>> THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SPECIAL IS NOW CALLED TO ORDERER ROLL CALL. >> GOINGER. >> HEAR. >> MEEK. >> HERE. >> MYERS. >> MERE. >> THOMPSON. >> HERE. >> WILLIAMS, HERE. WINEGAR. >> HERE. GREAT. ALL RIGHT, AND SO OUR SOLE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE BOARD WILL VOTE TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO CSS246-402E1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING POSITIONS RELATIVE TO MATTERS THAT MAY BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS, DEVELOPING STRATEGY FOR NEGOTIATIONS, AND
INSTRUCTIONING NEGOTIATORS AS RELATED TO THE TERMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONTRACT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY MYERS. GOINGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE.
>> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAM, AYE. >> WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> ALL RIGHT, SO WE -- THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE BOARD WILL NOW CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IN THE SUPERINTENDENT CONFERENCE ROOM. IN ADDITION TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD'S OUTSIDE COUNSEL FROM KAPLAN AND EARNEST, KRISTEN
EDGAR WILL JOIN US FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THE PUBLIC TO ADJOURN.
I THINK WE CAN PUT THE SMALLER PEOPLE IN FRONT, IF THAT WORKS OKAY. SORRY. PRIVILEGES PAL JACOB IN THE WAY
BACK. >> THANK YOU, AGAIN, YOU GUYS, YOU ARE AMAZING.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> TRULY THEY ROW I CAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM FIVE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF THE EDUCATION APPROVED THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN. >> MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MOVED BY MOORE, SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE.
>> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. ALL RIGHT. MOVING INTO SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS MENTIONED, IN OUR VIDEO, AND AT OUR LAST MEETING, FEBRUARY IS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU TO EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY FOR ALLOWING US TO SPOTLIGHT THEIR BLACK HISTORY MONTH EFFORTS IN THE VIDEO YOU SAW EARLIER. MANY OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE EXCITING PROGRAMMING TAKING PLACE THIS MONTH AND HERE IS JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. HIGHLANDS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL HAS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH DISPLAY SPOTLIGHTING PROMINENT FIGURES S IN BLACK HISTORY LOCATED IN THEIR SCHOOL BLY PRAYER. CASTLE ROCK ALSO HAS A DISPLAY AND QUOTES FROM PROMINENT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HISTORY THAT ARE BEING SHARED DURING MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AT CREST HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAY SELL MUSEUM WILL BE POST HOSTING AN EIGHTH GRADE ASSEMBLY CALLED AT THE TABLE WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TAKING PLACE FEBRUARY 19th. AND AT RANCH VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL THE SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD IN RECOGNIZING
BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN MEANINGFUL WAYS FROM WARMUP ACTIVITIES TO HIGHLIGHTING PROMINENT FIGURES IN BLACK HISTORY. FEBRUARY IS ALSO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH. AND YOU WILL HEAR A PATHWAYS UPDATE LATER IN THE MEETING. WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
FURTHER EXPAND OUR PATHWAY ROSTERINGS THANKS FOR THE VOTERS WHO SAID YES TO OUR 2024 BOND. WE WILL BE ADDING AN AUTOMOTIVE PATHWAY TO HIGH LAPS RANCH HIGH SCHOOL. A COSMETOLOGY PATHWAY TO DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. AND A VARIETY OF NEW OFFERINGS AT THE DCSD LEGACY CAMPUS.
WE ARE INCREDIBLY 80. TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS THE WAIT LISTS FOR OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AND PATHWAYS ARE VERY LARGE. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MEET MORE OF OUR STUDENT DEMAND. AND OUR WORKFORCE DEMAND. FEBRUARY 15th IS NATIONAL
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DAY. WE APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR SROs WITH CASTLE ROCK, LONE TREE, PARKER, POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONG WITH THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND WE THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. THE ACCELERATING STUDENTS
THROUGH CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AURA SCENT PROGRAM IS A FIFTH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT IN THE YEAR AFTER 12th GRADE TO ENROLL IN POST SECONDARY COURSES AND EARN COLLEGE CREDIT AT NO TUITION
COST TO THEM OR THEIR FAMILIES. THERE ARE TWO INFORMATION MEETINGS ABOUT ASCENT COMING UP. ONE IS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20th. FROM 5:30 TO 7:30 P.M. AT THE THUNDER RIDGE HEY SCHOOL. MONDAY, MARCH 3rd. FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 P.M., AT THE
ACC STERN COLLABORATION CAMPUS IN CASTLE ROCK. FAMILIES CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ASCENT BY TALKING TO THEIR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR, WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT PROGRAM. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SPELLING BEE TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 1st.
BRINGING TOGETHER SIX SEVERAL TED STUDENTS FROM 58 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE. AND CHARTER SCHOOLS, TO COMPETE FOR THE TOP SPOT. CONDITIONS TO OUR WHIPERS. -- CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS, FIRST PLACE, CY
SHAREESE AND THEN WE HAVE SIXTH GRADER. SECOND PLACE CARSON BECKED IT A SECOND GREATER AT MESA MID COOL. THIRD PLACE DREW A FIFTH GRADE AT LONE TREE.
THE TOP 24 SPELL EARLY IS WILL ADVANCE TO THE FIRST ROUND OF THE COLORADO STATE SPELLING BEE. VERY AMAZING THE WORDS THESE KIDS LEARN HOW TO SPELL. WE ARE GEARING UP TO POLICE IT'S FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO SHAPE OUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN. A STAKEHOLDER SURVEY IS NOW LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
ALONG WITH INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING COMMUNITY FORUMS. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY'S CHANCE TO JOIN US IN IMAGINING WHAT DCSD SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN 2035. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW. AND BE PREPARED BY THE TIME THEY
BADGE INDICATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL. ESPECIALLY WITH WORLD WITH QUICKLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND CAREER PATHWAYS THE SURVEY AND MEETING INFORMATION WITH BE FOUND ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE. INVITATIONS TO PARTICIPATE WILL BE SENT TO THE COMMUNITY VERY
SOON. OUR AMAZING I.T. DEPARTMENT WORKED OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS TO HAVE THEM AND US BE A ABLE TO ACCESS BODY CAM FOOTAGE MORE EASILY, IT MAY SOUND LIKE A LITTLE THING BUT IT
WAS A VERY BIG FEAT AND WE POUND OF THE INTEGRATE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO. WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED 430 SENIOR GOLD CARDS AFTER DEBUTING THIS PROGRAM LAST MONTH. THE GOLD CARD OFFERS OUR SENIOR NEIGHBORS AGES 60 AND OVER FREE ADMISSION TO MOST DCSD HOME
ATHLETIC EVENTS AND MOST STUDENT FINE ARTS PERFORMANCES INCLUDING PLAYS, CONCERTS AND CHOIR PERFORMANCES. WE ARE REALLY WE WELCOME NIBBLES TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND BACK
PART OF YOUR DCSD FAMILY. WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26th IS 5:30 P.M. THE TOPIC IS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR DCSD STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. PARENT UNIVERSITY SPONSOR HCA HEALTH ONE SKY RIDGE AND DOUGLAS COUNTY PARKS AND TRAILS, WILL
JOIN US TO DISCUSS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO OUR DCSD STUDENTS AND TO THEIR FAMILIES. THE ANNUAL GIRL'S AND WOMEN'S IN SPORTS LUNCHEON IS HAPPENING FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14th AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS, I KNOW MANY OF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND.
IT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC EVENT EVERY YEAR TO CELEBRATE YOUR GIRLS IN SPORTS. MONDAY FEBRUARY STEVENth OUR SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT ARE CLOSED
IN OBSERVANCE OF PRESIDENT'S DAY. THAT COP CLOUDS TONIGHT'S SUPERINTENDENT UPDATES, THANK YOU. >> MOVING THROWN PUBLIC COMMENT, THREE MINUTESES FOR EACH SPEAKER, PLEASE REMAIN
RESPECTFUL AND ADDRESS THE BOARD. RATHER THAN OTHER GUESTS OR STAFF IN THE ROOM. AND PLEASE ALSO KEEP YOUR COMMENT AS APPROPRIATE FOR A K-12 AUDIENCE. WE HAVE A STUDENT SPEAKING AND THEN REMOTE AND BACK TO IN
PERSON THINK SO AUDEN GOSS. >> HELLO, I AM AIDAN GOSS, A SENIOR AT LEDGE END HIGH SCHOOL. I AM HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT NOT ONLY I EXPERIENCE, BUT MANY ARTS AND
THEATER STUDENTS ALIKE. I AM HERE TO ADDRESS DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ART FUNDING, WHY IT MATTERS AND HOW IT AFFECTS NOT ONLY ME BUT ALL OF MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AS WELL. IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION
THAT AS ART STUDENTS WE ARE NOT VALUED -- OR NOT VALUED, BUT SEEN AS GOOD AS OUR COMPATRIOT STUDENT ATHLETES. AT AT LEAST LEDGE END, WE SEE
THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME THAT WE HAVE TO ENROLL IN A FINE ARTS CLASS, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE DISTRICT, WE HAVE TO FORK OVER HUNDREDS OF OUR MONEY OR OUR PARENT'S MONEY THIS, DOESN'T ALLOW FOR OUR PROGRAM'S
GROWTH,sLY THE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS. AND SO WE HAVE TO DO YEAR TO YEAR FUNDRAISERS, AND WHICH PULLS IN THE POCKETS OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND PARENTS AND FRIENDS AS LIKE. IN ORDER TO MAKE MINUSCULE GAINS
THAT RARELY EVER CARRYOVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR. WHILE FUNDING ALLOCATED BY THE DISTRICT IS PRIMARILY HANDLED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS, LIKE A FOREMENTIONED.
REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY THAT WE MUST PARTICIPATE IN TWO DIFFERENT DECEMBER SEMESTERS OF A FINE ARTS CLASS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TOO MUSIC, BAND, OKAY TRASHING DRAWING AND PAINT, CERAMICS, ET CETERA. THIS REQUIREMENT SHOULD SET A BARE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FUND TO GO KEEP CAN THE CLASSES RUNNING
SUCH AS MATERIALS, MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AS SHOWN TIME AND FINAL AGAIN ARTS EDUCATION FOSTERS A SENSE OF CREATIVITY AND WONDER THAT LAWS STUDENT LIKES MYSELF A GATE
WAIT TO CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION, THIS SELF-EXPRESSION AND CREATIVITY NOT ONLY OPENS DOORS FOR MANY OF MY FELLOW STUDENTS, IN TO ENGINEERING, BE IT THROUGH COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN, OR SOME STORM OF GRAPHIC DESIGN.
AND IT FOR THERS A PASSION FOR LEARNING. WHICH WOULD BE WHAT EVERY EDUCATION SYSTEM STRIVES FOR. AND I BELIEVE STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THAT CREATIVE MINDSET IN WHATEVER ARTS PROGRAM THEY SO CHOOSE WITHOUT HAVING TO GIVE HUNDREDS
OF DOLLARS TO GAIN ACCESS TO NEW REALMS OF ARTISTRY. THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY THE CAME FOR SOME PROGRAMS THIS IS THE CAST FOR MOST AND THIS FUNDRAISING TYPE OF FUNDING HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR LEGEND HIGH SCHOOL AT LEAST ALMOST AS LONG
AS I HAVE KNOWN HOW TO DO ADDITION. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO SEE WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, THESE PROGRAMS WILL DIE OFF, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> MOVING TO OUR REMOTE SPEAK US TONIGHT, WE HAVE MARY BETH TELL US AND AMY WINJU. MARY BETH. >> HELLO. >> HELLO. WE CAN HEAR YOU GO AHEAD. >> AWESOME.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD EDUCATORS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY I AM MARY BETH TULLIS. I AM A MOM TO TWO STUDENTS A FOURTH AND 11th GRADER MY
FOURTH GRADER WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE SYSTEM UNTIL SIXTH GRADE WITHOUT ANY SUPPORT. HE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR SERVICES BECAUSE HE WAS NOT PERFORMING LOW ENOUGH. A VERY SPECIAL SIXTH GRADE TEAM AT NORTHRIDGE ELEMENTARY WAS THE ONLY REASON WHY WE PURSUED AN OUTSIDE EVALUATION. WITHOUT THAT EVALUATION, MY
SON'S SPECIFIC LANGUAGE STRUGGLE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE DYSLEXIA, AS WELL AS HIS OFF THE CHARTS MATH ABILITIES WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT TEAM. SO AS I AM HERE TONIGHT IN FAVOR OF A SCREENER, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT A SCREENER WON'T CATCH
ALL DYSLEXIC STUDENTS TEACHERS AND PARENTS NEED TO BE INFORMED OF THE LESS KNOWN MEASURES TO IDENTIFY DYSLEXIA AS WELL IT'S A NEURAL BIOLOGICAL IN ORIGIN IT CHARACTERS BEYAK RAT AND POOR
SPELLING AND DECODE AGO DECODINY THE. RELATING IN A DEFINITE OF LANGUAGE WHICH IS UNEXPECTED IN RELATION TO THEIR OTHER COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND THE PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF DYSLEXIA IS CRUCIAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FIRST, IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE TIMELY AND TARGETED INTERVENTIONS. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE EARLIER WE CAN IDENTIFY DYSLEXIA THE MORE EFFECTIVE OUR INTERVENTIONS CAN BE POTENTIAL SLAY MITIGATING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON SELF-ESTEEM AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. SECOND, EARLY IDENTIFICATION
HELPS TO PREVENT THE FRUSTRATION AND ANXIETY THAT STUDENTS WITH DYSLEXIA OFTEN EXPERIENCE. WHICH CAN LEAD TO DISENGAGEMENT FROM SCHOOL AND BEHAVIOR ISSUES. BY RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS' NEEDS EARLY WE CAN FOSTER A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
A DYSLEXIA SCREENER CAN BE A POWERFUL TOOL IN OUR EDUCATIONAL TOOL KID. IT'S EFFICIENT, WAY TO ASSESS RISK OF DYSLEXIA IN STUDENTS. TYPICALLY ADMINISTERED IN THE EARLY YEARS OF SCHOOLING. SCREENERS CAN HELP US IDENTIFY STUDENTS THAT MAY NEED FURTHER
TESTING AND TAERGD SUPPORT. IMPORTANTLY A SCREEN SPORT A DIAGNOSIS BUT A FIRST STEP IN UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING A STUDENT'S LEARNING NEEDS. IMPLEMENTING A DYSLEXIA SCREEN AIR LINES WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO EX-WIT AND I INCLUSIVELY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND INSURES THAT
ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEARNING CHALLENGE. >> Reporter: AND IT WILL LEAD TO IMPROVED LITERACY RIGHTS AND ACADEMIC OUTCOMES I URGE THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION I'VE SCREEN AS A VITAL STEP TOWARDS SUPPORTING
ALL OF OUR STUDENT' EVENING CHARACTER NEEDS BY DOING SO WE CAN INSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND CONSIDERING ACTION. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU.
>> AMY. >> HELLO. >> HI, AMY, GO AHEAD. >> YES, HI, GOOD EVENING, TONIGHT I WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TITLED ENDING RADICAL
INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 29th. AND IT AIMS TO ELIMINATE WHAT IT DESCRIBES AS ANTI--AMERICAN, SUBVERSIVE AND HURTFUL IDEOLOGIES IN SCHOOLS THE ORDER SPECIFICALLY TARGETS THE
PROMOTION OF GENDER IDEOLOGY AND CRITICAL RACE THEORY. ASSERTING THAT SUCH TEACHINGS INDOCTRINATE OPPORTUNITIES. DCSD'S EDUCATIONAL EQUITY POLICY ADOPTED IN MARCH OF 2021 SEEKS TO ESTABLISH AN INCLUSIVE
CULTURE TO INSURE ALL STUDENT, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL SAFE AND VALUED. AT THE SAME TIME, THE POLICY EMPHASIZES DIVERSE AT THIS, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF AN EQUITY ADVISORY COUNSEL, TO
ADVISE ON SYSTEMIC HI IMPLEMENTATION, GIVEN THAT THE DCSD'S EDUCATION EQUITY POLICY PROMOTES DEI INITIATIVES IT COULD BE INTERPRETED AS CONFLICTING WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS DIRECTIVE AGAINST
CERTAINLY IDEOLOGIES THE ADVISORY COUNSEL FOR THE DISTRICT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ADVISE THE I BELIEVE POLICE MENTATION OF THE DISTRICT'S EQUITY POLICY. DAC COLLABORATES WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND FALLS UNDER
SUPERINTENDENT KANE'S PURVIEW. IT AIMS TO PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE. HOWEVER THAT CLUBS DIFFERENT II THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR I DON'T T WITH THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WHICH HAS DIRECTIVES AGAINST CERTAIN
EYED I DON'T THINKSES TO INCLUDE DEI. DCSD'S BOARD POLICY TITLED NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WORK ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE TREATED WITH
DIGNITY AND RESPECT. THE POLICY PROHIBITS, HOWEVER DISCRIMINATION BASED ON VARIOUS TAKE STICKS, SUCH AS SEXUAL ORIENTATION. GIVEN THE DISTRICT'S AC POLICY EMPHASIZES NONDISCRIMINATION AND
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, IT DOESN'T THIS DOES ALIGN WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION, HOWEVER THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY COULD BE INTERPRETED AS WON FLICKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DEFENDING
WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATES THAT FEDERAL FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO PROMOTE GENDER EYEDOLOGIST. >> 15 SECONDS REMAINING. >> IF WE LOOK AT DCSD'S A D.B. EDUCATION EQUITY POLICY WE ONCE AGAIN SEE THAT THAT IT
EMPHASIZES INDIVIDUAL DIVERSITY, INCLUDING GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND THAT IT MAY VERY WELL INDEED. >> THANK YOU. >> THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DEFENDING WOMEN.
>> MOVING TO IN PERSON, LUCY, KELLY AND CINCY JENSEN. LUCY. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD DIRECTOR AND SUPERINTENDENT KANE.
I AM LUCY SKWA SQUARE. OUR LOCAL TEACHER AND STAFF UNION WHEN I STARTED TEACHING 20 YEARS AGO I WAS FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE WORKING AS A BRAND-NEW BUBBLY TEACHER WHEN THE UNION AND THE DISTRICT PARTICIPATED IN THE LEGALLY PROTECTED PROCESS OF
COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING, DCF WAS AT ALL MEETINGS AND SHARED THE STAGE WITH DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. TEACHERS IN THE DISTRICT FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS HAVE WEATHERED HARSH TIMES, ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD LET THAT YOU ARE COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING EXPIRE IN 2012 WE HAD NO VOICE AND NO SEAT AT THE TABLE. WE ARE NO LONGER THE DISTRICT OF THE REFORMED BOARD ERA.
WE ARE NOW MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS A DISTRICT OF OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE OF INCLUSION AND GROWTH AND YET THERE IS STILL ONE LARGE THING MISSING. A TRULY COLLABORATIVE AND UNWAVERING WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND DCF.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BETWEEN DCF AND DCSD MADE US A DESTINATION DISTRICT. TEACHING JOBS WERE HARD TO GET. EMPLOYEES DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE LANDED IN THE DISTRICT THEN AND STILL INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE TODAY. YESSING WE WORKED TOGETHER TO BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP. BUN BIG EXAMPLE OF THIS IS
COLLECTIVELY PASSING THE BOND AND MLO. WE THE DISTRICT LEADERS AND DCF HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT COLLABORATION THIS MEANS ALLOWING DCF MEMBERS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DISTRICT OVER TERMS. DCF IS A UNION WITH ITS OWN
DEMOCRATIC STRUCTURE CREATED TO GIVE STAFF A VOICE, VALUE OF A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH TEMPORARY COMMITTEES AND INFORMATION SESSIONS. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RECOGNIZE OUR CONSISTENT PRESENCE AND PLAN DEVELOPMENTS. LET ME GIVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE PERTAINING TO SCHOOL PAIRING I
ATTENDED NPAES COMMITTEE MEET THIS IS PAST WEDNESDAY WHERE CHIEF OF STAFF PRESENTED FIVE OPTIONS REGARDING STAFFING AT SCHOOLS THINK WE SPENT TIME TALKING ABOUT PROS AND CONS AND WERE TOLD WHAT WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED FRIDAY OF THE FINAL DECISION. THERE WASN'T AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AND VERY
LITTLE TIME TO PROPOSE OUR OWN IDEAS. DCF CAME TOGETHER TO FILL THIS GAP AND SOLICITED INPUT FROM STAFF IN. THREE DAYS WE HAD 169 RESPONSE TO A STAFFING PROTOCOL SURVEY RELATED TO THE SCHOOL PAIRINGS THE MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FELL TO OPTION THREE, AHEAD OF SCHOOL YEAR 26/27 EACH POSITION AND A
NEWLY PAIRED SCHOOL IS OPEN BUT ONLY TO ALL RECEIVING AND CLOSING SCHOOL SCHOOL STAFF. DCF WILL SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENT WITH MORE SUGGESTIONS THAT WE HOPE THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER. TO SUM UP, THIS EXAMPLE POINTS TO THE BENEFIT OF ACKNOWLEDGING OUR UNION STRUCTURE WHILE WE HAD TO WORK QUICKLY AND WERE NOT GIBB THE SPACE TO DEVELOP A POE
PROPOSAL WE DID. KNOW NOW THEY CAN MAKE A DECISION KNOWING THEY HAVE HEARD FROM STAFF BECAUSE ISN'T THAT GOAL WORK WOULD GO TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS IT INSURES. [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] >> AND CONSIDERATIONS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WOULD HELP TO PASS
TILL IMPACT OUR LIVELIHOOD AS EDUCATORS AND STUFF. TO LOOSELY QUOTE JULIA ROBERTS IN NOTING HILL I AM JUST A TYPE OF ARE STANDING IN FRONT I'VE SCHOOL BOARD ASKING TO GIVE -- ASKING THEM TO GIVE US COLLECTIVELY BARGAINING, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> KELLY MAYOR, CINDY JENSEN AND
THEN BRIANNA RANGER. >> GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT I AM REPRESENTING DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS. WE WOULD LIKE TO BEING ACKNOWLEDGE THE FRUSTRATION AND HEARTACHE THAT ARE OCCURRING DUE TO THE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE SOME SCHOOLS.
D.C. P HAS WITNESSED MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS. WE HOPE THE EFFORTS OF THE NORTH PLANNING AREA ENGAGEMENT GROUP TO EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES AND FEELINGS OF THOSE INVOLVED ARE SUCCESSFUL. WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW BILLS THAT YOUR LOBBYISTS SHOULD CONSIDER FOR THE BENEFIT OF DCSD STUDENTS AND STAFF. DOUGLAS COUNTY PARENTS SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING LEGISLATION THAT ENCOURAGES PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR ALL. HB25-1037 IS FOR ELIGIBLE
TEACHER TOES RECEIVE INCOME TAX CREDITS. HB25.1038 WOULD CREATE AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT WOULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ACADEMIC CREDIT TRANSFERS. HB25-1075. CONCERNS REGULATION FOR LANGUAGE, PATH SOLING
ASSISTANCE, HB25.1149 COMPREHENSIVE BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE, EDUCATION K-12. THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY IMPORTANT TO DCSD. IN LIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONTINUATION OF THEIR INVESTIGATION OF PRACTICES IN DCSD. SHOW THEM YOU VALUE THIS WORK
AND GET AD OF POTENTIAL LAWSUITS. HB251178 BANNING STUDENT SECLUSION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF POLICIES PASSED IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING. SB25-027 TRAUMA-INFORMED SCHOOL
SAFETY PRACTICES. SB25-063. LITERACY RESOURCE STANDARDS. SB25123, EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON GENOCIDE AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS THERE ARE MANY MORE BILLS THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE DCSD TO EXPLORE AND COMMIT TO IN
ORDER TO SAFEGUARD OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS. THEY DESERVE OUR CONSIDERATION. LASTLY, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD THIS EVENING'S REFLECTIONS ON THE DYSLEXIA LUNCH AND LEARN. WE HOPE STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMITMENT OF A DYSLEXIA
SCREENER. SINCE THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES OF LITERACY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> CINDY JENSEN.
AND BRIANNA RANGER. >> HI. I AM A GRANDPARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBER OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I SENT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS REQUESTING THAT AN A.P.
STUDIES COURSE AND BOOK BE REMOVED FROM THE CONCEPT AGENDA SIMPLY TO ALLOW FOR DISCUSSION BEFORE APPROVAL. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE FROM BRAD GEIGER WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, I WAS SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED BY HIS RESPONSE WHICH WAS VERY
INSULTING, DI D DID HE DEMEANING CONTINUED SENTING AND RUDE. IT WAS FILLED A FALSE ASSUMPTIONS AND ACCUSATORY REGARD MY VALUES AND BELIEFS INCLUDING REFER TO ME AS A PROFESSIONAL AGITATOR. MY ONLY INTEREST IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS AS IT
AFFECTS THE EDUCATION AND LIVES OF MIGRANT CHILDREN AND ALL CHILDREN. I REALIZE THERE IS DISAGREEMENT ON SOME ISSUES BETWEEN VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT DISAGREEMENT SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE FOR SUCH EGREGIOUS
BEHAVIOR BY BOARD MEMBERS. THERE ARE MULTIPLE STATEMENTS ON THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WEBSITE REFERRING TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BEING AVAILABLE TO ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND BEING CONDUCTED WITH RESPECT AND KINDNESS. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD TO INITIATE AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND SPEED BACK WITH CITIZENS AND THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN AND SERIOUSLY CONSIDERS THEIR PERSPECTIVES. MR. GEIGER'S RESPONSE WAS NOT RESPECTFUL OR KIND AS IS STATED
IN THE STATEMENTS FROM THE WEBSITE. I FINE TPAO*EUPBD IS IVON TAKE MR. GEIGER SENT THIS RESPONSE TO ME ON THE SAME DAY THAT THE DISTRICT WAS HOLDING A PRESENTATION ADDRESSING BULLYING IN THE SCHOOLS. THAT EVENING.
BECKY MYERS ALSO RESPONDED TO MY REQUEST AND EXPRESSED HER VIEWS ON THE BOOK THAT I HAD EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT. WHILE HER VIEWS DISAGREED WITH WHAT I HAD STATED. SHE WAS VERY RESPECTFUL AND STILL SIMPLY EXPLAINED THE REASONS FOR HER PERSPECTIVE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATED HER
RESPONSE AND EXPLANATION. I MENTIONED MRS. MYERS RESPONSE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING RESPECTFUL EVENING THOUGH YOU DISAGREED WITH ME. I CONSIDER IT AS AN EXAMPLE HOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO DISAGREE WITH SOMEONE AND STILL BE RESPECTFUL
OF THEM. IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT SUES BE MEEK AND BRAD BROAD GEIGER FELT IT WAS A RAT TO PUBLICALLY SHAME A PARENT DURING A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BECAUSE THEY HAD CONCERN INVOLVING AN INCIDENT INVOLVE THAT GO PARENT'S SON AND A TEAR. DISRESPECT FOR PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEMS TO BE A
COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THESE TWO BOARD MEMBERS. SOMETHING IS SAID AT EFFORT BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE DISTRICT WANTING AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY INPUT. REALLY? MAYBE ONLY IF YOU AGREE WITH THEM.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BRIANNA RANGER. >> GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. LET'S START WITH A FEW
STATEMENTS YOU PROBABLY HEARD BEFORE. STATEMENTS THAT ARE COMPLETELY FALSE. YET SHAPE THE WAY OUR SCHOOLS SERVE OR FAIL TO SERVE SOME OF OUR MOST COMPLEX LEARNERS. SMART KIDS CAN'T HAVE DISABILITIES. EIPs ARE ONLY FOR
LEARNING-BASED NEEDS. GIFTEDNESS AND CHALLENGES CAN'T BE ADDRESSED AT THE SAME TIME. THESE MISS CON ACCEPTING ARE NOT JUST WRONG THEY ARE DAMAGING. THEY LEAGUE STUDENT STRUGGLING IN A SYSTEM THAT WASN'T BUILT
FOR THEM. FORCED TO CHOOSE FROM GETTING HELP OR NEWER TRUED BUT RARELY BOTH. I WANT TO AGO KNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO TO BETTER UNDERSTAND DYSLEXIA BY EXPERIENCING IT IT FIRSTHAND THAT COMMITMENT TO LEARNING IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEAT. DYSLEXIA IS ONE OF MISS DISABILITIES OUR STUDENTS FACE. IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR A STUDENT GIFTED AND DYSLEXIC WHO AND DISCUSSION COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC THEORIES BUT CAN'T READ AT GRADE LEVEL ORDER CHILD
WITH AN I.Q. IN THE 95TH PERCENTILE BUT MAYOR LIESED BY ANXIETY OR SENSORY OVERWHELM IN A TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM. THESE STUDENTS EXIST. THEY ARE IN OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. AND TOO OFTEN THEY ARE MISUNDERSTOOD MISDIAGNOSED OR
PUSHED OUT OF THE DISTRICT ENTIRELY. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP FAILING THESE KIDS BUT HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS, WE DON'T HAVE TO. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT NOW TO LEAD AND BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SOMETHING BETTER. HERE IS HOW. NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE TRAINING GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER TOES RENT AND SUPPORT 2E. STUDENTS THEY ARE OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE YET MOST DON'T RECEIVE THE TRAINING NEEDED TO RECOGNIZE A TWICE SESSION THE STUDENT. A STUDENT WHO REFUSES TO WRITE MAY NOT BE LAZY. THEY MAY HAVE DISGRAFI.
