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF FAILED BECAUSE I WAS NOT THERE OVER THE LAST MONTH TO HELP WITH BOARD
MEETINGS, AND I FELT LIKE THERE WAS MISCOMMUNICATIONS AND A LOT OF STRESS AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEEL BADLY ABOUT. THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP WAS BASICALLY OVERRIDDEN RIGHT AT THE LAST MOMENT BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED AND THE DIRECTIONS THAT THEY HAD GIVEN OUT TO CANDIDATES WAS
CHANGED RIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED, AND I JUST, I'M NOT SURE IT REALLY PRESENTED THE BOARD IN A GOOD LIGHT, AND I'M TRYING TO THINK HOW WE AS A BOARD CAN DISCUSS A FEW QUESTIONS, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE ROLE OF BOARD MEMBERS DURING STUDENT-LED EVENTS? HOW SHOULD CONCERNS BE RAISED IF A BOARD MEMBER BELIEVES STUDENTS MADE AN ERROR? HOW CAN WE ENSURE ANY FUTURE INTERVENTIONS ARE
BASED ON VERIFIED INFORMATION? I JUST -- WE HAVE THE S.A.G., AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY TO HELP THEM IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO I THINK THINKING THROUGH THIS AS A
BOARD TO HELP US THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND LESTUDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND JUST THAT THE BOARD MODELS INTEGRITY AND RESPECT, AND I THINK THERE WERE COMMUNICATION MISHAPS THAT HAPPENED AND I'M
TRYING TO THINK HOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN THETHAT, IF YOU WATCH IT, IT LOOKED AMAZING. I MEAN, THEY CAME THROUGH AFTER, I THINK, FEELING A LITTLE FLUSTERED AT THE BEGINNING. I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD TELL IF YOU
WATCHED IT, SO KUDOS TO OUR STUDENTS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SUPPORT THEM. I DO KNOW THIS SUMMER AT A RETREAT I SUGGESTED MAYBE WE HAVE ANOTHER DIRECTOR START AS A
LIAISON FOR THE S.A.G. BECAUSE TURNOVER HAPPENS AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL BOARD DIRECTOR IF THERE'S ANOTHER BOARD DIRECTOR THAT WANTS TO STEP UP UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES WHEN
NEW BOARD MEMBERS COME IN. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE HAS TO STEP DOWN, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS POST, RIGHT? >> YEAH, AND HONESTLY WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ON ANY COMMITTEE. IF ANY OF US WANT TO GO TO ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
I JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING OUT BOARD MEMBERS THAT AREN'T DONE YET SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT USING THAT AS AN DISCUSS TO NOT DO THE WORK THAT WE WERE ALL ELECTED TO DO. >> RIGHT, AND MY RECOMMENDATION WASN'T TO REMOVE
ANYONE, IT WAS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BOARD MEMBER FOR CONSISTENCY. >> I JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WHOEVER IS ELECTED TO THE BOARD MIGHT WANT TO BE IN THAT ROLE INSTEAD OF THE PERSON THAT'S UP HERE, SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, THAT IT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THAT PERSON.
HOWEVER, AFTER SAYING THAT, IF THERE'S ANY PERSON THAT WANTS TO GO TO ANY COMMITTEE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS WE CAN'T, SO WE WOULD JUST NEED TO NOTICE IT AND I'M SURE THAT SHAWNNA WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING ONTO ITEM 12,
EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS ISSUED TO DISCUSS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE ON SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS PURSUANT TO C.R.S. SECTION
24-6-401-4-B, RELATES TO THE DISTRICT'S LEGAL OBLIGATIONS UNDER TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1972, ITS REGULATIONS AND RELATED COLORADO STATE LAW. I'M SORRY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PREVIOUSLY STATED PURPOSE?