A CHANGE WHO INTERRUPTS CONSTANTLY MAY NOT BE DISRUPTIVE. THEY MAY HAVE A.D.H.D. WITH RAPID HAD HIGH-LEFT THINKING. WITHOUT TRAINING THESE STUDENT ARE TOO OFTEN OVERLOOKED, MISS LABELED OR DISCIPLINED RATHER THAN SUPPORTED. NUMBER TWO, EARLY AND SYSTEMATIC
SCREENING FOR BOTH DISABILITIES AND TWICE SESSION AT. SO STUDENTS ARE NOT FORCED TO FAIL BEFORE GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED. NUMBER THREE INSURING 2E STUDENTS DON'T HAVE FROG.
ED PLANS THAT ILL MORE THEIR INNER STRENGTH AND CHALLENGES. NUMBER 4, NEW EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, TOO MANY 2E STUDENTS HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. AND Y ARE FORCED TO LEAVE DCSD R HOME SCHOOL.
AND NUMBER FIVE, A SHIFT TOWARDS POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGIST. FOCUSING ON STRENGTHS, GROWTH, AND POTENTIAL RATHER THAN JUST DEFICITS AND REMEDIATION, THIS BENEFITS NOT JUST 2E STUDENT BUZZ OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. IMAGINE A DISTRICT WHERE EVER CHILD NO MATTER HOW COMPLEX
FEELS SEEN, UNDERSTOOD AND CHALLENGED IN THE RIGHT WAYS. THAT'S THE POWER THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT. MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 8, THE ADOPTION OF CONSENTS AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A MOTION CONCERNING CONCEPT AGENDA? >> I MOVE APPROVE CONCEPT AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY MEEK, SECOND BY MAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS.
>> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAM, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. >> PASSES 7-0. MOVE ONTO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES THE MINUTES FROM THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JANUARY 28th.
AND THE RETREAT HELD ON JANUARY 25TH. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES LISTED? >> MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. >> SECOND. >> MOVE BY MEEK, SECOND BY GEIGER. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE.
>> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. MOVING TO OUR STUDY ACTION ITEM. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT PATHWAYS UPDATE FOR A 20-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND A 10-MINUTE Q&A.
>> ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT DANNY WINDSOR WILL BE TAKING IT FROM HERE. >> THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT KANE. THANK YOU PRESIDENT WILLIAMS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IT'S GREAT TO SEA YOU TONIGHT. JUST FIRST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR CELEBRATING OUR KIDS TONIGHT AND OUR AMAZING STAFF, WHICH IS SO PROUD OF THEM. TONIGHT WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE
JUST A REALLY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE FROM A POST SECONDARY READINESS PROGRAMMING SET OF THINGS TONIGHT AND WE'LL SHARE STAT STATISTICS WITH TO YE WHERE WE ARE AS A SYSTEM. WHERE WE ARE GOING. BUT ALSO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BUILD THE TIME IN TO HIGHLIGHT OUR INCREDIBLE BRIDGE PROGRAM AND OUR
MARKETPLACE AND THAT CONNECTION TO OUR CULINARY PROGRAM TONIGHT. AND SO I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE A FEW FOLKS THAT ARE A LOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN I AM BEHIND ME HERE. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING, MR. DAN McMINIMEE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS
FOR PATHWAYS CHOICE AND ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING. DR. REX CORE DIRECTOR OF LEGACY CAMPUS. WE HAVE CHEF SHAMUS O'BRIEN WHO IS OUR CULINARY DIRECTOR. WE'VE GOT MR. CATO AND A STUDENT JOINING US TONIGHT AND YOUR NAME. THE AMAZING TYLER COLE.
GET THAT RIGHT, TYLER. MATT CHAMBLISS SURE CE SPECIALISTS FOR THE DISTRICT, CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT. WE HAVE LESLIE HARRY IS WHO IS OUR CTE SPECIALIST FOR OUR DISTRICT. EVELYN PETERSON. WHO IS OUR SCENT SPECIALIST AND
THEN KATHY WHO IS OUR WORK-BASED LEARNING SPECIFIC KIST. CARRY WOULD LOVE TO BE HERE WE HIRED HER TO BE HERE SHE HAD A VERY IMPORTANT TRIP THAT SHE HAD TO BE ON THAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO BE WITH HER FAMILY. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT BUT DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
TONIGHT WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP. WE WANTED TO GROUND OURSELVES IN ON OUR MISSION, WE TALK ABOUT THIS ON A REGULAR BASE MISS OUR POST SECONDARY READINESS DEPARTMENT TYING INTO THE SPECIFIC BOARD ENDS. WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AS A BOARD TO HELP HIGHLIGHT THIS. WHEN WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE
SECTIONS IT REALLY DOES TAP INTO THE FOCUS WHAT WE ARE DOING. IF YOU CAN EVEN SEE TONIGHT AND SOME OF THE WORK WITH OUR STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND PATHWAY PROGRAMMING. IT'S REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON YOU ARE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
I DID WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SOMETHING, THIS IS MORE OF A STATE OF COLORADO KIND OF UPDATE RIGHT HERE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS CHART, THIS TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STORY OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO COMPETING AGAINST. THIS IS THE STATE OF COLORADO THAT DID A 6-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF COLORADO NO 2015 AND TRACK THEM UNTIL 2021 SEA HOW MANY GRADUATED WITH FOUR-YEAR AGREES, TWO-YEAR DEGREES AS WELL AS CERTIFICATION.
THE GRADUATION LEVEL WAS 55% AS A STATE LEVEL TO HIM GIVE YOU CONTEXT WE ARE AT 92% AND ABOVE. AS THEY PROGRESS ALONG, STUDENT PROGRESS AND MOVE TO THE RIGHT. TWO YEARS LATER YOU SAW THE NUMBER DECREASE AT STATE IN FOUR
YEAR. DECREASE IN TWO YEAR, BACHELORS DECREE, ET CETERA. ONCE TO YOU GET SIX-YEAR PERIOD DECREASEED TO 27% OF STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF COLORADO WERE GETTING FOUR-YEAR DEGREES, TWO-YEAR DID HE QUESTIONS, NOT EVEN FOUR-YEAR AGREES BECAUSE
THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND CERTIFICATION. WE HAVE 70 TO 80% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT GO TO A FOUR-YEAR BASED PRO PROGRAMS AND PER SIS T MUCH HIGHER RATES. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR STUDENT ARE
PERFORMING AT GREAT RATES, I KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER. I KNOW SUPERINTENDENT KANE HAS THAT SAME MESSAGING FOR US BUT WE HAVE TAKEN SIGNIFICANT SURPRISE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP DAN McMINIMEE TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE AT A DISTRICT.
THIS PAST YEAR $38 MILLION IN PATHWAY PROGRAMMING FOR OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE GREATS SMILING EAR TO HERE HELPING THE STUDENTS TIE THIS TO
CWE. BRINGING IN AN INCREDIBLE TEAM HERE. I TILL WIL TELL YOU EVERY TIME I WALK INTO THE MEETING WITH THESE FOLKS I WALK OUT INCREDIBLY INSPIRED IN THE WORK THAT THEY ARE DOING. WE ARE ACTIVE WITH THE PARTNER
WITH PARTNERS. PITCH ROOM OF TRYING TO BRING INDUSTRY INTO THE CONVERSATION. ALIGNING HIGHER EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE PREPARED AND GIVEN THAT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. TO THEN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY IN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE SERVICING THE NEEDS. GREAT EXAMPLES ARE LAKE THE
NURSING PROGRAMS WE ARE PUTTING OUT OVER 100 PLUS CNAs STRAIGHT SPECIFICALLY INTO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND DAN WILL SHARE S' MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE AMAZING WORK IN THE DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ASSISTANTS
SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR, BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUPERINTENDENT KANE, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED VERY EARLY ON IN MY CAREER, IS YOU HIGHER GREAT PEOPLE AND YOU GET THE HECK OUT OF THEIR WAY. AND I AM REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AS A PART OF THE TEAM AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE FRUITS OF THEIR
LABOR. YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND THEIR TALENT HAS ALLOWED US TO CREATE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR DISTRICT THAT CONTINUE TO GROW IN SPITE OF OUR DECLINING ENROLLMENT. IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE CAME AND TALKED TO YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR
WE HAD NUMBERS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU, TONIGHT I WILL GO THROUGH EACH WITHIN OF THE AREAS. SINGULARLY WITH UPDATED NUMBERS FOR YOU. PROUD OF THE GROWTH AND THE PROGRAMMING AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENT THAT ARE PARTICIPATE IN THIS CERTIFICATES THAT WE ARE
ALLOWED TO OFFER IN THE TOTAL CLASSES OF CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT THE GREAT NUMBERS ARE THERE IN VIRTUAL I EVER CATEGORY THAT I WE'LL TALK ABOUT. HOWEVER, THE FIRST THING THAT I AM MOST PROUD ABOUT IS THE WAY THAT WE ARE SERVING ALL STUDENTS AND ON THE LEFT IN THIS COLUMN YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN AT LEAST ONE CAREER AND TECH ED CLASS AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OR AT THE LEGACY CAMPUS AND DR. CORE IS GOING TO SHARE SPECIFICS WITH LEGACY LATER ON IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT AS YOU CAN
SEE, WE ARE KEEPING PACE WITH WHAT'S BEING OFFERED TO OUR STUDENTS ACROSS OUR DECEMBER BASKS AND ACROSS OUR SUBGROUPS S AND WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW TALK IT IS TO OUR STATEMENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENT AS YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CTE PROGRAM, OUR CURRENT STATE YOU CAN SEE DOWN THE LEFT AND FUTURE BOND -- FUTURE PL PLANS D BONDS PROJECTS DOWN THE RIGHT. SUPERINTENDENT KANE ALLUDED TO SOME OF THOSE EARLIER. YOU CAN SEE CURRENT STATE, WE HAVE 75 PROGRAMS WITH 105 TEACHERS.
AND ABOUT 25,000 STUDENT TAKING CTE CLASSES. 2200 STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES AT SITES OTHER THAN THEIR OWN AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE CRAB TIFF SCHEDULE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED FOR THEM. WE HAVE 536 PROGRAMS FUNDED FOR
A TOTAL $415,000, THE C DIP IF YOU REMEMBER ARE THE CERTIFICATES THAT STUDENTS EARN, WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE STATE IT'S A MOVING TARGET AND COMPLICATED WE CAN COME BACK AND MORE MORE WITH THAT. BUT PROUD THAT THE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TURN THE DOLLARS BACK INTO THE PROGRAMMING AND ALLOW THEM TO LEVERAGE AGAINST THE
PROGRAMS IN THEIR SCHOOLS TO BUY SUPPLIES, MATERIALS, OPPORTUNITIES. FOR FEW EVERY GENERATIONS OF OUT STUDENTS. DOWN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE SUPERINTENDENT KANE ALLUDED TO THIS. COSMETOLOGY AT DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN A HIGH-GROWTH
AREA THAT WE HAVE AN AUTO TECH PROGRAM WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD A WAITING HIS AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DISTRICT NO AUTO TECH. DR. CORE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS AND EXCITING DESIGNATIONS THAT WE ARE SEARCHING FOR.
FOR OUR DISTRICT THAT WILL ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDING FOR STUDENT AS WELL. IN CONCURRENT ELLEN ROLE. YOU MET MATT EARLIER WE HAVE 199 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT CLASSES WITH WRITE MAIN TEACHERS THAT, NUMBER HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY SINCE WE FIRST PUT THE PROGRAM IN IN 2007.
I THINK THERE WAS 105 STUDENTS PROBABLY FIVE TEACHERS. PARENT VALUE THIS STUDENTS VALUE THIS AND OUR STAFF VALUE THIS. 11,000 STUDENTS TAKING CLASSES 10% INCREASE IN TUITION DOLLARS.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING $9.3 MILLION IN TUITION SAVINGS FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND THAT NUMBER REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT PARENT HAVE TO DIRECTLY PAY FOR TUITION FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE THESE CLASSES IN THE OPEN MARKET. A THE OUR HIGHER ED PARTNERS,
FUTURE PLANS WE'LL CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CSU GLOBAL WHICH ALLOWS US TO TRAIN EACH TEACHERS TO BE CURRENT ENROLLMENT TEACHERS AND GET THAT CERTIFICATE. WE HAVE 12 PEOPLE THAT THAT PROGRAM THAT WILL BE CERTIFIED BY THE END OF THE AREA SO WE CAN
CONTINUE THE BENCH STRENGTH IN THE DISTRICT IN MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH. EXPANSION OF COURSE OPPORTUNITIES AT HIGH SCHOOLS MATT IS CONTINUALLY WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AROUND WHAT ARE SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE. WHO WOULD BE HIGHER ED PARTNERS THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO THE
TABLE AND CONTINUING THAT. CONTINUING THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS AT THE CSU GLOBAL PROGRAM. AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT WE PUT IN FOR PLAY LAST YEAR, MORE FORMALLY, BECAUSE OF ACTIONS THAT THE STATE TOOK AS OUR ASCENT PROGRAM. THE FREE TUITION FOR FIFTH YEAR
STUDENTS. IN OUR DISTRICT TO GO TO A HIGHER ED SCHOOL OF THEIR CHOICE. WITH WITHIN THE STATE OF COLORADO. WE HAVE 18 HIGHER ED PARTNERSHIPS. FROM CSU TO -- METRO, TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TO C
SUCH U PUEBLO. WE HAVE BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT TRYING TO SIGN THESE AGREEMENTS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES THAT OUR STUDENTS WANTING TO TO. EVELYN IS IN CHARGE OF THIS, SHE'S BEEN AMAZING TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF JUST TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND MAKING THIS A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
YOU CAN SEE GROWTH 159 STUDENT IN THE ASCENT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, THOSE RENT 159 STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR OF TUITION PAID FOR. AT THE COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE. IF THEY ARE A PARTNER WITH US. THAT WAS 102 YEARS AGO. THAT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF THE
STATE SAYING WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO GOVERN THAT YOU CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENT. WE'LL DROP THE GLOVES AND LET YOU GO FOR IT. EFLIN SPENT HER ENTIRE SUPER RECRUITING STUDENT TO THAT PROGRAM. KUDOS TO HER WITH THAT. SHE HAD HELP AND OTHER PEOPLE ON
THE PHONE. ACHED CHIEF. AND PROCESS, FINANCIAL AND CAREER READINESS, PERSONAL GROWTH DEPARTMENT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR THE COMPLETION OF THEIR ASCENT YEAR AND BETTER TRANSITION FOR POST SECONDARY.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S TRADITIONALLY BEEN A PLACE WHERE STUDENT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL GOING DIRECTLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO DIRECTLY TO COLLEGE. HOPEFULLY WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE DISTRICT SUPPORT. BASICALLY HELPING THEM THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR. WITH THEIR PARENTS GOING TO BE
159 STUDENTS THAT THEY'LL HAVE A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE EVELYN HAS BEEN WORKING TREMENDOUSLY ON CREATING THE BACK PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS STUDENTS AND GET THE NEXT GROUP OF STUDENT IN THE MINE. YOU HEARD ABOUT THE OPEN HOUSE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE I WOULD INVITE TO YOU GO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE ASCENT PROGRAM. THIS IS GENERATING A TON OF INTEREST IN OUR DISTRICT. SO MUCH INTEREST THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A LOTTERY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SLOTS. THE STATE OF COLORADO SAYS WE ONLY HAVE 159 SLOTS FOR THE NEXT
TWO YEARS AS THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO IF DO YOU WANT DIVE INTO LEGISLATION I WOULD INVITE TO YOU TO BE A VOI. THIS PROGRAM IS AMAZE FOR THIS STUDENTS FIND A WAY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM OR AT LEAST KEEP THE
FUNDING FLAGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU CAN SEE LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR THROUGH THEM I ASKED EVELYN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND CHALLENGED HER, YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE BREAD CRUMB TRAIL SO WE CAN REPLICATE HE'S GOING ON HERE AND HAVE A GOOD PLAYBOOK. FOR WORKING THE STUDENT MOVING
INTO THE FUTURE AND SHE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. FINALLY WORK-BASE LEARNING, WE HAVE A TON OF PARTNERSHIPS AS YOU ARE AWARE. WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU INTERACT WITH IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A TON OF WORK-BASED LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US AROUND HELPING
STUDENTS TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE FOR THEM. DOWN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FUTURE INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT CATH IS A WORKING TO GAIN FOR US. WE ARE TRYING TO TIE THESE DIRECTLY TO THE CTE PROGRAMS SO
A STUDENT CANNOT ONLY DO THE WORK IN THE CLASSROOM BUT SEE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IF THEY TRANSITION INTO THAT. WE ARE PUTTING EMPHASIS ON TRYING TO MAKE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY FOR THE PARTNER, BUT ALSO FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I AM GOING TO CALL UP DR. CORE TO TALK FURTHER ENTER THE LEGACY CAMPUS, BUT AMAZING, AMAZING PROGRAMMING FOR THE STUDENTS I DON'T WANT TO YOU FORGET ABOUT THE NINE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SKY PROVIDING SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS AND DR. CORE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. DR. CORE. >> GOOD EVENING. A QUICK UPDATE ON LEGACY CAMPUS YOU ARE OUR CURRENT STATE IS
NINE PROGRAMS ACROSS THREE SECONDARY CAMPUSES. WE ARE SERVING 572 STUDENTS AT LEGACY CAMPUS AND OUR SECOND YEAR BUT WHEN YOU TALLY THAT UP BY THE CLASSES THAT EACH STUDENT TAKES, WE ARE ACTUALLY -- WE HAVE SURPASSED 1600 SEATS THIS YEAR AT LEGACY WHICH IS AN
OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE 16 HIGH SCHOOLS REPRESENTED ON OUR CAMPUS THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR AT THE END OF YEAR ONE, 391 COLLEGE CREDIT AND 695.5 HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS THIS
YEAR THAT NUMBER WILL JUMP TO 4523 COLLEGE CREDITS AND OVER A THOUSAND HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS TO THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. THIS YEAR WE WERE RECOGNIZED OFFICIALLY BY THE STATE OF COLORADO AS A DESIGNATED CAREER
AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL. AND THAT PUTS US IN THE GAME WITH SOME OF THE BIG PLAYERS AND CTE UP AND DOWN THE FRONT RANGE AND THE WESTERN SLOPE AND OPENED UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL C.T.A. FUNDING. THROUGH THE STATE OF COLORADO
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ENHANCE OUR PROGRAMMING MOVING FORWARD. OUR STUDENT APPLICATION ARE NOW EACH AND SO I WILL PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER -- WE WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SPRING BREAK.
WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENT APPLICATIONS AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE LEGACY CAMPUS.ORG. SO ON THE INAUGURAL EVENTS AND UPDATES, WE HAVE NOW OUR APPLICATION SITTING WITH THE STATE FOR FINAL REVIEW FOR
P-TECH, ASCENT IS A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM AS IS T-REP FOR OUR FUTURE TEACHERS AND P-TECH IS ONE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM, NATIONALLY FUNDED THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FURTHER YEARS UNDER THE CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT UMBRELLA FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR GRADUATES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY.
AND SO WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING RESPONSE ON IT. PPECK, WE HOSTED OUR FIRST OUT NATION EXPO HUNDRED AS TEND ED IN JANUARY.
WE ARE WRAPPING UP A SERIES OF MOCK INTERVIEWS AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL SEMINARS AT LEGACY RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A HIRING AND CAREER FAIR OUR VERY FIRST ON SEPTEMBER 28TH. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OVER 50 INDUSTRY PARTNERS WILL BE ON HAND. TO DISCUSS FUTURE CAREER OPTIONS
AND DO SOME HIRING FOR OUR GRADS. AND YES, WE ARE PARENT MAGAZINES, FAVORITE TRADE SCHOOL IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, WE'LL JUST KEEP ROLLING THAT OUT THERE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR FUTURE BOND PLANS BUT THAT EV
AND HYBRID AUTO TECHNICIAN PROGRAM, THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM, OUR CONSTRUCTION TRADES PROGRAM AND CARPENTER. H-VAC, PLUM PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL TRADE AND PREAPPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM ALL
COMING ON LANE THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH OUR BOND AND THANK YOU TO THIS BOARD AND OUR LEADERSHIP FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS AVAILABLE ON THE DCSD WEBSITE AND THIS IS OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM GUIDE THAT OUT LINES THE FANTASTIC PROGRAMMING AND LEGACY IS A WONDERFUL THING. I LIKE TO TALK B WE HAVE HAD OUTSTANDING CRYER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMMING IN ADDITION TO OUR A.P. AND I.B. PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HIGH SCHOOLS FOR MANY YEARS. THIS OUTLINES ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND CERTAINLY AS A PARENT OF A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN, I'LL TELL YOU I
HAVE SPENT TIME WITH MY SON IN THIS BOOK OUTLINING ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST CHOICES FOR OUR FAMILY MOVING FORWARD. NOW I'LL TRANSITION TO ANOTHER SLIDE.
AS DIRECTOR OF DCSD LEGACY PAM PUT MATES PLEASURE APRONING WITH A COUPLE OF COLLEAGUES AND A FANTASTIC YOUNG MAN WHO IS A STUDENT. TO PROVIDE IN ADDITION TO MY UPDATE A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT IT THE
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO ALL STUSTUDENTS AT LEGACY CAMPUS, WE HAVE REMAINED STEADFAST IN OUR MISSION, LEFT WINNING INDUSTRY AND POST SECONDARY PARTNERS TO CREATE PROGRAMMING THAT PROVIDES A TRUE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHETHER THEIR NEXT STEP IS CLAIM, MILITARY VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR DIRECTLY ENTERING THE WORKFORCE, WE AIM TO SERVE AS A STUDENT LAUNCH PAD.
WE DESIGNED OUR APPLICATION PROCESS TO REMOVE TRADITIONAL BEARERS NO MINIMUM GPA. NO PREREQUISITE TEST SCORES. AND ASIDE FROM SELECT POST SECONDARY PARTNER REQUIREMENT.
INSTEAD OUR APPLICATIONS ARE BUILD AROUND STUDENT NARRATIVES. AND COUNSELOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKE SURE THAT WE WILL FILL OUR TAGLINE, CONNECTING PASSION TO PATHWAY. THE RESULT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES
ACROSS EVERY CATEGORY LEGACY EXCEEDS THE DISTRICT'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AVERAGES IN SERVING OUR UNIQUE POPULATIONS AS A PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL SEAT COUNT, 16% OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE IEPs 12% HAVE
504 PLANS. 6% ARE MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS. OUR ADVANCED LEARNING PLANS, WE KNOW THAT WITH OUR PROGRAMMING, SOME STUDENTS WHO MAY BEST FLOURISH AT LEGACY MAY NOT HAVE DONE SO IN A TRADITIONAL
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENT. TWO STUDENTS ONE AN IEP AND ONE WITH A 504, I KNOW THAT PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY IS QUINTESSENTIAL. BEYOND ACCESS, WE HAVE BUILT A CULTURE OF ENGAGEMENT AND
EXCELLENCE COMING OUT OF OUR FIRST YEAR, OUR STUDENTS MAINTAINED AN IMPRESSIVE 90 909% ATTENDANCE RATE AND 3.51 COLLECTIVE GPA IN LEGACY COURSE WORK. KNOWING THAT WE WOULD GROW I EXPECTED THE NUMBERS TO DIP.
HOWEVER OUR FIRST SEMESTER THIS YEAR DESPITE BEING 50% LARGER OUR A TENDONS WE MAINS AN OUT STANDING 95.8% AND OUR COLLECTIVE LEGACY GPS A S3 IF THE POWER NINE, OUR STUDENTS CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE
CHALLENGE. TOP I WOULD LIKE INTRODUCE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT EMBODY THE COMMITMENT TO SERVING ALL STUDENT AND PROVIDING THEM THE SKILLS FOR A COMPETITIVE FUTURE, CHEF SHAMUS O'BRIEN CULINARY AND
I PASS AT THAT TIME MANAGEMENT AND MR. JOHN CATO AS THE FULL-TIME BRIDGE TEACHER AT LEGACY. A PROGRAM DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR LEGACY MARKETPLACE IT IS ALSO MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR LEGACY BRIDGE PROGRAM STUDENT,
THEIR LEADERSHIP EXEMPLIFIES HOW THE CAMPUS IS REDEFINING OPPORTUNITY ONE STUDENT AT A TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THEM ALL TO THE PODIUM. [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE MORE ABOUT HOUR CULINARY AND PASS AT THAT TIME PATH RAY AT LEGACY CAMPUS. OUR PROGRAM IS BUILD ON THE COLORADO PRO START CURRICULUM WHICH IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PATHWAY FROM THE NATIONAL
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUL DAYS THIS EQUIPS HIGH AL STUDENTS AND ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND CULINARY ARTS, RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS. THROUGH OUR TWO YEAR, THREE-LEVEL CURRICULUM WE COMBINE HANDS ON LEARNING IN OUR
STATE-OF-THE-ART PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN LAB WITH CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. STUDENTS IN THIS PATHWAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT, COLLEGE CREDITS. ACCESS TO SCHOLARSHIPS, THEY
PARTICIPATE IN PAID WORK EXPERIENCES. AND COMPLETE INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS THAT PREPARE THEM FOR REAL WORLD SUCCESS. IN JUST A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE OPENING, WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE LEGACY MARKETPLACE. WHICH IS A PUBLIC-FACING STUDENT-RUN VENTURE, THAT ALLOWS
STUDENTS TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONALISM, TIME MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION AND PROBLEM SOLVING. THIS MARKETPLACE HAS ALSO FOSTERED A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DCSD BRIDGE PROGRAM. ALLOWING STUDENTS FROM BOTH
PROGRAMS TO COLLABORATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, ENHANCE THEIR SKILLS AND DELIVER EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALITY TO OUR GUESTS. OUR CULL MARRY AND HOSPITALITY PROGRAM IS MORE THAN JUST A CLASS.
IT'S TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT SETS STUDENT ON A WHITE A TO SUCCESS IN OUR INDUSTRY. I WILL LET MR. CATO SPEAK IF A FUSE MINUTES. >> HOLE AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I ENJOY BRAGGING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES OF OUR STUDENT. FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE ONE. ED DISTRICT LEADERSHIP FOR CREATING SUCH AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BRIDGE STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE. DR. CORPS JUDY JORDAN OUR FEARLESS LEADER AT THE BRIDGE PROGRAM.
CHEF SEAMUS O'BRIEN AND HIS AMAZING CULINARY STUDENTSES TO AT THAT A MAKES PARAPROFESSIONAL JOB COACHES THAT WORK TIRELESSLY WITH OUR STUDENTSES. JULIE AND MICHELLE WHO TRULY MAKE THE PROGRAM WHAT IT IS. THE MARKETPLACE CAFE OFFERS AN
AUTHENTIC REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE. FOR OUR STUDENT. ALLOWING THEM TO WORK THREE HOURS A DAY. WHICH AVERAGES TO ABOUT 12 TO 15 HOURS A WEEK. WHERE THEY GET TO WORK IN THE MARKETPLACE AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT'S LIKE WORK IN A REAL LIFE
RESTAURANT. THEY HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS TO DO THAT WORKS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE TO CLOCK IN AND CLOCK OUT. THEY HAVE TO WEAR CLEAN, RESPECTABLE UNIFORMS, THEY NEED TO LEARN TO -- HOW TO PROPERLY CALL IN SICK AND MANY, MANY MORE SKILLS.
IT OFFERS THEM ON THE JOB PROBLEM SOLVING EXPERIENCES THAT CANNOT BE REPLICATED IN A LESSON PLAN OR A CLASSROOM. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF COFFEE BEANS? WHO DO YOU ASK. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE MOP BUCKET SPILLS. YOU CAN GO AND ON AND ON.
THAT OUR YOUNG ADULTS HAVE TO EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. AND THEY LEARN, GET BIGGER, BETTER AND STRONGER EVERY DAY. THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OVERS STUDENT THE GIFT OF STRUGGLE WHERE WE HAVE LEARNED BY NOW THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF REAL LEARNING TAKES PLACE THIS
OPPORTUNITIES ALLOWS THE STUNTS TO EXPERIENCE MANY DIFFERENT HIGHS AND LOWS OF WORKING WITH ACCESS TO INTENSE JOB COACHING. WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE OCCASIONAL I DON'T WANT TO SYNDROME. THAT KIND OF SHOWS UP. WHICH IS ALL PART OF WORKING IN
THE REAL WORLD. AND LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE FEELINGS AND ASPECTS OF WORK. A JOB WELL DONE, FEELINGS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. TAKING PRIDE IN ONE'S WORK AND MAKING SOMEONE'S DAY. OTHER SKILLS STUDENTS LEARN WHILE WORKING IN THE
MARKETPLACE, INCLUDE LOOKING FOR A JOB. WHICH IS A JOB IN ITSELF. FILLING OUT JOB APPLICATIONS MOCK INTERVIEWS. HOW TO GIVE AND TAKE CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK.
ALL THINGS THEY ARE LONG,ING IN THE MARKETPLACE CAFE. STRIVING FOR INDEPENDENCE AT HOME, AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP TYLER COLE, ONE OF OUR AMAZING BRIDGE STUDENTS. WHO HAS WATCHED HIM GROW AND
MATURE, AND BECOME SO INDEPENDENT AND HE'S GOING TO READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE. >> HELLO, MY NAME IS TYLER COLE AND I GRADUATED FROM LOCKHEED HIGH SCHOOL IN 2023. NICE SECOND AND FINAL YEAR IN THE BRIDGE PROGRAM.
DURING MY TIME AT THE LEGACY MARKETPLACE THIS YEAR I HAVE LEARNED EMPLOYABLE SKILLS INCLUDING WORKING THE CASH REGISTER, HOSPITALITY. TAKING ORDERS, MAKING SMOOTHIES AND COOKING HOT FOODS. WE ALSO LEARN SKILLS OUTSIDE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SUCH AS SWEEPING, MOPPING BEING AND TAKING OUT TRASH WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FULLY STOCK ODD DRINKS SO CUSTOMERS CAN BUY FROM US, I ALSO MAKE SURE THAT INVENTORY FOR ENOUGH FOOD FOR CUSTOMERS. IN THE MARKETPLACE, I HAVE
ENJOYED GETTING TO INTERACT WITH MUST CUSTOMERS WHILE WORK AGO ACE COULD BE EERIE LIKE WORKING WITH TEAM THAT ARE FUN TO BE AROUND AND HAVE A GOOD ATTITUDE. LEGACY TAUGHT ME MANY SKILLS SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE GIVING ME VALUABLE EXPERIENCE GIVING PAEA JOB THE IN WORKFORCE IT, HELPED ME WORK WHAT IS AND IS
NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE WORKPLACE SUCH AS PROPER ETIQUETTE. THROUGH A LOT OF SKILLS OUTSIDE OF WORKING IN THE MARKET PLACE ARE VERY HELPFUL FOR MY FUTURE SUCH AS HOW TO BUDGET MONEY PROPERLY, COOKING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACCESS SKILLS, AS WELL AS LEARNING HOW TO WORK IN THE
FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY. I MOST LIKELY REMEMBER BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH MY COWORKERS AND MANAGERS WHO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND HELPFUL AND FUN TO BE AROUND AND I ALSO LIKE TO THANK LEGACY PROGRAM AND MR. CATO HE'S A REEL GUIDE TEACHER. I WILL SAY THAT.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, SO HE'S A MUCH BETTER SPEAK THAN I AM. BUT WE ARE -- WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WE ARE JUST INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THIS TEAM I GET TO SEE THESE GUYS WHEN I AM THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND SEE HOW THEY JUST LOVE AND I
THINK THAT PASSION AGENT PATHWAY GOES FOR OUR ADULTS AS WELL TOO. QUESTIONS, PLEASE. >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION. THIS STUFF TICKLES MY FANCY. SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND ALSO I WANT TO THANK THE TAX PAYERS. >> YES.
>> FOR APPROVING 5A THIS LAST NOVEMBER SO WE CAN EXPAND ALL OF OUR PROGRAMMING. NOT JUST AT LEGACY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. SO VERY PROUD OF THAT. TYLER THANKS FOR SPEAKING. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN TO LEGACY MARKETPLACE AND I CAN SAY THAT
WHILE THE FOOD IS GOOD AND THE DRINK ARE GOOD. THE SERVICE IS GREAT I RECOMMEND ANYBODY TO HEAD UP THERE IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
THE STUDENT GET CERTAIN THE CTE PROGRAMS AND I GO TO A COFFEE SHOP I WON'T TELL YOU WHICH ONE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE IN LINE IN FRONT OF ME WHEN GET TO SPEAK IN THIS YOUNG LADY AND SHE IS IN THE TEACHER PROGRAM WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND SHE IS -- SHE DOZEN ATTORNEY OR HOWEVER, AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND SHE HAS FOUND HER PASSION. AND SHE WANTS TO BE A TEACHER AND I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP HER HERE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF AND YOU, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EAT WITH THE TEAM ONE DAY AND TOEWS GREAT EXPERIENCE. LOTS OF REAL GREAT THINGS HAPPENING HERE. DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I CAN'T EVEN HARDLY CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT OVER THIS WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN AND APPROVED AND
VOTED ON LEGACY. AND AS A FORMER CONSUMER AND FAMILY MIDDLE SCHOOLTEACHER, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PLANTED THOSE SEEDS FOR THE KIDS TO GO FORWARD IN TO HIGH SCHOOL AND ONTO LEGACY.
I JUST WISH 25 YEARS AGO WE WOULD HAVE HAD A PROGRAM LIKE THIS FOR MY SON. I AM FROM THE OLD TERM VOCATIONAL. THANK YOU MR. ANYTHING MINUTE ME FOR STEPPING ASIDE FOR THOSE TO DO THEIR WONDERFUL JOBS THAT THEY DID. I AM SURE THAT YOU HAD A BIG
PART IN IT. I WANT TO DO A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE I WAS ON ONE OF THE FIRST TOURS THROUGH THREE HIGH SCH SCHOOLS D BACK AT LEGACY AND ALL I COULD DO THE WHOLE TRIP WAS PICK UP EVERYBODY'S JAW OFF THE GROUND. BECAUSE I THINK THEY WERE LITERALLY IN SHOCK AT THE
BEAUTIFUL FACILITIES, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND THEN CONCLUDING IT AS LEGACY, KNOWING -- I MEAN, THIS IS SO BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I EVER COULD IMAGINE.
AND I I THINK THEY HAVE HAD TWO MORE TOURS SINCE THEN AND I KNOW TEAM HAVE GONE ON THEM AND THEY CANNOT SAY ENOUGH. FIRST OF ALL, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS EXISTED, WOW. JUST SO MANY COMMENTS AND THESE
ARE T THE FROM THE LARGE MAJORIY IN THE DISTRICT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB. TYLER THE MINUTE YOU SAT DOWN I SAID I KNOW THAT GUY, I KNOW THAT GUY WHERE, DO I KNOW THAT GUY? I KNOW WHERE I KNOW THAT GUY, I
HAVE BEEN IN YOUR CAFETERIA SEVERAL TIMES, SO THANK YOU YOU DO SUCH A GOOD JOB. YOU ARE SO HELPFUL. LIKE PRESIDENT WILLIAMS SAID, YOUR SERVICE IS JUST UN -- JUST OUTSTANDING. OF ALL THE KIDS IN THERE AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, THANK YOU
FOR SUCH A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. MAKES ME WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK, I DON'T KNOW. >> THAT WAS A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, THE INFORMATION WAS REALLY GOOD BUT THE
COLLECTIVE PASSION WAS TOP-NOTCH, GUISES. I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT EDUCATION, WE THINK ABOUT GOOD PROGRAMMING, GOOD CURRICULUM. BUT HAVING STAFF THAT CARE ABOUT STUDENTS IS THAT SECRET SAUCE, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS VERY TOUCH TO GO HEAR ALL OF YOUR PASSION AND
JUST HOW PROUD YOU ARE AND THE PASSION, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALLOWING TO US FEEL THAT WITH YOU. TYLER FANTASTIC JOB, I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING FROM YOU. I THINK THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT THE CAFE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. IT'S JOYFUL EXPERIENCE TO GO AND
VISIT AND IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR YOUR STORIES AND WHAT YOU HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE THAT WITH US TODAY. I WANTED TO SUCH ON ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES YOU PRESENTED WHICH WAS THE PATHWAYS. >> YES.
>> GOT YOU. >> JUST REFERENCING THIS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STUDENTS WHO GO TO COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS END UP IN COLLEGE. AFTER THEY GRADUATE WE ARE
SEEING SOME STUDENTS NOT GET A DEGREE AND THERE ARE LOTS OF REASONS FOR THAT ONE IS MAYBE -- A FEW OF THEM, RIGHT, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ONCE THEY GOT TO COLLEGE. ONCE THEY FIGURE ODD WITHOUT DEGREE PROGRAM THEY WANTED THEY FOUND A DIFFERENT PATHWAY.
IT'S A SKILLS DEFICIT. NOT HAVING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHAT'S AWESOME ABOUT YOU WHAT PRESENTED TO US IS HOYER GOING ACROSS THE DIFFERENT REASONS ON WHY WE SEE STUDENTS NOT BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE FOR THOSE
THAT ENDS UP BEING THE PATH RIGHT FOR THEM YOU ARE ADDRESSING THAT PRO ACTION A ACTIVELY HERE WE ARE DOING THAT THROUGH ASCENT WHICH IS VERY EXCITING WE SEE THAT IN SOME OF THE CTE OFFERINGS LIKE THE BIOMEDICAL. I SAT DOWN ON THOSE PRESENTATIONS. >> THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. >> FIRST OF ALL THOSE STUDENTS
ARE LEARNING ABOUT THINGS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD EXPOSURE TO IN ANY OTHER SETTING. THEY ARE BUILDING REAL AND PRACTICAL. THE REAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING INTO THESE PROGRAMS. TO HELP LEAD THE WAY, THE
TEACHERS THAT YOU ARE BRINGING IN. JUST ACROSS THE BOARD THIS IS REALLY AWESOME AND AMAZING WORK. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT TO POINT THAT OUT. I AM FINALLY REALLY CURIOUS HOW ASCENT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE SCHOOL FINANCE ACT. I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LOOK LIKE.
I WAS LOOKING, I GLANCED AT OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND WE TALK ABOUT NOT CUTTING FUNDING BUT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT NINING FUNDING FOR GOOD PROGRAMS THAT WORK. AND BUT ALSO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORK IN THE SCHOOL FINANCIAL ACT, BUT I THINK CLARITY ON THAT MIGHT BE THEY. FOR ALL OF US ADVOCATING FOR
THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU. >> WE WERE JUST ON A CALL AS A MATTER OF FACT WITH SOME OF THE LEGISLATES I HAVE AIDS AROUND THAT NEW HOUSE BILL AS WELL. KNOWING THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL CHANGES LOOKING AT AND ADVOCATING FOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, I
COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. WHAT MAKES THIS SPECIAL ARE THE INCREDIBLE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE. SO OUR STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, NONE WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR PRINCIPALS HAVING OPEN ARMS AND THE FORESIGHT AROUND THIS WORK AND OUR STAFF, BUT IT TAKES THESE STAO*UPBDZ STUDENT TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE
TURN TO TAKE THE STEP FORWARD. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT AT NATIONAL AVERAGE OF THREE TO NINE TIMES A STUDENT CHANGES THEIR COURSE. THINK THE NATIONAL STUDENT DEBT AT A COLLEGE LEVEL IS $1.75 TRILLION.
THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BACK UP TO DEVELOP THE SKILLS BUT MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A CLEAR ARTICULATION IN THOSE AGREEMENTS AS WELL, ALSO SO THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> ONE, YOU CAN MARK ME AS ANOTHER FAN OF MARKETPLACE. I WILL POINT OUT IT'S ALWAYS
IMAC HATLEY CLEAN. >> IT IS. >> IT'S BEAUTIFULLY DONE THE SERVICE AS THEY SAID IS GOOD. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEBODY CLEANING AND AS SOMEONE WHO SPILLS THEIR COFFEE I APPRECIATE THAT.
FUTURE% OF OUR GIFTED STUDENT. I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION HAD A STIGMA TO IT IT WAS THE KIDS NOT SUCCEED ELSEWHERE. THE FACT THAT 30 A 8% OF OUR STUDENTS TAKE THIS SHOWS THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS FOR
EVERYBODY. THIS PROVIDES SOMETHING FOR EVERY KIND OF STUDENT. IN HE HAVE WAY THE FACT THAT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS FOLLOW DOWN, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE REACHING OUT TO EVERYBODY, THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT FOR LAST YEAR. BECAUSE OF THE RECRUITING PROCESS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. I HAVE DONE QUESTION, MR. WINDSOR WE TALK A LOT ABOUT CE AND THIS IS FROM MY PERSONAL ISSUE, DO WE FOLLOW-UP WITH THE KIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CE
IS APPLYING FOR WHERE THEY ARE GOING. I HAD A DOWN AND DIRT FIGHT WITH RED ROCKS AND HAD TO USE PHRASES LIKE YOU KNOW I AM AN ATTORNEY TO GET A CLASS APPROVED FOR MY KID. SO DO WE FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD -- THAT THOSE ARE ACTUALLY APPLICABLE CREDITS. >> YEAH, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
GUARANTEE TRANSFER CREDIT. IT'S A BIG PART WE NAVIGATE WITH. ACTUALLY SOME STATE LEGISLATION THAT'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE AROUND MAKING THAT MORE TRANSPARENT FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND IT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO OR TAKE LATE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM AS WELL AS HIGHER ED THAT PAR PAINT IN ASCENT, ET CETERA TO BE A PART OF THAT.
OUR HOPE IS TO TRY TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THAT FOR OUR FAMILIES SO THEY DON'T RAH TO SEARCH THE SITE TO SAY DOES THIS SCORE APPLY TO THIS. STUFF THAT PROBABLY DROVE YOU CRAZY. WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND A BIG PARTS OF THIS THAT I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND IS TRYING TO NAVIGATE
THE STACKABLE COURSES THAT LEAD TOWARDS LIKE A DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION AND WHEN THAT IS, THAT LIKELIHOOD OF ACTUALLY ALLOWING THAT TRANSFER BECOMES EASIER WHEN YOU STACK THE COURSES TOGETHER. SO THEN IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS THAT GUARANTEE TRANSFER ABILITY TO BE CEASE YEAR VERSUS THE ONE OFFS WHICH WE DID ALONG TIME AGO THEY
ARE SEEING THE BENEFIT AND WE CAN TIE IT TO ASCENT AND OTHER PATHWAY WORK, IT'S HUGE KUDOS BETWEEN THE TEAM OR TAKE LATE THAT GO SO WHEN WE OFF THEIR PATHWAY WHICH TIES AGAIN THE WAY THEY CREDIT ASPECT WHAT WE ARE DOING INTENTIONALLY TIED AT IT TO THESE PATHWAYS. FOR CERTIFICATION SO IT ALLOWS
ANY STUDENT, ANY STUDENT IN THE SYSTEM GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT AS WELL. >> I WANT TO POINT OUT FROM MY LEGISLATIVE FOLLOW-UP, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO CUT THE ASCENT PROGRAM OR LIMIT IT IT'S
UNINTELLIGIBLE THAT WE CAUGHT A PROGRAM THAT'S PROVEN STUCK SUCCESSFUL I WOULD EVERYONE OUR LOBBYISTS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP US UPDATE ON THAT. IF YOU NEED SUPPORT PLUS HE HAD KNOW. EVEN ON THE BOARD SO IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK DONE. >> THANK YOU.
>> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> FIRST OFF TYLER THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING A VOICE AND A FACE TO THE MARKETPLACE PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE IT. ALL OF US APPRECIATED YOUR COMCOMMENTS AND YOUR PRESENTATI. AND IT WAS EXCELLENT.
SO THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE. KIND OF TO DIRECTOR GEIGER'S COMMENT, TRANSFERABLE CREDITS AND PARTNERSHIPS, I MEAN, I
THINK IT HAS TAKEN DECADES OF WORK. I HAVE SEEN IT. IN THE DISTRICT. IT HAS TAKEN DECADES OF WORK. AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH HIGHER ED AND BUSINESSES AND EVERYTHING. SO MUCH WORK HAS GONE IN TO
BUILDING WHAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF FOR YOU THAT WORK. LET'S SEE. OWE AND, MR. McMINIMEE, THANK
YOU FOR REMINDING EVERYONE THAT ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT. BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT LEGACY CAMPUS A LOT WHICH IS AMAZING AND WE HAVE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES THERE AT ALL OF
OUR COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE. WHERE WE TALK ABOUT FUTURE PLANS AND BOND PROJECTS CAN YOU SPEAK
TO I KNOW IN THE BOND LANGUAGE WE HAD BUILDING ADDITIONAL CAREER AND TECH EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS. INCLUDING FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS. CAN YOU SPEAK TO OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE MARK PLACE CAFE.
THAT ARE AVAILABLE. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK A BIG PART OF THE ANY OF THE PATH RAY PROGRAMS WE HAVE SELECT SECOND DEGREE MAKING SURE IT'S ACCESS I BELIEVE FOR ALL STUDENTS THINK I THINK WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS OFFER SOME VERY ADVANCE THE PATHWAYS THAT HAVE A LOT OF PREREQUISITES I THINK FOR
OUR STUDENTS AND A BIG PART WHICH WE TRIED TO DO IN WE OF THE PATH SWAYS MAKE SURE THERE IS AN ONRAMP TO ANY STUDENT TO ACCESS THE PROGRAMMING. IF YOU LOOK FROM OUR AUTO PROGRAM TO COSMO PROGRAM TO ANY CONSTRUCTION-BASED PROGRAM. ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE OPEN ACCESS AND OFFER INTENTIONAL PROGRAMMING, WE JUST VERY FORTUNATE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK -- DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. I WILL LET DR. CORR TALK ABOUT MEETING WITH TACT TO MODEL SOME OF THAT PROGRAM AS WELL WITHIN OUR DISTRICT. >> FANTASTIC.
SO WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THE LEGACY LEADERSHIP TEAM TO GO AND TOUR AND VISIT TACK NOW ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THEIR OLD CAMPUS NEW P CAMPUS CONTACT TACT IS IDENTIFYING AUTISM CAREER
TRAITS THEY HAVE A NEW CAMPUS THAT FA THINK. IT'S TAKING NINE PROGRAMMING THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP AT LEGACY AND MAKING SURE THOSE ON RAM OFS ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND SO WE ARE MORE TOURS
SCHEDULE THIS MONTH. WITH DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT HIGH AT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEYER TO CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ONRAMPS AS WE BUILD OUT THE FACE TWO PROGRAMMING THAT'S AT THE PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OUR EXTENDED PROGRAM AGO IS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH LEGACY AND SO THE DETAILS. THE DETAILS ARE YET TO BE DEFINED THAT LEVEL BUT IT'S AN ONGOING AND PRESENT PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS BOTH WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND CONSTRUCTION TEAMS BUT ALSO WITH THE PROGRAMMING STAFF TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO DO THIS WHERE WE ARE
SERVING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. >> SO THANK YOU. I WAS REALLY HOPING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. I AM KIND OF CURIOUS IF BEST SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. I KNOW I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE SID RUN DELL WAS THE
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW LONG WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I APPRECIATE THE WORK GOING INTO IT. AND I LOVE TO REALLY SEE A VERY
I DON'T KNOW CREED PRESENTATION ON WHAT THAT VISION LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY FAMILIES THAT WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM THAT. ILL ATE LET YOU ANSWER THE SPECIAL ED TEACHER QUESTIONS.
>> SO WE HAVE SPECIALISTS ON BOARD FOR ALL OF THOSE POPULATIONS THAT I DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENTATION AND SO WE HAVE A FULL-TIME MODERATE NEEDS INSTRUCTOR TEACHER OUR CAMPUS. A GIFTED EDUCATOR AND
INSTRUCTOR. ALL OF THOSE ARE TEACHERS ON OUR STAFF. THEY ARE ALSO MANY OR MOST ALL OF THEM ARE NOW TEACHING IN THE FUTURE EDUCATOR PATHWAY BECAUSE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
HAS SPECIFIC COURSE WORK FOR POUCH EAR EDUCATORS IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS TO GIVE THEM A ROBUST UNDERSTANDING AND SO THEY SERVE CHECK THEY WEAR MULTIPLE HATS ON OUR CAMPUS BUT WITH OUR STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY IN ALL OF
THOSE AREAS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS GREAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] >> ALL RIGHT, SAYING MOVES US TO ITEM 17 WHICH IS A RECESS.
THE WE WILL COME BACK AT 6:54. >> THE MEETING OF THE BOARD IS BACK IN SESSION AND WE ARE
MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 18. POLICY F C.B. SCHOOL CLOSURE CONSOLIDATION OR RELOCATION FOR OUR SECOND READING.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON A LOT OF DETAILS SINCE WE WERE IN FRONT OF YOU LAST PRESENTING THE POLICIES AROUND SCHOOL CLOSURE
CONSOLIDATION AND RELOCATION. WE INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENT TAKE THE BACKGROUND, I KNOW THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KNOWS THE BACKGROUND BUT JUST IN CASE PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TOOK WE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH THAT PART AGAIN.
SO THIS IS A -- OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, NOTICE THAT AT THE END WE HAVE INCLUDED RECENT COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF FOR YOU SHARING THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING. MANY OF THEM ARE NOW ALL OF THEM
ARE COVERED ON OUR GROWTH AND DECLINE WEBSITE. IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES SENSE FOR US TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THEM FOR OUR PUBLIC WHO ARE LISTENING. OKAY. ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, OUR DECISION MAKING IS CENTERED AROUND OUR KIDS, THAT IS ALWAYS
FIRST AND FOREMOST IN EVERY SING THAT WE DO. AS A DISTRICT. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL HERE TO SERVE OUR AMAZING KIDS. SO HERE IS A SUMMARY OF OUR REALITIES. THIS CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY BY
PLANNING AREA. THE NORTH PLANNING AREA WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLANDS RANCH. IS IN THE ORANGE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OF OUR THREE PLANNING AREAS, THE NORTH PLANNING AREA ON HAS IS HAD THE
MOST DRAMATIC DIP IN THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS THAT HAS HI PACKED GREATLY ENROLLMENT IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ENROLLMENT IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AS WELL. AT THE END, YOU DO SEE A LITTLE
UPWARD CHANGE THE UPWARD CHANGE IS DUE TO THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN UPWARD CHANGE THAT IS DUE TOLL STERLING RANCH, AND RIDGE GATE BOTH OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN OUR NORTH PLANNING AREA. THEY ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE FOUR FEEDERS. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT
SLIGHT INCREASE IN BIRTHS THAT IS DUE TO THE ADDITION, THE GROWTH OF THE NORTH PLANNING AREA ON THE EDGES. AND I THINK THIS CHART REALLY JUST SUMS UP OUR REALITIES, WE
HAVE 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE HIGHLANDS RANCH AREA. THAT USED TO SERVE ALMOST 11,000 STUDENTS SO ABOUT TENNESSEE THOUSAND 500 STUDENTS IN 16 BUILDINGS AND WE PROJECT THAT GO THOSE 16 BUILDINGS WILL BE
SERVING ABOUT 6,000 STUDENT ONCE YOU TAKE OUT STERLING RANCH IT'S ABOUT 6,000 STUDENT, SO 16 BUILDINGS, USED TO SERVE 11,000 STUDENT. SIM 16 BELLS SERVING 6,000 STUDENT.
THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR OUR DISTRICT. IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN ORDER FOR US TO KEEP OPPORTUNITIES OTHER FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE FOREFRONT. LIKEWISE ONTO THE COST SIDE. OUR STUDENTS IN SMALL SCHOOLS
TODAY COST US ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF $2,500 PER STUDENT MORE THAN ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AS WE HAVE MORE AND MORE SMALL SCHOOLS. THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WHERE DOES THAT EXTRA FUNDING COME FROM.
AN EXTRA $2,500 PER STUDENT. IT REALLY COMES OUT OF THE BASE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS ABLE TO RECEIVE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND DIRECTOR GEIGER AND I WERE P JUST TALKING A FEW MINUTES AGO DURING THE BREAK ABOUT HOW EVEN WITH THAT ADDITIONAL $2,500 PER
STUDENT, OUR SMALL SCHOOLS STRUGGLE FINANCIALLY AND ARE LOOKING AT EVERY DOLLAR AND EVERY F IT. E AND REALLY STRUGGLED TO PRESERVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS. THAT NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO
CONTINUE TO GROW AND SHOULD BE REALLY 17 MILLION AND IS A VERY, VERY IS A VERY LOWEST MAT, CLOSER TO PROBABLY 25 OR 25 MILLION IF THE RATE OF GROWTH CONTINUES THAT THAT WILL COST
OUR DISTRICT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND THEN WE JUST HAVE A TALE OF TWO VERY REAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN DUG DASS LAS COUNTY ONE THAT IS CHARGER SIX TO 700 STUDENTS AND ONE THAT IS A SMALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 200 TO 350
STUDENTS. I WON'T GO OVER THIS IN DETAIL. BUT ECONOMIES OF SCALE ALLOW FOR INCREDIBLY ROBUST OPPORTUNITIES. I HAVE ALSO HAD COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACH OUT TO US AND SAY, WELL, YOU DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT THE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL SCHOOLS.