>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND. GEIGER? NO. >> I'M SORRY. DISCUSSION. GO AHEAD. >> I'VE WRITTEN AN E-MAIL. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS MEETS THE DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUESTS OR ADVICE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WHETHER OR NOT, I MEAN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO SOME PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT. I THINK GIVEN THE WAY IT'S BEEN PHRASED I DON'T THINK IT MEETS THE DEFINITION FOR APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE SESSION SO I OBJECT GOING INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION. THAT'S JUST MY POINT. I'VE MADE IT TO YOU [indiscernible]. >> SURE. DIRECTOR MEEK? >> YEAH, I THINK I'M TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED AND I'VE GOTTEN THREE E-MAILS. THERE HAVE BEEN A LIST OF QUESTIONS SUBMITTED TO
COUNCIL? LIKE, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN A LEGAL MEMO WITH INFORMATION TO REVIEW. >> NO, ALL I ASKED, EXCUSE ME, SPECIFICALLY AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING TO GET THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COLORADO LAW VERSUS WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS ARE, WHAT TITLE IX IS, HOW ARE WE FOLLOWING THOSE. THERE'S OTHER DISTRICTS WHO HAVE PUT FORTH POLICY, JUST THOSE -- THOSE QUESTIONS, AND I STATED THOSE FROM THE DAIS AND THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS
THAT I ASKED, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THE DISTRICT THAT WOULD SAY THAT THIS DOES NOT PROVIDE A RELATIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SO THERE'S NO LEGAL MEMO THAT WE COULD HAVE REVIEWED IN ORDER TO GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TALK THROUGH
LEGAL ADVICE? >> WE -- NO, WE DID NOT GET A MEMO. >> OKAY. >> DIRECTOR? >> I THINK FOR ME ON THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION IS -- I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD AS A BOARD TO HAVE A POLICY AROUND BIOLOGICAL BOYS IN
GIRLS' SPORTS AND GIRLS' SPACES, AND OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD NEED LEGAL ADVICE TO START ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH OUT THERE ABOUT IT, AND THE REASON I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE A POLICY IS I KNOW THERE ISN'T ONE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S KIND OF ON
A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS HOW WE TREAT INSTANCES THAT MIGHT COME UP AROUND THAT AND I THINK LEADERSHIP IN OUR DISTRICT MIGHT WANT SOMETHING TO
REFERENCE. THIS IS KIND OF WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM FOR ME. I THINK IF WE DON'T GET LEGAL ADVICE WE'RE PUTTING FORTH A POLICY WITHOUT CONSULTING ANYONE. I DON'T SEE US VOTING THIS -- WELL, FOR ME TO VOTE ON
SOMETHING AND FORCE IT THROUGH BEFORE I'M DONE, I KNOW THERE'S CANDIDATES THAT ARE WANTING TO DO THAT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PREP FOR THAT IF THEY END UP BEING ON THE BOARD AND OBVIOUSLY IF THE CANDIDATES WHO MIGHT NOT BE FOR IT CAN CHOOSE NOT TO PUT IT ON THERE. BUT I JUST THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM ONE BOARD MEMBER. THANKS. >> DIRECTOR MYERS? >> WELL, I THINK ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO -- SOME QUESTIONS
ANSWERED BUT FORE TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY I BELIEVE EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE HAD OTHER DIRECTORS ASK FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IF MY RECOLLECTIONS CORRECT, DIRECTOR MEEK, I REMEMBER YOU STEPPING OVER TO PRESIDENT WILLIAMS THAT VERY NIGHT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
CALL AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ADVICE TO GET LEGAL COUNCIL, SO I DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS ANY DIFFERENT, AND I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR GEIGER SENT AN E-MAIL TO PRESIDENT WILLIAMS BUT I THINK IN ALL INTEGRITY AND
HONESTY HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEGAL COUNCIL ABOUT THIS ISN'T ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU'VE CALLED AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE'VE ALWAYS HONORED YOURS. >> I THINK THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR THOMPSON, YOU HAD REACHED OUT TO ME BACK IN THE