AND SMALL SCHOOLS HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES AS WELL AS DISADVANTAGES. HOWEVER, IT'S JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE. OVERTIME. AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OFFER ROBUST OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND AS AGAIN AS THAT EXPENSE GETS MORE AND MORE PER
STUDENT FOR SMALL SCHOOLS. AND THAT EXPENSE HAS TO COME FROM THE BASE THAT GOES TO ALL SCHOOLS. OPPORTUNITIESWILL BEGIN TO BLEED AWAY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DRIBBLE. WE HAD A PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT TALK ABOUT OUR INVESTMENT IN THE
ARTS AND ACTUALLY OUR INVESTMENT IS THES IN THE ARTS IS ONE THINGS THAT I WORRY ABOUT. WE ARE NO LONGER FOR FUND BAND AND ARC EXTRA FOR OUR KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH MEANS THE PIPELINES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HEY SCHOOL TONIGHT DID TOTE
THINNER AND THINNER EVERY YEAR THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF THE EROSION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE ABOUT GROWTH AND DECLINE, CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. >> Reporter: ALONG WITH CHIEF OF
STAFF STEVE. WE HAVE HAD MANY, MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS. I I HAVE TO GIVE AN ENORMOUS SHOUT OUT TO STEVE FOR ALL THE WORK GETTING DONE IN GETTING TO
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR 16 SCHOOLS, BEING AT STAFF MEETINGS ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND IN-PERSON MEETINGS AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS. STAYING EMERGENCY EVERY QUESTION IS ANSWERED, MAKING SURE ALL HAVE MEETINGS AVAILABLE TO
EVERYBODY. REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE E ENGAGEMENT THAT HE'S DONE. WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISTRICTS
AND STAFF. AND DONE DUE DILIGENCE THROUGH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. EVERY DEPARTMENT IS AFFECTED BY POTENTIAL CONSOLIDATION EVERYONE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, GIFTED AND TALENTED. OUR MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNERS. EVERY DEPARTMENT IS IMPACTED AND
INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION. THEN OF COURSE AGAIN THE STAFF MEETINGS. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF OF STAFF STEVE TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND THE CHANGES TO THE POPSIES. SINCE YOUR FIRST READING.
I WILL ADD AS A NOTE, THAT DURING THE FIRST READING WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THAT FCB-R BE DELL INDICATE TODAY THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AUTHORITY. WE INCLUDED REDLINES FOR THAT
ALSO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. WE ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE APPROVAL ON SCB AS THAT IS A BOARD FILE I WILL HAND IT OVER. >> THANK YOU.
I WILL GIVE IT BACK IF YOU WOULD LIKE. SO, AGAIN, WE ARE THROUGH PHASE ONE AND YOU HAVE SEEN THIS MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ARE IN TO PHASE TWO. AND WE ARE HEADING INTO THE MARCH, APRIL TIME PERIOD WHERE
SUPERINTENDENT WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IN APRIL. AND WE PLAN ON PRE-ANNOUNCING THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALL 16 COMMUNITIES IN MARCH. AND WE ARE WORK THROWING THAT SACKED TIMING.
THE TODAY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS ENOUGH TIME TO PROCESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS. TO ASK QUESTIONS OF DISTRICT STAFF, AND THE LEADERS. AND THEN FORMULATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THEY NEED OR WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE AHEAD OF THAT
APRIL TIME FRAME. AND THEN PHASE THREE, WE ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT, WE HAVE BEEN, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE SOME SUPPORT. BUT ESPECIALLY HERE AFTER THE PAIRINGS ARE ANNOUNCED AND FINALIZED. WE ARE GETTING READY FOR THAT
LITERALLY THE DAY AFTER THE SCHOOL PAIRINGS ARE FINALIZE. WE V ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF CONTRACTED WITH CONSULTANTS TO HELP US OUT. CONSULTANTS WHO ARE HR VETERANS, FORMER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLTEACHERS. ACTUALLY FORMER HEADS OF HR. WHO HELP TO OVERSEE SCHOOL CLOSINGS. WE HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STAFFS AND BRINGING ON, WILL BE BRINGING ON FOLKS TO HELP US
OUT WITH OUR PARENT -- OR FAMILIES AS WELL. SUPPORT, SUPPORT, SUPPORT. SECOND READING. COULD WE SO THESE, AGAIN, THIS IS A REPEAT. IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT WE
PRESENTED IN JANUARY IF THE BOARD OR IF THE PRESIDENT WILLIAMS WOULD LOU LAKE TO GO THROUGH FCB NOW OR GO THROUGH IT AFTER WE ARE DONE HERE. >> NOW. >> LET'S DO IT NOW.
>> IF YOU DAWNED MIND BEING MARK, BRING UP FCB. WE TRIED TO CAPTURE THE CORE OF THE CONVERSATION WITH THE BOARD.
IT WAS TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THE MEATS FOR WILL BE OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, FCB ARE IN TO FCB AND WE HOPE HE HAVE DONE A REASONABLE JOB WITH IT. SO WE -- BEFORE WE GET THERE, WE ACTUALLY ADDED THIS COMMENT. THIS CAME OUT OF LRPC I BELIEVE. SUPERINTENDENT KANE. JUST TO MAKE REFERENCE TO THE
SHORT AND LONG TERM BENEFITS AND CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND OUR STAFF AND AS THIS PROCESS TRULY OBVIOUSLY HAS A SHORT-TERM ASPECT TO IT. BUT CERTAINLY A LONG-TERM. AND DRAFTING IT. IN MY HEAD, THAT'S ALL IMPLICIT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOOD A LOT OF TIMES TO MAKE EXPLICIT THE IMPLICIT. THAT'S WHERE THAT COMMENT -- OR THAT ADDITION COMES FROM. IF WE COULD SCROLL DOWN. MR. BLARE. SO IF YOU COULD STOP THERE.
SO DIRECTOR GEIGER I BELIEVE YOU ASKED ME THE QUESTION ABOUT ABSENT EMERGENCY AND I HAVE EQUIPPED THAT I ACTUALLY STOLE THAT FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND I DID. BUT MADE ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD JUST TO TAKE THAT OUT.
WE ALSO THIS THEN GETTING DO UP IN THIS PARAGRAPH WHICH I BELIEVE GOES ON TO THE SECOND PAGE, THERE YOU GO, THANKS. AGAIN TAKING CAPTURING A PARAGRAPH WHAT'S IN THE FCB R POLICY SO THAT I BELIEVE THE
INTEREST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD WE ILL BED IN THE FCB POLICY THAT WHICH WE THINK ARE THINGS GOING WELL OR
EFFECTIVE AND THAT IS OUR ATTEMPT DOING THAT. IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN. I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. AND JUST, AGAIN, REFERENCING THE GOOD STUFF THAT THE BOARD WANTS. REFERENCING IT UP HERE BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT IT SHOWS UP
ULTIMATELY IN THE "R" POLICY IRRESPECTIVE OF NEXT TIME IF WE HAVE TO DO THIS WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT LANDS, WE WANT THIS IN HERE. >> IF I COULD ADD, THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE WAS ADDED BASED ON YOUR ALLS FEEDBACK AT OUR LAST
MEETING ABOUT HOW THE DASH RED CROSS POLICY BEING A SUPERINTENDENT FILE. YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN THINGS WERE CAPTURED IN THE BOARD FILE TO MACH SURE IT HAPPENED AT THE SUPERINTENDENT FILE. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT FEEDBACK
CAME FROM. >> HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THIS. IF THAT'S OKAY. >> CAN WE LOOK AT FCB R AND THEN COME BACK?
>> SURE. IF YOU COULD SCROLL -- THANK YOU, MR. BLARE. SO WHAT WE DID HERE IS JUST BETTER FRAME THE PRESS SAYINGS OF STUDENT, STAFF AND, COMMUNITY COHORTS AS MUCH AS PASS BELIEVE
I THINK I SAID AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS BULLET IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS PROBABLY DRAFT LIKE 18 AND I THINK WE FOUND PRETTY GOOD LANGUAGE HERE. JUST REFLECTS THE IDEA IN THE SCHOOL PARENTING IS WE WANT TO
IMPACT AND WE WANT KIDS TO COME OVER WITH THE CO ECO HORSE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IT'S EASIER FOR THEM. HOPEFULLY WE CAPTURED THAT REASONABLY THERE. IF YOU CAN CONTROL DOWN.
THOSE WERE CRITERIA. NOW INTO THE CONSIDERATION, DIRECTOR GEIGER I THINK AGAIN THIS IS A SUGGESTION OF YOU JUST MAYBE ADDING MEAT ON THE BONE, STATUS OF STAFF IS. I'LL SAY HONESTLY.
CRAFT THAT GO BULLET AND KEEPING IT TIGHT I WAS THINKING OF THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE WERE. THAT'S THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD FOR OVER A YEAR HAVE BEEN SAYING OUT LOUD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF STAFF AND STAFF HAS HEARD THAT.
THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD OF TIME. I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS MUCH QUESTIONING THERE, BUT, OF COURSE, AGAIN, IMPLICIT, EXPLICIT. MAKING THAT EXTRA CARE THERE. IF YOU COULD STOP RIGHT THERE.
THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THE COMMENTS. THAT WE GOT FROM OUR PUBLIC. JUST TO MAKE IT, WE HAVE SAID AGAIN, WE SAID VERY OUT LOUD THAT WE'LL KEEP THE BUILDINGS, THIS DISTRICT DOESN'T USE IT FOR DCSD PURPOSES, AND THE COMMENT
WAS JUST HEY, CAN YOU MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT. OKAY. AND WE DID. SO WE ARE GOING TO -- WE ARE GOING TO USE THOSE BUILDINGS, DCSD IS. IF YOU COULD SCROLL DOWN. ACTUALLY, STOP, SORRY. RIGHT THERE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A REPEAT OF FCB. THAT PARAGRAPH IN FCB THAT WE DRAFTED, I JUST -- WE HAVE PLACED THAT HERE. AND JUST XED OUT WHICH WAS A LITTLE LESS MEATY.
GOT RIP OF ABSENT AN EMERGENCY. SCROLL DOWN IF YOU COULD. SORRY, JUST WE MADE -- SO WE ARE IN TO FEBRUARY OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR TIMELINE IS CLEAN FOR ANYBODY WHO IS WATCHING.
SO. I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. >> WE CAN TAKE PRESIDENT ON THE POLICIES FINISH THE PRESENTATION AND TAKE QUESTIONS ALTOGETHER. IT'S UP TO YOU ALL. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> GREAT, WE'LL ADDRESS THE POLICIES FIRST. DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR -- THIS WAS THOUGHTFUL WHEN IT CAME TO US, IT'S MORE THOUGHTFUL NOW. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS RESPONSE TO A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN I THINK MAKING SOME OF THIS EXPLICIT EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW
THAT IT WAS CONSIDERATION. I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT. I AM A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMED BY THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON THIS. THIS IS A BIG STEP. I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE WHAT I
DISCUSSED WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE. RIGHT-SIZING SCHOOLS FITS EVERY CRITERIA WE WORKED ON. WE SPENT FOUR MONTHS WORKING ON AN INTERVENTION AND SUPERVISION POLICY AND EXCLUSION POLICY, THAT'S BETTER DONE IN A RIGHT-SIZED SCHOOL WITH THE HEIGHT RITE TYPE OF FACILITIES.
WE ARE NOW WORK ON DISLEX A I CAN'T AND READING CHALLENGES SCREENING THAT'S BETTER DONE AT A RIGHT SIZE SCHOOL. WHERE WE HAVE THE INTERVENTIONISTS AND THE PEOPLE DIAGNOSING TO TREAT TOSS PEOPLE. THESE WHY WE ARE DOING THIS. AND TRY TO SAY THAT TO EMPHASIZE
TO ANYBODY WHO IS LISTENING. I LIKE THE LANGUAGE OF THE IMPACTED COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT'S BROADER AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. I AM AT THIS POINT AFTER MUCH READING COMFORTABLE WITH FCB.
I DISCUSSED FCB-R WITH SUPERINTENDENT KANE. CAN YOU MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CRITERIA AND THE CONSIDERATIONS ARE IN NO TACK ORDER OF
IMPORTANCE. CORRECT. THEY ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. >> IS THAT BECAUSE SOME FLEXIBILITY WILL BE NECESSARY IN EVERY -- IN CONSIDERING EVERY PAIRING. >> YES. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IN SOME OF
THESE TWO OR THREE AND I SUSPECT THEY'LL BE THREE PAIRINGS THAT WE MAY -- THAT THE CONSIDERATIONS MAY BE MORE STRONG ON ONE IN ONE SET OF PAIRINGS. BUT DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION IN ANOTHER SET OF PAIRINGS. >> YEAH, YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY BUILDING A -- A RUBRIC WITH SCORES IS SO DIFFICULT. BECAUSE EVERY SITUATION IS UNIQUE AND EVERY SITUATION YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE
CONSIDERATIONS IN TOTALITY. AND, YEAH, AND SO WE DO HAVE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, WRITTEN UP THERE IN THE PARENTHESES, THAT IS TRULY THE CASE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WEIGH DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS,
DIFFERENTLY AND I WILL GIVE YOU A HYPOTHETICAL. THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL. TELLING THE PUBLIC THIS IS A HYPOTHETICAL. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE SCHOOL "A" AND SCHOOL "B" AND SCHOOL "A" HAS 250 KIDS IN IT. AND SCHOOL "B" HAS 300 KIDS.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRITERIA IN TOTALITY, LIKE TRAFFIC ACCESS AND FACILITY AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS, IT TURNS OUT THAT SCHOOL "A" THE LOWER ENROLLED SCHOOL, IS ACTUALLY THE RIGHT BUILDING TO
CONSOLIDATE INTO. EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL "B" HAS MORE KIDS THAN SCHOOL "A" SO AGAIN IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF ALL OF THESE CRITERIA. SO THAT'S WHY THEY ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. >> EXCUSE ME, IT WOULDN'T IT
ALSO BE TRUE THAT SOME OF OUR LOWEST ENROLLED SCHOOLS MAY NOT BE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND JUST LOOKING DISTRICT WIDE. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE WE HAVE A VERY, VERY SMALL SCHOOL. IN CHERRY VALLEY. NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING
RELATED TO THIS SCHOOL IS CHERRY VALLEY BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT FOLKS IN THAT PART OF OUR COUNTY CAN ACCESS. BECAUSE OF DISTANCE AND PROXIMITY. SO, AGAIN, YEAH, EVERYTHING IS -- EVERYTHING IS WEIGHED IN THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> AND I ASKED PRIMARILY BECAUSE
YOU OCCASIONALLY SEE LISTS DONE BY -- I MEAN, OUR GROWTH AND DECLINE WEBSITE IS EXCELLENT BUT IT PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH SOMETIMES JUST ENOUGH DATA TO MISLEAD. LACK, IF I JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TWO SMALLEST SCHOOLS ARE AND DO THEM WE HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE
OF, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THAT REMAIN A FAR TOO SIMPLISTIC A FEW SROEUPT. >> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK NOT JUST ON THE POLICIES.
>> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES. ONE THING THAT HAS COME TO MIND FOR ME AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THISSING ANDING THROUGH IT FEELS VERY REAL TODAY. BRAD -- OR DIRECTOR GEIGER. FOR ME I AM LIKE, MAYBE THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT AFTER WE HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POLICY IN REAL TIME AGAIN BASED OFF OF THE LESSONS LEARNED. I THINK ONE THING THAT DISTRICT LEADERSHIP DOES REAL WILL IS LEARNING FROM BRAND-NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE.
THE 2018 BOND TO THIS TIME IS A GREAT REFLECTION OF THAT. SO HEARING THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AFTER THE FACT, IDENTIFYING THOSE PROCESSES THAT WOULD MAKE IT GO SMOOTHER TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. I MEAN, I AM STILL EXCITED TO HEAR THE UPDATES FOR THE BONDS
BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT AREA. IN REGARDS TO THIS, I THINK THE SAME THING BEING I KNOW THAT THERE IS A REFLECTION PROCESS THAT HAPPENS WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE SEE THAT. IN THE NEXT ITERATIONS OF IT. IF WE DON'T DO IT AFTER.
IT'S A NEW BOARD. IT'S ANEW GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE UP HERE. AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT SAME HISTORY WITH AT LEAST BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S JUST MY ONLY POINT HEAR IS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING TO
CHANGE TONIGHT, THAT WE DO REVISIT IT WHEN WE ARE -- >> I WANT TO SAY OUT STANDING WORK.
THE TENOR OF THE BOARD THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT POLICY FOR US. SIGNIFICANT ISSUES AT HAND AND SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TAKE LIGHTLY AND IS VERY SERIOUS. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME AND HOURS AND WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN TO COLLABORATING WITH YOUR STAFF, THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, EDUCATORS, THE BOARD ON HOW TO BEST GET THIS DONE SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISION POSSIBLE. I DON'T HAVE A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR HOW OTHER DISTRICT DUES THIS COMPARED TO HO WE HAVE DONE IT, AS SOMEBODY NEW TO THE
BOARD, I AM VERY IMPRESSED AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> YEAH, DITTO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS. SINCE WE CAME BACK FROM THE HOLIDAYS I THINK I HAVE BEEN AVERAGING ABOUT THREE MEETINGS A
WEEK WITH ACCOUNTABILITY MEETING OR PTOs OR STAFF TRYING TO LISTEN REALLY HARD TO WHAT I AM HEARING. AND I HEARD ONE STORY LAST NIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY BECAUSE I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE TAKING THIS IN TO CONSIDERATION.
SO THIS ONE PARENT SHARED THAT THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN THAT WERE ADOPTED OUT OF FOSTER CARE FROM ANOTHER STATE. THOSE CHILDREN ENDURED ABUSE, NEGLECT, SEPARATION ANXIETY DURING THEIR UPWARDS OF SEVEN YEARS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED TO COLORADO THEIR OLDEST SUFFERED SEPARATION ANXIETY AND TRAUMA WHILE TRANSITIONING INTO ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS. AND THEIR CHILD WAS PUT IN TO THE EFFECTIVE NEEDS PROGRAM.
WHERE HE WAS SUPPORTED BY AMAZING STAFF. IN THAT SCHOOL. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. AND AND SINCE HAS BEEN FULLY MAINSTREAM REQUIRING NEAR
WOULDN'T ONE AID OR SUPPORT SERVICES. AND THIS PARENT WAS EXPRESSING THAT STAFF AND THAT SCHOOL HAS BECOME A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. FOR THEIR CHILD. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THAT DISRUPTION, RIGHT? FOR THOSE EFFECTIVE NEEDS PROGRAMS. AND SO THE ADVOCACY WAS REALLY AROUND JUST KEEPING THAT IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE DECISIONS THAT
ARE BEING MADE. ANOTHER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE BOTH DIRECTOR GEIGER AND I WERE AT WAS THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF STUDENTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE POLICIES ARE REFLECTING THE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
THE STUDENT CONCERNS. AND REALLY PLANNING FOR HOW WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS' NEEDS, OWE AS I LOOK AT THE POLICY WHERE IT HAS PRESERVATION OF STUDENT, STAFF AND, COMMUNITY COHORTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I WOULD SEE KEEPING STUDENTS WHO ARE IN EFFECTIVE NEEDS PROGRAMS BEING BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE PROGRAM LAKE IT'S THE PROGRAM WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL, RIGHT? KEEPING THOSE INTACT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THAT'S WHAT I AM READING. WITH THAT LANGUAGE AS WELL AS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE NEEDS OF IMPACTED STAFF I WONDER IF IT'S CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPACTED NEEDS OF THE STUDENT AS WELL, AS MAYBE AN
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT TAKEN CARE OF IN THIS ALREADY? >> OKAY, I WILL TAKE THOSE ONE AT A TIME. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE CHOSE THE WORD COHORTS, IS EXACTLY THAT.
BECAUSE A COHORT COULD BE, YOU NO, A GENERAL ED CLASSROOM, A COHORT COULD BE AN SS [ PROGRAM. A COHORT COULD BE AN A.N. PROGRAM. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE CHOSE THE WORD COHORT, IT'S OUR INTENTION, AGAIN, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, TO KEEP OUR COHORTS
TOGETHER, TO INCLUDE OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COHORTS. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ON OUR PRIORITY. ON OUR LIST OF CONSIDERATIONS AND A PRIORITY FOR STAFF. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT FOR US, FORMULATING RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED. RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST AS EASY AS LOOKING AT A MAP AND LOOKING AT ENROLLMENT AND LOOKING AT THESE THINGS AND MAKING DECISIONS. ONCE WE HAVE SORT OF FORMULATED RECOMMENDATIONS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A THOROUGH ANALYSIS THAT INCLUDES WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS SET OF STUDENTS,
JUST EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS AND HOW THAT WOULD FIT FOR EVERY STUDENT AND STAFF MEMBER IMPACTED BY THAT. OUR STAFFING PLAN, THAT WAS PUT OUT, THAT YOU ALL GOT A PREVIEW
OF AND IT WAS PUT OUT TODAY, DOES CONTEMPLATE THAT THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO REMAIN WITH THEIR STUSTUDENTS AND GO TO THE BUILDG THAT HAS BEEN, -- THAT THEIR
SCHOOL HAS BEEN SON C CONSOLIDAD INTO ABLE TO DO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE COHORT PRESERVATION. I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES THAT QUESTION, WE THINK THE ENTIRE POLICY IS ABOUT STUDENT THAT'S THE ENTIRE REASON FOR -- THAT'S THE ENTIRE REASON FOR WHAT WE
ARE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS. THAT IS 100 PERCENT STAFF'S
INTENTION AS WELL AS YOU POINTED OUT. CERTAINLY THE BOARD WILL LIKELY WANT TO REVISIT FCB WITH OUR LESSONS LEARNED BECAUSE WE WILL LEARN LESSONS. BUT ADDITIONALLY, IT'S OUR INTENTION AS STAFF TO REVISIT OUR FCB-R AND IN THE FUTURE, IF
WE WIN -- WHEN, IT'S REALLY IT'S WHEN WELL PARK ON THIS JOURNEY AGAIN PERHAPS IN ANOTHER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE WOULD WANT TO GO THROUGH THE SAME COMBINED OF PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH HERE TO GET FEEDBACK ON FCB-R. SO WE CAN GET A ADDITIONAL
FEEDBACK ON FCB-R FROM WHATEVER COMMUNITY IS ABOUT TO BE IMPACTED BY THOSE DECISIONS I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE WILL NEED TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LEARNED.
>> THOMPSON. >> JUST BUILDING ON DIRECTOR MEEK'S COMMENTS IF WE CAN SCROLL BACK UP. AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE APPRECIATION -- SO, OR I FOR FCB. THE APPRECIATION FOR THAT FIRST
IT TALKS ABOUT THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPACT OF COMBINING SCHOOLS IT'S MORE THAN JUST HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK IN THE LONG RUN BUT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT POPULATION, SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT ALSO HELPS TO THAT POINT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK.
>> SO I AM DOING MY BEST TO REFLECT WHAT I HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD I DON'T THINK THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT. WHICH SURPRISES ME HONESTLY, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST. RIGHT. SO WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS
SAYING IS THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, EXAMPLES WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED THROUGH YOUR RESEARCH. LIKE WHAT ARE SUCCESS STORIES FOR HOW TO DO THIS RIGHT. I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HERE, YOU KNOW, BASE ON THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE TALKING TO OTHER DISTRICTS ACROSS THE NATION. THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FACTORS AND WE ARE TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION SO SPEAKING TO THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
>> SURE. AND REALLY WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE JOB, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WAS THAT THERE IS NO RUN PROCESS THAT FITS EVERY DISTRICT. YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY AND ENGAGE YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT OF ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD,
WAS THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY. THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN JEFFCO OR DPS WOULD HAVE YOU MAY NOT TRANSLATE WELL TO HERE. SO THE FOR OVER TWO YEARS REALLY, ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND
STAFF. EVEN AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A BOND. AND NEEDING THE BOND, WE ARE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME TALKING ABABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING TO REPAIR SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS HOW THE SUPERINTENDENT OPERATES, AND
THE BOARD OPERATES, VERY MUCH A REFLECTION OF WHAT WE DO. THE POLICY, REALLY BOTH OF THESE, SO THIS IS AN AMALGAM OF
THIS IS DPS'S POLICY OR LIMITATION BUT TOOK IT INTO ACCOUNT. JEFFCO'S HOLLY IS AND LITTLE CO'S POLICY IT MATCHES WHAT DOUGLAS COUNTY IS AND DOES.
THE FCB-R POLICY, IS AGAIN, YOU WON'T FIND ANOTHER POLICY WITH CRITERIA AND CONSIDERATIONS. IF YOU LOOK AT THEM YOU CAN PAIR THEM TO JEFFCO, THEY ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR. BUT WHERE WE DIVE EVERY VERY
MUCH IS IN THE CONSIDERATIONS. THOSE CONSIDERATIONS YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE AND ONLY BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS CONVERCONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVD WITH OUR COMMUNITY WITH OUR STAFF, THAT THAT'S THE ONLY
REASON THE SECTION IS THERE. YOU ARE MEETING THEM AND IN THIS CASE HIGH LAPS RANCH OUR
STAFFING PROTOCOL REFLECTS THAT. YOU WON'T FIND OUR PROTOCOLS ANYWHERE ELSE THINK THAT'S A FUNCTION OF SUPERINTENDENT' VALUES THE BOARDS VALLEYS AND THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES ON TAKING CARE OF OUR STAFF.
THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, I COULD TELL YOU STORIES. BUT WHAT WAS VARIOUS ITERATIONS OF THAT POLICY, TALKING TO THE STAFF GROUP. TALKING TO THE MPA GROUP. TALKING TO CABINET AND LEADERS VARIOUS, MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET
TO THE BEST POLICY AND STAFFING PROTOCOL THAT MET OUR NEEDS, OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS. AND DIRECTOR MEEK HOPEFULLY AM ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS DIRECTLY AS I CAN, LEARNING TO THE POINT. WHEN WE STARTED THAT STAFFING
CONVERSATION WHEN I WENT TO EACH OF THE 16 STAFFS IN STARTING IN NOVEMBER, EARLY NOVEMBER, GAVE A PRESENTATION, I SAID, AND I GOT QUESTIONS NATURALLY. HEY, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR STAFF. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU BRING TWO STAFFS TOWING, HOW DOES THAT GO? AND I SAID, VERY OUT LOUD, OUR
THINKING RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE LEANING IS, WELL, IF THERE WAS ANY SORT OF TIEBREAKERS WE WOULD HAVE YOU RECEIVING SCHOOL WOULD GET THE NOD. THAT WAS OUR BEST EVENING AND I WILL TELL YOU IN MOST CASES, THREE QUARTERS OF THE ROOM IS LIKE I COULD SIGH THAT.
A QUARTER WAS I DON'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T QUITE LIKE THAT, FOUR MONTHS LATER AFTER VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS. WE ARE NOW IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. TO IMMEDIATE OUR STAFF'S NEEDS, COMMUNITY, SUPERINTENDENT'S VALUE AND YOUR VALUE. AND SO DIRECTOR MEEK, I COULD GO
ON AND ON. HOPEFULLY I HAVE ANSWERED AS DIRECTLY AS YOU NEED. >> TO ADD A FEW THINGS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE RESEARCHED OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LEARNED FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES AND IN FACT SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS TWO YEARS AGO, BEFORE CHIEF OF
STAFF STEVE WAS EVEN WITH US, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WINDSOR DID HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF RESEARCH NOT ONLY OF DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS IN COLORADO, BUT ALSO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH
OTHER DISTRICTS. I KNOW CHIEF OF STAFF KHALIL A, AND LISA LaRUE FROM JEFFCO ON SPEED DIAL. WE VERY MUCH WE SPEAK TO OTHER DISTRICTS AND I THINK DIRECTOR MEEK THE OTHER ASPECT OF YOUR
NINE AT THIS MEMBERS' QUESTION HAD TO DO WE'LL WNBA REALIZED FINANCIAL SAVINGS. I WAS JUST AT AN EVENT WITH JEFFCO THIS WEEK SPEAKING OF -- SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF 100 PEOPLE HAVE GOING THROUGH THIS
PROCESS AND I BELIEVE THEY SAID THEY HAVE REALIZED $20 MILLION A YEAR IN SAVINGS BUT I HAVE TO GO BACK AND VERIFY THAT THAT IS CORRECT. THAT THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION. WE DON'T TALK A LOT AT THIS POINT ABOUT OTHER DISTRICTS
BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT OUR DISTRICT. BUT WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS. WE DID A TON OF LEARNING ON EXPERIENCES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS. OTHER DISTRICTS WILL COME ASK US WHAT WE LEARNED AND WHAT WE WISH FED DONE DIFFERENTLY AND WHAT WE
FEEL LIKE WE WANT WELL. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> I JUST WANT TO JUST BECAUSE WE BROUGHT UP THE STAFFING. I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SO THE PUBLIC IS WARE IF YOU GO TO THE DISTRICT WEBSITE UNDER OUR
DISTRICT, THIS IS A SECTION YOU CAN GO TO THE SECTION THAT SAYS GROWTH AND DECLINE, YOU SCHOOL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ALWAYS A LIST OF FAQs AND I THINK THERE IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND IT.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT STAFF MEMBERS OF PAIRED SCHOOLS. WHAT HAPPENS. AND THAT'S WHERE THE STAFFING PROTOCOL IS LINKED. AS WELL AS A FRO CHART. ADDITIONALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STAFF MEMBERS OR FAMILIES
RECEIVING SPED SERVICES THERE IS A DOCUMENT IN THERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE FREQUENT QUESTIONS AND WHO THE PERSON WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO AND HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD LOOK, SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL AND VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER THAN WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DISCUSS TODAY, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAYING IT PUBLICLY, THAT'S HOW YOU FIND IT. MAYBE WE SHOULD PULL UP AND CLICK THROUGH DID SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE INFORMING. ANOTHER THING IF WE COULD THERE IS MULTIPLE SCENARIOS THAT COULD
HAPPEN FOR STAFF. DEPENDING ON STAFF PRESENCE, COULD YOU VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, JUST EXPLAIN FOR A TEACHER, THAT'S GOING INTO A PAIRED SCHOOL AND MAYBE IT'S NOT THEIR BUILDING. THE SCHOOLS ARE BEING PAIRED TO A DIFFERENT BUILDING THAT
TEACHER WARRA WANTS TO STAY WITT GROUP WHAT DOES IT LOOK FLICK THAT TEACHER BASED ON THE PROTOCOL AND THE FLOW CHART? >> SURE, THANK YOU ACCOUNT DIRECTOR THOMPSON. ONE OF THE BIG DEALS IS THE LEADER OF THAT NEWLY-PAIRED BUILDING, AS A FORMER EDUCATOR I KNEW THAT. BUT HEAD SOMETHING I HEARD THAT
TIME AND AGAIN. THAT NEW LEADER OR -- EACH NEW LEADER OF EACH PAIRED BUILDING WILL BE IDENTIFIED, DESIGNATED BY JUNE 1st OF THIS YEAR. SO DURING THE 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR WE STAY STATUS QUO, BOTH SCHOOLS STAY OPEN AND ON WE GO, BUT
DURING THAT HE WANT IF FIVE, 26 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT DESIGNATED PRINTS PAL WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH STAFF MEMBER. TO ASSESS WHERE THEY ARE AT WHAT THEY NEED. WHAT THEY WANT.
WEAPON THE LEADER AND EVERY STAFF MEMBER HAVING THE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE -- WHAT THE LEADER IS LACKING FOR AND WHAT THE STAFF MEMBER IS LOOKING FOR. AND FROM THAT WE EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME STAFF MEMBERS THAT SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT, MAYBE THE
PAIRED SCHOOL ISN'T FOR ME, I AM GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER SCHOOL. THAT STAFF MEMBER, ANY STAFF MEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRIORITY HIRING
STARTING ON A CERTAIN DATE. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE JOB POSTINGS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION, BEFORE THOSE JOBS ACTUALLY POST. OKAY? I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. JUST A WOULDN'T ONE CONVERSATION WITH THE LEADER, THE LEADERS ARE
GOING TO KNOW WHAT THE JOBS ARE GOING TO BE AND WE WANT TO FACILITATE THAT LEADER AND OUR IMPACTED STAFF OR OUR AFFECTED STAFF TO HAVE WOULDN'T ONE CONVERSATION BEFORE THOSE POSITIONS ACTUALLY POSE PER NORMAL PROCESS.
THAT WILL HAPPEN. IF THAT STAFF MEMBERS DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ARE TO BE IN A PAIRED SCHOOL FOR A YEAR FOR 26-27 FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY HAVE A PLACE FOR HRA*PBT LAND FOR THAT SCHOOL YEAR. IN THE MIND TIME LEADERS WILL
CONTINUE TO ASSESS AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE STAFF THEY NEED THE KIDS HAVE THE STAFF THEY NEED AND AFTER 26-27, IF A STAFF MEMBER DOESN'T STAY IN THAT PAIRED SCHOOL, OKAY, THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE PRIORITY HIRING THROUGH THE 7-28 SCHOOL
YEAR, THEY HAVE VERY LIKELY THE VAST MAJORITY OF STAFF MEMBERS ARE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES IF THEY WANT TO GO OUT AND FIND ANOTHER BUILDING THAT SUITS THEM BEST.
>> WE MIGHT HAVE HEAVIER STAFFING AT OUR SCHOOL THAT ARE PAIRED. I SEE THAT AS A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING STAFF MEGS, A GOOD MIX OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT KNOW ALL THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES AND I
THINK THAT HELPS BALANCE OUT THE CULTURE FOR THE SCHOOL TOO. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL LAYER TOO AND THIS CAME OUT OF THE STAFF GROUP. STAFF MEMBER LANDS AND BUILDING "A" IN 26-27.
LET'S SAY IT DOESN'T GO WELL, THEY DON'T LIKE IT. THEY GOT THEIR SCHOOL GOT PAIRED AND THEY LANDED, AGAIN, WHEREVER. WE HAVE SAID THAT. THAT STAFF MEMBER WHO LANDED WHO DOESN'T LIKE MAYBE WHERE THEY
ARE AT CAN STILL ACCESS PRIORITY HIRING THAT'S FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE WANTED TO ADD THAT LAYER, IT'S GOOD FOR KIDS AND STAFF. >> IF HE COULD ADD ADDITIONALLY FOR OUR FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE
FOLKS LISTENING AND SAYING, WAEURPBLGT I ASSUMED THE ENTIRE POINT OF CONSOLIDATING SCHOOLS IS TO HAVE FEWER STAFF TO PAY THAT'S WHERE THE SAVINGS COMES FROM THAT'S TRUE THIS THE LONG RUN, BUT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT -- WE ARE NOT WAI WAIT TO DO UNTILE
ARE ABOUT TO FALL OUT A FISCAL CLIFF LIKE NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THIS SLOWLY AND DO WELL. FOR THOSE FOLKS LISTENING AND THINKING THAT BUILDING MAY BE
MORE HEAVILY STAFFED FOR ONE YEAR, THEN NORMALLY WOULD BE AND THROUGH NORMAL TRIPS BECAUSE OUR DISTRICT IS SO LARGE WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPENINGS FOR EVERYBODY, WE'LL REALIZE THAT
SAVINGS IN THE LONG RUN. IT'S THE LONG RUN MIGHT BE A YEAR OR TWO OUT AND THEN ALL THE WAY FORWARD. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS BEING SO PROACTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THINGS BEFORE WE FALL
OFF A FISCAL CLIFF AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU ALL IS HAVING US START ISSUE KNOW, REALLY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, SIX ALARM FIRE. >> GREAT. SO THANK YOU. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BECAUSE
WE HAVE REACHED OUR TIME. BUT BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK TOOT PRESENTATION TO COVER ANYTHING THAT WE DIDN'T COVER IN OUR DISCUSSION. I THINK WE KIND OF -- YOU CAN GO
AHEAD. >> OKAY, GREAT, BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP AS WELL. THE QUESTION WAS, WELL, WHY REPORT WE WAITING UNTIL THE NEW SCHOOL OPENS -- SCHOOLS OPEN? YOU SAID WE WERE BEING PROACTIVE
AND THE TIMING PIECE. DO YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS TO THOSE QUESTIONING WHY WE ARE MOVING FORWARDS WITH THE PAIRINGS IN 2026-27, VERSUS WAIT FOR THIS NEW SCHOOL TO OPEN IN 27-28? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. THE NEW SCHOOLS ARE TAKING LONGER -- YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,
TAKE A LOT LONGER TO COMPLETE. YOU KNOW, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY, I WAS -- WHEN I MOVED TO DOUGLAS COUNTY WITH MY FAMILY 25 YEARS AGO NOW, I HAD A BABE ON MY HIP AND YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND AND I STRETCHED OURSELVES THIN TO BUY OUR FIRST, YOU KNOW,
FOOTBALLLY HOME TO BE NEAR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT OUR FAMILIES WHO DID THAT ARE GOING THROUGH. THESE YOUNG FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, MORTGAGED THEMSELVES TO THE HILT TO MOVE A PROS THE STREET FROM A SCHOOL. ONLY TO HAVE THE DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, TURN AROUND AND SAY, WELL, ABOUT THAT SCHOOL.
SO EMPATHY IS A BIG PART OF THIS. SO TO THAT POINT, I AM EXCITED THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE COMING TOGETHER OF A COMMUNITY IN THE 26-27 SCHOOL
YEARS. AND HAVE THEM BE THE FOCUS FOR THE 26-27 SCHOOL YEAR INSTEAD BEING OVER SAL SAAD OWED BY THE OPENING OF NEW SCHOOLS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ALL AT WITNESS.
WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THE NEWLY-PAIRED SCHOOLS. THE LONGER WE WAIT THE LESS I'VE RUNWAY WE HAVE THE LESS ABILITY TO HAVE TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES IN THE WAY THAT WHERE HE OUI REALLY WANT TO.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. WE THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE LEFT OUR PRESENTATION BEFORE THE CHIEF OF STAFF PRESENT SAYS ON THE COMMITTEES. YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEM IN THE PAST. DO YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
THE COMMITTEES OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? >> I THINK -- >> OKAY. WE WANT TO TALK TO A MINUTE ABOUT THE SUPPORT. BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PHASE THREE BEING THE -- I THINK OF IT AS THE WHAT DO YOU NEED PHASE, WHAT DO YOU NEED, HOW
WITH C WE HELPFUL WHAT DO YOU NEED. IN THAT VEIN, CHIEF OF STAFF AND THE TEAM HAVE ALREADY SECURED FORMER HR -- RETIRED FORMER HR PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SITTING IN EACH OF OUR BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE
CONSOLIDATED INTO ANOTHER BUILDING SO THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE HEAR PEOPLE EVENT OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE SOMEBODY IS THERE, A FRIENDLY FACE THERE IN
THE BUILDING WITH OUR STAFF. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE CLOSED A POSITION FOR A TWO-YEAR POSITION FOR A STAFF LIAISON WHO WOULD, AGAIN, HELP STAFF WORK THROUGH THAT PAIRED HIRING PROCESS.
AND THAT PRIORITY STAFF US. FOR TWO YEARS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH STAFFING IN THAT SENSE AS WELL AS STAFFING OF OUR NEW SCHOOLS, SO JUST A GENERAL STAFFING POSITION TO SUPPORT OUR STAFF AND WE HAVE POSTED A POSITION FOR A FAMILY LIAISON TO
HELP THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE HOPING TO FIND PARENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE ON P T.O.s, EXPERIENCE FACILITATING CONVERSATIONS, JUST ALL OF
THOSE -- CONFLICT RESOLUTION ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHOSE JOB IT IS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUPPORT STAGE. AND THEN ON THE COMMUNICATION
TIMELINE, WE HAVE PUT ON THE THE STAFFING PLAN, THE CHIEF OF STAFF PUT THAT OUT TODAY. AND SOMETIMES IN MARCH, WE WILL BE SAYING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OUT LOUD. >> Reporter: MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT IN THE BUILDINGS. AND TALKING ABOUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS OUT LOUD.
WE ARE UNSURE WHAT DATE WE CAN . WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH EVERY PLEX AT THIS FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION, FROM OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION COHORTS TO TRANSPORTATION TO BOUNDARIES, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH
EVERY SINGLE DETAIL. BEFORE WE HAVE PUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT THERE. SO THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN -- RIGHT BEFORE OR RIGHT AFTER SPRING BREAK SO THAT A BOARD AGENDA IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PARENTS AND THE STAFF AND THE
KIDS IN THE BUILDING HEAR ABOUT IT. IT WILL COME AS A PACKAGE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WILL COME AS A PACKAGE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OTHER CONTRADICTS.
DISTRICT TWO HASN'T DONE IT AS A PACKAGE, IT'S BEEN LIKE, OH, LET'S TAKE THIS ONE OFF AND LEAVE THIS ONE ON, AND IT'S A WHOLE PACKAGE. THE APRIL 23rd THROUGH THE ETCHED OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS WHEN THAT -- WHAT DO YOU NEED
SUPPORT FADES STARTS WITH LOTS OF ENGAGEMENT. ONCE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SAID OUT LOUD WE'LL BE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGING WITH THEM AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT A RECOMMENDATIONS, ET CETERA.
FINALLY WE INCLUDED RECENT COMMUNITY QUESTIONS. THAT ARE NOW COVERED IN OUR FAQ. WILL WE CONSIDER BOUNDARY CHANGES OR TRANSPORTATION CHANGES INSTEAD SIX BOUNDARY CHANGES AND TRANSPORTATION CHANGES DO NOT PRODUCE MORE
STUDENTS, WE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OF 6,000 STUDENTS ACROSS 16 BUILDINGS THAT USED TO HOUSE ALMOST 11,000 STUDENT. SO WHAT ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS? CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GOVERNED BISTATE LAW, THEY ARE STRUGGLING WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS
WELL. THEY HAVE TO SORT IT OUT IN THEIR OWN WAY. WE DON'T KICK TATE OUR CHARTER SCHOOLS. A SMALLER -- IMPACT ON CLASS SIZES. THAT DEPENDS IT WILL DEPEND ON THE SITUATION.
SOME OF OUR SMALL SCHOOLS HAVE SMALL CLASS SIZES, SOME HAVE REALLY BIG CLASS SIZES BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BAKE A BIGGER CLASS INTO TWO CLASSES. SO IT'S EASIER TO CLOSE CLASS SIZE THE MORE SECTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WHAT ABOUT PORTABLE CLASSROOMS? PORTABLE CLASSROOMS ARE MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY, SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A TEMPORARY SURGE, AND THEN THAT SURGE IS GOING TO GO DOWN. AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BUILDING? WITH HE NEED THE BUILDING FOR
PROGRAMMING FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS. THE AMENITIES THAT COME WITH THE BUILDING SUCH AS THE PLAY GROUND, ET CETERA, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY WILL NOT BE USED. THE BUILDINGS WILL NOT BECOME THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT THERE, THINGS LAKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CONDOS,
HARDER SCHOOLS, NONE OF THOSE THINGS, THE BUILDINGS WILL NOT BE USED FOR THOSE THINGS THEY WILL BE USED FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENT AND STAFF PROGRAMMING. AND WE WILL PUT OUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS A LIST OF POTENTIAL BUILDING USES BUT WE CAN'T -- WE ARE NOT IN A
POSITION TO SAY, HERE IS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING WHAT THE CLOSING SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BECOME, THAT IS A WHOLE OTHER PROCESS. WHERE IF WE ARE THINKING ABOUT PROVING A PROGRAM FROM ONE PART OF THE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER THAT
INVOLVES ENGAGING WITH THAT COMMUNITY FOR THAT PROGRAM. AND TALKING THAT THROUGH AND THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. AND THAT'S MORE THAN WE CAN TACKLE ALL AT ONCE. SO BUT WE ARE GIVING THE ASSURANCE THAT THE BUILDINGS WILL BE USED. THEY WILL BE MAIN TAPED AND BE
USED FOR DCSD STUDENT AND STAFF PROGRAMMING PURPOSES. HAS THE DECISION ALREADY BEEN MADE? DESPITE RESUMERS AND THIS IS THE TIME WHEN RUMORS ARE GOING TO FLY. THAT IS PART OF THIS PROCESS. ROOMERS WILL FLY. I WAS TELLING THE STAGES OF
GRIEF AND WE HAVE GONE PAST DENIAL. WE FINALLY GOT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAS TO HAPPEN FISCALLY. WE HAVE ENTERED BARGAINING. THE RUMORS ARE GOING TO BE OUT THERE. WE HAVE NOT MADE ANY DECISIONS. OUR NEXT STEP IS TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THAT CRITERIA. AND LOOK AT SCENARIOS. AND GO ALL OF THOSE CRITERIA FOR SCENARIOS TO NARROW IT DOWN AS TO WHICH ARE THE BEST SCENARIOS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THEN WE HAVE TO DIG EVEN DEEPER INTO EACH SCENARIO TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION, BOUNDARIES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, GIFTED AND TALENTED. MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNER. SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IRONED OUT. BEFORE WE PUT OUT A
RECOMMENDATION. AND ARE WE PAIRING SIX TO THREE OR FOUR TO TWO? WE WENT INTO THIS PROCESS SAYING WE WOULD DO SIX TO THREE OR FOUR TO TWO. STRONG RECOMMENDATION BASED ON
THEIR LONG-RANGE LOOK. SIX TO THREE OR EIGHT TO FOUR, WE THINK IT'S MOTORCYCLE LIKELY WE WILL LAND ON SIX TO THREE. WE TALKED EARLY ENTER THE ADVANTAGES OF SMALL SCHOOLS.
WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS. >> VERY QUICK WILL BE THE PAIRED SCHOOL, ONCE THE SCHOOLS ARE PAIRED THAT NEW SCHOOL WILL HAVE ITS OWN NEW IDENTITY. >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I GET THAT ONE A LOT.
NEW MASCOT, NEW NAME, NEW COLORS WHAT HAVE YOU. I THINK WE HAVE LANDED ON LET'S ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TOFZ THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE PLUSSES OF THAT AND WE'LL SEE WHERE IT LANDS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE SUPERINTENDENT WANTS TO SATURDAY TO THAT.
>> ONE THE REASONS WE WERE HIRING A LIAISON IS HELP THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH THAT. GETTING THE COMMUNE AT THISES TOWING. DID THE THE COMMUNITY WANT TO TALK ABOUT A NEW IDENTITY.
LOW WILL THEY BRING THE ASPECTS OF THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. THAT'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION. >> THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND THE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN
TALKING TO COUNTLESS NUMBER OF PEOPLE SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE OR TWICE OR 10 TIMES, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT I WILL TAKE A MOTION REGARDING POLICY FCB. >> MOVE TO ADOPT POLICY FCB. >> SECOND. >> MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY
WINEGAR, GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. PASSES 7-0. THANK YOU AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, MOVING INTO ITEM
NUMBER 19, LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR LOBBYIST HERE.
AND DIRECTOR OF LOTS OF WORDS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. WE FIXED IT. I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO HUNCH
OVER ANYWAY. OR DO I? GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. YES, WE ARE HERE TO DO A QUICK LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FOR YOU. WE HAVE DONE THESE IN THE PAST. WE HAVE JASON HEAR OUR LOBBYIST. YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH HIM. JORDAN SÁNCHEZ IS ONLINE WITH
US, WE WILL BE ASKING HER TO WEIGH IN ON I A FEW OF THESE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFO. IT'S DAY 40. LAST DAY WE DID THIS TOWARD OF THE END OF MARCH JUST AS A HEADS UP. IT'S QUITE A BIT EARLIER THIS
YEAR THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. WE DO HAVE BILLS THAT THE DEADLINES WERE EXTENDED THIS YEAR, A LOT OF NEW LEGISLATORS UP THERE. A LOT OF LEGISLATORS WHO WENT FROM THE HOUSE TO THE SENATE. AND THEN THERE WERE LATE
APPOINTMENTS OR -- TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DUE TO ALL OF THAT MOVEMENT AND NEW PEOPLE THEY EXTENDED THE DEADLINE. BUT BILLS SEEM TO BE FLYING IN NOW. THE I WAS JUST SITTING HERE AND JASON SENT ME LIKE SIX BILLS.
IN A MINUTE. HERE ARE YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. I ALWAYS WANTS TO HAVE THOSE LISTED. YOU CAN -- WE CAN REFERENCE TO. AGAIN, BECAUSE WE ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE EARLIER SIDE. I DON'T HAVE IT QUITE AS DETAILS AS WE DID LAST YEAR. BUT WE'LL END UP GETTING YOU
MORE OF THAT INFORMATION. BUT ALWAYS TIED BACK TO YOUR PRIORITIES. ALSO, PER THE LAST MEETING OR SO, YOUR DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL BE THE LIAISON WORKING WITH ME AND
SUPERINTENDENT KANE TO BE LIAISON FOR YOU, IF YOU HAVE NITTY GRITTY DETAIL, TALK TO DIRECTOR GEIGER HE WILL BE COMPLETE UP UP-TO-DATE AT EVERY MOMENT WITH EVERY BILL. I THINK THINK THAT WILL BE A NICE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE SET UP.
WE HAVE CALLS SET UP AND WE'LL ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE INFORMED. REALLY WHAT WE ARE DOING IS TALKING TO YOU ON A YOU HIGH LEVEL ON A LOT OF THESE, WE HAVE SPECIFIC BILLS AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THOSE.
NUMBER ONE AND I WILL LET JASON COME UP AND HERE TALK ABOUT THIS. WILL BE SCHOOL FINANCE. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS. IT WILL DICTATE A LOT OF -- IT WILL TAKE UP A LOT OF JASON,
JORDAN, MY TIME, SUPERINTENDENT'S TIME, OUR CFO JANICE'S TIME. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES WE EXPECT TO COME. AND THEY DO NOT -- THEY GET -- THEY ARE BIG CUTS TO DOUGLAS
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE DON'T HAVE SPECIFICS. ABOUT YOU WE HAVE CONCERNS. DOWNTOWN WEIGH IN ON THAT? >> GOOD EVENING. I GUESS I WANT TO START BY SAYING, THE STATE BUDGET IS AS
WE ALL KNOW IS A MESS. WE ARE LACKING AT ABOUT A $700 MILLION REDUCTION AND IT'S A STRUCTURAL ONE, MEANING THAT WE HAVE HIT THE TABER CAP, SO THEREFORE EVEN THE REVENUES ARE NOT IN THE DEFICIT.
WE ARE DOING REFUNDS AND DOING CUTS AT THE SAME TIME. WITH THE CUTS COMING WE HAVE A VERY BIG PROBLEM FOR THE DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY HAD
THE GOVERNOR BASICALLY PROPOSE -- HE PROPOSED TO UNDUE ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE MADE WITH THE SPEAKER AND OTHERS TO INSURE THAT YOU WERE HAVING SOME INCREASE IN FUNDING GOING FORWARD. TO REMIND FOLKS WE FOUGHT VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW
FUNDING FORMULA DID NOT RESULT IN ONGOING REDUCTIONS IN FUNDING FOR THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE MANAGED TO SECURE A .5% INCREASE EVERY YEAR OVERTIME. THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I'LL DESCRIBE THAT AS FLOOR FUNDING. ONE OF THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST PROPOSALS IN HIS BUDGET WAS TO
ELIMINATE THAT FLOOR FUNDING. ON TOP OF THAT THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE AVERAGING, WE WENT FROM FIVE YEARS TO FOUR-YEAR AVERAGING FOR STUDENT ACCOUNT LAST YEAR. THAT HAD AN EFFECT ON EVERYONE'S BOTTOM LINE. THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED GOING TO BASICALLY ONE YEAR WHICH IS NOT
AVERAGING AT ALL. JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU CAN'T AVERAGE OFF ONE YEAR, THAT'S WHAT HE PROPOSED. THAT'S ABOUT A $17 MILLION CHANGE IN YOUR BUDGET JUST WITH THAT ALONE. NOT EVENING FACTORING IN THE .5.
I WILL SAY I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE ON MORE THAN ONE SO ON OCCASION ALREADY. THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE IN PARTICULAR TO DISCUSS THIS BILL. AND ASSUME WE WILL BE AGAIN. THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT DURING THE SUPPLEMENT THE PROCESS TO AMOUNT
THE SUPPLEMENTAL FOR K-12 TO CHANGE THE EXISTING TRIGGER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEGOTIATED VERY STRONGLY LAST YEAR TO INSURE THAT THE STATE ED FUND WOULD BE HEALTHY. THAT TRIGGER HAS BEEN ACTIVATED.
AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DO A, WE'LL CALL A TECHNICAL FIX. WHAT THEY CALLED A TECHNICAL FIX, THAT NOT ONLY CHANGED THE TRIGGER FOR THIS YEAR. ABOUT WOULD HAVE CHANGED IT ONGOING PERMANENT AND I MADE IT FRANKLY IRRELEVANT.
WE FOUGHT THAT WITH SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS. STOPPED THAT FROM HAPPENING AND BASICALLY SAID IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT CUTTING K-12 LET'S DO IT IN PUBLIC, LET'S DO IT CLEARLY. THAT WAS NO MET WITH A LOT OF
HAPPINESS FROM THE DEMOCRAT LEADERSHIP IN THE HOUSE IN PARTICULAR AND FROM CENTER LUNDEEN IN THE SENATE WHO WANTED TO GO AFTER THE AVERAGING AND GO AFTER THE TRIGGER. SO I THINK THAT'S A -- IT'S A BIG THREAT WE'LL HAVE GO FORWARD
THAT WE HAVE TO DO DEAL WITH AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CUTS IN K-12. THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND HOW WE'LL ACCOUNT FOR THAT. OR THAT WE MINIMIZE THOSE CUTS GOING FORWARD.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE CONSIDERING DOING SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION DURING THIS MEETING. AND DUE TO THANK YOU TO FOR INPUT FROM OUR LOBBYISTS IT'S PROBABLY JUST TOO SOON, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE -- WHAT
WE ARE LACKING AT. WE LACK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT AND HAVING YOUR INPUT. >> WE WILL DEFINITELY NEED THAT AT THAT TIME. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> CAN YOU EXPAND MORE ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY TRIGGER?
>> THE NEW SCHOOL FINANCE ACT WE PASSED SEVERAL AMENDMENTS ON THE FLOOR, THAT WAS PART OF THE OVERALL DEAL. THAT SAID IF THE STATE ED FUND DROPPED BELOW A SEVEN LEVEL OR LEVEL OF INCREASE OVERTIME. THEN THAT WOULD NOT -- THE FORMULA WOULD BE ON PAUSE.
>> AND WE WOULD USE THE PRIOR FORMULA? >> WE WOULD USE THE PRIOR FORMULA OR SOME COMBINATION OF THE TWO DEPENDING ON WHERE WE ARE WHIP THE TIME PERIOD, WE HAVE A SIX-YEAR RUN UP TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE FORMULA. THAT'S ABOUT $150 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
JUST ON THE AVERAGING SIDE A LET. WE CONTINUE TO SAY, WHAT I FELT QUESTION NEXTED LAST YEAR IN GOOD FAITH THE PROPONENTS WAS THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS NEW FORMULA IF WE WERE CUTTING DISTRICTS. AND WHAT I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT
IS THE PROPONENTS NOT WANT TO GOLY UP TO THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN I CAN TALKED TOY A CFO THAT SAID YOU DON'T WANT TO IMPLEMENT 1448 I SAID I WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE DEAL THAT WE STRUCK. HE YOU DON'T IS SEEM TO WANT TO
STICK BY YOUR AGREEMENT. IF THERE WAS ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADVOCATING NOT TO DO THE DISTRICT IT'S THIS ONE YOU ARE THE MOST NEXT TILL IMPACTED OF ANY DISTRICT IN THE STATE WHEN COMES TO BOTTOM LINE DOLLAR FUNDING BASED ON THE NEW FORMULA. WITH YOU BUT WE ARE NOT DOING THAT WE ARE STICK TO THIS
AGREEMENT WE MADE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> WE HAVE THE STUDY AHEAD I CAN'T CESC I. IS THAT BEING USED IN THESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH THE COST OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY IS AND DEMONSTRATES
THAT OUR FUNDING IS GROSSLY BELOW WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE? >> I MEAN, IT'S NOT LOST ON A LOT OF US THAT WE SPENT A BUNCH OF MONEY TO DO TWO DIFFERENT AHEADADEQUACY STUDIES AND THEY E TALKING ABOUT CUTTING FUNDING
AGAIN, WE DO TALK ABOUT THAT. I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS I GUESS THIS IS THE THIRD OR FOURTH ADEQUACY STUNNED I WE HAVE SEEN IN THE TIME WE HAVE DONE K-12 SINCE 2007. AND THE PROBLEM IS THE NUMBER IS SO BIG, THAT ALL THESE LEGISLATORS $4 BILLION, HOUR WE
DOING THATTING AND THEY FEEL OVERWHELMED BY THAT. TRYING TO PULL IT OUT IN CHUNKS AND TALK ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THATTER UNFUNDED. NOT FUNDED NEARLY ENOUGH. WE HAVE MISSED COUNTLESS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FUNDING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE FACTOR AND OTHER THINGS, YET NOW YOU WANT TO SAY YOU FULLY FUNDED
CONVERSATION-12 FOR YOUNG YEAR AND THEN WE ARE HIDING CUTS THROUGH POLICY CHANGES. >> BECAUSE THEY ARE ARGUING WHAT I AM HEARING LIKE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE AVERAGING.