SPRING WHEN I HAD MENTIONED MAYBE BRINGING FORTH A LETTER TO GO TO CHASA, AND YOU SAID COULD WE PLEASE GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS A BOARD SO I'M ALSO HONORING THAT BEFORE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WERE TO GET
PLACED ON THE AGENDA. DIRECTOR MOORE? >> YEAH, I -- ADMITTEDLY, I THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD THE CONTEXT OF WHAT EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS INTENDED TO BE FOR, BUT IT'S CLEAR TO ME THAT THERE'S
CLEARLY A CONFLICT BETWEEN STATE LAW AND THE WAY TITLE IX IS INTERPRETED RIGHT NOW, SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DISCUSSING THE TOPIC. I'M NOT SURE WHAT RESOLUTION WE WILL COME TO IN OUR SHORT
TIME, BUT I -- I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING A DISCUSSION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, BUT TALKING ABOUT IT DOESN'T -- I DON'T SEE THE HARM IN HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION
TELLS US IS THE -- WHICH ONE HAS PRESIDENT OR IF THERE EVEN IS A CONFLICT. MAYBE I'M WRONG. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON? >> ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND EVERYONE'S STANCE.
I -- I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE HESITANT NOW BECAUSE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS TO DISCUSS -- WELL, YOU READ IT OUT LOUD BUT IT WAS LOOKING AT FEDERAL AND STATE LAW BUT NOW WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT FORMING ADVOCACY AND POLICY, AND SO IT'S JUST BACKWARDS. BEFORE WE GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION FIRST ON THE TOPIC, THAT WOULD THEN NOT MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
WE'RE CIRCUMVENTING OPEN MEETINGS LAW BY HAVING A POLICY DISCUSSION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT HERE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND GET -- OR ASK FOR
LEGAL ADVISE REGARDING POLICY OR ADVOCACY BUT WE DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND WHAT FAIRNESS IN GIRLS' SPORTS AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVEN'T HAD A
PRESENTATION FROM STAFF OR THE DISTRICT ABOUT THE ACTUAL ALLCHALLENGES WHEN IT COMES TO FAIRNESS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF RHETORIC GOING AROUND AND A LOT OF FEAR-BASED ISSUES. IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIRNESS IN GIRLS' SPORTS WHICH I FEEL IS THE UNDERLYING ISSUE
THAT I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE IS THE IMPORTANT ISSUE IT EXPANDS BEYOND THIS ONE TOPIC. IT GOES TO HEY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES WITH GIRLS' SPORTS? WHAT ABOUT ACCESS TO DIFFERENT TYPES IN THE FIELDS? I WOULD WANT A MORE
ROBUST UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY IMPACTING FAIRNESS IN GIRLS' SPORTS BEFORE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THIS TYPE OF WORK. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE LOTS OF
DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS REGARDING WHATEVER ISSUE WE IDENTIFY AS AND HOW TO PUSH TO ADDRESS IT. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS AND STATES THAT HAVE HANDLED THIS IN A VERY TACTFUL WAY THAT I THINK
RESPECTS ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACROSS THE SPECTRUM AND THOSE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD REALLY BE HELPFUL TO HAVE IN THE PUB PURVIEW -- PUBLIC PURVIEW AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, SO I
FEEL LIKE WE NEED A PUBLIC CONVERSATION FIRST, UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE, AND THEN I THINK LEGAL ADVICE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF NEEDED. >> YEAH, FOR ME, IT WOULD BE -- I WOULD NEED LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE I COULD HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION
ABOUT IT WITH DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH, I THINK JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT I'M HEARING DIRECTOR THOMPSON SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE DATA AND NOT OPERATE BASED ON WHAT IS SWIRLING IN OUR POLITICAL ARENA RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE 17 YEARS OF