WE ARE HEARING TERMS LIKE FAN SOME TO HIM STUDENT. THE FULL STOP IS WE ARE UNDERFUNDED AND THAT'S WHY THE AVERAGING IS SO IMPORTANT. THAT'S MY THE AVERAGING IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND I GOT YELLED AT BY THE SPEAKER TO SAYING SOMETHING SIMILAR WHO WANTS TO TELL ME THAT THE AVERAGING WAS MEANT FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. IT WAS MEANT FOR RULE SCHOOLS IN 1994 WHEN THEY WERE THE PLACES HAVING THE MOST REDUCTION IN
STUDENTS AND IT WAS NOT HAPPENING STATEWIDE. THE POLICY, ISSUES WHAT YOU HAVE THAT FOR ARE THE SAME WHETHER IT'S A LARGE DISTRICT OR A SMALL RURAL DISTRICT. >> SO I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS OR ONE OF THE TAKE
AWAYS THAT AS WE MOVE DOWN THIS LIST, ANYTHING WITH A FISCAL NOTE AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LATE LAST YEAR WHEN WE MET. ANYTHING WITH THE FISCAL NOTE IS LIKELY NOT TO SURVIVE. SO THAT DEFINITELY IS AFFECTING BILLS, OUT THEY ARE BEING
INTRODUCED IT'S AFFECTING HOW PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING, NOT SUPPORTING HOW TO WEIGH IN. SO JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS THERE. AS WE MOVE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCING BILL. YOU KNOW OUR SUPERINTENDENT KANE
WAS ON THE TASK FORCE. IT'S A MONSTER BILL WHO -- AND THERE WAS A MEETING AGAIN TODAY WITH TASK FORCE MEMBERS. DISCUSSING THIS. A NOT SURE HOW TO DESCRIBE IT.
I'LL LET YOU. >> I'LL HAVE JORDAN HOP ON HERE SHE WAS DOING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK ON THIS BILL. WE WERE BEFORE TRYING TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE.
MULTIPLE STEPS. ONE IS TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HASK FORCE. WHILE THEY DID A LOT OF WORK THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FAIRLY I DON'T WANT TO SAY GENERIC, BUT THEY WERE IN LEGISLATIVE SPEAK. AND SO TRANSLATE THAT GO INTO THE, YOU KNOW, STATUTE HAS BEEN
A CHALLENGE BECAUSE EVERYONE THINKS ANDS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE REPORT. AND SO WE WERE DEALING WITH THAT. ONCE WE GET THAT PART DONE, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE GONE FROM 140 PAGE BILL TO ABOUT 48 PAGES. THAT'S PROGRESS.
AFTER THAT WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH CDE AND WITH BOTH SPONSORS AND FIGURE OUT THE COSTS, WHERE THE COST ISSUES ARE. AND WHAT THINGS WE HAVE TO PUT ON HOLD OR PAUSE, BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY COST MORE THAN WE CAN FIND MONEY FOR IN PLACES TO FUND THAT. I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT ALL OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TASK FORCE THIS YEAR, JUST BECAUSE OF COST ISSUES. AND THERE WILL BE POLICY ISSUES AFTER THAT. JORDAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGH-LEVEL STUFF. >> YEAH, OF COURSE. I WOULD NOTE AND JUST ADD ONTO
WHAT WOULD ALISON AND JASON HAVE ALREADY SAID, NOTING THAT WE WILL SEE THE FIRST ITERATIONS OF THIS OFFICIAL BILL TO COME OUT ON FRIDAY FROM THERE, IT WILL
HAPPEN -- IT WILL HAVE ALL 30 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASK FORCE REPORT AND MOVING FORWARD A AS YEAH STOP THE THEY WILL BE WHITTLED DOWN. I THINK THE GOAL AND THE HOPE OF
ALL TASK FORCE MEMBERS, AND THIS WAS NOTED, DURING TODAY'S CALL AS WELL. WAS FOR ALL 30 RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE HI POLIGHT AT THE SAME
TIME. AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO WE ARE AND BILL SPONSORS WORKING TO BALANCE THAT WORK WITH THE FISCAL IMPACTS OF THAT. AS WELL. WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND OTHER
SUPERINTENDENTS, THAT PARTICIPATED ON THE TASK FORCE IS THAT I THINK SOME OF DOUGLAS COUNTY'S HIGHEST PRIORITIES ARE ACTUALLY NOT SUPER CONTROVERSIAL. WITH THE REST OF THE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, SO I THINK ONE OF THE
BIG ONES IS THAT SUPERINTENDENT KANE HAS CALLED OUT IS IDENTIFYING STUDENTS AND COUNTING THEM IN OUR ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR TWO
YEARS. IEP OR FAVE ZERO FOUR PLAN, COMPLETES, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, COMPLETES THEIR IEP OR FAVE ZERO FOUR PLAN. AS WELL AS DISAGGREGATING STUDENT TEST SCORES IN THE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DATA THAT WE COLLECT. >> I THINK THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN HUGE POINTS OF CONSENSUS. AND WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, JORDAN. CAN I SEE MY LIST AGAIN, DYSLEXIA. THIS EVENING WE RECEIVED A DRAFT OF THE KISS LEX I CAN'T BILL. I HAVE SENT THAT OUT TO MOST OF THE PEOPLE SITTING MERELY ALSO
IN THIS MEETING. WE WILL BE GETTING FEEDBACK, THEY HAVE ASKED FOR FEEDBACK AND WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT ONE. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. >> SO I WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF WHEN WE SEE DRAFTS OF BILLS. WHEN YOU RECEIVE THOSE ARE THEY
PROVIDED TO THE BOARD AS WELL. WHAT IS THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE. WHEN YOU TAKE A POSITION ON A BILL. HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN POSITIONS ARE TAKEN ON BILLS.
>> SO HE SHOULD BE RECEIVING A LINK, YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE -- I SHARED THAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING AN EMAIL WE LINK, THAT'S A LIVE SITE FOR YOU. THAT WILL HAVE THE BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED. AND THAT WE HAVE TAKEN A
POSITION ON OR WE ARE MONITORING ON. WE HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE PRACTICE P SHARING DRAFTS. THERE'S LOT THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE ASKED TO LOOK AT A DRAFT. DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? >> WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE DRAFTS
BUT IT IS A LOT. I WILL TELL YOU, I HAVE NO ABILITY WHATSOEVER TO READ ALL OF THE DRAFTS. SO REALLY WE SEND THE CRAFT TO THE EXPERT THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A WEEKLY CALL WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER ON AS PART OF A PROCESS I THINK ALL
AGREED ON EARLIER TO DISCUSS THE BILLS AND THE POSITION. AND I WANT TO ADDRESS I GOD ASKED A QUESTION. DOCUMENTING THE REASONING BEHIND THE POSITION.
THAT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO DO. POLITICAL CAPITAL AND WE WERE NEGOTIATING AND WILL SIT ANOTHER SIDELINES OR WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING, BUT THAT'S WHERE OUR
WEEKLY CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL. ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR QUESTION ON ANY BILL. PRELIMINARY HEARING FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR DIRECTOR GEIGER AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. >> DIRECDIRECTOR GEIGER AND I AY FASCINATED TO DO THIS. AND WE SET UP OUR COMMUNICATION. JASON CAN YOU TELL US HOW OFTEN YOU ARE BROUGHT IN TO CONSULT
CONSULT ON BILLS, DOZENS OF TIMES A WEEK, 50 TIMES A WEEK. >> K-12 RELATED BILLS IT'S A LOT. DEPENDS ON WHERE WE ARE IN THE SESSION, FRANKLY. AND THE DEADLINES AND WE ARE
HITTING THE TAIL END OF THE DRAFTING PROCESS AT THIS POINT. SO IT WASN'T LET'S SAY OCTOBER AND NOW, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
ELSE RAMPS AS WE GET CLOSE, WE'D DEADLINED HIT TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE. THERE WERE ABOUT 20 BILLS INTRODUCED THIS EVENING. THAT I WAS STARTING TO WORK THROUGH AND ACCEPTING OUT THOSE BILLS AND WE SAW THOSE -- PROBABLY SAW DRAFTS OF 2/3 OF THE BILLS BEFORE THEY GOT
INTRODUCED AND THERE WERE A FEW SURPRISES. THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHARE BUT WE SEE THOSE, I SEND THEM OUT TO ALISON AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WAIT FOR COMMENTS BACK. ALSO HEARING IN FROM OTHER FOLKS AND TALKING TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT THEIR CLIENTS ARE SAYING AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU, WE'LL CONTINUE THIS COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR MEEK. SO THANK YOU. I WANTED TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY, WHEREVER YOU NEED -- WHEREVER YOU TAKE A POSITION OR ADVOCATE YOU HAVE TO STATE THAT YOU HAVE
TAKEN A POSITION. IF YOU ARE ADVOCATING. >> SO ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE I HAVE LISTED WHATEVER POSITIONS I HAVE TAKEN ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS WHETHER THAT'S OPPOSE, SUPPORT, AMOUNT. I WILL SOMETIMES PUT DOWN MONITOR WHEN THERE IS PEOPLE ARE
ASKING FOR POSITIONS AND KEEPINGS LIKE THAT. IF I PUT DOWN MON OR EVERY BILL I WAS MONITORING, MY LIST WOULD BE ABOUT FIVE PAGES LONG, I DON'T DO THAT FOR EVERY BILL. I GET -- I WILL JUST SAY I DON'T TAKE POSITIONS.
>> THAT WOULD BE REFLECTED ON SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAVE. >> IT IS. >> WE FEEL FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND A POSITION HAS BEEN TAKEN. >> IF WE ARE IN AMOUNT POSITION THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER IN OUR WEEKLY CALLS AND EXPLAIN WHITE
BEHIND. >> THAT I DID WANT TO RACE ONE ISSUE I WANTED TO DISCUSS. JASON, WE ARE NOT OUR ONLY CLIENT, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> THERE MAY COME TIMES WHEN OUR POSITION A BAIL MIT BEING DIFFERENT THAN ONE OF YOUR OTHER CLIENTS, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT WITHIN
YOUR AGENCY? >> SURE. SO AS AN ATTORNEY AS WELL, YOU KNOW, AND NOT EVERY LOBBYIST IS AN ATTORNEY BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE LEGAL CODE OF ETHICS AS WELL OTHER ON CONFLICTS. IN -- IT'S BEEN RARE IN K-12
ACTUALLY. THE OMICRON FLICKS I HAVE IS THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. ALMOST EVERY CLIENT THAT I HAVE, ABOUT FOUR, I SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND, ONE OF THE REASONS I DO THAT IS TO BALANCE OUT AND SNAKE SURE THAT I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT THAT. ARISES, SO IF I EVER HAVE
SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT POSITION, YOU KNOW, THAN SOMEONE ELSE I CAN HAVE JORDAN COME AND DO THE WORK ON YOUR BACK OF AND I JUST SKIP OUT. THERE IS IF THERE IS A DIRECT COP FLICK OF COURSE IT'S BEEN VERY RARELY OVER MAY CAREER DOING THAT WHERE I HAVE HAD DIRECT CONFLICT. YOU KNOW, INDIRECT CONFLICTS
HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, EASIER TO HANDLE BECAUSE YOU TALK TO THE CLIENT AND FIGURE OUT CAN I WAVE THIS OR NOT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE OTHER WAY. THE DIRECT UP WITH IS STEP OUT. I DON'T LOBBY I MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COVERAGE ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER IS WHICH IS WHY I BRUTE ON JORDAN IN PART BUT NOT THE OWN REASON. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED BUT I KNOW WE HAVE HAD THE CONVERSATION AND ANY TIME HE FEELS LIKE I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHING THAT, HE'S BEEN SUPER CLEAR. >> I ONLY RAISE IT BECAUSE IT
WAS ASKED OF ME, I WAS SO FARRED WITH THE ANSWER I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THESE SIX PEOPLE HAD IT AS WELL. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON, SO I. >> SORRY, ONE MORE TIME, WHAT
THE FUNCTION OF SAME MONITOR IS? >> FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, I LOOK AT IT DIFFERENT. ON YOUR TRACKING SHEET I PIT DOWN MONITOR IT LETS ME GET UPDATES YOU PAY ME TO BE
PARANOID. I WATCH MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED THAT AFFECT A BILL THAT WE WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ABOUT BUT NOW WE ARE, FROM A PUBLIC SPECIAL SPECULATIVE, WHAT I REGISTER ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PAGE AND MONITOR IT'S MORE TO MAKE FOLKS AWARE THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON A BILL. THAT WE ARE NOT FOR IT, NOT AGAINST IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET ASKED. THERE IS A BILL OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> SOME OF THE CASE RULES HAVE TANG SUPPORT POSITION ON IT. MOST OF THE DISTRICTS HAVE NOT I WAS ASKED BY THE BILL SPONSOR WHERE WE WERE, WE WERE NEUTRALLY LIST IT AS MONITOR BECAUSE THE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS ARE FIGHTING THAT.
SHE WAS LOOKING FOR OTHER HELP WITH THE BECAME AND I SAID WE DON'T HAVE A POSITION, I CAN MAKE IT CLEARER THAT WE ARE NOT OPPOSING THIS BILL LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> IT DOES. WE A LIMB TALKED ABOUT THAT BILL EARLIER. WE GOT A PRESENTATION FROM CTE
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BENEFIT OUR STUDENTS. I AM HEARING THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT THE FOUR-YEAR I WANT TIESES I AM THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DISTRICT AND OUR STUDENTS DECIDING WHICH PROGRAMS THEY CAN TO TAKE AND
HOW IT TRANSFERS TO DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES. I CAN SEE THAT BEING A BENEFIT FOR YOU ARE STUDENTS. >> I DON'T HAVE A CLIENT WITH A POSITION ON THAT, BUT THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD POINT
OUT ON THE PROBLEMS OFFICER OF CREDITS IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE WORKED ON IF FOR CUTE EYE LONG TIME. WITH K-12 FRANKLY. AS YOU ARE DOING YOUR CTE PROGRAMS THE STUDENTS HAVE SEAMLESS TRANSFER INTO ANY FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION THERE IS A
LOT OF CONFUSION TIMES AROUND WHAT YOU HEAR IS COP CURRENT VERSUS DUAL ENROLLMENT. AND ONE OF THE BIG DISTINCTIONS IS THAT THE CONCURRENT ENROLL ISN'T PART OF A G IT. PATH RAISE TRANSFER PROGRAM THEY TRANSFER ACROSS THE STATE TO A
FOUR-YEAR I WANT TUESDAY. THE DUELING ONES THAT THEY OFFER DON'T DO THAT. AND I DON'T WANT TO PICK ON A PARTICULAR UPS TUESDAY, THERE ARE SOME INS TUESDAYS THAT ARE ASSISTED WHERE IT'S ONLY -- THE CREDITS ARE ONLY GOOD IN A MAJOR
ONE WRAP BRAUN O BRAN OF THAT A. >> SUPERINTENDENT KANE HAS SOMETHING TO ADD. >> THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. THAT'S WITHIN OF THE REASONS WE SAY AND MONITOR BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND WE ARE TAKING A POSITION ON. THAT'S PART OF IT. THE TITLE OF THE BILL IS THE
TITLE OF THE BILL. BUT WHAT'S IN THE DETAILS MAY OR MAY NOT BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS SO WE ARE JUST -- THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SIT AND MONITOR UNTIL WE ARE SURE THAT THE DUST HAS SETTLED AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT. OR IT'S SETTLED ENOUGH THAT WE
CAN PUT OURSELVES IN AN AMOUNT POSITION OR WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. AND PRESIDENT WILLIAMS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HONORING OUR TIME COMMITMENT WE'LL ZOE WE'LL SPEED THROUGH THE LAST COMPANY HERE. >> THANK YOU. >> CELLPHONE DEVICE USE, WE
HAVE -- THERE IS A BILL -- WE HAVE NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON THAT ONE. THERE IS ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT YOU NEED TO -- YOU NEED TO DO -- THE BOARD NEEDS TO HAVE A POLICY. SO. >> GIVEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS
BEING PROPOSED AROUND -- [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] >> EXACTLY. >> LISTEN, I -- IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO THROUGH. YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALSO SOME WEIGHING ON HOW MUCH WE -- IT'S IDENTIFY NIGHT POLITICAL CAPITAL AND ATTENTION AND ABILITIES.
DISCIPLINE AND SEE COLLUSION WE PICTURE A BILL ON SOME DISCIPLINE. ON -- THERE IS CURRENTLY ONE SECLUSION RESTRAINT BILL. WE ARE EXPECTING A SECOND. COMPETING. SAY COA SECOND SECLUSION WELL.
WE ARE LACKING AT EVERYTHING AS SOON AS WE GET OUR EYES ON IT WE'LL GET FEEDBACK AND PROBABLY TAKING POSITIONS ON THAT. WE WERE NOT IN AMOUNT POSITION AND THAT BILL COMPLETELY CHANGED.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE KNOW A BILL IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SURVIVE AND SO WE MIGHT SIT IN AND MONITOR -- IN THIS CASE WE WERE AMOUNT. IT RECEIVED THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED A STRIKE BELOW WHICH IS AN ENTIRELY NEW WILL WE HAVE THAT
OUT FOR FEEDBACK AND WE'LL LET JASON SNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. THAT'S OUR PROCESS, I HOPE THAT WORKS. I THINK OUR -- AGAIN OUR LIAISN AND MEETINGS WITH DIRECTOR GEIGER WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US, FOR YOU. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ONE. >> ON THE LIBRARY BILL THAT
AMENDMENT WAS THE WORK OF CASBY WORKING WITH THE PUBLISHING GROUP THAT WAS PUSHING THE BILL. >> YEAH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THOSE, WE DO HAVE SUPERINTENDENT KANE WHO WANTS TO
GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THE FEDERAL ISSUES AND TOPICS THAT ARE IN THE NEWS THESE DAYS. >> THANK YOU, JAY ZIP FOR COMING. >> THANKS, JASON.
>> I HAVE NOTES BECAUSE THE FEDERAL SITUATION IS TO SAY THE LEAST AN EXTREMELY FAST, FURIOUS, AND FLUID DID THE TRIM "F" I GUESS, FAST, FURIOUS AND FLUID SITUATION, SO I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. FOR THE MOST PART, ONE OF THE
MAIN THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS FOR THE MOST PART ACTUALLY INSTRUCT A FEDERAL AGENCY TO DO RESEARCH AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. SO THAT'S FOR THE MOST PART WHAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ACTUALLY DO
IN EFFECT. THEY ARE NOT ORDERING SCHOOL DISTRICTS DIRECTLY TO DO SOMETHING. SO THAT BEING SAID I WILL GO OVER THE ONES THAT ARE IMPACTFUL TO K-12. SO LET'S SEE, AT NO PARTICULAR ORDER. THAT SEEMS TO BE TONIGHT'S THEME. NO PARTICULAR ORDER. ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL
GOVERNMENT D EVEN I PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING IS -- WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ORDER. IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WE DO NOT PRACTICE
HIRING WE DO NOT PRACTICE DIFFERENT EI HIRING WE WORK HARD TO HAVE A DIVERSE POOL OF CANDIDATES AND ALWAYS HIRE THE BEST PERCENT PERSON FOR THE POSITION, THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR US. AS WE TALKED ABOUT EXTERNALS I
FEEL WHEN YOU ADVISED A D.B. AND WE PRESENTED AMOUNT. B-R WE ARE NOT LOWER STANDARDS FOR ANY GROUP OF STUDENTS WE ARE TAKE CARE OF EACH AND HE HAVE STUDENT IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO LET'S SEE. THE NEXT EFFECT EFFECTIVE ORDER
IS ENDING RADICAL INDOCTRINATION IN K-12 SCHOOLING. THIS IS RELATED TO CURRICULUM IN SCHOOLS. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ORDER TO THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IT GIVES THEM 90 DAYS TO BRING FORWARD A PLAN ON WHAT
IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO IMPLEMENT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. FEDERAL LAW EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM INTERFERING WITH LOCAL CURRICULUM, OF COURSE. HERE IT THERE YOU GO LAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
MEANTIMES, THERE IS NOT RADICAL INDOCTRINATION OF ANY KIND GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON ACADEMICS. WE ARE FOCUSING ON HAVING A GREAT ATMOSPHERE FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR KIDS BEING WE ARE FOCUSING ON PREVENTION OF BULLYING, MAKING SURE THAT
HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION ARE ADDRESSED AND NOT TOLERATED IN OUR SCHOOLS. NEXT IS EXPANDING EDUCATION FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. THAT ONE IS INCREDIBLY VAGUE AND
HAS TO DO WITH POTENTIAL FUTURE FEDERAL IF YOU WANTING INCEINCENTIVEFOR STATES TO OFFE. FREEDOM OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT ONE IS VERY REALLY TRULY ALL OF THESE ARE CHANGING EVERY DAY AS
FAR AS EXACTLY WHAT THE MEANING IS. THIS ONE ESTABLISHES A TASK FORCE WHICH INCLUDES THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AS A MEMBER. WITHIN 120 DAYS OF THE ORDER.
SO TRULY, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLY TO FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT ARE THEN ASKED TO CREATED RECOMMENDATIONS OR CREATE A RESPECT. AND I WANT TO SAY, REALLY CLEARLY FOR OUR PUBLIC, THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON IN DOUGLAS
COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT IS IN ANY WAY ANTI-CHRISTIAN OR ANTI-ANY OTHER KIND OF RELIGION FOR THAT MATTER. EXECUTIVE ORDER, KEEPING MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS. SO THIS ALSO RELATES TO TITLE NINE. SO ALL ADDRESS BOTH.
THIS ORDER, AGAIN, REQUIRES THAT AN ATHLETIC GOVERNING BODY GET TOGETHER WITHIN 60 DAYS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT SUPERSEDE FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT
PIECE. THE TITLE NINE CHANGES REALLY ROLLED BACK TITLE 9 TO 2020. WE WERE ALREADY FOLLOWING AN INJUNCTION THAT KEPT US AT TITLE 9 FOR 2020. SO OUR POLICIES ARE ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE 2020 TITLE NINE INCOME RULES.
SO THERE IS NO CHANGE THERE. I DO GET ASKED SO HOW DOES THIS IMPACT SPORTS IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. LET ME GO DOWN THE WATERFALL THERE. THE -- THE -- SKEW MEIS NOT
COLORADO. THE NATION. -- THE NCAA WHICH MANAGES ALL COLLEGE SPORTS, HAS ADAPTED THEIR THEIR REGULATIONS TO
INSURE GIRL'S SPORTS ARE LIMITED TO TO BAY LOGICAL FEMALES. CLASS ARC THAT'S THE COM ASSOCIATION THAT DETERMINES SPORTS, CHASAS IS STILL SUBJECT TO COLORADO LAW. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR EVEN TITLE
9 DOES NOT SUPERSEDE AN ACTUAL LAW. THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS ON THIS TOPIC SHOULD THAT BILL PASS, THAT WILL IMPACT COLORADO LAW AS WELL AS CHASAS REGULATIONS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
MONITOR AND WE EXPECT TO -- WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT AND WATCH FOR CHANGES. LET'S SEE. I GOT TITLE 9. AND THEN LET'S SEE, LASTLY THERE WAS A FREEZE ON FEDERAL FUNDING.
THAT FREEZE AS SINCE BEEN WITHDRAWN. FLOSS AT A FREED TO FEDERAL FUND TO GO THE EXTEND THAT THERE WERE ANY FREEZES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. THEY ARE PART OF WHO FUND OUR
LUNCHES FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND SO FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES GRANTS ARE TO CONTINUE AS NORMAL. SO THAT WILL CONTINUE AS NORMAL. SO I BELIEVE I HAVE ADDRESSED THE BIG EXECUTIVE ORDERS. I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKE AWAY
FOR US AND REALLY FOR OUR LEADERS AND OUR STAFF, IS THAT WE NEED TO LET THE DUST SETTLE. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EVERYTHING LANDS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IT REALLY IS
THESE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS MAKING DECEMBER PARTICULARS AS AS TO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. WE NEED TO LET THE DUST SET THE AND WITH THESE SIGNIFICANT EXECUTIVE ORDERS SUCH AS THE ONE AROUND DEI INDOCTRINATION, ET
CETERA, WE AS I SAID IN DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE HAVE AN ANTI HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION SPOIL THAT WE FOLLOW AND IMPLEMENT. WE HAVE PREVENTION OF BULLYING. WE TAKE CARE OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WE DO NOT HIRE BASED ON
ANYTHING OTHER THAN MERIT. AND WE ARE NOT INDOCTRINATING KIDS, WE ARE TEACHING KIDS, OUR ACADEMICS ARE SOARING IS WE ARE REALLY POINT GREAT WORK THAT WE ARE DOING FOR KIDS IN TERM OF THEIR ACADEMY I CANS AND TERMS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND MENTAL
WELL BEING. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING THE ONE WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN SPORTS. I AM SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT'S A BIG PASSION OF MINE THINK I TALKED ABOUT IT BARK THIS JUNE WHEN THE OLD TITLE 9 WAS BEING
PUSHED DOWN, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. MY QUESTION IS THERE ARE -- MAYBE THIS ISN'T FOR YOU, THIS MIGHT BE JUST SOMETHING FOR THE BOARD TO THINK ABOUT. BUT THERE ARE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WHO HAVE STAKE OTHER A STAND ON THAT AND IT MIGHT BE
SOMETHING FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A BOARD TO AT LEAST TALK TO COUNSEL INTEREST THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAD, DIRECTOR MOORE? >> SIOUX KANE THANKS FOR THE DETAILS ON THAT. FOLLOW CLARITY, ON THE BOYS OR
THE MALES AND FEMALE SPORTS. SNAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT THERE IS A CHANCE THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER BECOMES CODIFIED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, THAT MAY
IMPACT COLORADO LAW WHICH GUIDES CHASAS ON THE SAME TOPIC. >> AT THIS FOR THE QUESTION, SO THERE IS A BILL CURRENTLY IN I BELIEVE IT'S IN CONGRESS, AND IT'S HR938.
THIS IS THE BILL ARC THE NAME OF THE BILL IS TO A POLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE, THAT ONE IS THE A POLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WHICH I FORGOT TO ADDRESS. THAT PART. THERE IS A BILL. I DON'T HAVE THE BILL NUMBER, THERE IS A BILL SO IT ISN'T THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ITSELF.
THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS IN CONGRESS THAT'S AN ACTUAL BILL, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE BILL NUMBER. >> THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR DELIVERING THAT IN A VERY FACT-BASED, NEUTRAL VERY DIE JET TABLE MANNER I KNOW THAT PEOPLE
CAN PUT THEIR OWN ONLY B BIAS IN THESE 10 TIP TALESES THAT WAS EASY TO UNDERSTAND, THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO THANK YOU AS
WELL. MONTH PROGRAMS BE SERVE SERVICES, OPPORTUNITIES, POLICIES NOTHING IS THANKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BASED ON THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS. >> THANK YOU ZONE FOR THE DIRECT QUESTION AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE DIRECT. >> WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT DOING THESE PRACTICES, SO NO PROGRAMS
ARE CHANGING FOR OUR STUDENTS. AS A RESULT OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS NOR DO WE EXPECT IT SEE A CHANGE IN WHAT LITTLE FUNDING WITH THAT WE HAVE THAT COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. >> CORRECT TOUR MEEK. >> THE OTHER BIG QUESTION THAT I HAVE RECEIVED AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SPOKEN TO IT SOME. JUST IMMIGRATION PALSY AND HOW IT'S BEING HANDLED IN OUR DISTRICT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. AND SO I'LL BE AS SUPER CLEAR AS
I CAN. WE HAVE PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO OUR SCHOOL LEADERS AND TO OUR MULTI LANGUAGE LEARNER TEACHERS AND OUR FAMILY LIAISONS WHO WORK WITH MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. SO THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN
PROVIDED. AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL. UNDER LAW WE ARE PRIDE TO PROVIDE A FREE PUBLIC EDUCATION TO EVERY STUDENT WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS AND WE ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. WE DO NOT COLLECT IMMIGRATION
INFORMATION. SO WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IMMIGRATION INFORMATION AND WE DO NOT COLLECT THAT. SO THAT'S NUMBER TWO. NUMBER 3, IT IS ALWAYS OUR PROCESS THAT IF ANY AGENCY COMES INTO ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS ASKING
INQUIRING ABOUT A STUDENT, WE DON'T SHARE STUDENT INFORMATION UNDER OFF FERPA AND WE HAVE ANYD OF ORDER REVIEWED BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN FACT A COURT ORDER THAT'S SIGNS A BY JUDGE. AND THEN THE LAST THINGS I WOULD COMMENT IS THAT OUR DIRECTOR OF
SAFETY AND SECURITY HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HOMELAND SECURITY AND THEY HAVE ASSURED HIM THAT THE FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE NO INTENTION OF GOING INTO SCHOOLS. THEY ARE TRULY FOCUSING ON VIOLENT CRIMINALS THAT ARE --
THAT ARE -- THAT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL RECORD AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE A DANGER TO SOCIETY. SO THAT'S THE FOCUS AND OUR GUIDANCE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> IF YOU COULD CLARIFY FOR THE
PUBLIC WHY BACK TO THE SPORTS -- THE SPORTS-RELATED ONE, WHY WE FOLLOW THE STATE ORGANIZATION WHICH I AM NOT SAYING THE ACRONYM BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER IT. WHY IS IT THAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS THE ONE MAKING THE RULES THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
CHASAS IS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION HAD MANAGE ALL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND ACTIVE THROUGHS THE STATE. WE ARE UNDER THEIR REGULATIONS FOR ALL OF OUR HIGH STOOL SPORTS
AND ACTIVITIES THEY ARE THE COLORADO ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE THE NCAA FOR COLORADO AND THEY ARE SUBJECT TO COLORADO LAW. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> YES. AND WHY DO WE FOLLOW THEIR
POLICY VERSUS HAVING OUR OWN? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN STATEWIDE ATHLETICS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW CHASAS'S POLICY. SO IF WE WERE TO SAY IF WE WENT ALONE WE WOULD NO LONG ARE BE A
PART OF STATE TAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMPETITIONS WE WOULD HAVE OUR DCSD COMPETITION BUZZ OUR KIDS WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER SCHOOL DRS. DRIPPINGS. AND IT'S THOSE RULES THAT THAT
COOPERATION WITH NCAA, THAT HAS COLLEGES, COME TO OUR SCHOOLS AND RECRUIT OUR STUDENTS, THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE. SO ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT ILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR IT. >> THE FIRST PART IS GREAT IT'S
THE GOVERNING LEGISLATION THAT WE USE IN ALL OF OUR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF AGENT LEG ATHLETICSWE FOLLOW THAT TOO. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MOVING ONTO ITEM NUMBER 20 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SELF EVALUATION OF GOVERN OPENS
PROCESS 1.3. BOARD PRESIDENT RESPONSIBILITIES. DIRECTOR WINEGAR TOOK THIS ON. SO I WILL PASS IT TO HER. >> ALL RIGHT. SO I WAS IN CHARGE OF OUR GOVERNANCE POLICY 1.3 CALLED
BOARD PRESIDENT RESPONSIBILITIES. I LINKED THE FOR SILL ON THE FIRST PAGE. IF YOU WANT TO REVIEW THAT. BUT I ALSO QUOTE IT IN MY IF YOU
CAN GO TO THE NEXT PAGE. THE FIRST PAYMENT IS JUST GIVING DATES AND GENERIC INFO THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE. I THINK ON 1.3. BUT MOST OF EVIDENCE THAT I USED ON HERE WAS JUST FROM ATTENDING
BOARD MEETINGS I LANGED OUR YOUTUBE CHAMPION. IF PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO WATCH WATCH OUR MEETINGS AGAINST TO GET WHY I GOT THE EVIDENCE I D THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I DID USE EVIDENCE THAT WE
ACTUALLY USED LAST TIME. PERIOD OF MONITORING WAS ME SEVENTH OF THE LAST TIME IT WAS THROUGH ME SIX OF 2024 AND I DID
IT THROUGH I'LL GO ONE BY ONE. 1.3.1 IS THE PRESIDENT LET'S THE BOARD BEING SO THE BOARD'S PERFORMANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS OWN RULES AND POLICIES.
AND THOSE A LIT YACHTLY IMPOSED ON IT FROM OUTSIDE THE ORGANIZATION. I FEEL WE WERE COMPLIMENT THE BOARD MEETINGS DELIBERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED TO INCLUDE BOARD ISSUES. EFFICIENT AND TIMELY AND ORDERLY TO A POINT. SAID WE WERE COMPLIANT.
DECISIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THE TOPICS COVERED BY BOARD POLICIES ON GOVERNMENT PROCESS AND SUPERINTENDENT BOARD LINKAGE, EMPLOYEE INFORMATION. SUPERINTENDENT SPECIFICALLY DELEGATES PORTIONS AUTHORITY
AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRESIDENT IS AUTHORIZED TO USE ANY REASONABLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS IN THIS POLICIES. I FELT WE WERE COME MIND THERE. SHE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT POLICIES CREATED BY THE BOARD.
NO AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE 150*U7 REMEMBER SUPERINTENDENT KANE CONFIRMED THAT IN THE E-MAIL NEAR THE END OF THE DOCUMENT. ONE IT THE THERE .2 IS ABOUT STATING POSITIONS TO OUTSIDE PARTIES.
THE ONLY THE ONLY ONE PRESIDENT WILLIAMS COULD RECALL AND I COULD RECALL WAS WITH WHEN THE DENVER GAZETTE ASKED IF A COMMENT ON SCHOOL PAIRINGS AND SHE DELEGATED THAT COMMENT TO DIRECTOR GEIGER.
IF YOU WANT TO LEAD THE ARTICLE IT'S LINKED. ALL CONTRACTS AND OFFICIAL BOARD REPORTS. HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY HER. AND RON A CONFIRMED THAT. 1.3.4 WAS IF SHE IS ABSENT OREN
ABLED TO BUT THE PRESIDENT THE VICE PRESIDENT SHUT STEP IN AND SHE'S BEEN AVAILABLE EVERY SINGLE TIME. SO MADE MY JOB EASY. THAT ONE WAS NA. THE BOARD PRESENT REQUIRED TO SET THE AGENDA AND RUN THE
PLANNING MEETING. I NBA ALL I GOT SHE WAS COMPLIANT. I SAID OVERALL THAT THE BOARD IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH 1.3 BOARD PRESIDENT RESPONS RESPONSIBILIT.
QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR WINEGAR,. >> DIRECTOR MEEK? >> SO I ACTUALLY HAD GP1.4. >> YES. >> WHICH OVERLAPS WHICH I DIDN'T REALLY REALIZE WHEN WE DID THAT. SO I THINK IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE
TO ALSO LOOK AT 1.4. AS WE ARE TALKING THROUGH THIS. JUST BECAUSE AS I WAS LACKING THROUGH SO THE EVIDENCE I WAS LONGING THROUGH FOR BOARD POLICY FOR THE OFFICERS. SO 1.4 COVERS ALL BOARD
OFFICERS. I WENT DELAY BOARD CORRESPONDENTS AS WELL AS BOARD MEETINGS. IF YOU SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE THOSE THAT'S THE POLICY THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE PRESIDENT
WHICH IS THE REDUNDANT PIECE. VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. KEEP SCROLLING, PLEASE. PRESSURE YOU ARE ASSISTANT, PRESSURE YOU ARE, ET CETERA. SO IF YOU GET TO THE NEXT PAGE.
BASICALLY I WAS LOOKING AT NO BOARD MEMBER HAS SERVED MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS IN THE SAME OFFICE PER OUR COLORADO LAW. AND THEN LOOKING AT THE EXECUTION OF DUTIES, SO I GUESS
I DID FIND JUST TWO EXAMPLES WHERE I FELT LAKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. ONE WAS WITH PUTTING AN AGENDA ITEM, PLACEMENT OF AN AGENDA
ITEMS WITHOUT A WRITTEN REQUEST, WITH WHERE WE HAVE GP1.5 AND I THINK YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THAT'S GP1.5. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT 1.4. BUT THE ROLE OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS TO INSURE THE
INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD'S PROCESS. IT'S SUCH A BIG JOB AND PRESIDENT WILLIAMS I THINK YOU DO A PHENOMENAL PROBLEM. IT'S A HUGE JOB TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. TO RUN THE MEETINGS TO BASICALLY SERVE THE BOARD.
THAT'S THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BOARD IS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY AND SO I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THIS IDEA BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT IF WE HAVE A PROCESS FOR
AGENDA SETTING, WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S IN POLICY. AND BASED ON THE NOVEMBER 19th BOARD MEETING. I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE DID FOLLOW THE POLICY AS WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, THAT SAME NOVEMBER 19th BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A COMMENT AROUND MEETING WITH A EMPLOYEE
TO VET CURRICULUM. AND I THINK, AGAIN, OUR POLICIES ARE REALLY PRETTY DISTRICT THAT THE BOARD WILL NOT FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY WORK WITH THE STAFF
OTHER THAN THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD SECRETARY. AND I JUST THINK IT'S A SLIPPERY SLOPE. WITH THAT AND I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AT ONE OF OUR RETREATS, SO THOSE TWO ITEMS I JUST HIGHLIGHTED
BECAUSE I THINK RIGHT I IMPORTANT THAT, ONE, IF AS A BOARD WE DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S A PROBLEM, THEN THAT'S -- WE NEED TO BE THE SAME PAGE. I DID IDENTIFY THAT I THINK
THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICIES. WHEN IT CAME TO THE VICE PRESIDENT, REALLY THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ROLE IS TO FILL IN FOR THE PRESIDENT. AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT YET. THE SECRETARY DRAFTS RESPONSES
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK DIRECTOR MYERS HAS BEEN DOING RILEY NICE JOB WITH THOSE M COMMUNICATIONS AND RESPONSE ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD AND IT'S A HUGE JOB AS
WELL. I DIDN'T PUT THIS IN THE REPORT. BUT I AM WONDERING IF WE SHOULD HAVE A GLARING HE HAD STATEMENT ON THOSE RESPONSES. THAT THAT YOU ARE RESPOND ON THE GROUND BEHALF OF THE BOARD SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE
RECENTLY AND THEY SAID, WELL, DIRECTOR MYERS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER RESPONDS. I DON'T THINK THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT THAT'S THE PROCESS AND I THINK THAT'S NOT IN OUR POLICIES IT'S NOT IN OUR, YOU KNOW, HANDBOOK. BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT BEING A
HELPFUL PRACTICE TO ADD JUST TO HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT. THE TREASURER, ASSISTANT FRESH ETREASURER, EVERYTHING ELSE
SEEMED TO BE IN LINE. I DID PUT -- I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD REMOVE THE REDUNDANT LOUNGE WITHIN SO IT'S NOT FALLING UNDER TWO POLICIES WITH AN UPDATE. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TALK THROUGH IT BECAUSE I THINK WE
NEED TO DIVIDE WHERE WE LAND ON THE BOARD PRESIDENT POLICY 1.3. >> I WOULD CONCUR THAT WE SHOULD REMOVE THE PRESIDENT LANGUAGE FROM 1.4 JUST SO IT'S NOT REDUNDANT.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT WITH -- IN RELATION TO ME. SO THE FIRST ONE, AROUND THE AGENDA PLANNING, ONE, TO BE CLEAR, WHILE I DID GIVE VERBAL
CONCEPT IT WAS NOT BEFORE AGENDA PLANNING. AND I HAD WRITTEN CONCEPT BY AGENDA PLAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PUBLICALLY THE NIGHT OF THE 19th. AND I DID HAVE IT IN WRITING BEFORE THE AGENDA WAS OFFICIALLY
SET. SO I AM NOT SURE THAT THAT TECHNICALLY WOULD GO AGAINST POLICY. THE SECOND -- SORRY, YEAH, GO AHEAD. >> SURE. >> IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO TALK THROUGH THE ONE FIRST. I DID ADD THAT AGENDA CONTRACT
THAT MEETING BECAUSE WE WERE RECEIPT ON THE GROUND Facebook THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT HAS AGREED TO PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT WAS Facebook. >> IT ALSO SAID FOR THAT SAME NIGHT WHICH WASN'T TRUE. >> I AM SORRY. >> THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS ON
THE NOVEMBER MEETING WHICH WASN'T -- WAS NOT FACT. >> OKAY. >> THE ONLY WEIGH WE KNEW ABOUT IT AS SOCIAL MEDIA AND I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT IT ON THE
AGENDA. HAD THAT NOT MAPPED A RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTED ON A FRIDAY FOR A VERY SIGNIFICANT TOPIC TO RELEASE A PROPOSED
CHARTER SCHOOL AND THEN VOTED ON THEM THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, AND I HI HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS AROD POSTING RESOLUTIONS ON A FRIDAY AND THEN VOTING ON IT ON A
TUESDAY. IT'S CREATED A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WHERE RESOLUTIONS ARE SPRUNG SPRUNG ON FRIDAY AND VOTED ON ON TUESDAY. I THINK A VERY PANTS TRANSPARENT
WAY FOR THE BOARD TO OPERATE IS TO REALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE THE BOARD PRESENT PRESIDENT ISN'T AGREEING TO AN OUTSIDE GROUP. WHERE THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE THEY HAD AN AGREEMENT. WE HAVE OTHER COMMUNICATION
TOOLS THAT WE USE ON THE BOARD. SO WE HAVE OUR BOARD COMMUNICATION FORM THAT WE HAVE USE WHICH IS ACTUALLY MEANT FOR EACH OF US TO UTILIZE SO WE CAN SHARE WITH OTHERS WHEN WE ARE HEARING OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION
AS A BOARD LIAISON OR, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE VISITING SCHOOLS. SO WE RECEIVE NO COMMUNICATION THAT YOU KNOW, ANYONE WAS APPROACHED OR THERE WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS UNDER DISCUSSION.
>> I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO THE BOARD SAYING THAT I HAD AGREED TO THAT AND THAT'S HUGH IT ALL CAME OUT TO BE. SO I DID SEND AN EMAIL. >> BUT THAT WAS AFTER THE NOVEMBER 19th MEETING. >> IT WAS BEFORE.
>> I THINK THAT WE ARE GETTING AT IS ON A LOT IN THE POLICY IS MAYBE NOT BEING -- OR WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS MAYBE NOT WRITTEN EXACTLY IN OUR POLICY AND ACTUALLY I COULDN'T EVEN FIND WHERE YOU PULLED THAT THERE HAS TO BE A WRITTEN REQUEST. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN G PERIOD OF TIME ONE POINT FAVE.
MAYBE SOME YOU ARE ABLE TO FIND IT EXACTLY AND THEN POST THE ACTUAL REPS. SO MAYBE THE ACTUAL APPROACH TO THIS ISN'T SO MUCH ARGUING BACK AND FORTH ON WHAT HAPPENED BUT MORE OF LIKE SAYING THAT YOU WANT OUR POLICY TO BE MORE
EXPLICIT ON HOW AGENDA IDEAS ARE DECIDED. BECAUSE HONESTLY HOW OUR POLICY IS WRITTEN THE PRESIDENT CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT WHAT PEOPLE LIKE AND I GET WHY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT. BUT THAT'S HOW OUR POLICY IS AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT CHANGING THAT. YOU ALSO -- I FEEL LIKE THERE IS
SOME SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE IN THE EVIDENCE USED YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAD TO INSURE EQUITABLE CONSIDERATION OF ALL SUBMISSIONS THAT IS NOT IN OUR POLICY EITHER. SO I THINK MOSTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO GET AT IS THAT THE POLICY NEEDS TO CHANGE.
AND I AGREE WITH REMOVING JUST MAYBE SAYING PLEASE REFERENCE GP1.3 UNDER THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS ONE.
>> SO THE OTHER ONE, FIRST OF ALL, I ENDED UP NOT MEETING WITH THE TEACHER, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A -- THERE WAS AN EMAIL SENT TO ME, SPECIFICALLY FROM THE
TEACHER AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AT THE SAME SCHOOL THAT OFFERED UP A MEETING. SO SO I WOULD ARGUE THAT ANY DIRECTOR P UP HEAR ON THE BOARD THAT HAD A TEACHER REACH OUT TO THEM REQUESTING A CONVERSATION,
I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY OF US WOULD SAY SORRY I AM NOT DOING THAT. NUMBER TWO, I DID INFORM SUPERINTENDENT KANE THAT I WAS DOING THIS, AND NO WAY WAS IT TO GIVE DIRECTION TO A TEACHER.
IT WAS DISCUSSION ON THEIR REQUEST OF ME. I DID NOT REACH OUT TO THE TEACHER UNSOLICITED AND I WOULD SAY IF A TYPE OFFER EVER VEACHED OUT TO ME AND WANTED TO MEET WITH ME AS LONG AS I INFORMED THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK ANY OF US SHOULD AND WOULD WANT TO DO. BUT I DIDN'T DO IT, SO -- >> I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THE LANGUAGE USED AT THE BOARD MEETING IS THAT YOU HADN'T HAD A
CHANCE TO VET THE CURRICULUM WITH THE TEACHER YET. WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED WHICH FEELS OUT OF WHAT OUR POLICIES WOULD ALLOW. BUT ANYWAY. THAT'S -- >> DIRECTOR GEIGER.
>> I READ BOTH OF THESE WITH INTEREST. AND I AM GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH DIRECTOR WILLIAMS ON THE MEETING WITH THE TEACHER. I THINK IT IS BEST PRACTICE THAT GOES THROUGH THE SUPERINTENDENT. I DID NOT RECEIVE AN ATTEMPT TO
DISCIPLINE OR CONTROL THE TEACHER THAT. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE OUR POLICY CLEARER ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S NECESSARY. I DID FEEL THAT THE PLACING THE AGENDA ITEM ON GOT REVERSED. AND I WROTE I AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS I AM NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING YOU HAVEN'T SEEN.
I THINK THE POLICY DOES AT LEAST EXPRESS AN INTENT THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS PARTICULARLY THAT SIGNIFICANT OF AN ISSUE THE LETTER SHOULD COME FIRST AND THE A GENERAL DA ITEM SHOULD COME SECOND. I KNOW YOUR HAND WALLS WAS FORCED BY FALSE PLACEMENTS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT WILL HAPPEN. WE KNOW IT WILL COME BACK. I THINK THERE IS A PLACE EITHER IN AMENDING THE REVIEW ON 1.3 OR 1.4 TO SAY THERE WAS SPACE THERE FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION ABOUT
HOW THAT OCCURRED. I, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE STRICT LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY I DON'T THINK YOUR NONEXISTENT MEETING WITH THE TEACHER PROBABLY VIOLATE THE THAT. I DON'T KNOW IT'S BEST POLICY BUT WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
I FEEL THAT THERE WAS A LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION. THAT'S IMPLIED AND MORE HE CAN POLICE IT'S IN THE POLICY AS I SAID IN MY HE FEEL EMAIL EVERYONE ONE US HAS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF HERE THAT WE COMMUNICATE AND CRUST WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW IS THEY
DON'T HAVE FIRST PRIORITY ON THE AGENDA IS THAT'S WHY THE REQUEST WRITTEN REQUEST IS? THE POLICY TO MAKE SURE IT'S OPEN HE TO EVERYONE ELSE, THAT WAS MY QUESTION ABOUT HOW THAT WAS HANDLE OF WE HAD A FULL AND FAIR SECLUSION, I SEE YOUR SMILE DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. IT WAS MORE THAN FULL
DISCUSSION. AND THAT GOT TAKEN CARE OF. BUT I THINK IT IS A POINT FOR US TO LACK BACK AND SAY, HOW COULD WE HAVE HANDLED THAT PROCESS IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE BLUNTLY, PEOPLE CAME UP TO ME AND SAID EVERYBODY THAT'S GOT DIRECTOR WILLIAMS' EMAIL GETS ON THE AGENDA. I DON'T THINK THAT'S HOW THAT'S
BEEN TREATED. BUT THAT'S WHAT OCCURRED IN THIS CASE THAT DANGER OCCURRED. AND SO HOW WE ADDRESS IT, I THINK PROBABLY 1.3, AND TAKE IT OUT OF 1.4. BUT I DID WANT TO H RAISE IT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A PLACE WHERE
THE POLICY COULD HAVE BEEN COME PLIED WITH BETTER. >> DIRECTOR MEEK CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOU GOT THE VERBIAGE FROM 1.5. I DON'T SEE IT EITHER ^ NOW THAT
DIRECTOR WINEGAR BROUGHT IT UP. >> I THINK THINKING THIS IS FROM THE EMAIL OF BOARD CORRESPONDENT AND WE UPDATED POLICIES THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN, I CUT AND PASTE THIRD DEGREE FROM THE BOARD CORRESPONDENCE AND SO THIS
PROBABLY WAS THE POLICY BEFORE WE UPDATED IT. I WOULD IS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT, IT MAY NOT CURRENTLY BE THERE. IT WAS CURRENT AT THE TIME. I BELIEVE. BUT I CAN GO BACK AND CHECK.
>> OKAY. DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION. SO WHEN WE COME TO PRESIDENT WILLIAMS WITH SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PUT ON AGENDA, THE ONE
THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS WHEN I HAD -- I AM ON D.C. YI AND MARSHA ASKED TO BE ON THE AGENDA IS THAT THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN WRIGHT OR DO WE JUST CAN WE BRING FORWARD -- I GUESS I WANT
CLARIFICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN SOMEONE ASKED ME IF THEY WANT TO BE, I THINK ABOUT COMMITTEES, LRPC, ANY OF THOSE THAT WANT TO BE ON AGENDA, WHICH I KNOW A LOT OF THIS IS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT WHEN THEY CREATE AGENDA AND BRING IT FORTH AND WE HAVE OUR AGENDA PLANNING, BUT
JUST TO MAKE SURE WHEN SOMEBODY DOES ASK ONE OF US TO BRING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA, AND I KNOW WE DO THAT -- >> THAT'S EYE REALLY GOOD QUESTION. NO. I MEAN WE ARE ATTA AGENDA PLANNING AND WE ARE BOARD MEMBERS AND SETTING THE AGENDA,
SO THIS LANGUAGE WAS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISH TOKING MAKE FORMAL PRESIDENT TAKES BEFORE THE BOARD OTHER THAN PUBLIC COMMENT. SHOULD SUBMIT AN ADVANCE THE WRITTEN REQUEST WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD PRESIDENT SO THAT SUCH
PRESENTATIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE MAY BE SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA. THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. WHEN & IN THIS HAPPENED I BELIEVE, THAT WAS IN THERE. AND COPIED. IT WOULD NOT APPLY FOR US AS BOARD MEMBERS. >> AND I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER
QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS I THINK ALL OF US PROBABLY HAVE TEACHERS THAT REACH OUT TO US AND I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I TALK TO SOMEONE BEFORE I GO
VISIT AND I WORK ON DCF F AND I REACH OUT TO A TEACHER AT THUNDER RIDGE I HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO HELP OUT WHEN I DO THE GALA AM I ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE THERE ABOUT BEING WITH A
TEACHER AND DISCUSSING THINGS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. AND THAT WAS THE PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, I NEEDED HELP WITH THE GALA AND I DEFEND ON THIS ONE TEACH AT THUNDER RIDGE AND I HAVE NEVER ASKED PERMISSION THAT I AM GOING TO GO OVER THERE AND
HAVE A CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT JUST THE TEACHER. >> I AM ALWAYS CAREFUL. IT WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN THE CURRICULUM WAS BEING DISCUSSED IT WAS ABOUT VETTING THE CURRICULUM WITH THE TEACHER. THIT WAS THAT PHRASE THAT REALLY
ELEVATED IT TO FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAN I AM MEETING WITH A TEACHER. IT'S THE VETTING OF CURRICULUM WHICH IS REALLY OUTSIDE OFF PERIPHERY. AND WE HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AT THE RETREAT. WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB IS TO
WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. IF WE NEED UPDATE THE PROCEDURES, WE FELT LIKE THE RECOMMERECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT ADEQUATE OR NEED TO BE UPDATED. BUT TO WORE GOING TO MEET WITH
STAFF MEMBERS OR EDUCATORS. TO VET A CURRICULUM IS REALLY THE CONCERN THAT I WAS ELEV ELEVATING. >> I THINK WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT FROM THE DAIS I WILL BE IN FAVOR OF BELIEVING THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT.
>> YES. DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> SLIGHTLY UP RESULTED BUT BEFORE WE MOVE ON. THE FR FR TREASURER ROLE. IT NEEDS UPDATED TO BETTER REFLECT WHAT I DO.
SO TECHNICALLY, I WOULD SAY WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE BUT IT SHOULD BE CLEANED UP IN THE LAME WILLING BASED ON OTHER UPDATE WE HAVE DONE. >> SO I MAY ASK YOU FOR LANGUAGE WHILE I ALSO UPDATE 1.4 TO SAY
YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT, SEE 1.3. WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT REPEATED TRIES, DIRECTOR MOORE. >> TWO THINGS, JUST FOR CLARITY, YOU SENT TO US ON THE 14th
WHICH WAS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE BOARD MEAT ON THIS 19th. DID YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I GUESS THE QUESTION I WANT TO UNDERSTAND, FOR FUTURE SIMILAR SITUATIONS, IS THAT IF ANY OF US ARE APPROACHED, BY ANYBODY THAT
WANTS TO HAVE TIME ON THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE THE PROPER PROCESS GOES WE FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT HAS TO MAKE THAT DECISION ATTA AGENDA PLAN ARING OR SOMETIME BEFORE THE BOARD
MEETING BEFORE IT'S POSTED PUBLIC. IS THAT NOT THE CASE OR SAM A.M. I MISSING SOMETHING PROCESS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. IF ANYBODY IS APPROACHED BY A GROUP THAT WANTS TO BE ON THE
AGENDA OUTSIDE PUBLIC COMMENT? >> 1.5 SAYS THE BOARD PRESIDENT SETS THE AGENDA AND THEN IT DOES TALK ABOUT IF THERE IS -- AIM TRYING TO FIND IT REAL FAST. >> IS THE ISSUE THAT IT HAS TO
BE IN WRITE SOMETHING AS I UNDERSTAND -- >> I THINK THAT USED TO BE. [SPEAKING AT THE SAME TIME] >> THAT WAS OLD POLICY BUT NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S IN OUR POLICY CURRENTLY. AND I THINK OUR POLICIES WERE MADE IN SEPTEMBER. >> I THINK THERE MIGHT BE, THOUGH, ANOTHER POLICY I AM
TRYING TO THINK IF IT'S "K." THAT MIGHT COVER JUST ANY PUBLIC LISTENING THAT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT AT A BOARD MEETING THERE SHOULD BE A POLICY THAT'S A "K" POLICY I BELIEVE. THAT SAYS THAT'S WHAT THAT PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. >> I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT MOST
ITEMS THAT GO ON OUR BOARD AGENDA, GOING THROUGH STAFF IS THE BEST APPROACH. THERE ARE CERTAIN ITEMS OBVIOUSLY THAT YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT CAN PUT ON THERE, BY MOST OF THE TIME, ANYTHING GOING THROUGH STAFF IS BETTER. >> TO YOUR POINT, DIRECTOR MEEK,
DIRECTOR MYERS WAS TALKED TO BY D.C. Y. AND I TOE HOLD ME BUT IT WAS DYYI ASKING TO BE ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE CHARTER SCHOOL COMING TO ME. AS IT WAS FOR SOMEBODY GOING TO DIRECTOR MYERS. I JUST THINK IF WE WANT TO
CHANGE HOW OUR POLICY GOVERNANCE BOOK LOOKS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHERE I STAND.