DATA OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS BASED ON THEIR GENDER PREFERENCE, AND WE HAVE 17 YEARS OF DATA.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT DATA SHOWS, WHAT CONCERNS EXIST, WHAT PROBLEMS EXIST. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO MOVING FORWARD AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON THE TOPIC BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A THOUGHTFUL WAY, NOT BECAUSE
WE'RE TRYING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR POTENTIAL NEW CANDIDATES THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AT A CURRENT ELECTION CYCLE. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A REASONABLE WAY WHERE WE ARE ADDRESSING IT WITH DATA AND FACTS AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL
HAS TIME TO PREPARE A MEMO TO GIVE US ACTUAL ADVICE. IF NO ONE HAS GIVEN SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS PREPARED TO FULLY PROVIDE THE ADVICE
THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. IN YOUTH CONGRESS, I WASN'T THERE, BUT THE VIDEO SAID, THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN CELL PHONE USE, VAPING, PEER PRESSURE. WE'VE HELD ALL OF OUR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. NOT ONCE HAS ANYONE
BROUGHT UP THAT AS A CONCERN IN ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS IN OUR SCHOOLS TALKING TO OUR STUDENTS. >> AND I WOULD SAY THAT I HAVE HEARD THAT. >> SO I'D LIKE THE DATA. >> I'VE HAD PEOPLE TALK TO ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. >> OKAY. >> I THINK IT ALSO
DEPENDS ON THE ARENA THAT YOU'RE IN. LISTEN, I RESPECT HOW EVERYONE WANTS TO VOTE. I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BOARD DIRECTORS THAT WOULDN'T WANT TO HONOR OTHER PEOPLE'S
REQUESTS TO HEAR WHAT WE'VE ASKED FOR BUT -- DIRECTOR? >> I WOULD JUST -- AS FAR AS OPEN MEETING LAW'S CONCERNED THIS IS STRICTLY TALKING ABOUT THE LAWS INVOLVED WITH TITLE X -- OR TITLE IX, I'M SORRY, AND I
DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THE PATH OF, LIKE, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL POLICY. IT REALLY IS WHAT'S ALLOWED AND WHAT'S NOT, AND MAYBE CURRENT CASES OUT
THERE [indiscernible]. >> HERE'S MY POSITION. I FEAR THAT WE'VE GOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE HERE. IF WE WANT TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION WE SHOULD HAVE IT OPENLY AND THEN
ADDRESS SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT POLICIES WE MAY BE LOOKING AT. THE LAW RIGHT NOW ON THIS SUBJECT IS EXTRAORDINARY UNCLEAR. THE FOURTH CIRCUIT SAYS ONE THING, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS ANOTHER. I THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE A CASE THAT
THIS IS A CASE. WE HAVE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR SPECIFIC LEGAL QUESTIONS TO PRESERVE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. THE MERE PRESENCE, AND THE STATUTES ARE
CLEAR ON THIS DOES NOT MAKE IT AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON THIS, THEY SHOULD BE DONE PUBLICLY. I JUST WANT TO COMPLY WITH WHAT I THINK THE OPEN MEETING LAW SAYS. I HAVE TO DO THAT BASED ON MY
CRITERIA. OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE AN OPINION AS AN ATTORNEY. I THINK WE'VE GOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE ON THIS. I THINK MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND MORE SPECIFIC MEMO IS NECESSARY BEFORE WE GO INTO A MEETING. I'M NOT TRYING TO
AVOID THIS BUT I DON'T THINK THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WITH VAGUE QUESTIONS IS THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO BE BETTER INFORMED, THIS IN MY MIND IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO DO IT. I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYONE WITH THEIR
POSITION ON IT, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION IN MY MIND WHETHER THIS FITS WITH WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION SO WE WOULD NEED FIVE VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLE CALL. [Roll Call]
>> ALL RIGHT. SO THAT ACTUALLY FAILS TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 13, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION AND SECOND.
[Roll Call] >> GREAT. PASSES 7-0. THE BOARD IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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