>> IF I HAD GIVEN IT TO SOMEBODY THAT ACTUALLY ASKED ME FOR IT IT WAS TOO LONG AGO THAT I REMEMBER. >> IT MIGHT BE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PAGE WHERE PEOPLE SIGN UP I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHERE BECAUSE I COPIED IT FROM SOMEWHERE. I THINK DIRECTOR WINEGAR WAS
GETTING AT MAYBE THERE IS POLICY CHANGE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND I AM HAPPY TO GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE HOW WE INSURE THAT WE ARE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE NOT SPRINGING
RESOLUTION THREE DAYS BEFORE WE ARE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T GIVE OUR COMMUNITY TIME TO REACT TO IT. THAT'S MY REAL CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING% LUKES ON ON A FRIDAY VOTING ON ON IT ON A TUESDAY WHICH IT'S
SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND REQUIRES TIME. THE RELEASE OF THE PROSED CHARTER SCHOOL TO CSI HAD FINANCIAL IMPLICATION SAYS POTENTIALLY OR LEGAL. THERE IS RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
FOR US TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE HAVING AT AWARENESS AHEAD OF TIME IS CRITICAL CALIFORNIA FOR US TO DO OUR JOB THAT WE NEED TO DO. >> DIRECTOR TO HIM THINK SON. >> IT'S BEDH THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS, WHERE IT SAYS THERE IS
FOR DELAY AT THIS FOR THE PUBLIC WISH TOKING MAKE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE THE BOARD OTHER THAN PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD SUBMIT AN ADVANCED WRITTEN REQUEST WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE BOARD PRESS SO THAT ARE SUCH PRESENTATIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE MAY BE SEEMING AND WOULD ON THE AGENDA IF WE ARE LOOKING AT
POLICY, I THINK THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AT LEAF THE REST OF THE BOARD BEING ALERTED THAT THOSE REQUESTS HAVE HAPPENED WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD FIND A PLACE TO ADD THAT. >> DIRECTOR MOORE. >> THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I
HAVE RELATED TO OUR ROLE, IS THAT WHEN AN ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA ALL GO BACK TO -- THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE TWO ISSUES. >> THERE IS AN IDEA TO APPROVE A
NEW CURRICULUM, HOW IS IT NOT APPROPRIATE IN SOME FORM FOR THE BOARD TO WORK -- I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION ALREADY, BUT WE ARE NOT A RUBBER STAMP ON SO HOW IS
IT NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE BOARD TO OCCASIONALLY NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE SAYING YES OR NO ON. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE VERY OFTEN NEED TO DO THAT. BUT THERE MAYO CHARACTERLY BE THAT NEED AND DOESN'T SEEM
INAPPROPRIATE AS LONG AS IT'S TRANSPARENT AND DONE WITH SUPERINTENDENT KNOWLEDGE. WHICH I BELIEVE THIS WAS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT
TO BE GUIDING STAFF AND DICTATING HOW STAFF DOES THEIR JOB, THAT'S NOT OUR ROLE TO GET ENVELOPED. I MEAN, I WANT TO SNAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND IT. ARE WE OKAY TO DO THAT OR IS THAT REALLY NOT HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO IT? >> DIRECTOR MEEK? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S OKAY TO
MEET WITH STAFF WITHOUT THE SUPERINTENDENT BEING FULLY AWARE. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER ON OKAY TO MEET WITH STAFF TO GET VEST A CURRICULUM. I THINK YOU VET THAT WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT. AND IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, INPUT, FROM AN EDUCATOR,
YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, RIGHT TO SIT DOWN AND TALK, I, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS GET FRUSTRATED WITH ME WHEN I BRING UP THE PAST, BUT WE HAVE MECHANICS OF THIS BOARD.
AND I AM PART OF A BOARD THAT THAT FEUD A SUPERINTENDENT WITHOUT CAUSE, THAT IS STILL ON PEOPLE'S MINDS AS STAFF MEMBERS MIND, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY
MIGHT FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A POLITICALLY CHARGED SITUATION. THERE WAS A LOT -- WE STILL WILL GET EMAILS EVERY NOW AND THEN AROUND THAT SITUATION. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S FINE FOR US TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH
EDUCATORS. I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY COGNIZANT THAT WE ARE A BOARD MEMBER. LIKE THEY SEE US AS BOARD MEMBERS, THEY MAY NOT FEEL TOTALLY OPEN. TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS.
WE CAN BE VERY INNING TIP DATE TO GOES OTHERS AND EN WHEN I KNOW -- I HAVE KNOWN I HAVE KNOWN STAFF MEMBERS FOR A LONG TIME AND I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM BUT I STILL THINK THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY NO TO ME WHEN
I ASK THEM ABOUT VISITING A SCHOOL I KNOW YOU ARE BUSINESS YOU, I HAVE TO GO OUT OF MY WAY TO KIND OF REALIZE THAT TAFF MEMBERS HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME SAYING NO TO US IF WE ARE ASKING
SOMETHING. THAT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT AS OUR PRIMARILY LINK AND I THINK WITH OUR JOB FOR APPROACHING CURRICULUM, WE CAN NEVER BE A RUBBER STAMP WHICH IS WHAT I WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE PROCEDURES IF PLACE. THAT WORK. AND IF WE HAVE CONCERNS AROUND
SOMETHING WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY STOP IT. THAT'S WHEN I AM REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE. AND I -- IT MAKES ME REALLY SAD THAT I HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES THAT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE HAD TO PUT UP A WALL. BECAUSE IT'S JUST DIFFERENT.
WHEN YOU YOU ARE A BOARD MEMBER. >> AND I ACTUALLY WOULD AGREE WITH YOU. EXCEPT THIS TIME THEY REACHED OUT TO ME. I DIDN'T I INITIATE IT.
THIS HE REACHED OUT TO ME OPENING THE DOOR FOR THE CONVERSATION. I FIND IT DIFFERENT. BUT IN THE END I DIDN'T EVEN MEET WITH THE TEACHER SO I AM NOT SURE IT'S AN ISSUE AT ALL.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON THEN TO BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS. WE WILL JUST HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION ON OUR FEBRUARY 5TH LUNCH AND LEARN ON DYSLEXIA. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE STAFF, WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THAT. WE HAD I THINK A ROOM OF 30 EDUCATORS. I MEAN THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING YOUR TIME OUT TO COME AND EDUCATE US.
I LEARNED A LOT IN THAT MEETING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING, THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO. AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE GOTTEN EVEN MORE DEFINITIVE TIMELINE. WHICH IS NICE. AND I THINK THE TWO TAKEAWAYS
OBVIOUSLY IS -- I MANGES I ALREADY KNEW THIS, BUT YOU COULD REALLY HEAR AND SEE THE PASSION OF ALL OF THE EDUCATORS IN THAT ROOM. BUT THEN THE OTHER THING WAS JUST TAKEAWAYS THAT WE HEARD FROM OTHER DISH ARE DISTRICTS. AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS.
IN ROLLING OUT SCREENER AND THAT WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO IT, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS DOING IT WELL. SO I AM THANKFUL THAT WE ARE BEING THOUGHTFUL AROUND THAT.
WE'LL GO TO DIRECTOR MEEK. >> OKAY. OKAY. JUST TALKING ABOUT THE DYSLEXIA LUNCH AND LEARN. ANYBODY WANTS TO -- >> DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE TO ALL OF THE EDUCATORS THAT CAME TO
TEACH US THEIR EXPERTISE AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND YOU CAN TELL THEY HAVE A LOT OF PASSION FOR IT AND KNOWLEDGE AND THEY ARE THERE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE KIDS THEY WORK WITH. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN PERSONALLY DO SO I WAS VERY
IN A LOT OF ADMIRATION FOR THE JOB THAT THEY DO. AROUND TRYING TO HELP OUR KIDS THAT NEED JUST A LITTLE MORE EFFORT. AND I DON'T FOE IF OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE, BUT THEY HAD A TIMELINE IN PLACE ON
HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET DYSLEXIA SCREENING I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT PHRASE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WRONG. >> SCREENERS. IN AND JUST TRYING TO CATCH THOSE KIDS IN MORE EFFICIENT WAYS AND USING MORE TOOLS AND THEY ARE VERY OPEN TO IT AND
WANT TO GO DO WHAT'S BEST AND DOING IT RIGHT. AND DOING IT WELL. AND NOT JUST THROWING IT IN TEACHER'S LAPS. WITHOUT THEIR INPUT AS WELL. SO I FELT LIKE THEY HAD A LOT OF GREAT INPUT AND JUST, YEAH,
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM THAT CAME AND HELPED US LEARN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I AM SORRY SUPERINTENDENT
[ INAUDIBLE ] IS NOT THERE I KNOW SHE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH THAT I APPRECIATE THE REST OF THE TAP AND EVERYTHING THEY DO. AND I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY TO GET THE SUBSEQUENT POLYP WITH A SPECIFIC TIMELINE.
A BOWL AND A PLAN TO HAVE A VALIDATED SCREENERS FOR OUR KINDERGARTNERS FOR THE SPRING OF '26 WHICH I THINK IS A TIMELINE THAT I AM GLAD THE STAFF FEELS IT'S DOABLE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT A NICE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE BOARD SETH A PRIORITY AND THE
ADMINISTRATION LISTENING TO CAREFULLY TO THAT PRIORITY. AND TRYING TO COME PLY WITH THAT AND AS WELL AS INFORMING US ABOUT THE CHALLENGES IN MEETING THAT. I HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE TO THE DOING BATTERY BUT WE WANT TO DO BETTER AND I THINK WE ARE GETTING OUT AHEAD OF THE LEGISLATURE. ON TRYING TO BE THE BEST AT THIS. AND THAT WAS A LOT OF EDUCATORS TO SIT IN A ROOM WITH. TO LEARN FROM AND I APPRECIATED THAT VERY MUCH.
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT YOU WERE TAKING OUR CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND I THINK THAT FELT NATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO, I HOPE, PROBABLY SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AND AGAINST NEXT FALL WAY MEETING TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE
SELECT A SCREENER AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND HOW THE TRAINING IS GOING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. I THOUGHT SOME OF THE COMMITMENTS ON WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN MATERIALS OF INTERVENTIONS WITH DYSLEXIC -- WITH THOSE WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED
READING CHALLENGES. WERE EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT. APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION TO GILLIAM. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS AS A DISTRICT LED BY AND IN -- THE BOARD IN COOPERATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO START
CHANGING LIVES RELATIVELY SOON. THIS IS PART OF MY KIND OF POLICY THING. THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS WHERE WE DO IT BUILDING BY BUILDING. BUT AS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM CORE READING, INCORPORATING, DISTRICT WIDE WRITING.
THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO AS A DISTRICT, FOR EVERY KID AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE NOW. THAT THE DYSLEXIA AND FINDING READING CHALLENGES IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND I AM VERY GLAD THAT WE ARE COP TO HIM A
CONSENSUS ON HOW TO DO THAT. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I REALLY LIKED THAT DAY WITH THE -- IT WAS QUITE TO SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT WE
HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND I THINK I HAVE SUCH A BIG EYE-OPENER AND OUR RETREAT IN DECEMBER WITH KIND OF A MINI SIMULATION AND I KNOW DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAS REALLY BEEN
INVOLVED WITH KNOWING WHAT THIS THAT REALLY IS. EYE OPENING TO GO THROUGH A MORE EXTENSIVE SIMULATION TO THE
THING THAT HAPPENED THAT DAY THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT THERE AND I -- I -- AND IT WAS A KID THAT'S WITH ME ON D.C. YI AND I WISH THAT HE HAD REALLY GOTTEN TO SHARE. I MEAN, THIS -- HE'S GRADUATING THIS YEAR, HE'S -- MY GOODNESS,
HE'S A SUCCESS STORY. AND I WISH WE WOULD HAVE TIME TO LISTEN TO HIM THAT'S WHY HE CAME. I DON'T KNOW. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME TO INCORPORATE HIM INTO THE MEETING. >> DIRECTOR MEEK.
>> JUST MY REFLEXES I WAS THINKING OF THAT STUDENT AND HE WAS NOTING ALONG. THERE WERE PARENTS TEARING UP IN THE AUDIENCE.
DYSLEXIA IMPACTS FIVE TYPE TO 20% OF THE POPULATION AND IT HAS REAL EVENINGS. STUDENT AND PARENTS WHO ARE ARE TRYING TO THEN THEM.
THERE WERE PERSONAL STORIES THAT WE CAN SHARE. MAY FATHER I BELIEVE WAS DYSLEXIC AND NEVER -- HE WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED. DIED AT A VERY EARLY AGE, DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL.
SPIN TIME IN PRISON. I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DYSLEXIA AND YOU ARE NOT
MAY BIG TAKE AWAY FROM THAT DAY IS WE ARE A LARGE SYSTEM AND IT TAKES TIME TO PUT STEPS IN PLACE. OUR DISTRICT HAS PUT THE CORE CURRICULUM IN PLACE. IT STARTED LONG BEFORE EVERYONE ON THE BOARD WAS HERE. AND IT TAKES TIME TO PUT THOSE
STEPS IN PLACE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. AND AND I THINK THERE IS AN URGENCY AND A DESIRE TOLL REALLY MOVE FORWARD. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HELPING EVERY STUDENT THAT WE CAN HELP.
AND JUST SEEING THE FACES OF THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT ROOM AND SEEING THE IMPACT IT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR LIVES. CREATES THAT SENSE OF URGENCY FOR ME. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT THIS BOARD IS COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT THIS TOPIC OF EARLY READING, EARLY READING FAILURE
RISK AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE DYSLEXIA OR DO HAVE DYSLEXIA THAT THIS IS IN THE TOP OF OUR MIND THAT WE ARE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND ADVOCATING FOR IT NOW FOR MULTIPLE MONTHS AND WE HAVE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS.
I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS BOARD VALUES THAT. JUST ACKNOWLEDGES THAT CONSENSUS, I JUST WANT TO MENTION AND EVERYONE HAS KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT. ALL OF THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN THE
DISTRICT, TO SUPPORT LITERACY, AND ALSO TO SUPPORT OR ADVANCE OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LITERACY. AND SO WE KNOW RIGHT, OG WAS MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO. BY DIRECTOR GEIGER, WE HAVE YOU FLY THAT'S BEEN ANOTHER ONE, WE
ARE HEARING TALKS ABOUT A COHORT, THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT INTERVENTIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE VERY EFFECTIVE. AND THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING IS
JUST IT'S MASSIVE. THIS IS RECENT WORK THAT'S BEEN PUSHED OUT AND SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAVE STAFF SIGNING UP FOR OPTIONAL TRAININGS AND THE MASSES, AND I THINK THAT THAT IN ITSELF DEMONSTRATES THE DEMAND
FROM STAFF, IT DEMONSTRATES THE NEED IN OUR DISTRICT TO CONTINUE IN THIS WORK AND SO ALL AROUND IT'S GREAT FORWARD MOMENTUM. AND THEN IN REGARDS TO UNIVERSAL SCREENER, THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING AND FOCUSING ON SO WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
CATCHING OUR KIDS EARLY BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE. AND STUDENT CAN CATCH UP QUICKER ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS THESE HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS. I AM VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE SEEN A TIMELINE.
I WANT TO LEAVE THAT DIALOGUE FOR STAFF TO PRESENT. BUT I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE KNOW THAT A VALIDATED AND RELIABLE SURVEY -- SURVEY. SCREENER, EXCUSE ME.
THAT THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CATCH OUR KIDS AND HAVING SYSTEMATIC PROCESS IF PLACE PROMOTES EQUITY. IT'S GETTING LATE NOW ACROSS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SCHOOL A STUDENT GOES TO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME TYPES OF
SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, TEACHING STUDENTS TO READ IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT AND FOUNDATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AS A DISTRICT. AND SO THIS HEIGHTENED FOCUS IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR FAMILIES BEING I KNOW IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL FOR ME. AND, YEAH, SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ROUND OF UPDATES. >> ALL RIGHT. MOVING TO ITEM 23.
SORRY DIRECTOR MOORE WASN'T THERE. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? OKAY. MOVING TO ITEM 23. PRESIDENT REPORT. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS MARCH 4th. AGENDA PLANNING FOR THAT MEETING
WILL BE THIS THURSDAY. AT 1:00 APPROXIMATELY HERE AT WILCOX. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. DIRECTOR WINEGAR. >> QUICK. SO SINCE OUR LAST MEETING I HAD
AN M BOX MEETING WHICH IS MAIL BOND OVER SITE COMMITTEE. I AM PULLING UP MY NOTES FROM
FOC SO I'LL BY MEMORY. WE HAD THE DIRECTOR FROM THE BOND PROXIMATE. SHE CALLS IT THE BIG FIVE SHE HAD THIS WHOLE PHRASE FOR EVERYTHING SHE'S SO FUNNY BEING
LIKE SIERRA MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEN I BELIEVE THEY ARE GOING TO START BREAKING GROUND ON THE ELEMENT HAD I SCHOOLS. AND -- SHOOT, I CAN'T REMEMBER I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY NOTES. HOPEFULLY DIRECTOR THOMPSON HAS THEM UP AND CAN FILL IN. BUT IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS COOL TO GET TO START TO TALKING ABOUT THE BOND PROJECTS. AND ALSO THE LEGACY EXPANSION THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD ONE. SO THAT WILL BE WORKED ON TOO. EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
AND THE FINANCE TEAM AND RIM COSGROVE'S TEAM PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION THAT THE WHOLE COMMITTEE SEEMS TOLL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. THEY ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON COMMITTEES TALKING ABOUT THEIR
OPERATIONS AND MEMBER TERMS AND ALL OF THAT. THERE WAS SOME TIME SPENT ON THAT AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO DO PROFILES ON THE WEBSITE. THEY TALKED ABOUT DOING THAT ON THEIR MEMBERS, JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WANTS TO JOIN I THINK WILL HELP AND THEN THIS FRIDAY,
I AM ATTENDING WOMEN AND GIRLS GIRL AND WOMEN SAY IT RIGHT IN SPORTS LUNCHEON. SO LOOKING FOR FORWARD TO THAT. I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T GONE AT ALL I THINK THAT WILL BE A GOOD TIME AND EVERYONE DON'T GO TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY IT'S PRESIDENTS DAY.
THAT'S ALL. [ LAUGHTER ] >> DIRECTOR MOORE. LRPC MEET ON THIS FIFTH. GOOD MEETING. WE HAD GROWTH AND AGREE DECLINE UPDATE.
PRESENTATION FROM SUPERINTENDENT KANE AND SHE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK THAT WAS PART OF THE POLICY WE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED. EXCUSE ME. REALLY WITHOUT GOING INTO A TODAY OF OTHER STUFF.
WE DID TALK TO THE LRPC ABOUT OUR BORDER TREAT FOR JULY AND POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE AND WE SHOULD HEAR BACK AT THE NEXT MEAL MEETING. DO YOU THINK DIRECTOR GEIGER WHAT THEY WANT TO POINT. SO NO REAL PUSH BACK THERE. JUST THEY FELT LIKE THANKS FOR LETTING THEM KNOW AND THEY'LL
FIGURE IT OUT. THAT'S IN. >> DIRECTOR GEIGER. >> I AM DONE. [ INAUDIBLE ] SOME BOUNDARY
CHANGES. [ INAUDIBLE ] I HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF SACK VISIT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. TALKING TO PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY GROWTH AND DECLINE. LOTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT.
THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND THE PROCESS. THEY ARE IN GENERAL CORDIAL. AND CONCERNED. SOME OF IN THE SHAWLER SCHOOLS LACKING AT OUR DASH WORKED THEY ARE CONCERNED.
THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK. I AM NOT GETTING PUSHED BACK ON IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN. THEY ARE MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT WHO WOULD HAVE IT. I WILL BE -- I AM AT COPPER MESA LAST NIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN AT EAGLE RIDGE. SADDLE RANCH. COYOTE CREEK, I WILL BE MEETING WITH COUGAR RUN AND A COMPANY OF OTHERS, NORTH RIDGE COMING UN. IT HELPS WITH OFFICER OUT THERE
TALKING TO PEOPLE AND UNDERSTANDING AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AFTER THE DECISION IS MADE. AND GO OUT AND DO THAT AND MEET WITH THE SIX SCHOOLS INVOLVED. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LOT. SO OTHER THAN THE LUNCH AND LEARN AND LRPC.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE DONE. >> THAT'S THAT'S A LOT. >> DIRECTOR MYERS. >> I HAD A DCYI MEETING YESTERDAY. I HAVE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE SINCE I WAS ELECTED IN OWE MY FOURTH YEAR.
IT OCCURS HOW REALLY IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A RAP PROGRAM I WILL PUT MOST MUST BOARD REPORT SOME OF IT SEEMS SENSITIVE WITH THE TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS THAT REACH OUT TO THEM
WHEN OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING AND THEY JUST HAVE A SUCCESS RATE. WITH KID WITH TRUANCY. A YOUNG MAN THAT HAS A 60% ABSENTEEISM. DISTRICT AND THEY GET OUT AND
THEY JUST REALLY HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND IT'S GETTING TO BE THAT TIME OF THE YEAR APRIL 28TH. OUTSTANDING YOUTH AWARDS, GET READY FOR THAT ONE, THAT'S COMING UP PRETTY SOON. DIRECTOR MEEK AND I WILL BE HEADING TO THE CAPITAL THURSDAY
MORNING, WITH SAG KIDS, A DOZEN OR SO KIDS, SAG PLUS ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO ME AND IS GOING TO JOIN WITH US SO IF ANY OF SAG KIDS ARE LISTENING TO THIS BE CAREFUL DRIVING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE THERE AT 7:30. AND SO IT WILL BE COLD AND JUST
BE CAREFUL GETTING DOWN THERE. THEY ARE DOING TEAR OWN TRANSPORTATION. >> AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I H HAVE. >> DIRECTOR THOMPSON. >> YEP. SO I ATTENDED MBOC WITH DIRECTOR WINEGAR MOST OF UP DATE WAS
PROVIDED. I WOULD ADD THAT WE HAD THE -- I WILL SAY IT WRONG. ARBITRAGE CONVERSATION, OR DID I GET IT RIGHT? GOOD. THAT WAS INCLUDED IN IT. THE BRETT TAKE THAT WE GOT FROM JACKIE WAS HELPFUL WITH ALL THE DATES AND UNDERSTANDING THE TIME LINES THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD ABOUT SPEAKING TO THAT IS JUST
WAIT THAT THIS BOND IS MAPPED OUT AND HOW YOU SPEND THE FUNDED, I MEAN IT IS VERY -- IT'S AN EXTENSION I HAVE PROCESS, FOR FROM MULTIPLE FRONTS TO HOW IT COMES INTO THE DISTRICT, HOW YOU MAP OUT
PROJECTS TO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SECURE CONTRACTORS AND PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK TO FALL ON THOSE TIME LINES AND HOW THE DISTRICT WAS READY TO POUNCE AS SOON AS WE GOT THE YES FROM THE PUBLIC AND THAT HAD REALLY
ALIGNED US IN THE POSITION TO HAVE GREAT CONTRACTORS. GREAT TILE LINES TO MAKE RIGHT, THERE IS A HUGE LIST THAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW WITH BOND. A LOT OF STUFF THAT IT DOES, BUILDING TWO SCHOOLS AND SO THE WORK IS MASSIVE AND SO WELL ORGANIZED.
AND THOUGHT OUT AND YOU DEFINITELY GET THAT APPRECIATION SITTING THROUGH THE M BOX AND GETTING THOSE TYPES OF PRESS TAKES JUST HOW DETAILED ALL OF THAT IS YOU HAVE SO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THE STAFF AND HOW
THEY HANDLE THESE THINGS THINK I HAVE TALK ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY STUFF AND TALL OF THAT WORK IT'S JUST FANTASTIC. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES. WE ARE HEARING THAT ON, YOU KNOW, THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT WE
ARE SITTING ON WITH FOC AS WELL. I HAD MENTIONED IT DURING THE MEET THAT CAN IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SHARING THESE OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES JUST AS THEY ARE HASHING OUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT LEARN FROM EACH OTHER SINCE THEY ARE
COLLECTIVELY DOING THAT WORK RIGHT NOW. THEY MIGHT BENEFIT THERE THAT COMMUNICATION. THE LAST PIECE WAS THE DATE FOR THE SUMMER RETREAT THAT WE MENTIONED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING THAT GOT BROUGHT UP UP AT THE MARCH BOX NOBODY SAID
THAT WAS AN AWFUL DATE. WE PRESENTED THAT INFORMATION. >> GREAT. WE HAD ABOUT SIX SACKS OR P T.O.
MEETINGS AND I YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEM ALREADY I TRIED TO BRING THEN UP DURING THE PRESENTATIONS. LOTS OF APPRECIATION, RECOGNITION THAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OVERALL AND LOTS OF ANXIETY.
AND PEOPLE ARE READY JUST TO KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST MEETING TOMORROW. WE HAVE THE STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP PLANNING MEETING. DAY AT THE CAPITOL WHICH YOU HEARD ABOUT.
AND GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS LUNCH LUNCHEON WHICH I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO. IN I WORKED AT THE DISTRIBUTE MANY YEARS AGO I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PULLING THE VERY FIRST WON TOGETHER.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE IT'S STOLE STEVENSON GOALING IS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING YOUNG ATHLETES AND WHAT THEY DO. IT WILL BE A NICE EVENT. >> ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT MBOC THE COMMITTEES ARE ASKING ABOUT SCHOOL PAIRINGS
BECAUSE THAT'S TOP OF MIND, RIGHT. WE DID PUT $20 MILLION IN THE BOND PLAN FOR NEW SCHOOLS AND INVESTING IN IN THEM AND MAKING THEM HOW THAT COMMUNITY APT WAST THEM TO BE I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO BRING THAT UP.
WE DO HAVE BOND MONEY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS AND THAT COMMUNITY. >> GREAT. AND BEFORE I TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, EVERYONE ENJOY THEIR 90-MINUTE SCHOOL DELAY I JUST GOT THE TEXT MESSAGE. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> MOVE TO ADJOURN. >> OKAY. MOTION BY GEIGER, SECOND BY WINEGAR. GEIGER. >> AYE. >> MEEK. >> AYE. >> MOORE. >> AYE. >> MYERS. >> AYE. >> THOMPSON. >> AYE. >> WILLIAMS, AYE. WINEGAR. >> AYE. GREAT. BOARD OF EDUCATION IS NOW
ADJOURNED.